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RUSBIA is in far more danger from
faniino nntl Its resultant social evils
than from foroipn armies.
THAT much abused Mississippi consti
tution contains ono commotidublo sec
tion ; it provides for quadricnnlal sessions
of tlio legislature.
WASHINGTON'S birttiday has boon RO-
locted by David Bennett Hill as the ap
propriate occasion for trying nis little
hatchet upon tlio Cleveland cherry trees.
THIS park commission is not obliged to
purchase the grounds incorporated in
tlio proposition voted upon by the people
ple if public funds can bo saved by buy
ing equally as good pioperty for loss
monoy.
CoNcitiKSS HUB been in session sin no
the first Monday in December and has
not yet adopted its rules of order. This
is explained by the fact that the Demo
crats liuvo control of the house by an
unwieldy majority.
CONGRESS probably has no constitu
tional right to legislate against the
Pinkerton abuse , but public sentiment
in America is with the alliance congress
men in their eiTorts to discover some
means for its suppression.
A NEW YOUK judge has decided
that a streat car conductor need not
change a $5 bill to collect faro. This
will very materially ease the financial
pressure on the individual who has
hitherto offered n $10 bill.
DOUGLAS county can grow as good
sugar boots as any county in Nebraska ,
and Omaha alone consumes as much
sugar as the remainder of the state.
These two facts ought to weigh a good
deal in working up the enterprise of
boot sngar making in Omaha. <
A DEKP water cn.nal from Lake Super
ior to the Hudson river would not only
cut off a long distance between Buffalo
and the Atlantic ocean via the St. Lawrence -
ronco , but it would turn the wlmloback
vessel tratlio through Now York harbor.
The idea is practicable , and with the
Erie canal already constructed from
Buffalo to the Hudson the project is
/among the possibilities.
GICNKUAI. BENJAMIN p. Btm.reit's
autobiography has been issued from the
press and within a very few days the
persons who charged him with a certain
.spoon oplaodo will wish they had never
boon born. General Butler kicks very
hard and very ciToctlvoly and the indi
viduals who have incurred his ills pleas
ure by misrepresentation will realize
fully that lib is entirely ublo to defend
himself even at this iato time of life.
i SKGUETAKY RUSK hits aomo organiza
tion in Nebraska ti wicked blow between
the eyes when ho says , uftor raking.tho
skin off Dr. Billings , the hog inoculutor
of our experiment station : "If the
atato of Nebraska chooxos to keep a man
of this kind in such a conspicuous posi
tion , paying him iiOO ; ( ( a year and
, allow him to expend the station's fund ,
I suppose she has the power to do so ,
< but hot- people cannot full to see that
I thia ia u discredit and a disgrace which
1 ho brings upon her fair name. "
A couiiKSi-ONDKNT a ka what persons
in the south are under disability which
would have to bo removed by congress
in order to enable such persona to outer
the military or naval service of the gov
ernment. Section 1218 of the revised
statutes provides that no person who
was in the military or naval service of
the confederate states Shall bo appointed
to any position'in the army or navy of
the United States. A bill to repeal this
section of the statutes is now in the
houbo committee on military affairs.
DKNVKII has Inaugurutml a campaign
tor homo patronage , taking the Omaha
plan as iv basis. Council Bluffs has just
organized a manufacturers' asboolatlon
devoted especially to the development of
Council Bluffs manufactories. Lincoln
and Fremont have likewise ontorpd the
tlold with local associations. Tlio good
< onso of the doctrine is taking root
jvor.ywhore. The homo industry asso
ciation with headquarters in Omaha is a
ttato organization. Its membership la
rapidly spreading und now includes
manufacturers in Lincoln , Fremont , Be
atrice , Hastings , Kearney and Nebraska.
City as well us Omaha. It deserves the
support of all the manufacturer in the
State. Tlio growth of the homo patronage -
ago idea in other Htatos mukos it all the
'noro essential to the welfare of No-
bnibka that wo should develop our own
industry.
DKFKXSK OF l.\KK \ CIT1KS.
There is almost as Inrg6 nn amount of
wealth in the cities on our great lakes
as there is in the seaport cities that
would bo objects of attack by a foreign
llcot in the event of war , and the lake
cities are entirely defense-loss. Tills
matter has engaged the sorlous atten
tion of government officials , and a con
vention is soon to bo hold composed of
persons interested in the bettor protcc-
Jlcction of the lake cities with a view to
urging the government to take mo'is-
tiroi for tholr defense. The Treasury
department is desirous of placing a number - .
bor of revenue cutlers on the lakes , but
the question is raised whether this can
lie done in view of the ncrrcomcnt with
Great Britain made in 1817. This pro
vided that the United States and Great
Britain nhould each maintain on the
lakes a naval force of not moro than four
vessels- and it was agreed that six
months' notification from either parly
should bo sulllclent to abrogate the ar
rangement. This country has for tv
number of years had only ono naval YOB
BO ! on the lakes , constructed moro than
n third of a century ago and mounting
old btnooth-boro guns. Gient Britain
possesses over 100 warships able to
ponutrato into the upper lakes when the
Canadian canals are open , and in addi
tion Canadian crafts in the lakea arc
prepared to bo rapidly converted Into
warships.
The solicitor of the treasuary has re
cently ruled that the treaty of 1817 with
Great Britain does not exist. Ho says
that , according to the revised statutes
the treaty waa abrogated bycongresa.on
February ! ) , 1835 , mid that the statutes
do not ahow that the treaty was again
enforced by net of congres-t. On the-
above date congress passed a resolution
adopting and ratifying the nollco which
had bcofi given by the president termin
ating the treaty. The State Department ,
however , holds that the treaty is still in
force , and in a matter of this kind the
oulnlon of that department must bo no-
copied as conclusive. The convention
of lake men will ask congress to abro
gate the treaty , if congress shall decide
that it la * still In force , and to tnixko pro
visions for the proper defense of the lake
cities. Another object in view is to enable -
able the government to utilize the ex
tensive ship-building' facilities on the
lakes for the construction of the ne\v
war vessels , which the secretary of the
navy is anxious to do. But the prime
purpose is to. secure a defensive force
that will insure ample protection fortho
cities which" under present conditions
would bo at the mercy Of the -var ves
sels that Great Britain could without
great didlculty put into the upper lakes.
There is a very earnest fooling on this
subject bpth in Washington and through
out the lake region , and a very strong
pressure will bo brought to boar upon
congress in behalf of the desired action.
This feeling will be sure to bo war
ranted when account is taken of the
wealth of such cities as Chicago. Mil
waukee , Detroit , Toledo , Cleveland and
Buffalo , and of the vast commerce of
the lakes. The treaty made threc-
quartors'of a.coptury ago was doubtless
a good arrangement for that period , and
thus far the United States have ex
perienced no particular disadvantage
from it , but existing conditions clearly
inuko its abandonment desirable. The
reasons for providing adequate protec
tion for the lake cities are hardly loss
cogent than those which support the
demand for the defense of the cities of
the seaboard.
ARK HAir\\'AYS \ \ I'Uitr.ic
Judges and courts mnko moro laws
than legislatures. The enactments of
law-making bodies like state legislatures
and congress must run the gauntlet of
judicial approval before they are sure of
tholr standing. The precedents ot the
court ? are more powerful than the legis
lative proceeding's. In no particular is
this moro true than in the case of laws
governing railroad corporations. The
railway , standing midway between pub
lic and private ownership and now to
the law as well as to the world , has been
a constant source of apprehension to the
ncoplo and a cause of great differences
of opinion to the courts. Between the
two extremes of the public highway and
the private conveyance , corporation
law in thcso.dnys has been socking to
inako iUolf consistent and yet not hurt
ful to either party.
Originally the Idea prevailed that
railroads were public highways. Upon
no other theory can their right of emi
nent domain bo oxeusod. The right of
eminent domain can only bo asserted
for the public goou and in the public in
terest. The earlier decisions , therefore ,
hold that u railroad was u public high
way and could bo used by any and every
person who pays toll just the name as if
it ware u turnplko constructed by tlio
county lor the convenience of trtival
ors. Tlio cases are rare , however ,
if ttioy exist at all , whore the owner of a
locomotive has dotnandcd the privilege
of uslnj ; a railway track belonging to
another.
The uiftlcullies attendant upon tlin
Indiscriminate use of a railway track
by locomotives or trains of cars belonging -
longing to persona not connected with
the corporation operating the road Irivu
boon so numerous that the literal ide-.i
of making a railway a public highway
is Impracticable. Seizing upon this
fact and others involving questions of
safety to the public , regularity of trains
and the like , railroad companies hive :
combattod the public highway principle
immediately after exorcising tholr
privilege of eminent domain , and wo
regret to say the courts have bajn
slowly gravitating toward the doctrine
insisted upon by thn railways ,
Kxcopt with roforonoa to making
ratca , preventing discriminations , en
forcing orders for the safety of the pub
lic , and compelling ro'ads to provide :
proper facilities for transacting tholr
business , the courts have come to deny
in great inuasuro the .proposition . Unit
railways are public highways. The en
gines and cars of a connecting line are
not admitted to the use of the tracks
and depot privileges of nglvon railway
except under exceptional circumstances.
Even u bridge across an interstate
stream is held to ba the private pop -
arty of the company constructing it , and
the refusal toallow a conneciiti j or rival
line to usolt h.is bboii uphold.
In a case in Kentucky recently the
court wont oven further' toward the pri
vate property idea , and hold that though
n railroad is in ono.senso a public high
way it differs materially from a turn
plko or county road , and a demurrer to
nn indictment against the Nashville
railroad as a publlu nuisance for fnlllno-
to keep its tracks in good repair was
sustained by the superior court , The
judge delivering the pplnlon , in the
corn-so of the discussion , hold that anyone -
ono ontcfring and traveling upon n rail
road without tho. consent of the com
pany was a trospaasor. Ono of the
judges dissented , however , and held to
the old ground that n railway and u
turnpike or county road are alike public
highways , upon which anyone has the
right to travel by paying toll. The
caao has gene to the court o ! appeals ,
and as it involves n question of vital tin-
portanco the opinion of the latter court
will bo awaited with especial interest. '
A UA\\'AltAX \ \ C.t/U.B.
The attempt was made by a syndicate
to secure through the Fifty-first con
gress n auoaldy for a cable from San
Francisco to Honolulu. The olTort
failed of succojs. Funds were provided
however for taking soundincra and the
Albatross has recently completed Ha
mtrvoy. Fifteen years ago a line was
surveyed about twonXy mllea south of
the one selected nt this tlmo. The now
route presents many difficulties but
escapes some of thojo encountered in
the former survey.
The irregularities discovered would
have discour.isrod the flrat Atlantic
cable buildora , but in tboao "daya noth
ing is regarded as impossible , and hence
a ravine 800 fathoms deeper than the
banks on oithor'sido , or 3,200 fathoms
below the surface of the aoa , Is regarded
merely as an incident. The shallowest
point between California and the Sand
wich Islands Is 1,200 fathoms. Ono
mountain 1,400 fathoms and another 700
fathoma high were discovered and the
mean depth is 2,000 f.itloms ) or moro
than twoand one-half mile's. The cable
may not bo laid for years , but the pre
liminary surveys sho\v that it ia prac
ticable , though it will bo enormously
expensive. Honolulu' ia reasonably cer
tain some tlmo to bo the midway
telegraph station between ; Amorlca ,
Australia and Asia.
THN DUTY OJfAliT.
It Is stated that the committee on ways
and moans will pay-no. attention to the
demand for a repeal of the dut.y on works
of art. It will bo romgraborod that the
'
original McKinley bill , as passo'd'by the
house , put works of art on the free list ,
but the senate insisted upon retaining a
duty , and it was finally decided to make
the duty one-half the amount that was
llxod by the tariff act of 188a Those who
had interested themselves in the cause
of frco art were very trroally dlsap-
po'ntcd nt the course of the senate , be
cause thoyhad received every assurance
that tholr causa was safe in that body.
They were not altogether discouraged ,
however , for something had been gained
in the reduction of the duty , and they
have ainco kept up the contest. But it
seems that the cause is doomed to an
other defeat , and that for at least two
years longer thia enlightened country
will continue to derive a part of its
revenue , though a very iiiHignificant
part , from the inx on art.
The remarkable fact about this matter
is that no ono advocates the duty who
has any genuine interest in art. Ameri
can artists do not ask for this sort of
protection. On the contrary they are ,
with hardly a respectable exception ,
opposed to it. About the only thing to
bo said in behalf of the duty is that it
keeps out u Uood of spurious paintings
which would otherwise bo offered for
aalo'in this country , for importers will
not pay duties on cheap paintinga
labeled with the names of. celebrated
artists. But obviously this argument is
not a satisfactory justification of the tax.
So fa'r as the revenue derived from the
duty Is concerned , it ia so small as not
to be worth considering. It does not
pay the ordinary expenses of the gov
ernment for ono day. If , therefore , the
duty IB not necessary as a protection to
American art and is of no1 consequence
ns a source of revenue , wliat is its defense -
fonso or justification ?
The duty on art ia a reproach to the
country. The United States are alone
among the enlightened and progressive
nations in imposing such a tax , and as
to none of them arc there bettor reasons
for encouraging the introduction of art
as a means of popular culture. The agi
tation for free art will bo continued until
that reform in the tariff shall have
boon attained.
TUB CONTKST Iff
Probably no local election in the
union has awakened greater interest than
the contest in Louisiana which is to de
termine the fate of the Louisiana lot
tery. The proposed constitutional
amendment giving the lottery company
an exclusive franchise to do business
for twenty-five years is the paramount
i uo of tlio campaign. Hvorything
ulbu sinks Into Insignificance. Party
iillilinliona and principles have no
weight whatever , becaiiso of this single
question. ,
A tempting bribe ia hold out to the
voters at largo by the Lottery company.
It agrees , if the amendment is carried
to pay into the st-ita trousury , $1,250,000
annually or $ : i 1,2-50,000 during-tho term
of the proposed charter. In other words
it olTord practically to pay the expenses
of the state government for a quarter of
a century if it can bo given a monopoly
of legalized gambling.
The best element of the population of
Louisiana spurns the brlbo. Tliu cnurnh
inlluonco of the st-ito , and to their honor
lot it bo said , the labor organizations ,
nro unitedly arrayed against the amend
ment. The churches of the nation are
also aroused upon the subject and tire
giving moral > assistance to the oppon
ents of the amendment. Cardinal Gibbons
bens for the Catholic church has pub
licly and officially condemned thn
lottery scheme and urges the faithful of
his great denomination to crush tlio
great ovll.
But the lottery is backed by immonsq
wealth. Its annual receipts are $10,003-
000 tsnd not over half of this immense
bum lb redistributed in prizes. It has
practically owned and torrorizad Louis
iana hitherto and it rocogni/ua the fai't
that this Is a life or death struggle. All
the nowspnpoTAof Now Orleans except
ono nntl nearinl'tho biinka Of that cltj'
are fighting fo * the amendment. Bull
dozing , brlborf and every nefarious
practice know { _ to unscrupulous gamb
lers are rolicdjupon to carry the day for
the lottery. ATho nogroe ? of the state
will probably settle the question. If
they nro cajoled , purchased or bull
dozed into favoring it , the Louisiana
lottery will hoffastoncd. ] upon Amorlca
for another twopty-fivo years.
K Jsr..tT/o.v.
The national 6oard ot Trade , in ses
sion nt Washington the past week ,
adopted a resolution against the anti-
option bills that have been introduced
in congress. Tlio board ia composed of
delegates from some fourteen hundred
commoiclnl bodlos , so that its action
must bo presumed to represent the
consensus of intelligent opinion in those
organizations. It is therefore likely to
have n decided influence upon congress.
The board admitted that there are
evils resulting from excessive trading
in agricultural and other products , and
that something should bo done to re
strict such trading within legitimate
limits , but it olTcrod'iio ' suggestion as to
how' this might bo dono. It is very easy
to deprecate proposed methods for
remedying obvious nnd admitted evils ,
but when this is done without offering
anything else the objection carries far
losa for-co than It otherwise would. In
terference with legitimate commercial
transactions or with established methods
of business men is certainly not to bo
desired , but there Is a class of trans
actions admittedly not legitimate which
It is'believed to bo practicable to put n
stop to by legislation , and if there is a
bettor way of doing tills than Is proposed
in tlio measures which the national
Board of Trade deprecate it t would ap
pear to bo within tlio functions of that
body to have presented it.
A very largo majority of the producers
of this country believe that speculation
in the products of agriculture is inimi
cal to their interests. They are fully
persuaded that dealings in "options"
and "futures" are productive of evils
which chiefly fall upon them. A great
many other people nro of the opinion
that transactions of this character are '
demoralizing. The producers demand
legislation that will do away with this
sort of speculation , and it is not a satis
factory answer to that demand to say
that there must bo no interference with
the freedom of commercial transactions
and the established inethods of business
men. This ia simply an evasion , and a
practical body like the National Board
of Trade oughtjtp.luivo submitted some
thing moro to the purpose on a subject
of so much im 'ojtan'co. Having admit
ted the existence of evils , It should have
pointed out af.J ( to remedy them.
The house committee on agriculture
will take up tho"1antioption b'ills that
have been referred iton Wednesday
next , uiid it is proposed to hour all par
ties interested lij\thoso \ measures for ono
week. This will glvo a fair opportunity
to both sides tq present their views and
oujjht to ojjabl the ' committee to get a
very tiiorough understanding of the
merits of . .the quostUjiwt > >
OLD AOK AND POVERTY.
Many people regard poverty as a sort
of disease which shortens life. Others
naturally enough think wealth with its
comforts , luxuries , medical attendance
and refined aanitnry appliances would
promote longevity. The facts are
against botli these theories. The statis
tics gathered for the census of 1890 re
veal the contrary. There were 73,045
persons in the almshouses of the United
States in 1890. Of this number 12,043aro
from CO to 09 years old ; 11,148 from 70 to
79 ; 4,901 from 80'to 89 ; 271 from 90 to 9 ! ) ;
nnd 15(5 ( are over 100 years of ago. The
number who have passed the ago of CO
years is-29C79 , or more than 40 per cent
of the entire nlmshouso population of
the country. The average ago of the
paupers of the United States is 51.03
years. It is probable , of course , that
there are few centenarians , although
those reported as .such are persons of
very advanced ago , In most cases they
are. Ignorant negroes who guess at tholr
ngos. These doi not otTcct the general
resulthowovor. If they were thrown out
entirely or added to the totals for
young paupers the average of very old
paupers would still be remarkablo.
It is noted in this conncction.too , that
the majority of the aged paupers are
males. In fact , except from infancy to
! ! 0 years the females are in the minority.
Between the ages of 150 and 40 the eexes
are about equally represented in alms
houses und below the ago of iiO the excess -
cess is slightly on the feminine side of
the record. This will strike the reader
as rather remarkable when it Is remem
bered that few women have earned tholr
own living until comparatively recent
years , while men are generally expected
to have laid by a store for old ago.
Whether this is duo to the greater ten
derness of men for mothers and sisters
or the greater skill ol the women in
mooting omorg'oiiMes and living upon
small onrningai.U not disclosed. The
fact , however , liiyues strongly for homos
for the unfortunate old people whose
mental fnoultletairobutsligluly Impaired
where they may Und the comforts which
ago demands aiidjtivoid ; the humiliations
of the almshousojrwhura all ages and all
conditions are 'linlisurimlnaloly herded
together ; and' ' f\\o \ \ swuotfacod , intelli
gent mother ol'OVenorablo father must
oat , elt and slofjp n the midst of squalor ,
Imbecility and wickedness.
Tmc Chlllan vjir deprived nobody of
sloop outside oftho nitrate bods.
CITY ATTOHNKY C'ONNKi.t , ahould In
stitute proceedings tocompol the World
Publishing company , proprietor of the
World-IIornld , to disgorge the $2,303
overcharges which it has boon nald out
of the city treasury for official adver
tising. Under the contract of 1890 the
World Publishing company was bound
to continue the city's advertising nt a
llxud rate for an indefinite period , By
a most audacious conspiracy agalhst the
taxpayers the rate for 1891 was raised
nearly JiOO per cent. Although this
swindle was perpetrated under legal
forms It was manifestly void because it
was nothing moro nor less than a down
right steal , and the courts would so do-
croo.
I Clicnp Mnnoy Isn't Wiintrd.
iiloiix CKy JdiiriidJ.
When money is good there will generally
bo plenty of It.
Ho noenn't Ucnumlile flrovcr.
*
Sfour tiltji Joiinml ,
Benjamin Harrison Is ns big in mental
capacity as ho ts smnll In stnturo.
Tim tiilmu : TlRt-r , Iliithrr.
Clileaun JW.
A Nobrasica county tromurcr 1ms bocoino a
defaulter through the vagaries of Chicago
corn corn in its solid stnto , too , not the
liquid nrtlclo. _
Tlio CnlliipHnl Cliilinuut.
Kcw Ynilc Sun.
According to ail the Indications Doss Cleve
land U ucatoti , so badly Unit lie will hardly
poop again except In tlio wild gasoinga of
nalposo dospuir.
Pence Wllli Honor.
The president's policy has apparently
cleared the way for an amicable , honorable
settlement of the controversy between this
country and Chill , nnd tbo general hope will
bo. that _ the way will bo made smooth and
easy to the end of such peaceful settlement
of it. -
' lIlttltiK thu Null on thullrnil. -
Clitcau" Tlmu.
The far west will furnish tbo golden nail
with which to complete the woman's build-
in p , and Mrs. Potter Palmer bos agreed to
lot the women of Nebraska furnish the ham
mer. But she yields nothing of her heroic
purpose to supply herself the finger-anil to
bo sacrificed ,
HUH Horn bo u I.OIIR Time.
, Teltamahimi ( if < iu.
The report published by the Omaha World-
Herald regarding the llndlng of Sloan frozen
to death was afalto. . Telegrams from the
locality where It wns claimed Sloan was
found say that there wns nothintr in It at all.
The World-Herald Is getting to bo a no
torious fake factory.
Urnw Flrxt Miami.
New Yoilt n'orld.
The disputed question of the ability of
woman to solve dllllcult problems of Ufa nnd
conduct is partly cleared up by the case of
Mrs. Murphy of Omaha , who. llnding a bur
glar in her room , oromptly puftwo bullets
Into him : A testimonial of some kind in
recognition of bar public service would bo
not Improper. But Mrs. Murphy (3 ( probably
satisfied with the consciousness that she did
not lese her valuables , and that she is not
ikoly to do troubled by burglars la the fu
ture.
Applauding : Heroism.
A'eio Vorii Tribune.
It required courage of no ordinary kind to
induce a man to loan into the ley waters of
the East river on such a day 03 yesterday in
order to save the lifo of a fellow creature.
That was whnt John Uarlin , the cook of the
steamboat Muuicipal , did withoutn moment's
thought for himself when ho saw a woman
on thn point of drowning , do made a gal
lant effort to save her ; and t'hough ho fallen ,
the same credit is duo him ns if ho had suc
ceeded. It was an act of genuine heroism ,
such as is all too rare in those prosaic times.
Wo take off our hat to John ( Jurlln , cook of
the steamboat Municipal.
Fred IIN * Al > unen.
JSiisttin Ailcerttter.
The question will bo asued , and rightly ,
why should members of the legislature bo
refused the right to travel on free passes ,
whllo Judges of the courts , members of the
governor's council , county commissioners ,
beads of state departments , etc. , nro allowed
thatprivilege. U.'ho nns-vor is that the lirst
thing to do , If this bo on evil , is lor tbo
legislature fa correct itself , and than without
much delay the ] rest will follow. The evil of
free passes UPS in the very cssonco that a
corporation enjoying a publlu franchise
ought not bo allowed to favor any individual
over another. If this preliminary stop is
taken , almost surely a move will follow
quickly against any free transportation for
any public oOiuials , and , then , for any indi
viduals.
.I.I1M.VH Till ! J'/A ' Jf.lKKHS.
Motto for an umlurtuUur : "You kick thu
buukut ; wutlo tlio roil. "
Philadelphia Ledger : Experiments In the
UoD.iruiH'nt of A i'lciilturu sliow that lettuce
can bo urown In miu-lhlrI lets than thu visual
tlmu miller the Inlluuncu of thu uluLlrkilxlit. .
U. luttncu he joyful fur llio salad dny.s to
come.
Jeweler's Circular : Youn. Jowolur I've
ntulcclttd mv Ijiibiiiots. run wlhl und fulled.
Hut I'nfxulri ; ; to reform. I'll murry and xot-
clu down.
Uld Jowulera ( croJItorj-Don't you think
you hud butter huttlo up Ursl ?
Saificrvlll Journal : This Is thn only season
of thn vn.ir , thu women think , when men
should boullowLMl to smoke on the three rra'r
hunts of the open cars.
STItL'CK A I'AV 8TIIKAK.
Vlileayu 77/iifx.
The pout wrntu In lotty strain
Of mirth's UMolilnBtrJfii
ilow men In sucking .sordid gain
I'nrsalfii the higher llto ;
llul lie. Milieu noun would buy his vorio ,
l.lvod on Inn win I and hope ,
Ui.lll ill lu > t he Illlud hli Mii'du
With rliymlni ; "luU" for u ip.
Outrult IVeo 1'iois ; A lady who was shop.
pliu stopped iiu lu n merchant.mil liiijuliuil :
"What ilncs that alxu III your wlci.lo \ inu.inir
Hoods sold at a sweeping ruiliu-lloii.1 "
"It iiinniii , madam , that vimotnui * are ev-
Iiuolud to rtil u tliiMlU-,1 , " \vaathuktiavu reply.
Now VorW ller.ild : I'uniilbti-My uinbltlon Is
Id wiltu a Mt.iy wlili oh.ir.u-lei' , that will lit u ,
llariliimv--V < > ti otiulil to.elr , tsunieiif tlioso
iinnplu who wrilii p.ilttnt modielnu
i.ils ; Uity always live ,
' When vapor * rl u and ntiver paiinc.
Anil inirioiH1 ! , ic.ithui invry nluru ,
In minor aUlilliu lufivu hi-cause.
It is uniul.ini'holy air.
nn riiar : lloiaftor thu ceremony
a dllllciill vii .niuinunli "All's
well thai ends well , narllnit. "
shu upuiitanooiislyj "It t > only bu lnnln : . "
Oil Olty llli/riiid ; HUnltlfnl to note llio
milliner In which somu people , with noun of
the Hulrtiuf mirth In.their voiil , InilnUu In u
furred lauuh , A Criminal npinin , a dry vuvUiu
und thu hollow nmekcry I
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gpv't Report.
HASLOSTITSDEATIMIKECRIP
Desperate Struggle Made by tlio World-
Ilornld to Hold the Oity Advertising ,
THREATENING AND CLUBBING COUNCILMEN
nsri or tlm Ilrprrlion lli1n Mrtliml Km-
ployed liy llllrhoook to I'rrpctunlo
IIU Contract lloir llo
Dot l.cft.
The dojporato efforts of the World-Herald
to retain the contract for city advertising at
a rate higher than that named In the con
tract Just made with TIIK RFK is exciting un
favorable comment among all those who
know the facts.
Early In November Manngor Berkley canto
to Titr. BKB with a proposition to pool Issues.
Ho offered to tuako a compact with TIIR BEE
to dlvtdo the city and county advertising
without competition , so that the two papers
might secure any rnto agreed upon by them.
This offer wns very promptly and peremp
torily declined by the business manager of
Tun UKI : .
When Comptroller GooJrich was directed
to ndvortlso for proposals the notice wns In
serted In the World-Herald with ether ofll-
rial advertising , and when the day onmo tot.
the bids to bo opened the World-Horald , It'
waa found , had fulled to bid.
Thereupon the old council dnclincd to open
Tin ; URI'S : bid and ordered a read vorllsemont
for proposals. The second notice wns In
serted by Mr. Goodrich In the World-Herald
with tbo snmo result. Only ono bid was re
ceived that of Tun Br.i : . It wns patent that
the World-Herald had some schema on hand
to hold the city advertising nt nil hazards ,
by claiming that there was no competition
Inasmuch as there nro but two papers that
can bid legally ntrJ when ono withholds its
bid competition would , the World-Herald
figured , bo nroveutod. The old council was
not very frinndlv td TUB BKB , nor was ex-
City Attorney 1'onploton , who cove an extra
Judicial opinion that the morning edition of
Tin : BIK : was not eligible- under the law
which provides that the oulclnl paper must
have 2,000 circulation. On top of this the
World-Herald people nt the last mooting of
the retiring council put upon the desk of
euch councilman a typewritten letter , in
which it was claimed that its contract for
18'I ) named a rate only a trillo higher than
that given la the bid of TIIK BRR , nnd that
TUG BIB'S : morning circulation was much
loss than the evening circulation of tbo
World-Herald.
It will bo remembered that when the charter -
tor light was before the legislature three or
four years ago , when the present clause re-
spocUng city advertising was inserted , the
World , the old Herald and the dctunct Re
publican all thrno combined to exclude auv
reference in the charter to city circulation of
the oftlcial organ. They railroaded , a clause
through , mauing it mandatory upon the
council to lot the contract to the lowest bid-
dor.
dor.Three
Three weeks of January elapsed before the
now council teen the matter iu hand , and
that of course gave the World-Herald that
much of an extension. A week ago last
Tuesday the council awarded the contract to
Tin : BKK , with a condition that made It op
tional to use either morning or evening edi
tion , or both , at the snuio rates. Then Mr.
Hitchcock applied to Judge Kovsor for an
Injunction. The judge had been his nrivato
attorney before his election and Hitchcock
expected to have it all his own way. Bat
the judge sustained him only In part. Ho
decided that TIIR MOHXINO BEI : , which has
had 13,000 circulation during the year 1891.
wns eligible. But ho ruled that the optional
feature must bo stricken out of the contract.
Thereupon the council last Tuesday passed
the following resolution :
Resolved. Tnut thu bid of THE lliti : I'nbllsh-
Ing company for the olllclal advortlslni : for
thu year IS1) ) : is hereby accepted , and Hint the
mayor be und Is hereby directed to enter Into
a contract under HIP conditions ot said bid.
Tho.contruct was'duly signed the next , day
nnd plnced on llio in the city clerk's ofllco ,
with the mayor's certificate thereto.
But like tbo hungry dog after a bone , Hitch
cock made another desperate effort to hold
his grip upon the city advertising.Vith
the sublime gnll that has characterized him
throughout ho sent another communication
to the council offering to re'duco his contract
price to that at which the contract had boon
lot to THU BIK. But. bis communication was
tenderly pluccd on llio. Then came a rocu-
lar ra/zle-dazzlo all along tbo lino. Hitchcock
cockboznn to use his club which
everybody knows tins boon used nt various
times upon merchants who were not inclined
to patronize the faUo factory. Ho met ono
councilman and threatened him with duu
vongoancu by publishing a rehash of an
attack made upon the councilman llftcon
yearn ago ana long ago exploded. Other
councllmcn wore bulldozed nnd the whole
force of tbo fake factory was turned loose
upon democratic and republican rouncilmon ,
w'ho were urged to reopen the whole matter
and order uow proposals. This move , of
coursr , won nothing moro nor lessthnn a ruse
for further delay , notwithstanding the fact
that the World-Herald has had the advertis
ing ono month boyoud the term of its IS'.ll
contrnct.
Some members of the council are vorv in
dignant and disgusted by reason of Hltcu-
cocks importuning and bulldozing tactics.
They say the chnrtor malics their duty plain
nnd that they have no option In the matter ;
they voted to accept the lowest bid nnd In
dalng so they saved money to the tnxrmvors
by reducing the contract price of 18til from
18 to So per cent.
The city attorney holds that the contract
having been signed And the ofilclal paper
having been declared by the council through
the resolution cited above , directing the
mayor to mnko the contract , nil conditions
have been compiled with and nil that ls loft
for the council to do Is to oxnmlno nnd np-
provo tito bond that accompanies the con *
tract.
At least -too students at Vnlo hnvo boon
mulcted with the grip during the past week
nnd attendance nt recitations has boon ox *
tromcly irrogulnr.
Prof. Hluk. % assistant professor of political
economy nt the University of Michigan , has
boon elected to a full urofossorshlp In the
University of Missouri.
The alumni of Phillips Andover academy ,
who started six months ngo to rnlso a fund
of $ .100,000 to re-endow the school , hnvo nl
rcmly pledges for > QOQO.
The recent uobato between the Harvard
und Yale debating unions has oxcttoa grcnt
Interest both In college nnd out and It Is bo-
llovod will result In great good.
The recent bequest of KWO.OOO from Mrs.
Stuart of New York makes the Princeton
Theological seminary the richest Prosbyto-
rlan seminary In the country.
The two most significant departures of college -
logo Hfo nntdo during the past yonr were the
establishment of n course of domestic science
nt Wellesley nnd thu investigations of nnd
lectures on the snmo subject by Lucy Salmon
of Vnssar.
Tno annual report of the superintendent ofS * . ,
public schools In Washington City shows a
total enrollment of fW.8Stl ; 'J4'J3U white and
14,147 colored. The average dally attendance
Is 'JO. 101. There are ftiO : white nnd 'J ( colored
tonohors. During the year Ki4l > ,5ii.OU : wn
pMd in salaries to teachers nnd supervisors ,
nnd $45,34(1 ( for Janitor service.
The Inrgcst library la the world is thnt nt
Paris , which contains upwnrd of 2,000,000
printed books nnd 1(10,000 ( manuscripts. Be
tween the Imperial library at St. Petersburg
and the British museum there is not muirn
difference , In the British imisou'n there arc
about 1,100,000 volumes. The roynl library
of Munich has now something over 'JOO.OOO ' ,
but this includes many pamphlets.
Miss Conway , principal of the Conwny In-
stltuto iu Memphis , has Introduced the unity
newspaper iu a text book in her classes. All
the loading Journals nro on llio in the school
library , and though at first Miss Conway cut
all offensive matter from thu papers , the
young ladles now open the unpur In class
just as it comes from the press , being Influ
enced by ' .ho teacher's ' taste and Judgment in
their selection of "matter. Mljs Conwny's
Idea Is that the cultivation of a literary taste
should include papers as well as books.
The size and Importance of the student
colony in Baltimore have become moro no
ticeable this winter , as many of the students
have taken to wearing distinctive caps
which denote tbo Institutions they attend.
With such head coverings and piles of books
under tholr arms they form striking groups
on the streets. The city is becoming mora
nnd more of a university town every year.
At present It is the undisputed educational
center of the south. Most of Johns Hopkins
university students corno from below Mason
and Dixon's line , and the growing library of
southern publications and mamueripts will
surely attract moro of them In the future.
Batwoon 90,000 and 100,000 students of all
ago& are In Baltimore schools.
SX < IP SHOTS AT
Philadelphia Enquirer : There is a flavor
of Chile sauce in that correspondence.
Philadelphia Press : President Hairlsou
continues to bo "persona grata" to the Anior-
lean nation. ' *
Now York Advertiser : Lotus bo strat
egic. \\o might continue the correspond
ence until the cable-tolls cripple the finances
of Chili and leave her helpless at our feet.
Now Yoru Advertiser1 After Chill has
analogized to the American people , President
Harrison should remove his grandfather's
batand confess to us that no was a" trillo pep-
Uory himself.
Chicago Post : The low , moaning , sobbing
sound which Is sweeping over the country
just now ! s not a seismic disturbance It , ts
the relieved sigh of Seerotnry Blame uttered
when Chill accepted t.ho ultimatum.
Clncinniti Commercial : It Is possible that
tbo Chilian authorities got some courage
from comments by our mugwump press , im-
ngmlntr that thov represented a considerable
sentiment In this country. Jf so , it was a
great mistake. _
A l.KAV YKAIlAT. .
Siiincrclllc Journal.
They sit before the open grata ,
Pilled with its mass of glowing coal.
The night Is cold ; the hour Is Into ;
Soon will the hour'of midnight toll.
He shakos the peeper o'er the flro ,
Unheeding how the hours pass ,
While In tbo dish she holds still higher
Ho piles the bursting milk-white mass" . '
The midnight boll rings out at last ,
Ho starts , and murmurs , "I must go. "
She blushes , while her heart , boats fast ,
Of course she cannot tell him "I\o. "
At the ball door the nauso awbllo ,
Talking the best of languages ,
Until at lust , with n half smile ,
' What are you thinking , iCalof" ho said.
His question her face in Homes.
She sturLs to speak , then quickly stops.
"Please Kate , " ho says : and she exclaims ,
"I do like anything that popsl"
BROWNING , KING
. W. Corner 15th an < I Douglas Sts.
They re
Left.Behind
It is the absolute satisfaction we give
with every transac
tion that has been
as much the means
of leaving all our
competitors behind
S" - as the fact that we
arc the recognized leaders , in high quality
clothing at satisfactory prices. Our .special
January sales have encouraged us im
mensely as to bright prospects for ' 92 , and
during the month of February we propose
to clear out the remainder t our winter
goods , if prices will do it , and we think
they will. Suits , Overcoats , Underwear ,
etc. , for men and boys will be cut right
down. Genuine bargains all over the store ,
Browning , King & Co
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