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SWOIIN STATEMENT ( ) ! ' < . 'MClMlATlON. !
Btiiti'of Nrhrmka , I ,
County of Doughs , f sl
Oriiruc It. T/srhm'K , srfri'tnry of TUP. llr.K
I'nlillshliK riimptiny , tlnrt Milinnnly sweat-
thil Ihe ni-tiudi'lreiiliitliMi nf TIIK IHn.v Itui :
( or thu wi < li emllMK Miucli 7 , 1MI , wH us
folhms :
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Monday. March'.1 ' . " ' .I-1' '
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prcM-m-0 Ilils7lluluy of Miiroli A. I ) , isut.
N. I1. I'V.it ' , .
Notary Public ,
ftntpnf Nchrn'kn. . .
County of l > ongl i , f "
George H. Twcliiirk. I'eltiji duly sworn , deposes -
poses n nil shy.Hllint lie tatrcrvluryutTiiullKK
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daily flniitntliiti of Tim IUnv HKK fort ho
monlli nf March. W. win aisi.i i-i > l > lr- < : for
April. 1MH1 , L1I..V4 copies ) for Mily. I8IX ) . 31,10
copies : fur Juno. IMfl , a\oi ; > | iu-sj for.liity.
1S ! > 0 , W.rtr.'i'oplos ' : forAnatiit , IMm , . ' 0'r.O copies !
for poptfiiil ) ( > r , I MX.MTO ) , rnplrs ; for OflolH'r.
1WK ) . a > .7a ( ronJcx ; ( or rsiiveiiilH-r , 1WK ) . ! R.iM :
copies ; for Don-inlnT. Mm. " 1,11 roplesi fi.r
Jiiiiiniry.lf.il. ,440i-oiilrsi for lYIiriint.v , IMU.
! .TiiiS : copies. Gionm : : II. Tz < riircK.
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] iroM > nc > , tlil.s'thliiycfrptriitry : , A. ! > . . IHOI.
N. I1. I-'KII.
Nnt-iiry I'tilillc.
TIIKIM : Is u row in Iho ranks of the
mutliorn [ illliui.'o . Hourly as largo us Iho
bUxtoot Texas.
A aisvuit.vri foolliisr of t-hoorfulnuss
Vorviulcs Kansas. Tlio logialiituro is
about tumljuurn.
SOUTH ] ) AKOTArofu i'cl loa-iiproprltito
money for tlio world's ' fair. The fall
en n stand it , but it will bo a little roughen
on youth Dakota.
TIIK wliolo ni'i-ny of pasolliio lumps in
the suburbs iniRht bo dispensed with
without inorcjiHing the similes of nljht (
in the ylightost dejii'oo.
IT COST , Tiy Gould $2" > 0 to fotuso serv
ing1 on n Now York jury , but ho did not
complain. That amount rcurusuatod less
than 11 vu mlmilos' iticoino.
IN view of the jirospocts of thoorackor
war extending to Oiailui : , the police
should take tlioin by the top-knot and
cai-ofully soarcli biscuit sliootors for con
cealed weapons.
T > rN Urri.Kit insists that tlio Ameri
ca n lla } ( should wave from the north
polo. Jlul lieu IMS had the monopoly of
manufacturing American bunting for the
last twenty-four yearn.
TUB llnylish press Is delighted with
the result of tlio Canadian election.
Political events on this side of tlio water
have recently aronsod mom enthusiasm
in Grout Britain than at homo.
VSKTTS has ajjuin solemnly
resolved that she must have annual
cloctioxis and annual sessions of the leg
islature. Massachusetts is a very rich
fitnto and can afford to hnvo lior little
nonsense once a year it she wants to.
A Nuw YoitK phllanthfopist comes to
the roscim of the stnurfjlin banks and
trust conianles. ] For a pittsinco of J5.00
ho aproos to reveal n plan which will
olovuto thorn from pnvorty to iitllucnco.
Thopublit will appreciate this generous
effort to hoint an unfortunuto class out
of the slouch of despond.
THE American wonmn will have full
scope at the world's ' Mr. She already
has her commission and her special ap
propriations. She will soon have lior
own building , designed by a woman and
erected , uudor ttio supervision of womoti.
If the fjfmtlor POX docs not cover her.solf
with plory at Chicti o in 1S9I5 it will not
bo because Unolo Sam has not given lior
a clmiice. Tlio result will bo awaited
with ffroat intorost.
TIIK manufacturinsoity of Pullniun is
notfts Rreat a bennlit to workingmen as
people imagine. The Pullman company
owns every thing- and runs everything1.
Its orders ixro law , and it does not hesi
tate to oxomso its initoi-ratie powor.
The men who recently refused to accept
a reduction of wngos and struck , have
been ordered to vacate the company' *
houses anil niovo out of town. And move
they must oven if they cannot find shelter
anywhere for their families outside of
the poorhouso.
NKW Yo UK merchants have tendered
n testimonial to Secretary Blaitio for
the success of his efforts to establish
reciprocity. The testimonial comes in
good Boason to answer the ungenerous
comments of the democratic press ,
which has been rovoling1 in the gleeful
anticipation fliat Urir/il would reject
the treaty and thus give American for
eign trade a black oyo. U will bo pleas
ant for Mr. Blnino to know that there
are some democrats who put patriotism
above partisanship.
MAN'S inhumanity to man finds its
counterpart in woman's Inhumanity to
woman. Twenty years zigo liss Annii
Dickinson WHS n leader in the woman's
rights agitation. "With n well stored
mind and forceful reasoning powers , slio
gave the suffrage inoveinont u habi
tation and an honorable mime. Over
work and extreme poverty wrecked both
laind and body , but lior grout misfor
tune is not lightened by tlio practical
sympathy or charity of her sex. It was
left for a poor board of n Pennsylvania
town to provide her u homo at public
ex pou so.
( M/.UM / .Yir/n.Vlfj M.l.YVV ,
A summary of the condition ol 'ho '
nine national banks ol Omaha of a recent -
cent date in published In the fommorclal
rolmiuisof thN issue of TlIK llii' : It is
a slrlkiiiK exhibit of the HonndnoM ) of
thcsu Institution ) nnil of tlio ntrong and
healthy puho of the city's business at
oiuMif the dullest seasons of the year.
The total amount of deposits in the
Omaha national bunks at the i-li o of
business Kobruury was tl ( , sr > , oil.U : : ) .
When it is consider : ! that this showing
Is made nt the porlod when the
disbursements of bu.sinos.s men arc
iariro mid liu-ir ivooiiitu I'ninirirn *
lively light , and. moreover , that it im
mediately sun-ceils a tlmo of unusual
stringc'iK'y In the money market , it must
bo conceded to bo very satisfactory. The
total of dopiwlta shows a net incrensu of
$ li" ( > , 'lW.Ol ( ( over the NUHO item in the
stiitomcnl of Doceiiiber 111notwithstand
ing that on the latter date the receipts
of the holiday trade wore quito gener
ally standing to the nvdit of depositors
and that the present stutomnnt comes
after the heavy suttliMtumU o ( tlio llrst
< f llio year. Vnotlu'i * healthful indica
tion is the fact that the lo'ins and dis
counts are less by ever { 1,100,000 than in
December , mid that the cash on hnnd is
correspondingly larger.
The present statement would seem to
warrant the conclusion that the llmm-
ri'il depression wliich was so marked a
I'Sjitiuv of gciii-ral busltii-ris at the close
of tlio year has hla.'konud somewhat ,
though nominal conditions are perhaps
not entirely resumed. Tlio conservative
methods of Omaha bankers are shown
in every feature of this report , and it
may therefore bo taken for Its fnco value
as an indication of the business pulse of
the community.
The national houses are solidly pros
perous , 'and that moans that general
busiiuv-s is on a sound footing , In the
meantime , there are many outside Indi
cations for a good year for the city and
state.
SMIKTIIIXII TO HKMKMIlRli.
Congress adjourned without appropri
ating a dollar fortlio destitute settlers
in Nebraska. The bill providing * l" > 0- ,
000 for that purpose , and for similar sufferers -
forors in South Dakota , was one of the
things lost In the shutllo at the last mo
ment.
Hy this result Nebraska learns a se
vere lessen at a heavy cost , and It Is a
loason to be romombored.Vhon it be
came apparent , several weeks a < ro , that
considerable distress existed in the west
ern part of the state , the le is-
lature pa-sed a joint resolution
memorializing congress to appropriate
$1,000,000 to furnish fuel , feed and seed
for the sufferers. The relief committee
requested Congressmen-elect Bryan ,
MelCoighan and ICein to proceed to
"Washington to urge tlio appropriation ,
and they compiled.
TIIK UK is said at the time that there
was no wisdom in either of those acts.
It pointed out that there was absolutely
no hope of obtaining $1,000,000 from the
national government , and that it was
idle to send the congressmen-elect upon
an errand which the present delegation
could not hope to perform. The only
possible result of this policy of mendi
cancy was to direct the attention of the
country to Nebraska's misfortune and to
lay the state open to the damaging crit
icism of its enemies. This result ; and
this only , was accomplished by the sensa
tional nnpenl to congress. Not oven the
8511,000 originally expected for seed was
voted in response to tlio extraordinary
request.
Nebraska will take care of her own
people , and the drouth of 1S)0 ! ) will bo
forgotten in the prosperity of 1891. But
the people should not soon forgot the
lesson wliich they have learned from the
mistaken course of the authorities in
this instance. A state must ho in very
desperate circumstances when it can
hope to gain more than it is sure to lose
by such an experiment.
OL'fi IXKM'ICJKXT I'.lTllX'r SrSTB.If.
The American people are more pr-olifio
in inventions than those of any other
country , Forty thousand applications
for patents are tiled evorv year , and bo-
tweeii twcntyand thirty thousand patents
are granted annually. Nothing ha * con
tributed more largely to the growth and
prosperity of the ucnmtrr than the in
ventive talent of our pl'oplo. Tlio patent
system of the United States has l > oun in
operation a century , and it is not only
self-Mistatning , in which respect it is
unique , but pays into Iho national
treasury a surplu- > revenue of ever
$200,000 u ye.ir. The accumulated prof
its of the patent otlico over and above all
expenses amount to a fund of nearly
$ 1,000,000 , all of which has cotno out of
the pockets of inventors , ami not one
cent of it from the payers at largo. It
is therefore the inveutors , and not the
general public , who maintain the patent
ollicc and who have a right to demand
the mo t ellU.'ient sorviro it can give
them. Butsingularas it nmy seem , thin
profitable bureau of the government lias
not for years iwu'.vod ' the considera
tion it requires in order to
give it the highest ollicloncy and use
fulness , and if its present administration
is an improvement upon that ot the past
the fact is not duo to any greater concern -
corn for the service on the part of con
gress.
In the current number of 7/ic / 1'nrum
Mr , Park liuujninln uoints out the faults
in the system and suggests the remedies.
The chief fault is in the appointment of
ollielals to uarforiu duties requiring expert -
port knowledge who have not the neces
sary qualUieations. Many who go into
the otlico do so with a view to remaining
long enough to obtain a general
knowledge of the patent laws , having
done which they enter practice as patent
attorneys. Very little safeguard is pro
vided for tlio inventor ngain&t profes
sional incapacity or deceit. Any person
of "good moral character" may practice
before the patent oflleo. Ho need not be
a member of the bar , or have any legal
knowledge beyond what Is necessary to
properly present and prosecute an appli
cation , Mr. Benjamin says that what Is
needed for the proper administration of
the patent otllco Is. the best obtainable
sclent Ilic and legal talent and plenty of it ,
sulllcientiy and reasonably paid and in
telligently directed. Other require
ments are uniform and stable decisions
and uniform practice , pormunonco in
olllco , and attorneys subject to proper
restrictions and discipline. H would
certainly seem that In view of what
A mi'rliMit Inventive tahvit Iris don. ) fo ?
the progress and material welfare of the
country that every roiL onallc ) > and nee-
OS-wry provision should ho in ado for en
couraging and stimulating this talent ,
but the avor.igo politician In congress
appears to be unable to appreciate this
view or lo regard the patent sjstem as
of any great Importance , In llio last
i-oiigro the pitent : olll'o was Mtlgnvi-
tl/cd ajui "clearing house for cranks , "
and very likely this was the general
opinion of it in that body. The found
ers of the government evldontly thought
dllTerontlv.
/MHK.s / AXI wir/ ,
The establishment of an extensive sys
tem of parks and connecting boulevards
in Iho very near future has become es
sential to the prosperity and growth of
Omaha.
Tlio project will undoubtedly moot
with vigorous resistance from the mossback -
back element. Xo important public
undertaking can expect encouragement
from Unit quarter. Tlio Inauguration of
pavements , sewers and nil improve
ments Involving taxation encountered
vigorous opposition , but the splendid re
sults achieved proclaim the wisdom and
foresight of the men who braved the
odium of the croakers and pushed the
city to its present enviable position.
The ni'irvclous stride * made In all the
dements of urban prosperity arc directly
traceable lo the energy and public spirit
that planned and executed what has
made Omaha the 'best paved and best
sewered city of its , ixo in the Union.
Like btmellts will How from the es tab
lisliinont of a system of parks and boulo
vn rds.
The experience of the older cities has
furnished an instructive lesson to
Omaha. New York , Brooklyn and
Washington , notwithstanding their
tensive possessions in parks "and drive s
are constantly adding to their area and
increasing their number. Cleveland
and Detroit are planning costly bnule-
vards , laying out now and extending old
parks. San Francisco has expended
millions in transforintug adjacent sand
hills into n magnificent bower of beauty.
The park and drive systems of Chicago
are its greatest attraction. Yet at the
outset it encountered strenuous opposi
tion in and out of tlio courts , and those
who fought the several projects the
hardest became enrk'hed by defeat and
are now tlio stnunehcst advocates of pub
lic recreation grounds. In ton years
Minneapolis acquired l.oOO ucres of
parks and drives in exchange for a
bonded debt of 8GW,000 ! , Tlie ground is
now valued at 87.000,00(1 ( , leaving a
handsome margin of profit on the invest
ment , without taking into account in
crease in value of the adjacent property.
St. Paul has invested SIHJ.ODO in parks
in ten years and proposes to double the
investment during the present decade.
Land which could bo had for a trillo
years ago now commands enormous prices.
Omaha should profit Dy the experience
of others and begin at once to Bccuro suf-
llciontland for a pnrk systnni commen
surate with tlio future of the city. It is
not to bo expected that the parks and
drives can bo developed in one or live or
oven 10 years. Neither should the pres
ent generation of taxpayers pay tlio
entire cost. The main tiling isto secure
the land now by moans of long time
bonds. The development may bo car
ried on gradually as means will permit.
The upbuilding of the surrounding
property and its enhanced value may bo
depended on to take care of the principal
when the bonds mature.
Parks and drives are the only source
of recreation and enjoyment which
Omaha can secure. For that reason tlio
city should lose no time in securing now
what will in a few years prove of incal
culable value to the health and comfort
of the people.
a.vo
Two bright women have recently dis
cussed tlio matrimonial problem in the
nngos of the AbrAmrrican / / Itei'icii'
Mrs. Kate. Gannett Wells wrote upon the
topic , "Why Girls Do Not Marry , " and
Mrs. John Sherwood replied with an
equally brilliant paper , entitled , "Why
Women Marry. " Both wrote from the
standpoint of the modern American
woman , who is conceded to bo a some
what different person from her counter
part (50 years ngo. Taking the same
material for the bnsUnf their argument ,
they arrived at opposite conclusions ,
Mrs. Wells assumes that matrimony
has ceased to occupy the place in women's
minds that it formerly hold , to the exclus
ion of all other interests. She finds the
young woman of today n very different
person , by instinct and training , than
the young woman of former days. She
has discovered that man is not lior intel
lectual superior and that ho is not to bo
married simply because ho is a man.
Life presents to her a broader horizon
than that on wliich her grandmother
looked , Marriage is but oneof tlio
paths open to her in these days and ac
cording to Mrs. Wells , it is frequently
the least desirable ono at that.
Mrs. Wells states three principal rea
sons of the decline of matrimony among
American women. Tlioso are "philan
thropy , higher education , and solf-
analynis. " Philanthropy , she says , has
taught young women that they shall
hvo for humanity rather than them
selves. It has taught now social duties
and given seopo for the love and tender
ness of their sex to exercise its natural
bent. Higher education has put them
upon an Intellectual equality with man
and thereby swept away the old illusion
which made woman naturally dependent
on tlio stronger sox. It has also opened
manj- now avenues for soli-support
and thus made it loss necessary
for women to marry. Self-analysis has
given the modern woman new views pf
men and of herself. It has led her to see
that man wants marriage , not u particu
lar woman ; while she wants "the special
num. " Hence , Mrs. Wells concludes
that matrimony no longer occupies its
old place in the minds of women.
Mrs , Sherwood , in lior rejoinder ,
voices the old robust views of matri
mony and strongly aborts that they
are htlll hold by the majority of
women , She buys that murriago
is still the ideal relation of life
and that none of the changes which
have come over social conditions have
affected It in the least. "Tlio tnd reason
why most women do not marry , " she
nays , "Is because they Irive not luul a
chance. " Sutrrtonlos that tlio hlghored-
uciitton 1ms had the olToct which Mrs.
Wells nscrllws to It , Women hnvo not
become intellectually equal to nti'ti.
They have tint ceased to depend or to
wish toilupcml. on man's superior men
tal and physical strength. When they
do they will roll life , and especially mar
ried life , of ( Is chief charm. She states
an obvious truth when she says that "a
woman who gives the Idea that
she is a law unto herself loses
her power ifit attraction. " It is
doubtless a fact that tlio class of "Intel
lectual women' ' who know more about
everything , including politics , than men ,
look upon mart luge with increasing
aversion , and that , so far as they are In
dividually concerned , their feeling Is
heartily reciprocated by the other sex.
Mrs. Sherwood makes ono point that
s worthy of general attention when she
says : "If there o\er was a country
where young men and young women
.night to marry for love , and to hope for
i successful future , It Is tills country.
Wo have seen that the rent roll , the
lowry and the brown stone house do not
11 ways bring happiness. We road every
day that confession In the details of
the divorce court , Therefore , why should
not two strong young hearts say , 'Never
mind ; whoso happiness but yours and
inlnoV' ' That is asentiinont worthy to
bo written In letters of gold where the
young men and women of America may
see and study it.
The dlscusiion of the modern aspects
of the matrimonial problem by two
women who have made a conspicuous
success of life , both in and out of the
domestic circle , is interesting mid in
structive. The average reader will
agree with Mrs. Sherwood , however ,
that wifehood and motherhood Is the
true end and aim of woman's life , and
that neither "philanthropy , higher edu
cation or self-analysis" hnvo yet olToroil
anything bolter in its place.
It is stated that the ancient custom in
congress which calls for the delivery of
eulogies upon the death of a senator or
representative is fast becoming unpopu
lar , and by way of illustrating the per
functory character of somo"of tlie.-o
memorial services an incident that oc
curred near tlio close of the last congress
is related. When the time arrived in
the soiiato fortlio delivery of eulogies on
n deceased ropVofjontativo from Pennsyl
vania the senator , from that state who
had the matter it ) charge discovered that
all nf the senators who had known the de
ceased congressman , who , by the waywas
an unobtrusive , -.uioilost man , and there
fore not generally known to senators ,
were absent from the chamber. As a
last resort tlio senator requested the
versatile Vcstjof Missouri to say a few
words , which no'consoated to do. Tlio
Missourian made a brief address , which
the Pennh.vlrnniasenator pronounced the
most affecting ho had over heard , but
the most interesting phase of the inci
dent was the faot , that the "Missouri sen
ator had never met the IHJUI-.IIO oulogi/ed.
and did not know him by sight.
Doubtless this is an altogether excep
tional case , ' but it it * none the less true
that a largo part of the mortuary elo
quence delivered at every session of
congress represents little more of actual
knowledge of the character of the per
son in honor of whoio memory it is ut
tered , and has no more of real sincerity
in it than did the impressive eulogy of
the Missouri senator who did not even
know by sight the dead congressman
who was the subject of his remarks.
Tlio eulogist may got some credit for
such a performance simply as an exam
ple of good intellectual work of its kind ,
but it can have no value for the friends
of the deceased familiar with tlio circum
stances , and the tendency of such
an incident is to depreciate in
the general regard the character
of those memorial services. Just
as the exposed plngarism of Senator
Ingallsou ono of these occasion destroyed
the value of all that he said because it
showed that lie had used the opportunity
simply to win commendation for
It is true of nearly all these congres
sional tributes to tlio doiul that they
either suom perfunctory or give evi
dence of strained olTort to attain rhetor
ical excellence , They do not convey an
impression of genuineness and hlncoritv.
They lack the warmth of true earnest
ness , and however lofty the panegyric ,
however lluent the eloquence , mid how
ever admirable the diction , it merely
pleases the ear , but does not reach
the heart. There are of course notable
exceptions , and a number of such are to
bofouuad among tlio eulogies of the last
congress earnest , sincere , boulful trib
utes , worthy of those to whom they wore
paid and honorable to tlio intellects and
hearts nf their authors , but were thi'-o
separated from the mass of memorial
matter that oncumhorh the pages of the
commemorating the character
and deeds of the thirteen representatives
and senators who died during the last
congress , thclr'qi.ianlily ' would bo small
in comparison with that of the so-called
eulogies unworthj- preservation.
The decay of agriculture in New Kng-
land is a well-worn theme of discussion ,
but horotoforo'nll.statistics ' on tlio sub-
joot have bconuvnilnod to Vermont , Now
Hampshire aniliMuino. A few months
ago the Massachusetts authorities began
n careful Investigation to ascertain
whether they wore buffering a like de
cadence. The rljjult is rather startling
MnsbaoliiifioUH'Ims the best machinery
for frathurlnpr fct'v ' tRtlcs of any state in
the union and the investigation ol the
bubject lias been inueh more thorough
than elsewhere. The result is that it
has been learned Unit In the last few
yoai'ti 1-Hll farms have been absolutely
nbatuloned , or a total of lifloW ! ( acres
More than half of these farms have
hulldliiKB upon them , which are left lo
go to decay. The assorted valuitliii ; of
thu property thus abandoned i *
$1,070 , 'I'M.
Tlio inorit surnrUIn/ / ; part of this nnox-
pectod revelation of the dccadonee of
Massachusetts agriculture la that Iho
abandoned fai-nihiiro located principally
in the rlelioHt portions of the alute ,
which are the euntrnl and western MIC-
tioaa. The most prosperous fnnnors in
N'ew Knglnnd are in the sanv territory ,
especially along thu rich valley of tlio
. 'onncctlciit. It cannot be said , there-
ore , that It is only the lurron hlllsldos
nul workcd'out land * that have lost
their population. The trouble is with
the people or the condition ! * , not with
llio soil.
The chief cause ol the depopulation of
the finest farming lands In Now Kugland
is umiuosllonnbly the changed disposl- .
lion of Iho people. It Is no longer
thought to bo a desirable thing to hn a
farmer's son or a farmer's daughter.
The steady drift to tlio largo centers Is
almost irresistible. Young mon and
woman find nothing in the beautiful and
peaceful life of rural Massachusetts lo
compensate them for the loss of the ox-
cltenient of life in a big town , llonco
they How out of the country ami Into the
city In a constantly swelling tide.
These facts should lead eastern people
ple to exercise some charity In com
menting upon the movements of popu
lation In the west. When a western
state loses a portion of its population it
is soi'/.od upon as tlio oocnson for doleful
remarks about this section of the coun
try. Similar developments in the esust
furnish a truer occasion for such com
ment. The majority of the first settlers
in a new country belong to a migratory
clnss. The Massachusetts country family
on the other hand isun ancient landmark.
Its removal or disintegration is an
event , not merely mi incident as such
things are in the west.
It Is to bo hoped that Massachusetts
will find a way to keep the people on
her farms. In Iho meantime , it is also
to bo hoped that that sensitive soul ,
"tiio eastern investor. " will not be
alarmed at the facts brought out by this
Investigation.
Wlltt , IT HHXKl'lT Til'rKIlA
The now copyright law does not go
into force until next July , and its elTect
will not bo felt until after that time. The
eastern publishers appear to bo very
much gratified ever the passage of the
law and predict that the results will bo
very favorable to American literature.
They say that while publishers will
keenly compote to get the now books to
bo written by tlio moat popular authors
in Kagland , they will bo no less eager to
got the best that American writers can
do. They say Uioy would rather have
the work of American writers if they
can got it , but the demand far exceeds
the supply , and they profess lo believe
that the copyright law will stimulate ef
fort when possible authors know that
they can bo well paid for their work.
If this shall bo the effect of the law it
will do a service thai will fully justify
its adoption , No ono will question the
desirability of encouraging and stimu
lating the growth of Anioric.ni litera
ture , and it must bo confessed that there
seonis to bo need of something to infuse
vitality and vigor into it. There has
aroly been a time in our history when
, ho general standard of character of the
Horary work of our people was lower
than it is at present , and anything that
will bring about an improvement in the
limllty of our literature will deserve to
) u heartily welcomed. Of such as wo
lave the supply Is ample. There is no
iccessity for encouraging the produc
tion of more of this character. But if
there is anything bettor to be had , it isle
lo bo hoped the publishers , now that
they li'ive secured the law which they
agree is essential to American literary
progress , will find it and give it to the
world.
It is not possible , however , to wholly
dismiss a fooling of incredulity as to the
possible olTect of the new copyright law
in improving our literature. Hecauso it
will shut out or reduce the number of
cheap Knglish books and translations of
foreign authors it does not follow that
our own writers will bo iinv more careful
with their productions. On tlio con
trary , the withdrawal of this foreign
competition , creating a larger demand
for American works , might very reason
ably bo oxpeeted to lesson the care
of homo authors as to tlio quality of their
work. It would doubtless increase tlio
number of writers , but there is only very
remote promise in this of n higher stan
dard of literary achievement. It is said
that effort will bo stimulated when
possible authors knowing that they
can bo well paid for their
work , and this is doubtless so ,
but how far will publishers bo
likely to go in speculating upon tlio pro
ductions of possible authors with a view
to improving American literature and
encouraging authorship ? This very
practical class of business men are not
noted for having a very broad charity in
behalf of possible authors , or for excep
tional patriotism in desiring to elevate
American literature. They are very
much in the habit of buying only that
which is bucked by a solid reputation
and has an insured market , and while
they must take some clmncci they do
not do so from an unsollilsh desire to de
velop now authors or to encourage liter
ary progress. It is not at all probable
that their established methods and pol
icy will bo materially chinged under
the operation f the copyright law , so
fac at least as American writers are con
cerned.
It is to bo hoped that the promise of
more favorable conditions for American
authors and American literature will bo
realized , There is unqiiuMtiomibly a
great deal of room fin * improvement. But
tlio only thing in the outlook which
seems to ba assured is tint American
book buyers will have to pay more for
their books , and that the benefits of the
enhanced price of literature will bo
mainly absorbed by the publishers and
printers. _ _
C'ot.o.s'Kr. HoniciiT INCMIS.-OM , ad
dressed an assemblage of actors a few
days ago , and took occasion to criticise
thu Imrlesijuo and clownish tundoneies
of the current drama. Ho appjalod to
dramatists and to pl-iyors to consider
their profession with something liuo
reverence , and to study to give dignity
and credit to the purform.mces on the
stage. Colnnot Ingurholl is an onthusi-
atc ! devotee of the theater , and his
Iduu of it is that It is a place for the
truthful depiction of liunnii ir.iture. Ho
thinks the piny should give an opportu
nity for exhibiting all the emotions of
liunrin nature , such n pathos , humor ,
pisslon , nn'cctlon. All Intollii'onl opin
ion will agree In tills , as It has done
from the very beginning of the
draii'uth' ttlage , but tiniorltinaloly
there Is no hotter reason to
expect that It will have nnv more In-
lucncn now than In the past. Ann mut
ter of fiict tlio stage Is no worse In any
respect now than II hm over boon , If In-
let'il It bo not very imii'h hotter , and Iho
tondtmcy Is not In llio direction of
further detm'lorntion. Undoubtedly thu
thcatoi' would bo uioi'o useful as an
institution If It was comluclod on the
iil'h standard that Intelligent nion llko
.tolonol Ingersoll would require , but in
that enso there would bo a vast number
of iHJoplo who would give It no support.
There Is an element of humanity which
will not have anything except the bur-
losiuo | iiml clownish , and it cannot ho
ind will not bo ignored and so long as
it is served in a way that simply
pleases It , without contributing to the
development H Itn biser instincts , there
Is little groiiiid for f'Uill-lludlng. There
nmy boa tlitu-when the stage will bo
uniformly of that high Intellectual elm11-
actor which people llko Colonel Inner-
soil canunjoy , but It is fur In the future.
All that can be hoped for at pro ent is
that the theater , if it do no good , shall
nl least bo harmless.
TIIK industrial movement in thnUnlLi'd
States is away from Now Kugland and
in the direction of the raw material and
the ultimate market for manufactured
goods. Nearly all the now machinery
now bolng made , for woolen mills Is des
tined for the west. Of 1U new cotton
mills recently commenced , two are In
Now Knglaml and 10 In the south. Manu
facturers are reali/.ing that it is a waste
of money to buy raw material 1,000
miles from the factory and then trans
port the linished product back to the
locality where the raw material was ob
tained. For this reason the west will
sometime manufacture everything for
wliich it can supply the material mid
will save a heavy bill of freight , besides
gaining the now industries it needs.
Tun interior dopartmeiit has decided
that BulTulo Hill can borrow 100 Indians
for ills next trip to Kuropo. There are
people on Iho Nebraska border who
would readily give their consent if he
wished to borrow the whole Sioux na
tion and lose it on the other fido.
Advice olMJovcrnor Mill.
lintlun ( llitlic.
A man who lights against inanifeit destiny
always nets lieUod la the end.
Straw J-CMMUII Opened.
A poll of the political preferences of Min
nesota legislators .shows tlio lo'lnwliif * ; : l''or
IJlaiuo , r > > ; Oresliam , 'J ; Harrison , I ; Cleve
land , 5T ; Carlisle , 1 ; Hill , 1.
What is rs'iM-cHsnry.
Kcw Vnrlf ll'.iiM.
The Woman's ' National council did a num
ber of things very well , but one thing it
fulled to do altogether namely , provide for
primary to see how many WOT.OII want the
ballot.
-
It Would Work Here.
/m/mmX / ( . } ( Unite.
If the present legislature would pa1 * * a lienl
law , tlio provisions of wbicli wore that no
jackiihf could run at large , but few of tlio
present members would c.vor get back to the
state capital again ,
Christian Seieuc'i ) Test.
\Vhcn a Hannibal Christian scientist
claimed omnipotent power over illsoasn the
Courier editor wanted her conllneil in a room
with u patient in hydrophobia paroxysms.
She was too earthy to accept.
Don'l Toady tn ( JonM.
Alliance 1'n.nlilcitt I'ull ; lit ( luvcriiiiiiY.nr7.cti of
( iinrii ! i.
"Onicial dignity , when supported by the
dignity uf true manhood , always commends
itself to the approval of the American pee
ple. Toadyism In oftleinl life they condemn
and despiso. 1'leaso accept the cordial frasp
of my right baud nfter re.idhiR your letter
on the Jay GouM reception , and uccopt my
sincere wishes for tlio success of your hopes
and prospects. '
\JKIllt.lHK.t Xf.n'SI'.tl'EK Mlll'H.
Dr. F. M. Soinera bus disposed of bis In
terest In the rucumseh Chieftain to A. B.
Allen.
The Cedar Hapida Opinion Is the latest
uowspiipcr venture in the state. IP. U. Yenuy
is ( jiiitornml publisher.
The Superior Dally Journal lins started
upon in fourth year wild a constantly in-
LTO.ishiB subscription list.
Kaiiumau isroincrs have started the Daily
World i\t l''uirlmry. There are already four
wcoUltes printed in that town.
The liutto City Timoi Is tlio llrst and only
paper IssuoJ in tlio new county to bo named
Hoyd. 1'roil Cook is llio editor.
The editor or tlio Waco Star announces in
a ltu ! > r to the cituens of that place that they
must come to the frcnt moro substantially
or the Star will couso to twinkle.
The South Sinux City Sun bai disappeared
beyond the huri/ou and In its plaro appears the
Dakota County Doiuoer.it , bv II. A. McCor-
inlck. late of the Dakota City Argus.
Another morning dally 1ms boon started at
Hastings. This time It is tlio Republican , bv
Wiilklns Itrotliors , autl u wives promise of
staring In u Held whnro several htinllar ven
tures have failed.
Tlio editors of tlio Wyniore Union-Motor ,
whoso troubles have1 been mentioned in Tin :
15r.K , are reported to linvo retired from busi
ness and from town. NchiJriftln has taken
charco of tlio publication.
Some papers hercrabont.s seem to tlilnU
there is daiitforof the Ciirontcluaiul Uuporter
KOttiiif , ' into another lone drawn-out nuws-
paper war , says tlio Madison Chronicle. Lot
your minds bo at rust , brethren Wo do not
propose to ho drawn Intoiimuu-sliiii'liir < MIII-
pait-n , hut when another paper willfully lies
about tills pujier it will hear from us ura-y
day In the wool : , if nuceshary.
Hurt county expects a couple of newspaper
changes this month. Thu Lyons Sun , an nl-
liatico OIVMII , will be moved to TeUnnmh anil
consolidated with the llnrald , democratic ,
thu proprietor * of the Sim purchasing the
Herald. H. K. Carter , mi assistant clerk in
thn NohrasUa .senate , Is hitoivstod la the
Sun. The Hlalr Advertiser will bo removed
from Hlmr to Cmlu ami consolidated1 with the
Cralt ; News.
Mil. A. Fry , the rustling editor of the N'lo-
brar.i 1'loaeer , has Usuc-il a carmine hucd cir
cular notifying the | x > nplo of Knox countv
tlmt , if they will subscribe for the Pioneer uo-
fore April 1 they can have the pupor for 51) )
cents u yoiir. "I want moro fanners In Knox
eounty , " Miy.s Mr. l-'ry. "lam going to sav
ti good iyanv pluusnnt tilings during tlio yea'i
about ami of tno grandest counties InNo-
brnsku , ami such matters suit my ideas but
ter thiin politics. U'o want moro working
funnciM and fewer ixilitlclnns. I want Knov
county peopled. I predict for Knox i-oimtv
ono ot Iho best mip years In Us history. You
want to tell people your friends In t'lio cas.
about It , mid 1 want to help you.1
Couldn't Help stealing.
North Aduu's ' has a kleptomaniac , a woman
of hulyliku demeanor who stoaU. Kho was
pilfering In u grocery morii anil was arrostoil.
ThiMi her homo was soaivht'd. A largL
quantity of goods was found , including nil
Ulmlsof articles , shoos , tohaocn , plpo * . dry
gon.ls and i-rockery. She confessed all am
told what 8toro < tlio goods wuro taken from
Khi * cinnutroiiiViilux last fall and is will
odiii'ntoil and nicely appearing. She Is tibcm !
twi'iitv-llvo years old. Mrs. Davis taught
school \Viuesaml \ shows recommendations.
The matter Is a surmise to her husband. Hho
w.i9 held for furtlioroxanilmitloti.
M\lHSt.\tt
t1othornmUf1iirnMi ! ! rt HiM
t vu ) that young Miss Flippant Is miming
up quite an nctLMiul. Will she p.iy up nil
AS.HlRtAlltyOS ) , 1 HtllUfl BO. T llMUM IllO
other day that ilio WIIH Kuriilug lo w.'l o Off
he typowrltor.
UllliN TO 1 > IR IS ( ( US' .
CVnrfiiiMMmiifrflnlllitif \ It ,
'ho loiiriipil physician tolli us ihoru Nilmuor
IP n It Us ;
Jlsc.tio ami ilnith may roach us ihroiiKh. thai
nvcmio of bltsn.
'liORCntlfl osculation which eur being wlldlv
thrills
May bring v > s inontiia of slckr.Ois and a lot of
doctor bills.
They say tlmt with the honey wo are n.l no
proiio to sip
'ho deadliest baeteii , ) nmv i ss from lip lo
Up.
hit wlii'ii n follow eels n ulmncc to Ir ss n
pictly maid ,
le'a viirv apt to sav : "O , hang the iloctor ,
Who's afraid I"
Ham's Horn : The 111.111 who
nut run a tlo luul better start with siiiiiciliui
' .utor Hum i. bicycle.
Uliihinnml Ui'conlor : Tolwggan nml IriR
ling hardly rh ) nnv , but they umtiiij > o toirot
, hei every time. . >
Yonkcr'.s ' Statesman : H Is i
hotight tlmt n woman cannot keepu SIUTU * .
jut Just ask your boarding liou.se keeepor
what she puts In her Jhlish , and see If shu
trtli 1 t
New Ynrlt Sun : "Cholllo Hicks was aw
'ally Impertinent nt tint opera last night Mo
a'pt looking nt mo through his opera ( lassei
ill tlioovunlng , "
"That was morn or loss of a compliment ,
wasn't it f"
"J.o.si. ilo looked through the largo om'.r"
f'lilcugn Ne\vi : McCorldc - N'onh's family
was not un aristocratic one.
Mi-Crackle ( Umlnltvuly ) Not
McCorklc No ; they were not in the n.Uin
N'ow York Recorder : It was evidently an
inin.irrled compositor on a post-prawllnl con
temporary who nvontl.v inuJo "cubsldu1
ninmlttfonutof thu "c.ribslao" coinmlttcoof
the habit . * ' hospital.
Lowell Courier : A young lady at Dubun.UM
nuglioi ! so heartily at her lover's Jold.'s that
icr Jaw was tlUlocati-il mid a. doctor hml to
> e sent for. What a trensiui ) siich a girl
would Oo for a panigrnpht-r's bride.
Chicago Now * : Banker's ilauuhter ftobov-
uishaiul. Just after marriage ; I want a llttiu
noney , John.
Husband - All rit'ht , darling ; I'll draw you
n check.
Hi'.nkei-'s daughter N'o , ilon't trouble to do
: hnt , .lolin , for 1 really Haven't known you
ongcnouitli to accept your check. Lot mo
have cash , please.
Texas Sittings : Hunlup Wonder what t
would got if 1 put this overcoat up )
Wiggins Pneumonia , I guess. . In this
weather. .
Now York Hocorder : "Will ' erne boy try
thlsoxporhnontr' asks arnralcontcinpomry
If the experiment is sunlciontly foolhardy
and worthless probably some boy will niaUo
the venture. That is n way boys have.
ninghamton Loader : An cc-onoiulcal bar
tender cnu make two lemonades with one
lotnon , but it's a tight $ ( ] ucc/.c.
Hurlinglon Free Press : ' 'Kow maple
sugar" Is on snlu In tlio Hoston markets
Moslem always was n go-ahead town.
Voakcrs Gazette : \\hen the editor of a
humorous paper sets his wiU to work U
iloo.iii't follow that lie works himself.
ALL ix 'inn sriu.i.ixo.
IinHiinni'illi JiHirniil.
Ho boasts of old "ancestral halB"
In such n lofty way !
Yet these who know his parents well
Are not entangled by the spoil ,
( The old man drove a druy. )
In an English drawing room The Ameri
can girl Is pushing thai slio will even make
her way throuirh n brick wall , if there is a
duke on the other side.
New York Record i "You seem to dlslilc"
Jones. "
"I hate him. "
"Why ! "
"I hired a cook th.it ho recommended. "
Indianapolis Xcws : He Miss Slynily.
looks pretty as a picture toniuht. doesn't stu-l
Sue She looks more lilto a frame.
Now Yorlc 5un : May What on earth
made you refuse Lord Sideboard's offer I
Ethel Well , it's bad enough to DC called
" " policemen and ticket
"lady" by chopper *
without legalizing thu oplthot.
Clilcasro Tribune : Willie-Papa , i It
swearing to talk about old socks being
darnedi
1'npa No , my son. Why ?
Wllllo 'Causo I wish Johnny would koej
his durucd old SOCKS out of my draw"1
sioxsor s
"Here " said the "I
, pool , bring you
A poem-- ! know it is poor : "
"Hero , " said thu editor , "Illingyou
llcad-orcr-ucols out the door:1' :
Now York Herald : May Frank insists
that nowadays all women are just us lalso as
lliov are fair.
Ulancho Ah ! and that accounts for his
perfect confidence in yon dearest i
IClmira Gazette : Jags What's scarcer
tliun hen's teeth !
Shags Hens with tooth.
Now York World : Science has discov
ered a way to make music visible. What1
Must wo also see "Annie Kooney ! "
Picayune : The strongest ch-iwcter in
"Kvangolim : " is the heifer. It tulles two
men to play it.
Munsoy's Weekly : ' -You should not criti
cise mo , Cicorgo1 said the voung wife.
"Kind words always come back to you. ( . ' .i-i
your bread on the waters and it will return
to you. "
"You are mistaken , " returned ( Jcorgoif
you refer to this bre-id. This would { .ink lit.
once. "
liostoa Traveller : There are some people
who go to church ami clasp their hands a
tlcht in pniyor that they can't get them
apart when the contribution boy comes
around.
Munsoy's Weekly : Clara And that'i
your new hat. Well , It's simply stuiinmtr.
Laura -That's exactly what p.ipa said when
ho saw the bill.
Spinster I came very near being marrio.l .
several t linns , but there was always a slip.
Widow -Well , I heeamo singlu on account
of another land ot slip a regular plant , in
fact.
_ _
She Wondered Why.
Ono of the naive confessions of a girl's
eharac-tcr was madu on a street car the otlit r
ilay , says the Detroit KYpu Press. A prt-ttv
young ( icnimn frau was lulling her friend ,
about nor courtship and marriage.
"t not know , " shu said simply la broken
Ungllsh , "how 1 got so good man. I no paint
an' no powder , un' I not even my hair bung. ' '
The candor of her speech was the keynote
lo her success in gutting n husband. "
Ktuil > > llentlil.
Which shall it hoi There's blitlie.iomo Hello
I lull bellevo 1 love her.
Does she love met Ah , who can tell ,
This iimldnn's favored lovort
My fortune's slim this much I kuow-
And HolltIs fond of sty In ;
Shu's in the Mvhn with rippling How
Her rich gown swoops the nlslo.
Which shall It bo ! Hess stays away ;
At church ono rarely sees her.
A huiliio.il , she ! Ah , no , 1 say ;
Old Nick will never seizn her !
The thought now sprlngs-hcr inotlioi-'a 111
I'll hasio mo to her door.
Hollo's aweeplng brings too steep a b'r
Hut Hess she sweep * the lloorl