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jirrscnce this Ith duy of Murcli , IHHfl.
[ SeiilJ XI' KMI. Nullity Public.
Aici-aiio Clrriiliitlon lor .liiniiiir.v , ! i lilt 17
Tun splendid now war ship Tndiunti is
n credit to the United States Including' '
the Iloosier commonwealth.
KRS lias adjourned , but tlio loffls-
liituro will endeavor to distract the pco-
plo of this stiito n few \veoks longer.
Two WKKICS have passed and not n
word from J. S. Clarkson by Associated
jirosi ! What is this country eomtnj , ' to ,
anyway ?
CAN'T somebody fjct "I' ll legidltitivo
excursion to the dcop watcr harbjr of
Gtilvoston before tho'supply of oysters
runs out ?
AM , rofujn lead to Washington just
now and the men who want a mission
abroad and are willing to accept a postal
clerkship will strike a boo line for the
olllco hookers' paradise.
KANSAS has been alllicted in a great
many ways at various times. She has
had the .Tayhawkors , the grasshoppers ,
several seasons of drouth , twelve years
of prohibition , and , to cap the climax of
nflllcMon , who is to have woman suffrage.
Tim Atlanta constitution yearns for
the time "when the west and the south
will have sense enough to join in a com
mon legislative policy. " It is rather
difllcult to bee how any legislative policy
can bo common to the west and the south
exclusively. Why not lot the whole
"country in on the ground floor ?
THK king is dead ; long live the
king ! Harrison has passed out and
Cleveland passed in , but the government
nt Washington still lives. This peace
ful transition of rulor.s in a nation of
05,000,000 , of people affords the most sub
stantial basis for confidence in the
stability of the greatest republic.
Is IT not rather odd that n young
woman like Princess Kaiuhini should
prefer to bo qneon of the Hawaiian
islands rather than to draw her $150,000
and come to the United States to spend
it ? She could have a lot of fun in this
country , and perhaps the "smart set" in
New York would got her into society.
Tin ; grand commander of the In
dustrial Legion , known hereabouts as
Paul Vanderbum , was In command of
the rear guard of the left wing of
Graver's Inaugural procession , while
Mayor Vaughan , the champion of ex-
slaves and double X mayor of Council
Bluffs , headed the right wing , bearing
aloft his gold-headed cano.
A NOXi'AHTiSAN reception , which will
represent the friendship and the neigh
borly feeling entertained toward ox-
President Harrison by his follow-cUb-ens ,
will await him in his Indianapolis homo
tomorrow. There will bo neither pol
itics nor suggestion of politics in it , for
it will ho a spontaneous expression of
good will and approval of duty well
dono. The people of Indianapolis are all
friends of Benjamin Harrison now.
Tun arrest of two more men charged
with making counterfeit numoy , of which
un unusually largo amount has been
afloat in this part of the country for
months past , will bo a great relief to
that largo class of people who always
take any money that Is offered to them
without n doubt as to its genuineness.
The Nebraska City gang of bogus money
makers appears to have boon a dangerous
one , and It is a good thing that it has
been broken up. Much of the spurious
stuff which it sot afloat has been circu
lated in Omaha.
Tun report that ttov. Dr. Talmago
contemplates resigning as pastor of the
great Brooklyn tabernacle is not very
surprising when it is stated in the same
breath that its finances tire in h\ich a
chaotic and discouraging condition that
the doctor has had to turn in nearly the
whole of his salary for three years to
help in keeping the church from found
ering on the rooks of bankruptcy. Kx-
travaganeo In the construction of the
building , upon which money was ex
pended with a lavish hand , is said to bo
the cause of the present dlllleulty.
A LONDO.V letter to the New York
Sun euys that at one of the great meet
ings of the unemployed in that city lust
week it wa- > proposed as a means of
Cavorting starvation that hungry men
nhould sell their bodies in advance of
death to the hospitals for an advance
payment of 1 , there being a demand
for subjects for dissection. The next
paragraph of the letter Hits forth that
the ( pieon'M wealth Is estimated at from
JC 1,000,000 to . 1,000,000 , exclusive of u
grout landed pro'Kirty , and that there fs
much Hpaciilatlon an to what mamburs of
JUT family will bo most favored in her
Comment la nuperlluoua.
TllK SAMK OLD TACTICS.
The railroad nuumgors remind ti.i very
much of Jeff Dii\ln. All ho wanted waste
to bo lot alone. They want to bo sovori'ly
lot nlono with the privilege of levying
Hitch tribute upon the products and pro
ducers of the nhvto ns In their judgment
the trafllc will bear. They do not con
cern themselves iibout the glaring dis
crepancy between local rates in Nebraska -
braska compared with those in the
states of Iowa , Minnesota , or oven Kan
sas. They still regard this state ns
ti railroad province in which they
may impose burdens nt their
own pleasure and keep tip a policy of
favoritism on one side and discrimina
tion on the other. They have succeeded
for year.s in buying off legislatures and
boards of transportation , and they ox-
poet to continue to hold the state by the
throat so long as there arc- venal men in
the legislature and state house willing
to sell out. In order to cover the tracks
of this class of morchanPablo cattle the
railway managers pursue the tactics by
which the Interstate commerce bill
was beaten in one congress after
another for more than ton years.
Their tactics aro' to defeat measures
by dividing their supporters. They
array ono party against another and
make sure that no compromise bill is
agreed on before the close of the session.
This is precisely the trick by which the
railroad contingent in the legislature is
trying to defeat till railroad legislation
this winter. The populist railroad bill
is to bo pitted against the republican
railroad bill , and the handful of demo
crats Is to ho split up so as to hold the
balance of power between Inth
and defeat Iwth. This is as plain
as the nose on a man's face. The repub
licans have not votes enough in the
house to carry their own bill and they
will bo bulldo/cd and dragooned In the
name of the party to vote down any bill
the populists have gotten up. If the
populist bill passes the house In spite of
such opposition the republicans in the
senate in combination with the demo
crats will vote it down or gubstituto
another bill which the populists of the
house will not agree to. Then both
bills will bo laid out and railroad regu
lation will bo as far off 119 over. The
populists will of course claim that they
redeemed their pledges to the best of
their ability and the republicans will
claim that they would have redeemed
their pledges if the populists had given
them half a chance.
Thus the people will bo relegated to
the tender mercies of the railroad man
agers because their law makers could
not agree on any measure not oven on a
bill to abolish railroad pass bribery.
But the railroad managers may over
shoot the mark. Wo venture to pre
dict that unless they make con
cessions now and allow a reasonable
rate bill to pass this year they will gotn
scorching two years hence that will
make them pay dearly for their corrupt
interference with legislatures and state
olllcials sworn to serve the people and
protect them from the rapacity of public
carriers.
MILL TKADUCIXtJ OMAHA.
The spasmodic reform movement has
furnished thotruducorsof Omaha abroad
a very largo amount of ammunition with
which to keep up their warfare upon
this city under the pretense of bolster
ing prohibition and fighting down vice
and crime.
The Now York Voice of March 2 do-
votcs moro than u column to Omaha
and reproduces with great gusto the ex
travagant assertions embodied in the re
cent petition for suppressing the social
evil and enforcing the state statutes re
lating to gambling and the Sunday li
quor tralllc. Not content with this so-
called proof of Omaha's depravity the
Voice also reprints the brazen falsehoods
uttered by the Rev. B. Fay Mills on the
last night of his sojourn in Omaha ,
which closed with the slanderous decla
ration that "No other city in the United
States will begin to compare with
Omaha in open temples of depravity.1
The reverend gentlemen who edit the
Voice and derive handsome incomes from
"pulverizing the rum power" and advo
cating visionary reforms they know to
bo impracticable will doubtless continue
to hold up Omaha ns the most wicked
city on the globe , while their sanctum ib
within gun shot of the Five Points and
Mott street , in which moro vile rum is
bold and drank in any ono day than in
Omaha in five years ; and in which moro
deviltry and crime are perpetrated every
night than there has boon committed in
Omaha in any ono year ,
ThoMJ pious frauds are always shocked
nt the mete in their neighbors' eyes
than by the beam that obscures their
own vision. The lesson taught by ex
perience with visionary reforms and
impractical reformers is very much llko
the experience of .the man who fired a
shotgun that did moro effective execu
tion at the breech than at the muz/.lo.
Their aim is good , but tholr weapons
go off at the wrong end and often do
harm where they are Intended to bo
beneficial.
A citooKKD ntnni\'KHsini' \ .
The selection of receivers for the
Reading company has caused a still
further decline in the block of the con
cern instead of serving to produce an
increased confidence in the value and
permanency of the enterprise. The an
nouncement that the receivers , ono of
whom Is President MoLeod himself , will
pursue the same nolley that has boon
followed by that bold adventurer for
year past , hub had a tendency to destroy
rather than to build up the wave : Ing
faith of the capitalists upon whom the
tottering Reading system must depend
for the financial assistance which it
needs.
That the Reading receivership it , re
garded by the leading business men of
the country as a public bcandal has al
ready been bhown by many vigorous ex
pressions of opinion upon the subject.
The Now York
Commercial Jltillctin bays :
"It Is the most extraordinary feature in
this whole business that oven while the
authorities of the btato are proceeding
in the courts for voldanco of the lease of
the Lehlgh Valley to the Reading con-
corn.tho president of the Reading , who
devised atul inaugurated this scheme
for defying the law , and the president of
the Lehigh Vtilloy , who acted with him
in carrying it out , and in so doing dis
regarded his obligations us a trustee for
thu HhareholdorH mid treasurers of that
L'ompany , are selected to man *
ngo the property under orders
if the court. Hut with thorn
In associated a justice of the
supreme court , who hui In decision * of
that court probably taken personal part
in declaring the Illegality of such trans
actions as the lease in question , but who
now leaves the judicial bench In order
to join with Messrs , McLeod and Wll-
Ijttr In the management of the road
which , the authorities of the state main
tain , Is engaged In disregarding the law.
iVsstiredly no stronger spectacle has
over boon presented than this combina
tion for the purpose of retaining In
practical control of two corporations
the very persons against whom the state
authorities are now proceeding In the
courts. It cannot be questioned by anyone
ono that this selection was made at the
instance of the present management of
the Reading and for the express purpose
of retaining as far as po.sslblo control
over the affairs of the company and
power to continue the disregard of law
of which the state authorities com
plain. "
This Is a plain statement of the case ,
and the conclusion to bo derived from It
is that the Reading receivership is designed -
signed to defeat the ends of justice.
That a justice of the supreme court
should leave the bench to ussooiato him
self with such men as McLood and Wil
bur , and under such suspicious cir
cumstances , Is little less than scandalous.
The appointment of now receivers maybe
bo the upshot of the vigorous and Indig
nant protest that is made against the
present ones.
TllK IXAUGUltAL
So far ns the inaugural address of
President Cleveland defines what is to
bo the policy of his administration its
principal objects will bo to maintain a
bound and stable currency , reform the
tariff and advance civil service reform.
With regard to the first of these objects
there will bo no disagreement with the
opinion of Mr. Cleveland as to its vital
importance. It Is evident , however ,
that the president is not confident that
his party can bo brought to see the way
to maintain n sound currency ns ho
would direct , and ho therefore counsels
concessions. Ho has had convincing
evidence within the last few weeks
of the futility of attempts to coerce ac
quiescence in his financial views , and ho
is now willing to treat with that faction
of his party , unquestionably the
stronger , which rejects him as a finan
cial leader. What success ho will have
in thib course remains to bo PCCII , but
meanwhile the country is given the as
surance that the executive branch of the
government will use all the powers
vested in it to maintain the national
credit and avert financial disaster.
On the subject of tariff reform Mr.
Cleveland speaks in a moro courageous
and confident tone , knowing that here
ho has the masses of his party with him ,
but the advocates of a reform of the
tariff cannot but bo disappointed that
the president has presented not a single
new thought to strengthen the cause.
Much that ho says about paternalism ho
said often before in different forms , and
it is mild criticism to characterize all of
it as simply platitude. That a great
deal of what Mr. Cleveland puts forth as
sound principles , in his arraignment of
protection , can bo conclusively shown
from the industrial history of the coun
try during the past thirty years to bo es
sentially unsound , every candid man
must admit. But there is no encourage
ment for the extremists of his party in
what ho proposes regarding tariff re
form. That task , ho says , "must bo
undertaken wisely , without vindictiveness -
ness ; our mission not punishment , but
rectification of wrongs. "
That portion of the inaugural address
which will bo least pleasing to the par
tisans of Mr. Cleveland is the reference
to civil service reform. Ho finds oppor
tunity hero to lot it bo understood that
claims based on partisan service merely
will receive little consideration. His
reference to combinations of business in-
toro.sts for limiting production and fix
ing prices will bo generally approved ,
and except in the section whore his
party is strongest there will be no ob
jection to his declaration in favor of
equality before the law for every citi
zen , unimpaired by race or color. There
is nothing now or especially impres
sive in what Mr. Cleveland says
regarding public expenditures. Every
body agrees that they should bo limited
to the necessities of the government , but
those necossitieb must bo gauged with
reference to promoting the boat inter
ests of the whole people.
Mr. Cleveland's plea for harmony Is a
confession that his party is divided , and
there is implied in it an apprehension
that he would hotter have concealed.
Altogether the address is not a strong or
impreobivo utterance , though it is dis
tinctly characteristic.
TllK ItiailT OF ASri.UM.
A vigorous protest is being made
against the negotiation of the extradi
tion treaty between the United States
and Russia which was recently ratified
by the senate. This proceeds from two
sources , the Society of American Friends
of Russian Freedom and the Russian-
American National league. The ob
jectionable feature of the treaty is the
cliutbo which declares that any attempt
upon the life of the czar or of any mom
her of the royal family shall bo regarded
as i non-political offense and shc.ll bo
extraditable. The protosttints allinn
that this violates the traditional
policy of this government. Several
year.s ago ti proposed extradi
tion treaty with Russia failed of ratifica
tion because it contained a clause similar
in effect to the ono in the now treaty ,
and the effort of the British government
sitno five or six years ago to obtain a
concession making certain offenses hav
ing a political coloring extraditable was
unsuccessful. The senate at those time. '
took a firm stand In maintaining the es
tablished policy of the nation regarding
political refugees.
The government Of the United States
has always given the right of asylum o
political rofugoe-s the broadest Interpre
tation and the widest application. They
have found protection onboard oui-bhlps ,
in our consulates , and on our territory
This policy has resulted In numerous
conflicts with other nations , but novel
mill now has it iiltt departed from , It
H embodied directly or Indirectly In nil
) f our extradition * treatICH , most of
wlik'h contain ± \\y \ \ dlHtlnot stltihitlon | )
that wo will | mij extrudlte nny one
for i political olron e , whllii mich ns do
not omtuln this stipulation HO curefttlly
[ i.'clto nnil limit thO offenses for which
wo will ( 'i'ant extriulltlon ns to olearly
exclutlo ( mlltlcal olTonses. Wo no fur
ther in ruservlni ? It/'onr / courts the rljjht
* . . . * . . . . . . . " ! * ' * ' . . * *
to determine tho' { ljurncter of the crlmo
m account of wlijcl oxtrndltlon Is asked
ind the sulliclency of the evidence to
onnoet the accused person with It.
l''vcn this rcbcrviitloii is not observed In
the treaty with Hussla , though a safe
guard Is provided in the requirement
that the State department must finally
approve the extradition of any alleged
criminal.
The American people do not believe
that recour.se to assassination , oven
under such a despotism as that of Rus
sia , is justifiable as a means to secure
political reforms. They do , however ,
sympathize with every legitimate effort
of the Russian people to better their
political condition and to lesson the bur
den of the despotic yoke that weighs
them down. The political system
of Russia Is to the last degree
iibhori cut to every friend of free institu
tions , and the American people can do
nothing that will to the remotest extent -
tent help to maintain that system
without compromising their moral influ
ence In behalf of popular government.
Russia is the last country in the world
to whom it would be safe to make such a
concession as that contained in the new
extradition treaty. That government is
utterly unscrupulous in its methods for
getting into its clutches those of its
people who oppose Its despotic power ,
and its drag not is constantly out for
nihilists and their sympathizers. Its
spies are scattered everywhere over the
world , and this extradition treaty once
in force it would not be lon < r before our
State department would bo busy hear
ing complaints against Russians ar
rested upon charges of having
conspired against the life of
thec/ar or homo member of the royal
family. No nihilist would bo safe in
this country with the treaty in force.
The American people do not want their
country made a hunting ground for Rus
sian spies , and If they could express
their sentiments there would bo few
voices not raised against the proposed
concession to the Russian government.
The policy of the republic regarding
the right of asylum , which has been
firmly adhered to for moro than a cen
tury , must bo maintained.
TllK Vmllt TO DltAMA'l'lC ART.
Mine. Modjoskn. ina , tulk with a rep
resentative of THE' ' BEI : , deprecated
what she characterized as the "porni-
nicious starring , bupinoss , " declaring
that it will bo the ruin of the dramatic
art in this country. The distinguished
actress explained , what she meant by
saying that anybody ban bo a star now
"prize fighters , divorced women , profes
sional burglars ; anybody with a repu
tation for anything unusual can rush
upon the stage and gat press notices by
the yard. " Mine. Modjeska took the
managers to task for tholr indifference
to everything but money making , and
declared that "tho business ought to bo
returned to the old stock com
pany plan. " The last proposition
lias been repeatedly advocated by
Modjeska , she having recently written
most intelligently and earnestly upon it
in ono of the leading magazines.
It is easy to understand how a great
artiste , sincerely devoted to her profes
sion and regarding it as a moans of in
tellectual improvement and elevation ,
should keenly deplore the conditions to
which she refers , and every intelligent
man and woman who appreciates dra
matic art in its higher state must sympa
thize with her. Unfortunately , however -
over , there is small hope that either the
exponents or the admirers of true dra
matic art will over bo able to effect the
reform they doslro and rid the
stage of the debasing and de
teriorating conditions now so preva
lent. Has there over been a time when
there was not something to deprecate
in connection with the dramatic stage ?
Addison inveighed against its faults and
its demoralizing features in his day , and
there has been no period since when the
stage was quite free from these , in ono
form or another. Perhaps they are
moro numerous and moro widely dis
tributed now than over before , but if
such is the case it is because the stage
is in greater demand for popular enter
tainment than nt any previous period.
There are twenty theaters today whore
there was ono a quarter of a century
ago. Every enterprising town has
its "opera house. " Jn hundreds of
communities whose elder people
never had nn opportunity to see
a play before they hud reached
middle ago or beyond the younger
generation has been made moro or loss
familiar with the btago. They know
little , indeed , of dramatic art , and very
generally are incapable of appreciating
it. The "Hamlet" of Booth or the
"Kathorlno" of Modjoska would bo lost
upon most of them , , But because this is
bo should they bo deprived of all oppor
tunity to make acquaintance with the
stage , of all chailco . to obtain from it
such entertainment as they can appre
ciate ? There must1'bo a process of
education in this as" fn all other branches
of art , and the ox orfonco of centuries
warrants the assumption that there
will always bar [ , ; pboplo to whom
the highly-colored qhromo Is moro
attractive than ' the finest paint
ings of the gre.al < Jst musters , to
whom "Annlo Rvone.v" has a charm
surpassing any operatic aria over writ
ten , and to whom thij { 'Tin Soldier" era
a molod'-ama redolent of horrors will
furnish enjoyment whcio a play of
Shakespeare or Bulwer would fall flat.
The few of more cnligh toned concep
tion and elevated taste will tire of the
cheap and vulgar , and from these true
dramatic art will receive intelligent and
appreciative nupport , but It is to bo ap
prehended they will always bo largely
in the minority. Kveu if it bo granted
that it would bo bettor for the majority
If they were not permitted to wit
ness dramas which give opportunity
for prize lighters and professional
burglars to "star , " It Is manifestly im
possible to do away with such produc-
llonn. So long as the majority want
them -tho demand will bn met. The
exponents of true dramatic art may
iloplore. this condition of affairs , but
they will not bo able to reform It alto
gether. It has Its foundation In human
nature.
What Mine. Modjoska says as to
the desirability of a return to the old
plan of stock companies will bo endorsed
Ijy all the older members of the dramatic
profession and by everybody who under
stands that the combination system In
vogue is an obstacle to the de
velopment of histrionictalent. . That
requires for Its growth scope
and range through all the realm of the
drama , which 'It ' could 'have under the
stock company plan , whereas with the
combination system It Is necessarily
"cabined , cribbed , confined. " This
system may produce excellent "mechani
cal" actors , but it could never have pro
duced n Mncready or a Booth , a Gush-
man or a Mojeska.
Axn now there Is a chance that the
French , never a yachting nation , will
compote for the America's cup. The
English hope to capture It this year ,
after about forty years of trying , but
there Is no reason why the French
should not have a chance at It. 'France
has plenty of skillful naval architects
and bailers , and If she wants to enter
the lists against America and Eng
land , as Is now reported , It will
make the International yacht races
oven moro interesting than they
have boon heretofore. The struggle
for the America's cup this year will bo
the greatest event of Its kind over wit
nessed. It is highly appropriate that
these contests , after several years of
suspension , should bo renewed during
the gre.it Columbian celebration , when
millions of people from all parts of the
world will bo hero to witness the strug
gle. Better than pugilism or horse-
racing is the noble and useful sport of
yacht racing , and it may bo that this
year's contest in American waters
will bo the beginning of a new-
era of this sport and that .several of
the maritime nations will bo drawn Into
the friendly rivalry in which England
and this country have heretofore been
the only participants. During the past
year or two the Gorman emperor has
evinced a decided interest in yachting
and is the owner of the superb and pow
erful English cutter that was beaten by
our Volunteer. Perhaps Germany and
Franco will both bo participants in the
international races hereafter.
ACCORDING to the latest data showing
the metallic stocks of the world's princi
pal banks the total stock of gold
amounts tol,52,173,000 ! ) and of silver
to * 901-48,000. : ) Stating the figures in
round numbers the Bank of England
holds in gold $125,000,000 , the Bank of
Prance $2(51,000.000 ( , the Imperial Bank
of Germany $108,000,000 , , the Bank of
Austria-Hungary 827,000,000 , the Bank
of Spain $37,000,000 , the National Bank
of Italy $ : t'J,000,000 , and the Bank of
Russia $ : t0,000,000 ; ! , or within $ . ' ! ,000-
000 of the amount in the treas
ury and national banks of the
United States. All the smaller
countries of Europe appear to bo fairly
well provided with gold , while in the
larger countries there is a considerable
amount in banks outside of the govern
ment institutions. There is not far from
$1,000,000,000 of gold in Europe , while
thcio is less than $500,000,00 , ! ) of silver ,
or about as much in nil the European
countries as there is in the United
States. These facts suggest why it is
that European governments ; manifest so
little interest in silver and are so anx
ious to maintain and increase tlioir re
serves of the yellow metal.
Tin : democratic pilgrimage to the
shrine of the great father has just com
menced. Many who start out hopeful
in holiday attire will return dejected ,
ragged and foot-sore. Even the example
of the would-be minister to Dahomey , so
touchingly reproduced in the "Toxas
Steer , " booms to produce no effect upon
the politician craving for olllco.
Why Don't They Do It.
7/ii'iI/cyc CUIten.
It Is about time that the republicans In the
Icgisl.ituro inako some substantial niovo
towards carrying out tholr i > loJjo3 ( of reduc
ing freight ratus.
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Kilt it Didn't Do It.
Xorfnllt Aries.
A very Rood way for the legislature to
stand up for Nobr.isk.i Just at this tinio is to
pass a law offering a bounty for the cultiva
tion of sugar boots.
A Niihln llxiimule.
Clttcayn inter Ocean.
Governor and Airs. MrKlnloy sot n noble
example of honesty and integrity to the
world. The peed wife WHS not an Indorser
upon the fatal paper , but she Indorses her
husband's honor and manhood. Such an ex
ample In these days is worth millions in
money.
Ilnrofs ol thu Sou ,
I'lillMlclpltta llccnnl.
Tlio flvo bravo islanders of Cuttyhunk ,
who wore drowned in tlioir desperate cn-
duavor to rcscuo tlio crow of a augur-laden
lurk driven ashore ou the rocks of the Now
Knglaiul coast , deserve grateful romom-
br.mco. The best possible form it could take
would bo in the shape nf assistance for the
widows ami orphans they leave behind.
No llUcrllillliiitliin III Snubi.
JJiiffalu HfprCKS.
Mr. Cleveland seems to have developed the
faculty of estranging his anti-snapper
friends as well as keeping alive the disllko
of ills snapper enemies It is an open secret
that Whitney no longer interests himself in
' affairs and Fairchild
thu president-elect's now -
child has been given n rebuff. IJut the true-
blue mugwumps still love him for the ene
mies ho is making.
If the report ho true that Cleveland's in
augural will contain only about 1,700 words
it will bo shorter than the average. His
inaugural of eight years ago had only l.tHS
word" , however , but Harrison's had 4.5SS ,
Garllold's 2.0'U. and Hayes' 2-irj. The
longest inaugural was \V. H. Harrison's ,
\\hichcontained 8,578 words , and the second
longest was I'olk'sV.KH. . The shortest was
Washington's second , llll words , tlio next
shortest was Johnson's , atW , and the next
Arthur's 431.
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I'roMts of thu I'll ; Sliunpn.
If anjono had doubts us to the good Judg
ment of the government in issuing the Co-
lumbi.in stamps the report of the postmaster
guiier.il should sot them at rest. At'coidlng
to that otllcial the total increase of sales In
January over the same month last year Is
more than ! 20 per cent. At lOU ilrst class
postolllcos stamps to the value of J-Jii > Mili
were sold in January , against tl.8TO.483 dur
ing the same period last year. Of the amount
received this year from , the salu of postage
stumps fl.7U3.WKIvoro for the Columbian
Issue , within $101.817 of the total sales la
January of lust i car.
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SHOTS AT Till !
Mlimonpollt Trltmno A rcllploiu oct In
KiiHilu holds Unit hair U sinful , and It U. In
butter It Is a misdemeanor , nnil ou n nmrrlcd
mau'a shoulder It sometimes amount * to a
felony.
1'hlludolphlu l > diri > r : Uor Ur Mol'lu-r-
ion of Chicago has been giving hla views on
hnuM. H ( - ayv "I have always under
stood that Its temperature is nlwvo normal. "
'rhls will roouon no heated arguments ou the
subject.
Kansas City Journal : Thoehnplaln of the
Knnsin senate U not nlono In wishing that
the Almighty may have mercy on Hint
"treaion Infested suite. " The devout public
generally have been wishing the same thing
uvor since the ] x > pullst party begun to show-
Its hand ,
I'ionccr.l'rctt "May God ha vn mctv.v on
thU treason Infected stntu I Amen ! " This
is the full text of n prayer offered by the
chaplain oftho Kanvis house during one of
Its tumultuous sessions. He is o pomilUt
from the top of his hat to the bottom nf his
hoots , and says that the other fellows are
the trailers.
S.m Francisco Hvamlncr A Wisconsin
preacher saw ono of his Hock , a modeler In
clay , making a llgure somewhat short on
drapery for the World's fair. His holy
hands shot up as if ho had met a road agent ,
while in tremulous voice ho exclaimed
against the wickedness So the modeler In
stead of hlttlmr his visitor with a wad of
mud , a course clearly his duty , destroyed
the objectionable llguro and others of value.
The people of the community , however , had
not reached the lofty plane of the modeler ,
for they chased the preacher across the
county line.
New York Herld : Hov. r. Field , who is
abroad nt the present moment , writes to his
paper , the Kvangellst , ns follows : "Good
morning ! I am reveling in the glorious sun
shine of Africa Tell m.\ brethren In Amer
ica that If they could rldo over these hills
and look off on the Mediterranean and the
Atlantic they would get larger views of
things nml forget the Hrlggs case in the
presence of a continent , that is waiting to ho
redeemed " It woulu pay to charter a whole
llcot of Atlantic steamers and send a repre
sentative synod to Africa to acquire these
"larger views of things " What muddles
the brain of the ordinary North Amerleiin Is
the tremendous stress which some religious
people place on a dogma , whllo they are en
tirely indifferent to the important reforms
that are on the carpet. The whole thing is
11 sort of travesty on Kusln.i Yokes' song ,
"No matter what you do if your 'art Is true. "
Judge Kelly has been appointed receiver
for the Norfolk Fair association.
A Teeumseh poultry dealer has shipped
out 62,51 ! * pounds of chickens this winter.
The city council of Fullerton has granted n
water works franchise to .lames H Smith.
A number of Custer county people have
been taken in by traveling sharps selling
groceries.
.laclt Dwyerof Koarney. who ran a gam
bling house , was iinml $ , JUO because of his
sporiing proclivities.
Miss Uello Fielder of Hay Springs is
rustling hard to secure the postofllco wider
the new administration
Anthony O. Halt , a former resident of
I'lattsmouth , died recently at Oakland , Cal. ,
of kidney disease , aged 70 jc.irj.
Dave Cook will meditate on his evil ways
the next three years in the pen at Lincoln.
Judge Wheeler prescribed the seclusion.
The case against John n.mut , cashier of
the defunct Commercial and Savings bank ,
is on trial at Kearney and sixty witnesses
have been called to testify
Charles Ucnnett , living near Sliclton , unloaded - ,
loaded a gun n little hit quicker than he In
tended. A doctor took off the young man's
right foot just as soon ns ho could.
Judge J. K Cochranof McCooklms started
for Washington to qualify as consul at San
Salvador to which position ho was nomin
ated and conllrmed. Ills continuation was
the last one under the Harrison administra
tion.
tion.Miss
Miss May North , daughter of State Sen
ator North of Columbus. whoso stage name
is Helen Stookwell , will appear shortly at
Chicago , in Kiimscy Morris' now play , the
comedy of "Joseph , " in which she takes a
leading part , and in which she is expected ,
by the dramatic critics of the Chicago papers ,
to distinguish herself.
The annual convention of the Young
People's Society ot Christian ICmlc.ivor of the
Sixth district of Nebraska , comprising the
counties of Adams , Webster. ClaNuekoN ,
Fillmoie , Thayer , Kearney and Franklin ,
will meet in Hastings March HI and April I
and 2. There will bo over 100 delegates in
attendance nt the convention and the Hast
ing Kndoavors are making arrangements to
entertain them.
Says the Chase County Champion : "Our
bachelor friends complain to us of a scarcity
of young ladies throughout the country.
This should not bo so , as we could readllv
name a half hundred oligibloyoung hacnclors
lu the valley , many with homes and farms of
their own and their lives insured , and we
certainly think the search has not been a
diligent one and the complaint is without
grounds. However , console yourselves ,
gentlemen , as we understand a train load or
two will be in from the east in a few days.
IOWU'H Notions of tlio Nudr.
A'cic Yorlt Adeciliter.
Wnentho pansy artists of Iowa succeed
in converting the classic goddess of liberty
the goddess of the Greeks into a modern
ballet girl , of course the IJartholdi statue
of liberty will have to go. She is a graceful ,
womanly creatuio , and her dr.iporlrs are her
great charm , but Iowa sa\s th.it liberty
must w ear pink tights , a pair of base lull
shoes and a hauberk Our art trend is
toward tlio nude and pads.
t\ttn xoras.
Slnco Auditor Ackornmu made his report
n month ago on World's fair llnnnrcn HWl , .
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i'S' has been oxponded. This brlni/a th
total cxpciulUurca of the fair up to Jaiumry
I'laiis have been completed for DIP Irani-
portiitlon of the "Old Liberty Hell" from
Philadelphia to Chicago , and thnt relic of
the revolution will ho In Chlcngo In tlmo to
bo exhibited within the Pennsylvania build-
IIIR wnen thutstructuro Is dedicated April iS ) .
The Minnesota building Is to ho orna
mented with a statue of Hiawatha , The
statue Is to stand eighteen feet high abova
the plvnth and the design Is from Ioiigfol
.lows lines-
"Over wild and rushing rivers ,
"In his arms ho Iwro the maiden "
Slxty-llvo gondoliers , the full complement
who , under n concession granted by tha
council of administration of the Columbian
exposition , are to man the quaint and pic
turesque gondolas over the lagoons of Jackson -
son park , will sail from Yenlee early this
week They are expected to reach Chicago
about the i'lth of March.
The ( Jro.it White Horse Inn , n duplicata
I'xteriorlv of the
nnellsh hostelry mailo so
famous b.\ Charles Dickens In "I'lckwlek
Papers , " has an excellent location on the
\\orld's fair grounds , and In nmtu respects
will doubtless beioneof the most intiTcstlnff
of the main attractions The builuing Is ill-
most completed. It occupies a prettj slto
south of Machinery hall and not far from the
southeast corner of the park
April t Is the diitellxed for closing the
gates of Jackson park to visitors After that
rtato tickets will not be sold nt the entrances
and stunh guards will turn back all perooni
not provided with passes showing the\ have
business on the fair grounds This step Is
necessary for the expedition of work and
the safety of the public The woiklng force
Insldo the park is oelng gradually Inrreased ,
and within the next four weeks lli.dOO mon
will bo emplojed within the park fence
/.IT1 lll.\l SiOCIi.
Yonl.i'ts Stitlestiinn : It Isn't imlurnl fora
"ciook" to bo In straits.
Tiny Pii'ss : A itood pedesttlan U generally
nn I'lioy-goliig fellow.
Cloveluml Plain Douler : Miiny u mun who
"sturtsoil well" spoils otorytmni ; by coming
bucU.
I'hlhidi'tphl.i Itornrd : As base ball snlnrUi
arc cut down thu pitcher becomes mine und
moru of u glow lor.
Host n Courier : That bandiiiastor hud n
ptoper Idea of the Illness of thlmrs who
onli'ii'd that his muslcl.ins whuiildunr
tunics.
Tidbits : rstellcA ml you uro going to loavs
me so soon , Augustus ?
Augustus-My lo\e , 1 would willing ! ) glvo
Ion Ji'aisof my | | ft If I could si.ij foiior. |
Hut If I don't pi I shull be lined sl\iciiso [ for
liL'liU' l.ilo at our deb itln t society
Washington Star : They took In cold em nest
his eiluits nt jest , but IHMCI liU 7i-al did It
cbo ! > t > and lie sm' ' > < l as he muiiiuiicd "Tha
woild Isut best nf.oiy poor Judge of u Joke. "
lloslon I'r.inscilpt : I'list Stnti'smiin I can
triilj s.iy that no mun o\i > r sought to brlba
mr. Sooond Ditto Olioll , I wouldn't bodls-
roiuugcd. Your luck muy chunge somu tlmo
or other.
Philadelphia Iiudgcr : Pilnrrss MaiKinot of
Prussia UTclM-d Horn lu > r godmotln-r , tha
IIULMMI of Italy , as u wedding gift , iiiiaru of
diamonds suld to bo worth not less than $30-
OOO. Tl.ua-boom-dc-ay.
New York l'n > s : Ho was a hl\-tlnu > s mil
lionaire , who sut boliliid Moral thu nmy ; tlm
iniilil to > U oil nur bonnet there hu murrlod
bur nuM day.
The fields Ho hidden 'neath Iho snow ,
And It Is cold In tonn :
The mercury Is at one below ,
And sometimes lower down.
Yet In the face of one wo meet
Thcto Is no luck of cheer ;
The plntnbcr goes about the street
And smiles from ear to oar.
: cor.s/.v
Jamc * iriilleumli lllleu.
T.lttlo Cousin Jaspi'r he
Don't live In this town , like mol
lie ll\es 'wiiy to I'misseiiiur ,
An' 1st comes to visit licit1.
He says'nt our court house square -
Ain't nigh big as tliclin Is thcio.
lie says I heir town's big as four
Kr fl\e towns like this , un' moro.
lie siys : ef his folks mo\ed hero
llo'il ciy to leave Kunssuluer ;
'Ciiiisi ! tlu-y's pialiles tlieio , un' lukes
An' wll' ducks und raUlcmiukos.
Yes , nn" little Jumper's p'l
Shoots most things you mcr KIXWJ
Wunst he shot u deer , om > day ,
'At bwummed off un' got awuy.
I.lttle Cousin .Tuspor went
AJI' euinped out wnnst In a tent
Wlv his pa. an' held his gun
Whllo he Ulltu teriupun
An' when his ma heeid o' that ,
An' moro things his pa's boon at ,
She says , "Yes , an' ho'Il got shot
TOIO'H bo's mun-grown , HUe as notl"
An' thev's mnssrats thoic , nn' mlnlui
An' dl-dlppeis , an' chewlnUs
Yes ; un' culmus root you clu-w
All up , an' 'I won't pUen you
An' In town's n ( lug-pole there ,
Highest ono's "ill's unywhuio
In this wotld wito In thHstii'ct !
\Vhoio the big musb tneotln'u meat.
Yes , nn' Jasper he snys they
( Jut si bruss hand there , un play
On It , un' mutch up un dcnui.
An' ull o\er 'louiid the town
Wish ! our town nln't HKu It Is ;
\\lsht It's big us his ;
\\isht 'at his folks they'd move lior * .
An' tte'il IIIONO to Heiissuluor
Lar.joU MiuwfaoluroM ant IlptilloM
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of ulothmz In tb ) World.
We're After Him
Just" wait another winter till that season gets
around when that
blooming-little ground
hog sticks his nose
above the ground , for
we've organized our
forces and we've sworn
to find him out , and
the man who comes
upon him will smash
him on the snout. Then nevermore hereafter will
ho work his shadow trick , because when once we've
met him he'll be very , very sick. Long will
live the recollection of the year of ' 94 , when the
death of the Mr. Groundhog brought mild winters
evermore. To us will be the glory of producing
early springs , and we'll sell the thankful people all
their clothes and furnishings. Ladies and gentle
men , our ambition is not to become wild-eyed
poets , but our spring suits -and overcoats , which
have just arrived , are the very essence of poetryf
that's why we became poetic.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S , W , COF.
