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HM > . . i.iW > * iKi THJU OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MARCH 16 , 1839. .THE DAILY BEE. I3VKIIY MOUSING. TERMS 01' BUIISCIUI'TION. Dully ( Morning Kdltlon ) Including SUNDAY llKK. Ono Year. . TtO 00 ForBlx Month * . n ( X ) 3'orTlirco Months . 360 ITiir. OMAHA SUNIIAT USE , mailed to any mlclresi , Ono Year . > . . 3 55 WKKKI.Y DEE , Ono Year. . . , . 200 OMAHA OrriCB.Noa.tiH and Bin IfAUMAMBTUBKT. CHICAGO Omen , M7 HOOKBIIV Uuir.niKi. NKW YOIIK Omen. IlonMill AMI IA TIIIIIO.NB iluti.mmi. WASHINGTON OrriCK , No. C13 COIinnsi'ONDRNOB. , All communications relating to news and edi torial matter should ueaddresaodtntno KDITOH " " % scrmia should bs All business letters nnd remittances addressed to TIIK HKr. I'unusiiiNci COMPANY , OMAHA. Draft * , chcris and po toitlce orders to bo inndo payable to the order ot tlio compunjr. ! Mce PnbliSuingliiiany , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER , Editor. i ; DAlIjY UKE. Sworn Stntcincnt of Circulation. Btftto of Nebraska , I . . . 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Exciting ox- . pcrlencea In the location ot the Union I'aclllc. feinted by Andrew Hosowater. Let the nine TMWS Rest Elizabeth Cady Bt nnton oxprnssoa her vtows on the Sunday newspaper and amusements with her customary frankness , nnd In n manner which will chal lenge the attention of the clergy and Sabbath reformers. V I Enrly Reminiscences oOmam / Dr. Miller tells of General Sherman's arrival nnd excursion over the Ualon I'aclllc. Minstrelsy In the Old Time ? Burnt cork nrtlsts llfty years ago and too fortunes that they mndo. Mimic Earth , Sea and S7sA ) dramatic critic talks of matters botn ucforo and behind the Bccnos. Clmrlcy Fischer's Joj/s The old-time Omaha ( Ire clilot and the nblo fighters who belpod him control too llamas before the aays of paid firemen. Fortunes In Horse Flesh The fine trot ting stock owned la Om alia and where'they nro qmirtoroj. In the Barbers' Hands Peculiarities of fiomo well kaown Omahans in the parlors of the tonsorlal artists. Caiiglit Jacl : in the BOB An old baggage- mim'n experience with nboxed-up robber , aad other tbrllllag episodes on the ral. | A Complete Sporting Department The events of the week given la detail , with a fore cast of coming attractions. p Local Denominational Features What Is transpiring in Omaha religious circles. Omaha's Labor Societies Walks and talks with the odlcers ot the local orgar.Iza- t tlons The spring outlook. In Parlor and ttall llnom fho notable social events of the week described , and the I. movements of society leaders. . Eclioci From the Antc-Iloom Interesting occurrences among the fraternities. OWier Feature ? ofritcnwt The Now York Herald's cable dispatches from European centers ; our own bpcclal service from the na tional and state capitals ; all thn happenings In Nebraska nnd Iowa gathered by our special correspondents ; complete trade reviews ; fresh nnd well selected miscellany , and the brightest nnd most complete local uows. BUINO on your union depot nnd all will bo forgiven. "COLD TJA > ( will bo a common bovor- ngo hereafter on the first day of the week. TIIK absconding confidential cleric is a bird that is foreign to Omaha. Ho should be plucked. PKKIIAPS the county druggist could bo induced to compound a remedy for the chronic looseness in county affairs. Tun legislature has at last made a clear passage for tno Omaha charter bill. Easy sailing is now assured for that measure. TIIK swindles of the Chicago Post cast n hugo shadow ever the financial oponi- .tions of Cleveland's city treasurer. Even Kentucky's honest Tnto must hang his head in shame. HUIION , Dale. , wants direct rail road communication with Omaha. Is thoroatown within aradiusof two hun dred miles of OnyUia which does not ask the same privilege ? AN Arizona rustic toyed with the real estate boom in Denver , dropped a. roll of ton thousand dollars in mi hour , and committed suicide. Death was profor- ublo to being photographed us a chump. Tin ; Omaha counclhnon are examin ing the subway system in Chicago and growing enthusiastic as the operation l > rogresos. Chicago has u subway of generating enthusiasm tlmt cannot bo resisted. Republican and World nro engag ing in u sickly debate upon their re spective circulations. They handle the subject pretty much as a mun would an infernal machine. Ono is afraid and the other "dussont. " " 'Tis AN ill wind that blows nobody good. " The Sunday closing order , if it ollcctunlly bars the back door , will causa a weakly stampede to South Omaha , Council BlulTs and other rural retreats whore the foaming bcukor blooms. Piiomnrnox in Maine is progressing with grout alacrity into the hands of the druggists , The legislature piibbcd & law permitting druggists to soil liquor In quart doses , on their own proscrip tions. In their anxiety to rule or ruin , the dleclpllosof Neal Dow compromised cm free rum. TJU/J OAltXISIlEE SUAI1KS. Ono of the moat Important bills pending ing in the legislature is that introduced by Hon. Richard Berlin providing that the creditors of employes of corpora tions living In ono state shall not garnishee - nishoo their wages earned in another state. The ovll which this bill fcooks to remedy is an aggravating ono. For years the justice sharks living on the Iowa side of the river Imvo preyed upon Nebraska employes ot railroads opo- ratcd In both states , and bled thorn for hundreds ot dollars of costs. Omaha railroad employes have bcon particu larly annoyed by the school of sharks whoso headquarters Is in CounclUBlufTs. Every tlmo n grocery or dry goods store or saloon fails In this city , tbcso sharks are on hniul to buy up for a trlflo all claims against railroadmen. Gnrnishco attachments follow and the victim is compelled to settle the claim and costs before ho receives his wages from the company. It is useless to plead thfit the claim is exorbitant , that ho does not ewe the amount , or that ho cannot pay It In n lump without doing an Injustice to his family. The otllcers of the company cannot give him relief , and ho is forced to go to Council Illuffs and settle the claim , or give bond nnd light It in the homo courts. This in volves lawyer fees , loss of tlmo and other expanses , and annoyances which few men care to undertake. The worst feature is that the company will not tolerate the garnishee annoyance , nnd the victim is liublo to discharge. The proposed law does not place a pre mium on swindlers nnd dead beats. It simply provides for the collection of debts , contracted in the state , under the laws of the state , and protects the good and the bad alike from the avaricious sharks of Iowa. The bill is a good ono and should bo passed. SUNDAY SALOOF CLOSING. The order of Mayor Broatch , requir ing that all saloons be closed on Sunday , is in pursuance of the law , which in this particular has bcon violated over since its passage. This is a sufllciont justification of the ordor. It has boon the duty of the mayor for the past two years to enforce the Sunday closing provision of the Slocumb not , but ho explains - plains that ho has not done so for the reason that ho desired to bring about a gradual compliance with the laws , to educate the people to obedience by a conservative course , trusting to the good sense of those engaged in the liquor traillo to cheerfully and voluntarily acquiesce in the requirements of the law. This policy , of course , failed to pro duce the desired result. It has always fulled wherever tried , for it is not orig inal with Omaha's mayor. Many of the cities of the country have had a similar experience. Everywhere the saloon cl ement makes the * mistake of not yield ing a cheerful and voluntary obedience to laws enacted for its regulation. Wore the fact otherwise there would very likely bo less of a popular demand to deal with it summarily and se verely. Its persistent hostility to the laws naturally incites a vigorous oppo sition nnd strengthens the cause of its moat uncompromising opponents. Obstinate - stinato neglect to comply with the will of the majority is almost as bad as to openly rebel , nnd the final result is pretty certain to bo the same in either case the majority will use its power to enforce obedience. It was unnecessary for Mayor Broatch to present any other reason for his or der than the requirements of the law and the duty ho is under to see that it is enforced. Ho was not called upon Jto cite extraneous considerations to jus tify or explain his performance of a plain executive duty , and wo think it would have boon quite us well , perhaps - haps oven better , to have omitted these. They suggest something in the nhturo of-an excuse or auology , when nothing of the sort was needed. THIS BKE ad vises the saloon-keepers to comply with the mayors order fully and faithfully. DISPOSING OF TlIlS PATRONAGE. The understood purpose of the presi dent to rely largely upon the recom mendations of senators and representa tives in making appointments to offices in the states which they represent is criticised as a return to the old plan which was ono of the strongholds of the spoils system. The civil service reform ngitation and the legislation resulting therefrom were duo mainly to the abuses of the public patronage by members of congress , and it is npprohondoa that if they are again permitted to fully con trol appointments there may be a return to the old abuses. As a matter of fact senators and representatives have never been wholly deprived of this privilege , but the limit of its exercise has boon materially reduced , and there is no rea son to suppose that this will bo ex tended under the present administra tion , Indeed it is not apparent how it can bo , unless congress consents to extend - tend It , and nobody anticipates any such thing. The president's reason for depending , in the main , upon the rocommondu- tlona of state congressional delegations in making federal appointments lu the states , to some extent nlbo in the departments , is the im possibility that ho or the heads of departments - partmonts can have a personal knowl edge of the character and capacity of all applicants for office. It is a reason , the force of whloh everybody must admit. If the president and thq department - partmont chiefs undertake the task of invcbtlgatlng the record and qualifica tions of everybody who seeks an ap pointment they would have no time for anything otso , nnd even than the torni of an administration would expire be fore half the olmngos dcslrod to bo made In the public offices could bo effected. It is manifestly Impossible for the federal offices to bo distributed ut present on the plan of fifty or sixty years ago. when tholr number was not one-fourth what It now is. The presi dent must have advlco , and to a greater or less extent rely upon somebody's rocommundatlous , and obviously the soimtorrf and roproEuntatlvos are the only persons ho can properly in such a matter cull to his counsel , it is perhaps not to bo oxuuctod that the president wilL wholly escape im- poalttou. All those who may volunteer or may bo invited to give ndvlco aa to nppolntmouls will not "exorcise con sideration nnd fidelity. " Unworthy men will got into the pub- lie service under this admin istration as they have under nil others , and the president will have to take the rosnoiifllbllltyi This ho cannot expect to avoid , but ho can guard against a ropotltion ot deception from the same source , nnd ho should , as ho very likely will , make It nn Inflexible - iblo rule that thosonator or representa tive responsible for the appointment of nn unfit person , should thereafter bo debarred from all recognition in con nection with appointments. Meanwhile there is every indication that It is the purpose of the administration to pro ceed with proper caution nnd care In the distribution of the patronage. EXPECTANT UONDUOLDmiS. It is reported that the holders ot gov ernment -securities nro expecting a material advance In thorn , basing tholr faith on n recent incidental romnrk of the president. This was to the effect that an extra session of congress will not bo necessary to provide for reducing the surplus , as there would bo no sur plus if the public debt was reduced , which should bo done as rapidly as bonds could bo paid. It Is quito possi ble , It may bo admitted , to infer from this that it is the intention of the administration to press the policy ot buying bonds with the surplus , which , if carried beyond a certain limit , would have the olloct of npprociatinir tholr price , but wo ven ture to predict that if the bondholders withhold their bonds in the belief that the administration is determined to got them at almost any price , they will bo badly disappointed.Vo believe it on- tlroly safe to say that there will bo no purchase of bonds under the present ad ministration except on terms that will bo advantageous to the government. Thus far there has boon no change in the treasury policy , ns to this matter , from the course pursued under the Into administration. The purchase of bonds has consisted of the acceptance of all the four-and-a-half per cents o ( To red nt the price established under the preced ing administration , and the rejection of all the four per cents olTered. In east ern financial circles the belief is said to prevail that it will bo the aim of the secretary of the treasury to devise some moans of forcing larger offerings of four-and-a-half per cent bonds to the government without material advance in price , and encouraging banks , trust companies , savings banks and other moneyed institutions to buy four per cent bonds for their own purposes , and to sell their shorter term bonds to the government. It may not befound prac ticable to do this , but in any event it is not at all prowiblo that the administra tion will adopt a policy calculated toon- courage speculation in the bonds of the government , the tendency to which is said to bo already apparent. IF report is to bo credited , the admin istration has rtocided to recognize the Pluttfnctlon in Now York and , of course , ignore Miller and his followers. State ments to this effect should not , how ever , bo received with unquestioning credence until supported by somo'bottor evidence than now appears. The fact that Platt has been asked to the White houo , and Miller has- not , is hardly conclusive proof that the president has determined to recognize the former to the disregard of the latter , but may sim ply mean that ho is endeavoring to bring them into harmony , and selects the less placable of the two to labor with first. Mr. Harrison is on record as saying that ho would not accord any consideration to factions , and it is too soon after having announced that de cision to change it. Wo have no doubt it will be found that ho is endeavoring to arrange matters in New York so that the republicans can work together there harmoniously , and if there is a way that this can bo done ttio president may safely bo expected to accomplish it. Naturally his first efforts would bo di rected to bringing Mr. Platt into lino. IT is the purpose of the committee of the city council now inspecting the electrical subways of Chicago to pay a visit to several cities in Illinois whore brick is used for street pavements. Our taxpayers will be extremely interested in the result. If it bo satisfactorily proven that brick pavement is both durable and cheap , there can bo little question but that our taxpayers will prefer brick to either wooden block or asphalt , especially on residence streets. The adoption of brick will stimulate the manufacture of vitrified brick at homo , and n now and valuable Industry will bo added to our resources. The merits o brick pavement should therefore bo most carefully looked into not only by our city council , but by the board of trade. The report of the latter would supplement the investigations of the city authorities and would settle be yond dispute whether brick pavement is adapted to the needs of Omaha. TIIK Omaha charter bill lias passed both houses of the legislature and is now before the governor for approval. There is no reason to fear delay in that quarter. All warring interests wore harmonized by the senate amendments , and no reasonable objection can now bo mudo to the chariot * becoming u law. .Its provisions will enable the authori ties to proceed oxpodltlously with great public works. The enlarged powers whloh wore denied the city two years ago have boon granted , , and all stum bling blocks on the path of progress have boon removed. The authority given to condemn or acquire land and perfect u system of public parks is of in calculable advantage to the people. In addition the construction of the city hall U placed In friendly hands , insur ing rapid work on the building , consist ent , vlth economy and safety. PUIWIDKNT IlAumsoN's selections for territorial otlicos are well received , par ticularly in Montana. Mon of com manding ability and popularity have boon appointed to the leading otlicos , and the party greatly strengthened thereby. Montana is on the throsh- hold of statehood. The people , being equally divided between the two parties , makes it a fair battle ground , with the odJs slightly in favor of the repub licans. The , character of the presi dent's appointments gives the repub licans an advantage which the demo crats cannot ororcomo nl the organiza tion ot the state' ' . TUB announced intention of the rail roads to curtail local train service In Iowa , smacks 6f retaliation for the re duction of rates en forced by the state railroad commission. The assertion that a reduction in rates can .only bo mot by a corresponding reduction in accommodations to the public .is too transparent to naslc the real purpose. The railroads nro determined to ag gravate the people nnd mnko regula tion ns odious as possible , hoping to secure a modification. This spirit of revenge , it carrion into olToct , will bo mot with similar weapons , and In the end the railroads will bo the losers. TIIK growth of trusts In every depart ment of human activity Is ono of the most dangerous signs of the times. The organization ot the steel rail trust , with a capital of twenty million dollars , Is the latest addition to the grasping mo nopolies which nlllict this country. It illustrates the widespread determina tion of capitalists to control products nnd prices and defiantly rob the con sumer of the benefits1 of competition. The regulation ot these monopolies presents - sonts a problem which must find a prompt and effective solution in con gress. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK bill changing the time of school district elections from April to Juno will , if passed , clfect a much needed re form in the management of country schools. Under the present law the election of now directors in April tends to demoralize the discipline of schools , and in many instances seriously injures their usefulness. By making the term of olllco of directors conform to the school year these annoyances are done away with , and uniformity of annual re ports secured. THIS raid on Oklahoma is almost cor- toin to result disastrously to the raiders. The attempt to drive the president to hasty action will fail. Surrounded as ho is with the difficulties of reorganiz ing the various departments of the gov ernment , ho cannot act on the laws' passed by-congress until the secretary of the interior has brought system out of the prevailing chaus in the depart ment. Meanwhile the lamentations of the boomers will be lost in the cries of the ofllceseekers.1 Btm.KK' bogus-claim for 850,000 re ceived its death-blow - in the house. The prolonged fight ! , oyor the bill and the closeness of the. vote on the various amendments and the final test shows that the immnc'uVato farmer of Pawnee has lost none ofi.his force as a shrewd nnd tricky lobbyist. Had there boon the slightest foundation for the claim it would undoubtedly have p J. THE Lower California gold fields turn out , as predicted , to bo speculative frauds , concerted 1 > .yrenl ; estate boomers in Los Angeles riniX San Diego. San Francisco papers denounce as criimiia'l "tho exaggerated stories of rich finds sent out by unscrupulous people eager to make money from the outfitting busi ness. " An army of , prospectors nave gone to that region , and the result is that much suffering prevails thoro. MATT ZIMMKUMAX , the captured murdo'ror , mystifies the Mindcnitcd by playing opossum. Ho is a shrewd , cal culating bcoundrol , and w.ll take des perate chances to avoid the gallows if given an opportunity. The authorities must exorcise the greatest caution in guarding the prisoner. A weapon in the hands of a desperado is suggestive of funerals. THE twine trust is swelling to the proportions of a colossal toad. The price of binding twine has been ad vanced from nine to twenty-live cents a pound , and the farmers of the north west are naturally alarmed. Fortun ately several months must elapse before harvest , and by that time the grasping monopoly will have secured rope enough to hang itself. THE railroad gang in the senate brazenly exposes the corporation dollar on every occasion. The indefinite post ponement of the bill providing for list ing railroad property for taxation , dur ing the absence of its friends , was a display of shameless anxiety to servo their masters by defeating a measure of public relief. THE determination of the authorities to suppress the sale of impure milk will bo heartily seconded by the people of the city. The health of old and young demands that stringent measures bo adopted , and the venders of diluted chalk swiftlyand severely punished. T'HK combine of local butchers has made an early insertion in the vitals of the ice trust , butthp , "cut" will not fatten - ton the family freiifcor during the sum mer months. Thlfro is only ono thing for houBokcopers oi do throw up your purse and look pliuaaut. THE country will breathe easier now that assurances hajb been received , in a roundabout way , that our navy is not rolling at the bottom of Apia hay. Call- forntniiB can discontinue their warlike preparations , shcwo their guns , and proceed 'poacof allyin pursuit of eastern tenderfoot. Tito Caiuliilato'H Chtcaua Kewf , At nicht , at noon , aa'il every time of day The candidate is very wide awuko , And to the voter smilingly doth say , la his own matchless , Jovial , winning way ; " ' " "Wiat'llyoutakoJ" A statesman ho , aa all the people know Who toss their hats and. cheer him loudly when . In liquid sounds his speeches gayly flow ) "Give us a dozen whiskies | " "Don't bo slowt" "Sctomupagaln 1" Jay'w Hvll Kyo. Chicago 7/traW. Jay Gould has been looking ever several western railroads , and tlio stockholders are falling over each other iu their eagerness to eell out. LANDS THAN OURS. The great speech of Parnoll nt the recent immense meeting in London , nt which John Morley also made n remarkably strong ad- drcM , has Msrvod to strengthen the good opinion of the world toward the great Irish loader , Ills speech was n dignified , elevated and convincingly argumentative ofTort , full of the zeal and earnestness of the man , but exhibiting no bitterness of fooling toward those who have persecuted htm , though such nn exhibition all moa would have pardonoil. The popular enthusiasm In behalf of Mr. Parnoll manifested on thin occasion was OK- trnordlaary even in the great city of London , nnd Mr. Morley remarked of the assemblage that ho never seen oao largoror more earnest in Its expression of sympathy with the occa sion. Tills event showed what the effect had ucca upon the popular mind ot the vindica tion ot Parnoll , and It cannot bo doubted that It will continue to grow. With the defeat - feat of tlio Times the tory covcrnmont , which stood behind that journal , to the ox- teat at least of giving it all practicable moral support and encouragement , also Buffered , and no explanation which tt can nnko , if It shall ever venture to ofTor any , will relieve it of the odium of having nlded and abetted ono ot the basest conspiracies ever concocted against n great and just causa and its leaders , The commission having adjourned until April ' ) , to consider the question of enlarging the limit of its inquiry , It Is moro than probable it wilt deeldo on reconvening uot to proceed any further. Certainly If tory iuflunnco can ofTcct that result It will 1)3 done , for if the commission Is permitted to go on as P.iraell desires there ( Jan bo no douut a conspiracy will be clearly established whloh may com promise more than one momuer of the gov ernment. U is to bo expected , therefore , tlmt If a plausible way can be found to ter minate the work ol' tlio commission the world will see the end nf it early in April. * * * To divert attention from tlio Parnoll mat ter the government is urging national defense - fonso , and the subject , as its impartanca deserves - serves , is being widely and vary earnestly dlscussotl. Tlio revolt of Lnrd Kuidolph Churchill and his allies against the army and navy bills has givou rise to the sugges tion that tlio tory ministry may bo dofcatcl , after all , on an l suu not f/mnnuto. ! with the Irish question. This , however , cannot be called probable. Churchill is well nivaro of the dilliuult situation of the S.ihs bury government , and is availing himself of its diuleultlrs to enforce his own demands. Probably ho will bo able to dictate the pjlley of the ministry in these reg.irds ; for the tories will not risk n rupture on such a point us this. Nor would the result ot a govern- inant dofc.\t on these questions b3 of particu lar advantage to the Gladstone liberals. Nothing short of a new general election of parliament could give Gladstone control , and the sentiment of the Knglish constituencies 0:1 tlio homo rule question is still to much in doubt to make an appeal to voters dusir.iblo at the present timo. Lord Salisbury is un doubtedly in a most uncomfortable position. His government suffers all the disadvantages of a coalition ministry without the advan tages of an actual thorough-going coalition. That is to say , the liberal unionists , who hold the balance of power , will stand by him on questions of Irish policy , but are not pledged to sustain him on any other meas ures. This puts the tory ministry completely nt the mercy of legislative freebooters HUe Chuiclull. * Hismarck , in the declining years of his life , appears to bo encountering the experiences wliluu have clouded the close of the careers of other great statesmen in history. Two years ago the chief iflan iu Europe , perhaps in the world , was the Iron Chancellor. Hacked by Kaiser and peasant , by the army and the state , the diplomatist of his ago , ho made or unmade kingdom ) , and kept Gar- many , by the irrcsistablo force of nn unbend ing will , nt the head of Europe. Ho , as Keiolis-Kanzlcr , playing tlio nation like puppets - pots on a wire , arainst each other , keeping an iron grip on his power in the state , and push ing his cmpiro into Africa and the Pacific islands , know no obstacles , and every plan ho made ho finished with success. But there seems to bo a chance. When "tho Englishwoman" cainc to power , lor three months ho saw his power slowly slipping away Ho saw Prince Herbert his chosen successor openly refused admittance to court ; ho sa1" the rise of Houlangcr ; of the Battenborgs ; and when with the access ion of Wilhclm II. , ho canio Into power once moro , ho found his prestige broken. Since then , his every move seems to have miscar ried. Russia , the cloud on the eaUurn horizon zen , glows moro and moro thre.itonin . Prince Herbert , by his maladroitaess in the Merrier case , not only showed his unfltness to bo the next roichs-Uanzlor , but injured the entente cordlalo of tno triple alliance. The cold reception of the young kaiser iu Vienna is too recent for comment. Tlio outbreak of the natives has pushed back the German nd- vance in Africa. The Ssimoan affair has ap parently checked the tide of agressioa : in the Pacific ocean. Success lias boon his for years , and now the very magnitude of his former achievements makes his later failures the moro significant. Is it the beginning of his ttccllaoi * * The revocation of the decree of exile against the Due d'Aumalo by the French as sembly probably has no other significance than as an act ot reparation to a citizoa who had been most unjustly dealt with by his fol- low-couutryinoii. Tlio duke had the misfor tune , from the point of view of expediency , of being tbo representative of the Orlcanist branch of the French royalty , wlitcr lost the sovereignty by the precipitate flight of Louis Phlllipc in 1S13. Since that event ho has lived peaceably upon his estates , anil has dis creetly refrained from muddling with poll- lies. Many observant Frenchmen have be lieved that ho would bo called to the throne by the legislature itself. This was in the hiL'host degree conjectural ; but its likelihood wus much increased by the foolish decree of banishment against all tbo French princes in 1831. Till ? action gave the Duo O'Aumalu the advantage of a distinct grievance , which ho wisely rendered more impressive by the gift of his magnitlcont Cl.antilly cstuto to the French pooplo. There is no moro proba bility of his restoration now than there was three years ago ; but it is certain that uu Or- leaalst prlnco oa French soil , treated lilto any other French uituon , 1s 'far less dan gerous to tlio republic than a legitimist uolr driven from his own country by a vote of the lcgUlHj.urc. * * * The French tribunals Imvo made up tholr minds that the stringing of wires ever u house Is on injury to the proprietor of the house , for which ho should bo paid. An electric lighting company , finding that the shortest route for its wires to a place which it wished to reach waa over the roof of a house , proceeded , as such companies generally - ally do , to string thorn across it , without Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria , When Bbjr was Kick , vro gave her CutorU. When the wu a Child , she cried for Conloria , When the became MUu , ebo dune to Castoria , \Vhn riiebatf ClillJren , she garo them Caatorln. asking the owners' leavo. In this country the company would probably have put up poles nnd frames on the roof , or would hnvo fastened the wires to a chimney , without pitying any attention to the protests ot the proprietor , but In Franco the right , or the habit , ot appropriating other people's pro perty is not so highly developed as hero , ami It ventured only to place smports on the neighboring buildings , so that the wires swung free ever the house In question. The owner , however , chose to consider the wires nn annoyance , nnd sued for nn order to have them removed , nnd for damages for the inJury - Jury they had already done him. Tlio com pany resisted , on the ground that the owner of the house under the wires had no rights In the space through which ttioy were stretched , and that , moreover , they did him no harm. The court decided that the owner ship of a piece ot ground carried with It the ownership of nil the space above It capable of being utilized. As to the damage caused by the wires , It hold that the possible danger from the current to persons In the house , oven If It existed only in imagination , was an njury , while the sound of the wind through the wires was a real annoyaace , and the ne cessity of allowing workmen to walk ever the roof , together with the chance that the wires might bo broken by n storm nad trail over the tiles , constituted a risk of Uamngo which would not exist If the wires were not there. For thi > so reasons it ordered the Im mediate removal of the wires. # Tlio decay of the old spirit in Japan , which regarded as worthy of death any insult to tlio national gods , was never moro strikingly shown than In tlio recent assassination of Viscount Mori , the minister ot education. Thirty years ago the assassin's name would have boon honored throughout Japan ns ono who had fullillod a worthy duty. Now tlio narrow-minded fanaticism ot the net is re cognized by all parties except the small cluiuo that object to foreign customs aad irovcrnmcnt reform , There is no micstloti that the minister was killed because of his disrespectful conduct In n tcmpto three years nco and of his efforts to secure non- Bcctarian Instruction in the public schools. Tlioso latter were bitterly resented by many ardent believers in Shlntoism , but the most enlightened public men In Japan have long abandoned all faitli in the heathen gods nnd were in lyiupathy with the minister , although they may not have dared to openly espouse his cause. F1UUKUS VS. MORTGAGES. General 10. F. IVst Attacks the Alli ance Memorial. Oir.VHA , March 15. To the Editor of Tin : Bun : Since the appearance of that remarkable paper , "The Alliance Memorial , " I have boon looking into it. I confess my astonishment that it should have received any attention by our con gressional delegation , oxcont an in dignant remonstrance , at its misrepre sentations of the good name of our stato. It is not surprising that Church Howe should denounce it as untrue. In the ahbcnce of any reliable data of a late date , the United States census of 1SSU gives the acreage and value of Ne braska farms thus : Showing an average value per aero of S10.G5. In that year the total value of the real and personal wealth of Kansas and Nebraska stands thus lu comparison : This shows the rapia increase in the wealth of the two states , with the dif ference in favor of Nebraska. In 1S84 the crop area of Nebraska had risen to 8,0J4,85 ( > , with the homo value of the crops estimated ut $49,745,700. This , of course , brought a largo area of cheap land under cultivation , and , if any thing , cheapening the average value per aero. Accept the acreage of im proved lands for that year at the value per aero ruling in 1880 , and lot the acreage of unimproved land remain as it was , and wo have this result : No. ncies. Per acre. Value. Improved . . . . 8o)450 : ) ! ! . Unimproved. . 4,40m , ! . lV > ; U-ISO $10.03 But us every ono knows , the unim = * M. , > . proved land decreases , while the 1m , proved increases. It will bo soon the nbovo Is a very liberal estimate. This shows the increase In valuation of 0 per cent per nnmim , or 61 per cent in nine years , which , if also applied to the acre * ngo , will result as follows ! No. acres. Valuo. 1SS9 ir > . ! Ufian fics.iM.m 1830 Dlll,820 ) $1U5,9JMI Incrcaso 15,1)70,200 ) $57,203,573 Possibly a holler estimate can bo reached by the percentage of Increase in the area of improved land In the past nine years , which will give a better showing as to the material wealth ol the farmers , viz , : . No. Arcs. 1S39 10,128,051 1S80 Dl50llTOJ Increase. . . . 4,02,1,910 This makes an Increase of eighty-four , , percent iu the area of Improved'land , SJ and but llfty-four per cent on the total 'Ji value of our farms. By applying the ,1 last on the nggrogato wealth of No'I ' braska , as shown bv the census of 1880 , and wo have the result which eastern capitalists dcslro to know , viz. : Aggregate wealth , real and personal. 1SS9 f 110,000,000 18SO 290,000,000 , Incrcaso $150,000,000 This is close enough for ordinary business men to form an estimate. Now , start from the fact that wo have an estimate classified as follows : Total , real and personal $140,000,000 Farm laud values 103,130,114 , DlfTorcnco $233,403,850 , You can see what an absurdity the alliance memorial is , when it says , if it says the farm mortgages of Nebraska amount to 3160,000,000. This would bo OU per cent of the value of the land nnd 31 per cent of the entire valuation of Nebraska. Is anybody crazy onougli to believe thisV Still the alliance asks it. Eastern capitalists bo.se tholr loans on 10 per cent of the value. This would bo in comparison to the "allianco memorial" thus : Farm Mortgages. Alliance Memorial $ 150,000,000 40 per cent of f 103,130,114 , farm vuluo 05,251,150 Difference ? 81,745,51 , ' ! Forty per cent ot the 8110,000,000 is $178,010,000 , or$28,010,000 moro than the alliance memorial says wo ewe on Ne braska farm mortgages. To make the alliance still mora absurd the bureau of labor and industrial statistics says one- half of the farms in Mobraska are mort gaged. Hero is the result on both the aggregate and farm value. Aggregate , $440,000,000 times 40 per cent equals $178,040,000 , divided by } 4 equals $59,320,000 Farms value , ? 103,13G,14I times 40 per coat equals $ G5,25i,450 , di vided by M equals 02,027,223 To make the error of the memorial still moro glaring , take the estimate of $000 for every quarter section , or $ , ' $ .75 per acre , ns given by .T. G. Burrow's let ter to you last night and hero is the result : Farm Mortgages. Alliance memorial $150OJOOl > 0 I 15,315,032 acres at $3.75 57,431.370 ( | S 02,508,030 Which is right ? Hero are the figures in brief : * Alliance memorial $150,000,000 My estimates ( very high ) 05,254,450 As per Burrow's letter 57,431,370 Bureau of labor und statistics. . . . 82,037,243 If the last , the homo vuluo of the Ne braska wheat ; corn and oat crop nlono amounting -l&,7-12,480 , in 1888 , is moro than enough to pay oil the mortgages on Nebraska farms. E. F. TUST. Prohibition ami Crime. Gloltc-Dcmocrat. Iowa 1ms an exceptionally stringent prohib itory law , and unusual energy lias boon dis played in enforcing it. Yet the fifth murder - dor trial of the state this year has Just ended , mid In each instance tbo intoxication of the prisoner was the mitigation circumstance urged in Ins defense. The OlllceScokcr'sVcalcncfS. . Kansas Cllu Journal. The judicious and fetching moan between those two dangerous extremes , persistent Im portunity and nocuous inactivity that is what the anxious oulco-scoUcr is endeavoring to attain. 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