Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1894, Page 12

THE SIXTEEN PAGES. 12 INDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1891 TAHA DAILY BEE: THE OMAHA DAILY BEE BE. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without funday) One Year Daily_and Sunday, One Year Bix Months Three Month 2 Sunday Tiee, On 2 Baturdny s, O 1 Weekly Ttes, O orri Y N and Twenty-fouth & il sireet PONDENCE. ind_edi torial matter s Baitor HURING Al business lotter addressed to Th Omahn. Drafts, o) be made payable t THI BEE PURLISHING COMPAN MENT OF CIRCULATION, Georye 13 ehuck, secretary of The Tee Publishing company, being duly sworn, s1ys that the aciual number of full and complete copies of The Daily Morning, Ivening and Bunday printed during the month o January, 184, was as folows 7018 18 STA Less reductions for unsoid turned copies Total sold W ¥ Daily average net cireuiation. *Sunday. IRORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to hefore me and subscribed in my presence this Sth day of February, 1804, (SBAL) )2 . Notary Public. King Lobengula really dead! What will the British soldfer do now? Secretary Morton may console himself by the thought that only truly great men are hanged or burned in oflig Thé Whisky trust seems to be in a fair way to get what it wants from the senate committee on finance. A Httle good whisky 15 a powerful persuader. Our Wshington dispatches indicate that no money will be appropriated at this session of congress for starting public build- ings. It is not even likely that adequate funds will be provided for carrying on thg work on buidings now in process of con- struction. new The government has. just paid out $25,000 among the Indian scouts who distinguished themselves in the Indian wars in Minnesota thirty years ago. There is still some little hope for recognition of the friendly Indians who assisted the government in the Black Hawk’ war. Read the report of the proceedings of the national woman suffrage convention and you will be led to believe that every one who has advocated or. contributed to the cause of woman suffrage is a great and good man, while all who have opposed it are rascals and knaves. ~ Congressman Jerry Simpson says that he expects to retain his seat in the lower house until his son, Jerry Simpson, jr., is ready to supplant him. These monarchical ideas of handing down public office by inheritance cannot be the true products of the glorious Kansas climate. Kansas should repudiate them. Every one, without regard to political faith, must regret that Chairman Wilson has so suffered in health from devotion to what he believed to be his duty to the public that he must seek rest and recreation in Mexico. His speedy recovery in time to hold the checkreins on his more extreme fellow democrats in congress is something in which all conservative citizens would rejoice. The people in western Kansas are suffer- ing for the want of fuel, while thousands ot coal miners are idle in Colorado. The rails road companies are generously coming to the assistance of the needy by promising to haul supplies free of cost. A little more liberal policy on the part of the railroads before the cold snap set In would have ob- viated the necessity for their charity at the present time, The governor, secretary of state and at- torney general continue the good work of ap- proving bonds for state depositories. While there s a remote possibility that the supreme court may place an interpretation upon the law that may limit the good effects, it is gratifying to know that the state officials Interested are going ahead with the effort to enforce the law as it stands. Their zeal comes a little late, but it Is nevertheless welcome. Electrical inventors are still experiment- ing upon a system of propulsion which shall obviate trolley wires for street cars. A New York company has offered $50,000 for the attainment of the object in view. Tho storage battery s a possibility, but operation with it Is too expensive to be practicable It would seem that, with the wonderful strides made in electrical sclence, the storage battery could be perfected to moet all rea- sonable requirements. There is a welcome significance in the fact that the farmers of Nebraska not only are not suffering from the hard times, but that they are extending relief to the needy in the clties. Three years ago the state was called upon to ald the farmers of western beaska to the extent of $200,000. This win- ter the farmers are well supplied with all that 1s neoded to make life comfortable. After all, the farmer is the man who can gonerally be independent it he chooses. The New York Tribune halt column of its editorial page to a commenda tory notice of the University of Nebraska which It says now ranks in size, equipment and scholarship among the three or four chief colleges of the west. A recognition of the educational progress of Nebraska in the past twenty-five years is something of a concession at the hands of the eastern press. The people of the east will soon have to acknowledge that thoy are not alone in their fevotion to culture and knowledge. devotes a The prospects for a revision of the lowa Tevenue laws are not Improving as the legls- lative session advances. The preceding legislature instituted a revenue commission which after full investigation submitted a lengthy report embodying numerous recom- mendations of changes which it deemed de- slrablo in the system of taxation employed in that state. The revenue commission was no doubt in a position to give advice based upon a the facts. The present legislature might condescend to profit by its works thorough knowledge of $800 | no | and | WOMAN SUFFRAGE VAGARIES Every winter when congress is In session and army of lobbyists, office seekers the national the g and snob ital s long-haired tie swells at 1 by short-haired spinst ries, who proclaim them: American These good people usually as all, and after indulging declamations and and windyup by complimenting each and all the American upon the marvelous has made and is reinfore an aggregation of men, r8 o halr-brained visl selves as the emancipators of womanhoed, semble In a public In high-sounding decla rations . Individually ively strides woman suffrago destined to make. : Siuch a convention 1s just now heing held at Washi have be other people, collac Aings, as usual through n and its proc n given wide publicity the Whife there has really nothing hap ~ ; 5 immediate br pross, pened { would indieate any remote tidal favor of frage, the nees of the,stalwart senator from \Wyor Mr. Carey, wilk doubtless b quoted by the suffrage agitators as mmv{m‘,.v ¢ of the woman suf wave in clusive proof that we are an the e long-predicted pobgical millennium tor ( that Wyomin not only vote for bl but all federal, state, county, mun and séhool offi and the same will true of Colorado also. *‘Colorado and “have rights of wrey stated women In presidential ers, the scnator, incor- porated the doctrine of politieal both sexes in their law, it i just to woman and it ls best for man, a principle so true thdt near at when no man will have the courage to ing,” eaid organic because the time is hane deny it." Every politician that hails from Wyoming epended on to laud woman suf the skies in order to keep him- the political saddle. But neither Senator Carey nor anybody. subscribes aries of the woman has been able to ot the people of Wyoming have been benefited by suffrage, morally, socially, po litically or financially. Woman suffrage was introduced In Wyoming not so much as a matter of sentiment as to lay the foun- dation for claims to a larger population than other territories that had male frage and hence a smaller number of regis- tered voters. It was engrafted on the or- ganic law of Wyoming as a matter of cowardico also for the above to make as big a showing as pos- sible in the aggregate vote What has Wyoming to show from moral reform standpoint? Have politics been purified by giving women the right to vote, hold office and serve on juries? Most assur- edly not. The cesspool of politics 1s, it any thing, dirtier than it ever was. The success ful candidate must not only strike bargains with the bad men, but also with the bad women. Have crime and vice decreased perceptibly? Not at all. The towns of Wyoming are no less infected with vice and crime than the towns of Dakota or Nebraska. In his exultation Senator Carey visions of the political paradise over in Utah Just as soon as she shall be admitted to the sisterhood of states. This s about as ra- tional as his prediction that Nebraska will adopt woman suffrage within a few years. Did not Utah have woman suffrage during the whole reign of Brigham Young? And what good did it do for Utah women? They had five votes to one in the territory and yet they did not get rid of polygamy until after equal suffrage was abolished and poly- gamy Mad been wiped out by act of con- gress. Why should tho woman suffrage Is- sue be resurrected in Nebraska? It was submitted, debated and snowed under by an overwhelming majority only a few years ago. Any party that would load up with female suffrage now, or in the next five years, would be swamped out of sight, may be frage to self in who suffragists to the va ever point wherein woman suf- and reason named the sees GOVERN ARCHITECTURE. A law passed by the Fifty-second congress authorized the secretary of the treasury to invite competition for the design of public buildings. A committee of the American In- stitute of Architects has asked the secretary to use the authority thus conferred on him. The purpose of the enactment was to bring about an improvement in the quality of the government architecture, which was gener- ally conceded to be most desirable, but there was Inserted into the law a provision that no competing architect should receive pay for his work except those whose designs were accepted, and it scems that In con- sequence of this provision no attempt has been made to carry out the object of the The secretary of the treasury, it ap- pears, has not been disposed to use the authority conferred upon him, possibly in the belief that the better class of architects would not care to compete under the con- ditions and that consequently the work sub- mitted would not be of the highest quality. This may be a mistaken view, but it cannot be thought an unreasonable one. Archftects of standing can no more be expected than other professional men of standing to consent to work for nothing, or to work on the chance of obtaining professional employment. The fact, however, that a committee of the American Institute of Architects has urged the secretary of the treasury to use the authority glven him to invite competi- tion for the design of public build- ings will probably induce that of flclal to comply with the law It 1s fairly to be regarded as indicating, so far as the institute may be presumed to represent the higher class’ of architects in the country, a disposition on thelr part to glve the' vernment thé benefit of their attainments oven without the assurance of being retmbursed, and it would be a take for the government to decline to con- sider the request of the institute committee. It will not be guestioned that there is room for improvement in the architectural quality of our public buildings. Most of them are absolutely unsightly and very few of them strictly artistic requirements. One reason for this is that as a rule the super- vising architects of the have been of the highest standing In their profes- sion, their being due to their political than their professional ability, and another 1s In the fact that the pay.in this branch of the public ser- vice does not enable the government to ob- tain the best talent and attainment for it The federal buildings should bo at once artistic in design and substantial in struction, representing the best ideals In architecture of an advanced civilization and the solidity and permanence of the govern- ment. The demand Is not for merely ornate buildings at the expenso of substantlal qualities, nor for plles of stone, brick and tron in which art s ignored, but for struc- tures that will properly combine both and be at once pleasing to the sight and satisfy- ing to the practical sense. Experience has demonstrated that under existing conditions such buildings will be the rare exceptions and 1t was this that led congress to pass the law which will enable the secretary of treasury to avall himself of architectural talent and attainment in the country. Whatover the reason er motive that has prevented the use of this authority, ME law. mis- meet treasury not seloction rather ason con- the the best !\v would seem th a.can be no longer excuse for not exercising it that a committee of the American Institute of Architects has asked that It now THE TWENTY-FIFTH MILE POST. In these days of o quarter- tennials and quadr the of Omaha must not forget that they go0n to be overtaken by the twenty-fifth an that marked the most import. W turning point in the history of their On May 19, 1869, the gollen spika Crivin by a tiler himmr into the last \tennlals, cen ntennials people too ar niversary of the one évent world Promontory Point signaled to the tiie’ completion of the railway which 1 the Atlantic and the Pacific and flave Omaha a direct connection with the Pacifc The complet'on of the Unlon Pacific 1869 meant more to Omaha than be It was an ovent in the history the time by cral public demonstration. The twenty-fifth annty of this great day must not be allowed to pass without fitting commemora- t qoast rafiroad in any other single enterprise undertaken Aftor of Omaha celebr fore or ol at a gen rsary It is indee railway duets that the great hieh controls and con whose quarter-cemtennial has been forced Were its affairs in a prosper- nd promising condit would unfortunate corporation the ' system approachos into the hands of rec ive n its officers and take the proposed colebration at they will the extent that stances permit may t uned as a matter of ¢ The completion of the Union Pa cific railyay, however, is not merely a turn ing point in the railway development of the United It Is the beginning of a new epoch for Omaha, and the celebration should be made Omahi's celebration just as it w on the 10th day of May twenty-five yea management in any all co no doubt lead erate to circum irse, ag It Is none too carly for the various com- clal take this matter up and to commence the necessary arrange- ments. Many of participated prominently in the ceremonlies in Omaha on the occasion of the driving of that golden spike are no more, but quite a few are still among us and should be invited to figure in 4 new celebration. Make the day a gala event for all the country tributary to Omaha. ake the commemorative ceremonles im- pressive and attracti Begin preparations time and let the quarter-centennial of Omaha’s connection by rail with the west- ern half of the continent be one to be re- membered for all time to come. MOVING TO NEBRASKA. There was republished in The Bee of yes- terday an article from the Sioux City Jour- nal noting the fact of a considerable exodus from eastern and. southern Iowa to north- castern Nebraska. Most of the people who are emigrating from Towa to this state have becn, it appears, renters of farms, and they have been successful in accumulating enough capital to become purchasers. As they can buy good land in Nebraska very much cheaper than In Towa they are coming to this state, and being practical and experi- enced agriculturists they are most welcome. Very likely the example of these people will become contagious and there will be wit- nessed a more extensive emigration from Towa of farmers living on rented lands who, having the means to buy, will invest in the cheaper and equally desir- able lands of Nebraska. A considerable accession to our farming population from Kansas is also promised, if reported in- quiries mean anything, and there Is every reason to look for a movement in this dirce- tion from Illinois and Missouri, the railroad companies, as recently noted, having re- ceived numerous applications for information from farmers in those states. It will not be at all surprising it with the opening of spring the immigration into Nebraska shall assume marked proportions. As the agricultural capabilities and oppor- tunities of this statc become more widely understood its rapid growth in population will be assured. It may be assumed that everybody knows of its superior soil and climate, but this is not so. A very small percentage of the farmers of Ohio, Indiana and the states further east, it Is safe to say, know anything about it, and it is not to be doubted that if more of them had this knowledge it would be greatly to Nebraska's advantage. A wider and more thorough dissemination of information regarding the agricultural capabilities of the state is un- questionably to be desired, and this is a matter which the next legislature ought to give some attention to. For the next few years there Is likely to be an active demand for cheap farming lands and no state can offer equally desirable lands at lower prices than they can be bought for in Nebraska. The present year ought to witness a vigorous movement, by commerclal organ- izations and other agencies, to advance tho material prosperity of this state, and the obvious way to do this s by a lberal and Judiclous dissemination of facts and informa- tion that will impress those elsewhere who are secking to improve their condition. Ne- braska is growing and will continue to grow. There is no doubt about that. But no harm can come from well devised measures to urge progress. organizations to those who PROTECTING LETTER CARRIERS. The National Assoclation of Letter Car- riers has asked congress for legislation to regulate the mode of removal of letter car- riers and a bill for this purpose has been introduced into the house. It provides that no letter carrier shall be recommended for removal until the charges against him have been examine with reasonable notice to him, in such manner of examination as the regulations of the department may pre- seribe; also, that the record of this examin- ation shall be reviewed by such a bhoard as the postmaster general shall prescribe, When these conditions have been fulfilled the post- master may full discretion as to recommending, the department as to ordering, a removal. There does not appear to be anything unreasonable or objectionable in this measure, Letter carriers are appolnted after com- petitive examination and what they aim to attain by the proposed legislation is protec- tion from removal on secret charges. They do not seck to place any limitation on the power of removal, but simply ask (hat it shall be exercised openly, glvg them a falr opportunity for a hearing, to which they are Existing law exerciso and unquestionably justly entitled gives a measure of protection to these very useful public servants, but evidently not suffi- clent to tully guard them against the surropti- tious schemes of spoilsmen. As a contem- porary states the case, If a postmaster is a spoilsman and a partisan, he will be tempted to make places for his party friends by re- movals. The places once vacant, applicants for them, even under the civil service rules, will be mostly of the partisan postmaster's party, and from these, with a little ingenuity, ho will get the men he wants. The service will necessarily suffer, an Injustice will be done the old carriers, and the new men will have to great pense of time and trouble and money, learn their business at ex the rublic lin patrons of the G in the meantime suffer ing injury and féenvenience The reasons in' #pport of the proposod leg but it ol much confldence in the uch legislation by The party In power does not pro pose to do anything to put a restraint upon partisan spoilsmen, On the contrary ity dis. position ‘scems tiifhe to give all possible en couragengnt to fhe beind@hat democrats re- republigi§s rapidly enough in the rvies. v 1t 1o the demotrats core for the interests of the public in connection with the post y islation are numeri sible to f ent of 18 and conclusive 18 not p onac the present congress. spoilsmen, the common complain are not placing rvice is shown in the prop- o8 tion to refestats 1,000 clerks retoved from that service 'five years ago. But the letter have a strong cage and ought to icceed ip-sGeuring the leglslation they ask carriers \/ LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE LAW The great advan made in few months in impressing themselves upon the attention of the Jawmakers and the law interpretors than a notiee. The prominence that has been given » which organized labor has this country during the past deserves more passing to labor controyersies and the recognition that has been secured by labor organizations would have astounded oven the of a few decades ago. relations ‘of thes labor leaders The changes In the organizations to the law have almost all been in favor of the conten tions of ‘the workingman. They sulted in giving him a standing In court and ome instances fn’ securing for him the serted the court as inst the demands of the employers The rise of labor organizations is itself a mere history victories over have re- self-g protection * of uccessive pressive legislation. Between the craft guilds and the * guilds and the trades union it has been shown that there has been no direct caisal connection. The sprang up in England during the latter part of the last century fraternal 1 oid the p of the apprenticeship and journe; they were forced to act for their mutual ad- vantage in utmost-secre powe= began to be perceptibly felt they were made the targets of a series of combination , beginning in 1500 and repeatedly re-en- acted and amplificd. Not until 1824 was the combination rep by Parliament, leaving the workingmen free to combine “for improving wages and reducing the hours of labor,” but still subject to many legal isabilities. From the passage of that act trades unionism in England took a new im- petus. Its progress was steady and contin- uous and in 1871 was crowned with the en- ctment of the trades union act, aimed to afford the legal recognition which the work ingmen had long been demanding. In Ger- many labor organizations rigidly re pressed by the government previous to 1869, since which time tHey have received a spar- ing encouragement. France and Austria have only given them a legal status since the later $0's. The removal of legal abstacles has in every instdnce been followed by a rapid growth of tho labor organizations, The principles of the common law so de- structive of labor combinations in England prevailed also in this country with similar offects upon our workingmen. Although numerous authorities have claimed to havi discovered the existence of trades unions in the United States during the first decade of this century and even before 1800 these isolated instances were for the most part temporary and formed for particular poses. Labor organizations did not come common until many years later and only secured a permanent and established foothald with their extension into all branches of industry just after the close of the fate war. The Knights of Labor origin- ated fn 1869, the different federations of trades unions trace their historfes only a fow years back. Each' year has seen additional legislation placed on our statutc books in pursuance of programs promul gated by labor organizations. Of the laws against combinatlons of workingmen, few remain except those relating to conspiracy and the employment of violence or force. Importance must be attached to the recent decisions affecting labor organizations for two reasons. In the first place, they are indications that these organizations have at last attained a complete standiug in court. The judges have shown a disposition to regard the interests of the workingmen in the light of the interests of the labor organi- zation and to allow them representation in thelr organized capacit They grant hear- ings to attorneys retained by the labor or ganizations and they tell receivers to treat with the labor representatives before ven- turing to apply for judicial orders. They furthermore open a crevice, small though it now is. through which the wages troversies may be brought Into court for final adjustment .and determination. Where thoy forbid the strike as a weapon of labor they offer In its place an opportunity to present the claims of the organization in court and to submit their griovances for judicial redress. ~Whatever has been lost to the cause of labor organizations by these decisions has been more than counter- balanced by the gains thus secured. mercha rodern trades union; as secret socletios, nalties men's laws So soon as their law act ed were pur- be- con- The decision of Judge Bradley of the Dis- trict of Columbia supreme court, refusing to entertain an application for a mandamus to compel Secretary Carlisle to acept Mr. Riker's bid for the $50,000,000 bond issue, offers a pleasing contrast to the Kaiser liquor license case, in which Judge Scott socks to usurp the powers of the board in this city. Judge Bradley holds that the power of the secretary of the treasury to accept or reject proposals for bonds is a discretionary power. No court has authority to interfere with the due exerclse of the dis- cretion vested in any administrative officer This s sound law, and will un- doubtedly be upheld should the decision be appealed from. Judge Seott, the other hand, has attempted to reverse a decision of the license board based upon its discretion- ary power to issue Mquor licenses. If he can lawfully do this the license board must be- come a mere automaton, subject to the ¢ trol of the judges of the district court. The board should see that its legal powers are properly defended liconse or board. on The outlook for the Brazillan Insurgents seems far from hopotul. The fatal wounding of Admiral da Gama deprives them of their ablest for, while Admiral was first in the fleld and s in fact the head of the rebellion, he has as yet given no evi dence of marked ability. to the Fabian class of fighters. he appears to have taken the opportunities he has had, and to possess none of that quality which in war makes op leader, de Mollo He seems to belong At any rate no advantage of portunities, for it can hardly be doubted that an aggressive and fearless naval commander —a Farragut for example—would have made a great deal more trouble for the Brazilian Rio than they yet The truth s there seems to be the genius for forces at have experi enced little of of Pelxoto's commanders very elther having done war on Ide fliustrious in the anything to renfler his military annals. Undoub tion I8 a very serfous ma the rest of the world | it ds something of a con name aly insurrec- tter for Brazil, but beginning to regard dy in warfare. Chinamen in Deadwood graphed preparatory to full complianc | the provisions of the Geary | 1t significant fact, | are being with exclusion act however, that until the grand panles instructed them to oboy It Is an accepted fact that far more respect for the decrees of the 8ix Com have for the federa utes or orders of the courts the former nore the mean banishment is a the Mongollans ignored the law Six Ca s mandate mogul of the Chinamen in this country have panies than th stat to Invito certain death; to ix the case in would Had it suited th of the Six Comp: to order compliance with' the law, visions would have been a dead letter. auestion s, can United States govern ment tolerate the reign of the Six Companies, which, as far as the Chinese are tter in point poses nios Geary its the longer concerned, 18 an absolute oligarchy? Within the past year no less than four in have which partics have swindled the public by the sale tickets for alleged charity entertainments of one kind or another. It that passed forbidding any person to for a public entertainment with- nse or a special permit Purchasers such permits before ailure to picion of fraud and the ped lily run down by tl This is a subject which merits con sideration at the hands of our city fathers. stances arisen In irresponsible of admission las heretofore been suggested an ordinance be sell ticke out a lic mayor from {1 could require parting show permits peddlers to show with their would cause su dlers police. mane could re; be When the ten largest cities are given the practical management of their own postoffices the postofiice officials will be relieved of a deal of detail work that at present devolves upon them. But they will also be expected to pay more attention to the per- fection of the working arrangements of the postoflices in the ining cities. Take away the plea of overwork and hold the Postoflice department to a strict account- ability for the efficiency of the important business confided to its care. great rem The Grand Army encampment is booked for Lincoln during the coming week. Singu larly enough, a large number of the old guard of political veterans will assemble at the state capital at the same time; but, then, of course, no one will have the hardi- hood to suggest that ther¢ will be any con- nection between theé two gatherings. The Grand Army men will be there for a able purpose. The old guard will visit Lincoln on a foraging expedition. People who think there is no further call for relief for the poor are laboring under a delusion. There are numbers of worthy families whose heads are without employ- ment and who require assistance until some- thing shall be provided for them to do. The { regularly organized charitable societies arc in a position to prosecute this work. The best way to insure the effectiveness of a contribution is to entrust it to these so- cieties for distribution. The reckless daring of the California bandits who deliberately wrecked a passen- ger train, and thus endangered the lives of the people on board, scems to call for somo immediate action upon the part, not only of the express and railroad people, but upon the part of the state and federal officials. The train robbers are becoming entirely too numerous and too reckless. Love and money both gone” is the way the flight of Cashier John W. Love, with §110,000 belonging to the national bank in which he was employed, is significantly chronicled. Glimpses of Daylight. Washington Fost. All these things go to show that the movement of trade is in the right direction; that it is not retrogradg; that capital is less fearful and money less tightly hoarded No phenomenal recuperation Is looked for or under existing conditions possible, but the glimpses of daylizht that we see are those of n coming dawn, and the long night is gradually approaching an end. - Judicial Variations. Washington P. st It will be seen that Judges Caldwell and Dundy agree subs upon the main point at Issue, but they are both wide apart from Judge Jenkins, who s to the employes mo standing whatever in his court. Of the three opinions, that of Judge Caldwell is the clearest and most comprehensive, and would probably be su tained by the court of last resort. — Three Years Too Miich. ilobi-Demacrat, If the Wilson act turns out to be as bad as the country expects, it will be on the statute book only thre for the re- publican president who fakes his seat on March 4, 1897, will call the republican con- gress which ‘comes into existence at the game time in extra session to repeal the law. But if it should not be as bad as this It may live four years and be killed in regular session, A New Complication. Springfleld (M ss.) Republican Judge Caldwell's d. that such railroad employes ar it employes gives further force sntion that the elght-hour law men. If this point ¢ effect would be wide-reaching, for the are thousands of miles of railroad in diffe ent parts of the country now being oper- ated by receivers, If the employes of these receivers can only be compelled to work elght hours each day,instead of the ten or sixteen hours they are now working, the labor cost of operating these roads wiil be heavily increased, if not nearly doubled Two sets of men must be hired to do the work one set 18 now doing, and wages can- not be co ondingly ed, for the statute of 1892 forbids reduction of wages to a government employe on ac- count of reducing the hours of labor to eight. e Some Dutles of Charity, Harpers Weeli'y. The prevailing distress among the poor is something to be faced resolutely and with action. The first charity that confronts us rd the people who have served our hun needs. > should think of saving money for ral charity by dis missing a servant. kiven M one's own in come 18 Impaired, the wage-earncrs whom we employ ought to be the lust to suffer This is charity of the noblest sort Next, the accustomed luxuries should be maintained as long as possible for the sake of those whose livelihood depends upon furnishing them. Most of all, it is our duty to enjoy to the last moment the amusc ments that both please and cultivate, not only for the welfare of those whose Ve tion is to provide th but for our own sakes. Books, ploty music and the drama are not mere sratifications that may be dispensed with without spiritual harm they are stimulants to right living, clear thinking, cheerful dispositio without which 15 not likely to much charity In the world. Therefore th men and women who have money for the relief of others owe it to themselves to do all in their power to Keep the community cheeify Finally, when the question comes between reducing’ the customary expenditures for luxuries and am nts, or the amount that 15 usually put aside from savings, it is best to take the additional sums for charity from our savinks. It muy be sald that this does not involve so much fice as th other course woull, but that 1s not true to the person who habitunlly saves. Keeping up expenditure and giving from the saving fund simply increases the sum charity, 1f we luce e on for it kind from one 1 another, stow a little breud up photo- | | to by The | PEOPLE AND THINGS. It 1s evident tho lberals of Great Britain are tired of being tried by the peers Counterfeit silver cofn afloat in Cineinnati contains s silver than the logal coin The old week Pictured Cupi cluded _from officlal ow York A Judicial house divided might promote harmony by hands of a recelver. The scant amount of ple doled Washington compels the hungry tevy contributions on pedestrians ral Colorado legislators accused of trying to bad bills might be brought the charge of pushing the queer Notwithstanding the privileges by railroads, many _companies show an ungovernable weakness for passing dividends The holding up of a blocks of the unfon depot how firmly rooted is th policy of last yea In view of the action of the committee on the St. Gauden: majorities will be tolorated that august assembly. Mason continues at large minus pantalottes ox circles in Doston and against fteelf going Into the horde to fow g0 shows train within a in Chie: stand-and-deliver nate art medal, bare no longer in Thero is good ground for the suspicon that the anarchist manifesto tacked on Chauncey Depew's door originated in Chi eago. It abounded with hog Latin phrases. Boston makes a great deal of noise about a fellow who started out in the world naked, a8 though there was some novelty in the in- cident., Perhaps Bostonians are born with duds on. as black as it the Rio Grande Business in the west is not is painted. Managers of Western raflroad restored the wages of all cmployes reduced a few months ago. In creasing business justified it. With a delicacy characteristic of western legislators, Colorado lawmakers intimate their readiness to visit the Midwinter fair “if satisfactory rates can be obtained from the railroads.” The tender of their dis tinguished company s too much for re ceivers to resist. W. J. Brady, Cc ness manager, began road newshoy. Ho “Billy” Thompson, the position as dresser at then he has seen many and is now wealthy London’s Thirteen club, at a recent dinner, had thirteen dishes on the menu, salt cel- lars s emptied about on the tablecloth with carelessness, the chairman broke a large mirror and cach guest a small one, and, to cap the climax, only eross-eyed s were employed Judge Reagan, who, after going the whole gamut of congressman, senator, postmaster general of the confederacy and railroad commissioner, was supposed to have been heard of for the last time in politics, may come to the surface again this year as a candidate of the Texas democracy for gov- nor. The “grand old man” of the British: navy is Admiral Sir Lowis Tobias Jones, who cently completed his 94th year. He is a na- tive of Sligo, Ireland; entered the service when he was 8 years old, and w mid- shipman when he took part in the bombard- ment of Algiers in 1816, He succeeded in seniority Admiral Sir Provo Wallace of Hali- fax, N. S., who was more than 100 years old when he died a short time ago. TICKLING TESTS. bett's backer and busi his carcer as a was discovered by actor, and given $10 a week. Since knocks and blows through The man who fs Yonkers Statesman: in usually waiting for his ship to come 1inds it a tug. Cleveland Plain Dealer: The man didn't know how it sounded when he sa i ve there's a hell when I see it. Courier: Poeticus (breathl <hed off these few lines Well, er, suppose you Bdite dash oft ‘yourself. Philadelphia Record: “How did vou manage to get your job?' asked the bony t horse of a big horse attached to a wded car. “Oh,” replied the latter, “I have a strong pull Ohicago ur “Miss me to gularly unimpressi able? ~ She’s adamant could ‘sit with a barrel of under her and hear for a whole evening and Higginspike ible.” Clara Morris pl not shed a tear. fond of trying to on Star: re you N asked the girl who wa be entertaining. *“No,"replied the ehold expenses, great deal of fun." s, but when I think of how much ing to cost next summer skating seems like sacrilege. man who Kkicks about New York ever stop to refle this countr Citizen—I " have thought much subject; thought long and deeply Agitator Ah, T am glad to find there Is one besides myself who has given this great subject attention. ‘What, in your opinion, does this country most need at the present’ time? Citizen—A fool kilter., PREMATURE. Kansas City Journal He seized her hand estatically: “Fair maid whom 1 adore, Queen of my soul, my 1ifs, my hope, e mine forever more!” She gazed into his humid; ¢ So soon to fill with orrow; “I'll ask my husband, sir,” she sald— “We'll 1et you Know tomorrow. Agitator—Do you ir, on the condition of upon the llow digd fn Indiana last | out In | curtailment of pass | MEASURE FOR MEASURK. That the Best is Alw | ven by | The Bee has made a compilation of the re- | sult of the daily published durs ing the the amount of matter printed by tree loading papers of Nebraska--Th the World-Herald the exclusive of coms« merelal en the columns of ! the same width and | © the mats ter printed in the same type, the patrons ot The Bee would have a great advantage. In the tabl is mea the Cheapest Tigures. wrlson past wook wing and Lincoln news and oments, were papers of tual three line s the papers the standard to see that The figures are as given t watter Jn the the last ement papers by and in presente it of low compare ired by columns ¢ It is casy the best is th DAYS OF WERK Monday Tiesd el Thur Frid Saturitiny ) February 12 Fobruary 1 wiay, February 14 ry 11 ary 17 Measured by | SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Paul Globe: The Salvation Army is conducting a trial of the devil in Chicago, It is not usual to bring a great criminal up for trial in a community whero his friends are most numerous Indianapolis Journal: The pastor of one of (he rich charches in York to loan money upon household furnitare to those who are in need because of nonem- ployment has proy ssful. The rate for is but 5 per cent, wealthy men in h abundance of money scherae of tho for the purpo Boston Horald sls has been dis- cussing women's occupation again, and Rev, Phocbe Hannaford stood up and maln- tained that the instead of the women, ought to She quotes the seriptures to her position, turning to where it is written: “And they spread a line over Samaria and wiped out Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, turning it upsida down.” This looks like another proof of the saying that you can find justification for almost everything in the good book Kansas City Star: The beatification of Joan of Arc is evidence that, however skeptical historians may be as to the ex- istence of that able young woman, there is no doubt In the minds of the authorities of the Roman church. The ceremony of beatification is often confused with that of canonization, while in point of fact it is many degroes removed. It is an act by which a deceased person is declared to be beatified or Dlessed, and a proper subject of a certain degree of religious honor, = But canonization is the last step of many stages, and Joan must wait many years before she becomes a recognized saint. Philadelphia Times: Here 15 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federa- tion of Labor, preaching from the pulpit of the Universalist Church of the Divine Pa ternity in New York, where the late Dr. Chapin stood so0 many years with Greeley as one of his hearers, Andrew Carncgio has at times also ministered to New Yorl church congregations. It remains to be seen now what New York church, In the struggle for attractions, will invite Governor Waite, Senator Hill, Richard Crocker sand James J. Corbatt to pulpit privileges. Chi- cago may not be aware of these new des signs in cards since Miln took to the stage. sustain Transtormation Act. New York Sun. The accommodating colored man who anges his skin from black to white vy year, usually at the full of the ~ moo vhen the dew s on the again. ~What of it? wunge Tike that to the great transformation act shown by the house democrats in_swallowing the sixn “Parift for Revenue Only,” and causing the sign “Tarift for Deflciency’ to appear at the time, in full sight of the audi- ence, while the performers are revolving rapidly in a vacuum? “I KNOW NOT.” —TIngersoll. I know not if T lived before I came to dwell on Mother or if T'll go forevermore To be a purt of death or birth. Jarth; I know not if the billions gone Are living in some other sphere, I only know that one by on They left us to our sorrows here, know not if beyvond the grave T'll live again in any forn only believe that He can These little mites in sun or storm. know not if the truth shall die And vanish like the morning mist; only know that you and [ Have met and parted, loved and kissed know not if the soul shall relgn In realms of bliss beyond the skies; only hope that once agal We'll look into each other's eyes! —JOHN A. JOYCE. ROWNINS, K west makers and soll s of JUhes ou earth, your moncy b My Mamma told me To never get out of style, and I've been get this $8.50 is a fits perfectly. this month. I didn't outfit at B. K. & Co.’s be- in it ever since. cause their man insisted upon sell- ing me clothes that fit, and when I gol something picked outl two sizes too long for me he wouldn't let me have it, because they never let any- thing go out of the store unless it They are cutting and slashing the prices to beat all That suit they sell for darling. Istood my tailor ofl' for one like it not long ago and he's been trying to collect a bill for $35 from me ever since. They cut like BROWNING, Will pay thoex; themoney (or 420 worili or ks If you send oro [ S that all over the store. KING & CO., W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, N s