I'llMUAllY 28 , 1892-STXTEKN PACKS.
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AvrniKO Circulation for .Inmmry U4t. : !
So I.OKO ns Franco and Germany pay
heavy bounties to tholr boot aujjnr man
ufacturers America cannot expect homo
BURar innkors to moot European compe
tition without governmental assistance.
moldons who nro in
clined to slight the opportunities afforded
by 1892 must not forgot that after this
year rolls by there will bo but ono moro
leap year until 1004. The year 1900 will
liavo 305 days.
Tun BUB does not understand why
the Hoard of Park Commissioners should
doom it luh'isablo to grant the right to
conduct the rofrcfahment booth in
Hnnscom park free when responsible
parties stand ready to pay $1,000 or
moro for the privilege.
WIIATKVKU may bo true of the coun
try at largo , Nebraska is not ready to
approve a law roooaling tlio sugar
bounty or making binder twine free.
But sugar and binder twine manufactur
ing a.ro'"infant industries" in this state
- which wo desire to see encouraged.
UNTIL the 5-cont bridge arbitrary is
removed , a fair -rate on Texas cattle is
secured , milllng-in-transit rates are
conceded and the local switching
charges are reduced , there is no time
for the transportation committee ? of our
various business organizations to take
trips or enjoy leisure.
TUB opportunity is presented our
Jobbers to souuro a first class wholesale
dry goods linn with nmplo capital. If
Omaha pcoplo will take n little stock in
tlio institution there is scarcely a shadow
of doubt but this branch of our jobbing
trade can bo strengthened within a few
months to the advantage of business
generally. _ _ _ _ _ _
TUB African who concealed himself
in the woodpile long enough to tuijn a
water pipe loose upon the federal build
ing site the night before Supervising
Architect Kdbrooko's vis.it has not yet
I MI discovered. The fact is , no oltort
has boon made to locate him. "A ro-
inarkablo coincidence" Is scarcely dense
enough to hide him from public view.
Ho should bo smoked out some way.
Ir MR. THOMAS MUIUIAY would expand
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,1 , pand his heart and tender the city a
tract of the dimensions of Ilanscom park
the citizens of Omaha , regardless of
creed , party or BOX will petition the
park commission to accept the trlft and
Jieop the memory of Murray perpetually
frngrnnt by giving the park his name.
And most of our citl/.ons would favor
the enlargement of Murray park by the
purchase of the llfty or sixty acres of
additional land adjoining the park , pro
viding always that It can bo bought at a
reasonable price.
TUB coming general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will pass
upon the question of the eligibility of
women to preach the gospel and to rep
resentation in that body. The question
Jins boon voted upon nt the annual con
ferences and a majority of 480 out of a
total vote of 10,750 is reported. No
question of church polity to como before
.tho general conference will bo quite so
lntarostinfr.ua this , or will so thoroughly
lost the oxooutlvo ability of the presid
ing bishop , for no othop will arouse so
uuioh acrimonious discussion.
Mu/i'ON E. Faun has deposited 8100
with Tin : BUM as the nucleus of a fund
to bo used in providing treatment * of
Jnuu addicted to the alcohol habit who
arc unable to pay the expenses for thorn-
Bolvos. Ho has sot nn example worthy
pf emulation and TUB BKK hopes other
persons who bollovo In extending a
b.\nd to the victims of dipsomania will.
Bond in contributions. This is a prac
tical charity and the Instances in which
habitual drunkards have boon cured are
eo numerous in our midst ns to relieve
the charitably disposed from all doubt
as to the olllcacy of the treatment pro-
posod. _ _ _ _
MM. CHARLES F. WKLLKR of the
Omaha Commercial club states that the
prospects for the abolition of tlio bridge
arbitrary of C cents per 100 , which now
stands In the way of Omalm'a jobbing
trade east of the rlvor , are very encour
aging. The justice of the claim of
O.imha for this concession in rates cannot -
not bo gainsaid. Qouncil Bluffs Is ad
mitted to Nebraska and western points
Nvlthout the bridge charge , and
tlioro dan bo no reason why Omaha
uliouid suitor a discrimination on Its
Iowa business. The jobbing trade of
this city has grown to sulllolont import
ance to warrant our demands for fair
tro.vtmont. '
ue-
"us. Un-
RToilulo the great
'military gatherings
cannot hope to compete
successfully with other cltlos for similar
favors in the future.
llnd the exposition building boon al
lowed to remain ns originally designed
wo would have boon In condition to sat
isfy nil ordinary demands for Inigo popu
lar demonstrations , but since the build-
iirg has boon subdivided it has become
molcss for the purposes Intended to bo
sutoorvcd by its projectors. The Coll-
souin is nt best only a great barn , Its
location at ono end of the town is a great
drawback , and at best It can only bo
utilized as a sporting * hippodrome.
Omaha is notin position at this time
to build a porniitnont exposition build
ing of the magnitude and magnificence
of similar structures at Minneapolis ,
Milwaukee and Denver. But there
ought to bo no trouble in raising the
necessary funds for nn armory capacious
enough for drilling a full regiment of
infantry. Such a building will bo in
constant UHO by our national guards and
can bo converted , at llttlo expanse , into
nn industrial exposition hall for thirty
or sixty days during each yoar. Nearly
every city of any pretensions in the
eastern states boasts of ono or moro nr-
inorica. The Canadian cltlos , including
Quebec , Montreal and Toronto , have
each erected magnificent armories for
their volunteers.
Why cannot Omaha emulate their
example ? Why cannot some of our
wealthiest citizens bo induced to either
donate a plot of ground centrally located
and suitable for nn armory , or lease
such a plot of ground for a long term of
years at n nominal price ? If the ground
can bo secured under favorable con
ditions the necessary futitla for the build
ing could , it seems to us , bo raised by
contributions and subscriptions to stock
on which n reasonable rate of interest is
guaranteed. If this armory wore
erected this spring the Manufacturers
and Consumers association could well
afford to join in the enterprise and hold
their first exposition immediately after
the national drill.
TUB INDUSTRIAL
The Industrial exposition to bo hold
in Omaha in Juno will mark an epoch in
the history of Omaha and the stato.
Nebraska has never made a creditable
exhibit of her manufactures. The dis
plays at state and county fairs and the
Omaha exposition have boon interesting ,
but the articles of homo manufacture
have boon over-shadowed by the exhibits
of farm products , live stock and mer
chandise.
Few people appreciate the number and
magnitude of our industrial concorns.
The exposition in Juno will contain sam
ples of Iho products of nearly every fac
tory in the state and where practicable ,
the process of manufacture will bo ex
hibited to the public.
The enthusiasm manifested by the
members of the Manufacturers and Con
sumers association in the proposed expo
sition makes its success a certainty. In
asmuch as it is the lirst display of the
kind over hold in the state it will attract
unusual attention and it deserves the en
couragement of the local state press. It
is in no sense to bo circumscribed by the
city limits of Omaha. Every mill and
factory in the state will bo allotted
abundant space and everything will bo
done to give ouch industrial establish
ment the opportunity of displaying its
products to the visiting public in the
most attractive manner.
A GOnif EXHIBIT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
The suggestion that congress make an
appropriation for a corn exhibit at the
World's fair is worthy of consideration.
The contemplated plan is not morolv to
gather from the principal corn-pro
ducing states an attractive display of
that cereal , but to make provision for
demonstrating the many nutritious
qualities of corn as human food. What
has already boon done to familiarize
Europeans with the value of this great
American staple for table use has had
good results. Perhaps all that was
hoped for from the olTorts to Introduce
corn into Europe as food for the people
has not boon realized , but progress has
boon made and there is reasonable
ground for belief that the future will
BOO a steady increase in the European
demand for corn ns human food. Itsuso
has boon considerably increased in
Great Britain , and while the people of
the continent have not taken so kindly
to It as they were expected to under ex
isting conditions , it is a certainty of the
not remote future that they will bo coin-
polled to use It largely as a substitute
for other broad grains , of which the sup-
uly relative- population is very likely
to decline from year to year from the
average of the past.
It is believed that a comprehensive
exhibit nt the Columbian exposition
would do more to educate Europeans to
accept corn as food for man than all the
effort in this direction that has boon
made abroad. The visitors from Eu
rope , seeing it oaten commonly by
Americana of all classes , would the
moro certainly bo induced to cultivate a
taste for it than they can bo at homo , or
at any rate they would learn to regard
it with greater favor from seeing its ex
tensive use hero. It is uot generally
understood , at least by the common people -
plo of Europe , that corn enters so
largely as it does into the domestic
economy of the American people , and it
la not to bo doubted that if they could
bo made aware of its extensive popular
use here they would think bettor of
ttmt grain. At any rate , as ono of the
great Btaplo products of the country
corn ought to have a distinct and ample
exhibit at the World's fair , and if con-
erosa will not make an appropriation
for this purpose the principal corn
growing stntoa ought to unite In making
the exhibit.
It haa boon suggested that if the six
states of Indiana , Illinois , Iowa , Mis
souri , Kansas and Nebraska were to
two
provide
I for a corn ex-
these states were to
uroct ji corn palnco nt the fair
the various forms of corn ns
food could bo shown , and where the
many nutritious dishes could bo cooked
In the presence of the people and fed to
thorn at a nominal price , great results
would follow. The matter is of sulllclont
importance to morlt the serious atten
tion of all who are interested In Increas
ing the exports of ono of our chief pro
ducts.
I'llVSlCAL TRAINIMI AND MORALS.
People generally do not associate
morals and physical training. To the
avorngo mind they seem incompatible ,
if not antagonistic. But there is no
necessary hostility between them. On
the contrary , they may not only oxlst to
gether , but physical training may be
come n positive help to the growth of
inornlb. Ono of the most earnest advo
cates of such training Is Dr. John S.
White , head master of the Berkeley
school , who in a recent address declared
that of all that tonas to Improve vho
character and morals of men there is no
ono element of greater value than ju
dicious physical training. The host ac
complishment of the mind and heart
cannot bo oxpoclod If that most marvelously -
volously intricate of all machines , the
human body , bo not kept in perfect
order and at the point of highest of-
flctoncy. -
The fact that for years athletics and
athletes have not boon of the highest
repute does not militate against the
value of physical training when pursued
in a proper spirit and with a proper
aim. Many kinds of sports and many
forms of exercise have boon brought
under the ban of the critic and the
church because of the evil associations
which have boon made to surround
them , but this does not prove that they
are essentially ovil. Much harm has
boon done by injudicious opposition to
the ordinary forms of harmless sport
and , cxoroiso by pcoplo who ought to
have known bottor. Forty yours ago
students of divinity were practically
excluded by public opinion from partici
pation in any form of athletic sports.
They were forood to conform their lives ,
their dross and their diet almost to the
ascetic standard of the middle agoa.
This idea is still rife , but is not so gen
eral as it was a generation ago and is
steadily losing ground.
The fundamental maxim of the now
physical training is not to produce afow
great athletes , but rather to raise every
individual to the highest symmetrical
development , and the maximum of
health and physical beauty of which
nature has made him personally capable.
Not quantity , but quality , ollicioncy of
form and muscle , are the desideratum.
Dr. White declared his confident belief
that if to every sohoolhouso in every
land there were added an extension , era
a story , giving a single largo , sunny
room , into which a judicious variety of
the appliances of a well qquippod gym
nasium could bo put , and if every child ,
from the youngest to the oldest , could
receive forty minutes of drill by a com
petent instructor each day , and have
that training supplemented by instruc
tion in the important laws of health ,
the total of crime and the numbers of
the criminal classes would , in the follow
ing generation , bo diminished fully
one-half.
To develop strong arms and chest and
logs Is the surest way also to produce a
clear and powerful brain. In other
words , the best form of physical train
ing must needs bring a powerful con
tribution to the moral and intellectual
well-being of the subject. The testi
mony of professors and physicians in
the universities all ever the world
establishes the fact that hand in hand
with the diffusion of the athletic spirit
goes an improvement in the morals of
the students , and that in a largo
majority of inslancos the men who are
most successful in athlotio sports excel
also in mental attainments.
IN aniIALF OF CONVICTS.
The prime object of penal servitude Is
the reformation of the criminal. The
very name of penitentiary implies pen-
unco for crimes committed and the ox-
pintion of the crime is intended to bo
coupled with the reclamation of the
criminal. Ono of the problems that con
fronts society under our form of govern
ment is , how cun the ox-convict bo
placed in position to gain a livelihood
and become a useful and law-abiding
citizen ? How shall sooloty deal with the
men and women who have undergone the
ordeal of penal servitude and desire to
resume their places in the social fabric ?
The ox-convict is despised by his fellowmen -
low-men , shunned by old associates , and
often forced by the cruelty of the world
to commit crime to soouro sustenance.
Almost every day in the year some Joan
Valjcan stops forth into the world from
ono of our so-called reformatories to Book
a livelihood and renew the combat
against the prejudices which prevail
among all classes against the ox-convict.
In reform schools the boys are
managed with some degree of success
and many a bright lad is cured entirely
of evil habits which if thuy hud not boon
corrected would have forood him into
the garb of a convict sooner or later.
The severest test of manhood comes to
the | > oor follow who perhaps moro from
the force of circumstances than any
Jnnato wickedness has taken a wrong
stop and fallen into a prison cell , and
after a term long or short omluavors to
11 vo dovyn his disgrace. Ifo has acquired
regular habits. Perhaps ha has learned
n trade. His life in prison has forced
him to bo abstemious and ho Is really
better fitted to make his way in the
world than ( f ho had not suite roil the
experience of Imprisonment. But the
mark of Cain is upon him. If ho dis
agrees with a follow workman or his
employer the fact IB Haunted in his face.
Ho must he a man of iron will , excep
tional ability in his line of employment
and ho needs the virtue of a saint to
overcome the obstacles which the
cruelty of socloty places in the way of
his complete reformation.
It is gratifying to oltsorvs a growing
interest in these poor follows. There
are now organisations In correspondence
of penitentiaries who
to assist , worthy ox-convicts
and there Is roauoni to bollovo they are
nblo to accomplish > 1x vast amount of
good to mankind , j , 'They certainly re
duce the number uF criminals very
materially and do the kindest acts which
cun bo performed lp follow men. In
Minnesota nn n ( font is employed by the
prison and rofortndtoijy boards to look
after the cases of Vnon who return to the
communities of 'that ' stale from the
gloomy cells of th'i * , penitentiary. Other
western states would find it both profitable
able- and chorltabU ) to1 do likewise. Wo
are doing a grout deal to reform the
dissipated all ovctrthls country anil to
lift young porsoi , out ° ' temptations
through ono sort of missionary work
and another. It will bo well to take this
further slop anil save to good order and
decent livelihood the men not incorrigi
ble who return to society from the
penitentiaries year by yoar.
EX-MAYOU'Louixa of Minneapolis at
tributes the growth of that city largely
to its system of parks and boulevards.
Thnro was r. prolonged fight before any
thing was accomplished , but finally , ton
yours ago , a board of park commis
sioners was created by the legislature
with absolute control of all the parks
and boulevards , and also with the right
to condemn property which they might
nocdjmd to define the limits of the dis
trict to bo bouo'lttcd by such improve
ments , with the further power of de
termining bonollts and damages. Since
that time there has boon steady progress
in creating a system of parks and boule
vards , so that now Minneapolis is ex
celled by few cities in the world in the
extent and beauty of those attractions.
Still she has uot halted in this work ,
but is acquiring land for further im
provement In this direction which will
add greatly to the attractiveness of the
city. A policy that has proved so ad
vantageous to Minneapolis could not fail
to benefit Omaha , and the example is
ono worthy the consideration of this
community. There is not a city in the
country with a good park system that
has not found it a proltablo investment ,
and the testimony of all European cltios
is to the same effect. A judicious expenditure -
pondituro of money for parks has never
boon a caubo of regret to any com
munity.
ONE of Iho reforms instituted by the
postmaster general is the merit system
for promotions in the postal service , and
it is giving entire satisfaction. Its visi
ble effect has boon to materially improve
the ofllcloncy of the service , because
every employe whp.has . an ambition to
rise , and there are very few who do not ,
are inspired to their Tjest olTorts. It is
an incentive , both to"faithfulness and to
interest in the wo'fky for these count
moro than any i fliiVpco , political or
'
other , that a clonk'aan > bring to boar.
The object of the 'sysfdm ia to impress
upon every man n ih'o service that ho
must depend uport'ihimself alone and
upon his own oxorfion's' ' , and that if ho is
not qualified to cstab'lish a claim to ad-
vancoraont by superior work and a strict
devotion to duty hp ciijinot expect any
thing from outsldo help , whatever it
may bo. This acts'as'a ' spur to zeal and
diligence , and tho' gain to thQe'Tleionoy
of the service hoe t consequently boon
very marked. Tha merit system is
founded on sound business principles
and ought to bo adopted in all depart
ments of the public service. Its suc
cess in the Postofilco department doubt -
loss insures its permanent maintenance
thoro.
JUDGE LYTLU'S logic as to the valid
ity of the present park commission is
decidedly strained. It may have bson
of doubtful propriety to confer executive
power upon our district judges , but Mr.
Lytle will scarcely contend that the
provision of the constitution which con
fers upon the governor , subjoctto confir
mation by the senate , the power to make
all appointments of officers created by
law under the constitution refers to any
municipal ofllcor unless it is specifically
provided in the act itsolf. If this con
struction wcro uphold by the courts , not
only all the secretaries on the State
Board of Transportation and the bank
examiners and other subordinate of
ficials that draw pay from the atalo
treasury would have to bo appointed by
the governor , but all city oflicials who
hold places by appointment would also
have to bo commissioned by. the gov
ernor. All of these persons hold their
positions in pursuance of laws enacted
under the state constitution.
Tnn report of the Kansas State Board
of Agriculture for 1891 is a most instruc
tive document Within ninety pages
the pamphlet treats of crop and live
stock statistics , with a summary for the
state covering the aoroago , product
and value of all the agricultural and
llvo stock product ; of the sorghum in
dustry ; irrigation ; the "loco wood" ;
the water conditions and the meteorol
ogy of the atato. Each of the topics
presented is discussed tersely and intel
ligently. The pamphlet Is a compend
ium of the agricultural resources and
llvo stock Industries of the stato. It
affords exhaustive and invaluable in
formation concorin'gi ] ( the wealth of
Kansas and as a painstaking analysis of
the conditions whfjSji'ipako for the pros-
porlty of an agricultural commonwealth
it loaves llttlo to b6dddrod.
PITl <
. .
GOLD HILL , Wyo. , may not enjoy the
rush of miners and1 speculators experi
enced by CroodoM'5"i9Jp. , and porhapa
there will be no real , estate boom there ,
but the roporU c"5nttfiuo encouraging
for the dovolopinoa 'of a a toady bullion
producing ramp. uTlio prospect for a
general revival of jn'fjpjjbat in the mining
industry throughqiHoqtho country is
bright Unless the indications are do-
copttvo this will
in the camps of the Rockios.
COUNCIL BLUlTri will bo greatly bene
fited by the people's party convention
and her citizens should bo invited to
places on the general committee on ar
rangements for the entertainment of the
delegates and visitors. Both cltlos will
bo tuxod to their utmost to provide ac
commodations for the crowds.
Kucpn on 1'lKUtlii ; ; .
" "
Tlio Utfgistor not In tbo squabble , so can
tuko an unoiasod vlow of the in at tor. THE
O\utu BEB Is the best nbmod napor pub
lished In , Nobrnska. It bus boon for n long
tlmo now , anil Is still bolng scored by nlmoit
every pnpor in the state of Any prominence ,
repnrdloss of party politic * , but it keeps
right on fighting the booJlora nnil ring man
ipulators nnil railroads , paying bin llttlo
attention tosniullng nnil barking ntits lieols.
Tun HIB : lias done mora to bring tlio city
government of Omalm up to Its present
standard of purity than all other Inlluonccs
combined. It cannot help bolng patent to n
disinterested spectator ilmt the fnflunnco of
that paper in molding public sentiment Is so
mucti greater than any ono or even all ot the
others , Is the cause of n potty jealousy with
thum that cannot bo overcome.
I'myors , Vrrnrlilni ; nnil I'oltcr.
OffiM Ainctliiiit ,
Through the courtesy or Wntrous Jts Dan-
mgan ot the Donvur Exchange , the gnmcn In
the club room were stopped last night to
allow n minister of the gospel to address n
crowil which hail gathered to hoar him. The
sight was most curious n crowd of such men
ns nro found only in n Colorado mining camp
listening with close attention to urayon to
the throne of grace , mcnnwhilo clinking to-
gothcr In their imlms the red nnd wlutochips
loft over in their Interrupted game.
When the minister had finished , the keno
table , which had aono duty lor n pulpit , was
ngaln surrounded by the players , tvnd
"ICono I" " 01" nnd the rest of the players'
exclamations contrasted with the monotonous
volco of the roulctto man , cr.vlng , "Twenty-
ono black , high , nobody there 1" and then the
chins rattle Into his box.
llnyil'H Vrltntn .Srorclnry.
Grand Mind Dcmoctut.
Wo see that Governor Boyd has nppolntou
Frank I" , Morrlssoy as his private secretary.
Lot us sec , who Is this Frank H. Morrlssoy t
Isn'tho the tnan who black-llstod a lot ot
democratic members of the legislature
because they voted for Van WycU tor United
States senator ) Isn't ho the man that was
the heavy man on the Omulm Herald Just
before Dr. Miller doomed It necessary to sell
that pauor on account of this black list roast
of democrats who were carrying out their
pledges to the pcoplo t Wo bcllovo no Is.
A I'lirullnl.
1'liHaMiiMa , Times.
Ignatius Donnelly , presiding ever the or
ganization of the third party at tit. Louis In
ISO. ! , is a figure so striking as to uo singu
larly suggostlvo of Mlraboau welding to
gether the third ostiuo at Versailles In 1TS9.
Except that the funnel's alliance Isn't in the
least like the third estate , that St. Louis
Isn't in the least hlco Versailles , and that
Ignatius Donnelly Isn't in the least like
Mlrabcau , the parallel is o < cact ,
llrllllunry "I Itrlco.
jYcio Yink Ailrei Itscr.
The coroner's Jury in Illinois , which
brought In n verdict tbat "doroased came to
his death by being found dead In bed , " had
aoubtless been reading the deep philosophy
of Senator Brlco , to 'tho olTect that Mr.
Cleveland , if ho received the necessary two-
thirds majority In the Chicago convention ,
would be nominated for the presidency.
Whur Did St. I'uul Out Wind I'uililliiR ?
St.Mill I'loncer I'rcst.
I'OOK OLD OMAHA.
NnUHASKA'S MKTItorOMS MUST TAKE THE PEO
PLE'S I'AllTV CONVENTION ,
OSr.Y SEVENTEEN nUNDllCU AN1 > SBVKNTV-SIX
DELEGATES WILL HE T1IEI13.
An Klomcnt of I'opuliirity.
Jfdiua * Democrat.
Ono thing that makes THE UMAHA BEE so
valuable to Nebraskans and so popular , Is its
columns of state telegrams , fresh and relia
ble. Kansas has no such paper Kansas
dailies , too , are reported as not. paying.
Intestine In Futures.
New I'oifc Ailccrttetr.
The fact tbat Jay Gould has subscribed
f 10,000 for church work Is a fair notice to the
spirits of uvll that they have nn antagonist
who has never yet DOOU whipped.
The N 'W York Terror.
New \'t k Ciimmerctal.
Turn Perry loose. Editor Garza wants ,
him. Gar/a and Perry as a chapparal ticket
would not glvo , Diaz a walkover In the uoxt
presidential campaign In Mexico.
Don't You do Tommy , Don't Go.
Mlnncaixiltn Tribune.
Waste no tears on Edison. A great many
of us woulrt bo glad to bo "frozen out" Just
as ho has boon. One-tenth of $100,000,000 is
not half baa , even for Edison.
Or the Theft of u State.
New York Trttiunt.
The negro who stole a rod hot stove is
rivalled , if not overmatched , by the French
men who have purloined government dyna-
mlto.
ATOllTliUX
An angel Is always amiable because it has
no stomach.
Children would do as they are told a great
deal better if grown folks did as they toll.
No children , in the oyas of their mother ,
are ever old enough to take care of them
selves.
In tbo good old-fashlonod times kings did
not have the luxuries that a poor man now
calls bis necessities.
Tbo moro worthless the man a woman
marries the moro affectionate she oegins to
feel toward her father.
Too many woman forgot when a man 11 al
ters them that the deeper the coating of
sugar the moro bitter the pill.
Almost any man can reconcile bis wlfo to
being loft at homo when ho goes to conven
tions and excursions by carrying her photo
graph with him.
There are times in every man's Ufa when
ho covers his ignorance by saying that the
wisest roan in tbo world couldn't , answer all
the questions of a fool.
Did you ever notice that a man who does
not"tallc" nbouc oihors is generally admired !
You can bo admired in the same way nnd
feel bettor in that tender spot away down
deep in you.
JIL.tSTti PltOM HAM'S //Ort.V.
Sin is most fascinating when you cannot
see its fuco.
Find a man who doubts and you find ono
who is weak.
Nobody ever gobs to bo any better than
they want to bo.
It doosn't make a lie any whiter to put It
oa n tombstouo.
When truth goes Into battle it always
fights In the front rank.
Tbo man who proves that there Is no hell
Is the devil's best friend.
A religion that consists only la Ideas does
not make anybody bettor.
The gold handle on an umbrella is not ad-
inlroil when it is raining hard.
Pcoplo who try to hldo bobind ono another
in church , will try to do the same thing In
tbo judgment.
The devil never throws any stones at the
preacher who is trying to prove that salva
tion begins and cmds with tbo head.
The man who hides bobind a hypocrite Is
about as snfo us the soldier who hides be
hind a rotten stump on tbo battloflold.
rowus.
Somervlllo Journal : It always looks funny
to uo another ( nun fall clown , uut It loldom
sooins funny to it man when ho hits fullon down
hluisolf.
ICnto I'lold'i Wnshlnvtoni "Thoy'vogot n
Kchuniu fur nmklii' ruin now , Ilurlu , " nix Id
"Lawsy mul What'll they daw next'/ " re
turned Mitrlu. "I've hum toil o' boys ralnlii'
thunilur , but I nmur thought they'd muko
ruin. "
NolKlibor-.I wur. H'prlsod to hour lately ,
Ilrudditr Wampus , datyou'a drlnklii' hard.
Mr. Wampus Vusslr. cley's u IHHII out wont
JJH do worl' uni gwinu to como to uu end m
"bout two weoko , nn' I's bound t wont lot ill !
ycro bar'l o' older go to wastnl
Tribune ! DrugBlU T can rocoin-
tnond the asitotlda pill * . Tlioy nro colored
with n mating of goliitlno , nnd you won't
tuMo tliostulT nt nil.
Apathetic democrat ( In the first Magus of
tlioirrlpl .lust as lives have tlio rmv nsiiflil-
illly , Mr stotuncli 'II stand anything now.
I'voHvrnllowod Davn Mill.
TIIK Cl-I.TUIIRD MAID ,
HuilonJctttr.
She stud led nil the lan.'iiiROi
( Kxi-opt. pcrlmps , hernnn )
And nn n lofty plnnatilo
Of learning stood ulono.
And yet whene'er 1 hoinl her speak
It miido inn H id bofiinso
In | illo of lu-r ncronitllsliim | < nt9
She always said "you was ! "
Washington Star ; The man \\lin Is proud nt
his acts of lirnuvolonco Is not.ibiu fur the vnln
of sympathy In hU nntnro.
Somortltln Journal : Keportors nro nlwnys
getting Into troublo. Ono of them tried to
say : "Miss riyrto looked lovely nt the bull
lust ovi'iiliiK , " but tlui typi's inndo him any :
"Miss I'lvrto looked lonely nt tlio bull last
evening , " nnd rlio nosur smiles upon him now.
TIIK ALMANAU.IOKi : .
Detroit I'rcc 1'irw.
According to the tilmutiur ,
Old winter now Is on the nick ,
And very soon we'll know Its back
Is broken.
lint , frlondo , don't let your caution slaclt ,
Keep llnnnols to vonr front uud back ,
You know In every attnnniio
There's Joklit' .
Indianapolis Journal : \\o noxor roallrollio
value of n Jewel until wo try to pawn It. Como
to think of It , wo diin't then.
I'lmlra Cinretto : A man's contempt for a
eoiiolto | Is always mingled with pity for the
other follows.
Now Orleans Picayune : Tim worst crop a
farmers alliance uun I.IISQ Is tlio agl-tatur
ctop.
Washington Star : "Itumomber , William , "
said thuyuunc man's futhur , "a rolling stonu
gathers no moss. "
'Tim's just It , " answered William. "I don't
want to bu a moasback. "
I'uek : "What do you suppose Is the c uisenf
the lurso amount ot Insanity Unit exists ut
tlio present tlmo ! " ' "Tho law vors for the du-
fenso , as a rule. "
plilrnio Tribune : English Tourist r say.
wlmt makes you Americans talk with your
noses ?
American I say. whit makes you Urlttsh-
orslulk with your don't-you-knowsosV
lloston lleinld : Auuuvass of the I'arasrapli-
ors association on the presidential issue
shows a preponderance for Holes. It IB u
gre.it name to trifle with.
Union County Standard : The average onl-
tnph Is apt to be too unlliilTy.
SEES A PAVING SCHEME.
"Tnvpujcr.V" Opposition to" Hoard ofl'iibllu
WorkH * New ( iimrstnty Itulr.
OMMIA , Fob. 27. To the Editor of THE
BUB : John U. Furny of the Board of Public
Works of this city is goutirally credited with
having formulated the plans and specltlcn-
tlons for the paving contracts of this year.
Without scrutinizing Mr. Furay's brainy
production it would bo inferred that ho is n
special guardian angel for each and every
taxpayer in the city , but closer examination
reveals a different state of affairs.
The specifications propose that the con -
tractor shall clvo a guaranty ror ten years
and that 15 per cent of tbo amount
shall bo retained till the expiration
of that time at 5 per cent. Will
the Board of Public Works stop nnd
consider the injury and loss they pronoso to
"
entail on the citv ? Lot us examine. "Aeon-
tract for § 100,000 is not very extensive and
the retention of this amount at 15 per cent
would bo fl5,00u , which surely would bo
moro than a handsome profit on the contract.
Without compound Interest the interest the
citv should pav for $15,000 for ten years at
5 per cent is $7,500 , making the contract at
the expiration of ten years $107,500 inde
pendent of tbo interest on the bonds for In
tersections , paving and curbing. As no fixed
rate of interest can bo given for the latter
bonds , it is passed over , but the taxpayer at
the end of ton years will have a thorough
knowlcdgo of it.
But this is not nil. All bidding competi
tion is completely shut out , therefore the
contractor who bids must and will bid
enough to pay all expenses and have a good
margin of pro ill , but will bo equally careful
to tag on , ot'cr these two important items ,
expenses and prolits , $15,000 , or 15 per cent ,
which amount the taxpayer loses without
any remuneration.
'iho ten years' guaranty is equally unjust
and foolish. Just look at It. The city pays n
city engineer and a Board of Public works to
ionic alter its business according to approved
plans and specifications. Tbo snoclfications
are right or wrong. If right ( -ot the work
aono according to them ; if wrong correct
them. Besides this the work is done ender
an inspector , and if the engineer , Board of
Public WorKb and inspector do not under
stand where a contract is done , tbo who'alot
ought to icsign at once and not entail thou
sands of expense on the city to bonollt ono or
two individuals. During the ton years the
contractor and worK arc in the hands of the
Boara of Public Works and a gain is opened
wldo to a flood of corruption. The guaranty
and retained 15 per coot leave the ball at tbo
foot of tbo Board of Public Works to
knock it high or low as they ploaso.
Without any real necessity they can
compel contractors to ropavu the street.
For the same cause a load of sand und three
or four men can do the work , but the tax
payers at the end of thoyoarmust pay 3.2,500
on n contract of $100.000 for & worth ot
work.
What will bothorosultl Tfio contractor
must stand In. a Mood of corruption Is poured
on the city. Ho will not ropavo the street
nnd don't lot you forgot It , neither will ho
pocket the $ -.M , : > 00. Verily , the city of Omahft
owosadcbtof grfttttudo to the mon who secured -
cured the ro-clcctlon of J. n. Furay.
The proper course Is that no work should
no accepted of the contractor which Is not
done well , nnil that Is the true nnd only wny
to protect the properly owner mid to sliut oft
nil fraud.
Lot the plans nnd specifications bo such ns
to admit nil bltltiors , and many will bo bone-
lilted nnd the few will not bo enriched.
Labor will have n bolter clinnco than If a
few contractors control nil the work.
As the matter Is before the council It Is
hoped limy will give It their earnest consid
eration nnd consult the Inlet-eats of the poo-
pic. Lot tbo council domnnd that the work
it iltno well ; that the contractor is paid with
out Imposing unnecessary conditions ; that
the laboi or is paid ; that no man gets con
tracts who does not pav wages without n
lawsuit. Lot the councilman demand these
toqulromcnts and Ihoy will bo doing their
duty faithfully. TAM-AM.II.
Tii.KUUAt'll
Itrilurtlon of Itiitcs lij Iho AVcftiTii Union
TrlrKruph Uoiiipini } .
Ciiit'Aoo , III , Fob. 2 * . The Western
Union Telegraph company Is continuing Its
policy of reductions In telegraph rates , nnil
on March 1 will put Into affect now schedules
reducing rates to anil from many points In
Wisconsin , Illinois , lowu , Nebraska mid
Minnesota , from 20 per cent to 40 per cent ,
This also reduces their present Intorstuto
rales where they are now fit ) cents to 10 conU
nt about tUO olllcos in Illinois. iloJ In Minnesota
seta , 5130 in \ \ Isuonsln , 'J75 in Missouri , ii'lO
in Iowa and 1100 In Kansas. At 100 olllcos in
each of the above states , .tho rate to otbor
ofllcos within the same state has been rot )
duccd from 40 to a.'i rents , anil they nnnounco
that still other reductions nro now bolng
arranged.'O
'O
Aransiix 1'ain Trouble * ,
Sx ANTONIO , Tex. , Feb. 27. At n confer
ence between F. P. Sargonl , grand chlof of
the Locomotive Fireman's brotherhood , and
Superintendent Sands of Iho A ransas road ,
thij grievances of the unomplpyod lliomcn of
the road were ngnui discussed. The ofllcmls
of the road held out ugnlnst nil the demands
of the men , und no result was reached. Mr.
Sargent loft for Tyler. Ho stated before his
departure that ho was iiuablo to say what
would doelop In the course ot n few weeks
if the mon were still kept out of tbolr old po
sitions. The ofllcluts of the road claim the
firemen were strikers , and were n parly lo
tbo written ngrcomont which tbo arbitrators
signed nt the end of the stnko und they must
nbldu by its provisions.
l.ocuti'il Soinu ol < iiirrit'H Men.
SVN ANTONIO , Tox. , Fob. 27. A dispatch
was received here stating that a party of
Garza revolutionists huvo boon located nt
La Cain basin , in Xapata county , Texas. Ser
geant Frank Williamson , with llvo privates
of the Third cavalry und two privates of
company K , Eighteenth In tan try , mounted
und well nrmod , were dclnilcd to proceed to
the rendezvous of the revolutionist to act as
a posse to assist di'imty United States mar
shals In nrrostlng Iho olTtndcrs. It is expected -
poctod that a light will ensue.
Klllrtl by an Kxploslon ol ( ihint I'oudrr.
( tiass VAI.I.HV , Cnl. , Fob. 27. In the
Omaha mine , at a depth of 1,000 foot , this
morning n box of plant powder exploded.
Phillip Cadden was killed and Thomas Pen-
borthy fatally injured. Several others were
hurt.
I.lttlo Rlils llurnmltn Unatli.
MAW ANA , Ark. , Fob. 27. Two llttlo nogrr
girls were burned to death In n shanty. The
children wore locked up in the house alont
wbilo their mother was absent.
A
H'rflfcn / < > r the Sinxlau lire.
Well , the druam of the summer Is over ,
Anil waking at last from the sloop
That hold mo so lonir In Its fetters
I'\oouly thp inomorv to keep
Of a vision of bo iiitlful .si.'t'mlnn ,
A fancy so dear to my heart ,
I fain would return to thodroaiu world
And nuvor again would dispart.
IM waiidor forever und ever
Down tlio mystic avelos of years :
Nor iisl ; not nor wish not for waking
Lost waking brought memory and tears.
I'd ilroani on forever and uvor :
I'd sin Ink from remembrance or pain ;
Uut 1 know that the sweet diouiu vanished
Will nc\er to mo como again.
I know that the joars strctcliln ? outward
Towark llfo'n .sunset brln only to mo
Long , wearisome hours of watuhlnj ;
Or waiting for something to bo.
I know that reality's inoniliiK
Will brill ; to mo uuvorn tr.iuo
Of the form th.it'H haunted my dream woild
Or the sight of a dear vanished face ,
I know that our pathways are separate ,
That you will souk scenes that are new :
Anil thu path that 1 tread will bilni ; never
Your fuco or your form to my vlow.
I know jnst bow sadly you'll miss mo ,
As I shall miss you till II fo onda.
Oh ! sadder than death Is the silence
Thut falls between these who were friends.
But farewell , may the God wo have wor.
shlped
Still tenderly guard you and bless :
Though never again will I moot i oil
With fond won ! or kindly caress ,
For the droani of the summer U ever ,
Hrlghtaml brief IIH u vision ot Bleep ,
And waking 1 II nil 1 have only
A sorrowful memory to Ueop.
Ueop.A.M.
-A.M. It.
& CD.
S. W. Coniur lutli nnil Doiii-la-i SU.
A few
Stubborn Facts-
Our spring invoice of nice novelties in
children's wear is
now arriving.
The jerseys and
kilts are special
ly choice , and
mothers are ur
gently invited to
_ call at our hand
somely appointed children's ' parlors on the
second floor and inspect the new things.
We will not show out of date clothing for
your boy because we haven't carried over
a single dollar's worth , Everything is new
and desirable , Gentlemen will find it ad
vantageous to purchase their furnishing
goods of us this week as we are making
special prices.
Browning , King & Co
Otliur Ooou ButurJKystiiiiDp.nl. evening * till 0.A : | | i ° ox vv- C'nf > rctli and J--'Ugiab iifrln fir .