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TUKASUUKR HUSTON kcopa himself
and hla resignation bofoi'o the public ,
but'ho continues to draw Ills salary.
TUB treasury raiders hnvo assembled
in force tit Lincoln. And it is the biBi-
nosq of the legislature to see that they
tvro beautifully ropulfeod.
IT is a curious nnd instructive fact
that as the Cleveland boom gets smaller
the Hill boom gets no larger. How does
Uncle Dave account for that ?
THE Arkansas legislature lias taken
down the portrait of George Washing
ton and put the portrait of Jeff Davis in
Its placo. There's a portrait of A.rkan-
BBS for you.
TIIKHU can bo no lasting political
union between a party that alms to
cheapen money and enhance the cost of
living and the army of workinginon in
the United States.
WHO paid for the senatorial modnls
tind what was there about tholr bur
nished surfaces to attract the most
notorious oil-room lobbyist and corpora
tion hireling in Nebraska ?
1- . ! TUB spectacle of the republican presi
dent of republican Prance accepting an
imperial decoration from the czar of
Russia is ono which shocks the Ameri
can notion of republicanism.
THE California legislature has ml-
journod aftar electing two United States
bonators. Look out now for the organi
zation of a now hank with a capital that
will throw ho Bank of England Into the
shade.
Tun Knights of Reciprocity is a boomIng -
Ing organization in Kansas nnd other
western slates. Consldoring the author-
phlp of reciprocity , it Is to bo assumed
that the members are all plumed
lnlghts.
have managed
to gerrymander that state so as to make
six out ot the 10 congressional districts
Bivfoly democratic. Wisconsin democrats
nro as conscienceless as those in Now
Jowpy.
GOVKUNOU BOYD has not had as much
experience in the newspaper business as
the candidate for governor on the demo
cratic ticket at the election of 1883 , but
nevertheless ho was able to glvo the
democratic editors a few valuable sug
gestions.
AQAIN it may bo remarked that the
Omaha man is irrepressible. Her old
citizen , It. A. Harris , is about to open an
extensive packing House in San Fran
cisco. Ho made a fortune in this busi
ness hero and will make another at the
Golden Gate.
TRUSTS are not conllnod to America.
The worsted manufacturers of Bradford ,
England , have entered a combination to
raise prices and control the wool market.
Jn Great Britain worsteds are being
trusted , BO to speak , while in this coun
try trusts are being worsted.
TIIK 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
jrrnu may not bo a good democrat , but ho
is a man of good common sense.
TlIK bill to protect farmers from newspaper -
paper publishers is a useless measure.
The present postal laws prevent them or
any other citizen from being Impose !
upon. All that need bo done to save
them from bolng compelled to pay for
a 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 becomes -
comes the duty of the postmaster to
notify the publisher that Ills periodical
Is refused by the party to whom it is
nddrossod. The responsibility of both
postmaster and party to whom the paper
is addressed ceases , If the publisher
ignores the notice ho has no recourse
upon either. If the pustniastor falls in
1 Ins duty , the party whom it is sought
to force into a subscrluUou Is not to
bltuuo , and no publisher will have a
valid cliilm against him. The bill is un
necessary. It will merely cumber the
statutes.
TIIK Vt.AU AXD TltK SCItOOb HO USB.
The bill pending in the legislature
requiring every' school house In Ne
braska to lloat the stars and stripes pro
poses to burden the 8talo with a largo
and wholly unjustifiable expense. It
ought not to become u In w.
In 188 * Nebraska had 6,187 school
houses and now has uioro. The lowest
prlco for which a serviceable Hag can bo
bought Is 810 , and it would require at
least two of these to outlast a year of
such breo/.os as wo enjoy In this bracing
western climate. Even on the figures of
1888 this would require an annual ex
penditure of S10J.7-JO , which is interest
at 10 per cent on move than 91,000,000.
lias the state , in its present stage of de
velopment , no better or wiser use for
thU amount of money ? It Is to bo read
ily , conceded that the passage of this
law would bo a go od thing for Bon But
ler and other bunting manufacturers ,
but it is dilllcult to underst-ind how the
people of Nebraska would receive any
proper return upon their investment. It
looks like the class of legislation in
spired by somebody who wants a con
tract.
The idea of the flap on the school
house Is a worthy one , from a senti
mental standpoint. 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
nlanro sum from the treasury every
year to carry it out. In Massachusetts
and olsowhoru schools have very gen
erally provided themselves with Hags
through the liberality of citizens or the
efforts of the children. Funds for this
purpose have boon raised by entertain
ments and otherwise , and when tlio Hag
is obtained by thcso moans it becomes
doubly dear and significant.
Nebraska schools may well bo encour-
njrud to provide the stars and stripes
and lloat it porenially from their i oofs.
But the legislature could make no excuse -
cuso to the people if it should vote away
over 3100,000 a year for the purpose.
VALE VAXDIWOOIIT.
At the Nowberry medal jamboree Paul
Vandervoort announced In most thrilling
and ear-piercing tones that ho was done
with the republican party henceforth
and forever , and would from now on bo
found in the ranks of the Farmers' Alli
ance independents.
This is an acquisition to which the in
dependents nro welcome. The repub
licans of Nebraska can truthfully exclaim -
claim , "Good riddance of bad rubbish. "
Uad it not boon for Paul Vamlorvoort
and his ilk of oil-room procurers there
would have boon no occasion for an Alli
ance uprising. Even at thia very legis
lature Vandervoort has been the paid
lobbyist of the telephone and 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
Wiiiuunukar learned through a upoclal
agent that Vandorvoort was lobbying
and capping at Lincoln while draw-
imr pay at Omaha as superintend
ent of mails. And when Paul dis
covered that his head was about to drop
ho sent in his resignation. That ac
counts for his disgust with the republi
can party. So long as Groshatn and
Wannmakor 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 slate and redeem all the
pledges it has made to the people.
T/iV PLATE MANUFACTURE.
It takes time to inaugurate a now In
dustry. iVhen the now tariff 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 plate , but because this was
not done at once it was assumed by some ,
in their eagerness to discredit the influ
ence of the tariff in this particular , that
the protniso hud failed. Its fulfillment ,
however , was simply delayed. It is now
announced tlmt 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 plate , and
the fact that they have not already
erected mills is not to bo regarded as
conclusive evidence that they will not.
The statement is made upon what ap
pears to bo good authority that none of
the stock of any of those companies is
for. sale , and If such is the fact it is not
only on assurance of confidence in the
possibilities of this industry , but of ulti
mate largo investments for its develop
ment.
The increased duty on tin pinto goes
iuto effect July 1 next , and it is reported
that the agents of the English manufac
turers are offering tin plates duty paid
to the dealers In the United States at as
low a price us they are paying at pres
ent. 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 plate in this country. It wijs
said at the time the duty was Increased
that the increase was not sufllciont to
have any effect in reducing the importa
tion of the foreign product and thereby
stimulating homo manufacture , and it Is
not unlikely that some of the companies
organized to carry 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 921
per ton and sell hero at present prices it
will show that they are now realizing a
splendid profit on this brunch of trade.
There is another consideration that
may also have a deterrent influence ,
and that is the chance that the duty
under the now tariff law may not bo al
lowed to stand. Nobody doubla that
the law will bo attacked In the next congress -
gross , and it is altogether likely that
the tin plate duty will bo ono of tlio
features which the democratic house
will vote to lower , with at least a possi
bility of bolng sustained by the senate.
Those are the chief obstacles now in
the way of a rapid development of the
tin manufacturing industry In the United
States , and the lost mentioned la per
haps more seriously regarded by those
who nro disposed to ongjice In the industry
'
dustry than the first. It Is' nevertheless
an encouraging fact that P. substantial
beginning has boon made , /or / if that is
successful and Hie results obtained
justify the promises hold out , other en
terprises will follow , nnd tholr value
being demonstrated tholr permanence
will be assured.
TllEBEB has received a communica
tion in which MM writer characterizes
as the ' 'height ot Impudence" the de
mand of the United States government
that Germany and Franco shall aban
don tholr unjust discrimination against
American hog products , lie assorts
that these countries did not adopt this
policy for the purpose of protecting the
homo producer , but that having laws
which require the most careful micro
scopic Inspection of pork they wore com
pelled to exclude our hog products be
cause wo had no such thorough system
of inspection. lie claims that the Amer
ican hog is much more subject to the
disease peculiar to that animal than the
foreign swine , but remarks that oven if
they wore not it would bo impudent to
expect Germany and Franco to lot
Americana do what tholr laws expressly
forbid their own people to do under se
vere penalties.
Our correspondent is right regarding
the inspection laws of these 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 stoclcraisors
wanted protection they needed something
more plausible with tlio public than the
injury to their interests from American
competition , and they made their appeal
chlolly on the ground. ' that the pork of
this country could not safely bo used for
human food. Bismarck was ready enough
to grant them protectionbut sucii aploa
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 oxuenso
of the great body of consumers.
The effect , however , was to disparage
all pork ns au article offood , and in
order that the homo producers might
not suffer therefrom stringent inspection
laws were adopted. It is not true , however -
over , if the reports of our consuls can bo
depended on , that these laws are strictly
enforced , the fact bcilng that a' great
deal of pork enters Germany and goes
Into consumption without being in
spected. With regard to Prance , it has
never been pretended that the chief ob
ject in prohibiting the importation of
American pork was not tlio protection of
the homo producers. This was clearly
Implied in the correspondence with Min
ister Reid of the French minister of
agriculture , who could not sustain the
Dolicy 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 a
claim , for if there had boon our govern
ment could not and would not have
asked the removal of tho'discrimlnation
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 lnw
or the regulations under it promulgated
by the secretary of agriculture. It
would bo hard to conceive of anything
more thorough in the way of inspection
than these require , and there can bo no
doubt that they will bo rigidly enforced.
They are intended to secure the most
complete protection , both to foreign und
homo consumers , against unsound or dis
eased moots , and when in operation no
foreign government will have any excuse
for excluding our meats on the grounds
they have heretofore , setup. It will cer
tainly not then bo the "height of im
pudence" to demand that the discrim
ination against us shall bo abandoned ,
nor In the event of the demand being
rejected shall wo bo to blame ifvo have
recourse to a policy of retaliation.
There is room in the great west and
northwest for n score of prosperous
cities. Omaha will , of course , bo the
greatest of these and this conclusive
probability occasions a grotit wailing
and gnashing of teeth among her pro
gressive and more or less prosperous
rivals. It was a bitter dose , for Kansas
City to swallow ivhlcn Superintendent
of the Census Porter , prepared nnd
forced , by the logic of facts , do A'n
her unwilling throat. Omaha had out
stripped the "young Chicago" in a five
year race for population. KansiiH City
dies hard and hopes against hope to re
cover her former supremacy. It is vain ,
of course , ns 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 sweep post
her within the next ten years. She is
oven more aggressive than our Missouri
neighbor. Recently two emissaries
were dispatched by her business mon's '
association to Sioux City , Omaha , Den
ver nnd Kansas City , apparently 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.
These emissaries after iicqoptlng the
hospitalities of the Omaha real estate
exchange and after being afforded ex
ceptional facilities for obtaining accurate
information , return with false state
ments regarding the business in
terests of the city. Omaha has
In her banks , deposits amounting to $100
per capita $20 more than Minneapolis
but the report of the spies places it at
$93. Omaha employes abont 15,000 per
sons in her manufacturing establish
ments but these Individuals deliberately
inform tholr friends that about 0,000 is
the number. Omaha lias $23,500,000 de
posited in her bunks which have a capi
tal representing $05 per cap itn. Minne
apolis has deposits amounting to half a
million loss and banking capital , includIng -
Ing surplus , ot but $50 per capita. The
Minneapolis ambassadors put Omnhu
banking capital at $30 per capita.
Other like gross mlsstatoments
nro made und published to the world as
truth.
This city Is not In the habit of traduc
ing her neighbors in her own Interest.
The truth is good enough for
Omaha. She must resent misrepresen
tations , howavqn oven if In doing so she
exposes the wanniossos of her triulucors.
Omaha Is wityfug to concede that her
northern rival Is a beautiful , a prosper
ous and a promising city , but Minneapo
lis should neb luf herself open to attack
when her nrmohr is so vulnerable.
The Minnjmp.olla Journal of last
Wednesday contains the information
that on the Hit/ preceding the finance
committee ot the city hall commission
mot for the purpose of opening bids fern
n block of oitjM null 30-year , 4 per cent
bonds , amounting to $75,000. Eighty
requests for bids had boon sent out by
this committee nnd the dito of opening
tlio bids was ndvortlsod far and wide.
To the chagrin of Minneapolis and her
city hall commission not a single bid was
offered.
Omaha has marketed hundred of thou
sands of dollars worth of her bonds , and
they have boon greedily taken by inves
tors at a premium. Her credit today
stands higher than that of any western
city. The last -1 } per cent bonds offered
by this city were sold at a premium of 8
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
noyor defaulted nor delayed in the pay
ment of either interest or prin
cipal. Her city treasurer re
ceives letters every month from
custom brokers asking for Omaha secur
ities. Her 4 } per cent bonds are good
today for from 4 to 0 per cent premium.
Minneapolis has a population of 101-
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 onoi'srlos to the
development of hur own resources and do
her aggressive fighting nearer homo.
She will bo worsted in any contest with
Omaha.
Tin : BEK presents today , in an inter
view with Colonel R. J. Qititon , the first
complete statement of the plans for the
coming season of the irrigation inquiry
of the nrglculturnl 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 artesfan and underflow water
supply for irrigation , Colonel ninton
states that the Missouri river receives
above Omaha 300 cubic miles of water by
precipitation , of thie vast total 15 per
cent is poured .into the Mississippi. A
part of the rest i& lost in evaporation ,
but by far the larger portion goes into
the earth. To0 locate this water und
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 be awaited with 'groat in
terest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NKBUASKA'S WO .senators nro after
everything in sight In 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 ot the
treasury , for minister to the 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.
Mason , Hon. L. W. Osborn and General
L.V. . Colby.
THIS judicial apportionment bill hns
passed both houses. The scramble for
appointments is not as indiscriminate
as might bo expected. Aspirants for the
places it creates are 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 GUSIIIXO calls down the
chairman of jtho board of public works
nnd street commissioner with a public
statement to the effect that more than a
month ago an order was issued to these
oHlcors 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 3IAJOIHTV of the committee to ox-
iiinino applicants for positions in the
Omaha city schools should bo entirely
disconnected with tlio schools in eyory
other capacity. At least ono of the two
teachers n jw on this committee should
resign. Let us have an examining
board wholly disinterested.
THE 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 orthoothor has
Imposed upon the good nature of the
city und citizens 16og enough.
S ' 'voted long time bonds
for a now city hall. Bids were calloc
for in the usual jnannor , and to the sur
prise of all concerned there was not a
single hid offoro'd for a block of $100,000.
ii"
PnoniiKS , cross sections nnd other on
glnoorlng detail's $ nd nil clerical work
incident to extensive street improve
montscnn bo and , should bo done while
outdoor work Is iinrirnctluablo.
EVKUY nun 'iu'ltho basement of the
court house on $10 city pay-roll shoulc
bo at work preparing for the summer
\Vo must push pftfyio work without un
necessary delay.
shall have 50 per cent of tlio
county rend tax for our city streets the
coming year. That in Itself Is enough
to start extensive public works.
MQHK public work ; more money in cir
culation ; moro private ontorprUo ; more
people employed and moro everything
leading to prosperity.
OMAHA is bound for second place ns a
packing center this year.
OMAHA bonds never wont bogging for
buyers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT Is strange that any papers lost by
coinmlttoomcn in the city council should
)0 in the nature of petitions to compel
rnilwav or ether corporal Ions to do their
duty. _
Welcome ( t n Tenderfoot.
Sdiifa JfonlM ( Olid. ) Giilboh.
Monday noon n friendly cow stuck her tioso
n the front door of our editorial sanctum ,
ntul the question Ii whether she \vns drawn
ilthor by the luxuriant grass tlmt abounds
around our ofllco or whether she had heard
of the clmtiRO In the Outlooic office and was
seeklnp to devour the verdant young team
Inside.
_ _
Only General \MioJMndo a mistake.
SonftlorKluctPalmer ot Illinois may or
may not linvo been Rood gxjncrol during the
civil war. But nt any rate ho wns conspicu
ous as ouo of the few , If not the only olllcor
who confessed that ho made a mistake. In
us ofllaUil report to his corps commander ot
the part taken by his division la ttio engage
ment at Chtckatnaugn ho Buys :
"Ilnzcn hud boon relieved by Oonoral
Turchln , who had formed on Crufl'n loft ,
uul ho ( Ilazcn ) hail retired to All his boxoi
nnd protect some artillery which was threat
ened from the roar. I then committed tlio
error of directing Grose to moYO to the right
.0 otigngc in n severe light going on lu that
direction. "
Hob a Qrnroynrd.
Arthur McKiccn'f Calf/ornI t CorrtspiwIcnM.
A gentlemen from Sacramento tolU mo
that the custodian of ttmeomotory there has
ot late been very greatly Incensed by the
theft of llowers from the graves. For a
time ho vainly sought to detect the thieves
and finally bad his suspicions aroused by the
fame which three senators had achieved hy
tholr lavlshness In gifts of flowers to their
lady friends , who wont about everywhere
with lovely corsage bouquets , nnd appearing
in society looking Uko perambulating e r-
dous. The libel further runs tnat ono ot too
senators , being under the influence ot some
body else's liquor , committed the error of
sending an elaborate lloral design the founda
tion of which was wlro. The composition
wns executed In white Immortelles , bearing
iu violets the word "Kest. "
On the Ground of Kqulty.
Certainly on the broad grounds of equity a
man who has been to alllntents and purposes
a loyal and devoted American for more than
two scores ot years is entitled to considera
tion as a citizen even if unwittingly ho failed
to comply fully with the technical require
ments of the naturalization laws. Indeed ,
the non-compliance was the neglect of the
father rather than the son.
A similar case In the Fiftieth congress will
bo recalled where Captain .lames U. White ,
the republican congressman-elect from the
T well ill district ot Indiana , retained his scat
In the democratic house through
the aid of the soldier clement
among thomajority. . It was urRod
against Captain \Vhito by his democratic
competitor that ho had never fully compiled
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 and gallant conduct
as a soldier of the union outweighed the
technical neglect Captain White retained his
scat.
James E. Boyd Is quite likely to bo de
clared the governor of Nebraska , but the In
convenience to which public men nro occa
sionally subjected , as Illustrated In the Boyd
and White cases , should load to duo care on
the part of foreign-born citizens to perfect
their technical titles to citizenship.
DE310S OP 'S1IK IIAKIIBK SHOP.
Tlmti.
'i'ho deepest depths the ocean holds
May bo both plumbed and gaueod ,
Too highest mountain top ami peak
By daring scaled and staged.
But whcro's the plummet that can sound.
With all the aid of art ,
The caverns of the human breast ,
The dark way of the heart }
Upon him gazed a score of eves ,
By Inward fire fed.
As tho' each were a basilisk ,
Tho1 not a word was said ;
For seldom had that barber shop
Soon such a fearful sight ,
For he was having- his hair cut on
A crowded Saturday night.
Tfi.iv oaies.
The reported alliance between Franco and
Kiibsla gives interest to past negotiations
looking to such a relation. Slnco the days
of Peter the Great almost every Russian sov
ereign has attempted , although unsuccess
fully , to form an alliance with France , Peter
was anxious that his daughter Elizabeth
should marry Louis XV , and his successor
endeavored to bring about a match botwooa
her nnd a younger prlnco of the French dy
nasty. Both projects failed , however , and
although Franco and Russia iluring the lat
ter part of Elizabeth's reign were allied with
Austria , there was no community of inter
ests between them. Catherine , the wife
of Peter III , never forgave the French
ambassador for refusing the loan she
wanted with which to win over the
Imperial guard sons to secure the crown for
herself. Indeed , she entered Into an alliance
with Austria , and Prussia looking to the par
tition of. Poland , and wentsofarin hurcon-
doninatlon of the promoters of the Franch
revolution that she expelled all Frenchmen
from theoinplro who would not taico an oath
that they detested its principles. Napoleon ,
when first consul , made an attempt to Induce
Catherine's son. Paul I , to form an alliance
with Franco , but before the alliance could bo
carried out Paul was assassinated. Then
Alexander I. after his defeat at Frlodland ,
betrayed the Mug of Prussia , declared war
against England , and accepted Napoleon's
proposal for a partition of Europe. But all
these schemes proved abortive through the
refusal of Napoleon to glvo Constantinople
to Alexander , and the disastrous cam
paign of 1812 ended the relations between
the two countries. At the congress of Vienna ,
In 1814 , Alexander's pretension to annex
Poland led to a secret nlllatico of Franco ,
England and Austria against Hussin and
Prussia , although because of the return o
Napoleon from Elba It came to nothing.
After his coup d'otat Napoleon III attomptoc
to form an alliance with Russia , hut NIcholas
las showed himself to ha strongly opposed to
the president's assumption of tinporlal dig
nity , nnd the estrangement thus caused
brought about the Crimean war. Passing
down the record of events between 1870 and
1684 , we come to the tlmo when Kimla bognn
to assume a hostllo attitude toward Germany.
Then It was that the Muscovite party
headed by Katkow , demanded an alliance
\vlth Franco. For a tlmo everything soonibd
to f.ivor the hopoj of the Pan-Slavlsts , and
Franco supported ovcry move of the Russian
policy. But the death of Katkow and the
resignation of President Gravy acted as a
check upon a closer friendship. .
*
* *
For some tlmo there nas been In Scandl
navla an undercurrent of dissatisfaction wltl
thnpollcy which the king and his ndvUor.s
have for many years pursued. The S'vodlsl
farmers nro opposed to the Introduction o
universal obligatory military service , while
the landowners Insist on higher protective
duties , the Increase ) In the revenue from till
source to be applied to the romlsslom of the
taxes on land. Hut Ills In Norway that the
spirit of unrest has boon most plainly scon
National equality with tiwudoa Is strongly
ntlatod upon , Its Advocates demanding the
abolition of the Norwegian vlcorajralty , of
ho delegation of the council of stnto la
Stockholm , nnd of the union symbol In the
Norwegian flag ; nml , nbovo nil , that the
orolfm relations of the TJnltett Kingdom
shall t > o conducted by a council of
state In which the two countries
hall have oinml representation , The ro <
usal ot the fjoveriiniont to ncccdo to
hose demand ) hns led to a crlits In Nor
wegian politics , and there in every prospect
of n ileroo struggle between the Swedish con-
Horvatlvos and tha Norwegian radicals. A
contention of this nature naturally attracts
lUtontlon beyond the national boundaries ;
und it Is , therefore , not surprising to bcnr
tlmt liussln Is eagerly watching the ] progress
of events , In the hopq that Internal dissen
sions In Scandinavia may glvo her territorial
advantages. She Is sntd to bo anxious to ex-
end her northwest frontier to the seaboard ,
and to got possession of a port on the west
coast corresponding to Vladlvostoclc , nosr
Corca , on the oast. By this moans she
would bo enabled to extend her railway sys-
cms from ocean to ocean. Tlio continued
'runtratlon of Russia's designs upon Bulgaria
has not weakened her persistence nor her
genius for intrigue ; but Innttcmptlngslmlhr
: nctlcs 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 ICconomlsto Francals gives n digest of a
number of recent documents relating to the
condition ot the agricultural laborer there.
Wages of farm hands hnvo quadrupled dur
ing the present century , nnd the greatest
Increase has been in the lowest form ot
labor. The man of all work who was paid
only PC francs per year in addition to his
board In 1S34 now gets -100 francs , wlillo
the shepherd , "tho aristocrat of the farm , "
who received then 300 frnucs nnd board ,
now gets only COO. Ills wages have not
doubled , while tuoso ot tlio humbler work
man have more than quadrupled. The In
crease of wages of farm hnnds Is ascribed
In part to the demand for labor in factories
and on ralroads , and In part to the mili
tary service , which takes young men from
the farms at the period when tholr habits
are forming , nnd gives thorn a taste of town
life from which they are never wholly
weaned. When their term of service ex
pires , they begin to look for situations in the
towns ancl to worry the puhllc mca to tlnd
places for them. These drafts upon the rural
population , tending to lesson the number of I
farm laborer ? , raise the wages of those who |
remain. The result Is smaller protlM to tlio
farmer ana a sort of agricultural crisis. Still
another fact In the matter of rural depopula
tion Is noticed , namely , a diminution in the
nurnbet of children. Several cantons nro
named In which there has boon a marlred de
crease of population since ISM. In two of
thcso the ascertained reason for a diminution
of the number of births was "tho deslru ot
the parents to Improve their own condition , "
and it Is added that this effect 1ms followed.
Hero wo find real Mallhusianlsm in practice.
.v *
The agricultural class In Russia Is carryIng -
Ing on a desperate struggle against adverse
conditions. The land has been rapidly losing
Its productiveness and has been In many
places thoroughly exhausted ; yet in proportion
tion as the profits have diminished the taxes
have been steadily incrtmod. 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 this purpose at
CO per cent interest , although wo are told
that 100 iporcent Is the usual rate of Interest ,
and that in many cases from 300 to 800 per
cent has boon obtained 1 Many wretches who
hnvo borrowed money nnd repaid It several
Urnos over have been obliged to sell their
labor for the ensuing harvest , ana others
have boon forced to toll for'nnumborof years
In the service 'of their "benefactor , " who
is called the "soul-dealer. " Thcso dealers
cour the country In search of children ,
whom they uuy Irom needy parents for a
trifle and forward to St. Petersburg , where
they nro resold for double and treble the
money to manufacturers and shopkoopers.
Nothing oven remotely approaching prosper
ity Is visible in any corner ot the oinplro.
Mendicity Is becoming the profession of
hundreds of thousands. Moneyless , friendless -
loss , helpless and almost hopeless , the peas
antry are rising up oveiy year In tons ot
thousands and migrating to tno south , to the
west , anywhere , not knowing whither tfioy
are drifting , nor caring for the fnto that may
await them. Tno moral effect of thcso hard
conditions upon the peasants of the young
generation is admitted even by Russian news
papers to bo truly horrible. Sous persecute
tholr fathers , and drunken fathers dissipate
their property und abandon their families to
despair. "Chls , " ono Russian ofllclal says
in his report , "is not a proletariat ; It is a re
turn to savagery. No trace of anything
human hns remained. "
*
* *
There Is no other crowned head In the nnl-
verse who has contributed so much as King
Milan to bring royalty and monnrchlnl Insti
tutions of ovary kind into disrepute. Hla
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 tha civilized world. At
the present moment he Is employed In exchanging -
changing accusations of murder with his
former nrlmo minister , M. Gnraschantnc.
The latter has responod to the charges
brought asalnst him of having caused or con
nived at the murdoirof two women imprisoned
for an attempt to assassinate Milan by
broadly Insinuating that it is his former'
master and accuser , and not himself , who
Is responsible for their death. Inasmuch
as M. Gnraschanlao was absent
on leave In Franco nt the time , nud
as , moreover , ho Is able to show that the or-
dlnnry guards of the prison were replaced by
soldiers of the king's own bodyguard on the
eve of the muraer , Milan appears to have dis
tinctly the worst of tlm argument , nnd to
have ( iiUlod to his other numerous offenses
criminal responsibility for the violent death
of two ilefensoloss wotnon. Acting under In
structions for the council of regents , the pub-
Ho prosecutor at Belgrade has begun nn In
vestigation of the chargoi and countor-
chnrgos thai nro being bandied between
Milan and M. Garnschanlno. And la vlow of
the anxiety of the Servian government to
put a final stop to the perpetual intrigues
and Interference of the ox-klug , It Is not only-
possible , but oven probable , that the world
will shortly bo called upon to witness the
presence in the criminal dock of ono of the
lord's anointed on a charge of cdmpliclty In
the murder of two women.
JUSTS.
Buffalo Express : Uncle Ram Isn't ' n suc
cess as nu athlete. Ho hn Just Iwt two t , jgs
o' wnr.
Baltimore American : Tim next tlmo tba
grip gels to work hero It will bo , wo hope , on
the cable roa I , -
Boston Herald : Many persons ntliulro the
boiiqotof flno wlno , but almost any kind of
liquor will make a nose gay If you use enough
of It.
Atchlson Globe : Neverbon l of tlmrew-
Unions yon hare lormoil until yuu have tried
a year or so to prove that you can keep them ,
Indianapolis Journal : "Those money grab
bers , " sntit Bohemian A , "disgust nip. l ook
nt old Gotrox , lie would Impel H his soul for
60 cents. "
"Wby shouldn't hoi" nsUod Bohemian ITT
on whom Mr. ( tatrox hold a chattlo mortgage.
"Tho Investment would be well worth the
risk. "
Toxns Sifting * : Annie What beautiful
hair Miss Fanny 1ms. I wonder If It Is her
own 1
Bessie I don't know whether Rho bought
It on the Installment plan or not ,
Now York Hecorder : "A famous show
man nns succeeded la Untiilnc KCRMJ to per
form. " Now lot some ono train geese to
keep still whllo other persons nro perform'
Ing.
Texas Slf ting * : Indians are not much dis
posed to Join secret soclotlus , although they
nro fond of establishing lodges.
At a ball on adoring admirer npproachod a
young girl who was dressed In black. " .May
I ask you to dancol" ho asked. "Yei , " she
replied , "but please dance very slowly ) I urn
not yet out of mourning. "
Pucks "Aro Harvard hoys generally fasti"
"Very. So fast that the faculty of liar
vnrd think they can got through the pro
scribed course In three years. "
Washington Stnr : Ho Are you going to
the E.tster ball , Celeste ?
She How can II I'vo nothing to wear.
Ho Well , Isn't that enough !
N . Y. Recorder : "Why U laziness the
'most prevalent of all shortcomings I" asks a
religious conteinuorary , Bucuuso It Is the
easiest , for ono thing.
Puck ! Rounds I'vo ' scon people laugh till
they cried , but I never know of a follow cryIng -
Ing till ho langhoil.
Nephews Uuoss you never lost a rlrh
nuclei
it was Bacon who said that "writing
makes the exact man. " There It a good deal
of writing nowadays that makes the exact
man very tired.
Judge : Father Tommy , why don't you
go nnd BOO your llttlo dead friend , Johnny
Kmithl
Tommy Because ho won't como anil sco
mo wtiea I'm dead ,
THE HVXMhlYJtr.E.
The Html n ] Hie Futu e Loading author * of today -
day express tholr opinion's of what tlm
future novel will bo In u highly fnsclmitln ;
and Instructlvo style , Itruclers of literary
taste will find In the o papers a f east They
wllluppoaroxoluslvoly In TIIK SU.NIHV nn.
Among these quoted ro Hlshop John 1' ,
Novrman of Omaha. Jnmos McOosh , LL > .1 > . ,
John Ilnnborton , Knto Field , iMnry , ! .
Holme * . Edgar Saltus , Jinx O'ltull and other
distinguished men.
Erpenslwj Conarcsatonal I'liiteniN " "
"Carp , the
celebrated Washington - , con
tributes lo Tim SU.VUAV IlKi a highly Intor-
oqtlnpbudget of exclusive gossip. IIli lender
Is upon the subject of expensive congres
sional funerals and the novel Items found
on funeral bilR The letter Is abtilkliig
feature.
Qucatojunnj ( ( H9ip / Tim BEK'S packet of
questions was qulto largo this wuck nnd the
answers prepared form n. spoolal and In
structive feature. Tills department Is gain
ing Infavor. It Is full ot substance.
T/MJ / Jjmngtr in. the Lnl > l > u An Interview tlio
Lotmsor had with JJtwroneu It.irrott N re
called when the tragedian was lu.st In
Omaha starring In conjunction with Edwin
Booth.
Society's nc ) ( t3 Rii'Ied The giy world to-
lon > cd from the tliralldom of Lent will
now conimancou aln the round of pleasures
whli'h Ash Wednesday brought to u oloso
for tha period enjoined hy the church.
"The Loni H Risen" t\m \ Kiistor Btory re
counted nnd the manner of the day's ob
servance by various nations. 1'ro.traiumci
of the sorvlcos In the Omilin. churches.
Work of pastors and pious people.
General Grtetu'H Insulators A story on tlio
chief signal service man con plod with u
recital of amusing Incidents lu tlio cur-cow
of well known army olllcors.
Our Sim-Una 1'agc The bnsobill srnson lm
arrived and Omnha'8 pennant winner ] are
on the grounds. I'atrons of the national
game and lovers of contlemnnly athlotks
got tlio latest news to tholr liking In Tin :
SuNnAv BEE as In no other western | iipoi. :
Omaha't Printers The loading feature of tin-
labor page In Tins HUNDAV llin : this ucoU
will bo a lovlow of tha growth of the typo
graphical unions ot the city. News of In
terest for nil labor organizations.
llason and Catholic A. Btory of Liuvrcnco Hu
ron's last hours In which ho , though a
Mnson , received the lust rites of the Oallio
Ho church forms the leader of the depart
ment ilavutod toscurot societies. This do
Uiirtment Is replete thi ! wualc with latent
news of the lodge room nnd of Uinlloiuith-
Ing fraternal soclollcs ot Omaha.
Fun fur the Mltlinn A. little nnmonso now nnd
then Ii a good thing In any newspaper. Tun
SU.NHVY BKK will contain n bunch of fresh
Jokes that you have never road. Uuud It
and laugh a bit.
For tin fjulla , This department embraces !
variety of tuples dear lo the foiilnlno ho irt
the latest fails nnd fnnclcs'ln modes nnd
fashions ; what busy women are dnlhg
polnti on social forms and observances , and
a thousand now Ideas especially Intorusilnx
to the fair nor.
Siwptdc Toiw Await. The tenth nnnlveriary
of the big flood on the" Missouri that nearly
wiped out the thriving town ot NIobriiru und
did great duniUKO In Omuhn.
31lcrn < ineous Mdtterf. Koudcn of tlio mi'col-
lancous news in TUB BIE : nlwaya got Uili
class of nutter as It It culled by mi experi
enced editor from the exchanges of ' ' 'C '
country ns they como fresh friyu the ini'ii
The departments nro carefully edited and
will bo found Interesting.
Criints l | * < p'r Slmillcrcd At. Ilrlof reviews ol
the noted murders and criminal cases thai
liuvo murLed the history of Douglas uoiniiy
The llutlntu Man's JViyr. The iiuin who bnjs
or sells merchandise , llvo stock , gr.iln. bonds
or stocks , finds In TIIK HKK the fullest nml
most iiccnruto reports from the nmrkut ci-n-
tors of tha wotld. The local maikuts uro
thoroughly covered. The market pvgu H a
feature ot the great SUNDAY lli'.i : and IK.
business mini cuii all'ord to miss U ,
OiirAVu1 * Service. Whenever anything IMP
pens In the world , in the busy uiolropolH < > r
the humble hamlet , suuclulcorrotpotiilents
wire the fnota In detail to Tin : Ilic : : , v
paper lu thu west attempts to rival TIIK He"
in tlio completeness and etlcetlvoni-.s ! of us
telegraphic borvlco. Huad tlm upi'dul now *
features of TIIESUNDAV
Highest of all in Lwening Tower. U , S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
ABSOLUTE ! PURE
