Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 23, 1894, Page 4

TAE OMAIA DAILY BEE. B. ROBEWATER, Editor PURLISHED EVERY MORNIN TEIMS 10N o (withont fly_and Hunda ix Month e Monthi Hunday Thoe, One Yoar Eaturduy 15 Yeur Weekly e year OFIFICES OF BUBSCRII Bunday) Or ar One Yea: Omahn, Th W Om. ahd | Finis oot 14 and 15, Tribune building, Fwenty-fouth St Fourteenth sireet CORRESPONDENC mmunications relating to new BUSIN 1] e Tettor ances should be to T Publishig compi Drufin 1 postoftic et payible to the order of tie comy fiTi: BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY and_edi Tditor CIRCULATION. gocretary of The Bee belng duly sworn, snys that the actual number of full and complete « of The Dally Morning, Evening and ay Tes printed during the month of January, 1891, was n« folows: 17 NT OF zachuck Total for the month eductions for unsold and re- redu for S net’ circulation GEORGE R, T7 and _subs ¥ this 5th_day of T SMAL) N. P. FEIL, Notar —_—— me in Pennsylvania grov run for Republican majoritie wonderfully when Grow makes the congress. A hint to carry $25.000 with you when you go out for a Chicago millionaires street car ride, That rule against the appointment of news- paper men to federal office is not being very strictly enforced How, to be committee long are those electric lighting bids kept in the darkness of the s pigeon hole? council additional offico in Nebraska for the remaining there is office there is hop Every appointment to fedc down the field But while narrows aspirants. companies of Mis- siness The bond Investment sourl are seeking to continue their bus The public, can no longer be deceived. under assumed names. how- over, The lowa legislature has penctrated well Into tho 1804 session without showing much progress toward a modification of the pro- hibitory law. A little more expedition in this direction would not be premature, The question arises, 18 not President Cable of the Rock Island road quite anxious for the annulment of the Omaha bridge contract as are the receivers of the Union Pacific? Time may develop the fact that he is. as 0ld Joe Shelby has finally fought his way though the sen and into the United States marshalship for Missourl. No one over denied that Joe Shelby was a fighter, though it was supposed that his fighting days were over. If England is ready to take the initiative for international measures to cope with the rapid spread of anarchism, there is room for hope that the time is not far distant when she will join the other nations in an inter- natlonal monetary agreement. The veterans assembled for their annual encampment at Lincoln must feel quite lost without the usual political and railway appendages. The encampment will no doubt have difficulty in getting along with- out the presence of these well known faces. Frank Lawler can now unite with Horn- blower and Peckham in forming a mutual consolation organization. Lawler would have this advantage over his associates, that his name didn't get even 8o far as the sen- ate. But they are all friends in adversity. Hawail appe filler In the senate to be good for a time- until the tariff bill is reported for action. If there is any work upon Hawaii that has not yet been adver- tised in the Congressional Record its author should lose time in calling it to the attention of the next ambitious orator. no There oft-recurring evidences of the strength of The Bee as a medium for reach- ing the A few weeks ago there appeared in our columns an enigma entitled “A New Joke an 0ld Host," to which 1,500 responses were recelved from reader: Who had essayed a solution of the riddle. The cuckoos that fly out of the dome of the state hous vindication nglish progenitors they are laylng eggs in the nests of other birds expecting them to be hatched. The state cuckoos already counting their offspring before the period of incubas tlon has elapsed. are people. on Like their house re has recently an- nulled a »-order decree of dlvorce granted by a court in South Dakota. This raises a very interesting law point, but no matter what the law and the evidence may bo In such cases it will be a at day for South Dakota her you-while- you-wait the statute A Massachusctts court mad when divoree laws are wiped from books. Times may be very hard In Omaha, the fact that several hundred women eager for bargains crowd in front of the dry goods stores before § In the morning and stay there in the cold for more than an hour to get the first chance to dicate that there is a fn the Christm boards. but in- yot purchase would very large f stockings and in the nd Report comes from Fairbury that under a recent trafic order no stock is shipped from that locality to the yards, but the contrary it is all being diverted to Kansas City. 1f this be true, the matter should be taken up by the Commercial club and a Omaha on vigorous defense made of Owaha’s rights in the premises. The school board attorney will earn his first year's salary In eflorts to got the prema court to whip the c:ty council into line in the school levy fight. When this comes on for trial it may be competent the school board to show why it does n of fgurehead nearly every corporation to do the for tre teachers and duce salaries office as and business house has boen compelled past siy months. o are whistling for a campaign of | | | THE SHRINKAGE IN SAVINGS. One of the effects of the depression which od as much attention as some others is the shrinkage of savings bank d posits, Of course, this is general, and while no estimate approximating accuracy can be made of the to which the accumula the small savings of the people the of the shrinkage must be large. Some Idea may be formed of it the figures given in the Just published report of the superin- tendent of the banking department of New York, showing the condition of the savings banks of that state 1894, It ap- pears that during the four years preceding 1893 there dy annual increase in savings York, and it on has not recely oxtent tions from have been diminished, amount very from January 1, was deposits in will be interesting Lo give the figures. A ste bank New these deposits amounted to $522,677,515; on January 1, 1890, to $560,006 657; on January 1, 1881, to $574,0 2; on to $588,426,420; on January 1, Tt will be the with January 1, 1889 January 1, 180 1893, to $629,358,273 seen that tho savings of the year of until in amonnted to deposits which sent epr inereased ach Tast blican the final year, 1892 the big total of $10,9 The an the deposits in New savings January 1, 1894, a loss of § in the total of the deposits wage the Arners administration the 853 repu increa York had 18,824 sunt of banks $61,050,488 on declined to which represent wihiat has been used in paying for bread and clothing and rent by the unemployed. More over, this does not indicate the entire change in the charac savings bank depos large, superin show that 30 was deposited account conceals a The tables of the nent its. Tne interest share of the loss tendent of the bank while the sum of §1 in the savings banks in o $221,865,330 was Thi discloses the fact that there was withdrawn from York savings banks $34,518, 091 more than was put into them in th Takin of esti- for tt will not be an exaggeration to place the amount of nkag of the plain peo during Iast year at §300,000,000, or a loss of nearly §5 per capita for the entire popu lation of the When to this added the shrinkage in the carnings of cap ital invested in manufacturin 3 the prodi sum of withdrawn the New year 1863, g these figures as a b ntire country, and it in the savin country. and commer: unascertainable amount can be fo of the of the depression of the cial enterprises, an some conception med de- structive cl past year. Surely the peopl of political managy ought to be convine very questionably many of them a nd would be very glad to remedy take, but unfortunately this cannot be The country has got to endure the sponsible for the unfortunate prey ditions for at least four y longer, for while a republic house aract who voted for a change and of economic pol 1 by this time that they Un- re so convinced, committed expensive mistake their mis- lone. policy re- iling con nd possibly an president and will probably 6, it is to be apprehended that there will still be a democratic senate to de- feat a return to republican policy in respect to American industries and American labor. As to the diminished savings of the people, they are not likely to be soon restored, for even with a return of industrial activity that will give employment to the now idi® labor, the reduction in wages will prevent the great majority of wage carners from saving anything unless they deny themselves many comforts and pleasures they have hitherto enjoyed. It will be some years, it Is safe to say, before savings bank deposits increase as they did during the four years preceding January 1, 1893. of representatives be elected in 18 OMAHA MUST FORGE AHEAD, The city assessment must be raised at all hazards. Omaha cannot afford to stand still during the present year in the matter of public improvements and projects that would stimulate the growth of the city. To stop all public improvements means a loss of 10,000 population during the present year, and such an exodus of wage workers would ruin trade and still further depreciate prop- erty. Bven if ralsing the assessment would increase taxes, which it need not do except for individuals and corporations whose prop- erty and holdings are outrageously under- valued, we must ralse the present assessment roll at least 25 per cent. The keynote to the resumption of busi- ness activity in Omaha fs an increased as- sessment. We must have more elbow room for carrying on needed improvements and stimulating enterprises that will give employ- ment to workingmen, put money in circula: tion among the trades pesple and give Omaha the appearance of a wide-awake, progressive city. We can never restore confidence in Omaha until Omaha shows by substantial growth that her own people have confidence in her future by planking down their money | ana enlisting outside capital in local enter- prises and improvements, Another mode of galvanizing the town and izing the projected improvements would be to get the charter amended 50 as to allow Omaha to extend her credit in carrying on public Improvements and promoting enter- prises that will develop her materlal growth. Such an opportunity may present itselt within a few weeks If the governor calls a special sesslon of the legislature to readjust the state finances which are now in a very deplorable condition, and to amend our revenue laws so that we can carry on state government without a deficit, If such an op- portunity presents itself there will be no dif- fleulty in getting the charter en then we should revise our method of assessment and equalize the assessments so that all property owners will pay thelr due amended. proportion of taxes. A LESSON IN CHEMISTRY. There is a place for sport in our American colleges, but when sport Is carried so far as to endanger human life it is timo to call a halt. The story of the fatal results of the freshman banquet festivities at Co versity adds to t brought senseless foolery demonstr Cornell, tho other nell uni- many arguments that have for abolition of nnection with student banquet at like similar many of olleges, had come to be an event 1 to with great anticipations by student body. The sophomores who have gone through the mill t ing year awalt anxiously an opportunity to get even for the indignities suffered by sub Jocting thelr successors to the same treat- ment which they endured not attompt the not been forward the In e he tions. treshman occaslons at looked forw the whole » preced- to avold tray, but it hope, if successfully resisting the expected onslaught The banquet has be than to a g with the the expectation, of then me nothing less aninvitation neral confliot in which all tirely eviltey of all kinds is indulged in by ned. Were harmless in character it affair of the public's. It of sport a cone the tricks played would be no however, the limits exceeded, some re ressive meas ures from the faculty, that has hitherto been blind to ary this Cornell colleglate, conveniently absolutely nec One it as these abuscs, become aspect of peculiarly episode marks Th students who filled the banquet room with chlorine gas were simply turning to practical account of the lessons that had been taught them while in attendance at the nniversity. They had learned how to manufacture chlotine gas from a mixture of common salt an | scid. They had learned how to arrange a crude apparatus so that the gas woull be dis- charged through a tube Into the room where the freshmen wero to congregate. They had had rience the unpleasant odor and frritating effects of the gas in the university and they concluded that It offered a means to make the freshe men exceedingly uncomfortable while devot- ing attention to their repast. But they had vidently not kept in mind the deadly char- of th chlorine and the short time for it to do its work. Only after their sport had ended in the death and the serious Illness of a of others did they realize the full of this their latest experiment In practical chemistry. Nothing could illustrate more tragically the truth of the trite saying that a little learning is often a very dangerous thing. The college authorities may now be expected to interfere after the mis:hisf has and 1t is safe to say that an banquet at Cornell has lost on the college calendar of tudents in other colleges should not some ox with laboratorios acter necessary of one number import been the fr wrought, shir standing sport fail to heed the warning. IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL? question of the of the proposed income tax has been raised and The constitutionality very good reasons are presented for the view as the act is now framed, it Is repugnant to the constitution. It is pointed out that three distinctions are made in the imposition ot this As between natural ons having more or less than $4,000 a year hat tax, viz per- as between investors in corporate securities ind investments in other securities, no mat- the of thelr corporations and natural iaving incomes less than $4,000 a year, former being taxed while the latter es It is held that such discriminations are in violation of section 8 of article I of the con- titution and of article v of the ame The first of these provides that “all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform through- out the United States,"'and the second, that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor taken for public use ter what amount mcomes; as between person th Iments shall private property without Just compensation.” The contention is that the proposed income tax is not uni- would not of law, and is therefore unconstitutional. There is obviously substantial ground for this view, for nobody will pretend that the proposed income tax would be a uniform tax in the sense of the constitutional provision. Discussing this matter the Philadelphia orth American points out that one iniqui- tion which the proposed act is intended to accomplish will be to tax all those persons, no matter how small their in- who have their moneys in- vested In any corporate securities, by deduct- g a tax from their dividends. “The wide- reaching effect of this provision of the pro- posed act,” says that paper, “and the iniqul~ discrimination intended to be estab- lished by the act, will appear when we re- member the number of women, children and helpless persons whose property is so invested, but whose incomes will scarcely support them. Persons in this sit- uation will be obliged to pay the tax, while men In active life, having an income less than $4,000 a year not invested in corporate securities, will pay no share of the Iniquitous tax The argument of the advocates of the tax is that it is upon the corporation, to which the North American replies that this contention is neither true nor the law of this country since the decision by the supreme court of the United States of the Bell's Gap raflroad case, in which a tax upon the inter~ est of bonds was held to be a tax on the bondholder and not upon the corporation. These objections to the proposed tax will not, however, have any effect upon the fate of the measuro in the senate, so far as can be judged from present Indications. The ins como tax feature of the tarift bill will uns doubtedly be reported to the senate just as it was passed by the house, and while there are democratic senators who are opposed to such a tax they may be expected to fall Into line when the final test comes. It is highly probable, however, that the constitus tional question will be taken to the courts as soon as the tax goes into effect. form, be “due process tous discrimin comes may be, tous immense Two of the three populist United States senators are In favor of giving some en- couragement to the sugar Industry of the country and it Is presumed will unite with the republicans for this purpose. The demo- atic from Louisiana and Cali- fornia want the sugar industry protected. These five votes added to the republicans would give a majority favorable to legis- lation in the interest of this industry. It would seem highly probable, therefore, that American sugar producess will receive from the senate the consideration which was de- nied them Dy the house. It appears that tho investigations of Senator Peffer into the causes of agricultural depression have re- sulted in making him a friend of the bounty system, so far as sugar s concerned, he claiming that it has been immensely bene- ficial to the country. That republican policy regarding sugar has saved to the consumers of that commodity quite as much as the figures stated by the Kansas senator is un- stlonably demonstrable, and having done this great service to the country, in addition to stimulating the growth of a most impor- tant industry, the proposal to abandon this policy Is utterly Indefensible. It will be done, and all that friends of the sugar industry can hope for duty that will give some measure of pro- tection. Tt this can be done withont ma- terlally advancing the price of sugar, sery- ing the double purpose of encouraging the industry and providing revenue for the treas- ury, there will be little objection to it. At auy rate there is now no other alternative for saving the domestie sugar industry from dostruction, senators however, the At last some light bas been thrown upon the motives which of the d ators who voted to re- Ject the nomination of Wheeler H. Peckham for ate justice of the supreme court. Mr. Peckham has come out with a card in which he secks to define his position on the question of the constitutionality of the pro- tective tariff, He says that he Is convinced that trade, o far as possible, 18 the wisest poliey for dll mankind; that whero not possible, a tarift e only Is the next best; and that a p cally wholly ust have actuated many jocratic se for rev otective tarlft is economi- But he emphati- the that if congress a protective tariff the courts should declare the law unconstitutional and void. M. then wants free irade If Lie can get it, and if he can't get it he is willing to put up with a tariff for reven with a prote When he ported Grover Cleveland for president he subscribe to the platform that de tariff to be unconstitu Indefensible. cally repudiates idea should enact Peckham only or even tive. not a protective be T"F .()MAIIA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1894 tional. democrat and his gollgngues could The senator who boasts of being a not pos- sibly think of voting for a man who was not enough of a democrat to swallow the whole platform, head, tailf afid bod The most remarkable thing about the elec tric lighting busiftess’' is that the council porsists In refusing to place the electrician in position to protect the city’s Interests in getting the quality’of ‘light which it is pay- ing for and in refwsing to amend the ordi nance so as to give him autherity to en- force safe wiring of bulldings and compel the companies owning overhead wires to string or restring them according to his di- rections. What be drawn from such scan to a cor- poration? Councilmen are elected by the citizens and paid by the taxpayers. When they play into the hands of contractors that impose the taxpayers endanger lite and property by deliberately refusing to adopt measures for their protection and they themselves to be inefficient and dangerous public This s the plain English of it. Inference can alous favoritism upon and safoty show unre liable, vants. Insurance companies that have suffered severe losses during the past try- ing to raise rates in almost every large city in the country. In Chicago they have just announced an advance of on fire risks and have not even sought tify the step by alleging insufficient pressuro ineflicient fire department. 1t would no difference the in- surance rates fn this city amount led by the city for fire pro- No of additional drive down again forced to act by reason of the competition of outside year are per t to jus water or an make with were the of monoy exp tection doubled numbe steamers will the until the combined companies are rates concern The people of South Omaha are seriously debating the BOve which that supports too sive an affair to be justified by the resources. They appreciate the fact that there is no need for separate municipal administration in Omaha and puth Omaha, and that their shares of the burden are rily heavy. By the time anne: again held out it probable that everybody will be T anxiou to join together in creating greater Omaha that is to be. of Nebraska whether city rnment city is not expe; city's to are coming unnecessa fon is the Tho episode the Morton City no sce the joke in . their brilliant stroke of enterprise since the grand Jury has seen fit to indict some of them for a “dastardly act.”” We are quite sure the did not take the matter in any erious light. He would be willing to let the fun go on, although at his expense, provided the flames shed the desired lustre n his name. We are waiting for Secre- tary Morton to advise his friends to let the matter rest. effigy longer perpetrators at secreta such s Large, juicy, luscious plums are falling from President Cleveland's table all about us, yet the Omaha contingent looks wistfully toward the white house for commissions that do not come. The reason is plain. Through triangular factional fights the democratic pap dispensers are unable to harmonize upon any one man for a given office. The in- evitable result will be that the best offices will go to men who have never dome the party any particular service and who as a matter of fact have'ho legitimate claim to any office. Notwithstanding the fact that the thirty- nina fire insurance companies of New York state gained only an increase of $1,478,065 in.premiums in 1893 over the previous year and lost $2,142,963 more than in 1892, all but four of them managed to pay handsome dividends. The insurance companies are so accustomed to reaping huge profits and in- curring large expenses for an extravagant management that a comparatively small fall- mg off in revenues is made the occasion of a great mnoise about the ‘“‘unprofitable’’ busi- ness. The Galled Jade Squeals. Chicago Herald. That political aggregation composed chiefly of imported paupers and protected bosses, known in the autonomy of Amer- ican states as Pennsylvania, would have the world understand that it has spoken. P . The Hoary O1d Jobber. Brooklyn Eagle The river and harbor bill is as certain a product of congress as firmly rooted as the hoary-headed courtesy of the senate. There is to be one this year, as usual. However widely members may 'differ as to parties and factions, they are tolerably sure to agree about this venerable job. —— A Paradise for Kicke Wieding [iegister. New York democrats ought to h one, big and strong, to Kick some sense into Then they should hire him again to bosses” and bunco steerers out of the party. This advice applies with al force to Boss Platt's constituency. New York politics needs a good, strong all around kicking. - Two Noble Friends of Sterling. Fremont Herald. The Press sees In the appointment of the republican Pflaeging at Nebraska City a deep scheme of Secretary Morton to find out who his thick-and-thin friends w and just how far they would stand by him. He has found out—Pflaeging and Carl are for him unanimously. Calls of the Cuckoo. New York Sun. was going _Into bowing his head lest It should strike ridgepole. “Why do you duck you Cucky?" asked the Nest Egg, with and superior smile. "“Is it that y you're a camelopard?’ “Alas plied the Cuckoo, drearily, putting hi on a file; “you know I am'such a Goose The Cuckoo the barn, the poll, froz Notable Nebraska Fallures. Lincoln News.o ar there were 361 fallures in Ne- This does.not include the failure L. D. Richards to achieve his cus- tomary January vindication, the failure of Colonel Walt Seeley to turn over a new leaf or the failure of the. police to have Hon. Bud Lindsey, republican state central com- mitteeman, declared illogal and unlawful. vt - Imbecllity Dominates. Globe-Democrat “If a demoeratic majority of 100 can't do business in the house,’ sald Bland, ‘w had better give way to some party that can” Bland Is right. The democracy since the war days husbeen shiftless, vac- illating and Imbecife. ‘Apparently all the nerve, vigor and regoircefulness of the or- ganization disappeared’ when the old re gime of the south out loose from the north- ern end of the party in 1861 The party | still powerful for obstruction and destruc tion, but for construction it 15 miserably and’ contemptibly feeble. Last i braska. of Hon. PEOPLE AND THING White-winged peace has ottled between the senato and the white house Yellow Jack s more effective as a ceme- tery promotor than the artillery of Brazil's warring factions, Tom Reed should not delay quorum counter., The democrats are to grab it at any moment, A soclety has been formed in Chicago to pro L girl teachers in 8 day schools from the matrimonial charms of Chinamen, 'he more humane plan would be the protection of the Chinaman, The earl of Lovelace, who died in England rece at the age of 88 yoars, was the hus band of Byron's daughter—'Ada, sole daugh ter of my house and heart,” as Byron has it in “Childe Harold." Satisfactory terms have been the railroads to the Colorado legislature for a Junket to the Midwinter fair. he useful ness of the india rubber fund needs no fur ther demonstration A tall, emaciated ghost sockets is _frightening children in New Jersey. The ghost of the democratic party in Pennsylvania has been missing for some days. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, despite his great age, s described as lithe, silver haired and keen-eyed. He laughs and chats with animation, and his flashes of repartee are as frequent and brilllant as they were in other years. Judge Wilmot M. Smith of Long Island, learning that the county board intended to increase his from $2,000 to $2,600 per annum, appeared before the board the other vening and defeated the proposition b; showing that the present sal is sufficient B y month, It is said, Mrs. Parnell sends a fresh wreath of white roses and maiden hair fern to the grave of the late Irish leader at Glasnevin, Dublin, and attached to th wreath there Is always a card with the same inseription—*"My idol, my g, my husband Proctor Knott is likely to enter the race for congress in the Seventh Kentucky dis- The district s represented by the frolicsome Breckinridge John Owens, tempor chairman of the wigwam con- vention, is also in the field. The contest promises to be a lively one. Geol D. Beck, son of the late Ken- tucky senator, for ye a resident of Wyo- ming, 1s a young man of unusual good looks and splendid physical proportions. He is one the leading democrats of Wyoming, and, as he takes an active part in politics, will doubtless be heard from soon. “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow." Days grow into weeks, wecks into months and years doth scoot into oblivion, and the wait of hope deferred camels the spine of unemployed democrats. The shade of Andy Jackson Invoked some weeks ago appears to ignore the prayers of the faithful I'wo years ago Engineer Allen, running on the Canadian Pacific railway, gave a lift and two dollars to an actor named Morr and has now received information that Morris has gratefully left him $61,000 in a will pro- bated at New Orleans. Railroad men who encounter touring tragedians should take the cue. The problem of prohibition is temporarily eclipsed in Des Moines by the greater one of civil righ A colored man sought to soothe his appetite in the legislative restau- rant and was rudely ejected. Profuse ex- planation and apologies have been tendered, but the restaurant has not wiped away the color line. Chief Justice Jeune of England has ruled that a minister of the gospel has no right to plead as a privileged communication in court the substance of a confidential communica- tion made to him as a minister by one of his parishioners. The court, he says, not the individual, must judge when the ends of Justice require such secrets to be made Dublic W. Martin Conway, who is lecturing at the Royal institution in London on his re- cent explorations in the Himalayas, has traversed more ground in those perilous re- glons than any other explorer. Although his journcyings there have covered over 3,000 miles, he tays that the section of coun- try which he explored, compared with the mountainous region that has not yet been touched, is as the size of a postage stamp to that of a large quarto page. One of the most remarkable criminal cases on record on the Pacific coast has come to the surface in the quite little town of Pacific Grove, near Monterey. Amos Virgin, who had always been respected as an honest man, turns out to be a lawless desperado who has committed within three weeks a haif-dozen bold robberies and dangerously wounded one of his vietims. The latter shot back, and put a bullet in Virgin's leg, and it was this wound which betrayed him. He has made full confession, but says that his Jekyll and Hyde life was due to the hypnotic influenc of a wicked partner. Pacific Grove, which started as a Methodist camp meeting ground, is much excited over the revelations. B "ERNINST THE NUDE. patenting his liablo granted by with eyeless old women and Chicago Herald: J. Adam Bede and his birch bark pants continue to cause great hi- larity among the eastern editors, who do not appreciate the privations of a Minnesota country journalist. It is a tribute to Mr. Bede's industry and frugality that he is able to wear pants of any kind. Most of his con- temporaries eschew them altogether. New York Sun: Good Sir or Miss or Madam, pray have you scen our Jadam, the taker of the kitty, the pride of Zenith City whom History impartial will call our nobl al? 0, Jadam Bede is a man indeed! His brow fs tall and his soul is bold, and his locks are bright as the burnished gold. ~A man of sense and a man of mark, with a stainless record and breeches of bark. 0, hearts beat high and bright eyes dance as they catch the gleam of those birch bark ——. Good Sir or Miss or Madam, pray have you seen our Jadam? ~ From Paris, Me. unto Paris, France, folk love the man with the birch bark 0, Jadam Bede Is a man_indeed, and a marshal's baton is his meed, ———— cretary Grosham's War Record. Chicagn Record. tifying to note that the spirit of and consideration for a for w{-arms is bringing out fron soldiers of the late cf denial of General K Secretary Gresham did not take part in the great conflict, Those who Mmember clearly the events leading up to the taking of Atlanta will not need to be told that the official records show General Gresham's part in the war to have been that of a capable and gallant officer, whose place in the field was always well up in The front of the danger line. Grant in his memoirs notes the wounding of General Sham as an incident of the sicge of At- Janta, Sherman speaks of him as of a favorite, and the war records show beyond peradventure the important service which the present secretary of state rendered during the time of hi3 connection with the army General Gresham was a brave fighter and an inspiring leader of his men, whom he never asked to take risks that'he himself did not constantly incur. It is plain justice to give him the full measure of credit for his gallant services toward the preser tion of the union. Attempts to belittle his reputation as a military man must be set down as despleable specimens of the 1gno- ble practice of mud-slinging. ——— Another Deelining Industry. Chicagn Herald. Mr. Chris Evans of Visalla, Cal., has been woaptured” again. That 18, finding the weather i the mountains cold and inclem- ent and the train robbing industry suffering from the prevalling depression, he has given himself up to the sherift. After a season of rest hment in jaill he will walk out hout the time the robins nest @ and resume his pre- datory operath The distingulshed con- Sideration accorded this bandit by th Cers of the law I8 evidence that oj tions of California have not yet e from the mining camp stage of clvill It is g fair pla. comrade fighting Highest of all in Leavening Po‘wef.—Latcst U. 8. Gov't Report, Re al LIS Baking Powder ABSOIUTELY PURE I ——— SIC SEMPER M KANE, Nows: The country is woll “Boss'" McKane do the te some service as a conviet. KEven the New York Sun says the judgment of the court is righteous, so McKane must be protty wick Record: It is supposed that after six years in the John Y. MeKane of Brooklyn will have revised his former theor that the people have no rights which politicians are bound to respect Ploneer Press Indianapolis content to let by peni Chicago sptimists tentia Not until he was actual in the prisoners’ dock did he seem to HHze that his prosecution was more than mo: mentary annoyance by foolish enemies. Now he has his lesson, and much good may it do Wim and all ke hi A few ol ex amples 1ike this would help to purify polities amazingly s City a8 a of Boss his not Star: It s relate matter of wonder that nerve and self-possession did him when his sentence was This not wonderful. It was nerve and self-possession that a_boss, and he is too shrewd to before the whole string is played ane great forsake nounced. the boss’ made him give way cn is not of New York political criminals once fixed by a jury There 18 no and politi the . this serve ago Herald: The quick to punish but when their gullt is punishment follows unef ¥ reversal of Judgment, and money cal influence are alike criminal. Willlam M. Tweed djscove as MeKane will discover it. He will his allotted term in state's prison. Courfer-Journal: 1f there Is anything in the character of this government about which the people ought to be watchful it is tho ballot, the very foundation of its insti tutions. The man who shows a disposition to trifle with so sacred an institution proves his utter unfitness for participation in the affairs of such a government as this and the sooner he is put into a condition in which he can serve the state usefully the better for all state ywerless Lo NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. Regan's revival has resulted in thirty con versions. Water King, a Kearney hors sold to Im 1 parties for $1, As the result of having three tecth pulled, Henry Seymour of York fs very low with blood poisoning The plans for Norfolk's new opera house are being revised and work on the structure will begin in the spring Chicken thieves are doing a business at Beatrice. There Is doing something desperate There wer the revival mee churches united in B. A. Brewster, who recently sold the ord Journal, has purchase the Oakland Times and will remove the plant to Craig. Albert. Halberg of Stromsburg Matt Laurine in a drunken sted, but was discharged inary hearing. Chauncey Doty, the aged Plattsmouth man who was struck by the cars aud badly injured ten days ago, is still alive and will probably pull through. Among the applicants for charity in Schuyler weck was a woman whose brothier is worth several thousand dollars and boards with her, also her mother lives with her, and the mother owns a good farm. John county fi obtaining has been wholesale talk of sult of Threg conversions as a r s at North Platte, the work. who stabbed wl, was ar- ¢ his prelim- Riddle, son of a wealthy Saline ner, has been found guilty of goods under false pretenses in buying a wagon and giving a false name. He is believed to belong to an organized gang of thieves. A Polander of Clear Creck had a friend come from the old country who shortly afterwards was kicked by a horse and died. The host went to Columbus for a_coffin and took a little too much of “Oh! be joyful” and was taken by the polico force to the lockup and kept three days. The farmers of this vicinity, says the Gothenburg Star, are undaunted by the short crops of last year and the low prices which now prevail and are preparing to put in the usual large acreage of corn and wheat the coming seasor. The ground fs said to be getting in good shape for spring work, notwithstanding only a limited amount of molisturo has fallen, and there is reason to hope for a prosperous year, Invading the Dark Continent. Kansas City Star. The most hopeful intelligence fhat has been received from Africa in some time is that the use of American flour is extend. ing. appears that our flour is entering Africa through the gateway of Sie Leone, and the imports have Increased from 6,500 barrels in 1891 to 11,500 in 1593. This 18 a healthy growth and 'betokens a hopeful future for Africa. Man is largely vhat he eats, and wherever American flour has become 'a prevailing article of diet there has been a noticeable advance in the condition of the people. America has given white bread to miilions of people who, but for America, would never have seen it, Africa i theé last continent to be Invaded by the American miller and will be added to his conquests. A Satire on Democracy. New York Sun. Reports of the organization of the poor man's party in Okaw, Ind., and other head centers of Tife continue to'be sent in. The leading principle of the poor man's party is that no man who Is worth more than $1,500 shall be voted for by any member of that party. We don’t belleve there is any such v as the poor man's party or any such place as Okaw. The story is a palpable satire upon the democrats and the {ncome ax. ——————— $7,000,000 & yoar in wages. 600,000,000 cigarettes & Armour Richmond year Thirty-two thousand varleties of goods are made from wool Troy, N. Y. makes over $1,000,000 worth toves overy year In 10,000 men are fAnishing garnets. Of the fifty-two cotton mills establishes last year, twenty-seven were in tho south Nashville 18 the first city In the world for hard wood lumber and the largest milling city In the south Lowell, Mass water power of Morrimae and ton cloth every The diffusion pros of extracting from fruits Is gaining ground. It been a in France in the extraction of beet-r fee for sugar, and it {8 now used in without a ecider mill or makes ] INDUSTRIAL NOTE | | | | ot Hohemia ongaged fn Hing and usos the the cot- the Spindle City the Pawtucket fails on makes 145,000 miles of year. d Julee has Tong making cider v clder In1 former property lina roveal names of her f Prof. 1 1o a h I ng wd for il take nown coal lored population pays 25 tax In Georgia the wns $8,000,000 In real tatistios in South Caro rty in the Engir coal ar, It w 1,000 years to Ohio’s flold. “This is 14,000,000 tons in of last year's output, and there are conl linls in the state as yot not pro<pecte The value of the mi conntry for the year 1893 was $635.%77 283, the highost ever k o8 wouild have Pig fron agurc 1 at $131,161,030; ¢ i tons, worth § 1ot the value of 1,506,375 was $33,000,000. Building stone rried was greater than gold in value, b $48,706,625; the copper output $37,077.14 lead, $17,060,9 . ), down to American tin at § f the orq representod ik tuction 18 given at $21,000,000, and paid in mining was $14,000 pro- duct being worth n as both combined - rLE sral prod the arly PARAGRAPIC ISANTRIES, Mar cabbage Twain: Cay with a col flower | nothing tion but Truth: A turnin | Vs life: Meting another point in with & new wom bonnet Elmira Gazette: Jag @ tike your pennies and y lars will care of the bank caih s of tuke iffalo Courier: A cheap th canse [ many men wtrical A very them to be up are tle News: Whe nsplire ¢ hag only on his anxlous for him to carry : that a andience 13 it out Detroit T What is th clous Pupil—¢ is passed. ibune: Sunday School T hole duty of m an't tell until the Lchor Preco- Wilson bill Tndianapolis Journal: § you would feel kindly were in the grave He—I wouldi't, eh! ~1 don't belleve toward me even If T Just you try it once. Boston Jourr , vou haye named the baby ‘Obadiuh What does the T, stand fol “Oh, that means “Temporarily’ until he gets his Uncle Obadiah’s money, vou know." Tndianapolls Journal: Watts—T you were on the inside in that litile deal? Potts—I was. That's how I happened to fall so hard when the bottom dropped out. thought MOST OF THEM THINK SO. New » ork “Man’s heart is cheaper than woman's,” so A woman writes, and she ought to know, And the view, 'twould seem, that she here unfolds Is the one that every woman holds, Or nine, at least, out of every ten, From the way that they play hearts of men. with the A FRANK ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Chic go Mail. I thought T was a clever shark At playing games of pool; Alas! I was an easy mark, Like any other fool! They said T played a stiff game (And winked their other eyve!) And how I ought to win fame, too, (In some sweet bye and bye!) 1 played and played until I lald Out all my glittering tin; But ah, T was a merry blade, And didn’t care to win! too, They said T was a dead game sport, And understood the ropes, Could against all comers hold the fort= High then were my fond hopes! But when at last T tumbled in And saw the subtile point They robbed me of my hard earned “glin,® And put my eyes quite out of joint. I dropped the cue and turned away With heart chockful of woe; They yelled at me— Awh, come, T say, Just ‘one more game, you know!" But T shook my head And sadly said: “I thought I was a dead game shark At playing games of pool; I sec I'm just an ea arle, Like any other fool BROWNING, KNG & co. The largest make rs and sollers of fine clothes ou earth, Your monoy’s worth or your money baok, A man or a woman ras at $2.50 get $4 and $4,50 for them. caps. next two months,) shades, and the prices are Enjoys a becoming hat, and right here we want to spring our spring hat stock on the reader. It's coming in daily now.. There's a nice stylish hat for $1.50, and new spring Fedo- and $3, both black and brown, hat stores Then there are Yachting (These will be worn a great deal during the They are in blues and light 50¢, 75¢ and $1. The first lot of the Stetson '94 styles in soft and stiff hats have just come in. We'll save you $1or $1.50 on a hat. BROWNING, | S Willpsy theexpress f you send {ho @oBgy for 80 worth or more KING & CO., W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts,