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    THE OMAHA DAILY HEE : SUNDAY , FEBRUARY * , 1892TXTEEN PAGES ,
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Avoratrn Clrruintloii for .ftiiumry U4i34. :
IT'S n wise child who knows Its own
father , but it tnkos u wiser man in No-
brasldi to know his own governor.
WHKN the curtain la runrr up at the
statecnpitol tomorrow the people of
Nebraska will bo treated to another
roaring farco.
WE IIAVK never had moro than two
v ovornora in ono week slnco Haacall
Jailed the legislature , but this week wo
may have tliroo of thorn.
SOUTH OMAHA will take another jtirap
this year , with half a million dollars to
bo expended in now packing houses nnd
from two to three thousand in the en
largement of the stock yards plant
WILLIAM WOODUUKST , who was war
den of the state penitentiary many
years ago , has boon selected for appoint
ment as reeoivor of the North Platte
land ollleo. The appointment is made
in the interest of harmony with abig fl.
Ai'i'OJLvrrox court house is no moro ,
having been destroyed by llro. The
McLayno housO whore Grant and Lee
signed the terms of surrender still
stands , however , to mark the historic
spot. It should in some way bo pro
tected from all danger of destruction.
ALFUED TKNNYSON , poet laureate ,
takes all the poetic license with truth
the law allows him in his panegyric
upon the late dttko of Clarence and
Avondnlo. Ho cannot therefore blame
the Atlantic cable for taking telegraphic
license to demoralize some of hts lauda
tory lines.
EFFOIITS to besmirch the record of
thu superintendent of the national cen
sus by "charging that ho subordinated
his bureau to political ends will utterly
fall. Superintendent Porter's ofllcial
zeal and olTlcioncy have established for
him a reputation which is proof against
partisan attacks.
THE South Dakota alliance pootosa
who unblushingly dedicated a poem to
Senators Poffor and Kyle urging them
to "ArmI Go forth naked for the fight"
was a little harsh with Kyle. Poffor's
modesty could lie secreted behind his
whiskers , but the clot leal senator from
the blizzardy state would bo entirely
exposed to the weather.
KANSAS CITY is working to soouro a
flouring mill with a capacity of 5,000
barrels per day , for which a bonus of
817,500 is required. Inasmuch as a
flouring mill is worth eight or ton na
tional political conventions to nn enter
prising city in the midst of a grain-
growing region , there .should bo no dif-
Jiculty In raising that bonua in Kansas.
Pitiil KNT BKIIIIS of the Now York
Llfo Insurance ) company makes two
things absolutely clear : Lifo insurance
la n profitable business and premium
rates are too high. If the troubles
which have como upon his company re-
Rult in cheapening the cost of insurance
without reducing the chi\ractor of the
security then will the people conclude
that Pinkolsplol and the ether oxtrava-
gancoH of the management wore bless
ings in disguise.
TIIK house , committee on irrigation
lias unanimously agreed upon the propo
sition that the arid lauds bo coded to
the states , and doubtless u bill governing
their reclamation and tuilo will bo intro
duced. It will moot with Bonio opposi
tion , but the fact IB bocotning apparent
that ' congressional sentiment loans
largely toward the plan proposed by
the states most interested. Senators
Wnrron of Wyoming1 and Stewart of
Nevada will prob.ibly load the fight for
coding the lands to the state In the sou-
nto. A strong opposition may bo ex
pected from eastern eotmtors and the re
sult in that Iwfly is problematical. While
THB TlKK believes the national govern
ment should control and develop these
lands for actual sottleru , and is convinced
that their sale would provide all the
funds necessary for tholr proper irriga
tion , wo must admit that the prospect
of early national action Is not encourag
ing. The ceding of the lands to the
itatos will not ba the best solution ot
the problem , but It may ha the most ex
peditious WR3" of securing irrigation.
It Is to bo hoped that restrictions will
bo imposed by cotigrcs ? which shall prevent -
vent speculators and monopolies from
obtaining control of thorn. The danger
Is that the experience with the swamp
land swindles will bo repeated with the
arid lands and millions of aoros of
laud will bo classed with the arid.
0.1M//.1 TAKKS AXOTHKH 8TKP IV/f-
H'AIW.
Unless all signs fall Omaha is des
tined to distance Kansas City within the
next eighteen months both as a boot and
porit-packing center.
The decision of the Cudahy Packlnc
company to enlarge its already oxton-
slvoboof-pncking plant to throe times its
present capacity nnd the nlmoat certain
enlargement of the plonoor packing
plant of the Hammonds afford ample
nssuranco that Omaha will , In the not
distant future , rank next to Chicago as
a meat canning and packing cantor.
For South Omaha this moans un addi
tion of from two to three thousand In
her population before the close of the
present year. Fo11 Omaha It moans n
very marked inorooso in bank clearings
nnd a stimulus , to manufacturing enter
prises that are correlative to the cattto
and pork-packing industry.
Itayond and above nil things is the
almost certain extension of our railway
system into the cattle-raising region in
tho'Toxas panhandle and the construc
tion of feeders by the Union Pacific and
Uurlington lines into northwestern Nebraska -
braska and South Dakota.
KXT cmzB.vsmr.
A judge in ono of the judicial districts
of Pennsylvania , when granting natur
al i/ation papers recently , publicly stated
that hereafter ho should make it an in
flexible rule to require of applicants for
citizenship that they shall have road
the constitution of the United States and
of the state before ho will grant natur
alization papers. There may bo a ques
tion as to the right of a judge to exact
this requirement , sincn there is nothing
in the naturalization laws granting such
authority or Imposing upon an appli
cant for citizenship the condition that
ho shall read at all. In order to become
a citiznn an alien has only to establish
to the satisfaction of the court that ho
has resided within the United States
and the state or territory the time re
quired by law , that ho has bahavod as u
man of good moral character , and that
ho is "attached to the principles of the
constitution of the United States and
well disposed to the good order and hap
piness of the same. " No ether test is
required , anu a judge has no moro au
thority to require that an applicant for
citizenship shall have ro id the federal
or state constitution than ho has to
make the granting of naturalization con
ditional upon the applicant having road
the now testament.
Whether or not the law is defective in
this respect and ought to bo amended seas
as to require that an alien in order to be
entitled to citizenship shall have road
the constitution of the United States
and the organic law of the state in which
lie seeks naturalization is another mat-
tor. The question hao boon discussed
and agitated moro than once in the past ,
but without inducing congress to im-
posothis condition or to roquirs any ed
ucational qualification. In view of this
it must bo assumed that there have boon
cogent reasons for not going beyond the
existing requirements of the law. Ono
of those nviy bo that if illiterates aliens
are to bo oxoludod from citizenship
justice requires that natives who are
ignorant of the fundamental principles
of the government should also bo de
prived of the rights of citizenship. Un
questionably there is a growing senti
ment that the naturalization laws ought
to bo moro stringent and that it is de
sirable to put a hicrhor value upon citi
zenship. There is a widespread fooling
that the time h'is como to require that
those who .become citizens shall have an
intelligent understand ing of the duties
nnd responsibilities involved in that re
lation. Perhaps the weight of argu
ment is in favor of such reform , and at
any rate it is likely that sooner or later
the sentiment , in this direction will take
practical form in law. Intelligent citi
zenship i ? necessary to good government - *
mont nnd to the preservation of repub
lican Institution.- * , and it should be en
couraged inovory practicable way.
SO.VH I'L.llX TALK.
The bank clearings and the cronoral
tone of trade in Om ilia bespeak a re
vival of business for 189i. Confidence
has returned to the community , and
prosperity rules throughout its tributary
territory. There is no excuse for po.v
nimism in the facu of Iho present busi
ness conditions. The old apology fo-
inaction and indifference is no longer
available , but wo should bu engaged in
something moro profitable than moro
talk.
Unfortunately our business man's or
ganizations uru not moating the de
mands of the situation. The Board of
Trade , since it bocuno : especially int'or-
estod lu the grain buslnuaj , has wall-
nigh abandoned everything olno. A
well attended , onthuslastlc m3oting of
the Board oT.ade ( has not occurred for
man } * months.
The Heal rotate ) exchange wont glim
mering months ago and a single sp ism
about the llrjt of the year aunounc3d its
Until dissolution. The Rj.xl KHato
Owners association , the youngest of the
business men's organizations , has kept
itself busy guarding the public treas
ury. It Is entitle ! to gr. it credit for
work performed In this Important di
rection , tut it is not so wall supported
as it should bo by our citizans , and llnds
Itself hampered for want of funds. This
organization ought to bo made a power
in the community. It can now afford to
roaton its oars so far as goyornmental
economy is concerned , und should take
a now and aggressive line of effort
for the commercial welfare of the city.
Between political campaigns dry rot
Boizos upon the Central Lubor union.
Instead of devoting its time uuco.iaingly
to the encouragement of industries
which employ labor and cultivating u
sentiment o ( local patriotism among the
labor organizations of Omaha , its mom-
bora profe- plan political movements
and roach out after the prominence
which comes of political agitation.
The Manufacturers und Consumers as-
Boclution is the only really llvo buhinoss
men's organization in Omaha. Its mem-
borshlp is united , enthusiastic , and iu
work thus far has boon olfectlvo. B'U
this la u imuuifiicturorb' association. It
alms to develop local industry and
stimulate u eontimont for patronizing
homo industry. Furthermore , it is a
state affair. It cannot consistently de
vote its onortrlos to Omaha.
Those nro the unvarnished facts. In
dividual members of the various organi
zations nro responsible for the con
ditions of which wo complain. Officers
cannot do .ill the work required to make
those public concerns inlluontlal. Wo
have enough business moil's organiza
tions to moot the situation. What wo
want is moro workers , fewer talkers and
definite purposes toward which wo can
move with the force of public sontlmonl
and the strong support of enterprising
and substantial liberality.
OF c
Everything relating to Christopher
Columbus , historical and personal , pos
sesses a spoclal interest at this time
which will bo heightened ai Iho date
approaches for celebrating the discovery
of America. Ono of the interesting
features of the Columbian exposition
will bo u collection of portraits ot the
great navlg ttor and dlscovoror , nnd Mr.
W. E. Curtis , chief of'tha buro iu of
South American republics , has pub
lished In an eastern migazlno a most
interesting monograph relating to the
various portraits of Columbus. Ho
takes notice of all the allogoA portraits
now in oxistonco.
The alleged portraits Of Cdltimbua are
numerous , and the dissimilarity be
tween them makes it Incradlola that
many of them could liavo boon painted
from the same subject. Mr. Curtis dis
poses of most of them as having no
claim to bo genuine , although some of
them have boon rog.irdod as genuine by
others. This is the case with the portrait
trait in possession of Senor Colombo.
Another ia the portrait which hangs in
the council chamber of the captain general -
oral of Cuba. A portrait , of Columbus
believed to bo authentic is thu ono
known ns the Holvodoro , aaid to huvo
boon painted by order of King Ferdi
nand of Austria in 1579 as a copy of the
portrait then owned by Archbishop
Glovo.
It is a small miniature in oil executed
upon n wooden panel. Franco once pos
sessed two portraits of Columbus of
great antiquity and presumably gon-
ulno , once of which , recently presented
to the nation by count do Montesquieu ,
is thought to be the portrait printed
from lifo by the command of King
Ferdinand of Spain , who desired a
memorial of Columbus in case ho should
not return from his expedition. This
picture represents Columbus as clean ,
shavnn and oi' a rather heavy cast of
countenance. The portrait in the
Versailles gallery represents him as en
tirely bald. After speaking of a number
of alleged portraits that are open to sus
picion or have little claim to attention ,
Mr. Curtis refers to a portrait in the
possession of Mr. Ellsworth of Chicago
as of unquestionable antiquity and ar
tistic value , nnd ns to which there is
circumstantial evidence amounting al
most to a probability that it was painted
from lifo.
This collection of portraits of the dis
coverer of the now world will bo studied
with great interest and will constitute
one of the most attractive features of the
World's fair.
T11H LATK J1R. SPUKdKOS.
The late Rev. C. H. Spurgoon was ono
of the foremost preachers of our times.
Although not gifted in the tricks of
orators or trained in the schools of theology
elegy , ho has easily stood at the head of
his profession , if success in attracting
members to his church and ability to
interest largo concoursoa of people con
stitute leadership. His career has been a
long and interesting ouo , though it is
ended at thro'o years less than three
score. He probably inherited his bent
for the ministry , being the third of his
own name in .direct line to select this
noble calling. His father and grand
father wore Congregational clergymen.
Ho grow up in an atmojphoro of' some
what stilt Puritanism and was encour
aged to devote much attention to re
ligious reading and thought. When u
moro boy ho wns converted under the
emotional preaching of u Methodist , and
after some time had elapsed for niDiita-
tion upon the various doctrines ho
united with the Baptist church. IIin
orthodoxy has ever sihco boon of the
most unbending Calvinlstic character.
His religious convictions Avoro so inflex
ible that in 1834 ho withdraw from the
English Baptist union for the reason
that he could not remain In fellowship
with some of its , clerical members who
wore too broad in tholr. views upon some
doctrinal questions. Yet ho brolco many
yours Ago with the body of belief in his
church by abandoning close communion.
Mr. Spurgcon never sought the title
of Doctor of Divinity. Ho preferred to
bo called "Mr. " rather than "Dr.1
Spurgoon. From the time when ho
preached his Urst sermon as a boy 10
years old until the duv of his do.itli his
discourses and his personal behavior
wore distinguished by simplicity. His
sermons and his books are all peculiarly
directed to the common people. Abound
ing in illustration and giving evidence
of a brilliant genius , they are nuverthe-
less couched in language within the un-
dnrbtanding of children and the common
folk. He stunds alone perhaps among
great modern Protestant preachers in
having yielded nothing of his strict
orthodox interpretations of thn scrip
tures and articles of faitli to the so-c illod
advanced thought of the ago. lioochur
became almost u Univors.illst in his
teaching before his death , and Simpson
had ceased to frighten his hearers with
awful pictures of a final und /earful /
judgment day. Spurgoon was paiood to
see the young men from his own theo
logical school drifting a way from call
ing , election and ether doctrines whloi )
ho believed to bo plainly taught in the
bible.
Mr. Spurgoon performed a vast amount
of lubor. Ho wus still in his teens whe.ii
ho became pastor ot tha Now P.irk street
church in London , Ho wus only 22jairj
of age when in the Hoyal Surrey Gardens
music hull ho d-ow : audiences of from
5,000 to 0,000 , SunJ.iy after Sund.-iy anJ
had achieved a worldwide renown. In
the llrat ton yoard of his. London pastor
ale he had received ; i,5U ( I > OMOU : into
the membership of his church and fur
thirty ye.its his has been the largest
church in membership and the largest
congregation iu Christendom. But ho
did notre t thrrfurhIho week lo prepare
himself for Ihl Stmday offort. Ho
wrote commoiiul-IoH upon the sorlpturos
and roUglous-mmks , odltod a monthly
religious periodical , superintended thn
work and gave instruction in iv divinity
school , dlrootWJT' n colnortnjjo society
and looked after the Interests ot the
Stockwoll Orphanage. Ho broke down
from ovorwofji f\
No wonder -MJ-'rollglous world mourns
his loss. Tlioro is no preacher to take
hist place. A genius cannot bo made by
education or 6.Vforlonco. { Other men of
eloquence and { posvor in preaching can
lllljargo auditoriums and interest im-
inonso audiences for occasional services ,
nnd oven for weeks at a time , but not
slnco the Reformation has n. man ap
peared , excepting Mr. Spurgoon , who
has sustained an untarnished reputa
tion , nn undlmmod eloquence and nn
over Increasing-- popularity and success
through a period of forty years.
. TIIK P.IX-AMKRICAN .tf7.ir.tr.
Mr. Frank G. Carpenter , whoso name
ia so familiar to readers of TllK HUB ,
contributes nn unusually interesting letter -
tor this week regarding the proposed
railway which is to connect the two
American continents. This great enter
prise is making moro progress than people
plo generally suppose. Ordinarily , rail
way undertakings of magnitude are her
alded by brass band announcements and
the country is wearied with anticipa
tions of the results which high-sounding
advertisements prophecy. Wo nro also
accustomed to auction sales of town lots
and flaming handbills Informing us of
the immense profits to bo realized upon
investments along proposed now rail
roads.
Here , however , la a line which when
completed will connect Now YorK and
Buonoa Ayrcs by rail , and yet only an
occasional newspaper article appears to
remind us that the work is progressing.
A glance at a map will enable the
reader to appreciate the enormous dis
tance between these two c'ties. ' To
travel from ono city to the ether will bo
a railroad ride of 10,000 miles and the
traveler will pass through seventeen
different nations and almost as many
distinct climatic zones. The road which
the pan-American congress determined
upon and which is now being surveyed
begins at the Mexican line and runs
through the Central American states ,
across the isthmus of Panama , through
Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia and
Chili to the Argentine Republic system.
A good part of iho distance the track
will bo at an eloi'utlbn ' of from 9,000 to
12,000 foot above sea level , and on a
plateau betwce ? the main ranges of the
Andes mountains.
The practicability of the route is rap
idly being dciuonatroted by the Ameri
can engineering parties in the field.
The direct management of prelimi
nary details is i\i the practical hands ot
such eminent railway builders and oper
ators as Andrew J. Cussatt and ox-Sena-
ton Henry G. Davis. Once the survey
is completed there will bo little difll-
culty in obt itiing" subsidies enough
from the nation through which the line
is to be ( 'otistr.uutod to do the grading ,
lay the track and equip the road. The
scheme' is , therefore , no vagary. It
promises immense returns to its pro
jectors. Mexico will have a line ID Te-
huuntopee very soon. Argentine has
her system extended to Bolivia. Other
private companies have links under way
or completed which will form part of
the great system. Loss than 2,900 miles
arc to bo located and built by the pan-
American company. Branch lines will
bo built to Venezuela , Brazil and the
coast regions of ether states. In fact ,
18,000 miles are now under construction
and surveyed , part of which are in the
direct , route , and the remainder natur
ally tributary to the trunk line , which ,
when completed , will'extend from the
city of Mexico to Buenos Ayros.
The details of this gigantic enterprise
of uniting North.and South America indissolubly -
dissolubly by bands of stool rails and
direct railway communication are well
worthy the perusal of every reader of
THE BKK.
TltK NOltTHn'KST PASSAGK.
The question of improved waterway
transportation is manifestly of vital in
terest to the producers of the west. It
involves both the means of getting their
products promptly to market and a vast
saving in the cost of doing so. Jt I ? the
duty of the government to enable the
pcoplo to take the largest possible ad
vantage of the facilities alTorded by the
great natural higluv.iysof commerce.
In the February number of the Forum
Senator Davis of Minnesota contributes a
paper on the lake commerce and ways to
the sea , intended especially to show the
commercial demands of the northwest
nnd the necessity for improving all ex
isting moans of water communication
between that section and the seaboard.
Senator D.tvis shown that.-the increase
of population and production in thin
region has raised the great northern
waterway to the highest importance ,
imposing $ $ " " " a greater
burden than thgt j = > uo/ canal had to hour.
The statistics shttw that the tonnage of
the latter is * v1jg } much lo.-s than that
which pusses through the tlSoo"and the
annual demand n fiori the American canal
la growing vor j jpuch faster than thac
upon the foreign Few people huvo any
conception of tbqovust commerce of the
great lakes , undrtis thin intibt go on in
creasing with'ibhb advance of western
development tlfc/'flouossity for Improving
and enlarging htUijUluii for handling this
conunorco becomes every year more
urgent and imperative.
It U ostlm ii t that the saving in
freight now earro.il ( , by the lakes , when
compared with rail rates , amounts to
$ - > l > ,000,000 per annum in the tratlio of
the "Scio" cnnnl alono. This moans n
gronl deal to the producers of
the northwest , and the amount
to bo thus saved will bo very
much larger In the future if proper pro
vision bo inada for the fullest utilization
of the waterways. Senator Davis says
that if a prediction wore now made with
anything like accuracy as to what the
next twontv years will bring to pass in
the waterways between the hontl of
Luke Superior nnd the Atlantic ocean
and In the Vast region ot the northwest ,
It would bo scouted ns n rhapsody. "A
fuluro thai is very near and clearly
visible is malting demands which will
overtax national nnd individual ro-
sources. Other considerations , remote
but by no mo'vns rashly speculative ,
demonstrate the necessity for the im
provement ot our international water
ways to , their utmost Capacity and to
ultimate connections with the sea by
ship navigation. It is ot the highest
nnd moat permanent importance to the
trafllc , " continues Senator Davis ,
"domestic and foreign , of the territory
now tributary lo this system of water
ways , or destined to bo so if our natural
ad vantages are made the most of , that it
bo hold to the present tendency to bccoino
so. " The Canadian government recognizes -
cognizes thn moaning of the situation
and ia preparing to secure such advan
tages us nro to bo derived from improved
wutor and hind facilities of transporta
tion. If the United States government
neglects the obvious interests of its own
citizens in this particular it will do so
to the benefit of our northern neighbor.
TllK HASH HALL CLUH.
Mr. W. F. Bochol has consnntod to
accept the responsibility of the presi
dency of the Omaha Base Ball associa
tion , which encourages the friends of the
national game to make further efforts
for a homo toam. With this well known
nnd popular gentleman at the head of
the enterprise as a guarantee of intel
ligent attention to details , there
should bo no difficulty in raising the
small sum sufllciont to secure an inter
esting and profitable series of games
during the approaching season.
Base ball .is u recreation which com
mends itself to lovers of athletic sport
and an amusement for people of all nsroa
and sexes. It attracts the poor ns well
as the wealthy. It is harmless to public
morafs and a proper moans of enjoy
ment This city is sadly wanting in
summer pleasure resorts. There are no
lakes , no mountains , no hunting resorts
in the vicinity. Our recreations are
chiefly confined to carriage drives , the
parks and base ball gamos.
Amusement is essential to the well -
being of the multitudes. Hoalthlul
entertainments are always commendable.
Metropolitan cities everywhere patron
ize the national gnmo. An Omaha club
is u good advertisement for the city.
The reports of games keep the name of
the city before newspaper readers con
tinually. It will bo unfortunate , indeed ,
if for so small an outlay ns a series of
games involves wo shall permit the sea
son to go by without an organized league
vclub.
THE now Chicago university not only
intends to have a faculty that will place
it at once iu the front rank of American
educational institutions , but it proposes
also to make teaching profitable , which
is an innovation that educators all over
the country will regard with interest.
It is said that the highest salary over
paid a professor by Harvard was $4,000
n year , but in the Chicago university no
occupant of its principal chairs will re
ceive less than $7,000 a year , with op
portunities to add to this income. Of
course with such exceptional liber
ality tho" university has no trouble in
securing the very best men. available ,
and those so far engaged are of the
highost'standard in their special fields.
It is not to bo doubted that the policy
will bo found profitable , because it will
give a reputation and character to the
institution that will attract to it all the
students it can accommodate. As a
rule scholars of the highest attainments
are not adequately compensated in the
universities and colleges , and if the ex
ample of the Chicago university shall
have the effect to inaugurate a system
in this respect it will exert a wholesome
influence.
AMERICAN grain exports from Now
York rcac-hed the enormous total -for
1891 of 08,48U,905 bushels. Thoyenr'b
shipments have not been equaled for
ten years. This is gratifying indeed ,
but the mortifying fact remains that
American vessels are credited with but
1,278,724 bushels. America's grain
fleet consists of four vessels and they
carried across the Atlantic but twenty-
live out of 1,238 ship loads. The Ameri
can merchant marine is very lonesome
on the. Atlantic ocean.
MILLS proposes to light "tho proposed
liidc-awav und stand-still measures that
some democratic leaders advocate. "
Mills was never a guerrilla. Ho is u
fair lighter as well as free trader and
Messrs. Springer and Crisp will bo
forced to moot him in the open Hold.
IIIWH'M ItUIni ; Sim.
Cliltiiij" Tim ,
Governor Boles is one ot several democratic
presidential possibilities who inhabit the
Mississippi valley , now the seat ot empire.
Monopoly' * Itu.irli ,
The proprie'tors of the proposed clectr'clty
trust , will remember with roxrot thac their
monopoly 13 limited. Ttiuv cannot control
thu prlca of sunshine ,
VI-H , mill Doclilndly VlKonmg.
1'lilliilcliihln Leilijfr.
A mar. alleged to have been the "Ural
white settler In California" died on Monday
in that state , aged 81 } years. Me
wont to California In IS-'iM , and built the
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
flrst homo in San Francisco In 1SW. It
scorns scarcely croclltablo that the now great
state and city should bo so younp , but , as a
matter of { not , neither fret fairly started
until the discovery of sold moro thnn n
doron years Inter. The great west Is still
very young nnd fresh.
The Kotiirt CnuMlr.
IVrifdliii Oivi/cwfiw.
The "undorbrod sw.iffKor" of the United
Sintos gives offense to Journals of the "nil-
Inp classes" In Knglnnd. Bcgludshlp's
pardon I Probably the strain of mnn with tit
never will bo bred out Into that ineffable
creature who swappers In London , and who
has had no parallel In history slnco the down *
fall of the sodomite aristocracy of the Roman
omplro of Caligula and Noro.
An Opportunity
Atw Voik Mvtrtttcr , I'cli , 3.
Yostoraay was what was known In the
early meteorology of the country ns "Orounrt-
heR day. " It Is observed thnt Senator Hill
did not call n convention on that day , and yet
ho Is reputed In sorno political quarters to
have on bis hands what Is known as "a
groundhog case. "
Tliurttim , I"rln tuiicc.
Cliteagn iWycc. '
A sharp eye can now delect a shoal of minnows
news ramping wildly about In the political
swim , TUoso are the vice presidential
booms , yonne at present and rather fcoblo ,
but willing to race by the side ol any whale
In the pond.
_ _
Hfi.l.Sr # MtOM HAM'S HOIt.V.
A child thnt does not laugh Is seldom
healthy.
A great many prayer meetings are proved
to death.
Angels tovo to look at the man who loves
the truth.
No good man ever dlos without mnldr.g liv
ing pcoplo rich.
Spiritual dyspepsia Is n great deal harder
to euro than the other kind.
The pastor who trios to carry his church to
heaven on hts shoulders will bo sure to drop
the most of It.
T.WHT WKHtllT
.I'lillailelphl.i 1'rois : It wns on the "Jackpot"
cliilin whom the recent bis silver discoveries
were nindu In Creed. Goto. One must "anuuk
by the curd" In chronicling It.
Now York Iloruldi "There's ono comfort
about hulnit n bank cashier , " sild 9. Kojr l > ad-
nle , chnorlly : "my iiiotlior-ln-Iuw ciin'tbtund
the climate of Canada. "
Jndpo : To compliment , to court or kiss u
pretty widow's not a miss.
Washington Star : "No , " said ono ohlokoii
to another , "wo don't speak to her. She wasn't
hntchod from the sumo lot of OCRS that we
wore. "
"Oh , I aoo. Slio's from a different sot , Isn't
slioV"
THE COMMON KICKING POST.
The plumber cumo down like a wolf on the
fold
After frost with the pipes overnight had
cajoled :
And he loafed nnd-ho smoked while his boy
came nnd wont.
Hut the house Is his now , und the ether pays
renu
Hoston Herald : She ( gazing upward at the
old familiar orb ) How provoking It 1st
Ho Wlio , whnt ?
"Thut I cm never , never sea the ether Hide
of that moon. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Itaby growing right
along ? "
"Oh , yot. I think ho w.ll catch up with his
voice In a yourorso. "
There's many n slip
Twlxt the cup nd the lip
A truth wo cheerfully urant ;
lint there's often u sllu.
When it's boon at the lip
Sometimes a regular plant.
Now York Sun ; Western Belle Here , Paw ,
I have borrowed Mr. Tenderfoot's 'JJ-callbcr
revolver.
Piiw Wliati yer doln' with that toy ?
Western Hello I want you to ploroo my oars
so's I can wear the earrings Howling Hank
gave me.
Washington Star : When a man Is "laid up"
ho Is very apt to bo laid down.
TllK FItKKTIXa l'KJIt.1.
JVcio I'uiii Sim.
They como , they pass , with snow-soft foot ,
And deathless youth illumes their eyes ;
Alike to them nro chart and wheat ,
Allko iho foolish and the wise.
They bring the wound , they bring the balm ,
They light our smiles , they dry our tears ;
Careless of death or lifo , the calm
Servants of time , the patient years.
The winds that rend and strew the rose
Dissolve the sweetness through the alt ;
This wind of llino that boats and blows ,
Loaves all the past still fragrant fair.
Though hopes may fall and hearts may nreaic ,
And fruitless all thostnving- ,
Ono golden gift is left to make
Man's bliss , consoling memory.
Hail and farewell , farewell and hall !
TUo going and the coining guest.
U'olcomo to daybreak's shining sail ,
As to the night beyond the wostl
1'ho years may como , the years may go ,
And bring the snd or merry mood ;
Morrv or sad , ono thing wo know
That lifo Is good , all , llfo is good I
THVRSTOX . .i.vnis noosir.r.T.
Uoatrlco Democrat ! John M. Thtirston l
bomp boomed ns tha man above nil others
that should run for vice president on the
tttnlno tlcKot. It will bo remembered that
few years ago Mr. Thurstondlod In the ditch
as ono of the immortal Urant crowd.
So ward lloportori John M. Tnurston Is
said to to n candidate for vtoo president ,
Mr. Thurston's well known nblllty would
make him quite n formidable candidate , and
Nebraska would bi proud to glvo him hearty
support. Ilo his recently said , however
that ho Is not seeking such n distinction ,
1'nlrinont Signal ( rep , ) : Nebraska has n
candidate for the republican nomination for
vice president. Or , rather , the Irtends of
Hon. John M. Thurston have put him In the
Hold for thnt honor , althoagh It may well DO
hold on open question as to his being Ne
braska's cAiitltiUto , or that , or-tho republican
party of the state , notwithstanding his ac
knowledged brilliancy and political shrewd
ness.
ness.Urnnt
Urnnt County Hopubllcan : It Is an
nounced that John M. Thurstoti , the brilliant
orator and nblo nttornoy of this stnto , may
possibly bn n candidate for vice president , in
case the Hlalno element predominates In the
Minneapolis republican convention. It would
assuredly bo nn honor to the stnto of No-
braskn as well ns to the ontlro west to nainu
the next vice Crcsldont , ns nbovo tnulo.Uod , ,
from Nebraska. The Republican says : "So
mote It bo. "
Philadelphia Times ( dotn. ) : Thurston foi
vice president ! What treachery ! What
blow to poor MamioMon , who through all
the years has been grooming himself for vlc
presidential honors ! Uut Thurston Is a
talker and Mnndorson Is n worker , and ou
the surface the senator has the best of It.
While our two Nebraska candidates nro only
possibilities , ono of them may become moro.
Nebraska Is now In thollst of doubtful stales ,
and therefore entitled to extra attention.
Urnnd Island Independent ( rep. ) : John
M. Thurston , the head railroad attorney of
the Union I'aclflo , nnd paymaster of the Lin
coln oilrooms , has the extraordinary modesty
to put himself in the hands of his friends as
republican candidate for vice president o (
the United States.Vodon't thluK thnt any
sensible republican has the least Irtea of such
n nomination , but it Is unfortunate for tha
republican party that such n tool of the rail
road companies < ; un ( latter himself with the
hope of receiving this nomination from the
party. Yes ! Leland Stanford for presi
dent and John M. Thurston for vice prost
dent would maka a nice railroad toam.
Silver Crook Times ( rep ) : John M. Thurs-
ton ought to know that with his name on the
national ticket , republican defeat would bo i
foregone conclusion ; ho ought to know that
the very fact of his candidacy before the
Minneapolis convention with the Nebraska
delegation at his back would bo very llkol )
to Insure the dofaat of the republicans in this
state next fall , and ho o'.ight to know that
bis participation In republican conventions
for the past twenty yours as the hlrod attor
ney of a railroad company has had moro to do
with bringing the party to Its present low
ebb thanany ether ouo thing. All this ha
doubtless does know as wall as any ono also ,
which fact being granted it follows that bin 1
present candidacy Is intended to bo solely In
his own personal interest. But how does tin
expect to serve his own interest In taking i >
course which ho know * will bo detrimental
to the interests of his party ? It should hero
bo remembered that Mr. Thurston once
desired an appointment of President Harrison
risen as secretary of the interior. In declin
ing to make the appointment Mr. Harrison
aid ono of the mostscnsiblothings of lib llfo ;
nevertheless John M. has it in for him. Ho
evidently reasons with himself thusly : If
I am a candidate for the nomina
tion as vice president , party usage )
would glvo mo the Nebraska delegation to
the Minneapolis convention ; I would then
use it as a club with which to boat out Presi
dent Harrison's brains , nnd then , if the sue
cessful Candida to should bo elected , I could
get most , anything I wauled. Judge Thurs
ton is nn nblo nnd brilliant man , but tv'
should bo given to understand that ho camin *
have tbo Nebraska delegation for this or any
ether purpose. The times are not propitious
for railroad candidates or railroad manipu
lators In politics. Railroads are indosponsa-
bio to the well-being of society and ihoy
should have a just remuneration for ser
vices rendered , but they must not
bo allowed to domlnnto conventions
and legislatures. They will take
good counsel by keeping out of the former i
entirely , and by figuring in the latter only
in u fair and legitimate manner , as any pri
vate person might properly do. It Is cosy to
say that in becoming i > railroad attorney
Judge Thurston did not surrender his right ?
and privileges as n private citizen. That is
true , und yet , it is equally true thnt as a can
didate before the people ho would not bo
looked upon as the man , John M. Thutslou ,
but as a tool of Jay Gould.
& CD.
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if. W. Corner 15th und Douglas Sti.
Shirtwaists
Cut to the Core
Monday we sell all our $ { Percale and
Cheviot Star Shirt
Waists for 75c ,
Got too many ,
want the room for
new spring novel
ties. No further
comment neces
sary. Monday 75c
for Star Shirtwaists. For Papas and for
those who'd like to be Papas and for those
who wouldn't ' be Papas if they could , we
have 187 Suits on the.front counter , 1 and 2
suits of a kind , plenty of sizes , and if you
like the color or style you buy them all the
way from $8.50 to $22.50 and make $4 to
$8 on the investment. $1 Shirtwaists 75cf
Browning , King & Co
iu11-111' I S.W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.