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HUXaATU, Notary Public. Well, the tlenilloek llnally opened. It Ik the Inst round mid vlinlui for the legislature. "Thnt retl-heniled rooster from Kun ens" Iiiih lieen dolus hoinothiiiK iigiilu. The next time .Mrs. Nation booh 011 the warpath Kansas should send for Funs ton. The number of solar plexus blows de livered by the legislature In closing days beats the record. The dreams are all over, the corre spondents' pipes have gone out, and Ne braska has two senators. The Twenty-seventh General assembly (will bo remembered In Nebraska history OS the legislature that failed. At any rate, The Ueo has been the only newspaper that has kept the people Informed from tiny to day on what ac tually took place In caucus mid legisla ture. Nebraska will have two republican Penators to answer the roll call when rongress convenes In December. The fusion farce can face this fact with Whatever grace It may. Irrespective of party, tho failure to re Apportion Nebraska for legislative pur poses Is an Injustice to tho people and the onus or It will have to be borne by tho party responsible for the failure. Maryland census enumerators are Homo of them In trouble for alleged pad ding of the enumeration. None of the Omaha enumerators need have any fear of being hauled over the coals on that charge. Over ?:iMMRMH0 of Spanish war claims nro already on Hie and the list Is still open. Several of them are for amounts In excess of ifl.OoiUKH) each. There is a strong probability these claims will uhrlnk considerably In the wash. Just now It Ik very Interesting to com pare the accounts of the proceedings ot tho republican caucus as given by the Fake Factory with what actually hap pened. If the Inspiration of the pipe dreams had been drawn backwards it could hardly have gotten further from facts. Tho passage of an appropriation to tuuku the game law active Is of Immense Interest to the farmers anil general pub lic of the state. It would have been little less than crime to have passed that much needed law and then have rendered It Inoperative for want of money to carry out Its provisions. Omaha contractors are already figur ing on almost :? 1,000,000 worth of build ings for Oiualiu. this coming season, and tho time for commencing operations has uot yet arrived. Hvery sign points to tho conclusion that the year 1!H)l will be one of the most prosperous In the history of the city, and that the In creasing demand for both residence, factory and business buildings will be met. The czar of Itussla Is said to favor making concessions to stop the political agitation and rioting In that country The Russian people are certainly eu titled to a much more liberal govern ment, but now that the Humes have started to spread there Is some question whether this method will be satisfactory nnil stop the trouble. The populace Is likely to mistrust the sincerity of the unwilling grant. Tho highest testimonial which has yet been offered to the American forces In China was tho petition of the Chinese themselves that the Americans remain In control of tho pottlou of IVkln which lias been under their protection. In face of the fact that the Chinese are urging tho other powers to turn over their qtiar tors of the city to native control this Is unswer enough to the statement that the American forces have hail a part In tho looting and outrages perpetrated upon tho Chluese. ,i THK lAl'TVlW Of ACVlXAhOU. rnqtiestlonably the most Important single Incident In connection with the Filipino Insurrection Is the capture of Agulnaldo. While the head of the re bellion In Luzon bad apparently not been active for months and was found In his mountain retreat with only n few staff olllccrs, yet he exerted an Influ ence upon a portion of the people that kept them In a hostile attitude toward the Fnlted States and encouraged them to hope that they would ultimately suc ceed In the effort to overthrow Amer ican authority. There Is no doubt that a large element of the Filipinos has had strong faith In Agulnaldo, In spite of the fact that he has kept himself In concealment and taken no risks. Now that he Is In captivity his Influence, of course, will be at mi end and the popu lar confidence In him will disappear. It Is reasonably expected that the com plete collapse of the Insurrection will speedily ensue. Ceneral Funston, the hero of this event, has greatly enhanced his fame as a skillful and Intrepid soldier. He alone Is entitled to the credit for plan ning the expedition and the chief glory of Its success must be accorded to the resourceful and doughty Kansas gen eral, who has figured In more really sensational deeds of valor than any man In our new possessions. This Is fully recognized at Washington and al ready the question of properly reward ing Funston Is being discussed In olll- clal circles. That ho should bo given a place In the regular army will un doubtedly be generally admitted, but to give him such a rank as ho merits will require a special act of congress. Fun ston Is now a brigadier general of vol unteers and his term of service will ex pire July 1 next. Under the new army bill he can be appointed to no higher rank In the regular army than llrst lieutenant and It Is not probable that he would accept that. The president, however, may be able to place him In a military position temporarily, or un til congress can be asked to reward hlin as his services Justify, and If the president can Hud It practicable to do this there Is no doubt It will be done. tSeilerul Funston Is a soldier In every liber and it Is desirable for the good of the service that he be retained In It. As a captive, taken not In battle, but where he thought himself secure, Agul naldo presents a sorry figure. This or ganizer of rebellion has throughout kept at a safe distance from the lighting and so far as known has never done a single courageous act. As a leader he has shown no marked ability and the won der Is that he was permitted to hold sway over his countrymen for so long a time. The question as to what dis position shall now be made of him ap pears to be perplexing the officials at Washington. Nothing should be done that will make a martyr of Agulnaldo. Let him be kept in prison at Manila, or perhaps better still, deported to Guam, where, as Admiral Dewey re marked, ho cannot pose, but It would be a, mistake to treat hlin with undue harshness and severity. That course would create Hjmpathy for him and would be of no advantage to the gov ernment. It Is not what he deserves that should determine his punishment, but what Is demanded of us as(ft civ ilized nation. UUSSIA'S IXTUHXAL THUVliLF.. Russia's Internal trouble seems to be quite as serious its her International complications and may prove to be more dltllcult of settlement. It Is now stated that the gravity of the situation has been Increased by the fact that a com bination has been formed between the students and the artisans, or working classes, which gives a decidedly formida ble character to the outbreak against the government. An American correspondent at St. I'etersburg, explaining the cause of the present trouble, which originated with the students In the universities, says that the Kusslan autocratic form of gov ernment Is reflected to an extreme de gree iu the code of discipline prevailing at the state universities. An Inspector is appointed by the government to keep close watch over every university. This inspector Is assisted by a Binall army of assistants, whose duty It Is to act as spies over the students, to note their dally manner of life ami to ascertain their political opinions. They are not allowed to form clubs or associations of any kind or to hold public meetings. According to this correspondent tho students are all drawn from the poorer classes of the population and this ex plains why the higher Institutions of learning have always been, more or less, centers of nihilism. Latterly the government litis been striving to remedy this by encouraging the sons of bour geois families to enter the universities nnil also by Improving the material con dition of the poorer studeuts, many of whom live In the most abject poverty. Such a condition engenders a revolu tionary spirit anil It Is not at all sur prising that nihilism should flourish among the Uusslau educated classes. It was after the outbreaks In the win ter of 1801) that the government adopted the regulations which suppressed even the most Innocent associations among the students aud It was the attempt of the studeuts to carry on their own tiff airs at the university at Kleff last December that precipitated the present disturbances, the agitation at Ktett having spread to all parts of the em pire. Some of the students who took part in that agitation were eompulsorily made to serve as privates In the army and It Is this dragooning and the fulling back on military discipline that has kept up the agitation. The call Issued by the organization committee of the students, appealing to sympathetic Kus slaus ttt Join them, has, It appears, been promptly respouded to by the labor party and such a combination, under strong leadership, may give the gov ernment a vast amount of trouble. A St. Petersburg dispatch says that no doubt Is entertained that the out break will be quelled, but at Incalcula ble cost of life and suffering. In this Is Indicated the formidable character Jot the disturbance, Jt would aecm the part of wisdom for the government to adopt a policy of conciliation and such a course would be quite consistent with the czar's peace Inclinations, but there seems to be no thought of doing this. The Kusslun Imperial council Is composed of men who do not favor showing any leniency toward people who protest against the decrees of the government nnil therefore It Is to be expected that there will be a stern en forcement of he existing regulations. rEM'r.TCATtXO AX IXJVSTICK. The most regrettable If not the most outrageous action of tho Twenty seventh General assembly of Nebraska's legislature Is Its refusal to redlstrlct the state for legislative purposes. This failure leaves the representative mid senatotlnl districts as they were formed under the census of IKS,", and amounts to the practical disfranchisement of a large proportion of the present popula tion of the state so far as representation In the legislature Is concerned. For the last ten years one of the Issues of the republican party has been tho failure of tho populists to make the new apportion ment under the census of 1S!)0 or to pro vide for the state enumeration lu lfe!)r, which would have made It possible to re dlstrlct the state at the session of J SOT. Now, when the matter was entirely in their own hands, republican votes were cast to defeat the bill that had passed the senate mid was Intended to correct the abuse so Justly complained of. Re publican representatives voted In the houso to perpetuate the Injustice. During the sixteen years that have elapsed since the state enumeration of 18S5 the western part of the state has been settled. According to tho llgures of that year, the state had u population of 710,(11."; the census of 1000 gives the total as l,00S,f;M). On a basis of thirty three senators and 100 representatives, the ratio for representation under the 1SS." census was U'-VIOO for each senator and 7.-100 for each representative. Un der the 1900 census the ratio was ai'.OOO mid 10,i00 respectively. To show how unjust the apportionment of 1885 Is when applied to the population of 1000, it is only neccssnry to clto the Instance of a single western district. The Fifty fourth representative district shows the following: Counties. 1SS3. 1000. Ilauner 1.1H Clicycnuo 1,653 ft.tj'O Deuel 2,030 Keith 1.U0 1,931 Kimball 73S Lincoln r.,002 11,416 Mcl'herson I17 Perkins 1,702 Scott3 Bluff 2,532 Totals 7,793 28,216 Included In Chcycnno. Included In Keith. Thus, In 188T, this district was exactly lu Hue with the ratio of population to members of the lower branch of the leg islature, but It uow has nearly four times the population It had then, and has three times the ratio for members. The people of the district arc clearly entitled to three representatlvps, and have tyut one. In the Twenty-ninth senatorial district n similar state of affairs exists. This district was formed iu 1SS5, and Its population then and now compares as follows: Counties. 1SS3. 1900. Chase 170 2,r..7J Dundy 432 2,131 Frontier 4,107 8,781 Furnas 7,063 12,1173 Gosper 3,839 KiOl Hayes C6S 2, 70S Hltehrock 2,388 4,109 Hed Willow 6,192 0.C01 Totals 22,839 48,159 Tills district contained an equitable population lu proportion to its senatorial value lu 18S,", but now it has nearly doubled lu population, and under the ratio established for the 1000 census should have two senators Instead of one. Hepreseutatlve Cnppoo of Holt county made the motion to Indefinitely postpone the bill lu the house. His county Is n part of a senatorial district which had but 18,r0:t population lu 188., ami but L'll.fMo In 1000. below the ratio In both instances, but securing representation. Other features of the situation will suggest themselves at a moment's thought. Douglas comity, for example, had but 7-,J."8 people in 1S8.", and the allotment of three senators and nine representatives on the basis of that year was Just. Now Douglas county has a population of l-lO.SUti, and gets no more representation, although entitled to four aud a fraction senators and fourteen representatives. South Omaha, with a population greater than any" county lu the state stive Douglas, Lancaster and Gage, has been built since the census of 1885 was taken, yet the people of the Magic City are denied representation. Lancaster county has Increased from :t0,71U to 01, Sit.", but gets no correspond ing Increase In representation. Counties which have literally stood still lu the matter of population during the sixteen years retain their member ship In the house and senate, depriving the newer districts of the state of their just proportion of the body. The un fairness of this Is patent. Some hope exists that the matter may be remedied by an extra session of the legislature, but In the meantime tho failure of the legislature to give the relief needed will be charged to the republican party. One effect of the good times and In dustrial activity In this country and the stagnation abroad Is the Increase In Im migration. A steamer recently arrived at New York from Germany which car ried the largest number of Immigrants ever brought In one ship. The United States has no regrets over the Germans who have previously come to this coun try and there Is no reason to believe It will have lu the case of those who are now arriving. Statistics of sh'lpbulhllng show that F.ngllsh yards laM year constructed a greater tonnage than all the other na tions of the world combined. The ex cess last year was not so great, how ever, as lu previous ones. The United States comes second mid France and Germany third mid fourth, lu the order named. The position of the United States Is duo largely to tlfe operations ou the grcut lakes, both tUu Uuropcuu countries mentioned exceeding this In ocean tonnage- With all the natural facilities and advantages for building ships it Is to be regretted that we arc so far behind, and with laws more ad vantageotis to American shipping inter ests It would not be the case. Keerultlng for the army Is delayed on account of the lack of olllccrs to take charge of the work, and this In the face of the fact that the country Is full of men who think they are perfectly capa ble of lining any position iu the army from conunaiider-ln-chlef down to sec ond lieutenant. TrlflrM Oft .Mnko Trnnlile. 1'hlludelphfii Times. It does not speak la thunder tones for peace when the only ties between the liiiR llsli and the Russians In China are some railroad ties. Out' llM'rl-iice KiioiiuIi. Philadelphia ledger. It may have been noticed that Spain Is not squandering the money received from the United States in buying up other out lying real estate. A Wry .i'i'i'Hiiry Hint. Cincinnati Knqulrcr (dem.) Mr. Cleveland should not mistake the public estimate of the lato llenjamln Har rison for what the peoplo think of tho only surviving cx-prcsldent. Situ nr-l 'out I'd I'r lend nil I p. Indianapolis News. An American syndicate Is said to have se cured a tract of C6.000 ncrcs of land la Cuba on which to grow sugar. This is another reason why wo Bhould remain "closo friends" very closo friends with "our neighbors." I. ft L'uIiiiiim Iti'lli'Cl AmIiIIp. San Francisco News Letter. Tho fnct that tho patriots of Cuba don't want to bo "annexed" to tho United States has nothing to do with the case. They should stop and rolled that, If Undo Satii wants to gobblo their territory whole, he Is certainly doing It for their good, Just as ho Is shooting tho elusive gu-gu for the benefit ot that gentleman's soul nut! tho enlighten ment of the race. From Old IIonn (n imv. llttffalo Kxprcss (rep.) It must bo admitted that tho outlook Is dubious for tho cautious followers of tho organization. It Is n little rough on them to compel them to tnko sides between tho powerful boss nnd tho powerful governor, but It seems to be coming to that. Odoll Is young nnd nmbltlous, and has tasted blood. Matt Is old, but vindictive, and has his son and Lou Payn nnd John Unities and other choice spirits to egg him on. Till" Hi of Mr. llroivn. Chicago Chronicle. Dismissal of Ilrown. Corean commissioner of customs, nppolntod by llrltlsh Inllucnce, succeeds tho Tien Tsln railroad siding as a text for more denunciation of Huss'la by tho urltlsh lory press directed from "Hotel Cecil," as tho ministry Is now wittily cnlled. Corca may have dismissed Brown to please itussia, nut it Is not clear what Hotel Cecil has to do lu tho matter. For tho land of hats had not accepted llrltlsh suzerainty so far as tho records show. Will HiinnIr Apply (hp .llnlclif l'hflndclphla, Ledger. With Knglatld so badlv h.itnnnrrd liv thn war In South Africa that she is nnnhin in resent a ltusslan snub In China, this .would seem to bo an opportune tltno to revive tno traditional "blaze in tho IlalUnns," which Is cxneeted to consuinn: liltlmntelv. tho emplro of tho Turk In Kurope, and al ready tho match Is being applied; but the Turk may be saved onco more by tho In ability of Russia to tako ndvantarn nf thn opportunity. She Is not much better pre pared ror such n wnr than England Is. AVIikI C'Iiiii lu Ai'Mou. New York Sun. Colonel Ilrvan shows his continuing aver. slon to harmony with democrats not at tuned to himself by drawing his pen and Jabbing therewith tho fairy form of tho lion, urover Cleveland. To tell tho truth, the colonel doesn't make a graceful at tack. Ho has not the command of Ink that ho has of his voice, and in tho mat ter of dullness nnd reverberant monotony we aro not sure that there is miieh tn choose between the Ostrich Tamer and tho Fisherman. Still, tho candid nhilnsonher must acrro With much that Colonel Ilrvan Iiiih tn kiiv about Mr. Cleveland, and with what Mr. Cleveland is known to think about Colonel Uryan. About each other these illstln. gulshcd democrats aro substantially right, whatever bo their varying degrees of cor rectness or incorrectness as to other sub jects. It may not bo courteous, but It Is natural that two of a trade should not airron. Thn members of tho Wind Clnn of tho Omaha'o used to spread nnd shnko their hlnnknln when a wind was wanted; but as a rulo windniaker docs not love wlndmnkor, and tho Wind Clan Is torn by divisions. IlliK'V SUtSAH 1MUSTHV. Xow Coiialilrreil u Ciniiiiit'reliil Sneer In 'I'll I h Conii(r. New York Sun. Tho United States leads the world as a sugar consumer. All tho wheat the country sells to foreign lands does not puy for the sugar it buys from them. The question of raising enough sugar at homo to Hupply our needs Is, therefore, of tho largest economic Importance. It has been evident for years that tho country would never ho able to grow all Its own sugar If It de pended nlono upon sugar cane; tho reason is because the nrca for successful culti vation of sugar cane Is too restricted to bo adequate for our wants. Tho country must depend upon tho development nf beet sugar growing, if it Is ever to be uhle to supply Its own demand. In view of this fnct It is gratifying to know that according to tho repot t on the manufaoturo of heel sugar Jilhti published by tho census bureau tho Industry may now bo regarded as a eommrrclnl success in this country. Tho report Is mado by Dr. (. L. Spencer, who, while collecting his data, visited every beot sugar factory In operation la tho United States. The activity la this Industry began In 189G. Slnco that tltno thirty-flvo factories have been built. Tho census year ending May 31, 1900, was a bad year for the Industry, for tho beet crop was a partial failure; thlrty-ono factories, however, wore lu operation and they produced 33 per cent of our total sugar production, whlio ten years earlier tho output of beet sugar was less than 2 per cent of tho domestic output. Tho thlrty-ono factories In operation In cluded nlno In Michigan, right In California and fourteon In other states and territories from Washington lu tho north to .Now Mexico In the south nml New York In the east. A hopeful sign Is tho firm belief of capltallFts who aro Investing In factories that beet sugar has pulsed the experimental stago In this country. With fow exceptions tho fnctorles built 'Ithln tho past ton years aro large, substantial buildings designed with a view to accommodate tn much ma chinery that their present output may at least bo doubled In tho future Tho best Is now yielding more than a third of our domestic sugar product and fnctorles are earning a fair return on their investments, though soveral lost heavily In 1899 on ac count of tho failure of the supply of ruw material. On tho whole, the prospects are now favorable for tho rapid development of tbf, industry, FIVli 1A V.N IX ft It A. lmt Ciiiiuri'iKiiiiMi OliKert I'll from Hotel Wlmlimx In I li ti I 'rime. Philadelphia North American. A congressman who made up his mind to vote for the Piatt amendment on live hours' notice nnturally considers himself com petent, after passing five days In a Havana hotel, to define the exact sentiment of tho whole Cuban people toward tho L'nH States. Therefore we are much Impressed with tho opinions of Representative Dovener of west Virginia and Representative Mercer of .Nebraska, who, with some of their fellow members of the river aud harbor committee, snatched the tltno from nn inspection of tho river and harbor Improvements along the Florida coast to run over to Havana. Mr. Dovener hits convinced himself thnt tho wealth nnd Intelligence of tho Island favors tho establishment of nn Amerlcati protectorate nnd the udvocates ot Cuban independence arc to be found only among tho Ignorant classes and their political nil vlseis. Although the conservative and bus! ness elements d'o not openly espouse the l'latt amendment, Mr. l)ocucr gives us to understand that ho was not misled by their silence, ns less perspicacious observers are apt to be. They nro Ulent, ho says, ns a matter of policy and not because they doubt the wisdom of tho administration's program and tho method It proposes for tho govern umiit of tho Islnnd. "H Is tho element that has nothing to lose," ho explains, "thnt la heard loudly opposing tho Piatt amend ment." lu other words, tho business men, who have no convictions and nro ready to go over to tho winning side, aro to bo taken to bo more truly reprcsentntlvo of tho wholo pcoplu than tlu; so-called "radical element" which carried tho elections last fail by an overwhelming majority. Mr. Mercer talks In much tho snmo strain. He, too, went beneath tho surfneo of things. He found that tho leaders of tho Cub.;n population "nro putting up a big bluff, hoping thnt they may bo given promises of positions." Evidently Mr. Mercer believes that they know something of how politics aro done In this country. In striking contrast with tho views of Mr. Dovener and Mr. Mercer nro those of Mr. llurtou, chulrmau of tho river and harbor committee. Mr. Ilurton, by habit and training, Is a student of hard facts, who is not easily swayed by sentiment or controlled by mero political expediency. Therefore wo find that Mr. Ilurton prefaces his Interview with tho remnrks: "It Is dilllcult for any person to form opinions of value In a brief trip to a coun try whoso language you do not understand, aud which is Inhabited by n race whoso traditions and Ideas arc different from our own. Information must bo obtained at second hand and from necessarily supcr Dclal observation." To his eyes there wero revealed no sur face Indications of unrest or probnbto dis turbance. Ultimately, lio believes, euinomlc considerations will convince tho Cubans that a very closo alliance with tho United States will bo to their advantage, but, ho adds, "whether wo look at It from tho standpoint of annexation or not, I regnrd a period of independence as absolutely es sential." What ho says In further develop ment of his Cuban impressions might bo applied with Indisputable truth to this country: "Our observations would lead us to think that tho great majority of peoplo in Cuba tako llttlo interest In tho form of govern ment, but an actlvo element, favoring nny political Idea, Independence or anything else, would exert an lnllucnco qultu out of proportion to their number. This Is duo to tho indifference of tho great body of tho people." As If to apologize for obtruding his casual observations, Mr, Ilurton again cautiously explains that tho congressional party's Im pressions wero derived from Boeing Havana and tho Immediate neighborhood, nnd that no person could form n comprehensive opinion without visiting other provinces, particularly Santiago do Cuba. As far, however, ns ho could Judgo from personal communication with members of tho con stitutional convention, they seemed to him to bo "very earnest men." ri;itsoAi, xotks. Atchison, Kan., refuses to tax Its labor $S,000 a year as a condition of accepting ?50,000 from Andrew Carneglo for a library. A writer In tho New York Tribune de nies that tho lato ex-Prcsldent Harrtsuu was a descendant of General Thomas Har rison, tho regicide. Sir. Johnson, tho noted slnglo tnxcr, has for his first namo Tom not an abbreviation of Thomas, but n family namo common enough In Kentucky, whero ho was born. Among tho callers at tho AVhlto House last week was W. W. Goodrich of Mount Washington, a grandnephow of Uifayetto and a grandson of William Wordsworth. Jnmes Walker of Wilmington, X. ('., whoso death was nnnnunccd tho other day, was widely known in tho south for his phil anthropy. His last public gift was a hos pital which cost $30,000. T, W. Iluescll, tho now Irish leader In tho Houso of Commons, began his career ns a public speaker on tho temperance lecture platform. Ho has in his veins, by tho way, not a llttlo Scotch blood. Senator l'latt of Xow York litis aged con siderably within a few years. Thoro nro Htreaks of white In his beard and ou his head. Ho stoops when he walks and his stops aro measured nnd slow. Ills faco has grown thin and his cheeks are sunken. Lamar Quluteio of Xow Orleans, to whom President McKlnley has tendered a seat on the supreme bench at Manila, hns all the qualifications. He Is uot yol 10, his char acter Is of the hlghe.it, ho Is learned lu the civil law and lit speaks Spanish nnd French as llucntly as English. The Mllllnocket correspondent of tho Ilangor (Mo.; Commercial recently sent tho following news Item: "Mrs. John (iwynu has gone to lloston for a few weeks. During her ahseucc sho will receive medical treat ment for a tumor, und also select her spring and summer stock nf millinery." Hiram f'ronk, the last nnlo pensioner of tho war of 1S12, still lives and draws his pension In the town of Ava, nine tulles from Uoomlllc, Oneida county. X, Y. lie was liotn in Frankfort, llerkinur county. X. Y., April 29.1800. and In September, ISll. he enlisted lu what was then called the mass militia. The will of the late I'tof. Xathanlcl Holmes ot Cambridge, Mais., gives his library, one uf the best prlato ones In Massachusetts, to tho town of I'oterboto, X. H., for public use. Prof. Holmes was a member ot the Harvard Law school faculty aud formerly a Justice of the supreme court of Missouri. Civil Servlco Commissioner Drowsier died on tho night nf March IS. Ueforo tho presi dent quit work next evening eight applica tions for lint vacancy had been filed. Two days after Congressman Hroslus died ten members of tho houso wero aspirants to a eommltteo chairmanship which tho dead man had hold. When Consul Genera! Wlld anu went down with the Kin Janeiro in Snn Francisco bay seven applications for his placo had been filed In Washington be foru tho president had received olllclnl no tice of the vacancy. M. Ferand, who died recently In Paris, belonged to a family closely identified with tho revolutionary history ot France. Ills great-uuelo was n member of tho conven tion which condemned to the guillotine tho ur.fr rtunnto Louis XVI, and shared tho fato of tho royal victim, his head being stuck at tho end of a plko aud thrust In tho faco of thn president, lloissy d'Anglns, M di Goulard, tho minister of finance In 1871, who raised tho loan of five milliards, the famous war Indemnity to tho Germans, was M, Fcruu'J'S brother-ln-Iuw. i.oyv ( IIAl'l i:il OF HISTORY. Jtrriilli'flltiiiN of nil llplftiiilc DurltiK (lie Crltli-nl ln of Civil Wnr. Washington Post. Wo note a recent recrudescence of tho controversy over England's attitude toward tho United States during our civil war, forty years ngo. Of course, It Is notorious that tho English aristocracy, ns a rule, sympa thized with the confederacy. That wasiat urat enough la vlow- of tho ties binding them to tho grent land-holding nrlstocrncy of tho south tics of kindred, Intermarriage, common ideas, standards nnd traditions Tho real question, however, related to tho llrltlsh government, not to tho people. Did thnt government over seriously consider tho propriety of recognizing the confederacy In such fashion as would Involve diplomatic Intercourse, nn Inquiry Into the validity of tho union blockado of southern ports possibly tho expedient of Intervention In some form or other? A fow days ngo thcro was a publication we cannot now Identify It dtvoted to this subject, lu tho course of which Mr. (Had stone was quoted us hnvlng declare..! that tho llrltlsh government hnd never at nny tltno during tho civil war thought of rcn dcrlng tho very slightest nsslstanco or even encouragement to the confederacy. Certainly, thnt Is high authority, but Is It unassailable? wo have reason to be llevo that, townrd the closo of the war, Prince Pollgnnc, then commanding a brigade in the confederate army under Lieutenant General E. Klrhy Smith, head of tho trans mtsslsslppl department, was sent to Europe upon n very delicate and Important mission. He was accompanied bv Major John C. Moncure. a brilliant southern olllcor. This much wns well known among the olllccrs at department headquarters, Shroveport, La Gossip had It that Pollgnao went authorized from Richmond to offer to Louis Xnpolcon nil thnt part ot tho original Louisiana pur chase then Included In or claimed by tho southern confederacy, the consideration be Ing that Franco would send an army to the aid of Jefferson Davis and othcrwlso co operate In tho establishment of his govern ment In the rest of tho southern states. Tho scheme did not havo tho approval ot all tho leading confederntes perhaps It was not liked by a majority of them, but disapproval of Mr. Davis was by no means uncommon at that tlmo Indeed, it had been tho rulo rather than tho exception slnco his removal of Joseph E. Johnston at a critical moment In tho Tennessee cam paign somo months before. At nlUcvcnta, Pollgnnc, accompanied by Moncure, went to Paris via Galveston, we think nnd, though thoir mission was barren of result, so fnr as concerned the confederacy, It leaked out when Moncure returned that Louis Xnpolcon had frequently consulted with Lord Palmerston. and that, so far from refusing to consider tho proposition at nil whatever It may havo been th latter had given It n great deal of his time and had finally dismissed It with reluctance. Wo havo slnco been told that tho queen horself Intervened, but wo rather think that tho nppearancn of tho Ilusslnn fleets at Xew York and San Francisco with or ders, ns afterward transpired, to plnce themselves at tho disposal of tho United States government cut at least somo figure in Lord Palmerston's philosophy. It is hnrdly probable that tho details of this rcmarknhlo incident will ever Hnd their way Into authenticated history, but mauy men who knew of It who know Pollgnnc and Moncuro and heard tho lattcr's account of tho mission Mill survive nnd still recall tho ovonts, tho disclosures nnd tho ac cepted conclusions growing out of It, WHY THU MAST KICKS. riniin fur Iti-cliilinliiK' Arid I.nnilN Without ut liiiuil Appropriation. Washington Post. Iu the west much credit is given to Senator Carter for his thlrtecu hour3' speech against tho river and harbor bill, but tho motive west of tho ninety-ninth meridian Is qulto different from that which secures his pralso cast of that line. lu tho west ho Is lauded not becauso tho bill appropriated too much, but becauso It did not appropriate more. Money Is wanted out thero for Irrigation, nnd ns Undo Sam seems to havo tho most money ho la expected to give It. Hut thero aro 73,000,000 taxpayers east of tho ninety-ninth meridian und only 3,000,0U0 west uf It, nnd tho eastern farmer objects to being taxed to fertilize by irrigation tho lands that will compete with his and render them less valu able. He reflects that tho government Is not lertllizlug his land. Ho hns to take his chances for water from tho clouds, nnd hoes hlh own row. Therefore, ho dislikes to bo forced to help his competitor to a row that may bu hoed In competition. It Is probable that this eastern objection will not bo overcome, but that does not mean that Irrigation lu the west need lag. In thu arid west lies n vast grazing re gion ou tho public domain. It belongs tn all tho people. Its forngo has produced Immense fortunes to stnckrnlsers who havo never paid a penny for what their flocks aud herds havo oaten, llelng free range and used In common. It hns been over stocked until Its natural grasses aro nearly exterminated und Its value is being rapidly destroyed, As tho eastern tnxpayer looks at It, he Is being asked to put his hand tn his pocket to Irrigate laud for the western man, who has already grown rich on public property unpaid for, and iu tho process hns de stroyed the eastern taxpayer's share of tho property on tho public range. Would It uot ho common houso for tho federal government to leaso tho public stock ranges under regulations that will leavo them still open to bona lldu settlement for agricultural purposes und to thu mineral prospector, nnd cnnhlo their forngo to re cruit by preventing overstocking, and devote thn revenue to irrlgutlon In the stntes and territories whonco It Is derived? A careful estimate ot that revenue at n very nominal I ratal puts It at 110,000,000 per annum. Deducting $2,000,000 for tho administration of this leasehold policy, n balnnco of $8,000,000 will go annunlly to tho arid regions for Irrigation; tho produc tion of beef would bo again economized and tho 'eastern taxpayer would protect his pocket and property right In tho public domain, wlillo western development depend ent on Irrigation would proceed without adding another logrolling crowd to tho big river nnd harbor bill. Gr.vnuosiTV siisaim'Mkii. Setiiuliil GrimiiiK Out nf the (nlvestim Relief I'liml. St. Paul Pioneer Press. It Is too bad that any dead flies should mar tho sweet odor of such an exhibition ot il pCopIo's genoroslty ns followed tho Gal veston tornado. Hut tho record would not bo complete which should fall to noto somo Instances of nbomlnablo selfishness und fraud on tho part ot tho local committee having charge of thu relief funds. An In vestigation set on foot by tho legislature of Texas shows thut a wholo cargo of flour and 2,000 sacks ot meal were sold by ouo of those committees nnd tho proceeds never accounted for; that $130,000 nf tho charity fund was used lu building houses on tho lands of well-to-do people, lo ho rented to tho homeless sufferers; that between $15,000 and $20,000 of tho 'snmo fund was used lu tilling low lots belonging to members of tho relief comtnltteos, and that somo other members of tho committees held up money apportioned to sufferers nnd applied it In paymentB of old debts duo from tho suffer ers to themselves, Misfortune In such calamitous proportions seems to havo tho effnet of blunting tho sensitiveness of con sclenco, and tho lesson from theso incidents would appear to bo that tho administration of relief funds should be In tho hands of outsiders, not lu those of men themselves In a greater or less degree tho victims of UUr.3tjr. llt'SSIA AS .1 RIVAL. Sprciilftllmin mi (In- Him cliipiucnt of the Urenti'At of Umpire. Ilnltlmoro Amerlcati, The clash of Interests between England nnd Russia presents a problem of coti sldcrnblo concern to tho future affairs ot the United States. Tho tlmo Is fast np preaching when England Is to lose tho ptoud position she has so long held In the world's procession. The leader of tho world will bo this country or Russln, Conditions nro such thnt no other sequel Is possible. Xothlug but tho crushing of Husslna power nt tho present tlmo enti eliminate her from tho possibility of such n triumph. She hns natural advantages which no other Euro pean country possesses. Those advantages, when moro fully developed, will make her n dangerous rival, both In peace nnd war. Her people are capable ot almost unlimited exploitation, nnd tho mllltnrv energy of her government Is even now oqunl tn that of Germany. As tlmo progresses and enlight enment grows more general the practical side of tho Russian will llnd marvelous expression. Tho fields, tho factories nnd tho counting rooms will nil derive a now Impetus, which will put activity Into tho Inertia which now holds down so mnny of tho people. It Is then that the Inexhausti ble resources of the empire will bo worked to their fullest limit. It enn readily bo seen that when such n new life seizes upon Russln she Is bound to dash Into a leadership which no Euro pean power can check. Her growing wenlth will build a navy, will construct many railroads, while nt tho same tltno her mili tary energies will foreo many additional concessions which will prove Invaluable la tho future. With this progress may como a number of changes designed to reconcile the masses to the government under which they live. Then Russia will stnml as tho overshndowlng lnlluenco In tho affairs of Europe. England recognizes this, henco her pas sionate Jealousy over overy Russian ad vance. And yet England Is powerless to stay tho inevitable. If hostilities should break out nt this time England might crlp- plo Russia, but Russia would llnally win. Tho only effect of such n conflict, there fore, would bo to ruin Englnud, to retard Russia, to give Germany now llfo and tr present tho United Stntes with nn undls puled ascendancy tn the commercial affairs of tho world. This country Is tho only ono equipped with tho natural forces to whip Russia, botli lu battle nml tn busi ness. In tho former wo hnvo greater bravery than tho Slav, but n superior mechanical turn to support our courage and patriotism. In the Intter everything Is In our favor. Wo have the territory, wo havo the fertility of soli, tho richness of mineral nnd metal deposits, the variety of cilmnto nnd tho diversity of production. w o nlso hnvo nn unrivaled genius for mcehnnlcnl invention, and back of It nil a free, happy, contented peoplo, who nro second to none In mental development, nnd who nro tho proudest princes In tho great est march of commerce which modern civilization has ever witnessed. Whllo Russia is never likely to lock horns with us In battle, sho Is certain to meet us at every turn in tho contest for commercial expansion. And tho Stars nnd Stripes will bo lifted triumphantly! I..UKSH1XU GAS. ImllnnupollH Press: "Whv did von hit thn complainant with u fenco picket?1' tho judgo UKttCll. ' iJcenusc. sorr. Ol d dn't have tlmn to pull up a post," answered tho accused. Chicago Record: "Wero you desperate when 1 refused you, George? "DesneratoV 1 had the toothnehn nnd didn't feel it." ST . I ,,...11... . 11... I . IA. ., taurimtj Prairie chicken? Yes. sir. . Do you llbn v.tn. iri,,,t 1tl.,l'P Unclo SI Not so doggoned high tho gun huh i ii-tiuu Kim ii uipiiirr, urn wimin that got to do with eatln' of 'em? Washington Stnr: "I understand thnt energetic Kansas women has smashed iui- othor saloon. "Yes." answered tho nropr ctnr of the hlir distillery. "If tho Idea eprends thn retail supply of goods will beeomn so depleted inai our pmce win nuvo to wor over time!" Pittsburg Chronicle: "Xo I have nothing for you. said tho housekeeper sternly. "Anil don't you come hen- after dinner Hgnln." "Keg pardon, iiuiy. replied Hiiimrv Ilawki'H. "hut ' didn't Hinmoso you'd havo dinner over ills early In do day. You uln't very stylish, nro yer? Philadelphia Press; Towno That fellow Taylor Is n skin Hrowne-'Sh! You shouldn't say anr. thing like that unless vou'ru sum about it. lowtie I urn suro about IL lis Hold ma this suit of ('lollies, nnd Just look at It. Ilrowne Well, don't votl know vou nhould never Judge n man by Ida clothes? Ciitholli' Standard: Farmer Kornton I guess uur John's goln' to muko a prcuchor Seems to be great on the bible, from what i near ten. ail'H. Korntmi Do tell? Htnnned nut tn tho eollegn whim you wuz In town, did ye? Farmer Korntop Ymis, und when I nsked his perfessor how John wuz gettln' ulong ho said the thing ho noticed most wuz thut ho wuz "rather Inclined to be bibulous." Clllcaco Tribune: "Anvhow." remarked ono of tho court llutterers, "your, majesty may claim to be the John D. Itocltefoller of your uge." rso, rospomicci urocsus, with proud humility, "I am only tho King ot Iydln. I am not tho King of Grease." ' . . , .in kuiiik in Km even." snld tho Kansas husband. ll'tlLlll.,..!,-.., til,,-. in l ... . - Miiai uro you going to no?" ;i iiiv nun ifi Kii'UK io go iniO politics and mako speeches I am going to rend thn household hints und publish recipes for lintel enke." Detroit Journal: Tim moment had como for tho good fairy to show her power. "Ho quick!" sho tried.' and touched tho A. P. T messenger boy with her maglo wand. To tho tinutterabla amazement of overy person In the drama tho boy actually cov ered tho distance of n block In less than four minutes, hereupon. Al'llll, WK.VTIIKH. llllss Carmen In Saturday Evening Post. Soon, nh, soon thn April weather With tho sunshine at tho door. And tho mellow melting rain-wind Sweeping from tho Suuth onco mora. Soon tho rosy maples budding, And tho willows putting forth, Jllsty crimson nnd soft yellow In tho valleys of tho North. Soon tho hnzy purplo dlstunco, Whero tho cabined heart taken wlnpr, Eitgor for tho old migration In tho muglc ot tho spring. Soon, ah, soon tho budding wlndflowora Through tho forest -whllo and frail And tho odorous wild cherry Gleaming In her ghostly veil. Soon about tho waking uplands Tho liepatlraw In blue Children of tho llrst warm sunlight In their sober Quaker hun. All our shining llttlo sisters Of tho fo.'. hr und the Held, Lifting up their quiet faces With tho Btwrot half revealed. Boon across tho folding twilight Of tho round earth himhcd to licnr, Tho llrst robin at his vespers Calling fnr, serene and clear. Have III Tr.Stt.V rininliir Your Eyes .M finer rrfuiuletl If not nut lufuctnry. I 'net ii ry tin the prriuUm, J. C. Huteson & Co. OPTICIANS 1520 DOUGLAS STREET,