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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1890)
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Hkk and enn't get It on trains where other BB Imalia papers are carried are requested to * * B intlfy Tun Ilru BB Please he particular to glvn In nil canes full * H n'nimiitloii as to date , railway aud number " " > f train " " ( lire ua your name , not for publication or un- " i leccessaryuse , but as a guaranty ot good faith Hi r j Till : DAlliV UKU H | Fworn Rtntcliicnl ot Circulation , Hl tt&leof Nebruska , 1- . 1 County of Douglas J1 " " " (1cm o II Tzschuck , secretary of Tnr IIki * "H Publishing Company , does solemnly swoarthat BB tlienctual circulation of Tub Daily llKiforthe * H Ircsk ending 1'obruary la 1830. was as follows : H Similar Fob 0 .21,700 H Monday , Job 10 19.2CI H pueHday , leb Ui IV.TipI H Wednesday Feb 13 19/.M1 H rtiursday , Vob 13 1 ,309 rtldftV leti U lD.Ctl H laturdny , Fob IB 10,487 H Avprago 10.7SU B aBoitai : it Tzsciiucic BB Bw orn to before mo and subscribed to In my BB > resenco this nth day ot February , A T > 1KR ) . i ( Scal.l N. 1 > . FK1U , Notary 1'ubUc H ttate ot Nebraska , ( „ „ H County ot Douclns.BS' ( ; , George II TzschucK , being duly sworn , do- ' hoses and says that ho is secretary ot Tub IIei BB , I'uDlislilnc Company , that the actual arerag * BB v tinny circulation of Tiik Daily IIf.e for the ' month ot Febrnsry.lWt' ' , 18U9i > coplcs ; torllarch , H I 18t < si , 18.HM copies : for April , IVf'J ' , lH.6g , roplea ; H I tor May lWli 18,699 copies ; for June , 18 0 , 18.HM H i : oples : for.lmy , 1S83,1H.7W copies ; for Auituit , H I8SI > , lBa' copies : tor September , lhtti 1K.710 BBJ I topics ; for October , 1 , if.mn copies ; for No- H , reinber 1889,19.310 copies ; for December , 1889 , j k0,0 < 8 copies ; for January , I8W ) . 19V > r > copies HI ' Oeoitrir 11. Tohock. . BB ] Sworn to Dcfore me and subscribed in my BBJ picscnoo this lltb day of I'ebrunrv , A. D. . lav H [ Seal.l N. 1 > . f eiu Notury 1'ubUc , B. > 11 The weekly bank Btntomontshows the rescrvo hns ducrensod $2 , 02,000. The ( banks now hold 87,197.000 in excess of lognl rcquiromonts | ; = = = = = H 1 ij E.Mi'nnon Williams sohcitudo for H ' llio ilown-troddon workingmen of Gcr- H many increases as the election ap- H preaches Hi A&suitAKCKS now como from Wash H | ington that an early settlement of the H jMstolIluo site title "is barely possible " H' ' This is mighty interesting , if true - Wiidkk was the watch dog of the ' J city treasury , the vociforoua major , ] h when the lights wont out and the i y street railway company wont into the i fc Vault ? _ _ _ _ _ _ . „ _ _ _ _ B s PltOl'KUTV owners on rosldenco 1 I Btrcots Hhould carefully canvass thoM M j tidvantages aud disadvantages of the H . ' various paving material before signing H I | iwtittonsprctontcdbyintofostod parties H ; ' Th ore is every reason to believe that a * l' ' radical reduction in the cost of dura- M ; I We material will bosocurcd this season , H ; I nud several paving monopolies * broken bbI " ' ' ' = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ' Disi'ATCHiss from Pittsburg ropro- wnt Rt Rev Jaraos O'Connor , bishop 1 cf Omaha , in a- dying condition This iinnouncomont will create sincere and ' ' i widespread sorrow During his four m- teen years rcsidonco in this city Bishop V O'Connor ondoarca himself to all classes H by the simplicity of his lifo and his un- i ufTcctcd zeal in the cause of religion | i Ho loved the city nnd has done much j to promote Us growth and prosperity * * Bt * * " * v The rotunding of the paving tax ad- | ! vuncod by street car companies was one Ji of the greatest outrages ever porpo- l tratod on property owners It is a notorious - ' torious fact that these corporations rc- ! fused to lay tracks on streets before the p pavement was laid for the purpose of Hi evading their share of the cost by cojji- Hb | ing in ono year later Eleventh street i is it notable instance of this system of HH tax shirking The ordinance roqulr- i • ing advnrieo payment of the paving tax H tvns passed to moot this Bchcmo , but a K magnanimous corporation council ro- < I mitted the moeoy paid and shouldered M J the bntlro cost of paving on the abut HJi Kng property H K Till moveinont to harness the inox- j liaustlblo power ot Niagara falls and HK xnaico it contrlbuto to the industrial H | progress of the country promlsos early HJ ] euccoss Stimulated by the liberal HH | prizes ofTcred by the city of Buffalo , Hi plans lmvo boon perfected and rt com B pany has boon organized t ) control a H , portion of the enormous power now HJ | going to was to Two and ct quarter HJ millions will bo spent in constructing H ; tunnels , race ways and bulkheads at a H point above the falls nnd In the oroc- B ] tlon of factories adjacent The power B Mitts secured will also bo utilized for HH | illuminating and ether pur notes ip But 1 falo , twenty miles distant m < Skxatoii Edmundh has Introduced a H bill to roorgnniz'j the public school HH lystom ot Utah and plucu It beyond the H' ' lulluonco of Mormonism , At present B Vho schools ot the territory are merely Hj'i annexed to the nhurch controlled by B Mormon otllclals nnd umuugod for the HJ lolo bonoflt ot the oh'ildron of that sect HH l'ho bill provides/or the appointment K of a territorial sohool commissioner , * | H irho , with the governor and probate * * H ) udgo , shall select school superintend nits tor each county Instruction is to H I be givun in tomptiranoo , manners and * * H 'aiorals , in addition to the usual public j B luhool course , Sectarian or donoiulna- * H lionul b oks are prohibited The bill M J * . * ll | doubtless soouro the approvul ot B tongross , as it alms to remove an ovll M Khich practically deprived the children M t > f non-MormoiiB ot the honcflU of pub M lit ) fcohools mid multlulied private B johools It is iu keeping with the now fl lid or of progress and enlightenment in H no territory I A OOVEHSMENT TF.T.E011AVII. Moro than twenty years niro the log lslnturo of Nebraska by joint resolution instructed the representatives ot this state in congress to exert tholr influence - once and glvo support to the proposi tion to establish a postal telegraph system The sentiment in favor of postal tolournphy hag been steadily growing and the country is today heart ily in accord with Postmaster Gonernl Wanamnltor's efforts to onlnrgo the usofulncs ? of the postal system by plac ing "it in condition to transmit dis patches and money orders by telegraph The benefits that the people would dorlvo from the establishment of the postal telegraph linvo boon very ably sot forth before the congressional com mittees by the postmnstor general , who husovldently given this subject ox- hnustlvo study The cheapening of telegraph tolls , the improvement ot message dollvory and the incrcaso of telographio facilities are objects which vitally concern all communities and all classes of our cltizons The problora with which tlio nd vo- cntcs of postal telegraphy have vainly grappled for years hns boon how to bring about the propo3od reform At the outset Mr Gardner Hub bard sought to induce congress • to create a rival of the Western Union monopoly by chartering a postal tolo graph company that Would enjoy special privileges and was doubtless designed to bo a stock jobbing concern on a gU gnntic scale with the government as Its backer Then came the project , fath ered by Senator Edmunds to construct , at the governments expanse , oxpori- montnl lines between the leading com mercial confers nnd have thorn oper ated by the government in competition with existing telegraph companies This scliomo was impracticable for obvious reasons The government telegraph graph lines would have bcon con structed at extravagant prices and operated at a heavy loss The subtle lulluonco of the Western Union would have undermined the enterprise and made it too costly to bo maintained for any length of time Had the oxporl- mont proved a llnanclal falluro after rca Ronnblo trial , postal telegraphy would have received a setback for many years The proposition of Postmaster Gen cral Wauamakor to lease a limited num ber of wires and operate thorn between the carrier aohvory cities is somewhat more feasible , but falls short of what wo bollcvo to bo essential It is at best only a half-wuy measure The postal telegraph can only become nn absolute success by horolc treatment The government should bo the absolute owner ot all tlio commercial telegraph lines in the country This is essential as a measure of solt-prosorvution in times of war and it is equally essential for the intercourse of the people in tlme3 of peuco So long as the govern mont does not own all the telegraph lines the present system enormously in flated by ever capitalization and chiefly operated for gain and speculation , will nourish and prevent the people from gottlng the most perfect service for the least money The true rotuedy for the existing defects # ln our telegraph sys tem is the purchase of all the lines by the government at tholr appraised vnluo This appraise ment may bo extravagantly high but the government could bettor afford to pay oven the market price of all the stocks now afloat than to allow the con tinuance of the balloon system by which rivals of the Western Union are periodi cally swallowed by Mr Gould ana conda , and millions of stock are Issued in payment for additions to the Western Union plant that are not ncoded nnd therefore merely a dead weight On all this fictitious stock the Western Union must constantly tax its patrons in order to keep up divldonds , This is tlio real obstacle to the cheap ening of rntes and mu to rial improve ment of the telegraph system The telegraph service must nocossarilj * con tinue to bo a monopoly Competition has always boon nnd always will bo fol lowed by combination and consolidation Is it JJsafor for the people that this mon opoly shall bo in the bunds of the government mont or in the hands of a privuto cor poration ? The Bib has for olghteon yonrs fearlessly - lossly advocutod government ownorshlp of the telegraph It still believes that sooner or later the gororninont must purchase the existing lines , and the sooner it does so the hotter PslliNELVS vindication : The Parnell commission , from which unquestionably the tories hoped to got results that would nt once increase tholr political strength and chock If they did not crush , the homo rule movement , has rendered a vordlot acquitting Parnoll on the charges which were the basis of the inquiry The judges concede , what the world already knows , that the alleged Parnoll letters wore forgorlos ; that there was no proof connecting Parnoll with the invlnclblos , and that the Irish loader and his associates were sincere In tholr denunciation of cortaln crimes But ns if anxious uot to leave the ac cusers nnd traducora of _ Mr Parnoll without a slnglo prop , the commission finds that the Irish did enter into ' 'a consplraoy of coercion and intimidation to expel landlords , " dlstrlbdtod news papers tending to incite sedition , nc- coptcd nssistanco from the physical force party In Atdorlca and that the in crcaso of crime in Ireland was coinci dent with the leagues groutost ac tivity Tills is the sum and substauro of the courts conclusions , after un exhaustive inquiry covering a period of slxtoon months The Bo-cullod crimes which are ascribed jo the league were noyor denied It is true that every effort was made to exterminate the odious system of landlordism , which Is the chief cause of the country's wrotohod condition , and assistance for that pur pose was accepted from nil clussos The attempt to jubllfy the prpbont policy of coercion and the suppression of the league by quoting statistics of agrarian crime aud holding the louguo responsible , is'ontirely worthy ot a court which declares that the tes timony ot Lo Carou , the British spy , it entitled to grouter weight thau Parnolls 2ia ono will deny that the people ot Ireland in 1SS2-3 , ground be tween tyrnnnicnl laws and rack rents , employed what Glndstono termed the forces of civilization to attract the at tention of the world nnd force the government ornmont to adont measures ot rcltot The moraont Glndstono confessed the fnlluro of coercion , loosened the bnrs of Kilmainhnm prison nnd pled god the ministry to a policy ot concilia tion , the lulluonco ot Par nell nnd the league restrained the passions ot the people , and that Influence has boon nit-powerful to the present time Although goaded and harassed by Balfourlsra on every side , the bludgeon , the bullet and the batter ing rum devastating the land , editors and honored loaders imprisoned by packed courts , frco speoeh suppressed , and every ongluo which a vlndlctlvo secretary could Invent , employed to drlvo the people to open roslstancothoy remain true to the league nud demon strate that forbearance , not coercion , is responsible for tho'prcsont orderly con dition ot the country The Parnoll commission was organ ized to convict The circumstance which gave it birth and hedged its every act pointed to a court created for apolitical purpose ' Ostonslby called into being to dotermlno the truth ot the Parnoll letters , it rnicod the high , ways and the byways for mntorial to discredit the homo rulers Every means at the command of the tories , backed by the power of the government mont , was employed to cover up the main issue When the test came and the villainy ot the forgery was revealed in court the en tire case col lapsed , and the Pigott shot in Madrid sealed the verdict ot the world The report of the commission is the triumph ot truth ever inlsohood , of honesty ever rascality , of justlco ever a conspiracy to stem tlio tldo of human progress It places Parnoll and his as sociates unscathed before the people of Ecglund , disarms the enemy of the weapons of calumny , nnd brings the homo rule cause to the threshold of success THE SCHOOLS AND THE ELAO There has boon a good-nntured con tention through the columns of Till ! : Bui ! ns to which school in Nebraska is entitled to the honor of having first un furled ever its building the national flag Wo believe it is sottlcd that this dostinction justly belongs to the Lake school of Omaha , although It is claimed that some eight years ago the then patriotic principal of the school at Fairbury , Jefferson county , hoisted the stars and stripes over that school But this was simply nn individual act , and while highly honornblo to Mr John W. Bar ry , who thereby established a claim to bo remembered among the patriotic teachers of Nebraska , can not properly bo associated with the acting of the Omaha , Sidney and Endicott sohools , which was general among the teachers and pupils , and was marked by appro priate public excrcisos But as was happily suggested "by ono of the correspondents , it matters little who is first , but lot all fall into line t The idea , " said this writer , that a spirit of reverence and love for the flag and the government should bo taught to children is the right thought , and the school is the right place to tench it " This idea is rapidly 'gnining ground , and it is only a question-of time when it will find general expres sion throughout the country Two or three years ago some patriotic teacher in the east suggested that the country's flag should float constantly ever every public school house , so that the youth of the nation should not only bo- comc familiar with the na tional colors , learning more and moro every day to love nud reverence the flag , but also bocmno interested in the glorious history it represents The suggestion took root and grow rapidly , and now the national colors wave con stantly ever hundreds ot school houses in Now York and ether custom states Evidence is not lacking of most gratify ing results from this patriotic innova tion It has produced a greater interest in the study of American history , and has given a great stimulus to the senti ment of patriotism among the pupils of the schools The vnluo of this upon the future lives of those children , when they shall assume the duties and obligations of citizenship , cannot bo overestimated Lot'all fall Into line is tbo admoni tion of patriotism Lot the beautiful * and glorious ilng of the free every where greet the eyes of the youth of Amorlca as they go to their dally school tasks , Impressing upon their young minds the greatnoas of tholr country and the Inestimable boon of frco institutions It will bo a aally lesson that cannot full to bo most frulttul in loyalty and devotion to the republic It is grntifylng to find that the patriotic idea is oxtoudlng itself among the leachors of NobraBka , and it Is to bo hoped that before the present your has olosod • there will not bo a public school in the state without a national flag • TECHNICAL TltAININO , The jiractlcal oxtlnctlon of the ap prenticeship system in most industrial occupations naturally suggests the ques tions , how Hhall the supply of skilled la bor be rani u tain od , and what shall the youth of Amorlca do for subsistence if they cannot enter the trades ? The so- rlous churactor of the problem involved in these questions is appuront to all thinking mon To a very great extent this country has depended upon Europe for its skilled workmen , but the satno processes that are oper ative hero to ' rodueo the number of such workmen are also ut work , though to a somewhat less extent , in European countries The old appren ticeship system no longer prevails as to moat industries in England , and it has boon very materially modified In tjor- % many , Franco and Belgium So tbut the time Is coming when wo cannot draw slclllod labor from Europe to any thing llko the extent of our wants Wo niubt create here a supply to meet the national demand or go without it , with the result of placing oursolvea at a erlous disadvantage in competition with ether "Tntmtrlcs that can rotaln their sklllcdrfcifeorr Monntimo there are tons of thousands of young tnon hnd boys in the Unltod States , and UittSumuor is annually In creasing , wholLro anxious to loam trades Most or Ihoso nro intelligent , apt , quick to learn , and poaso9sod of moro or loss talent for mechanical pur suits The professions nro overflowing , and even if this were not the case the proportion is small ot persons who can affordjtho time and money necessary - ossary to acqtflro the ltnowlodgo for n professional pursuit The army of book keepers and clerks is very greatly In ox- ccsaof the domnnd There la not enough employment in the unskilled occupa tions for all What , then , shall the youth of Atnorioa who are compelled to enrn tholr broad in the sweat of tholr fncos do if they will not bo allowed to loam trades ? , An attempt is bolng made to solve the problem , and with very gratifying success , by tlio establishment ot indus trial training schools In the larger cities of the country , aud it would seem Inovlt- able that in time this oxpodionl must become of general adoption The trndo schools established some eight or ton years ago in Now York City have nccomplistiod a moat valuable work in fitting young mon for various mechanical pursuits , and the oxcollcnt example has boon to some extent followed Among the odu- catlonal institutions of Phllttdolphin ono of the most useful is the Pennsyl vania muaoum nud.school of industrial art , in which young mon of modcrnto means are glvou a thorough technical education in dyone , designing and woavitig This school has turned out graduates who are occupying responsi ble positions all ever the coun try Chicago has a school for instruction in watchmaking which is very successful in the nura- bor of attendants The success of those efforts to provide technical train ing for young mon who doairo to enter the trades gives premise of nn effective moans for supplying the future demands of the country for skillful labor This method appears to afford the moatfavor- able assurance of a solution of the problem lom involved in the quostionssuggostod in the beginning of this article It has shown that there is a great demand for it and it is not to bo doubted that in every considerable city of the country every city of the siza of Omaha , for example ample a well-conducted school for technical training in some trade or in various trades Would got most satisfac tory support Tlio merit and value of the system whofovor tried have boon fully demonstrated , and , its continued growth and expansion is to bo expected and encouraged , „ t-vl Senator Edjiunds appears deter mined to pros3 bis bill providing for the inspection ofithcnts for exportation , prohibiting the importation of adulter ated articles of fobd or drink , and au thorizing the president in certain cases to suspend importations by proclama tion The purposfc ofj the monsuro is retaliatory , it being designed to ext - cludo certain article imported from Franco and Gcrrauuy-whlch arefshown to bo adulterated in , the event of those coun trios adhoriiigjto the policy ot ex cluding American meats from their markets , after their inspection here , on the specious * plea that they may bo diseased The efforts of the state department to got this subject to the attention of the foreign govern montshavo mot with little satisfaction , and unless those governments manifest a bettor disposition in the matter the pubho sentiment of this country will domnnd such legislation as Senator Ed munds proposes The claim that Ameri can meats nro not Safe is of course a mcro pretext , but while the right of Franco and Gormnny to exclude thorn , from whatever motive , is unquestionable - able , wo have an equal right to exclude cludo articles from these countries that are shown uot to bo pure It would not contribute to the good fool ing between the United States and these governments to resort to a retali atory policy , but wo are not bound to perpetually tolerate injustice and im position iu order to maintain national comity The discrediting of Amer ican moats by Franco and Gormnny has injured our trudo to un extent that Is not fully measured by the loss of the marKets of these countries , and it io our duty to resent such treatment after every reasonable effort to secure loss unfair consideration bus fnllod The cltizons of Omaha are to bo con gratulated upon the premise of two op- orntlo performances at the Coliseum building by the grout combination under the munagomont of Mr Abbey , undoubtedly ' doubtedly the finest and most complete oporatio organization that was overheard heard in this country The very general oral desire to again hear Mme Patti assures an uudionco on the occasion of her anponrnuco that will tax the capacity of the Coljsoum , while there will hardly bo n. lisys-unlvorsal desire to hear the great Xjftftir , Tamaguo The Collsoum mutiagotuant has shown most commendable enterprise in engaging this excoptionallyl ' l > | 0xcollont organiza tion , and if in ttlio short time of two weeks it cun pro\'Iu"p ntloquiito facilities our citizens will h jj ' ivon an opportun ity to witness the production of opera with a degree ot artistic excellence only to bo expected of stitSti a combination Mil Axdhew uCAKNKniK , the fa mous iron mongofilbf Ponnsylvaniu < is distributing his sljlus / wealth in pub , Ho bonoflcos in a gigonoroua manner Tbo endowment of-'K public library In his native city itiasqotlniid is supple mented by liborallty to the cities in which ho reared a colossal fortune , lie has given three hundred thousand del lurs to found a public library and musio hall in Allegheny City , nnd ono million dollars to establish a similar institution in Pittsburg , Mr , Carnegie's oxarap'o should bo emulated by the wealthy mon of the country How much better it ia to found institutions for the publlogooJ during life and witness the benefits - fits conferred than to trust philan thropic pinna to avaricious heirs with the usual accompaniment of a will con test ? The defeat ot tbo cherished plans ot Bamuel J. Tilden shows the folly of relying On wills to carry out projects entertained - tortainod in lifo Mr Cnrnoglo's mu- nlflconco is not doponrtonton the whims of heirs Ho is onjoylng the fruits of his llbornllty in the apnlauso of a thankful public , and rearing inonu * montsthnt will link his nnmo with enlightened - lightened generosity long after marble pillars and bronze tabids have crum- blbd to dust Omaha's raillionniros , with slmilnr projects in view , should not wait for poat-mortora glory , but fol low in the footsteps of Mr Cnmogio Bici : INNING tomorrow railroad ratoa ftom the Missouri river to Chicago will bo roduccd thlrty-throo nnd one-third per cent This is moro thnn an emer gency rate Uisa wnr rate , nnd extends - tends to all clnssos of freight Now wo shnll aeo whether mnrkot prlcos will tumble in proportion to the rate reduc tions , ns predicted by the railroads OTHER LANDS THAN OUltS Tbo address of Emperor William to the council ot state , convened to hoar reports ns to the condition and wants of the working classes , nnd to propose or consider methods for their amelioration , ought to have the effect of dissipating the Impression that the interest professed by the emperor had rotcronco only to the effect likely to bo pro duced on the elections In ether words , was a mcro piece of political strategy It the oniporor is not Bincoro , than ho has a capacity for om- ployinglanRuago to conceal thought which the oldest politicians nnd diplomatists ot Europe - rope may well envy , nnd which would cor- tnlnly show him to bo a rare gonlus In this rcimrd Hut we believe the emperor is sincere core , and that ho not only heartily wishes to hotter the condition ot labor , but Is deter mined to put to the test some of the reuiodloj ho has proposed for that purpose whota- or ho shall obtain the co operation - ation ot the countries ho has asked to Join Germany In a labor conference - once or not It Is doubtless true th nt n part of the suggestions ot the emperor are ute plan , and others Germany might not find It practicable to carry out nlono , but there nro othcra which may bo accomplished with bonoflt to the people nnd to the government , The present outlook Is that the ether gov ernments will not respond to tbo request for a conference , but this fact , whllo It mav defeat - feat some of the plans the emperor has pro posed , will not diminish his claim upon the confidence of the tolling masses of his own people Tbo condemnation of the duuo of Orleans to Imprisonment for two years is variously commented on , but the most Intelligent and conservative onlnlon is that it would have boon quito ns well to have treated the matter as n youthful indiscretion nnd sent the young man out of the country The indlffor- once with which the escapade has been gen erally regarded , however , is viewed as con stituting a remarkable tribute to the solid ity and power of the French government It Is seen that the republic is so strong that sonsibio politicians do not look boyonu It Franco has resumed her old place among the nations ' Smco November last Italy has put an end to the economic wur which for years she has been waging against Franco , and has resumed all the umlcablo relations of yore Spain loses co occasion of expressing her warm sympathy for her trans-Pyreneean neighbor , and even Germany is ondcavorlng to cultivate Frances good will by means of a relaxation of the stringency of the frontier regula tions Moreover , Emperor William-und his ministers have on several recent occasions gone far out of their way to perform nets of courtesy to the "Erbfromd" which would have bcon out of the question a few years ago Russia is today even moro anxious for a perfect understanding with Franco than she was when the czar publicly doolarcd thct the keynnto of his foreign policy would bo to reader moro close the bonds ot friend ship between the mo3t eastern nnd most western powers of Europe , and by way of a climax Great Britain has at length given way on the subject of Egypt and como to terms with the Paris government in the matter * # The Australian colonics are particularly noted'for their intense jealousy of one an other , and it will be Intoresttng to observe if the proposed federation will go far to allay this unhealthy sentiment When Mr Carl Lumholtz was at Adelaide a while ago ho was told that if ho wished to bo handsomaly welcomed by the cltizons of Mclbourno ho must toll them that Adelaide was n little the worst nolo ho over struck , nnd when he reached Sydney ho must loudly assort that there was nothing in all Australia equal to its glorious harbor The rivalry between ' Molbournc und Sydney presents some funny aspects to mere looker * on It was a trifle inconvonlont , however , when the two cole nics , after long conferences , were unable to agree upon the gauge for the railroad that was to connect their capitals The result was that botn Victoria and New South Wales carried out their own views with re gard to railroad gauge * , uud to this day nil passenger and other trnllp ( have to Buffer for this stubbornness by belug transferred to another tram at the colonial frontier % Regarding the free school question in Eng land tbo position is this : The conservative party docs not in its heart wish for free schools , but It sees they are coming whether it will or not , and dcslros to malco the best bargain it can for tbo church Many cliurvhmen themselves , finding it hard work to Jteop un the eftloioncy ot their volun tary schools , would bo delighted to have free education If only sectarian sohools are preserved and receive public grants equally with board schools On the ether hand the liberals nnd indicals are almost to a man ' for frco schools , but minus the -ublla cndow- ment of Aogllcinl&m and Catholicism That Is , In a word , just how things stand ut pros ont • Tbo latest volcanic eruption in Japan oc curred well toward the sou th orn extremity of the main island.fully 00O miles southwest ot the fceno of tbo awful explosion in July , 1689 , which It somewhat resembles At that time , however , ono of the big peaks of the lisndai-san volcano was blown bodily into the air , as though it bad been dug up by the roots ; while on tlio present occasion only the top of Mount Zoo has been blown off , and , as the debris spread ever the country is far loss in volume , tbo losses have not bcon so enormous , A calamity , however , that In the twinkling of an eye has oostroyod over $3- 000,000 of property , Is sufficiently appalling , oven though the loss of life Is small , Nature seems to reserve the grandest exhibition of her destructive energies for these bolts of volcanic vents in the Orient , where , within recent years , mountains line ( Crakatoa and Handai-san have been blown Into atoms , In volving-many thousands of people in death or mlsjry , Another IlnurPon Setback Sit I\iut Plniutr-l'rtu , Have Generals G. T , Beauregard and Jubul A. Early heard anything drop in North Dakota } THe Iinckbltlnir Domooraoy Ntio I'ork Sun Two able earthquake shocks wore felt In St , Louis Monday morning Wo | nfor that Hon , Charles Hill Jones has been writing two morojpowcrfnl editorial articles showing that Now York Is ot no Importance to the democracy , and that all the western republi can states nro surely democratic No won der St Louis quaked Ilchlnd the troQCRSlon Cftfertiw SrlbtliK The Philadelphia Presbyterians nro not ready tor rovlsion The question should have boon sprung ou them sooner In 100 years from now they will hnvo caught up with their brctliron elsewhere An Kloquout Silence Chhaao IWbuiif Now Orleans papers nro oloquantly and voluminously silent ns regards the propose transfer of the Louisiana State lottery North Dakota . ltcntcti by llrltniii Aunln J.oiitorlHo Coiirftr-JoiiHinl. It is painful to learn that wo nro far be hind the mother country in our smaller broods ot pat dogs British supremacy on the deep ought to bo enough Fond Tor llopttblloniilstn SI..oilfi /Y t-SI. i > fltf7l. The government of Portugal Is giving the best kind of oncourngement to republicanism by suppressing popular meetings with swords nnd bayonets Republicanism thrives under such suppresslvo moasurcs prompted by the fear of rulers > Not Corn Hut Money • Kama * Citu Times The Topeka Capital doesn't think that the emergency rate will do the Kansas farmers - mors much good nnd suggests that clovntors along the line of the railroads , in whloh the farmers can atoro their grnln until prices ad vance , would afford mora cortaln roller The trouble about this scheme Is that it Isn't the corn but the money the Kansas furmor wants Not Enough Funds SI Louts QlobcDcnwcrat It Is understood that tno' Louisann State lottery makes a profit of about 5500,000 n month , The mon nt the head of that con spiracy , however , have not enough money to buy up the loglslaturo of the progressive nnd onlliehtenod republican state of North Dakota " COUNTRY BREEZES Doubts His Slnccrltv frt Cloud Chief That poor , contompttblo hypocrite ot the Times tries to Bay n few moan , dishonorable thisgs about this paper For a man who professes to hnvo embraced Christianity ho isthothinost specimen wo ever snw His gall surpnssos his religious habits ono to ten Unsaltant Youths of Nonlcii Nonlcn Bortalls Wha a gallant pack of young mon there is in-efordon and vicinity Any of thorn will lot a young lady walk homo nlone , IS o'clock nt ntgbt , probably living three quarters of a mlle from the gathering You nro ono daisy lot of young follows , you are No Monopoly , Clotn Mason ctlu Atlencatc C. Y. Kimborling's auburn-hair girl of Urokon Bow says ho will have to quit her or the lady at Mason City Tnko your medi cine , Clom Rlsk.-il the Qnnrtei Central Cltu Acirs * A. J. Bowlo called at the News ofllco and left a rusty quarter yesterday Wo hud some doubt about its being goad and so had tbo butcher , hut when ho learned it was all wo hud ho said ho would take his chances rather than book our purchase The Dllzzird in AVnrin Onl mtuanl Wo would llle to see lire rain down from heaven in Ord , like it did in Sodom nud G o- morrah , lust to see If there was enterprise enough in the people of Ord to get a little mosey on them enough to get away from flro fr llnnti IuOlion Rat rumii nepuhitcmi The experience of eight yens has taught us how to deal with a Nebraska skunk Walk around blm If possible , but if ho still insists on fouling the road where your busi ness friends In your own city must walk , then fill him up with cold load , and keep * lllling him uu until his perfumed tail ceases to wabblo Only on account of the disgrace and bad odor which the poor llttlo Chief has brought on our city hnvo wo finally consented to waste a llttlo ammunition ou him Don'c Mlsjumco , Gmtlo Uo liter Oi nt Unlerptut In addition to the other Inebriations which , from the latoncss of our paner this week will appear in evidence us to the de moralisation of its editors , our readers will observe that our two pages of home matter are not in tholr horoaitary positions , but oc cupy the second and seventh pages Lot the reader not presume that wo are indifferent to public Judcmont Wo profoundly regret the blunders nnd delays which have at tended our publication during the past two months Wo tnko great prfdo in getting out a paper which , so far as our education will permit , is above scholastics reproach , and wo strive also to bo on time ' ToiiotHMl Our llonrt fed Cloud Chief We always had a good deal of Bvmpathv for the poor shiftless Jacn-of-nll-trados who Is trying to edit the organ ot the big 8 , but when ho sent forth that pitiful , heart-ren dering wail lust week , culling on the good people of Red Cloud nnd vicinity for assist ance to holi ) him keep the poor weakly creature - turo ( of society contention and disturbunco ) nlivo , woworo affected beyond description It sounded so much llko the song of tbo dy ing swan that wo couldn't help it Wo did fcol badly Wo thought of how lonely wo would bo when tbo poor thing dies It makes us fcol us Murk Twain did when he stood by the grave ot Adam , and Hue lie , wo dropped a plaintive tour OUR CONTEMPORARIES Tim l'niiuiuu Denotation Cliiai'jo Timet The French had unbounded faith In Do Losseps His failure , after spun ding much moro than ho at lirftt said would sufllco to complete the canal , has probably given tlioni u shock from which tboy will not quickly re cover The Panama project Is probably dead for at least a score of years and the hops of isthmian ship transit now centers In thu Nlcirugunu enterprise , under American direction and bached by Amerioan capital MoriiionlMiu Oruslioit Vhllatletphta Noith American , Mormonism has received a blow by the election nt Salt Luke City from which it will never recover For the first time in forty-three years has the control ot the municipal government boon wrested from the Mormons , Tno Edmunds-Tucker net is of course mainly rcspo ' nsiblo tor the de struction ot the Mormon vote , but asldo from this It has been declining materially of late The vote of Utah lust twenty years ago was ; Mormon , Sl.Oaut gentllo , lt/J. ( Last year it was in round numbers ; Mormon , 11.000 ; Kpntljpcooo , Antipolygamous im migrants and tbo mandBtoot congress have broken the power of polpgamy as u political factor at last , The I < 'renoh Method , PtiUadeUthta lleconi It is now reported that the duke of Orleans will bo sentenced to a term of itnprlsomnoat for violating the expulsion lawi then pardoned donod by President Carnet and sent ncross the frontier They hnvo a thcotricnl wny of d oing things In Franco which somctimos np- putin ridiculoust but whatever ridicule mnjiL n ttnch to this particular case will fall on the > y cung pretention The knowledge that n bourbon hns boon led out of Franco by a i cotiplo of soldlors must bo gulling tothoinou * , Ij nrchUt faction , fcjfl Imperial Socialism Y New Toiti iroi M. / The German emperors dnlltianco with sof cmlism Is significant It ia an attempt of despotism to strengthen Itself by an alliance with discontent It Is liberty that mankind wants , not gracious coddling It is tbo right to mnko the most of powers nnd opportunities , every man in his own fashion , nnd not such regu lation us the stnblo proprietor elves to hit horses in order that they , shall not bo over worktfd or underfed It is hnrd for hereditary princes and prlv < llogcd persons to loam the lesson ot modern discontent , but the intuition will continue , in ono form or another , till the Inst of thotit has found out that human equality Is n fact which is disposed to insist upon Itself , The Hluituuti Solution * * - - St Lnul lllohc-DcmocraU " * " i Courts nnd juries may bo sometimes put zlnd to properly ndjust these social nnd po litical differences that often nrlso between the two races The Mississippi shotgun is ncvor tro ublcd with vexed questions of jurisprudence - prudence or political economy With rare intultivo insight it goes unerringly to the ho art of all sociological problems aud humbly coulliiM itself to the siuqllo duty ot reduc ing republican majorities It may bo truly said that , lu Its perfect adaptability to the purposes of its Croatian , the evolution of the Mississippi shotgun Is n most complete nnd perfect Illustration ol the soundness of that philosophy to which Herbert Spencer has given his long nnd useful lifo A SIERRA SNOW STORM . * j There are Vnry I"ow Sights So Btnif ntllcontly Hcnutllul There nro few things so mngnifi- conlly beautiful a3 a great snow storm high up in the Storms , " writes the odltor ot the Salt Lake Tribune The weather , especially toward the western slope , is not oxcoasivoly cold The flakes como down as largo as a mans , • " * * " " " * palm They cateh and cliug to the limbs " * ; of the rlorlllcd pluos aud turn them into temples The trunks of the great trees nro the pillars , while all above is but a mass of exquisite work in green aud white When tlio sun shines through the rifts of clouds tbo whlto is turned to silver aud it glistens llko the gates of pearl that guard tbo entrance to the eternal city There are festoons and streamers nud the soft soughing ot the wind comes to the ear like the mufllod bent of the broakora upon a low coast to' ono who listens from afar It requires strong nerves not to be impressed with the immensity and wild grandeur of ovorylhlng around When a mountain storm sounds all its . solemn pipes and starts upon the march , ' It is a sovereign spectacle The clouds are its sable banuors , the winds are its buglers , the falling snow seems but tbo dust which is raised by the head ot its | columns Then the wild bonst soolts his ' lnir , the bird of prey his eyrie ; the voices of the brooks grow still and the great pines bond their shaggy tops as though in fear ot rovoionco , It is such \ ' a majesty as the ocean puts on when engaged - gagod , and there is nothing else llko It \ in all the phenomena of nature No S ? ] ether mountains have such disnlnys ns * j"l the Sierra Novaaas make because no others hnvo such forests On the Rockies the storms como with fury and frosts as if intontupou murder On the Slorrasthoy como llko armies ou the march , and the terror is forgot ton in the splendor of the spectacle " Comfi rtahli * It mu * in Winter The problem of mule ing rooms ut once healthful and comfortable during cold weather is not an easy ono to bolvo The gcnoral rule ns to the tompnrnturo v of living rooms limits the degree of heat to OS degrocs or 70 degrees Fnhrouholt Hut the lean , the nged and the invalid often demand a higher degree of heat than this to bo really coinfortublo , while those who are young , adipose , in health , going in nnd out of doors constantly and taking abundant exercise , And rooms so heated almost intolerable These who require a hlghor temperature , higher than 70 degrees , should put on extra llnnuols rather than moro fuel Into the range or Jk furnace W The question of ventilation la even jr moro difficult than that of heating If - ono uses a stone the oxygen in the room must supply tlio llro us well as the lungs of the inmates , and unless it is constantly ro-ouforcod from the out side it will become exhausted , and tlio air of the room will bo unfit to breathe , both from the exhaustion of the oxyfon and from the exhalations from the bodies of these who live in it A good way to ventilate is to close the doors between the living room and the ono adjoining ; then in the latter open all the windows until the air Is entirely renewed ; then close the windows mid open the connecting doors This hns boon used with succosa in the case of invalids , Another way ia to raise ono of the sashes a few inches , nnd hnvo a strip of wood fitted snugly in below the sash The air will then outer upward between the Bashes aud will cause no draft * * UA + 4 Tim Secret f bong Iltc These who nro concerned at the ro- , morsolcss approach of the last supreme ' moment may find comfort in the Ute of Louis Cornaro , a noble Venetian , of the middle ages Up to the ago of forty ho lived the lifo of allbortlnouiid onicuro His physi cian then told him ho would not live two months , so racked was hi a body with pains and dlsenso However , ha set himself to work to ward off the grim reaper Ho put him self on a diet of twelve ounces a day and uovor varied from it Ho soon became - came as strong as ever For sixty years he thus continued , and might be living yet only that ho was thrown out of his carriage by runaway horses in his lOOtti yenr and fatally wounded Died Prom llio Ktnbhlnir Atcimsov , Kan , Fob 15. [ Sroeial Telegram - gram to Tins HeK-l Antonio IJoroba , the Sao and Fox half-breed Indian who was stubbed so viciously at Whlto Cloud , near the reservation Thursday night by Ed Har bor , died last ulght Uarber is the county jailor at Troy , . - * - OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Subscribed k cuar&ute&d Capital , $500,000 Paid in Capital , , 3BO.OOO lluja and s U * stocks ard bonds ; negotiates co ramorclal paper ; receives and exocutex trusts ; act * as trannfer ttgent and trustee of corpora tions ; takiiacharge of property ; collects rents Omaha Loan Trust Co SAVINGS BANK 8 , E. Cor ieth and'Douglas streets Paid la Capital „ $50,000 Subscribed le guaranteed capital , , , , IOO.OOO Uabltltyof stockholders , 200,000 8 Per Cent Intoroat Paid on Deposits I'ttANIC J. LANUK Casblor Or/lCKKSi A. IMVyman , president ; JJIIrown vice president ; wTWymantreasurer \ Dlltwroust A. IJ Wymsn J , II Millard , J. J. • lrowiLUuyO.IJartan.l- , Nash , hoa J * . KUabull , tfuo 0. take Loans In any amount made on CltvOi H Farm Property , and on Collateral * Soourlty , at Lowest Current Ratoa