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THE OMAHA DAILY IJEB , SUNDAY , DECEMHEK 27. 18D1HSIXTM.BN PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. P. iToHKWATKH. K I'UHMSM Kl ) liVKUV MCWNING. Tf KM ? or . r ? ( JUM riox. TI lly llcoivfiihonf Sunday ) OmVcur , M ffl Dully mid Hiiniliiy. Ono Vo.ir . 10 " IM HIT Months . ' M ThrroMonlh" . 2M hmidiiv ller. Onn Year. . 3 W Kriniilny lite. One Yoir . { ft \\eokly lltiOiiuVuar. . . . . . I W 01 I'lC'KS. Omiiha. Iho lire Unlldlinr. bonihOmuhn , cnrnc'r N nnil ! Mh Street ? . Council WHIN. I2l'oirl : Street. trii Oilier , III ? I hmnbf-r of ( ommoreo. Vfirk.llomn r. Hand ! > . Tribune llnllilln ? Mreol. All cniniDiiiilc.itloni rolntlnu to nuwi anil ( xlltnrlnl mutter tdiould bo addrustod tc tliu I illtnrlnl Department. All InuliiP" U-tti'murl remittances should lie addressed to The line I'lihllshlns Company. Omiilm. Ill lifts , checks mi I prHtiilllro orders to lj made | ) lyable lo tliu order of tlio com- n.iny. TticBecPiililisliiiigCoiniiany , Proprietors mi : nr.K BIMI.IUXIS. _ ( \VOUN STATEMENT OP CltUTI.ATION. I lute of Nebraska ' c. County nf Ponulas. f Oi'O. II. T/M-hnrk. secretary of The H r J iibllihlnif Mimn.inv. does solemnly sweat' tliut Hie iirtiiiil clieulatlon of Tut : IIMI.V HKS for tliu ni-pl. ending December" ) , IS'.ll.wus u follows : , huiidny , D.c. . 21 , . 2 . n Monday , Doe. 81 . BUII Tupmlny. DPI- . ' . "J . ! 5l.ill : ) Wi'lnp dny. lipp. ' . .I . BI.Mii 'Jliursdiiy. Pee. it . ' . " ' ! rlilny , DPP. ! > > . KWI. " > ti.itnrdny , Doc. SO . Z'XK > Average . 2 1 ,07 7 OEO. II. T/.KI'IIUOK. Kvvorn to I I'foro me anil subscribed In nir jinscnro Ihls'-lilh tiny of Pocumlmr. A. I ) . 1891. HEAI. N. I' . PKII. . Notary Public. 1 IIP crowlli of flic nver.T-p'rtally clrculnt on nf Tun Ilur for six yours Is shown In ilio fol io win r table : IB'.II I Mil IS.f.74 ' 2H.4IO IS./H ! 18'Tfll SS. I ! . ' IS Mi I SO.filS I8.M.I IS.WM so.iwi IllS.S.'iS/W.iOl JU.1II7 I IST.H'vOOa ' 37.021 i I8.i..ii . ai.tsn S7.'HM 1,18.710 , ) .870'i' , > . \l7 I IS./l7J'.0.7ra' ' .II > J ; ! . : , ? , ( urj ; i aoi3lai. ) < 7il. . . . CONTKAPT.S do not ninotint to much in the tranbiictions of mil way corporation * with OiHili other. Thoyaro inado to bo lrol on. costs inoro than pnro now than over before , bonco few fnlalilio-i arc rcc'jrdod ajfainst tlio C'hrlstmns candies' . i lias ciuijrht the annox- iition fever , and proposes to inoroiiHO lior area and hur population by taking in the most of Hamilton county. OMAHA is the natural grain center of this Btnto , but it is hardly fair to expect the Omaha inspection fees to pay the expenses of tlio Lincoln department. ONK-TIIIUD of the union is denomina ted in-ill hind , This ought tobesulllciont reason for doiUinsr with the irrigation problem through national legislation. STANFORD , .Tu. , univarsity of Cuiiforninopened with this scholastic yoatyiow has 410students. The founder of this institution will achieve more glory by endowing tills seat of learning than by his U per cent hind loan bill or Ills candidacy for the presidency. PltOPJT-SliAUlXO with employes is not losing ( ft-ouiid. A western railway com pany has concluded to make tlio ox peri * menu If Wall street inlluonco can bo Withdrawn from railway manipulations prolit-sharing may act as a counter irri- tnnt to the agitation in favor of govern ment control. Foil subtle cruelty and Ingenious wickedness the French criminal annals furnish the largest number of extreme examples. The murder of the Baroness d'Ellard is n case in point. It should bo added too that the keenest and most remarkable - markablo detective work performed in this world is also credited to Franco. AN KMU'HANT ranch is projected in Southern California. The growing of white elephants was a very active indus try in that lovely climate a few years ago. Some of the old stock is still on hand and a largo part of the animals belong to eastern speculators who arc anxious to unload at almost any price. TllK marriage of Albert Victor and Princess Mary Victoria in announced for Fjbruary 127. If the English people were a little inoro shrewd in driving bar gains they would insist upon a postpone ment of two days. TliiB would roJiico the cost of the celebrations of the wed ding anniversaries by bringing thorn once in four years. KAISIA' in January the legislature will doiormino whether John Sherman ehall continue to honor Ohio In the senate , or retire for the brilliant but loss dis tinguished Joseph 11. Forakor. For the good of Ohio and the nation it is to bu hoped Mr. I'Yirakor will be permitted to wait until the expiration of Senator Hrieo'n term of olllco. TICK city attorney is placed in an em barrassing position by the Kotcham fur niture injunction suit. The contract was originally awarded , although ho hold that itas Illegal and disapproved the methods pursued In putting it through. Being tlio attorney for the city council , however , ho must make as good a defense ns possible. Mr. Popploton has the sym pathy of the community if ho Is forced by his ollloinl duty to nrguo against his convictions. IN Tin : death of Colonel T. .1. I'lokott the press of Nebraska loses a venerable roprosontatlvo and the fiMternlty a com- panlonablo friend and associate. After a long llfo'tlino of active work In Illi nois and Nebraska upon county news papers , ho retired a hhort time ago and was spending his declining years with his children , throe of whom are follow ing In his footsteps and publishing news papers. I'olnnol IMekott was a frlond of President Lincoln , and the bu.it authori ties accord him the distinction of being * the first man to miggo.st tlio martyr president's niuno for the highest olllco in the land. Ho was u man of some In * I hi on co in his time and died full of years , with the nlTeollonato regard of a host of ticqualutimcod. iiiir.itnnt TIX The amended chni-toi * for cities of the metropolitan class illrot'ts the city cleric lo list for municipal taxitllon all lots and InmU owned by railroad companion out side of their right of way. which the charter dollniM to bw fifty hot of land abutting on each side of the main truck's of any railroad. In compliance with this provision of the charter the city clerk hns rccontly placed upon the tax list < : omo 000 lots and p.ircels of land belonging longing to the various rntlroiids that converge In this city. These lots uiiil landi huvo boon assessed a fraction over * . ,00,00 ( ) , which in ro.ility h about one-tenth of the nctiinl value of railroad property within the city limits of Omalri. Uut the rail- rosul managers do not know when they are well treated. Although the taxc.s that wore to bo collected under this its- segment were a mere bagatelle they have invoked the powers of the courts to enjoin their collection under the lire- text that this would bo double taxation since tlioso properties are nllogodtobo included us part of the railroid right of way returned to I ho slate auditor with the whole plant and appraised at so much a milo by the State Board of r/ii'ili/uioii. | ; This action fltrlkingly Illustrates the old adage , whom the gods wish to destroy thov lirst make mad. mad.The The vast aro'i of real estate which the railroads own and occupy in Omaha has for the most part been an outright donation. Tlio railroad companies have been given the free use of our streets , alloys and thoroughfares for their tracks , and several of our principal streets have boon illegally closed for their bonollt and without a dollnr of compensation either to the oily or own ers of property Unit lias boon dama'ifed. Any other individual or corporation that Imd been so generously treated and enjoyed sucli valtt iblo privileges at the public expanse would have cheer fully paid their proportion of city taxes , especially on the property which was acquired as a free gift. Not so with the ruilroad companies. For twenty yo'irs these railroads have been permitted to .shirk their city taxes in dcllnnco of the plain mandate of the constitution. Soi'tion ( i , article ix , entitled , "Revenue and Fitrmeo' ' reads as follows : "Tho legislature may vest the corporate authorities of cities , towns and villages with ( lower to make local improvements bv special ifse s- monts , or by special taxation of properly benefited. For all other corporate pur poses , all municipal corporations may ( shall ) bo vested with authority to asses' , and collect taxes.but sucli tuxes shall bo uniform in respect to persons and prop erty within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. ' ' Now the constitution plainly declares in ' o many words Unit all property , per sonal and real , shall pay taxes for corporate purposes , and these taxes must bo uniform. Any law or system of taxation that exempts railroad property from municipal taxation or relieves sucli property from assessment is void on its face. There d no doubt Unit the city of Omaliacould legally compel the railroads to pay their city taxes , oven if the legis lature linil not enacted a specific law to that ofToot. They can and ought to bo taxed , not only upon the property out side of the right of way but upon every inch of ground tlioy own within llio city limitswhether it is used for railroads or has been leased by the railroads to other corporations or individuals. Mr. Desty's "Digest on Taxation" lays down tlio following i-uto as regards railroad taxation , as sustained by numer ous decisions by various slate courts as well as by the federal supreme court : "Tlio real estate of a railroad is taxable in the county , city or town where it is situated and their personalty at the place whore their principal ollico is situated. The railssleopors.brJdgos , etc. . of n railroad company , together wiili its easement in the lands within the located limits of tlio road , are real estate , and as such are liable to taxation in tno towns whore they are situated. " This view was also sustained by a very eminent authority. Judge Dillon , now general solicitor of the Union Pacific railroa.l company , while ho occupied the United States bench of thU circuit And why should not the railroads pay city tuxes exactly on the same motho'd of assessment and levy as pre vails with regard to the property of other corporations and individuals ; ' Do not the railroads enjoy all the bonollts of municipal governmenty Do they not receive equal protection from our police and our lire department ? Do they not enjoy the use of our lire hydrants and our street lighting1 ; Why. then , should they bo permitted to shirk their city taxosV Why should they invoke the power of the courts to uphold them in perpetrating a high handed imposition on other taxpayers ? ir/i.ir.s/f.iA/ / ; / > u / / / / r/i/s In great Urltnin tlioro nro 1)00,000 ) inoro foniulos limn males. The nninbur lius inoroiisod within llio Insl ton yours by 200,001) ) , notwithstanding Croat Hritiiin Una boon ut peace with the world mill voi-y few of her mon Irivo boon killed In llio iitllltnry .servici ) In ( iurtnimy tlioro are 1,000.001) ) inoro wonion limn mon. In Svvoilon and Xor- wuy the funiliiino 111:1 : jnrlty is t ! . > 0,00il and in Austria-Hungary tlio oxco.ss of fcni ilo aggregates liOil.OOO. In llio I'liltud Stales men uro still in tin majority , but this is doubtless largely duo to the great stream of immigration In which the males propoiulcrntu. In Xow l'nj ] land tlioro uro inoro females than mules , ami It Is only a question of time when the miilo population of ihls country will find llsolf in the minority. The inorovu invo.sli ate the caiiho of the dhcropincy but ween the S-OXOH llio less UUoly uro wo to roach conclusion * as to olTocl and causn. which nun bo diinointnatod sclcntlllc.Vo nro brought face to face with nothing but thn well o labllslied fact , As a nuturnl consequence of the o con- ditlon-j we are yo'irly witnessing an In- lifcaso In the number of spinsters. U | s simply Impossible lojirovido one mini for uvory woman on enrth.evon with a largoi- mortality among miu-ried women than sliiglo ones of tlio s : ino 01- any iincortdlu iiiju. The old mulil has long boon tlm bntj. of uii'lo-iorvud i-idloulo. She hi uflon the sweetest tomiwred , most pitionl of her sex and I IndliponMablo to good society but she has been calto.l nn tin fortunate so long tlrtl wo luvu come to pity her loneliness and make light ol her because she was left over. rfho If not always to blame , ami should not br taxed with U when such IH the case. Slit is always tm-ful. generally contented etui being Inevitable , so long us only tot out of eleven of her Hex tu-u mated In tin t-conoiny of nature , wo should cherish hoi and take her into our home * and oui conlldenco to help the other ten with tin excess of burdens which society nm1 nature have consigned to their sphere. .IKK ovtt .s/c.v.i run.t nranwunittn ? The recent rather sudden death ol Sona'.or I'roston B. I'lumb has beer ascribed by leading journals and publii men to overwork. Tills mtvv literall.i bo true. Senator Plumb was n man ol unusual activity tuul his health ma.v have boon undermined by unremitting oxortlon. But the question isVat = Mr. Plumb really cut oft in the prime of lifo by the porformanc.o of the arduous duties that de volve ? upon our United States senators' ; Are our representatives in the upper house of the national legislature really overburdened and borne down into pre mature graves by great mental and phy sical strain superinduced through the cnro.s of state and service required by their coiiHtituontsV On tin- point wo take issue with those who insist that a scat in the semite is almost as fatal lo the health of the man who occupies it as would bo a six years' confinement in a penal institute. It Is hardly necessary to point to the late Father iiamlin , Simon Cameron , Senator AnthonySenator Merrill of Ver mont and other members of the American liou.su of lords , who attained four score years and more in spite of the terrible ordeal to which they were subjected during three , four and live consecutive terms in the United States senate. The lifo of Senator P.umh , who is cited as a victim of overwork in the semite , furnishes the most ofl'oc- tivo negative to the nssumi > - lion that his untimely deatli was duo to the terrible pressure which he had to undergo in the active dis charge of his senatorial functions. It hao been announced , and will doubtless prove true , that Senator Plumb loaves an estate of over a million doolnrs. That fact spo.iks volumes. When Mr. I'lumb entered the semite in 1877 ho was not ratoJ at more than $ o',000. ' ) In thirlosn years he had accumulated a round mil lion , while holding a position with a sal ary of $ " ) ,0'00 , and living at the national capital where it costs from $ > , ( ) l)0 ) to $10.000 a year to maintain a modest household. Mr. Plumb was a bright business in-in who always kept many irons in tlio tiro. lie was largely interested in National banks , in cattle ranches , land deals , minas and various enterprises that kept his mind constantly on the rocii and re quired unremitting care. His senatorial duties were comparatively mere child's play. It did not require irreat mental strain to dictate from tifty to 100 letters to his constituents in the daily routine work of tlio con gressman. It was not a terrible ordeal physically or mentally for him to walker or ride b.ick and forth between the department partmenttlio capitol and the white house. This worn alVorded him the only chance for exorcise that senators take while they are at Washington. it was the outside work of the capi talist and speculator , that no secre tary or clerk can do for a sena tor who is striving for wealth or who has millions already invested in speculative schemes , that brought on the fatal consequonce-i , coupled as this strain always is at Washington with unso ison- ublo hours and indigestible dinners. The present session hud only begun two weeks before bin death , and no ra tional person will contend that the lirst twelve days of a session had imposed such unbearable tasks upon Senator I'lumb as In have literally worked him to death. Sucli theories are misleading , and calculated to create a false impression. The truth is that our statesmen are not overworked , unless they are trying to carry on three or four lines of outside business , any one of which requires tin ; inn omitting attention of a in in of iron constitution. There is not an editor in the country at the helm of a llrst-elass daily who does not work harder in wrest ling with the issues of the day , wjiito supervising the various depart ments that go to make up a great modern newspaper , than any senator. And there tire many other professional men who are mentally and physically taxed to a greater extent than the average senator. If the senators n-e ro'illy overworked they have nobody but tliomsolvoj to blame. It is within their power to rid themselves of the haras sing importunities of olllco seekers. They should cut loose from the distribu tion of patronage and relieve themselves from the pressure oxortud perniciously in foisting upon public sarvics per sons who. in most instances , are unable to gain a subsistence In any branch of business. Such a thing us a member of Parliament turning ollicu broker , o-ovon : sin-gosling who among various nsnirants for position * in the British civil service should b > given pre ference , is never thought of , and would be regarded as an unwarranted Intrti- ilon. AI.IKX I..I.MI I , I U.S. Ill 18S7 the general assembly of Illi nois enacted an aiiou land lnv , the gon- jrul character of which is similar to icts relating to ownor.slilp of laud that Imvo boon p.i-wu.l in oih''r stile * . Log- slntlon of this kind vat-lot only In its oiiilUlon- > . 'J'lio priiK'lplu ithe SIMHO n every c.iso. An Inferior court of Illinois ban declared the alien anil law of tint st'iti u.ieon- itittitional , and the circumsfmces vliloh g.ivo rise In the decision ivero of a natuio to suggest whether all Iko statutes tire not unconstitutional. I'lio law In ( | iiu-itiiHi provide ? that non- ivsldoiit iiliens shall nut im capable- ( ' quiring title to or taking or holding my lands or real estate in Illinois by h > 'coit ) , duvlse , puruhnsu or uiliunvUa LuslJuiy ono yliuuxo , tioltlztm of Ihu 1'n I ted statea. lled , leaving real cstati In t'hic'igo y h'ied ' at * l > ,000. His heir at law ni-o't his widow , rosldlnj in ( ianminyTVts brother , living In ( hi ( . ago and u iiiiirioii of this country , am another relative residing In fiormany U the law LsMlhl the b ether will go one-fourth ot-tbo properly and the rcsl duo will go tiV the stale. The widow tip piled for a division of the estate , and i brother and sister of the decenpcd won imitln p i rly "defendants. Tlio attoi'invj for tlio widow hold that the nl lei net was -contrary to the con stltution , and therefore void. lit maintained that , there being i treaty between the I'lilted Stales anil O'jrmany to the olTect thai nonresident ! in either country could hold property for three years , this stipulation couli not bo changed by the net of a state legislature. The judge of the circuil court acquiesced In this view and roll. . ( lured a decision declaring the act unconstitutional - constitutional and void. The suprenu court will pass upon it. Another instructive lesson regarding legislation of tliis kind comes from Texa , but quite unlike the ono nbovc noted. Texas adopted an alien land law only last spring , but the people arc already tired of it and among the things which tlio legislature will bo asked to da at the extra session is to repeal Ibis law. Some of the conditions of the Texas net are rather more radical than is common to such legislation , but the ofTccl every where is practically tlio same. A largo amount of capital is kept out of states having such a law. Ono of the Ili-Ht rc.oiilts of llio Texas law was to stop the loaning of money on mortgages in the state , as no firm , ono member oven of which was an unimturnli/.od citlxen , could obtain title to land on which money had boon loaned. This with drawal of capital has had the prompt effect of rovolutioni/.ing public senti ment regarding the law and creating a general demand for its repeal. Both of these circumstances furnish instructive and suggestive lessons. The demand of the last fuw years for laws to restrict or prohibit alien ownership of land had it- , origin in a sound principle , but it was c-irriod too far. There is wis dom in legislation that prohibits the acquisition of vast areas of agricultural lands by alien- ' , and the misfortune is that such legislation was not generally adopted in my yours before it was , but laws sucli as that of Texas can only prove an injury to tlio state , as the people of thnt-iepmiaonwo.ilth liavo al ready disco vereiT. . ni ritti r.tii.ii. The rush of-y ung men from the farm ing districts to , ttlio citio ? is lo bo de plored and shoultl bo discouraged. Kt pecially is this true in the fertile prairie st-itos of the west , where lands are com- P'irativoly choao'and the soil practically Inexhaustible. Olily throe out of every 100 mon who omb irk in mercantile pur suits are succoi8til. | Loss than 10 per cunt of the farmers who are reasonably industiious , sober and .skillful are liable to lose their livelihood by foreclosure of their farms. A farmer has more leisure than any man in nui-cantilo lifo who is obliged to center all his energies to mac' ' , the constantly increasing competi tion. Libor S'ivin machinery has taken nway a largo p-irt , of the dru.lgory of farm lifo. The hardest work comes now in the so loon of preparation , cultivaUon and hni-voit. Nearly four months of every twelve are a period of ease to the successful farmer. Of coui'so tlioro are throe classes of farmers in every country land owners out of debt , land ownoi-s in debt and .tenant farmers. The typical agricul turist is the ono who Inn paid for hi.s land and has brought it into a state of - cultivation who has built pet-feet , com- forttiblo houses , barns' and granaries , and who has all the necossiry labor sav ing implements and stock incident to successful farming. Thousands of such farmers may bo found in Indiana , Illi nois , Minnesota , Iowa and in the older settled portions of Kansas and Nebraska. The farmer in debt is striving to over take his more successful neighbor. Ho is the individual who sulTors most when crops fail , because ho owes money , p.iys interest and is in danger of shorilf's salo. The toirint fiirmnr , as a rule , lias only his mtHclo as his c ipltal and often iittlo expectation of over becoming a land owner. Tlioso grades blond into oaoh other , but are more or loss distinct in every community. The experience of every farmer in the older sections of this stnto and Iowa is that when ho once "gets on his foot , " that is , clears olt his indebtedness , com pletes the necessary buildings , owns his Implements and 1ms a little stock , ho is almost sure of a surplus each year. The farmer in debt who is frugal , thrifty and skillful in nvinagomont will in duo tiino stop into the ranks of inde pendent unmortgaged land owners. Tlio other * will fall by the wnysido and eventually drop back among life lenants , leaving eventually but two classoi of agriculturists the farm owner and the toiinnt farmer. The health of the farmer is a capital which the overworked city man must often forego. Often the farmer lad , with a spjciulj-pjiiius somourb'in ocoiipillim , 'succeeds against bitter opposition by ami o'i of the physical endurance ho Vl' ' < o JJ , as a result of his outdoor lube in the Held in his youtli. Tuo vnluDof hoilth c.innot bo overuitim itod. ' liflld no success will romuiior.ilu thtf idjvidual for its loss. Farmers , as : iWU-j possu-js indopjiid- unco , huiltti , jtMntilntniunt , hope and freedom from' ' tliu | iarasding cures of mercantile or other commercial and profosilonil pmJBlH Wlmt more can the fam n-'s b - . -m ly w-.uit ? Why should the farmur's sons aji indon the calling Lhat is honorable mid ojrliinto bo rumunoratlvo for tlio disappointments mil disasters oxpJi-lo.u-od by n so largo a noreonl iy.i of tho.-u who ongasju In other occupations ? , Why not rather ; ilm at sjoitrlng ulghiy or one hundred ind sixty acreof l..nl with good dwel ling , birns , gr.uurios , imp omoiits , nock and a balance in bank ? . Any strong , - lo ir headed , induijrlous young m in In S'ob.'nskn or low t unJor tw.wlyllvo yours of mro who ylll patiently , pjr- iiitt'jiitiv and e.irofujly devote hlm-.aU lo ; ha ullori can couit upon all those , kvith the comfort mil imlupondunco they niiiludo , with morsl certainty by tin iimo h i Is forty yoafd of uyro. Nojmislm and town fivms will bo HtUo fortunes t ( their possessors In ilftoen yours am the boy who sticks to the ( arm , or rather returns toil when he bus completed his education , will have no occasion to regret his choice of occupitlon. IMUfitltl.tl. UWt.lTKM. A contemporary remarks that thni-o is no dispute that the number of Amerlcai vorktngmon trained In the knowledge of the highest industries is small com- pined with the workingmen of these countries of Kuropo whoso schools art workshops for all who have an nptttudo for industrial and artistic purmilK Hence it comes that with all our educa tion mid superiority It is neces sary to frequently invoke iho aid of foreign immigrants in indus tries requiring a thorough technical knowledge and training. Undoubtedly every oxtonsKo employer will nttest Iho corroclncss of this statement , and it is unquestionably true that by far the greater part of the skilled labor in this country is performed by men of Kuropc- an birth. Tlio advantages enjoyed by the youth of Kuropo for acquiring an industrial education are well known. They begin to learn the industries in llio school , and after they have ac quired nil they can learn there they are not confronted wllh the obstacles to com pleting their cdtioation which mcot and often batU ) > the efforts of American boys. The industrial system in Ibis country long ago ceased to bo favorable to teach ing trades , and there is hardly a possi bility that the old conditions regarding apprenticeship will over bo restored. Perhaps it is not desirable thai il should bo. But it is not only desirable , it is absolutely necessary thai the youtli of America bo given the largest possible opportunities for industrial training , and that they bo encouraged in every practicable way to desire and seek sucli training. The physical independence , the moral growth , and the conservation of Iho manlincs ? and dignity of American boys , all essential prerequisite * to a genuine patriolism , demand thnt greater atten tion bo given lo lining them for indus trial pursuits and enabling them to at tain tlio highest technical knowledge and skill. Tlio trend of popular sentiment in this direction has been growing vigorously during the last few years. Tlio best educators of the country have boon in- foresting themselves on tlio subject , studying particularly the question of how far the public schools c-in oxpodi- enlU bo made to contribute to industrial training. Praclical men h.ivo given tlio mailer serious con sideration , and philanthropists Imvo given substanliai aid to the solution of the problem. There has just been opened in Philadelphia un instilulion dedicated to industrial education having a capacity for 2,000 pupils , the largest and best equipped school of the kind in the country. Moro such institutions aio needed , and in time more will bo pro vided , either by private liberality , or by the people themselves , because the de mand for industrial education will .have lo no mot. Meanwhile there are tlio public schools in which to make a be ginning , and there are few who now question tlie wisdom or expediency of utili/.ing them , within necessary limita tions , for tliis purpose. The experi ment , so far as it has been tried , lias been onliroly successful , and it is not now a question of introducing industrial training into the schools , but sim - ply how far it should bo car ried in them. It being granted thai for an industrial , mechanical and artistic people common school opportunities for acquiring a knowledge of industries , mechanics and arts are essential , the question of the bounds to bo sot upon such instruction in the schools of the people need not present any great dilli- culties. UKTWKKN Iho advices from Chili and llio information from Washington , tlio public is kept in a continual state of un certainty regarding the real status of the complication and what the possibili ties are regarding a settlement. Kvory warlike rumor that comes from Valparaiso is quickly 'fol lowed by assurances from Washing ton that there is not the slightest ground for apprehending serious trouble , but on the contrary thai tlioro is every reason to believe that a peace able adjustment of thodllllcully between the two countries will bo reached at nn early day. The latest information goes so far as to say that assurances have been received at the State department that Chili will make reparation for the murders of American seamen It is to bo hoped this is true , but the next telegram from the south may intensify the uncertainly. The American people are not losing con fidence in this matter , but they are lind- imr it Inn-dor every day lo decide whereto to place their confidence. TIIIUTYTHKIK : out of the forty-four stales in the union have alretuly adopted Iho Ausfiilliin ballot system inoro or less modified. But ballot reform cannot bo considered complete until the now system is applied toprlmnry elections as well as to regular elections. In fact , ballot reform should have begun at the | ) riiiary ) election , \\horo most of the fraud and corruption have haon prac ticed. It is utterly impossible to purge mielection from the mi- machinery por- uclous inlhi'jnco of Iho boss and Iho mid ward heeler so long as ils fount lin load , the caucuses , primaries and con ventions , can bo packed through repeat- 11-11 and dishonest voters. OMAHA'S weather norvico is in good lands. The successful predictions nnulo since the forecast olllcial was assigned o this station have ( lone a great deal , oward establishing it in the conllilonco > f tlio business community. Next to its oliabloand exhaustive market reports , 10 daily report publlslio I in TinBIK : : ) ist.ohsos mom Inturuht to the railway ind'hiiHinoss community. It Is growing n favor and deserves the commonda- lon received on all hands. Political Knots. .Veil' ' Yinlt llentlil , In iMJi iwulvo wi-sluru Htutu-i , nnt Missouri In Ilin lint , volcil In tliu uluutor.il ful- esii ! In lyj thii iiiiiiinur will bu nlnoluoii. In iMtliit west mist iiliiHty.flvo olouloral vntuit u MJ : II will lie untltluil to east u nnil * lxtjr-otstlit Tlion tlllnoN lild lUtocn Totps ! now It hns tnonly-foilr I'luni ICamns tiiiil tliri-o : now It li.ti ton. Tlion Mli-lilitnn Imd t-lRlit. MliiiKHotu four mid Nnbriilui tliroi's min-Mli'lilRtiii lias foiirteiui , Mlniiriotti nlno nnil Nu'ir.is' ' < a Htflil. Tlio ruimnllcntis huvo nut fa 11 nil to rocott- nl/o or iitiri'Clnti | ) > tlio Importuned nf tin-so t'oiiililuratloiiH , cM-opl on nan occasion. Kvi-ry iMiiii.tl | ntlinu tliu vr.ir Ilioy Imvo tuliuii tlinir .umliir from tliu west , uxcopt In IMI. nnil oxory oiuuunluii tliuy Imvo iron m- i-cpt In Ml. Tlioy inut ilndut only wlion they tiviilo un t-M'outloa to tliuit timcral ! rnli > . 'I he I cnvcn ol' Ucolprnclty. Mtnnfiitiilli Irltntiif. Aniurloiin MilpiH'ra testify that tin1 iiiloiitfon of n't'liroc'lty | polli-y lias given our o\ort | trailed niurKoil Impel in. Our iiKiiiiif.ictui-ppi mill Jubhors mu semi Ins intents to every \Vott tiullii mill Smith Amerleun marl < ot ; while the NierelmiiN of Me\lo. coiitinl mil -Mintli Amerlea anil the Indies , are now Ilni-Klnj ; to fluI'lilted State- " , Instead nfto Km-ope us liurottifoit . The yea si of wlntl ( lemooruey calls "the reclpHielty liumliutx" \MirUns. . With every ilptnui-rntli * cry nf "fi.niil anil luinibHU" eoiiio reports of American Rriiln Mini pork being ml mil toil under reelpioelty Into Germany , Prance , Italy nnil llio Nether lands , am ! nf Amer.emi liroadstnlT * . cotton * , provisions mm maehlnrry L-uliiR Into Cuba. I\H Domingo mid llr.ull. Cnrlci-'M C'onitilliticiitH lo Charley. Clilcd'jn 7 ( HIM. Fdllor Dmm N still ass.illliiK tliu fair with n wealth nf nk'turrsiinc epithet Mild mi opututieu nf limiisltiattvo falsification. It might not be abaci Idea for tint Ulieetois lo appropriate enl of tbii licasury tliu mode rule sum of JIO.OOJlierewlth to iclinbtirsu tliu v-nerabU' lint puppnry odilor of tlio New York Sun for his unfortunate Investtm-iit In Now York Worlds fair sloelt. . A PiMt-ilu.il Duty. ( llnlif-lifinii in' . Colonel t'lnI-UMIU'S at ) vlou to tliu Town ru- publlemii to iliop ptohlblUoii Is equivalent to it request that they proceed toile what uxpurl. eneo bus proved to bo u serious mid praclleal duty. itii-i.i.crt-n M ; > .W//.VB. Detroit I'ro 1'ies- , "lie - : married a elalr- voymit. I but u\i- > " "Yes. It was a ease of lo\u at .second sight. " Cloak Hevlew : Wlfi I'vo not a little Now Yeats surprise for you. my ilour. llusbmui N that ho ? I'IMV what h II ? \ \ Ife I'vu inado von u piesent of a beauti ful bo.itskln eloak. J uo boiv nleely It Ills me. I'nc-U : .Ind''o- Well , ollleer , who Is this pur- sou mid what Isshe c. htu-uo I with ? Ollleer Sure. H'q Ihu " .Miiunolic ( 'ill. " your honor , and she's ehurgud with oleelilulty. Washington Slur : "If tlmu were n-onuy. " said one in list to miotlier , lh.il pletmuof yours would bo u great investment.1' "IJo vou think so ? " ' Yes ; yon spent about thiuo hour * on It and yon ought to nut about ton vcnrs for it. " TIM : ! ? AMK. I'ncl , , Tlio hand lh.it rocks the er.idlu As tlio youis go spci-illin : by , Is the hand th it sp.iuKM the oiby : And that makes the b iby ery. ICate Hold's Washington : lluwwv ( adinlr- Inirlyl Isn't ( holly the \ury mould of form ? I'risolllii 'ls , ludeuil , and iho eyu-glass 'asblou. Shu asked her hub If her new gown - Was pleasing In Its hue ; - He said It might plousc others , but It made him feel quite liluu. N Y. Herat'1 : Clioiil Wlmt makes you uo uortalu th.it you will bu able to bro.ik Ihu will ? l/nwyurdn a HhUpon I drew it. Thoro's plenty of room at thu lop , " he said , As he stood by Iho mirror there. With u briiHh mid u towul in either hand , And p-irted his seldom h.ilr lloilon Transorljit : It Is dllllenlt for thu ivurage man lo huar It sahl that nun was uade In ( iod's own Imajo without feollng that m K the man lefoi red to. Texas Sifting * : People- who hnvii noon two overs saygoouby novel- have auv tioublo iftoruunls lu bul ov liu In ctornliy. Elmira < iii/ellu : Thoio N a gooil Illustra- lou of reeipioo.ty in the hUhwayman. llo lolds you up while you give hli , a lift. ( 'oliiinbiis Post : Thoro's nothing In sl/o when a pint botl.u ean evert more iullnenee ivor some men than u church splie. Illngliamplon liupnbllean : 'I ho pretty pliin- st always lias u striking maiinur .i-ul mom requontly n distracting air. Yonkurs Ca/.etlo : The highwayman Is noiigh of a Iliuiicler to know licnv lo draw on i fellow : il sight. lo loved her with a love luluuso , That had no equal quite ; lint when he saw her bills for gnwiu llo drifted out of sljlil. A 'I ClllHl > \ ti I.UIt f// . The uglier u mini Is the muiu money ho ha * . The very nicest gn-1 In the world ib tliu girl the boys : ne most afraid of. You uau aluuvs miiku \\ommi mud by toll ing her that her photograph Mutters her. A good ery bus the same olTci-t on an nngrv woman that a good dinner has on u mad man. The trouble wllh i-UInir to thu top of the ladder Is thai llfu Is so short mid the ladder so long. Your ginut srandfulhur's greatness may take yon Into socloly , but It won't keep yoii there. When a man losolvus lo ho good mid pn- tlent , thu next pair of slums he buys are Mire lo pinch him. It K often the case tint the man who fiddles for thu amusement of oihoi" . has a wlfo whoso onlv ninsle is that made by serapln- the bottom of the Ilour li.u rel. A irroat many women who are eay wlien they aio young. Invo the look on their faces when tlioy uro oldur Mint suggoils a rabbit that is cliustid liy the hounds. . - > //M/O.V. Sum I'ugi In I'linActHtml * Onr older tohl us yosloiduy. wo had not leani-d to 11u Unlll HO learned how blovioLl 'tis to pardon and forglvo ; The ( loir. Knout , preelons words lie spike like heavcnlj miinim full ; The purfeel pont-o tliuy lironght our hearts no human uords c.in loll. I.ovo brings mllionlal peace , " lie mid ; and though my lips were dumb. I sllll kept shontiin : In my soul. "Atni-ii. and and let It eome ! " Wlien men forglvu all oilier men. the year of nblloo Will dawn upon the world , " hu said ; I said , "fro lull I bo. " "so lovn jour neighbor nu yoni---ulf , " ho Ihen bugnn iig-tln , And Silas I'llacross thu aisle , ho shoniud out. "Amen ! " What right hail ho to yell "Amen , " the low- toned measly hound ! Who look my eow , my now milch eow , and locked hnr In tliu pound ! The low-down , raw-bonud , homely erank , a Innkhimd and u lout , Whoso luvu null graeu mid heart and -oul have nil been uiMud out Toslt there In the hiiiictiim-y anil holler out "Amen ! " If I could ulmkotho rascal inu-o ho'd uovur shonl agnln ! Ono day his doz camu by my honsu , I culled the hinte Inside , tiavu him it chunk of meat lo uat , anithu cr.iwled oir mid died , Ilojn-it 1'iiiwloil olT mid died rlghl llion. Hays I , "I'll ' ( it him sue , No one-luggud simpleton Ilko hUn oan got Iho best of mu. " Hut , oh , llmt sermon I would luvo to hour It preached again. About foigl\onoss , charity and love of follow men. I Hhonld have tult us If I h.iskcil m Heaven's espcoliil smile. If that Illumed villain , Hlhn I'llhadn't sat across the alslo. jt 7M.SKIMK.ir/ ; , The Carroll Dlvorco Prooeotlliuri C'oiniiroinUcll , HU.TIMOIIK. Doo. ' 'rt The ooiinsol iiml frleml.s ol Mr. nnd Mr , .lohn Cur toll IIIIVK Miccocded In porfocllnjt nn nproonioill of separation , nnd dlvurco procoodlnsi hnvo boon atonpctl. The iiKiouniciit win ilRiicil mid rooordud Tlmrsduy Just before the clork'.s onico lit TOWSOII wiw cloioil. Mrs. C'urroll brouehi .milt for ( llvort-u on account of cruelty nnil dninliumiess and Mr. Ciu'roll lllud u cron bill , charging Ins wlfo with spitting In his fiiro , throwltiR water over him wlillo In bed , going to Noivport with persons to whom ho nhjoctoJ nn < l loavlng him to care for the children. An examiner win appointed to takotestl- inony nnd most of U Imd boon submitted when It wns proposed to compromise. To this Mri. Can-oil would not cousont. It win llion exphilnod Unit the testimony was not Hiifllcicntl.conclii'itvo . to Induce the couri l < < grant ndtvoruu. 'J'lils , with the nrgunicnt llmt the sciindal would bo a I rod nnd mint ro licet on the children , induced Mrs , Carroll la i-miiont to u sop.iration. Tlio terms woio ni-nclli-nlly agreed upon hist mon Hi , but objection Hint been raised to the disposition of the two voiliiiiost children nnd nl o of iillowtineo. All this AVUI Htmilv arranged. The agreement entered miii recites that the p.irllos "not being able to llvo happily together" Imvo agu-cd to li\ i separately dnriiii ; the b.Unntu of their lives , ni though tliuy bint boon sopamlud bv a dlvoreo. llolh i-nllr.qnlsh tlie.lr iimrltal rlghti lu thn stnto of each other and Mr. Carroll bin.ii blinsrlf to pav Mrs. Cnrroll ? SO a munth f .r tlio support of two children until ihov shun arrive nt innturlty. The cblUiren roiinun with the mother in tlio city nine moi.tlm , if the year and with tlio father nt "The rnvov in the country thrco iiionths , cneli jiaren- having nccuss lo them at reiisonalilo hours wlillo In the other * oiibtody. Thu iigrceiue'il takes olToct at onco. IIKII run nusii : ir/// .s. Full * of an lOldcrly IjiulyVlio "Mni'i-icil an lOiiK.i intj Sti-.tiiuur , Ciivi-HM : > , O. , Doc. ' . ' ( ) . A St. Lomt bride , somewhat oldorly.is stranded In Clove Innil mliiits her husbiind mid real sum of hard cash. A little over thrco weeks ago , lohn Anilorson , a oroad-shouldorod , six foot limn , with n black tnoiHtaeho , and the most charming brolcon lOngllHliinado the acquaint anccof MIM. Kllon Pure-oil , an Irish irrocor.v- i-jiipor anil a widow , IIROU about , " > ( ) joara , who lived at IV.'b Montrose , St. I ouls. MIM 1'urcell was prosnorous and so she : botight Andoi'.son to bo , for ho said 10 was a wealthy ranch owner with n iiingnlllcont tropical rosidoiico at San Miiruol , Cal , Ho wooed bor for thrco weeH- < and \\'ednu-.day they wore married. Tin brldo gave hnr grocery business lo her SH tor , sowed fl.L'OO ' cash In an niidurskirt , and the Imppy couplostnrtod for California via Clovclanu , Anderson claiming that an oxcur slon rnto from this city would snvo them considerable expense. Ho was evidently headed for the tide water lu the cast , how over. They arrived in Cleveland and lodged at the Forest Cltv lionso ycstordav. TnU morning at breakfast. Anderson hurried with hi.i meal and loft his brulo at the tublo Wliun she wont to tlio room she founa their trunks gone and bur skirt riopod open and the 51-Ml ) missing. The pnlico were nottllcd , but Anderson had lost no time and Imd departed - parted on a irnln for the east with a ticket for llobton. suit , ! tuitii'\nKiii AI.s i.rbcuun. TluAliihiinn Outlaw and Tlu-co of IIIH iMlhu-or.s Killed. MOIIII.K , Ala. , Doc. ' ( i. A tologrum via DoSoto , Miss. , was rocoivoit ibis morning giving the news of the surrender of Hob Sims on Christmas afternoon to tl.o sheriff's posse , the ahnriff having obtained a cannon and trained it upon Sim's hpuso. The outlaw offered to surrender if the shoritr would gnarantoo them protection from the members of the pobso. Finally it wes ngreod that thn SimsitUT should bo carefully guarded and taken to the county Jail. The Slmsiies laid down their anus aim came out of llio house , when the men wcru put in irons and tlio women under guard and nil of thorn started for Uutlor , the county seat. seat.While While the party was onrouto a mob of Cboetnw county men overpowered thu punrd nnd handed thrco men Hob Sims , Tom Sivtigo nnil Vounu' Suvago. It Is rennrted thnt another of the Savage hovs ' was hanged at the same timo. This is 'in addition to John Savage , who was hanged L'linstnms ovo. Killed l > r a Clinikcn HOMO. MCIIIIIK.N , Conn. , Doe. ' 'O. IIenry A. Klfmiro , a buffer employed by the Muriden Unttiinta company , died hero yoUerJay morning in consoqiionco of swallowing a chicken boioon Sun Jay last. It gave him no incoiivcnlonco at fir.U , but during llio day ho begun to fool great pain mid nppllod lo n physician , who endeavored , unsuccessfully to remove the bono. Mr. ICIfrnlro's ' condition grow worse , and a further examination showed that the bono had lodeod across the oiurnnoi to iho stomach , nnd had rnnturod a blood vussol. The physicians were not able to dislodge it or cheek Iho humorrhuco and ho bled to death. 111 ? 1111)110 hOllOolH. SII.T Ln ; . Oirv , U. T. , I we.0. . - Yester day , with much ceremony , twontv-llvo II ISM were presoiited to the pttulic. schools ol this city by the Patriotic Sons ol America. Tha oxori'Isi's took plnco In the tubornnclo , and wuro parttcipalud In by tbo leading citi/un.s. Mayor Scott rocoivcd the lings lu a brief speech , after n piVHuntntloii address by Uov \Yllllaiii Lnno. Hriuf spcuchos followed from inniiv Irnding men of thocttv , including C'hlof . .lustlco.anoiind Bishop Leonard. The tnhernaelo Is iitw bolng Ubod frequcntlv for many public gatherings , and is the onlv building largo enough to hold the turn out on special occasions. HIlHItT ltl..ttilN fltliai It.I.II'i IUH\ . Trim prayer never slops looking for aa answer. Wo will nuvur know our right naniej until we get li > heaven. j.ovo always looks on the InUlit side , and alwavs Iliuls a bright sldu In look on. The devil very often itunokH a ruvhul lu ihu head lth ono of the Lord's h tmmots. The higher Ihu standard of pluly Is lai-ii" ! tlio hottur will bu thu devil's Iho against it Only thrcu rich men urn refuiiud lo as sni-h In tliu Nuw Tuilamunt , and tno of them wuru lost. lost.No No tual iirayui'umi ever como out of thu In-art ( < f Hie man or wonriii ho has u heart v. Hli n wulcnmuhln hiding lu li. Il will nnt miiku thu Iliesof ludl any rioter to ruiiiembor thnl yon worn unlleil "aprulty goolHorl of u follow" on cut-Ill. Whenever Iho devil bo ds up a church mom her for any of his crowd to look .u , ho iilwiiy- ) picks out Ihu serawnlual looking one In sight Young man , write It clown whuro yon will MIO II every day. Unit unions yon seel , yom trousnii ) outside of thin world , vou will n'fvui be truly rich. Them UHI some poonlo so blind that It would take ilium a long time to find out Dial they huvo a uosonn Iholr facu. If. they didn't not ) and then Imvo to blow It , Homo of our modern divines pray until half tlio people In thulr eongrugiitloiis Imvo tliu biiukiiohn , and when they got through tliuy huvo not usked thu Lord for anything. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.