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12 THE OMAHA DAILY KEE ; SUNDA. % MARCH 11 , 1894-TWBNTY PAGES. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. B7"libsBWATBn , Editor. I'UIlUSItr.D VKKY TKHMS Of BtmSCIUITION. n lly Be * ( without miiiilay ) . Ono Tear . . . I * gj JMIIy nml Bundny , One Ymr . . . 'g JJJ . * " Rlx Month * . 2 u > Thru Month * . " 2 OT Hundny ll o , One Year . . . . . , M Hnlurdny lice , On < - Ycur. . . . M Weekly Itte , Ono Year . OKFICKS. Omnlm , The UPC Nulldlntf. Twenty-fourth Bis. Roiith Omaha. corner N nnd - Council llun > , 12 1'onrl ntrect. . Clrfcniro Olllce. 317 fhnmlJ of Cnf1 ! ! ; . NPW York , rooms 13 , 11 nn < l 15 , Trlbuna Washington , M3 lllh Mwt. CptlllKSPONDUNCIl All communlcntlnn * HntlnR to " . , ,1 torlnl matter nliouM I. " itiMrwwil : To the I-u . be nlimil.1 All lni lno Id I'm mid remittances ndlro e.T < > The tire JMbimhinK m , " , y' . or.1 era to Omihn. Drafts , chcrlM nn.l poitofflco bo mnilc trnvnM- HIP " "Icr of the eompany. TIJIS IH3I3 I'C'IILIHIIINO COMPANY. OeorBo II. 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Uut It will not bo a fool's message. Loan men who want to get fat should apply without delay for n place upon a Chicago cage Jury. All the Jurors In the Coughlln case recommend the treatment highly. What a shocking disregard for the de mands of senatorial courtesy Is manifested In Senator Peffcr's resolution calling for an In quiry Into those senatorial sugar.deals ! It Is to bo hoped that the visiting city school superintendents will take home with them n favorable Impression both of Omaha's schools and of Omaha's hospitality. Omaha takes no little pride In both. Read the announcement of the Century war book In this Issue of The Bee. It will "io\l \ you how to secure the best series of war papers that has yet appeared In any language and In any country. It In now proposed that In future Issues o ! postage stamps the slzo of the stamp bo made to vary proportionately to the denom ination. People who lick ono 10-cent stamp Instead of ten 1-ccnt stamps would not complain - plain of falling to get their money's worth. The city Is still paying rent for the quar ters of the public library , while at the same tlmo It Is paying Interest on the money In vested In the now library building. Moving day Is fast approaching , but the signs of moving arc not yet visible at the public library. , Admiral Benham's persistency In remainIng - Ing within the harbor of Rio Janeiro In splto of the danger threatening from the yellow fever outbreak cannot but redound to his credit. The United States has good reason to place confidence In Its naval com mander's devotion to duty. Don't neglect the opportunity offered by The Bee to secure the ereat Century war book In portfolio form. The Illustrations In this book are unequaled , even In the most expensive histories of the civil war. It Is a rare chance to bo allowed to obtain them in connection with The Boo coupons. The people of England have not yet begun to appreciate the significance of the epoch- making events which they have witnessed during the past ten days. When they read about the retirement of Gladstone In the histories of the future they will wonder that they were so llttlo disturbed by It at the tlmo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wo notice that our friend Allen Hoot has gone Into court to seek a little Judicial as sistance In straightening out a transaction In which ho and his partner In a stock com mission business have been Involved. Is this the same Allen Hoot who has been pos ing as an unsophisticated farmer these many years ? How can a devoted populist con- alstcntly sell other people's Hvo stock on a margin ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ According to the latest estimates the amended tariff bill will produce $484.000,000 annually , as against J451,000,000 annually pro duced by the McKlnloy bill. The platform of the democracy In the senate seems to have boon amended so as to read : Wo favor a tariff for surplus only. This Is about as far from the "tor revenue only" standard as Is the for deficiency only platform of the house democrats. Isn't that bill for the loan of $1,000,000 by the United States to bo applied to the support of a college for the education of the daughters of the war of the rebellion veter ans a trifle late In maklne Its appearance ? The veterans' daughters ot school age were much more plentiful a decade or so ago than they now are , although a census of their ages might fall to reveal a slnglo ono who Is not still In her teens. Young men who wish to rlso In politics are admonished by the Now York Sun to avoid the Journalist's business , because very few editors over gojjolectod or appointed to any great office In this country. Tim young man who wants to rlso In politics wants to become - como a lawyer. There are mulltudcs of offices to which the lawyers have secured a vested right , and they como In for a fair eharo of the others to which a layman Is eligible but seldom chosen , Kdltors , per haps , do bettor than .inplrants of some other occupations , but a scant law practice off era the greatest leisure to dabble In pollllis. Governor Flower of Now York Is certainly to bo recommended for his prompt order that no pains should bo spared to bring the guilty ones In the Troy affair speedily to justice , The governor has steadfastly re fused to Interfere In behalf of any ot the Influential prisoners who have recently been fonvlctod ot practicing election frauds In New York City and In Brooklyn. Hla motive for so doing Isto most people lin- natorlal. The example sot by these Instances , where political pull has been unavailing to the offender. iQUst have a wholesome effect Upon overzealoua partisans In many elections Jo come , TO PFlll'KTl'ATR THR MltXOl'Of V. The American Bolt Telephone company Is asking the Icr.'slnturo ' of Massachusetts to Incrc.iBO IU capital stock from $20.000,000 to $50,000,000. The ostensible reason tor this Is 16 enable the company to extend Its business. In presenting the request to a committee ot the legislature the counsel for the company , ox-Governor Long , made n plausible argu ment v'oslgncd to show the necessity for the Increase of capital stock asked tor , p.tlntlng It with an adroit appeal to self-Interest. Ho said the business of the corporation was con stantly Increasing and this growth benefited Massachusetts , The corporation Is now payIng - Ing $150,000 a year to the state In taxes and this would bo largely Increased It It was allowed the nd.lltlonal capital stock asked for. Figures were presented showing what the company had expended In extending Its busi ness , amounting In the aggregate to n very large sum , but the amount of the company's profits was not stated In this way. It was merely remarked that It has been paying In the neighborhood of 1C per cent dividends , which would bo about $3,000,000 annually , while as n matter of fact the profits are un doubtedly not less than double this amount yearly nnd are probably equal to half the capital stock. Governor Long said that the stock of the corporation la now worth 170 , whereas If It wore allowed to Increase Its capital stock as requested , so that the public would feel certain ot Its success , the stock would bo worth on the market 300 per cent. What a splendid thing this would bo for the already wealthy stockholders In the com pany , who UK soon as the legislature author ized the Increase would have 130 per cent added to the market value ot their stock. Could thcro bo a cooler or bolder scheme for making money by legislative enactment. The company's counsel concluded his statement , which had of course been very carefully prepared - pared , with the threat that If the legislature refused the petition the company would not stop , but would leave Massachusetts and go to a state where It could Increase Its cap ital stock to an unlimited extent. The legis lature , It Is pretty safe to say , will decide to lot the company remain In Massachusetts , where It has been able thus far to secure everything It asked. The real object of the American Bell Telephone company In asking that Its capital stock be Increased 150 per cent Is to bo pre pared to crush out any competition that may arise. The company was Incorporated In 1880 with a capital stock of $10,000,000 , and being secure In Its patents against com petition It went on for nine years with that capital. Then It asked to have Its capital stock doubled and this was allowed by the legislature , the company being still safe under its patents against .competition. With this capital It has established tele phone service wherever there Is demand for It. Why should It now , only five years since It received permission to Increase Us capital $10,000,000 , como forward with a petition asking for an Increase of three times that amount , when the field still to bo cov ered Is far less than that occupied ? The shrewd attorney of the company says It Is because It would bo Idle to ask for this sum In Installments , one-third now * and the other two-thirds four and eight years hence , nnd that the wise thing to do Is to glvo It In a lump nt once. This argument will not de ceive anybody. The Boll Telephone com pany does not need any such Increase of capital stock at this tlmo as It asks for to enable It to cxlendlls business , but It may need It , or at any rate It would be very con venient to have It , for the purpose of strengthening the telephone monopoly. With all the advantages It possesses an Increase of capital stock to $50,000,000 would'render It absolutely Impregnable , and It would bo assured control of the telephone business of the country for an Indefinite tlmo. This Is what the shrewd and able managers ot the corporation are aiming to achlovo In asking for this extraordinary Increase ot capital stock , and It Is to bo apprehended that their scheme will carry , for they exert a most potential Influence In Massachusetts. If they are successful the American people will continue to pay exorbitant charges for telephone service for years to como. DECLINE OF THE A. li. DEGREE. So much has been said and Tirltton concerning - corning that portion of President' Kllot's recent report to the overseers of Harvard university relating to the abuses of college athletics that ono of the most Important subjects treated by Presfdent filial has almost entirely escaped the public notice. This Is the rapid decline In ponulir favrr that has In the last'few years overtaken the A. B. degree granted by the different American colleges. The facts In the mat ter are concisely stated by President Eliot. The number of students applying for the A. B. degree has fallen oft most alarmingly , while the number applying for HCleutlfic and literary degrees has Increasa ! at more than a compensatory rate. These latter degrees are therefore gaining both absolutely and relatively at the expense of th9 degree In arts. To substantiate his statements President Eliot gives u table showing the number of students studying for different bachelor's degrees and t'io number of mtch degrees granted at six of the le.ullng In stitutions for higher education for eight years Just passed. With two or threu ex ceptions the figures show a steaJy decline of the A. B. degree relative to the other degrees. As If this were not sufficient to make the case plain , the report adds that In order to got a complete view of the position ot the A. B. degree In the United States It Is fur ther necessary to observe that the numerous schools of applied science or technology which are not connected v/lth universities have thriven during ho past twenty-five years and that none of them give the tie- groo of A. B. Two principal reasons suggest iliomsolvca to President Ellott why the degrees In ap plied sclonco are being the more sought after. First , because both In universities and In technical schools the requirements for admission to candidacy for degrees in science are decidedly lower than the re quirements for admission to candidacy for the A. B. degree. Secondly , because the student who has completed a course leading to a degrco In applied science finds himself ready to commence work in his chosen Hold , while the average bachelor of arts , unless ho wishes to embark In mercantile business , must spend several years at a professional school before ho Is ready to earn his own living. Add to this the fact that as a rule there Is moro of the spirit of hard work In the scientific courses than In the college departments , while waste ot tlmo in sports , social enjoyments and desultory reading Is by custom tolerated moro In colleges than In technical schools. In other words the scientific degrees represent the bread and butter sldo ot a college career , while the A , .11. degree lius come to bo chiefly an orna mental title signifying that the recipient has spent aprescribed , number of years In a literary and educational atmosphere , The A. B. degree , thus eclipsed by its rivals Is also being hard pressed from two other directions by the secondary uchool that Is supposed to lead up.to It and by the professional school to- which it Is supposed to load up. Knch of thcso Is amplifying and Improving Its course In a way that tends to" eliminate the college course as the con necting link between them. .Tho secondary schools hold their pupils longer nnd glvo them an education that Is to a considerable extent complete In Itself. The professional schools , too , have lengthened their courses so as to discourage students from spending four years In colleglato work. Ono can pasa without difficulty from the secondary school to the professional school , despite the Increasing requirements for admission to the latter. It Is plain theit that the -A. B. dc- greo cannot long hold Its own on the basis upon which It Is now granted In American universities. President Eliot sccma to favor curtailing the course required for that de gree to ono of three years , but It Is doubtful If oven this step would check the decline that Is plainly visible. The old A. B. de gree Is being crowded-out by the recent ex pansion of the secondary school and the Im pending Improvements In the professional ECllOOl. UXDKtt Till ! XIOAltAttUAlf MiAG. Late advices state that the government of Nicaragua has taken possession of the Mosquito territory nnd that the flag of that country now waves over Blueficlds , where the British naval commander was reported to have landed a force ot men cither for the protection of the Mosquito chief or for the purpose of assuming a protectorate over that region. If the latest report should bo con firmed there will probably bo no further necessity for the government ot the United States giving any attention to the situation down there , slnco It could have no objection to the assumption of authority over the territory by the republic of Nicaragua. Only In the event ot the action of that government encountering British Interference would the United States have any reason to Interpose , and no such thing Is to bo expected. It Is said that Premier Rosebery Is somewhat In clined toward Jingoism and believes In the policy of extending the British empire by col onization , but It Is hardly conceivable that ho would risk the disturbance of friendly rela tions with this country by adopting a course In respect to this matter hostile to well known American policy. Doubtless Great Britain would like to have control of the Mosquito coast for stragetlc reasons , but she "must clearly see that this would not be tolerated by the United States and that any effort she might make with this end In view would bo a very costly failure. This country would bo compelled to assert the Monroe doctrlno against any such pretension on the part of the British government nnd It could do this with all the more reason slnco American Interests In that region have been largely Increased by reason of the projected Nicaragua canal nn enterprise which , although It now lan guishes , the American people have not al together given up the hope of seeing com pleted at some time in the future. It can bo predicted , therefore , with absolute certainty that If the government of Nicaragua has ex tended Its authority over the Mosquito coast the government of the United States will sustain that action In the event of It en countering British opposition. The territory will bo of value to Nicaragua , being well supplied with timber and possessing re sources which the Ignorant and Indolent people occupying It , a mixture ot Indian nnd negro largely , have made no attempt to de velop , and besides It will bo protected , against the Incursions of marauders from' Jamaica nnd elsewhere , who have given British and American traders great trouble and annoyance. It seems likely that It will not bo necessary for the State department to give Itselt any further serious concern over the report of the landing of a British force at Blueflclds. H'ORTT FOR INTERSTATE COMMISSION. In an Interview shortly after the decision of Judge Orosscup denying the authority of congress to so amend the Interstate com merce act as to compel witnesses to testify upon matters which might , in their opinion , tend to Incriminate themselves , Mr. Morrison of the Interstate Commerce com mission was very careful to state that this ruling would not materially lessen the use fulness of the commission. He went on to say that prosecutions for violation of the In terstate law could be Instituted now as be fore , the only Inconvenience being that the evidence would have to bo secured from voluntary testimony. Yet , although the commission has slnco Its very Inauguration had this opportunity for gathering evidence at hand , the law has continued to bo violated lated by every railroad In the country with Impunity , If not with encouragement. In no field have these violations been so frequent and so undisguised asin the Issue of free passes to Influence traffic. The free pass offers a substitute for rate cutting and rebates and has been utilized also for the purpose of evading ' 'adherence to the regular passenger tariffs. The recent pass agreement Is Itself Indisputable evidence that the law has all along been violated by the roads whoso officials concurred In It. Why draw up an agreement In writing by which each road Is pledged not to Issue passes to attract business If It had not been the custom to Issue such passes ? What Is the sense of adopting a resolution declar ing that the agreement Is at an end and that the obligations ot all parties thereto have terminated If It Is not to make a formal announcement that the practice of violating the law Is to bo renewed , if U was over discontinued ? But the railway managers evidently went a step too far when In the same resolution they ventured to take the receivers of the Atchlson company to task because upon them was placed the responsibility of break ing up the "eminently wise and beneficent" agreement not to Issue passes already for bidden by law. Without pretending to deny the accusation hurled In their faces the Atclilson officials have been quietly gather ing evidence to show that the agreement was never more than nominally In effect and that all the roads have been Issuing the pro scribed passes without Interruption. If wo are to bellovo the counter charges of the Atchlson managers , not a road party to the wonderful pass agreement had paid the slightest attention to It. It was broken both In letter and spirit by. every road , by some moro than others , thousands of passes beIng - Ing Issued , to recall which no attempt had been made , Ono list of names procured by the Atchlson"'to which ono road Issued passes under the pretense that the owners stood In the relation ot land agents to It Included the names ot over sixty bankers , Jobbers , merchants , traveling men , farmers , live stock men and men ot every occupation who could In any way control or influence traffic. And this was merely ono example In many. It the Atchlson officials can get evidence such as this to Justify Its own violation ot the law , what Is to hinder the Interstate com mission from getting the same- evidence In the same way ? A case under the Interstate law can bo worked up Just as cases under any other criminal law U the commission will only exert the effort required , ThU dis graceful pass cplS3f3 offers n good place for the commission to begin. There ought to bo no difficulty lnej > rocurlni : the evidence Lot the commlsMdfhjjniaka a few experiments to show whether [ 6 Fjtiot the law onn be en forced. PM W/wTtoSSjl' fl'AU IIOOIC. The Ccnlury MfiMizlnp n few years ngo published n series | > t articles upon every phase of the * great war of the rebellion , to which more than to any other ono fe'aturo that magazine owes ( he commanding place In the front rank of American monthlies which U holds loday. These war articles were written by the most prominent leaders upon both sides of that memorable contest. They Include accounts of nit the decisive battles , sketches ot nil Iho conspicuous participants In the war , anecdotes ot famous men nt trying times , descriptions of places nnd events by eye-witnesses , who write from personal experience nnd not from hearsay. Most valuable In these celebrated war stories nro the Innumerable pictures which accom pany them drawn by eminent nrtlsls from pholographs or detailed data nnd gotten out In the Century's best style. So popular were these papers that to satisfy the grcal de mand Ihey were rcpubllshed by Ihe Ccnlury company , together with many additional Illustrated articles , In a serial called "Dallies nnd Leaders of the Civil War , " which bound together formed four large and expensive volumes. Wishing to still further popularize these war papers and glvo everybody the benefit of an accurate history of the war at flrs | hand , with the bcsl Illustrations attainable anywhere , they are now being slightly abrlgdcd and condensed and published In portfolio form to be dlslrlbuted through rep utable journals at prices within Iho reach of all , The lleo has made arrangements for the benefit of Us subscribers for the exclusive right lo these portfolios within Its territory. Our readers will learn from another page just how they can secure this Invaluable work. Remember thai It is published by Iho Cenlury company. Gel Ihe flrsl number nnd you will nol fall lo gel Ihem nil. IX LIQVOlt I A year ago the governor ot Massachusetts appointed a commission to make a thorough Investigation of the Swedish and Norwegian system of regulating the liquor traffic , ono ot Its members visiting Ihose countries for that purpose. The commission has Just sub mitted Us report and with It a bill adapting the essential features of the system to Mussa- chuscttfl. Thai stnto now has a local option law and It Is not proposed to do away with this , but to supplement It wllh Ihe Norwegian syslam , so that when Iho towns vole on Iho liquor question they will decide whether Ihey wanl llml syslein of licensing or the ono now in'Voguo or desire prohibi tion. The bill iirovldes1 thai Iho question shall , on petition of a certain number of voters , bo submitted by the town selectmen , as follows : "It Hcenses for the sale of Intoxicating llqiiors-'aro granted in this lawn , shall Ihey bo graht < ? d under Ihe Norwegian system ? " Accompanying the petlllon there must bo a bond In ) which not less than five citizens obligate themselves to form a cor poration to recelvoMhe' licenses which maybe bo granted under the act and" to carry on the liquor buslnessMor three years from a specified dale , the question of license or no license not to bo submltlcd to popular vote during this period. Flvo per cent only of the profit } ] ojC thacorpo atlon Is allowed lo bo dlvldeij amOngjslinrelioUers. . . , , These liquor corporations musl bo organ ized under the state law , jusl as olher corporallons are , and subjlecl lo the super vision of ( stale officers. The number of places where liquor may bo sold by such a corporation Is restricted to tine for every 2,000 Inhabitants , but a-lown having less lhan lhat number of Inhabitants-may have ono licensed place. A license fee of not less than $1,000 , nor moro than $2,000 , Is required from each house where liquors are to bo drank on the promises and nil laws now In force for bidding the furnishing of liquors to minors , etc. , are made applicable lo Iho now system. The commission was impressed with the advantages of the Norwegian system. "Tho theory of the system , " says the Philadelphia Ledger , "Is that Inasmuch as the profits of the liquor business are restricted to a fixed percentage , there Is less templallon lo push Ihe business. In Norway and Sweden , we are Informed by other authorlly lhan Ihe Massachusetts commission , Iho liquor trade has nol grown to the great proportions which It has reached In some other coun tries. " It appears , however , that the lesll- mony lo tills effect Is nol unanimous , a re port of the English consul general In Norway being referred to , In which It Is stated thai the system had nol diminished Iho use of In toxicants to any notable extent , and further more that the disposal of the surplus profits for public purposes was seized upon as an opportunity to secure political and social Influence. These statements , 11 should bo added , were ofilclally denied by Iho Nor wegian government , aud II seems fair lo assume - sumo that If well founded the fact would have been discovered by the Massachusetts commissioner who visited Sweden and Nor way. Should the proposed law bo enacted , as Is thought lo bo probable , slnco Iho people would bo free to choose between the system It provides for and that now In vogue , Its operation would bo regarded with curious Interest generally. It Is not apparent , however - over , notwithstanding Iho favorable view taken of It by the Massachusetts commis sion , thai II would bo any Improvement on our mosl approved syslems of high license and local option. A FAlKyjjUOPK LRFT. Probably Iho last hope for a change of the Iowa policy of dealing with the liquor traffic as a thing1 AJjiolly beyond regulation Is not yet gone. Tho'Uono of Iho debate dur ing Iho lasl Ihrco days In the legislature at Des Molnos Is Inillcatlvo of a disposition to repudiate the\jrtjnstroslty * \ put forward under the appellation of "mulct. " As the legislators come face to face with the respon sibility of voting ftlr a proposition so utterly repugnant to all saoso of fairness they show it disinclination to put the thing on the Btatuto book. Therviro many among them who , while they wculd rojolco to sco the present prohibitory \aw enforced In spirit and letter , feel the utter futility ot encum bering the utatulo book with further dead-let ter laws. They realize'that a moral failure can never bo vivified by the addition of a "law" that Is Itselt Immoral , The mulct law , Is Immoral from the prohibitionists' standpoint , because It alms at a cowardly compromise with what the honest prohibitionist holds to bo a mortal slu. It Is dishonest from the standpoint of the conscientious legislator , because It In no way looks to a redemption of the promise on which the republican party was returned to power In the state. It can only suit the purposo'cf the political tricksters who contend that the platform ot last Bum mer meant nothing , nnd who hope by a sort of legislative legerdemain to put through a measure that will bo void before It la signed , and then to face both ways In the next cam paign 03 they have In campaigns gouo by. llcforo the end ot the present ilcbato "mulct * will bo burled ilenp In lown. Again , thousands ot conservative repub licans , men who have stood by the party through thick and thin , whoso allegiance to It has held the organization from collapse under the struggles ot the extremists on both nldes , nro going before the legislature with petitions , asking that the proRcnt la\\ bo repealed , and that the right to make wine and beer bo restored to the citizens of the stale. Their petition calmly nnd categor ically recites nil the conditions that have prevailed before nnd since the enactment of the law , which Is described as "an abso lute curse" to the stale ; dispassionately discusses the obligation of thu present legis lature to the people as well to the party , and forcibly argues In favor of the request It makes. Iowa's peculiar situation In re gard to commerce and manufactures Is ect forth , and with It statistics that ought lo carry much wclghl wllh them. On thu matter of the making of beer It Is sot forth that while millions of gallons nro consumed In the stnto annually under the present farce of prohibition , nnd much moro would probably bo under any modification of the law , thcro Is none made , nnd no bill contem- plallng the permission ot manufacture Is pending. The utlcr failure of Iho law ns It stands Is presented conclusively , nnd the fallacy of further slundlng In their own light Is plainly put lo the obdurate Indi viduals who are obstinate In ihelr opposl- Uon to the chance. There Is so much of force In this move ment which Is backed by Iho business men of the slate Dial It seems almost to en courage the hope that some good will yet come from the present sitting of the general assembly. The desperation with which the prohibitionists are now fighting for their peculiar theories Indicates thai Ihey feel and fear Iho logic ot events. It Is noticed that in the spring campaigns all over Nebraska there is a lively demand for municipal reform. Corruption In city government seems to bo as common In the smaller cities of the state ns In the larger ones. The problem ot good city government Is not hard to solve , but It Is difficult to demonstralo. The besl clly government Is the ono In which the expenditures arc kepi within the receipts , where contracls for sup plies and public works are let upon an honest competitive basis , where the fire and pollco departments are effective , where the streel cleaning deparlmcnt actually keeps the slreels clean , where Iho waler , gas and light companies are kepi In subjugallon lethe the municipal authorities , and where Iho laws on Ihe ordinance book nro scrupulously observed. And yet where Is Iho Nebraska clly , largo or small , lhat can claim the dls- llncllon of filling Ihls ideal ? Extravagance seems to bo the rule , public conlracls are simply vehicles for Jobbery , franchlsed cor- porallons oxerl a controlling Influence In the deliberations of city councils and laws seem lo be made only lo be Ignored or evaded. Such conditions will prevail as long as busi ness men continue lo permit the dishonest elements to exert a conlraJIIng power In city politics. And now It Is Lancaster counly llml will bo Involved In a law sull over Iho funds deposllcd In Iho doftmcl Capllal Nallonal bank. The Lincoln papers , which have been BO severe In Ihelr crlllcism of Iho slale for attempting lo recover Us , money losl In Iho same failure , will now protest against a slmilarr effort on the parl of Iho counly officials. Or do Ihey draw a fine distinction between stale nnd county money ? Nothing more trllely Illustrates Ihe sub serviency of Ihe weekly press of Nebraska than the almost unanimous silence of the newspapers over the efforts of the governor to recover the amount lost to the perma nent school fund by the failure of the Capi tal National bank. The permanent school fund is short lo Iho exlent of $236,000 and the men who are endeavoring to collect it meel with mil llltlo sympathy. A man convicted of menacing Ihe queen's Ufa was Ihe olher day adjudged a criminal lunatic by a British court of Justice. It might not bo a bad Idea to .Import the crlirK Inal lunacy sentence Into the United Stales. The crank might not be so anxious lo expose - pose himself lo Iho possible penalties ot Iho law were such Iho case. Whom tlio Line Is Drawn. Washington Post. The Nebraska people don'l mind an occa sional lynching , uut they draw the line on hanging In elllgy. YVhut Is Loft of It. New York World. The courts have whittled awny at the In- lerslute Commerce commission until there l.s nothing left but the salaries of the com missioners. Timely Advlro. Chicago Times. The advice of. Die Times to UH subscribers and friends is to avoid speculating In Sugar trusl certificates unless they have trust worthy connections In the United States senate. iiKCfl Conditions. Springfield licnubllcan , The railroads at Chicago , It Is reported , have decided to pay no more attention to Iho interstate commerce law. As they never have paid much attention to it , the situation la nol changed. Itnfonn lit Is Krform. New York Tribune , Joslah Qulncy us a reformer becomes moro and more renowned as each now ex ample of his reforms comes to light. With the ex-HBHlsstunt secretary it has un doubtedly been , to paraphrase the remark of a democratic congressman , "What is a llttllo thing like reform between frlenda ? " Vindicating th Administration. Indlanapolla Journal. It affords several democratic organs no llttlo gratification that a Jury has lined a man In Nebraska for hanging the secretary of agriculture In elllgy. It Is the nearest nn Indorsement a member of the adminis tration bus got. Y > , Away Off. Boston Qlobe. One of the queerest cases recently brought before the courts Is thai Involving the Omaha girl who pawned her diamond enBagemunl rlntf to jet money lo pay hur fallicr's llfo Insurance premium. Her lovur learned what obe had tlonu and promptly replevlne'l the ring. Meanwhile the en- Bagenienl la off In all probability forever. hlilnnliii ; tlu > Trc < > of I'umu , Nuw York Sun , An Omaha youth has determined to shin up the tree of fame In a now way. He avers that ho will walk all the way to San Francisco with a dozen Leghorn chickens walking In front of him. Wo don't know what Hcrvlco to the state It will bo to demonstrate the capabilities of chickens as long-Ulatanco pedestrians , but the Omaha youth might have chosen a IDHM useful ca reer. U Is better to lend a iillgrlmaiio of pullets than to bo a populist or a cuckoo. The Jrrluutlcm Convention. Kansas City Tlmea. The Commercial club of Omaha has pre pared for an Important meeting of the In- tcratato Irrigation association at that place on March 21 and 22 , to which no county , town or commercial body Interested In the subject should fall to send representatives. A creat change Is taking place In Irrlh'a- tlon sentiment throuchout the arid west. U Is precisely the change thai haa moved the cotton planters of the south to ralnu less cotton and moro corn , and moat , and broken up thu Immense cattle pastures of Texaa Into thrifty and fertile tracts for the farmer. The sentiment now Is for each man to no slowly and start for himself , and , al though not so attractive as the theoretical system by which the aridity of years Is dlKtdiKited at ono blow , It Is of spuciller effect and Infinitely more profitable. VIM I'M } ASI ) Tlll.VdS , Henry Labouchcre has no rival as n peer less radical. The riot of blood nnd booze at the Troy election ought to create a lively demand for prison stripes , Courtlandl Palmer U n blooming pianist In Now Jersey , but his hopes of rising to eminence are sadly marred by n tendency to lialdheadedness. The name of the reporters' tug which greeted Cleveland's return from the Diu rnal Swamp was a delicate rejoinder to the "epidemic of mendacity. " James llarr of Chester , Pa. , who holds the position of disbursing agent for the public building In that clly at the munificent compensation of $150 n year , Is required to glvo n bond of $20,000. George C. Plait , who. still halo and athletic , was present at the Pennsylvania stnto Grand Army ot the Republic encamp ment , Is the last survivor of Sheridan's daring headquarters scoutH , A Kansas Clly paper appeals to local phil anthropists for a donation of land milll- clonl for n library building. Land may bo had for n song In that section , bul the diffi culty In to secure enough ready cash to pay for drawing nnd recording the deed. Cold weather makcn Iho Kentucky Justices merciful , oven to colored coal thieves , "Thirty days nnd n pair of hoes , " was the sentence pronounced on Llge Withers and Matt Hawkins by Justice Caldwull of Dan- vlllo. The magistrate paid for the shoes himself. Mrs. U. S. Grant has decided not to pub lish her memoirs of her husband , as It Is her wish that Ihls book shall nol be pub lished unlll afler her death. Several pub lishers have had the opportunity to look It over , and It Is said thai one has offered $50- 000 for Iho work. The possibilities of future statesmanship In the senate may bo judged by the state ment thai definitions In dictionaries under the letter A have Increased from 2.S3G In 1810 to 19,621 In 1891. A corresponding In crease In the remainder of the alphabet shows how futile even today Is the task of sitting oul a muscular talker In the senate. When the brave army ot Masslllon , com manded by the Cyclonic Coxoy , camps on the cast from of Iho national capllol on May 1 patriots may confidently look for u prolonged hemorrhage of the lungs. The whirlwinds thai loy with odors of Foggy Bottom or the congcllatlng zephyrs that frisk about the white house will lice affrighted when the Masslllon cyclone settles down lo business. Coxey , old boy , hero's looking at you. General Early , who achieved distinction In marching up Cedar creek and then down again , and subsequcnlly acquired nolorlety as a lottery supervisor , was a southerner of Irish descent. The original family name was McGulchle , which means "early rising. " "I presume It was given our people , " ho once said , "from Ihe facl lh.il Ihey were always among Iho flrsl lo rise In any of Ihe oul- brenks which were so frequent when Ire land was nn Independent nation , The Earlys lived In Donegal , where they are very numerous to this day. " HECVLAK SHOTS AT Till ! 1'VLVIT. Galveston News : If all the-devils were cast out of some people they would loolc like walking skeletons. Cincinnati Enquirer : Lord Chief Justice Coleridge of England refuses to accept clergymen for Jurors In criminal cases. Ho should make another trip over here and meet llev. 1'arkhurst. St. Paul Globe : Mrs. Mapsle Van Colt , the professional evangelist , has arrived al Chicago with the avowed purpose of cct- tlnp up a revival there. She has tried It before , bul Chicago remains as wicked as ever. Her perseverance In the face of adverse circumstances la , however , worthy of all commendation. St. Louis Republic : Parson Talmage has had a revelation which commands him to withdraw his resignation ns pastor of the Tabernacle congregation In Brooklyn. It may have been a coincidence thai Kussell Sage had a revelallon aboul the same time commanding him to withdraw his claim for $125,000 against the Tabernacle. Kansas City Star : Rev. Dr. Darlington of New York , who criticises what he calls the "s.ze of the drinks" the members of Ihe church lake al Ihe communion , la Imperti nent , Irreverent , meddlesome and unhlstorl- cal. What would he have had to say In the early days of the church , when Chris tians gathered as at a family table to eat nnd drink the bread and wine , and give the remainder to the poor ? ChlcaKO Herald : Dr. TIenson says that the prophel Daniel should be Ihe model for younj ? men on account of his bravery , but the younR men of Chicago could give Daniel cards and spades and then beat him. Daniel has a reputation because he once Kot into a lion's den and came oul alive. Plenty of young Chlcugoans walk Into the tiger's den every night of their lives and sometimes but not often pull the beast's tail out by the roots. New York Sun : The unbridled priest , McGlynn , has the full right , as a citizen , to preach In Protestanl churches every Sim- day of Ihe year , and lake up collections for hla bcncllt afler Ihe sermon. Uul there are many Protestants unable to understand how a priest who , after undergoing discipline for disobedience , has solemnly renewed his vows of allegiance to Ihe church of Rome and Its laws , can go about preaching In Methodist , Unitarian , Congregallonalist and other churches , and at revival camp meet ings. McGlynn must be a very shifty kind of a chap. He cannot have two longues , for Ihe church of Rome docs nol permit Its priests to have two. Incidental Comment. Chicago Times. Omaha docs not recognize the aristocracy of Boston. A doctor of the western city will not forgive his daughter for having married a scion ot the has bleu 100. As Item Brummcl asked Sheridan of a certain George IV. , "Who Is your fat friend ? " atRASVRK MKASV11K. Tlnit tlio ItrU U A ITIIJS I tlm Cheapest ll V'rou-ii by t'lRiirrs. The Bee has made n compilation of tin amount of matter printed the pail weoh by the 'three leading pnpera n ! Nebraska Tlio lice , the VW'd-HoMlil and the Lincoln Journal exclusive of com mercial news nnd advertisements. Even were the columns of thcso papers of tin same width nnd length , and were the mat * tor printed In the same typo , the patrons ol The Heo would have n great advantage. In the tnblo below Is given the actual measurement of the matter In the thrca papers by columns , nnd In the last line li presented n statement ot how the papers compared when measured by the standard colimuls of The Bee. It Is easy to sco that the bcsl Is the cheapest. The figures nro at follows : Turn : r/rorrjir.s. Elmlra Gazette : You seldom get cold facts In a heated argument. Vogue : In Lawyer's Olllce Senior Part ner : Shall wo go out nnd take domethlni ; ? Junior Partner From whom ? linffnlo'Courler : Jlllaon says ho has no ticed that some men uru n Kroul deal line rivers. When Ihelr heada are swelled you realize 11 from their mouths. Truth : Low Comedian Why don't you Introduce a cycloni ; In- the third act ? Author What for ? Low Comedian ( cdgliiK away ) To bring down the house. Indlanapolla Journal : Tommy Say , paw. Mr. FlgKH What do you want ? "Is race meets and horse Ilesh the same thing ? " Life : "Tho Girl 1 left lleblnd Me" wnr on "A Bicycle Unlit for Two. " THE SADDEST THOUGHT. Atlanta Constitution. Children comln' Homo from school , Sad-eyed stranger llldin' mule. "Happy children Full of Joy- Just like I was When a boy ! " Wipes his wet eyes With his coat ; "They ain't old Enough to vole ! " ifltOM HAM'S IIOHX. Wo punish ourselves when wo hate other folks. Indecision Is a robber with a dagger under Us cloak. Washing a pig will not make It stop liking mud. In most cases the man who has riches has n master. Starting for heaven on a gravestone Is risky business. The blggcsl coward Is Iho ono who Is afraid lo do rlghl. No wound can bo so deep as Iho ono In flicted by a friend. It Is hard to understand how a grateful" man can bo a stingy one. The man who succeeds as a hypocrite haste to devote his whole tlmo to It. No religion can do us any good thai does not make us Iry lo do good lo olhers. A warm-hearted preacher will , generally find a way to warm up a cold church. A feather from the dove's wing some times guides Iho arrow lhat- pierces her breast. < The devil Is nol throwing any stones at the church thai raises Us pastor's salary by public Olltertillnnientnr S VMMKIl S V < 1 (3 K.1TWX8. Journal or F.clucatlon. That ho In that self-same light canoe Afloat on a mountain lake , And a mad idea shot wildly through The brain of her lover ( who s.it there too ) , Thai he In that selfsame light canoe A stolen kiss would lake. Now the maiden sal thcro unaware Of the plol llml ho had hutched , And Ihe mountain breezes played with her And fanned her cheeks nnd her brow so fair. As she sat Ihere still , quite unaware Of the kiss soon to be snatched. Then the lover awaited a real good chance To capture the longed-for WHS , When , watching Ihe wlmpllng wavclela She turned her head with a quick , shy 1 glance , And , leaning back , gave him a chance That was really too good to miss. /git So ho bent to meet her nnd tried to steal The kiss that he burned to get ; Hut he bent so quick In his ardent zeal Thai the crafl upset llko a whirling wheel , And ho missed the kiss that he tried to steal , And they both got very wot. & CO. The largest malicrs and Hollers of line clotlies ou turtti , ' worth bao'c. 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