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Tins will bo a happy Sunday ut Fort
Omnlm. for "Johnny comes marcliinp
homo iiyalu Imrnihl"
TIIK Bitprcmo court of Colorado , like
that of Nebraska , Is engaged in straightening -
oning legislative ) Idnlts.
IT is to bo hoped tlint there will bo no
occasion to regret the early withdrawal
Of tlio troops from Pine Uldgo.
No locative business will bo trans
acted tit Lincoln today. But , -then , none
is transacted , on nny othar days.
TUB North Dakota democrats have
named tlio United States senator , but m
ho is a republican it Is easy to forgive
them.
MAIMCKT houses ami independent
brick factories arc necessaries of pro
gressive lifo which Omulm should estab
lish ut tin early day.
AND now the Chicago gw trust has
gone after the harvester trust. Wo may
yet see u now illustration of the old
motto , tlint "to trust is to bust. "
TIIKHK irf ono consolation about the
triangular Honatorial fiyht in Illinois.
Neither of tho. three candidates is rich
enough to buy out either of the othors.
TUB silver lining to the congressional
bullion pool threatens to precipitate n
national sctuidal , compared with which
thu Credit Mobilior was a mere baga
telle.
Tin : hardest thing over said of Grover
Cleveland comes from the Southern
Times of Virginia It says : " \Vo doubt
very much If ho could carry Texas
nguin. "
SALT LAKK business mon propose to
glvo their patronage to the railroad
which ives tlio city the most favorable
rates. Salt Lake business mon exhibit a
collective level head.
TUB verdict of the coroner's jury in
the Slioudy case in Lincoln Is n literary
curiosity. It Is ono of the best of recent
specimens of legal phraseology carried
to the verge of idiocy.
IT is now proposed to erect u monument
ment to the memory of Sitting Bull. As
the movement originates in the neigh
borhood of Now York , there is no dan
ger of haste in design or execution.
TUB average legislator ilnos not object
to receiving and utilizing railroad cour
tesies. Tlio main objection la against
the form in which tlio pass is printed ,
nnd its give-away look when flashed at
the conductor.
Tun luglslnturo has frittered a way
three weeks on the preliminaries of
tlio content. Anil now it is proposed
they should fritter awny another week
or two with women BulTrngists who
tramp round the country in cavalry
'pants.
IT WAS unnecessary for St. John to ns-
sure the public that ho would notdpclino
tlio Kansas somitorshlp , if tendered.
The only thing St. John Is known to have
declined was In invitation to explain his
Boll out to Grover Cleveland.
TUB legislature has received many pe
titions asking for action on irrigation ,
nnd has appointed a special committee
to consider thorn. Elsewhere THE BEE
'presents the chief features : embodied in
the report of the Colorado commission ,
appointed for the purpose of revising
the Itiws of that stato. It should have
much weight with the friends of the
movement in Nobraskn , which is now as
suming largo proportions.
Wincx tlio twlno trust spread its tentacles -
taclos over the northwest , Mnnosotn
was the first state to como to the defense
of the farmers , A twine factory was es
tablished. The movement was enthu
siastically endorsed by the grain grow
ers. Now that the plant is In operation ,
enthusiasm has declined , and It Is doubt
ful whothcr a market can bo found at
homo for the output. The quality of the
product Is airvight. The trouble is tc
find a sutllclcnt number of farmers pa
triotic enough to putroiii/.o u state insti
tution. The moral of the Minnesota in-
clJont Is that states cannot rely on the
itaylmr qualities of these who yell the
u"dost
COATIOta
In the currant number of the
tional Jtcticto Prof. Andrew S. Draper
dlsctissoH the limits of etnto pontrol In
education. Although by no menus now.
the Bubjoct Is ono of perennial interest ,
nnd Is just nt present receiving , In ono
way or nnothor , serious attention in a
number of thostntes. Mr. Draper begins
by saying that the common impression
that education mny bo for good or for
ovll seems to bo without authority.
It can only bo for good. It
lias reference only to monlal
and moral development , nnd In.
H true HOtiso is the harmonious develop
ment of the whole human nation up to
the boat and highest possibilities. The
state boingan association of Individuals
for thu maintenance of rights essential
to all Its members and which can bo en
forced , and existing for the better ob
taining of the true ends of oaoh Individ
ual and of society collootlvoly , thun ono
of the principal ends for which status
are organized is the production oeduca (
tion. To what extent oiiRht the
state to provide the facilities nnd
liolps for the mental nnd moral
development of its citizens , and how far
nhould it go in controlling the directions
in which such development should pro
ceed nnd the processes by which it may
succeed , tire the questions which Mr.
Draper propounds and answers.
Ho insists that the &tato must strictly
regard the principle that all individuals
must bo treated alike , that ono must not
io helped at the cost of nnothor. Unless
gonornl authority is exercised and nub-
Ktantiul aid extended , ignorance and
viciousncsB grow moro rapidly
than intclllgoneo and virtue , there
fore the state must provide educational
facilities nnd must control and direct
educational processes so far as may bo
necessary to Its own security and the
most perfect attainment of. the ends for
which It exists. Without undertaking
to determine how much and what educa
tion the state should nrovide. nnd what
may wisely and safely bo left to the af
fluent circumstances or the intelli
gence and enterprise of individuals ,
Air. Draper suggests some gen
eral principles the observance
of which ho regarded as essential. The
state , ho says , manifestly ought not to
require any of Its monibors to pay for the
support of education to which ho may
properly object on conscientious grounds.
Public education must bo along lines
which are not of doubtful expediency
nnd which are clearly of nubile and gen
eral utility. The elements of an educa1
tion must bo provided most thoroughly
and completely , for these may bo extended -
tended to nil children , but be
yond an elementary education the
true rule would bo different
in different cases. Great states
must necessarily make larger and better
provision for public education than small
ones , for largo cities and thickly settled
territory greatly augment the proba
bility of illiteracy and vice. It is not
enough for the state to attempt to edu
cate the poor alone , Tlio education of
the rich and poor together Is of the
highest public importance. Education
by the state necessarily extends so far
as to effect discipline , exact obedience ,
and inspire respect for authority. The
government must develop a feeling of
loyalty and a spirit of patriot
ism , and it can do it more
elTcctimlly in connection with public cd-
catinnnl work than in any other way.
And whatever the state does undertake
to do It must do with thoroughness and
completeness , ft must not undertake to
do everything , but it must have good
reasons for what it does , its plans must
bo well defined , Its purposes must bo well
understood and it must execute them
with precision.
It is not necessary that the state shall
limit the extent of tlio course of instruc
tion , but it limy very properly say
that certain branches are of general -
oral necessity and must bo pur
sued. The state need not say who shall
teach the schools , but It is bound to say
who shall not , If it expects to attain de
sirable results. Without assuming1 to
limit or control all of the public educa
tional work which a locality mny wish
to undertake , the ntato is still bound to
see that what is done shall conform to
its general plans ana purposes , and shall
bo of such a character that It mny lie
properly supported by funds resulting
rou : gen oral taxation. It is also bound
to see that the educational facilities
in ail localities tire milneiont in extent
anil of such a , character as will insure
results which it dooms essential to tlio
well being of the stato. "Without en
dorsing all the views advanced by Mr.
Draper , It can bo said that in the cardinal
principle thatho advocates , that of
close governmental supervision and con
trol of educational afTaira , hois undoubt
edly in line with the most Intelligent
opinion on this subject.
T1IK SVdAll IIOVKTV AtlAIK.
Although the lust legislature offered a
bounty of ono cent a pound for all boot
sugar manufactured in Nebraska , It
inndo no appropriation for its payment.
It thus happens that the Grand Island
company , having manufactured 730 , 100
pounds of sugar , must go to the legisla
ture and ask for the payment of a spoclnl
clnlm of 87,3(5-1. (
It is to bo hoped , for the credit of the
state , that the claim will bo promptly
allowed. There is still talk ol repealing
the bounty. The demand for this action
rests on an entirely superficial view of
the questions Involved.
In 1890 the United States sent $90,000-
000 to Kuropo to pay for boot sugar. Of
this amount Nebraska alone contributed
at least 81,500,000. Besides the sum
sent abroad , Nebraska also paid nearly
$2,000,000 moro for the Item of sugar ,
which wont to the planters of Louisiana
and the West Indies , These figures are
based on the returns of the last census ,
showing tlio state's population to bo
1,050,000 , nnd onnniinnual consumption
of G5 pounds of sugar per capita.
When Nebraska becomes able to sup
ply her own sugar the great stun of
$3,600,000 , , now sent mostly to foreign
countries will bo retained In circulation
at homo. That Is ono of the bone fits
which the people receive In return for
the bounty they pay. Meanwhile , tlio
sugar industry will assist to build up
cities and towns and to profitably divers
ify our agriculture. It will also draw tc
this state , in time , much of the money
rrow Honl abroad from other states to payer
or beet and cuno sugar raised by foreign
armors.
11 is not to bo thought for an Instant
that the state will repudiate the oblliju-
ion already incurred under the bounty ,
or that It will crlpplo Us most promising
ndustry by repealing the law that
argoly helped to plant It on our soil.
T//K H/XTOK/tM/i SOC/B2T.
According to the report of its secre
tary the NebraskaState Historical FO-
cicly is In u flourishing condition. Dur-
ng the tuisttwoyears over 1,600 volumes
elating to pioneers of Nebraska and in-
.cresting mementoes of incldnnts that
luvo occurred since the settlement of
the state have been nddcd to Its valuable
collection. Up to this tlmo the society
iis received very little material help
rom the slate. Its work has been
almost entirely done by its founders , who
'or the most part nro citizens who have
xjon prominent in the curlier history of
the stato.
Secretary Howard makes an interest
ing statement of his views of the SCODO
ind importance of the society's work.
Lie says :
Its proper object , I think , Is , therefore ,
Irst , It should nlm to collect everything ,
written or unwritten , necessary for a com-
iletu history of Nebraska. It should furnish
material for nn exhaustive bibliography of
this commonwealth. Secondly , It should
contain nil the mo < t valuable material relat-
HK to tlio sister states of the northwest.
Thirdly , it should , so fnr ns possible , com
prise local histories nnd other publlcntlonsjfor
every other state of the union , as well as
the documents published l > y tlio national
government.
In Now England and iwarly nil the
ildcr states tiio historical societies are
imong the most honored and moat use-
'ul of public institutions. They are tlio
treasure houses wherein Mio people
lioiird the relics and the records of their
ancestors , und preserve the written us
well as tlio unwritten history of their
development frbm thu tlmo the first
white man set foot on tholrsoll. No im
portant general or local history has
been written in this country without
consulting their rich stores of informa
tion.
tion.Tlio
Tlio State Historical society of Ne-
tirnskn , has equally important work to do.
It will bo fortunate indeed if it finds
such devoted friends and supporters as
similar societies huvo attracted to them
selves else whore.
TJIK XATIOXAI , VARitKHS' ATtTAAKCB.
The eleventh annual convention of the
National Farmers' Alliance will moot In
Omaha next Tuesday. The attendance
of representatives of tlio orcrnnization is
expected to ba unusually largo , and as it
will bo ono of the most important con
ventions in the history of the alliance
the result of its deliberations will bo re-
ganlnd with great and general interest.
Meeting at a time when the agricultural
Interest is uppermost in public
attention and the volco of the
farmer is exerting a moro po
tential influence In the country
than almost over before , the proceed
ing ; ) of the convention of the National
Alliance will have much moro than or
dinary significance.
There will bo found elsewhere in onr
columns a communication from the sec
retary of tlio Alliance , Mr. August Post ,
in which ho defines the character and
objects of the organization. The funda
mental law of the Alliance requires that
its methods shall bo absolutely nonpartisan -
partisan , and in rigidly adhering to this
wise principle the secretary says n
moral vantage ground has been se
cured the importance and value of
which cannot bo too highly estimated.
It has enabled the Alliance to obtain for
its representations and demands a re
spectful and earnest consideration which
it could hardly have secured under different -
foront conditions , nnd has won for it a
degree of public confidence that is a
source of strength in all its efforts to
promote the interests and welfare of
these engaged in agriculture.
Tlio National Farmers' Alliance has
done a most valuable work in both nn
educational and social way among
its monibors. It has stimu
lated careful and thorouch study
in various directions where the the in
terests of the agricultural class are con
cerned , has impressed upon its member
ship the necessity of a just regard for
the rights of ethers , and has created
throughout the organization a sentiment
of wholesome conservatism which has
thus far prevented it from being drawn
into the support of any radical or re
actionary policies. It is safe to assume
that the forthcoming convention will do
nothing to impair the claim to public
confidence which the National Farmers'
Alliance onjo'ys.
noorirs WKA IN AUKIUCA.
Probably no book of its kind over pub
lished lias created so profound nn im
pression on the mlddlo and upper classes
of the world us Booth's ' "Darkest Eng
land. " His plan for relieving the
hungry , the naked and the vicious of a
part of their load of poverty and sin is In
a fair way to bo tried in the larger cities
of Great Britain. Why ia it not appli
cable , at least In part , to the larger
cities of America.
The existence of a mass of poverty and
ignorance in the midst of the splendor of
civilization Is not less striking in
Boston , New York und Chicago than
It is In London , In this country It has
found no master hand to draw its portrait
trait and propose a remedy , as Booth
has done for London , but. It has boon the
subject of countloaS novels , sermons and
phillipica , none of which have succeeded
In making an impression upon the object
of their solicitude.Vlthln three months
u prominent , magazine published a sym
posium by noted divines on the subject ,
"What Shall Bo Done with Desti
tution In IJoston ? " The worthy sug
gestions or the noted divines
have boon laid away on the library
shelves with the magazlno that con
tained them , but the dostltuto people of
Boston are shivering la their tenements
nnd enduring the hardships of nn
unusually oruol winter. Why not give
Booth's Idea a chuuco ?
The fundamental Idea of "Darkest
England" Is that thereIs work , food and
clothing enough In this world to keep
everybody busy , satisfied and warm.
Whether the principle ia economically
correct or not debs not mat tor , It is at
least true that the well-to-do nnd the
rich waste 'Miongh. food , clothing and
other artlcl&i'\o do much to relieve the '
suffering o ) ho very poor. It is also
true that a .imrt of the poverty that '
exists In dno to the operation ol the '
sumo euust } ' * thnt are responsible for
{ rent wcaltli thnil that the tendencies of
: ho day drjvo the rich and the poor
lurtlior and' It'jrthor ' apart. If General
Booth has aisl ggcstlon that will help to
jqualizo the prosperity of thotlmos.and to
jrlng the upihu * and lower classes closer
.ogothor , It'Kfns worthy to bo studied
in Amorlca'tiajjn Kuropo.
It Is not likely that any largo fund can
Immediately bo raised to attempt an
experiment with the wholb of Hooth's
| ) la in Now York , Boston or Chicago.
But there Is apparently no reason why
some of its simple features cannot bo put
into operation with revenues already
available for the relief of the poor For
instance , Is there anything Impracticable
about tlio salvage brigade , which would
systematically collect good broken
victuals from'tho homes of the well-to-do
and apply it the sustenance of the men ,
women and children who cannot got
enough to oat ? What Is there
to prevent the adoption of the
suggestions for cheap shelter
for the homeless , or the labor yard
where men and women can earn at the
commonest trades the small sum re
quired to pay for bed and board under
the Booth plun ? Is there not at least
the gorui of a good idea In the sugges
tion of a labor exchange , of a poor man's
lawyer , and even of a poor man's bank ,
which would enable the man who must
borrow money on his coat , to buy broad
for his wife and children , to obtain it
for as low a rate of interest as the mer
chant pays ?
It Is in these simpler details ot the
scheme of "Darkest England" that there
appears to bo some hope of good for
the great American cltios. The broader
features of the plan , such ns the colonies
In city , country and ovor-sea , the Indus
trial villages and the industrial and re
ligious institutions , may well bo loft for
Booth to Illustrate by their practical
workings in Knyland. So much of the
plan us depends only on the organization
of a system which shall apply the waste
of the prosperous to the sustenance of
the very poor is capable of trial at once.
A city of Omaha's size happily lucks
most of the elements for a successful ex
periment of this kind , but perhaps Now
York , Boston , Philadelphia and Chicago
may fmil in it the panacea for an evil
which they have long bewailed.
ANOTHBII incident has happened to
cause irrila'tion ' between the United
States and Great Britain. An exposi
tion will bo opened In the city of Kings
ton , Jamaica , this week , in which the
governments of all the countries of the
western hemisphere will be represented
except the United States. It appears
that this government was not invited to
participate , ilnd report has it that there
is a great deal gf indignation in oflicial
circles in Washington over what
is assumed to bo an inten
tional and doUb6ruto snub. Of course
the idea is absurd that Mr.
Blaine or anybody else conncctod with
the government < ls the least bit an
noyed because , the United States was not
invited to bo represented in a colonial
fair , but if it be true that' the British
government declined to endorse the ef
forts of the managers of the exposition
to sccuro the participation of tills coun
try , tin fact docs show a fooling of com
mercial unfriendliness which might war
rant a small measure of indignation. It
is easy to believe that the tory govern
ment ot Great Britain is quite capable of
such action.
THERE Is not a city east or west with
the population of Omaha that cannot
boast of ono or moro market houses
whore moats , poultry , vegetables and
provisions can bo procured directly from
the producer by the consumer. In all
other cities these market houses are not
only self-sustaining , but they produce a
revenue. The greatest advantage ot the
market house to a city is the cheapen
ing ot tlio cost of living to the mlddlo
and wage-earning classes , and the facil
ity with which tiio health olllcors can
carry on the inspection of all the food
products that are placed on sale.
By cheapening tlio cobt of living to its
worklngmon Omaha would bo in better
condition to compute with eastern manu
facturers. Wo are in the heart of the
corn bolt whoro.all food products can bo
laid down at our door much cheaper
than they are sold for In any other part
of the country. All wo need is a plnco
whore the producer and consumer can bo
brought together. The question is how
much longer will Omaha remain with
out a market houso.
COLOUADO has developed a genius
whoso inventive skill promises to deprive -
privo the hangman of his occupation.
Officials required by law to preside nt
involuntary suicides are loath to touch
the button or sever the cord that opens
the gates of eternity. Hence the neces
sity for an applUuico that will got in its
deadly work n automatically. Yankee
shrewdness combined with mountain ex
perience prom 'cs to fill the bill. The
machine is a self'oxocutlonor , operated
by water powotv and BO delicately ar
ranged that whSn the victim stops upon
the plutformtho machinery is sot in
( |
motion mid tliQiloscont occurs at precise
moment prayers are finished , Thus
Mother Noceatdty comes to the rosouu of
sheriffs and muKba every criminal his
own execution ! } ! } ,
WE print elsewhere a letter from Rov.
Walter ConwnV of the Irish clergy , de
tailing the dajj $ rablo condition of the
children of hisiiwrish. Out of over ono
thousand children in his Hock , one-half
are obliged to abandon school for want
of sufficient clothing to cover their
nakedness. The district Fr. Conway
represents is tlio poorest nnd most deso
late in Ireland , and ho appeals with
touching pathos for assistance "from
these whom God has blessed with the
moans to do so , " TUB BKK urgja the
friends of Ireland and especially these
attached to that country by ties of
kindred to organize and respond to the
appeal In a substantial manner.
TIIK stnto board of lunacy and charity
of Massachusetts hai just issued its
annual report , and it notes the continued
Increase of insanity out of proportion to
the Increase of population. Statistics
show that Insanity Is rapidly Increasing
in this country , ns well as In I'uropo , and
the fnnt la engaging the very sorlous
attention of medical scientists. The In
crease of lummy is of couroo mainly
ninong the poorer classes , and the more
plausible explanation is found In the m-
tense strain which the requirements of
modern life impose.
IK IT were not for the sorlous aspect of
the case thn people of Nebraska would
certainly have reason to feel hilarious at
the learned dissertations on constitu
tional law by such eminent jurists as
Strlcklor of Omaha and Jay Burrows of
Filloy. To road their Inflammatory
tlrndo ngulnst the supreme court ono
would Imngltio that thcso legal lumina
ries had filled scuts on the supreme
bench of the United States. When ,
however , wo recall the fact that the
Strlcklor held the post of Pullman
sleeping car conductor three years ago
and Jay. Burrows was running
a sheep ranch down In Gngo
county about the sumo tlmo their
declamations on the tyranny of the su-
nremo court are enough to make a horse
NKW YOKK contributes nearly $1,000-
000 a year to rescue the down-trodden
heathen In foreign lands. Statistics
show there are H2555 ! ! heathen hi Now
York City. This is an instance of dls-
tuuco lending enchantment to the
heathen.
THE German parliament refused by a
scant majority to repeal the prohibition
of American pork. Meanwhile the busi
ness of roburrclitig and robrandlng Am
erican pork at Hamburg is growing.
Soul In That.
Acio Ynrk ll'orfd ,
The argument for trunsferrinp Indian man
agement to the war department mny bo
statctl in four words. The army ts honest.
Jli'nrinti the Moruni'y.
Congressman Fimston attended tlio white
liouso reception on now year's day , and after
shalcinK hands with the chief executive In
the blue room , wumlcrcd Into the big cast
loom , and thuro paused to exclaim : "Won
der If there Is a stove nnywhoro about ?
ShnlcitiK hands with Harrison has glvou mo
a chill. "
< > ( ' tlio l''uss. '
1'rctx.
Now it turns out that the cause of the war
flurry In ISnplnnu some two weeks ago \\as
n dispatch sent to tlio London Times by its-
I'lillndclpbla correspondent making it appear
that this government was about to assemble
n powerful naval force in tlio North' Pacific
ocean. By drawing on hla plentiful fund of
misinformation the correspondent had cre
ated the impression in London that the
United States was preparing to go to war over
the Bchriuif son question n bellof which It is
scarcely necessary to sav was totally unfound
ed. Secretaries Hlaino nnd Tracy have done
what they could to allay English misapprehen
sion nnd alarm , and It is to ba hoped that , this
end having boon acoinipllshod , diplomatic
negotiations may now resume their peaceful
course.
FnrmrrH Well Kixoil.
Sfoiir City Journal.
Nothing Is doing Iowa farmers so much
good as the opportunity now offered them of
telling their personal experiences of the good
they have done themselves nnd families in
the work of developing Iowa farms. A re
view of the personal record gives them urido
in themselves , dignifies their work , und
rounds out tbctr pridn in and love for Iowa.
The sweetest fruits of the world nro the
fruits of ono's own sclf-dculal and Industry.
Down in Mnhaskn county a farmer who
scums to know what ho is talking about says
that "the farmers now have on deposit in
our banks more money than any other class
of people in the county ; " that "thoy huvo 00
per cent of all the deposits in the banks nnd
moro than this of the time deposits , " nnd
that "they not only have money on deposit ,
but often money loaned to other parties. "
JI'OLITICAI * 1'ltMSTS.
Now York World : The sonnto is wrong In
saying that the unit of value In the United
States is the dollar. It is work.
Washington Post : The list of wounded
outside the breastworks is beconilm ; more
and moro non-partisan in its nature.
Washington Post : Ex-Governor Tbayer
says bU mind is perfcctlv sound. If this bo
true , it makes an excellent companion niece
for tiis norvo.
Hoston ( ! lobo : The country 1ms Ir.tcly
Heard plenty of silver speech. It should now
meditate for a little while In golden silence ,
bnfora Jumping to rash conclusions.
Philadelphia Press : Humor has it that
Governor Campbell's mossagti is to bo used
us n text booic in the Sundnv schools of Ohio.
It was far too goody-goody for the legislature ; ,
unvhow
Philadelphia Ledger : The weary struggle
over the force Mil is blocking business in
both liouso.s , and Is almost sure to force the
calling of an extra session of conjjross on
Marcli .
Hartford Courant : Uncle Sam's known
sentiments on the subject will probably bo
sufficient to deter tlio blcgcst and most island-
hungry of Kuropenn powers from any experi
ments In tlio pouncing and grabbing lino.
Washington Post : It is said that Mr.
Cleveland hold , up his hands In horror when
ho was informed of Governor Hill's decision
ns to the Benatorship. Mr. Cleveland is not
the lirstimm to bold up his hands while being -
ing relieved.
Springfield Kopublican : Congressman
Mills' tcmpnr frequently gets the better of
him. A man who cannot control his temper
uiidor trying circumstances ought not to receive -
coivo serious consideration a ? a candidate for
thu spoakin-shlp. TliU is us plain ai the tra
ditional pikestaff.
Now York Tribune : To our mind Mills
canio nearer Illling his own ideal when ho was
gnanllaii'ln-orilinary of the Dark Lantern In
the lust congress than at nnv other period in
Ills cnrcor. It is not yet plain that "tho next
congress will be provided with n utensil of
this kind ; if so , Mills will feel lonc.-iouio un
less bis pluua is nuar it.
Springfield Kopublican : Governor Hill
nas been in ofllco continually for twenty-one
years. During that period the country has
"made wonderful strides in material progress ;
therefore our present proud position ns u
nation is duo to Governor Hill , This syllo
gism has been developed in strict uccordnnco
with a favorite argument concerning an ex
treme protective tariff.
Doaton Herald : Wo certainly tnist tbat the
notion tnkcn bv the liusinos.i men of Doston
in entering this protest will bo fallowed up
by similar action taken by tlio bn.sliic.ss men
of Now York , Philadelphia , Chicago and
othur largo mercantile centers. A large pact
of the success Unit has attended the cITorisol
the silver inllntionUU has grown out ot the
want of organized resistance on the purtol
these who ure in opposition to their plans.
New York Herald : Mr. Gorman nnu his
plucky followers are making a bravo and de
termined light against the force bill In the
senate. Perhaps it is vain to ho o that this
most iniquitous measure will bo defeated , but
thoduyof its passage should bo delayed OH
long us iKisslblo by every honorable moans
known to'parliamentary tactics. The parly
which can seriously push such a policy to
conclusion desurve * notlilnp better than utter
and complete annihilation , a measure of pun
ishment winch It will receive in IB'JJ. '
Henry Slack of Vicksburg , Mich. , aged
seventy-five , took Ills nx tha other day and
spilt 'I'll ' foiiM rails by way of getting up an
nj > i > ctlto for tils supper.
\Kiiiusn.t Mtirtii\irjH XKWN.
The Dloorolngton Echo 1ms ngnm been
chosen the ofUclul paper of Franklin county.
It is reported that nn nlllnnco paper U to bo
started In Dakota county by n Joint s'ock
company.
Al Hummel has rentcil the Ansolmo Sun to
the former publisher , and returned to Ina
Cody Lake ranch.
Tlio Urokoii How Republican suspended for
four daya last week , but It U nimlu nppcar-
mg regularly from Us now quarters.
The Falls City News has ntudy reporter In
the person of Miss May MmUtox , and the
Journal In the person of M'yrtlo Abby.
R A.Scbcr.lnger of the Nelson Oazctto
tins gone to 1'lno Kldnuon n slglit-seolng-trlp.
Ho will visit the Wouiulud Knee biittlolleld.
AV. T. Hastings , late editor of the Harwell
Enlorurlso , bus gene to Washington to nc-
coiit a position In the government printing
onleo.
The Oakdnlo Sentinel 1ms been cut down
to n live-column folio nnd Is all printed at
homo. A number of Nebraska impots hnvo
been obliged to cnsmall us a result of the
hard times.
Coluncl George I' , Marvin of the Ileatrlco
Democrat bus been drawn on a Jury. In
coniiiK'nllng on the matter the colonel says :
' Virtue Is Its own rownrd. The Jury for the
March term of the district court Is to bo one
of moro than ordinary lutolllgcnco and the
editor of the Democrat Is on It. "
JUSTS.
Indian's 1-Moiul : Raising savngcs Is a very
expensive thing in a civlll/.ed country.
Hlnghamton Republican : Thomc.it ot n
volnino Is generally found on tbo table of
contents.
Klmira Gazette : The minister is a temper
ate man , but ho always respunds to a "Wilt
you Join us f"
Indianapolis .Toiirnal : Between Its seal
skins und its ix'iliklns the government is
having a right lively tlmo.
Motion Transcript : People are peculiarly
gulllbio nt a ' .swell dinner where they are ar
rayed in swnllow-tnlu suito.
Chlengo News : Senator * Vnnco and Vo
huvo both been rononilnated. This will prevent -
vent two V's from becoming X.
Now York Herald : If you want to get
common cents limit through tlio contribution
boxes in nnv church in the land.
Yankee Blade : Ho Do you always read
the fashion notes In the- paper !
ShuNo , I stop occasionally for meals.
New Orleans Picayune : A fugitive poem
Is one that has escaped from its.uuthcr uftor
it lias been out doing thno in n scrap book.
Chieaco Times : When n politician sug
gests tbo necessity of a now Insaiio asylum ,
you may know that he or lib friends ure
crazy for olllce.
Brooklyn Llt'e : Parrot ( to Irishman )
Where did yon getthntlmt ?
Pat Ah , mo folno bhurd , ycr color is all
that saves yel
New York Sun : Wool Hndyard Kipling
doesn't seem to like America.
Vim Pelt Oh , well , perhaps wo can sell It
to nn English syndicate.
Chicago Tribune : If .lay Gould only makes
$7,500 n day , wlmt nro the malcontents howl
ing nbout ? It costs him nearly every cent of
it to keep the earth in repair.
Drake's Magazine : Scrlb I wonder in
what meter I'd boat write this poem on pas
sion !
Nibb Pcnt-dam-molcr , I should say ,
New York Sun : "You lost a great chnnco
by not going into that scheme with us. "
"I know it , old man : but I'd ' rather loson
chance than a thousand good round ' ducats. "
Munscy's ' Weekly : Wool How was it
Bronson got so "stuck" on the new danccrat
the rnrltios !
Vim Pelt She were a great deal of paste ,
didn't she !
New York Herald : Manager You say
you can play the base viol !
Ilohonhehner Can U Why , when I play
the "Angel's Dream" the wiiigs flutter right
oft the stage.
New York Sun : -'Why do you call thcso
cigars Flora Debutante. "
"Hoeauso they coat like tlio mischief nnd
are nil the time going out , " said putcr fnm-
illas , ruefully.
"Washington Post : "That man has won
derful intellectual strength , " said Illiublo.
"He Is a literary Samson. "
"Which " Humble "is
, rejoined , probably
why ho doesn't get his hair cut. "
Lowell Citizen : "Has any ono sworn to
this statement 1 " said the president of the
company when the treasurer presented tils
report.
"No one out the stockholders , " was the
reply.
UrooKlyn Life : Dashaway What did you
get for Christmis ?
Tnivers A watch charm.
Dashawny That so } Where is It ?
Travel's ( sorrowfully ) It's with the
watch.
Chicago Times : .Mrs. Hardup Oh , dearl
Did yon hear , love , that dear old Mr. New-
rich had fro/.eu his leg ?
Ilardup I've known that for n long time ,
dear , I've boon trying in v.iln to pull It forever
over n week.
Now York Sun : It is said that nn edition
of Tolstoi's Interminable "War and Peace"
will bo printed in u little volntno of 7OJO' ,
pages , with raised letters for the blind.
Great Seottsky , isn't it bad enough to be
blind without having to read Tolstoi ?
Boston Herald : "Clar.i , " said Nellie ,
dropping the tushlon paper which she was
reading , "what would you do if you had a
mustache on your lip1 !
"After l-o took it away I should toll him
that I preferred to bo married in Juno. "
Life : "Oh , papa , you are too good ; this
diamond belt U n ] > ocm. "
"Holt ! Why , my dear girl , I bought that
for n necklace I"
"You dear old soul ! How did you over ex
pect mo to got that little thing around my
neck ! "
Chicago News : "John , " said Mr.
Stfhigy's wife , "I wouldn't buy any moro
cheap trousers If I were you. "
"Why not ! "
"This last pair you bought nro the Identi
cal onus I sold the ragman six weeks ago for
15 cents. "
Knto Field's Washington : Mr. Suscept-
Ibl'j ( seating his partner at table ) So Ara
bella Mellowy is married nt last ? I suppose
some of thu other girls of that sot will go off
now. The -
Dean Hlghrlto ( beginning to say grace )
The Lord bo praised for all Ills mercies I
Town Topics : Tramp Plouso give men
quarter , sir.
Gentleman What Tovi
Tranip-WhIsUy , sir.
Gentleman What's the matter with beer }
A nickel Is enough for that.
Tramp -Surely yoj wouldn't ' compel mo to
drink alone 1
TMtK "TKl'KE" AX It TIIK "IlVVIl. "
I'oxt ,
Lo ! how Badly come the changes ,
And how sadly changed is "Lo , "
Him of mind tlr.it was "untutored , "
In tlio dnys of long ago.
This ilegoiiornto civilization
With the redskin run amuck
Gives no "warrior in Ins wigwam"
But a "tepee" and its "buck. "
O , shades of good .1 , Fonnlmorol
O , days of Daniel Itoonut
Look back with Hiawatha
To these times nil out of tune.
All stolidity and dignity
Have Just tumbled In a muck ,
And the warrior with his wigwam
In a "topeo" with in "ouck , "
And the great primeval forest
It 1ms changed to lands so bad
That "CJreat Spirits" they have loft us
And "Messiah * " nro the fad ,
But this ia till as nothing
To the blooming , blnrstod luck
Of a wigwam and a warrior
Changed to "topeo" und a "buck. "
There nro good repeating rilloi
for the quiver and the how ,
While revolvers they are blooming
Where tha tomahawk did grow ;
Hut , alas. It sore doth grlovo us ,
To see In the papers utuck ,
For a warrior In hl.i wigwam
Just a "tepoos" und a ' 'buck , "
There's u single soluco loft us ,
As wo sum the matter up ;
Perhaps our Buffalo William
Mny yet spill the bitter cup ,
And in years to como mny show us ,
In flaming poilcrs stuck ,
A wnrrlor with his wigwam ,
No "tepee" with his "bucU"
CVItllK\T XOTKH.
Henry Altoimn , I'hlliidelphln , niinounoci
the early publication of "Toldafter Supper , "
another volume of skoU-hos by Jsroine 1C.
Jerome , author of "Tho Mlo.TliouplitH of nn
Idle Fellow. "
Farm t'un , n monthly published1 nt Cln.
elninitl , O. , Is Just what Its iinino Indicates It
to be , a funny paper for farmers. Tlio Jium.
nry number Is very readable and the lllnsttV ;
lions nro oxi-cllent. While of special Intcrivh
to the farmer the Keneral reader will Hud In *
Its PIIKOS much to Interest and ntnuso him. t
'The February Overland Monthly will royy
lain the llrst article of Its llltittrated serial
upon the Industries of thu const. This will bo
"Ueo Culture In California , " by Ntnettn
Kumcs. H will bo both ixipnliuiinil statis
tical , nlviiiB the IlKUrOH of this Industry , niul
describing , with Illustrations , the boo pas.
turesnnd ranches , the inetho.ljof hiving nml
handling the nonoy , the habits ami varieties
of the bees , etc ,
The United States book company nn-
nnuuees for Immediate publleatinu tlio " '
jtorb volnmii of WKI lar o octavo papas , boUIulT
Inreen ( rloth , gold and colored Inks , eon-
tnlnli | * Mr. Jameson's dully record of the
movements of the roar column , with over ono
hundred Illustrations from nrU'liuil ilruwltiKS
by the nuthur and nn appendix on the natu
ral history researches of Mr. Jameson , care
fully edited by experts.
Frederick IJemlnpton , the nrtist , has just
returned from the seat of the Indian diiturb-
nncesltt the west , bringing with hltn a num
ber of sketches Ulnstratliii ; i-ecent , InHdciits
nnd events on tbu frontier , .Several of those
sketches , IniiludliiR n vle\v of the bnttlo
pround at Wounded ICneo creek anil the bo-
glnnlni ; of the light , together with n descrlpt-
ivu nrtlolo by Mr. KeinliiKton , will bo pub
lished In Harper's Weekly Issued January Ul.
Kdwnrd Bellamy , the fatuous author of
"Looking Hiu-Kwinl , " has sent circular *
broadcast to in form t ho public thnt ho will soon
begin the publication at lliMtou of n weekly
jieriodleal. "Tho Now Nntion. " The object
Is to make wnron the present Industrial . ; , ' ; .
tcin and endeavor to subultuto the eo-opor-
ntive.plati oxplolt-jd in his novel. He will
publish nil the news of the social movements
In Kuropo and America , and will doubtless
produce nn interesting paper , llo can bead-
dressed at la Winter street.
The portrait of Talleyrand , by the famnns
French artist ( Sreuze , forms the frontispiece
to the forthcoming KVbruarv Century The
Installment of the Tallevrund memoirs lu
that number deals almost entirely with Tui
leyrand's relations with Napoleon "Donaparto.
Tatleyraml npoloti/cs for taking olllco under
the directory ; describes his llrst meeting
with Douuparte , and tolls a number of inter ,
cstiug anecdotes eoneoniing hint. The in-
Rtnlliiiont closes with a very Interesting re
port of the meeting between Nnpoleon.Ctoetho
and U'leland. Tito Mnreh Installment of the
Tulloyrand inenioiM will also deal with llona-
p.irte.
Mr. 1C. L. noilkln In the February number
of the Forum , undertakes to prove Unit the
expedition to relieve Kniln was clourly a
piratical nndortakin , since It had tlio sanc
tion of iioKOvurnmont and its lender was responsible -
sponsiblo to no nowor. In tlio course of the
argument Mr. ( 'odkln bhows that the SVIUIKI- '
thy for Emln whlcli caused the expedition to
bo undertaken WAS a sentiment born.of ( Sot-
don myth , nnd ho points out the ourions fact
tlint thu people of Africa , owlnir to the slave
trade , have always been roganlod ns lit stioll
for pirates oven by uivlli/ed nations who
hold no such notions even nbout nuy other
savages , Mr. ( lOdkln expresses the highest
ndmiratlon for Stanley's couniRO ami enilur-
niico , and nporovcs of his conduct of the ex
pedition.
un.'ja. To the Killtornf TiiKllKR : Mr
S. elnltiis that. Inense of tlm fiillnrtiof n nation. il
bunk If I HI Is u depositor , liu will not got the
full amount of his deposit. Mr. U' . claims thai
thu national banks have to dcpusll with the
government an amount t > iuil | : 10 thelreiipltul.
mid In case of failure of thu bank doposllm-H
will lin | rild. In what connection does the
United Status stand to national banl > s ? .
Ho will bo paid whatever the assets w r-\ ,
rant , ns in thu case of nny other business fuil
lire. Tlio government does not guarantee u-
national bank's liabilities. It does guarantee
their ciroulatiou in b.mk notes , for tlio secur
ity of which it requires a deposit of govern
ment bonds to an ninount exceeding their
circulation by 10 per rout. The United States
prescribes laws under which national banks
shall bo conducted and regularly Inspects the
books nnd securities for the purpose of pro
tecting depositors , so far as human foresight
can do it. lly this means the losses to depos
itors In national bunics has been kept very
low , but the govormnent has no further re
sponsibility.
OMAHA. Jan. ' . ' ) . To thn Editor of TIIK llr.c.
A dispute IIIIH iirlsoii , and us u lust resort wo
ask you losolllelt. Unit ulvlll/ed Indians lie
iiatiiiull/.ud iintl vote ? Uoiniv tii'UKKr
Yes. Don't you remember Mr. Uorauy's
famous appeal to "tho gentlemen of the
Omnhn tnbu" In Thur.stoii county ? They nil
voted for him , but it didn't ' save him.
OMAHA , Jan. 83-Tollw ltditorot Tin : HFE :
To dccldu a dispute please answer tlio follow
ing : "A" says the eurronlof the Japan xuuuf-
feets tlio I'llmntu ot thu I'iiulllc coast in
Amurlou ; "II" Hays Itdous not. Which Is right ?
"A11 Is right. It notably alTocts northern
California , Oregon nnd Washington ,
OMAHA , Jan. SI. To the Kdltorof TIIK JlKi
Did Mr. Harrison In his Inaugural nduni
that hu did not want lliu .sucond torin of olllco
or not ? Suii-scuuiKH.
No. _ _
. Null. , Jim. I ? . To Ilio Kdltorof Tin :
I'lcaso unswor thu following : I. Tim
names of tlio ti'ii largest t-llloi In thu ( nltud
Males from thu lust uonsus. : . ' . When were
tlio nrllclusof confederation adopted und In
vrlmtcltyi > A Sinisciuiimi.
1. Now York , Chicago , Philadelphia ,
Ilroolilyn , St. Louis , ItoiUm , Baltim'jre , Sin
Francisco , Uinclmmti and Cleveland. .
I'hiludelphia , in 1T77. _
OMAHA. Jan. 21. To the Kdltorof TIIK UKR :
1'lnaxuHt.nto wlii-ro Hl.anloy tlio oxplnr.r ) was
boriii what , bis nationality Is : who his ntolliitp
was ; at what point or plaeo was lioeiillod
Sluiilry , or wis : that. Ills lint name , and in
nlmt. clroiimstimiTH was his niothor whun lio" "
lull homo. Tills will hettlu a dispute.T.
T. K. it.
Ho is believed to have been born in Wales ,
but the nnmo of his father nnd mother nro
not definitely known. Ho was adopted by II.
M. Stanley of Now Orleans nnd took nis
iiiirno. Ho is now a naturalized American
citizen. Fnr all known facts see Tin : Iui : of
December ! i" , Ib'JO. ' _
Cni.iiMiiUH. Ni'b. . .Tan. 23. To the Editor of
TIIK llii : : . Kindly tislvodullnltloii of thu word
Ml/.pnli. Afruiiid nskeil ninto giro It mm I
cave It up. Think It Id u Illblo word.
JOHN Mcdimir
As the word Is commonly used , for n motto ,
etc. , it moans , "God bo with tbco and mo
when wo are apart , one from nnothor. " As
used In Hebrew annals It means u place of
prospect or commanding hill.
Oiir.KNWOoit. Nob. .Ian. S3 : Totno Kdltorof
Tin : llKi : : I'lonso uniiucr If thuro Is a house
lit Aim'rleatlint publlslitis n list of mielalmoil
fortnni-H lefMn tlio old eounlry , or n list of
pcixms In llilH country Unit are hulrw to for
tunes In tbe old country. MAHTIX ,
There nro many llrms of the kind In Now
York and most of th'jm are frauds. In Lon
don there Is u court which keeps track of
such matters. A letti-r addressed to Sir
Charles Matthews , London , will probably
reach the proper hands.
tie.King ICnlukauu's nnmo meant "Day of Hat-
tie. M
OMAHA.
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