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TJIK OMAHA DAILY KKE ; SryiA-V , .JANUARY : ? . 1802-SIXTKHX PACMW. THE IJALY BEK K. IIOSKWATKU. Kuiinrt. rUBLISHBD EVKriY MOHNING. TFUMB OK SUIISOIMI'TIO.X. J > : illy Itef 'without Sunday ) Ono Veur..J 8 to Unity nml .Sunday , Ono Year , . 10 00 FixMotitlii . r > 00 . ' M Three Month * - t-umliiy HIM- , Ono Vrnr. . 200 tsiliircluv Her. Ono Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . I ( ' VitUly1ttu. ! Olio Vo.ir. . 100 Oimihn. 'I lie lira lliilliltiiK. PnuthOmiihn , corner N "nil Will HlicoU. Council ItlutK UM'anrl Htrcct , Chlcnen ( > nici > , H.7 Inanbrr of Commcrco. , , New Vork.Itoornr. f , Mnnd I.VI'rllmno HUllilIn ? Wn-ililnitioti , f > ii : Fourteenth at root. IIOUUKSI'ONDKNCK. All communications rotittlnit to nuwi ami luiltorlnl tniittur should bo uddros od tc tliu ' dltorlut Dcpxrlmont. , All business letter * nnd remittances should > addressed to The llco Publishing Company. Onmlm. Drafts , chocks und pnstofllce. . orders to bo mndu p.iyiibto to the order of ilia com pany. TbeBGBPolMingCofflpy , Proprietors TIIK nn imiMHNo. _ BWOHN STATEMENT OP CIIttHJI.ATION. Mutnof ° nbruaki : 1- . County of Douglas. I0' ' Coo. II. ' 'Vsehnck. socrotnry of The IlliR rillilhlilni : romp my. ( Iocs solemnly swear Unit tliu nctiiul circulation of Tin : IMlt.V IlKK for the week ending Jntiuury1. . 18'tt , was ns follows : . > Himluy. Ic. 27 . 2.0. Monday. Dec. S3 . WIO. Tnmdiiy. Doc. : o . Kj-flt Wednesday. Doc. ! . " ' " Thnrsdny. Dec. Ill . " ' . > rrlduy.Jiin. I . 'Mi\\ \ \ iiuturctny.Iuii. S . WS Average . . . 'Jl.ono OEO. li. TZSCHUOK. Sworn to I oforo mo and subscribed In my prrBcnco this id day of January , A. t ) . 189:1. : SKAI. N. I' . PBIU Notary Public. 1 lie Frnwth of the nvrrnco dally elrculut on of Tnr. IlKn for six years Is Bliowii In vho fol- lowlni table : 1RH7 1834 ' 8rJ- Jinunrr. . . l .2t , ' - 2S.4I1) Kotiruarr , HIH ! 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TIIK cLizana of DoupliiB county euro a grout deal loss as to who shall bo pres ident of the county board thun who shall bo superintendent of the poor. They have hud unough of the present style of poor nmnugomout and will wolcoiuo a obnnpo. TIIK adulterated flour shipped from St. Petersburg to the Russian famine sulTornrs is said to have created a municipal scandal. On this side the water it is regarded us a contemptible swindle and a national scandal of which Russia may well bo ashamed. AWAitDiNQ contracts without adver tising for proposals is an expensive- way of performing public work. This ap pears , however , to have made no differ ence to a city council renowned for its reckless disregard of law , honesty and the best interests of the public treasury. Tim trouble on the Texas border promises to be moro serious than it ap peared at first. Gar/.a la1 to all appear ances merely the figurehead , and ho has back of him money and men enough to malco u revolution If ho wore on the farther side of the dividing stream. Hi ? presence in Texas endangers our peace ful rotations with the Mexican republic. GINEKAT.I : MKIOS , who died in Wash ington yesterday , was ono of the most useful soldiers in the service of the gov ernment during the rebellion. As quar termaster general of the army his duties were o/ the most arduous and import ant character , and ho performed them with distinguished ability. His services to the country covered a period of forty- six years , and few soldiers made so hon orable n record for fidelity , devotion nnd usefulness .TUDOK THOJIAS C. GRIKFKY'S death will recall the memorable contest bo- tweed him and Hon. K. K. Valentino for the judgcshlp in 1870. The supreme court ina-.iogod by the appliance of the differential calculus to iignro Valentino elected by a majority of two and a half votes. This was the turning point of Valentino's career. Judge Griffey never afterward sought any political prom inence , though ho remained an influen tial cltiv.on and was recognized as a law yer of ability. CHINA will bo represented at the Chicago cage exposition , and her envoy promises that her exhibit will bo largo , novel and picturesque. Legislation will bo neces sary to pi-ovldo for the temporary ad mission of Chinese artisans and laborers in connection with the exhibit ; and it will ho an interesting task to frame such legislation so as not to give ottonso to the Chinese government and at the Btuna time not discredit existing law re lating to its pooplo. Perhaps the situ ation will suggest to many that the notion of the Chinese government is something of a rebuke to this free and enlightened nation , YICAR liy year the coin t. business of this judicial district has Increased. The docket , which thirteen years ago ono man could easily dispose of has grown until two , then four and Anally noven judges wore required to keep the legal wheels In motion. The greatest growth has of coursoboon In Douglas county , but Washington , Burl and Harpy have also enjoyed great material prosperity. It has for several years boon the claim of those out counties that the baslno.-iH of Douglas was rushed through the courts and they were nogloctod. Unfor tunately there has boon bomo ground for the complaint. It has boon felt so keenly by the adjacent counties that a vary unpopular candidate from one of the counties last tall received n voi-y largo vote in the outside counties. The proposition , therefore , that ono of the lovcti judges should bo given uhargo of the country business should nuiot with l.ivor. One of the tno t jnrplcxlnp prohlonn which confronts ooclal rolormcrM Is the question whether nil broulwlnnorfl.cun promote their mutual interests oy con certed nml united polltic'il action. Mr. Pmvdorly , who Is only nsMirfnco thinker , luiB reached the conclusion that the in terests of the farmer and laborer are identical , and lliolr future welfare can bo best , p.-omotod by uniting their forces and pooling Issuns in a now polllti-al party compose entirely of the wealth producers. If Mr. 1'owderly.had boon a cloflo student of political economy , and had familiarized hlmiolf with thu history of the labor movement I" foreign countries , ho would realize that there always bus been and always will remain a brond line of dom-iiratlon between the land tiller and the laborer in the work shops. Thin baa been the experience of jmst ages and Is the situation at this time In Knglnnd , Germany , Prance and ether Knroponn countries. Far from pooling issues 11)6 ) worklngmen and farmers of those countries constitute opposing political partlua thut can never bo liarmonl/.cd. Prof. .Fames Uryco , the author of "Tho Amoricnn Commonwealth , ' ' a libonil member of the British Parliament , writes to the editorafl'Jtu Bin : under date of DpcomborSl , 18(1 ! ( , among ether things , us follows : "Am I right in thinking that the [ American ] labor party has for the moment fallen Into the background and will not distract the ismic between democrats and republicans next year ? Am I also right In the impression * that its strength lies still chiolly among per sons of foteign nationality , and that it does not gain ground among native Americans ? Hero in England the rise of the separate labor party , hostile specially to the llboruls , is the most threatening phenomenon ; if it should go on it might damage liberalism very ser iously and oven snatch from Mr. Glad stone hi.s anticipated victory. " Now the liberal party in England is largely made up of farmers and small land holders. In Germany the labor reform party , known as the social democracy , is solidly arrayed against the farmers and land owners , for whoso benefit an embargo had for years been maintained against American pork and ether American food nroduots. But wo are told tint those conditions do not prevail in America. Ono of the advocates of the proposed new farmers' and workingmon's party declares that 'the interest of ono is the concern of all. When the former is receiving good prices for the products of his farm ho is able 10 buy manufactured goods. This gives moro work to the city people and surely Bettors their condition. When the farmers are receiving very low prices they are unable to buy the pro ducts of the factory , thereby throwing the city people out of employment. When farming is unprofitable the sons and daughters of farmers Hock to the cities and help to beat down .the wages of workers in cities. " This is very plausible and in the main correct , Lut lot us put the boot on the ether foot. When the laborer is receiv ing good wages for the product of nis skill and toil ho is able to pay thn former u good price for the products of the soil , and therefore creates a profitable murkot for what the farmer has to sell. But does the farmer want to pay good wages and high prices for the products of factory and mill ? Do not the third party independents insist that the Amer ican farmer shall not bo hampered in his desire to sell in the dearest market , and buy in the cheapest in ether words , to got the hichcbt price for the products of his farm witli the privilege of importing all the products of the mill and factory from foreign countries where they can bo bought cheaper ? Is it not also true that when workingmon's wages are low by reason of over production or an over crowded labor market the sons and daughters of the * workingman flock to the country and enter into competition with the farmer in the struggle for sub sistence ? A moro serious phase is presented by ono of our labor reform organs , the Lit- lor Ware , which in support of Mr. Pow- dorly's appeal for a political union between - twoon working n5on and farmers in the impending national campaign declares : Not os farmers nor 113 knights , but as inoii mul loving brothers , wo hnvo ngreqil ibnf , "an Injury to ono Is the concern of ull ; " that when wo shall have k'noolced off the In direct luxes which now oppress us , scotched ovor.r franchise uutlor the .sun , stopped tholo- k'ul Illchlncrs of monopoly and taken possession of our ostuto- the earth that then a man will receive alt that ho earns und no ono will suf fer that another may prosper. This is very sentimental , but it will not stand the cruciu.1 test of practical politics. Our breadwinners are all lov ing brothers , but they do not till have the same wants und ore not all willing to share the product of tuolr Individual toil. There is no doubt that the farmer who can see no advantage in a homo market , and does not realize that the marvelous growth of America Is chiolly * duo to the building up of hot manufac turing industries , would like to got rid of indirect tuxes and substitute free trtulu for our protective policy. But how would the American woricingman faro with free trade and the consequent collapse of our Industrial system ? There is no doubt that the repeal of the patent laws and oil franchises would cheapen certain commodities which ore con- Btimoil or used by thu forinui * and work- , ingtium , but oven that proposition has two sides to it The 'assumption that the earth belongs to all men in common and should bo shared in common by all will not strlko the American farinur , cither west or east , very favorably. Wo want the earth , cries the cham pion of labor reform. Wo have thp earth , responds the farmer , but we do not have any land to glvo away. There are thousands of fnrmura who profess to bollovo In the doctrines of Henry Cioorgo and Edward Dilltimy , but If anybody proposes to organize u now parly , pledged to the abolition of laud ownership or the division of all lands among tliu Inhabitants of thu country , the farmers will ask to bo counted out. The Interests of the farmer nnd luboru dlvorgo in nmny ether roipuots. The workingman demands shorter working hotnsanil bettor wages. The farmer w irk * from twelve to sixteen hours a duv and ha no sympathy far the eight- hour movement or a rnlso of w.igai on the fiirin. The workingman wants the dollar ho narns to. hnvo us largo u pur chasing power as possible , while the lenders of the Hal onil frco sllvoi * move ment tire trying to dobuso our currency nnd thereby hopu to Increase thu price of the commodities which the workingman - man is obliged to buy from the farmor. Hetwoon such onllli'lini ; Interests , harmonious pohllc.il union is out of the question , oven If it were posiibto to bring u bout the rofo-ms and remedy the grievances of the two classes- wealth producers by any conceivable political agency. Tlio fabrication of imaginary ills- patches nnd bulturino lolograms gotten up out of clipping * and news lutlors Is kept up by llio Oin iliti jb\ke ( I'\tclorU nt its old stand. A fair antnplo of Its on- lorprlso was exhibited In Saturday's edi tion of tbo morning Vke ( In Its tillogo-J dlfipatclios concerning llio forthcoming doclhion of the L'nUoti Stales suproino coin-ton the Ho.vtl-Thii.vor appeal. The Itrst edition of TIIK BKI * , which soon by upucliil Iraln and connecls with the Burlington llyor , conlalnod a roinprohonslvu ollotno ) of Iho loxt of the pending decision , which wua transmitted for its exclusive use from the naliotial capital. The early edition of the f. f. ( otherwise known as the M'nrld-llentld ) , which goes out to Iho South Platle country , did not contain ono word about the Uoytl-Thayor case. The second edition of the f. f. , however , gave great p'omiuuncu to a garbled and bungling report of the Doyd-Thayor de cision purporting * to coitto from Wash ington by way of Now York. To cap Ihci elimiix , this bulturino dispatch was supplemented by u telegram concocted in tlio ftilto factory and dated from Xitn- coin. Thttt bogus telegram roads as follows : LINCOLN' , Nob. , Jan. 1. Republicans were paralyzed when told of the news from tlio supreme - promo court. Many professed not to believe it , but it was clojr that hope was father to the unboliof. Mr. Thuyor could not bo seen , owing to the latoneas of the hour. Among nppolntivo state fiouso ofllclals tlio con sternation was widespread and sotno began making instaut preparations to depart from the caultol. The wires wcro kept hot between hero and Washlm-tor. trying to pet some dciinito In formation on the subject , but no satisfaction was received. An omployo of the auditor's ofllco received the following from a relative In Washington : "ItIs the ponoral belief that that will bo the decision , " whcraupon the omployo rom.irKaJ : ' 'Now , doesn't that bea't h 11" Tins is n dead give-away. Nobody in Lincoln had hoard a word of the Boyd- Thayer decision until 5:20 : a. m. Satur day , after Tin : BKU coalmining this im portant and startling ploco of news had reached tlio capital. ' Nobody in Lincoln was paraly/.od , and nobody in the audi tor's olllco had received any intimation about the decision. MovQovorGovernor Thayer could not bo seen at Lincoln , because cause ho spent Now Year's day at Omaha. P. S. Saturday evening's telegraph page of the f. f. was a reproduction , ' al most verbatim , of all special dispute-hog printed in Tun BKK of Saturday morn ing about the gubernatorial matter. The only reliable information the f. f. did have on this subject up to Saturday morning was gleaned from the curly Saturday edition of Tnio BKK. which still holds its place ut the front as a nowfl gatherer and r.inks with the groa' . Now York and Chicago dailies in its ox- Icnsivo special lologranhic service. OUlt IXTKLLKCTUAl * UTATL'S. Our English cousins from Charles Dickens to Sir Edwin A-nold are quite sure that there is nothing distinctively great about American literature , They concede us the genius , of invention and admire our remarkable energy , but in- wist that because of those our "literary olTorts are not equal to those of the authors of the old world who are never in a hurry and do no wprlc under pres sure. Prof. Bryeo , in "Social Institu tions of America. " a very clover review of his observations on this side the ocean , is of the opinion that the term American is not properly applied to our literature , booausa wo speak tlio English language and are given to buying and reading English books. This criticism IE not aimed so much at individual Americans or the comparative youth of our nation , but is generally intended to prove that our democratic institutions and form of government are not con ducive to the development of that style of intellect which produces poetry , llctlon and history whicti shall outlive jonturles. Wo have bjoomo quite indifferent to these opinions of our neighbors. When Dickens satirized everything but Boston wo were righteously Indignant , but wo forgave him because ho could not place himself in sympathy "with our institu tions. Wo have generally treated all succeeding gcnorutions of English literary critics with oven greater kind ness and'of late years to bo caricatured by British writers has caused us moro amusement than irritation. The fact is that wo can afford to ho liidltforent to this superficial judgment of our nolirhbor.s As time gees on our writers will bo moro und morn appre ciated. England has her Uoblnsmi Crusoe road by all peoples , and America pleases the same peoples with "Last of the Mohicans , " "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Bon llur. " Thos'o are throe dis tinctive typos of Mellon which the world's literature has not surpassed. Don. Quixote and Boccaccio ore no greater than those three and Lcs Miserable * will live no longer. Wo had no DhikmiN. but our Washington Irving's stories will bo rood by our grandchildren with fully us much lutcrst as the voluminous works of the greatest of English story toilers , Thu re is no merrier soul in any litera ture than Oliver Wendell Holmes and no deeper essayist thun our own Kmor- oon. Longfellow and Whlttlor , vlll bo the poets of the people us long as Tenny son. James Kussell Lou-oil is entitled to a place in any library. Nathaniel llawthorno is as graceful n , writer as over penned a romance. Our hUtorlons , Bancroft and Prcbt-ott , will bo roau with just as much Interest in thu lutura ns ( fume. William Cullen Bryant' genius will Hliine as long os out1 language " \l8tS. Murk Twain Is immltahlo as n laugh inukor. Ho con umko on Englishman amllo when IJuJlor's Hudlbras l.nowor - loss. Bayard 'i'aylor ranks with the greatest 4)f tMivclera os well ns story tollers. Ag lz achieved bis most marked suoom in America. Audttbon was and Is the ( Irst of ornithologists and Asa Gray lod'lVio ' world of botanical re search , Dana , tandyinchell ore not equal to Darwlh , but they liuvo carved their names Y ) < 4 tno enduring rocks ol every ago from''the ' ' oo/.olc to the day of judgment.ijHoiiry Ward Bcoohor , Cbannlng unj't Simpson were as charm ing pulpit orotot's as Spnrgoon. Noah \.Vobstor is the greatest lexicographer of Iho English speaking world and Joseph Emerson Worcester stands next. Justice Story and Chancellor Kent are accepted os authority upon English as well as American low. The fact is , without partiihilarl'/.lng further , that America , young as she is , lias made her mark in poetry , art , fic tion , history , travel , science , theology , low nnd medicine , as well as commerce , oratory , statosmnnsblp , war , invention , and the development of a wilderness. The American who blushes because wo have produced no great men is simply ignorant of the literature and history of his country. Wo say those things not boastfully , not otTonsivoly , not in anger , but in pride and because our foreign visitors , especially from Great Britain , force us to correct their errors of judg ment and their misntalotnonts of fact. POllKtiT WtOTKCTIOX. The American Forestry association , which hold its tenth annual session in Washington the past week , will cauo to bo presented to congress a bill providing for licenses to cut timber under regula tions adapted to the necessities of the locality and for protection of the forests on the public domain against lire and theft. The association was addressed by Iho secretary of the interior , who assured it. of his full sympathy with the purpose to preserve the timbered lands and give to them proper care and pro tection from spoliation at the hands of greedy and unscrupulous people. Ho pledged himself to co-operate In all ways to protect the forestry resources of the country , and spoke of the trouble that had boon experienced in putting a check to the indiscriminate destruction of all forests , both by unscrupulous men at homo and the invasion of men from abroad. Referring in jus annual report to this important siibjqct , Secretary Noble suH that the safety of the public timber was greatly impaired by a provision of the act to repeal limber-culture laws , which makes it lawful 1 .subject to the rules of the Interior department , to cut public timber in a nljmbor of the slates and e territories agricultural , mining , manufacturing or domestic purposes , which , ns the 'secretary romurks , jam- braces nil the purposes for which anyone ono could cut- timber unless it were in mere waiitonhqs s. The low thus gives every licoiibo'ifor failing tho.forobtg , and this in stalo.s _ "not " very abundantly sup plied with tlijjbor at best , so that with the incroased-valuo of forest proJucts it will take but a'sYmill'porcontogo.of their population to exhaust every possible claim. The secretary of the interior is uuthorixcd to make restraining regula tions , but it' is wisely suggested by the present secretary that it would bo bettor thut the statute should bo so matlo as itself to prevent this result than that so important u matter should bo loft to the secretary of the interior. This olllcor changes with each administration , and Hto lor.gas there is anything to give , saya Secretary Noble , ho will lind it difficult to refuse to homo that which bos already been granted to others. The statute authorizing tin president to sot apart und reserve , from time to titno , In any state or territory having public land bearing forests , any part of such lands as public reservations , under which bust year a reserve was established about the Yellowstone Na tional Park and another in the White river plateau in Colorado , affords a method of postponing the worst results of forohtdomolltion , but something moro is needed , and the secretary of the in terior and the Forestry association have pointed out what this is. In the opinion of the former the laws should authorize details from the army , in the ( liberation of the president , to guard the reserves , made from early spring to Into autumn , or the employment by tha Interior de partment of it police force under a super intendent , and there should bo penalties against the violation of any of the rules and regulations made to govern the rc- horvo , to bo enforced in any court of compalont jurisdiction. In view of the fact that this matter of forest protec tion , the Importance of which cannot bo overestimated , has boon urged upon congress at every session for many yoa-s , ills most remarkable that there should still bo a demand for legislation that is obviously necessary. Some tuna ago complaint was made to the Interstate Commerce commission t against the Boston & Maine Railroad company , ohaV-jK'ng that corporation with giving free tVUHBportntlon in violation of the Intorot/ito / comtnorco net. A very strong casn wosjirosontod , and the complaint - plaint was fully'juHtllled by Iho answer of the eompanyX This showed that it has been glvUj r free traiiHportation tone no less than tonclasses , of persons , among whom wore included the higher olllcor.s of state In Mrtlhy , Now [ lampihiro , Ver mont and Mu.oaehusetts , and certain prominent oljcirH ) | pf the United States , ilka collectors 6f customs , thu members of the rollroatVCommtttoo for the tune bolng of the Iccrislnturos of Maine , New Hampshire , Yfftnontand Mubsncliutfotts ; and "porsonu whoso good will is import ant to the corporation , " which would embrace all legislator * willing to sell their Influence and votes for free passes. It was thus made evident that the rail road company was acting in utter and Uagnint dlsregaid of the bucond boctlon of the Interstate commerce law. In construing this section the com mission hold that where thu Horvlco of Iho carrier subject , to the act is "like and contemporaneous" for dlll'oront pas- Kengors , Iho charge to one of o greater or IcbS compeiH itioa tlnu to another constitutes unjust 'l.lvu'lmlnatlon and Is unlawful , anl : this is nut ulTct'totl by Iho fain thut'-ut'h pa-tiutigurn bold unllku or unequal olllrial , aoci.il or lUHlnons posi tion. , or boo'i ! , ( lo ilill'eront classes as they ordinarily exist In o I'pitnmmity or nro arbitrarily croalod by the carrier. This decision clearly donlo * to r.Ulroad companies lh < rlglit to glvo interstate passes to state olllcl'ils ' , members of leg islatures , olllcofd of the United States irovorimiont , and "persons whoso good will is Important to the corporation , " end its enforcement will do away with a largo share of the free tran&porlntlon that is now almost as extensive and gen eral OH before the interstate commerce act wont into offect. Of course the decision does not olTecl the giving of free transportation within o state. That is n mattnr which must bo dotilt with by state legislation , and it is ono regarding which public sentiment needs lo bo thoroughly aroused and educated. Hut , nevertheless , the de cision will go for loword correcting the evils connected with the free pass sys tem , and it ought to hove on inllitonce favorable to slalo legislation against the system. The Boston it Maine Railroad company is not the only corporation that has boon violating the law in this par ticular nnd proliting by Iho unlawful practice. The wrong Is general , and so long ns it Is permitted to continue it will embarrass olTorts for railroad regulation. The Interstate Commerce commission has given u clear construction of the federal not in relation lo this subject , and If the states will act in the matter as sound policy dictates the free pass evil can bo reduced lee minimum , if not wholly destroyed. The Nebraska World's fair commis sioners have a great work before them and con accomplish n vast amount of good for the state if they perform their duties with energy nnd intelligence. There must bo no politics either in thpir deliberations or thn.ir methods of preparing - paring for the great occasion. The first and foremost idou should bo to make' the best possible exposition of Nebraska's resources and products with the money available , and to secure as much financial assistance as possible in addition to the present opprowintion. The duties of the board are simple enough , and it should not take much limo or much money lo elaborate a plan of campaign which shall make the Nebraska exhibit memorable for its completeness and at tractiveness. The commissioners having voted to expend $15,000 for u building , and hav ing already used the $3,000 allotted to them for the year 1891 , have left $80,000 of last winter's appropriation for the good of the cause. Certain specified portions of this sum should bo yet aside for the use of the county olllcors and local assocliilloiiH which must depend upon private subscriptions mainly for their contribution to the state exhibit. Such organizations as the State Agri cultural association , State Horticultural society , State Dairymen's association and State Teachers association , with funds of their own , ought not to expect any portion of this small sum to aid them in their oJTorts. The ruling of the national board of control , which pro- po os that the oxhihllH of thebo organi zations shall bo located in buildings pro vided for that class of displays , will hinder the state from massing Us pro ducts under ono roof. The more necessity exists , therefore , for using the public money exclusively for the state bulldintr. leaving the clnis exhibits to their proper societies to bo prepared under the advice and in u measure under the supervision of the state commissioners , but in large inoabiii'o independent of the state ex hibit. In Ibis way oauh representative organization interested can solicit and secure a goodly um , in addition lo what msiy bo spared from its own treasury. from its public-spirited members nnd their friends and thus the aggregate for the state bo made lo reach proportions which shall enable Nebraska to bo creditably represented in all the depart ments of the exposition as well as in the independent building. TIIK YBII * HUUCATlO .ir , J/OlrK.l/K.V7\ A conference that ought to have inter est for all persons in sympathy with educational progress was hold In Phil adelphia during the past wcok. It was the lirst annual mooting of persona in- torcstnd in the cause of university ex tension , and there were present well known educators from nearly all parts of the country , not a few of them being men of Iho highest distinction in their profession. It is only necessary to men tion such names as that of Dr. Popper , provost of the University of Pennsyl vania , Dr. MacAlllfltor , president of Drexel institute , Bishop Vincent , chan cellor of the ( Jhautiuiqmv sywlom , and lion. William T. Harris , United States commissioner of education , in order to show the high character of the confer ence and the kind of men who are lead ing the now educational movement. University extension originated In Eng land , and the mo.st important address delivered at the conference was by Prof. Sadler of Oxford. This distinguished educator said of Iho work that It recon ciles culture and labor. The very polit ical future , ho observed , makes work of this kind important. "What can be more important than that , men of all basset * and stations , with their varied experiences , ohouhl moot together In , ho university extension class and rankly explain to one another their ro- upoetlvo views ? " The best way of ob- alnlng true equality , said Prof. Sadler , is to glvo the host people in every rank of a nation every educational advantage. The progress which this movement Is naking furnishes gratifying evidence of the earnest and zealous interest that is taken in the oduoatioiiiil advancement of the people , and contains the promise of most benollcont results. There ore iroblmiiH of moro or less dllllculty con- icctud wltti the work that are yet to bo solved , and more am llkoly to arise as .ho movement grows , but it Is not to > e doubted that all of thorn will receive i proper solution and that university extension will bo found practlcablo everywhere thu cities and larger towns of the wont os well as in those of the oust. The American University Extension boalety , under whoso auspices hu Philadelphia cnnforeiu'e w.is held , uu entered upon this woric with a determination - termination to achieve su''coss , and the ivstiltw of Its olTorts thus for are of the one iiiraging nhnrurtnr. The nomoit ! murtu Iho lu'.irtj support o , ' all friends of education , and none should bo moro ready to promote Iho work thnn educators in Iho west , whore the oppor tunity for conferring Us benefits is BO groat.It is advancing in this direction , , however , and .when it comes \l \ will not fall of an earnest and enthusiasticrecep tion. The people of the west are not behind those of any other part of the country In devotion to whatever will ad vance popular enlightenment. Tin : organization of the Cnlllan cabi net having boon completed , It In reason able to expect an early cfliciul an nouncement df the position of the now government roirardtng the dllllculty with Uio United States. If there is a sincere desire lo reach o just Bolllainont of the Issue litllo trouble will bo found In doing so , but the indications are that our government will not be disposed to permit tlio , controversy as to terms to drag on interminably. A withdrawal of the Impertinent note of So nor Malta would bo a good thing for the now gov ernment lo do as a beginning , though , of course , it has no responsibility for that enunciation.- to arbitration , it would boa singular proposition to come from Chill nftor her rofusitl to agree to the policy in the pan-American conference - once , but , In view of Iho position then taken by the United States regarding arbitration , it is not easy to see how this government could justify rejecting the proposition to arbitrate if Chili should moku it. TIIK report thai President Diaz fears the revolutionary leader , Gtuv.n. now making bandit raids on the Mexican border , for the reason that the president is not popular with the masses of the Mexican people , Is not entitled lo cre dence. Ii is Irtio that Dia/ maintains a strong governmenl , as must bo done to maintain any government in Mexlco.but ho bos boon throe times chosen to the presidency with practically no onposi- tion , and Iho more inlolligonl portion of the people nt least justly regard him as the most enlightened and progressive executive the republic has over had. Ho bos amply attested his patriotism and statesmanship , and at the same limo ho has shown u character for great force and firmness. The country will doubtless - loss give him all the support ho requires , and there is small probability of the Garza revolution attaining very serious proportions. TIIK Banana Belt , which is ono of the wildest freaks of the imagination of a gifted but retired railroad advertising romancist , has just emerged from its snowbanks. Our great central region , which takes its weather as it comes without grumbling , has boon 'enjoying the most delightful winter possible. The people of the Banana Belt must harp upon something moro tangible than climate or they will slip up on their own banana peels. TIIK prevailing impression at Iho na tional cupit il , among parties who are usually well Informed , Is that the rumor concerning the agreement of a majority of the United States supreme court on the Nebraska gube nutorial contest is well founded. Wo do not deem it proper , however , to comment upon the pending decision before a formal an nouncement has been made by the court. Will Hit Tan IIV i-lilniyo JVnr.t. Mr. Illuino announces himself u being In favor of free hides I'lcsldent Monti's pre ferred. \ ito \ ItlMlnc'H St /iViiittii City Ndir. It IH not sufUclent thut Mr. Ululne sluill bn "slroui ; enough to K < > tlnoiigli a presidential torm. " The ( ] iio-.lloii Is. Is ho slronj ? unuugh to be elected to a.presdcntul ! ! term ? The Our/.ii , the rovalutloniiry glint who Is ( in- noylni ; Movlco and people on tlio American frontier. Is not uu entirely worthless person. riestdont Dlux has ofToiod f,000 ) ) for him , living ordeud. .MiiiilCxxt Destiny. ( llolic-neiniieiat , Munlfost. destiny has , us Knnrv Luboiichoru Miyj , dccreoc. thut Ounudu Hhutl before nmny iiioio years miss "become u uuw member of the Hulled Htuto-i , " but it should bo distinctly understood thut the bis ; end of this combina tion Is not prompting or hurrying destiny In tills business. .SI , I'anl I'tiinccr-l'mti. Kuv. Lyimin Abbott told his huutms In Now Vork last Sunday Unit the blblii wnsa worU of evolution , that It hud loU of mlitnlu-s In It , tlKit.il man mUlil keoji till the ton uomnmnd- n'outs und not be lit to I'lrcnl.ite In decent society , thut It wus u vile sin to sliiim belief In that In which we hud nti fulth , und n whole lot of other things which nouhl liuvo no tendency tocninfoit orodlfy tlioaumis. It liny ( if them hud been In his doxolo y works while ho wus tint rafters Not n I'll SnhliTt lor fiir l < Mi. ; \Vi < i V'ocllemlil. . It wus Kouurnllv thought thut Commander MeCallu'x full suntenuu wus InsufMolont , for the olTimse for which ho wus convlcteo , Tim hurm hn did was not ohlelly nf hU victim , but to tlio navy. The whole penalty hn him paid Is the loss of nine miiiibun tin thn navy list. As this will retard his promotion lo i-apluln piobiihly two yours ho will doubtli-si soon be found HoeUliiK relief from enturiti.ss. It Is really a pity thut ho over wus tried ut all. Such u travesty of Justice us the com- * mniutloii of an orUlnully Inndi'iiuitto HOII- tence does moro hurm thun would liuvo ru- hiilted from no trial at ull , JII ISTft I'HOMM.l.S' //O .V. A little religion Is u hard ililn to knun. A Uu In the hoarl Is uluoli' ns it Is In u horse trudo , To love un enemy Is Iho only posilblo way of destroying him. When you io to nniiroh In liulp the Lord , don't \voiir Kqiioalcy shoes. Mine prayern In ehnroh Ktmnrally iniiUu luidven Huem a loiih' way ( ill' . Itefoiu the ikivll fun iimko people' ( inurrel- Mime , In ) Iuis to llrst make them unhappy , Thoio la u nooJ dual of praying for mis sions that never puts any munoy In Iho bun- kt't. There Is xomuthliii ; wnniK lu the preaching that (1 lives children uw.iy from tl.u church. The only real conruso Is thut which cornea from knn\rlng \ Hint wo itro right'tonne * art ! never lirnvc. It N doubtful whether the I ord over mnilo a mini whoennld bo n church sexton nnd ploitsu the whole congregation. Tim religion thut proposes to soil oyster MUp by tliiullsh whenever the uhuroli wanln money Is not the I ; I ml Hint the duvll Is nfruld of. of.The The congregation tint Will pnv Its instor wiMI for Inllln/ thorn the truth nhout Ilimu- Hnlvos Is ono tttut would bo wnlohud with n rent deal of Interest by thu un tels. The dovll nnvt'r puts u straw In tlio way of the man who prouclios ng.ilnm , thimlns of Dtionto In the next county , but how hn iloiM Immlmr.l the mun whodruWH u bcud on sin ners In his nun con .trot it Ion .WIK/M' .v/ir IV-MK run-as. Washington SUr ! It Is u geometrical fnct that u in. in ounnol muKo a smi.iro mout oil u pie. ( 'hliMjjo Tribune : "If you think vou'i nenlng to have ihourlp , Murln , ' ' observed Mr. Illllus. piMivl-th y. "of course you'll havull. Any doc- Kuto field's Washington : llromley I haven't the rush this morning , I'll glvo you my note fur thirty duys. D.irrlnger I protest , Itromloy Don't ! The notary will do that , TIIK Ol.t ) , Ol.t ) STOIIV. //nnrii'iii/ . Kind A'n't > MunlMii , With h.inils Miiioft the Ivories slio Mniters In time lo her lonely snug , \\ondorlng where her liege unu be. "Dli ! Why dues my darling loll HO loiu ? ' With "hands" so tough the ivories ho Chips up us ever his luck goes wrong , If "second-sight" wus hers tharo'd bo Waiting for him u livelier song. Indianapolis Journal : "Veil are another poor victim of circumstances. I presume , said thn cliarltablo lioU"okcepcr. "No'ilm , ' replied .Mr , Hungry Illgglns. pioiidlv. "I ain't1 I in usclf-mudc man , I urn , uven If 1 ami much of a Job. " Illnghumton l.o.idor : llumanltv appears I > bo very iineijualiy divided hut ween llioso wl.n o.m't stand prosperity and thoio who can't gel any to stand. Huston I'ouiler : Kvon Washington's grace- fill carriage didn't make us lust In * Iinpres- s.on on history uu tliu huolc lie took at his dither's elicrry Irco. Itrnwiilii ) : . King A Co.Monlhlv : Ned ( visibly iigltutedl-Ueally now , Miss Daisy , I don't know what I have dom < to merit your displeasure. Won't you please toll u fellow what's gone wiong ? .Miss Dilsy Why , I heard you \\hMlln "Comrades" us ynu eumo through tlio irate. Just now. Don't you know that we camu In I'lurldu lo escape that particular tune ? I'lttshurs 1'ress : There Is always u hand of welcome ready to be oirerod to the slrunu iimbrollu. Washington Star : A resolution of nconomj Is ono of the miibt natural .Now Vent's sucefs Mtrs of the Christmas season. Boston I'ost : The snare of u drum is not dunceioiis. It Is the suuieof Iho wily drum mer that you wunt to look out for. Indianapolis Journal : "I am afraid that ( JoorRo lstlrlntof me. " "Why. dnurV" "lie bus lieei : tolling mo thut I am too K'ood .1 woman to ho the wife of such a man us he Is. ' i Star : It was In the hull where- uneestral pictures were kept. "Who are vthcse people' ? " said the college friend. "Oh , " was the reply , "they lire clieitnnts from my family tree. " t'uck : Miss l.ovlnu I'oltodKO Oh. Mr. Hiiiucr | I inn so much plousu.l with your bcaiillful Christmas gift ! Mitillbon Styncor I am vurv'lull you liked II. ( Tlilnklnr of Ills rival. ) Kr-r-r , did you gel anything from .Shlnpun Clarke ? MlssCiittedgo-No : I told htm that ho hail belter suvu the moiiev , SI. Joseph IS'ows : "talk is very chonp , " > * ad ! I'atcliem , lelle itlvely. "I don't tli nk so , suld I'utsy. the tramp , sadly : " : i Judge iruve me u little talk once and It coat mo fill. " Now Vork Herald : Trolter 1 ho'ir that Miss Shear's fat her didn't approve of your.suit. llurlow No : he's too olumcd cr tical. MiulJ his money us a t.illur , you know , Rochester I'ost : Itleeks Well , old m.iu , aio yon going tosnuai on * Hits Now Veairs. ' Kleuks .No ; I'm going to leave olT , Itleoks l.ouvo oir what ? Kleok.s bweuiing oil' . LThpy smlle.l Washington .Star : "The deadly p'irallol ' again. " said the convict us liojliinccd at lliu irlpn s on his new suit of clothes. Vessels Still A nulling Orik-rx. SVNDIKOO , Cnl. , Jan. 2. The cruiser San Francisco nnd Charleston nro both in Ihu harbor hero. Captain Homy of the Charles ton said ho IEUOW.S nothing of the Chilian situation. Ho was ordered to como hero to rouetvo ammunition and supplies from the San Francisco and await further orders. The cruiser Baltimore la expected hero Mon day. Iron U'orliern Strllu ! , JOI.IF.T , III , , Jan. ! 2. A strlko was inaugur ated in the blast furnace No. ! i ut the rolling mills yesterday afternoon , throwing out li.1V men. This Is the only furnace that has roJ cuntly boor in operation hero. The dlfllculty aroio ever a matter of wages and the allow ing of more helpers. Indian Kills UU WIIVs fiediiem- . BituwNsviu.i : . Minn. , Jan. 2 , Ilulf Cat , an Indian on the Slsseston rosorvatlon , w a found In a compromising condition with in wife of Red Bird , who killed him. r 1'iiii.oNoi'iir. II Vitf corn ! ) Hllry. I ain't ner don't p'tend to be , Much postoil on phllo ofy ; Hut there Is times , when ull iilono , 1 work on ) idoosnf my own. And of these same thnro Is u few I'd HUH to Jest refer to you I'ervidln' tli ii/yim don t object To listen eloa't and rlckollcet. I ntlus urgy that a man Who does about the best lie o.in. Is plenty good enough to suit This luwur mnnduna Institute No mutter ef Ills dully \ > ulk Is subject fur his neighbor's tulk , And rritlo-mlmlsuf ev'ry wh in Jest ull git up and go for html I knowcd a feller onc't thut had The yiuler Janderu mluhty bad , And ouch and ov'iy frlciiu he'd meet Would slop und give him Homo recoct 1'er enoiln'it out , llu'/hu'd xuy llo kind o' thought they'd go iiwuy Without no mcillolne , nnd boast Thut he'd git well Million ! ono dosto. Ho kep' u yullorln" on and they I'erdlctlu1 that he'd die some diiy llefdre he knowed 111 Tuck his bud , Thn feller did an'l lost his head , And wnndeicd In his mind a spoil Tlicn milled , and at lust got well : Hut uv'ry friend tlmt sulil he'd dlo Wont buck on him etornully. It's nulchiirUI omitigh , I guess , When HOIIIO glls moro und Homo gits less , 1'nr them 'uiisou thu slimmest .side To eliilm It iiln'l u fair divide ; And I've kmiwutl HOIIIO to lay and wait , And git up noun und mil up lute. To keteh HUIIIO felier they could halo 1'ur goln' ut a faster cult , Thoel.nsU bad when folks commence A Iliidln' fault with Providence. And balkln' 'CUUHU the world don' ' At ov'ry prunuln1 step they take , No mun In gieut till hu uun MDU How hiss than little ho would be. Kt stripped tonolf , and Hturk and IHUO Ho hun his blga out any where. My doc tern Is to lay aside ( 'milnr.slomt , and be. Hultsllod ; Just do ymir best , ami pnilnj or hluma That folium that , counts Just Iho suuie. I'vo ullus notlcedgruloKUuceHs IN mixed with troubles , more or less , And It'K the mun who does the best * Thut gits morn kicks than nil thu rest. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report m M * & . ) . 9