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Notary 1'ubllo.
"WlIATIIVnU Is lucking in Denver's
record of 1890 , Uioro is not scarcity of
caloric.
CHAHITV Logins at homo , and the re
forms of the now legislature should
bopin with K-coping down the legislative
expenses.
SKNATOU "En "Wohcon1 of Colorado
ppcuks eloquently against the force bill.
IIo lives out west nnd knows a land
tlitlovhon ho sees one.
Tin : present governor of this common
wealth is credited with H sluiHtor purpose
to literally illustrate thut shut/by pro
verb of the streets : "Ah. thcrol Stay
Thavor ! "
A SUCJIITY change has come over the
npirit of the Union Pacific. Tor the
first time in its history the company
Wants to " " before
"consultcongross" carryIng -
Ing out contracts with other corpora
tions. Tlio world do move.
DKNVKII'S building record is Buffi-
nldiitly largo to warrant the local press
in keeping within hailing distance of
truth in drawing comparisons. The
diagram of the Republican placing the
value of Omaha's building improvements
nt $3,0121,272 , is absurdly fiilso. Reliable
footings show tiyiro thnn double the
bogus figures of the Republican.
Tim Indiana Stnto Prohibition league
has disbanded , having concluded that
Iho last year's work was unsatisfactory.
The failure of prohibition appears to bo
general , and it is to bo hoped that the
honest and well-moaning people who
sincerely believe in it will coasoto ehnso
the elusive rainbow , nnd will lend their
enthusiasm and energy to the enforce
ment of the good restrictive laws wo
have.
THE late watchdog of the city troas-
xiry , Mr. Councilman Wheeler , Is setting
his pins to capture the presidency of the
board of trade. The election o three
now directors will tnko plaeo tomorrow
n $ the chamber of commerce. Without
Haying anything to disparage Mr.
"Wheeler's capabilities , wo question the
wisdom of making a man secretary of
the board who is neither merchant nor
manufacturer- has nothing in com
mon with the jobbing interests.
Tin : Dcadwood I'ionecr issues a not-
nblo Now Year's edition , with a com
plete description- the splendid progress -
gross and remarkable surrounding ro-
Bourcos of the Black Hills metropolis.
No one who roads this attractive setting
forth of Dcadwood's advantages can fail
to realize the benefits which Omaha will
receive as a result of the establishment
of through railroad connection. .Omaha
extends hearty Now Year's compli
ments to the lively town of Dead wood.
AT TUB recent mooting of the Ameri
can Poultry association an instructive
paper was road on government lorostry
abroad , from vrhloh it appears that
European governments have learned to
take much bettor careof their forests
thnn la practiced by our government.
Jn Switzerland the work of lorost reform
ivas begun more than a century ago and
lias boon ndhored to with the most satis
factory results , and Iho success achieved
is of pocnlioY interest to America for the
reabou that the Swisa wore confronted
by our own problem of extending a con
crete forest policy over the various states
of n common union. Franco stands
with Germany at the head of the nations
as regards thorough nos § of forest policy ,
though tlio mothous of the two govern
ments dlltor. The results obtained ,
however , nro equally satisfactory , There
lire many valuable suggestions in the
practice of these foreign governments ,
which is the result of generations of intelligent -
tolligent and careful experiment , which
it would seem might be made applicable
to a forest policy in this country , but the
tllQlculty is that it ECOIIIS next to im
possible to arouse congress from its
indifference to this mutter. In the
European countries the preservation of
the forests , or their protection against
reckless destruction , is n matter of vital
iconcorn to governments and people , but
it appears impossible to create a like
Eontlinont on the subject in. the United
States , It will undoubtedly bo de
veloped in time , but the danger is too
Into to accomplish much good. This Is
one particular in which wo can well af
ford to 1 oar n from Europo.
'A
T11K MESACB OV T1IK
Thomas G. Shearman con tributes to the
January l } > rum a brilliant find forceful
article on "The Coming Billionaire. "
It is a subject of timely interest , and
throws n , strong light on one aspect of
the present social movements in Europe
nnd America , which aim to "give the
nmbsos of the people a larger uharo of
the world's ' accumulations , and espec
ially of the annual proAts of labor and
production.
Mr. Shearman's article divides natur
ally Into two parts , in thd first of which
ho makes it tolerably clear that another
( 'onorntlon or two in the path wo are
now traveling will certainly bring us to
the ago of the billionaire. IIo presents
satisfactory evidence to provothat tho'ro
nro now at least seventy American
estates that average $35,000,000.
Hoasonlng from the fact that sev
eral non-spccttlatlvo estates that of the
Asters is the bust instance have in
creased five-fold in loss tljim forty years ,
ho asserts that these now worth $200-
000,000 will roach the billion point in
another < 10yoars , at tlio furthest. And
in this estimate ho makes no allowance
for the occasional opportunities of ex
traordinary profit that are somotiiiioa
onon to man who can wield a vast capi
tal. Jay Gould , for instance , is credited
with n not gain of $30,000,000 in his last
campaign of two weeks in "Wall tttroot ,
nnd many of the smaller fry who fol
lowed his star are said to have profited
in the sumo proportion to their capital.
Mr. Shearman counts only on compound
interest and the btondy rise in real estate -
tate values to produce his billionaire
forty years hence. In the meantime ho
expects to BOO several half and
many quarter billionaires. Everybody
will agree with tlio essayist that
the tendency of the times is to
enormously increase the size of great
fortunes , and that the same conditions
that have made the Abtors from a cor
ner groioryman : , and the Vandorbllts
from a steamboat skipper , in loss than
one hundred years , will make their de
scendants worth billions in the course of
time , if all conditions remain the same.
But it Is when ho begins to annly/.o the
causes and suggest the remedy that his
renders will dilTor with him.
Mr. Shearman is a free trader. Ho
reasons from the hypothesis that all pro
tection is taxation , with no benefits ox-
ept to the rich. The train of logic by
which ho tries to establish the point IB
ingenious and misleading. IIo says the
middle classes and the worlcingmon
must spend at least three-fourths of
their income for goods that are taxed
by import duties and that they pay ,
therefore , ten times as much for taxa
tion as the rich man , who does neb
begin to spend his income for protected
goods. By this process , according to
the essayist , the rich man's fortune is
steadily rolling up by reason of evasion
of his share of taxes and also because ho
generally profits , as the owner of mines ,
mills , or other protected interests , by
the taxes wrung from the poor man.
This theory is put forward as the solo
explanation of the existence of pjroat
fortunes today , and free trailo is offered
as the only remedy for an evil that
seriously menaces society. It is ex
pected that free trade will make direct
taxation inevitable , nnd that in that
golden era the rich man will pay most of
the taxes , while time will gradually
lesson the distancobotwcon the very rich
and the very poor.
Mr. Shearman leaves out of considera
tion all the peculiar causes which have
mudo millionaires in the last10
years. The Asters , Vandorbilts and
Goulds , are the best representatives
of the multi-millionaires in this country.
The Astor fortune traces back to the
ownership by John Jacob Astor of immense -
monso tracts of land in the very heart of
Now York , acquired when the greatest
city of the now world was a straggling
village of dubious promise. These prop
erties were rapidly increased in extent
as the shrewd Dutch merchant realized
upon-his first purchases , and it is still
the policy of the family to buy city real
estate nnd rent or improve it. In the
case of the Asters , wealth increased not ,
as Mr. Shearman reoKons , by "compound
interest at six per cent , " bufr by strides
of from 100 to 3,000 per cont. The Van
dorbllts made their money largely in
railroad enterprises , and the Goulds by
daring speculation and the manipulation
of stocks. Is it fair to charge the pro
tective system , or oven the notorious
evasion.of just taxes , with the entire rfi-
sponslbllity for the existence of these
fortunes ? Manifestly the theory is fal
lacious ! Illustrations could bo in
definitely multiplied to riddle it. Tlio
Rockefellers , for instance , became pluto
crats from a monopoly in natural oil ,
Pullman nnd Westinghouse from the
exclusive ownership of patents of ovtra-
ordinary value , and all the rest from
thotrudoor onprmously enhanced val
ues resulting from tho. rapid develop
ment of the country , marvelous Inven
tions , or powerful monopolies.
The existing tariff system errs on the
side of too much protection and lays
Homo unnecessary and unjust taxes on
the pooplo. But it is not wholly nl >
evil , and it by no moans restricts
its bonollts to the millionaires. Reforms -
forms nro needed and are bound to come.
Direct taxation and a lower tariff will
doubtless bo Included. And among
other reforms there will bo some that
will prevent the evolution of more Van
dorbllts , Goulds and Rockefellers from
the unholy system of trusts , combines
nnd reckless speculations that now exist.
No reformer yet nrosoribod a single
panacea for all the evils of a complex
civilization. Mr. Shoannnn has not
done it with his suggestion of free trade
and direct taxation , but his article is
provocative of thought , and that Ts n
great virtue.
XQ SCHOOL STATISTICS.
The census bureau has just issued n
bulletin giving advanced statistics as to
the educational conditions in several of
the states , which , while too fragmentary
to allow of general comparisons or the
approximation of the results to bn shown
in tbo country na a whole , still presents
some- Interesting facts. Ono of the states
whoso school statistics are embraced in
the bulletin is Louisiana , and.lt appears
that In the last ton years the number ol
pupils enrolled in the public schools has
increased ever fifty-three per cent
whllo the population of the state shows
n gain of only nlnqtoon per cent. This
Is gratifying evidence of the develop
ment of the school system of u state
which Until n few years haa been very
backward in educational matters. In
round numbers there are fifty thousand
negro children in tlio schools of Louis
iana , nnd if Hint state continues to progress -
gross as it has done in rccont years the
cud of the decade now entered upon
will find itoccupylnga front plnco among
the states , at least of the south , in the
important matter of promoting public
education.
The statistics of Now Hampshire ,
which has always been among the fore
most In educational matters , show an ac
tual decrease of ever seven per cent in
the iiumbor of pupils enrolled in the
public schools , tilthouRh in the last ton
years the population Increased ever
eight per cent. This showing docs not
indicate that the interest of the people
of Now Hampshire in public education
has declined , but is rather to bo ex
plained by the fact that whllo the omi-
Rr.itlon from the slnto ot Americans
\vhnso children were thus withdrawn
from the public schools has boon inoro
than offset by the Immigration of French
Canadians , the children of these very
Pfonorally attend parochial schools.
Thus , while the population haa in
creased , the on rollmoiit of pupils in the
public schools lias declined. The fact
is Instructive as evidence ot tlio change
which is going on in the character of
the population. The yoxtng people go
away from homo in such largo numbers
that comparatively few marry and settle
down in their native stato. Their places
are taken by foreigners , mainly unmar
ried , whoso children do not avail thorn-
solves of our system of public education.
There Is un instructive comparison to
bo mndo between the school statistics of
"Wisconsin and Now Hampshire , as
illustrating the effect of tlio different
forces at work in the two. The popula
tion of Now Hampshire is 870,530 , and of
Wisconsin 3,080,880 , the proportion being -
ing loss than live to one in favor of tlio
latter. But the number of pupils ca
rolled in NewIIampshiro's public schools
is only 59,313 , against MO , . ' ! 12 in Wiscon
sin , and the Now England state , with 22
pur cent of Wisconsin's population , has
but 17 percent of its publicHchool enroll
ment. It is to bo noted , also , that the
proportion of parochial schools to public
schools is much larger in the western
state , and probably there is a higher
ratio of children who do not attend
school at all. The inference must bo
that in proportion to population Wiscon
sin has a far larger number of children
than Now Hampshire. The advance sta
tistics regarding education indicate that
the figures for the whole country will
show that-very gratifying progress has
boon made during the past ton years.
IIOMESKKKBKS AA'D TIIK SOUTH.
The Atlanta Constitution Is displeased
with THE BEH'S comments on tlio sub
ject of the Ashvillo convention and im
migration to the south. It denies that
Ilia hind of Dixie lias been ovorbooined
and that northern men are not as sin
cerely welcome there as in the west , and
concludes as follows :
Tuo cry of these western newspapers
Amounts to nothing more than a vain effort
to restrict immigration. 'I'noy nro frightened
by the threatened depopulation of tliovcst
and are striving to build up their country at
tlio cxpenso of the south. They cannot do
this , however , by misrepresentation , and ills
not Mr that they should resort to it.
Tin : Ben would not willfully misrep
resent the beautiful and -chivalrous
south , but It must firmly insist that it is
right in its propositions on the subject
of immigration to that section. It is a
notorious fact that the Magic City busi
ness has been carried to unheard-of
excesses in that locality in the last Jew
years. ! Men have platted towns in Ken
tucky , Tennessee , Georgia and other
statesand , run vostibuledoxcursion trains
lull of northern investors and , in some
instances , sold "insido business prop
erty" at $500 per foot before a dozen
buildings of any dlscription had been
erected. The Now York Herald recounts
among its achievements for 1890 l'tho
exposure of southern wildcat land
sebomos , " and Illustrates it with a pic
ture of n sign-board stuck into a tract of
wilderness , bearing the suggestive legend
"All-City. " " docs not
gend , "Why thoCbn-
btitittioii prosecute thoosteeincd Herald for
liblo ? Hero isanothor item of evidence
confirmatory of THE BKK'S position in
the matter In the shape of n letter ro-
coivcd in this olllce from a northern im
migrant to Georgia :
ATLANTA. , Oa. , Dec. 30. [ To the Editor of
Tan IlEB. ] In your declaration In tlio en
closed slip from the Atlantic Constitution you
strike tlio nail at tlio rltrlit plnco. Living
south during tlio lust fifteen years , I have
traveled over almost every state , and I warn
tlio eastern , northern mid western people.
not to come to uiiy such poor , yellow ground
country us tliK where southern people starve
thcmsclvrs. Cotnohuro yourself , Mr. Editor ,
any tlmo butwcuu this and February , anil ut
the rullrmul slut Ions you will too people mov
ing nYiiy l y tlio hundreds. . Others nro mov
ing with their toiims toToxm nndthowo-jt.
Ami so you will Mud It In every southern
state , Louisiana and south Arkansas alone
uxcoutud. This U the plain truth. Tale
notice , you northern people anil lot well
enough ulouo , FIIIU.MITO
This communication is from a stranger
and was evidently called out solely by
the truth of TUB BIE'S : remarks. The
onthuslasni of our. A-lluntn contemporary
for the south is natural and proper , but
it cannot bo accepted by western and
northern poojjlo against the mass of con
tradictory evidence that is known to
o.xlst.
It is equally untrue that northern men
receive the same hearty welcome in the
south as in the west.Thoro is a differ
ence which goes down to tlio vo'ry bottom
of society in the two sections. It is Im
possible for the southern aristocrat to
believe that a northern man la just as
good as ho is , or to forgot that the dream
of a southern republic was shattered by
northern "bayonets. The Yankee ) capi
talist nnd manufacturer Is welcomed as
capitalist and manufacturer , but not na
neighbor , friend and follow-citl/on. In
thowoatit is wholly different. Thoronro
no Insurmountable barriers of traditions ,
no onibnrmhslng recollections , noprldo o :
ancestry. The avenues of society , busi
ness anil politics are as olonr ns the sky
and as free as the eternal sunshine. A.1
men have equal privileges nnd oppor
tunities' and work shoulder to shoulder
to make the history of this section n
)
prouder chnptor , thnn that of any ether
section , , , , ( , , _
The south l ' Improving ami will con-
tlntio to tic fid/hlit the west is to bo the
seat of the gron st future developments
in the United Giato * .
rivt ! iffisTEiur VITIBS.
Thoanmml ruviows of the growth of
Omnha , Knimlts'Clty ' , St. Piuil , Minneap
olis and Denver' ' furnish valuable ma
terial for comparisons. The relative
rank of each in population , as shown by
the federal copsUs , was us follows : _
1. Minneapolis , , , . , if400
U. Omalia . . ' l tiBIU
t . St. 1'aul m.lffl
1. Kansas City 1tt,410 !
5. Uoiivor 1015,070
The reoord of building Improvements
during 1890makes a radical change In
the order , n * is shown by the following :
1. Denver $10r.llW5 . (
2. Minneapolis 10KJO,000 (
a. Omaha 0 , Mllt !
: $ . St. 1'aul G8HM.SI9
5. Kansas City 4-lir,000 ,
The number of permits for buildings
issued and the average cost of ouch
were :
No. Average
permits. cost.
Omnhn - . ' , ( ) ± J f.lW | (
Denver ! I.J01 -ISIC )
Minneapolis ii.Ho 8,107
St.l'aul | , : w.l 1,571
ICnnsns City 1,000 4.417
While Dourer' : ) building record over
shadows all others in the group , she lags
in the rear in ootmnorco and Industry.
The value of hur mantifauturuil products
foots up $ 1-1,070,000 , , or $10,000,000 , losj
than Omaha , $ ; ) ,000,000 loss than St.
Paul , and equaling the onoitomof pick
ing house products of Kansas City.
The value of the jobbing trsido places
the cities in the following order :
Sti'.iul Sllo , : . ' ,8r , ( )
Minneapolis IOOTMl ( )
Omaha 4r'JH,7K ! )
Denver ! tSi70,4r : , , ( )
Kansas City , ( no llpires given. )
In municipal improvements , exclusive
of the amounts expended by semi-public
corporations , Omaha stands first with
$1)51,518 ) ; Kansas city , $917,019 ; St. 1'aul ,
SSI ! 1,007. Minneapolis not known.
The transactions of the clearing
houses of the live cities place them in
the following order in the ainonnt of in
crease :
Kansas City $13,000,000 ,
Omitm : iB.TJB.llK . )
Denver IS , 1 S3,2 , 0
St. 1'aul 10,153,515 ,
Minneapolis , estimated ntSO percent.
The relative wealth of eaeh as shown
in bank deposits , is :
Minneapolis 827,7.12,517 ,
ICansus City a.,7-lSl ! ( 1
Omnha 8I.4KI,7 ! 2
St. 1'aul , ' li,045.V50 ! ,
Denver 18,185,370
These comparative statistics place
Omaha second in population , first in
value of public improvements , third in
value of buildings erected , second in
value of manufactured products , third
in jobbing iptorebts , second in
Increase of bank clearings and
third in tlio amount of bank de
posits. In none of the great
Interest that gp to mnko a commercial
nnd industrial center does she go below
third rank , anil is steadily pushing for
first place. AVitli , tlio possible excep
tion of Kansas ( Jity , none of the group
can appro.uih ' , hbr in miles ) of paved
streets , grade ! * thoroughfares and
sowers. These essential improvements ,
which have borne heavily on the tax
payers , are now practically at an end
for a few years , so that the energies of
the people can bo directed to other pro
gressive channels.v
Ono of the most' gratifying features
of the record is the splendid condition of
Omaha's public finances. "While Minne
apolis and St. Paul are staggering under
a public debt of 87,050.517 and $0,217,065
respectively , Omaha's outstanding ob
ligations amount to only $1,930,109.
Omaha points with pride to her splen
did position among the flvo leading
cities of the northwest.
POLITICS AKJ ) TUB IJXDhlX SBRT/CB.
Wo print elsewhere a communication
from Mr. Ilorbert Welsh , corresponding
secretary of the Indian Rights associa
tion , in which ho states the position of
the association regarding the principle
that should rule in the appointment of
persons to the Indian service. Mr.
Welsh objects to the "homo rulo"
policy in selecting agents , that Is , ap
pointing them from the states or ter
ritories in which the reservations are
located , on the ground that it virtually
commits their ohoico to the local poli
ticians , lie urges that the politicians
wlio under this practice may bo
enabled to secure appointments arc
not concerned about the oflicioncy
of the service , or the welfare of the In
dians ; but simply to pay obligations to
political backers , nnd that bad results
must flow from such a system. There is
unquestionably a degree of validity in
this objection , but it cannot bo accepted
ns conclusive against the "homo rulo"
policy of appointments , unless It bo ad
mitted that the policy necessarily in
volves the abdication of all responsibil
ity by the authorities at "Washington ,
which is obviously not the caf > o. It
would manifestly bo unreasonable to say
that qualified persons for the Indian ser
vice cannot bonfound in the states or
territories in which , , there are res
ervations. On t'ho contrary It is
the most natural thing to look there for
such persons"regardless of the principle
recognized by both , of the political par-
tics , though faithfully observed only by
the present adininistratlon , that none
but residents shijuld bo appointed to
places In the gift'of ' the federal govern
ment. Wo should' expect to find among
the people llvingin proximity to Indians ,
nnd pre8umabl ' < fainlliar with their
character and Th'tibits , persons bettor
qualified for their management than
could bo foumV'iJsowlioro ' and
, wo believe
liovo there need 1 > no trouble whatever
from the "homo rulo" policy if the Wash
ington authorities will oxorcibo proper
care in ascertaining the illness of candi
dates. The fact that mistakes have apparently
parontly been made in the case of ono or
two appointments hardly warrants the
conclusion of Mr. Welsh that the policy
ho condemns is inherently inoillcient and
weak.
As to the position of the Indian Rights
association that only men of capacity ,
character and experience should be ap
pointed to the Indian service , and that
the service should bo divorced wholly
from politics and spoils , TIIK 13KK Is in
full accord with it. Wo have recently
quoted with approval the views on this
subject of Commissioner Morgan , which
wo litwo every reason to believe nro In
complete harmony with the opinion of
the president nnd secretary of the inter
ior , as well ns with the Intelligent senti
ment of the country. The country is
getting a very costly lesson in connec
tion with the Indian problem , but per
haps it will not bo Wholly without- com
pensatory results. At any rate itmnkos
a demand for earnest , rational and un-
proj udlood consideration.
TilJH AMt TMFAT.
Handing In a San I'ranclsco jiapcr n few
days ngo of nn attempt to tni > n ruco wlro In
that city , Mngi to mlniln siory told by an
operator In tli Is city sumo tlmo ngo.
"It was olisht ortuii'oursiKO"snl ! < 1lic. "lit
I'lilluilolpliln , and tlii'ro rvero llvoof us In tlio
Jol ) . In tlioso lays tlio pool rooms hail to ilo-
pctul upon the regular mi'ssiuo service of tlio
tcloKrnpli ciiniiuilo.s | ; for tliulr Information
from tlio rnco tracks ) , and It was an uay mat
ter for IH operators to beat ilium , OnuuC our
mm was In the grand ftttinil at Siniltna , uti-
olliur In a uraiich nlllco In Ilro.ul Strut1 ! , Now
Turk city , I U-IIH hi tlionmlnolllcolii 1-lilliuicl-
phlii iiinl iiuotlior 111:111 : Imu ? around tliuuonu-
tcr of n branch olHco nuar tlio ] i ; il
room. Our llfth imui was a "lawyer , " who did
the foi'Uliit ; In the pool luoin. Wo hudanMin-
lpr ) foro.icli luitMi1 , and at tlio llnlsh of each
rnco our man In tliu grand stand , who was an
t'Vport.Kuvothu niimlicr ecirit'siiomlliiR to tlio
uliinorto the Minn In Sow York , who In tiaii
KIVO : It In me. t iulelly ] rciL'huil ovur to iin-
othur talilu mill umilo tlio ll uro on the wlro to
Lhobrunch ollleo. Oiirnmn thuio u.s soon as
liulicnrd t ho llnuru Untried to the pool room ,
Kn\o Lliuliifurnmtloii tlio " "
to "lawyer" anil liu
bought tlio pools' .
Of coiino. In order to avoid siwk'lon , tlio
lawyer soiiH'ilinos bought losing pools , lint In
UiiHln.vuiicI 11 half In which wo worked tlio
Hclii'iiHvu ) \ tilt'iifoil ovur ftiO ) , .My sluiru wan
close on to illl. ivL-rytliliiKttdits\vIiiiinIii'ly : \ (
thollrstdayliufcon Uiusi'ooml our man wlm
unrrlutl tlio winner from the toUwiph ollico
to the "lawyer1 not gloriously drunk mid
KIIVD dm sclii'ino away to Iho rt-gular
operator ut the branch nllluo , who Inline-
illAtuly gave It to the superintendent. This
oixlctl our llttlo st'liomunii'l 1 loftat once fur
tliowVst. It was ivsllclt Jiih though , for wo
honiutliiK-s got Die winner bofuru tlio pool room
hud tlio post ( idilH or tun to llflcun mliiuhM li" )
fore llit'y got tliu ulimur. ' 1'lino has changed
everything , liowinor , mid tlio si-homo can
novur loworleil ( uny inoro bvoiuiso the pool
rooms nil ovoi thocountry now have tlio re
sult of arucoalmoit licforo tlio jockeys Uuvo
alighted fi oin thulr hcme.s. "
\Vlilo ! Stanley was In Chicago last week , tlio
story printed In TUB Hsu I'lincornlni ? Sturvu-
t loncMiiiipand tliufalluro of the ovploiors to
fish for food whim tlio river was eloto by , was
culled totho scnt.lcmnn'sattention , "Do you
thlnlc. " rupllcil Mr , Slanloy , "that Do Soto ,
MiriiiL'ttc ] , IiiiSallaor ether explorers of this
continent could liu\u milislitcd on llsliVo ?
woroHtircly not Inn situation wlicio llshliii :
would help us any. Ilvon If every ono
of our 1103 hticl been provided with
llslilni ; taoklo It would hnvo done us nn
trend for Mich n trlpiis wo ) iid : before us. We
might find something In tlio woods to hi'lp us ,
liutNtiruly nothing In tlio water. ( Jn ono oc
casion ono of my men cattclit tlirco or four
little llsli In flvo hours. Uould wo have re
sumed our marcli on Midi a block or provis
ions ? It wis far more natural for muti car
rying ammunition to limit for food In the
woo U which llioy hud totravi'Mo than to sit
down and llsli. Moieovcr , my corjH was prln-
olually composed of natives who uoror think
of n llsli dlot as a means of sustenance. To
them llsli are simply u nort of s-uico for thulr
regular food the broad'11111111:14 : uiul the In
dian corn. Wo might have found a banana
plantation fonrnr llvo nillusoiror twunty-flvo
or fitly inllos distant , but wo never would
Mini llby fi-Oiln , ' . No , sir ; llsli are not unions ?
the possibilities of provision for tin African
trip , unless tlicy urodrlod. "
After the hot engagement at I'lno Uldgo
ivftoncy tlio other day , tlio war correspondent
of n local paper wired the homo ollleo that
"After sovoii hours of iictlvo ungnKenteiib I
have Just sent an Indian courier to the front. "
The only "active cngugomunt" In which the
correspondent has seomoJ to 1)0 participating
Is In keeping in tlio rear. TliU statement Is
confirmed by the fint telegraphed b.vthe same
brainy Avar reporter that the soldiers hnd
placed their ponies for safety "just back of
the house I llvo In. "
"All sorts of niplho.ls nnd devices arc
adopted by dcndbouts nowadays torldo freu , "
said a motor cur conductor to a reporter the
other day. "Amonj these deadbcats are
many well-to-do men , who never give up their
fares until they are iislcerf * . The lussanjora
who are Invariably Iryhu to beat us out of
their fares are the mlddlo-asod men of the
middle classes. Thulr easiest plan Is to stand
on a corner nnd wait fora crowded car , and
then jump on board nnd mix in with the
crowd. The conductor Is kept busy and falls
to notleo tlio man when ho gets aboard. Once
Inside with the crowd thoocadbcat la safe , for
the conductor docs not Know who has paid
and v ho lias not.
"I luut seven people on my down trip not
long ago , and only collected six fares , being
onobliort. rinally , tasked n icd-faced muii
In the corner for his fare , and liu looked mo
straight tnlhc face and bald holiad paid mo.
I wassuro that ho had not , nnd asked him
wheieho had goton. IIo replied that holiad
hoardid the earat Ilarnoystroet. I roincni-
bereddlstlnctlythattlioonly passenger I took
on iitllarney Direct \\na \ an old lady , and I at
once told the red-faced man so In tlio hearing
and presence of the other passcngorn. Then
ho caved and his faro grow htlll redder , and"
ho reluctantly put his hunJ In 111 , pocket and
pulled out u nickel. Tlioiihu got oil'the car In
disgust.
"Tho female ilondbcat U the hardest bet I
have todeal with , for I never put a wnmnnolf
the ear In inv life. If they have no money I
lot them rldo for nothing. Thn most common
method employed oy women In beating their
way on tlio motorcai-Als to wait until the con-
ductoroornes around and then suddenly put
their hand In their dress pocket and proclaim ,
with a look of alarm , that they have left their
pookot book at homo. "
T.4 TK 1'lt l.'SSTfH'ICS. .
North PlixttoTolograDli : Considered simply
asa newspaper , Tim OJIAHA IIKK Is the p.it-
tern for Nebraska newspapers and the deslro
ot Nebraska renders ; and this Is true , not
withstanding the joaloiiHyot bomo editors or
the 111 will of same readers.
Aurora Ilopubllcan : When n small man
llko Jay Hurruus attempts to pick iipan In
tellectual Klant llko Uoiiur.il Van Wye k by
the black of the troiuurs ami throw him bodily
ily over tlio transom , It dojs not take him
long to discover that ho hii : undortukeu the
biggest Job of his llf o.
1'lattsmmitli Journal : The Lincoln Call Is
still calling Koscwuter all kinds'of names ,
blmply because Mr. Itosowator testified that
the editor ot llm U ill oirotvil to oppose the
l > inhMillion amendment pr.ivlilcit ho wai
given a certain sum of uioiioy. As Mr. It'jsu-
water was not buying papuiu the Call sup
ported tliu amendment.
flrand Island Independent ; It Is very easy
to charge wlioleiilo ; frauds In elections , but
much inoro dllllunlt to prove the allegations
where no such frauds oxlslod. Thus far no
fraud of any kind has been developed by the
testimony In this state , It w.is all prohibition
wind , tlia nearest approach to fraud being tin )
action of the prohibition loadoi-a ,
Mobrara. I'lonecr : No attorney general has
loft his ofllco with a hotter record for the pei-
plothun General ] < ecs . Ho has Htood out
against thu great monopolies of Nebraska as
mastorof Ihosituation , Though ho has boea
crippled In bringing about the ends In view ,
his litrorla have nevertheless brought to the
attention of the world the "Inwardness" of
railroad values.
Nebraska. City Nous : Mr. Itichnrdi , the
gentleman who was not olvcU'd governor ot
this btatt * . has written a lung and abusive
letter "open letter" to Mr. Itosowater In which
hoHhlncs llkoa bear with a tuuo head. Ho
ghos'J'uu HHK cicdlt for defeating him and
Intimated Hint Itosowntor has more Influence
than any other man in thu stutu. Mr , ItloJ
Urdu la politically doud and burled , and thin
uost-niiiiteiu outburst will not tend to help
the party.
rjutrs ox TIIK ir. ,
Kearney Hubs ThoMory of fllotix treachery
that the tolcgrapli hnd been tolling for the
past twodays-atroclotts , foolhardy nnrt cloi-
per to mil was occasions no surprise to liny
person who Is fninlllnr with the western In-
dlitn , and particularly with the Sioux. The
affair on Wounded Knee creek created n great
Hhock of couuo , but It waa what might hv\o :
been ox pouted ,
Nebraska , City Press : The battle of
Wounded Knco will go clown In history as ono
of Iho bloodiest Indian buttles over In the
country and smother example of the trcauhury
of the rodskln , War , o\on with savajjos , U
horrlblo , but now that the Indians have com
menced , tlio soldiers should tmsli right over
them and never atop until they are subjected
or exterminated.
Fremont Herald ! lllff Foot , lit spite ot his
niinio , nuiimgod to got Ills foot in it whoit lie
dulled thearmyof Uncle Sam. Thlswllldoubt-
IcMsbo the catiso of more wccphiR by lender
sentimentalists , hut there will bo much inoro
oC a fcelliu of security ittnoiiK tlio people who
have braved the dangers and privations of
frontier llto tobnlldnp houses for themselves
and families. Sitting Hull Is another roving
nnarehlst who will gracefully adorn the hunt
ing crounds.
Hustings N'obraskan : The murderous rods
are receding a taste ot tlio medicine they
havolo n con coot Inn , anil nlthoiiuli a large
number of the hr.LvoboyM In blue Imvo fallen
the Indians are bolus made to .suffer. The
only way toeivlll/ea malorltyof the Indians
Is to kill them. So far considerablesympithy
has been manifested for the red man and the
goveriitniMil has been very lenient with them
- toonimlisohut the tlmo has i-oino when
they must gl vein or bo exterminated.
Lincoln Journal : Had the Interior depart
ment not meddled and muddled and Inter
fered with ( ioneial Miles' order to lliiiraloltlll
and his scontH to arrest Sitting Hull a few
weeks ago. that busy-body would have had
less tlmo to concoct mischief , and his killing
by the Indian p dice mlnlit not have beonnoc-
c saly , The desperate chances thut Ills 1'oot
and his idem liable band took at Wounded
Knee wus douhllu.ss the outcome of the fierce
passion of revenue that wua stirred up by the
Killing of Iho old medicine man ,
Itoatrlco Democrat ! If It had bcca the pol
icy of the Rovernmontto IrO'ittho Indians as
rebels , they would have been asked to sur
render and lay down their arms , nnd having
lofuscd to do so , they would have boon Hrod
upon , lint Instead of that the soldiers wont
Into their camp and undertood to t.iko their
arms from them , as a parent would handle u
disobedient child. The Indlans were followed
about nnd i-ooxo I , and the soldiers were for
bid to lire upon them , and when Iho Indians
got Into their fastness In the had lands they
opc'iii'dup the lire. The Indians have been
whipped , but at what cost ? They could have
been completely paralysed , without thu loss
ota MliiK'lowliIti' , had they been treated us
they should hiive hi on.
llemlngford Advocate : Such papers as the
World-Herald may MMitlntcntallzo about the
Indian trouble as they know nothing of the
re.il mutter , Lot the editor of the World-Her
ald live on the frontier for a time with his
wife anil children exposed to attack by In
dians. If he Knew not what momi-nt Ids prop
erty would Do destroyed , his homo left deso
late and his . ' .unllv ( If ho had one ) , sulfur the
most terrible death he could coneolvo orlm-
iiKlni ) , or oven wnrso than his mind can pic
ture1 , ho would say with the Advouato that
the measures taken were not too severe , and
certainly should not have boon deliberated
on longer. Why not treat the Indian as wo
would a white nun ? Is ho any better or inoro
elevated , are lil.-i foollnss so Iliui that you are
afraid to hurt them by holding him respon
sible for hlscrlinis ?
xnirs.
The O'Neill Item has started In on Its eighth
year with fluttering prospects.
The render Times entered Its sixth year
lust week with M. W. Muriay at tlio helm.
Tim Noiunlm County Granger was eighteen
years old last week and Is as lively and eblp-
pcr as ovor.
The Ilrownv'llo ' Xows has suspended publi
cation as the support given by the merchants
was not adequate.
The Italian Hun und Alma Deacon have con
solidated and will run under the name of the
hitter as an alliance orjuii ,
The Oak Leaf , which foil before the storms
of winter , lias been succeeded by the Oltlzcn ,
with C. II. I&raol us editor and pioprlutor.
I'nstniastcr Warren has retired fiom the
editorship of the Itod Cloud Ar us and Mc
Millan and Knight have assumed controf of
the paper.
llnrdy , Kuckollscounty , will soon have an
other newspaper In spllo or the fact that the
Held Is already ably covered by U. 1C. Hill
cdllnr ot the Herald.
Jacob Horn has retired from tholtrokon
How Leader , leaving W. O , Chapman la hole
charge , and the p.ipor 1ms been reduced In
size. Hard times did It.
York county now has an alliance paper , the
Independent , which mndo Us appearance last
week with Worloy llrothor.s as editors. This
makes the fifth paper for the city ot York.
The Nelson Gazette gave all Its readers a
Christmas present In thosbapoot a faoslmlln
ot The Citizen , published on wallpaper July
2 , 1WU , ut the city of Vlcksbvrit , two days before -
fore the surrender to Goner.il Krnnt.
J. M. McDonough. formerly editor of the
O'Neill Trlliinc.but now a reporter on the
New. Vork Star , haseonoup Into the Indian
country to ropic cnt his paper and furnish
pen pletun'H of the struggle for supremacy
between the icds and whites. .
C. W. Hyatt of the I'romont Flail , Dodge
comity's veteran editor , enjoyed a trio to the
motrop-ills last week With n broailsmllo
Mr. Hyatt asserted that thouirh sorno Ii're-
nioiit editors seemed to bo troubled with bile ,
as for himself ho was In the best of health and
at pc.tco with all the world.
A neat little souvenir was Issued by thoJNo
braska City News on New Year's day , on the
front page of which was an embryo copy of
ono day In November when the democratic
papers of the state made conspicuous the
headllnc"A I.andilldo. " Oulaldoof Its bour
bon proclivities the News Is all rl lit.
T. II. SodRWlck of the York Times was glvon
an aRiee.iblo Christmas surprise by the em
ployes of his olllce. Upon loturnlng homo
from a tilp In the state ho found his editorial
rooms , the lloor.s of which had been bare ,
nicely carpeted , and llf eon nmmbora of hU
newspaper were gathered there to welcome
him. It was a pleasant occasion for all con
cerned. ,
Tliol'Iattsmoiith Journal , the llvo repre
sentative of the capltul of Cass county , takes
occasion to iemarlc that It ' . 'starts In with the
new year without a mortgage hanging over
It thu last dollar of Its looouled debt having
boon paid oil and that ornamental iloctiment
having come Into our poicislon .several days
ago. Thu Jouinal Is toady to receive thu con
gratulations of Its frlumls. "
11. V. Davis , the ontarprlslng editor of the
Columbus Telegram , ono of the b Tightest 1IU
tlo dallies in the state , Issued a neat nnd
tasty annual number of his paper this year
and alio sent out as souvenirs photos of the
Tole.iam In miniature , showing facsimiles of
the dally Sunday and weekly editions. Mr ,
Davis IIIIH rensim to ho proud of his work ,
which has to be seen to bu appreciated.
Jnmos M. Kay , who ably edits the North
I'lattoTelegraph , In Ids last Issue takes occa
sion to rennrk : "It Is over liftoon years since
thu writer commenced newspaper work In
North 1'latto , and In all this time cannot re
call asorlouii accident to aslnglo railway em-
jiloyn whosu subscription to the Telegraph
was paid up. It may not bo generally known ,
but a paid up newspaper subscription seinns
to be better than nn accident policy , us It
ap pours to prevent the accidents "
Thodrund Island Dally Independent wan
eight years old New Y'oar's duy , and the
weekly was twenty-four. "Kor nearly a quar
ter of a century , " says Kdttor Ilcildo , "thin
paper has traveled along with thd people of
this community. It lias wept when tlio people
wept and rejoiced when the people had occa
sion to rejoice. It lias In tum Buffered and
endured the privations und hardships com
mon to all ulong thu pathway of human exis
tence , and ronpud with them also the honey
of prosperity , and has grown to fool lUull an
essential part ofn community of wlduh It la
Justly proud. " Mr. Huddu's heart and liana
uro with the people , and thu people scum to
appreciate 1U
During the Inst week of the departed yc > nr
there passed away four notables whoso ili > rt in
were merely mentioned In tlio dlspatchr
And yet. In years gene by , at Various llmrs.
the newspapers of the country hnd devoir ; '
grfMit ) > pico : to recounting the deeds ot tin
sumo celebrities whoso demise attracted .sttrii
little attention. In their lives ( boy Hindi' '
nc w. , some of which otartled the whole coun
try , but they bad outlined their usefulness
and tmssod a way almost unhonored and un
.sun ; ; . Such Is the the Irony of fate. All did.
not llvo useful live * , buLfO-ueof tliuliiktnncoitl ] |
ot their ciiroors are Interesting.
Of these four dead , the ono probably best
known to the present generation wns M. A ,
D.uiphlu , Kvery nnnspjiper reader for.yenrs
lias seen tbo name , not In thu news columns ,
but among the advertisements. Hut recently
Iho name disappeared on account of the little
dlllleitlty In which the Louisiana lottery com
pany bccntno Involved , and now tncowni'r of
the same lias succumbed to tbo Inevitable.
Dr. Dauphin for he was a physlclan-was
sixty-three years of ago. and ho bad been
president of the lottery company for twelve
years. Although the business In which ho
was engaged was decide lly iniestlonablo , tbo
the doctor , personally , was a man of much
delicacy of temperament , was extremely
charitable and was said to support scores of
families , as well ns largely contributing to es
tablished ami occasional charities , lie spoke
six languages lluontly ; was fond of Intellec
tual pursuits nnd , while essentially domestic
In his h.iblts , had largo social Inlliience. Ills
death will boa tremendous blow to Iho lot
tery , as no ono will know to whom to write for
ticket ! ) , and the lottery company cannot bo
addressed direct , nor can It advertise who
\ > lll succeed Mr. Dauphin as president.
General 1' . K. Spinner's signature was better
known a decade ugo than that of Dr. Dauphin.
Theru wns no similarity , however , bcitte
the two men , and no act of tlio general's life ,
either public or private , wits over considered
questionable. As treasurer of the I'nlte ,
States , Qcncrnl Spinner gained a national
fame. The greenbacks which were issue.i
boio hlsHlgnaluio , and that signature was i i
marvel In Its way , Itsoomed toslart nowlici"
turn back uptn Itself , follow n series of d"t
tud lines and end with a wondcrfulllourMi
General Spinner used a pen ot peculiar inauo
In writing. It was he who first btouiilit about
the employ mont of women In thu various de
partments of the government. It was during
the latter portlonof the warwlion hundreds i > f
deserving uoincn , widows and sisters were
forced to Mini a me msot support. They came
to Washington In laigo numbers , and tlio
great pioblem was hoiv to provide for them.
General Spinner suggested that much of the
clerical work of the dep irtinnntcoillil bo douo
by women as well as by by men. Places were
found for n few tn the treasury department.
They did so well that positions soon wcro
found for them In other branches of Iho gov
ernment. Generil Spinner always took great
prldo in Ills suggestion which opened up a
genteel employment for women. ASH public
oillclal , General Spinner \vnssomowhat bump
tious. He Irid his own opinions and his stub
bornness In Insisting on them often brought
him Into conlllot with bis oillclal superlius.
although In lib ninetieth yc.ir atthutlmoof
his death , ho kept up his Interest In public af
fairs.
Not very many readers will recognize the
nsimo of IJeorgo Hull , yet about a wore of
years ago Hull helped to bring Into existence
a monstrosity which set half the w.orld by the
cars. Hull died at Itlnghaniton , N' . Y. ; near
thobconoof his success and subsequent fail
ure , -lie was a clgarmakor by trade , but ho
nlsoowned a farm In the to.vn of Cardiff ,
Onoiidaga county , N. Y. Among Hull's fel
low workmen was a genius , who could turn
many a tr'ok In addition to rolling up ruM I
fragrant weed. This genius struck the Idea M
making a giant of stone , planting the ( Iguro uW 1 i
the earth and then " " ri-N.
"discovering" It as a petri .
fied man of prehistoric ages. Hut thogenlus : S
didn't ha\o the cash to carry out hlssi-homo ,
"
and be was forced to take hlsemployer. a man"
named Cov , into the sec rot. Uox nut up the
money , the giant was made after a your of
hard labor , and then Hull w.is made a pirtner
In the enterprise. The figure was carefully
conveyed In a box from Add ( son , N. V. , where
It was made , to Hull's farm In Onoiidaga
county , and there It was burrrled deep In the
earth. The next spring Hull "wanted to build
a bam. " It was then that the "Cardiff giant"
was"dlscovoiel. " There wns a great fuioro
overtho find and scientist from all over the
world visited the curlmia monstrosity. It
was placed on exhibition and the owners wen >
coining money , when .suddenly the fraud wns
discovered and the giant became a drug on
the market * The "discoverers , " howe ver ,
camooutovon , but they failed to make the
fortune which they had fondly anticipated.
The genius who spent a year with a neorllo
picking pores Into the body of the giant Is
dead , Hull Is dead , nnd Cov tbo third member
of the firm , la eking out an existence as .1
clerk In the labor bureau at Albany , N. Y.
On the stock farm of V. 0. Habcoisk , a
wealthy banker of llcrnellsvllle , N. Y
Smuggler , the famous stallion whoio feats on
the turf In tho'70s were tluS wonder anil nd-
(
miration of thosportliiB world , dlod. last week ,
Tbo story ot Smuggler's e.irocr Is ono that
Is KCn.sntlunnl In the extreme , and his con
version from a throo-mlnuto uacor to thu then
king ot the trotting turf was the moans of
bringing Into prominence Charles Marvin ,
who Is nov the manager nnd trainer for Sunn-
tor Stanford's creat I'alo Alto farm. Smug
gler was foaled In Ml , being bred by Jnslab
Morgan of Columbus , O. lie wns med about
us any hor'o not of blno blood would be used
whllo temporarily In Kansas. The borsu mil
nominally owned by ono Tlpton , who failed to
pay for him , M > that the horse went back into
Mr. Morgan's pntsosslon In IST1. Morgan put
him la Marvin's hands to train , and after
unsuccessfully trying to soil him , ho
was purchased by Colonel Mussel for
W,00) ) ) . This w.is In 18711. In the following
year Smuggler made a sensational campaign
on the track and a record ut ! i:2J. : at that tlmo
the host stallion record. In 1878 reduced this
to2:17at Itelmont p.trk , Phlliulolpnla , making
'
a'nuwbtalllon rocoid. In July ot the sumo
year he defeated thu hitherto Invincible Gold
smith Maid In n live boa trace at Cleveland ,
lowering his record to 2lli'i. ; In the follow
ing month at Hartford , Conn. , ho made ti
lecordof 3il5'4 In the Charter Oak free-for-
all nice , In whrch ho met ( loldsmlth Maid and
Judge l''ullerUm ' , a race which the Maid won ,
but Smuggler canioout with about as inueL
honor as did the Maid , as tlio record ho made
-I. : " > U , was the stallion record for eight yeais
The horse broke down In California , nnd twc
years later was retired to the stud. Colonel
Itnssoll did not miececd with him , and Mild
him a few years ago to Mr. llnbcoek , whc
owned htm at the time of bis death.
Abolish tin : reunion HharkH.
Si. 1'iiitl I'lonerr-l'rcsi ,
When the nation voted to treat the surviv
ing soldiers ot the rebellion with unbounded
liberality It did not vote or Intend that mil
lions of this money should go to attorneys.
His rldlouloiiH that the government should
glvo a pension to any man and then reipmo
him to employ a lawyer before iio can rnjoi
his own. If there are legal services to ho ren
dered , us thcro sometimes are , the govern
ment should furnish them
OMA.HA ,
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Capital. , , , $ . " > 00WH )
1'ald In Capital HTiO.OOo
Duyiand soils stoclit and bonds ; negotiator
oommurolal paper , receives and executes
t rusts ; nets n transfer aaimt and trustee of
corporations , iaktia charge of property , oJl-
lucU taxoi.
Omaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E.'COP. 10th and Douglas Sta.
'old In Capital I 50.WO
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital , . . , 100,001
Liability of Stockholders 200,000
5 I'er Cent Interest 1'ald on Deposits.
Flt\NKJ. I , AN ( IK , Cuihtor ,
Oaicarit AU , Wyman , president. J. J , llrown ,
Tloo-prusldent , W. T. Wyman , treasurer.
Dlrooton : A. U. Wymau. J. H. Mlllard , J.tf.
llrown , Quy O. Ilarton , K.Y , NasU , Thonm
L. KlmDdll , Quorto II. Laka ,
