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couitn.si'ONmiNCB.
All cnmmunlcntlorn rrltitlne to newn nncJ eell'
lorlol mailer should bo uiMreM U To the IMItor.
ntjsisnss i.nTTUHS.
All buflnosH l-ller anJ remittance * should b"
nddr s l to Tlm Hoe 1'utill'hliiK oompanj- ,
Omnhn iJrufK ch'tks nml r"J ti > llloo onler to
b m.i.le pnynlilc M the order nf Hie company.
Till : 11KI2 1'UHMSlUNa COMPANY.
BTATIMINT : 01
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lldhlnir company , bclnff duly worn , na > that
the aetuul number nt full nnd complete copies of
the Dilly Mot nine , livening nnd Kunday lice
printed ilurlns Hit- mouth of I'ebrunry , IKij , was
a/i follons : _ _
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Ixws deductions for uni-old and relumed
copies 6,020
Nel Bales B31.G11
Dally average 19,01
Sunday ,
anonon n. T/.soimcic.
Rn-orn to l > fore mn and suhtrrlbed In my pres
ence Ihlfl Jil dny ( it March. 1ST. .
( Hcnl. ) N. 1' . FKIU Notary Public.
The crlininiil coilo expounded by dm-
iiIiiKlinin It. Scott will muke nn Inter-
estliij ; coinpllatlou for students of Juris-
prudence. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wlmt 1ms bcconm of the Industrial
legion ofvlileli I'aul Vnudervoort IH
Keuerallsblino ? HUH the legion gone t
pieces or Is It resting oil Its Inuruls ?
Tlu > Brooklyn pis coinpnulcs huvc nil
been eonsollditted nnd the capital stoe-U
of the IHJW trust will lie $15.000,000.
How mucli wnter there Is represented In
111 at enormous cnpllull/.atlon is not
staled.
"A" congrvsH Is to bi > held In London
next niontli Iir which representative *
of Ainerlfiui railroads will .participate ,
In this country a railroad congress holds
sessions In the national unpltul every
winter.
Superintendent Edward llrooks has
Inaugurated u new departure In the
public schools of I'hlladelphla by the
adoption of a plan of making promo
tions on the class standing of pupils In
place of the periodic examinations.
Yellowstone park will be opened this
year oi .June 1 , two weeks earlier than
usnnl. It remains to be seen whether
people who have yellow metal to spare
will avail themselves of the opportunity
of spending it earlier-this season than
heretofore.
Secretary T.amouf , who Is reputed tt
bo n very shrewd buslticss' iimn , pro
dietsfiroatm - activity in the New Yuri
Stock exchange mid In the wholesah
trade of the metropolis this year thai
has been done In any other year Ii
two decades.
The republicans of Oregon will opor
the campaign of 1805 next Wednesday
by nominating a state ticket Whethc )
the convention In Its platform will take
the position which the last legislature
did in turning down Senator Dolpl
because he opposed the free silver fal
lacy remains to be seen.
The electric tramway for miburlmi
trnlllu Is to be the chief factor of tradt
and travel for every city of any 1m
portance. An electric tramway cmn
pnny has Just been Incorporated In 1111
nols that will connect Chicago with al
to\yns within a radius of forty miles
The promoters promise cheaper farei
nnd fully as fast time as la now inadi
by the railroads.
Tim Xew York police commlssloi
1ms decided that hereafter promotion
in the New York force to all nulls :
above tliat of roundsmen will be mail
on probation for a period of six months
At the end of that time such as provi
" "
"themselves worthy of higher rank wll
be conllrmedj such nri do not will b
remanded. The experiment will doubt
less lie followed by other cities.
Advices from Washington throng ]
contraband sources that have provei
themselves reliable announce that th
United States supreme court will wlthli
a few dnya render a decision which ui
seta the Income tax law entirely am
wipes It off the statute books. It gee
without paying that such a deeislo
Will knock a hole Into the United Slate
treasury vaults and compel nnothe
bond Issne In the very near future.
That veteran American actor , Josep
Jefferson , struck the nail on the hea
the other day , when. In answer to
question propounded after an nddret.
to the Harvard students , whether a
endowed theater In lioston would b
advisable , he said : "In this country th
best endowment would be for the acto
to be the. best of actors and the pla
produced the best of plays. " An ei
dewed newspaper Is sometimes dlscoi
ered by well meaning theorists. R i
the best endowed newspaper Is the on
that has the best news and hires th
best talent
According to the teachings of Col
wheat Is the red-headed girl nnd sllvt
the white horse that always follows lit
like the lamb did Mary. Unfortunate !
for the teacher of free silver Miianci
facts are stubborn things nnd very w
ilom conform to theory. The price t
Wheat has within the past two week
been mounting up , but the silver stei-
baa failed to keep up the pace set h
the red-headed girl. On April : iO whet
closed at Chicago nt < KlV& < & ( Hc nnd Its
silver was quoted at San Francisco i
CS'4c. On Mny 17 wheat closed at 70 < /
In Chicago nnd silver bars were quote
at San Francisco at 03J/gG7e. { Kv
dcutly the Coin lightning eoinuuronon
cter la slightly out of whack.
iy PACIFIC
The report of the Impending con soil
ntlon of the ( irent Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads Is generally
ccepted as correct by railroad mag'
ates nt St Paul nnd Minneapolis. The
onsolldatlon Is of course not to In
ffected by the merging of the stockf
f the two systems , but by the ncqnlsl-
Ion of n controlling Interest In botli
oads , ! y the Hill syndicate. The er
ect of the Joint management of these
oads cannot fall to be far-reaching , no I
nly upon the commerce anil develop *
imnl of the section directly tributary
o these roads , but upon the entire
rniiscontlncntnl tralllc. Itoth of these
ysteins have been In n chronic state
) f Insolvency for want of sulllclenl
rallle and by reason of cutthroat conv
letltlon with each other. The Northern
'aclllc was n reorganized wreck and
he various syndicates which have con
rolled It since the .lay C'ooke collapsi
f 1S7II have passed from bad to worse
rom Henry Vlllnrd into the hands ol
ecelvers appointed nt the Insinnce ol
he men who had exploited It The
rent Northern , built without subsidies
ud with a comparatively small volunu
of water , was constructed as a speeuhv
Ive enterprise In anticipation of tin
xtrnordlnury development of the I'ngel
ound country. There was really nc
leed of a second railroad from St. I'au
o the North I'ucllle region. One rail
oad was more than sulllclent to afford
ralllc- facilities for the country trlbu
ary to It for Hfty years to come. Tin
act Is six trnnscontlnental railroads an
ibout four too many. Burdened as thcj
ire with SOOO.OOO.OOO of bonded debt
heir competition is simply ruinous am
ho only hope of making them self-sus
nlnlng Is In foreclosures nnd coTisolldn
Ions. Even then It will take years o !
line before the volume of overlain
ralllc and the local business will pnj
lie cost of operating and fair luteres
> n the capital Invested. The only hope
of making the transcontinental rail
'oads prollUible Is Immigration and tin
npld development of the natural re
sources of the Itocky mountain and Pa
clllc coast region , and the current o
mmlgratlon will not set In until In
lustrlal prosperity Is restored and pee
pie who are Inclined to migrate liav <
tssurance of bettering their condition
The consolidated Northern Pncille wll
loubtlcis be a more formidable com
letitor to the Union Pacific and Oregoi
hort Mne than the two roads operntei
mdcr rival tuanngcmcnts , but the com
letltlon of two bankrupt roads Is monte
to be dreaded than the competition of !
well organized system operated with i
view to steady Income. There will b
less danger of cutthroat rates and se
cret rebates than there Is at the presen
.line when the contest Is waged regard
less of actual cost of service or risk o
carriage.
AX ANTI-TIIUST LUAHUK.
The formation of a national feagu
laving for Its object the protection o
tlie public against the power of th
ommorelnl and Industrial trusts ma ;
iccompllsli home good If Us efforts b
wisely and honestly directed and It doe
lot become the Instrument of a part ;
for the promotion of n special economl
policy. It Is said the.plan of the leagu
which has been formed Is to secure th
olal repeal of all the protective dntle
> y which it Is assumed the trusts am
combinations are enabled to exist , fron
which It may be Inferred that the prc
noters of the league are not so mile
concerned about the suppression of th
Monopolies ns they nre to advance th
cause of free trade. If commercial mi
ndustrlal combinations existed only I
his country there would be substantln
; romul for the assumption that protei
ilon is responsible for them , but whe
it Is known that they exist In 'fre
trade England the charge that they ar
lite to protection will not stand. Mori
; > vor. If It were true that some trust
uxlst because of protection It Is not th
case with nil of them. The Whisk
trust mid , the Leather trust , for ej
ample , owe nothing to protectloi
These nnd- some other combination
exist wholly independent of tariff di
ties.
ties.H
H Is understood that the Anti-Trus
league proposes Jo make the Sugar tnu
the particular object of attack by tli
repeal of protectlve'dutles. There wl
lie a very general popular sypnpnth
with such n purpose , for1 the feeling (
hostility to that rapacious monopoly I
universal. Hut what of the revenue
of the government If the sugar dutle
should bo repealed ? Even with till
source of revenue the receipts of tli
treasury fall below the expenditure
nnd If that be cut oft the amount tin
would be lost must be made up by Ii
creasing duties' on other articles t
making Internal taxes consldernbl
higher. Obviously the former nlterm
tlve would not bo acceptable to the Ant
Trust league , while the latter woul
meet with very strenuous opposltlo
from the Interests that would be n
fected. The loss of revenue from tal
Ing the duties off of sugar could pc
haps be made up by increasing the ta
on beer , but when this was propose
In the last congress It found little su ]
port. It is hardly likely that the ne :
congress will be more willing to ii
crease the tax on beer.
The best herveo | that an nntl-tnii
league can di > Is not In attacking tnrl
duties , but In organizing public sent
inent to demand of the authorities ei
forcement of the laws against trim
and of the representatives of the peep
whatever additional legislation may 1
necessary for the repression of mono ;
oly. The seventy-third section of tl
tariff law applies to nil trusts nnd con
blnations employing In their buslnei
Imported nrtlcles , nud It wtus special
aimed at the Sugar trust No effo
whatever , so far as known , lm bee
made to glvo effect to this section , ar
it Is to bo apprehended that none wl
be made by the present ndmlnistrntlo
The supreme court of the United Stnti
has pointed out that the most effectli
way of dealing with trusts Is by stn
leglslntlou. If the Anti-Trust leagi
will direct Its efforts to inducing tl
authorities to enforce existing lawn ai
to creating a public sentiment In fnvi
of stringent state statutes against th
form of monopoly It can do a high
useful work ,
Two years ago an anti-monopoly co
cntlon was held In Chicago , nt which
u association was formed for the pur <
H > SO of securing legislation for the
upervlslon nnd control of corporations
ngaged In Interstnte commerce. The
dltor of The Bee wns a member of that
onventlon nnd prepared the following
icmorlal to President Cleveland , wlile.ii
vas presented to him by Secretary
Oreshnm :
To the President : On behalf of the AntiTrust -
Trust Association ot the United States , and
n pursuance of resolutions adopted by It al
meeting held at Chicago on the ICth day
f October , 1893ve herewith respectfully
ncniorlallze your excellency to embody In
your forthcoming annual message to congres ;
a recommendation for the establishment ol
a bureau of supervision and control ot cor.
> oratlons engaged In Interstate commerce
aid bureau to be vested with authority slml-
ar to that now exercised by the comptrollei
f the United States treasury over national
lanks. Believing that the commercial ile-
ircsslon and financial distress recently ex
lerlenced In this country Is due largely tc
Ictltlous capitalization by corporations whose
jomled securities and stocks have been enor
mously Inflated and represent but a motty ol
actual aseets , wo deem It to bo the Impera-
Ive duty of the national and state govern'
mcnts to check and restrain excessive bom
ssucs and prohibit stock watering. In the
udgment of the association whom we havi
he honor to represent supervision nnd regu
atlon and publicity of corporation bond nni
lock Issues wilt prove a most effective mcnm
or restoring confidence and commercial pros.
lerlty.
This contemplates a practicable plan
for the effective supervision and con-
rol of corporations nnd combinations
mder the operation of which tin
le-oplo would be protected against tin
> xactions and abuse's of monopoly. I
H manifestly Idle to talk of abolishing
lutles under existing circumstances
md If the new Anti-Trust league de
votes Itself only to that purpose It wll
accomplish nothing.
A XKf } COMMKHC1AL AltKNA.
Thi attention of the commercial work
s now centered upon the far east
where , ns a result of the war betweei
' .Ulna and .Japan , those countries an
o assume more Intimate commercial re
at Ions with the western nations am
> pen up a new or enlarged arena foi
; he world's commerce. It Is nssurei
that a vigorous struggle is at once ti
.w Inaugurated for advantage in till !
great field , where live about one-thin
of the earth's population. In this con
est the United States will take par
uitl ought to win Its share of the east
ern trade. The American consul gen
nil at Shanghai , In a report to tin
State department , urges closer am
nore favorable trade relations betweei
L'hlnn and the United States , and surel ;
no argument can be needed to enforci
the wisdom of this suggestion. No
only should American merchants am
manufacturers press forward In compe
tltlon with those of Europe In the east
rn markets , but our government ough
to take whatever steps may be ex
> cdlcut to establish more intimate bus !
ness relations between this country am
China nnd Japan.
The western section of this country
particularly the Pacific coast states , ' !
especially interested In the develop
niont of oui- trade with the far east
Thirty-eight , years ago that far-M-ehij
statesman. Ayilllam II. Sewnrd , pre
dieted that the Pacific ocean would become
come "the chief theater of events b
the world's great hereafter , " and whlli
this may have somewhat exaggerate
the possibilities , it Is now apparent tlm
the Pacific is to be the scene , In the no
remote future , of a wonderful niaritlin
nctlvlty , the limit of which no man cm
foresee. To say nothing of the Island
of the Pacific , there are energetic com
munitles In Australia and New Zealnm
whose development has been astonish
Ingly rapid. Australia has a forclgi
trade of large proportions which is an
nunlly Increasing. Whoever will taki
a map and study the Pacific ocean can
not fall to be convinced that In tlm
direction lie great possibilities and th
United States Is In a most favorabl
position to profit from them. As thl
country will continue to be an increas
ingly advantageous market for th
natural products of the far east , so I
should be able to sell more to that poi
tlon of the world.
There Is a universal Interest In th
question as to the part which .Tapai
will play In the Pacific. That remark
able people have made such astonlsl
Ing progress and shown such an extrn
ordinary capacity for affairs that a
most anything may be expected o
them. At any rate , Japan Is certul
to be a most Important factor In th
future affairs of the Pacific and hi ;
course will be watched with profoun
Interest by all the natjons.
T1IK AHMKKIAN
The Christian world will most henri
lly welcome the fact that the Europqa
powers have at lost jiotlfled the Turkls
government that it must Institute som
radical reforms in the administration t
affairs In Armenia. It Is not credltabl
to those powers that they put off doln
this until Turkish atrocities called on
a protest from the civilized world an
compelled their attention to the com !
tlon of affairs In Armenia. They knei
long before the cruel and relpntlca
massacre of the Armenian Hiibje-cts i ;
Turkey that these unfortunate peopl
were being subjected to the most brut !
treatment at the hands of their Moslei
oppressors. The appeal for help of th
persecuted victims of Turkish hntre
and malevolence had been made fc
years to the Christian nations whet
duty It wns to afford them protectloi
but it was unheeded until the ruthles
murder of women and children shocke
all civilized mankind. Even then tli
powers manifested no great dlsposltlo
to act and It was not till the might
voice of Gladstone was heard In protei
against the almost indescribable at roc
ties of the * Turk in Armenia that a N
rlous move was made in behalf of tli
cruelly oppressed nnd brutally outrage
people of that country. Until then tli
disposition of the powers seemed to I
to accept the explanation and the e :
CUSPS of the Turkish government an
It Is altogether probable that but f <
the attitude and utterances of the grei
British statesman , who although 01
of power still exerts a greater Intluem
than any of his countrymen , Turke
would not have been culled to accom
us has been -done and a demand mad
or reform ? In. ths government of Ar
ueiiln. U
I'crimpstinmoM I Important of tluyn
reforms Is the Wfulrcmpiit that gdv
rnors or vice governors shall be Chris
Inns nnd thnl' tlto approval of tin
lowers shnll be necessary In-the seleo
Ion of these nilldijls. , Hitherto onlj
Musstilmun 'havlHlled 'these olllces nm
bus the ClirlsUauH of Armenia hnvi
teen ruled by Implacable religious eite
nles , always lo\ming \ for nn excuse 'ti '
lersectite them. This and the othei
efornis proposcjF hlch tha sultan lini
nanlfested a willingness to adopt , wll
indoubtedly luiprove 'be ' conditions Ii
Vnuenla , but what ought to be dom
s to free that land absolutely fron
Turkish control , for until that Is dom
here cannot be : conlplele nssuranci
hat the Armenians will not be sub
eeted to persecution /md / cruelty. Tin
Mussulman Is an anachronism In con
act with Christian civilization am
should not be permitted to continue Ii
hat relation.
M.v ; .uwo.u * .
One of the noteworthy differences be
ween legislation In the United State ;
mil abroad Is that , whereas here wt
lever have governmental regulation o
my pursuit or Industry until afte ;
ibuses have cropped out and demnndci
einedy , European countries umlertaki
o prescribe rules and regulations ni
soon as any new enterprise gives prom
se of Interfering with the public con
venlence. Only now that the blcycli
las assumed the magnitude of a craxi
ire we beginning to talk about restrict
ng the license of wheelmen. Germany
m the other hand , has for Severn
years nt least had In force speclllc am
stringent regulations which bicyclist
inve been compelled to observe.
A wheelman who lived for some tlm
u Munich not long ago divulged hi
experience with the authorities of tha
city through the columns of the Nev
York Tribune , and while In the whol
ntervlew the tone of the speaker I
lippnut and Inclined to treat the matter
tor as an Illustration of ofllclous pa
teruallsm the facts nre deserving o
more serious consideration. Whei
ifter taking a course of Indoor lesson
*
on the wheel the pupil broached t
ils Instructor the subject of going on
loovs to ride the latter Informed hln
that he would attend to sending th
preliminary papers to the police. Th
linpers were an application to th
Hoard of Police Commissioners for th
privilege of examination and an en
dorsement of the. pupil's candidacy n
that of a quiet , law abiding , moral pci
son who had jjitjatppd a sulTlcient prc
liciency on the wheel. Within a da ;
or so the retiijn mall brought an ol
llclal notice from the police depart men
that the upplfuuntylmd been acceptei
"
as a candidate "Tor" examination in b !
cycle riding and Tl "summons to appea
nt a designated street corner at n deslf
nated hour prepared undergo the ri
quired test TlK > examination was con
ducted with HMelji formality. Afte
Identlllcittlon Mich ! applicant was n
quested to motlfntiirlde a few block.-
return and dismount. The test , w
nre assured , was by no means dlfllciili
The succetisfulrcinttlldates paid a sum !
fee and receive ) } In return several ol
Jlcinl documents from the police deparl
inent. Chief iMiumg them was a Ion
list of rules and regulations , tellin
explicitly where bicyclists are not pel
mltted to ride , a card bearing nam
and number to be presented on deman
for Inspection by the * police olllcers , an
an enameled numbered steel plate t
be afllxcd to the machine. And we ar
further assured that all the rules an
regulations were strictly enforced.
Bicyclists In America would , of conrm
feel as if they -were wantonly pern
cuted If they were asked to go throng
a procedure of this kind before bein
permitted to pursue their pleasure o
the busy city streets , Yet some rcgc
Intlon by the city authorities' Is nbw
lutely necessary to protect both wliee
men and pedestrians. When bicyclist
are nsked to observe reasonable rule
In our cities they should think ho >
much less molested } hey are than som
of their European fellows.
i > noi'KHTntiaiiTs
At n recent mepting of one of the di
partments of the Omaha Woman's clu
a resolution was debated and adoptc
which , after reciting various "when
uses , " among jliem that the proper !
rights of women , though differing I
many states , In none of them arc equi
In privilege to those accorded men , an
that In many states a woman Is m
e'ntitled to the disposition of her o\v
earnings after marriage , nor to but
fraction of her deceased husband's pro ;
erty , though It may have been the r
suit of her labors equally with his , ei
tecs a protest "against such Injustlc
which often works financial ruin '
women , which Is liable to take fro :
them the fruits of their own labors an
which at all times shows an unfair ill
crimination against the sex. " The ill
( Mission nnd adoption of such a resoli
tlon by a body of Nebraska women Ii
cvltably conveyH the Inference tin
they nre prototlng against some Ii
justice under fl'hlch they are sufferln
Its tendency I jtOj lead people to b
lleve , and It wilS.probably Intended fi
that purpose , thab there Is an unfa
discrimination Against women In tl
matter of thelrjitrbperty rights In N
braska. In tlils'tfie complaint Is ml
leading and niVtrli . There Is no ill
crimination mupr9 ) the laws of N
bruska ngalns yoJ en with respect
their property rJiihhJ. The common late \
to be sure , plnondrthe married womn
under disabilities Uhut virtually gui
her property nill her earnings to In
husband. Ilut ° 1j this state the cor
mon law has W'Cn entirely snpplanti
by statute , which e-vpressly defines nt
safeguards the property rights of ma
rled women.
What are the privileges of marrli
women In Nebraska ? The propert
real and personal , which any womi
In this state may own at the time
her marriage , and the rents , issue
profits or proceeds thereof , and ui
property -which may come to her 1
descent , devise or gift of any perm
except her husband , or which she mi
acquire by purchase or otherwise , i
mains her sole and separate proper
notwithstanding hermarriage. . A tua
led woman maj bnrgnln , soil and con
rey her property , nmljcntnr Into nn ;
oiitrnetwith n'foroncc- the. wimo Ii
he same mnnne'rv * to the same cxteii
mil with like effect as-a married mm
nay In relation -to his proiverty. I
untried woman nmyane'ami ' bo suoi
n the same manner no if unmarried
A married woman may carry on trad
ir business and perform any lalror o
servle-es on her solo and separate ni
count ; nnd her earnings and profits ar
ler sole and separate property , nin
nay be used and invested by her Ii
icr own name * . Under these laws Ne
miskn courts have held that a wlf
nay become a creditor of her husband
hat she may sue him on his note ; tha
she may contract with him and en fore
he obligation. A wife's separate proi
rty Is not liable for her husband'
lebts , except for necessaries furnlshc <
he family after execution Is returne
insattsfled. A husband Is bound to sui
mrt his wife , but a wife Is under n
> hllgntion to support her husband. lie
vrlttcn consent Is necessary to th
illcnaton of all real property In wide !
she may have a dower Interest , Just n
ler husband's Is necessary to the alien
itlon of her real property. All In al
he statutes of Nebraska aim to glv
he married woman precisely the sam
Ights and the same privileges respecl
ng her property and her earnings tha
hey accord the married man.
Before any set of women complain o
n justice they ought to make sure tha
hey have a grievance.
There Is no doubt that the cxtenslv
, isi of the bicycle has very material ! ;
educed the Income of street railway
n all American cities. It stands to ren
son that men and women of the mlddl
class are constantly compelled to prae
tlce economies and the bicycle afford
them the opportunity for hushandlii ;
their resources and saving part of thel
'timings. ' Suppose that the blcycl
saves for each Individual two car fare
i day in coming and going to thel
workshops , stores and olllces. tha
neans n saving of 150 cents a week , or :
oss to the street railway companies o
? ( ' < > a week for every 100 bicyclists. Ii
i city where 1,000 of the two-wheeler
: ire In use that means a decrease ; o
f < K)0 ) a week , or .flil.'JOO a year In th
arnlngs of the street railway. In som
f the larger cities the number of bi
cyclists is from , 3,000 to fi.OOO , wit
losses to the street railway Interests o
from $100,000 to $200,000 a year.
Merplr < . Inlm.
Philadelphia Times.
Admirers of the new woman claim for h (
such perfection of judgment that In life' '
problems she'll hit the nail on the head ever
lime.
Now Prril for Men.
New York Sun.
If hypnotism Is to be used by women as
political force In the way It has b'en used b
Knnsao woman statesman , to the discern
fit n re of a rival man politician , tome meai
will have to be found of guarding man pol
tlclnns against the wiles ot the woman hyi
notlsts. We guess It will have to come t
this , that a mnn shall never bo let out e >
cept In the company of his wife. He can b <
Ills money on her , every time , when an
other female hypnotist gets In his way.
Cry "llnlil. Kmmcrli. ' '
Knns,1s City _ Star.
The national horror of the word "retire : !
9tlll asserts Itaelf. Yet In the nature <
things It should not be so. The old ahoul
maUo way for the young. For the continue
cry of "more" the blessed word "enough
should bo substitute1 ! . Sixty years of to
ought to satisfy the man hungriest fc
worlt , It he has made sufilclpnt provision fc
the future. If he can retlro from active con
petition at 45 so much the better. The worl
Is full of pleasures and delights for the *
who ate too blind and too busy to see then
Thcro Is no danger that the observance (
Mr. Harrison's example will breed a splr
of sluggishness and ( dlcnuis. On the coi
trary It will enlarge the national scope , opo
the eyes of men to the beauties of llfo thi
como as the reward of industry and show II
effect on future generations In a happlc
licalthlcr , more contented and more apprec
atlvo race. And Americans will live long !
and live better.
Ilio AVoinnn'n Illhlc.
Clilcngo Post.
The attack of the new woman on the Kin
Jamas blblo will be observed with Intcrc
where It does not alarm. It was a rare It
splration that caused Mrs. Stanton to guspei
that the subjection of the sex was due i
certain misconceptions of passages In tl
blblo relating to women. It was a rarer In
puUo that forced her to believe that the fin
emancipation of her slaters could only t
secured by revising the scriptures. Any or
can see what a wall to equal suffrage such
passage as this could bo : "Hut I suffer n
a woman to teach nor to usurp author ! !
over the man , but to bo In alienee. "
There are many such. It would bo
shock to the world If Mrs. Stanton shou
prove that those old bishops , priests and deters
tors of Oxford wickedly distorted the tranel :
tlon In order to bring womankind Into subje
tlon. Wo had thought better of thcr
But let the truth prevail. It may bo th ;
Lot himself was turned Into a pillar
salt.
A Victim ol llnril l.uck.
Omaha Mercury ,
Once In a whllo a lawyer haa hard luc
Hon. John W. Johnston , recently
Omaha , and a member or our last legislator
has had awfully bad luck the past few year
He came to Omaha from Klrksvllle , Mo. , ai
just before leaving that town his house burn
down. Dad luck. He got tlio Insurance. I
came to Omaha. More bad luck. He open' '
a law , office and didn't do much buslnei
Moro bad luck. The 150,000 pfople In Omal
elected him to the late legislature. Mo
bad luck. Of all the boodle imoney dlspensi
at Lincoln the past winter Johnston dldr
get a cent ( ? ) . Wasn't that awful luck. I
came back to Omaha and his house he
burned down with { 3,000 Insurance on
He got $2,700 Insurance croney. Mo
hard luck. Ho has now gone to Ok )
homa to live , and our people will not get
chance to re-elect him to the leglslatui
Still more hard luck. Johnston ought to car
a rabbit's foot In his pocket.
Landlord * nnd llloyclos.
Tlmea-lIeralU.
There Is tittle question that landlords
certain of the residence districts In each t
vision of the city have Buffered somewhat
the matter of renting for the present ye :
Some surprise has been manifested why U
ihould be BO , and why houses that have her
toforo been gladly taken at (600 or { 800 a ye
should now go begging for tenant ? . In trut
this year has been called the tenant's ye
on that account , but this reason Is not all
gether sufficient.
Why Is U that BO many pleasant Jlwellln
have been neglected and that a general n
ting has taken place ?
It Is because ot the bicycle * . Young houi
holders and married people with small fan
lies have discovered that tbo bicycle b
solved the transportation problem. Not or
these , but clerks and employes of both sex
have made the same discovery. To a pers
who can rlda a wheel It matters little whetti
he lives three miles or ten miles from 1
place of business , nor does he care wheth
he i near the "elevated" or the "cable"
the "steam cars. " With little exertion he c
rlda at the rate of ten miles an hour , a
that will allow him to live In a very I
suburb Indeed. The result Is that this ye
people have been buying bicycle * and rent !
bouses or securing boardlnc places In theI I
boundaries of the city.
This ls tha reason why landlords are si
looking for tenants In some of tha most t
ilrable residence districts of the city.
HEVVI.AII SHOTS AT TllR 1'OT.VIT.
lh. I'nul Plon er-I'r * s : A missionary ns-
oclntlou ot ttngllsh women hnx Ulcly | m > v
l hed Its eleventh annual report In tills
report It Is Joyfully announced that the first
hree converts liavo just been baptUed-ra
widow and her two sons ; Thlls the spirit * ) * !
result of Pleven-years ; .workthe.cxiitnullturv !
during that period living been over : o,000.
/eminent Is superfluous.
Indlnnapolls Journal : N'o heresy trials Arc
on the proRrnm ot the 1'resbylfrlnn general
assembly , which has just convened nt Pitts-
iurg. It docs not follow , however , that there
ire no "heretics" In Presbyterian pulpits , II
s , perhaps , dawning upon the brethren In
authority that trials of the IlrlgRs nlul
Smith variety neither lessen the number ol
ndependent thinkers nor commend tbeli
church to an Intelligent and liberal public.
Minneapolis Times : An orthodox clergy-
nan recommends from his pulpit that hit
lenrers read the modern novel , as a mean !
nf culture , and , It need be , plead In Ha be-
lalf , ls an evidence that the world do move ,
What this clergyman said was full of common
sense , and It Is probably true , as he re-
narked , that the best way "to catch the
Irlft of modern thought" Is to read the
atest novels. Hut within the memory ol
men now living such a suggestion from the
nilplt would hardly have been tolerated. II
s fair , however , to note that the range ol
ho novel has expanded greatly In this latter
mlf of the century , as well as the views ol
the church.
Kansas City Star : As a direct result ol
.he marriage ot Miss Kcltm May Sharp nnd
Charlie Ylng , the Chinese laundryman , the
Chinese Sunday school of the First Cumber-
ami Presbyterian church of-this city has
iecn discontinued. The young ladles , It U
laid , who had been teaching In the school
acked the nerve to face the ridicule and
reproach consequent upon that action. What-
fvcr the cause , the discontinuance of the
icrclofore prevailing style of teaching
Chinese Sunday school scholars la to be
commended. If our Oriental friend desires
o become familiar with the truths of the
Christian religion he can do so through the
ordinary channels.
Philadelphia Press : Now that the reconl
neetlng of the American Thcosophlca !
loclety has become a matter of history It U
ntcrestlng to note how the claims the presi
dent of the society , Mr. Judge , to a monopol )
of Mohatmas arc received In this country
As a rule , busy people hnvo little time tc
waste on the fantastic humbugs that fron
time to time gain notoriety and then sllnl-
away ; but the Theosophlcal society , like
jther delusions , has an unusually large fol-
owing , and It seems to grow the more
rapidly In proportion to the prcposterousness
of Its claims. And yet It Is not all smooth
sailing , and the first blast , against the or
ganization comes from the well known
scientist , Prof. Klllott Coues , who recently
spoke of the new cult as follows"M >
compliments to the theosophlsts of Nortli
America , or as many as can be found , and 1
want te > give them some sound , wholesome
jdvlce. First , those who wish It can rcmali
fools ; secondly , let them get unfooled If the )
can ; and , third , turn fakers It they must
These three heads sum up all I can say tc
gullible , easily duped people who have beer
nfluenced by Judge , n psychological buncc
itcerer , who keeps a bucketshop of wisdom
in New York City. I have Investigated the
question of thcosophy , both In Its psychologl-
: al and ethical aspects , and the conclusion 1
tiave reached Is It Is a vile , wicked hum-
bugl"
1'F.ltSUfiAI AXH OTHPMWlStt ,
Judge Goff Is determined to uphold the
fourteenth amendment though the Evans fall.
There Is no Immediate prospect ot Judgi
[ > oft being Invited to partake of South
Carolina's historic hospitality.
John P. St. John has added his voice tc
the silver concert. The terms of the engage
ment arc a professional secret.
The graphic manner In which Havana cor
respondents paralyze the revolutionists sug
gests that the latter arc getting In theli
deadly work.
About the loncsomest and most neglected
of the scenic wonders of the Rocky mountain !
arc the golden sunsets , nathwlthstandlng free
and unlimited coinage.
The widow of Judge Luclcn Scott ol
Lcavenworth , Kan. , bosses a small farm Ir
Texas , consisting of 260.000 acres , all fenced
In , and over which 6,000 to 7,000 cattle an
L > riwslng.
Hefore absorbing as undiluted truth the
reports of frost destruction down east It U
\vcll to remember that when the peach cror
Is utterly ruine'd In spring the fall return :
arc unusually abundant.
I3I1I Mahone , the erstwhile boss of the
Did Dominion , Is now one of the unique
Ilgurcs on the political shelves of Washing
ton. All that is left ot his former glory
are the famous cowboy hat and the frilled
shirt.
fix-President Harrison's farewell address tc
a jury in Indianapolis was a most successful
effort. The case was a will contest. Involv
ing $650,000 , and as Harrison succeeded In
liavtng the will set aside he earned a fee ol
$15,000.
Senator Teller end ex-Congressman lllain !
announce that they will leave their respective
parties unless they endorse the silver hobby.
Strange to say this old planet continues Its
diurnal rounds without any outuard mani
festation of friction In Its axis.
The most versatile and numerous citizen
of Chicago Is a party by the name ol
O'Malley. His name appeared on tlilrty-oni
municipal pay rolls and he drew his stipend ;
with amazing regularity. Another eminent
citizen managed to work the city on at ;
average of thirteen days a week and had
energy enough left to appear at the cashier' !
wicket on schedule time. The enterprise ol
Chlcagonns TTXI not axhaUilcc ) tvlth HID
World's fair.
A resident of clotpy Brooklyn manage * to
lee | > both eyes peeled for number one. Ho
IHn Ktirgcon of fractured bicycles and man
ages to work up considerable business by
RrnUerlnfc tacks Avliera they promote that
pncum.itlc tire feeling.
Every day brings evidence of resistance ta
reform In Nenr York. A local court la now
roasting the sheriff for permitting a prisoner
to take n bath. Probably n seml-crntcnnlul
ablution was not Included In the reform
platform , or else the operation removed tome
evidence of crime.
Several generations rgo Dr.llllnm Ilirrey
discovered the circulation ot the blood. A
kinsman In our day discovered how to 1m- "I *
prove the circulation of money and rnkcd In
n moderate fortune. The first discovery was
n medical triumph , the latter a clever In
dividual scoop on n silver basis.
Some ot the fashionable 1 nil I en In Now
York , when asked to take part In "tableaux
vlvant" for the benefit of a charity , agreed ,
but now that the representations have been
called "living pictures" they have raised an
outcry nnd withdrawn their consent to pose.
What a difference the tipping of n llltlo
French makes sometimes , even though It Is a
synonym of an Ktigllsh expression !
CniirlK Miirtliil Supremo.
Ololc-l ) > etimcnit.
The supreme court has decided thnt all
officers and men In the army and navy , ns
well as those In the mllltla , while In the
service of the United States , are at nil tlmei
subject to military law , and that court-martial
sentence * cannot bo set aside or reviewed
by civil tribunals on writs of habeas corpus.
That Is to say , when a man enters the army
or navy he ceases to be a citizen In the sense
ot having the right ot appeal to the civil
courts , and Is bound to submit to the military
code under all circumstances.
Alliuiolinlm Wcnni.
Minneapolis Times.
Among the sensational statements of tin
press dispatches one notices with alarm that
the A. P. A. in going Into politics. This
great organization has resisted the corrodlnR
effects of politics for a long time , and It U
sad to see It now succumb.
DO M KSflV IDYLS. " " - ' '
Chicago Post : "Well , young Uennlngton
1ms tnken Miss Jnsper for better or worse ,
I understand. "
"Not much he hasn't. He's tnken her for
her $100,000 dowry. "
Tammany Times : Sad-Fuccd Tinmp
Mntlam , I nm a liomck' mnn. Patient
Housewife Well. If you nre home less than
my husband Is , I pity your poor wife.
Judge : He I don't believe In long en-
Kngements , ilo you. Miss Allthea ? She No ,
Mr. IHintliorn ; 1 prefer short onus and many
of them.
Leslie's Weekly : Old DP Whiskers I have
had my life Injured for $ .10,000 In your favor ,
la there anything else I can do to pleasa
you ? Mrs. De Whiskers ( his young wife )
Nothing on eiirth , sir.
Town Topics : "Juck Is a hateful follow. "
"Ho said ho would teach."I
If I refused him. " '
Detroit Free Press : Snooper I think that
Cubbagc must bo. a well Informed mnn. "
Sway back Indeed ?
Snooper Yes. His wife lells him nil sha
hears.
IndtannpollB Journal : She Here Is the
story of a mnn who nays IIP never made love
to a girl In bis life. Do you believe It ?
Ho It may be true. Some fellows make a
specialty of wldown , you know.
Judge ; Mrs. P.rown I have Just bad a
terrible * quarrel with my husband. Mrs.
Jones-Well , I don't neo what there In In
that to make you look no happy. Mrs.
Hrown There Is a $20 hat In It when he con-
eludes to apologize !
Somcrvllle Journal : Wbyte What a well
developed bleeps you have ! Do you use . '
dumb bells or Inillun clubs ? " j'l
Urowne Neither ; but I walk the floor
nearly three hours every night.
Hoston Globe : Papa ( soberly ) That wns
quite a monstrosity you had In the parlor
one evening.
Grace ( nettled ) Indcrdl Tlint must de
pend upon onp's understanding1 of the
term "monstrosity. "
Papa ( thoughtfully ) Well , two heads
oho pair of shoulders , for e.vimplu.
TWO OF A KIND.
lAtf.
Without her leave he stole a kiss.
He did. Oh , bliss !
A Fharp command was promptly his :
"Just put thin back , I tell you this. I * .
Where It belongs. " spoke haughty miss.
He did ! Oh , bliss !
iniKiii ! r.o ris is.
Cleveland Plain Denier.
Love Is not the ditty sung-
Hy shallow ptited loon ,
Who , with n Boftlj- lisping tongue ,
Sings to the midnight moon ;
Nor yet the solemn plighted vow
Where trembling- mortals stand ,
While bildal trupplnus deck the brow
And Jewels grace the hand.
Is not the promise bold ,
Hy hturdy manhood Klvcn ;
Nor yet the blinding llneli of sold
That uhuts the soul from heaven ;
It llcth not In contly gifts
Nor splendor of display ,
Nor yet , through boasted valor , slfty
The beauty of Its ray.
Love Is a patUon , burning still
Like pure and quenchless Hume ,
Forrow or Joy , or ( food or III ,
May tlnd It ever the same ;
A ullent mesHiigp from the heart ,
Richer tlinn human speech
A voiceless Pong no human art
May ever hope to teach.
It's Only a Dude *
Who goes to the merchant tailor now-a-days to get
irj his clothes gets a stand-off most likely. You can
; * stand off and look at him without exciting any envy on
t-
your part , because you know that we make up just as
IIS good suits for $10 , $12.50 and $15 as you can get at the
17 ? 8 tailor shop at any price. Nobody can tell the difference.
inr Wear as long , look as well , We're ready to trade back
Isr any time you think you don't get your money's worth.
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