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UKt'Uin.1t3AX STATK CO.MM ITTI'.K.
LINCOLN , May G. The republican state
central committee Is cnllcd to meet nt the
Mlllaril hotel , Omaha , Tuesday , May 22 , nt
8 o'clock p. in.
A full attendance Is desired , as the time
and place for holding the next state conven
tion will be at that time decided upon.
I1KAD J. SLAUGHTER , Chairman.
What ( lees Judtfe Scott think of what the
people think of him ?
The dynamite bomb explodes at frequent
Intervals with a shocking persistency.
Whether Huropcan disarmament la useless
or not , Crlspl Is certainly correct In saying
that Is qulto Improbable for the Immediate
future.
One of the men who mnrched on Washing
ton with Coxey Is said to nave fallen heir
to a considerable fortune. Don't all join
Coxoy at once ! ,
If wo are to believe tha astronomer at the
Lick observatory the newly discovered comet
resembles the prvsent congress in a remark-
nbln degree. Tjey are both composed al
most entirely of gyiseous substances.
Congressmen who charge one another with
knowing nothing of the tariff question must
not think that they arc breaking news to
the public. The public lias long been con
vinced of the truth of such assertions.
All things come to the city that waits loifg
enough and Omaha has probably waited
long enough for the coming of the Illinois
Central. In the meantime. It might b ? ad
visable for OranM to drop the waiting policy
.nnd 'Sffulter a few things on her own ac
count.
The gold reserve shows signs of suffering
a relapse. Secretary Carlisle will yet hnvo
need of all the resources at his command to
steer the financial craft through the troubled
financial seas. With a full view of the situ
ation further attempts to tamper with the
currency system should bo discouraged.
The longer the transfer switch law Is al
lowed to remain Inoperative the stronger
will become the sentiment among the people
that the railroads should pay the salaries of
their own men on the State Board of Trans
portation. The people are becoming tired
of paying largo salaries to cheap secretaries
of the board.
!
Our minister to Austria , Hon. Bartlett
Trlpp , says that ho prefers to servo out
his term at his post In Vienna to taking his
chances on securing a place In the United
States senate as representative of South
Dakota. A bird In the hand is usually worth
two in the bush , moro especially when the
compensation of the minister to Austria Is
somewhat greater than the salary of a mem
ber of the United States senate.
The s'tar chamber sessions of public bodies ,
whether county commissioners , park com-
mlsHloners , boards of education , boards of
public works or police commission , should bo
abolished. The people have a right to know
how every member of these bqdlcs stands
on any project that Involves oxpsndlturo of
public funds or the adoption of any partic
ular line of policy In dealing wjtli questions
and matters In which the taxpayers and
citizens at largo have an Interest.
The law requiring the investment of the
permanent school fund In state warrants
was passed early In the year 191. From
August , 1891 , until November 30 , 1893 , the
Btato paid to warrant holders the enormous
sum of J13C.072.22 In Interest. During all
this tlmo the law above referred to was Ig
nored. The dereliction of the state treas
urer In respect to this law has cost the tax
payers of the state nearly ? 200.000. It Is
tlmo that the law should bo observed , In
spirit , if not In letter.
There Is no longer any doubt that
the railroad officials
were playing a
bluff when they advertised that they
would dlslntoRrpto the Nebriiskf Indus ,
trial army by employing the' soldiers at
$1.40 a day , JhB prlco of "good hoard" to bo
deducted 'al the rate of $1 par week. The
railroad is In no position to hire the men ,
and Its effort * to scatter the unemployed and
penniless men In a rough and sparsely set
tled countiy Is not at all to the credit of
the men who devised It.
No one need worry us yet about the supposed -
posed Influuice of the low rates on steerage
passage across the ocean which Imvo been
precipitated by the steamship rate war upon
Immigration to this country. Immigration
lias not been affected one way or the other
because up to this time the cut rates have
applied only to outgoing traffic from Amer
ican por'.d to European ports. It Is enabling
< ] ' . .adsfled Immigrants to return cheaply to
"their former homes , thus'tendlng to decrease
the net Immigration to the United States
through a stimulation of emigration. It la
barely po slblo that the war may extend to
Bteorago rates coming this way , but until It
docs so the Immigration will continue to depend -
pond upon uaturul conditions uow as boreto-
fora.
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T//K UUt.DKX SI'JKK ,
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the com
pletion of the Union Pacific railroad occur *
this week. The driving of the golden spike
on I'romonlory Point was an event of mo
mentous Importance In the history of that
gigantic enterprise. It , was an event of
momentous Importance In the Industrial
hlaiory of the United States , Hut most of
all , It was an event of momentous Impor
tance In the history of Omaha.
The driving of the golden spike twenty-
nvo years ago signalled to the world the
union by bands of steel of the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. It made possible that
marvelous expansion of the western half of
the American continent that has been wit
nessed during the years since elapsed. The
Union Pacific , as the forerunner of a whole
network of transcontinental railway llne-i ,
was the pioneer hewing the way for othoA
to follow , demonstrating to a doubting pub
lic that the project BO often ridiculed as
visionary and Impossible was not only pos
sible , but a reality. It has done more than
any other single agency to knit together the
remote sections of our vast country , to as
similate east and west , to prevent section
alism and discord , to promote that grand
project begun by the franiers of 'the ' federal
constitution "to form a moro perfect union"
for the people of the United Stales.
Omaha's prcgr.ss during these twenty-five
years , while not alone dependent upon the
fact that this city Is the connecting link be
tween the Pacific and the eastern railroads ,
has been greatly advanced by its railroad
connection with the far western states.
From n town with it population of less than
15,000 It has been transformed Into n city
with a population of 140,000. The Omaha of
today Is practically an entirely now crea
tion , Its largo business blocks , handsome
office buildings , beautiful residences being
principally the products of recent years. The
business Interests of the city have expanded
In n similar ratio , whl'e public Improvements
of every kind have kept pace .with the de
velopment In other branches. The Union
Pacific railroad of today , too , Is not the
Union Pacific railroad of twenty-five years
ago. It has become a great railroad sys
tem , with over 8,000 miles of road under Its
control. The improvements In railroad fac 1-
Itles and In railroad administration have
been scarcely less marked than the progress
of the country tributary to It. W ere the
golden spike again In place It would with
difficulty recognize the trains that now pass
over Promontory Point.
Few of the men who participated In the
celebration of May 10 , 1S69 , can hope to cele
brate the fiftieth anniversary of that event.
The railroad which was then completed ,
however , Is a monument that cannot so
quickly pass away. Omaha will continue to
grow and will doubtless commemorate the
occasion. The benefits to the people of the
United States resulting from the success of
tills great enterprise are forever enduring
and must continue to exert a powerful In
fluence upon the whole future development
of this country.
COKSTITUTIOA'AL IIKV1SIOK.
The coming constitutional convention in the
state of New York , meeting under the some
what peculiar provision of the constitution
requiring such a convention to bo called
every twenty years , has called attention to
the different methods by which the constitu
tions of our state and national governments
may bo revised. The federal constitution
deals with this question specifically , although
perhaps in a fashion a trifle obscure and
clumsy. It provides that while the Initiation
of particular constitutional amendments may
be had In congress , the Initiation of a consti
tutional convention must como from the leg
islatures of the several states. In tbo words
of the constitution , "Congress on the appli
cation of the legislatures of two-thirds of
the several states shall call a convention for
proposing amendments which shall bo valid
to all Intents and purposes as part of this
constitution when ratified by the legislatures
of three-fourths of the several states or by
conventions In three-fourths thereof as the
ono or the other mode of ratification may be
proposed by the congress. " But a convention
to revise the constitution in accordance with
this provision has never been demanded by
the requisite number of stats legislatures , and
Judging from the teachings of American
history slnco the Institution of the federal
government , It will require fi p3werful In-
centlvo to set the machinery In motion. The
amendments thus far proposed and adopted
have uniformly had their origin In congress
and not In a constitutional convention.
The provision of the Now York constitu
tion to which wo have alluded requires the
periodical election of delegates to a conven
tion and submission of the work of that con
vention to the people for ratification. The
people can , therefore , negative proposed re
vision In ono of two ways , cither by electing
delegates who will refuse to'submit amend
ments or by defeating the amendments when
they are sumbltted. The requirement of a
convention every twenty years , however , de
pends practically upon the legislature that
must provide for convening it , and the very
fact that the Now York convention which
meets this year Is several 'years delayed
proves the Inadequacy of the method as out
lined In thn constitution. Other states have
had constitutional provisions requiring the
submission to the people of the question
whether a convention for Its revision should
be called. In some Instances this has been
done by fixing a designated date when the will
of the people upon this matter should bo con
sulted , the first being that of Massachusetts
of 1780 , which commanded that such an
election bo held In 1795. Now Hampshire ,
Georgia and Kentucky have had constitu
tions at ono tlmo or another with similar
provisions. The periodical election on the
question of revision first appeared In the
constitution of Indiana of 181C , setting the
Interval at every twelve years. Altogether
twelve state.i have had constitutions re
quiring the periodical submission of the
question of calling a convention for consti
tutional revision , but of those only seven
still retain such * provisions In their present
constitutions. In but few of these has the
device worked with any great degree of sat
isfaction ,
The more usual method of constitutional
revision among our states consist ) In leaving
It to each state legislature to decide upon
the necessity and advisability of calling a
convention to revise the constitution. In most
Instanooj the legislature must first submit to
the people the question whothcr the conven
tion should be railed , and only when they answer -
swor In thi < affirmative must It provide lor lhe >
election of delegates. To this latter class
Nebraska belongs , both of her constltutloui ,
that of 18CG and that of 1875. describing a
system of this kind , Under Its present con
stitution It requires a three-fifths vote of
the legislature to submit to the electors the
question of calling a constitutional conven
tion , and It requlroi a majority of all voting
at that election to order Its assembling. If
the majority vote In favor of a constllu-
tloiml convention , then It becomes manda
tory on the next legislature to provide by
law Tor colling it together , and then tha
amendments proposed must again be ratified
by n majority of the voters. This Is the
usual system to which the greater number of
our states rcnirt.
The tendency , then , seems to be to leave
the Initiation of proceedings lending to con
stitutional revision to the legislature Instead
of providing for It In the constitution It
self. The periodical submission of the ques
tion of calling a constitutional convention
hat not made the progress which Its curly
advocates expected , nor has Us efficacy coma
up to their expectations where It has bacn
adopted , At the same time the excessive
majorities required to secure the calling of
such conventions at the Instance of the
legislatures has alio failed to meet the re
quirements of the times. Kvery method of
constitutional revision ought to enable the
pcoplo to secure the calling of a convention
without delay whcndvcr It becomes clear to
thum that such a convention Is necessary.
civir. sKiiriiw JAA'O \ \ .S.
Attention was called a short time ago to
the cose of a treasury clerk In the classi
fied service who hail boon removed by direc
tion of the secretary of the treasury nnJ who
applied for u writ of mandamus to compel
the secretary to reinstate htm , alleging that
his removal was purely for political reasons.
The decision of the court wai against the
application , though the Judge said It was
perfectly clear that the relater was removed
because of political opinions and for the rea
son that he was not In sympathy with the
politics of the present administration , and
also because he would not say that he was
or would become a democrat. "Of all this
I have not the slightest doubt , " said Jiulg :
Bradley , "and yet the difficulty with his ap
plication appears to bo that I do not see any
position of the law under which the right
of the executive to exercise his will and
pleasure In the removal of Incumbents of
the executive offices has been curtailed by
the.civil-Service law so as to make It apply
to the particular reasons which were tha
ground of the removal of the relator. " It
was hold that the right of the relater to
the office he held was absolutely dependent
upon the tenure and If the tenure was at the
will and pleasure or at the will and discre
tion of the executive officer under whom he
had office , then at any time that executive
officer had the right to remove with or with
out reason.
The opinion of the court contains some
very pointed expressions with regard to the.
construction of the civil servlco law , say
ing that when congress , In express terms ,
limits the power of the executive depart
ment as to removals solely to the extent
of Indicating that no man must bo removed
because he refuses to contribute to a po
litical fund , or because ho refuses to render
any political service. It must bo deemed
that congress Intended that that limitation
should bo exclusive of any other and that
the general rule that the expression of one
thing Is the exclusion of the other must be
applied. If congress had Intended that no
man should bo removed from office because
ofhls political opinions or because ho re
fused to be coerced in his political opinions
it would have said so in express language ,
but having limited the power solely In the
hvo instances of refusal to contribute to a
political fund and of refusal to render polit
ical servlco the expression of these two
limitations is the exclusion of any other.
The opinion contains this significant ex
pression : "Although apparently It has be
come a difficult thing to get into the civil
service , yet It Is Just as easy to get ouV as
before the enactment of laws. To the extent
that the spoils system has been abolished
by the civil service law It Is a great benefit
to the civil service. To the extent , however ,
that congress failed to provide for the tenure
of office of appointees under the civil serv
lco law the purposes of the act arc clearly
abortive.-
If these views are upheld by the higher
court to which an appeal has been taken
the friends of the civil servlco law will
need to direct their efforts to securing the
amendment of the law so as to broaden
Us power of protection to those appointed
under It , orIt will become practically
worthless. The general impression has been
that 'the law furnished an ample safe
guard to employes of the government In
the classified service , making their tenure
secure so long as they properly performed
the duties required of them. But If the
construction given to the law by Judgu
Bradley Is sound and Is sustained by the
higher court the law will be valueless so
far as the matter of protection goes , which
Is certainly of prlmo Importance , for ac
cording to this construction executive of
ficers may make removals from the classi
fied service at their pleasure and upon any
pretext except political reasons , though
these may bo the real motive. There Is
nothing in the way of n clean sweep In this
service with every change In the political
character of the administration. The
opinion of Judge Bradley will not fall to
command the earnest attention of civil
service reformers.
TllK KXODUS T ( ) KWiOPK.
Notwithstanding the hard times the oxb-
dus of American visitors to Europe- has
begun as early as usual and on about as
liberal a scale. The New York papers re
port that the staterooms on outgoing steam
ers Imvo been engaged for many weeks
ahead and the hotels In fashionable Euro
pean watering places arc already filled with
Americans. In consequence of this U Is
said that those who Imvo decided to remain
at homo for the xummor are bemoaning the
fact that the amount of entertaining In
even the most popular summer rosortn In
this country will bo comparatively small ,
These people arc to bo commiserated. It Is
truly a serious matter for them that hav
ing decided to forego the luxury of hob
nobbing with the snobocrucy of Europe they
may not bo able to find enough entertain
ment In their own country to make the
summer days pass pleasantly. One can
fancy these unfortunates lolling around
under an overwhelming weight of ennui
and sighing their souls oward the foreign
resorts , where Impecunious princes and pen
niless counts butake themselves at this sea
son to angle for the shallow-minded Amer
ican girls who are ambitious for a foreign
tltlo and are willing to buy It no matter
what the character of Its possessor may be.
Yet It those people had a little moro o ( the
sentiment of patriotism and moro of a de-
Biro to know their own land they could
find a way of passing the summer must enJoyably -
Joyably and Imvo the satisfaction of knowIng -
Ing when It was over that the money spent
had benefited their own countrymen. This
Is a wonderful country. Nowhere are there
moro beautiful lakes , grander mountains or
moro romantic and Inspiring scenery. There
are portions of the Rocky mountains that
present a spectacle of grandeur and beauty
unsurpassed oven In the Alps. The -Alid
and varied scenery of Yellowstone park Isn't
equalled anywhere else In the world. A
delightful journey Is a trip to Alaska. There
U health , recuperation and Instruction In
visiting the many attractive places In this
great country of ours , tha expense Is less
than to go abroacf , Vfnd the effect from the
moral and the iijt'lotlc point of view Is
eminently wliolcsonie. But there Is no no
bility to bo found nt thcuo places , save that
which Is comprchVnMcd In a true and loyal
American manhood ! ' nd womanhood , and It
would be far bolter , for the people of the
past If they knot ? liioro of this and thought
lest of cultivating1 thu acquaintance of tha
blaso nubility of foreign lands.
The annual rxoMln'of ' thousand's of Ameri
cans to nu-rojio will" " undoubtedly continue ,
and In Increasing.\Jinmv as the number of
those who can nftonl the time and expanse
grows. It Is tho' Va'shlonabic thing to do ,
though It no longor'gtvca the social prestige
that It did some ypars ago. Nobody will
question Hint a visit to Europe may bo very
beneficial. To many there Is renewal of
health In an ocean voyage. Everywhere In
the old world there Is something to Instruct
and enlighten the careful observer. But bf
this thousands who go there every year how
many really profit Intellectually from the
visit ? Is It not with the majority merely
a matter of recreation and superficial sight
seeing , making no Impression of permanent
value ? Looking at It from a purely practi
cal point of view , the annual outpouring of
Americans to Kuropj makes a heavy drain
upon the national purse which can only be
regarded ns n nearly complete loss.
THK VKMAI.i : SVFVHAnK F.I/ ) .
"Society having nothing rise to do this
spring has gone Into the discussion of the
advisability of our adopting woman suffrage
In this stale , " Is the way Ward McAll ster
cxpalns the unusual activity of the fashion
able leaders of New York society In the
agitation for an amendment to the constitu
tion that will give women the suffrage.
Female suffrage has been made n fad. In
stead of being carefully considered and the
different reasons for and against Us adop
tion being dispassionately weighed , It has
been taken up because a few wealthy women
Imvo undertaken to make It the fashion.
In order to class one's * self with this set or
with that set In polite New York , It has become -
como necessary to subscribe to the enroll
ment that its leader Is getting up cither
praying that the constitutional convention
accede to the cry for woman suffrage or to
protest to It against action of this kind.
But the female suffrage fad gives no prom
ise of being any more persistent or moro
enduring than the Innumerable other fads
that have gone before It. Its rise In New
York has been apparently as sudden and
emotional as any of Its predecessors. In
this It was peculiarly favored by unusual cir
cumstances. Lent cut short a social season
scarcely begun and left post-Ientcn tlmo
hanging heavy upon the hands of fashion's
devotees. The latter , having literally noth
ing else to do , turned readily to meet the
advance of the ; female suffrage
brigade and were peen Infected with the fad
that permitted them to gather , In parlor
meetings to dlscyss , the suffrage question
and Incidentally to exhibit their new clothes
and circulate tlie "lateat social gossip. How
far the fad has laKfcn hold on fashionable
society Is a question of dispute. Ward Mc
Allister Insists that because ono or two very
estimable women , ' kstifferlng from Isinology ,
have issued Invitations to society persons to
be present at meetings for the purpose of
agitating this mat r , It must not be sup
posed that the movement Is therefore gen
eral among the Jour hundred. The news
papers , on the other hand , print long lists
of names of women who&e husbands or
fathers have been prominent In some busi
ness or profession , to Indicate the class
among whom the fad has become most prev
alent.
Fortunately , or unfortunately , the conven
tion which has the decision whether the
question of female suffrage shall be sub
mitted to the voters Is Just about to begin
Its sessions and will probably sit well Into
the summer. Just when the movement most
needs support the women of society arc be
ginning their annual pilgrimages to Europe
or to the seashore resorts. They will soon
have "something else jo ; do" and will devote
themselves to It , leaving the real work of
agitation to the professional female suffrage
brigade. The fad will' , have had Us day. It
will have no moro Interest to the members
of the four hundred. ' ' than last summer's
"
styles in parasols. The female-suffrage fad
can have but a temporary sojourn In faslT-
'
ion's circles. >
Realism Is the Idol .of the day. Now , a
woman who wants to write a novel founded
upon the divorce machinery that Is operated
In South Dakota , and who has gene to Sioux
Falls In order to become personally ac
quainted with the scene of her story , has
decided that an experiment In securing a
divorce would assist In assuring success to
her project. Therefore that she may write
Intelligently about the sensations of one who
Is subject to the mania for divorce she pro
poses to apply for a divorce for herself. This
woman has a true appreciation of the requi
sites of a novel writer. She has learned the
folly of writing about something of which
she knows nothing. She has seized the
only means of learning all about the sub
ject she has clioson. Even If unsuccessful In
securing her divorce she ought to bo suc
cessful In writing her book.
The Review of Reviews enumerates the
different summer schools that are to be
opened the coming season In the various
'universities of the country and describes
the work which they propose to do , but
omits all mention of the University of Ne
braska summer school , whoso announcements
are already out. The summer school Is fast
becoming a fixture1 at the leading univer
sities for the benc/lt / of those who cun not
attend the regular college sessions , particu
larly teachers who are engaged at their
profession during'Ino winter. The western
universities are i oUbehlnd the eastern uni
versities In this respect.
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It transpires that the only electric wires
In use In-tho Exposition annex that burned
Thursday were these _ by which power was
transmlttoi. ' by the o'niaha and Council Bluffs
Bridge company. j'Jit this gives rlso to the
question when anil uy whom that company
secured the rlghf , i\o \ use the streets of
Omaha for the purpose of distributing elec
trical power to private Individuals. Does a
street railway franchise Include a right to
use the streets for 'any and all purposes to
which the plant can bo adapted ?
There must Imvo been some powerful In
ducement offered to Senator Oalllngor to
porsuadn him to act as reading cleric for
Senator Quay during the delivery of the
last Installment of his serial speech upon
the tariff. Listening to a speech delivered
In sections ought to bo a sufficient burden
to Impose upon our overworked senators.
The Irrigation convention Just cjosej at
McCook has given 'good ovldenco of the hold
which the Irrigation Idea has taken upon the
people of the arid land region. The delegate *
to thcso conventions manifest an enthusiasm
and sincerity of purpose that promise * to
carry their Irrigation projects through unless
blocked by nome Insurmountable obstacle.
Congress cannot but bo aware by this tlmo
of the Importance of the Irrigation move
ment ami of the necessity for proper legis
lation to assist In the attainment of Its
praiseworthy object.
Tim Stnio nf 1'iirnilotKn.
Knnnnii City Star ,
Stories of beer wnrs In cities of prohibi
tion Knnnnn would necin pitrmloxlcnl were U
not for the fnot that the e rltlos nri > , so fur
us prohibition IH concerned , small sized re
publics \\ltbln the ntn.tr , and ns mich en
tirely Independent of the nntl-bccr nml
nntl-wlitsky laws.
Shutting Up Ilio .MnrllmiKl.
ChlcnRo Iterant ,
There Is Romcthlnff curiously
In this very vigorous stmklng-itp of the
must stnblu nnd unproKrcsHlvo of countries.
For the occidental wet Id Orcccc Is u ilond
country. It Is Interesting nx u ruin , lint
even lit ruin's nro ruthlessly nttnuked by
the quaking of this old world IIM Its Internal
fires go out nnd It contracts spasmodically
under Ita crust.
Wlilnufl nml Wlilim-rr * .
I < oulftvlll ( > Courlcr-.Immi ! l.
That Is u curious Inference drawn In n
recent census bulletin from the stntlstlcs of
widows nnd widowers , Thesu show Hint
there nrc ni-nrly thrt'c times ns many
widows ns tbrre nro wldowrrx , nnd from
this It Is concluded that n greater number
of widowers than widows remarry. But no
such conclusion Is warranted fiom the
premises. There are so ninny more widows
than widowers because many more hus
bands die before1 their wives and vice verwi.
This Is dun to the morn nctlv.0 , exjiosi-d
nnd dissipated lives Hint men lead , to sny
nothing of the fnct that luislmmls me
usimlly considerably older thnn their wives
nml imturntly die first.
iiittn err to tbo ring.
Now York Ilecortlcr.
The story 1ms just nppcnrod In print of n
poor little Italian waif , rescued from the
streets and started on the road of useful
ness and Independence , whoso heart Is so
llll d with gratitude that whenever and
wherever he sees the American Hag be
ral s bis bat In Us honor.
There Is a lesson In this little Incident
for every American , nntlve nnd adopted.
Kaoh nnd all of HH , when we see It llrst
In the mornliiK anil last In the evening ,
when the echoes of the sunset gun are re
verberating from the hillsides and tbo
mountains , should give to the emblem or
our Krent nationality this mnrlc of respect
nnd devotion.
Hats off to the Flag !
\Vlmt thn llrltNIi Drink.
'London 1'nll Mnll Gazette.
It appears from Sir W. Harcourt's state
ment In his budget speech that while less
coffee and cocoa , strong wines nnd spirits
were drunk last year than usual , there was
more than a corresponding Increase In the
consumption of tea. light and sparkling
wines , and beer. Tea shows an Increase
of 6,000,000 pounds , nnd Is clearly ousting
coffee even ns a breakfast beverage. Be
tween 1S7C and 1S93 tbo consumption of
strong wines , lllto port and sherry , lias gone
down from 11,000,000 gallons to 4,700,000-u
very remarkable decline , which has to be
set against an Increase of 1,900,000 gallons
of llijht and sparkling wine , as well as
against the Increase In tea nnd beer. The
latter shows a record consumption last
year. We are told that this Is due to the
hot weather.
KDVUAT10XAT. .
The World's fair collection Illustrating the
educational system of Ja ? > an has been se
cured by the Philadelphia School of Design.
Dr. William Pepper , provost of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania for thirteen years ,
has tendered his resignation , to go Into
effect after the Juno commencement.
The legislature of Now York has passed a
bill to pension school teachers In Now York
city. After thirty years of servlco In case
of females and thlrty-fhc In case of males
they are to be placed on the retired list at
half pay.
Ilczekiah Dickinson , who recently cele
brated his 92d birthday anniversary , Is said
to be the oldest surviving graduate of Amherst -
herst college. Both Mr. Dickinson and his
father were born In the house where the
former now lives and which was _ built by hU
grandfather.
A party of Cornell university students ,
composed chiefly of marine engineers , spent
the Easter recess In inspecting the great
ship yards of Philadelphia , Baltimore nnd
New York. The party , which was conducted
by Prof. Durand of the marine engineering
department , first visited the great establish
ment of William Cramp & Son on the Dela
ware near Philadelphia.
Prof. Herbert B. Adams of Johns Hopkins
university is a prominent candidate for
alumni trustee of Amherst college. Ho was
graduated In 1872 and was the valedictorian
of his class. At Johns Hopkins he has
made a wide reputation In his specialty ,
which Is history. Other men who will be
voted for by some of the alumni are Winston
II. Hagen , ' 79 , of Brooklyn , and Arthur II.
.Dakln , ' 84 , a lawyer , of Boston.
Slbloy college , the mechanical nnd elec
trical engineering department of Cornell
university , has thp reputation of being one
of the most practical technical1 schools in
the world. Ono feature of Us course is the
visitation of leading manufacturing con
cerns each year by large parties of students.
These visits are made during the Easter
recess , when some half dozen tours , east
and west , are planned and conducted by
professors of the college ,
The report of the Illinois superintendent
of schools shows the total enrollment In the
12,458 public sohools of the state to be S2G-
.025 , while the total number of children of
school ago Is 1,220,705. There nro 907
private schools with an attendance of 121-
050 pupils. The total cost of the public
schools for the year amounted to $14,442,288 ,
of which $8,420,330 went to teachers and
the rest to new school houses , sites , repairs ,
fuel , etc. Illinois' corps of teachers con
sists of 1,228 men nnd 2,109 women. The
extremes of monthly salaries paid to male
teachers era $290 and $15 ; to female teachers ,
$250 and $10.
A vo/si * IIAUMK. :
Chicago Journal : So It happens that brag ,
bluster and threats are no longer a part of
Grand Master Sovereign's present policy. Of
course ho will revert to them again when
ho can do so with safety , because they are
his principal business , but just now ho Is
"laying low. " Ho has learned the salutary
lesson that a demagogue may go too far
when the followers upon whom ho depends
nro possessed of some degree of Intelligence
and common sense.
Chicago Herald : The Knights of Labor
should call this Irresponsible crank to
prompt account and advise him ho was
elected to his office to look after the Inter
ests of that organization and not to attempt
to usurp powers revolutionary In their nature
and preposterous In their pretences. The
people of Iowa ought to teach Sovereign a
lesson through their laws which will bo
wholebome for him should ho continue to
entertain the Idea that ho Is "u bigger man"
than the United States or its common
wealths.
Qlobe-Democrat' This attempt of dema
gogues and foathorheads llko Sovereign to
Induce the labor soclutlcs to make common
cause with tlui Coxoylles Is fraught with
serious danger to the societies themselves ,
and to the country. In the present disturbed
condition of trade , when tons of thousands
of men are on strike , and when thousands
who honestly doilro work are unable to
find It , persona who try to Increase the In
dustrial discontent , to array ono class
against another , and to Influence every ono
who Is In distress or who pretends he Is
In distress to make a raid on the govern
ment for relief , should be denounced hy all
order-loving people and dealt with rigor
ously by tha law ,
Chicago Tribune : But Sovereign appears
to bo on another tack. It ho does nut In
tend to force one or moro of tha railroad
corporations to carry the Kelly contingent
across the state of Iowa without compensa
tion his talk means nothing at all , except
that ho la not fit to be at the head of an
organization of worklngmun , IH that his
position ? Does ho ubanmo a "right" to
compel a railroad company to work for
nothing while at the same tlmo It must pay
In full the wages of the workers who help
to move the trains , to say nothing of the
rights of the stockholders to remuneration
for the use of their property ? Does this
"grand master workman" take the ground
that ho anil tlioso who Imvo been taken
under tha wing of his patronage can ap
propriate for u shorter or longer time the
track , rolling stock and personal services
of the employes of a cor [ oratlon which
owes them no duty except In no far as they
are a part of the general public and enti
tled to transportation service on paying for
ItT
TlllXUH.
Coxey was ropulsed. Senatorial courtesy
still lives. ,
Coxcy's motion for leave to print was
seconded by a club.
Naturalist * say froKS breathe through
their skins. Pore things.
Captain Anson of the Chlcagos tins taken
the flrlil. Also several large goose rggj.
Locomotive engineers are not necessarily
In contempt bccauso they exercise "a pull. "
Governor Walto of Colorado has trimmed
his bunnl and Increased the exposure of
his mouth.
Things are not going nil one way. The
democrats elected an alderman at lied
Wing , Minn. , last week.
Three United States senators were born
In foreign lands McMillan In Canada , Pnsco
In England and Walsh In Ireland.
The prospective political redemption of
.Now York lias provoked pernicious activity
In the grave yard of J. Slnat Fnisclt.
The approaching completion of a union
depot In St. Louis revives recollections of a
similar enterprise once projected In Omaha.
Official .ndvlcos nro to the effect that 400
persons were killed and 2,000 made home
less by the recent earthquake In Greece.
Trying times , surely.
William Waldorf Astor's glowing opinion
of John Jacob Aster's poetry has been with
held for revision , owing to the discovery that
J. J. was an American.
Dr. Do Bossy , n physician of Havre , who
recently celebrated his 101st birthday , has
the largest practice In the French seaport.
Time and p.itlcnts have brought him rc-
mai kablo success.
Secretary of the Navy Herbert might Judi
ciously employ n cordon of stout Washing
ton policemen at Homestead , Pa. Their
success In plugging n blow hole on the capItol -
Itol steps suggests their promotion.
The Investigation In the Interior arrange
ments of the Northern Pacific develop * the
fuel that a treacherous memory * Is tha most
Important qualification In the railroad serv
ice. The faculty of forgetfulness Insures
promotion.
The semi-official announcement of the
candidacy of Benjamin Harrison will In
crease the tribulation of the democracy.
The revival of pictorial nnd comic reflec
tions on "grandfather's hat" can hardly
fall to accentuate despair In the riven ranks
of the party.
McLaurln , the new senator from Missis
sippi , Is a genuine type of the southern
gentleman. He dresses In broadcloth , ns
senators used to do before the war , with
the waistcoat cut so low as to reveal a large
expanse of shirt front , nnd lie always carries
a gold-headed cane. The senator Is n man
of great personal dignity and distinguished
bearing.
The Intimacy existing betwwen Senators
Fryo and Gorman Is productive of senatorial
reciprocity. Mr. Frye , for example Is n
prohibitionist , so that when any admirer
sends him a bottle of whisky or a case of
wine he turns It over to the Maryland senate -
atoJlr. . Gorman , on the other hand ,
dees not smoke , so that when ho receives n
gift of cigars ho sends them to Mr. Frye.
General Grant's "Memoirs , " which Mark
Twain's firm published , are said to have re
turned a larger reward than any other book
over written In this country. Up to the
present tlmo the Grant family have received
$410,000 in royalties from the publishers of
the work , whllo the sale still continues
good , and as a cheaper edition Is soon to
appear It Is within the range of probability
that the "Memoirs" may finally yield $750-
000.
TAVl'l G T1IK Xlilt'LKUS.
Oalveston News : No mortal Is rich as
long as be has the toothache.
Arkansaw Traveler : My neighbor calls
his cat "Thereby" bccauso from It hangs
a tall.
Yonkers Statesman : It Is when coining
golden sentiments that a lady ought to
purse her lips.
Sittings : "These are trying times for
me , " was what the cook said as she stood
over the lard keg.
Buffalo .Courier : The world may seem all
wrong with some people , but ns a rule It
Is all write with the Industrious editor.
Brooklyn Life : Landlady Have you tried
the coffee this morning , Mr. Llnton ? Mr.
Lin ton Yes , I have , and It has proved an
alibi.
Inter Ocean : Doctor Now , In case this
treatment failed to control the fever , what
would you then do ? Dr. Newcase Demand
the payment of my bill at once.
Boston Gazette : "Have you seen 'Ships
that Pass In the Night ? ' " "No. but I
have seen schooners that pass In the beer
saloons. "
Yonkers Statesman : He I'd just as lief
be hung for a sheep as n lumb. She Well ,
you'll be hung for neither ; you'll be bungler
lor a cnlf or nothing.
Washington Star : "At least , " said young
Orris Stultyknecs , who has Just got back
from playing a limited tour , "there Is one
comfort to be found for members of the
profession In these hard times. " "What
is that ? " "Vegetables are far too valua
ble to be thrown away. "
Puck : Mrs. Cobwlgger I bought a neck
tie here yesterday , and the ono you sent
home wasn't anything like It.
Haberdasher The one wo sent , madam ,
was plckfd out by your husband a month
ago , In case you ever bought one for him.
The Waterlmry : The Congregation ( on
the bank ) What's the mattah , pahsoii ?
Parson Dlpponi ( excitedly ) De Lord hub
mercy ! I 'lowed Hre'r Simpson tor slip
under do Ice !
ii.tr.z.ic.
Not to succeed Is social high treason.
A man should find all women In his wife.
Wherovcr form reign * sentiment dlijap-
pi ars.
All dur.iblo love commences by drenmy
meditations.
Illusion Is to thought a sort of night , which
we docornto with dreams.
flatter the passions of the moment and
you become a hero everywhere.
Newspapers nro no longer made to en
lighten , but to Hatter opinions.
Equality tuny bo right , but no human
power can ronvert It Into fact.
The disease of our tlmo Is superiority.
There nro moro saints than niches.
Women arc apt to see chlolly the defects
of n man of talent nml the merits of a fni.l.
To bo obeyed In her secret wishes ! Where
Is the * woman Insensible to such happiness ?
Intellect Is the lever which moves the
world ; but the fulcrum of Intellect Is money.
A girl who Is stupid , ugly , poor nnd good
possesses the four cardinal points of mis
ery.
ery.Is
Is not a fool I ho one who does nothing
to Justify the good opinion ho ha formud
of himself ?
Noble sentiments pushed to an extreme
produce results similar to these of the
grcatfst vices.
Wo severely reproach virtue for Its de
fects , but wo nro full of Indulgence for the
good qualities or vices.
Love and passion are two states of the
soul which poets , men of thi > world , phil
osophers and fools continually confound.
As noon as trouble comes to us there Is
always a friend ready to tell us about It
to probe our heart with a dagger and nsk us
to admlro the hilt.
Do you want to know how to make- your
way In thn world ? You must plow through
humanity llko a cannon bull or you must
glide through It like a pestilence.
Celibacy entails the capllnl vice of con
centrating the qualities of man upon a single -
glo passion , egotism. A passion which
oaiibus them to bo mischievous or useless.
The limn who sees two centuries ahead of
him dies an Ignominious death , loaded with
the Imprecations of the people , or , what
sotms worse to me , Is lashed with the whips
of ridicule ,
Flattery never emanates from great souls.
It Is an attribute of small minds , who thus
still further belittle themselves to enter Into
the vital being of the persons about whom
they crawl.
The storms and sufferings of the higher
spheres of human existence are appreciated
only by the noble minds which Inhabit
them. In all things wo can be properly
Judged only by our peers.
To worship the fool who succeeds and not
to mourn the failure of an able man Is the
result of our sad education , of our manners
and customs , which drive men of Intelli
gence to disgust nnd genius to despair.
Jtf.AtiTti l-'ltOM JM.l/.V 7/O7J.V ,
Words nro the overcoats of Ideas.
A man Is not hated until successful.
Tomorrow Is the day that never comes.
The cheerful giver is the happiest man on
earth.
A godly life is a living prayer that will
never end.
The first lesson In deceit Is often taken
by going into debt.
Some fellows got very low down In get
ting up in the world.
Lesons learned In the school of experience
are remembered the longest.
The world pays more attention to what a
man does than to what lie says.
It is not the bird with the brightest
plumage that sings the sweetest.
The man who votes to sustain a wrong la
helping the devil , whether he knows It or
not.
There Is moro power In the Influence of a
boy than there Is in all the steam In a lo
comotive boiler.
No church Is over made a bit stronger by
having an unrepentant sinner with a pocket
full of money \\alk up and join It.
rri'iirlilnc Corn 111 Knropi.
Springfield Ilenubllcnn.
Colonel Murphy's work abroad In the way
of familiarizingICuiopeans with the uses
of Indian corn as a food product Is costing
the government $10,000 a year. But It will
probably be worth vastly more than that
to the country , and the economists In congress -
gross ought to be able to find a better place
to apply the knife.
UXUJ.ll I" 1ST UK'S
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Wha's yo' rcco'd , trcmulln' slnnabT
Wba's dc tithes yo' brlngln' In ?
Do yo' 'sped t' be a wlnnali .
Fo' yo' Chrliityun wuk begin ?
Hussel up ! Secuali yo' lodgln *
Wba' de golden lante'ns glow-
Fob ( ley wini' be any dodijln'
Wen de ho'n begins t' blow.
"Tend ter wuk an' bo a. savin' ;
Yo' no Lljah heab my song ?
Des a waltln' 'twell a raven
dims a totln' grub along !
Yo' may hab a peaceful lodgln' "
Wha' de streams o1 marcy How
Hut dey won't be any dodgln'
Wen de ho'n begins t' blow.
"Put away de Idle dreamln'
Lif Hnianyul's bannab high !
Don't yo' set de lamps a gleamln
On do buzzum o' de My ?
Ab. ye can't deadbeat yo' lodgln
Whu de Hebenly roses blow
An1 ( ley won' be any dodgln'
W'en ole Gubc begins t blow !
i
SOME STILTS STILL
1tK
ftwo
wo couldn't give thorn
all away in a day , so , as
r
long as they last , we'll
give away stilts that is , every
IVs
ff boy can have a
r the boy , can get a
rF PAIR OF STILTS FREE
by buying $2 worth of goods or moro in our boy& *
department.
flIP BOYS' SUITS.
IP Single breasted light colored oassimeres ( TO AH
2 pieces ; ages 5 to 14 years M -
Double breasted , all colors , cheviots and < O RA
casslmeres , ages 4 to 14 years vpO.Uu
Double breasted cheviots , blue , brown and ( hC r\r\
gray mixtures , ages 4 to 14 years kjJU.UU
: Single breasted long outs , gray mixtures , ( PQ A A ii
14 to 18 years $ U.UU "I
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S. W. Cor. Fifteenth and Douglas Streets.