TUK OMAHA DAILY BBEt Sl'MAlf. JANUARY
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EUltoilal DiMiuitiiienl.
WJMNK38 I.ETTKU3.
Mllumliirfsli-tlors and mull Inures should *
liondilipHscil to'lliti llf ) I'uhlMiliiB Company.
Onmlin Pnifls , ohotUs und iioslnfllro orders
lo-bonmdo pijablo to the otdor of the com
pany
THE nnn punusinxo COMPANY. *
HWOKN feTATr.MHNT Ol' CIKOULATION
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Count j cif Douglas , f
Oporiri'll TrsiliiifK. sotrotnrT of TllF. IlFi :
I'ulillsliltii ! t iinipiiiiy. doessolemnly swear Hint
IlKiuctuaUlreiilatfimof TIIK IUliv IlKR for
llinwpok lulling January 14. 1803 , wns us
follows :
Humlay. .Tnminiy B 20-9SC
Monday. JnminryO 21'29S
Tupsduy .l.uiuiiry 10 3'Z2i !
Wednesday taniiary 11 23'Si : ;
Thursday Jnniiiiiv 12 23'8ir
1'rldny iTniumty 1.1 -2ZJ
Bnturdiy , .1 inn iry 11 . . . 21,355
unoitoi : H. T/feomuMC.
Ptrorn lolipfnrn mo nti.l Mibori Iboil In my
prpspnro tills 1Mb il.iy of January. 1B03.
ISpnlJ N I' I'T.I I , , Notary Public.
Avt-r K rironliitlon fur ! ) < < nnbcr , S4B3l
IT IS KTuUf.vinf , ' to know that the
Bonftl of Kiluention w ill not only roln-
Htftto the teachers training school , but
will strengthen it.
A tmn.\T many governors arc glad
that the annual messujro task is over ,
and the general public hikes much the
bamovievv of the caso.
Tun Htriking coul miner.in Germany
arc using djnumito und the striking
cotton Hninnris of Ilnglnnd nro starving.
These arc troublous times in Europe in
many ways.
Tin : not earnings of the sugar trust
for eleven months of last year wore
$8,015,8:17.52. : These figures afford sorao
grounds for the belief that the sugar
trust is not In business for its health.
K has now attained a greater
ago than any other prime minister of
Kngland over reached , and none of his
predecessors has ever commanded the
respect of the world to a greater degree.
TIIK pcoplo in this end of Nebraska
have no idea of the magnitude of irriga
tion clllHi I'oiihtruetion in the western
counties of the state , where the citizens
uro turning arid lands into fertile fields.
They will soon bo able to defy seasons of
drouth , which means many thousands of
dollars to them.
TIIK hocioty people of Washington are
relieved of a great burden of anxiety by
the dotenninatioii of Mrs. Lcaso not to
cuter the senate. They Iwvo boon try
ing to decide whether she and her hits-
Land would have to be spoken of as Sen-
atrcbs and Mr. Lease , or Mr. and Sen
ator Lease. All the worry was wasted
after nil.
TilKUK is much complaint in Indian
apolis because the street railroad com
pany's ' mules are so slow that the cars
are never on time. By the time Indian
apolis has got from mules to the storage
battery by tegular gradations she will
bo an old city. The horse and the trolley
nro between the two.
IT IS now announced that the demand
for gold by the Bank of Franco has
closed , and that the outflow of the pro-
clous metal from the United States will ,
in consequence , bo checked. This may
rollovo the mindb of some who have an
ticipated that the recant heavy gold ox-
portw would result disastrously to this
country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TilURK lu some criticism of Chicago
Localise she has tried to got Philadel
phia's Independence hall for exhibition at
the World's fair. That historic structure
is no more Hiered than some other things
that will be exhibited at Chicago , and it
would bo a diawing card. A few ablo-
lioulotl men with guns could keep the
rolic-huntora from stealing it.
ALAIIAMA is talking about an edu
cational qualification for suffiago. It
would bo interesting to heo the white
and colored people of that state hustle
to got nu education if Mich n law wore
adopted , for race supremacy would de
pend upon it. The prime purpose of
the law would bo to disfranchise the
'blacks , but there are plenty of white
people in Alabama who cannot read.
PnnsiUKNT DEIT.W of the Now York
Central is perfectly right in claiming
that Canadian railroads doing business
in the United States bhould bo brought
undo the proisions of the interstate
commerce act. They pay no taxes in
this country and give no return for the
privileges which they enjoy. The least
that can bo asked is that they shall have
no advantage over American railroads
BO far as legal restrictions are con
cerned.
Tin : National League for Good Roads
will hold a convention in Washington
noxtwook. It is not thought that any
effort will bo made in the direction of
the establishment of a federal road de
partment , but the general subject of
road improvement will lw discussed by
mou vrho have made a study of it. Much
peed may come of bitch an interchange
of views , for agitation and intelligent
etudy of the subject are the necessary
preliminaries to action.
PHINCKSS MAKIK of Edinburgh and
Crown Prince Ferdinand of Roumania
wore married amid royal pomp and
splendor the other day , but on that
same day many n young pair wore
united in the obscurity of a country
par&on'h home and entered upon their
married life with n bettor prospect of
genuine happiness that that which lies
before the royal brldo . und groom.
Pomp and circumstanca cannot compare
with JHUOO and uoutoutinout.
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Tin- Inaugural uiMi'toq f ( Jnuinor
CYini'iHi' H chat notiM'MIc of the man It i
In a i MI ml Id , plain atraitfhU < > ruui < ! , i' iin-
mou vniHO talk , without any attempt at
Kill ted rhetoric or roHtlUnn | of pint ! ttulo * .
The governor briefly outline * a policy
of rigid et'Miuiiny mid rotrorielimi'Ut and a
strict adhoroneo to buHliiesHprint'iplow in
tlu < iHlnilnlwtratlon of tlm nlTairtofMato.
As chief executive ho propws to hold
the head of every department strictly
accountable For tlm faithful and clllclent
performance of the ilutlos devolving
upon him , and ho declares that dishonest
practices will not bo tolerated. Ills
motto , like that of General Grant , is :
Let no guilty man e cupu.
AH a prelude Governor Crounso ex-
prp os a desire for an investigation of
the management of certain state institu
tions in which there have been alleged
extravagance and pilfering within the
past two or th'reo Jears.
On the question of railway regulation
Governor Crounso declares himself in
favor of a material reduction of rates ,
cither by law or through an
elective railway commission. While
tecogni/ing railroads iis important fac
tors in the development of the resources
of the ttatc. and entitled with other great
concern" to the fostering care and pro
tection of the state , ho believes that their
power to levy unreasonable burdens upon
the producers in the shape of extrava
gant ft eight rates must bo restricted.
In other words , while the railroads are
entitled to a fair income on their honest
investment it is the province of the law
makers to set limits upon their power to
exact higher tolls from the people of
this ntato than ate charged in adjacent
states for nimilar service under like con
ditions.
Upon other questions and measures af
fecting the \\olfare of this state Governor
CYounso has refi allied from expressing
hi" views , which ate reserved for a spe
cial message , a& occasion may present
itself.
The inaugural is free from the usual
sickening tally thrown to the law-making
branch , w Itli which the average profes
sional politician who rises to the emi
nence of a governorship is always pro
fuse.
rni : COST ur GOOD AKD n.\.n \ i
The Iowa Road Improvement a
tion has adopted a resolution favoring
the passage of a law providing for a
genet al country road tax not to exceed
5 millsn.and opposing any change in the
road system that would lead to any in-
crcji'-o of taxation. It is not easy to see
how any adequate system c.in bo tlovNod
that will not increase the actual taxation ,
for the road tax of the present ays-
'Icin is never half paid. It is
supposed to be worked out , but
in reality it never is. If the
work called for by the present road tax
plan wore actually bestowed upon the
highways in a proper manner they would
bo much bettor than they are. Such
country road work as is now contem
plated by most of the associations formed
for promoting this reform will have to
be done by contract and paid for out of
funds raised by bonding counties and
townships. By this means the burden
may bo distributed in such a way that
taxpayers of the future as well as those
of the present will pay for benefits re
ceived , and if the soopo of the work is
kept within prudent limitations it need
not entail hardship'upon the taxpaj'or.
In the discussion of this subject one
of its most important phases is apt to bo
overlooked by many people who would
rather keep the dollar that they have
than exchange it for two dollars
lars that are in sight. It should
not bo forgotten that thopro
posed improved roads will not bo a
more luxury. Every man that would bo
required to pay a tax on account of them
would got liis money back many times
over in the saving that would bo effected.
The not profits of the farm would bo
vastly inct eased by improved facilities
for transporting its products to mirkot ,
and all who have occasion to use the
country roads in any way would avoid
the waste of horseflesh , vehicles and
time inseparable from the present sys
tem of toad construction. The mer
chant , the manufacturer , the business
man of whatever pursuit , would share in
the Having tints accomplished. Bad
roads waste the general substance of the
people. They cause a dead loss of popu
lar wealth. Unlike some costly evils ,
they bring no compensation ; what they
sw allow up is never restored in any
form.
The people need bettor country roads ,
and sooner or later they are going to
havothem.
XEllltASKA AT TIIK l\llll.
The recommendation of ox-Governor
Boyd that the appropriation for the rep
resentation of Nebraska at the World's
fair bo increased by $50,000 will meet
the approval of everybody in the state
who desires that Nebraska shall present
an appearance at the Columbian exposi
tion commensurate with the character
and capabilities of tlio state. When the
first appropriation was made there
was an inadequate understanding of
what was necessary to properly
present the rcMHireos of the state
and to give it a fair standing with other
commonwealths. Two years ago it was
largely a matter of surmise what the
exposition was to bo and especially what
the relations of the particular states to
it were to bo. There is no longer any
question as to that. The World's fair Is
to bo ono of the greatest enterprises the
world has over seen , and the character
of every state in the union for enterprise
is to bo largely judged bj the extent and
quality of its exhibit.
This being the case , how IH Nebraska
likely to btand In comparison with other
states with only her present appropria
tion ? With the most prudent and
economical management it is impossible
for her to make a satisfactory exhibit ,
and without this she mitnt inevitably
stand in the background and by compari
son lone caste. In the great mass ; of
exhibits which the exposition will pre
sent the state that does not olTor some
peculiar or extraordinary attractions
will bo Ignoied and might as well for all
practical purposes not bo represented
at all.
Every practical man understands that
the sum appropriated by the last legls-
laturo for a display of the resources of
Nebraska at the Columbian exposition
IMIS nut Bitllli ii-nt Mont of the appro
priation will lx ii i il In constructing tl '
building for the display of the
; rc-KHirces ( if tlio tate In a general -
oral . wiiy. out there will bo n
great niBiiy attraction * which can
not bi < exhibited unltMsgt cater provision
Is made for them. Nebraska Is behind
most of thoHtuli's of the union in pro
vision for reprtMcntatlon at the World' *
fair , but she still has an opportunity to
put hcrrfolf in a position that will give
her an equal place with the states of the
northwest. Kvory consideration of
patriotism and concern for the welfare
of the state urges that Nebraska
shall have a representation at the
World's fair that her people will
not bo nihumcd of , and that they
will take pleasure In inviting
attention to. The last legislature failed
to properly appreciate these considera
tions. The present legislature , it Is
reasonably to bo hoped , will take a more
generous view of the interests of Ne
braska in this particular.
In ISfU Senators Sherman and
Harris introduced bills providing for the
establishment of a department of Public
Health. This measure has now received
a fresh impulse by reasont ) ! the widely
i eoogni/.ed need of the most thorough
measures to prevent cholera from ob
taining n foothold in this country ,
Whether these bills w ill bo taken up at
the present session or not is yet uncer
tain , but as the ( . 'handler bill providing
for total exclusion of immigration for a
year has little chance of becoming a law-
It Is probable that something will bo
done in the direction of establishing a
health department under federal con
trol. It is certain that such legislation
would meet w 1th the approval of the
house committee on manufactureswhich
has lately investigated the "sweating1'
system under which ready-made cloth
ing is made in tenement houses. Some
of the leading members of congress of
both parties favor federal health super
vision , and if the Chandler bill docs not
receive the necessary support the Sher
man or the Harris bill may become law.
Opinions dilTer as to the best means of
accomplishing the and sought , but there
is but ono opinion as to the need of some
action for the protection of the countuy
against cholera. The chief objection to
Senator Chandler's bill is that it is a
temporary expedient. Its opponents say
that it would at most servo its intended
purpose furbutnsmgloyoarand that the
whole ground might have to bo gone
ON or again next year. The house bill
authori/.ing the president and the secre
tary of the tteasury to suspend immigra
tion when in their judgment the public
safety requires it is objected to on the
ground that it would vest too much dis
cretion in an executive olllcer. There is
not a very go , > d prospect that either of
these measures will bo adopted , but a
sentiment in favor of a public health de
partment seems to be growing and would
doubtless justify the passage of ono of
the old bills to which wo have referred.
Thoi e are many who deprecate any
tendency toward government paternal
ism and do not believe in multiplying
the federal departments and increasing
the alicady largo army of federal of
ficials , but the public health question is
one that demands and must receive at
tention. So clear headed a man as Sen
ator Sliermnn of Ohio , believed two
years ago , before the beginning of the
cholera scare , that internal regulations
under the supervision of the federal
government were needed for the pto-
vontion of contagious diseases. There
may bo a better way of meeting the
exigencies of the present year , but sen
ators and roprosentuthos in congress do
not appear to bo of one mind as to what
that way is.
; IX A3IUltIUAX
The now Chicago university was very
fortunate in scouring the serviced of Dr.
von Hoist , the eminent German historian
und formerly professor of history at
Strasburg and Freiburg. Eminent as a
scholar , ho has the special distinction of
being a most careful and intelligent
student , without a poor among Euro
peans , with the possible exception of
Prof. Hico , of American Institutions ,
as attested by his work on the "Consti
tutional History of tlio United States. "
The opinions of so learned a man ,
profoundly interested in American af
fairs , upon the educational needs
of the American people aie of the high
est value and should command the earn
est con udoraliou of all who are con
cerned for the nation's intellectual and
moral advancement.
At the first convocation of the univer
sity , recently hold , Dr. von Hoist deliv
ered an address onfoicing the necessity
of the highest and most liberal intellec
tual training and culture to lit Amoil-
cans for solving the great problems that
must crowd upon the future of the
United States. He said that the Ameri
can of the future would moro than over
reali/e the truth of the maxim that
' 'eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty. " If American liberty ever bo-
cornea endangered it will bo by the people
ple theinsohos. 'j'lio glorious p.ut H
bccuro , but it is iut alone a sufileiont
guaranty of the future. The tasks
accomplished were etuy , in the opinion
of Dr. von Hoist , in comparison with the
problemsjot to be dealt with , and which
will make demands bjth intellectually
and morally such 113 no people on the
face of the earth has over bjen called
upon to meet. Material prosperity can
not secure the futiuo of the United
States. On the omtrary , If r material
prosperity is ml made by other agencies
a source of strength it must
booonio a bOtirtn of weakness ,
hastening and rendering moro
inevitable their ultimate downfall and
ruin. Such is the lesson of human his
tory , and there is in the nature of the
American people nothing to exempt
them from the stern decree of eternal
moral laws. 'Die fate of states and
nations lias boon laid into their own
hands , and they work out their destiny
for weal or woo , for salvation or perdi
tion , by growing apaoo-with their mate
rial prosperity or falling Iwhind it in
their intellectual and moral H'e.
The problems Imposed by the bewildering -
ing p.ico of material development
call for the attainment of the
very highest standa-d In the
activity , BOtindnoss and elevation of the
Intellectual and moral life of the pojple
i
in miler to avorMldaHtor. In the opinion |
of li Mill Unlit UK > uiihiTHltli's are the
iiui'Mi'rU-sof HtifHt iiilturc , but ho mig-
geslH that WP have 1,11 , to found unlu'r- !
tles that will mVTt the required condi
tions. Thi < A ujsrican ntudont Mauds
llt'Ht In earnefilnets , steadiness and on-
thuilasiu in tin-1 pursuit of knowledge ,
and with oqunlOpportunity needs fear
comparison wijtlij the scholars of no
other nation. "Tho most olToetuul
way to lift tint musics to a higher
plane. " s-uys Dr. von Hoist , "mate
rially , intellectually and morally , Is to do
,1'verything favoring the climbing up of nn
ever increasing minority to higher and
higher Intellectual and nnral altitudes.
Admitting that those proi > osltlons are
not altogether now , yet coming from the
source they do they are entitled to the
mostUhoughtful consideration. They
suggest that the devotion which the
American people give to material devel
opment , splendid as the results have
been and are yet to bo , must not
constitute all or the chief aim
of the nation , but listening
to the voice of history and
the record of mankind wo must , as a
pcoplo. reoogni/o the necessity of intel
lectual and moral growth as at least
equally Important to the pioservntion of
fiee institutions.
TIIK labor riots in ButTalo and tlTo live
days' occupancy of the elty by militia
has cost Erie county about $ : ! < M,000. ) For
this a great deal of blame will naturally
be laid upon orguni/ed labor , but it is a
fact that the bloodshed and destruction
of property at ButTalo were largely. If not
almost'wholly , duo to scoundrels who
had no' connection whatever with
labor orgnni/utions. It is unfortunate
that workingmen peacefully seek
ing to protect themsehes against
what they deem the injustice of their
employers should have to bear thoblamo
for crime and disorder instigated by
gangs of toughs and loafers , and eally
participated in by only a small number
of workingmon. In his recent message
Governor Slower of New York referred
to the Bullnlo riots at some length , and
his views will receive the apptovul of
organi/.cd-labor everywhere. Ho said :
' 'Employes have the right to
strike and peaceably persuade others
to join them. and in their
earnest and law fill efforts to benefit their
condition they may alwajs feel sure that
public sympathy is with them against a
selfish corporation : but every cili/en and
corporation must observe and icspectthe
authority of law and government. "
There is , wo believe , but ono opinion on
this point among , intelligent members
of labor organi/utions. Their interests ,
as well of those W the general public , re
quire the siippioflsion of disorder and the
strict obsorvnnollijf law.
is proving that the
collapse of the Liberator Building so
ciety in EnglaiuriB > o\on moro disastrous
than was at flrst supposed. The stock
holders will lose everything and the de
positors will goj 'ljut a very small divi
dend. The sutTcring caused by this das
tardly robbery & ' already becoming ap
parent among the poorer investors , many
of whom have lost all their savings and
have nothing left to live upon. The old
and helpless are said to bo the most
numerous class among the victims , and
among these there are many cases of the
most pitiful destitution. If-public hcifti-
ment does not cry out for the punish
ment of the rascals who have caused all
this misery and pursue them with re
lentless energy , it will bo shown that
public sentiment in England needs to bo
reformed. A dispatch from London
bays : "Tlio severe 'weather , the hard
times , the wholesale and criminal
thwarting of honest thrift , com
bine to make these the very dark
est days England has known in
long years. " Ono trouble with England
is that she does not properly protect her
poor. The rich have everything in that
country and the poor have nothing.
Tlio dillieulty which the poor man 1ms
in accumulating anything in England
makes it all the moro cruel to rob him
when he has succeeded in getting some
thing ahead to tide him over sickness
or soften the hardships of old age.
TIIK prevailing impression in some
quarters is that the Chamber of Com
merce , which [ it is proposed to organ
ise by an amalgamation of the member
ship of tlio Board of Trade , the Manu-
ftictuiors association and the Builders
exchange , is designed to absorb and prac
tically disband all these associations.
This is by no means the program of the
projectors of the Chamber of Com
merce. It is simply proposed that mem
bers of all the three bodies , or as many
of them as may favor the idea , shall form
a now commercial body to bo known
as the Chamber of Commerce , with a
view of exerting the combined influence
of our merchants , manufacturers and men
engaged in the building trades in promoting
meting any important project that
icquires the eo-oporatlon of the most
active and energetic business men in
Omaha. The idda of disbanding the
'
Board of Trade < ) r , , the Manufacturers
assTclution or any other useful com
mercial body 1ms nOjVor been entertained.
The Chamber of , , , C'jinmorco would
simply bo a unionfof all the commercial
and industrial factors in Omaha's inter
est whenever an occasion ptesonted
itself for harmonious co-operation.
TllK orange growet.s of Florida find
some cneouragemtDjt In their olTort to
build up a trade ini ngland. A leading
English journal uys that "tho fruit is
of exceptionally fine quality and quite
equal , if not mftvorior , to any of the
many varieties \\'o- ' now have in our own
market. " An effort is also being made
to Introduce American grapes in
England , and with fair promise of stic-
eod. . The European markets have taken
largo quantities of apples from this
country for years , and it is not unreasonable
enable to hope that other standard fruits
grown In the United States may become
popular there.
TIIKHE is u prospect of greater activ
ity in the local real estate market dur
ing the coming summer than there has
boon for yoatM , and the real estate men
of this city are anticipating a revival
that will keep them btiny. Tills is chief
ly duo to the faet that Omaha's prosper
ity durinj the past year has been so
-T
great ami the viability of her Itunlnoim
growth no e unpli'telj < lcmoitfltrnU < il (
that c uilldeiiee in the nnfi f\ of Invest
ments hero litii liiH < n creiitc 1 not ojjjj |
lit homo but olsowhe.re. The present
year will bring man > new fnetw Into the
hiirihii'-H circles of the elty. but. what Ls
belter still , It will witness renewed con
fidence on the part of those whoso Inter-
ints are already centered here. No man
of sound judgment looking at the recent
record of business growth can doubt that
Investment * hero are good. No b > nm in
real cytnto is anticipated , nor Is ono
wanted ; but a healthv activity is looked
for.
A VKKY large proportion of the in
crease in aggregate imports during the
eleven nnntlis ending with N'ovembor
consisted of th < > ingle article of coffee.
The total increase was $17.000.000 , and
about $ ; iiOOiJO ; ) ( ) of this mini is dun to the
coffee Imports. This is largely owing to
the Increase In price , though the quan
tity was ab iut dti.OOO.OOO pounds greater
than in the same months last > ear. The
American pcoplo not only consume a great
deal of e itfeo , but een at increased prices
the consumption has apparently grown
rapidly during the past year. In a few
other lines increased imports are shown ,
but on the other hand the decrease of
$ Si)0.000 ( ( ) in iron manufactures and
$ ! ) , : WO.H)0 ( ) In tin plate shown favorably
for homo production. The decrease in
tin plate imports is particularly signifi
cant , as our own factories have only
just begun to produce this important
"article of commerce.
A WHITKII in the Westminster
deplores the great consumption of coal
now going on and snys that the human
race "is consuming at a rate of nearly
ono hundred fold beyond what is just ,
the supplies which , as heir of all the
geological ieyns it has received in trust
partly for future generations. In ten or
twoho generations the available coal
fields of Great Britain will bo ex
hausted , and existing woods and forests
are being wantonly destroyed. " Such
arguments as this are not popular with
the producers of coal and it if not easy
to see what help there is for it is the
world is reullj in danger of running out
of fuel. Long before the coal supply is
exhausted science will doubtless proido
some satisfactory substitute for it.
Tin : oldest son of the emperor of
Germany , though only 11 years of age ,
is to bo sent aw ay fiom home to attend
school and mingle with other childien
of moro humble condition. This indi
cates that the emperor has no foolish
notions as to how a prince should bo ed
ucated. It w ill do the j oungster good to
breathe the same atmosphere that other
children do.
A Trllnitu to the l.nu rrH.
UlnbC'Vcmnciat.
The fact that ( i,7'.U inunlors were commit
ted ill tlio United States l.istje.ir , and only
107 Judicial ImiiRitiKs took place , pees to
show that the cunning of the l.u\\ors was
more clTu-ctUc than the icstraints and pen
alties of the laws
lnimiKr.it ton CluKUIIritt Ion.
Clndinintl Cuinmcicial.
\Vc do not want any pauper inmilRrntion ,
but ] Kior men and women who tome hero to
work and B.IMI money and buy piopeity and
help to build up the country : uo more desir
able thnn the fakirs and show people of
various kinils who come hcio to Kobblo up
money und take it out of the country with
them.
Too Ciuud fop till' ARC.
Suit I'lancttcd Hntintnci.
Ono oC tlio most populous sects in tuis
country proposes to start a daily paper on u
nlaiio so lofty that the secular press w 111 hide
a blushing and diminished head beneath the
sea of its own unholy slop. The now paper
will avoid mention of unpleasant ! ) immoral
things tind exist in an atmosphere of purity
It is not for the \ulff.ir laitj to oppose a
movement so beneficent. ItcaiioitU sugpest
that the first issue bo dola.\od until the gray
of the millennial dawn shall bo a trifle moio
perceptible.
The licit llnin to Che.
JJosfwi I'osf.
The rich men of the United States are
awakening to the knowledge that the light
way to give is to plvo while they aio living ,
that they may direct the use of their gifts ,
or at least enjoy the sight of the benefits
conferred To lca\c money tolio called for
after ono is dead is the least satisfactory
way of perfofinimr a benevolent act It is
a1 surd to expect substantial satisfaction
from It. If a man wants to place $1.003,000
w tiero it w ill do some good to his follow men
ho also wants to see what is done with it.
Stoci In ) ; Strnlglit for n Sil IR.
liueton ( Hub' .
In wishing his guests a happy Now Year
Kmperor William announced that ho would
crush nnj man w ho opposed his aimy bill
This soil of vapuring is just what the Ger
man socialists are .spoiling for It in good
for manv thousand votes at the next elec
tions The small talk of small men looks big
as mere talk. It is the loose talk of big men
that vorks silentlj but most powcifully for
great organic changes As a human nut
cracker William will jet strike i ( institu
tional forces too hard to j ield to his hand )
crushing machine
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OnmliVK I'lm * Krronl.
Clitcnu" Tillutnc.
Omaha Ins made n big record for 1S02 Its
principal features are an Incicasoof ne.ulj
40 per cent in the clearing house tot ils , of 1'J
per cent in the bank deposits at the closiof
the year , nearly ' . ' 0 per cent lu the Jobbing
trade , b' per cent in the hog packing , and 10
per cent in the business of the postolllce
This Is a splendid exhibit , and largo sums
lui\o been expended for public Improve
ments , including p.ulng , sewer construction
nnil grading The exhibit justifies the local
claim that "tho year iv.lj has left Omaha
several lengths ahead in the r.iee w ith com
peting cities of equal population "
Jtnllcr nriHftl tint Surnr.
liohtiin llrcntno Ilccoitl
I was sitting In the state house near the
po\ernor when ho took the oatli of oflice
Ho not only has to take it , but to sign his
name In a little leather-bound book , wheto
lots of his predecessois Imvo put their auto
graphs. Ho called m\ attention to ono page
It was wheto thu solitary signaturoof ' IScn ]
R Uutler" appcats
In the oath the words , "So help me. Ciod , "
w oio stricken' out U R did it himself I
asked the reason whj Ono of the olllcials
standing by told mo that Oovcinor Ilutler
remarked , as ho classed out the words ,
"Tlio constitution of this state has no lefer-
cnco to God "
The general , however , himself was a de
voted member of the I'totcstant 1'plscopal
church.
CilHt Audio Aluhlllon InrOlllro.
Albert G. Drown of Mississippi , circuit
JudRO. three times in the legislature , thrco
times In congress , thrco times a senator ,
twlco governor , hi igadier general of militia
and captain in tlio rebel urniv. Just before
his death wrote the following to n young
f i lend "True , as jou say , I had umnj unices
Indeed , I mav sav that 1 ne\or knew defeat
In any of my aspirations And It Is Just be-
causu I had su ( cess which people- < all won
derful that I feel confident to administer a
word of caution to the \oung men of this
generation M\ young friend do not bo dt--
ccivod by the glitter of ofllco I am now past
my tluee-scoro. . and am fust traveling
into the ten I have held almost eerotllco
in the gift of the people , and can truU suj
with the nrcnvhcrIt is nil \unitj and vexa
tion of spirit ' Ixioklng b ick over a lung and
I hupo not unsuccessful , life , I can sa > with a
clear coimeloii' mv mvtilost ronroth tint I
Imvo ever mm ! n polltiuil upeoi li or held nn
pniop I here < ui f i bullion 11 ufllic which
liotful of innr , but be asstued , mv JOIIMK
friend It It t IP fns itmtlonof nnoipent , or ,
to I'lmtiKU t le figure , It Is the brills fiiutus
which \outolnovltiibleruln I speak
of that whii i I know If mv yoimi < friends
will be novel-nod bin ndvlep , t Imvo this
losny After all inj sueeovtcH us n public
man , now , when nu hond U blossnmlnp for
thoirnue , 1 fed that It would have been bet
tor for me If I had follovvod the oceupivtlon
of ui.v fatliernnd K-ou ti farnipr "
1'iuU lu I'uiillr si luioU ,
( .hlfiiui Titlntnr ,
His pixibablotlmt the ve.\ed ( ] urstlonof
school snlaik-s w 111 oiur.ijje the attention of
thnHo.udof ndi.ratliin.soon In adjusting
thi'so s ihirlcs It Is both piojieraudnccessarv
that the board should take Intocousldor.itloii
the fact tlmt the estltnate-i show that fads
cost tlio taspa.veis $111,01) ) In Ih'.U. This h
money thrown uw.iv The wav to icnicdv
this Is to cut off sueh tauev studies a.ssojd. !
cla.v luoldlnjr , phj slcal eulturo , 3cvvn ! > ; .iiui
niusliIf ; this cannot be done , then to reduce
thn expense for ibis vanto of the pupil's
time Instead of incieaslni ; H Oul.v solid ,
useful studies should bo retained nu.l tKoao
who want fads uhould neek thorn outsldo
and p.ifor thoin Instead of askliig the tax-
pajeis to do it. '
A AVaiiilng to I'ulilltVl.nnj I'luinriH.
Coincidental with Governor Altgold'a
stioko at the intou-st-grabblng iniquity In
Illinois comes the decision of the supreme
court of Wisconsin , under which ex tivas-
uieis of that state ur their smetios must 10-
stoie to the public a vast sum , estimated at
t-TOO.ooo , taken b.v tlio tioasuicrs foi th"lr
personal uses without other u.iir.int of law
or nu'iuls ' thin Is furnished bi a r.ilght.v bid
C'Ustl in ,
It seems that no ! aw of Wisconsin spo-
elllcally icqniies the ti-Muiivrs to account
for the luteiest , and the court ai rives at Its
conclusion that the interest belonged to tlio
state and not to the custodian bj aerv
plain and slmplo process oi k-gic which
everybody can understand
The lesult is , said to mean fin mcial ruin to
some of tin ) cx-tteiis ircrs , thoi having , in ac
cordance with custom , turned a considerable
part of the interest spoil over to the poli
ticians This is nnfoi lunate 'or the ox-tieas
ureis , but they are untitlou to small sjm-
patliy Meantime the spectacle of ev-tieas-
mcis and their sureties p i.v ing TuOOOU , over
to tlio state of Wisconsin is likely to have a
salutarj ellect upon the piofesslonal poli
ticians of other states whoso conupliiig in
fluence alone maintains the Intoiest-grab-
bing custom ,
rrou'Mrs mutx.
A bad man can never own uiij thing that is
liiepioof.
Ixiok a diniculti squ.ue in tlio fac-o and It
will tun.
A truth can never bo put in the giavo and
kept theio.
Self-conceit alwa.vs puffs us up so that our
oiosgo shut.
Famine runs from the man who puts heart
into his work.
A self-made man generally manages to
spoil liis Job somewheie
Tlio devil is afraid of the \vhonlwajs
has sunshine in his hcait
Nothing pavs a poorer interest on the in-
\estnient than wealing a long face
The windows of heaven are ahvajsshut
against the man who will not woik.
The devil never throws anv stones at the '
pieacher whoso lohgioii is all in bib head.
Trim wealth docs not consist in things
that can be packed in a tiunk or locked up lu
a vault
Tncio is now and then a preacher who has
nothing about him to make jou think ho is
icllgious but his white cravat.
I.EOISI..ITUKI : A.M > IMIIIII :
Fremont Tribune ( rep I The Omaha
stock yatds management took the tail with
the hldo in the organization of the state sen
ate.
Ucatrico Times ( rep ) If United States
scnatois were elected by a diiect vote of the
people , tlioio would not bo u > much unseemly
partisan stilfo tu the general assembly.
Ncbiib'a ' City Picss ( topi. It would take
.1 very shiowd man to toll just who are
"honest" men in the leglslatuio Rich
clique sajs thev aie honest and all others
are corrupt 11lls mutual admiration Haiti
is ccitainly interesting
. Lincoln New s ( iep ) Why wouldn't It bo
a good idea to refuse the priv lie-go of the
floor of the house to all w ho have no business
tlioio ! This might however , luuo the effect
of pio\euting a < iuorum bv excluding a largo
portion of the membership
Hastings Nubraskan ( rep ) H Governor
Crounso should be elected to succeed Sen
ator Paddock in the Unitcul States senate
the people will have the assurance that
there will bo nl Ica&t ono man in that boJy
who will "stand up for Nebraska , " moining ,
noon and night.
Cioto Vidotte ( rep- From a political
standpoint the orgam/ation of the senate by.
the republicans , aided by the democrats ,
was desirable ; but if that organization
means the defeat of all desirable legislation
the result is deplorably If the seuatois I
have sold their integrity for political sue- [
cess the state will be the sullerpr from the
perfidy The best one can do is to liopo that
the combination affects political measures
only.
Scward Hcpoitcr ( icp ) Douglas county
distinguished herself last fall in electing to
the legislature thojoimgcst man who over
sitasa member of either house in Nebraska.
Senator C II Clarke , and the ( list coloied
man o\or elected to a Nebraska lejrlslatuic ,
lr M O. HIcketts Both me men of good
abllitv and will bo likc-l.v to make good
iccords Senator "Chailio' Claiko has
nlrcvlv become nulto n > ted , Imlni ?
ai'tlveln llioKiviuuVntlonof the mmktv lr
Ilk l Us Is u nmiiof llncclur.itt in itn I bud
ehill li ter whilns lung him on utUrul tu
l.ileof tlio in i l IllllUelltUla > | , , IHi. i III
the 'lute If nil of IVv.iKlm counts n i it
Ri'iit.itlriwnrc n ginning these two. U im v
IKvakon forgnuitetl Unit Oiimlin iiolitica U
Improving
I'uMiiunt Pint ! ( rep ) Aitov and Him
moml ! Slm.1 < s of .lulltm r. , sir' \\luii u
combination ' After tlio rousialMit t in
Paper that comtmrod the farn.crs tosvvlnn
in the clover and Hummoiid , ilii , f ha lirof
tlie ono that sllKtnatlml them at p.'upcrs ,
the one. . it wore , a "bobtatlod Hush ' of thu
1 .v M nmd and the other of the Fremont.
l.lkhoin .t Mlssouil Vallcj. thcv should have
Immoit'c lulhienee la luildlm ; anil monopoly
siMitlmeiit in a bod.v , a m.iimiu o'f
who < < o members are from the svvlnu and put
per districts and who were dot led oil ti
straight issje of the people aramst coipor-
atogiced. Ave. Ageraiul Iln-'nond What
a pair to dra xv to ! When brains fall below
the abdomen , and sagacltj , | xripkultv ,
adroitness and general Horse HPIIHO sink to
the simo common level then the ( .aiuler-
shanked , collckv , iiifi.innuated | kids may
iiillucnco membcis of a Juvenile debating so.
doty , but conditions are Inconceivable w hero
th\\ might inlluciue legislation
MUI I..IH .s no / s nr / in : / j / i > t T.
Indianapolis News. A i krgvuian immod
Sense is stationed at M.ilx-iU Mo Ills
preaching w supposed to bi smi'id
St Paul Ploneer-Pres' - Themi b bishop
of New York sh'nvs. nn Incslstilih t. mb ucy
to fKil witlt the cedes ! ist. u l ur- saw
which in the end will prove ms'iMotlvo even
though painful
St Paul Ploncor-Presv Tbu ual rdw
of things is reversed in one n spi-i t n u it
tack of the Uplsi opal bis'iop of s tu n\
liot.um Uio divorce business I m * LU ttio
Hare is rliasliu the hounds
St Paul Globe When an hbislmp of
the Human Catholic rhuivti is ih.ui'cil with
conspiring up ilnst tin1 authoniv of tl. . pope
and his legate , the title 'duffns nkd
.McGl.vnu and lit Iggs , lose thch impurtntico
amazhuly
Chicago Mail Up in Waukcgau lost nieht
u pre ichor was ai rested just befoie the lltuu
came to deliver a loelure and linnl f , r the
two bli ? levolvc-is he had on IIIH pcisim Ho
was doing what tbo poet called Imti'ig his
fellows for the love of God
Minneapolis Tiibune Thoie isgieatex
clteiiu lit in Koulx Palllb ovi r tin mv su-r-nis
dis ippearauce of Kov Willie Mel latin \\ilh
went to the inlsllt mctiopnlls in mic-u of a
divorce and now that the dun , c is reid\
ami rapidly getting co'd ' , he lails to ma
tc-ri ili/e
Washington Star- Bishop Haic of South
Dakota ; w ho 1ms courageously attacked the
lax dhoivc laws of liis OVMI st it , has lu
augmatcd a campiignhi.h while less
spectacular than lr ) PaiKlimst s is more-
Hltel.v to hoof practical bcnellt in ugulalmg
social conditions
San Franctsto IXamim-r A Nebraska
minister intended to wed one of his parish
oners , when a committee-called and informed
him tli.it he would , in lion of nee and slip
pers , be taned and featheicd and ridden on
i.ill Tlio wedding is off Tin minister is
also ( ill. and at last accounts was malting a
proud ic-cord as a splinter Nebiaska's
social si stem is peculiar in spots
it ti.iiftit nn : in.i AVI.
AtehlMin niobo : Wo all believe In snow-
billing until ue gel hit Intlieneek
MliinonpolN louinal : Try the new Coliiin-
st imp fur u llvur p id.
\Vasiilngton News : The Polish pilntor ,
Wler/ivlnsKI , has been devoured by wolvoi
Nothing vvas left of him but u few mangled
syllable ; , .
Now York Suir Dusty Kliodos think Indis
criminate limiilKiatlonhliuiild be Mopped right
avui } .
"i-s Do oed \\hat dinerencc docs It maKe
to. \ i.v'
Jiustj Kliodrs ( 'oinpellllnn lu not vvoikltig
fora IHliu Is toogreat as It Is.
Philadelphia Times : homo claim tlmt the
cnuuterpai t In the opposite soof the grass
uldovv should bo dcbltfiialc-d the hay lako.
Atelilsou Olobe Somehow , when a big imn
gels cl in nk ami commences looking foi tioillilo ,
lie has bun-e uimuxh to look for a little in m
Indianapolis Journal : "Did jou evei been
ghost r"
" ( luce "
" \Uie jon scaled ? "
"Was I j-eaiedV Was I ? My false tooth vvoro
In 1 cl.i-s. Oil a till ' 0 thic-o feet avsiiy finlu tlio
bed , and tlu > y actually rattled so loud that
vvoUo tlio nclghbois "
Texas RiflingsHo I think It Is an outiago
lint the ladles vvearhlgh bats lu the theater
Hie Yes , 1 must admit you men arc much
more considerate.
1 of com siwo mo. "
"Some- jou who get In tlio front row urn
oven soconsldt-rato as to leave jour hair ut
homo You aio lee good for this woild "
Klnilni anoticYon tlud there Is very
lltllo to homo people If j on make too much of
them.
Illnghamton I.cudcr : The refining of lard Is
not. one of llioso things you can accomplish
and not half try.
or COUIISE JXOT.
llorton Cmtita.
SnldMrn Lock to Mrs. Kane
A gossip Inteival premising
"I'liovsuj oiu friends of Lnfty Inno
Tlio C'lossinans , havii nuidi ) up atralii
A minor coi talnly hiuprlslng "
"As far as lie's concerned , yes , "
Iteluineil the other , .someuhnt ulsor ,
"Huthe the bold udventuiess
If slut weie not 'iiiiido up ' 1 gu"ss
lloi friends would novurreciigiil/o bur. "
Milwaukee Wisconsin The ( Ity ( oimcll
Joiiinal contains this iisloumllnir announce
ment "AI AUion , la , two aUuimun vvoro
t Minufuoturor an 1
of Olotlilns lu lliu W rlcl.
Put some more on
That's what we did. We have had such a
g-lorious success
with our ten dollar
lar sale that wo
have concluded
to continue this
week , partly be
cause we have a
I
few of the suits I
and overcoats
left. To make it
more interesting we've added a few more overcoats
and suits of bettor value to fro at this same price ,
$10. They're all in the window , proper in style , r
substantial in fabric and v/oll made. Choice of any ( a
suit or overcoat in the window for $10.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
htoro open baturUay every till nvonlr.jtlll 0 SI S.YCor. / . 15th and Douglas St