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I 4 THE OMAHA DAILY.BEE ; SUNDAY DECEMBER 22. "ISSa-TWENT-Y PAGES H IL the daily _ bek , H * a RQ3BWATER. Editor _ _ H PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING H i H T'-IllMS 1)1 * BUIISCHll'TION H Jlallrsnrt Sunday , Ono Year , tlOOO H Mx MonthB . . , . i BOO * B Three Month 2 M ) * , Bundaj- lice , One Year 2 00 m , TYcekly lice , Ono Year with Premium . . . S 00 OFFICII * H ' Omahn , floe llu' ldlng nitrngo Office , MTllookerrtlulldlng * H New York , Itooms 11 and ISTrlbuno Build M Washington No 613 Pourtornth 8treot , M council JIlunvNo 12 Pearl Street * M > Mnrnln , KEOPetioet , . , . . . 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H Tiiiiu ; : fccms to ha an impression 1 tibrond thuttho Open Door"lsarcfugo H for the Initio and the halt , 113 well as the 1 indigent Even the city police look B. upon it is an asylum , mid dump such of B the police court rcfiibo there as is rc- H. fused sheller elsowhcro This is all H wrong The city is old and strong ; H enough to provides a hospital or asylum B % > for ltd sick nnd destitute R , Aiioxa the toforras instituted by 1' Fen ioti Commissioner Raum none was H # mora desirable than the abolition of the B" lionrd of review This was a combines V created by the late democratic udminis- H' 'c * 4 tration to delay nnd harass honest pen H , sion claimants The commisslonor's ' " uction will simplify the routine of the Hh office nnd facilitate the dispatch of busl- B < 110SS. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - Tnc honor and integrity of the courts H demand that the Chicago jury fixers H should bo vigorously prosecuted and B . punished if guilty There should bo 110 H\ ; discrimination , however The men B accused of tampering with the jury in B' ) favor of the conspirators committed no H Ijroutor orfmo than these who thrcat- BJ . etiod the jury with ' bodily harm If a B' . verdict for hanging was sot returned B Bf • According to the reports of the jury B , men , both sides are guilty of bulldozing BBB Tun Into Alfred Cowles , secretary V ' nnd trunsuroi' of the Chicago Tribune BBS company , whoso death occurred last • B I'Ylduy , was ono of the most sagacious B npd successful newspaper munagora in B , the country Mr Cowles had been BB' idontillcd with the Tribune as a stock B- bolder and business mauitgor for nearly BB thirty-live years , and the financial sue BBI cess of that great and prosperous journal BBfl is in no small measure Que to his ox- B' collont buslnoss judgmontuna his un- BBfl | ) > tiring industry Ha was widely known BM among newspaper publishers , and all BBflf.V who enjoyed his acquaintance will loam BJ of his death with regret BBfl' | Tin : Now York JI'oW/ / anticipates the BJI work 6MI10 census bureau by present Hr ing an oxhaustiva review of the taxable ftBjf truulth of the country The statistics Bjr ' tvoro obtained from the treasurer of BJ * each sUUo , and nro based on the actual BLr returns of the respcctlvo offices The BBfl total assessed valuation of taxable prop BM' urt.V is twonty-thrco billion seven hun B BR , drod tmd uinotoon million dollars , and H | : * , th ° nctual value sixty-ono and a halt flj billion Tito incvonso since 1880 is BbBK ' : equal to twonty-Uvo per cent and slnco B- 16sn IUU0 P ° l" CQIlt' I" addition , the BBBf r pooploof this country own thrco billion Hdollurs' worth of property abroad Ks- BBJf ? tlmating the population nt seventy Hf4 millions , the total value of property , it Bj turned into cash , would giro ovary mon , BBHf | woman and child nine hundred dollars BBJ < | One of the finest library buildings in Br the west was dedicated in Minneapolis BJ last week The structure is un ornuto ' BBJt mid enduring raonutnont to wise and Bj 'v wolUlit'octod liberality anda purnmnont BBBJ btorohouso ot literary and art treasures BBJ The building represents an expenditure BBJ of halt n inlllloii dollars , sixty thousand BJ ot which , was raised by private Bubscrip- BBl , tion , the romulndor by an annual tax of BBBlS" ' u halt a mill Thirty thousand well su- BBJ ( ! leotod volumes wore placed on the BBBl % * * uholvos The conception and oxooutlon | | of the plan roiloots credit on the taste BBlv | * und outorprlso ot the people ot Mlnno- ftBlnpolls | , It Is substantial evidence that BBj' the jiooplo of the west , while conquer * BbBLj , f * ing und populating now common wealths , BBP' do not neglect the olovatlng and en- BbBJ nobllng inlluoucos of education and art BBBJ > Cortaluly mouoy cannot bo bettor spent BBBJ ( than in provldiug these things whleh BBfts \ toud to higher und bottorllfo The ox- BK auiplo ot Minneapolis commends itself Bv t0 iu0 Omaha library board , BbBb 9 BBBJ " BBBh a AvtT/oAM/i vmvjmsnr The establishmantot n nnttonnl uni versity In Washington has boon dis cussed for some time by distinguished friends of higher education President Harrison was urged to recommend such nn Institution to congress , but ho made no rofurenco to it in his message Ono ot the largo educational bodies which met last summer adopted n resolution favoring a largo government appropria tion for this object , nnd the matter lias derived additional interest from the proposal of Senator Edmunds to com memorate tlvo four hundredth anniver sary of the discovery ot America by the establishment of a national unlvorslty at Washington These who think fa vorably of the project urge that a coun try so populous , wealthy and great as this , should bo independent In Us educational - cational resources , as well as in other things , of Eutopo , and that its young mon should not bo obliged to go abroad to the grcnt schools of England and Germany to com nloto their education in any branch of science They rontond that American youth should find hero at homo tonch- injr as thorough as it is at Oxford , at Vienna , at Heidelberg or Proiburg The advocates of a national unlvor slty consequently propose a very com prehensive plan Their idea is that its teachers bo detailed from all the prin cipal existing Bents of learning 111 the United Stntos , which nro to send dur ing certain seasons tholr most learned nnd accomplished professors , instructors and lecturers , who would compose the faculty , and though the institution would bo maintained by the govern ment , Us control would bo in the hnnds of n , board made up of the most experi enced und able manngors of the ether colleges and universities of the country The course ot study outlined is ns com prehensive as that of . any ot the great schools of the old world , and the faculty , made up ot all the eminent teachers of the country , would bo as notable mid oflicicnt as that of any institution ot learning in the world The reason for establishing the proposed institution at Wishincton is not only that that is the national capital , but thatt Micro the highest judicial tribunal sits , ttyorocon- grobs meets and thcro the business of government Is conducted , till invalua ble aids to these purbuing cer tain branches of study The students of science would also find in the na tional museum , the patontofilco and the government laboratories object lessons and facilities for study moro valuable than they could llnd elsewhere in the country If a , national university wore to bo established Washington would un questionably bo the most desirable lo cation for it There is much to bo said in favor ot such an institu tion , but thcro are also some reasons to be urged against it U11- doubtedlv its advantages would bo many and great , and it seems that this coun try should , offer to its young mon ovary educational advantage that they may secure elsewhere But it is not easy to see why the existing institutions Johns Hopkins , Harvard , Yale , Princeton and others should not grow to the completeness - plotonoss and usefulness of the great schools of Europe , or why they should not togcthor establish a great university , with teachers the most learned of their several faculties , for post graduates One obvious objection to a national university maintained by the government is the constant danger that it would bo made a Dirt of the po litical machine , controlled by the poli ticians rather than by these learned in the manngomont of such Institu tions , and that the members of its fac ulty would bo mon who could com mand the greatest political influ ence instead of being recommended for selection by their superior ability and acquirements Another objoution to the proposed institution is that the au thority of congress to establish it is questionable , the constitution confer rinc no power on the government to maintain a nntional university , the general welfare clause being the only ono under which congress could find any justification for main taining such nn institution , and n very broad construction of that clause would bo noccssary to make It applicable to such a euso While , therefore , It maybe freely ooncoded that 11 national unlvorslty on the plnu proposed would bo a most valuable addition to the educational system of the country , its establishment nnd maintenance wouljl como most fitly from the voluntary gifts t > t the people rather than trom appropriations of congress gross , the authority for which is doubt ful , to say nothing of the possible effect , sooner or later , upon the character ot the institution TIJE SECRET SESSION The young roan who , a few days ago , was discovered in the gallery of the United States senate while that body was in oxocutlvo session , ho having fallen atdoop and boon overlooked by the doorkeeper , said to the newspaper correspondents who interviewed hira that "thnr wont nothin' to see " Ho stated that everybody was smoking and tilting bank in the chairs and laughing Yet his presence there caused great ex citement among the august sonu- tors , and the intruder having boon Eoarcliingly questioned ns to his prcsenco there and warned not to lot it huppon ngnin was summarily ejected , whereupon the grave senators doubtless resumed their smoking , their tilting back and their laughing This llttlo incident has disolosed a phaBO ot the senate socrct session which had not boon suBpoctod , and which may oxplaln the tenacity with which most senators adhere to this essentially un- republican custom The general impression - prossion has boon that when the bo n ate shut Jtsolf in from the publio and gave itself up to eeerot deliberation It assumed a Bovoresolomnltynnd dignity and de voted to the mattora peculiar to oxocu tlvo sosslons the most serious consider ation and di8Cus3lon. But such is not the cose , or at any rate not always the case , The youth who strolled into the senate gallery and fell asleep , thereby escaping the attention ot tlio veteran [ und vigilant doorkeeper , saw just enough to diosipato the popular delu sion that the executive session , lb really an occasion when senators do most gravely nnd seriously consider whnt Is best for the general welfare Wo now know that the secret eosston is sometimes , if not always , a sort of * 'frco and easy for the senators Away from tlio public eye and car * there is a re laxation ot dignity , the story that ox- cltcs laughter goes round , the slnoko of the "Uonry Clay and the , ( La Belle Sonora fills the-chamber with tholr frngranco nnd their soothing influence , and thurlnzUy and cheerfully the mem bers of the upper house devote an , liour or two daily to passing upon nominations and other executive business , much of _ which ro- colvcs only the most perfunc tory consideration " A This is the ridiculous aspect ot the sccrot session Hut It has " its sorlous sldo , nnd It is this which makes it most objecllonnblo It Is the privllogo which the sccrot session gives senators to gratify their personal animosities , and nided by senatorial courtesy to put a stigma upon the character of _ their fol low citizens for which there ls no re dress , that renders this star cliambor custom so repugnant to the American sense of fairness It is the opportunity afforded by the sccrot • session for doing tlio gravest in justice with impunity that condemns it in public opinion as utter 'ly antagon istic to the principles of our republican systoro In short , the Bonate sccrot ses sion is from every point of view un- American , there is no necessity or excuse for its existence , nnd it ought to bo abolished SOUTHERN PREJUDICE Projttdico and falrmindcdncss never go together Prejudice is an index of a narrow , uneducated mind iucapable of looking at n question except from ono standpoint , generally an intensely per sonal ono These statements nro as true of a community as of an individ ual From the recent discussions of the ruco nroblom , and from the general drift of comment in connoctlon with the death of .Toff Davis , the south has plainly demonstrated that It has not yet outgrown its old-time narrowmindod- ncss Some progress toward liberality has boon made since the war , but where prejudice shucklcs.mlnd and conscieuco ns it does in tlio south , complete eman cipation will bo a process of long years Looking at the matter from a philosophical point of view , this un- fortunate mental attitude is the natural outgrowth of past social and industrial conditions So wo of the north should not blame the present generation so much ns wo should hoip to enlighten it The bollefs and conditions " riraong which an individual or n , people has grown up appear to be absolutely rierht Only few winds can lift themselves above their surroundings and judge things in their wide relations to all the world Southern society was for sev eral hundred years based largely upon the feudal Idea There were a few great egoists to whom the many little egoists owed absolute allegiance , and every question , public and ririvato , was considered only in reference to its bearings upon thowelfare t of the former No ether mode of tlifo or thought was tolerated Though to a loss extent , the spirit of intoleronce still prevails The south docs not think so , but that docs not alter the fact that lts'peoplo are still narrowmiuded It makes nodifforence as to the firmness of a conviction whether the bellot on which it isibnsed is right or wrong A person is just ns tenacious of a false us of n. true position , providing ho thinks ho is right The pastand present history of the south is a striking illustration of this principle Southern sentiment is still rabid on the race question There has of late boon much discussion ot the race Droblora" as It 1b called It has boon treated in these columns and it is the intention to touch only upon the tyrannous social prejudice still mani fested against/tho negro Recently the Atlanta Constitution said of Mr Cable , the gifted writer , who had been guilty of allowing himself to be entertained by an intolliiroat negro at Nashville : "Of course his lntimato association with the nosroos will hereafter cauao the whites of the south to bar their aoors to him , but his is just what the llttlo cenrgade desires " This is absolute , unroliovcd intoler ance Emanating from a journal so in telligent as the Constitution is supposed to bo , it is without excuse , It fully substantiates the position wo have taken as to sou thorn prejudice Can the Constitution think of anything moro tyrannical and narrow-minded than the sentiment which thus dictates as to what class of human beings a man shall associate with ? God maao und can tolerate the colored race , but the editors of the Constitution can not tolerate a whlto person who " takes dinner with a negro To the world at largo such a dictum as the above will ' nppcarsllly , but not the south , because southern people are still blludoa by race prejudice It bus boon the correct son tlmont to thorn for many generations , and they have uot yet outgrown it , No one asks the south to take the negro to its bosom to marry him , to dine with him , to have anything to do with him at all.lt ho does not wish to do so But an enlightened ago does demand that the couth shall not prouounco anathema upon anyone who wlshos to assoclato with 1ib'dark ) brother Every individual is entitled to his li' , os and dislikes , but ho is not entitled to condemn him whoso likes and dislikes do not coincide yfith his own Southern people often assorb'that the antipathy against the negro is Wronger in the north than it is in the south Without going Into an argument as to the truth or falsity of this asSOrtldn for it does not affect the question under consideration , it is sulllcient to say > that northern sentiment does not ostractso.a man ot recognized character and stand ing if ho sees fit to dine with a social inferior and herein , lies all the dliferonco between toleranco'and ' Intolerance erance , The Atlanta Constitution stultifies Itsolt in calling a man of Mr , , Cables character and ability coarse names , It Is the very essouco of unreasoning proj- T. 'il'V ' , - udlco If the whlto element of the south wlshos if maintain control of the south and doeS so by means of superior intelligence ijfcnlnst Ignorant numbers , thnt Is a procdftdlng which may bo ex cused on the M-oundof oxpodtoncy and justice to boiii3 extent But there Is no excuse in tlilsRgo forporsoculing a matt because ho temporarily associates with an intolllgcntPliumnn being some of whoso ancestors were born In Africa TilB NEW { lITIS ORIGINATOR Now that the party press has ceased chanting the dallv paons of pralso with which Secretary Whitney was accus tomed to bo rogalad , and slnco a now administration has taken chnrgo of the naval doparlmont , the publio Is learn ing eomothlng moro than they know six months ago as to the real condition ot our navy , its progrossln the pustolght years nnd who is entitled to the ohlof credit for the changes made These who enn ro.td between the lines of Secretary Tracy's sltnplo but bustucss- llko report rocotitly presented to congress - gross , note that the secretary , unlikd Mr Whitney , is not disposed to Ignore the work of His prodoeossors Ho de clines to take away from Secretary Whitney any ot the honor which has accrued to him through the designing and construction of the vcssols which Blgnnllzod his administration of the navy Hut ho docllnos oqual'y ' em phatically to Ignore the wisdom and foresightand energy which , character ized President Arthur's secretary , William E. Chandler , who , as Mr Wliitnoy's ' ' prcdoccssor , mnppod out , panned and laid both the foundations and a largo portion of the superstructure of the now navy for which Mr Whitney , through his frioude , has for four years claimed the credit Senator Chandler while secretary of the navy lot the first contracts for stool ships , organized the bureaus for future extended construction , sent naval offi cers abroad to study foreign ship yards and docks and pathorod tor his sucossor a mass of statistics and details without which the planning of the Baltitnoro , the Charleston and the Yorktown would have beoon dllllcult if not impossible within the time oxpouded Secretary Tracy Is not chary in the praise which ho awards to Secretary Whitney's predecessor Ho does not mince words in his disapproval of the partisan raothods used by Whitney to discredit the vessels built under Mr Chandlers administration , nnd which have since bv the best of all trial tests , sea voyages around the glebe vindicated the intelligent planning and honest construction or Iho navy department and their builders The much abused Dolphin , disputes ever which drove Roach into bankruptcy , has proved her self the best constructed vessel of her class in any navy and the Atlanta and Chicago , both of which had their keels laid under Secretary Chandlers admin istration , are today objects of admira tion among the navies of Europe Secretary Whitney made an efficient head of the navyJbut ho is not entitled to all the credit for the changes of eight years Tho"mnn who sounded the knoll of the policy of patching up wooden ships and who will receive in the history of the navy the honor of having begotten the now navy Is not William C. Whitney , but William E. Chandler _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DECADENCE OF NARROW GAUGES Narrow gauge railroads are rapidly disappearing irom the west The in dustries , they vitalized , the mineral development they made possible , and the thriving communities they were instrumental In upbuilding have reached a stage of growth demanding broad gauge accommodations The country has outgrown the requirements ot infancy and stands on the threshold of maturity , strong , energetic and self rellant , with unliraitod resources to command the attention and the means of Investors In no section of the country did narrow gauge railroads roach so near perfection as in the mountains of the west They are a dostinctive western institution They ponotrutod apparently impassible canyons , wound a shimmering trail round lofty peaks , tunneled through walls of gritnlto and rolled along level mountain-locked valleys - loys , oncouraglng and Btrongthonlng industry and thrift in their walco Par adoxical as it may appear the narrow gauge roads were the commercial ar teries of a broad gauga people They served the good purpose of developing the wealth ot the Rockies , and assisted in laying the foundation of prosperous commonwealths No bettor evidence of western devel opment can bo shown than the fact that the railroads are forced to enlarge and extend The Union Pacific has decided - cidod to abandon the narrow gauge lines in Utah and Idaho , or rather change them to standnrd gauge roads From a commercial and economical point of view the change is a wise one , as it does away with the nnnoyancos of frequent tranqfey ? and the discom forts of cram podi cars The focus o f trVli revolution , however , is in the Roe y mountains When man first penetrated the fastnosscS with the iron horse till multitude of doubt ers scoffed and jeered at the enterprise The difficulties orercomo , the pntlanco and 'indoinltablfc courage of the pro jectors , and the daj-lng character of the plans carrlod Unsuccessful completion , today command the admiration Qf the world The bounties of flowor-clad valleys , the grarfdour of rook-walled canyons , and the ? Wajosty and inspira tion ot cloud-ff-Ju ' god peaks were har nessed by railroad pluck and engineer ing skill and made to contribute to the prosperity and happiness of mankind The broad gungo will follow where the narrow guago loads True , the former can not wind as reck lessly around the crags und cliffs or dodge boulders at right rngles But muscle , means and dynamite will lengthen Iho curves to broad nnd grace ful lines without marring the majesty ot creations mlruclcs The changes now going on between Denver and Salt Lake City insure a through broad guago highway between both points within a few months The Rock Island company is dlrecfly concerned in the enterprise , which will give it cou- noctlon with the Central Pacific and place it on a plane to successfully com pete with the nlllod lines The Bur lington company Isnlsonctlvalyatwork in the mountains , bound for the Utah metropolis - The system of narrow gauge rnllroads In the west Is the growth ot a dozen years The fact thnt they have to a largo extent outlived tnoir usefulness furnishes striking prool ot the progress of the country What has boon nccom- plish' odin the last decade will bo sur passed in the future The broad gauge marks a now era In the development of the mountain regions T " iin 8emlatmunl entrance oxamlna- tionsof the National Conservatory ot Music of Amorlcn , Now York , will beheld hold Irom Janunry 0 to 11 , and will embrace examinations for singing , piano , violin and cello , chorus and orchestra It should bo understood that this is a thoroughly national In stitution , inviting and accepting pupils from every partot the country who are qunllllod to enter nnd propirod to ttccopt the conditions under which tuition is given It is the ilcsiro of the board of managers of tho.consorvntory to gather from all pirts bf the Unltod States pupils WI1030 after labors will advance the cause of music in tholr natlvo land This institution tution' , concolvod in the rao3t patriotic spirit , has already done a great service for musical culture in the United States , and Its possibilities for good nro ira nionsuroablo Disastuous flood3 are playing havoc with the richest valleys of California The Sacramento ' river 1b bank full , owing to unusually heavy rains , audit is not improbable that the destruction wrought by the overflow of the river flftoon years ago , will bo ropcatod this year Tlio river bed is practically on a level with the surroundlnjr country , and should the lovco glvo way thous ands of cultivated fields would bo buried under mud aud ruined Whatqvor losses are sustained can bo charged up to hydraulic mining , which in years past poured millions of tons of earth Into the river , filling the channel and maicing It a'constnnt monnco to farmers and residents along its banks Thk combiuo of western representa tives , if judiciously handled , will bo productive of grcnt good to the country Eastern pconlo are slow to comprehend the necessities of a rapidly growing empire , and unity of action is noccssary to insure the success of measures essen tial to western welfare NKWS COMHENT The rumor that the World-Horald is to change form aud blossom out as a ladles ' magazlno Is probably unfounded The suocmaltors of Portlund , Mo , are on a striho They will probably continue to striKe till tholr last fees expire San Francisco had a shower of crabs dur ing the recent wet woathcri Now dent ' lot the persons who tell the story crawfish It is said the ex-sorgoant-at-arms yielded quite as oftcn'tq , the temptations ot Wash ington as the absconding casnlcr Did Silcott Loedom astrayj American visitors in Pareo should avntl themselves of the present prevalence of in fluenza to master the nasal accent in the French language There is nothing in the constitution to prevent the sending of an Idiot to conaross , " is the verdict of the supreme court of Michi gan This Is true but not now The tact that the tniluoniu bears a foreign brand will popularize it with the Anglo maniacs The public will cheerfully give them a monopoly of the Czarry epldomio Juror Culver wanted all the Cronm sus pects to bo acquitted Farmer Piorson wished to hang thorn all and so voted What an accidental thing Jury Justice.is after all Five cities on the Pacific coast are con tending for the honor of the Sullivan-Jack son fight and largo sums of money nro offered by each competitor Boston oulturo is evi dently nppreciatcd on the coast The Paris oxhibitlon has passed Into his tory and the prolits into the pockets of the Parisians The boojes have been balanced and buow a largo sum on the right sldo of the account Mr Greeley , chief ot the slcnal service , evidently came homo without any specimens of Arctio tompcraturc But if bo wishes to do his duty ho ought to glvo us a higher baromotar and a Iqtvor thermometer for Christmas Now York's Four Hundred will doubtless wclcomo the distinguished foreigner , Inllu- enza , with open arms when it is Known to have como down from the oldest families Hippocrates records an epidemic of the dls- cuso in the year 420 B. C. If' the civil courts fall to deal with Hunt ington it is said that the governing board of tlio Now York stock exchange will ask an explanation of bis Houston & Central Texas deal Napoleons of finance are not nearly as popular as they used to be A learned Boston journal maintains that the hottest place on earth is on the south western coast of Persia Mr , Uulvor proba bly imagines , however , that It it not very far from the ofllco of County Attorney Longoaccker , ' The New York Sun points out the danger of n strong current oloctnfying the elevated railway Everything in Now York sooins to bo in immediate danger of this enlivening In- lluenca except Mr Kommlorand the Worlds ' Fair committee , Ono of the features of the entertainment to ho Pan-Amoricans In Now York was a visit to a normal Behool , where J.709 pretty girjs sang ' 'My Country , Tin of Tuoo" for the special beneflt.of the delegates , Every man of thorn may now bo considered Bafa for rcciproslty Marshall P. Wilder presented the prince of Wales with a copy of his book People I've Smiled With , " which has slnco bcea bound in morocco with the tltlo and presenta tion engraved in silver Mr Wilder knew where to touch his royal highness in a tender spot .A small revival in the contributions to the Grant memorial fund has taken place slnco Now York began to compete for the worlds fair prlzO , The yvbolo amouut now collected IslHOOOO Some of the sanguine knlckor- bockers thinK the memorial will be finished in time for the exhibition To loss visionary people it seems as though it might 00 well to secure the fair and the mnnoy for the monument ment before such , prediction * are made , Crui-1 Iialiiiuolicre Chicago Newt Mr Labouchero Is rendering hlmsolt 11- able to punishment for extreme and re pealed cruelty to tlio British aristocracy Who Ibuiio in ainlne Sprlnafc'd ' iiian ) ItepuhUcan The Maine state democratic committee , at an informal coaforonco this week , proposed tbo resubmission ot the prohibitory amend ment us the Issue of the next campaign They assert that tbo liquor ; traffic has not diminished in the Pine Tree strtto under the prohibitory law , but that tlio revenues have General Neal Dow will doubtless bo hoard from In pro mist and vigorous cballongo of this position U-tilirr Fishy New York Tclearatni The rumor Hint several citlzono of Now York had dovolopca gills , owing to the hy- gromotrlc richness of the atmosphere , proves on Investigation to bo promnturo * Two nfn Kind , UraoMwn TlmtJ * . Its a fact not very creditable to the Ohio domocr.ioy , but Colonel Hrloo of Now York seems to have the inside track in the race for the United States scuatorshlp Brlco will bo a lit suocossor to H , B Payne Ky Tclejrip'i From Unpnrnnttttt , New link Tetwdm , The newspaper svndioito whloh Is hand ling Dr TnlmaKo's ' sermons had a special dispatch from Capernaum probably sent by some prophet early in the Christian era and just delivered by a tolegrnpli messenger boy Tlio Flro U Ktnrlctl New York Itnrbf ' • Wherever there is a king or an arlstoo- rnoy the flro is smouldering in the straw , nnd there nro eager breaths awaiting oppor tunity to blow it into flame Itarntitn and the British , Hwloil ( ) ' < > 1 > C Barnum has already shown the Londoners what bo knows about the boncilts ot adver tising , to the tune of $200,000. The big post ers oven seduced the prineo of Wales into tno gallery among the boys In ditgulso * They May bo Mistaken , The Alltiinct The snobs who declare tuoy'ro the cronm uf the laud The superlative few , the select of the race Should remember tlio process that nnturo has planned Puts the cream and the scum in the very Bumo place IJ0111 Petlro's liittln Joke „ New YorK Convmntal Vhcrtlstr It is said that tbo ox-omporor of Brazil built and maintained a lunatic asylum with the money that came to the crowa by the sale of titles of nobility The inmates of the asylum were not , as a rule , and as might have boon expected , the actual purchasers of the titles , for these woutd naturally have drifted into retreats for more idiots and im beciles , for cases of arrested development or chronio softening of the brain OUR CONTEMPORARIES The El lit Hour System Bos/011 / lleraM An nporativo in a cotton mill cap at the present day produce moro In ton hours than ono similarly situated thirty or forty years ago could produce la fourteen or ilftecu hours , and ono risks llttlo in saying that In the future the work or eight hours will easily dupllcato the present work of ton Whether that point has now boon reached is a question upon which wo do not pretend to give n dell nito answer If it has , then there will bo no loss If It has uot , a loss somawhero und to some ono Is Inevitable llavie nnil the Southern Pre < is lloston Adttrltofr It nppears to bo the chief aim of the south ern nowsnapers , now that Jefferson Davis is dead , to provo that ho was warmly devoted to the cause of the union and that ho wont into the Becossion movement with husltatloa , If , as they also insist , the secession move ment was commendable , why this nttompt ! Would it not ba hotter for the south to drop Davis and secession with him and como back into the union ] \Vonion und Ktlncntlon 2VtlIuiIilp7ia ( Biiqulirr Education Is necessary for man in the posi tion of a bread winner , but woman Is differ ently Bituatod Wo think experience has pretty clearly demonstrated that woman makes and maintains her social position en tirely mdopendent from these considerations which affect man , and lack of a higher edu cation will provo no bar to her Success The Beam nnd the Alnto A'eto York Commtrctal Admribiir The Christian powers of Europe engaged in the partition of Africa may incidentally crush the slave trade for the continuation of ' which they hold the Mohammedan s responsi ble , but it is tolerably certain that greed for territory aud uot hatred for slavery is at the Bottom of their work In the dark continent How the TrustH IMnv Bo Hunched JlffintMputis T/ ( Mine So far as trusts nro fostered by the tariff , they might be effectually attacked by a pro vision of law authorizing the president to Buspond the tariff upon any article or class of articles the production of which hud bnen monopolized by an artificial combination Such nu arrangement would bo qserfectly feasible , and it would po a long way towards Bhowing the country that the republican party is sincere in its avowed opposition to trusts Blind and fjizy Coiicrc sinon New York Sun The goings on in the office of the sorgennt- at-arms have long boon such us ought to have nrousod the attention of cory mem ber of the house ; and there is no sense and nojustico in mulcting the people ot the United States because tholr representatives have been blind and lazy when flagrant licentiousness and undisguised extravagance should uavo made them vigilant Tno Aiistriillun System In Boston lloston Journal , Hated by the heeler , abjurgatod by the bummer andtho professional politician , the polling booth and the quiet mechanism of the Australian system which it symbolizes , mark a now era la on politics The secret , state printed ballot smashes machines It shivers the most carefully constructed slates " It doranpos tlio most active wire laying It plaoos upon all nominating bodies the necessity of putting the best men to the front It gives intelligence un advant age over Ignorance It prevents coercion or undue pressure , It favors Independence aud compels discrimination It is certain to work surprises , some of whioh will bo satis factory nnd ethers perhaps not entirely so , but in the long run ItwiltBurely work for the dominancu of the best men and tbo host priaciplos It must ba supplemented now by an improved caucus system ItalDlnnd on Prohibition COuitinaK CoinmeretaUaeutlta utcv ) The republicans soeui to bo in the way of bad luck in Iowa Even tbo accidents of sickness toll against them in the legislature The trouble at the bottom is the same as that ia Ohio cranks In Iowa the crank is simply mad about prohibition , and tbo re publicans , under the plea of tbo advance ment of morul ideas , have committed them sclyoa to the forms of constitutional prohi bition , Of course this does not satisfy the professional prohibitionist , who always , under all varieties of surrounding , wants moro legislation What bo has * mukes no difference whatever , 'Ho wants more In addition the prohibitionist Is becoming in the most telfish and meanest and most cor rupt sense a practical politician Ho is ) not willing to have prohibition at the ( hands pf the republicans lie must worn through bis own llttlo gang or bo Is the mortal cnorqy uf everything The republicans have tried prohibition In Iowa thoroughly , and yet the moro they defer for prohibition the more malevolent and devilish the prohibitionists are , . Wo are tired of these mischief-making , vain and Billy and solf-fooking frauds , The Idea that Sfl.UUU of them should have thrown away their votes in Ohio last fall , three fourths of them republicans , is horrible and shameful Itepublican publio npiulou should visit Its Boverout condemnation upon tbosa who pretend tend to bold republican principles and yet aid Iho democratic party In all critical enterfl l prises and nro in themselves making oppll- ri iH cation to thoinsolvcs ot the line "lonvlng a i H reputation to all times linked with ono vlrtuo , H and n thousand crimes " H ' VOICE OF THE sTATE PRESS B 1 lie Pnprrn Will Survive H NotfnlU New l H Tbo mtmstors ot Omaha nro now ontragod if H In taking a whnok at the Sunday nowspa ji H pers , The Sunday newspaper , howovorwill 4 | manage to survlvo the shook , and will con | | ttnuo to print nnd soil nnro papers on Sun J l day than nnv other day In the week There nti H are a good many things in Omaha that need B denouncing more than the newspapers . HBl haw * ann Atitolilnrrmphrr I B Kearney Hntcrprtte H Wo observe that Congressman L iws' auto * j s H biography In'the congressional directory ox- j H coeds in length that uf almost any other j H member Ilu's written twice us much about j H himself us did Tom lt-ed or McICinloy It tf B would not bo fair tb conclude from this clr- i H cmnstnnco , howovcr , thnt Mr I aws mentis I'i H to estimate his greatness ntdoublo that ot ' l i H the burly speaker from Maine , or the trim Oii B Napoleon from Ohio It wa * his first effort 9 ( H His biographies will shorten ns his tornt U | lengthens 1 1 Nebraska's Third Cltto . l ti A'r.iniri ; UntcrprtC Hi l Of the cities competing for third place in / H the census of * 1SW , each ono has spsclal on- H turprlsos 111 baud nt this tlmo aud special H ucriiovoinonts to bs written down In tlio H history ot ISSJ Within the past week H week Grand Island has celebrated the con ' H quest ot a bent 8Ug.tr factory by u torch 1 i | light precession , and Ueatrlco the completion - , ' H tion of the rallrg id from Kansas City with V M a banqucVut which the leading men of the . H Missouri giant sit down Hastings is boring i l into the ground tor a triumph , nnJ various jl ) | other cities at0 getting rovly to spread the M H story of the years progress before the > f | world The development of the ngricul- * 1 | tural interests goes steadily nnd silently on , fi H feeding the now industries nnd new coin fl l merclal enterprises of the centers of trade H l in ovcry county ll l It is the host and most hopeful state of the ' * | west , this state of Ncbr.uku , and every ono * 1 M of Its cltios is n Clydesdale stallion on the ji H team ot progress 1 t J mice Morris Ambition , M I'rennnl Tribune ( H It is being whispered about in many car ! ' V H ners of this great Third district political f H bailiwick that Judge Norrls would not bo ( t avcrsoto going to congress At this tlmo it i M is compotcnt to remark that there nro several ] , H men In the district who would bono better ! : f | for thnt place than Judge Norris Wo will ' ' | sny nothing stronger in his favor than thlj il l for fear he may not like it \ < f l Sour on fleet Suicar F l Vlattsmonth Jmirnil f' l The last state legislature pissed an act i l giviug a bounty of 1 cent a pound on the f < H manufacture of beet sugar Nobody seri If f fl ously bellovos the law constitutional , but | | there is evidence that capitalists are propar- If l lag to put in plants for the making of this 'i l sugar The common people are to be taxed l l to build up this industry , nnd wo shall th-su l l probably sco that tbo first thing the manu f B facturers do is to join the sugar trust so that Is H the common people get no bonollt from the ff H bounty it l Autobiography ofn Spy tl' ' . ffl llourlls Jimiiinl , j I M Wo notiro by the Sun that Colonel H , _ t > H C. Iiussell is going to furnish that paper with , H some accounts of his oxpcriciico during the ! < l war When ho exhausts this subcct | ( and (1 1 the patience of his readers ) ho might eon ' 4' , 1 tribute an article under the heading of t'j ' H What I didn't do for Van Wyck " , f | • 1H COUNTRY BREEZES - | H The Oluni-B on KHJuh l l Cambrtilua KnlcUloaqoi e. rJk l The types caused 113 to maUo u blunder last iu l week , in saying that Mr nnd Mrs Elijah ill l Cowles were tbo parents ot a bouncing boy K H baby It should have road Elijah Conklin il'lf l However , wo did not miss it very much , for hj , | on Monday their homo was brightened by ' | [ 1 | the appearance of a little girl This makes j | H us even on cigars , wo behove , Elijah * . IH / Patience frs Own Howard , l l H'cst [ futon Gazette H On account of delay In waiting for legal - < ij ! H notices wo come out lute this week , but as f lan * an tnducomont for our readers to withhold ) H their wrnth wo are thus cniiDlcd to report 'l l the startling news of a M cent horse race H nnd a 10 cent shooting match No dogfights s i H An Op-nlni ; o11 Journalist ' 'j ' l 1 ' nit Xoiyan Timet i'ffl A good healthy boy botwecn fifteen nud i H seventeen years ot ago who deslros to loaru i H the priutor's trade , can obtain .a place at the t' l Times ofllcs Wo dent ' want a tsoy too < ) | smart , because wo dent want to have to ro- i ; | study for another part , Just ono ot ordinary P H intelligence , who can chow gum without u i' l string through fear of swallowing it , will < H como In when it rains without prompting , , ' U and can collect bis wages when they become ' : | duo This last item Is of much moment , for H our last dovll bad gjeator difficulty in that jH j- Shan in any ether part ot the trade , Como f ? H early and avoid the rush > i | . llriiln an un J3vantelizcr , H l Scotia Herald Ik H During the revival here last week ono fl lady , in giving bar experience , said sue never 'ij ' l went to but ono circus , and then there was a P l bar got loosn and she thought It was the rJ I devil , Then Bbo turned to Jesus The mill 1 1 ister wished a boar , could got after a lot of if H Scotia sinners , But there seems to bo a ' 1 1 scarcity of that kind of bruins in this sec 1 1 tion > H All But Klulit ; H H'fcf Union Uaxette \ ; H Every reader , oxcapt about eight who paid 1 1 in advance , owes us " 5 cents on subscription , 1 1 Now gemlemon , please call in und pay that flffl small amount and at least that much more la * | | advance , if you are not afraid to pay mora H H for fear wo will run away , li l Cant frill With Us , IH Straffou Herald , | | * H The editor of this religious Journal took > it | exceptions to an article in the News Jast ii l week and when the editors mot on the street M l wo proceeded to do him up in artistic style , jljfl but as ho belongs to the shanty crowd It UgH was a small Job Wo got a llttlo satisfaction j H out of turn by slapping his mouth in good H shape , and then iqarclung down to the H jUbtlco'a ofllco and paying W and trimmings J H for our fun Wo were then pulled up before I f H the Justice and asked to keep the peace and I H to give bonds for the same , but wo thought I * H we would not do that aud , stood the I H trial They sent to Culbortson and Trenton ' | | for tbo most brilliant attorneys they H could employ and still they failed to H bind us ever Tbo editor of the News swore H that bo was afraid we would do him soma H bodily barm Tno poor fellow was ia tba - H regular uriny for years and is drawing a H ponsioa for brave service If the regular H army is made up such follows as Irons , one ' J H Indian could put to flight a whole regiment * H All wo ask of Irons is to let us alouo and we ' H will do tbo same by him ' H Quit Fooling \ \ ltd Marriages H Lamar Leader H Wo bear ot a runaway wedding down near * H Champion this week , but wo are almost 1 J B afraid to Bay anything about tbo in at tor , n \ H wo have recently had some trouble about thl > * H marrying buslnoss , I H