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IT will bo presently discovered that this
paper lias made no tie-up to prevent rail
road legislation.
IN the annual New York publication ,
"Men of the Time , " mention ofMr. Ageo
is studiously and meanly omitted.
WIIETIIIH : in Mexico or Utah it seems
to bo a question Ur. Miller did not re
turn soon enough to re.scuc his paper.
A jrAN over in Iowa contemplated sni-
oldo a long number of years. .Finally , in
the darkest hour of his despondency , ho
exclaimed , "why knot ? " and he knotted.
Mit. AUDI : inclines to the opinion that
the railroad bill sis submitted ny the com
mittee is not his legitimate offspring , but
he has so much pride that ho would
rather father it than have it go about as
an orphan.
Tim legislature should not adjourn
without taking some stops to protect the
tale from bogus and graveyard insurance
companies. Senator Mciklejolm has a
bill in the senate which in thu main will
servo the purpose.
Housi : HOLT. , No. 440 reduces the price
of marriage licenses to one dollar and
fifty cents. This is a move in the direc
tion of economy. If that bill becomes a
law wo predict the failure of many old
bachelor clubs , and consequent increase
in the double majority.
Wi : are informed by Dr. Talmago
that the twentieth century "will see ilio
victory of tlio church. " Well , by that
time this legislature will have adjourned ,
and we see nothing in the way. This nine
teenth century , or the hitter part of it ,
has been thn victory of the railroads.
TiiKitr. is a generally accepted and
somewhat doleful theory , that the only
way to beat a life insurance company is
to secure a policy and die. An investi
gation of tlio Beatrice concern , recently
mentioned in these columns , robs
OTen that grim story of its only pleas
antry. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IF THIS thing comes to a war nnd the
Canadians are fed on fish , a midnight
Kin-prise would not bo as serious as a din
ner hour nttack. A cannon loaded with
cod fish balls would make ucruol weapon.
The ravishing and penetrating porfnmo
of such ammunition would oven excel the
dreaded Chinese death-dealing stink-pot.
THE Wisconsin gold find continues to
create great excitement. There is a pos
sibility that after the entire state attempts
to locate at Cluppowa Falls , a town lot
syndicate recently formed there will have
sullloicnt wealth to retire. It should be
remembered that the syndicate was
formed before the gold waH found.
AUTISTS have their romances like com
mon pooplu. William M. Chase , the art
ist , has Iron ted his fellow-craftsmen to a
sensation by publishing a marriage notice
dated ayeiirngo , in which the contract
ing parties named wore himself and Miss
Alice ( Jorson , a very pretty and bright
young woman who hits posed as his
model for two or throe years , This is
one of the rarest romances in artist life ,
and it is kept secret no longer because
there is a baby in the family.
TIIKHK is nothing in this world like
perseverance. Colby talked against the
Omaha charter until his health failed ,
and although "being very sick in bed , "
as his spokesman said it , instead of devoting -
voting what might have been bflt a few
brief hours left him for prayer and con
fession , hii fooled his friends nnd physi
cians by claiming that ho WHS preparing
n will , when in truth , it was a vigorous
written kick against the Omaha charter ,
A uist'ATcn announces that Alex M.
Arthurs , of Winnipeg , with 1,400 pounds
of supplies , has started to 11 ml the north
pole. American newspapers will defray
expenses of the trip. Another gentle
man accompanies him. Mr. William
Nye ono time Kent a correspondent in
search of the same pole. A relief party
found a well kept diary. The happen
ings Bftch day wuro faithfully recorded ,
On a certain Friday the historian sud
denly ended Ids labors. His last page
was something libo this : "J see a large
Uear coming , lie is laughing. I think
ho 6f03 mo. Ho is hero , lie scema glad
to see mo. Ho is hugging and embracing
we. I I . " Wo iioun Ao.y ! may return
knfcly with ihs.polo in Iris possession.
IlotJinokcT'fl Uoorlmcks.
Wo deeply sympathize with Mr. . Roth-
ncker. Ho is a sorely afflicted and Badly
disappointed man. After a residence of
Tour long months in the stale of Ne
braska he has a right to feel angry nnd
indignant that the slate senate has re
fused to take his ndvlco to defeat the new
Omaha charter. To bo snro Mr. Roth-
acker will suffer no immediate hardship
as a taxpayer in Omaha , but a man of
his lender sensibilities would naturally
grieve with the oppressed con
tractors and disgruntled bilks who
hang around the state capital ,
While wo appreciate the compliment
that he has paid to the editor ot this
paper , we feel compelled to correct his
misleading statements concerning the
contcnls of the charter as It passed the
senate. According to Mr. Rolhacker ,
Omaha is to bo saddled with Iho follow
ing objeclionablo charter provisions :
1. A property qualification.
2. A printing steal ,
8. A provision allowing city ofh'eers to
sell supplies to the city.
4 , A provision comjxlling the council to
include and place under municipal taxa
tion thirty square miles of country.
G. A section continuing the present
system of local control of the police.
0. Tlio concentration of power in tlio
board of public works.
7. The right to charge any or all
grades beyond the chance of appeal.
Mr. Rothacker is either lamentably ig
norant or is merely trying to crawl
through a knot hole to cover his re
treat. . . . .
Pirst. The property qualification
is generally misunderstood. It has
been magnified by Colby and other
common liars into $2,000 of real
estate , when the charter says councilmen -
men shall give a bond of ? 2,000 for the
faithful performance of their duties.
They arc required to bo freeholders but
no amount is specified. Even Mr. Roth-
acker may become a councilman under
the charter if he will invest ? 25 or less as
piirulin.su money in a $100 lot. This has
been law for twenty years in every char
ter Omaha has had. The some prop
erty qualification is exacted from
canvassers of elections in every
city or county in the state. In the Ian
guage of Colby , a man might bo prcsi
dent of the United States without being
eligible to canvass the election returns
of a cowboy county m western Nebraska.
Second. There is no printing steal
in the charter , and there can
bo no fairer law devised for
letting the city advertising. All
the hue and cry of rcadcrless papers is
solely gotten up to befog people about
their real grievance on the printing
clause. Everybody must realize tlmtthis
paper cannot afford to sell its advertising
space to any patron at the rate charged
by papers that do not circulate and cost-
little to produce. To compel the
council to accept the lowest bid
der regardless of circulation would
absolutely prevent bidding by the BEI :
and give it to any mushroom concern
that might choose to print a daily in
Omaha. The common liars that have
raved about printing steals have asserted
that the charter gives the printing , re
gardless of cost , to the paper having the
largest circulation. This is untrue in
every essential particular. The charter
simply provides that every bidder shall
furnish a sworn statement of circulation ,
and in awarding the contract the relative
circulation of competing papers shall be
duly considered by the council. In other
words , if the BKE , with 0,000 city circula
tion , bids lifty cents per square , and the
Jlepublican , with 1,000 circulation , bids
thirty cents , the council may award the
printing to the BKE on account of the rcl
ativo difference in the value gauged by
circulation. But the council is in no way
bound to award the printing to the paper
having the largest circulation if for any
reason its bid is not considered advantag
cous. There can be no unreasonable
charge by any paper because the charter
prohibits the council from paying a
higher rate than the lowest unco charged
by such paper for advertising to its most
favored patron. This clause is more ob
jectionable to the disgrunted rivals of
the BEB than Iho requirement to show
tip their citculation. While the 13KB has
uniform rates to foreign and home
patrons , the other Omaha dailies
curry advertising from abroad at
any price they can get. It is common for
them to charge from five to ten times as
much to their Omaha patrons that they
do to foreign advertisers. The printing
swindle m Omaha is the criminal deccp
tion and fraud practiced by papers whoso
agents procure money under false pretenses
tenses from business men. Last , but not
least , the present printing contract gives
the city the benefit of the present con
tract rate , which is no higher than the
Hwald charged twelve years ago , as long
as no other contract is made.
Third. It is absolutely untrue that any
councilman can sell supplies to ttiu city.
Councilman are expressly prohibited ,
under severe penalties , from being pecu
niarily interested in any contract worker
or lotting. Sou section 171.
Fourth. It is untrue that the council Is
compelled to include thirty square miles
under municipal taxation. While the
right is given , provisions are made for
gradual extension of the city limits until
tnirty square miles have been enclosed.
Fifth. The present system of appointing
policemen by the mayor and council is
abolished , nnd a commission is substi
tuted. Tho.ro can bo no moro peddling
out of police stars or trading in police
appointments by the council.
Sixth. The new board of public works
is modeled after those of Detroit , St.
Louis and Cincinnati. In those cities
public works have been carried on for
many years without detriment to
taxpayers. While the now board
will have somewhat extended powers , its
ac on will bo under check and control of
the mayor and councilwho can veto their
work. There is a very strong safeguard
in the now charter which is Jacking now.
Regular meetings are called for at stated
times , open to the public , and whoso ao
tion must be recorded. Ample notice is
to bo given to property owners of every
proposed change of grade , and no star
chamber work in the Interest of con
tractors is permitted. Tliat is whore the
shoe pinches Mr. Rothacker's clients of
the contractor and scavenger brigade.
Seventh. Changes of grade will bo
much more dilUcult to make
under thu now charter than under
thu old. At present the mayor and coun
cil can , by suspending the rules , pass an
ordinance at one sitting that changes a
grade and closes or gives away a street ,
nnd whan the damages assessed are ten- '
dcrad to property owners thu cbuugo is
made , appeal ot no appeal. . Under tjio
now charter the board of public -works
must first give property 'owners twenty'
days' noticb of Iho proposed change. A full
hearing is accorded lo objectors and the
change of grade can only finally take ef
fect upon the passage of an ordinance
by Iho council read at thrco different
meetings and a pprovcd finally by Iho
mayor. Appraisal of damages and final
appeal lo Iho courts is provided for just
as now , the onlydiflercnco being that the
court is required to advance all such
cases on the docket to give them a speedy
hearing.
Mr. Rolhackcr is an able nnd brilliant
writer , but when ho deals with facts ho
should curb his fiery imagination. To
oppose a measure by misquotation nnd
misrepresentation because it is supported
by another paper Is not reputable jour
nalism.
It AHiurcH the Iloom.
With the passage of Iho charter , public
improvements and the extension of the
city limits , excluding South Omaha ,
will bo an assured fact. Every owner
of a foot of valuable real estate can
throw up his hat over the prospect.
The Douglas county delegation in light
ing for the charter have been fighting
for Omaha's prosperity. The result of
their labors , if endorsed by the house ,
will make assurance doubly sure. Prop
erty values will feel tlio impetus of en-
cotirgcd enterprise , work for laboring
men , extended streets , added pavements
and the influx of foreign capital.
No city was over built up permanently
on wind. Omaha's steady and marvel
ous growth has been due , more than to
any one cause , to the excellence of her
scheme of municipal government , the
honesty of her city officials and the re
sulting confidence of the community that
the largo sums of money laid out would
be honestly expended for the public wel
fare. The splendid confidence of the
people of Omaha in the future of their
city has been the magnet which has
drawn foreign enterprise and capital for
reinvestment in our midst. With muni
cipal clothes largo enough for this city ,
nothing can stop the good work
now in progress. The boom has scarcely
begun. Dans and schemes of private
investment of foreign capital are now in
prospect , soon to bo developed , which
will make the most enthusiastic of boom
ers open their eyes in wonder. Capital
ists who have been waiting to see. whether
Omaha would rest on her oars , satisfied
with what she has done , will open their
purses within a few weeks after our now
charter becomes a law. Municipal
growth is the foundation of advancing
values. The passage of the now charter
will lay that foundation broad and deep.
AVnr nndYmoricaii Imprests.
The belief is very general that war is
imminent in Europe. The cable dis
patches daily bring reports of active mil
itary preparations. All the nations , and
particularly Germany , France and Rus
sia , are arming their soldiers with the
most approved and repeating guns. Ger
many has called homo her citizens so
journing in other European cities who
are subject to military duty. That
country , Austria and Russia have prohib
ited the exportation of horses. Bismarck
is quoted as regarding the progress of
warlike preparations in Franco , and the
sentiment of an Influential clement in
that country , as a menace to peace.
Austria is arming with all possible rap
idity , and ministerial councils denote un
common solicitude. The czar is said to
have declined to say what the attitude of
Russia would be m the event of hostilities
between Germany and France. Italy is
not idle , while England , though mani
festing less preparation than the other
nations , is not unconscious of the grave
nature of the situation. Such are the
conditions which seem to warrant the
expectation that a European , war is a
probable event of the not very remote
future. The magnitude and complete
ness of the preparations for war may
prove to bo the means of averting
such a calamity. This would accord
with the theory of Bismarck , so far as
Germany is concerned. In his appeals
to the relchstag for an increase of the
army and an extension of the term of
service , the salient point of his argument
was that such preparation would be for
the conservation of peace. It was plaus
ible , whether or not sincere. It may bo
that when all the powers are fully ready
to light they will bo better disposed to try
another way of settling their differences ,
if settlement In any other way bo pos
sible.
The probable duration of a European
war may bo conjectured from the extent
of the preparations , the protracted delib
eration , and the certainty that wherever
it might begin it would almost inevitably
grow to involve all the great nowers.
There is not ono of the continental
nations that is not bettor prepared for
war to-day than at any other period in its
history. Their armies are as largo as
ever before and much bettor armed and
equipped. The moans of destruction
have been greatly improved in the last
ten yours , and these nations are well sup
plied with the surest and most terrible
death-dealing weapons. To some of them
war would be the realization of a desire
long deferred. For sixteen j'ears
Franco has nursed her bitter grievance
against Germany. For a longer period
Russia has awaited the time when she
could strike again for conquest. Ger
many and Austria have scores to settle
or ambitions to subserve. In the arbitra
ment of arms Italy ami England could
not remain inactive , The possibilities of
a war in Europe , wherever it should be
btartoil , are far-reaching , and the conflict
would bo prolonged until the resources
of the weaker powers were exhausted.
Deplorable as Mich a calamity would
be , if there can be any excuse for consid
ering it from a selfish standpoint , Ameri
can interests can regard it a.1) ) an eventu
ality whoso consequences would bring
them no disadvantage , A prolonged
European war would mean the assured
market for all the surplus products of
this country that armies consume. It
would mean the diversion of a vast
amount of European capital to American
investments. It would mean the exten
sion of our commerce in mnrkelK which
the contending nations were unable to
longer fully supply. It would mean the
partial restoration at least of the ocean
carrying trade of the United States ,
and in rendering this neutral nation
the chief source from which to ob
tain numerous commodities and supplies
the production of which would bo cut offer
or greatly reduced by a state of war , a
general and long-maintained conflict in
Europe would contribute most materially
lo the growth of many industries In this
country'nnd to the general prosperity.
Nor would this at once cense with the
close of hostilities. Years would bo con
sumed m repairing the devastations of
such a war , and while Ibis was in pro
gress the United States would continue
to be drawn on largely for the deficien
cies. Possibly n generation would elapse
before the contending nations could re
store their industries to a condition of
complete self-dependence.
But American people will never desire -
sire war between nations whoso
friendship they possess becauao they
may profit thereby. Their faith
is in peace as Hie surest and best
aid anil conservator of universal pros
perity and happiness. And if their voice
could sllcnco the ambitions and passions
of European rulers and statesmen it
would bo unanimously given for such a
consummation.
The HII si n CHI munition.
Litllo change is noted in the general
trade situation. Jobbers have had a bet
ter trade owing to milder weather , which
has quickened preparations for spring
wants , though but few of tlio markets
have shown any uecidcd activity. Indi
cations point to an improving trade , how
ever , as the season advances and the de
velopment of out-door enterprises be
comes practicable.
Wool is moving very slowly , nnd while
values arc not quolably lower Iho posi-
lion is nol so strong , am ) therj is less
confidence among the trade owing to the
unsatisfactory opening of the now sea
son for heavy clothing woolens. The
lallor nro selling a little bettor
than they did , but demand is not
active and thus far has not real-
l/.cd expectations. Business in Iron
and steel has boon generally less active ,
but confidence In the future of the mar
ket continues strong because production
in all departments is heavily sold ahead.
Old material is weaker in price , but there
has been no decline in crude or finished
products. Wheat declined heavily dur
ing last week. Speculative sentiment is
not unfriendly to wheat as an invest
ment , but the outside buying interest is
small , and operators who are "long" of
the staple have become tired of wailing
for a revival of export demand or other
favoring influences to advance the mar
ket , and many of them have been selling
out on the theory that a lower
range of values is inevitable before the
expected rise shall take place. The
downward turn of values has been helped
along by the absence of sensational crop
scares and by the more peaceful tenor
of the foreign political news. The in
tenor movememt of wheat is light , but
exports have decreased in volume , and
the decline in visible slock is unimpor
tant , The foreign demand at the mo
ment is light and unsatisfactory , and no
improvement is looked for until supplies
in the United Kingdom , recently replen
ished by large imports , shall again begin
to run down. The situation is tavorable ,
however , for a renewal of demand later
in the season , as present stocks in Europe
are unequal to requirements for the bal
ance of the cereal ycrr and must bo sup
plemented by liberal imports , which will
have lo bo sent chiefly from the United
States. The export demand for corn is
very fair , and home consumption con
tinues to absorb a largo amount of this
grain at fairly steady prices.
IT is probable that General Middlcton
voices the sentiment of Iho moro intelli
gent and judicious Canadians when ho
says , referring lo Iho fisheries dispute ,
that "there is not the least chance of war
between the two great English-speaking
Anglo-Saxon races , " but there is reason
lo believe lhat the element he speaks for
is not largely represented in the govern
ment of the Dominion. Certainly those
in authority , whatever their views may
have been as to the chance of war , have
directed their efforts so as to invite such
a result , and were they dealing with a
people loss tolerant and forbearing than
the American people it is not questiona
ble lhat thuy would before this have
brought it about. Having presumed to
the last extremity upon our patience , the
American people now only propose to
apply lo them the same sort of treatment
they shall apply to us , and make a trial
as to who can stand it the longest. There
is no general desire in this country to
perform the not very difficult task of cas-
ligaling Canada. There would bo noth
ing gained by doing so. But wo may re
fuse to have anything to do with her if
she persists in behaving unfairly , as she
now seams disposed to do. Meanwhile
Iho good offices of men like General Mid-
dlolon ought to be actively exerted to
bring the "hot-headed and foolish-
tongued" to a sense of their mistake.
Tin ; brokers of Mow York arc deeply
exorcised over a bill introduced in the
legislature of that htato providing for a
lax of one-fiftioth of ono per cent , on
speculative sales. According to a member
of the block exchange who lestilied he-
fore a committee of the stale sonale , such
a lax on the annual transactions of the
exchange would amount to $5,000,000 ,
averaging $7,000 to each member. This
would be u very handsome revenue for
tlio stale , and might be made to do great
service in the charitable institutions , to
which it would bo welllo tlovolo a rev
enue from this hourcp. Such employ
ment of it would justify the tax to the
people at large , it anyijuslilicatlon wore
needed , ami would be likely to give it a
claim to pormanencL'i 'As ' to tlio justice
of a law of this kind pa law applying
btrictly to speculative sales there can bo
no reasonable contention. Speculation
is the bane of the limmcial and commer
cial systems of this country , In no othnr
country Is it so entirely a method of
gambling as it is fieri. Its efl'ects are
pernicious and demorali/.lng. It may
nol be possible to abate il , but like other
irremovable evils it citn and Mionld be
made to pay for its exibleuco. The prin
ciple of the bill before , the Now York log-
islaluru is bound , but the success of the
measure against the formidable influence
in opposition to it Is nol probable.
Mit. LITTLE , of Ohio , following Van
Wyek's proposition , on Monday intro
duced a bill m congress proposing a eon-
Mitutional amendment for the election of
senators by the people of the several
states. Should such an amendment be
come a law , there would be a cheerful
rattling of dry bones out this way , about
a yenrfjom next November ,
TIIKHE is no doubt now existing , and It
Is proven that General Low Wallace Is a
shrew diplomat , He recently lectured in
Brooklyn , ; lns subject being : "Turkey
and the Turks. " Of the Turkish women ,
he said they were beautiful , and graceful
in everything except their walk , which
resembled the waddle of a duck. Mr.
Wallace shrewdly Awaited until ho had
returned to America to refer lo the duck-
like movement.
IT was an "unholy deal" on the part of
the Douglas county delegation to tamper
with the tax clause as it left the com
mittee of fifteen. H was an "unholy
deal" in the same delegation to modify
the clause in response lo Iho urgent sup
plications of our representative business
men. Anything and everything con
nected with the charier was unclean and
unrighteous which did not have the ap
proval anil endorsement of the contrac
tor and scavenger's brigade.
IN Mn. MANNIXCJ'S withdrawal from Iho
treasury , the president loses "a guide ,
philosopher and friend. " Lotus hope ,
however , that Mr. Miller and Mr. Morton
will not trouble themselves about filling
the vacancy. For once , let us give Grover
a chance to make tv choice. The gentle
ami childish resignation of Colonel Frank
P. Ireland is earnestly and hopefully
pointed out to the two great leaders of
Nebraska democracy.
SiNAroit : iloAit of Massachusetts mod-
esllj claims over a thousand dollars as an
attorney's fee for recovering the Ne
braska saline lands from the strong em
brace of a squatter a long time ago. lie
prays Iho legislature to gr.int his claim.
Tunes are pretty hard out here this win-
ler , and Iho legislature had boiler recom
mend lhat the Buy State senator take his
pay in salt. Ho may need it to save his
bacon the next lime ho runs.
Wr. apprehend lhat Senators Meikle-
John , Conger and Majors will survive the
impertinent lecture to which they were
treated by the grief-stricken champion of
the Omaha paving gang. Wo imagine
they will survive the wratli of Iho crowd
lhat wanted the senate to fritter away
two weeks more on a single bill that did
not concern anybody outside of Omaha.
ACCOKDIN.O to the Hcrnhl , Church
Howe is reported to have said that the
charter fighl cost his side $15,000. Ac
cording to the llejmblican , Church Howe
"all lasl week was wearying Ihe patience
of the opponents of the charter by claim
ing that ho could buy five votes in the
senate. " Somebody is lying or else tales
are being told out of school.
Mn. SfLT.iVAir insists that he must
write a book. Mr. Sullivan has always
been treated kindly by the American pee
ple. He is cold , unfeeling and selfish. It
is generally regarded as hard to get near
him. Aby ho should bo so ungrateful to
his people is hard lo imagine , us Iho cul-
lured Bostonians will be knocked out on
the first chapter.
Tnn city of Omaha is bigger in the
eyes of the legislature than a few contractors -
tractors , scavengers and small bore lob
byists. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A nw : agitated real estate dealers will
wonder now what they were kicking
about.
KIMiS AM ) QIJISU.NS.
Prince Rupert , of Uavaria , has been ap
prenticed to a Munich wood turner.
Kmpiess Kllzaboth , of Aiibtiia , wilt io to
Ainsteidain at the bcglnnlni : of March to re
ceive for the hoconil time the masbape cure
ol the famous Dr. MeUcer.
1'rlnco Ferdinand , of Uavaila , who is a
distinguished biugeon.lias , during his recent
visit to Madrid , performed several delicate
opciatlons. The prince is a brother of the
empress of Austria-Hungary.
His majesty , Fianz Josef , of Austrla-llun-
Kaiy , lw > loeentlv caused a revolution In
btate etiquette. Hitherto at the receptions of
their impel ial and royal m.ijestle.s , the
wives ol state olllcluls who weio not of
noblnbli ( h could not bo admitted. At the
fastball of the llofbnrtf several ladies who
did not enjoy this privilege Aoie Invited and
picscnted by the emniess to the ompuior.
This revolution in impuiinl etlijuetto is
now a subject of t'OJalp in Kuiopean couit
citeles.
If the prince or Wales , as is announced In
Iho cable dispatches , has appealed in a box
at a London theater with a conspicuous
doiibln wutch-c'lriin diawn across Hie lolund
protuberanceot bis vest , he has bet a fashion
which \\Illbe rej.uded with disfavor. A
watch-chain never looks well with e\iiilng
dre.ss. A fob with se.ils is quite recherche ,
lint If the pnnco is not averse to displaying
Ins ve.st jewelry other people will he forced
no doubt , to ov'uicomu their prejudices.
Which Kycn nrn KnlreHt ?
Jascj > Ji Miriummut Viinell in Atlanta CumtUulliin.
Which eyes In woman are Iho laircbt
'MoiiKHt tlioso ot every hucl *
I've iibked a doznn , and now dearest ,
1 ask j on which you think the uircst
Come , tell me tell mo true ,
Ah. sweetest Mabel , to your query
An answer you ictiuebt
Know , then , the fairest eyes , my fairy ,
Thouu'li brown or blue , though sail or merry ,
Ate those we love the bust.
BTA.TL3 AND TJ-JKHITOJIY.
Nohraskn .
Culbcrtson has organized a fire brigade.
riattsmoulh has bold her fire engine lo
Ogallala.
W. A. Wilson , ox-treasurer of Sherman
county , is under arrest for embezzle
ment.
MoCook reports fluttering prospects for
a band of horn looters. The surplus of
calorie there stored insures an early our-
splitting success.
Among the prosperous business inter-
csts of Schnylor lhat of baling and whip
ping hay holds a leading place. Over 100
men are engaged in it ,
Aliirfworth has laid aside all other
schemes and is concentrating her ener
gies for the grandest effort of her life
bonding the county for $10,000 to build a
court house. The election will take place
March 1'J.
Beaver is promised a railroad with a
name longer than its credit. The .Minne
seta , Kansas & Nebraska railroad pro
poses to cross the hlato troin Duluth to
the coal fields of Colorado.
Grand Island neatly Riefed the sails of
all rivals in the house for the location of
tlio boldlers' homo. Ninety six out of
one hundred voles is so nearly unani
mous that there is no room for a kick.
Messrs. Allnin & Holtry , of Des
Moines , have been awarded Ihe contrael
lo build and operate a Hour mill in
North I'latte. They receive a bonus of
$ ; il)00. ) The mill will have a capacity of
101) ) barrels per day.
There is considerable activity in real
estate on the Nebraska sida of the river
opposite Sioux City. A tract of eighty
iierus s-old there recently for $20,000. Tun
belief is growing that the railrdads will
erect a bridge at that point at an early
day.
day.An
An orator at a boom meeting in Crcs-
ton ono evening last week btated that
Omaha was the deadest town in the we&t
"until a lot of cranks" got control of the
city government , inaugurated a b.Vbtom
of public improvements and made the city
the best and most progressive in thewobt. .
Strike out "orautw'-1 and insert thu named
of two old residents nnd pioneers-blames
E lloyd , mayor , nnd James Crclghton ,
lirst chairman of the board ot public
\vorks , and the record shell stand.
Mr. Scully , of Dublin , an Irish landlord -
lord of the worst tvpe , owns 15.COJ acres
of land in Nebraska , which ho refuses to
sell at any prico. The land Is leased to
tenants and all improvements , such as
buildings , sheds , rtc. , revert lo the land
lord under ironclad contracts , when the
lessee departs. To meet this and other
flagrant cases ot absentee and alien land
lordism , the house of representatives has
passed a bill to make such hind revert to
the stale al the death of the owner. Mr.
Scully can't die lee soon.
Iowa Horns.
Bromcr county claims lo bo the Eden
ot line horses.
Plans for a now packing hotiso to bo
built in Sioux City nro being drawn in
Chicago.
The Rock Island railroad ofllcials agree
to locate the company shops In Daven
port provided the city give the site , Ihe
estimated cost of which is $10,800. , The
buildings will cover 42,000 square feet of
ground.
Two inmates of the Harrison county
poor house , each of whom was about
sixty years of ago , applied to the clerk
recently for a license to enable them to
marry. The request was very seuslbly
refused.
Tlio report that a Iltlle girl from Bon-
Ion county was being ill treated at the
soldiers' orphans' home at Davenport is
erroneous. The little girl is from tlio
orphans' home , Jacksonville , 111 , nnd is
living with a family at Vinton , which , it
in reported , has not been treating her as
she deserves.
The governor has called a meeting of
the board of regents of the slalo uni
versity to be held nt Iowa City on the
USlli hist , The purpose of Iho meeting is
to graduate the students from the med
ical department , but the subject of n suc
cessor to President Pickard may also be
considered.
The official record of marriage licenses
in the Carroll county clerk's oilice bears
a minute in red ink over the face of a
permit issued lasl monlh to the following
cfi'ect : "This license returned and can
celled , no marriage having been con-
tracti'd or performed thereunder , the
parties having changed their ideas. "
There ought to bo material in those few
words for a first class breach of promise
suit. _
Dakota.
The ground is frozen to a depth of four
feet in the Black Hills.
The Methodists of Yankton Imvo de
clared for woman suffrage.
A gentleman In Washington writes
that 2,500 miles ot new railway will be
built in Dakota this year.
The attempt to sink an artesian well at
Brookings has been abandoned at great
depth on account of rocks and other dilli-
cullies.
During Iho progress of a trial at Lead
last week knock down arguments wore
resorted to freely and much other un
seemly conduct resulted.
Oliver Gaar , a ranchman living on the
Belle Fondie , bclweeu Empire and Vale ,
was found a few days ago almost frozen
to death. Ho was living in bachelor
quarlcrs , and when found was in a bed
scanlily covered and no lire in Ihe house
or fuel on hand , it is believed ho will
die. His age is seventy-one.
The troubled waters of municipal strife
in Lusk have subsided , and the residents
have disarmed.
The Union Pacific shops at Ernnston
are crowded wilh work , requiring niglil
and day gangs.
Four section men , it is reported , were
frozen tn death on tlio Oregon Short line
near Granger last week ,
Tlio bill granting the Billings , Clarks
Fork & Cook City railroad the right of
way through the Crow .Indian reserva
tion lias passed the senate. The con
struction of Ihis road will revolutionize
the range , mineral , oil and agricullural
conditions of the best portion of north
ern Wyoming This portion of northern
Wyoming lies in Fremont and Johnson
counties , and comprises the enliro region
of ( lie Great Big Horn basin , with an
area larger than Iho stale of Connecticut ,
and only some hundred square miles less
than Massachusetts.
Dr. Hayfoid , of the Larnmio Sentinel ,
who visited Cheyenne recently , gives the
following picture of the capital city :
"Cheyenne winds are peculiar. You will
bo walking along bracing with all your
might against a head wind when sud
denly somclhing will strike you in tlio
back which you imagine is a bale of hay.
In walking the length of a block you will
bo turned hind side before and wrong
end tin from thirty to fifty times. It is
consoling to know that no quo will wit
ness these interesting gyrations and aero-
batio performances , biieau.se the air is all
the lime so filled with dust , gravel , awn
ings , signs , barrels and dry goods boxes
thai nobody can see as far as they can
reach. Even Cheyenne ladies with their
largo feet and slim legs can perambulate
the streets with perfect impunity. "
SCHOOLS FOIl KKFOU.M.
Views On tlio Work of Stuto and 1'rl-
vato Inatltiillons.
CounvATKit , Mich. , Feb. 10. To the
Editor of the Bun : In the Chicago Tribune -
uno of the oighlh insUnl there was an
article on "An Industrial School For
Girls , " in which thu closing sentence is
as follows :
Tlio mother superior , In speaklnif of Iho
lack of lunds yesterday , said that if thn log-
fblaturo would but apart onn-thlid of Hut
money now nbked fur In the bills now pendIng -
Ing for rclorm hdiools for children for
llielr UPC thuy would take care of SW ndill-
tlotiul yirls without ruKiml lo nationality or
creed.
This was evidently called oul by Iho
meeting held Ihe day before ul the Tro-
monl house of Ihe ladles and gonlhunon
interested in the passage of a Jaw in
Illinois for an institution for dependent
children , in some respects similar to the
.state public school of Michigan. Very
complimentary words were said at the
mooting for the Michigan system , This
has encouraged the writer to present n
few facts regarding that system and
others , illustrating tlio propriety of state
aid lo private charities.
The work of the various churches in
Mils country and in Europe for depen
dent children , has been for many yeans
of wonderful magnitude. In this re
spect the Cutholio church has always
taken thn load. Only words of the highest
commendation need be said for tlio pri-
vulo charity which hits built up and oper
ated these vast enterprises for destitute
children. But when this private charity
Is united with public charity , thn results
have not been satisfactory. Before Illi
nois or Nebraska places the dependent
children in private institution and pays
a per capita for their support , the exper
ience of other governments may well bo
consulted. The experience of New York
and California in this respect ure the
most striking and convincing.
In 1871 a now Jaw had been.onacted In
Now York , by which no dependent child
of sound mind and body , between three
and sixteen years of age shall be sent to
the county poor house , but should bu sent
to families , orphan asylums or othnr ap
propriate institutions of the same relig
ious faith as their parents , Thut provi
sion which excludes those children from
the county poor houses was admirable ,
nud has been adopted in Michigan and
Pennsylvania. But thu commitment of j
their children to priv.nte asylums , the j
county to pay for their support. tl : public 1
.to huui no control over tlHrMiiiiAbion or |
the lime of dctmitbu , bus jiiovcd very j
unsatisfactory * Mrs. J. S/ Lowell , Iho
intelligent lady member of the
STACK uoAiti ) OK citvnrricfi
of New York , regarding this law and its
operations , says ;
"Since the passage of this law , and ap
parently ns n consequence of its pro
vision , not only lias the number of dependent -
pendent children increased in n ratio out
of proportion to the increase of the popu
lation but the sectarian institutions of the
city of Now York have likewise Increased
in n remarkable Jegrco. "
This and other facts regarding the New
York experience is from her address be
fore the state convention of superintend
ents of the poor , held In JamestownNew-
York , last fall. At this convention Super
intendent McGonegal , of Rochester , In
his remarks said : "There should bo no
sectarian Institutions In the Mnto sup.
ported by the ptlblle. The laws of 1H7 * ,
and 1881 making it obligatory to commit
children to institutions which are con
trolled by persons of the same religious
faith as iliu parents of Iho child , should
bo repealed. They have moro than
doubled the number of children to bo
supported by the county. "
Tlioso were the general sentiments of
the convention. The following statistic *
moro than ptove the correctness of the < u
speakers. 1111875 there were 8,041 chil
dren on Randall's island and in private
institutions , costing the cily that year
$700,237. The new law took ollect Jan
uary 1 , 1370. Eight years after , in 18S-I ,
there were on Randall's island and in
private institutions Kt,7Vl ( children , cost
ing lle city that year il-iG,377. : ! , The im
mediate effect of the law was
10 largely increase Iho number
in private institution ! ! and to ex
tend Iho lime of detention for Iho in
mates paid for by Iho county. It was for
the interest of the niivato chanty to so-
euro and retain llio.se for whom the
county paid. There was no haste to dis
charge or place in a family home any of
these children. Non-paying inmates
were readily converted into those for
whom the public paid. Tlio admissions
and detentions were entirely in the dis
cretion of the officers of these private in-
stiltitions and there were serious abuses
by them of this trust : If the children
were improperly admitted or improperly
obtained Iho county paying the expenses
could not object with effect. In Brook
lyn the rate of increase after the passage
of Ihe law of 1835 was us
follows : In 1875 Ihero were . ' 100
children in Iho alms house.
These were transferred to private institu
tions : In 1870 , 70:1877 : , 871 ; 1878 , 1,1(59 , ( ;
1879 , 1.40I ; 1830 , 1-lTW. Then the law , so
far as il related to thai city , was amended
by. which the county commissions greatly
reduced the admissions. This was the
way taxpayers were affected. But the
result of this svslnm was even worse on
the children. "By this law they were
and are detained long in pent
up public institutions constructed
and operated on the congregate nlan in
ono large building , with hundreds of
others with no family life. In Mich a
place chronic paupers are made of litllo
children just as surely as they are made
by country poor house influences. Many
oilier facts might bo given regarding tlio
New York experience showinc the great
expense to the public , tlio increase ,
building up and prosperity ot sectarian
iiibtilutions under this law and the great
wrong which it works to destitute chil
dren who ought lo have been placed in
good family homes.
The California experience is remarka
ble , especially for a western state , where
we have a right to expect progressive
ideas. The population of Ilia ) Mate is
only about one half that of Michigan
which to-day has only about 2.10 depend
ent children in its state public schooland
cares for all the dependent children of
the state of sound bodv and mind. 1 have
at hand only the California statistics of
18S3 and 1884. There were then in pri
vate inslitntions Ihero ! 5,303 children.
The state has no will in the management
of these asylums. For these two fiscal
years there was paid by the stale to these
sectarian charities the sum of 100,1)83.01 ) ,
and not one cent was paid to put these
children in homes. The legisla
ture for Ihe biennial period suc
ceeding the above considerately
exceeded this enormous sum for this
object. The money was divided among
twenty-one asylums and the highest
amount paid to anyone was $73,4121.1 ! ! .
This all look.s like a lack of stalesman-
ship in Iho golden state. But the secret
of the continuance is right here. In
California there are twenty-one sectarian
institutions , interested vitally in keeping
up this system. In New York there are
over one'hundred and fifty. All of these
furnish a powerful influence on the legis
lature , preventing repeal. Were this
system adopted in Illinois , would not the
same influence .soon appear in Spring
field ? Now only a few words , where
there might bo many , regarding the
Michigan syslom. 11 was established in
1871 and the school was opened in 1871.
H has received about two thousand two
hundred dependent children out of a
population now of about two million.
Most of these arc now in good homes in
Iho state. It has cost the state for
grounds , buildings and current expenses ,
so far. only a little over what California
paid the sectarian schools iu two years ,
ami this has worked for about thirteen
years. It iecei\cs and places in family
homes about two hundred children an
nually. These homes are carefully ex
amined and approved by a trusted ugont
in each county. Regular visits are made
to the children by the slate agent of the
school , and the county agents. The run
ning expenses are about thirty-
five thousand dollars annually.
There are now about two hun
dred and fifty in the school , the
average lately being only about iiuri. All
admissible cliildron are received. None
can bo kept in the county poor houses.
The state cares for all. There Is no taint
of crime attached to any of these chil
dren. Poverty is the only price of ad
mission. Crime admits none , any moro
than to the district school. Tlio radical
separation of these dependent from
criminal children , and placing them as
soon as may bo in family homes , gives
tins school an unique character. Ills Iho \
lirsl of the kind ever established. The
states of Rhode island , Minnesota and
Wisconsin have re-enueted the Michigan
law. Tlio writer , who has had thu pleas
ure to draft nil statutes regavding the
Michigan sohool , wrote by icqunst the
bill now In the Nebraska senate , and
which appears to receive favorable con
sideration The Michigan byNtein is not
moro popular anywhere than at home.
Governor Alger , in his late messagebald :
"It is as near perfect as can bo. "
It was established to save the depend
ent children of thn state from pauperism
and crime ; to make them rcspcclahlo ,
self-supporting citizens. And in all this
work , tlio far-seiuiig statesman will per
ceive that the success of the enterprise
secures the safety of tlio btate.
C , D. RANHAU , .
I < 'roiu the Atlilollu Trainer in 1'riiice-
ion College ,
I'lUNPUTON , N. J. , Jan. 21,18SO.
I have found It imperative to have sure
and simple remedies on hand in case of
cuts , bruises , strains , sprains , colds ,
rheumatism , elc , Shortly after entering
upon my profession I discovered such a
remedy in AM.COCK'S Poitotis Pi.Asnus.
I tried Benson's Oapolno and other plas
ters , but Immd them too harsh nud hri-
taling. ALLCOCK'H Poitous Pi.AbTKiti
give almost instantaneous relief , and
their trenglhening power is remarkable.
In cases of weak back put two plasters
on the small of thu b.iclc , mid in a short
time you will be capable o ( qnitrj ditvcru
cxorc.'ibti , In "sprint" and "dit noi "
races and jumping , the iiiiidcloa or tec-
ilons In thu log * and feet homotimoa
weaken This cun invariably be. relieved
by cutting thu plaster in narrow strips ,
sous to jrivo fico motion , and applying
011 iii'-'i-J'e. , uffucti > U.
