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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , MAY 17 , 1890. THE DAILY BEE E. H08EWATEB , Editor. " KVKllV TKKMS Of Dally nnit Kitmlny , Ono Your . 110 00 Hit tnoiitlH . . . f > 00 Three iiinntlH. . . . . 3M Himday lit e. Ono Year . a 00 ' lluu , Unu Yrur . 1 SJ Ojmilin. Tlin Ili'O llnllilliiL' , H.btmiliM. Corner N mid Mill Streets. rmini'll lllnlTs , VI IV.-irl Htri'c't. riileaito Ofllre , 317 Clmtnliw of Comme Nc-w Ynrk.lCooritR III , II mill l. > Trlliiin Washington , lin KonrKenlli strcuU All cornmilMlcntlOns relntlitz In new * anil rdltnrlul miittdr Hlioilld bu uiwrossod to llio Kdllorlnl Department. ItUHlNKSH I.F.TTEH8 , All liiiMlnusH letters mid remittance should l ) mlilruMed l The Itoo Publishing Company , Onuiliii , limits , chock * and pottollleij orders to ho imulu payublo to tlio order of tlio Coni- ininy. The Hcc Publishing Company , Proprietors. Tim lleo lI'Mlnn , Knrnnni mid Seventeenth SU. HWOItX STATEMENT 0V CIKOUI-ATION. Ktnle of Nehr.'iHkii , t'niiiily of notiL'ltn. f Oeorpii It. T/.Bohtielt , secretary of Tlio Hoe I'lililKlllMK Company. docs coli'imily Nwear tlint tint iiotiial circulation of Tin : Iirr I linn for tlio wci-k citUliiu May 10 , 1SW , was as fol- Sunday. Muy I . K.rtfO Mend ny . M ny " > . 11I..VN Tuesday , Mn v . 10.117 Wodnrsdiiy. May 7 . m.4" * Thnrxrliiv , Muy 8 . IIUIM I'rldny. MnyO . IU.r ) Saturday. May 10 . 20,0'J3 Average . 2OO7i ! OROIJORll. T/.SriltlOK. Sworn tn linforn mo nnd milwrllied to In my presciH'i' thl 10th day of Muy , A. I ) , two. isoui.j N. r. KEir , . Notary 1'tibllc. Btnleof Nebraska , I Cfiuntvnf Douslas Is3' Oeoige II. T/sfhtick , being duly sworn , dn- pticeH and H.'IVH that lie Is secretary of Tlio lieu I'lihllshlnK Company , that , the actual avetiiKft dally circulation of Tim D.ur.Y HfiK for the month of May , 181 , 18,009 copies ; for .luno , IS8 ! > , JH.K.M copies ; for July , IS30. IP.Tnticiilili's ; for AiiRUHt , lw ( , 18fi.'il ropics' forf-'eptcmbur , It * ! ) , 1H.71U copies ; for October. It-Mi , IH , I7 coplos ; for November. IfWJ , 10mi : i < < , pies ; fnr December , 1SS ) , So.Ots copies ; Jnnnnry , 18 ! ) , IHAViroploMi I for 1'ebruary , 3HW , li,7i.l ! . copies ; for March , IhM , tfl.SIS copies ; for April. JM.U , ) , : , ! copies. GF.oitrn : I ) . TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to before rno and subscribed In my pif piiee- thin M diiv of May , A , I ) . , IS'.O. ' ( Heal 1 N. I' . IV.if , , Notary Public. SINGLE COI-y POHTAOr. KATES. UNDBK which king : Gushing or Broii tchV TICK Biinitury commissioner under any other naino would smell none the less. OOJIMANIJKU McCArjiA , the naval tyrant , escaped with n lijjht sentence , in view of the testimony adduced tit the trial. WITH coal nt Niohrara , and silver in Murphyn ennyon , North Nebraska is bowling to the front with a rich array of ininoral wealth in prospect. WiniiE the ollicials are discussing- ways and moans the wily Mongols are sliding through the oxelusion act all along the coast. It will require some thing more effective than words to check the l.'hineso invasion. IN the history of the legal profession there is probably no parallel to the case of Ed Vnn Metre of South Dakota , a full- bloodt-d Sioux Indian , who has just been admitted to the bar and starts in busi ness with the claims of the entire Sioux nation. TICK destruction of Covington by fire will luiston the return to Sioux City of its former distinguished residents who worn exiled during a spasm of political malignity. The return of the prodigals will bu properly celebrated. To Ne braska their room is more desirable than their company. Tun fuel that Spokane Falls is young in years accounts for her remarkable ex hibition of councilmanic backbone. Proof having been furnished that ono of the city fathers tendered a bribe to n follow member , the council rose as ono man and promptly expelled the offender. As a specimen of municipal morality the spectacle is us rare as it is commend able. It will bear transplanting. AXOTHKU brace of linandal Napoleons leons has surrendered in New Yorkwith liabilities iu the hundreds ot thousands , assets nono. It will bo consoling to the victims to learn , on tlio authority of the wreckers , that no individual loss will ex ceed ton thousand dollars. The losers , however , hnvo not boon heard from , probably because the Morse alphabet does not contain a sulllciont number of dashes. AFTKII all the criticism that has boon heaped upon the senate , ills it mutter for congratulation that its conservatism promises to protect the country against hasty , ill-digested legislation. Hereto fore tlio house has boon looked upon as tlio body which rollocts public senti ment , but its action on various import- tint measures this session shows that it is actuated more by local interests than rby progressive national statesmanship. - Tun annual statement of the Canadian PuuiUe presents many striking features. It shows that the receipts have increased imd operating expenses decreased , loav- r ing u surplus of nearly two millions after paying all fixed charges and a dividend of llvo per cent. The company enjoys advantages superior to these of any American road. It has no competitor for local tralllc , und is in position to give rates on transcontinental trulllc that would bankrupt an American road. The operating expenses tire lUty-ilvo per cent of the receipts , while the ratio in the United States ranges from sixty to seventy per cent. This is chiefly duo to choup white and Chineselabor. . TICK secretary of the state bunking board reports that there tire seventy- on o banks In the state doing business in dolltmeo of law. They have fulled to comply with n luw which has been in operation for ton months. This condi tion of utTuirs is duo to the negligence of the oillcluls ohurged with the duty of enforcing the Ituv. They have temporized ized und threatened und then appealed , but In vuln. The duty of the stuto offi cers Is eleur. The power rests with thorn to protect the poor people of the Btnto , who are the largest patrons of Buyings banks , from institutions con ducted on reckless business methods. The board must show that it moans business by compelling compliance with the luw. There should bo no compro mises. 1A * ItlVH.lCTlCMlliK SCllKMK. For uovorul days the house committee on ways nnd mentis has listened to argu ments from representatives of farmers alliance.- ) advocacy of the bill to estab lish sub-treasuries for the receipt of ag ricultural products , upon which the gov ernment would issue certificates to bo employed IIH currency. These spokes men of the farming Interest dwelt ut ( rreitt length upon the depression ol agriculture , the urgent necessity that exists for some legislation to re- llovo the farmers nnd the great advan tages that would accrue from the pro posed Bub-treasury arrangement. It would destroy speculation in agricul tural products , it , would bring the pro ducer nnd consumer together , nnd It would make a largo addition to the money supply of the soundest und best currency in the world. The bill pro poses to appropriate fifty million dollars to carry out Its object , but ono of the alliiineo representatives thought that perhaps half that sum would bo Bufllolent for the purpose and nnothor suggested that sixteen mill ion dollars would supply the farmers with all the warehouses they need. In tlio event , however , that the committee thought hind a bolter basis for currency than crop3 , the alliance would accept that alternative. The fact that the agricultural interest of the country is depressed everybody ndmits , and the desirability of ilndlng some judicious and practicable way of improving its condition everybody feels. But it must bo apparent to all intelligent and practical men , farmers or others , that such an expedient us the proposed sub-treasury system would not only fail to give the farmers the relief they tire seeking , but would inevitably produce a condition of affairs which would in limo bring disaster to the currency and u common ruin to all interests. The representatives of the alliances assort that the farmers of the country do not ask special legislation , and it ought to bo obvious to them that the plan they propose could not bo per manently confined to tlio products of the farm nor to the agricultural interest. Every ether business would have nn equal right to demand like con sideration from the government. Any industry in which there might bo de pression , from overproduction or other cause , could justifiably call upon the government to warehouse its product and issue currency on it. Thus in a few years , as suggested by a member of the ways and means committee , the country would bo banking on grain , live stock , iron , copper , coal , lend , and there would bo a mass of so-called currency that would got to have no moro value than confederate scrip in the last year of the rebellion , when a hand ful of the paper was given for a plug of tobacco. The intelligent and honest farmers of the country do not want any such condition of affairs as this. TICK Bicn docs not believe the farmers would bo helped by'a currency which it would bo impossible to maintain on a sound and staple basis. The steady growth and permanent prosperity of the country depends very largely upon a sound monetary system , and such a system it would bo impossible to main tain under the policy which has been urged on their behalf. It will not be surprising to find some advocates of this policy -among the politicians of the house. It is reported that Mine of them have become extremely anxious as to their political future in view of the determined stand the organized farmers of the country have taken to secure attention to their needs and demands. But it is simply out of question to put into effect the remark able sub-treasury plan or the no less perilous scheme to have the government supply money directly to farmers at ono or two par cent on fifty per cent of the assessed value of their farms. 2'Hfi SILVKR-LKAD OltH DUTY. It is highly probable that ono modifi cation of the MeKinloy tariff bill will bo the rejection of the proposed duty on sil ver-lead ore. This is diked for by nearly the entire smelting interest of the coun try , and it is stated that sixteen senators are pledged to vote against the duty. Thus oven if retained by the house it will very likely bo fetriekon out of the bill by the senate. A report from Mexico states that a contract has been entered into between the Mexican government and the smelt ing works at Kansas City for the removal - moval of the business to Mexico and the establishment of live plants there , the government guaranteeing tlio free im portation of all machinery and material needed by the company , and also pledg ing itself not to put an export tax on the product of the works. It has been re ported that ether smelting enterprises contemplated removal into Mexican ter ritory , probably with the assurance of receiving liberal treatment from the Mexican government. In the opin ion of the president of the Kansas City smelting works , if the proposed duty is levied on silver-lead ore it will compel nearly all of the smelting factories in the country to move across the line or bunk their fires and wind up the busi ness. This would bo n very considerable industrial loss to this country , for which it is by no means apparent wo should derive u compensating advantage from the duty on fillvor-lcad ore. Hut this loss would not bo all. It is not doubted that If this legislation against the most important product of Mexico , which , according to good authority would bo practically prohibi tory , is adopted , the Mexican govern ment will retaliate by putting prohibi tory duties upon our products. The dis- pooltlon to do this has already boon manifested , und it may safely bo pre dicted that us soon as possible after the adoption of the proposed duty Mexico would enter upon the policy of excluding our manufactures and pro ducts by heavy duties. Thus wo should have a now and moro formidable do- rungomont of our trudo with Mexico , u readjustment of which on u basis of mutual benefits would bo moro diftloult than over before. Obviously Mexico would have the advantage of , the situa tion If moijt of our smelting works wont to that country , which very likely would bo the case , but oven If they should not there douhtlosa would bo no dl 111- culty tn scouring nil the foreign capital necessary to establish smelters in Mex ico. It hus been stated that both Eng lish nnd German capital to tiny amount wus ready to embark in this enterprise In case tlio American market should bo closed to Mexican silver-lead ores , and there is no reason to discredit the state ment. Meanwhile Euroi > cnii mer chants nnd manufacturers would not fall to encourage retaliation against American products nnd to take prompt advantage of the opportunity to extend their trade with Moxico. If such a state of affairs should bo brought about it would effectually stulllfy our professions in calling the Pun- American conference , nnd the impression it would make upon ether American countries would hardly bo otherwise than unfavorable to us. tire so denf us those who will not hour. The ministers who have forsaken the pulpit for the political platform in Nebraska pronounce prohibition n howl ing success. Omitting the condition of Iowa und Kansas from present calcula tions , let us take South Dakota for an example. The state is within the Omaha revenue district. Prohibition went into operation there on the first of May. What has been the result ? The records of the revenue olllcc show that during the past two weeks over two hundred revenue licenses have been issued to liquor sellers in that state. Does this sustain the claim that "prohi bition prohibits" in South Dakota ? Men who are supposed to preach "tho truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth , " must bo daft to expect intelli gent people to accept unquestioned their emotional fictions while facts stand out in bold relief that flatly contradict their assertions. THIS local literary trout of the season has just boon issued 'from the pen and scissors of lion. W. J. Council. It is neither romantic nor sentimental"but contains tlio congealed wisdom of past Omaha city councils , and a material fragment of the present. Between the mutton lined covers of the "Charter and Ordinances of tlio City of Omaha" is n prosaic serial of lawful points and phrases. It opens with tin original package - ago of the federal constitution and closes with a touching chapter on "bankrupt stocks. " On the whole the volume is interesting and forceful , the matter ar ranged in proper frequences and copi ously indexed , but the typographypaper and letter press are execrable. MISSIONARIES always strike out for strange lands. Temperance agitators , morally out-at-tho-elbows at homo , tramp the country at fifty dollars a stand , de nouncing a state of things in Nebraska which is infinitely bettor than they left at homo. Mercenary Now York papers , oblivious of the depravity all about them , make a fiftcen-thousand-dollar effort to pulverize the rum power in Nebraska , where the liquor trallio is subjected to moro stringent restriction than in any ether state. TIIK action of the board of education in reducing the amount of bonds asked for as well as the rate of interest , com1- mends the proposition to the people of Omaha. The total amount asked' is two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the rate of interest four per cent , thereby effecting a saving of twenty-five thou sand dollars in the principal and two hundred and fifty dollars a year interest , us compared with the proposition an nulled by the courts. Now that the omnibus grading ordi nance has been passed , the board of public works should push the grading of the streets with all possible speed. It is important that this work should bo ex pedited , to give employment to men and teams and to enable property owners to make such alterations and improvements us changes of grade involve. TIIK fact that the proprietor of the of ficial organ of the council combine and midwife of the Broateh-boom was present at the recent Ttimmanyito corkus in Postmaster Gallagher's private office is very suggestive. His presence fore shadows tlio birth of another political monstrosity the paternity of which no body will want to own up to. MA YOU GUSHING said to a reporter that if ho found "a. . certain thing" to bo as represented ho would put Birkhausor on public works and Morrissey on the garbage heap. That "certain thing" may have been the unanimous wish of Broatch's Twent.y-oightors. Late under ground advices indicate that the latter ire not so ull-firod unanimous. MAYOU CUSIIINO is simply feeding the flames that will eventually consume liis political house. Ho should repudiate the Tammany gang und do h'is whole duty to taxpaying citizens without fear or favor. Tun Nebraska druggists have very properly declared against prohibition which , if enacted , would demoralize their business and bring thorn into dis repute in every community in the stuto. TIIK council has issued its edict aorainst adulterated milk. Now wo shall see how many members of the gang will bo lecossary to enforce it. WILT * the coming chairman of the xiurd of public works wear a Blumor costume ? The Dfinoorutlo Predicament , The present attitude of tlio democratic party in Illinois ami Genurol Pulmor reminds ono of nothing so much us the oM story of the man und tlio boar. They datx-iiMD lot go mil they can't hold on. North Dakota's Hurley. New York Tribune. The people of North Dakota luivo Just dis covered thut tlioy can raise the best barley in , lie world , and uro consequently In great topes of shipping vast Quantities of malt crete to other states nnd countries. Tliu Mexican Itourbon. Xeiu Vorfc HIirM. They have a fool bourbon , prlnro Iu Mexico mined Iturbtdo , HoviuiU to wear u llttlo Mexican crown under u K' ' < uit from the bogus . Uupcror MuxlmlUuu , Ho lias written u fool- sh letter mid is in Jail. Ho ought to exchange lotos with the Orleans booby whom the French have iu a cage at Clalrvuux. OTIIKtl l\J > D.SrrilAN OUttH. The interest pf tlw world continues to bo most largely concentrated upon. Germany and there Is imicli profound nnd curlou : speculation ns to ttm result of the social nm political programiAo which the emperor has worked out. For u" thorough umlcrstandlnj , of the political s\tujtlon : \ In Germany , it wll bo valuable to rcy/qw / tlio origin nnd develop mcnt of the controversy between the Pnn slan government and the clerical party. The Catholic clerical jtyirty , which ns such hue practically disappeared from tlio polltlcn arena since 18(52 ( , was suddenly revived In 1870 by the virulent atic'l unnecessary parliamen tary warfare waged by the Prussian liberals ngalnst tlio monasteries in the diet of 1809. The result was that In 1871 , when the olcc tlons tor the ilrst German rolchstag wcro held , the newly reorganized clerical party elected slxty-threo ronrcscntntlvca. Their first political action was to demand that the German government should Intercede with Victor Emnmtel In favor of tlto restitution to the pone of his worldly possessions which hail been annexed to Italy In 1SOO. Bismarck did not acccdo to this demand. Moreover , the eighty-four theses then recently adopted by the council of prelates , clothing the pope with greater ecclesiastical powers than ever be fore , threatened an unwarranted interference with the prerogatives of the secular govorn- inou)1 nnd the German chancellor considered It bis duty to avert the danger which thus presented itself by curtailing the Influence of the Catholic clergy In the Prussian kingdom. His fli-at step iu this direc tion was tlio abolition of the Catholic section inline department of public education. A year later tlio Jesuits and other Catbollc orders were banished from Prussia , and laws wcro passed by the Prussian diet which placed tlio Catholto schools and seminaries under the control of the state , restricted the privilege of the clergy to try and punish their own members Tor offenses against cliurch regulations , and established an ecclesiastical court , consisting of lay judges , to decide controversies rising between clergymen and their superiors. In May , 137U , the climax was reached by the passage of a law which declared all appointments of clergymen or prelates void unless the candidates bad bcen- upproved by the government. The bishops refused fused obstinately to comply with this law , and heavy ilnes were imposed upon them. Moreover , the Prussian government with drew the financial support heretofore given to the clergy and assumed tlio management of all church funds and other property. The controversy between church and stuto in Prussia bad continued with unabated vigor for moro Hum seven years when Bismarck felttho necessity for terminating hostilities in order to gain the assistance of the clericals for tlio furtherance of bis economi cal projects. The death of Pope Pius IX. , which occurred in February , 1876 , as well as the fact that the majority of the clerical rep resentatives were lauded proprietors nnd in sympathy with the high tariff ideas , was of great assistance to the chancellor. The diplo matic relations with.tho Vatican , which had been interrupted siiice IS72 , were once moro resumed , and modifications of the stringent "May laws" followed at short intervals , as circumstances ro mired. Whenever Prince Bismarck desired the votes of the clericals for ono of his tariff measures , or for a par ticularly largo army appropriation in the reichstag , he conceded to them another little slice of the May laws in tlio Prussian diet , until , iu 1830 , that part which relates to the state control over the education of clergymen , the approval by the state of clergymen to be appointed to fill vacancies , and the ecclesi astical court wercpi'ietically doac away with. Since 1SS7 up to the present day further mod ifications of these laws have not been made , but the present actuation seems to require more nnd far reaca'ilig concessions to the cen trum party. * * * The French are showing remarkable activ ity in tlio western Soudan. Within the past thrco or four years , they have conquered three Mohammeduu princes , and annexed their large dominions on the upper courses of the Niger and the Senegal ; they have doubled the area under their control between the Atlantic ocean and tlio Niger ; their gun boats have twice been seen ut tlio port of Timbuctoo ; east atid south of the Niger they have made treaties witli many chiefs in a vast region uuvcr before visited by white men , and they have extended the limits of their protectorate * almost to tlio Ivory coast on the Gulf of Guinea. The last sur prising news from tlio French Soudun is that on April 10 u Fruuch column from Bam- aUu on the Niger occupied the stronghold of Segii-Sikoro , 150 miles further down the river , next to Timbnctoo tlio most famous town on the Niger , and the capital of the large district of Sogn. This town is a fa mous religious center and tlio home of the Mohammedan pretender , Ahmadu , who has boeu ono of the bitterest opponents of French progress in the Soudan. All tlio wcstcm Soudim believed impregnable that Sogu-Silcoro was pregnable , and the news of its fall has doubt less made u sensation. Lieutenant Mugo was of the opinion that the to\vn could not bo carried byussaultut Infautry.iiud thatcanuon would bo required to reduce it. It was not that Its situation mndq It easy of defence , but that its fortifications are perhaps the strong est and best that have been reared by negroes. The town of UO.OM Inhabitants is entirely surrounded by u wall of earth , stone and : Imbor , about twenty feet high mid very thick. Near the top llio wall is pierced for musketry , nnd on each face of the quadrilat eral tlio natives could direct the lire of two thousand muskets upon nn approudilng enemy - omy , while they were entirely under shelter. * * a Kmporor William is at present engrossed with the secret negotiations about the ar rangements for his visit t Uussia , which invo reached a critical point. The empsror s very anxious to obtain u promise that ho mid his sulto shall bo addressed in Gorman , ) oth at Pctorhof .mid during the Itnssinu naiKunvrcs ut Krnsnoo Sfloo. In 1SS8 the c/nr , the imperial family and all the Husslan ; ourt spoke only French when Kmporor AVI11- inn was at Potcrbqfy'mul ' ho was both uu- loyed anil mortified..ut never hearing a word of his own lnnguriK ; < $ ; durlng hla stay. Gen eral Schwclutu , t ! > < rman ambassador ut St. . 'etoi-sburg , is reported to hnvo opened no- fotlatlons on the jrabjcct by Informing M. Do jiors that when u'xt Emperor Alexander visit * Germany hUfi.us } will not bo offended by hearing a fom&al language , for only such persons us nro nbm t'a speak Uussiim Hiieutly vlll bo permitted to approach him. This iroad hint was followed up by an lutlmatlou .hat Hmporor William himself was learning { usshm in order Unit , ho nitty speak Iu It to ho e/.ur ; to whlchgil , Do Gk'M I > > said to have cpllcd that In case , perhaps , his majesty will kindly talk Russian wlioiilmcoim * ) to Kussla , is the czur docs uot gucuk German well. The annual election , or political lottery by which the republic of Sim Marino selects Its cupitnui reggeiitl , or twin presidents , for the new year , occurred iu March lust. San Marino , which has a population of about 8,000 , Is ruled by u double authority. Ou the day fixed for election tnu retiring magistrates march In solemn procession headed by the band of the republic , escorted by sixteen of the Mobile Guard belonging to the "plobclun class , nnd followed by the authorities , to the chief church. Hero they are received by the clergy. Then the Venl Creator Is sung , utter which the election begins In thochiuvh Itself , Ono of the priests roads out the uamos of the cltUciis who lire uligiblo , each wrltton on n ticket which is placed upon u silver salver , and the latter emptied into u largo silver vasa A child Is called upon to draw two tickets out of the vase , nnd the names driuvn arc. these of the elected rulers. The priest loudly reads out the names , the band strikes up n hymn , the bolls of the town nro set n-rln/jltiff / , und San Miu-luo hus her twocapltutilreggentl for the next twelve mouths. The two magl.v trntcs who entered office on this April I wcro PIcrro Tonilul and Francesco Murcuccl. * The Brazilian government ha * decreed that patents of nobility shall bo abolished , with all orders of knighthood , except otio or two of a religious character. This Is a salutary re publican innovation. The empire , however , effectually discredited titles of this kind by making merchandise of thorn for religious purposed. A costly church -in which the crown princess was personally Interested was started with a fund obtained iu this way. Any ono who contributed even n moderate sum for its construction was furnished with n title. This degradation of the system caused so much scandal thut the church was left half finished. The republican govern ment docs not attempt to invalidate tltloi of honor conferred under the empire. These will remain In .force. But all hereditary dig nities nro revoked , and the whole system will henceforth be condemned as uurepubllcau. * * * There is no rest for the wicked Arab slaver as long as Major Wissmann U on the East African coast. The two most notorious cen ters of the recent slave export trade south of Zanzibar have been bombarded nnd captured by him within the past thrco weeks. Kilwn nnd Lludl have seen thousands of poor wretches embarked on dhows In their har bors and sent wherever u slave cculd bo sold ; nnd the caravan routes leading to the hikes ni-o marked by the bones of those who per ished oik-the way. After the revival of the export trade nbout five years ago , caravans numbering n thousand slaves sometimes passed the doors of the Luke Nynssa mission aries bound for ICilwa or Liudi , nnd Iu Kilwn Wlssmann found n great quantity of the slave sticks , chains , and other instruments of the traffic. The Arab traders think they are In great trouble , but their tribulations have only just begun. College Joiimnllsiii Won't Work. Chtcatto Intcr-Octan. Cornell , having fully tested its "School of Journalism , " will abandon the department after this year. Journalism will have to bo brought up the old-fashioned way , nnd by harder knocks than they get in the class room of the university. 'la riplte of nil Temptations. " no. ( on llenM. Mr. Stanley proposes to have it clearly un derstood that ho Is an American citizen. " * * It is probable that there is policy in this , so far as Mr. Stanley is concerned , beside pa triotism , for iu the work which ho 1ms under taken in the past , nnd in that which ho may be called to undertake in the future , it is not unlikely that ho has been able through his American citizenship to work ns the repre sentative of different national interests much more successfully than if ho were the citizen of ono or another of the various European countries. A BUXGT.ING JOB. O.MAUA , Neb. , May 10. To the Editor of Tnc Bia : : I noticed in Tun St'xu.vv Bun that the city engineer says that the Georgia avenue property owners are solely to blame for the bungling condition of the grade there. I want to emphatically contradict that state ment. The side walks south of Leavenworth street on Georgia avenue were all laid upon the ground ns it was loft by the grader , and the walks along the west side of the avcnuo are scarcely higher than the curl ) line ought to be. No dirt from the terrace was deposited where the sidewalks were laid. The ilro hydrants are set to conform with the eleva tion of the sidewalks : is they now lay , which is another evidence thut tlio property owners had every reason to believe they had laid their sidewalks nt proper elevation. In setting the curb-stones this spring the contractor had to dig n trench nnd sot in the curb so that the top of the curb line is fully u foot below the grade of the street. Now this curbing will nil have to bo raised , or tlio entire width of tlio street be tween lot lines must bo graded down six inches to a foot. Somebody has blundered cither in accepting the work of the grader or iu fixing the elevation of the curb line. The btrect was cut too dee ) ) in the first place , and if an attempt is made to cut it leepor the propcrtv owners have concluded to join hands u'nd enjoin In the courts any further cut in the grade. It is u bad job all round. Tlio city en gineer will bo requested to rectify it and the council will bo petitioned for relief.H. H. B. J. ABOUT WOMKX. Tlio noumanian qnecn , Carmen Silva , Is an illustrious opiuuijo. She has invented several dishes , and sometimes cooks ouo for the king with her own hands. Miss Ward of Toronto , who has an Income of 8150,000 a year , is to be married to Prince do Uoiiyon Curnmmi of Franco. Dr. KOMI Kcrsehbaumcr is the first woman Icenscd to practice mediciiiO'iu Austria. She s said to bo nn uncommonly able oculist. Olive Logan is the recipient of n distin guished literary honor. She has been elected i member of the Incorporated Society of Authors , of which Lord Tennyson is presl- lent mid Walter Besaut is secretary. Miss Lydla Van Finkelsteln , n young woman of Palestine and something of u lin guistic wonder , has inudu $100,000 in the last six years lecturing on the Holy Laud. Lndy Arthur Duller , formerly Miss Stager of Chicago , is the mother of n line bov two weeks old , who is the liolr presumptive iu the icxt generation to the titles of the yet child less marquis of Ormonde. Mi's , Maxwell Scott , owner of Abbotsford , ms u revenue of nbout f'3,000 per year from ho fees iinid by tourists who wUh to see Sir Walter Scott's books , curiosities uud personal ellcs. Miss Sonsabaugh , teacher In nn Indian schpol at Philadelphia , bus resigned her posi- .ion , having married ono of her red pupils mined Alexander Ilunsom. Mrs. John G. Curtis of Now York has n nest remarkable orchestra , made up of men , vomeu and children from poor families. She ins Imd them instructed by a good teacher , ind now ttioy play for public charity cuter- ainmeiits. The queen of Itouiimnin says : "I shall al- vuys maintain that the active life of woman ought not to go Imyond the sacred Interior of icr homo , und that the voice of woman sounds nowhere so sweetly musical us on her iwu hearthstone in the midst of her children. " Father. Nothing could well have been happier or moro fortunately ordered than wus this > oot's childhood , sttys the Academy. The uthcr was much with his children , and wo have a charming picture of how he tsed to carry his infant son in his arms ip and down the study , singing him 0 sleep with lines of Anucroou , Of his lebt to this wise nnd loving father Jrownlng wus fully conscious ; and only 1 few weeks before his death ho ox- n-cssed himself on the subject in words .hat may well bo quoted : "it would have boon quite unpardcm- iblo in my case not to nave done my wst. My dear father put mo In a coa lition most favorable for the best work I vas capable of. When I think of the nany authors who have had to light heir way through all sorts of difllcul- Io8. I have no reason to bo proud of my lehlovements. My good futhor * * * huruivd for inn all the ease und comfort hat u literary man needs to do good vork. it would have boon shameful if 1 itul not done my best to realize his ox- lootutionsof me. " All first class hotels and rcHtunmntn Uoep t'ook's extra dry imperial diampaguo. If you tiavo not done so , try it. A XRWSl'APKIl HIOMC. Journalism In Washington Wlie.u thin Century \Vn n llabe. Some quaint reminders of events and conditions in this country eighty-six years ago look out froili the dim pages of a worn and faded copy of the National Intelligencer and Washington Atlvor- User , bearing ditto of Mav 2.5 , ISO I. The paper was printed iu Washington Oily by Samuel Harrison Smith. It Is much smaller thtiu the one-cent evening dallies now circulated In this city und is printed on n quality of paper that would bo regarded as very poor wrapping paper In these days , wiyd the Now York Times. Its subscription price wus $ .5 per annum. Ton lines ot largo typo , double leaded , gives the latest news in this venerable paper ns follows : "As a testimonial of the president's high opinion of the gal lant conduct of Lieutenant Dccalur In taking und destroying the frigate Phila delphia , ! ! commission to him as a captain in the navy has been duly issued , and will , without delay , bo transmitted to Commodore Problo to bo presented to him. " Following this plcco of news is extract from n letter to the secretary of the navy , dated Havana , April ii ! ; , an nouncing that the governor of Cuba has manifested his friendly disposition to ward the United States by prohibiting French privateers from bringing Ameri can prizes into any of the ports of Cuba. The olllcial returns of the April elec tion for governor of Now York are given by counties , showing that Morgan Lewis received a majority of 8,78" over Aaron Burr. In an adjoining column Is a call for the citizens of Washington to exor cise their privilege of voting for "eigh teen characters' * to represent thorn in the city council. Dispatcher from Now York dated six days before tbo day of publica tion announces the safe arrival in the metropolis of General Wilkinson , "com- msinder-in-chlcf of the army of the Unit ed States , and several olllcers In his suite. " Thomas Bailey , a Maryland sheriff , advertises thut ho hus captured a runa way negro woman , who is imprisoned in the Baltimore county jail , "and if her owner docs not release her she will bo sold for her jail fees according to law. " John T. Mason advertises that ho wants to sell n strong , healthy negro boy , fif teen years old , "whoso conduct 1ms boon such as to oblige mo to part with him. " There are ether advertisements offering rewards for the recapture of runaway no- groos. A two-and-a-half-month-old report presented to congress by the committee of commerce and manufactures occupies two full columns on the first page of the National Intelligencer. It sets forth the grievances of American seamen in their own country , claiming that , although taxed for hpspllul duties , they were re fused admittance into the infirmary. Tlio committee concluded "that the seamen of this country ought to bo dis tinguished , when in distress , from com mon paupers , " and recommended that steps bo taken to increase the permanent und for the relief of supjiMiutatod and decrepit seamen. One-half of a pa go of this old paper is given up to a sketch of General Morcau , "a young hero lately brought before the public 111 consequence of his supposed friendship and connection with General Piohogru. A loiter from Con stantinople dated the previous Christ inas fills a column. It tells about the plague that had raged in Turkey , and discusses vaccine inoculation from a skeptical point of view. A butch of general - oral European gossip six und eight weeks old is printed , including the statement : "A new class of people will bo formed in Kussia , under the title of free farmers , in consequence of an im perial decree which allows land owners to grant freedom to their peasants in order to raiso- money to pav their debts. " THE SUNMS IIRAT. A Theory as to be tlio Kmlluul Clinn-jcs Climates UiKlorfjo. There seems to bo sufficient reason for the belief that the heat at picsent omitted from the sun is neither greater nor less than that which our luminary used to dispense ages aero , says Good Words. Where the vine nnd the olive now grow , the vine and the olive were growing twenty centuries back. ' We must not , however , place too strong a reliance on tlio deduction from such a fact. Darwin has taught us how by natural selection tin organism can lire- servo its adaption notwithstanding the gradual change of the surrounding con ditions. Tlio facts , however , fail to show any grounds-for imagining that there have been changes in tlio climates of the earth with historic times. Wo have geological evidence as to the churcutcr of the climates which prevailed at a remote antiquity far earlier than any historic testimony. The records of the rocks show us unquestionably that our globe has passed through many striking vicissitudes of heat and cold. These records demonstrate that there have been periods during which some ot tlio fairest regions of this glebe were desolated by a frost so frightful that they became thickly cased with solid ice. There hiive also been periods when conditions of a precisely opposite character have prevailed. Tlioso polar regions which are now the perennial abode of impenetrable ice have once enjoyed a succe hipn of long and delightful summers , divided by winters remarkably alike for their brevity and their mildnohS. Arctic solitude , now so dismal and so barren , then nourished plants and animals that can only thrive ur.dor genial conditions of climate. No doubt the question as to tlio origin of these great climatic changes which have so frequently occurred in the course ot geological time presents many diffi culties. Opinion is divided us to what the cause of those changes mny have been. I do not now enter into this sub ject , because for our present purpose it suffices to note ono very important con clusion. These who are competent to offer an opinion on the question of the cause of the geological variations of ell- mute are in substantial accord that the changes have not been duo to any actual variations in the supply of heat omitted from the sun. Jn ether words , there is not the slightest reason to bulievo that tlio sun itt-olf has been either apprecia bly hotter or appreciably colder during geological times than it is at tlio present moment. ' I'llKSS. TIIK DUTY' OK TIIK air. D III > W TuIkH Almitt It In an After- Dinner Hiiecoli. The press Is the mirror of the daily life of the world , but It performs the very highest duty in selecting what it shall rolled. The nowsimpor is read by the boy Iwforo ho begins the study of his morning's lesson , and it is his companion after ho returns from school : it is be side our daughter in her boudoir and her Iwdroom ; it drops into these young lives facts , thoughts and impressions which bear sweet or bitter fruit In after years , says Chuuncoy Dopow in hin ' After Dinner Si > eeohos" . You und I have known the whole moral nature of youth soiled and spoiled by this unguarded and ungard- ublo communion. There nro cases of leprosy und small-pox und a vast variety of unsightlv und contagious discuses in the luMpItuls. but wo do not ttiko our families to see them. They are in the hy-iitnuts und alloys nightly scones which furnish food for earnest rollootlon to the reformer und sociologist , but If ; \rn cnn help it our children never hoar of them. Wo become the willing violin s of the plumber to keep cower gun out. ot our IHMIKCH , nnd the newspaper under t * o gulao of faithful reporting , with pictur esque and attractive details , has llu > liberty to bring nil those tilings tit d worse Into our homes. It Is often Biilu that there is enormous profit in mil is- torlng to the depraved and debased elc * nientfl In a human nnturo , and thai the ptipersHwhlch refrain throw nwuy for tunes. I do not believe it. If Iho paper hiiB como to slay. The Switches and Scorpions , and till their blood are notor iously short-lived and unprofitable. The fumltv Is the unit of society , and no mut ter wlmt Its bond may be , ho does not introduce or tolerate In that circle any element which he believes will destroy it. Without the family support no news paper can survive , and that journal will nave the longest life , the largest profits , and the greatest inlluonco which as fur as possible admits to Us columns only such mutter us its editor would freely narrate at his own table. HUMAN HQUAIilTY A DUKAM. Men Arc Not Horn Free anil Kquul hi ( Natural Qualities. Thus men nro certainly not born free and equal In natural qualities : when they are born the predicates "free" und "equal" In the political BOIISO uro not applicable to them , writes Prof. Huxley in the Popular Science Monthly ; and us tlioy develop year by year the difTi-roncos in the political potentialities with which they rcall.v are born become more nnd moro obviously converted into tioltml differences the inequality of political faculty shows itself to bo a necessary consequence of the inequality of natural faculty. It Is probably true that the earliest men were nomads. Hut among a body of naked , wandering savages , though there may bo no verbal rccog- ni'/.ud distinctions of rank or olllco , sup erior strength nnd cunning confer authority of a moro valid kind than that secured by nets of parliament ; there may bo no property in things , but the witless man will bo poverty stricken in ideas , the clever man will be a capitalist in that same commodity which In the long run buys till other commodities ; f ono will miss opportunities , the others will make them ; and , proclaim human equality as loud us you like , witless will servo his brother. So long as men are men and society is society human equal ity will bo a dream , and the assumption that it does exist is as untrue in fuel ; n it sots the mark of impracticability on every theory on what ought to bo which starts from it. Frost in Kansas ami Missouri. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Muy 10. 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