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THE OMAHA. DAILY KKIfl ; SATrUflAY. IMAHOI1 7 , ISOI.-TWIOLVE PACES. Til 10 DAILY BEE K HOSKWATKK Kiuniu. _ _ KVKUY MOHNMNU. TKI1MS OK St'lisritl I'TION. T ) lly uinl Sunday. One ) Yt-iir HH inonllit . r.m 'J'hrrei month' . SM f-iiiiilny HI-VI duo Vi-nr . SIX ) lliM-.Uiio Ve-iir . 100 Dmnliii , Tin' Urn llnllilliiit. houth oinnlin , nuncr N iimivni Ptn-eK rollitrlt ItliilTs , li.1 IVurl Street. Clilonifii Oilier , ! U ? Hi nin l > i > ref Ooinme'ree' . Ni w Yt.rle. . ! ! i > ( Mn ii.lliiiMl : I.VI'rMiiuullulUlliig ' .fiU I'lHirtorntli slrot'l. All e-emminnle-iitltiiis rt'lnllns to new * mid pilltorlnl tnntioi ilunild iiddrcssnl to iho IMIlnilal Di'iiarlini'iit. iirsisr.ss I.I.TTIU : ? . All lmstn < " .s letters mill irinttl.'etK'OSRlionlil VP nelilce-vsi-il to TinHrt I'lilnNiiine Compiiny. ( Himlin. Uriifls , rlu-i'ksiunl pintolllii'orili-M to 'n ' uinihpayable1 to theoitli'r of tliu com- IB Bcc PilisliiiiE CdoaiiY , Pronrictors TIIK II KK HUl.niNO. SWOUX STATKMP.NT Ol' CIIlCt'IAT10N bluto of Ni'lirnxhn , I ( 'omit v of Poudns f , ( li-iiKM It. Trsi'luie-K. sccri-tury of TIIK UBR I'liblMiltig coiiiininy. ( | " < 's Mili'iniily Hwi-nr tlmt the ni'timl Hrreilntloii of Tin : n.ui.v HKH for tliuwook i-iiillng 1'ulirunry & , t > UI. was ees follows : ' ' " JT.f-.V ) Hmeliiy. I'lilirtmrjr "J - Moiielnv. KolireinrvSH -I , ' . " . " ! Tjiuseiny. Ke'liniiirySI -'Ml" " Vtdiu-dav , I'Vlirunrv " ° > 'J < , ii ; ! > Tlinrsiliiv. IVliriwrvwl 'Jl.l.Ml frliltiy. IVlirnnry ST -1,101 Saturday , I'chreiaiy " * ttl..VJJ " Averages 2 I.710 ( JKoitor it. r/.seMirru. Sworn to l.i'foro mo nuil sulm-rHmd In my 1'rchiMice ' ! this'Jhthelieyuf Puinuarv A.I ) . IS'JI. N. I' . I'Kii. . Notury rublle. Flntonf Nohrnska , l _ . Cenitity of Don Klis : , f Ocoruu II. TzurliiiPk , bring Only sworn , do- roM-jt nnd says that liet Is HITrotary of TIIK HKK rtibllslilnjjcoti'imiy. Hint I he actual nvurnuc dally eli-culiitloii of TIIK HAII.V HIK : fortlio inontli of Jlarc-li , 181)0 ) , win "il.HB copies ; for April , IMK ) , .iir > ( ii copies ) for May , IS' ' ) . 2iUsD rnplcfli for Juno , IMK ) , .1VOI i-oiU's | ; for July. 1 X > , ai.ttl' . ' coiles | ! for AiiLMist , Iwn , ' . 'O.TKIoopIca ' ; for Hvntpinlior , I4X > . -M.-TO ropli-sj forOi'tolier. 1W. aVTfii rop'csi for NoM-iiibiT , I WO. ' "ii : " coplo.sj for Decpnilier , 1NHI , ! M,4l copies ; for Jiiiiiinry , 1MI ) , Ss-.ua i-oolos ; for IVIiruiiry. 1MH , 85,313 copies. < ; iomn : : II. T/.sniri-K. Swoin to Ix-fore mo. niiilHiibsrrlnoil In my presence. ihlhSMIiilayof 1'ebrunry. A. " . . 1SU. N. P. I'Kiu Notary Public. TIIK Hr.K Siitunlny Siipjitoiiient is iv now ( Vipnrtiiro. In all essontlnl fui- ; turos It iau ( llstltu't Issue , lilted to the Riuirds with condunsoil IIOWB notes , nnd froah mid attniutlvo iniscelltitiy. Its spnco Is devoted chlolly to Nobfiiskii mid llio ( front west. No other iiowspaiioi * covers tills < nrrilory. TIIK UKK Satur day Siipntomont is n now nowdpaper cro- ntion. Ft will not detract from tlto issues of any other day and will not in the least Impair the quality of Tun HI'N'DAY BIK. : It will LMituh the wind In its own sails. Nowsdealors and train boys everywhere will ho fully supplied. IT SKICJIS to bo pretty cortnln now that the tnil will wiir { , the do ' in the Illinois lopialutu ro. Tin : mortality record of the Fifty-first congress rcacMiup the hignbiious number 1 ! ! 11 in the botiKoundhvo in thosonnto. Tim { jonoral success of republicans in municipal elections in Now York is a Inryo Hi/.ocl straw showing the political current of ' 92. TOM UIKD : receives some very ploas- nnt compllmonts from his frionils. Ilo 19 a robiiHt porsouality and doesn't trouble about the opinions ol his enemies. TIIK trims-Missouri association an nounces miotbor Hgrootuciit on railroad rates. Awurnnco of unity and hiirmony itivariably precede an cnorfjotie nito war. IT is to bo hoped , by the way , that none of the jjood restrictive legislation Introduced with reference to the nian- ogoiuoiit of county alTuirs will bo de feated. TIIKSK are bard times for J. J. Ingalls. First , ho wiis denied ro-eloctlon , and now Canada declares against his pot idea of "tho continental union of the western hemisphere. " C.\PiFOUN'iA tributes to the memory of George lloarst bring out his ser vices to the material development of the west as the most important feature of his life. This is a worthv distinction. Tun assessors report a gain of " > GIO-1 , ! in the population of Kansas since the federal census. The assessors are a de cidedly industrious sot , or elo the num ber of Cherokee boomers on the border are underestimated. TIIK Hhortatfo in the Delaware treas ury , coming in the wakoof a largo haul In Arkansas , raises the total democratic peculations in the south to $3,000,000. As a specimen of party thrift the figures may safely challenge comparison. TIIK mere fact that the Omaha men who wore instrumental in tracing , iden tifying and capturing Ncal , waive their claim to the reward , docs not strengthen the claim of the Kansas City police. The Kansas City demand is three-fourths gall niid(0iio-fourth pretension. DKMOCK.VTIC organs are again la menting the condition of the national surplus and by juggling the figures build up a lingo deficiency. Similar demon strations wore made leas than a year ago , but their calculations utterly failed to dove-tail with practical results. RKSumiissio.N" Is a live isstto in Kan sas. The otllcial exposure of bribery and widespread demoralisation in con nection -vlth the spasmodic attempts to enforce the law , resulted in the passage by the legislature of a resolution calling for a constitutional convention two.vears honco. A VOICK comes from the political tomb of .loo McDonald in Indiana en dorsing Cleveland's silver views. The moaning of this apparition is that Uncle Joe Is ready to forgive the claimant for shelving him at the behest of IJondrlcks provided Indiana and McDonald tails the democratic kite next year. JiiiUY : SIMPSON" has made a great speech to the farmers of Maryland. Ho tolls them that in the convention that nominated him tlioro were only three men who wore whlto collars and nine who wore white shirts. It is expected that upon this vital issue Maryland nnd Knn as will rally shoulder to shoulder i-ud ' .voop the country in 1892. TIIK cj.v.iiMArr.M / rio.v. Ono of the most Important ami hotly contested political campaigns tlmt t'un- ada has had In many joars has ivaiilti'il ' In the fluivensnf the gnvormnent party. Httt Iho vli-tory IK of Unit ohm-actor which is more than Inlf iHoul. "With all Iho political machinery lit tlioir control , with ahmulniico of mono)1 ) at Iholr command. lmvlng the support of the protected Industrie and assisted by the Inlluom-o of the KuglUh toriox , tlio consorvatlvos wow unable to rotnln their majority in purllamont , nnd tholr ss of MriMigth foroshndowK their prob able rolliiquit-hmont of the control o ( the governnii'iit within the next your or two. The mombi r. < hip of the dominion pur- llami'iil Is Hl.'i . , tiiul in the last purlin- lui'tit the ooii'orvatlvohtrongtli was l.'tli and that of the liberals SI. a majority for the former of.111. . Moro than half of this majority has been swept away , al though L'onxorvatlro ciilettlatloiH in ad vance of the election t-ounti'il contldontly upon incroaslni , ' It. Throe members of the trovcrmnoiit were retired , and wlillo Sir John Mai'donutd was re-elected by an increased majority his ciiso wai exceptional - coptional , and the oxlanutton ] ) Is doubt less to be found in the fact of his having the /.oalous support of the railroads and other corporations' , of which ho IH a most earnest friend , Tlioro were some intor- entlng s-urprl i's. In the province of Quebec , which was regarded as a stronghold of the consiTvatlvoH , the lib erals elected n nujorlty of the candi dates , while the maritime provinces , which were oonlhlmitly counted upon by the liberals , proved to bn the bulwark of the conservative i-aufo. Si ) far as the question of amioxiition entered Into the contest the verdict was adverse to it. It maybe interesting to observe that as a property qualification Is necessary to se cure the right of MilYrngo in Canada , and the o having such qualification are reg istered only once in ten years , the last registration having boon made in Ait- trust , 1881 , thousands of persons who will bo entitled to vole after next August wore excluded from Thursday's election. This shows the political shrewdness of Sir John Maedonald in ordering the election at this time. Had ho post poned it six months his party would very likely have mot with as signal a defeat as it did in 1871 , wlien a ministe rial majority of six was converted into ti liberal majority of 00. The conservative success will cause no surprise in the United States , nor will the American people lie very greatly in terested in it discussion of the causes and conditions that produced It. The only question they will concern thorn- solves with , and this with no very great dotrree of anxiety , is the possible clTeot that iho verdict of the Canadian pcoplo will have upon contemplated negotia tions regarding' closer trade relations between the dominion and the United States. Tim irovcrnmont of Canada has expressed a willingness to enter into an arrangement for restricted reciprocity , with the treaty of ISol as Iho basis , and has distinctly declared hostility to com mercial union or any commercial ar rangement with the United States which would involve discrimination against 'ngland. In this position it is sustained by the popular vote , and undoubtedly it will not to the slightest extent contra vene that verdict. It is not to bo expected - pected that any more favorable or essen tially diu'orent proposition rogardimr re ciprocity will bo made than that which constituted the platform of the conserv ative party in the laUu-ampnlgji. ft lias already boon pretty plainly intimited from Washington that this will not bo seriously considered by our government. It would bo an utter waste of time to in- btituto negotiations with the so-called reciprocity treaty of 1831 as a basis , not only because that one-sided arrangement is an intolerable memory to the Ameri can people , but the conditions have so changed that it would bo absurd to make it a basis of negotiations at this time. The suggestion that it should be might fairly be regarded as implying a tlesiro to prevent negotiation. . At any rate if the Canadian govern ment sh'dl ' have nothing better to pro pose than the reciprocity platform upon which it fought its campaign and carried the election , there is very small proba bility that the trade relations between the United States and Canada will bo materially changed , while the Macdon- aid government continues in power. A Boss Hurrows' personal organ deliber ately tortures the language and spirit ot a recent article in Tun llniin support of home industries , and declares this paper "opposes tho-uropoiltion for open yards in which competitors shall bo free. " The assertion is without a shadow of foundation. TUB BKIS was the first paper to denounce the attempt of the live stock exchange to prevent competition in the yards , and its demand for a free , unob structed market was crowned with suc cess. It could not "oppose the proposi tion for open yards,1' because no such condition existed. The management of the stock yards at the outset of the con- troversv between the exchange and the American Live Stock nfcsociation , pub licly declared that the yards wcroopon to all shlpiurs and no discrimination would bo tolerated. This position received - coived the sanction of the packing house companies , who are now , as heretofore patronizing all comers , regardless of their connection with the exchange or the association. What TUB BKB did say and now reit erates , is that Uio legislature should carefully consider the benefits conferred on the stock growers of the state by the upbuilding of a homo market. It is possN bio to legislate a homo market out of ex istence. The rates ot the Omaha market are now as low as those ol Chicago and Kansas City. Is there any justice in legislating rates below a profitable * point , and thus practically wreck the ability of the management to compete for business with rival markets ? The falsehoods of the deposed boss do not alter the fact that homo institutions nnd homo industries are essential to the future welfare. They are entitled to the fostering care of the law making power , Surely no clti/.on anxious for tlio welfare of the state will permit malice and ignor ance to blight by reckless legislation tin institution that hnd added millions to the taxable wealth of Nebraska , built up n oltj of 12,000 Ooonlo , swelled by * > ! 0.- 000.000tho tniimimotmvd piodm-ts of last yoar. and gl\cs stoutly employment to ,1,000 woi-kliigtncn. rin ; / / ; . ! ; . Tito convention of sttito railroad com- mMoncrs hold in Wellington a fowtlays ago did very little to help to n solution of the problem they met to dlr-ousH , but the chairman of the convention , Judge CooU-y of tlio Interslnto commerce com- minion , read a paper which contained suggestions worthy of consideration. . He said tlmt the railroad problem is not to bo found in the condition in which the roads may be put by their projectors or managers , or Iho manner In which they arc equipped for the imnXHo * ( if operation , neither is it presented In the relations between the corporations and their employes. It Is not to be found exclusively in the diversities which exist between the legislation of tin' several states when compared with o'icli other , or between the state- legislation when compared with that of the federal government , nor Is It altogether in the fact that railroad rates are supposed by the public to lie inn great many cases much too hltih , or in unlawful discrimi nation In the transportation of freights and of passongors. There are elements in the problem , but they do not consti tute the problem in its entirety. Tlio main somco of dilllcnltv. in the opinion of Judge C'ooloy , Is in the power as It exists now to iniike unit unmake tlio rates for pmnongor and freight transpor tation. So long as S'JO ' holies of nun in the country are at libjrty to make rate sheets at pleasure , and to unmake and cut and re-cut thorn in every direction at their own unlimited discretion or want of discretion , and with little re straint on the part of the law except as it hnpo.'os a few days'delay in putting changes in force , the problem will re main to trouble UH , the more uxUlonce of the power making losses , disorder and confusion constai.tly imminent. The authority to ro.lnca eve ivo rates is but a slight co'-roi-tlvo ' , while the power on the part of the public authori ties to com pel the rnllro ids to do what is just to each other in respect to ob serving rates which they have onto undo , and to adhere to rate shoots until there is reasonable ground for changing them , is so very slight as to have no substantial valuo. 1ml while pointing out the real problem , which ho charac- tori/.ed as momentous , Judge Cooley olTored nothing for its solution , nor did the convention nuke any suggestion di rectly minting' to it. The body simply declared tlmt It is com pa tout for con gress and the st'ito legislatures to rogu- Into , within their respective spheroi , the rates of freight and passonirortraflio and travel , that the power to do this may bo delegated to boards of commis sioners , and that uniformity of legisla tion is desirable on the subject of rates , all of which was largely perfunctory. It is plain that Judge Cooley has indi cated tlio most troublesome phase ot the railroad problem , and while it cannot bo admitted that it is incapable of correc tion it obviously presents great difllcul- ties. It is a question whether it can bo directly reached and remedied by law , although the evils involved in it might bo somewhat mitigated , and perhaps the only practicable means of solution is in tlio hands of the railroad companies themselves. Hut unfortunately they have shown that they cannot bo do- nended upon for a solution of tlio prob lem. Their arguments made within the past two years have had particular refer ence to this chief cause of trouble , but it still continues , and there is not very fn- vorablo promise of its early removal. yui : I'ltuivsun ' r.snn" run" . The Shumway usury bill lias passed the semite nnd seems likely to become the law of the state. It has been per fected with considerable care , and is de signed to strike a happy medium be tween the radical and conservative ideas of this much-mooted question. The proposed law fixes the legal rate of interest at" percent , but allows 10 per cent on contracts. When a higher rate than 10 per cent has been charged , and the fact can be shown by an action in court , the creditor is entitled only to his principal , unions the rate is higher than 12 per cent. The latter figure is the maximum rate of Interest. If the bor rower sets up the defense that ho has bee n ch urged more than 1U per cent , and maintains it in an action in court , the' lender forfeits both interest and princi pal. Under tlio old law the lender can bo made to forfeit all Interest above the legal rate of 10 per cor.t , but the pro- vliion for forfeiture of principal and in terest when more than Ii2 per cent is charged is a now feitur'o. It has boon adopted in response to the demand for a law which shall protect the borrower against the imposition of rates of inter- terost that are Inconsistent with pros perity. If tilts measure becomes a law it will bo received with general satisfaction. It avoids the dangers which wore feared a few months ago when curtain radical loaders talked wildly of a usury law which should make I or o per cent the legal rate and donrind the forfeiture of principal and iulorr.il whenever a higher rate was charged. Such legislation would have placed an absolute prohibi tion upon all outside capital and driven every loanable dollar out of the state. On the other hand there was a genuine demand , shared by all classes , fora law which should protect borrowers against the unjust exactions which a certain class of money lenders are disposed to levy upon them. Nothing but a stringent usury law , with a provision for a heavy penalty could accomplish this ooject. If 12 per cunt is adopted as the maximum rate no Icjjitimuto investor will com plain. Capital Is essential to the dev jlopmont of Nebraska and to the prosperity of a largo class of people. The public desires to hold out a cordial invitation for the wealthier state's of the east to Invest their surplus in nut- manifold enter prises , nnd to loan It at a profitable rate of interest on sound securities , it is es sential that the law should furnish ample protection for capital thus invested. Itul there Is a limit beyond which farm ers and hitbiiicss mon cannot go with safety tti themselves and their creditors. The man who borrows or loans money at a higher nitj than 10 or 12 per cent Is vcnturln.jon dangerous ground Tlioro always It ivo biMii people , and doubtless tin ro always will In , who nro willing to iimUo roi'Ulcaa bargains nnd take dospor- nliolianccH. . The hw 'ati do nothing for them. It 1ms done Its duly when it has given Iho lender tlio bonotlt of Iho highest Ititijroil that the business of the country will s tnd and then protected the borrovvulngnlnst greedy usurers who ask mof o. i If the rates provided In tlm Shumway bill nro adoptc-d a * the policy ot the sttito. Nobralm may be said to have m-hlovod a good result In a dtlllcult sit uation. mi ; The nocivslty of educating the chnlr- mtin of tlio board of public works is not to bo cmostlonwl. His annual report of the board's operations , not to mention the potty squabbles which marl ; his record - ord in olllco , furnishes documentary proof of glaring ineompoteni'y. Why should the taxpayers bo called upon to pay Iho costs of an alleged ex ploring trip that In ro.illty is a private jamborooV It is a reckless waste of pub lic money , for which there is not the slightest excuse. Omaha's experience with paving material Is nccosslblo to all. It is a matter of public record. Kvory material of vnlttu tins been put to practical test , and the result is to bo seen on tlio streets , or sot forth in detail - tail in the reports of public olllclals. If the oliu'.rnmn of the board c.innot derive knowledge from the city's experience , ho certainly cannot absorb Information from cities that have shown no greater advance in public works than Omaha. Even if the experience of the city , with all known material ot prac tical use is not sullicient , it is not probable the public will bo benolltted by the investigation of a novice. N'o flrst-clas institution employs n blacksmith to examine its books , nor would any sane man employ a millwright and real estate agent to test the quality and durability ot the various grades of stone , the consistency of cement , the ingredients of asphalt , or the exact strength of brick. Those are matters entirely within the province of exports. It is ridiculous to think that Hlrlchausor is competent to examine and report intelligently on the paving mate rials of this or other cities. The inves tigation should bo conducted , if at all , by the city engineer , or some mnti whoso training and experience would give force and value to his conclusions. Tlio plain fact is that the council raids the public treasury to piy the expenses of a pleasure'trip. To claim the money is appropriated , for any other purpose is a falno pretense. Is" meddling with the practical work of the park board , the council exceeds Its legitimate functions. The right of the board to expend the money sot apart for its use is .boyond question. Its pa\- roll is entitled to as prompt considera tion and approval as is bestowed upon tlio accounts of tlio police commission , the comptroller , the treasurer , or the pay of members of the council. The refusal to pus * the claims approved by the board is a gross Injustice.Vork - ingmon and contractors are denied their wages and put to an amount of annoynncu for which there is not a shadow of excuse. The honestv of the claims is not disputed The council evidently delays action to harass the board and carry out its policy of dictating what shall or shall not bo done or who employed , by co-ordinate do- partnionts of the city government. So far as the expenses of the board are con sidered , the council's authority Is purely ministerial , provided such expenses do not exceed the available funds , and every attempt to dictate to the board is an unwarranted assumption of power which should be vigorously resented in the courts if necessary. GUADUAM.V , but surely , the authori ties nro unraveling the mystery sur rounding the murder of the chief of police of Now Orleans , and bringing to justice the villainous conspirators who have terrorized certain sections of the Crescent City for years. The confession of one of the conspirators confirms the first public impression that the series of crimes which culminated in the assassi nation of Chief Hennessey was the work of an organized gang , known as the Malla , and composed of Italians. Four thousand dollars was the price paid for tlio "removal" of the chief , whoso enor- gotlo pursuit of crooks of every grade interfered with the robbing operations of the organization. A score of port-oils are directly involved in the conspiracy and assassination , all but one being under arrest. Tlio trial now in progress promises to lay bare a conspiracy as diabolical as that of the Cliicago an archists ana send to the ropes a larger number of human tlonils. lOvmiY city and county ollicml who ap preciates the dignity of his position , im agines tlmt his presence is essential to the state legislature. Of course theses ollle-ials clothed with brief authority are weirklng solely for the public good. That is to say , wwt esontributrjs to their personal welfare .must , in their opinion , inure to the bonellt of the people. \VllKilK weru Fumy and Kgbort when Hirkhnusor tnj'p.cd ) ' the treasury through the council for a private busty Is it fail- to leave the iniljor and colonel at homo while the e > halriian ( hies away for health and recrcat ionlat public oxpe'iiso ? TUB surplusi 'in ' the city treasury is Biilllclont to ilc'cjommodnto a few more ' olllclals with 'uojikot money , provided they can e-onvince the council that an exploring tourof the cast would improve tholr health. Till ! roorgiini/.atlon of the register's oflie-e Is n delightful specimen of piiblio economy. Experienced and poorly paid clerical help Is crowded outte give place to inexperienced favorites at advanced salaries. ( > nr National 1'lnnt. AVir HiiQdtml Mmiatlne. The American Ourden may speak of "our national llowor the ) KoUlon-roil ; " but when nothing has been tbo ubolco of Iho whole people oru roprcHOiitatlvo part at tbo people , nothing can cumo of It. Hut the mul/o , tbo Indian corn , lius a strong though unncltnowl- oelgoU position as our national plant , oTiivn i.t\im r/M.v of'/f.v , Si'voral meinbors of the Hrltlth mlnUtry nro repoitcil to bo mix Ions for a involution of parliament nn.l n K < 'netiil doe-lion 'next nutnmn , but SallMuirv IH .s.ild . to want tbo crlsH tiojtpone'il until tlicHe'tirlug/iea / centre- ve-rsy It settled , niul Halfour to ask for n chance ) ilrst tei crowd throujjli HOIIIO sort of local government aelieino for livliiuel that shall servo n * nsopto tbohonto rtili'CurlioriM. Thci-e tsa ( 'exnl ek-iil to Iw said lu favor of each .Mtele ) In tlieiellssolutlon iltsputo. It e-an 1'iis.lly bo believed that tliu torv novornment Htieli It niml to make up Its multiple mliul. All ilcpomls em what a eluy may lirluj ? forth. Things tuny lie better for conservative pros- pevls , and tbe'y iiinv lie worse1. It Is certain tlmt they are very bad now. Kecoiit e'bvttons show that the expected weakness In liberal rnniti on tie-count of the IrlMi snuab- bio has not dove-lope * ! , tlmnus to ( ibid- stono'H ilrm and dlciittlod ntlittnle * . On the other band it U Jnst pewlblei tlmt somei llrlt- Ith wewtijjo ni.iy . bo olttalne-el In eonstfquoneo of that niielucloiiH net of brinnitiK tlio Say- ward suit In the UiiltedStatosaupromoconrt. There will he' , if thn Hrltlsli slelo wins ; other wise , quite the contrary. It I * possible , but not probable , that l'arne-11 - may profess htm- se-lf as satlsileil with such an I vita bill m Salisbury anel Halfour can offer ; possible , lint not probable , I'arncll elarc * much , but ho will hardly dare that. Most of all , a chauco which decency will not permit the torles to nay much about in imblie , but which Is never for one single moment absent from the lory mine ! , Cihdstono iniv : elle. Although it Is not easy te > see what connection there Is between Hrlllsh and Canada party issues , names count for u tjooil eleal , ami after Sir John A. Mac- elonalePs victory llio marquis of SnlUbiiry may pluck up heart. A tory victory In tbo dominion nmv seem to prestige a tory victory in tlio United Kingdom. * % As the elctnlloel returns from tbo Spanish elections come to linnet , Iho triumph of tlio conservatives appears to bo oven more swoop- hit ; than the tclcgrapliioillsp.itcho.s indicated. The new corte.s will bo eomi'oscel of tK ! ( sup porters of the administration , as ngnlnst only OS followers of Sngnsla7 republicans , and J ! of all other faction * . Kvon in the cities , notably Hnrceloim nnd Madrid , vbich wcro supposeel to bo liberal strongholds , tbo uov- erniiiPnl candidates polled asm-prising voto. Unit we ) liberal enmlielntcs pulled through in Mailriel , while six conservatives wcro electeil. The re'piibMc.ms nro delighted ntthotfooil showing they maelo In the voting. In Miutrlei , for example , they polled 17,217 votes , to about : i.iiXl ( ) for till shades of monaivhtul candidates. One-third of the total vote in the very capita ! of tlio kingdom cast aij.iiiist tbo monare-by Is certainly a sinnillcaiit , perhaps an ominous nous result of the now law of universal sut- fnitfo. At ttio sumo time , it Is a curious fact that there never has been a cortcs In which so many titled eleimtios sat ai will bo present in the body just chosen. Still , this may not mean the predominance ot the aristocracy in the lower hoibo , as many of the counts and marquises elected to It made their canvass on tbo basis of a hearty acceptance of the poo- pic's right of representation , anel presented the novel spoe'taclo of nobles of Castile going hut hi hanii tei ask the votes of peasants and laboring men. The cahleel reports of repub lican rioting in Jtarcclonn appear to have been oxsiircorated ; Snlmoron was fairly do- feate-el ; at least , tbo election uoard , contain- inga majority of his sympathizers , so do- clieroa. ejastelar himself narrowly escaped defeat. l-'rom German criticisms on tbo recent Koverntncnt commission appointed by Em peror \Vllllnin to elellboMto upon a reform of the Prussian schools , it would appear that the high expectations with which tha calling together of this body was welcomed have by no moans been fullllleel. Prom the very beginning - ginning the transactions of the conference were handicapped by tlu high-handed man ner in which the emperor forccel his own views and propositions upon tbo assembly , entirely eltsreirnrellnK the ofllcinl progiMinino laid out by the minister of public instruc tion. Ono of tbo nioit Important subjects before the conference was the question of the future relation between tbo gymnasium and thorealschulo thoemcstion whether the. hit ler should boliftejj up to the standard of tlio former ; whether its scope should bo widened so ns to embrace both ancient and modern literatures and the sciences ; whether the social status of its graduates should be raised so as to tfivo them access to universi ties ; whether , in short , tbo high se-hool of the future should be a reorganized Hcnlgynmasium. But tbo debate on this point was cut short by the emperor's state ment that bo shoulel like to sco all existing Kealgyimmsiii abolished , and that in future lie should veto the establishment of a single now ono. And tbo same autocratic tone lie mnlntnnicel towards almost every eiucstion brought up In tbo conference. The result Is that the commission has boon discharged xvlthuut having nccoinplisbod a single re form of any consequence , except , perhaps , tbo ubolltlon of r < ntin composition in Iho gymnasia. .Meanwhile , a now commission has been appointed , with I Jr. HinUpetcr , tlio intellectual advisor of the onipc-ror , as chairman , to draw up a detailed scheme for a now liluh school curriculum , nnd undoubt edly the imperial views will lluet nn adeeaiato exprossli.n in the resolutions of this commit tee. V # , The more the conduct of the French nu- thuritieu toward Empress Frederick and the Hcrlin art exhibition is coiuotnplatod , the more trilling aim unworthy of a imtion it ap pears , ( icrimeuy was not the aggressor in 1STO. It was France. And France knows now whether it palel to twotlin aggressor. Germany Is not the aggressor in 1801. It is again France ; and while tlio alTair does not , rise above the rieilciilnus , and is not n caii'c of war , it IH every whit as much wortn light ing about as the affair of ISIO. Tlio worlel of science anel nn owo-j much to Frenchmen. It owes nothing to France. Tbo individual Frenchman can be anything , from a world conqueror ton petrolonm Head. Hut the ng- givijato Frenchman somehow has a greater faculty for making boy-play tliivn any other aggregate people on record. The individual Frenchman Is the most gallant person in the worhl where a woman is concerneel. Hut what are wo to say of n government tlmt per mits un indignity let bo out on a guest , and tlmt guest a distinguished lady ? What are wo to tliialt nf a government that practically prohibits its artists to exhibit their pictures in the satous of a neighboring capital I What can be said save ) that that government has fallen Into its dot.tgo . ) Or , that lu p-irtiin ; with its religion it ubollshcel morals and sclf- ivspeit-t ! Tlmt the indignity put upem Km- press Frederick was In deference to the worst nnel most dangerous classes cannot bo etenicit. And wcro war to ensue it would not bo fought by those classes. \Vhilo tbo Portuguese ) may hnvo rights In Afrle-n , lu virtue of priority of discovery , such rights are not likely to stop the onwarel i.-.arrh of the Ilritisb , 1'ossusslon is pro verbially nine points of the law , but in order to bo recognized In this practical ugo It. must boelTeetivo possession Kvnr since the days of Viibco datianm the Portuguese huvo been enterprising navigators anil discoverers , end as e-olonlsls they have be-en nlmrist as sue cess fill ns the Spaniards , and far mure so tbiiii the ) French. They iinnuioil their language ami customs on the vail Hrazllian tcrriteiry , ami In the I'.nst Indies tllliy llTiYO built bOliU ) lllll llllll'l'ltt ClttoS tO serve ) ns monuments to ruiiilnel future gener ations c ! their capabilities. In Africa , bow- over , tlioy hnvo dnno little' moiv Hum to In dnl co In the fornuilltv of heilstmg their ling In former" elay * this would luivo I'slubllshcel n vnllel claim to domination , but It eloes not now. and It is not ntiill surpilsltiir. tltm-ofem * , torcait la the ) iltsp.ite-hcs from I.eiiulon that tbo I'ortuirinveo geivornment has been wnrncel that oven thu territory conceded te > It ro- ci-ntly Is In danger of being m < lxoel. It Is be coming n rule of International e-otnlty that no nation linn a right to any extrane-oiH terri tory that It U not capable of settling with Its own surplus population , ii S'ot la It. ClMdminff 'lliM'n-Mdr. In the Improbable event of Hi- nomination of n third prcslilontlnl tlcke-t nu mten-.stiug - Munition will bo presented. Of coin-so the ticket will huvo no i-lmm-o eif sure-os * . Thu utmost It can ilo IH to tlnvw Iho duct lent eif pitMldont and vle-o provident Into tlm bousool representatives. Then the Flfty-sceouJ house , overwhelmingly doinoi'i-atlc , wlllcloct. Hut a fur morn llki-ly outcome I * llio lews to the eleinocraey of several southern slates , n loss to the ropablie'au.s of Kimsu.s nnd , per haps , Ncbraslta ami a republican triumph , with New York loneling In llio victorious column , It U notlceablu that tbo dciuomitic manngcrs are suffused with n e-ntd swivit at any serious suggestion of a farmer's ' alliance ticleot. Con lei .Nyt a Oeioel Oti/iMi. jYi-ir 1'nrff Ili-nilil. Jny Ooulel Ims b"em summoned to servo as oillier n petit or grand Juror on an nvorago of at least llvo times a year , but ho has never been known to appear in e-ourt. .Hlelgo Martlno last Tue'sday fer thei second time has Imposed a line of Jllh ) on him within n few months , and bo b .scrlomly considering whether Mr. Gould shoulel bo permitted to babltunlly elisregnrd the inundate of the law. .Inilgo Martlno said Unit ho had power to Im pose ) n penalty much more severe than n fine nn a person who habitually absents himself from Jury duty. Ilo said lli.it lie did not think that ho woulel proceed to extreme measures with Gould In this Instance , lliough , as there were plenty of Jurors fortlio present term. AVeMiiou AVIie > | ' | < IIHK Men. A man likes to discover a violet or n rose ; ho wants to Ihul out H-s charms himself ; ho doesn't wish a directory to aid him la this , nnel he ? is very contemptuous of the woman who hero , there and every where asks his nel- miration. Tlio women who are popular with men are tbo women who impress them wttli womanliness , and by this Is meant that subtle something- that says "I do not thrust myself forward , but perhaps if you find mo you may llko mo. " Men have always liked voyages of elbcovcry , and they lilto to seek the ideal woman , anel not to have nor thrust her greatness upon them. Casting n .Icu'ol Ilol'orc Democrats. Some of the elemocratlc members of the next bouse , Mills nuel Springer ninoiiir them , nro said to lie already deep In the work of preparing n new code of rules. The Hoed code must go , tor consistency's ' salce. * * * If tbo democrats intend , simply because they" have howled about Speaker Uecil and his rules /or party proilt , to now kick down needed restrictions the next bouse will bo the most oppressive and expansive night mare the nation lias over experienced ; and in tbo end the eioinocracy will pa/ high for nialntnin'ng ' ; this nuisance. InelivliliuiN anel CnrpeM-atioiis. Xew Kimfdii'l Mintiztnr. Self-employment in competition with tbo largo organized industries of the present time ! : , almost Impossible. Now and then n little tailor or a little t > hoctnakor may make bis way ; but how can any ono twithou capi tal or credit go Into the manufacture of lard , or pork , or cloth , or lumber , or furniture , or tin , or steel rails ! To say to most workingmen - men ( whether rmnloyod or unemployed ) "employ yourselves" is , la the condition of today , nntveto in itself. " \ VlieriWeiiiuMi Ijnck Sense. l.iMllfit' 11e. : \ Journal. It is scarcely nucoisnry to add that among the forty odd women who came nnel went during my luncheon , there was scarcely ono with a clear , rosy complexion , such as every woman should have , or who gave the impres sion of | wrfoct a alth. One saw instinctively they hael no appetite , had headncbo and "nerves , " and were heiresses to a thousand natural but necessary ills tlmt tbo exorcise of a little common sense woulel avert. Victims of Competition. JVi'iiKmjlant Mitoctzlnc. A careful study was recently made of some twenty-eight thousand cases of various ulmr- ity organisation s-ocietlos , and it was found that from-1(1 ( to , " > 0 per cent of tbo applicants "nccde-d work rather than relief. " Tbo Massacbmo'ts labor bure.au reported in 1 3 * that about a third of those engaged in remun erative labor in that , state wcro unemployed at their principal occupation for about one- third of the working time. Hel l > ldi ' HiHi-rvo It Hither. fn n paragraph printed this \oek in ono of the Cincinnati elally orthodox papers Senator Hearst was represented as smoking. This is carrying Iho animosities of politics too far. The PI-PSS Clicjlc Ml Them. It is worth noting that the proceedings of the trans-Mississippi legislatures up to the present tune have not warranted the cries of alarmists in tbo cast. A VIIAX11 K OF HV1T. Ktvt'i > 1Ilernlii. \ . Ere they wcro wed to her ho sent A ve-rso In seven narts , Addreisseil , toglvohis feelings vent , To his "fuireiUL-e'ii of hearts. " Hut , now thohoni-ymoon Is oVr , The erstwhile lover elnbs His heart ime-on of the days of yore , His "frightful queen of clubs ! " KNXWl.lll : ! : AM ) I'l'I.I. . "Knowledge Is power1' 'twas ' thus tlio ancient sago Proclaimed his triumnh in n barbarous ngo ; Hut , now that wisdom so much gift may shower , Wo read the phrase amended , "Pull is power. " NO 1NVOMMA IN HIM. Fricnel .Jones so dourly loves to sloop , De.spltothogong thatshould nwako him , That elcath hl-s form may ever keep , If ( Jnbriol doesn't think to shako him. AMIIITION . When you have reached the ladder's top And gained the world's ronoivn 'Tis harel to tbinlt you have to stop Or else on co moro KO down. Hoimtor If vlo wns thirty seven years 4M I'Vbrunry ai" , lobn lius-u'll Voting elivllnrtl thppiwffproel niKslmi ID China for pntvly eloimstliivnseniM Lieutenant SeliM-nllm IMS ft eolloi-tlon of moro than II f loon Innielroil obituaries of linn self. \ Lee MM. Is no ( letvneMto for vi'uiiinuou , and will iiuvor allow an upon window \\horo jf belt. ( Umlplii I'lillueli-lphlaphu-os - Itcv. Drt' \ f Vli-Unr'a fee ) for the ir-WlllliiK vvoeld. ttf ut f 10,0 , ) ; ) . An annex to cost SITMMKi Is to Uuieleleel to tlui t'rnlt nistitutoof Hrnolel.vn , N. V , for tbo bone-lit of women sttnlciu.s. Senator O.striiiii , the present loadi-r of tbo eliMiioernlleparly In California , Is nlluo typo of Iho une-emvoatlonnl lawmaker. l.ady Ilole-n Vim-cut , nn Kticlfaiilnily. ba- roi-i'lvoil from the Miltiin of Tnt-leoy the high est order e've.-r bostoweil em u woman. Mrs. llnrnett ! still Ion much pro : tni'o < i by the death of her son to take up the ) pen ' " 'Not. yet , " tdio wrote roe-ontly. " \Vnlt u bit. ' Ttwweml , tbo Ucoiylit braUoinaii who blaelie-d John l < . Sullivan's oye-s , hut nlrendy received toinpltug olTor.s from tbo inmuum tnnnagers. ( Serinaiiy bus fif > 0i > , t l ) worleltitf womoii , Kngbiud ltHKIeH ( ) ) , l-'nine-o : i."i0.iKVl. Austria ; ilXKtiHaiul ) ) ) AmurlciiJ.iOD.OtHi . , induiltiiB all oe-ciiatloiifl. | ) Joel Chaiidlor Harris ( I'nclo HomiiRi , now sixty years of ago. Is < v ure-at pedestrian , ainl Is saiel lo have walked thirty-six miles In ono elay recently. Sum Jones , tbo Cioorghv evangelist , eln clnrc.s in a lollcr ton'1 oxiis ftleiul that bis health has fulled , nnd be Is on the vorue of physical e-ollapso. Thei in ritiis | of IorneV.s now book , "l-'roin Shadow t" Sinillghi , " Issalii l have for I'H boroluo n young Aiinirli-nti gill whom how met and greatly iidinlrcel , The youngest school inarm lu tlio woilil s CMnr.i llivi'iimviileluf Hornvllle , PH. Klu-bns - forty public .school schetlars , hi'gan'worle Iho months ngo nnel Is only thirteen years of ago Mmo. Von ToulTol , nou IlliinchoVillis Howard , Is still living in Htuttgart , writing busily , in the hope of prodiU'Iag some work that will scconel the famous lltllo "One hum mer. " A Now Vorlc woiiian Is onmlng- salary of ? . " > . ( KX ) a year tcia-lilng fashion how lo play n si'lentilhgame of whist. Two or three otfu r tcae-hers have all llioy can do Instruct n < tf classes In the L-.ulios' New Verlc club. Soorobery lllalnols out for a "constitution al" every line afternoon. His fnvorltu willic is ono ol the many roadways Intorsectltitf the roserveitlon baek of the whlto honsi ) and fri- iincntly the walk Is cxlonded around tlio monument. There Is a movement started by some pbl- ! unthropic Now Vork laillos to form a "sliiin brigade" of ! 0ei ladles who will individually assist in reaching' , relieving nnd reclaiming pexir children , poor shop elrls and brolten- elown women , Scnotar Ingnlls desires it to bo unelerstoo that liolias not been olTcroel tbo NViisblngto-i corri'siieiidene-o of a New Vork paper , tliuthn lias not been askeil to tnkoditoriil clinrgo of a miiKii/iiir , auel that ho has not been .su lic-itoet to lecture. This remark I.s inipulcil to Governor Juno , of Alabama when ho heard that the people "t Athens. In that state , hnd hung him in ofllgy "They should havenotilleel mo that thuy in tcndcel to hang mu , anel I would huvo issue .1 a p.irdon to myself. " Stuart liobion , the aclor , will bo married In April , llnln-ielo will be .Miss May \Vul- drou , nis leading laely. 'J'hl.s informall-'i comes from an iutlmato friend of the brn'n - . family , auel may bo rolled upon. Itobson i first wife died about a year apo. Mrs. I'ottor Palmer anel the rest of tie ! laity innnagurs of tbo worlel's fair huvo i-f eiuosteil that the Isaliolla building bo a woman's building architecturally , artlstits ally and iu every other seuso. Tlio woim-u arehltocts , designers and decorators allovi-r tbo country have been invited to send iei plans. Susan Helen Holmnn of New York is learn ing to be n locksmith. She amuses heisc f Slicking the locks of her nelu'bbor.s' freot doors , trunks aael che-sts. Mho wears aMiit of brown homespun copiously pocketed f r the reception of her tools , mid from an ol I Dutch clrello of wrought Iron studded with green .stones hangs n ctmtt'lain and kevs of all sl/.es. Miss Virginia Roiel was tbo mother of American newspaper women. In ivrj sl.o purchased and edited a weekly called tlio Virginia ( Ja/ettc , a panor devoted to tl.i . colonial cause. In 1871 Mrs. II. Boyle e- tabiisbcd a rival Journal , which slit"c.illi 1 the Royal News , and the two luelies jiulk-l hair , throw stones and called each other nnmes In the most approved style of conti nental Journalism. Dr. S. H. Laws , ex-president of tlmlis - sourl state university , is living with Uov M V. Payne , nearllaiabiirtr , la. , and Is writing a book , tlio subject of which has not Icen , made known. Dr. Laws a fovvyearsago dehv ercd anadilrcss before the State Editorial as sociation in this Hty that croatuil asensatlo-i throughout tbo htatc only exceeded by th > i nolso of the killing of Jesse .lames. It was u red-hot states' rights plea. / JEtilS , Now York HeraldVo : clenrel.e > Xl on our church fair. " "Dear moiVlutalu.ui you must have on your conscience. " snni1. When first she gazed on the auctioneer His heart with love was torn , "Alas , " cried liu , " 1 greatly fear I'm going goiiiR- gene ! " Now York Sun : She ( writing- ) Horrors ! Thnro's a blot , and I haven't a moivl of blo > ting paper ! Ho ( looking over her shouUleu-i Never mind ; use that postal card. Niagara Spray ? "Have you chosen thotoxt for your first sermon. Mr. Acolyte ! " -'V'o.s ' Miss Stlfllixs ; it i.s Kovclation xil , -'An- - ! thuro appe-areel a great -wonder in heaven , a woman. ' " This world is all a llcotlns show , And isn't much to sea ; Tlio editor ill proves it , though Ho gets his ticket free. Picayune : Thoejuarrcl of nn nctrcss w.th her complexion does not last. She ba.ni makes up with It. Clmttnnoofrn , CJa. , News : One of the in * st intensely absorbing sights to bo sera in this monotonous , work-a-uiiy worla is tlmt of a young man with arms four feet long tenderly umUniciag amaielcn with u waist ( out teen Inches around. Bo .ton Transcript : "Hcmluels ono of a bird , " said l-'ogg In i-opard to tbo irutu fatl > . r who was belaliorlag Ills otTbDrlng , "At.nl of the heir , you know. " Outing : Mr. Walton-- Why do thcv cu I fishermen anglers I Mr. Ilnnke-Uomes from tbo angle , know. Urooleeel. T'hoy never toll a story about what they catch. film rode n wheel ; bo rowed a boat , And sometimes thoj'et oxelmngo a call. Auel though shooftonrmveit his boat Hoeould : not row licr wheal at nil. Cnrruthcrs So you lost your suit ag.mist I'ertman ; elldu't your lawyur take aav c\ ccptlonsl * IViilto No. ( Jnrrutliors Why notl U'tilto Uecauso they weren't nogotl.ibl-\ I suppose. Highest of all in I.avcning Tower. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , i&S < ) . ABSOWTEiy PURE