Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1894, Page 12

B e THEOMAIA DAILY HOSEWATER, Editor. HED EVERY MORN 4UBRCRIPTION Mot Thies M Eunduy [ Vear § Ot Y ear One Year OFFICES Tuilding 1 i 1 Vrteenth LONDENCE. fnting o LETTERS and remiLtan 10 b bl mpany 1y Yers t ot of t TRHING MPANY e D STATEMENT OF CIRCULATIO Gieorse B, Taschuck, secretary ¢ Publisning compuny, being duly s that the actual number of full a eoples of The Dally Morning, F B y Bes printed during the , 1804, wis as folows 17 18 10 ening month of Total for th h b Less luctions for unsold turned copies........... Total 8old............ ¥ Doily average nét clreulation inda S GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK to before me and sub: ce this Sth day of T PEIL, Notar in ry, 1504 Public. Tsn't the making rather fre Wilson tarift bill? finance committee of the serate with the free list of the of the have the ghting. hour s benefit of The burning whether the city is question to the lowest bid on electric We are gratified to be able to announce definitely that Mr. T submitted the lowest bid for electric lighting, is ne strayed, lost nor stolen. rdee, who Cyrus Parker is not the only candidates 5 and whom President Cleveland 1 with federal office. Don't worry. man who for congre: has invest voted for republican A New York undertaker has discovered a | corpse which has been kept unburied for twenty-elght years. And strange to say it was not a political corpse either. We notice in a list of new publications a corpse which had been kept unburied for of Su Spisodes and Observations in the Life of a Busy Man; by Erastus Wiman." | Adjournment of the senate over three days creates an unwelcome lull in presidential appointments, but the slaughter among the fourth class postmasters goes merrily on ‘without interruption That's a nico story about that Indianapolis man who allowed his first wife to select the woman he should marry after her death. “We are waiting to hear from the woman Wwho has married thie man whom her first husband chose for her as his successor. The new United States 5 per cent bonds are now listed In the quotations of the Stock exchange, but are not attracting much atten- tion from small investors. The popular loan idea with bonds at 17 per cent premium is not popular with the general public. The police commission is to take a vote tomorrow night on the Strickler resolution to have gambling suppressed by the police. This resolution should be made broad enough to include gambling in all its forms. Any- thing else would be a delusion and a snare. When Congressman Bryan is able to ar- range with a fellow congressman who is constructively absent from the house ‘o take his place in making a quorum for the trans- action of business, the abuse of pa'ring is certainly being stretched to the farthest limit. It Is cabled all the way from Berlin that Bmperor William congratulated Count Ca- 1rivi on bis buthdi/ anniversary. By the next cablegram we may look for the an- nouncement that Count Caprivi drank the emperor's health before he retired to bed last night. Patrick Eugene Prendergast will share the fate of Guiteau, notwithstanding the fact that he Is a crank and tried to work the in- sanity dodge. It is necessary for the safety of society that all such monomaniacs be treated like other murderers who willfully take human life. South Dakota's divorce industry is grave danger of destruction by the ref of one or two e the validity of the r es from marital ligations granted in that state. South Da- Kota should adopt prompt measures for tho protection of its leading industry. The principals in the great p prize fight held on the floor o of representatives ought *to with the enterprising theatrical who are ever on the lookout for novel at- patriotic drama portray- Reed, Bland and would take with ern courts to recogi lam ntary the louse demand managars, be in How a with in tractions, ing congross all the others the populace! Crisp, the cast Congressman Bland brought homely truth and rubbed it into cratic associates out the his demo- when he in- sisted on having a vote on his bill inasmuch as It had been reported to the house and secured a place on the program and told them that to stay there and not vote would be political But he, forgot to announce that to stay there and vote would equally political suicide. The avenues of escape have been pretty effectu ally blocked by the measures which the democratic house has e d to father in the house simply suleide be deavore nesota An velghs which that indignant eitizen agalust ho was property of Walnut Hill burdensome grading forced to pay. He alleges damaged slightly recelved ass of beuefits, while were compelled to suffer and pay. No one will gainsay the fact has seem- ingly been a great deal of inequality in the matter of grading taxes as levied in this city. Men who could afford to contest the mattel in the ntly secured justice. had to pay more than This state of things is large and growing olty It is to be hoped that city fathers will order less grading don coming season In order to glve property owners a respite from the burdeus of spe clal taxation. in taxes ssment and others that there courts have frequ however, have Just shar true of every Many, thelr our the | tests mere ArTates . SU T neer L T DAY, FEBRUARY 9 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: INSTRUCTIVE Instructive statistios showing t extenston of education in various sections of the country are given In the of the United States com mission ation. The for the purpose of com sections, viz: The north including New BEngland, New Jersey; SCHOOL, STATISTICS relative common sehool latest report edu commisstoner divides the country parison, into five Atlantic division New York, Pennsylvania the north central division, Including Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Ilinots, Wisconsin, Min- Towa, Missourl, the Dakotas, Kansas and Nebraska; the south central diy sfon, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkan Alaby Mississippl, Louisiana the south Atlantic diviston, including th from nd western divi- coast and the territories of the Rocky The percentage of school attend- in proportion to the total population of cach division and two sas, ma and Texas West De ion, Virginia and to coast the Pacific states lawarr including and Florida; the tos west mountain anc I8 computed upon the returns for 1571 and for 1890 The figures show a marked decline in the percentage of the north Atlantic division, the fail being from 22 in 1871 to 17.9 in 1890, There was a decline, also, in the north cen- tral division, the percentage of 24.8 in 1871 and 22.4 in 1890. In the south- ern divisions the percentage of 1890 nearly double that of 1871, and there was a in the division rage Is The notable the of 1ce in the north Atlantic divi- the Philadelphia Record explanations. One & the the of ftamilies, and dimunition of the population school as compared with The explana. tion Is that the states in the many of whom do not possess the means to travel any further. “The which widely prevails,” “that the proportion be- and natives which was was small though the foature of the school attond sion, for offers two rcrense western low. statistics is decline which de- crease in size the con of the equent the total population in the fact poorer immigra age other impression the Record, fmmigrants mously and generally throughout luring the last twenty inaccurate, the foreign-born population hav~ ing increased at the date of the last census by only 14.75 per cent, compared with 14.44 per cent in 1870. Still it is true that twee has enor- fnrcreased the country years Is the inflow of foreigners has strained; the large cities on th been At- st have retained the greater pros portion of the most ignorant and least desir- able immigrants This class of immigrants is also notable for large families, which fact more than overbalances the natural decrease in the size of native-born families, and ex- plains why the census reports show a loss of only twenty-three persons to one hundred families in this division of the country.” The increase in the percentage of the school attendance in the south s a gratify- ing fact, indicating, as it that that cction is in a fair way to solve its school problem, which it is hardly necessary to say is quite as important as any with which it has to deal. It is of the greatest signifi- cance for the future of the south, both politically and morally, that the number of the illiterate is growing steadily less. north lantic co does, PRESIDENT ELIOT ON ATHLETICS. President Eliot's report to the overseers of Harvard university made public last week his promised recommendations with regard to changes in the management of college athletics, which have for some time been cagerly anticipated in the student world, President Eliot. prefaces his positive sug- gestions by a review of the course of ath- letics at Harvard in recent years, in which he calls attention not only to the abuses and exaggerations that have arisen in the system, but also to the mary advantages which accrue to those who do not let thelr athletic proclivities carry them to excesses. Athletic sports are to be encouraged from the university point of view only because either they constitute wholesome pleasures that do not interfere with work or they serve ‘'to maintain healthy and vigorous bodies in serviceable condition for the in- tellectual and moral life. So far as they assist in the upbuilding of the mind they become an integral part of the college pro- gram, but when they tend to obstruct the real work of the student they immediately lose their usefulness. Athletics i the col- lege world are to be judged solely by the standard of their success in promoting bet- ter work In the class room and the labora- tory. President Eliot glves ample testimony of the fact that athletic sports do come up to this standard and that with certain ex- ceptions they operate to elevate the tone of the entire student body. He cites statistics which show that a very large per- centage of the students participate in these sports in some way or another dur- ing their careers at the university and that on the whole they benefit thereby. These statistics are referred to for another pur- pose, namely to prove that the greater num- ber of those who offer to train for the col- lege teams belong to the first two years of the course. The longer the student re- mains at college, the less is his ambition to represent the institution in intercdl- leglate contests, Therefore President Eliot recommends the complete abolition of in- tercolleglate freshman contests, presumably with the expectation that such a move would spread participation fn the athletic sports more evenly through the whole student ody. Agalnst this it may be urged that discouraging freshmen athletics need not necessarily promote athletics in the upper classes for the reason that unless the student catches the athletic fever on entering college he rarely does so after- ward. The very statistics cited in the re- port go to show that the more students attracted to athletics when froshmen, the more continue the practice in succeeding years of thelr course. The other suggestions of President Eliot are all in the line of mitigating the evils of professionalism and brutality in what he calls the three highly competitive sports, boat racing, base ball and foot ball, particu- larly the latter. The risks of these contests are run by only a very small percentage of the total number of students who take to athletics, They are not only injurious, but also unnecessary. To do away with them, President Eliot would bar out the so-called professional student, would forbid the same student to take a place on more than university team in the year, he would confine intercollegiate games to the college flelds of one or other of the partic- ipants, and finally he would reduce the num ber of intercollegiate contests in any to not more than every The recommendations are ut the tendency to make these con money-making speculations &nd evils of gambling and of reckless to the he on same one sport one in two years, last - tw almed the wanton consequent waste and extravagance with the funds belonging the different thletic With premises of President Ellot's discussion of college ath- letics, the sys tom, | for prompt and effective measures ou the part of the associations that grave abuses thut exist in and these abuses | the ! seaport towns have been the sieves through | | which Quet for the boat and was refused college authorities, ail will agree. The par- tieular measures re have already unfavorable oriticlsm and doubt, be modified before they can be adopted. But they offer a basis for egotiation and they give evidence of the readiness of President Eliot to grapple with the problem. They that the reform of college athletics ds near at hand RETALLATION ON CANADA The act passed by the Fifty-second con- gross authorizing the president to adopt re- nada In a cor- good effect. For a Canadian govern- determination to adhere to discrimination against American feving, doubt- less, that no retaliation would be attempted, but when President Harrison exercised the authority given him the Canadian authorities Referring to this mat- ter fn his last annual message, Harrlson said it was time for this country to whether our interchange upon lines of land transportation should not be put upon a dif- ferent basis, and our entire Independence of Canadian canals and of the St. Lawrence as outlet the sea secured by the con- struction of American canal around the Falls of Niagara and the opening of ship communication between the great lakes and one of onr own seaports, Further, President Harrison said that we should withdraw the support which is given to the rallroads and the steamship lines of Canada by a traffic that properly belongs to us, and no longer mmende aroused some must, no mean tallatory measures toward taln contingency time after ment mani had a o th a stubborn policy of vessels, b its passa ed its s0on came to terms. consider an to an furnish the earnings which lighten the other- e crushing welght of the enormous public subsidies that have been given to them. The sentiment conveyed in these utterances is ent congress will be asked to give it recognition, The act of 1892 applies only to vessels. A bill has been introduced in the house of resentatives to broaden its scope. This m provides that whenever the president 1 be satisfied that there is diserimination in the use of Canadian canals detrimental to the United States or any of its citizens “he power and it shall be his in whole or in part by proclamation the transportation across the territory of the United States in bond or without payment of duty of goods imported or exported from or to any forelgn country to the British dominions in North Ameri There will probably be no serious opposition to this measure and its adoption would un- doubtedly effect to prevent dis- criminations detrimental to the vessel inter- sts of this country using the Canadian canals. It is not at all likely that the pre ident would ever be called upon to exercise the authority which this bill proposes to give him, but none the less it is judiclous to give it to him, for experience has fully dem- that the Canadian government cannot be depended upon to respect the rights of American citizens nd to deal fairly and justly with this country except under compulsion. For years before the passage of the act of 1892 providing for re- taliation that government, in utter disregard of treaty stipulations, had grossly discrim- inated against American vessels, and there can be no doubt that but for that law such iserimination would be in practice now. It 1s obviously expedient, therefore, to extend the scope of that act, because there Is a possibility that as soon as the Canadian gov~ ernment shall have completed the Sault Ste Marie canal discrimination against American vessels will be renewed. Having this canal Canada ‘would be indifferent to retaliation as against her vessels in our canals, but re- taliation that reached her railroads would be a very different matter. The proposed legislation would undoubtedly give complete security against discrimination detrimental to American interests, and this we have the right to require. wis widely held and the pre ure shall have duty to suspend the to have the onstrated DECREASE OF EARLY MARRIAGES. In a suggestive contribution to the current North American Review, Dr. Cyrus Edson brings home some very pertinent facts as to the evil results of early marriages, which, while in mo way [new, are particularly timely and to the point during a period of finanglal depression, which puts a damper on the ardor of youthful spirits to rush into the bonds of matrimony. Dr. Edson lays emphasls upon the statistics which go to show that early marriages are prejudicial both to parents and offspring. Child-bear- ing is one of the most severe drains upon the strength of any natural process and nature must have time to prepare herself for the ordeal. A reserve strength must be stored up and that necessary reserve strength Is only to be found in adults who have passed the full period of growth. So the observations that have been made In varlous countries of the civilized world dis- close the fact that the healthiest oftspring is born of mothers between twenty and thirty united to husbands between thirty and forty, and that where either husband or wife Is under twenty the offspring proves generally weakly and short lived. The figures advanced to illustrate the age of marriage in New York city for the two suc- cessive years 1891 and 1892, If typlcal for this country, place America In a more fayor- able aspect than Europe with regard to this matter. The average of the grooms Is al- most 20 years and that of the brides nearly 24.5 years. The age at which there were the greatest number of grooms was 25, years, and the greatest number of brides 2124, Those 20 were comparatively few. The advancing age at which Americans marry 18 ase: ib2d by Dr. Edson to two causes, First, the increasing freedom of the girls to marry or not, as they please, The necessity for a girl to marry in order to be supported is diminishing as the opportunities to earn ner own liveli-0od are w'de ing. ~ W.th in’e- pendence of choice comes an inclination to take ample time in coming to a declsion. The second cause Is the gradual disappear- ance of the stigma that formerly attached to unmarried women. ‘The reproach of be- ing a spinster is less keenly felt when tho retort is at hand that she could have married had she wished. Both these causes are op- crating to mitigate the evils of early mar- riages here and abroad, but they are operat- ing most effectively among American girls. They glve color to the law which some so- clologists have attempted to formulate, that with the progress of civilMzation the child- bearlag age tends to commence later, cease and in fewer children, of whigh, however, a greater proportioa are healilky and successfully reared. Admiral Benham has established an addis tonal the and admiration of his countrymen by his action In glving convoy to English merchantinan who had asked in vain for the protection of the British naval ¢ at Rio. The fn- surgents having refused to allow a water alongside the English merchant ship th, the captain appealed to the com- mander of the British squadron for safe con- He there admiral, under earlier to result claim to esteem an mmander to boat Nasm went to th and Amer asked for protection upon his can stated case for the This the American to the side of water boat and conducted the The dispatches say was promptly granted under flag the hoat was thg merchantman insurgents making Aemonstration that ghe In tion British not at i The to respond o nt created shipping surprising that refusal of the or to the captathfof the merchantman bably friendly to the of Admiral uniy a profound s and it s it should British naval comma appeal of th suggests that clreles have done g0, he 18y As the will undoubtedly although have been interfdping after the Drit 1sh commander had refubed to glve the pro tection asked for by at 43 The American rea- ted flag, Insurgents. Benham, it approved, to action be would raally warranted in not glish sallor. admiral, however, probably soned that neutral trade should be prot in and if g0 he reasoned soundly American waters under whatever ARTIFICIAL WATERW It is noteworthy that interest in the con of artificial ways s being simultaneously manifested in Europe and the United and motive prompting this the namely, that of obtaining cheaper t The re from s in struction watef States, the interest 1s same, ansportation. cent opening of the Manchester canal which great results are expected, Is familiar Projects no less to all newspaper readers important are being discussed in France Italy and will probably be carried out in the the financial difficulties of the latter rendering it unlikely that anything Nearer home former country, will be done in the ncar future two projects for artificial waterways are under con the proposed Cape Cod canal being the by far the more important project contemplating a con- the lakes, which Chicago by ideration, one, and other and nection between great bring nearer several hundred miles to the eastern s This last scheme fis one of great magnitude, in volving the construction of a canal 180 miles in length and of a width and depth greater than any other artificial in this country. It is reported that of the largest capitalists in the country are inter- esting in this enter- prise—men who have millions at their mand and whose connection with any under- taking would secure for it almost unlimited { capital. The movement for artificial waterways is a recognition of two facts. that transportation must seek the shortest paths and the other that these w sary to the just regulation of the cost transportation. They have tablished their claim to consideration in the latter respect. The Erie canal, for example, has exerted a great influence upon rates be t and the . notwith- standing its very limited capacity, and so useful has it been in this respect that there is an urgent demand to have its capacity doubled. The proposal to construct a canal across the Michigan peninsula is the most important yet made, with the exception of that for building a ship canal around Niag- ara Falls. There is no {uestion as to the practicability of constructing such a water- way, nor is there much reason to doubt that It would be profitable, if the outlay in build- ing it were kept withinreasonable limits. During the season of §avjgation such & canal would undoubtedly owded with trafiic all the time, so thatywith moderate tolls it would doubtless be a paying investment. The producers of tlie morthwest are par- ticularly interested in these projects for arti- ficial waterways, for! if: tarried into effect they will mean both quicker and cheaper transportation to the, seaboard for the pro- ducts of the northwest. The existing facil- Ities for moving the grain of this section to the east are no more than equal to the de- mand. Indeed they are not sufficient when the crops exceed the average, and their in- adequacy will Increase with the development of this section, for it will doubtless be many years before there is any more railroad con- struction between the west and the east Reliance for increased facilities must bo upon artificial waterways, and these will come when the demand for them becomes more urgent. would aboard. waterway some themselves proposed com- One i erways are nec- of abundantly en the west seabo The many and varied uses of the itemized cash account are being supplemented daily by new instances of its advantages. A young business man who has been called into a New York divorce suit as co-re- spondent is resorting to an ingenious ex- pedient to clear himself of the stigma which the plaintiff has sought to throw upon him. It had been his practice, he sald, to keep an itemized account of the minutest penditures during a period extending over thirty years. The account was Kept upon small slips of paper and written in so small a hand that it required exertion to decipher the figures. He began to write out these slips when a child 12 or 13 years of age, and acquired the habit of making them ac- curate, owing to the fact that whatever sums were unaccounted for in his record were deducted from his allowance for the following week. These slips brought into court to show that he could not have spent the money as alleged, which would have been necessary were he entertaining his friends on an extensive scale; also that he had never frequented resorts where wit- nesses had sworn they had seen him. His itemized cash account Is thus transformed into a defender of his reputation. The moral is, keep track of your various ex- penditures. ex- wa were The Supply Tnsufficient. Washington Star. It is thought that President Cleveland will hardly adopt the suggestion offered by the German emperor in his present of i bottle of wine to Bismarck. The demand on the champagne supply would be too heavy unless great partiality were shown. —_——— Poverty aud Plety. Kansas City Star. Great revivals of rellg country. 15 expansion always accompanies a financlal stringency. This was noticed as long ag as the “crash of ‘67" When men are left without much “show' in this world they seem more ready to' consider the advan- tuges of another. e Heresy's Hidvous H St B Globe. Dr. Harper of the ‘'orthodox University of Chlcago seems jealous of the notoriety of 330w Ingersoll and)ds ‘eontinuing his “dis- coutses on the mistukesiof Moses. His last Sunday's discourse v devoted to the con- tention that the wogld gould not have been submerged entirely by a deluge, as related in the book of Genesls. He concludes that all the flood that réaih existed was a tidal wave. The good dootords manifestly court- ing peosecution for heres > reported all matitution Many an honest, well-meaning been led on to his ruilp by the foolish notion that he must measur i "Roclal ait ana’ His expenditures those 'S¢ his Sompanions who are more for oy mltuated, The: great troubic with & men s that thelr thoughtlessness P mits them to set up absurd standards of conduct, They ( not stop to think. They take it for granted that if they do not go the pace set by those who have the ad- vantages of money and position they will be looked down on in & soclal wa There never was a greater mistake than this Even the giddlest of giddy soclety finda and opportunity to pay the tribute of Tespect and confidence to. the youn man who doing his whole duty by himself and his employ and who is living strictly Within his income, Atlaita ¢ lad has false and his by - | ernor . 189 1-~SIXTEEN KANSAN VS NEBRASKA PAGES Ex-Governor St. John's Assertions Effectively Refuted. From the attention has been which appeared fn the Topeka February 18 the signatur John P, St. John. It I pose at this time to engage controversy about prohibition, nor do I wish to deprive St. John of whatever fam oty he may have ac quired as the champion of prohibition. 1 simply desire to correct the missta made by the ex-governor in his comparisons as 1o the relgtive , materfal and finan clal condition of Kansas and Nebraska The governor s an expert in juggling with statisties. He is adroit In palming off misleading fiction in figures as he is in play ing upon popular credullty by reciting gar bled extracts from public records and spout- ing scripture to keep himself in the saddle on his favorite hobby horse. It is certainly amazing that a man of the pretentions and position in the political world by Governor 8t. John should presume upon the lack of Intelligence and general information to the extent to which he has in the article to which exception is taken The governor starts out us comp: Topeka Capatal My Capital of over of ex-Gov not my pur i any wordy Governor renown or notor nts mora occupied as follows Let Nebraska under high license with Kansas under prohibition, bearing in mind that Kansas has one-fifth population than Nebraska w the census of 1800 credits Nebraska with a population of 1,056,793, while Kansas is credited with 1,427,000, Kansas has th foro 370,200 more population than Nebraska, hence the population of Kansas is more than one-third greater than that of Nebraska, in- stead of one-fifth, as the governor would have it ~ Having started out with this fals tion St. John then with derision to the fact that the population in the Nebraska penitentiary under high license in creased from 128 in 1870 to 345 in 1889, show- ing an of 167 per cent; while in Kansas it decreased from 917 in 1879 to in 1889, showing a decrease of § per cent. This would be very it it were true. The official record of the Nebraska peni- tentiary shows that on November 30, 18 the number of convicts was 184; on Novemb, 30, 1889, 379; on November 30, 1892, it had de- creased to 316 and on the 20th day of Feb- ruary, 1804, it had further decreased to 205 On the other hand, the state prison popu- lation of Kansas, which, according to Gov- ernor St Jolin, was 823 in 1889, Is given as 911 on July 1, 1890, in the eighth biennfal Kansus State Penitentiary board report, and as aggregating 942 on July 1, 1892, and 885 for the year ending June 30, 13 Now does this show to the disadvantage of Kansas or Nebrask The population of Nebrasku in 1870 452,402, or one convict for 2,58 of th lation. The population of Kansas in- 1 was, in round numbers, 996,000, and the prison population 917, or one convict for 1,086 of the population. Computing the popu- lation of Nebraska at 1,100,000 at the present time and the number of convicts say at 300, we have in Nebraska one convict for 3,666 of the population; whereas Kansas with a population of, say 1,500,000, and an av erage of 870 convicts, has at this time one convict for 1,724 of its populationn. In other words, proportioned to their relative popu lation, Kansas has more than two state's prison convicts for every one in Nebraska. Governor St. John's comparison of the per capita wealth of the two states is equally incorrect as well as fallacious. In the first place, the per capita sessed valuation of a state proves nothing as to its relative wealth. Iu one state the as- sessment may be at actval value, in another at one-third and in a third at one-twentieth. The comparative wealth of the two states must be judged not only by thelr possessions, but also by their debt. The total debt in Nebraska, state, county and municipal, in 1880, amounted in the ag- gregate to $7.489,974, or a per capita debt of $16.58. In 1890 the aggregate debt of Nebraska amounted to §15,536 or a per capita debt of $14.67, being a decrease of $1.91 per capita. On the other hand, the aggregate debt of Kansas in 1880 is computed by the census burcau as $15,912,114, or a per capita debt of $15.97. In 1890, the debt of Kansas had reached $40,629,022, or a per capita of $28.47, an increase of $12.50 per capita. This in- crease alone is only $2.17 less than the total per capita debt of Nebraska. With one-third greater population than Ne- braska Kansas has nearly three times her debt. A striking contrast between the two states is afforded by the annual Interest charge on their respective bonded debts, In 1880 the annual interest charge in Ne- braska was $541,072, equal to an interest charge per capita of $1.20. The annual in- terest charge for 1890 amounted to $925,663 equal to a per capita of 87 cents, or a reduc tion of 33 cents per capita. The Kansas annual interest charge for 1880 amounted to $1,675,758, equal to $1.17 per capita. In 1890 the interest charge had risen to $2,385,975, or a per capita of $1. being an increase of 50 cents. According to the report of the comptroller of the cutrency for 1891, the combined cap- ital, surplus and deposits, of all national, state and private banks and loan and trust companies in Kansas in that year was $53, 896,688, or $37.22 per capita, and - that for the banks in Nebraska, $69,383,620, or $80.39 per capita. Now let Governor St. John tell us which of the two states is in the better condition financially. Another striking difference the two states s in the proportion of cities and extent of their commerce. The ten largest cities of Kansas aggregate 170,879 population, while the ten largest cities and towns in Nebraska aggregate 273,334 population. The city of Omaha alone has a larger population than the six largest towns in Kansas al- together, Governor St. ta the railroad assump Governor points Increase instructive was popu- of as- betwee John i incorrect in regard mileage of the two states. He asserts that in 1891 the number of rail- road miles operated in Nebraska was 8,730. As & matter of fact the rallroad mileage in Nebraska June 30, 1891, was 5,540 and at the present time exceeds 5,600 miles. The railroad mileage of Kansas in 1891 is placed by Governor St. John at 9,759 miles. The report of the Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 1893, shows the total mileage to be 8,900 miles. Governor St. John lays great st the relative superiority of Kansas in the matter of education. In 1892 the school population in Kansas was 498,801, or 35 per cent of the population; that in Nebraska 343,629, or 33 per cent of the total population. The aggre- gate attendance In Kansas 5 or 058 on was 382,225 76 por cent of the total sehool population and that in Nebraska 252,658 or 73 per nt of the school population. What is there to boast about on this score for Kansas? The trump ot Governor St. John seems to be the fact that Kansas consumes very lttle beer as compared with Nebraska. On this point he dwells with supreme satis- faction and cites the statistics from the Brewers Journal to show that Nebraska high license has steadily * Increased consumption of beer, while Kansas has dec slnce 1857 until her beer con sumption has dwindled down in 1892 to 1,643 barrels, while increases during the same period of 0,000 barrels, card under ebraska shows an over 3 alled to an article | [ Now what do these fgures prove ply this, that crease in the and a d and oth the bottles of liquor kegs of beer A far as a bottle of ds very little profit fact the Brewers Journal's correct and ling regarding he bulk of the trafiic for done at Kansas City Mo, beer sales of Kansas up to Missonrl the beer and el high lic ot onsnmption of malt mption of whisky reast lquors. It and in the cons stands to reason (hat jointist can conceal thai th does not bootlegger more readily bottle of beer whisky and A8 a fgures van & as moreover ¥l matte are in misle Kansas, be the Mo. and City, Just us a neumed In Towa rged to Nebraska, are charged large portion of is made in Omat Now let us institute the proper co ax regards the liquor traffic and Nebraska. The records of the collector of internal revenue show that there were is sued for K e the year ending June 30, 1892 dealer special tax stamps Al malt liguor stamps For the ling June 30, 1803, there were issued 2,357 retail liquor dealer stamps and 435 retail malt iiquor dealer stamps. his shows an increase rotail lquor dealers and drugglsts of 289 and an increase in beer venders of three, or a total increase of 202 dealers in lquor and beer during the year 1893 in “prohibition Kar In Nebraska there fiscal year ending June 30, liquor stamps and 165 retail malt a total of 2.4¢ in Kansas. This year therc is a marked decrease in the number of retall liquor and malt stamps | sued for N the total since the begin- ning of the fiscal year, June, 1893, being 2,007 Whether this be true also in relation to Kansas I have no means of ascertaining. A public man may sometimes by a slip of the tongue blunder into a misstatement, but when a man recklessly juggles with stath tics to help sustain a theory or a doctrine he forfeits popular confidence. And yet the governor’s- false figures will doubtless be quoted for the next two or three years by of prohibition as conclusive proofs rrible consequences of the high 1 . ROSEWATER. R s PEOPLE AND THINGS. botween Kansas 2,00 r and in fusued for the 1803, 2,427 retail stamps, or were as against 2,70 advo of the t cense system, Bellamy's New Nation has “gone demo- cratic.” Private Sccretary Thu his Ibsenian crop of hair Unless e 1 r V.ot ared the tax on « senatorial shufle, The supply of rare old wine in this coun- try is deemed insuflicient to placate all of Cleveland's party enemes Galusha's huge majority in Pe Ivania is what the late Bill Allen would designate as ‘‘too blanked ul mous.”" The mayor of New York has been favored with a cat from the “ould sod.” It will be trained for the fall Kilkenny affair. It should be noted that Nebraska suspended reflection on the weathe was promptly rebuked with a blizzard. A fashion authority asserts that liberal applicat’ons of soap accelerates a ruddy com- plexion. This effect is particularly noticeable during hot campaigns. The Hon. J. 8. Clarkson says he more interested in making money than in politics. Now, as heretofore, he is ready to sacrifice the fatter for the former. There are 10,000 mineral springs in the country, according to the geological survey reports. Most of them are classed as limpisl streams on account of their rheumatic attractions. The first lady mayor in the British e pire is Mrs. Yates, who presides over the dads of Onehunga, New Zealand. Her in- augural was a poem of pink and blue print and eloquently puffed sleeves. The Bowers legacy of $20,000 to the au- thor of “Pro and Poverty” has finally emerged from Now courts' reduced to $200. How that escaped is a legal mystery. The extra session of the Colorado legisla- ture gives no sign of early adjournment. On all but one question there is a total want of unity. When it comes to drawing $7 per day and sticking for the ninety-day limit, no member dare say nay. Mrs. Eva Blackman, member of the police board of Leavenworth, believes in encourag- ing the home and discouraging bachelorhood. Two high lonesomes on the force have been bounced at her behest and married men put in their place, Mr. Blackman being one of them. Most of the droll et ries attributed to Abra- ham Lincoln are supposed to be apoeryphal, but Robert Bonner makes public a letter he received years ago from Henry Ward Beecher in which the Plymouth pastor says concerning d visit to Lincoln: “Abraham told mo three storles, two of which I forgot and the other won't bear telling. Hill and Cleveland. Globe-Demoort. Personally Hill attracts while Cleveland repels. This is one of the reasons why the former always wins in contests where the men who decide them are few, and where they come in contact with both If all th delegates to the dem tic convention 1892 had been personally acquainted with both Cleveland and Hill the Intter would have carried off the prize by an ov whelming majorit; s watehes tie play, it rds will be lost in’the amount | of Kansas Is | \parison | rber is admired for | MEASURE FOR MEASURE, the Best Is AL Proven by That nys the Cheapest is ¥ made & compllation of the the The 1 amount of by U thr Nebraska-~The the Lincoln merclal new has tter printed toading pupor Bos, the Word-iferald and Journal—exclusive of coms advertisemonts these and were the the patrons dvantage the the last the the to see ur were the columns of puper mat ot sume width and longth ter printed in the The Be In the measurement by presented a of ared when measured s of The Boe. It the best is the cheapost, follows same typo would have a great table below s given of the matter in columns, and in the how by actial threa line is statement pipers standard that as colum is ensy The fig ros DAYS OF WEEK. Monday, ¥ Thiowlay Wedne: Tliurs Friday Satuntiy, Fo unry 24 Potal for week Meastired by Bee Siandar - BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. A lie neve Some formed stops to put on its hat vei looking people are de- on inside You will soon bec you try to keop all A lie a mile prove that it is How cheap some selves for the promise of spot cash The richest man is the one who ¢ away the most without regretting it If the world likes you right well, it is a sure sign that you like the world As much hate can sometimes be put a word as can be fired out of a musket the me poor in earnost it ou et in away is always to the truth, people will sell trying them- n give into Many a church member sponges his preaching and pays full price for his cigars. The kind of rightcousness that takes peo- ple to heaven is not the kind that brags on itself. Some preach never worth while to work at middle of the week A good many boys have turned out badly because they had fathers who made them work with a dull hoe, There is no bigger fool in the world than the man who is expecting to get to heaven e his wife belongs to church. think 1t I the 1 to their trade said the tired the last flight Tribune: “This,” started slowly uy “is another story." Washington Star: “I fear,” sadly the postage stamp when it found tself tened to a love letter, “that I am not sti ing to facts.” Chicago man, as h ¢ stairs, sald Detroit Sun: Tf a_way has been found to control the power of Niagara Falls why not try it on the Niagara hackmen? t thing a ) dis- Galveston News: About the fir wild young lawyer proceeds to do is solve the injunctions of his father. Washington Star: “DId you have a long run with your play? I should say %0, replied the author- actor. “A mile and a half with an infurl- ated audience on our heels every step of the way."” Indianapolis Journal: *“Goot museek," 1id the professor, beaming kindly on his . “goot museek aidts der dichestion ndt ingreases dot appetite.”” “I wonder,” mused the thoughtful girl who wore glasses high forehead; *'I wonder if that is fanos in boarding houses are Kate Field's Washington: What's become of Pete? Weary William_(shaking his head)—Don't ask me, Ragsy. He's gone to the bad. Resttil Rags—In jail, eh? Weary Willlam—Worse than that! workin’ reg'lar in a factory. NOT IN HIS LINE. Chicago tribune. “O tell me, where Is fancy bred?" She asked, and growing bolder, She lald her dainty little head Upon the young man's shoulder. And then, in tones the tenderest, The fond young undertaker Responded that he rather gues She'd better ask some baker., Restful Rags— He's VALUABLE RECIPE. Roston Budget. The maiden's gown was lov ‘A shimmering, golden silk, But oh! the careless waiter Bespattered it with milk. She used up all her samples In trying recipe Then saw an advertisement: “Sure to remove all grease.” And though her cash was waning, And though the price was high, Rather than lose the garment She thought once more she'd tr And this the valued recipe— Effective 'twas, no doubt:— “Just tuke a pair of scissors, miss, And cut the grease spot out.”” BROWNING, KING The largest makers fitt lothes on 1 sellors of ril, Your money’s worth or your money bac'c, Not over yet Don't delude yourself with the idea that winter is nearly over, because it isn't—not for sev- Don't keep on wearing that shabby suit any long- er, but get into a new one and be in style as well as be pretty. We have cut the prices down so low that you can afford to wear one eral moons yet. for the rest cl't];e winter and save it till fall, Never carrying over any goods, we take this means of making sure of getting rid of all goods now on hand. The prices will surprise you when you see the suits We can’t quote any prices, for our space is limited, and the different kinds so varied. suit i We'll scll you a " you come in, and the price alone will do it. BROWNING, KING & CO., Wil vay the express If you send the money for #20 worth or more | S. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, 7/