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The growth of the nvcraso dally clrciilnl'on
of TIIK Her. for six yonrs Is shown In iho fol
lowing table :
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Ucct'iubct r..wr JOIS2.II7I !
VKKY few Ncbrnsknns wcro nwaro
tlmt the SUindara Oil octopus litul thu
legislature of thin sluto within its yntsp.
OMAHA taxpayers are patiently wiiit-
Inir for some allowing of economy in the
mlmiiiistrution of the nlftiirs of the
school district.
SIIOKT on corn and short on funds
wore llio ciuiso and offoot which brought
to a huuvy Now Yorlc firm of bunkers
nnd brokers llio disaster ? of bankruptcy
on Friday.
KIND friends in tlio oust who sympa
thize with our disappointment are
ndvisod that promises of politicians to
bo fulfilled four years hence are no
balm to llio wounded luolin u of today.
TIIK half-baked editor caused the ar
rest of a competitor upon a charge of
criminal libel some four ycarrfago , but ho
dropped his end of the poker when it
got well heated and abandoned the suit.
C'lIANCKl.LOU YON C'AI'KIVl'S Speech
in the roichstjiK does not indicate any
purpose on the part of that worthy to
resign. The fnko factory went a long
w.iy to secure a false story about a for
eigner.
\V. FIELD has amassed an im
mense fortune , but what is a fortune
when it ia tlio only thing loft to comfort
an old man whoso wife has just boon
carried to her grave and wlio.se son has
become both bankrupt and insane.
AN , Indiana and Ohio require
Illuminating oil to stand a Hush test of
120 ° ; Wisconsin , Pennsylvania , Ohio
Minnesota 110 ° ; Iowa , 105 ° ; Nebraska ,
100 ° . No wonder Nebraska is the refuse -
fuse tanlc of the Standard Oil company.
the Board of Education has a
contract for a now building to award in
the future lot plans , specifications and
proposals for construction all include
heating and ventilating apparatus. It
will save expense , annoyance , and criti
cism.
Fn\V people in the state have given
much if any thought to the possibilities
of tobacco culture in Nebraska. Never
theless a series of very successful exper
iments at Schuylor have proved beyond
question that the soil and climate are
well adapted to this industry.
LUST the reader may think it is an
oversight if no mention is inailo of the
fact , wo pause long onousrh to say that
the good work of encouraging homo in
dustry goes grandly forward , On
Wednesday evening several eminent
speakers will preach at the Grand
opera house from the text "Patronize
Homo Industry. "
SAN FUANCISCO hns2U7 ( ! children en
rolled in her thirty-two kindergartens.
The children are usually 3 and
1 years old , none being received older
than 0.years. The good work Uono In
those kindergartoiiR Is admitted by
everybody in the coast metropolis and
no dilllculty whatever Is experienced in
securing funds for their maintenance.
GKNKUAI , SUI'BHINTKNDKNT WHITK
recommends the retirement of mail
clerks at ono-thlrd or one-half pay , who
have become Incapacitated by reason of
ago or injuries received while in the
discharge of tholr duties. The recom
mendation would probably meat the ap
proval of all the (1,000 ( postal clorks.bxcopt
that coupled with it ia the condtion that
one-half of 1 per coot per annum of the
salary of each clerk bo retained to cre
ate the fund.
Louis IIniMiioi ) cannot bo hold re
sponsible for the inolllcient working of
the oil inspection law , for ono reason If
no other. Ho was not allowed'to . ' 0111111
his ofllco long enough to inaugurate any
reforms. It should bo said , to his credit ,
that immediately after taking the oath
of otllceand ( entering upon his duties as
chief oil inspector ho began investiga
tions which would probably have
brought to his notice HO mo of the defects
of the law and the inollk'lonoy of ita
enforcement. Mr. Ileimrod was ap
pointed by Governor Hoyd and , of
course , stopped out of olllco when the
supreme court ousted the chief execu
tive , l
TIII : OIL ixsracrius
During the past week Tin : Hi'.K hna
been gradually letting the light Into the
dark recesses of llio Nebraska oil Inspec
tion law and the methods of the success
ful poll Ucal strikers who have been as
signed to "tho duty of collecting and teethe
the most part keeping 10 con Is a barrel
for allot/cd enforcement of the law. The
reader who has followed the discussion
has discovered the following facts :
FIr.U. The law is very loossoly drawn.
Second. The interpretation of the law
deprives the employes of railways and
ether corporations , of Us protection
became those corporations buy tholr Il
luminating oils from houses outside the
state.
'Third. The Hash test required for il
luminating oils Is lower than In most of
the states of the union , nnd therefore
Nebraska is tlio refuse lank for oils In
ferior to the standard required in those
states.
Fourth. The Inspection , as can-led on
under the law , is a farce.
Fifth. Tcstrt made of oils sold In
Omaha show thai Ihoy are nearly all
below the legal standard.
Sixth. The oil Inspectors pass upon
thoqtmlity.of _ oil in a largo lank and at
tach their I'ortllicato.s lo the omply bar-
rein , trusting to the hono.sly of the oil
dealers to nlnco the Inspected oil in the
barrels designated by the inspector as
approved.
Seventh. The cup designated by the
law for making the tests is discarded by
the Standard Oil company and is not ac
cepted by inspectors or the law in other
states except possibly Ohio.
Kighth. The rolail dealers are not to
blame. They are interested in close
and honest inspection as much as the
purchaser. It is llio great monopoly
which reall/os handsomely upon its log-
islalive inveslmonl.
Ninth. Wo might just as well have no
Inspeclion al all to go on in the pres
ent hapha/.ard style.
The inspectors are selected from the
ranks of ward rustlers and political
strikers. Thuy know nothing about oils.
They are politlcians sing the oil Inspec
tion law to advance'sollish political in
terests and to earn a living. They are
able enough , however , physically and
intellectually , to follow out the plain in
tent of the law if they wcro so disposed.
Tlio law , although bad enough , is bettor
than none if properly enforced. TIIK BKK
wishes to see it enforced to the letter ,
nnd believes it voices the sentiment of
the people of the state at largo in insisl-
ing that it shall not bo a dead letter.
.1 .v//.vs TO coMJtKitci.ii. ttvi'iuauvr.
The postmaster general has announced
the accepted bids lor carrying the mails
on ocean routes under the act of March
! i , 1891. The carrying out of these con
tracts , which on all but ono route run
for ton years , will make an important
addition to the ocean transportation
facilities of the United States , though
not so great as had been hoped for.
Only boeonJ and third class ves
sels are contracted for , the pro
visions of tno law not being
deemed sufficiently liberal to induce
capital to invest in lirst-class ships.
However , a beginning has been made
in increasing our ocean marine , and it
may bo expected that the beneflls which
will accrue to our foreign commerce oven
from this limited addition to our t'-ans-
portation facilities will have the olToct
to reduce popular objection to the policy
of legitimate- government abbistanco in
building up a merchant marine , and
induce capital to bt5ck investment in
this department of enterprise.
There undoubtedly has boon a very
great change in public opinion within
the last tivo years regarding the neces
sity for the growth of our foreign com
merce of American steamship lines , and
also with regard to the question of gov-
orninonl aid in encouraging the estab
lishment of such linos. This has boon
brought about very largely by the con
census of opinion among the representa
tives of South American countries who
visited the United States two years ago ,
as well as by the uniform expressions of
South American merchants that the
measure of success in our commercial
relations with the countries to the south
of us would bo in a very great degree de
termined by our ability to carry on the
trade with them in our own ships
and under our own flag. Il is
conceded by all who have
triveti intolligonl consideration to the
subject , that in order to secure the full
benefits of reciprocity we must do our
own carrying business , or the greater
parl oril. So long as our maiuifuc-
lurors and merchants are compelled to
depend upon foreign ships to transport
their goods they must bo al a disad
vantage , and the practical conditions
are not alone to bo considered.
There is a moral or senti
mental effect which is not en
tirely without potency when American
gcods are landed at Rio , or Valparaiso ,
or any ether port of South America by
an English , or Gorman , or French
steamer , Hying the colors of Its nation-
altlty. No reasonable man will question
that the Hag carries with It some prestige
and inlluenco , and It cannot bo doubted
that the frequent appearance of llio stars
and stripes in the ports of the southern
continent , covering shipments of Ameri
can morohanaiso , would have a very de
cided olTect in stimulating trade with
this country and in increasing respect
for us. The long absence ol our Hag
from the ocean Is naturally regarded by
Iho people of oilier countries as conclu
sive evidence of a lack of enterprise in
a most Important direction , and like
wise of a wanl of patriotism al
together discreditable to a great
and wealthy nation. Thrso Impressions
have had their inlluonco upon our past
commercial relations with the southern
countries , and while wo have boon able
to enlighten the people of these coun
tries somewhat as to the conditions
which have made our ting almost a
stranger to the seas , we cannot permit
this situation to continue indefinitely
without suffering an impairment of the
awakening interest toward us commer
cially that Is taking place In the
South American countries. No ono who
will study this subject Intelligently nnd
without prejudice can fail to conclude
Unit adequate transportation facilities
are indispensable to commercial su
premacy. The experience of all nations
demonstrates this. No country has
ever attained to leading commercial
Importance in competition with Iho
nations of the world that did not
provide ample facilities for ttans-
porting its products , and Ihore is
not the slightest re.ison lo suppose thill
Ihn Unilod States will provo an oxcop-
lion. There is small ground to hopes that
this question will receive fair considera
tion from the Incomipg congress , but
there Is a growth of intelligent public
sentiment In favor of a national policy of
liberal and enlightened encouragement
in promoting the restoration of the
merchant marine , which may ultimately
produce the desired result.
Kxvi.vni.\tt roitiuux o.i
Among the resolutions adopted by the
mining congress recently held in Den
ver was one declaring thai Iho niton act
passed by congress several years ago ,
"at least so far as ll operates to exclude
foreign capital from investment in min
ing lands in the lorritorios , is false in
principle and pernicious in effect , and
tial. : ttforuforo , the Interests of the
mining territories demand at the hands
of congress Us Immediate repeal. " This
resolution received the practically
unaminous endorsement of the congress ,
and is therefore to bo accepted as rolled-
ing the deliberate judgment of Hie men
most concerned in the development of
the mining interests of the west. Il is
nol the llrsl expression of a similar
character , and ihoreforo shows that , the
mutter Is regarded as of serious Importance
anceby those most familiar with the
effect of the law.
The alien acl was passed by congress
al a time when there was an urgent pop
ular demand for legislation to put a
chock to the ownership of lands by
aliens , the effect of which was to load
men to adopt exlrome views , of what was
necessary to protect the public lands for
Ihebenolilof American cili/.cns. Par
ticularly in Iho west an almost universal
sentiment was dovolopcdjn favor of rad
ical measures to prevent lands
from falling into the hands of for
eigners , nnd it was in lesponse to this
feeling that congress passed the act , the
repeal of a parl of which is now asked
by Iho western mining intcresls. There
can bo no question that the law has op
erated to the more or loss serious detri
ment of these interests so far as ,
the territories are concerned. As
soon as the nature of the law
became known abroad foreign in
vestments in .mining properties to
which the act applied practically ceased ,
and as home capital could not bo ob
tained in required amounts develop
ment was retarded. Of course it would
bo impossible lo make any trustworthy
computation of what has in this
way been lost to the west , but
the amount must be very consid
erable. Perhaps this exclusion of
foreign capital from inveslmonl in min
ing lands has nol been al the expense
of Iho country r.s a whole , because the
capital has found investment in other
ways , but it has been a direct loss to Iho
west.
The expediency of prohibiting alien
ownership of largo areas of agricultural
lands is not questionable , and doubtless
it would have been well if such a policy
had been adopted coincident with
the opening of Iho public lands
lo solllomont. Tfio argumonls in
favor of this policy are obvious
and conclusive. But excluding foreign
capital from Investment in mining lands
is a quite different matter. Such lands
are limited in area , they have no value
for sottlomoiil or for agrieullural pur
poses , and when Iho miners are through
with them they are practically worth-
loss. Alien ownership of such lands
could work no injury to anybody , but
the investment of foreign capital in
developing the mining proper
ties would bo of benefit in a
number of ways , chiefly in paying for
American machinery and American
labor. Ills n , purely praclical question ,
to bo determined mainly by considora-
lions of solf-inloresl. If it bo desirable
that wo make slow progress in the
development of our mineral resources
wo can confine such enterprise to homo
capital , but If it bo wise to push the de-
volopmenl of thebo resources as vigor
ously as possible then wo should seek
Iho assistance of foreign capital , which
has always boon moro ready to go into
investments of Ibis character lhan homo
capital. Unsuccessful attempts have
boon made to repeal that portion of Iho
alien acl condoiunoct by Iho mining con
gress , but this fact should not discour
age another effort. The action asked is
not alone in the interest of the west , bul
of Iho whole country.
i rmo.v
Penology and Iho philosophy of crime
nro year by year attracting moro and
moro attention. Whether punishment
should bo with a view altogether to the
reformation of Iho criminal , or ralhor
to restrain him for the protection of his
fellowmen without the hope or expecta
tion of reform In Iho personal habits
and characterislics of Iho criminal , is a
question upon which students of crimi
nal anthropology are nol yol agreed.
Some thinkers are of Iho opinion that
criminals become so obtusn in their
moral sense as practically to bo
without conscience , without remorse ,
and Incapable of moral advancement.
On the oilier hand Ihoro are a class of
philanthropists who devote their lime
and altonlion to advancing the re
formatory Idea , carrying tholr views to
the extreme of believing thai proper
treatment and Instruction will reform
thu character and change the soul of the
professional criminal. Usually these are
people o ( firm roliglouu faith , who believe -
liovo religion Is equal to the complete
transformation of the wickedest man in
any prison.
The prison systems Of civilized coun
tries have boon greatly improved In
those later days. In the early part of
Iho eighteenth century there worn four
teen capital crimes in the law of Eng
land. Today murder nnd treason alone
are punishable by death. The punish
ments inllictod are no longer cruel.
The pillory , the stocks nnd similar in
struments of torture have boon
abolished and restraint of liberty with
perhaps hard work bus laken tholr
places. Tlio prison faro is no longer
broad and water , and solitary confine
ment In dark dungeons is remembered
with horror as one of the barbarisms of
our ancestor * ! . \VTlhthoso modifications
of Iho laws nndfi | | nngcs In methods of
punishment narrmlUrulUoa have arisen.
Chief of these li.tho question of convict
labor , and It presentdlllloirUles which
may well nttrneVtho attention of sociol
ogists. " T
In an oxhamtLvu report of the United
Status I/vbor commission , prop.irod by
tlio United States labor commissioner
several yotrs ! ago , the sub
ject was itioxhutisttvoly ex
amined , but no satisfactory solution
of the growing problem was proposed.
Convicts in all penitentiaries mmt have
some sort of employment. Idleness pro
duces insanity and 111 health. Humanity
cries out against confinement without
occupation of some kind. To provide
employment four systems of labor have
boon In vogue the contract system , In
which n contractor employs the convicts
nt an agreed price per day ; the piece
price system , in which the contractor
pays a given price for an agreed piece of
work ; the public account system , in
winch the institution becomes n govern
ment faclory , and Iho lease system , In
which the institution leases the convicts
for a specified sum for a fixed period.
Objections arise to all these schemes
of omyloymont for convicts. In Ne
braska and most staled the contract sys
tem is in vogue and It Is probably the
bosl known , bul wo all appreciate the
ovlls re.iulllng from Iho competition of
convicts with struggling , law abiding
laborers. The' pleco price system and
the public account system are open to
the same objections , to say nothing of
the tendency to corruption In the hitter
and the general revulsion of public son-
timcnl against government ownership of
factories and interference by competi
tion. This is the worst sort of a scandal
brooder. The lease system is the vilest
of till and , as oxporiunco shows , In some
of Iho southern stales Us tendency is to
further degrade criminals while Ik also
subordinates the interests of humanity
to pecuniary interests.
Theoretical reformers propose Iho
following as solutions of the difficult
problem , bul , as will be soon , Ihoro are
obvious objeclions in each case :
1. The onliro abollllon of convicl
labor.
2. The ostablishmonl of a penal colony
by the federal government.
! ! . The employment of convicts on
public streets nnd ways.
4. The employment of convicts in
manufacturing goods for the govern
ment.
5. The exportation of the products of
'
convicl labor. ,
0. The prohibition of Iho sale of con-
vicl-mado goods olilsido of Iho slate in
which manufactured.
7. C'onvict-mado' goods to bo stamped
prison made.
8. Payment of wages to convicts.
9. Reduction of the hours of labor in
prisons.
10. The substitution of industries nol
now carried on in this country.
11. The utilization of convicts upon
farms.
i'jxsiux i-oit ronr.it. GI.KKKS.
The suggestion of tlio general super
intendent of tho-railway mail service ,
that provision should bo made by law
for the retirement of all permanent
railway postal clerks on reduced piiy ,
who have become incapacitated for
service by reason of ago , or injuries
received while in-tho discharge of duty ,
the fund to bo created by withholding a
small percentage of the salary of
each clerk , is worthy of serious con
sideration. It is easy to see that objection
*
jection may bo raised to establishing a
precedent of this kind , inasmuch as
there has already been some discussion
of a project for securing pensions to per
sons who have boon steadily in the civil
service of tlio government for a certain
number of years , but Iho clerks in Iho
postal service have special and peculiar
claims to the proposed consideration
which cannot bo urged in behalf of any
ether class of government employes.
The service they perform is bolh
laborious and perilous. Their work is
performed in n close car , where Ihey
stand for hours training every energy
to complete n task that Uixes their
utmosl powers of endurance. It is re
markable llial mon in Ibis service do
not bccomo incapacitated sooner than is
the case witli most postal clerks , for all
the requirements of tlio borvico are of a
nature to make a steady drain
upon physical vitality. The peril
ous character of the employ
ment is of course understood
by every man before ho goes into the
service , bul Ihis is hardly a sulllclonl
reason why no provision should bo made
for such as may bo injured , particularly
if the means for doing ibis bo derived
from Iho mon themselves. It would
seem , indued , thai Iho government
might very properly take upon Ilself
such an obligation , and without neces
sarily establishing a precedent thai
could juslly bo hold lo warrant
any ether class of the civil
employes of the government In
asking similar consideration. There is
small probability1/ however , thai Iho
suggestion of tho'cbnoral suDorlntondont
of the railway " Ahil service will have
any result , so strong is the prejudice
against creating/ / anything of the nature
of a civil sorvlcd bnslon system.
Till : b
Periodically Hid'-warfuro ' breaks oul
upon Iho Sunday yowspapor. The fact
that the Sundayimowspupor is here to
slay does nol nlTffit'tho argument in the
minds of gonlleii'ip i who insist that there
shall bo none printed with a Sunday
date. Tt boconijj/'moro | or loss tiresome
to hoar ever andiQVor again the huok-
"noyed twaddle ' 'directed against Ihis
popular modoPfj,1' ' ' institution. It is
threshing ever old straw to pay any at
tention to It. The Sunday newspaper is
inevitable and tlio pulpit and the people
may just as well as nol accept the situa
tion. If public sentiment were strong
enough lo suppress ll on the ground
taken by ita opponents thai it
is n violation of ( Jod's law , the authori
ties would find il very dillloult to know
whom to draw the lino. The news matter -
tor , a large partvof the telegraph , all the
editorial , all thomiscellnny nnd most of
Iho typesetting and stereotyping are
done before midnight Saturday night.
Only the pressmen , mailing clerks ,
carriers and newsboys work after
3 o'clock Sunday morning. The
fact is that the Sutulnv moi-nlng
paper represents Iho work of the
Vroelt. bul particularly of Satur
day and Saturday night. Tlio Monday
paper keeps us all busy on Sunday. The
J unday paper destroys no Subb.ith rest
for the printer , publisher or anybody
else connected with the newspaper.
Vet ono good brother of this city
thinks if the Sunday paper wore aban
doned the reporters could got around
to report some of tlio Sunday sermons
n thing which ho says Is greatly neglect-
oil now. Another clergyman whoso
conscience is so tender that ho feels
forced to deprive his children of school
privileges because Iho lines and saloon
licenses go Inlo the school fund , declined
to furnish church notices to tlio Sunday
paper because ho did not wish to do any
thing to popularize what scorns to him
"lo bo an enemy to true religion and
true morality. " Another has withhold
the notices bjcau- ho has "a. conviction
that the Sunday paper Is a serious viola
tion of the law of God. "
Now lhco gentlemen are all conscien
tious no doubt in tliolr opposition to the
Sunday paper. They labor under a
misapprehension however , ot the facts.
They cannot certainly approve of
having reports of tholr sermons
and church exorcises printed in the
Monday paper when they know tlitil Iho
Monday paper represents the Sunday
labor of the newspaper force. They are
straining al a gnal and swallowing a
camel. Shall wo discontinue Iho choir
and organist because they are paid for
their professional services rendered on
the Sabbath day ? Shall wo stop all the
motor and cable cars or coabo to patron
ize them on our wn to church because
Iho conductors , grlpmon , motovmcn and
others must toll just as hard on Uundny
as Monday ? Shall wo stop all the mails ,
express trains with perishable goods and
passenger trains at 12 o'clock Saturday
night wherever they may bo and lie
them up for twenty-four hours' ? Shall
wo compel the good people , who are the
only rtrict Sabbatarians , who begin
their Sabbath Friday evening at sun
down , lo celebrate also Sunday ? Shall
wo cook up enough food Saturday for
Iho Sunday meals and relieve our coach
men of all unnecessary labor on that nay
by walking to churchy
What difference does it make whether
the paj or is printed Saturday and road
Sunday or printed Sunday and read Mon
day ? Does the moro act of reading a paper
having a Sunday date , although printed
Saturday , involve moral turpitude ?
Is it not a fact thai llio Sunday news
paper contains more reading matter of a
religious and moral character than that
of any other day of the week ? Is il not
a fact thai moro people are influenced by
what they read than by what they hoar
from Iho pulpit ? Is it nol Iruo thai
workingmen have no ether time for gen
eral reading than Sunday ? Is ll at all
likely Ihnl Iho Sunday paper interferes
with the attendance of religiously dis
posed persons at church or In any sense
obstructs the growth of tliu religious
sentiment in a community ? If the Sun
day paper contained nothing but ser
mons and nowb of the churches and
progress of religion would it then be
objoclionablo lo Sabbatarians ?
Finally as Ihe Sunday paper always
contains religious intelligence and re
ligious discussion ; as il is usually a bol
ter paper in many particulars than thai
issued any ether day in the week : as it
is practically the only source of informa
tion for the poor man who cannot buy
books and who works hard all the week ,
is it nol good sense for Iho clerical
brethren lo turn their attention lo elim
inating from its columns such matter as
in their judgment is deleterious to good
morals , is not suitable for Sunday
meditation , or is otherwise objec
tionable ? Tliis would bo moro
sensible than to sit back upon
a dignity which is ridiculous and con
demn as evil a paper upon which the
work of printing and publishing is done
on S.ilurday and which ordinarily con-
lains more religious instruction and In
formation than the average Sunday
morning bormon. Practical Christianity - t
tianity spends very little time in worry
ing over technicalities. The Savior re
buked the old-time Sabbitarians be
cause Ihoy paid moro attention to Iho
forms .ban lo Iho substance of religion.
Dit. S. K. SI-AULDINO , whom Tin :
Bin : regards as ono of the fairest and
bebl members of Ihe Board of Education ,
says the frame building on the Hitch
cock site is n permanent structure , and
if it becomes too small an addition of
from two to four rooms can bo added.
This will probably open the eyes of the
people of Clifton Hill who have noj > 3d the
cheap wooden school building would
eventually give way to ono of brick.
The doctor does not say , however , thai
Iho $1,200 plant which ho favors will bo
sulliciont to heat and vonlllato an eight-
room building , nor does ho say that moro
than t\yo rooms are to bo occupied this
winter In the building in question. The
board has seen ill lo indulge in what
Tin : BISK regards as inexcusable-
travagance. It is to bo hoped TUB IJin :
is wrong and the board right.
G'AM'ix S. BHICM : of Now York was
elected a senator from Ohio to succeed
his father-in-law , Senator Payne , The
democrats desired to keep llio thing in
the family and as Standard Oil Payne
had grown too old to enjoy official life
they elected Standard Oil Urico to suc
ceed him. This is humiliating of course
to Ohio patriots of all parties and it is
not remarkable thai they should bo
looking for a chance to defeat the Now
York millionaire's ambition. The
chances are , however , thai any attempt
In thai direction will fall. Ex-Governor
Forakor bays , for himself , that ho docs
nol want lo go to the sonalu bad enough
to break in by main force. Other Ohio
gentlemen will probably feel likewise
and Mr. Urico will be beared only , not
hurl.
CUAWKOUD'S dlbuppolntmonl
because of Ms dofeal for the olllce of
district judge by Judge Norris is none
the less intense becauho ho wont lo Lin
coln lasl winter and saw carved out
a judicial district in which it was thought
no republican could possibly succeed.
PIIOJIINIJNT politicians who care for
Ufa or health will probably send their
rogrotK when Invited to banquets given
by the Now York Commercial club
hereafter. Secretary Wlndoin dropped
dead at Us banquet a year ago ; Secre
tary Hlalnn was taken very ill after
attending another , and Secretary
Foster has boon sick abed ever since
his recent speech on silver to the
banqueters who , with himself , wore Its
guests.
Sn.NATOit t'AUMM.i : has already dis
covered tlmt tno old rule that u poli
tician should never write a loiter is a
good ono. All entulldntos for speaker
excepting Honor O , . Mills are gnashing
their teeth at llio ox-speaker , and
Colonel McMillan of Kentucky has al
most burst a blood-vessel in hifl rago.
Senator Carlisle will never hear the last
of thai ill-timed leltor.
At/motion Minneapolis lias St , An
thony's Falls and Iho entire Mississippi
river at her back door subject to call ,
her millers complain of want of water
power. Minneapolis will in all proba
bility kick at the republican convention
because it is nol Iho World's fair. 11
takes a good deal to satisfy the Minnesota
seta metropolis.
Tlie Iimalls ol' Itr.t/.ll.
flilcii'jn Trlliinn :
llonural Ponseon Is nNou slntiHinan out of
a job.
The Klukcr.s Arc Dead.
Denver Sun.
In those iluys of revolutions nml collator
involution * , uli.it Is tliu mattiM nlth llaytl ?
Roliver Only mid lOlilesl.
AVir lin/i Kewlntt I'nit.
Kdwnnt Itohcrt Iliihrr-r-I.yilon , carl of fyt-
ton. was tliu olili-st anil only son of the llrst
lord , Kdwnitl Iloll\or l.oiu Lyltiin.
Post Mortem Collections.
t'lilrau-i - Mall.
KiitniT liiRiilis sivys the alllnnco Is dead.
and ho oiicht lo know , slni-u ho had a llvoly
personal o\iorlonco | with llio corpse before It
tt as ready for burial.
Sympathy at Ijoii Range.
AVic 1'oiA H'oilil.
I'oor Jap.in ! Itlsatonlblo storv. that of
Iho foaifnl earthquake , and though wo may
nol Imve importunity to ruiitlnr assist moo to
these who aio borcfl and lniinvurlsliud | hy the
fearful calamity , our tondori-sl sympathy Is
tholr duo as our brothers.
llo Isot Outclassed.
firmunt J illume.
The Omaha di-liv'atlon tthli/h wont to Wash
ington after Iho national couvuntlim oallod
on 1'rosliiont Harrison and bo soJ him lo ap
point John \\obstur I as sci'rotary of war.
The oiosldonl mj ht so a seed deal further
than Omaha amf not do as well \Vehstur. .
Citv Clvlliitlon. .
lilni'tlii dill.
It Is toli'tfraphiMt from Kansas Oily that tlio
' - ' year-old oluld kidnaped tlioru was "ro-
UiinU'd by both paionls with Kioat favor. "
This is an onconr.iKlni ; sl n ami > ; lvt's hope
that Kansas City people aio capable of at
taining a hUhcr civlll/atlon than Om.iha has
Klven Ihom credit for
\ot Without Consolation.
Vur/i / 7 fm f. '
Hvcrybody In Nebiaska is sorry that
ThiKili.i fullod to secure the national conven
tion. It Ism every \vay u proper place for It.
Its location Is central , Its MitioniidliiK terri
tory needs the enconra omont and stimulus
and Omaha Itself Is entitled lo the dlsllnc-
tion , Imt we are not without consolation The
grcatoentr.il west won the prl/o.
Tlicy Prosper oil I'ovorty.
fj'nmif / 'IciudiK'jicii'ie / it.
The calamity shoulors prey upon anil nrolll
by the poverty of the people. Tnclr hoyduy
of sncco-is always falls In peilods of calamity
nnd (11st loss , an'l they tliomsohos are most
distressed when the ucoplo as a whole aio
most prosperous. Good eiopi and gooil limos
nro poison to thorn , and they wish a world to
snlTor that they may fatten upon the misery
of the pooplo.
HUMS'la's IDSS , Vinoriua's Gain.
.Vcic I'mTrttiuiir. / . .
The c/ar's ukase , which dot's not seem to
have boon expected In western Kurope. piovos
that the failure of the harvest In Itnssla lias
boon moro serious lhan has been generally
iipr.ii'heniled , and Unit Immense nieas of the
empire nro deprived of ihelr oidlnaiy food
supplies Ono country's lois Is anothor'H gain
under nature's system of comuonsatlons. The
export of American food prodnels during Iho
notslnionlhs promlsos to bo nnpieccdonlod.
Our Keel Sn ar AtlnuilM Attention.
Kluiif Citii Jiiurnal.
The bpctsiriiir o\uorlmont in Nebraska has
proxodn grand success so far as it has pro-
giosscrtT" The finmors do well by raising the
beets , although thov h.ivo not yet had the
nei'sbsary experience lo achluvo tlio bust 10-
snlts Thooxncrlmoiit Is In Its very Infancy ,
hut It demonstrates ( hat stuar can bo proli-
lably inado fiom boots In Nohrisk.i. The Mill
Is adanted to beet ciiltiue. Thopiolmhlllty Is
that In a few years beet ciillnro will bo a largo
department , ol the agilcnllnro of Ncuraskn
and other \\oatorn slates.
tixnr.it A
( Jrand Island Times : TIIK OMAHA BIK : Is
giving llio Inspection of Illnmlnullng oils In
th s slulo iulto | a shaking up.
I'rlond Telegraph : TIIK OMAHA llui : is mak-
liu It hoi for the Nebraska oil Inspection la - .
The peopln aie paying out a largo amount of
money foroll Inspection and piaotlcally re
ceiving no bonellt therefrom.
i-chuylor Herald : Nobr.isKii Is hy grace of
the tnlluenco of Iho Consolidated Oil Tank
IIno company , and Ihe duplicity of Us legis
lators , consul n ti'd the rcccplaclo of all tlio
coal oil that has liecn icfiiscd an abiding pluco
In Iowa
llahtlius Independent-Tribune : Tlio OMAHA
Ilr.K Is after the oil and oil Inspectors of
Nebraska. Il fo.ir Ihero la .1 big African In
the wood pile and Is afier him. Tin : HKK con
cluded Ihul Nolir.iaka netiils Illiimlnuling oil
and Is of Iho opinion thai Iho s.ud oil should
l/o Iho best. 'In .secure the genuine artlclo It
seems to bo iiocnss.iry to have honest In
spectors. Hut TIIK HKKthinks llioio I * moro
gain nnd pollt c * lhan real service to the
state on tno part of Iho Inspectors.
Huhiiylnr Quill : Nohr.is'vii ' has a law which
requires all our coal oil to Lo toslod and
allows ( 'n none lo bo sold which testa lost , lhan
H'j ° . This dopirtmonl Is suporvlnod by u
ehlof oil Inspector and n number of deputies
tthodraw big salaries. Tlioi are pul hiinso
politicians who know about as much about oil
( o\copt that used by the lobbyists In the
legislallvooll roomsi ax a pig does of heavon.
Othorslatos Imvj similar laws uhlch rcqulto
oil to stand a test of from litto ) l.'Ohence
Nebraska gets llio lofuso of other places In
thoshapo of oil. I'uither , Ilia oil Is not In
spected , thoolllclals neglecting to altend lethe
the duties.
Sioux ( Jily ( In. ) Journal : Tlioy aio agitating
Iho mallorof Ihe Inspection of Illiimlnuling
oils over In Nul.r.isua. It Is time. The
Nohiaskii oil Inspection Is positively worth-
loss. It Is not the s.ighlest ini.ir.mteo of the
mifotv of Iho oil. Ono trouble is tlmf iho
olllclal test , u\en when It Is honesllv made by
thuiluiiutv Inspeelor. is absolutely \uirtlilcss.
The iniicliliiosiiro who ly nnrollublo Tholr
Indication Is iwonty or thirty decrees uolow
thu olllclal lottii tosl The must dangerous
oils will p.iss tno Nebraska msi. oil rojeclod
In Iowa or In almost any ether staio In the
union will pass the Niiunsku tost. Whatever
other chiui.'cs should ho made In Iho NobrasKu
law , llio very Ilisl clmiigo should bo In tliu lent
and In Iho testliu muchlnos.
joctn.Mt ixatx
Washington Start Wlmtovor mnjr bo
about tlio unwIlllnKiiossof tfrooow to triHl It
onnnot bodoiilod Hint aotno of tlioni enjoy
weighting for tliolr money.
Now York llurnldt "Will you think of mn
wlion I'm Bono , love ? " tiski'rt tlio dyln * bus-
. " sobbed his Incoinolnbln wlfo , uvory
tliiin I'nt compelled to HK'H ' thu morning
lire. "
_
Knlo Hold's Wmlilniston : "There's start
ling novelty In tin ) iiniiounoomcnt of I'ntiM
no.\t visit to Anicrlcii , " . . . .
"Wluit Is ll-tlii ! fnut Unit tliU Is positively
her last far < iwoli tour ? "
"Nu-tho fact th.il It Isn't. "
Till ! IIKM'KNT OK MAN.
Man's brief and bootless Journeying nilowr
this vulo of ( oars * ? ! w
Reminds mo of tin1 numerals o loarhon'r '
childhood' " ! years :
Hit starts out Illluil with eonfldci'oo. tlio raou
all cad v I , . ,
At hunt to lilin It soemsSbo. Humph rn.illy
scnroo I ognii ! . .
With.'l-soiindlng 'poeoli nml daring deed ho
trios hl nniiii1 to xooio
In hohlcr. brighter blnzonrv th'in nvur man
Yutooon.'lf rmilslndKod him mil , norostlinalo
him wrong. , ,
ills worhl-ti soul lumimls him that this llfo Is
not for long.
UN T-ly prospect * scum to him In qulto
shaky slate.
As hu iiomli'is o'ur his ways liu growolli loss
Ami ' - ' . crotnoi , and sad , concludes bin
day Is | iisi : ,
tilvos up his breath , and eke thn ghost , nml
comes too lit last.
Now York Press : " \\liatlsyonrxon doing
now , SorlhblorV" "HiIs rtiiuilm ! a nowtiin-
papor. " "Ah. Indeed ! What Is Ills nolltli-s ? "
"InduponiUmt " "In lopcmlont' ' t didn't
know > our son was n dumocriil , "
( talveslon IVinvs : Tlio troiihli1 with many
people Is thai thovgot Into quandary as
soon as thuy KO ( out of a dlluinm.i.
Puck : Mr. Mercer Do you thlnu advortls-
Inir p.ivs ?
Mr. Mi'ionrIt didn't tiny mo : I lost numoy
'
Alr..MuirorVlint did you tuhertlso ?
Sir. Morcur I tulvuitlsud for .1 wlfo and gut
hur.
Wns'lilintlonStar : Mr. Molnloy Novornilnd.
ovoty cloud Inlw nslhor llnhiR.
Mr. imnnediiry ( dofo.itod eandld.Uo ) That
was tlu < Itonblu with tlio clon.l. It h.ul a free
silver lining ,
It'Htnn Ctinrlcr.
Now an opalescent veiling
Clowns the hills : Iho dead loaves sailing
On the streams do loll the failing
Autumn lido.
1'iosts have wionght tholr old destruction ;
limits aio powerless foi miotlon :
And the pumpkin vino's production
Now Is plod ,
Now Yotk Iloiald : llo Women are nlwavs
em Ions of ouch othor. Miss I'lyaw.iy Isn t
half as big a fool as she Is painted.
Mio There ! I wouldn't h.ivo tulil anything
half us mo in us tlmt.
Ho-As what ?
Hio That Hlio p iinted.
"What do you think of Miss Illnnlc as an
actressy"
" \ \ ell. her eai I lago Is bad.
"Thiil's so. And It's a fault thai Is hard to
"Oh. I don't ki-ow. Hho might got coaehod
for It. "
A MOVIMI
Atlnntii
Now In the parlor moot tlio pair ,
Tlio old folks .still to shun ;
Two brogans coining don n the utalrs
Two feet that kick as ono.
Now Orleans Picayune : Statistics go to show
that but one man In slv who omlgrato Is uono-
III eel Iheioliy. It me , ins that the man who
goes otr Is not always the bust olf.
( 'lilcngo Olohu : Dr. ( jailing says his famous
pun Is a peacemaker. Any ono who has overseen
seen a victim ( if It will cutuh on to the doctor i
snljtlo hiiiiior.
H'Kftl KKA
HrcHcntiUiv.'H ! | font in Cliiuajjo nml
IH'CIISM I'lllllH.
CnrcAOo , III. , Nov. 7S.A
oncoof wostoru cilinul" * * \
NcwDorry Hbr.iry today. The nmlii. .
discussion was : "Uiilvoralty ICxtonslon , or
Itnnpitip About Special Kducation to I'or-
sons Who Cannot Attend UnivoriHius. "
There \voro present I'roaldont flarpur of the
UnivcMity of Chicago , President liosors of
tlio Northwestern university , President
UhambcHatn ot Madison unlveisilv , Presi
dent Eaton of lioloit university , President
Coulturof the University of Indiana , Presi
dent Burrill of tlio Univorilty of Illinois ,
Profs. Moss mid Forbot , of the University of
Michigan , Prof. Turn or and Freeman of
Madison , Prof. YOIIIIR of the Northwestern
university , mid Dr. Poole of the Novvborry
library.
J'lio conference , after n lonp uiacusslon ,
resolved itself into n , Hoard of College Pro
fossoi-s , to consist ot n president and two
professors of each colloijo. The duties of this
board will bo to ehoso lecturers for the
various courses and to doeido on n system of
credits for work performed.
There was also appointed an executive
board , composed of Prosldint Uojjor.s , of the
Northwestern ; Hoborts , of Lake ; Forrost
and Coulter , of Indiana. This board will at
tend to the active work of Uio diioctint ; tlio
extension plan ? . While working in harmony ,
each university is to bo allowed to curry on
the work according to its own methods.
i.v \\ITII \ \ A m.iiit. .
Henry S. IVC-H , tlio "Napoleon of
" In a Now Hole.
Loocroiir , N. V. , Nov. 28. The "Napoleon
of Finance , " Henry S. Ivos of Now York ,
tins been hnro for the past few ( lays , lie has
endeavored to keep his movements quiet , but
it Is generally known that ho is in attend
ance on Gertrude Soars , lUohnndsoino singer ,
formerly with the Dostonlans , and a year ago
with J. C. Unit's company in New York.
Mr. Ivos has boon very attentive to Miss
Sears for the p.ist two years. She returned
this suinmor from Paris , where she has been
studying for the grand opor.i stai0. She was
taken quite ill in New Yorlc and returned
homo hero , whuro she has been convalescent.
Miss Soars and Mr. Ives talco drives to-
Kothor when the weather U fuvoraulo. Mr
Ivcs coinos down every morning from UiilTaio ,
where ho Is stopplni ; , rotiirniiKr In tlio oven
ing. His smooth , uoyish face and glussoi
nmUo him look like a stylish college professor
ser ,
KilUiir It. ll'ci'iv/miii ' III
The clouds may hang too low , too low ;
The ice-bound streams refine to slni ;
The cold , bleak blasts may bluer blow
And nature's pnlsu refuse to ( low-
Hut , true us truth , at last comes spring !
Wo toil and till witti brain and hand
That our poor world innv brighter yield ;
We see no blossom on the land ;
But , as wo falter , God's command
Urine's summer sun and golden Hold ,
Down where thu reaper's slculo
Wo look uiiil yearn for harvests o'er ;
Our hearts are full of inurimirinpi ;
\\utulllndoubt. I.o ! Anlumn hrlngj
As true us Tinio , its trcasuru storo.
All. true to OoU's ( 'ood tiuio , nro done ;
All true us truth , despite our fear ;
Knell cycle rounded out In sun
Or shade ; all sweet fruition won
O weary hearts I have cheer , ( ; oed chot/n
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't ' Report.