1. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SATURDAY. APRIL 17. 1888.
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IKIdrOSfCd to TlIK llnB I'UIIT.lPlimO COMPANY ,
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to bo Hindu pnynblo to the order of the company.
IHt Bit POBLISHIIlfciSPAH , PROPRIK
E. HOSKWATEIt. HotTOrt.
SnxAToit MANI > IUSON : lias presented n
woman's sufVrnga petition. Altliough ho
5s not in favor of giving the ballot to
women , his gallantry permits him to present -
sent petitions to bo coiislRnutl to the
pigeon-hole.
SRNATOK LOOAN'S strongest nrcrumcnt
for open executive sessions is that news
paper men generally ascertain what is
done In secret sessions , or mnko pretty
correct guesses. There is no use trying
to keep secrets from them. Mr. Logan's
hoatl Is very level on this subject.
Tun Hcrnldstill continues to shout for
organization in the democratic party in
Nebraska. It is evidently trying to re
pair the damage done by the great dis-
organizer , Dr. Miller. It can consistent
ly urge such a movement at this time , as
Dr. Miller if wo have not been misin
formed is out of politics.
Tun inventor of scales , Thaddous Fair
banks , died last week at his homo in Ver
mont. With all his ingenuity , Mr. Fair
banks never Micccedod in inventing an
appliance which would hold the "scales
of justice" oven , whcro the interests of
the people and of the corporations cnmo
iu conflict.
11 I Ait , of its exchanges will note witli con
'M ' gratulation that the bright and breezy
little paper , the Washington Critic , has
passed the first anniversary of its exist"
! cnco and outers upon its second year of
prosperity under the most favorable con
ditions. The editors of the Grilic have
shown that a newsy , well edited and spicy
paper can be made a success at the na
I tional capital.
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THE boulevard question ought to betaken
taken up at an early day by the city and
county authorities and definitely decided
upon. The plans prepared have mot
with general favor on the part of our
II citizens. If action is deferred , it will bo
found difficult to secure the right of way
which was so freely tendered last fall by
property owners along the route sug
gested when the matter was under con-
ONE of the cheekiest things wo have
liuard of lately is the attempt of a Chicago
commission firm dealing in grain ,
stocks , etc. to have the Omaha board of
trade offer inducements to It to open a
branch establishment , probably a bucket
'shop , in this city. Other towns , the firm
states , have offered tangible inducements
nnd prepared places of business for it.
The Omaha board of trade , however , is
not lending any material assistance to es
tablishments of that character.
Tnn fair Mrs. Helen M. Gougar , who
distinguished herself in the woman's suf
frage campaign in Nebraska several
years ago , is again in trouble. She has
been lying about Mrs. Delia M. Parnoll ,
who , she avers , accused the Irish of
treachery , called the land leaguers nor on-
omics , and said that her dearest friends
Mad forsaken her in her troifblo. Mrs.
Parnoll has found it necessary to come
out in an interview , denouncing Mrs.
Gougar as a brazen-faced falsifier , to use
a mild expression , and to deny separately
nnd collectively the statements , which
the shrieking sister of Indiana put in her
mouth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EIIILADKLVAIA papers are noting with
Interest that work has been renewed on
the now public building or city hall.
The structure is the most monumental
nicco of municipal extravagance in the
country. Between cloven and twelve
millions of dollars have boon expended
upon it since the laying of the corner
stone in 1872. It is the largest building ,
finished or in course of completion , in
tlio United States , and is estimated to
Barer 9,800 more square foot than the
cupitol at Washington. The lower on
the north side will bo surmounted by a
Matuo of Pcun , and its extreme height
when completed will bo 533 foot. It has
now reached a height of 270 foot.
THE question whether secret benevo
lent-orders are exempt from taxation un
der the provision of the state constitu
tion ; exempting property used for bonov-
lent or charitable purposes , has been
fioeided adversely in Indiana. Judge
Hbrst in rendering the decision made the
following points , which are of Interest to
BTcbriiskans , as they cover u question
eftou raised In this state. The state law ,
, sampling property from taxation be-
eauau of its use for charitable and benev
olence purposes , must bo strictly con
strued. Whore exemption from taxation
ir granted for property used and sot
apart for charitable purposes Jit covers
only such property as may bo hold or oc
cupied for such purposes , nnd not the
property leased for business purposes or
diverted to secular uao for gain ,
tflio use , in order to como within
the terms of the exemption ,
must bo directly in aid of the charitable
Din-pose. In considering In a general
way the subject of taxing such organiza
tions , the opinion makes the following
point1) ) : 1. A corporation for business
purposes , although such pin poses may
indirectly contemplate benevolent re
sults , is not a charitable institution within
tlie meaning of the law , 3. A beneficial
' Rooiety whoso beuelits and bcnovolonce is
entiuod exclusively to its contributing
members , I * not an association for char-
' ' fctible uso. 8. A charitable institution ,
k , be exempt from taxation , must bo
Jiarely charitable. A good clmrltnblo use
k public , not iu the sense that it must
ta executed openly in public , but in the
eoo ot being so general and indefinite
'iu ito objects nsto be doomed of common
The New I/nnd District * .
Senator Van Wyck's bill creating two
additional land districts in Nebraska was
taken up in the house yesterday , on
motion of Congressman Uorsoy , nnd
passed. The bill now goes to the presi
dent for his signature , and will without
question become n law within a few days.
This news will bo received with pleas
ure by the settlers of western and north
western Nebraska , w.ho will bo chiefly
affected. The now land ofllces will bo
located at Chadron , In Dawos county ,
and at Sidney , In Cnoyonno county ,
each town being practically in
the center of the district for
which the local land offices will do ser
vice. The Chadron land district will
take in all that section of the slate com
prising what was formerly old Sioux
county , and which Is now divided into the
counties of Sioux , Dawcs and Sheridan.
Up to the prcsont time all entries in that
part of the state have been recorded at
Valentino , and the necessity of making
a journey , often amounting to 150 miles ,
has boon a heavy burden upon settlers.
The now office at Chadron will open with
literally "a land ollico business. " The
rush of settlement which , ra year ago
peopled that section from the sand
hills to the Wyoming line con
tinues unabated , and promises to
double the population within the next
six months.
The section of the state which will
bo served by the Sidney land ollico
will bo taken out of the jurisdiction
of that at North Platto. The now ollico
will bo ns much of an accommodation to
the people of western Nebraska as the
Chadron ollico will bo to the settlers in
the northwestern part of the slate. Set
tlement Is pouring rapidly into that portion
tion of Iho slalo and the land outside of
the railroad limits is being taken up
wherever available. There , will now bo
the usual scramble for Iho comfortable
offices of register and receiver at Chad
ron and Sidney and the 'hungry demo
crats will lose no time in forwarding
their applications and endorsements to
an already distracted administration.
The Assessment HutnbtiR.
Until wo have a radical reform in our
methods of assossmcnls , llio taxpayers of
Omaha will continue to suffer from the
unjust discriminations of the men who
regulate the basis of the tax levy. Ills
a notorious fact that during Iho past ten
years the assessments in Douglas county
have boon n mere sham. Millions of
properly owned by wealthy citizens has
gone scot frco of tax , while the realty of
the men of moderate means has been as
sessed fully up to the limit. It is safe to
assert that Omaha's taxable wealth in
real estate is fully a hundred mil
lions while last year the returns
of the assessor showed less than
ten millions for all Douglas county.
There is no reasonable excuse for such
a condition of affairs. The root of the
trouble lies in the fact that the assessors
and the heavy property owners have a
common interest in concealing and in
undervaluing property. At every olec-
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tlnn fnf nrnnin * n .n < - - ) 4.UJ. .U. * .U
. - _ . j .ww.t.wu * OOW03ljrS lit IU1OjlJ bllti
great tax shirkers use their money and
influence to secure men as assessors who
will "do the square thing" by their prop
erty interests. The assessor finds it to
his interest to favor all his constituents
but ho naturally grants more favors tote
to the wealthy and influential
than ho docs to those whoso
influence is confined to the individual
votes they cast in caucus or at the elec
tion polls. The election of assessors Is
the basis of improper assessments. The
assessed have a direct pecuniary interest
In escaping taxation as far as possible.
The motive is strong in the case of
every assessor to favor the assessed erIn
In other words to undervalue property.
No reform in the gross wrong of unequal
assessments can bo permanent until this
motive is removed cither by the appoint-
montof the assessors or the election of a
chief'of assessment who shall appoint his
ward assessors and map out the work so
tlwt property of a like class Is assessed
equally throughout the city.
TVHI They Materialize ?
Wo will presently see how much the
high-sounding promises of real estate
dealers and largo land owners are worth
when put to the test in giving substantial
aid to manufacturers. There nro parties
in this city now who desire to establish
plow works and stove factories. They
need , of course , largo tracts of land
whore they can command shipping facil
ities. Wo are told that their oflortsto
get such sites on reasonable terms have
so far been fruitless. The real cstato
dealers have an abundance of land to
sell at top-notch prices , and the heavy
property owners are not public-spirited
enough to donate real estate , oven if it
docs double or treble the value of the
adjoining property.
The now manufacturers' trust company
which is about to bo incorporated will
afford the proper menus for testing the
sincerity of land owners in their dcsiro to
build up manufacturing industries. If
the promised liberal donations in land
available for such , purposes materialize ,
, wa hlmll have no difficulty in increasing
our manufacturing resources. If they
fall , some of the land which Is now being
.held at fabulous prices will bo a drug on
the market in loss than three years. fTho
real estate boom will boom itself out by
the time the heavy building is done un
less wo provldo steady employment for
workiugnieu In factories and mills.
Other liuuils than OUCH.
Tho. week in England has boon notable
for the continuance of the great debate
on Gladstone's homo rule bill and the in
troduction and adoption by parliament
of the budget for the coming fiscal year.
The liberal dissent to homo rule has been
voiced by Uartiugton anil Uoauhon , while
the pyrotechnic Churchill has spolcan for
the coubyrvatives in opposition to the
motiburo , All those speeches have only
brought Into public attention the fact
that the enemies of homo rule have abo-
lutoly no remedy to offer , but more Inert
opposition to any concession looking
toward legislative independence for Ire-
laud. On the other side , the ministerial
programme has bcou strengthened by
another powerful apeech by Mr. Glad
stone In answer to the objections of the
opposition , and by supporting speeches
by Attorney General Russell and Sir
William Vernon Harcourt. Hoth Mr.
Gladstone and Harcourt tauutod the
orators of the opposition with being
unable to agree among themjulvus or
oven to obtain the agreement of any two
of them to a' plan alternative to thut for
which the ministry is responsible. They
challenged the enemies of homo rule to
produce a scheme of their own , or to
maintain thnt the present relations of the
two countries is tolerable or thot it can
bo made tolerable by means of coercion ,
and warned them that though the
present bill may fall and the
present government fall with its defeat ,
the Irish question will still confront par
liament as importunate and asinoxorablo
as over ,
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Indications ftro most unfavorable to the
passage of the measure. Amid all the
dally papers of London not one supports
the bill. The most influential ot the
provincial organs nro solidly opposed to
its passage. The radical defection is loss
than was assumed would bo the case
when Chamberlain retired from the min
istry , but the break in the ranks of the
whigs is wide and It is extremely doubt
ful whether the gap can bo
filled. With the present strength
of the parties In parliament a defection
of 70 votes will bo sufliciont to defeat the
ministry counting the eighty-six national
ists as united In support of Mr. Glad
stone's measure , The final decision will
bo made on May 10 , when the homo rule
bill will bo moved to its second reading.
The vote on that motion will decldo the
fate of homo rule for the present session
of Mr. Gladstone's ministry , but it will
not bo decisive for any length of timo.
Whatever may bo the vote ot parliament
to-day nothing Is more apparent than
that homo rule for Ireland will come
eventually. If it does not como under
Gladstone it will como under
some other premier who will take up the
work whcro Gladstone leaves it. Tho.sen
timent which will suggest nnd if neces
sary force such a concession is abroad iu
England now , to exactly what extent no
man can toll , but stronger beyond a
doubt than mimv bcliovo. From the mo
ment which marked the nbondmentof
dynamite and bludgeon as arguments for
Ireland's sclf-rulo new life began to flow
In Ireland's veins and nothing but the
folly of Irishmen themselves can prevent
what the conditions of the times and jus
tice demand.
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The tumult in eastern Europe has tem
porarily subsided , Greece having de
clared for peace on condition thnt Prince
Alexander yields to the powers and
Alexander yielding until a convenient
opportunity for another rebellion is pre
sented. So , unless something unforeseen
happens , which it has a trick of doing in
eastern matters , there will bo no war
this spring ; the ironclads of the pow
ers will go home and bo refitted ,
the Greek reserves will bo disbanded ,
very much to their satisfaction ,
it is suspected , nnd the wretched Turks
who have been dragged from their homos
to servo in the army will bo allowed to re
turn just too late to put in a harvest. The
pressure brought upon both Greece and
Bulgaria to lay aside their arms was tro-
nieudous because necessary to prevent a
general outbreak of war in the oast.
Russia readily foresaw that with Prince
Alexander rulnr for life over a united
j . - c- , srs. . ? - . .
Bulgaria tiuti Koumelia and in alliance
with Turkey supported by England ,
all the ancient Russian schemes of
conquest southward are blocked as
they never have been blocked before. For
a long time the czar has been preparing
forjthis struggle by Russianizing Scrvia
as far as possible and Montenegro , and
more recently by refusing to coerce Greece
in her trouble with Turkey. Austria op
poses Russian influence in the western
Balkan states. Prince Alexander is the
barrier in the east and a British Hoot
menaces any anti-Turkish movements by
Greece or Russia in the mediterranean.
This is the way it looks to-day ; but the
first sounds of war might change all ap
pearances and show Franco and Prince
Alexander both in league with Russia ,
leaving Turkey with England alone as a
possible ally.
*
Good diplomatic relations still exist be
tween Germany and Franco , the war be
tween them , however , being .skill carried
on with great fury by the newspapers.
The papers of Franco have boon com
pelled to bear the burden of blame for
inciting animosity against the Germans ,
but , if the Gorman press is not misrepre
sented , no small share of the responsi
bility may bo placed at their door , since
in their virulent hatred of the French
they are not excelled by the French do-
tcstation of everything Gorman.
*
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The recuperative power which Franco
displayed after the Prussian war and the
case with which she satisfied the
enormous indemnity demanded by her
conquerors were a wonder to statists and
political economists. But there is an
element of coming weakness observable
in her now which is occupying the atten
tion of thinking men , and that is the un
favorable comparison between her and
other nations in respect to the rate of
augmentation of the population. In
Germany the population annually grows
at the rate of 10 per 1,000 , in England the
rate is 13 per 1,000 , while in our country
the increase has been tenfold sinoo the
beginning of the century. At the
present time Franco constitutes
the tcntli part of the popu
lation of Europe , whilst two centuries
ago it represented a third. If this
numerical deterioration continues Franco
will number at Iho beginning of Iho next
century only a fifteenth of the European
population , and will fall into the position
of the small stales , and bo no longer
recognizable as one of Iho powers. The
dcalh rate in Franco is asserted to bo
oven lower than the majority of Euro
pean countries ; consequently the com
parative depopulation must bo duo to
decrease iu Iho number of births1 In
Franco the number of infants in proportion
tion to adults is less than in any oilier
European nation excepting Ireland.
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Tun fact that not much is said in the
papers regarding the progress of the
work of reducing Biirmah to a tranquil
English province should not load to the
mistake of believing thai everything is
quiet and peaceful iu that country. So
far the irregular .warfare maintained by
bands of robbers and desperadoes.aud by
bodies of genuine patriots has destroyed
000 houses in the voryoulskirlsof Manda-
lay , the capital of the slate , and it is evi
dent that it will bo a long and difficult
task to make Burmah quiot. not to say
contented , under British rulo.
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TUB Prussian landtag has passed Bis-
mark's bill faking away the land from
the Poles of Poson , anil , having received
this indorsenifat of his principles , the
Prussian socialistic anarchist sits In the
background waiting Ink opportunity to
take away the lattit from the landtag.
There am "blood ahjl iron" politics of
more kinds than end in Germany.
The Rov. N. Wardncr , the President of
the general conference of the \Vcsloyan
Methodists , has sent a letter to Jay Gould
in which ho says : "I fcpl constrained to
wrltoyou mycongraulauonsfortlio stand
you have taken against the would-be
despotism of the secret 'banditti ' known
ns the Knights of Labor. Unless the
growing power of those secret combina
tions is in some way b'rokon our country
is ruined , and iu business enterprises
destroyed. What is nooilcd are men of
principle ami of nerve to stand against
this rising , secret , communistic power ,
which threatens the annihilation of the
rights of property. " Rov. Wnrdnor Is
evidently "playing" Gould for a contri
bution to his conference. Ho has missed
n proper estimate of his man.
MASSACHUSETTS has given the death
dealing cigarette n black oyc iu the pas
sage of an act imposinga line of $50 upon
every person , not a parent or a guardian ,
who gives or soils tobacco or snuff to
persons under 10 years of age. Ono of the
worst feature of llio cigarollo is its cheap
ness which places the use of tobacco
within the reach of boys and young chil
dren ,
OAIIIMST 1 > U1)D1N'G.
Postmaster ( ioncral Vll.is will deliver the
lemorlnl day oialion at the Academy ot Mu
sic , Mew Yoik , next month.
Secretary Lainar's health causes preat con-
ccin to His IrlomK lie should take bultor
cue ; of his interior department.
Secrclary Manniiif : has a diead of dying
suddenly , and was in the habit of cairylug
about his clothes a supply of cure-alls.
Secretary Entllcott Is so Icy In his manner
that when a naval olllccr sees htm appronch-
Inp ho Immediately sends homo for his polar
suit.
Secretary Lamar lias not yet boon able to
KCt a private sccietary to suit him. Ills son
occupies the position , but Is unable to write
slioitlmml.
Secretary Manning may recover , but it Is a
question whether ho will over aeain bo equal
to any severe mental strain. lie must be es
pecially careful lo avoid excitement of any
kind.
Secretary Lamar wears his hair lone ; not
lor economy's sake , but because he thinks it
looks Tennysonlan. But It Is a daiigcious
thing for a secretary to wear long hair ,
theroaroso many lady applicants for pos
itions.
A dlspatcli from M.acon , Oa. , dated Aprl
14 , says : Apropos of tlio arrival In this city
this morning of Seclotnry Laniar , a llltle
slory lias been put In circulation. It is to tlio
effect lhat the sceretaiy.v'llfsoon ; mnko a pre
possessing widow of this cljty his wife. As
the romance runs , the y wore in caily life en
gaged to bo innrilcd , but Tor some reason
not stated their troth , vas never consum
mated at tlio altar. Each in juried ; death has
restored each to slngloijonolincss. Soon , the
story goes , each will seek a ttuco at the
altar. I
When Daniel Manning took possession of
the oflico o secretary of thi treasury many
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people cxpiusseu mucui siuimsu upon learning -
ing that it was the first oflljco ho hod over
held. When the statoirfont .was made that ho
had ccceptcd the dignity wiu ( reluctance and
onjy after much persuasionithoro was an ox-
picssion of incredulity. Both statements
wciotiue. Mr. Manning was one of those
politicians who picfciuul to wield power
irom behind the scenes without troubling
himself with the caics ot olllce.
Arbitration.
R'cio Orleans 1'tcayunc.
Ono man wants whisky in a bar-room. An
other wants soda In a drug store. Then they
arbitrate. They bolh take beer in a beer sa
loon.
The Worst of It.
Washington Hatchet.
"I dropped 818,000 at poKer last night , " re
marked IIoii. Tom Ochlltreo the other day ,
"and the worst of it was that S3 ot the
amount was in cash. "
Rather Curious.
New York Sun.
One of the curiosities of politics : Joe
Pulitzer's check for 85,000 in Iho ticasuryof
the republican national committee in 1S31.
Queer , wasn't it ? Ask Steve Elklns.
Boycl Out of Politics.
Lincoln Journal.
It has got around to these headquarters
that James E. Boyd has also retlicd from
politics. The vote Iu the various cities nnd
towns of Nebraska at the late elections would
Indicate that most all the democrats had done
the sauio thing. ,
Jones' Campaign In Detroit.
Chicago Tribune.
By the way , what Is Jones doing Jones of
Florida and Dctroll ? Has he developed
within the past two months any new plan In
patient love's campaign ? Tlio correspond
ents are too matter-of-fact and materialistic ,
and wo got no news from the laud of love.
Jjlcoiiso tlio Beat.
Auburn ( Keb. ) Champion.
High license in Wisconsin seems to do
more for tlio cause of temperance than pro
hibition In Iowa. Piohiultlonlst.s should
look into this matter and let iho would know
Iho result. Thai drinking is an evil all will
admit , but how to control it is a question for
philanthropists.
Everyday Work.
The Critic.
Gicat deeds are trumuctcd , loud bolls are
in ng ,
And men turn round to see ;
The hluli punks echo to tlio prcnns sung
O'er somu great victory :
And yet gie.it deeds are few. ) The mightiest
mon i )
Find opportunities but now and then.
Shall one sit Idle througl ! the long-days of
peace , , . ,
Waiting fpr walls to sc.ale ?
Or Ho In port until some golden Flocco
Lures him to taeo the gale ? i
There's work enough , \\liy Idly , then ,
delay ?
Ills woik counts most wlfo labors every day.
A torrent sweeps down ( tie mountain's
brow ' ,
With foam and flash and rokr.
Anon its strength is spent , wUero Is it now ?
Its one short day Is u'erj '
Hut the clear htreamHImt through the
meadow Hews ' [ c
All llio long summer on 1ft mission goes.
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Bolter the steady flow ; tlio torrent's dash
Soon loaves Its rent tuick dry.
The light wo love Is not the lightning flash
Fiotn out a midnight sky ,
Hut the sweet sunshine , whoso unfailing ray
From its calm throuu of blue lights every
day.
The sweetest lives are those to duty wed ,
Whoso deeds , both great and small ,
Are close-knit btnincls of an unbroken
thread
Wheni love ennobles all.
The woi Id may bound no trumpets , ring no
bells ;
The I3ook of Life the shining record tells.
Now York Journalism.
St.l\Htll'lont < rl'iMi.
There has been much said about "wild
western Journalism , " "western journalistic
slangwlmugery , " etc. , by eastern news
papers ; but the Kuw York Mall and Kxuress ,
an avowed organ .of culture aud literature ,
not lutreguuutly uiukes such cultured re
nmrksasthfs : "When the whole truth Is
known , even the monkey editor ot tlio de
caying and ptitrcscent Times will know
enough to shut tip hli barbaric yawp. " There
Is New York journalism for you I
Stop the Strike ,
Philadelphia Itcconl.
It Is A very dangerous power tlio Knight * of
Linbor are thrusting In the hands of Jay
Gould , that of prolonging or putting an end
to business stagnation In tliroo or four pro
ductive states. Tluitgic.it speculator lltuls
ns much piofit In tlio mist-lies of his fellowmen -
men ns In their piospcrlly. While his rail-
tonus nro Idle his bnuns are ns busy a * ever
In controlling to his own uses the ups niul
downs oC the stock mnrkct.
Labor Snvlnc Machinery.
Philadelphia lltconl ,
Many worklngmon bcliovo that the In
troduction of labor saving machinery Is
prejudicial to their interests. A genera
tion or so ago this opinion was universal
among Iho laboring classes , but expe
rience has proved it to bo unloundcd.
Tlio condition of waco workers has
greatly improved with the past twenty or
thirty ynars , nnd this improvement has
kept pace with the increasing use of la
bor saying appliances. It is true that
when in any particular shop , or oven In
any particular branch of business , ma
chines tire introduced which enables ono
man or a boy perhaps to do the work
of half n dozen men , the result must be a
smaller demand lor that class of work
men. Hut new avenues of labor nro
opened up. a stimulus Is given lo indus
trial pursuits generally , and in the new
activity oven tlio displaced artisan will
find his condition improved. This is
what has happened ; this is what is hap
pening every day. Jf the labor saving
machinery of the world wore to bo en
tirely destroyed and Its principle for
gotten , civilization would receive a blow
that would bo almost paralyzingj thu lot
of the workingman would at oncu bo piti
able , and a new Dark Ago would bo upon
ns.
Some Stoneham , ( Mass. ) tanners lately
refused lo work until a now labor-saving
machine had been removed. This wns a
very foolish decision , The USD of thu
machine might have made the work of a
few tanners unnecessary , but by cheap
ening tlio cost of leather it would have
encouraged a greater output as well as n
greater consumption of that product , anil
so have advanced the general good much
moro than it prejudiced individuals.
Many years ago bomo workman in a saw
factory in Shoilield , England , objected to
use of labor-saving appliances on the
same grounds that wore advanced by the
Stonuliam tanners. They would not work
unless tlio innovating machinery was
taken away. The result was that the
omploj'or was driven from Sholllold and
the great Disston saw works became
a Philadelphia institution. In this case
the now machine was a life as well as a
labor savor , but it was put under the bau
of the workmgtncn just the same.
9
Prayers lor the House.
Chicago KtH'S.
The blind chaplain of the house of rep
resentatives has achieved moro notoriety
by reason of two prayers ho offered up
before that body than for the grace and
ability with which ho for many years
adorned the lecture platform in this
country. His famous lecture , "What a
Blind Man Saw in Jiuropo , ' ' did not star
tle his hearers half so much as did the
prayers lie made in tlio house of roprc-
lion of chaplain in that body must bo a
trying one , and if ho has the earnestness
lo point out any bit of rascality , any great
sin , or any crying iniquity for which ho
majf desire the mercy or forgiveness of
God he is quite likely to tread on the
corns of half of the emmbors of the house
and give the rest a shudder that they
have escaped by so small a margin.
If there be anything that will make a
hypocrite wince it is to have an earnest
man begin to pray for him and enumerate
the particular sins that make his a proper
case for divine clemency. So when blind
Mr. Milburn nsked that evil men bo re
strained from gambling in stocks , grain ,
and food , ho hit moro mou than ho could
had lie boon argus-oyod and armed with
a gatling-gun. The dry bones rattled in
the chamber , but the sightless suppliant
departed unconscious of the commotion
ho had raised.
There is 'only 9no way of avoiding a
recurrent ; of this trouble among con
science-stricken congressmen , and that
is to have a committee draft n scries of
prayers for the use of the houso. The
prayers would , of course , bo models of
brevity , but that would not make them
unwelcome for these who esteem it a
deprivation to bo long restrained from
the patronage of the counter whore "cold
tea' ' is retailed at fifteen cents a cup or
two for a quarter.
B1US10AU ANO OUAMATIC.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett Is acting In Texas.
Osmond Toarlo will star hero next season
in "Man to Man. "
For her three recent concerts In Paris Pattl
received 45.000 frnncs.
Miss Bnsslo Hanson , soubrctto , recently
sailed for Liverpool.
O W. J. Florence has bought a now comedy
called "A JJIt of Scandal.'r
Sara UernlmnU's farewell in London will
bo in "Fedora" on the 24th last ,
Fred Yokes will probably return to Amer
ica next season with Uoslnu Yokes.
Harlo Itozo has made a success in Imper
sonating the ( iiieon in Marchotti's"ltuy Uuas"
in English.
The Klralfys propose to produce "The
Black Crook" in London during the Impend
ing smiimur ,
Judlc pioposcs to follow Almoo's example
nnd star in broken English comedy pails
next season.
Jthea will blop on Juno 20 and at oucn sail
for Europe. Next season may bo her last In
this country.
Sims Itecvos , the English tenor , continues
to draw great houses , notwithstanding hu Is
ovorTOycais old.
Miss Bertha lilccl has made a hit ns Marl-
tail ! In Uelllncer's "Don Ciusar" at McCaull's
Opera house , In Philadelphia.
Mlozl , a popular slncor in Vienna cafes
cliantnnts , receives for o\ cry night's perform
ance 500 florins-a llttlo over S205.
Marie Engcl , n pupil of Mine. Mui'lo-Cclll ,
has been staned In ban Fiaucisco by Colonel
Maplubou ns thu latest inima dounn.
Mr. Charles Barrou will , it Is said , pcimn-
nently ictlro f 10111 the Boston Museum com
pany at the end of the present season ,
Kvansand llooy , who Imvo been winning
golden opinions and golden rowauls on the
Pacific coast , will go on a tour of Australia
nttiT this siMson.
Jelfeiys Lewis will try a version of Pan-
dot's luniilslvo "Saiiho. " Bertha Wolbywlll
iccolvo'\VIntci's \ Tnlo , " and Lillian Spencer
will have a play by Cn/aurau.
'Hamlet" has been pciformed In London
to a houseful ot dual mutes , pantomime and
the conventional bigns by hands and lingeis
being tno mediums employed.
J. M. Hill has seemed thu entire Japanese
Yillairo , which Is now at lloitleultural Hall ,
Iu Now York city , and will exhibit it at his
Columbia Theatio , Chicago , throughoul the
summer ,
In the performance of "Othello" at the
Academy ol Music , April 20 , In which Salvlul
will bo the Moor and Booth his ancient. Mrs.
1) . P. flowers will bo Kmllln and Miss Marie
Waluwright Desdemona.
Max Btrakosch has camurcd Christine
Nllsson tor a tour of America , to begin next
October. Tlio contract was signed la&t week ,
The tour , Mine. Nllsson solemn- affirms , b to
bo her furonell one , without fall.
Mr. Lawrence Bnireft lias accepted a five-
net tragedy called "Harold , the Last of tlio
Saxons , " adapted from the German of Enu > t
von Wlldunbiuch by Mr. John P. Jackson ,
the translator of Wngiier's llbiettos.
Countess Agatha Dornfield Is to bexiu a
thlitj-two weeks' tour of this oountiy'Oil
SepKuiber 0 in "Sho Stoops to Conquer , "
"An Unequal Mntch , " "As Yrtn Like It , "
' Kvndno'1 nnd "Komoo and Juliet , "
The sale of scats for Modjcska's oncnue-
mcnt nt the Chlcaco opera house. Indicates
the short season ot eight performances will ,
Iu point of financial roiniu , bo among the
largest the famous Polish actress tins ever
played to In Chicago.
Mr. W. JL llnydcn Announces that Tom
Kcoiio will positively resume his inofosslon-
nl encasements next season. The nctor Is
gradually recovering his stiecch , which It wni
at Hist thought ho had lo.it forever , nnd ( hero
Is now no doubt that ho will bo fully icstorcd
by summer time. .
The Symptoms Always the Santo.
AY 10 Haven Xt\c \ > .
Whene'er you sec n heavv gloom
O'crspread the merchant's face ,
And deep , dark Mlcnce of the tomb
licltni all about his place ,
You'll over find In such n case
That ho Is far from wlso ,
And has no chance to win tlio race ;
lie docs Hot advertise.
KKLIGIOUS.
The bible la lo bo printed In shorthand and
Illustrated.
Ono bible house , which has been estab
lished since 1714 , ims distributed no fewer
than 0,3oO,000 bibles.
The church congress will meet In Clove-
Innd May 25 , ntid bo presided over by ( lev.
Fornkcr , who Is a Methodist.
Cnpt. , inek Crawford , the poet , scout , and
evangelist , Is on ills way west , lie has been
Inboihig in Brooklyn for some weeks.
A hundred yean ago thoio was not more
than ! ! 0,000 Christians In the paean coiuitilos.
Kow the number Is close on ' . ' ,000,000.
Pastors of the Boston chinches nro leading
a movement forlnstiiictlnc the youth of "the
Hub" for protecting Insect destroying birds.
llcv. Dr. Newman has been sent to the Met-
ropolltan church , Washington , 1) ) . C. , wlieio
he was duilng Uiaut's Hist term. It was n
long and a Imid light.
It Is expected that about 2SO delegates , In
cluding bishops and the geneial olllcera , will
bo In attendance nt the Methodist gcnuinl
conteietico which meets In lUchmond , Va. ,
May 6th.
The official year book of the Church ot
England shows that during thu last twonty-
live years the chinch hns i.ilscd and spent
for religious nnd educational purposes the
sum of $40rbGO,18) .
The oidcr of Jesuits which has been in ex
istence ! l.-o , years , 1ms supplied the world
with iilS saints , l.fiOO mattyrs , ii : popes , CO
caidlnals1,000 archbishops and bishops , and
has nt piesent'J,500 inlssionatlcs.
Last year SI. Mary's Calhollc church at
Wnltham , Mass. , was ciiteied and chalices
nnd other valuables woith about SX)0 ! ) were
stolen. One night recently the stolen aitl-
e.lcs were leturned , being left in the place
fiomlilch they were taken.
Elder F. W. Evans , of Iho Mount Lebanon
Shaker community , say.s that the lands of
the association aio .so cxtcnsho that they
cannot bo pioperly cultivated , and ho advises
the sell I tic ot some of the larms.
At Birmingham ( the English ono ) the
school board lias decided that to teach chll-
dicn hymns Is to teach tlicmicllglon , ami has
oideicd thnt hereafter no hymns shall be
taught In the suhools under its supervision ,
except "God Save the Queen 1"
The Salvation army has reason to bo en
couraged nt Its success nt Kalamazoo. Sixty-
eight sinners have professed to bo converted
since- sounded Us lir.st war-cry thuie , nnd
of these nil but tlneo are keeping the faith.
while twenty have enlisted ns caincst and
vociferous soldleis.
The Presbyterian theological seminary nt
Ch'cago ' has closed Its twenty-sixth year , and
will heieafter bu known as the McCormlck
Presbyterian theological seminary honor
of the man who generously nppropi Inted so
much ot his leaplnus lor the benetit of the
institution , and whoso estate promises btill
luither gilts of It
The Truth About It.
J/w. 31. 1' . Ilamiy m April
"Spilng , " sang tlio poet , "budding spring. "
Alasl the bon hs weio hare ;
tlw uma I.5.loVl. . ; ; .r . " . . M--T * "
_ . - , . . .mbeii. I..C OnO iiCCu ( ; / itiiugt
1'or ice lay everywhere.
"Hall , sprint ; , with breezes soft and sweet. "
Tlio spring letiiincd his brill ;
Thcro cnmo a shower ot snow and slcct
Uiiou a wlntiy galo.
"Sing , merry birds in bush and tree. "
Ilo read the almanac ;
The blids were wiser far than he ,
Ami did not huiry back.
"Spring , gentle" here ho ceased to slug ,
Lottlicsiid truth be told ;
Tlio while ho ffini ; of balmy spring ,
lie caught an awful cold.
EDUCATIONAL.
Costly living is given ns the cause of the
loss of students nt Yale college.
Rov. James M. Taylor , of Providence , 11.
L , has been unanimously elected president
of Vassar.
Two American professors nro said to have
been engaged for tlio proposed university In
Osaka , Japiui.
' 4'ho Massnehuselts leglslnluro Is nsketl lo
pass n bill making the teaching of humanity
compulsory In the public schools.
Hereafter examinations fo1 admission to
llarvaul college will bo held In Pails for the
benefit of those who nro studying In Europe.
The millionaire Itocknfollcrs , of the Stand
ard Oil company , have subscribed 500,030 to
build n Baptist Theological seminary at Louis
ville.
DA movement is on foot in Germany to im
prove the present system of legal education ,
and Is to adopt ono similar to that in vogue
in Great Britain.
In tlio United States every 200th man takes
a college course ; iu England every 500th ; In
Scotland every COO ; and in Germany every
'JlUth. The United Status is the only coun
try In the woId ] which spends more upon
education than upon war or picparntlou for
war.
war.Out
Out of 7,000 persons examined by the civil
service commission dining the past jnar , of
whom about two-thirds were successful in
standing the test of capacity required , nlghty-
slx per cent were educated in the common
schools ; the other fourteen percent had the
advantagn of either complete or partial college -
lego training.
ITCHING.
Skin DIsonHcs Instantly Relieved by
Cuticuro.
rrinnATMENT. A warm biith with Cnllcurn
a. Boap , and n single application of Cutlcnrn ,
tlio ( , ! cut Skin Cmo. Tlita roiciilfil | dally , with
two or tliroo dosu.sof Cutlctmt Itusolvont , tlio
Now Illooil 1'uilllur , to Keep the liluod cool , tlio
perspiration piuo mill unlrrltathu ; , the bowoln
open , thu llvor anil Iddnoya active , will Hptodlly
cuio Ec/onm , Toltor , lUiiKU'ouii. 1'noiiasls , Ucli-
on , I'rmltug , ScalU-lluail , Dandiutr and ovury
Rpi'flcs of Itclilnir , Bruly and IMniply Humors of
tfio Scalp nnd tildn when tlio beat physicians and
lomcclles full.
ECZEMA ON A CHILD.
Vow most vuhmblu Cutlcimi Uomodlos Imvo
( Inno my chili ) so much KOOI ! that 1 fool lIKe nay-
Iiitf this for tlio bonollt of these whoaiotiouliltxl
with skin illscaio. My Illtlo Kh'l wiw tiouliloil
with Kcvt'inu , and I tried hovoial doctors
mid modlclncd , but did nolilo her any good until
1 nsoil tlio Cutlcurii Ki'iniulIcM , which spoodlfy
oinoil lior , tor which I ewe you many thanks
nnd many nMilB of tost.
ANTON lssMiiuKlhiburHbIiid. ) ( ( ,
TJJTTEK OF THE SOAL1' .
I was almost poifoully ImlJ.cuusml by Tailor
on the lop ol tlio fcalp. I usoil jour Cutluura
Home-dies about f > ix weeks , anil thuy curud my
ecalii poi'toctly , and now my hair la coming buck
ua tiilcU as It ever wa * .
J. I' . Ciioicn , Whitcsboro' , Tcias.
COVUHHI ) WITH IILOTCUUS.
I want to lull you that jour Cullcuni Itosol-
vent Is jiiiiKiiltlccnl. About tliroo months utro
lay laoo wus coveioil with lilotcliod , and utter
ii&lntr tineo bullion of Hosolvuiil 1v s peiluully
UIOll. KlIKDKlllCK ilAlTltf ,
trj St. Charles St. , Now Orleans , J.a.
UKST TOR ITCHING WSKASUS.
One of ourcmeloimiugiiys ymu'Ciitlciini rein
edlosiuo the boat ho can Had tor llclilni'of llio
skin. Ho tiloil all others and found no roller
until ho ufud your * .
I' . J. ALDItlCH , Druggist , IlUlnir Sun , O.
Sold evcryuhcrc. 1'rlro. Cuttcuia , 60 eta ;
Cullcuiu ftoap.j uti. ; l.iiiluuin itosolvcnl , J > 1.
1'ropuioil ! ) > llio 1'OTTEic Dilltu AMCntmcu ,
Co. , Doston. Scud fur "How to ( Jure foUiu UU-
oassi. "
niMI'r.IIS , UlacliboadsSkin Illtunlslics nnd Dnby
f l' ' llumoi-3 iisoCutlonn boan.
HOW LJKIS OIL AND WINE to the
. fumUued of old la u Cutiour.i Anil-
\l'iilii Piaster tu the nclilng bldca uud
f buckIho weak and painful uiusUos.
tbo eoru cluibl und UacMntf coufli ,
and every piUn aud itdio or uuUV toll.
Uc. Ewryuitiuo
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Jowncss , Koduo.SH , IMiiipIc.s ,
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