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eonorully do , who ahull decide ?
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TIIK Icgialntivo doadloclc nt Lincoln
will form ono of the most scnndalous
chapters In Nohraska's political history.
WITH two Waahlwrnos , Crolgor nnd
Carter Harrison all running for mayor
of Chicago the municipal election in
that city promises to bo intorosting.
No PitorosKD public improvement
will udd iiioro to the appcaranco of the
central part of Omaha than the St.
Mary's avomio grade taken together
with that of Douglns street.
TIIK Cincinnati Commmiul-Guzctte
wants tlio warring republican factions
to bury the hatolnt. That is exactly
what they luivo boon doing ; burying It
to the hilt in each other's heads.
SOME ol the diflleultioa that besot a
president mny bo inferred from the
statement that there are 200 applicants
for the nine circuit judgeshlpa author
ized by the recent net of congress.
WITHIN a few days the legislature
will generously vote away its furniture
and members will carry off chairs , sta
tionery and such other trilloj as are not
a part of the realty under the common
law.
EX-GOVKHNOU STONK of Iowa , assist
ant land commissioner , declines to ap
ply for the commisdlonorshlpof the gen
eral land ollleo , but It does not appear
that ho will refuse the position if offered
him.
COLT.KCTOU ALIUCANDHU throws a
ray of Hunlightintotho postofllco oblivion
by the information that the supervising
architect of the treasury hopes to lay
the foundation of the now public build
ing during the present year.
RKV. HowAim McQuuAUYof Canton ,
O. , was suspended the other day by the
Episcopal church for heresy. The rev
erend gentleman has ulroady been offered
three or four remunerative pastorates In
.mother church in consequence. It pays
In those days to bo a heretic.
\VKLSH tin plate manufacturers hnvo
agreed to sell this country tin plate
without added cost by reason of the ad
ditional duty. This is a clear raso of
the manufacturer paying the tariff tax ,
and likewise a proof that the astute
Welshmen appreciate the probability
that thin country has entered the field
us a competitor.
Tun San Francisco Chronicle is
authority for the statement that It will
take700 establishments equal to those
at Grand Island , Nob. , and Watson ,
villo , Cnhu , to supply the American
homo market with beet sugar. Inas
much as the people of this country pay
out $1(1,000,00 ( : ) annually for boot
nignr to Germany alone , it issafoto pro-
diet that the beet sugar Industry is In its
very tondorost infancy.
A HIM. has passed both houses author
izing the organization of county mutual
Insurance ) companies , which TIIK Bun
( ears will load to an immense amount of
dissatisfaction nnd litigation. Its terras
make all insurers stockholders and re-
iponsible to ouch other for losses. It
ulso prevents stockholders from with
drawing from the corporation nnd its
liabilities bo long ns such liabilities are
unliquidated. This measure will In the
long run , prove anything but a blessing
to the fanners for whoso benefit the bill
was passed.
Tiiucic gardening has never been ex
tensively attempted in the vicinity of
Omnlm , though it ought to bo a profita
ble industry employing hundreds of
people. An idea of the profits of this
business mny bo obtained from the census
bulletin just Issued showing that up
wards of $100,000,000 are Invested in It
nnd upwards of § 70,000,000 , Is annually
realized after payment of freights and
commissions. This city Imports a vast
auiouut of cardan produce annually ,
much of which ought to bo grown In
pardons hereabouts.
IWH.Y FonKiasnns VAX HOLD
Any foreigner who has resided in Ne
braska six months and tnknn out his doc-
Inrntory papers thirty dnys before any
election i not only a voter but.eligible
to hold any municipal or county ollleo.
Any foreigner who has resided ono year
In the county or legislative district maybe
bo u member of cither house of the state
legislature. Any foreigner who has ro-
slilnd In the state six months and taken
out his declaratory papers may hold a
state ollleo excepting that of governor
and lieutenant governor.
Any foreigner may fill the olnco of
county or district judge If he has re
sided In the state six month ! ! nnd IH n
voter , but no foreigner can servo on the
state supreme bench unless ho Is a citi
zen ol tliu United States and has re
sided in the stnto three years preceding
hl election.
It is dllTuront with congressmen and
senators. No foreigner can bo u mem
ber of the lower house of congress until
ho has boon seven years a eltl/.cn of tlio
United States , and no foreigner can boa
member of the United States senate un
til lie has resided in this country at least
11 years and been u citizen of the United
States for nine years.
J..I IP/JKiVC/J llAltttUTT.
In tlio death of Lawrence Dnrrott the
English-speaking stage sustains a loss
which it can 111 afford , since rarely in
its history has 11 bcnn so poor In actors
genuinely devoted to dramatic art and
earnestly Booking Its advancement and
elevation. Among those who in later
years have striven to bring the stagu up
to higher standards and to give tlio
drama broader scope as an educational
force , Lawrence Barrett was prominent ,
If not pre-eminent , in America , as
Henry Irving Is in England , lie was
profoundly in love with his profession ;
not for the gains or the applause it
brought * him , but from a deep
sense of its worth and usefulness.
Ho believed the dramatic stage to
bo capable , under right conditions , of
doing an invaluable work for the intel
lectual and moral improvement of man
kind , and ho sought , to the extent of his
ability ami his opportunities , to sur
round it with such conditions. Tlio
drama and the stage have had no de
votee more sincere than ho , defender
more earnest , and his professional exam
ple and irreproachable private character
gave him an unquestionable right to
speak for them.
Mr. Barrett was not a great actor.
Ills art was conllncd within narrow
limitations , and yet ho will ho long rc-
mombored for borne work of oxcoutional
excellence. Ho did not possess the
creative talent , and therefore pursued
for the moat part long-trodden paths ,
and still what ho did was marked by a
very distinctive individuality. It was
not , however , of that character which
takes a strong crrasp upon intelligent
judgmontnnd makes an Impression that
grows in favor with study nnd ' compiir-
ihon. Doubtless very few pco'plo who
have soon Mr. Barrett act , oven the
most discriminating , wore not at first
woil pleased with his work , but although
ho remained always a popular actor , ho
did not grow in the esteem of the best
quan nod juugcsaa an exponent of dram-
ntic art. A man of more than average
intellectual ability and a careful
Bludnnt , his work was always char
acterized by an intelligent appreciation
of what was required , but ho rarely
reached an exposition of tlio highest
possibilities of any character ho Inter
preted. It is nut necessary here , however -
over , to consider critically the work of
Lawrence Barrett ns tin actor , or to in
dicate where his place should ho among
those who wont before and who survive
him. It is sulllciont to remember now
that his talents were always conscien
tiously employed , that ho strove to ele
vate the stage , and that by a career of
manly effort and correct living ho hon
ored the profession of which ho was a
distinguished member.
The death of Mr. Barrett naturally
suggests reflections regarding the im
mediate future of the English-speaking
stage when the only remaining great
exponents of the drama , ICdwiu Booth
and Henry Irving , shall have passed
away. Booth is no longer in the full
possession of his powers , and it is
very probable he will retire while his
faino is unimpaired. Irving appears to
bo still himself , but ho is at that ngo
when change will bo decline. Tho.ro is
no ono to take the place Darrott has va
cated , and greater actors will bo called
fer to replace the other two. What a
palaxy of great names comes to memory
that within a generation have Illumined
the American stage Edwin Forest , E.
L. Davenport , James W.Valluclc , John
McCullough , Lester Wnllack , William
Warren. When shall wo look upon
their like again ?
TUB KiailT'llOUll D.IY.
Most of the strikes now impending in
American cities will have for their ob
jective point the adoption of the eight-
hour working day. Tills is the chief
aim of the Federation of Labor , and this
body now includes nearly all of the or
gan i zed trades.
Modern Industrial evolution has con
stantly operated to reduce the length ol
the working day. The laborer's hours
wore formerly from sun to sun. Tlio
first important strike in this country
was organized among the ship builders
of New England , who demanded that
the working day should bo limited to 12
hours. The next great movement on this
line was for 10 hours , and it was
stubbornly resisted. The demand foi
nine hours has boon conceded In a few
cities and quickly followed by a domain'
for eight. There are now seven states
in which eight hours constitute a loga' '
day's work for mechanical labor , as fol
lows : California , Connecticut , Illinois
Now Mexico , New York , Ponnsylvnnh
nnd Wisconsin. There are also other
states in which the eight-hour day is
recognized by aarrooinont between cor
tnln trades and employes.
Thcso several demands for the reduc
tion of the working day have boon sup
ported and combattecl in each instimco
bj the same arguments. Employers
have eo tight to ijot the most , and labor
ers to give the leant , for the wage
paid nnd received , but in the long riu
capital has been compelled to yield to
the just demands of labor.
There are many good arguments to bo
lionostly urged on both aides of the
present issue , but it is n strange fact
Lhnt throughout the whole long- dis
cussion labor hni apparently never scon
the real point of the matter. This is the
undeniable truth , that the eight-hour
day is n concession by the wntro
worker instead of capitalist. The em
ployer is ns well off in the end with
eight hours as with 10. Ho will always
readjust the prices of the product of
labor nnd exact from the customer the
full cost of what ho sells. And the con
sumers , who in the main are the great
mass of toilers , pay the bill , The oper
atives In the cotton mill may eventually
work eight hours Instead of 10' . When
they do the cost of cotton cloth will bo
Increased , but not nt tlio expense of
the manufacturer. Ho will add the
increased cost to the price of the cloth ,
and the purchasing public will pay it ,
Thus tlio eight-hour day represents a
generous concession on the part of the
employed to the unemployed , who will
bo quickly and surely benolltod by it.
And if labor is willing to make this sac
rifice concession , capital should not com
plain. Indeed , the best and strong
est argument that can bo urged
in favor of U > o further reduction of
hours is its good effects on the army of
tlio unemployed. The idle element in
the country has become 11 real menace.
Tlio streets of Chicago have recently
boon filled with marching thousands of
idle men , attracted there by the promise
of liberal employment on the world's fair
buildings. The latest statistics show-
that upwards of 1,000,000 men in the
United States are today without regular
work.
In this aspect of the case the adoption
of the eight-hour day would bo tv real
blessing to the country , but it will bo u
blessing for which wo shall bo Indebted
to the generosity of labor Itself.
I'A'/VKKS/rr / KXTKA'S/OX
The movement in tlio east for uni
versity and school extension is oxi-ilmg
great interest in educational circlos.and
there Is most fnvornblo promise of its
success. A meeting was recently hold
in Now York city to discuss the move
ment , at which Yale , Princeton , Colum
bia , Hutfror's and other Institutions of
learning were ronrosentcd by their
presidents and all wore most hearty and
enthusiastic in their approval and prom
ised their host ollorts to make it success
ful.
ful.Tho
The Idea or plan of university exten
sion originated in England , whore for
some years it has been in opera
tion with the most gratify
ing results. Its purpose is to
carry some of the ndvantages of the
university as many , indeed , as possible
in the way of education and stimulat
ing influence beyond the borders of the
university Itself to persons who cannot
enjoy the full privileges which it offers.
The full privileges of the university can
bo enjoyed only by those who live within
its wallsand the desire of the promoters
of this movement is , as explained by
Rev. Dr. Dwight , president of Yale ,
that what may bo given should bo given
to all who may bo nblo to receive it ,
and thus that somewhat of that which is
within mav bo sent forth without
for Iho furtherance of what
is highest and best in the
educational sphere. The plan is the de
velopment of the progress of ideas with
respect to education which has taken
place within the last quarter of a cen
tury , during which time the movement
of thought has been away from limita
tions so far as numbers are concerned
and toward wide extension. It has also
been toward the possibility of larger re
alization for the individual. Tlio prevailing -
vailing thought is that education is not
for the few only , or for those alone who
can inovo on to the highest attainments.
It is not for these alone who have un
limited tinio for it , or for
these who intend to use it
in some special lines of
workings. Moreovorlt need not bo con
fined within itn narrowest bounds in the
case of these who cannot move with the
utmost freedom into the broader sphere
beyond them.
University extension does not contem
plate giving to those who may avail
themselves of it all the advantages of
the higher inatiiutions of learning. This
would obviously bo impracticable.
What is aimed at is to bring the oppor
tunities of the boat teaching and the
best learning , together with the im
pulse and inspiration which these may
bear with them , to these who dcslro
larger measures of knowledge in differ
ent lines , and to do this to the extent
which may bo profitable within the lim
itations of time and circumstance in all
cas.es . to bo recognized. Many people
who have never had the advantage of a
university education may find help from
this plan. It will help these who feel
that they did not avail themselves of all
their opportunities whllo at college , and
who wish to pursue a certain class of
studiesand there are specialists whodo-
slro to have a general knowledge whom
this plan will help to attain it. In short ,
it will open the way to thousands to secure -
cure learning which they wish for hut
under existing conditions cannot ac
quire , nnd in doing this It will exert an
intluonco most beneficial to the colleges.
No departure or innovation made by
the higher Institutions of learning in
this country in recent years was moro
Important than this movement for uni
versity and school extension , and it
promises to bo fruitful of results that
will bo most valuable and beneficent in
their effect and influence. It is a move
ment which It would seem certain must
advance and expand until it has taken in
the whole country , so that In time every
university nnd college in the land will
extend Its advantages , so far as practi
cable , to these outside of Its walls who
may desire them , and will exert its in
fluence to popularize looming.
.1 GR.U'S
It is evident that the president fully
appreciates the gravity of his responsi
bility in connection with the appoint
ment of the judges provided for by the
law creating circuit courts of appeal.
The present administration has boon ex
ceptionally fortunate In its judicial ap
pointments , nnd the public has come to
fully recognize the fact that Preddont
Harrison has an elevated conception of
what the judiciary should bo and is
determined to appoint to it only inou
whoso ability nnd character conform to
the high standard ho has sot. The or
ganization of 10 now courts will
lo i radical * departure in our
judicial system the effect of
which , as was said by ono of the just Ices
of the supreme cd irt , no man can fore
see. It is necossa y , therefore , that the
now judges shall bo men of the very
highest professional standing , the
equals , in this respoot , of the members
of the supreme e < * irt , n part of whoso
duties they will [ mvo to discharge , it
Is altogether conimotulnblo , then , on the
part of the president that ho has deter
mined to take ample tlmo to carefully
and thoroughly consider the qualifica
tions of the numerous candidates for
these positions , to the end that when
the appointments are made Iho propri
ety nnd tvisdom of the selections will bo
acknowledged by the country.
ItapDonrs from the latest Information
that the president has reached the con
clusion that the appointment of the now
judges ought to be made with the "ad-
vice and consent of the senate , " and as
it would ho necessary to call a special
session of the senate if the appointments
wore made before the date at which the
net requires that the now courts of ap
peal shall bo organized , It is stated that
the president will not inaKo the appoint-
mot'ts until the mooting of the senate in
December next. This will not inter
fere with organizing the courts , which
can bo done by the justices of the
supreme court and the judges
of the lower courts authorized
by the law to sit in the
circuit courts of appeal , but It is never
theless a question whether it would not
bo host to have the now courts complete
at the time designated for their organ
ization. However , this consideration Is
far loss important than the matter of
making the appointments so that no
question can nriso as to the constitution
ality or the propriety of the proceeding ,
and in reaching the conclusion that they
ought to ho niado while the sonata is in
session the provident has adopted the
course which is at once safe and in au-
cord with the weight of opinion , past
and present.
T'KMO ] ' OX TIIK iri'.ST.
The president of Harvard cell ego
came west to enlighten Its leading cities
on the needs of "tlio higher education. "
Interviews published since his return to
the classic shades of Cambridge indicate
that ho acquired quite as much
knowledge as ho imparted.
It Is evident that the distinguished ed
ucator expected to encounter a sort of
barbarism whoa ho crossed the Missis
sippi. Ho had the natural contempt for
western institutions which is bred by
the supororudito air of eastern un
iversity towns. Ho was ready to
concede the superiority of our agricul
ture and of our bedf cattle , and ho had
u whole omo respect for the marvelous
development of our mining industry , but
ho looked with exceedingly contracted
vision'on our schools , colleges and gen
eral educational atmosphere.
What ho notv says of the subject Is
therefore nil the moro gratifying to
western tirido in'vlow of the unfavor
able Imnrossion with which ho sot out.
Ho embodies his revised opinions of the
west in the following felicitous expres
sions :
The advance which the west 1ms muJo in
educational matters In the last few years is
murvolous. I was particularly impressed
with the rapid strides which all the state
universities have marte. They have advanced
wonderfully nnd have become broader and
more generously equipped in every way ,
These western collcpea have been ubloowntr !
to the jrre.it Mclentillc improvements of the
last twenty vcars , to make an advance which
it took our old Puritan lathers a couple of
conlurins to complete ,
This is a line compliment for western
colleges , from an eminent source. The
people of this section would hardly claim
moro than that they have accomplished
in 0 years the progress roared by
Harvard in 200.
Another interesting discovery which
President Eliot made in his recent trip
was the fact that the highly educated
product of the eastern universities Is
well distributed throughout the west ,
and that the general educational stan
dard among business and public men Is
therefore equal to that of the eastern
states. Ho finds that Yale has the
strongest representation in the central
west , but that Harvard men are occupy
ing Iho field west of the Missouri more
largely than the graduates of any other
great eastern college.
It Is pleasant to note the educational
ofleet of President Kliot's trip , and to add
his name to the list of men who have
loarncd to appreciate the qualities and
possibilities of the western empire.
AMKIUOAN .IfK.ITS J.V
The Gorman government has re
ceded from its long maintained hostility
to American moats. A dispatch from
Berlin a few days ago announced that
the chancellor had removed the embargo
barge upon American cattle landed at
Hamburg , and later advices from Wash
ington say that the state department
has boon notified that both cattle ixiul
hogs from this country will bo admitted
Into Gorman perls when properly tagged
to show that they have received tlio
American Inspection. In vlow of this ,
extensive preparations nro making at
Hamburg and ether ports for the trade
that Is expected toresult. ,
The Gorman discrimination against
American cattle and hog product * has
existed about ton years , and during that
time our government has repeatedly
urged its removal 6r modification , The
real motive for leatablishlng it was to
protect the holno' producers , but the
pretext which steadily served to main
tain it was tlmtr our cattle and hogs
vroro diseased. It was to no purpose
that facts were presented to disprove
this. 12very case of disease arising from
eating pork was charged to the Ameri
can hog , although great quantities of
pork are brought Into Germany from
surrounding countries , much of It of a
Tory inferior quality. The policy of
Bismarck was to protect the German
cattle anil hog growers against Ameri
can competition , regardless of the in
terests of consumers who must pay
moro for their moat or go with
out it , nnd it served his
purpose to keep up the pretext that
American meats could not bo depended
on to bo free from disease. No atten
tion was paid to the representations of
our government or the appeals of the
Gorman peoplo.
Within the last yoir : the Gorman gov
ernment has boon assailed by an Incroas *
Ing public dotmtul for a removal of the
embargo upon American moats. It
was not only a source of privation to
the people , to many thousands of whom
moat was a luxury to bo enjoyed only
occasionally , but the packers found no
advantage from it , while the cattle
transportation Interests suffered. The
stockralsorj alone were banoflttod. But
oven those conditions when enforced
upon the attention of the govern
ment made little impression , It
was not until the United Slates adopted
heroic measures for dealing with this
unjust discrimination that the Gorman
government manifested a disposition to
glvo the matter fair and serious consid
eration. The passage by con gross of the
inspection law attested the doslro of our
government to do a vary thing practicable
to satisfy foreigners that only lioalthy
cattle and moats f roe from disease should
bo exported , whllo the retaliatory pro
vision it cont'tlns wiw a warning that
wo seriously intended to moot dlsi'rimt *
nation with alike policy. It is alto
gether prolublo that the Inspection law
without this provision would have pro
duced little olfoft , for it appears that It
was only after the stain dnnarttnont.
had instructed our minister to Germany
to notify the Gorman government that
unless the embargo was removed imme
diately , discriminating tlutios would bo
at once imposed on Gorman products ,
that the action was taken opening the
Gorman ports to American cattle and
hogs. In this Instance It would seem
that the policy of rol'diallon has found
satisfactory vindication.
It remains to bo soon what the French
government will do regarding Its policy
of prohibiting the importation of Amer
ican meats. It has thus far shown a
stubborn disposition to adhere to the
policy , but It is possible that It may bo
induced to talto a moro reasona
ble view of the nutter. If so
It will not bo duo to the example of
Germany , but to the certainty that our
govormnonl will pursue the same
course with Franco that it pro
posed to take with Gorni'iny If
tin former continues to refuse to deal
with us fairly and justly. Meanwhile
American stock growers are to bo con
gratulated upon the smooo.ssfnl efforts of
the government in obtaining full arcoss
to the markotd of a country whoso de
mand for our cattle and moats will ma
terially B well the annual value 4of the
exports in this branch of our foreign
trade.
rilOl'OSKD tlAlhn'Al' COXSOMDATIOA'S.
According to report a great scheme
of railroad consolidation is about to bo
put into effect. This is nothing loss
than to unite nil the great northwestern
railroads into ono system find nil the
southwestern roads Into another , and to
operate both in harmony. This is to bo
accomplished , the report says , by pur
chasing outright a majority of the stock
of all the companies which It ia dcsir-
able to control , and among these are
named the Chicago & Northwestern ,
the St. Paul , the Great Northern , tlio
Burlington & Quincy , and the North
ern Pacific in the northwest , and In the
southwest the Atchison , the South
Pacific , the Missouri Pacific , the Denver
& Kio Grande , the Rock Island , the
Wabash and all Texas roads.
Such a scheme , if 11 could bo carried
out , would bo the most gigantic combi
nation of this ago of great consolidations
o ( capital. Nor is it necessarily imprac
ticable. As an eastern paper suggests
In reference to It , given a printing ollleo
for the production of now shares of
stock In a company formed by a few of
the master spirits in the various roads
in question , and there is no doubt that
they could in time buy a majority of the
shares in nil the corporations which it
is desired to control by the slmnlo pro
cess of issuing now stock for the old. In
many cases the moro cessation of
rivalry and destructive competition
would suffice to make the oxchancc an
attractive and profitable ono to
the parties who have largo sums
invested. The plan holds out a pros
pect of gain to these who take part in
it , and it chimes perfectly with the pre
vailing tendency. It would , perhaps ,
have to moot the objection of conserva
tive nnd sober investors who regard
such schemes with distrust , but this
would hardly bo a serious obstacle. Nor
would the mihlio disfavor bo likolv to
count much with the projectors of the
plan. Tlio complaint that such a com
bination would bo dangerous to the pub
lic interests would bo mot by the platisl-
bio assurance that the greater economy
in management that would result would
unable Iho consolidated corporations to
deal moro liberally with the public.
It is not to bo doubted that a scheme
of this kind has been seriously consid
ered , If it has not already boon agreed
upon , and vast iis it is , contemplating
uniting under practically ono manage
ment roads operating nearly or quite
f)0,000 miles , it is not to bo regarded as
impossible. Unquestionably tlioro are
great dilllculties in the way , but none
which the enterprise of the tlmo In the
direction of combination may find insu-
parable. Perhaps , also , the success of
such a schema would not be an unmixed
evil , since it would hasten the time when
the question of government control of
the transportation interests of the coun
try will command moro Rorious public
'
attention than It has yet d'ono. The
spirit of combination Is certainly active ,
and it is not wise to conclude that any
project , however gigantic , is Impossible
of accomplishment. Tlio Important
question is , wnethor it shall bo allowed
to run its course , with all the possible
dangers to the public wolfuro which that
might involve , or the people shall miilco
themselves secure against these vast ag
gregations of capital by themselves tak
ing the control of the transportation in
terests of the country.
TIIK decl&lon of Judge Doano granting
the injunction ordering the city authori
ties to withhold the bonds nnd deeds
from the Union Pacific company , will bo
received with general satisfaction In this
community. The judge does not abso
lutely decree the bonds Illegal and the
contract void , but ho squarely takes the
position that the company must fulfill
its obligations In all essential particu
lars before the title deed ? to the depot
grounds and bonds are turnotl over.
This Is all the tnxpaylng citizens of
Omaha dmlro. Whenever the Union
Pnelllo roinovM thoombargo over its
bridge and affords the nooosary depot
nnd transfer facilities to all the roads
that doslro to cross the rlvor into
Omaha , the vlnduct bonds and title
deeds to thodopot grounds will bo cheer
fully surrendered.
SKXATOH TAYI..OH , who 1ms taken
French leave from his colleagues In the
legislature , hai turned up in Council
liluffs , The sortfoant-at-nmis , who
tracked and treed the fugitive , calls for
a requisition from the governor , The
sorgoant-nt-arms will call In vain. The
senate may compel the attendance of its
members , but it cannot cross the stnlo
boundary In pursuit of them. Hequl-
sltlons are only Issued for the compul
sory return of criminal . An absentee
from the legislature cannot bo classed
nmong criminals , although In this In
stance it Is almost certain that Mr.
Taylor did not absent himself on account
of his health.
Tun bill for Iho destruction of the
state agricultural college farm is again
brought to the front in the Interest of
real estate schemers at Lincoln who
wish to run n boulevard through the
tract diagonally , and has been ordered
engrossed for a third reading in the
houso. Tup. Bin : has already denounced
this proposition in strong terms. The
legislature has no right to ruin stnto
property for the bonoiU of real estate
speculators. Lot the city of Lincoln pay
for a boulevard If it wants one.
Tan railroaders have succeeded in
switching oil the seventeenth man , but
not content with bloc-king the railroad
bill , they want to blockndo all legisla
tion. This Is carrying things with a
high hand and shows what corporations
can do when they bring all their ma
chinery to bear on a legislature.
i Virtue of N'uoosslty.
Afio ) ' ih .Sun.
There Is great virtue about a human (1st ( ,
behind as well as before.
'Jill ! HlVSt.
Kearney Hub : Juilfjo CJroft nindo an excel
lent ofllclal , the best perhaps that has over
llllod that position.
Knvlous ol' Its Cllmalc.
Y/mfNi'l/fc / ( 'ourtcr-Jtntrnal.
Prize flKUtliiR is allowoil la North Dakota ,
but tlio champion's nose freezes white before
bo can got iu a licit.
rtfino Stales Have KooU.
.Sim J'Yiiiicfiicn ' C'onrKjumclcjtce ( > > Salt Lnhc
Tribune ,
That California politics are worse than pol
itics tn other states 1 am not ready to alUrm ,
but I do know that California politics are
criminal.
Springfield Monitor : Mr. Groft being a
western man and knowing the condition of
the homesteaders nmdo his rulUiRs according
tn Ills Ui'ii of justice , und in all cases they
were highly commended by westerners.
No Worse 'Jlum Our
Cincinnati Ttmcx-Stur ,
Tbat lively newspaper , ttio Contrrosslonul
Kecord , has at last suspended publication ,
It was enterprising to the enil , tlio llnal num
ber containing a speech delivered In the house
as Into as December 17 , IS'JO.
Tht-lliy Ijiiniiloril.
Sun I'Ymicbco CnrrcNiumtltMi ,
Mr. Puolnn is accused of having gone Into
the grounds of a mansion that had fallen
into bis Imiuls by vlrtuo of a mortgage aud ,
not being qulto lilinseU , slugged the statuary
there for not paying crround rent.
' iiii < l I In : Alliance.
Yurls Trthune ,
It is curious to notice how carefully demo
cratic lenders push into ilarlc corners the
peculiar measures most favored by the
alliance. It will bo loss easy to ot these
measures out of sight and out of mind next
winter.
Got to Come \Vout.
Intfrvlcww ( A Senator H'ndc Jfomptnn.
"Presidential candidates ! Well , if Now
York goes to the convention with a solid
delegation it will got thu nomination ; if not ,
the nomination will go to the west. Tlio
most ohjcuro man In a hrcnk away from tlio
favorites usually captures the notior , "
Turin'
Vni > York Trlhnne.
What American statesmen deliberately In
tended was to chock the destruction of in-
(4'strles in this country by the excessive
competition of Br.ult'ord and other foreign
producers. It Is gratifying to have the Lon
don Times admit that , to this extent at least ,
the republican leaders knew very well what
they were doing ,
Public MonevH fir tlm Churuli.
A'eio Viir/c llfniltl ,
Cardinal Gibbons is soundly orthodox in
Ills view of legislative appropriations. Ho
says :
"I do not wish to see the day when Iho
church will Invoke or rocelvo any govern
ment aid to built ! our churohos , or to pay the
salary of our clergy , for the government may
then begin to dictate to us vhat doctrines wo
ought to preach , or rather what wo ought not
to preach. "
That Is our Idea nrocholy. When u politi
cal party can brlbo n church by means of ap
propriations It will bo tlmo to got our epi
taph ready.
l JKSTS.
Puck : DoHuytcr What do you thliilc of
mv little voluino of fugitive verses !
Ueciler I think you maJo n great mistake
in recapturing them.
New York Journal : 1'lckpookct Do you
think you could ralso $1UI
Counterfeiter Yes , ifl had the right kind
of tools.
Now York Herald : Indignant Customer
What did you mean by starching my night
shirt ?
1'crt Laundress I fancied It was a coat of
male !
Now York Recorder : 'J'ho now ready-
tied , imitation silk sash bolts will bo oxtoii-
slvoly worn by ' 'gents" during the coming
uiimmor ,
That wealth and cares unequally
Divided are , 'tis true ,
For tlio man wtio lacks the wealth for ono
Has cares enough for two ,
Ono touch of spring that is , the real , gentle
spring ,
Mnlios a man feel lilio clnnclnc ; n Highland
lllng.
Cloak Hovlow : Customer Will this rib
bon tie lik-oly into a hangman's knot I
Clerk I think so , sir.
Customer Then I'll take It. It's ' for my
Atchison fllobo : The mnn who Is lone-
porno and wants to talk nearly always meets
tlio mini who is tlroti aud doesn't wai.t 10
talk.
I'lttsburg Prosa : A substitute for oflleo Is
nnununcixl. Thcro is nothing now in tuut
according to coullrmed boarders.
XOTKS .1 .V ( * VKtt.VS. .
OMAHA , > Vli. . March IP. To the IMIlot of
TIIK HIK : : Will you iinswr the following
quiTli'Sthi-oilKh tlin "NotiMtiml ( JurrlrV !
iitim of yiMir paper ? 1 , Who wiji --the man
\\ltlitliolmuitUMllKUicir 2.Vho win " ( IIK
tnsu 111 tlio Iron ini : l < > " ; ! . Toll tissoiiiutlinu
about the famous loaning UHMT of I'l-u.
T. U. MuM.
Answer 1. Cant allf.Tonut linn Walker Is
snla to have boon br.ituUM with a lurgo rani-
tat "S" on his riUt ! ; hand. Others say tint
'
the brand consisted of two ' 'S'.t" und'tkil
they were put on becrtuso Walker had boon
convicted of "slave stoallnR. " The brandIng -
Ing was ilono In the Jail lit 1'onsacola , Kla.i
in 1SU S. The identity of the fnmotu
"Man In the 1 run Mask" 1ms never bivii
made known. Tno historical mask was not
of Iron , however , us hus boon generally sut > -
jioseil , but of black velvet * It is now \n \ t mi
Ilk'lit of modern historical resoiirch liollovi'd
tli.a the "Man in the Iron Mink" was Count
iMattliloli , a minister of Clurlos 111 , Hiiko of
Jlantua. Thla minister had boon largely
briboilby I.oiili XIV , and hail pledged him
self to urge Charles ill to give up to franco
the fort of Uiisnlc , wlilcli was the lu v to the
whole of lUombardv. According to tliostorv ,
Louis found that Mntthloll was playing him
fitlsio , lured him to the Prcni-H frontier aud
then had him secretly nrroiteel and Impris
oneil. Tills Is only DUO of the many storin
ttuit have been tola concerning this mysteri
ous persoungo. Whoever ho was , ho tiled nt
li ; < > t in tlio imtilc , November HI , IToa , and
vas hurled In St. 1'mil's remoterv. I'm is ,
under tlm niiuio of Mnchlotl. 'I. The foun
dation of the "Loaning Tower of Pisa" wai
l.ild in the year 1171 by Honanim of 1'h.i , and
was ( hushed some two hundivil yours later
byVllhctm , the Gorman invhlteet , known ns
"Wilbelm of Innsiiruuk. " Tlio tower U ITU
feet in height , lut.v foot In diameter , and
leans about thirteen feet from the porpciuilo
tilar.
I. Nob. . March 19. To the Kil-
llor of Tin : HIK : : The following iitiostloiis
through "Notes nnd Uucrlo.s" In TIIK WKKIILV
Hull :
I.-liltl Paula Annii. the Mexican conora- ! *
loom' uFH \ during the war botwcon the Hulled
Stales and iliat republic ?
2. It \vhntbattlo was It In ? Olvo dates
nnd filing. U. I' . O.
Answer. Santa Anna lost his log from the
olToets of u gun shot wound rocolvod while
trying to repel the French troops , who ,
through sontodiftleult.v with tlio Moxlenns ,
were trying to olTect n lauding nt Vcni Cm ? ;
this , in the your 1S1T , seine nine or ton years
before our trouble with Mexico. Santa Anna
did , in one sense of the word "loose a log"
during our strugulowilh that republic of divs-
porados , but It did not give him much pain ,
it boinpn cork log which had been fastened
to Iho stump of the ono ho had lost during
the trouble at Vor.i C'ruz'nliovo montloiu'd.
The facts in this historical "wooden log case"
nro us follows :
At the liuttlo ofOrro Oordo , April 8 , 1SI7 ,
tlio Mexican urinv was completely routivl.
Santa Anna was so hnrd pressed that ho deserted
sorted his carriage , cut tliu harness from one
of his mules , mounted and imiilo good his escape -
capo , leaving his wooden or corlc log In tbo
carriage. An Illinois soldier named \Valdivu.
"captured" the lop und sold It to a couple ol
soldiers from I'oUln , 111. It was Itopt ns n
curiosity at 1'okln until 1SW. ( when it was
sent to the patent ollleo , Washington , 1) . ( . ' ,
to be kept among ether relics in tliu museum ,
WAVNIS , Nob. . March 17. To the Ivlllor nf
Tin ; HIB : : Slate Ihontimlmrof governors the
territory of Inillana had nnd how loiigiiiii'h
served. " 2. Who invented tliu llfo boat ? J. S.
Ans. 1. Indiana had three territorial ROV-
ornors. William II. Harrison , the grand-
fnthor of President Hnrrlson , was the llrst.
lie served from 181)0 ) to IKtl. John Gibson
sorvctt two years , from 1811 to 1st ! ! . Thomas
Posoy acted as governor from the last natiiod
date until the tlmo of tin ; admission of tho--
tcrrltory as astute , In 181(5. ( 'J. Writers dis
agree as to who the inventor of Iho llfo bo.it
was. Ono accords the honor to Henry Grout
head of Shields , ICngliuul ; others to TJ.
T ultln , -coach builder and cabinetmaker of
London ; " William \Vauldhaiio , also of
Shields , is another claimant. I3ach nnd all
of these ( 'ontlenion seem to bo entitled to dis
tinction for work in tbo llfo boat line , how-
over. It is said that I-ukin was the only ono
to whom n patent was granted tills in 17 , ,
PINI : HumR AOKSCV. S , I ) , , March 10. To Iho
KdltoF of TIIK UKKI Whoa nnytlilnic rlillcit-
lonsly nbsiird Is under illst-usslon His salil to
1 > o"u < iuii : In Itsnutiirdlly to tbo popo's bull
nsalnsttho comof. " did any of tbopopniovnr
Issue an edict against n comet ? \V , J.
Ans. Tlm comet of 115(5 ( was ono of excep
tional brilliancy , liavlni ; n tall about sixty
doproos in lonptti. The superstitious peonlo
of Homo , as well ns these of other Kiiroiionii
countries , viewed the "fiery monster with
awful droad. " Tilolmmot II and his religion
wcro gaining in every quarter. Tlio C.itb-
ollcs fi-arod that their form of religion was
doomed to boso.uoo7.od out of existence. Tlio
comet , of course , was pivon ttio credit of
cnnsingnll this uproar. Callxtus III was
nope ; reputed to bo a man of ability , yet , like
InnersoUsuysof Moses , "a poor astronomer. "
Ho commanded tbo people to say extra Ave
Marias , each loom ! with , "God ave us from
the devil , ttio Turks and the coinot. " Upon
this rests tbo whole story of Iho "popo's hull
au'amst the comet" That bo reatlv issued n
bull In writing under the pontlllcal seal , has
long begii denied by historians and biog
raphers.
CMKVBSNI : . Wyo. . March 18. To the Editor ol
TDK llr.K ! 1. Isthuro a building In I'Vaia-o
which \voman has entered during tliu past
l.COO years ?
2. Who were the "lotni-imtors" inoiitloncd ,
by Tonnysoii In his poomof that nniuit ?
HKADKH OP Tin ; UKR.
Answer. 1 , Tlioro Is a monastery nt St.
Ilonornt , a small town on tbo island of tbo
sums nnino , nonr Ciinnes , Franco , to which
belongs Iho distinction referred to in your
llrst proposition. This monastery was
founded In tlio fourth century ; slnco that
time , nearly ono thousand II vo hundred years ,
not n woman has been nllowed to cross its
tliroshliolcl.
! ) . According to an Arab le > gend , the "lotus
enters" were not the poopln of this oartb ;
tliov were tbo holy DUOS of I'aracllso. Ilninor
locates thom somowhcro In Northern Africa.
Ulvssos , hi his wiinderlngs , Is supposed to
have been deUlncd by the lotus caturs , who
told him that If ho and bis men would partaUo
of their nectar moistened food , they wouli )
never wish to depart.
O , level O , wife ! Ihlno eyes are they
My springs from out whoso shining gray
IHSUO the sweet celestial streams ,
That feed my life's bright Luke of Dreams
Oval nnd largo nnd passion pure ,
And gray and largo and honor sure ;
Soft ns a dyini ; violel'n breath ,
Yet calmly unafraid of death.
Thronged , like two dovecotes of gray doves ,
With wife's aud mothor'n and poor folk's
loves.
And homo loves nnd high-glory loves ,
And science loves and stnry loves.
And IOVIH for alt that Clod and man
In art nnd nature make or pl'in ,
And lady loves for spidery Inco
And broltlurlo.i and supple grace.
And diamonds nnd the whole sweet round
Of littles that largo llfo compound ,
And loves forCJodaiul ( Jud'n buro truth ,
And loves for Magdalen and Kutb.
Dear eyes , dear eyes , nnd fnco complete ,
Uulng heavonlv nwcot nnd onrthy sweet ,
I marvel thut ( led mndayou mint ) ,
For when ho frowns , 'tis than yo slilnol
DELICIOUS
V
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla , \ Of perfect purity.
Lemon -I Of sroat strength.
Almond - [ Economy in their uso.
Rose 0(0.7 ( ] 3luvor no delicately
and dollclously au the frosU fruit ,