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TUEASUKKH HUSTOX keeps hlmsolf
mid his resignation before the public ,
but'hocontintios to draw liis salary.
TIIK treasury raiders have assembled
in force tit Lincoln. And it Is the bugi-
nos < j of the Icglslaturo to see that they
lire bouutifully ropulsod.
IT is a curious and Instructive fact
that as the Cleveland boom gets smaller
the Hill boom gotg no larger. How does
Uncle Dave account for that ?
THE Arkansas legislature has taken
flown the portrait of George Washing
ton and put the portrait of Jeff Davis in
Its placo. There's a portrait of Arkan
sas for you.
THKHE can bo no lasting political
union between a party that aims to
cheapen money and enhance the cost of
llvinsr nnd the army of workingmen in
the United States.
Wno paid for the senatorial medals
timl what was there about their bur
nished surfaces to attract the most
notorious oil-room lobbyist and corpora
tion hireling in Nebraska ?
TIIK spectacle of iho republican presi
dent of republican Franco accepting an
imperial decoration from the czar of
Russia is one which shocks the Ameri
can notion of republicanism.
THE California legislature has ad
journed after electing two United States
bonators. Look out how for the organi
zation of a now bank with a capital that
will throw * ho Bank of England into the
Blind o.
THE Knights of Reciprocity is a boom
ing organization in Kansas and other
western states. Considering the author-
phip of reciprocity , it is to bo assumed
that the members are all plumed
knights.
WISCONSIN democrats have managed
to gerrymander that state so as to make
Blx out of the 10 congressional districts
Bafoly democratic. Wisconsin Unmocruts
nro as conscienceless as those in Now
fforspy.
GOVKRNOU BOYD has not hud as much
experience in the newspaper business as
the candidate for governor on the demo
cratic ticket at- the election of 1888 , but
nevertheless heras able to give the
democratic editors a few valuable sug
gestions.
AGAIN Jt may bo remarked that the
Omaha man is irrepressible. Her old
pltlzon , R. A. Harris , is about to open an
extensive packing liouso In San Fran
cisco. Ho made a fortune in this busi
ness hero and will make another at the
Golden Gato.
TnusTS are not conllnod to America.
The worsted manufacturers of Bradford ,
England , have entered a combination to
raise prices and control the wool market.
Ju Great Ihitiiln worsteds are being
trusted , BO to speak , while in this coun
try trusts are being worsted.
TilK democratic governor of Rhode
Island has recognized the right of the
occupant of the gubernatorial ohalr of
Connecticut to ask for the return of es
caped criminals. The Khodo Island
man may not bo a good democrat , but ho
is a min of good common aonso.
TilK bill to protect farmers fromnows-
paper publishers is a useless measure.
The present postal laws prevent them or
any other citizen from being imposed
upon. All that need bo done to eave
them from being compelled to pay fern
n newspaper they do not want , have not
subscribed for and on which they ewe
no subscription is to refuse to take it
from the postofllco. It thereupon bo-
cornea the duty of the postmaster to
notify the publisher that his periodical
is refused by the party to whom it is
addressed. The responsibility of both
postmaster uud pirty : to whom the paper
Is addressed ceases. If the publisher
ignores the notice ho has no recourse
upon either. If the postmaster falls in
his duty , the party whom It is sought
to force into a subscription is not to
blaruo , nud no publisher will have a
Valid claim against him. The bill la un
necessary , it will tuoroly ouiabor the
Statutes.
TIIK VLA.U AA'D THK SCHOOL HOl/SK.
The bill pending in ttio legislature
requiring ovory' school house in No-
brnsUa to float the Btnrs andsU-lpos pro-
poocito bunion the state wltli a Inrgn
and wholly unjustifiable * expense. It
ought not to bccomo a la w.
In 183Nobraslcn } had fl,187 school
houses and now has moro. The lowest
prlco for which asorvlcoablo flag can bo
bought la $10 , and It would require at
least two of these to outlast n year of
such hreo/.os as wo on joy in this bracing
western olimato. Even on the figures of
1883 this would roqulro nil annual ex
penditure of 910J,740 , which is InloroBt
at 10 per cent on moro than 81,000,000.
Haa the state , in its present stage of de
velopment , nobottoi * or wlsor use for
this amount of money ? It ia to bo read
ily , conceded that the passage of this
law would bo n , go od thing for Ben But
ler and other bunting manufacturers ,
but it is dllllcult to understand how the
people of Nobrasicn would receive any
proper return upon tbolr investment. It
looks like the class of legislation in
spired by somebody who wants a con
tract.
The Idea of the flag on the school
house is a worthy one , from n senti
mental stand point. It fosters patriot
ism and keeps our nationality prom
inently before the future citizen in the
most Impressible period of his life. But
there is absolutely no warrant for voting
a largo sum from the treasury every
year to carry it out. In Massachusetts
and elsewhere schools have very gen
erally provided themselves with lings
through the liberality of. citizens or the
efforts of the ehlldron. Funds for this
purpose have boon raised by entertain
ments and otherwise , and when the Hag
is obtained by those moans it , becomes
doubly dear and significant.
Nebraska schools may well be eneour-
ajrcd to provide the stars and stripes
and lloat it parentally from their roots.
But the legislature could make no ex
cuse to the people if it should vote uwiy
over 8100,000 a ycur for the purpose.
At the Nowberry modal jamboree Paul
Vandorvoort announced in moat thrilling
and oar-piercing tones that ho was done
with the republican party henceforth
and forever , nnd would from now on bo
found in the ranks of the Favinora' Alli
ance independents.
This is an acquisition to which the In
dependents are welcome. The repub
licans of Nebraska can truthfully exclaim -
claim , "Good rldilnnco of kid rubbish. "
Had it not boon for Pa.ul Vivndorvoort
and his ilk of oil-room procurers there
would have boon no occasion for an Alli
ance uprising- . Even at this very legis
lature Vnndervoort has been the paid
lobbyist of the telephone nnd telegraph
monopolies and is probably now on the
pay-roll of the railroads , playing inde
pendent for the grand stand.
Six weeks ago Postmaster General
Wamunakor learned through a special
agent that Vandorvoort was lobbying
and capping- Lincoln while drnw-
intr pay at Oranha as superintend
ent of mails. And when Paul dis
covered that his head was about to drop
ho Bent In his resignation. That ac
counts for his disgust with the republi
can party , So long as Gresham , and
Wanamnkor remain republicans , Paul
has no use for the party.
But for goodness sake , Messrs. Inde
pendents , keep the reprobate In your
ranks. If the republicans of ; Nebraska
can got rid of him and about two dozen
of his associates , there is good prospect
that the party will bo able to resume full
sway in this elate and redeem all the
pledges it has made to the people.
TIN PL.A1K
It takes time to inaugurate a now in
dustry. iVhentho now taritf law In
creasing the duty on tin plate was passed
it was promised that it would load to the
establishment of mills for the manufac
ture of the plato , but because this was
not done at once it was assumed by sorao ,
in their eagerness to discredit the influ
ence of the tariff in this particular , that
the promise hud failed. Its fulfillment ,
however , was simply delayed. It is now
announced that the St. Louis stamping
company has begun the erection of the
first tin plate works in this country ,
which , when completed , will employ
2,000 men. Companies have boon or
ganized elsewhere in the country for the
purpose of manufacturing tin plato , nnd
the fact that they have not already
erected mills is not to bo regarded us
conclusive evidence that they will not.
The statement Is made upon what np-
pears to bo good authority that none of
the stock of any of those companies is
for.salo , and if such ia the fact It is not
onlynn assurance of confidence in the
possibilities of this industry , but of ulti
mate largo investments for its develop
ment.
The increase ! duty on tin plato goes
into effect July 1 next , and it is reported
that the agents of the English manufac
turers are offering- plates duty paid
to the dealers In the United States at as
low a prlco as they are paying at pros-
ont. If this Is true , and it is by no moans
improbable , it may have the effect to re
tard the development of the manufac
ture of tin plato in this country. It was
said at the time the duty was Increased
that the increase was not sunlciont to
have any effect in reducing the impofta-
tionof the foreign product and thereby
stimulating homo manufacture , and it is
not unlikely that some of the companies
organized to can'3 * on this Industry may
have postponed active operations until
the foreign manufacturers have demon
strated what ? they intend to do In order
to overcome tho. increased tariff duty
and retain the American market. If
they can afford to pay the duty of $21
per ton and sell hero at present prices it
will show that they are now realising a
splendid profit on this branch of trndo.
There is another consideration that
may also have a deterrent inlluonco ,
and that is the chance that the duty
under the now tariff law may not bo al
lowed to stand. Nobody doubts that
the law will bo attacked In the next congress -
gross , and it Is altogether likely that
the tin plato duty will bo ono of the
features which the democratic liouso
will vote to lower , with at least a possi
bility of being sustained by the senate.
Those are the chief obstacles now in
the way of a rapid development of ( ho
tin manufacturing industry in the Dulled
States , nnd the last mentioned is Dor-
Imps more seriously regarded by those
who nro disposed to ongace lu tlio in
dustry than the first. It nevertheless
an oneourncing" fact that a substantial
beginning has boon made , for If that is
successful and the results obtained
justify the promises hold out , other en
terprises -will follow , nnd their value
being demonstrated their permanence
will bo assured.
THE BBK has received n communica
tion in which the writer characterizes
as the "height of impudence" the de
mand of the United Stales government
that Germany and Franco shall aban
don their unjust discrimination against
American hog products. Ho assorts
that these countries did not adopt this
policy for the purpose of protecting the
home producer , but that having laws
which roqulro the most careful micro
scopic Inspection of pork they were com
pelled to exclude our hog products be
cause wo had no such thorough system
of inspection. Ho claims that the Amer
ican hog is much moro subject to the
disease peculiar to that animal than Iho
foreign swine , but remarks that oven if
they were not it would bo impudent to
expect Germany and Prance to lot
Americans do what their laws expressly
forbid their own people to do under severe -
voro penalties.
Our correspondent is right regarding
the inspection laws of those countries ,
but in the case of Germany at least they
were adopted after the restrictive policy
against American pork was put Into ef
fect. When the Gorman stockraisors
wanted protection they needed somothini :
more plausible with the public than the
Injury to their interests from American
competition , and they made their appeal
chiolly on the ground that the pork of
this country could not safely bo used for
human food , Bismarck was ready enough
to grant them protection , but audio-pica
was necessary to silence popular opposi
tion to a policy that was certain to raise
the price of meat and to benefit those
who produced It at the oxoonso
of the great body of consumers.
The effect , however , was to disparage
all pork as an article offood , nnd in
order that the homo producers might
not suffer thorefrom stringent inspection
laws were adopted. It is not true , however -
over , il the reports of our consuls can. bo
depended on , tb at these laws are strictly
enforced , the fact bsing that a' great
deal of pork enters Germany and goes
into consumption without being in
spected. AVith regard to Franco , It has
never been pretended that the chief ob
ject in prohibiting the importation of
American pork was not the protection of
the homo producers. This was clearly
implied In tlio correspondence with Min
ister Reid of the French minister of
agriculture , who could not sustain the
DOllcy of his government on the ground
that our pork was unsafe as an article of
food. There has never been any ade
quate testimony presented either in
Franco or Germany to justify such n
claim , for if there had boon our govern
ment could not and would not have
asked the removal of the'discrimination
against our moats.
Our correspondent says that our so-
called Inspection is not such inspection
as the Gorman statutes proscribe. Wo
take It that ho has not road the now law
or the regulations under it promulgated
by the secretary of agriculture. It
would bo hard to conceive of anything
moro thorough in the way of inspection
than those require , and there can be no
doubt that they will bo rigidly enforced.
They are intended to secure the most
complete protection , both to foreign and
homo consumers , against unsound or dis
eased moats , and when in operation no
foreign government will have any excuse
for excluding our moats on the grounds
they have heretofore setup. It will cer
tainly not then bo the "height of im-
pudenco" to demand that the discrim
ination against us shall bo abandoned ,
nor in the event of the demand being
rejected shall wo be to blame if wo hnvo
recourse 1o a policy of retaliation.
There is room in the great west and
northwest for a score of prosperous
cities. Omaha will , of course , bo the
greatest of these and this conclusive
probability occasions a great wailing
and gnashing of teeth among her pro
gressive and moro or less prosperous
rivals. It was a bitter dose , for Kansas
City to swallow whicli Superintendent
of the Census Porter , proparctt nnd
forced , by the logic of facts , down
her unwilling throat. Omaha bad out
stripped the "younpf Chicago" in a five
year race for population. Kansas City
dies hard and hopes against hope to re
cover her former BU promaey. It Is vain ,
of course , as time will abundantly prove.
The future is with Omaha , and Kansas
City must Acknowledge it.
Minneapolis is now facing the dread
certainty that Omaha will swoop past
her within the next ton years. She Is
oven morO aggressive than our Missouri
neighbor. Recently two emissaries
were dispatched by her business men's '
association to Sioux City. Omaha , Denver -
vor nnd Kansas Cl y , nnparontly to pick
up points which should brace up the
courage of her citizens and persuade in
vestors to continue to pay boom prices
for Minneapolis real estate.
Thoao emissaries attor ncc.optlng the
hospitalities of the Omaha roalcstato
exchange and after being afforded ex
ceptional facilities for obtaining accurate
information , rotijrn with false state
ments regarding the business in
terests of the city. Omaha has
In her banks , deposits amounting to $1G (
per capita 520 moro than Minneapolis
but the report of the spies places it at
$93. Omaha employes abont 15,000 per
sons in her manufacturing establish
merits but these individuals deliberately
inform their friends that about 0,000 Is
the number. Omaha htm $23,500,000 de
posited in her banks which have a capi
tal representing $05 per cap Ha. Minno
apolls has deposits amounting to half i
million lobs and banking capital , In el ml
ing surplus , ol but $5(1 ( per capita. The
Minneapolis ambassadors put Omaha
banking capital at $30 per capita
Other like gross mlsstatotnonts
are made and published to tlio world as
truth.
This city is not In the habit of traducing
ing- her neighbors in her own interest.
The truth Is good enough foi
Omaha , riho must resent mlsroproson-
.utlons , IUNVQVOR even if In doing so she
exposes the woifimossos of her trnducors.
Omaha Is wjyjng to conccdo that her
northern rival is a beautiful , a prosper
ous nnd a promising city , but Mlnnoapo-
is should not la.f herself open to attack
when her nrtnotir is so vulnerable.
The MinnJMipolia Journal of last
Wednesday contains the information
.hat on the Mitf preceding the finance
commlttoo of the city hall commission
not for the purpose of opening bids for
V block of cltjl ( mil 30yearI per cent
jonds. amounting to $75,000. Eighty
requests for bids had been sent out by
this committee and the date of opening
Jio bids waa mlvortlsod ( ar and wide.
To the chagrin of Minnoapolif and her
city hall commission not a single bid \va&
offered.
Omaha has marketed hundred of thou
sands of dollars worth of her bonds , nnd
Lhoy have been greedily taken by inves
tors at n premium. Ilor credit today
stands higher than that of any western
city. The last 4J per cent bonds olTorod
by this city were sold at a premium of 3
per cent on a market which refused
bonds at par ; , bearing the same rate of
interest , from the city of Chicago.
Omaha has an Indebtedness of $2,000,000 ;
Minneapolis $7,000,000. Omaha has
never defaulted nor delayed in the pay
ment of either interest or prin
cipal. Her city treasurer re-
colvos letters every month from
eastern brokers asking for Omaha secur
ities. Her 4 } per cent bonds are good
today for from 4 to 0 per cent premium.
Minneapolis has apopulaticm of 161-
000 ; Omaha 139,000. Minneapolis has
reason to fear the growth of this me
tropolis , but the Flour City cannot afford
to waste any time attempting to under
mine the prosperity of this city. She
will have her hands full if she keeps
the load in population for five years.
She should devote her onorjrlos to the
development of horown resources anddo
her aggressive fighting nearer homo.
She will bo worsted in any contest with
Omaha.
THE BEK presents today , in an inter
view with Colonel R. J. tllnton , the first
complete statement of the plans for the
coming season of the irrigation inquiry
of the argicultural department. It is a
matter of great interest and importance
to the people of Nebraska , Kansas , the
Dakotns and Montana. The general
public has little conception of the possi
bilities of artcsfan and underflow water
supply for irrigation. Colonel Hlnton
states that the Missouri river receives
above Omaha 300 cubic miles of water by
precipitation , of thie vast total 15 per
cent is poured Jnto the Mississippi. A
part of the rest is lost in evaporation ,
hut by far the larger portion goes Into
the earth. To , ; locate this water and
bring it to the surface is ono of the prob
lems with which the present inquiry
deals , among many others. This single
statement reveals ; its' importance. The
results will bo awaited with 'groat in
terest.
NEBRASKA'sjiwo .senators ore after
everything in sight fn the way of official
patronage. The dispatches announce
that they have presented candidates for
land commissioner , for Judge of the court
"
of land claims , for register of the
treasury , for minister to tho'Central
American states and for assistant at
torney general for the court of claims.
Among the names presented nro these of
Judge S. P. Davidson , Judge O. P.
Masan , lion , L. W. Oaborn and General
L. W. Colby.
Tra : judicial apportionment bill has
passed both houses. The seratnblofor
appointments is not as indiscriminate
as might bo expected. Aspirants fortho
places it creates nro waiting for the supreme
premo court to say who is governor before
fore laying out their plans of campaign.
Some do not know whether to seek dem
ocratic or republican endorsements.
Others are seeking both.
MAYOR CUSHINO calls down the
chairman of Jho hoard of public works
and street commissioner with a public
statement to the effect that more than a
month ago an order was Issued to these
officers to keep the crossings in the
business portion of the city clean.
What excuse will bo Offered by the two
gentlemen who draw the salaries for
looking after these matters for this
neglect ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A 3IAJOU1TY of the committee to ex
amine applicants for positions in the
Omaha city schools should bo entirely
disconnected with the schools In eyory
other capacity. At least ono of the two
teachers n 3W on this committee should
resign. Lot us have an. examining
board wholly disinterested.
TJTE Union Pacific railway company
or the Union depot company , ono or the
other , should put Seventh street under
the viaduQt in passable condition. Ono
of these corporations or the other lias
Imposed upon the creed nature of the
city and citizens'loop enough.
MCNNKAroLis/voted long time bonds
for a new city hall. Bids were called
for in the usual jn'nnnor , and to the sur
prise of all concerned there was not a
single bid offorotl fika block of $100,000.
PUOFII/ES , cross sections nnd other en
gineering dotaii's nd all clerical work
Incident to extensive street improve
ments can ba and should bo done while
outdoor work is impracticable.
EVJUY : .nun 'iu , , 'tho basement of the
court house on t io 'city pay-roll should
bo at work preparing for the summer.
Wo must push pfrb'jio work without un
necessary delay.
W.E shall have 60 per cent of tno
county road tax for our city streets the
coining year. That in Itself Is enough
to start extensive public works.
MQHE public work ; moro money in cir
culation ; moro private enterprise ; moro
people employed nnd moro everything
leading to prosperity.
OMAHA is bound for second place as a
packing center this year.
OMAHA bonds never wont bogging for
buyers , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is strange thut any papers lost by
coinmlltoomcn in the city council should
30 in the nature ol petitions to compel
railway or other corporattonsto do their
duty.
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Welcome to a Tenderfoot.
Santa 3tonlM ( C < ito. ) Oiilloo.V.
Monday noon a friendly cow stuck her nose
n the frontdoor of our editorial snnctum ,
md the question Is whether sno was drawn
lillhcr by the luxuriant grass tlmt abounds
around our ofllco or whether she hnti hoard
of the change In thoOutlooK offlco anil was
scektnp to devour the verdant young team
iusldo.
Only ( Jonemllio Mnilo a MUlnlcc.
SonalorEluotPalmer of Illinois may or
mny not linvo been n Rood general during the
civil war. But at any rate ho wns conspicu
ous naouo of the few , If not the onlyofflcor
who confessed that ho macto a mistake. In
bis ofllnlal report to his corps commander of
the part tan en by uls dlvblou in ttio unease.
tnent at Chlckamnuga ho says !
"Ilnzen hud boon relieved by General
Turchln , who had formed on Cruft's ' loft ,
ami hoIInzon ( ) had retired to fill his boxes
nnd protect some artillery which was threat
ened from tbo rear. I then committed tlio
error of directing Uroso to move to the right
to engage iu a sovcro light going on in that
direction. "
Hob n Ornyoynnl.
Arthur JfcBiccu'8 Caltfarnli CorrcspiHilcnce.
A pcnttcmen from Sacramento tolls mo
that the custodian of the cemetery tuuro tins
of Into been very greatly Incensed by the
theft of Jlowera from , the graves. For n
time ho vainly sought to uotuct the thlovos
and finally had his suspicions aroused by the
fame which three senators had achieved by
tlioir lavishnoas In gifts of Jlowors to their
lady friends , who wont about everywhere
with lovely corsage bouquets , nnd appearing
in society looking like perambulating gar
dens. The libel further runs tttat ono of tno
senators , being utnlor the Influence ol some
body else's liquor , committed the error of
scndinc an elaborate floral design the founda
tion of which was wlro. The composition
was executed In white Immortelles , bear ! ng
Iu vlolots the word "Host. "
On the Ground of Kqulty.
Certainly on the broad grounds of equity n
man who has been to nil In tents and purposes
a loyal and devoted American for nioio tuaii
two scores of years U entitled to considera
tion as a citizen even if unwittingly ho ( ailed
to comply fullv with the technical require
ments of the naturalization laws. Indeed ,
the iion-cotnpllaiico was the negluct of the
futlicr rather thnn the son.
A similar case in the Fiftieth congress \vlll
bo recalled whore Captain James 1J. White ,
the republlran congressman-elect from the
Twellth district of Indiana , retained his scat
In the democratic house through
the aid of the soldier clement
among the. majority. It was urged
against Captain White by his democratic
competitor that ho had. never fully complied
with the requirements of the naturalization
laws , and the charge appeared to bo well
founded. But on the broad ground that a
good record as a citizen nnd gallant conduct
ns n soldier of the union outweighed the
technical neglect Captain White retained his
seat.
James E. Boyd Is quite likely to bo de
clared the governor of Nebraska , but the in
convenience to which public men are occa
sionally subjected , as Illustrated In tbo Boyd
and White cases , should load to duo care on
tbo part of foreign-born citizens to perfect
their technical titles to citizonship.
OP 'JTJIE Jl.lKltKK SHOP.
Plifladelplill. Times.
The deepest depths the ocean holds
May bo both plumbed and gauged ,
Tbo highest mountain top and peak
By daring scaled and staged.
But whore's the plummet tlmt can sound ,
With nil the aid of art ,
The caverns of the human breast ,
The dark way ol the boart !
Upon him gazed a score of eyes ,
By inward fire fed ,
As ttio' each were a basilisk ,
Tho' not n word was said ;
For seldom had that barber shop
Seen such a fearful sigut ,
For howas having his hair cut on
A crowded Saturday night.
s TIIA.X onus.
The reported alliance between Franco nnd
Ilnssia gives interest to past negotiations
looking to such a relation. Slnco the days
of Peter the Great almost every Russian sov-
orolgn has attempted , although unsuccess
fully , to form an alliance with Franco. Peter
was anxious that his daughter Elizabeth
should marry Louis XV , and his successor
endeavored to bring about a match batwoon
her and a younger prince of the French , dy
nasty. Both projects failed , however , and
although Franco and Russia during the lat
ter part of Elizabeth's reign were allied with
Austria , there was no community of inter
ests between thorn. Catherine , the wife
of Peter III , never forgave the French
ambassador for refusing tbo loan she
wanted with which to Avh over the
imperial guard so as to secure the crown for
borsclf. Indeed , she entered. Into an alliance
with Austria and Prussia looking to the par
tition of. Poland , and went so far in her con
demnation of the promoters of the French
revolution that she expelled all Frenchmen
from thu oujplro who would not taico an oath
that they detested Its principles , Napoleon ,
when first consul , made an attempt tolnduco
Catherine's son. Paul I , to form an alliauco
with Franco , but before the nlllanco could bo
carried out Paul was assassinated. Then
Alexander I , after his. defeat at Friodland ,
betrayed the king of Prussia , declared war
against England , and , accepted Napoleon's '
proposal for a partition of Europe. Hut all
these schemes proved nb'ortlvo through the
refusal of Napoleon to give Constantinople
to Alexander , and tuo disastrous cam
paign of 1812 ended the relations between
the two countries. Atthocongroas of Vienna ,
In 1814 , Alexander's pretension to annex
Poland led to n secret ulllauco of Franco ,
England and Austria against Russia and
Prussia , although because of' the return of
Napoleon from Elba It came to nothing.
After his coup d'otot Napoleon III attempted
to form an nlllanco with Russia , but Nicholas
las showed himself to ba strongly opposed to
the president's assumption of tmpnrlal dig
nity , and the estrangement thus caused
brought about the Crimean war. Passing
down the record of events between 1870 und
1884 , we come to the time when Hnssh boijnn
to assuma n hostile attitude toward Germany ,
Then it was that the Muscovlto party ,
headed by Kntkow , demanded an alliauco
with Franco , For a tirno everything saomod
to favor the hopes of the Pan-Slavlsts , and
Franco supported every move of the Uussian
policy. But the iloath of Katkow and the
resignation of President Grovy acted as a
chcok upon a closer friendship ,
*
For some time there has been in Scandi
navia an undercurrent of dissatisfaction with
the policy which tbo Idng and his advisors
have for many years purauod , Tuo S'vodlsh
farmers nro opposed to the introduction of
universal obligatory military service , wbllo
the landowners Insist on higher protective
duties , the Increasa in tbo rovcmio from this
source to bo applied to the remisslom of the
taxoi on l\ml. : But It U in Norway that the
ppirlt of unrest has boon moil plainly scon.
National equality with Sweden Is strongly
insisted upon , Us ndvoentoa domandlriK the
abolition of ttio Norwegian vlcoroyalty , of
the ttolepntlon of the council of atnto In
Stockholm , nnd ot the union symbol In the
Norwegian flag ; nml > nbovo nil , that the
foreign relations of the United Kingdom
shall bo conducted by a council of
stnto In which the two countries
shall Imvo oijiml representation. The re
fusal of the government to iiccodo to
these dnmtmds has led to n crisis In Nor
wegian politics , and thcro is every pro-jpoct
of n fierce struggle between the Swcdlsll con-
norvatlvos and tlio Norwegian radicals. A
contention of thli nnturo nnturnlly attracts
attention beyond the national boundaries ;
und It Is , therefore , not surprising to hear
that Russia la eagerly watching the ] progress
of event ? , In the hopo. that Internal dissen
sions in Scandinavia may give her tortitorlal
advantages , She Is said to be anxious to ex
tend her north west frontier to the sonbonrd ,
nnd to got possession of n port on the west
coast eorrcspondltiR to Vladivostok , near
Corea , on the oast. By this means she
would bo enabled to extend her railway sys
tems from ocean to ocean. The continued
frustration or Russia's designs upon Bulgaria
has not weakened her persistence nor her
genius for intrigue ; but In attemptingsimilar
tnctlcs with the Scandinavians she is not
likely to Had weak and pliant tools ,
*
The condition of rural Franco has some
resemblance to that of rural Now England.
The Kconomlsto Frnncals gives n dlgost ot a
number of recent documents relating to the
condition of the agricultural laborer there.
"Wngos of farm hands have quntlruploil dur
ing the present century , and the greatest
increase has been In the lowest form of
labor. The man of nil work who was paid
only 00 francs per year in addition to his
board In 1834 now gets 400 francs , while
the shepherd , "tho aristocrat of the farm , "
who received then ! M ) fr.ines and board ,
now gets only COO. Ills wages have not
doubled , while those ot the humbler work
man have more than quadrupled. The m-
crease of wages of farm hands is ascribed
In part to the demand for lahor Iu factories
and on ralronds , nnd In part to the mili
tary service , which takes young mon from
thofnrnisat the period when their habits
are forming , nnd gives them a tnsto of town
lifo from which they are never wholly
weaned. When their term of service ex
pires , they begin to look for situations in the
towns and to worry tlio public men to find
places for them. These drafts upon the rural
population , tending to lessen the number of
farm livborers , ralso the wages of tlioso who
remain. The result is smaller profits to tlio
farmer and a sort of agricultural crisis. Still
another fact in the matter of rural depopula
tion Is noticed , namely , a diminution in thu
iiumboT ot children. Several cantons are
named in which there has boon n marked de
crease of population since 1SOS. In two of
these the ascertained reason for a diminution
of the number ot births was "tbo desire of
the parents to improve their own condition , "
nnd It is added that this effect has followed.
Hero wo find real Mnllhusianism in practice.
*
The agricultural class in Russia Is carry
ing on n desperate struggle against adverse
conditions. The land has been rapidly losing-
its productiveness and has been In many
places thoroughly exhausted1 , yet In proportion
tion as the profits have diminished the taxes
have been steadily increased. To pay these
taxes the peasant is compelled to borrow at a
high rate of interest , and in some districts It
has become a regular custom for whole com
munities to borrow money for tins purpose at
GO per cent interest , although wo are told
that 100 per cent Is the usual rate of Interest ,
and tlmt In many cases from 300 to 800 per
cent has hoen obtained I Many wretches who
have borrowed money and repaid It several
times over have been obliged to sell their
labor for the ensuing harvest , and others
have been forced to toil for'anumborof years
in the service 'of their "benefactor , " who
is called the "soul-dealer.1' These dealers
scour the country In search of children ,
whom they buy from needy parents for n.
trifle and forward to St. Petersburg , whore
they nro resold for double and treble the
money to manufacturers and shopkoopors.
Nothing even remotely approaching prosper
ity Is visible in any" corner of the ompiro.
Mendicity Is becoming the profession of
hundreds of thousands. Moneyless , friend
less , helpless and almost hopeless , the peas
antry are rising up every year in tons of
thousands and migrating to the south , to the
west , anywhere , not knowing whither taoy
are drifting , nor caring for the fnto that may
await them. Tno moral effect of these hard
conditions upon the peasants of the young
generation is admitted oven by Russian news
papers to bo truly horrible. Sons persecute
their fathers , and drunlcon fathers dlssipato
their property und abandon their families to
despair , "fhis , " ono Russian official says
in his report , "Is not a proletariat ; It is a re
turn tosavagery. . No trace of anything
human has remained. "
#
#
There Is no other crowned head In the uni
verse wtio has contributed so much as Klnp
Milan to bring royalty aud monnrchial Insti
tutions of every kind into disrepute. Ilia
cowardice during the Servo-Bulgarian war ,
his extremely questionable financial transac
tions , his scandulous conflict with his wife ,
and his flagrant Immoralities , have rendered
his very name a by-word and term of reproach
preach throughout the civilized world. At
the present moment ho Is employed In exchanging -
changing accusations of murder with , his
former crime minister , M , Garasehanlno.
The latter has responoa to the charges
brought azainst him of having caused or con
nived at the murder of two women Imprisoned
for an attempt to assassinate Milan by
broadly insinuating that It is his former
master and accuser , and not uimsolf , who
is responsible for their death. Inasmuch ,
as M. Oaraschanlno was absent
on leave in Franco at the time , and.
as , moreover , ho is able to show that the or
dinary guards of the prison were replaced by
soldiers of the king's own bodyguard on the
eve of the murder , Milan appears to have dis
tinctly the worst of the argument , and to
have added to his other numerous offenses
criminal responslhillty for thu violent death
of two defenseless women. Acting under in
structions for the council of regents , the pub
lic prosecutor at Belgrade lias begun an In
vestigation of the charges and counter
charges that are being bandied hotwoon
Milan nnd M. Oarasehanino. Ami in view of
the anxiety of the Sorvlatt government to
put a llnal stop to the perpetual Intrigues
and Interference of the ox-king , it Is not only-
possible , but oven probable , that the world
will shortly ho called upon to witness the
presence la the criminal dock of ono of the
lord's anointed on a charge of complicity In
tlio murder of two women.
Hnffalo Express ! UncloSaro Isn't ' n > uo.
cess ai nn ntblcto. Ho hns Just tot two Viiri
o1 war.
Dulllmoro American : Tlio next tlmo the
grip gets to work lioro It will bo , wo hope , on
iho cable ron I , >
Boston Herald : Many persons admlro Iho
bouqotof line \vino. , but utmost any Ulud of
'
liquor will niako a nose gay If you us'o enough
of it.
Atcblson Olobo : Never boast of Ihorc.to-
lutloiu you hnro formed until yuu have tried
n year or so to prove that you can kcop them.
Indianapolis Journal : "Tluwo money grab
bers , " snld BohoinlnnA , "disgust inc. Look
at old Gotroic. Ho would imperil his soul for
60 cents. "
"Why shouldn't hoi" lukocl Hohcnilan lt '
on whom Mr. Ootrox holil a cbattlu moriMeo
"Tho Investment would bo well worth the
risk. "
Tcxni Sifting * : Annie What boainam
Imlr Miss Fanny lias. I wonder If It Is lier
own 1
Bessie I don't laiow whether she bought
It on the installment plan or not.
Now York Hecontcr : "A famous show
man has succeeded In training ; gc < > so to per
form. " Now lot some ono train fjc-e e (0 (
keep still while other persons arc perform *
Ing.
Texas Slf tings : Indians are not much ills-
posed to Join secret societies , although ihoy
are fond of establishing lodges.
At a ball nn adoring admirer approached a
young girl who wns ilrossod In black. "Mny
I oslc you to daucol" ho asked. "Yes , " fiho
replied , "but plenso dance very slowly , I am
not yet out of mourning. "
Puck ! "Aro Harvard boys gnnorallv fmtl"
"Very. So fast that the faculty of Har
vard tutnlc they can got through the pro
scribed course In three years. "
Washington Star : ITo Are you going to
the E.ister ball , Ccloito ?
She How can II I've ' nothing to wear.
Ho Well , isn't tlmt enough ?
N. Y. Recorder : "Why li laalneM the
'most prevalent of nil shortcomings I" asks a
religious contemporary. Because it Is the
easiest , for one thing.
Puclti Rounds I'vo ' soon people laugh till
they cried , but I never know of a lollow cryIng -
Ing till ho laughed.
Nephews Guess you never lost a rich
undo 1
it was Bacon who snld that "writing
makes the exact man , " There is a good deal
of writing nowadays that makes the exact
man very tired.
Judge ; Father Tommy , why don't you
go and BOO your llttlo dead friend , Johnny
Smith ?
Tommy Because ho won't ' como and sou
mo wnen I'm dead.
ft VXttA V It F.E ,
The XfHVtl of the Futit.Loading ( authors of lo-
day oxprois their opinion's of what the
future novel will bo In u hlslily fascinating
ami Inttruetlvu style , Headers of lltonry
taste will find hi these papers si feast. They
will appear exclusively In TUB SUSIIAY urn
Among tlioso quoted nro m.shop John I' .
Newman of Onmlin. James MeCosh , t.I | ) , ,
John H.iWjorton , Kato Field , Mary .1.
Holmes , Erlgar Saltiis , JIi \ O'Koll and other
distinguished men.
Erienslee ) Congressional Funeral * " 0U'p"lho
oolobratod Washington correspondent , con
tributes to Tnc SITNDAV DM a highly Inter
esting budget of exclusive gossip. His leader
Is upon the subject of expensive congres
sional funonils and the novel Items found
on Jnneral bills. The letter la a btrlkhig
feature.
Quest/milnHt / iisip < : ; ii-THK Ben's picket of
questions was quite largo this week and the
answers prepared form a bpcotnl and In
structive feature. This department Is gainIng -
Ing In favor. It Is full of substance.
Hut Xoimper < n tlte Lobbit An interview tlio
Lounger had with Litwrotioo HarrottN re
called when the tragedian was Inat In
Omnha starring in conjunction \\lthEd\vln \
llootli ,
Si > ctctu' Reside Eii'lol The g.iy world re
leased from the thralldom of Lent will
now cnmmaneo ! inln the round of pleasures
which Ash Wednesday brought to acloso
far the period oiijolnod by the ohtiroh.
"The Lnnl H litxeh" Tire Eustor story recounted -
counted and the manner of the day's ob
servance by various nations. Programmes
of the Rorvlcos In the Omaha churches.
Work of pastors anil Dions people.
General nree1u' Insulators A. , story on the
chief slsnal sorvlco man oouplort with a
recital of amusing Incidents In the careen )
of well known army officers.
Our SptnUna JViffc The basobnll snnson Ima
arrived and Omnlm's pennant winner ) are
on the Kronr\ds. Patrons of the national
game and lovers of contlcraanly athletics
got the latest news to their liking in Tun
Sufi'DAv HEI : as in no other western iiupei.
Omaha't Printers Tlio load IIIR feature of tlio
labor P KO In TIIK SUNDAV HUB this woelc
will bo a review of tbo growth of the typo
graphical unions of the city. News ol In-
torostfor ulllnbor organizations.
Mason anil CiitlmUc A story of Lawrence llar-
rott's last hours In which ho , though a
Mason , received the lust rites of the Ontho-
llo church forms the loader of the depart.-
montdovotod to secret societies , Tills do-
imrtiiicnt Is replete this week with latest
news of the lodge room and ot thn lloinlab-
InK fraternal societies of Omaha.
Fun for the Million A llttlo nonsense now nnd
then Is a Rood thing In nny noXvspapor. Tin :
SUNDAY HIB will oontnlnii bunch of fresh
joUos that you have never roul : , Bead It
and laugh nblt.
Rjrf/ulxtdto , This department embraces a
variety of topics dear to the fonlnliio lionrt
tholntost fads and f linden" In modes und
fashions ; what busy women iiro doing :
point 1011 social forms and observances , nnd
a thousand now Ideas especially Interesting
to thofiilr B0 > .
Swept the Town / lu'flTho ) / tenth anniversary
of the bis flood on thd Missouri that nearly
wiped out the thriving town of Nlobrnrnund
did great damage In Omaha.
J/kcrKaneoiiJt / Mailers. Boadera of the inbcol-
lancous news in TIIM linn nlwny * Rotililj
class of matter as It Is eullcd by an experi
enced editor from thn OYeliangos of the
country ns tlioy coma freili f r < vn Hie juess.
The departmoiitu ere carefully edited and
will ho found Interesting.
CmnctVvi \ \ Slntdilcral - < lt.-Brlof reviews ol
the noted inurdois und crltiilnulcnscsthul
have marked the history of Douglus county.
Thelluttnes * Man'n Faje. Tlio man who buys
or hclli merchandise , livestockKr.iln , honcln
or stocks , finds In TIIK HKK the fullest und
mostnconruto reports fiom the market cen
ters of the woild , The local markets are
thoroughly cnvorod , The market i > axe U a
foaturu ot tliu great BUNUAV lii ! : : and nc
business iniin oun afford to in Us It.
Our A'fiw Service. Whenever anything Imp-
poim In the world , In the busy metropolis or
the huniMo hamlet , suucliil uorri'spnndontH
w'lrotho facts In detail to TIIK HKK. Nc
paper In the west attempts to rival TiiKllr.ii
In the completeness and effectiveness of its
toloKraphloborvlco. lioad the special news
foiitinos of TIIK SUNDAY
Highest of all in leavening Power. U , S. Gov't ' Report , Aug. 17 , 1889 ,
ABSOLUTELY PURE