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THE OMAHA DAILY JBER : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 12 , 181H. E OMAHA ATLYHEE. I'fllMBUBU KVHUr MOllNIN'd. 1T.ll.M8 . . Hnmlnv ) On" Vnir . J It 01 I ) , illy | ii > iwltlioiit Dnllv an. I Huti'l.iy. On * Year . M Iirt W Kit M'.nlli * . 2 Wl ' 'llirw Mmillui . Himilny IV.- . One Vmr . 2 ' > .Vl H < lur < fnllp. . \ Clio Vnnr . I AVcokly lh , Una Vi-nr . . . . . . . . > . . 05 Omnlm. Tlirll > i iinit. His. Hi 'ilh Ontntin , ivriirr N nn < 1 Twi-nU'-fnilth fiiiniil UliiiTK , It 1'rnrl utr * * ! . 'hltnipi OHIi'r , SIT ( 'inimlwr nf f'mnmrm N w Yi k , rimnM IX II mill IK , Trllmtie liullillng. \\iiHlilngl. .11 , At ] IV.llllrfnlh mr > H. t Ml c'lmnumlcullntu rrl.itliiK In iii w unit fit- to ial limtler MiniiM ! uiMirmwII To Itiu K'lltor , All liiitlm-wi IfttiTB nti'l ' remiltinnrm HionM IT I'llMI'lili ? rnmimiiy , n > i Ifnitiil In The lice Dm ilm Dnirm , chrrkit Mint imntnillriiirdrm to In innilo tmvilMo l the onlor nf ISc ( iini | iy. TIII : IIIIK I'iriiMHitiNu COMPANY. 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It will soon Vo tlmo for tlio Oinnlia asses- nor to comincnco Ills work of imderostlinat- Ini ; tlio vulito of Omalui property. Falrhopc In tlio iininn of tlio latest ro-oper- ntlvo colony. Its members can bo assured of liopo whether they get anything else or not. Rvon llio Qermnns Imvo to knuckle under to the French BO fnr ns to employ the French InnRUtipo In tlio text of the now treaty of commorca with Kussta. The scnnto 1ms gone back to Its old Imblt of adjourning from Thursday to Monday. Four days session each wool ; Is ns heavy a burden ns our upper house legislators feel themselves nhlo to bear. The Commercial club should not engage In too many prospective enterprises at once. The now Omaha cannot bo built In a year , but ono enterprise at a tlmo successfully carried out will soon double the population. The statement that coal Is already cheap enough In Omaha for all practical purposes may be taken with a few grains of allow ance. The manufacturing Interests of the city can stand a slight reduction without- disastrous consequences. Governor AValto of Colorado Is advising the populist editors of his state to keep the silver plank of the Omaha platform con stantly In the foreground of discussion. Very good advlco , we should say , provided It serves to keep Governor Walto constantly In the background. The will of the late George W. Chllds leaves his entire estate to his wife. Mr. Clillils nrndo such gifts for charitable- educational Institutions as ho wished to en courage during lifetime. A man who con sistently pursues this policy 'has-no call to make further donations of tilts' character by befnicst. Something must bo done to redeem the pledges made by the republican party to modify the existing prohibitory law that has proved such a signal failure In Iowa. This should bo the starting point for the repub licans In the Iowa legislature. The more promptly they act the better for the future of the party. Ex-Senator Ingalls denies that he has been converted by Evangelist Sam Jonos. It has frequently been asserted that Mr. Ingalls was far beyond the powers of con version , . but Mrs. Ingalls Insists that her husband doesn't need to bo converted. Mrs. Ingalls certainly ought to bo an authority on this point. Iowa legislators want every boarding house that uses oleomargarine to display a con spicuous sign , "Oleomargarine used here. " They know what they huvo been getting for use ns butter , "but prefer to have the fa ct Imprcsse'd ns well on their eyes as on their palates. Iowa boarding houses , must bo well' up with the average. Tlio now fire limit ordinance Is an Im portant measure. It embodies the true safeguards against destructiveIres ( by es tablishing an area of fireproof construction and denning the limits within which tinder boxes must not bo erected. .If such an ordinance was rigidly enforced there would bo less talk about advanced Insurance rates and incltlclent lire lighters. The people of South Omaha who arc or ganizing a private circulating library are commencing to feel ono of the disadvantages accruing from having a municipal govern ment separate- from that of Omaha. Had they consented to annexation at the time It was proposed , they would have had the use of the free circulating library maintained and supported by the city of Omaha. As It Is , they will huvo to put up with a voluntary library association for the present. After all the hubbub made last autumn about the Indissoluble alliance between Rus sia and France , the announcement that both Russia and Germany have entered Into u now commercial treaty embodying mu tual concessions and most favored nation treatment will nrotiso suspicions as to the sincerity of the various alliance ! ) of Kuro- pean powers. European diplomacy Is a game of every ono for himself and lot the best man win. Russia cares no moru for 'France than It does for Germany. You always have to go away from homo to Get Information about men and Incident * In your o\vn neighborhood. According to the almanac of the Chicago Dally News for 1894 , , which baa JnM reached u , "J. Sterling Morton has during most of his Ufa prac ticed law and attained great eminence In his profession , acquiring a fortune. " Nobody In this neck of the wooda has ever heard the sane of Arbor I.odgt > plead at the bar and nobody lias inspected that ho acquired his fortimi ) In legal tourneys with Marquette , Poppleton , Woolwortli and other eminent pnctltltlonem , although It U known that lie turitttl law at college before he came to Nebraska 'way back In the 60'i. IA V.IMJAVB A xpeclal committee ppolnted by the Commercial club to Investigate the fennllill- Ity nf Ilia Matte river canal has submitted A glowing report Muting out the great bene fit * to bo derived from the project by exist ing nnd pronpcctlva factories and mills an well ni the city at large. Thu committee nrniiitiietiilccl that a liberal subuldy shall be voted by the county and thin recommen dation linn been cndontcd by tlio club. Neither tha committee nor the club has Inllmntcd who Is to build the canal , and who IR to own nnd operate It vhcn It Is built or-how much the county Is expected to donate. All that they Imvo seen fit'to coimnunlratn to the public la ithnt the cnglnecrfl csllnmto the coat of the canal not to exceed $3,000,000. Kvon this , ostltnnto loon not Hpccify wlmthor the J3.000.000 In- cliiilo the coat of building the canal and the cunt of the electrical power plant , or whether the plant , which certainly will cost several hundred thousand dollars , Is nn after con sideration. On thcso polntH the voters of tlilu county would have to be enlightened a good deal moro than they nro now before they would Justify the county commissioners In ciitnrlnlnliiK the proposition to subsidize the en mil. Conceding tlmt all the promoters claim for this canal can be accomplished and grant that Its construction nt thu carlles possible day Is desirable , the iiui'stlrm that confronts our'citizens Is , shall the canal bs public prop erty owned and operated by the city nnd county Jointly or separately , solely for the benefit of the community , or shall It bo owned , controlled nnd operated by a private cor poration for gain ? The experience- Omnlm and the experience of all cities that have depended upon franchlscd corporations for water , light nnd other necessary adjuncts of a modern city has not been favorable to private ownership. Quito to the contrary , there Is a universal demand that the city sliiill acqulro the water works as soon HH It cnn ; that the city shall own Its electric lighting plant and If possible get rid of the corrupting and demoralizing Influence of corporate Interference with the city govern ment. Now If the canal Is to bo public property , how nro wo to go about It ? There Is no power In the charter for the city to embark In such an enterprise , and until there Is such authority wo fall to HCC how wo can legally expend nny money for It , even If the county should vote the subsidy to the cor poration known as the city of Omaha. What cannot legally bo done directly can scarcely bo done legally Indirectly through a con struction company , which , by the way. Is liable to degenerate Into a Credit Moblllcr before the canal Is half finished. The only rational way to go about this business Is to let the engineer department of the city make the preliminary estimates and when the charter has been amended seas as to enable life city to proceed with the work wo can ask the county to Join the city In raising the funds. But before wo vote bonds wo shall want all the detail estimates , not only what.lt will cost to build the canal and how much wo are to expend for the power plant , but also how much It will cost to maintain and operate it winter and sum mer. DKFKHSKLKSS CAX.WA. The Canadian people will not d < ; rlvo any ccmfort from a statement recently made In an nddress before a London club by Sir George Chesney , the military expert of the British empire. He was discussing the de fensive condition of the British colonies , and said that as a rule they were safe against successful attack , with the excep tion of Canada , In the case of a war with the United States. Ho said It was n serious question how a defense could be main tained along the long line of the Canadian frontier In the event of Great Britain being engaged In hostilities with the United States. It was Impossible , said this eminent military authority , to doubt tlmt If some great question or quarrel nroso Involving the Interests of the people of"tho "United ; States , and If the feeling of that people wcro so roused that they should ! determine to carry out that quarrel to tho. bitter end , that the position could bo anything but an extremely serlour one. He painted out that the people of the United States were capable. In times of great 'emergency , of great things , and If there were 30,000,000 pf armed people against 0,000,000 of Canadians even supposing the Canadians were united as ono man It was a question whether the defense of Canada would bo possible. Indeed , Sir George Chesnoy believed It would bo an impossibility , , and there can be no doubt that In this view ho .will have the concurrence of all military men whose judgment Is of any value. Should hostilities break out betwcan this country and England , the United States would find no trouble whatever In occupying Canada with an army strong enough to hold that British province against any force that Can ada could put Into tha field , and whatever defense was made would bo by the Canadian people themselves , for England would hardly undertake to send over any considerable force. She has not a large standing army , and any considerable diversion of troops to this continent would bo very apt to bo taken advantage of by her European enemies to make trouble for her abroad. Of course there Is only the most remote possibility of the "fruited States and England over again engaging In war. The disposi tion of both nations Is to reach a settlement of their differences through arbitration and this sentiment Is likely to grow nforo pro nounced In the future. The defenseless position of Canada , therefore , so far as the United States la concerned , need cmiso the people of our northern neighbor no concern. It limy Induce them , however , to cultivate a moro neighborly temper and disposition after being told by the leading military expert - port In the British omplro that _ In cnso of anything happening to warrant this country In taking possession of the Dominion they would bo helpless. C0.1//.l/UT/rW SCllOUh MAXAOKUKXT. The city of Chicago just now Is wrestling with the same problems that are being discussed in this city. The Board of Edu cation of Chicago has asked the city council toralso the tax levy for tho. coming year. The leading dallies charge that the manage ment of the Chicago schools Is recklessly extravagant. * The Trlhuno declares that odlces Imvo been created by the Board of Education on the slightest provocation , which accounts for the long list of superin tendents , special teachers , stenographers , clerks , assistant clerks , messengers ) , pages , engineers , onslatant engineers , etc. A care ful revision of the pay roll pertaining to these offices would result In a largo saving. Many of the offices were created to nmko places for peta of the school board mem bers. Some of these Jobbing school In- apectors are no longer In otHce , but BO mo of them aro. But whether In or out of office there la no reason why thu public should bo taxed for whims. Nearly every committee of tbs school board and nearly every prin cipal ofllccr has a clerk , monsengor and ntcn- ngrnpher. If the aldermen Indulged In such extravagance thcra wo'ild bo a loud public protest. The school board Indulges In the luxury of nn attorney nt (300 per month who doc * not Kpond 300 minutes per month In the oftlco of the board. It Indnlgca In the luxury of numerous bookkeepers and an auditor , several secretaries and a clerk and HO on , It Is an extravagantly conducted de partment of the city government. The Chicago Herald says that tlio Board of Education has no moro reason to keep up Itn rate of expenditure than the Pro de partment or the police department to keep up the rate that has for itomo tlmo been necessary In their respective fields. They cun reduce expenses , .they have reduced them. But the Board of Education , through uttpur Incompotnncy as a body , grown timid nt the very thought of reduction , and It n cut Is to bo nmdo wants Instruction from others , not members of that body , how to mnko It. This contrast between the educa tion department nnd the department nt po lice and lire Is not to the credit of the first. This Is a gooil deal worse than the situa tion In Omaha , but Chicago U moro than ten times as populous nnd the Chicago Board of Education employs more men , disburses moro money and docs more business In six months than the Omaha school board , city council nnd county commissioners ilojn any two yearn. On the HCnlo Of expenditure which the Omnlm school board has made during the past year wo have nothing to brng of In comparison with Chicago. The complaints In both cities nro the Fame the creation of offices for pets of mouthers nnd relatives by tha school board , the mainten ance of supernumeraries on the pay roll nt extravagant salaries and general wasteful ness when economy nnd retrenchment nro Imperative. This Is where the shoo pinches , and this Is why the taxpayers will side with the council ngalnst the. school board In re sisting the Increase of tlio levy. lWUniX-lMAX ASSOCIATION'S. The examiners of the State Banking de partment have completed the examination of the organization papers of building and loan associations authorized to do business In Ne braska , jiml their findings Imvo been ap proved by the department. The prlmo object of the Investigation waste to reduce the operations of associations to n system embodying the principles of mutuality nnd honesty. A confusion of methods has oxlstcd for some time , provoking much com plaint and accusations of partiality. To bring order out of the existing chaos was n dell- cato and difficult task. Associations organ ized previous to the act of 1891 contended they were not subject to the new law to the extent of nltcrlrig nny provision of by-laws , previously adopted. Tlje rights acquired by prior organization , however , were annulled when the associations applied for a certifi cate to the board. They were not required to comply with all the provisions of the new law , but If they chose to give them effect by applying for a certificate , they 'voluntarily relinquished these rights. An equally futllo objection was that the board , having granted a certificate- and approved a con stitution and by-laws , was estopped from subsequently requiring alterations. The ac ceptance of the amendment law carried with It the right vested In thoL board to disap prove of features deemed Illegal , and any association conducting an Illegal business subjected Itself to severe penalties. Under these conditions the board's power to en force Its decrees Is ample. But the board , as wo understand It , Is not disposed to bo severely critical. Radical changes are not countenanced , nor is'It pro posed to draw the lines taut. The ob ject Is to eliminate policies of questionable honesty , catch-penny experiments and , spec ulative tendencies , and gradually ground all associations on the broad foundation of equality and safety. Separate expense funds and the issue of one-payment stock must bo discontinued. These latter features have been a source of controversy on the ground of their Illegality. , Certainly no other features of existing associations are as open to abuse and dishonesty , and none have been so fruit ful of scandal. The board Is to bo congratulated on hav- jng Inaugurated a policy which will have a beneficial effect on the growth and perma nency of co-operatlvo homo building. The value of this form of co-opcratlon need not bo recounted. Its monuments are the count less homes built from the Atlantic to the < 1'nclflc. Its worth Is shown In the fact that building-loan deposits exceed the combined deposits of the country's savings banks. Regulation and restriction are a manifest necessity , and It vigilantly applied will soon remove tlio discredit which speculative asso ciations have brought .upon legitimate co- opcratlon In the west. Equal rights to all , special privileges to none , coupled with careful examination , Insures a bright future for Nebraska associations. Men who would like to Imvo their names Immortalized now have the opportunity of a lifetime presented to them and all that Is needed Is a llttlo ready cash. The trials , , hardships nnd sufferings of the great under taking that Is to confer upon thorn an everlasting - lasting fame will bo endured by others who are willing ana anxious to simra tuo glory with these who will advance the funds. An Arctic oxpedltion Is about to bo fitted out to rescue the Swedish explorers , BJorllng and Kallstcnlus and their party , who were lost last year , and to establish a permanent ref uge station In northern Baffin bay , from which further exploration may" bo carried on leisurely nnd without great risk. This ex pedition Is sure to unearth a few undis covered capes , bays , Islands , 'straits and mountains which exist In such abundant quantities In these regions. These discover ies will be utilized to fittingly commemorate the names of nil who contribute liberally to ward the expenses of the enterprise. Mount Jones and Smith straits arc to bo had at bargain prices. Send in your orders early and secure flrit choice. An action has been brought In the supreme premo court of New York to restrain the Order of Locomotive Engineers from carryIng - Ing on Its mutual Insurance business In that state without complying with the laws governing Insurance companies operating there. This reminds us that the so-called relief department of the Burlington rail road 1s Ktlll conducting an Innuranco busi ness In Nebraska In direct violation of the statutes enacted to regulate that business. Our state ofllcnrs might follow to advantage tage- the example set by the New York authorities. The State Board of Agriculture Is making arrangements for the next annual state fair. While they are dlECiisalng ways and moans the members of the board should keep ono fact prominently In mind. For yearn past the Nebraska fair has boon a compromise between an exaggerated pumpkin show and an amateur racing insetting. While the exhibi tions huvo been large In their way they have simply conveyed to the world the Idua thut Nebraska was a very promising agri cultural state. Tlio state fairs as they Imvo been conducted'In ! till * ' 'o 'or ' past have not bceiHlrue exponents of the advancement of 43cf/fnskn. The board should adopt nowjld ( s nnd now features. The rapidly growing manufacturing Interests of the stnte shouldnbo given' moro promi nence. The thousand * of people who visit the fair every year from .other stales should bo given jfn./fcpportunlly to know tlmt Nebraska han.'ithp resources to cuablo her to become a Krpa/.i manufacturing slate. The scope of the annual expositions should bo broadened nnd ( nV-results will moro than repay nny Increased expenditure that may be necessary. , , , A Hurl county paper calls attention to the practice of rteputy'Unlted States marshals In arrests of persona''alleged ' to have unlaw fully sold liquor to Indians on the reserva tion n few miles above. The charge Is made tlmt the deputies tnko n circuitous , route In reaching the suspects nnd clmrgo ex cessive mllrngo accordingly. It II futher .alleged tlmt the prisoners nro ns n rule let off with nominal fines and If they are penni less nftcr paying the fines nro given money by the deputies with which to pay railroad faro back to their homes. Those nro serious accusations , nnd tholr truth or falsity should be shown by the marshal without do- lay. The tlmo Is past when the United States marshal's office win afford to boar the reputation of running n cost mill for the bcnollt of nttnchos. Railroad receivers nrc causing the govern ment no end of trouble. Governor Till- man of South Carolina has memorialized congress appealing for nld In his efforts to compel rnllroada In his state now under the dominion of the federal court to pay tholr taxes. The congressional committee 1ms nlso been petitioned to tnko decisive action on the decrees of Judges Jenkins nnd Untidy , ordering n reduction of wages on the North ern nnd Union Pacific systems. The question Is , however , can congress meddle with the affairs of the United States court to the extent of Interfering with cases now pending ? Is It not the province of congress to mnko' laws rather than to arrogate to It self the functions of the supreme court ? If Great Britain wants to abolish Its House of Lords It can do so only by revo lution. It Is preposterous to expect the lords to consent to their own decapitation , but their consent would offer the only method to accomplish this object within the bounds of law. Many as nrc the incon veniences alleged to exist In a wrltt'on con stitution such as the United States enjoys , It offers a safety valve In possible amend ment at the hands of the people , which Is Incomparably better than courting a revolu tion as in England. The lords are sure to hang on as long ns popular opinion stops short of the revolution point. Whatever may cdmo'out of the agitation for extensions of Ihp court house one thing may as well rundcrstood first as last. The citizens of Dougla county will not vote bonds for a wing tp tiiq present court house. If nny bonds are to bejvoted the voters will first Insist that tho' commissioners will go about the buslncss'lln-a business-like way by Inviting plans for * a"hW [ court hous'o 'that will cover the ontlp''squaro when completed and of which the proposed wjng shall be a part. Any schemy topatch "up the present court house or bijlld x enslons for It will meet with no favqr . . Tlio Philadelphia" , .ledger notes that the bno thing that the democrats In congress have thus far accomplished In fulfillment of Its platform pledges , namely , . ( lib passage of the federal elections repeal bill , Is just the thing that might have been loft undone with the least injury to the Interests of the coun try. The anxiety of the democratic congressi to enact measures designed' to promote the1 welfare of the people In general Is becoming ! quite notorious. It may be as cheap to remove the re maining World's fair buildings by flro as by any other means , but. the services of In cendiaries will not'bo required for this pur pose. If the park commissioners of Chicago decide to set the torch to the structures they are quite competent to themselves see that the work Is properly done. A Komliitftccnso. C/ltalf/n / TilllCS. Paris has borrowed $10.000,000 for the pre liminary expenditures of the World's fair of 1900. As the French people will not have such a costly luxury as the late national commission to support this sum will prob ably stilllce. llcgln Nnw. Cincinnati Giue'.te. ' Republican managers should , even nt this early day , begin to select strong men for congress. This suggestion applies not only to Ohio , but to all the states. The people are In a mood to sweep out of existence the majority that at present controls the house of representatives. Tim Lift ) of till ) AVIlson 11111. Ulotte-Demucrat. The Wilson bill's lease of life after enact ment will last no moro than four yeara nt the longest , and It may end In three years. That is to say , the republican president who takes his seat on March 4 , 1S&7 , may call the republican congrcHS which begins nt the same tlmo In special session and re peal the law In that year. Our lightInjr Strength. I'litlndclvMu llconrtl. Secretary Turnout's report , sent to the house yesterday , that there nre 8,223,997 men available for military duty In tlio United Staten , was not , of course , made for effect abroad ; but It will bo seen to com mand tin ; rii.spcctful attention of all the 11 ret class powers of the earth an attention which a comparatively Insignificant Htand- Iny ; army could scarcely hope to attract. An Inglorious Vuto. Chtcaun Htcnni. Through some one's mistake the Kcar- Bnrgo IH now out of service. It WIIH her In- glorloiiH fate to bump Into nn Insignificant coral reef and henceforth Ho on the noa- bed , where tha llHhcnj will gape at her Htor- Icd bulwurkn and tin" aea-urulilna will use her Kims for dom'itftld purposes Hut her tloptlR are historic1 , " nnll the' memory of her will bo DUO of the mtwt enduring things In the annuls of tliei American navy. Tim Iifrljtlon | ) | Htlrkx. lniltnnit/ilti ) Journal. The term "cuckoo' . ' In Amerlctn politics hiiH como to Btiiy , , , Hke "doughface" nnil 11 few other happily .diiHcrlpllvo words in the political vocabulary. . " will bo used long after Its origin ivm 'been forgotten. Thu fact that It miikeu n democratic congress man lighting mnd > to whisper "cuckoo" when he IH laudliu ? the administration xhowH that It IH < one > of the few Immortal words that were iu > t.Uprn to die. A Victory- or. I-iilior. llnrHu Miiuntdtn Kews. The fact wa reryclearly demonHtrntod that the United Htate.s JiidgcH ixf Colorado ami WyomliiK are neither owned nor con- trtillpil by corporations. A signal victory for the rights of organized labor han been won on ono of the judicial forumx of the nation , arid It can not but uxcrclxo n nalu- tury , an well tin u lasting , Influence on the future relations between employers and cm- ployea. , . S ) > rfri ; < JH't Tlmt the federal eleotlonH law Hhould be illHciiHscil In I ho Hcnntu at the mime time tha Hawaiian question WIIH before the house was a. olncldince not without Itn ( trotiwque fi'utureH. In the Heniito the re- puhllfiinH were HtandliiK nil for the black man , while In the house they wuro Jump- IIIK all over him. The democrats too , were also open to the same clmrKO of IIICOIIHM- | tenoy. Sometimes polltlou become almost farcical. 1'Korr.n ASH mixus , The Congressional Record Is decidedly use ful as n lung tester. Only ono person In fifteen has perfect eyes , the larger percentage of defcctlvencss prevailing Among the blondes. The mere fact that n congressman obtains "loavo to print" his speech Is not conclusive proof tlmt ho breathes intelligently "Hold the fort , don't got discouraged , " Wiley whispers still , "Hold the fort ? " Hns- call answers. "You bet your life I will. " Gcorgo Meredith p.tys the Americans a marked compliment by crediting them with a more refined literary taste than tholr Eng lish cousins. The discovery of the festive microbe In bank notes docs -not affect tholr circulation , People nro willing to take the notcx , mi crobes and all. Thrcu generations of the Bcnlmm family followed the sea. The admiral's father was a commodore In the United Slates navy , and his ton Harry Is n lieutenant In the ocrvlcc. Authorities agree tlmt the telephone Is a modern luittlUiUim. Yet Eomothlng llko It existed In Caesar's time , for did not Anthony plead for a connection with the Roman car. For the benefit of the Tribune nnd World of New York It Is proper to state that Judge Dundy has not approved the request of the Union Pacific receivers for a salary of $18- 000 each , Zlmrl Dwlgglns , n Chicago Napoleon of looting mien , Is diligently endeavoring to slmvo some eighteen Indictment notes drawn In Indiana , where Xlnirl reared several banks nnd plucked them , Captain II. I ) . Bell of Alaska snys that the Indians of that territory nro being cleaned out by disease and bad 'vlilsky nt Ruch a rate tlmt In ten years an Alaskan Indian will be almost a curiosity. Ouda Is CO years old and dresses In the most outlandish style. No color Is too pro nounced for her , nnd whether or not the colors suit her complexion matters little to her. She still refuses the friendship of Americans. Of the many Ways offering opportunities fur displays of substantial affection , that of n father who replenishes thp coal bin and forgets to present the bill towers llko n Shasta nbovo all else. AH evidence of filial regard It can hardly bo surpassed In winter. A bolt of lightning , near Luling , Tex. , struck the corner of n house , passed through a shelf , hit a Him ft bottle and leaped to the Hour , where It seemed to exhaust Itself on a .little 2-year-old child. Tlio child was only slightly stunned , but In a short tlmo Its back turned perfectly black. One Tnkalmshl Ryozobaro published a card In a Japanese paper at Slndul recently set ting forth that ho had bccomo convinced thut wine drinking was a ruinous habit , and giving duo notice that ho would drink only when Invited by others to do so at their ex pense. Tlio Japan sage has a numerous fol lowing. John Y. McKane , a somewhat noted demo crat boss in Long Island , could expound scripture nnd pump Into youthful cars the festive pranks of Jonah and the bare-knuckle Ecrap of Cain nnd Abel , but when asked to explain In court the other day how G.200 votes could bo had out of a total population of 8,400 , he lost his power of speech. There are calendars and calendars black and white , red , white and blue , pink , seal brown nnd rose tinted ; some with flags and stralglit-llno railroads , with f.accs sweet enough to osculate and flower girls with colicky expressions. Among the confusion of hues , shapes nnd conditions , that of the Chicago Herald is uncqualcd in design , beauty and convenience. It Is as tasty , complete nnd nttractlvo as the Herald. Fur ther enconlum Is superfluous. Some disappointed applicant for ofllce de scribes the party ship thusly : "She heaved and sot " And sot and heaved . And high her rudder flung , And every tlmo she heaved and setA A waisser leak sprang. " There is a silver lining to every cloud. Even a disconsolate poet , In the winter of his dls- ' content , may extract encouragement from the thought : "We may be happy yet , You bet ! " These are rocky times for the nude In art. Boston followed the lead of the ponder ous senate and ordered down a pantsless figure from the library building. Now comes a saintly St. John with a bill Introduced In the Massachu setts legislature providing that "no woman shall appear at a public performance in a dress the skirts of which does not come within four Inches of the floor and the waist of which is so constructed that no part of her person Is exposed below the neck. * * * No woman shall appear In tights or appear at public performances in high kicking , ser pentine , hip , or skirt dancing. " A ballot In gunny sacks Is now In order. F < ; dcrnl Courts nnil Organized T.ibor. St. I.nuif Republic. The Republic has contended that Judge Jenkins exceeded hlH Just legal powers. This view Is strongly sustained by the recent expression of Judge Dundy nt Omaha. Judge Dundy Issued an order at the request of the receivers ot the Union Pacific rail road which , In Its application to the em ployes of that road , was feared by them to be us sweeping as that of Judge Jenkins against the Northern Pacific employes is understood to be. It was even feared to be an Injunction upon them from striking against a proposed reduction of wagea. The Union Pacific employen took the sen sible course of nddressIHK a series of quoH- tlotiH to Judge Dundy ns to the full Intent and meaning ot the order nnd how far they are authorized , under It , to reslHt the re ceivers' program of a general wage reduc tion. The answers of the judge to the in quiries , , In detail , set out clearly the opin ion that the order does not enjoin the em ployes from doing anything except such acts as nre already and by all courts rec ognized as Illegal , viz. , Injury to the com- pany'8 property or the intimidation of men willing to take the places of the strikers at the wages offered. This Is good sense nnd good law. It is to be regretted that the Jenkins order Is not open to the same liberal and sensible Inter pretation. It is dltllcult to believe that Judge Jenkins did not Intend to assert the power of a federal court to control all the relations between the labor and the capital of bankrupt roads. Hut no matter as to the Intendment of the order Itself. It Is so understood by the Northern Pncillo re ceivers , and threatens to woik great oppres sion and injustice to the employes ot that road unless congress Intervenes for their- protection. Kli'ctrlrlty and TriiiiHportntlon. New YctKnttraM. The bold plan to run an electric trolley line from New York to Philadelphia IS1 fruitful of much Interesting n'foulatlon. The Idea Is enticing. It spurs the Imagi nation. It leads ns to ask ourselves It wo are not on the eve of n revolution In trans portation methods. Electricity has done very marvelous things In other directions , tilings almost unbelievable. Why Indeed Hhould not electricity work wonders In transportation ? The progress of the trolley Is' nothing short of remarkable. Its Invention Is of very recent date. IIH practical application to passenger trnlllc Is still moro recent. At llrst It was taken ns n joke. Then It was combated as a murderous thing , llut It kept on Us course. It Invaded thu streets of towns nnd cities. After that Its progress was moro rapid than ever. It began to connect n carlo' towns. Then It liegiin to parallel steam railroads for short distances. Now wo linvu It boldly rnsnylng to Join the capital cities of three states by u line of tracks ninety mill's lout ; , What next ? We have visions of parlor cars , express trains , fast travel and smashed passenger rates. ( Ircat Is elec tricity. Civil Hwrvlcn Kiiforin. About 1,000 mall clerks , who wcro put under the protrctlon of the civil service regulations toward the close of Mr. Cleve land's administration , WITH fuihscqiinntly removed from ofllco under I'n-Hldent Harrison risen , who bad postponed tin ; tlmn for the now regulation to take effect. The Judi ciary committee has now decided that they wore unfairly illHnilwicil , and has ordered n favorable re ] > ort on a bill authorizing the postmaster general to restore thcso clerks to thu nervlco ns vacancies may occur , without reference to the civil service com mission. It IH well understood that the dismissed clerks were democrats , BO the Ju diciary committee , as a matter of course , approves the bill for their restoration by a party vote , and aenato and house are likely to follow the committee's example. IliifTiilo 11111'n I.ulctt HcliKlllP. .s'nii PniiicUcii Ch.onlcle , Buffalo BUI proposes establishing a Quaker colonv on u tract of land owned by him near North 1'lntte , In Nebraska. Whether the redoubtable Bill IntcndH f turn Quaker and spend the declining < tay of his llfu turning the other chruk to lie Hinlttcn Is not definitely Htnteil , but If hu does It will bo thu first uisu on record of a man starting llfu as a ring-tall rourcr and endlnif It llko u coolnc-Uovu. ( "IllKH or KVI'lilllKXCK. dura , f. Dtiitan in A'rir Tun "Old bachelors" nro the dry rot of humanity. "Old innlds" nre womanhood's extra pair of hands. An ouncn of Justice Is better than n ton of sympathy. A pCHilmlnl IR one who In happy only when ho Is miserable. Things done simply from n nense of duty nro seldom done well. Ho who wears n nolltalro diamond ring Is often partially left-handed. "A mnn or woman Is never much better limn his or her reputation , She who marries n mnn to nave him , will later divorce him to save hprm-lf. Dieted nro they among mortals whenever never weary of their own company. Search not for the Joint In the armor of Ignorance , It was mndo without ono. In choosing a' husband change No. 3 to "the ability to earn un honest living. " Common PCIIRC Is simply the ncne that does nut put nqunro pegs Into round holes. Thoru n ro ROIIIO parents to whom their chil dren novcr arrive nt an age of responsibil ity. ity.Cast Cast your bread upon the waters , but do not wall until It Is too stale for your own use. Kvcry burden of responsibility holds within Itself somcwhorp n sweet compensa tion. tion.No No man has to : many faults as his enemies declaie , nor so many virtues ns his admirers claim. They who cannot grow happy In witnessIng - Ing the happiness ot another are morally unsound. Llko a broad glcnm of sunlight sent Into a gloomy , dungeon Is Imagination to the human mind. The man who Is blessed with n good wife can mi'ct with no Irreparable loss save the loss of her affcutluli. Ho who never asks questions through fen of betraying his Ignorance Is not likely tc lessen that Ignorance. This Is the prayer needed by every human being : "In nil times of- our prosperity , good Lord , deliver IH. " A secretly bad woman cannot cheat an other woman , but she can deceive a pure- minded mnn completely. Occasional solitude Is as necessary to the symmetrical development of the soul as if sunshine to the flowers. The world Is divided Into two classes these who master their troubles and those who nro mastered by Ihcni. There Is nothing so universal as love , for every mature human being cither has loved , does love or expects to love. Ho who Is once enshrined In the heart of a child inny be sure of a friend as long as that heart continues to beat. Life Is so complex that ho who does you an injury today may find tomorrow tlmt he has conferred a blessing upon you. They who Imvo the power to mnko the best of life's misadventures nnd accidents are likely to reach a green old nge. With the chisel a trained hand brings forth a "thing of beauty ; " with the same tool a child may destroy the noblest work of art. Since procrastination is the thief of time , what a pity It is that some hurried mortal does not find the key to the storehouse of the stolen plunder ! In choosing a wlfo sec that she possesses th'o following qualifications : 1 , A sunny dis position that makes the best of everything ; 2 , Honor ; 3 , The ability to cook a good meal ; i , Love ot cleanliness and order. THE VAH3IKK AXD TIIK IAHIt't\ SILVER CREEK , Neb. , Feb. 10. To the Editor of The Boo ; As a member of the people's party I ask to make , answer to ex- Senator Van Wyck's complaint of February 8 , la regard to farmers not being heard In the ways and means committee. The farm ers need no protection with alt kinds of farm produce lower lri AmerIca than any other market. Ninety per cent of the fanners ot the country would vote for the Wilson tariff bill , and the people's party would nil vote for an Income tax. Wo don't care what party fathers the bill , If It adopts our prin ciples. Wo are surprised nt Mr. Van Wyc.lt taking a stand to delay legislation on things we have proclaimed In our platform. He Is cither trying to mislead or does not under stand what the third party wants , or he Is afraid it will make him pay his shnro ot tax through the Income tax.The fight Is not so much on tariff as on the Income tax. Wo will sco that wo bo represented this fall by electing nt least fifty third party con gressmen. What the third party , or pee ple's party , Is fighting for Is the govern ment to 'give us bimetallism , with a ratio of sixteen parts of sliver to ono of gold. Then we can pay our debts In the same money values they vtcfo contracted in. Lot Mr. Van Wyck stick to that and the people will think him moro sincere. C. CROW. 1'olltlrill Tlclnl WIIVCH. Glolie-ncmncrat. In ono respect 1891 will resemble 1874. There will be a political tidal wave In the congressional elections this year as there was then , but the republicans will bo at the top of the wave this time. The strength of the wave is likely to bo us Kreat , too , as It was then. That Is , the majority of about CO , which the democrats Bocured twenty years ago , will probably be equaled by the icnil which the republicans will gain next November. t'Jioinntriox iff Detroit Free Press The republican * of Iowa are devoutly praying for relief from the annoyances of the prohibition question , lly fomparUon a whlto elephant would bo a plaything on their hands. Whatever direc tion ( hey tnko In an effort to escape they flounder , nnd take another tack only to flounder ngaln , Now York Post : The town prohibitionist * Imvo long boasted that Ues Mollies , tlio capital of tlio fttnto. Imd no open nnloons. Hut It lias something r' ' " ° which Is quite ns bad ns the saloon , It not worse the no-called "social club" organized for drinking pur poses. The Register nays that there nra three of these organizations within n few hundred feet oMls oinco , and that "boys got nil they want "to drink In Kioto places , boya \ylio would bo denied admission to a saloon. " Philadelphia I TOSH : The mulct-tax bill which hail been Introduced Into the Iowa legislature as a substitute for the high license and local option proposition la n curious method of trying to tnx the lliior ( | tralllc nnd still leave the law prohibiting It untouched , The lown proposition provides for a tax ot not lens than fGOO nor more than Jl.OOO on every person who engages In the sale ot Intoxicating llmior , but at the same time It leaves him liable to alt-tho penalties prescribed by the prohibitory law now on the statute books. A dealer might pay his tax and then If nny ono chosw to prosecute him ho would be liable to n line , Imprison ment nnd confiscation of nil his Block. Such n law , It seems , would bo the soiirco of end less litigation , nnd the only possible benefit > will be the tossing of n sop to the prohibi tionists who want some kind ot a calve for their consciences. Iowa had better Imvo the courage ot Its convictions and pass a well digested hlch license and local option law , and so save trouble in the future. i.tdiir .t.v/i nnnnn' . Truth : The bonds of matrimony wo'tld bo more popular If they paid a cash dividend. Philadelphia Times : It Is railed cold cath from the natural disposition to freeze on to It. lloston Transcript : Herciilaiifum and Pompeii have this advantngi : over inoJern cities all their streets are subways. DMroIt Tribune : Friend Your daughter st-ems moro Fliv and shrinking the longer she Is In society. Fond Munima Yes. I think myself she Is Improving. . Intor-Orenn : "Your thormnmctor marks ten < lcirri > es colder than Smith's dors , Juit across the itrcnt. Cnn yon account for It ? " "Yes , my wife asked me If her new bon net was becoming , and I told her no. " Chips : Magistrate I fancy I've seen your face before. Prisoner Never mind what you fancy ; unless you are pn pared to state It on oath 'tnln't legal evidence. Galvcston News : This would be n much better world If more people would take their own advice. New York Press : The husband ( nt the end of the fourth act ) I eness I will pten Into tlio lobby nnd strMeh mr logs whllo the curtain Is down , Jane. You've no ob jection , have you ? The Wlfo Not the leart 'In the world , my dear , and rome to thlnlt of It I Ktiuss I will stretch mine , too. We'll KO together. Ilfe : "Well , .Tim. how's the ague ? " "Didn't I tell you about that ? Why. I wont Into old man Sharp's field one night about a week ago , and the old man got up nnd loaded his gun In thu djrk , 'n' cuss nip If hu didn't blow me , full of two-grain quinine plus ! I hain't had an ache nor shake since. " "I'm afraid " sighed Detroit Free Press : , the Imchclor of CO , "that my life has been wasted. " "I'm sure , " sighed thp rnnlden of the same nge , "that mine has been Miss spent. " THE ROYAL UOAD TO W-I2ALTH. O , they nre wise Who advertise In winter , spring And fall. Hut wiser yet Are they , you bet , Who never let Up At all. M'hrrn Salvation I.les. ffcw orlean * . vimut Mem ) . The dilemma of the democrats briefly stated , therefore , Is.dhls : TJhoy will either not be able to make up the necessary rev enue lit nil , or they will make it up" by the means of the most unpopular tax that has cvef- > been levlell In a free country. And , taking either horn of the dilemma , the party cnn not fall to be hopelessly damned before the country ; that Is to say , unless the senate takes the bill between ita teeth , runs away with the house proposition , and relmposes a tax on sugar for revenue only. In the senate's action lies thu dole hope 08 salvation for the democrats. > H YAIMXTIXK. TJrou'nfiiff , King anil Co.'s M "Who's there ? Say , will nobody answer This calling and knocking of mine ? I have come all the way , my dear grandpa , , To be your own dear valentine ! "Please open the door , and I'll give you A hundred sweet klsses to pay ; And I am to make you a visit And have a grand frolic today. " "What ! open the door to my darling ? I will , nnd my fond arms as well ; My dull ears have caught the sweet musli Of her voice like a far away bell. "Through my dreams It rings as an echo From over the river of Time , And mem'rles of days that are vanished Awake with its mystical-chime. " 'TIs the child of my youth that I hear Hut no It Is plainly another , i'on see I was dreaming , my darling ; I thought/ that you were your mother ! " orH and nolle of line ulollieH on rarth , Your inonoy'd worth or your inunoy It's so easy Like everything1 else it look us some time to learn it , but wo know now that if you want to do business it must bo done with goods that are in style ; that's the rea son why when the sea son's well over wo out the life out of prices and lot $20 suits go at $16.50 and $12 suits at $8.50 and so on. Wo don't carry over a thingi but lot them out at any price to have always anew now this year's stock. Try it and see. BROWNING , 'KING & CO. , S.V. \ . Cor.l5tli and Douglas Sts.