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IT is becoming painfully oridont thiit
"Protestor" Hillings and his hog chol
era euro arc no longer wanted in Ne
braska.
Wlliw u gentleman receives the ap
pointment of legislative spittoon cleaner
at three dollars a day and mileage hoia
liHlod on the employinont roll as "cus
todian of euspidores. "
As "CUSTODIAN of the cloak room" of
the house , our Mr. Wiggins has also be
come custodian of many stale secrets
that formerly were confided to the door-
Icoeper of the oil room.
TuiiUK are a few very singular fea
tures of the rush by which the postolllce
location is being engineered that will
cequiro more than a passing explanation -
tion from several persons in high life.
Mil. Km run told the house that the
legislature would go down to history as
the most extravagant that ever assem
bled in the state. There is more truth
tlian poetry in Mr. Keipcr's prediction.
TIIK legislature has happily given
evidence that it will recall its hasty
legislation in abolishing state oil in
spection. The penny wise and pound
foolish policy should not llnd favor in
Nebraska.
TJIK senate committee appointed to
investigate the disastrous boiler explo
sion at the state insane asylum claims
that the explosion resulted through
carelessness. If the committee had
reached the conclusion that the disaster
was duo to incompotoncy it would have
come much nearer the truth.
TIIKHK is a great deal of stuff being
printed by certain newspapers to the
effect that President Cleveland is re
joicing that the end of his term is near ;
that ho is Aweary of the cares of state
and yearns for the peace and tranquility
ofprivate : life. Haven't we had enough
of , this puerile twaddlo'i" " It certainly is
not very consistent with the president's
desperate attempt for re-election.
Tun growth of building associations
in the past few years in the cities of the
country has excited universal attention.
They have secured thousands of inde
pendent homes for workingmen whenever
never in any other way would have
owned the houses in which they live.
Building associations , if honestly con
ducted , offer the best and safest way
for a man ot small means to secure a
homo , and their popularity and success
are evidences of the thrift and industry
Of American wage workers.
A I'HOMINKNT book publishing house
in Boston has just issued a catalogue of
works by western authors exclusively.
Its purpose undoubtedly is to call atten-
13 tion to the "literary" east , that the
"west" is not alouo famous for its corn ,
its hogs , its cowboys nnd cattle kings ,
but that it can lay claim to a literature
which may well dispute with the east
for the olive branch. The subjects
treated upon cover the whole Held of
literature from fiction to poetry , from
religion to history and science. The
names of those "western" writers are
by no means unfamiliar to the world of
letters. The list includes General Low
Wallace of Indiana , Thomas M. Cooley
of Michigan , Mary N. Murfreo of Ten-
tiesee , William D. IIowolls of Ohio , Oc
tavo Thanot of Iowa , Charles Uoniiison
of Colorado and Bret Hnrto of Cali
fornia.
TIIK invitation which our govern
ment issued some time ago for a conference -
foronco of American nations to bo hold
ut Washington la receiving' generoqB
response. Several of the republics
huvo already signified their intention
of Doing represented , nnd it is more
than likely that all of them will accept
the Invitation , In view of the compli
cations likely to arise any day between
the United States and the great powers
of Europe which have financial or po
litical interests on the American conti
nent , it is high timu that a policy bo
outlined for the attitude of the Ameri
can republics with respect to the Mon
roe doctrine , Thorn are , moreover ,
questions referring to commerce and to
mora intimate relations between the
people of the western world to be dls-
ouBsod. For the day is not far distant
when the railroad will lovcl political
bun-lorn nnd knit the different nations
and republics on the American conti
nent Into the closuat intimacy.
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AK Om'SWK I'lKW OP
A candid and well considered article
on Omaha , by William Wlllnrd How
ard , with illustrations , appears in the
current issue of 7rcr'a / ) Weekly. The
writer was careful to obtain his fact
from authentic sources , and con so
quontly liis article Is not marred b.\
historical and statistical errors , aa have
Icon cmlwdied in letters published by
the eastern press regarding Omaha
past and present. Mr. Howard vis
Hod the city and made a carofu
study of its business conditions
iti public improvements , its archi
tecture , nnd the character ol its people
and wrw therefore enabled to write from
personal observation rather than from
hearsay. He was evidently withou
prejudice , as every true historian must
be , and he has hence written with fair
ness and candor. A citizen of Omahn ,
imbued wfth pride of everything con
nected with the city , may not anprovo
all the conclusions of Mr. Howard , but
ho will have to concede that they are
frutiK and obviously well intended. The
important matter is not what an out
sider thinks of us as a social city ,
or how he regards our methods
of providing for the cojt of public
education , which , in the opinion
of Mr. Howard is not to our credit , al
though ho concedes the excellence ol
the public schools , but what ho believes
to be substantial nnd sound in our con
dition and prospects as a city. In this
respect Mr. Howard's conclusions are in
the highest degree gratifying. Find
ing the best of reasons for the growth
of the past , the foundations of business
and enterprise securely laid , and the
conditions necessary to make a great
city steadily increasing , he believes not
only that the luturo of Omaha is safe ,
but that the Nebraska metropolis will
do credit to the American nation.
Mr. Howard's impressions of Omaha are
compressed in this single sentence :
"Omaha makes a specialty of doing
business. " This pointed remark is
amplified by the declaration "I'.vcn he
who runs may read in this that the city
of Omaha is the commercial gateway of
Nebraska , Wyoming , Utah and part ol
Colorado.1' Few persons need to be told
the material significance of this condi
tion of things.
As to the future of Omaha , Mr. How
ard , after comparing her substantial
growth with the booms and booinlots ol
other western cities , reaches this con
clusion : "Omaha lias made herself so
indisputably the northern metropolis of
the plains that no neighboring place
can make headway against her'1
As an evidence of tlio genuine and
substantial character of the city's pros
perity Mr. Howard says :
Large Hnnncitil corporations would not in
vest a million dollars in an olllcc building
unless there was a certainty that it would
pay. Proprietors of newspapers do not usu
ally spend hdlf a million on a new building
unless their business warrants it. 1 fancy
that Mr. Edward Roscwatcr would not put
up his magnificent new Omaha Bcu building
if ha did not have an ironclad faith in thu fu
ture of the city. For a city of only one
hundred and twenty thousand people , this
UBB building is a remarkable thing. There
nro In the city of Now York only two , or
possibly three , newspaper buridings superior
to it. In n section of country so accurately
represented by its newspapers as the west
is , the erection of this large mass of brick is
a significant indication of a solid general
prosperity.
Mr. Howard's article concludes with
this encouraging assurance : "In nil
practical and material ways , the Omaha
of to-day is a broad foundation for the
city of half a million people that she
may become early in the next
century. All that she needs is
the superstructure of population. The
opportunity for the building of a great
city is seen in the millions of acres of
fertile land that await the plough on
the western plains. To the people of
Omaha is given the inestimable privi
lege of building as they will. The future -
turo is theirs. "
THE COST 0V MATERIAL PROGRESS.
It is not a new observation that the
rapid material progress of this period is
made at an enormous cost to the vital
forces of the people most strenuous in
tlio struggle for leadership , nmonrf
whom those of the United States are
confessedly first. In the eager fight
for success and wealth , men do not
pause to consider that there is a
normal limit to man's capacity for
the true and healthy enjoyment
of pleasures , luxuries , and oven com
forts , and that when this limit is
reached there is an inevitable ncn-
alty. The financier and the merchant
find gratification and incentive in know
ing that fortunes can now bo made to
count by the million as easily as when a
quarter of a century ago they were
reckoned by a tenth of that sum. To
the manufacturer the improving appli
ances and now discoveries which in
crease and oticnpon tlio facilities for
production give a luxury to enterprise.
Tlio trader finds Immense advantage in
the steadily improving agencies which
enable him to keen in instantaneous
contact with his markets and
his customers. In all those di
rections the progress of loss than
half a century has boon inoal wonderful ,
and it lias so increased the chances of
icquiring wealth quickly thntmon yield
up everything to the intoxicating hopes
and expectations of business enterprise.
The strain is necessarily groat. Once
.n the current the ambitious man can
mve little time for himself. He lludb
limsolf dominated by the forces of busi-
loss llfo , which whirl and drive him
'orward relentlessly. A few , indeed ,
ire enabled to take periods of leisure ,
to release themselves wholly from tlio
cares of business in foreign travel ,
or to enjoy some of the com-
orts and luxuries of social life
it homo , but the number of such is not
urge. The great majority must remain
constantly at the post of duty or run the
risk of being left in the nice. There lias
of course boon a great increase in the
conditions for the amelioration of over
work , but how little these have really
accomplished is linprosslvoly told by
statistics recently funitshod by the
H'csldcnt of the health department of
ow York , city , showing the Increase
of deaths in that , city during twenty-
years from dltoasos directly foV
.orod by excessive dovotlon to business.
The diseases noted are Bright's , da- |
botej , paralysis , upoplosy , heart dis-
fatty degeneration of heart ,
eorrhosis of the liver , and
Insanity , Without Q0\\\g \ intc
details , it Is sullloicnt to Bay that the
agcrcgnto deaths from these diseases
Increased nearly four-fold between the
years 1SOO and 1887 , having been 5Mo !
in the latter year against 1,719 in the
former. Dright's disease nnd disease
of the heart claim nearly four-fifths of
the victims of overwork , while the re
cords of the lunatic asylums tolls a piti
ful story of the ulTect ot thu hlghtan-
sion methods of modern business. And
these statistics do not embrace the mor
tality from nervous exhaustion , which
also dooms thousands to years of suf
fering and helplessness , Doubtless the
business pressure in New York is
somewhat more severe than in other
cl.ties of the country , but never
theless these statistics convoy a warn
ing which may wisely bo heeded in
every commercial center of the coun
try. While wo are amazed and grati
fied at the wonderful material progress
of tliu nation , it is well to consider what
it is costing in physical and mental vi
tality , nnd what may bo the consequences
quences of that vast expenditure upon
the next generation.
A OIIKAT COiVO/JJJS.S 0V LAUOU.
Among the most interesting events
that will bo associated with the centen
nial exposition in Paris this year will
bo an international congress of labor ,
invited to assemble by the organized
workingmen of i'aris. The exposition
is intended to celebrate the centenary
of the French revolution , and as that
great event in the world's history nota
bly assorted the rights of the masses
against the privileges of the nobility
and aristocracy , and produced condi
tions which raised the workingmcn of
Europe out of the degradation to which
they had boon subjected , its celebration
at the close of a hundred years is a
most appropriate lime for assem
bling representatives of labor in a
great international congress. Such an
assemblage will bn impressively signifi
cant of the progress that has been made
in liberal and enlightened principles
during the past hundred years , since it
would have been impossible a century
ago. It may emphasize the fact that in
this age the world can regard with
greater interest and concern a congress
of intelligent workingmen than a con
ference of emperors.
Tlio invitation to this congress im
poses .no restraint upon opinions , and
all vk4vs that prevail ainonir workingmen -
men will have representation and be al
lowed full and free expression. The
widest latitude will be given to the dis
cussion of the problems that , relate to
labor throughout the worldand the most
radical equally with the most conserva
tive sentiments will receive toleration
and attention. The purpose is to se
cure a broad and unconstrained inter
change of views between representa
tives of labor , not with any idea of
formulating a general policy or of
bringing about immediate practical re
sults , but in order that organized labor
throughout tlio world may got a more
accurate knowledge of the present con
ditions affecting it everywhere and a
truer conception of its international
relations.
In this respect the coming together
of the labor of the old and the now
world should have especially im
portant results. There is need
of establishing more intimate
relations bctwcon the workingmen -
men of Europe and of the United States
for the better protection of the inter
ests of both. It has been suggested
that it will be possible to organize n
great international intelligence olllce
for communicating to the broad win
ners of Europe and the United States
matters relating to their respective in
terests. Through such an organization
American workingmen could inform
their brethren in Eurone in regard to
rates of wages and opportunities for
labor in all departments of industry
and thus avert a great deal of misery
and distress now caused by improvi
dent immigration. Such an interna
tional association , it is behoved , would
bo n check upon the selfishness
of importers of cheap labor in this
country and their agents in Europe.
There are many good results possible
from a congress of thin character , and
from every point of view thu friends of
labor will bo warranted in regarding
its assembling as one of the very im
portant events of the time.
A FOHEION CRITICISM.
Tlio criticism of Cardinal Manning
upon the morality of this country , which
lie professes to believe is going to seed ,
attributes moral decline to two causes
the freedom of divorce and the Sunday
newspaper. There will DO nobody to
dispute the position of the cardinal so
'ar as relates to the divorce matter.
1'ho case with winch the marriage tie
may bo severed in this country that is ,
in several of the states is not at all
i < red liable to us. It is evidence of
i lax public opinion regarding
the importance of the most seri
ous and hacrcd of human com-
mcls not complimentary to our on-
ightonmont. But Cardinal Manning
should know that wo nro beginning to
sec our weakness in this particular , nnd
o see is to reform. Wo may not in
corporate an amendment in the consti-
.ution.ushns . been proposed , authori
ng congress to onaut marriage nnd
Oivorco laws. Wo shall very likely
continue to bclievo that this is a matter
.lint belongs solely to state regulation ,
tut it need not bo doubted that in due
line the faults and defects of divorce
aws will be removed wherever they
oxiHi , nnd that tliore will
> o a sufficiently uniform sys-
om of laws more rigidly pi-fl
eeting1 the marital compact to prevent
ntiy euoh breaches of it ns are now so
easy to bo accomplished.
But with regard to the Sunday news-
mpor , that Is an American institution
vhich unquestionably has como to stay ,
t has bccoiio ( as necessary to the people
n ? anything else that the progress of
, he ago has ovolvcd , and it can no more
bo given up than any of those things
which have come to be Indispensable in
ho life of the people. The wants of a
'real , active , inquisitive people will
tot rout fora single day , and they have
earned that it is quito as u uutiul to
them that they sh&uM bo informed of
what has transpirqd. on the seventh day
of the week as on the first. The as
sumption that the Sunday paper has
anything to do with' depreciating the
morality of the people , allowing that it
is depreciating , cannot bo successfully
maintained. Morality is not weakened
by education , and , the properly con
ducted Sunday paper 'is ' one of the best
of educators. It Is 'invariably ' some
thing more than , a newspaper. It is
n source of greatly useful instruction
outside of its presentation of the
world's doings on , ( ho preceding day.
It carries into the homes of the people
sermons far more valuable and important
than como from many pulpits , and the
majority of these people can have no
oilier sermons. Such an institution
cannot work harm. All its inlluonco
must on the contrary bo for good , and
so it is. Tlio venerable cardinal , there
fore , while ho may confidently hope for
a reform of American divorce laws , may
ns well make up his mind that tlio
American Sunday paper is here to stay.
COMMISStOXKIt WlimilT Of the
national department of labor has an
interesting chapter on working women
of manufacturing centers in his last
report. From a mass of statistics ho
linds that the average age is but
twenty-two years , and of the whole
number reported seventeen thousand
five hundred more than one-half are
engaged in their first trial at self-sup
port. As a rule , the working women
are unmarried , supporting not only
themselves but giving their earnings
largely to the support of parents and
dependants at home. Ten thousand of
the number under consideration not
only work at their daily occupation but
assist in household duties at home.
More than two-thirds of those women
live at home and nro under homo
influences. While this record is not at
all complete , it is certainly gratifying
as far as it goes. There can bo no
question that the condition of workingwomen -
women should be improved as regards
hours of labor and rate of compensation.
But it must be confessed , if Mr.
Wright's testimony can bo depended
upon , that the lot of the average work
ing women is not ns black as it has been
.painted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is urged , as a special feature of
the proposed corn exhibit at the Paris
exposition to bo undertaken by tlio
New York produce exchange , that ef
forts be made to educate the people of
Europe in the nrt'of preparing corn for
food. Despite the heavy annual ship
ment of corn products , there is amaz
ing ignorance in foreign countries as to
the best way to prepare corn for edible
purposes.
VOICE Ol ' THK STATE PUI3SS.
Two IC.xtrpmcs.
Submission is iu tbu swim. Prohibition Is
in the soup. J _ J _
The President' ncvenge.
Norfolk Tfewi.
Cleveland has atta'ebej ' his autograph to
the Dill creating thOidoparttnont of agricul
ture. Considering the already complicated
condition of the cabinet question this is
nothing less than refined cruelty.
\j
They Owe It to Themselves.
Fremont Tribune.
Tn case prohibition carries a number of
public water fountains would bo apprcciutod
in Fremont. In order to get people accus
tomed to using water as a beverage the city
council should have some put iu in conven
ient places. _
"Walt and Sne.
David Cltn Pre s.
THE OMAHA BEE gives as n reason why the
secretary of the treasury should bo given to
the owest Is "because the west produces
the greatest share of the jvealth. "
That is the very reason why the west will
not be given the treasury portfolio. Wall
street and the manufacturing influences of
the east had too much "fat fried out of
them" to give the west such an opportunity.
Blond-Suckers Not Wanted.
O'Kell Vninttcr.
The state board of transportation is , in our
opinion , a useless appendage and should bo
abolished. According to published rates
furnished by the board to the legislature the
rates in Nebraska , for 100 miles tor instance ,
are nearly double what they are in Iowa ,
Minnesota and Illinois. We need railroads ,
but they ought not to bo allowed to suck the
life blood from the people while wo are get
ting them. _
The Railroad
annul Inland Intlcjicnilcnt ,
It has been shown Unit the railroads have
seventeen senators , a majority of one , in the
senate. That settles the question of any leg
islation in the Interests of the people in the
railroad line this session. We are pleased to
note that the senator from this district is not
one of that railroad majority , voting to in
definitely postpone u resolution requiring the
board of transportation to prepare a schedule
of rates , which will prevent discrimination
against Nebraska. It seems that tha rail
roads own both board and senate.
TALKS ON T
Randolph Mitchell , one of the victims of
the fulling of the Meyer building , was a
magnificent specimen of humanity. It was
sad , indeed , that ho should have met so horrible
rible a death and the gravity of the accident
is but increased by the fact that , lit the mo
ment of its happening , ho was trying to induce -
duce another victln ; , Pctor lloyer , to take
out n policy In the insurance company which
ho represented. ' >
Mr. Mitchell's ' life , it is stated , was In-
Bured for $100,000. Hd tdok out the last $30-
000 , as related by hljliselj , In a wager which
ho lost , having bet that pluvelund would bo
re-olectoa prosldcnt/of , the United States.
The bet was with a UrOMier Insurance agent
who was a Harrison niani The loser was to
have his life insured'In "the other's company
for $5l,000. ) MitohelT08 | } and the premium
cost him $ lT5ft j Said ho Just
the day boforel his death : "I
urn fouling well and contented. I have
lost and puld onu of tilt ) biggest bets made In
ttio presidential election , In thin purt of the
country , and if I die my wife shall want for
nothing , " The words wore still ringing in
the listener's ears when the tlmu arrived to
sound the agent's knell.
There Is a vision of richness nnd beauty In
the tiled floors and marble walls of the
lavatory of the 1'axton. Mounting guard
over the select spot Is a veteran of many
years , Ho has momorl/nd n legend painted
upon sheets of tin mid hung iu various places ,
which is Intended to attract the attention of
Intruders , and which runs about as follows ;
"Thoso accommodations uro Intended ex
clusively far the guuots of thm hotel. "
Several iiUUU ago , Frank iCuiuuu , the Otoe
ixinnty senator , was.H ffiHiat at the house. So
was William , faai.'liurly linown u
"Uill" Canada. Uotli wcro performing tnoir
ablutions after n ride from the capital. Be
hind them pnccd the ngcd custodian of th
nmrblo baths. Hnisln ? his head from th
b.nln , the while applying a towel to I
briskly , Hnnsotn inquired in a tone loin
enough to bo heard by the gray board
"Uill , why don't jou stop at this hotel whoi
you nro in town ! " The ngcd sentry stood
turned , tapped Canada on the shoulder , ntn
with frigid civility said ; "I'leaso do you
washing in the hotel you stop at nf
tor thlsl" Ho then walked away , n * dl <
Hfinsom also , leaving Canada to dlsposi
ot his mortification ns best ho could , It 1
said thnt Hansom kept out ot Canada's pall
for a week.
From thp First National bank to the P
olfio Express company's office is but n fev
feet. Several dayn ago six young gentlomrr
paced the dl tnnce nnd when they rcachoi !
their destinationthey wore almost exhausted ,
Each hod carried a bag of gold which was ,
in Itself , an nmplo fortune. These young
gentlemen recall General Hnrnov's trip U [
the Missouri to iissitmo control , for the gov
eminent , of the Sioux nation. Ho touched
ut Omaha in ISO * , the boat bearing him being
the Minor. Ho had with him Sr > 0t,0li0 ) , f
trusted messenger , Stephen llowes , now per
forming the same duties In the licadquurtcn
of the department of the Platte in this city
also his secretary , slneo known as Colonel
O'Connor. ' There was n number of passen
gers on board , while the deck and hold of the
boat were loaded with provisions , utensils
and Implements which were to be utilized in
the civilization of the Indians. The boat
was chartered at nn expense of $ , * > 0' ' ) per day ,
the trip extending from St. l-iouis to Peoria
Flats , live miles from Fort Sully. Only
three persons on the boat know of the money
being on board. Those three have been
mentioned , The currency was deposited In
an old satchel , to which neither the general
nor his attendants paid the slightest , attention.
The half-million dollars reached the agency
in safety , though many n tough character
who , after ho learned of the chance ho had
lost to make n fortune , bemoaned his lot in
impotent petitions to bo afforded such
another opportunity. A ereat deal of the
money was spent iis Intended , upon the In
dians , but when General Grant sent out
Qnulters to continue the work of civili/.ation ,
General Harncy packed the money remain
ing into'tho same satchel and threw It into
one of the wagons , In the train with which
he bade the Indians gooil-uyc. Near Fort
Rundull , the wagon was upset and every
thing was spilled upon the ico. Hut the little
old suck was pitched back Into anotcr wagon ,
and , with its contents unknown to uut
Howes and Hartley , reached Sioux City in
safety. Thence , it traveled by express to
the war department. "If 1 had carried the
vallso in any other way , " said the general ,
"I should have had to protect it with u com
pany of soldiers , "
Tlio coldest Sunday we have had this year ,
and some of our most severe weather has
been experienced on Unit day , has seen , In
the afternoon , in one of the Twentieth street
grip cars , sometimes a solitary passenger.
In such eases it was a woman , round fea
tures , ruddy from contact with the breezes
and a form enciscd in a pelisse tightly
drawn by the arms inside. The car rattles
and the grip in an dances and the { > coplo on the
street hurry by ns rapidly as possibly to get
out of the cold , but the lady in question
seems motionless and to fairly revel in the
cutting blasts. Her persistence denotes a
fixed purpose , the mniatonanoc of a habit ;
while the glance of the eyes , now in this and
again in that direction denote an intelligent
and systematic observer. The car climbs
the sleepy hill at Dodge nnd Twentieth
streets nnd with an irresistible force shoots
around the corner. The eyes of the lady-
rest admiringly upon the imposing , though
lifeless campus of the high school in the
summer the most beautiful place of the kind
in the country and then turn northward as
the train glides down the plane toward her
homo In the distant part of the city. Than
this lady , no ono in America is more system
atic in her habits , no ono more earnestly devoted -
voted to the work she felt called upon to
undertake , no one more widely known , oven
on the continent and none more capable of
comparing , describing and appreciating the
glories which she has beheld in the works of
both man nnd nature in all parts of the civil
ized globe because the lady is Mrs. Eliza
beth Cady.Stanton.
'
Unlucky Heforniers.
St. i'aul Pioneer 1'rcgg ,
So far in the reformation of society the
White Caps have made almost as Itltlc prog
ress as the prohibitionists.
*
Tlio Water Startled Him.
FM\atldi \ > Mn Kurth American.
A Huffalonian committed suicide in a Turk
ish bath. It must have been an anarchist ,
who did not Know what to make of the situa
tion in which ho found himself.
o
A Woinaii'H Wciipon.
Chlcagii HrraW.
A woman in Pennsylvania knocked n tramp
out of time with a rolling-pin. The rolling-
pin Is to lovely woman what the stiletto is to
thu Spaniard , the bowic knife to the Texan ,
and the Winchester ritle to the cowboy.
MagnniilinoiiH Hnchclnrs.
Cincinnati Knqulrcr.
Perusing the marriage problem several
several eastern papers have been lately in
terviewing distinguished bachelors as to the
reasons why they remained single. Among
many interesting responses ono sccnm
peculiarly happy : "Whonoverl huvo thought
of marriage I have been obstructed by the
reflection that I should bo sorry for uiy
wife. "
Fact and Fiction.
.S' ( . I'aul I'liinccr I'rem.
Floating fiction : An Iowa editor who has
a small farm has raised corn enough on It to
huild a. printing office. Floating 1'aet : An
Arkansas editor who has n small printing
Dfllcu has raised h 1 enough in it to supply
all the other printing offices with "devils. "
I'riccH in Dakota.
Mlnneaiwllii Tribune.
\ Grand Forks man on a visit to Mlnneap-
3lm was repeatedly called upon to refute the
: hurga that everything In the great ter
ritory is exorbitantly high. Ho cited as
i > roof \ > l his statements the fact that aces up
before the draw are worth only $3.
The Jjlou Ainoni ; Cho Flowura.
2'empfe liar ,
Hero , In tlilH garden nook alone , alone ,
JJes an old lion of gray stone-
Once , In the long gone golden hours ,
A lordly lion , proud Jn state ,
The guardian of a mansion gate-
Now ho lies low among the flownrs ,
Then , oft he Haw the shining doors ,
Heard light fcot full on festal lloors ,
Hoard music wake its witching din ;
Then dance bcnuati ) the torches' bhuo
The knights and ladles of old days ,
While he watched over all within.
Now hu lies In his old ago
Cast out , rejected by tlio rage-
Of time a downbeatoJ , broken , scarrrtil
An olit gray lion ; rot not less
A lion In his feebleness !
One thing U left him Mil ! to trimrd.
Ho guards it well , by night und day ,
In these iiejl ; , paw& of grainta gray ,
In the btrunnr Hheltar of his breast ;
NO man shall servo him yet with scorn ,
Though a old lion , thu * forlorn.
Ami all lie- guards u robin' * ucatl
CURRKNT TO1MCS.
Two street car conductors in San Fr < m
Cisco Imvo bceu sentenced to six months' 1m
prlsonmont for using na instrument denomi
tinted "brother-in-law" dofrnud the
n - - to com *
pany. This Is a dovlco nbout as big as r
silver dollar , which Is carried In the palm ol
the left hand , the bell which It contain ?
being rung In Imitation of the sound of tin
boil-punoh when n faro Is collected. A num <
bcr of detective * were employed and the twc
conductors , who i > lcndcd guilty , were detected
tected In the very act. There has nlwnys
boon nn Irrepressible conllict between streol
car conductors nnd their employers on the
subject of "knocking down. " Whether the
dollar or two a day to bo uizilo by the use ol
n four dollar "brother-in-law" la considered
sufficient compensation for the chance of n
six months Mmtoneo nnd Its attendant conso-
quenccs In the Mmpa of loss of character and
of employment remains to be seen ,
Lord Wolseloy In the Fortnightly Kevlow
lias n paper onVnr. . " A irood deal of n
snob is "my lord , " says the Salt Lnico
Tribune. Ho affects n kind of disdain for
ndvlco to soldiers In the Meld from men high
In civil station , who have not received a null-
tnry training , which history docs not Justify ,
The president ot tlio southern confederacy
was a thoroughly educated soldier , yet his
ndvlco wus a terror to the uencrala who
commanded the southern armies. Abraham
Lincoln was absolutely unlettered in the art
of war , but his advice was so pertinent that
much of It rends now like Inspiration. The
natural conclusion Is that a man who has no
natural attributes for generalship cannot be
made a far-seeing commander of an army ,
no matter how much labor the schools may
bestow upon him , while another man without
knowledge , but with the Instincts of n sol
dier , may draw shrewd conclusions of what
ought to be done and what would bo a suc
cess , though hu may not understand the de
tails necessary for the carrying out of the
plan.
plan.Tho
The reported threat of the Chinese vlco-
roy that ho .would exclude Americans from
the Flowery Kingdom In retaliation for our
exclusion act must bo taken with many
grains of allowance , observes the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. The Chinese government
1ms always expressed disapproval of the em
igration of its people across the Paeille. It
prefers that they should coloni/te the Phil-
lipincs and the Slant settlements where they
can get control of trade and bo near homo.
Nine-tenths of tlio coolies who came hero
wore from the provinces near Canton and
Hongkong , and were natural nomads. The
viceroy is governor of Chili , one of the
nest northerly provinces , und ho can have
10 fooling In regard to the exclusion of a
few thousand ol' the tramp and criminal
classes. Ho is also shrewd enough to know
that the balance of American trade has
ilways been in favor of China , and that it
would bo veer policy to cut off this lucrative
trade for a mutter of national sentiment.
Commenting upon the development of
Japan , the Philadelphia North American
says : The promulgation of a new constitu
tion in Japan marks one of the most wonder
ful strides that civilization has ever taken ,
if everything not Caucasian is to bo regarded
as barbaric. But whuther it brings Japan
nearer the Anglo-Saxon ideu of civili/nllon
or not , it is the opening of u new era that
promises to make the land of flowers a part ,
of the rest of the world to which it lias boon
so long a mystery. Usually such changns
arc made gradually , but m this case nn abso
lute monarchy for twenty-live centuries is
changed into n constitutional government in
n single day. Twenty years ago the mikado
and his consort wore hold so sacred that It
was death for an ordinary subject to beheld
their countenances. The ruler was absolute.
To-day the masses rule. Had the mikado
resisted this encroachment upon his heredi
tary power , it might have been put off indefinitely -
definitely , but with n wisdom and broadness
of mind that has rarely boon exhibited by n
monarch , ho has soon that Japan to hold her
own with other nations must adopt the way
of the dominant westerner , and has aided
during the past ton years to bring about the
change which strips him of his right to rule
alone. Japan has always been a land of
wonder , nnd her latest step stamps her as
marvelous beyond compare.
The members of at least ono church in
New York uppoar to have serious doubts
about the illness of strangers and persons too
poor to pay pew rents engaging in religious
worship , says the Chicago News. Benjamin
W. Williams , ono of the ollioers of the
Church of St. Thomas of that city , is re
ported assaying :
"Wo haven't nny room In our church for
people who haven't naid for their seats. Our
trouble is not to Hud places for strumrcrsbut
to keep them out. Wo don't ' ask them to
come , and wo don't ' want them. If they como r
they are in the wuy , and wo have hard work V
to got them out of the way ; but wo manage
to do it nevertheless. Wo have to watch
them , but sometimes they elude us nnd con
trive to nnd seats somewhere. Then we have
to tell them very plainly to get up and and go
out. And we malic them do It. "
Mr. Williams had been asked to give his
reasons for compelling a lady to rise from
her knees while In the midst of her devotions
and leave the church. Ho had no hesitation
in giving them. The lady , he said , did not
own the pow and had not been invited to ou-
cup.y it. Consequently BIO was an intruder
and it wus right to make her 0
away. There were no free scuts except
a low from which the pulpit could not
bo scon. So the lady , who was a stranger
in the city , could not bo permitted to re
main.
main.Mr.
Mr. Williams , whoso church is one of the
wealthiest and most fashionable in Now
York , is an extreme example of a class of
inhospitable church functionaries who arc
too numerous for the good of the cause in
which they claim to bo laboring. A church
run us a close corporation , from the bi'iieliu
of which nil outsiders uro oxcludfd , in
variably has a great deal more fashion
about It than It has religion. Of whut use
In this world is u church which has no ivol-
como for straiu-ors ) A society to promote
selllshnoss in the gniso of religion can ac
complish no good thing. On tlio contrary ,
It is n standing reproach to the c.iuso of
Christianity.
To exclude strangers from the churches
Is to leave room for sin to enter and enjoy
itself. Sin Is no stranger oven in fashion
able church congregations ,
Notwithstanding the rapid growth and de
velopment of the country the additions to the
number of departments of the government
huvo been slow und email , observes the Chicago
cage Tribune , The first congress under the
constitution Immediately passed bills pro
viding for secretaries of thu treasury , ° f
state , of war und navy , which wcro at llr.st
united , nnd fora postmaster general and at
torney general , Those positions were tilled
by Alexander Hamilton , Thomas JclTor/ton / ,
Henry Knox , Samuel Osgood , and Kdrnond
Uandolnh. The navy department
not created tilt IT'Ji ' , when Hem-
| umin fitodilanl was appointed sec
retary , nnd thu department of the interior
not till 1870 , Thomas Kwing being thu lint
secretary. Now , forty year * mtcr.cami'siho
lepartmuiit of agriculture , with Norman .1.
Dolninn nt UK lioad. U will not be many
/cars before the department of the interior ,
combining u number of Incongruoux bureaus
ivhk'h wore assigned lltero because they ha-
onta-d nowhere el n , will huvo to bo broken
.ip into at Iciisi two department * .
Commend us to Nevada for prompt action.
I'ho orimnal eatistilution of thai ttuve pro
hlbltcd lotteries , under severe t.nd efficient
penalties. Hut the pdoplo suffered for wanl
of lotteries , nnd children cried for them , So
on ttio lOthof Jununry ot the present year ,
the legislature passed a law submitting to
the I'coplp n constitutional nniondmont
abolishing the original prohibition , to ba
voted upon on February 11 , when It wai
carried by n largo majority. So , though
Nevada's mines have "petered" and hct
agricultural prospects nro not great , nnd she
is not likely to pet a strip of California ter
ritory to help her out , she may still inauaga
to exist upon licensed faro games ami local
ized lotteries.
GUIAT MIO.V.
Certain English newspapers assort thnl
Mr. Stc.id has severed his connection with
the Pftll Mail Gazette , of which ho iias lena
been editor.
Walter .T. Damrosoh is loctnrhiff on tha
beauties of Wugnerian opera to the Phibdol-
phlans. A city which gnvo birth to thoClovot
club must ndmiro Wagner.
Cnsslus M. Clay has presented to Colonel
James W , Capcrton , of Hichmond , Ky. , tin
"revolving pistol" given to Clny by Lincoln
for his defense of Washington in 1801.
Hlsmnrcu has caused n now cartoon to bi
put under the ban. The picture ropreienU
nisinnrck ns Oollah : the newspaper pros *
as llttlo David with his lively sllnc-shot.
The most prominent candidates for Anmrl *
can representatives at the Sumoan confer
ence in Hcrlin arc licnjauiin F. Hutlor , Senator -
ator Htddtoborgor , John L. Sullivan and
Judge Uucker , of Colorado.
John Wanntnnkcr's ' country plaeo nt Jon-
klntown , l onn. , is his pride and joy. 1U
has n flno collection of caltln , and his How.
crs are very valuable. His roses nnd orchidi
nre worthy of note , and his rhododendrons
nro famous in I'cmihylvanla.
John Jacob Astor has given n handsoim
four-story building , with its lot of land , U
the Children's Aid society of New York , as u
memorial to his wile , who was deeply inter
ostcd In this charitable institution Th <
building will bo tisod ns an industrial sohojl.
Prof. Herrmann , the wizard , closed a great
week in Washington recently. Ho hud several
oral social receptions during the week. As
thu National Theatre .Tames (3. Hlaiuo occu
pied a box , and nt the close of the porior-
nmnco paid his respects ta the professor
behind the scenes.
Kdwards H. GolT , late publisher of tha
Graphic of New York city , will soon return to
Journalism. Ho ts to establish Hero in Now
York a new trauo Journal to bo devoted to
the Interests of American manufuuturors ,
nnd especially to the development of com
mercial relations between this country and
Central und South America.
. "Tho Prince of Wales , " remarks the
light-gossip man of the Now York Press ,
"eats clurns direct from the shell , which ho
holds In nis hand. The great Nitpoloon was
passionately fond of shrimps. Henry Ward
Ueocher chewed roast lamb and eschewed
roast hoof. Charles Dickens , when lectur
ing in Hrooklyn , drauk a bottle of brandy
and two of chumpagno during tha course of
a single evening. "
IlGIjIGlOUS.
Kansas comprises thrco dioceses Leaven-
worth , Coneordia und Wichita with a popu
lation of 8G.OIK ) Catholics und 107 priests.
Hov. John O'Connell. rector iu Limerick ,
was struck with apoplexy whllo serving in
the confessional , and died in a few hours.
John Wannmnkcr , of Philadelphia , whom
political rumor designates ns the next post
master general , is the Superintendent ot
what is probably the largest Sunday school
iu the world.
The National Women's Christian Temperance -
anco union has as constituents Us honornr.y
members , young women's unions nnd Juven
ile bands , in addition to the women's unions ,
making in all n following of half a million.
Rev. Dr. Uoss C. Houghton , pastor ol
Grace church , Portland , Orecron , has been
olectoJ n member of the Society of Ulbk-ul
Arclni'ology of London. Among the mem
bers of this society arc Luyurd und Glad
stone.
The receipts of the Homo Missionary so
ciety in thu lir.st nine months of this ycat
have been : From contributions , $ luV C.l ,
from legacies , fW,7ii ; ) . As compared with
thu minio months of last year , a fnlliug olT ol
$9S9a m offerings , and f'iU,15S in legacies ,
* 3HU5U , in all.
During the year 1SSS the following cities
have dedicated now Y. M. C. A. buildings at
the following costs : Toronto , $80,000 ; De
troit , $135,000 ; Albany.flOO.OOO ; Innianapoli * .
$100,000 ; Worcester , $140.000 ; St. Joseph ,
F1'J.J,000 : Now York ( railroad ) , $100.000 :
Yorkville Branch. $ : ! 0,0i:0. :
The society lor thosuppression of vice wan
not Idle liibtyear. H secured 101 convictions ,
made 1H nrrcsts , seized over 4 ! > , ( K)0 ) pounds ol
bad boons und papers , nnd runscil the de
struction of an immense amount of vile mat
ter of various sorts. All this WHS done at an
expenditure of only $ flV , 2.78.
A plcbeseitc has been taken at Milan. Tlio
municipality has directly asked the heads of
tiousoholds their opinion as to whether ro-
igious tuachinp should forma part of the
jurriculiim in public schools. Of the ; ; ! , . " > 1'J
yotos recorded , ever twonty-flvo thousand
A'cro in the affirmative. That is an miswor
iVhlcli agitators will hardly dnro to overlook.
It was stated nt a rodent comvciHion of
: olorcd catholics in Washington that tlu-rn
ire : . ' 0 colored catholic churches in th.s
jountr.v. each ono of thc-.so having a .school
uiiicxud ; besides 03 colored catholic schools ,
i orphan asylums , anil : i reformatories. The
lutholic hospitals , homes for tlio poor , ok- . ,
ire open to both colored and white cluldri'ii.
Miout 5,000 , children uro taught in th' ]
ichools , nnd HOD children cared for in tlm
isylums. Tliore is but 1 catholic priest , but
hero are 7 colored students ,
Crcmal'on.
hindini 7'Vffiiri' ,
\VllIiatn ! " she cried , " .strew not blosssnu
of spring ,
Kor the now apparatus may rust ;
Jut say that a handful of hlmvings you'l !
bring ,
And linger to sec mecombust. . .
'Oh , proiiiiso mo , love , by the llre-hnlo you'll
watch ;
And when mourners and .stoltcrs ciiivono ,
Tou will HCO that they light mo home Milcmii ,
slow mutch ,
And warn them against kerosene.
'It ' would cheer mo to know , crc tlito ru.ta
bree/cs waft
My essences far to the polo ,
'hat ono whom I love will look to lha
draught ,
And huvo a fond eye nn tin ) coal ,
'Then ' promise mo , love" and liar voice
fainter grow--
"While this biily of mine' calcilies ,
'ou will stand just as near us you u.in to tha
line
And ga/e while my gases ariso. "
A Hiinawny.
Mr. James H. McArdle , of MoArdlcvillo ,
ict with what might have boon a fatal uu-
nlont lust wock. Wht-'ii noir his homo tint
inrileil team which ho drove took fright and
nishcd their-jouraoy in u wire funru. Thu
iirrliiffu war * wroukcd und Mr. MnArdlo wus
irown violently out ou liis lic.nl an J siioul-
er.-i. Ho fortunately escaped with a ftnv
ithcr painful cuts und brul.sua which will
linn to the hou-to for u wcok or no ,
Tin ) liiitl SI raw.
l-'hiledelphia Kccord : Jowa City Man
- ' Yea , sir , t'vo come east to livo.
'an't ' htund western notiscnstt any
jnjjor. "
Philadelphia ! ) ' ] tnough you were
oldiiiK a town ollico out thero' . "
"J was , but 1 warned. You KOD it
as thin wav. Souui o' thiisu luniul
tola in councils pasnitd u law iniu/.lin ; ;
II limburtfor ehuisso nll'urod foraah ; ;
Ud it wat deleterious lo health , you
now. "
'That .should not have worried you
ny. "
"Great Scott , man ! They aj > plu.cd ,
iu to do lUo