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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1894)
. - - _ - - -r : . ' .4 , . ; ; . ; - . . . : i ' . . . 1 E & - - 4 : m - , ; . TILE OMAHA DAILY DEEr MONDAY , DEOEl\D1ER \ 17 , 189. : . . - - - - . - - - - , r------- - - : THE OMAHA DAILY BEE - _ _ u _ _ _ _ _ _ L E. nOSEWATCl 1 : < lto'r. , . 1 _ _ _ - _ . - - _ - . - - = = . : - - - - ItfD.18tLD rVERY MOnNING. - _ _ = - : - TIRMS OF sUnscrnPTIo ; . 1AIIy nee ( Wihout Sunlay * ) . One Year..1 8 0 Alt Ik e and Sunday , One Year . . . . . . 10 O . Ift al Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 'rhre 110nlh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 r Sunday lie . One Yenr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 , tntiirdny lee. e. Une YPat . . . . . . . . . . . . I M Weekly lee. l One Yenr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5 OFF1ClS. , fJmahl The net 11uII4ng. 1 Suth Omaha . Corner N onf Twenty.tourth st. Council niirr . . 12 I'Mrl Slree . Counci Ih1. 1 Chlca , Office. I7 Chamber at Commprce. I New York. 31 i. 1 nn,1 1. Tribune mdg. w ' \ ahlnglon. 10 I" $ tret . N. W. COllltE8PONllNCC. COnlll'ONOINCC. ; , Alt communlcnttona relalhR ! to news nrnl etli. tonal male * ahould be addrefRcd : To the Jdltor. ) LETTBItS. lUllNESS LFTIS. . All bualnpu letters and remlltnncei should be Idllued to The Jee lublahln , CtnhIflfly. Omahlrnta. . checks end VotoIflcO orde. to bo made paynl , . tl ( tip orl.r of the company. \atnhl. Till , ; 11 : I'UILIIIINU COMPANY. RTATIMINT : 01 , ' C1ltCUbATlON . , , . of The BeP Put ) - OeorRe 13. Tzachuck. "lcrllnry Jl Iub- tithing compan hplnR , lOW sworn. "nya tlol the RcluAI number of full and complete CpPI ! " of the O.ly Morning. NVnlng and Hun.lny leo printed during the month of Novcmber . 181. was aa fOllowN : 1. folow . . . . . . . . . 2.UC 18. . . . . . . . . . 21.GI 2. . . . . . . . . 21.1GI 1. . . . . . . . 21.t& 3 . . . . . . . . . 2TB r I. . . . . . . . 2.)7G . 4. . . . . . . . . 21.G2 ( 1 . . . . . . . . . 2)4l I 6. . . . . . . . . 2lt.U 2J. . . . . . . . . 21.GI ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ) . I. . . . . . . . . 21.173 21. . . . . . . . 2J.1.I ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . 31.2r. U . . . . . . .21.431 ) B. . . . . . . . . 2S.Ct 21. ! . . . . . . . . 2,1,2:1 , 9. . . . . . . . . . 21.G3 : 21. . . . . . . . . 20,3n 10. . . . . . . . . 21.1'18 ' 2. . . . . . . . . . 21.79 ) It . . . . . . . . . . 22.4S0 21. . . . . . . . 2.1,123 ) I. 1. . . . . . . . 20.8 7 21. . . . . . . . : )3. ) . . . . . . . . 21,001 28. . . . . . . . . l9tGS ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II . . . . . . . 2'J2 ' 29. . . . . . . 20.020 I. . . . . . . . . . % G70 :0. . . . . . . . . 19.98 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t9.Gi : Leu .leJlcUona for unsold aiU returned copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2\2 Total sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , aold. . . . . . . . . .CI,372 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daly'ergu net clrcllnl' . . . . . . . . . 21.GI molm B , TZSCIIUCIC . fworn 10 horore mc flti1 Rubscrlhed In l ) ' 1re3 - : ence this 3.1 . day of \pccmher. 1Sil : , ( Sl'II , ) N. P. Jgl . Notary I'ublc. ) ' I the nigLIIsts ICCl Oil killing cach other or It the I'ate thc ' hnve becl do- ' II ! for tl ( Ilst twelve mouths the uobl ! 0 ort of sel-lefelRe will 800n le reckoned fllfllig ( the lost Irts , ' ' le will bc hl Iti RIsslou ' The legislature wl begin IR ! . two wcel1 fl'om tomon'lw nt high h ; ' ti 1100U , Iml a high h old tme Im ' lIP lX- ll'ciell ) at the ( Hlale cnlliol from tmt . tune ou till the day of ndjonriinntiit. Soulh OUlhl , could he ovIrlcl nt one-halC the eXlllse to tiiX1)1tCtS ) If nu- : uexcil to Omaha. Auuexnton luSt lInt lIe defm rel ( too long . 1'lt the taxpnyer8 of Omaha decline to nSlnme the growing Ilhlc Iebt of hm' thnmllnl suburb. . . The rOtl Jellhlcaus ) of Nehmslm t wi find the Beatrice : speech , which Is . l llolshed ( lu this Issue , i-et'y luterest- c lug nHl IUHtl'nctve renclul I Is a cou- r \'llnton 10 Ihe Political history - .of Ne- hlslm that should hot hc lost ullon the t'lslnl Iencrton of relHllcnns , , 'Ve hOll to see a Nebraska statute } roYhll for rphl counting of votes on election day In cites oC 10,000 pOIHla- tlon aUl oyer There Is 10 reason Wh3' . election results should not lw Imownln IJOlllatol editors lr 8. p. m. of election ( lay. AIIIC'clls of all parties demand I Wh ' rot ' ' for It t It W'lly lJ'o\'lde ? i v Thc terrible tragedy enacted II Coon- 'k - ; cl lhlrs yesterday will fall like a paI , O-el the social life of that stall old cl ' , . ; M The year just lIra wll to a close has . . been fraught with mal ' cxt\O'lhul' ' , mil ch'erul c\oIIR : , Illl Is pcrhallB ext - . & v t Jectl ) too much that this Ylclnl3' shan ; oe sJl'e n share of Ilh'C'se late. I .Tohl Burns , the greatEnglishi labor leader . In hIs uldl'css : Ihls evclhll leaves , - . ' . but tie one hnlleHslol upon the mlll1d . . . , : of our llcoille-thl ) t laboring mel Illust addrcRs thlmsclvcl to thc tasl or muulc- i ; Illl'reC0'm-hls visit will prove of vast . llelolt ) to this city. I Is true of Omahl working men , ! I It Is of thosc Iu other : cites , that they sock to bring about reforms - ( O'ml It long mnge , whie neglecting to strike at abuses II their own etiviroit- . ment. : 1 ; ' ElllperorVilhlani has cOltrlb tcd $ : OO' . . towm'l the lln'chase of 'homas Carl - . l , l 'Ie'l house with a \'Icw to Its com-cr- . . slOI Inlo a museum. All thin hl'clUse - 1 the IU\l-henlcl Scothmal hal lCCI n hero worHhlplll' . alil ( his hero was : tile chum of VoIal'e , alcl the COIIUCrOr of - : Iltla 'l'hm'esa II thc \I'S IglIIRt the . HIJsbnr s , The . Gm'luU emperor . 'J ' 'uull have tonc a much motc sCIHlhle . ( J thing If he hall cOlt'lbnlcc the $ rO - . . towUl : the rcIcf of poor wot'I.llg mel * : " at the PI'uIslal Clllll1 I The Canallll Prelilier Is said to lIe n VietilIl of court etiqtlettq which - Tlctm etqlclQ relulId ) : him to IIInlmotollc88 for houts 01 his , legs waiting for Queen Victoria 10 put : Iii fl IilleaEahiCe. Such a 81111 might bc too much for 1 CIIIUIII II'mler , hut . I ; wouIl ho ) child's hillY for the average . A1I'I'IcIl olce seeker , who \1 HlaUl like 1 stork 01 010 ) leg fO' halt 1 day II , the Itilte-rOOlIl of the whie house YI1it . lag to get II ClllCO to put II his 311)1)11- ) ) { Itol for 1 ( 'olsuhlhlll to Loochoo , Dnholty 01' Patlolll wihout a mi" - 1t' 0' COllljiflillt. ) - . Tile tlilyii 1111(1 hours of the ' ' tn alil hot's rCII' I'\ tlowl ) ' uhhllJ nwa3' , nlil JO II'llCrlt , , . . lUHI ) ' \ hel'l IllJollh'cl ) ) 10 the ! Omnhl , , lOStllice. ) 'l'ho HUS11INe ) nlmullIhl long hours of wl n'wnlhlg which alix- lULls t'lilttbIlIitI' $ 1'0 holY ilittlergoulIg I l'l'cals n Hlmll1 hiHtllce folowll ; , 00\111111 first aCCsHlol 10 thc throne , . , WI'1 II ( 'C'IIII InCll dumocml , wloso . . Ilntl'II'Ilcl hCl'1 exllailstt'd . IlvnI'lt to his enrageti tttiIiigs lit the ' Ihmemol'a' 111 clraJ111 fl'I'IIIIS II Ih\ memol'a' . hielh'all : * ) halllwl ) ( , I Is quite time for nttothitjt ' taLst for the . Ilolhel' fl'llt ! clclt of dls. COllollio emuiditlules. I . 'fho cllef ) 'CIHOI Hlnlld fOI' the I'l'- , ' flsnl of ( o'CI'UO' JnCIIOI uf lown to . Stliill ( ( Or re-election is thc . . , stlll fO' re'lICClol II molllwllll blultli' lie COltlliltttL'tl upon lie t ln'aHol ! , . . of tlo lo'cnlell Kelly 11'1) ' uf ( 'OUlOI _ wealm'/ 'lo Iloplo of that 11110 Imuw : Ihat there was 10 iWI'll or the 111n to ; ' 11'ot the I'm ) ' , whose larch 1'lsl\'I'll : fUl ) ( lLlllOllStL'atetl tlnt facl. Hlll the l ? f , _ 10wI railroads hauled the 'ivi'tiems to tilt ) 1IR111111111 rh'II'ud IhllllCll Ihel ; Ditto 1110ls soil all trouble aught ha\'o , - . . been obviated. Hit titt'y chose Ilotlr . , . COljrlO uiid viitrapetl : J lelNon ) Itito I11e. big 1 COIlllcuOUI ) Sllcchwlo * of hhilel by 1111'1111 ! his Hilto tiolthI'ry before IU Inofllh'o nail teC'111leNS ! body or 11)011. ' , Time 1lh'atl Ire I'Fclell' Wlh Iuvhll , olo\utOl Jackson to the llJllotro * which . lie bolls , alI to tllHn must ulo bu ut- 1) rIbutetl ' his downfalL . . . , , . . . r . _ f ' " ' . - 1 , . "n. . s. . . . . _ . - - SI"r WI TIK ; A STATE CfNSI1Sf Ululer ( our constitution the legislature 18 11reclct to } lvllo by law for nn enumernton of the Inhnbltnnts of tile state In the year 1S and every ten 3efltg thercarlcr. Now ten years thereafter . after * mean In the year 1S : , anti the Is whether not this : qucston or provision or the consluton should 01' must ho ) cltrrct out ? On general II1ncplcs ) It Is Incumbent u\on [ thc legislature to coiii- III ' with the constitution In slllrlt ns wel as In letter. There are occasions , however , whel cotlllnncc would not Il'omole the l.u1lo wcfnre. : This , In our judJlcnl , woull be thc case II regard to tile tlkln oC a slate census during the coining ) 'cn' Ncomslw , II till her history , his never Reel such hard tmes IS m'e before her t1\ln the comll tell lIlolitilS. No mnt- tee what elleTI'IHeS wo mny project or tlclcl'lnl.e . our pcoplo ) Clnlot hqpo for relief fl'ol thc ( llrC\'nlhl1 11ellrcs lon before - fore the next grain crop Is harvested nlll mal'lwtcd At the very lowest esti- mate It WoUld cost nt least $ OOOO to take tlc slnle ( ( celistIs. At thc Il'cRlnt ) tmo ( thieve Is 10 surplus In the trcasilry to ' this ' . 81111 thieve Is hot cover ( 'xleilse ) nll 10t lel ' to be ( luring lie J'xt two years. I w\ take every dolar that cuu ios- i4lily ) be rnlsed by taxu lou 10 nwct the clelnuds oC existing 11tches of state O\'I'melt nud hIllY the l'ullln CX- penses of the various state IUHtulonl There IR , mOI'cO\'l'r , n cryitig demnnll : ( for relief fl'om tl Ill'outh'stlclwn sections of the slute that must he met In Nome war. I Ito ( state cnn mlm ; O.OO be- shIes the cUlcnt ftuli to CO\'l' necessary - SIU'Y IP\oll'latols ) It shcmll devote lint ( Rtl for the relief . of thc settlers Ithm' lhnl siilIilItler It on CenSt1 supervisors all cnuJcl1 oJs , ' 1 l his Illght * lc a hnrl- ship for ) olllcans who have set their hl'IU.ts ullon ) h ( ting Iml takIng thc slate census , but this class of pcole are used lo 11Ball0111lCI tH. The taxIlyers of Nebraska will , wc fed sure , prefer to forego whatever oen- ml ht be dtrlved from the statistical - clis might bl t'l\'ct flom sl.ts- Lcullnto\lmtol which thc lenslS : gathi- ei ers woull he ablc ) to ImlJlt. For I our part , we llouht very much whclhm' the Infolmtou woullbe wo\th the CXIICISC If thc slnte ( ' ' full to cyeu ( tlenst' : ) was ful o\'cI'lowllg , It3U1I'i'UX ( . IS rItI.tStC4. / 'fhc cot'euton to be held It Kenr- Hey tOIUJ'l'OW aul \'IllleSlln ! ( ' . In the Inlcl'cst of 1lIJaton In Nebraska , ought to oe largely ntelulcl There II no suo- ject of greater lullllnnce to our leolJle . thun thnt of irrigatllig thc semi-ari(1 I. minis of thc state , which consttule about ) one-third of our lireIb These Itlls loHBCSS all thc qualities necessary to renlN' thou abuntnnl ' 11'oductYC If they were sUllplcl ) with sulclcnt liIOlStuIIC. I Is belIeved that this can be ) Iono without Imy dithiculty. There II comlJlent ) ! cnlueellng autholly for time sinlellut that the SUIIII ) ' of water In our rivers anti stlllns : Is nmllw for irrIgating the cutle region rcqulr- lug It multi givIng It nil the moisture - tm'o needed. I thIs . can be done its accomlshmcnt will ml'an : nn Immcne glln to the IlroRllrly of thc state _ lut . tug the extensive somni-arid urea In a condition I to produce el'OJI regularly every year , regardless of the rainfall , ' ' ' the ' ' ' of wouII increase lJ'odnclh'e IWer the state nt least : one-Ihh'd There Is rom In that region for I large polulhu- ton , which woull materially . increase the . encll prosL-rltY. [ Within thc past year Nehrskl has : lecn losing pOlmlu- tlon . chlcl ' from the region that necIs h'l alou. I Is very likely to contnue to do so I soJelhlu Is not done to In. duce IICoJlc to rellln lu that sectIon of the statc. 'rhe ohjcct of the State Irrigation as- sociatoxi Is to Rtmulate interest lu the subject aud to 110moto acton on the I putt of local nssociatloit.9 . for nh'mclng : ! the cause. , I II II iurchY practical , lns- . mess ( Illestloll . alid us such It possoses 11eston. mt . 10jscsscs for - citizen of Nebriska interest a1 . every ciizen Nnlmslm : who desires to see the state grow unll il0S1)t. Time fl'mel the mOlchlnt timid , thc mluufnctm'lr are crlualy coucerued lu lavlu the great foml'lull m'CI rc- clllmcll , 111 till these Interests shoult unltc In fnrthc1ug its attainment. A SOCt.I,1' ' l'W10/1r. I was a had pollill mlslulw ou the part of 1 Elll1)erOLViiiiIlIi ) lu II'Olloslul ) , tle Ilosccuton of the SOChllsl1 who rc- fused to cheer him on the occasion of his OIluhtg thc Iclchslu . amid time ac- tou of thut horl ' lu IJII'ovln ) ) , hy u most deCSive vote , tile relcrt : of thc com- mltce Ih'erte to Il'oscculon'UI a victory for time socialists or a'ery posl- ) tyO kind.Vliaever ( lay bo said re- ' ' ' of thc rcfusal or gardiig * lie I 11'011'1013' : lie ( Hoclulst JCmhCrR of L1lIameut to cheer time uI1Iel'01' , a cuslom or long l4tluildImlg . thl't'o waH II 1\8Ion IJS t their right 10 do 10 , 111 ; ths ! Hhonll hlvc 1)0011 ) recognized by the cUpcrol' . I the soclnlMlg dlle to take his molot of ' their dissntisfmctlomm ii'Ithm Jlulfl'Htnl dllSltHfuclol : wlh existing IIo11lcli conditions It wa ( heir II'h'lcgt ) tl the . 1111 ( 1' mIlrO' , 'II\1 Nholhl not ha0 : dlHlrct hill CXII'cMslon ) or dcfcrence that ( wouhl hlye hecl ) In- AluCH'I' . 1lowlng : time Hentlcltl ( of the ( socialists he Hhoull lot hayo tXllccht ! or ( lt'sirtl fll Ihem 1 courtesy ) ' Imicomi- siliteilt it'lii ( tiielm ' ivehi kmiolvll ltttittitle Hhtlnt wih Iwh' WII ! 1wowI itlurle 10wll'ds tIme govermittient. Alt when they hul 11 the 10st II'olounccll ) mal' 1m' posHlhlo ) sho"n 111' feeling It was I ll'C0 ) of folly , 110rltory to the 1m. 11'I'111 ) character all IUJlly , to 1l'ol1HO 10 II'oscculo tileili. I Wil eyiielco of a wI'almess : II the cltmmrtmcter of time ' ' that ( luu1 CIUU'll'h'l' 1m CUIII'OI' ( lot been $ uli4ilectOtb . nUl It Is lot surlrIs- ) immg to 1111 It Hhltcd ( limit he hUH lost lu IIOIIII' ) 1'l'Nlwct fOl' his wlHdlm , wllt the old chiamicelior , who HCeJS to he Jel'ely a faelollu to tilt ) empcror , Is niso Illl to IUI'o fullm II Ilblc ) estecm. ' 11o HelehltaJ ( II1hlJ reftiAeti ( o uulhol' IZt the Il'oseculou ) of the socialist mem- 1)11 thus Ih'lu'llJ that they uctcil U1111 timely rights , whut wl tilt Imleror ! ) holy do ? Uo l'lllt Ihlllo1 ) lie matct' - wlllnt imnikliig 1lmsel' rllcUlous , III ( , yet ( his would ! o whwr thul 10 UIIIllul tl the ciltIrts , ItS lift Clllcl'lol' thl'l'Ut. ( t'iteti to 110. heclulo It Is hlghl ll'olm. ) bin that the 10'lrlllt wOIIt ho beaten thel'o nlll thus thc emperor ho 110tol ) t'lII\t. fIll time notion of the Hclchtlu ! 11 In time la tro or u rebuke . 'l'ho ctlcI'1 are that Bmllcror " 'lhtl hud mantle Ul' hil . IhHI to take the lout- tor to the courts before the ctou Q - . . - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Parliament. This Is to be inferred from the ( remark or the chancellor. I such Is tIme case he wi take that course re- Jarllcs9 or any olnlon , IHbUe ) ) br 111. ynle. Ills imperial pride has hccn hut anll he wl not be con lent until he has exhausted every effort to 1II1sh thosc ( who dhl the * lujury. Socialism Is imink- lug steady progress li Gcrnlll ' and time o\'el'IUcnt . wl not check Its advance . vance by Ilm'suluJ lie ( mcl who arc ' oC tmv ' refused to ahow guilty liavitig slt1Il rerulcil time cmJeror the usuul respect 01 a pub- lie occasion. ST"T ! I.Wl 1.UOIT1 ( ( ) ; Local sentutmt . rlvorahll to time to ' Miller Into proposition COU\'CI.t MicI IJrk UX1JOslion gl'ouuls Is rowll fro\ day to ta3' . There are three 11'ollsllonl ) Ilel1u before time Comluercnl climb commlteo for the sale or lease of cer- tnln tracts of I'ount for slate fair 111 11rh'llJ pnrP'Ilscs. ) . Men who hovc * mooney to Inyest In stale full hul11. tugs hesitate to 110 so upon leased rolml nnll ( douht Is cXII'eascll ) whether cnouJh moue - cnn be mlset for thc Ilrclum * oC an nllcqnnte ( tlc of ground III for time coustructon of 8ulnble hulllhtgs thereon - on for lie ( 11\'lJOSO ) conlcmplntcl1. 'l'ho easy /II ( ra tona ( I war out of I he ia : t. le' ( Is for all IntcI'esls to cothlnc ullon : [ ler pm'k. 'l'hmere Is ahsohllcl ) no \'a1t ohjccton thereto and tlc rcnsous for locatu ( n state full 11 Miller park : Ire so llicut ) alll con\'luchl that ( here 81ou11 Iw no fm'lhm' deimiy hi rcnchln I coucluslou 'l'hls city his : plll for the ; Uler 111Ie tract Inll ( its title ttel'cln ( ! cnuuot he tlstnrhl1 ) 'Ilo UIHIr which milight othcrwlsc OC spoilt In the II\ chase * : oC gl'oull could lc apl11ell ) to the coult'ueton of 8ubsllntaI exposition buildings , which wihin thcmsoh'cH could be made architecturally nu at- Ircton to thc 1)001)10. ) . ) No one cal tenr thc accessibility of the lUlcI' ' park trnct Thieve should lo no ( m'lhe' 110- Imly In thc sotlmcnt of this matcI' . News percolates ! all the war from T.lncoln that time private O\'UC'j of a so- called nOlmal school hulllu nUll of n tract of \1'0111 Imown as Lilcoin lark are halchll a Hcheme to get nn nppro- 1I'Iaton out of the fOl'lhcomlng Icglsln- t\'C for the itlL'CilItSe thcrcoC. When ( thnt IH bIle lie IIople of Lincoln wi graciously tcnlle' ( Iho tract for IJm-ma- ueut slntc fair grounds and ! uldln s all also for the : tual t'cunlou of thc Gl'aud Atumy veteramls. I must le nd- mUted that this 1111 ) promlscs a far better nsslmce : oC n state fall site at Lincoln thlu thc orl lull phm ) of Inl- : \'ntc subscriptions not long ago mlopted ! y the citizens ot thnt cl ) ' . Should Omuha get the state fall our peo111e , of course , would lo eX1Jcctel 10 raise u fund to cover the cost of permanent buildIngs for state faIr ptmrjosesand ) : coull not hopc to SecUre and probably would not asle a legislative upproprla- tiOll. I Is a fact , however , that time railroads have combined wIth lie I.ln- coIn people to secure the location of both time Grand Army reunion all tim Stlt fall It Lincoln for hclr nlxt rc- Bllectvc tm'ms of five 3'ears. Whether or not the business men of Oninlm wi he able to cope wih this combination remulns to hc secn. OVERZEALOUS SIL l'lmlrlS . Senator Yoor1tccs' and Rcprelcntnth'c Bland hlve announccd . thcl' intention t maim un effort to have paHsel nt this session or congress a bill for the free colimage of Rlh'er. The Indiana senator . Inforled thc count.y of his IHn'Ilse ' h the nieditmin of lutct'\'lew tt'ou nlC1tn In \ , amul time Missouri con rC8SUan. who was defeated at time last election . gave : notice In the house last week of his Intcnton I to bring forward a but if the coinage 1 commIlc CoUld le Induced to stand ly him Time melhellhlll of this committee - tee consists of se\'enlcen , nine of whom Ire II favor of thc fi'ce coinage or silver , but I few of them do not seem 1 disposed to have nn3'thln done looking I to that policy , doubtless for the sum- I clout ' that ' lmow It woimld be , ccnt t'cUn : tmt tlc3' woull le futile. I Is notcd ni II HllgUll' fiict . thnt during the last scsslon whenever It was Imown fl'CI sliver was marked for cOlslllllon one 0' mol of time silver - \0' mcn emi the committee tulcd to np- pear , and I Is said that the slme experience - rlence Is likely to attend the mcctnls of thc conlultl' lt this session. Stl h' , B1aul Is reiloricil ) ( to he detcI'mlnCl to persist In the effort to get a free cell : age bill before the houRc. " 1 shan con- Ulle In InI' efforts to Iect'e action hy I the comlitee , " ho II quoted ns sa'llg. . "nnd shal not cease uut tha 4(11 ( of. March. I believe we will le able to report - port II hi ) , nlt when It Is before tile blouse there wl le no I'ouhle about passing It I think time chanccs of Put- tiug I free coluno bill ( thl'ouh the house arc better than they have becn IIItorot'e during limo con I'ess. " 'l'hm'e Is l'caRon to believe , howcver , that ( lie zcal of : Ir. Btc : warps Ills jimtlgmmiemmt. Free coinage doullcHS hus ns strong I HtJIIOlt ) IOW al It hnl ever liati ill ( hits cuUgl'IHS , hut It by no Il'nns ( oiiows ' that the chauces or ImRHlu : t free coitlIlge hi uro better nov ttn tl ' have heretofore beemm. : Ial ) of the nt\'Ucutc8 of free coinage Iu I'OUJI'CSS recognize ( lie ! fact that ( them I ; hardly : n IoSMllll ) ' of cnlcln I IIUlt'O for the free mil uulmled coinage or silver 11I'lnl time 11'lcf life of this conJI'CfH , nlll , thm'cfllc , ( hey will Jut HUllIOlt ) Mr. Hlnld II his whul ) Ilrol11HI ef'm' 10 ( acml'o such ! 'Jlslato l. HCHh1's , these men lnrll'I' ) hull that ( If 1 bill could ho got thl'ouJ1 CIlgI'SI It would en- couuter ni cxeculYo veto uJll nobody ) will . ll'ctcuil ( limit a huh Coilli he passed over time ohjlclons of time president. I Is titter ( oily , thcI'etol" , for Yoorheel mtiid lhhtilid to " ' time sliver I 1111 Hunl keep Ull I Illn- ( mu. Not ommiy I Is thC'O JO good purpose to hu served 1) It , hut It tCltS 10 keel ) ul\o I tcclUI of 11Hh'ust ( , 1ltcularl ) nUou torclJ1 Investors In Amcrlcan l > ct'llul , who tire slusll'o to every fualelll 10\'emeJt . Iwro which 8O\1 to thl'euh'n , howe\'ct. re\otlI > ' , the ttI - rudnton of time CUl'jJc ) I II nole- \\'olthy ( limit tle ( lH'l'stlit'ut mude uo reference to silver lu bus IISsaj ( thus hUlllyln that ( the suljl't hlll been dis- mlScd tro\ his 1111041. . I CIlo coimli. dl'ntb' Hall that ho bias not ctuJut his olllulou re t'lllg silver , III this gives UISUnUCO that uo free coinage bill can hecmc In\ 'l'ho most lutereslug piece of news received lu O\lhn for tOIU tmo Ilst ) hi time InUOUUcOll'lt ( mimi Sioux City . _ . . . _ . p-.1-- -.1e - " - - - - - ' - lint ( the IllinoIs Central has tlnly * con- eluded to c ; \l one of its hues Into Omaha. Tlul'nlr thing wc hope Is that time report ,1 , tjhl founded. The exten- slou or thoU ols Celtral wouIl ellen for Omaha It } ' "t'y large sectol ot COUI- try whIch 1mRSS1d bo Iuuexcil by our inerciiniits. mCI'chluts. elI it . ' I 'rho Aluel nl l'ellcmton , of Labor voted Iowu-thl" , ll'ollosiiou In favor or Ilostal ( sn\'lnl banks , while ( hey aloiliell rosf11\fons ! \ lu favor or Nchemes that wuuIl b.clttt them ( much less nll are ituprnctie4Lljie. There . arc sOlclhll like fifteen Ihlulrcll millions of wage wOI'ks' mOier II Amer- ICII R:1III : ! t banks 01 which the deposItoiiu ' io not hra11 than rlullsluto'io ; Ih'a" more a per cent , WillIe they like ( ito ( rIsk or losing ' ' ' ' of their t savings lu every 1IIIu3' ) hell sa'II s case of the ( colllRe or the Iliutituitiolls . The go\'cI'nlcut 1) 'S a per cuut to bond holluls : 01 101 lS. W'liy could Jot the govermlltient a cent 10 the gO\'CI'UtClt lar per wage 1 wOi'ltl' ? The . postal savings houl.s of i other couliries have been 1 source of stremmgtli to thc gm'CllmeutH , nl1 nt lie ( sale tmo hn\'e Jlule savings Ilcllslts Ihsolulel ) ' snfe. Oh , TheMe Cruel Sneers ' . . Courlcl'-Toumal. Since Il has heen learned lIst a good mOllY "democrlc" senatorS will oppose Secretory Carllsle' ! currency 1)130 the num- hr of people who believe ( \ lhe secretory - creased tory 19 on the right track has greatly In- S A 1eln 1'hrl , t. New Yorl ; 8un. An Interestng tale Cram Indlnln tells of a hay oC 4 that Lifts wih the greatest ease hIs father who weighs 176 potmntis. 'fhls Is nothing. Thieve Is a boy of 2 In Missouri that caries hIs greut-graIIICnther. who weighs 20 potmods. The power to carry a Iend weight should not be judged , CI'Ol the treak-dowmi oC the democrntc party . S TOo He 111 , lot , In ( . ) , , vratio.i . Ch\ngJ Tlrne. The month oC necemuel' Is less..tiinn half over and the \ ( thllrwlls at gold from the lrenllry "In.e itt & beginning already . nmolnt to $12.70l.G08. 'AI.e time wi soon he rll for another John A. Stewart to Imlrlotcnly COllie to time lelp oC the /overnlen tet his Illcturc In all tIme papers nB that oC n sea- sacrilcng patrltl and withal malee $ 1ij0.- 0 llrol on the eal. - . I 1'ffer' " Seit.iIln llpiiirle. : ChIcago Trlbun Senator Perer ought to be credited with having made one sensible remnt'le Ho 15 reported to have said .tmt 'there . Is no criticism - IcIsm whIch the hankers mad3 to the sub- treasury Illln oC the POPUISlS which Is nol applicable a hunlredfolt" ( to the state hnnle- aplllcnble 11111'edColt" lUg scheme oC Secretary CarlsiI The p6p- m ulsts proposed 10 Issue money on n certaIn parcentage oC the value oC actual products : prcenln/e , Willie Carlisle proposes to Issue moncy on the capital stock of the bankers. orrather on their sUlpOSCd capllnl stock , tile reality at which could nol h. ns- cerlalned so closely as that oC wheal or cotton stored In government warehouse. coton Cnrlsle's plan Is the more objectionable oC the two . - A 21iuchi-2et'detl Udorm. Now \ " York Trlbunc. . A reform wlireli l has . tong been desired wi ! be Intro \ned \ by the final enactmqnt of a bill In relation to Public printing and the dlstrlbutQU at public documents. The reCorm wi not , he so Cur-reaching as some oC the advocates 'or sweeping changes huve desired . but ! lclt legislation ns now seews < attainable wltlve an Importnnl step , In the direction QI II'tonnl prcres I Is qx- pected that the 'HI wilt not only do awllY ( with a varletpf , buses. but secure a sv- lag of hundr1ds jf thousands of doUnrs. Among other , things . I provides for the placing of gdCrallcnt ; publcatons In de- osltorles thr9 ( ghnul the cOlntr ) ' . where they will be aMess\ble \ lo Ute people. Public librarIes arc dt ' , lP b'e supplied with copies In n mere complete and satisfactory manner than herelofore" . herelofore"r . S r I The UIJht or Nepnllcr. . JCIlc-go , IcrlJ , A bill prepail'by the attorney general at the province ofCucbec has been Introdueld In the leglsldt defining the rights ' 'of ' newspapers In libel aults. A person bring- Ing n suit for 111,01 shall give security for costs. A newspaper publisher shall have nyc days notIce of the commencement of a sull. giving time lo male and prInt a satisfactory apology No verdict shal be ImtsCaclory rendered In any suIt for more than actual dnmages. In accordance with the troof , Where more than one newspaper Is sued for the same libel one Judgment only shah be given In aU the suIts , whIch shall be shared by the various defendant newspapers. This Is Car Inadvnnce at legislation In the United States for the protection of the press from specnlalors In lbel suis , and as It Is 0 government bill Ills sure S to become a } aw. The ran Scandal In Indiajits. Indianapolis News The movement to secure some leslslaton this winter whIch shah put nn end lo the scandalous railroad pass business ought to meet with success. These passes are frequently - quenty wIl < ed for end even demanded by the men who receive them and even when this Is not so . they are not oren refused when sent I would seem that a man of the most ordinary delicacy would know that these ( tvors are nol extended to him as a matter of , compiiment . but sImplY for the malcr purpose of establishing friendly relations between hIm and the rairoad , To b ; sure. thera are a great many cases where no ef- feet Is produce upon the recipient at the pass. But that Is nol tile point The Intn- Uon Is to produce an eCtect amid therefore the sending of the pass Is an Insult to the man who receIves Il. The theory Is that he Is a man who can be Influenced by thIs cheap Con of bribery.U . -U Union Labor and : Municipal . Reform. Chicago Times. The suggestion of John Burns Ihat Amen- suggeston can trades unionists strive for the betterment - I mont of municIpal governments Is wise. The municIpalty touches lhe workingman al a dozen points where the national government - ernment affects him In one. With better administration at municIpal affairs theme would be greater wihiingness on the part oC heavy taxpayers 10 permit the exterlQn at the ( unctiolls of the munIcipalty and the functons nppnoprJation oC money for public worls The trades union vote In Chicago , I solidly weidet . ald Intelligently cast could . secure \ell an hanesl council and county board , could compel. what the trades unionists 10 loudly demand ( lie abolition of the contract sys- , tem In pUhlo work ) , could secure such 1 franchises should treatment at Public Crnohlses as bring a proper revenue to the ) Iublo while reducing the price of service. There could trlco tie 10 more Inlellgenl advice offered work- InGmen than this of John Burns. . 7'IIR EXEGUT/J'R HR.Tlr 1301. New York Sun. Oh grim and silent sentry box 'l'hat stands silent nIt night and day Before the house where Grover lives . To wan the folks away ; Oh grim and silent sentry hex la\'o you4pOine . ther lo sty ? Whal right ' Is hid within your wals7 What Cor < To you eXIress That you IhbUld stand a menace there , To threlten with duress The tree-horn citizen who comeR To see hls',1 : 17htnesB7 Do you enclosd tyrnt's sivord , 'lIme patrlot's blood . t 81I'f Iwor Do ) 'OU enclose . clanking chain 'fo hind th p\oJle'R will ? Or have you ccked and primeti within . A loled tlrlf bill ' PerhalS you'1Ia\0 inside of you A living dli'1flprat ( . \Vilo notwltlstnndlng Politics. with Grover stl stands pat ; Or1 If you 'i ' * ve grim sentry box , 111 lease show u , where he's at. . - Do you .nclose "a cuckoos nest 7 Or Ilpullllo swell ? Or Is I Ih\\t \ \ sme one's a clam cam Ot whIch ' ( too tire the shel' Whnl are you there Cor. sentry box Bay , can you rely tell r - I' C'LC 1"1) ) 71'.0. ' They call him T. Caltmly PlaH , but ho heeds nol. Ten cities In Massachusetts went rcpub- Ica : last TUesday. Queen Llis ' sympathies are still wih Oro"er. She has the bOII. ! Senator Merrill of Vermont makes a speech about ularlty , once I year. This explains his fio- - With a few blows Mr. Lavigne places 1m. self In time I llzlmens class. lIe has made . a kllo Judge lolman 1ropoles tq omultte filed- congress stone by writing a book after retiring from According to lie ( teslmony , NeW York's " llnest" were so called en nccunl of lhe penalties they imposed and collected. l'entuck boosts of t citizen who has been struck by lightning four ( lilies and still lves , Copper tanks arc relable conductor In the hlicyon and vociferous days of frontier - tier life toughs notched their gunstacks after every Idlng , Now the molem pug notches the chin before ordering the hearse. Was SUsan D. Anlheny Is said to be one of tile best Irel maIlers In Iho United Slates. Think at the number of dyspeptic morlals Susan might have male happy hail she cultivated that rare and Ileady talent New York Is so delermlnu1 lo climb the Ialce that one WM convicted for tile trifling offense of hitting a fruit peddler for tour baskets at peaches l theme ancient rights and privileges are dispensed with life on the force wi not be worth the buUons. The connrslon of Chlunmen by beans at young wrmen Sunday school tc.chers does nol appear th bo a blooming succss. Among ito catch of n raid of an ollum , den II New York were the laughlers of three cerg'men , schcols who had married Ilpls In their Sunday Mrs Minnie JeCeron. or "Oranny" Jolter- son. RS she Is familiarly called . Is dying In NeYorll at the age at 109 yenrs. She was uarl n slave al the plnntalol o\vned by Thomns Jefferson lho third presldenl or I the Ulltel Slates , nt Shal wel Albemarle I eiiimty'a. . . al Marcim ' . 1785 , RtI has been exhibited In different parts of the country al several cccnsions as lho oldest colored woman In the world She has nine chllrel , flfty-sei'emm grandchildren amid lwenty-slx great graumdCiIiIdrclL I Is said that Emperor Wiiam Is n great admirer oC what Is called In Germany time "Helchesler omcer" style at curlng the moustache , with points toward the corners at tie eyes. Hnv'ug been told that a Berlin hairdresser hal a special treatment Cer this sort ot ornament , he sent for him , amid ordered him lo dress the imperial moustache daily In tim desired style The event Is time talk of Berlin , and the artist . liaby . who gets G marks Car each visit Is delghted with the effect of his lrealmenl. Whalever hope lie country cherished with' ' regard to the maintenance at Chicago and London on n peace footing has beemm dashed into the mire and traied In the gutter. Conan Doyle snubbed the Lake City and complmenlw Phla elphla , DIl that 10 itself would nol constitute a casus beili. Now I Is slpplemenlel with n reported expression at John Burns towlt : "ChIcago Is a pocket edition at helii" A declaration of war will folow I it " .m hI shown Ihnt nlrn , . rlnlv said ' t- Already . " the " decks ' - T lh "p' cs r being cleared for action and preliminary hal shat Is In evidence The Trlbune's haing gun signifies blood or retraction. No attempt Is made to refute Durns' assertion , unless the statement that Burns spmt only thirteen hours In the clly-three of them In tile sluls -ho classed ns such. The Tribune forgets hint an active man can see n great deal of Chicago life In three hours , It he goes out for It _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ L.IJI lWTI Convict contract labor has been abolished In New York stnle. The Ohio State Trade and Labor assembly wi hell its nnnunr meeting Jhnuary 1. Last year trades unions In England spent about $2,000,000 for out of work benefits. The next national convention at the'Knlgls at Labor will be held In Washiington D. C. Piece work has been auolshed In lho gov- ermlrnent printing , ofce and eight hours Is time rule. rule.The The garment worllers of Baltmore are going , 10 wage a fierce battle against .Ul" I , sweating system , Carpenlers' union No 12. St. LOllis , and clgarmalfrs of Holyoke IISS" , have adopll" ] plank 10. A. F of L. plaUorm A referendum vole will be alien by time International Typographical union on the question at nnnual conventions. E. J. Daly ; general secretary at the Lal- ers' Protective unIon. recently vlslt d Dalt- more and other cites In that vlclnlly Nearly Oie-hal of the mcrnbeus . at the Knee Pants Makers' unIon at New York are on strike agaInst a reduction : lt wages. Through the exenL'ns of lhe nlc,1 tradp cOlncl In lhnl city all the newsp'erJ In Utica , N. Y. are floating al their mastheal the union label. President Sellers at time Retr.1 Clerlls' Nn- tiermal Protective association has Issued a circular - cular lo state organizers . urging theta on with their worl , Act ! rdlng to the cent 1 of 1890 there were In' this country 4171S1O wage worlcrR , 1r,00- 00 unemployed 1.700,000 farm laborers ) . 1.400.000 tenant farniera . . JEST FUll FUN. Syracuse Post : McSwatters-I hear Hogo the liumnorist has broken his neele. McSwlt- ter-W.l. thal'a a funny snup. McSWJ St. Louis RepubhioAidershotj-row : did Cameron lose all hut mOley'f haney-Why , ho invented I machine and tried to protect hIs patenl. In lartolS Journal : Teacher-Tommy easily would ? ) ' 0 say that a man lies easy , or lies Tommy-It delends 00 lie man. Plain Dealer : I wihibe n and experience for the unreturned conresslan to ionic back over the pant two years and see neg- lecle opportunities for doIng worse . Chicago Trluune : Ulpen A. Cummlng- The Cat Is , sir women need more exerclsc. Im J"III to give my wife a Christmas IJres- emit of I Cool bal 'reiius Y. Knott-I'm nol. \ ) ' wife does enough kicking alrea y. Buffalo Courier : Junlorus-The governor goveror writes . In reply lo my last letter aaking for money. that he Is on the verge ot giv- Ing up In despair Sopimomorocmis-'j'lmat's en- couragin. lly dad curtly informs me that couruln' ho doesn ' l Iropso t give UI' at all . Life : "Ivo . been I'oncerlng over I very singular thing. " "What Is I ? " "How ) lltlnl I ring on a woman's thin finger thumb. should " Place you under that woman's Atlanta Consttuton : "Can you /Ing the old . Miss Smith ? " " ' songs Ilss "Oh , nol I wnsn'l burn then I" Detroit Free Press : She-This Is 0 drcad. fully close rooni. 1 shall suffocate 1 am sure. I feel my breath going now lie-Don't worry. my dear. I hud much better go Uln aloJI. AUanl Constitution : "I see Penny Liner has gone to work for the gas company. " /one /us "YOI don'l tel me. 1 thought he wa I poet ? " _ pet Veil . that II what fled him for the gas company. meLers " You see he was well versed In . TIE MUSICIANS WOONG , , Indlanalol Joural I was I music teacher bold \'tmo loved a fall young maid And when to her his love ho told Something 1111 timid lie sa'ed : Light at my IW ! 1h' te'a brghl ret I love you near or fnl" The maiden turned her head away , And gently murmured 1.al "Such Ilghty nonsense doesn'l go , You're not this lan for ml ; I wnnt I man who has the do . Bo you're nol In it. Hi ? " Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U S. Gov't Report LW DeVA1 Bakes a ABSOLUTELY PURE TIB i'noi.izqn .ntrr. . Chicago Jera1 : The 8u'Jcrvblon ' , ef the interstate Cmmerc comm'.slon over loois for whIch the bill provIdeS , amply protects the people. Thl commll lon will become a body wlh tmelhlng te do. I will bo llolhe.I ' with power whleh Il tn exerclsc. I will be able 10 aecollllsh nl least sonic of time beneficent objects of its creation and 10 repay In part its cost to the overtaxed puble , St. Paul Globe : The IftlUre eliminates competition as n factor In deermining rates and leaves IlIa the le.wEs eompnnles to settie . Il for tlmenisclu'cs . subject only lo the Judicial re striction of their re : onnM nesl. I Is here that the ( decision of JUdge Brewer In ( tie Nebraska state case becomes of the utmost importamice. In ( that case the state hegis. la"lrc hail fixed the niaxinutinl " maxllum rate of freiglmt- ale within the limits of the state. Judge lo Brewer hell that . while the act was comistitu- lonll , the limit fixed wns nol n reasonable one , and set aside the act of the legisiattire. I this remarkable decision Is sustained It robs lie stale of ni power over the corpoimu- lens engaged In transportation within its litilIta. unless the initial amid terminal Ilolnls ) are within time state I transfers to the tederal Jlllcinry tim tower to Bay whether frelghl rates are or are nol reasonable for all railroads engaged In Interstate conlimicrce . Chicago Tribune : The new state of affairs wi be very plenslnl 10 railroad , managers and eastern slockholders. The owners of watered slack will be e1elghtC1 when they see that paying tIIu'itlends whIch never was Paid Cor The sellng value of lie speculative third amid fourth mortgage bonds wi n,1vnnc handsomely The slack market , espcaly of time "water " will be lively , amid the brokers wi congratulate themseh'es on "Ihe 1m. provemenl In business" which cougres has caused by stopping competition and legahic- lag pooling. But the people will have an uneasy feeling lint somehaw their burdens are growing Intolerably heavy. They dill nol nolc tile additions of n few ounces al the times when the ) ' were made but sUlh1enly Il will occur to them that they are now over- weIghted. The tnrmer wIll perceh'e that I Is becnls ? of the heavy railroad charges he has been getting so little for nil his pr01ncls. The city consumers will Eel hint they are \ ) 'ing too much for all the ( articles they consuiime compared wih the home cost be- cause the enhanced railroad rates are toe high amid because producer and consumers ! nnl "rC being forced , under Judge Brewer's dce : lion to pay elvl ells on biions of abet which represents nominal , nol actual . Ilalll In capital. _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ . J1 USW.I 1 ; .1 XI ) lftl .1.17W . " ' ( ) TES. ; A new comic opera emi nn Indian subject Is i to b3 Jroducel Washlnglon next mouth . and its name Is "SI-Loolah " "The New 'omnn" Is In its last week nl Paiimler's New York ] , where "gsmeral wi bo revived next Monday. I He- , George Walters at Austrara I is'nit- . Ing a dramatized versIon oC "Joseph amid Ills Drcthren" for George ltegnold. " 01 Hoss" Bi 10ey al the DJuo amI "Young Hoss" Bl GIllette nl the Standard New York , appmr to be doing n fine busIness - mess , "An Unomcnl ! Patrlol' Is the title at Jnmes A. Herne's new pIl ) I wilt bc pro- ducd simultaneously In London amid New York This Is the worst theatrical season ever known. Ium1rclls of unemployed actors and actresses are walkIng ! iTirradway . New York looking for a Jou. Virginia Harned Is the blesl actress to ob- tain an "ad" founded on ( hue molh-caten < < story of Iat jewels. VirgInia ! Is lo star next .seasomi amid there you are Calve al time Paris Grand opera house wilt crfglnato the prlmn donna role In Dalto's 'Meflstofolo . " a new opera that Salnl-Saens has promised the managemcnl "Tho Doslonlans" are olng well al lie Broadway , New York , where they are la be followed on January 1 by Augustus Pltou'e big llrducton at "Mm Sans Gene. . " Mary Anderson.Na\'arro says that for seven years she loved her work on lie slage. Then the excitement nnd publicity became distasteful - CuI lo her , and the last rear at her life be- hind time teotghls was almost unbearabie Quito a sensation has ueen made In New York recently by the boy violinist Juania Manen a Mexican prodigy whose wonderful prlCormances have given him the name at the young "Sarmte , " . I. . Is said lint Mnnen's success In New York on the ' 'Ieln has ber as great as was young hioffniann' ! on the plana. I Next year Il Is proposed to have an equal number of American and forogn ! voices II the Abbey & Grau Opera company amid Mr. Abbey hopes In the following season to have a native chorus lhroughout. All the prima donnas at Importance this year In Italian opera are Americns , with the single excep- Uon of Melba . who Is . an Australian. 'StD SUaGl . nUNS. The New York Truth soliloquizes : That Adam Chrlstmns loved wlhcause. 'Ve cannot but believe : For while he had no Santa Claus He had hIs Christmas Eve. The -Knnsas City Journal Incautonsly pic- tunes the local stringency : See the mahlen Christmas shopplng- Ittmaiiliig pushl/ " . scarcely slopping ; Ilitimer . thither . . Hlllcr. flitting fying. Looking much and little buying ; Weeks ot labor strain intense ; Sum expended , - , sixty cents. A shalow of future events haunts Chi- cngo. hear the Inter Ocean : Full soon we'l see the Christmas tree With lovely Alb dawn bent ; And In our pocketbooks we'l lid Therc'a nol a single cenl I - _ _ p _ _ rAKES 1'WI Trl7I7lt CJ1,1 "IrTOn OMAhA , Dec. G-To the Editor of The ? Dee : In your Issue of the 191h nIt . there Is s synopsis of nn address delivered by Wmaa. celar Can eld before the Ministerial Associa' lon of Omaha on "Igler Itiucathon" duro Ing the last Quarter at a century , which II lie opinion of the wrier toe great InJuslet to the character of the institutions of le/rnlna of that day , and also to reflect strongly on the Integrity and moral honesty of these hmnty- Ing control of such institutions. Thn &apelior musl hne been exceelnglJ untortun' J In his Ispcdaton with the eel- logos ef the pal quarter of n century , If this report ef his a,1rsl , I given , Is i not greatly nl variance with the facts In the cnse. I II 'very true ( list there has ben a great Id\'tnct In 1IY respects II higher as well ns In this more common branches of elucalon , bul Ihere WAS n principle of integrity and mortl honesty unlerl'lng the whole educational work In the colleges of n quarter oC I century ago that wil nol be rut to blue blush when brought In contrast with the mlntgement anti curriculum 01 those grand In81tutots of ( lemurmiing of which we as AmerIcans auid a ChrIstian people are teddy 50 Proud. The chancellor umust have been born in a very Utlluicky ( lumme , cur it must have supervened very 50011 thereafter. For lie says , it lila observation of time unodus operandl of those colleges was not very superficIal , that In his college ( lays boys usually uvent to coilege because ( lucy were sent , ilot fromn any desire on ( heir part to get an education , and the facumhty therofCre lroceeded on time theory that their tlumty was to hack imp a few Parcels of knowledge and insert them lute the lOCkOiS antI under ( lie hats of ( lie boys without their kimowiedge or consemit , and "that overytlihmg was machine-like and ( lie .sbmdent was toni- veIled to believe that time niore Icnowieilgo lie left behind when leaving his alma mater ( lie more successful he iimus beeit in his cal- tego life. " Alit ] ( lien lii veniilcatioum of this fact lie reltra to time ciass rooni exercise. wlmemm by lot a certaIn student would be called upon to stanul up when lila mmnme ii'as drawn , imut such a ( lung as discntsioii or oxplamiatlomm by a professor was unlueard of. Auitl thini add * ( hint it student slicuid liai'o dareti to ask a qtiestiOIi of a hirofesmor lie would have boemi semut to coventry for trying to curry favor wihu ( the faculty. Now , Mr. Editor , this rehearsal of tim imractice amid cimarat'ter ot college iirofessors and of that which constitutes a college Is completely at variance i'itii coliege CUStOimIS a qtuarter of a cemiiury ago , as well as of ( lioso mug nmmterlor to that miate. Iii coit- , flnumiatiomm of tlil aesertioli let a case In Poiilt be cl4ed , sliowimig timat there was no mnachiiuiellke ivork in tue colleges of ( Ito earlier part of tllis century , nor amiy Pack- lug of Parcels of knowledge In the pockets or lmts of time attmdentsot those tIunes , nor aimy effort " , iiade to chtlmhei the student to believe when leavimug imis alma mnater thuat time more kmiowiedge lie ieft. belmimid tIme niore sulccesS- fuI his cohhiege life had beemi , " In the fail of 1830 , at conlinericetllellt of time wInter ( cmi ( there beiuig thmemi a winter term amid a suimmiiner ( cmi of college ) , a class of twelve or fourteen boys enrolled as atutlemits of Jefferson college , Canoimsburg. Pa. , and coin- nlencemi ( lie mutimdy of time Latimi grammuar ( Ross' ) . The umudersigned was one of tlimut miumber. 0mm of this class had already been for two seasois engaged in tIme study of the Latiii graumnar , but time faculty said lie was hot simillcientiy accurate in his knowledge i' of time fundamental mrlnciples of the gram- niar to proceed witlm his former class , therefore - fore lie was placed in our class to again apply his mind to time rudiments of tiumtt language. Now this case shows that a college faculty sixty-tour years ago believed tlio lundaimiental principles stored in time brain , instead of a few parcels of knowledge packed into pockets or hats of ( lie students. vas their "theory" of a college educatIon. Now , It was time writer's privilege to be a regular student at college train 1830 to September 1836 , excepting aim absence of three sessions whemi emmgaged in teaciming 'r school , amId during timome years never knew of a student who was at college unwIllingly. . No teacher or profeasor or any science could have been more genial , polite or ready to give Imistntictiomis or ailswer any questtoiis than were tIme professors of timose days. And why tot ? Thmey stood en the same platform of Christian integrity that 'now gives moral worth to , ( lie faculties of Yale , Harvard or lniumceton. In thioso days thctj studied Aloxander' evIdence of Christianity , and practiced tiio principles of Wayland's Y moral science , and therein stood their equality with those grand nuen of today , Who can think for a moment of such men as 11ev. Matthew Brown , DD. , L.L.D. , so long time distinguished scholar and abie pres- blent of Jefferson college , condescending to such practices as charged to college faculties a quarter of a century ago. If such were ( lie educatiomial institutions of years gone by the inquiry COnIes , from whence then has come those men of literary renown and ( lint deep research have glided the intellectual uirmamnent of our age , and crowded the different learned professions with so many men of renown ? I J , 3.1. 1lJIIN , A. M. , S lloni-sL lionio limuic , I'Iulindciphla Times. The more suchl conventions an the Iulinne- ajiohls gathering the better. 'riiose who engage - gage iii them arc not practical politicians iii time , comnlomi acceptation of the term , but they arc poInting out the evils of tue day to ( linac WIIO imi the near future will ilnd. is way to organize for successful reform. Agitation is the initial step and ( lie agtta.- ( ion for better city goveriiment begun In Phihudelphia Is certain to spread to all American cities as a prelhmninmmry to tim . , . . . general overthrow of corruption amid inefil- ciency Ia municIpal administratioum. lZll2 : ts OIlN UNi'1r. 8s30 ZiVI1NINGS Z' Holidays . . I-Iappiness Hoopla SUSPENDERS -Fine silk and catin ICIlliClilifFS - All SMOKING JACK- embroidered in ' cit .time new effects timid 11TH of Enghislm colors and severmi novelties In lomig Jacket Cloths , quilted styles. shawl kerchiefs and satmi ! triuummed , ftoun _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - mnuihiers ; oxtremimely to ; is,00 , neat effects , . IJMIJItELI4AS - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Eiegant sum , paragon frames , natural wood BATh ! I1OJIEH of handles , all prices , Cloth amid lider- MUFI5LIIIIS - ExTerry - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tra Ibmo 11mm Cf euro down , from $3.00 to - Caaliuumero amid Pals. iG.OO , ci ii r La I ) Ii II N 'S hey wool mnuifleru for WEAR , aucim as elderly goimtlemuui. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fancy waists , caps , ties , hose amid imoveity . - suits. - DRIISHING AN ! ) STUD1NTS' OOWN $ . GLOVES - Driving TIgS-Thousanda of 'cm. All ( lie late gloves Jim Enghisim styles amid new colors , buck , fine Mocha , dog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ skin and cimeverotte. IIANnKEI1cIIIEFS. , Dress gloves , light -A beautiful lIne of BOYS' LEfiG1NOS weights , In ummdresseml Liememi Ilandkercimlefa , -The boy dooamm't live imemstitchod a a d that would nct like a ldd , liiiglisii buck , 1)15tH. ) In fancy coloi hair of leatlmer leg- dog akin , colt skin and vlain white. A glmmga. and French kid. mull very flume and extra - . line of lent's drlviimg quality Jap 1311k ml- tIal hfaatlkerchiet. BOYS , C4PE OVER. and street gloves , our regular 75c , We COAT-Very 1 o w Fur tlhoves amid himmed ar going to make a lIricha oh cajie over- gloves of all descrlpspecial lirice of this obats and reefers this timua , one at &Oo , week. BROWNING , I1NG & COa , Reliable Clotlllerd , S. W. Com'jir Flfteeiitli and ! ) ouglas Sts. A - . - . * - . - - -