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STATEMENT OV CIKOULATION.
' Ftfttnof Nebraska l ,
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* "thnttho nctuiit circulation of TUB IIAH.V HIE
.J tor tlio week ending February SO , 1SB , wits ns
followi : , . . ,
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Mondny , Fob. 1.1 . t3n
Tuesday. Fon. 10 , . . ' . . . - S4.MO
Wednesday. Keb. 17.
Thursday. Poll 18 2-.730
Friday. Feb. 10 -74
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Notnrv Public.
Average Circulation for January 24I34. :
PATBONIZK homo industry is a princi
ple as wall ns n proverb.
NOTHING promises so much for Omaha
and Nebraska fn tlio Immediate future
as the provnillngnnd growin sentiment
in favor of homo industries.
JEHUY SIMPSON hns pone to St. Louis.
McKolglmn will also 4 > o there.4 Tomor
row .Tony , Watson , Otis , Clover , Kom
nnd McKoighun will bo lions. Next fall
they will bo shorn lambs.
TIIK sonivto hns passed a resolution to
return the battle lings captured from
Mexico. This is tight. Nobody now
takes any special pride in that Mexican
war , and the territorial reminder of our
victories oases our conscience more than
the flags arouse our patriotism.
Do NOT patronize any catch penny
World's fair savings or transportation
association. Put your money in bank ,
buy your own railroad ticket and select
your own railway route to Chicago and
return. In this way you will not only
,1)0 independent but will save money.
, SPEAKINO of the irony of fate very
naturally reminds the thoughtful rcador
ihat Clovoliind contributed more to the
democratic triumph in New York than
Hill. Yet tomorrow's Now York convention
I
- vention will show that Cleveland is noi
n , candidate for the presidency and
Hill is.
JUDOI : GASLIN havingdiscovorod that
Garza is a humbug and his rebellion a
jjfnrco the Mexican government can go
, jon with its politics without further ap
prehension. The judge may bo overruled -
ruled by the supreme court upon this
opinion , but it will not change the facts
'or his mind.
THE congressional proceedings yesterday -
' ; day indicate that the democratic party
'is ' moro In favor of free trade and free
( coinage than of free speech. This ex
plains why the attempt wns made to
choke off Congressman Hartor in the
debate on the silver question by his
democratic friends.
KEAKNEY is the place and April 27
the date of holding the republican state
conyontlQn. This means thatovory man
who is fortunate enough to bo a dele
gate to the state convention or goes ns a
visitor will fall in love with the pretty ,
prosperous city which has boon sclented
for its entertainment.
Ouu valued but somewhat irascible
friend , Colonel Helen M. Cougar , must
fool n trlllo humiliated over the revela
tion that the $1,500 contributed by the
liquor doiHors to the democratic state
central committee of Massachusetts was
used to pay hoi- and Hov. Sam Small
for making prohibition speeches in that
Btato.
, t1 CONOHESSSIAN .PITCH , a democrat
* from Now York , intho , interest of the
'English syndicate controlling the brow-
Tories has introduced a bill to amend
the McKinley bill by reducing the tariff
-on barley from 80cents to 10 cents per
bushel. This in a part of the scheme for
attacking the tariff law in detail , which
the farmers will not appreciate.
Dn. W. T. HAUHIS , commissioner of
education , suggested to the educational
convention in Brooklyn the advisability
of recommending to all schools through
out the country the celebration of the
discovery of America on October 12
Duxt. The idea was immediately ap
proved , and nodoubt the four-hundredth
anniversary of that Important ovonf will
bo duly celebrated by the 13.000,000
Bohool children of America. The occn-
lon will bo memorable and impressive ,
Knd Dr. Harris deserves to bo congratu
lated upon his happy thought ,
TIIK liquor law amendment requiring
taloonkoopora within tlio two-uiilo limit
to pay $500 n year license took effect
August 1,1891. For weeks no attention
was paid to the matter. Some time in
November the llrst stops wore taken
looking to the enforcement of the law.
Preliminary hearings wore had after a
.time , and at the beginning of this term
Of court Indictments were found against
the saloon men. Yesterday the II1-31
Case was tried , resulting disastrously to
| ho law-breaking liquor dealer. Moro
than six months have lapsed , however ,
| inoo the law became operative and the
County school fund js short not less than
10,000 by reason of this dolay. Per haps
( ho debaters at the Sundown olub iau :
tjso the liquor punas as an example of
r'he Luw'a Delays. "
WASHINGTON.
No character in human history has amore
moro general or fir mot * hold upon the
respect and admiration of enlightened
mankind than that of George Washing
ton. In every lnndrwhoro patriotism is
honored the name of Washington ,
synonymous wiih the lilghest form of
patriotism , Is held in popular reverence.
On a memorable occasion , the dedica
tion of the Bunker Hill monument ,
Daniel Webster , who there delivered one
of his masterly orations , made this
declaration : "America has furnished
to the world the character of Washing
ton. If our American institutions had
done nothing oho , that alone would
have entitled them to the respect of
mankind. " That is the fooling of every
American citizen today. It will bo the
sentiment of all who come after us so
long as the institutions survive to which
the great and noble spirit of Washing
ton gave inspiration and direction.
But praise of this peerless patriot has
been spoken as strongly nnd eloquently
by Europeans as by Americans. Lord
Broughntn'sdoolnratton that "until time
shall bo TIO more' , a test of the pi-ogress
which our race hns made in wisdom and
virtue will ho derived from the venera
tion paid to the Immortal name of Wash
ington , " furnishes an example of the
fervor of such tributes from foreign
sources. Of like unqualified eulogy is
the assertion of Gulzot , the French his
torian , that "of all great men ho w.ts
the most virtuous and the most fortu
nate in this world God has no higher
favors to bestow. " No finer tribute has
boon paid to this great character than
that of Thackeray : "In defeat invin-
clblo , magnanimous in conquest , hero is
indeed n character to admireand , revere
a life without a stain , a fame without
a Haw. ' ' Tlioro has recently boon pub
lished correspondence of Count do
ttochamboau- landed at Newport in
1780 at the head of the king's troops ,
during the campaign which ended in the
sursondor of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown -
town in the autumn of 1781.
Those letters show the distinguished
French commander to have had the
highest admiration for' Washington.
One of the very first letters written by
Roclmmboau on landincr was addressed
to Washington nnd begins with those
words : "Tho orders of the king , my
master , place mo under the orders of
your excellency. I accept this post with
all the submission , all the zeal and all
the veneration which I have for your
great person and for the distinguished
talents which you have shown in carry
ing on a war which will bo forever
memorable. " On February 23 , 1781 , ho
wrote from Newport to Washington :
"Yesterday was the anniversary of the
birth of your excellency. But on ac
count of its falling on Sunday wo ad
journed the fete till today. Wo will
celebrate it with but 'one regret and
that Is that your excellency cannot boa
witness of the effusion of our hearts. ' '
There is other testimony in this corre
spondence of the profound respect and
admiration entertained for Washington
by the French commanders who fought
under him.
It is impossible to overrate the price
less value to the nation and to the world
of the character of George Washington ,
by universal consent recognized as the
father of his country , and at this- time ,
when the anniversary of his birth is
again at hand , nothing bettor can bo
commended to the thoughtful considera
tion of American citizens than the con
templation of the virtues and the pa
triotism of that peerless man who was
"first in war ; first in paaco and first in
the hearts of his countrymen. "
METHODIST EDUCATIONAL INSTITU
TIONS.
At the great quadrionnial mooting
of the Methodist church known as the
general conference the subject of educa
tion receives careful attention. Reports
are received from the various semi
naries , academies , colleges and uni
versities under the control of the de
nomination. At the mooting hero in
May this loplo will bo one among many
in which the general public will take
moro interest than in mere questions of
doctrine or polity. Judging from the
dibcussion in the eastern newspapers of
this denomination and others the con
ference will find a demand presented
that the Methodist body shall stop
multiplying colleges and universities ,
and devote itself to increasing the en
dowments of those already established.
The startling statements of President
Rogers of the Northwestern university
in Coicago the other day will foruo the
subject into the public prints before the
conference moots and pave'tho way for
prompt and dofiuUo action in Omaha.
Ho says : "Tho Methodist-church is tlio
oldest church m America today and yet
it has not a single institution'of learn
ing thoroughly equipped nnd fully en
dorsed. * * * The aggregate income
of the fifty-seven Methodist institutions
in the country will not equal by one-
half the income of Harvard. * * *
There is not a Methodist college in the
country where a young man can secure
the training necessary to fit htm to bo-
c.oino a mechanical , sanitary , electrical
or civil engineer , nor is there a Metho
dist institution that can glvo a man a
complete training in political science. "
Dr. Rogers probably forgot that the
' 'Congregational church had founded
Harvard and Yale before Wesley was
born nnd that the Baptists hud estab
lished Brown , tlio Presbyterians Prinuo-
ton and the Episcopalians Columbia
universities before Embury and Slrow-
bridge began to preach Wciloyanism on
this continent. Nevertheless the doc
tor's proposition -that the Mothoillhta
should cease increasing the number of
their educational institutions and strive
to improve their standing , will chal
lenge attention. Harvard has an annual
income of moro than 91,000,01)0 ) and yet
the aggregate endowment of the fifty-
seven MoVhoditl institutions is but
$8,000.000 , nnd this nt interest would
produce but $400,000. The largest aum
to the credit of a Methodist univorblty
in this country is $3,000,000 , enough for
an annual income of $150,000.
It is clear that if the now national
university nt Washington is to compote
with other great educational establish-
meats , and the several popular universi
ties llko the Northwestern are to keep
pace with similar institutions in this
country , moro wealthv MathndlsU must
dlo nnd endow them , or the church nt
largo will bo forced to contribute moro
lloornlly to tholr support. The Ronoral
conference will find a wide difference of
opinion among its members on this topic ,
nnd its final utterances will bo awaited
with much interest by educators In de
nominational institutions everywhere.
.4 MISTAKKX KCOiVO.Vtt
The Indian appropriation hill as re
ported to the lower houie by tlio com
mittee on Indian affairs appropriates
about as much money for Indian educa
tion as the bill of the Fifty-first con-
gross. It is cut $718,135 below the esti
mated needs of the service. This is cer
tainly a mistake. The great forward
stop taken by Commissioner Morgan In
the matter of Indian education in the
last throe years has boon approved by
the country at largo , it will bo a serious
misfortune to arrest the expansive
movement in this direction just when it
promised the most beneficent results
possible. If the Indian problem is over
solved il will bo by the industrial school.
The government training schools oil
the reservation's- have boon 'grgatly en1
largcd by appropriations mndo .in the
last congress , and they are now .teach
ing many more pupils than ovoV before.
Since the 1st of July , 1839'when Com
missioner Morgan assumed the duties of
his office , the enrollment in the Indian
schools on and off the reservations has
Increased by 8,600 pupils. Another year
fully 3,600 moro could hnvo booh brought
under this inlluonc'o to .bo tiiugltt th6
English language and the industries of
their whlto neighbors. There is reason
to fear that the educational work will
bo seriously crippled by the proposed
action of congress. In our , opinion'the' '
cut of 3400,000 on the general estimate
is the most serious part of the Impounding -
ing misfqrtuno. Tho. rionreservation
training schools may bi ? nblo'to''stand
the reductions proposed since the last
congress was very liberal toward them ,
but the most important educational
work attempted by the .Indian depart--
inont is that on the reservations whore
the Indians live , and therefore the
heavy reduction means that this branch
of educational advancement must bo
checked. It is to bo hoped the senate
will como to the rescue and give the
Indian commissioner's estimates the at
tention they merit.
THK WORLD'S POPULATION.
Statistical figures are not always ac
curate and estimates of the number of
people in the world are necessarily ap
proximate. China's population is
placed all the way from 250.000,000 to
400,000,000 and it may bo moro than the
higher or loss than the lower aggregate.
By common consent , however , statis
ticians have arrived at the conclusion
that the total number of human beings
on the elobo today is 1,480,000,000.
These a-o divided among the continents
as follows : Asia , 8 0,000,000 ; Europe ,
357,000,000 ; Africa , 104,000,000 ; the two
Americas , 122,000,000 ; Australia , 3,500-
000 and Oceartica , 7,500,000.
The United States , with her 04OQO,000 ,
contains only one nnd ono twenty-third
part of the population of the earth , while
> China has almost ono-fourtb. India
stands next to China , with 324,000,000 pee
ple. Only ono European nation , however ,
contains moro people than the United
States , and that is Russia , with
93,000,000. The German empire is next ,
with 49,000,000. Then come Austria-
Hungary with 41,000,000. Great Britain
and Ireland , 38,000,000 ; Franco , 38,000-
000 ; Italy , 30,000,000 : nnd Spain , 17,000-
000. Wo read of 1.000,000 people suffer
ing from famine in India or China and
think comparatively little of it because
1,000,000 among such myriads is com
paratively a small number. A million
sufferers in Ireland , however , awakens
our pity and unlooses our pursostrings ,
and 20,000,000 in Russia strikes the
great pitying heart of the world be
cause it is moro than ono person in five
of the entire population of that nation.
Wo sometimes speculate upon the
problem of density of population , and
our mathematicians are proud of show
ing us exactly when the population of
the world will have increased beyond
the possibility of sustenance upon its
surface. .A calculation on the other side
will show that we are safe for a few cen
turies on this continent provided the
populous countries of Europe are not
overcrowded. The average density of
population in Europe is thirty-seven to
the square kilometer , in Asia it is nine
teen , in Africa 11 vo , and in America
throe. Belgium , the most densely pop
ulated country In the worldj shows 207
to the square kilometer. The Nether
lands , Great Britain and Ireland.Italy ,
Japan , the German empire , China and
British India , follow in the order named ,
but at a considerable distance anurt. In
the United States there are butsovon'to
the kilometer. In Saxony the popula
tion is 233 to the square kilometer , nnd
in Rhode IflatrJ 100. It will bo soon ,
therefore , that oven in our most thickly
bottled state wo have room and to spare.
Europe might move across the Atlantic
in a solid phalanx and wo should still
have more elbow room than the people
of Great Brit-iln. The figures prove
that in spite of the tremendous rush to
Amorlc.v wo oun grow at" our present
rate for generations to coma without
being crowded out so fur-as physical
conditions obtain. v
UhHS TO CANADIAN
CITY.
Mr. Ernstus Wiin-ui is ono of the most
earnest advocates of reciprocity between
the United. States and Canada , and no
man bettor understands the obstacles in
the way of its attainment. "Referring
to the collapse of the recent elTort to
open negotiations at Washington , Mr.
Wiman said It again enforced the lesson
that so long as diplomacy is controlled
by Great Britain on the one hand and
dictated by Canadian manufacturers on
the ether , there would bo no free mar
ket toward the great north land for
American goods. The tory party in
control in Canada owes | ts power to tin
manufacturers of that country , in'iny of
Whom cannot bo made to see the great
advantages which an open market in the
United States would afford , Tlioso are
supplemented by the ultra loyalists , who
oupuse the discrimination against the
goods of Great Britain which tlio free
admission of American manufactures
would imply.
Mr. Wiman saya that , if dlolomnoy
must continuously fa 1 to obliterate the
ba.rrlor tnat iow divides the English
speaking poop v > n tliifl continent , legis
lation can oarlAaccompUsh tholr prac
tical nnlon. IinKuigfrosls that a resolu
tion offering ijnrostrlctod trade with
Canada by ccj frcs- " , , and the appoint
ment of a commlbs'lon to treat with par
liamentary representatives for the oblit
eration of the customs line between the
two countries , could not ho resisted by
any parliamont. ti Canada without the
certainty of ilsTjang repudiated by the
people. "Legislation , " said Mr. Wiman ,
"originating in the needs and wants of
the people of this continent , was the ono
thing essential for a practical union as
against diplomacy , originating in Great
Britain and shaped by men whoso only
desire was to stand well with the au
thorities in another world , 3,000 miles
away. " This may ho plausible , but why
should the United States bo nskod to
take aggressive action Jn the matter , nt
the pdsjitilo rlSk of disturbing friendly
rolntions with Great BrlllanV
The position of this country regarding
reciprocity wllli Canada ought to bo
fully understood by the CAnadhxn pee
ple. Canada iff evidently very much-
more in need of freer trade than the
United Btatos. In those ( circumstances
it would aoom that this government
properly has nothing to do but wait
until the Canadian government shall
make propositions , for reciprocity that ,
wo can afford to consider , and that it is
no part of the duty or policy of the
IJnllod States to.forco the issue by logv
islntlon or otherwise. Wlionovor the
Canadian people want reciprocity on a
just and oqultablo basis they know the
terms upon whloh they can negotiate
, wilh reasonable assurance of scouring It ! ,
.Untilthey are ready to accept those'
terms this country will maintain the
proper policy by olng nothing either to
coax or coerce recSl foeity.
THK IKCIIKASK OF CIllMK.
Criminal statistics presort a rathor. _
discouraging cofpmqntnry on the admin ?
istration of justice in this country. The
subject has boon a good deal discussed
'from time to time * , but it doas not ap
pear that much' benefit has resulted
from the discussion. In a recent chitrco
to the federal grand jury at Fort Smith ,
Ark. , Judge Parker of the United
States district court cited some criminal
statistics that may fairly bo character
ized as startling , and indicated some of
the causes of the incroaso" of crime ,
which the figures show.
The recorded murders for the years
1889 , 1890 and 189L wpro ro3pectivoly
as follows : Throve thousand five hun
dred and sixty-eight , 4,290 , 5,000 an increase -
crease in three years of 05 pnr cent.
Judge Parker rcclcons that there were
half as inany rlhWof the same kind
that were not .djscovored , granting
which there wordn illy 8,000 murders
committed in the United States last
year , certainly atv ippalling number
The most serious : ! iaso of this matter ,
however , is the s I'number of mur-
dorors who paid S iCf'ponalty of their
critnos. Thus it tf $ * 9tutod that of
tho'1019G wno worof slvargod with
dor during the last-i iVco yours only 652
suffered the penalty ahfl of these -tho
number lynched \vas larger than the
number executed. For example , last
year the number of persons lynched was
195 and the number legally executed for
murder was only J2S/
Judgp Parker submits several causes
for this unfortunate state of affairs ,
some of which roflept rather severely"
upon the courts. Ond of thcso he states
to bo thoindilToronco nnd incompetence
of courts , both trial and appellate. This
Is not a now charge. In fact it has boon
made by every ono who has discussed
the subject , " and suoh.iv. consensus of
opinion must "of course bo accepted. It
strongly suggests the necessity of re
form in the judicial system of the coun
try generally as the first essential to a
bfattor admihiBtratton/bf. / justice in crimi
nal matters. Another cause is the gen
eral nrovalon.ee of perjury- for the cor
rection of which i ho laws must bo made
moro sovoro. The direct hnd indirect
use of corrupting influence , such as
money. , social power , pr ether ngonclps
equally its strong , is another cause of
the defeat of justice which it may bo as
sumed would bo far loss operative if our
judicial system were on a dilToront
basis.
Another cause submitted by Judge
Parker is "tho slclvly sorttimontallty
which exists in favor of the man who
has reddened his' innds with innocent
human blood , " a sympathy which nearly
every community in the country has
had experience with and to whloh thou
sands of murderers have owed their
cscapo from justice. It is an altogether
undiscriminating , sentimentality , as
llkoly to bo oftuslvoly manifested in.bo
ll ulf of'tho most.-brtltal of murdorora W
forono in whoso cnso it may bo possible
to find some extenuating circumstance.
Above all , says Judge Parker , is the in-
dilToroncu of the people themselves to
the torribln crirnos wliioli menace the
peace of every household in the land.
Manifestly there is great need thnt the
public mind bo aroused to an adequate
appreciation of the condition of allalru
that ono of the ablest men in the federal
judiciary calls atterjl on to. When the
percentage of i"Jr ( so of crirno in thee
country from o year is greater
than the percentage ) f increase of pop-
ulation it is ovidcnce of radical defects
in the administration of justice which
should be promptly remedied.
TUB advance of * lho growing west in
the matter of higljur education Is keep
ing pace with immaterial progress.
Ono rnoro evidence"of * * this movement is
bcfin In the announcement made last
week of the resignation of Prof , Hluhard
T. I2ly from the Johns Hopkins univer
sity in order to take charge of the now
department of economics , history and
civics about to bo opened in the Wiscon
sin State university nt Madison. All
must concede that no fitter person-could
bo secured for the position , This will
be the first organisation uiulortuUeu for
this spoelal field by any of the state edu
cational Institutions , tlio schools of po
litical science having hitherto boon
fo-ind-only under the privately endowed
colleges of thn o.\st. It is proposed to
develop this now Uopartmont at Madi-
Bon upon the so-called univo'j-Hlty princi
ple * so us to enable btuclnnts to look for-
-ward-to the attainment of the doctor's
degree. Prof. Kly is to bo nsslatod by
nn ample corps of professors , nnd Is to
begin active work during the fall of
1892. Thus the field of investigation ,
which binds the student most closely to
the actual condition of social life , will
bo the starting point for the further ex
tension of the university supported di
rectly by the people. Nebraska , under
Chancellor Canfiold , has done somo-
.thlng in this line. It , too , will no doubt
Boon follow the lead of Wisconsin , while
the transformation of the western state
universities to universities in fact ns
well as in name , will bo but a matter of
timo.
SUI'KUlNTKNDKjiT FlT/.t'ATlllCK'S
piper upon kindergarten training , road
before the national convention of su
perintendents of schools at Brooklyn
last woolr , aroused considerable discus
sion. His own views upon the subject ,
ns reported in ' the Now York jfVi'tmnr ,
ttro Bo'diplonmtio ns not-to commit him
foV Or'ngnlnst the proposition to add'thb '
kludprgartoh.as' a grndo of the public
schools. There was enough suggestion
of opposition , however , to bring the
radical friends of thoKlndorgartctUolts
immcdluto and effective' defense. The
' 'sentiment ot'tho educators present loans
strongly to the kindergarten , nnd Tin :
BF.H cannot help regretting that
Omaha's superintendent did not tuko
strong and advanced ground in favor of
the kindergarten. Wo agree with Prof.
E. P. Soavor that 91 spent for this early
training -worth , moro than $1 spent in
dny ! oilier part-of a well ordered public
school course. Wo are also of the
opinion that the kindergarten ngo
should bo from ! t to 0 years of ago , and
nbl from 4j tb 0 , as proposed by Mr.
Filzptttrlck.
THE speech of _ Senator Palmer of
'Illinois , in'advocaoy of an amendment to
the constitution providing for the elec
tion of United States senators by a direct
vote of the people , appears to have made
< an jmprcb ion. ( The senator always talks
polhtedlv-on any subject ho discusses ,
nnd senators hoard some truths regard
ing ; the standing of the senate in public
opinion which ought to do them good.
An interesting statement in connection
with the subject wes that of Senator
Mitchell of Oiogon that the sub-commit-
too'of the committee on privileges and
elections hnd decided to report in favor
of the proposed amendment. Unques
tionably the proposition has been
steadily gaining in favor , nnd it is
thought to bo probable that it will pass
the senate. Such action would increase
the popularity of that body.
TnK information sent to congress by
the secretary of the treasury regarding
his authority to extend the 4J per cent
bonds , ought to have boon known before -
fore to every member of congress , so
frequently and fully was the matter dis
cussed when the question of extending
the bonds iVas under consideration.
These bonds , like all others issued by-
the government , are redeemable at the
pleasure oftho _ United States , and it was
.entirely within the discretion of the
.secretary of , the treasury Jo , pay them
.off or extend thom , according tojiisi
judgment of what was best for the in
terests of the government In this par
ticular matter it was necessary to con
sider the condition of the treasury ,
which would have been put to a good
deal of a strain if payment hud been Im
perative.
JAY Buuuows has retired from the
editorial department of the Farmers Al
liance , to bo succeeded by C. H. Pirtlo ,
secretary of the independent state cen
tral committee. Burrows is a very ec
centric mnn with intense prejudices ,
likes and diblikcp. But he is an able
organizer and a caustic writer. Ho be
lieves that the end justifies the means
and ho regulated the conduct of the
Farmers alliance organ by this prin
ciple. His retirement will probably
tend to bring the Van Wyck and Powers
factions in the alliance closer to each
othor. It remains to bo soon , however ,
whether Mr. Pirtlo has greater capacity
for conducting his paper and keeping it
in harmony with its patrons than Bur
rows hnd.
THE South Dakota divorce law is evil
in many particulars and ought to bo
amended. Nevertheless people generally -
ally will rejoice that Its laxity has mudo
a divorce with alimony possible for Mrs.
James G. Blaine , jr , There is but ono
opinion of this scion of a noble house
and thnt is that ho acted the poltroon
from the beginning to the end of this
miserable business. Ho can never ro-
storo-hinisolf to the good will of the
people of this country. Americans do-
aplso a man who will deliberately nbqn-
Uou the woman he has sworn to love ,
cherish and protect and the child whloh'
she bears him without greater cause
thantho , junior Blaine has uvor set up
for his excuse.
ST. JOSIU-H'S hospital is the oldest
charitable establishment in Omaha.
Throughout these many , many years
this institution has fulfilled its mission
cf love , a haven for the helpless , nnd
home for the injured poor. Omaha owes
a debt of deep gratitude to the faithful
sisters wrid tlio groi\t church which sus
tained thorn for this hospital , and every
right minded , citizen will congratulate
them upon the approaching completion
of tholr new capaolous brick building ,
To the generous John A. Crolghton and
his late wife tlo ) public is indebted for
the handsome * and complete structure
soon to bo turned over to the slstora of
St.Francis. .
Dll. BlU.iNOS assorts that 'lump
jaw" is neither infectious , contagious
nor injurious to the moat of the animal
nllllctod. The bureau of animal indus
try at Washington takes a very differ
ent position and the average man who
has seen a brute suffering from the
loathsome disease will agree with the
bureau. .
A Mumv limp Anchor.
.S'ji ; ( iiu/idil ( Jniix.ffjmWtoiti. ) .
The prohibition parly sooiui to bo the only
oao those daya that the people know Just
whore to flud , _
SHU IIur | > liiff ( ill the \Vo l.
C/ifciyj llenM ,
Tlio uuitom of pcrinltttnu ono state to dlc-
tate tlio nomination should not provall thU
yoar. In the oxclted condition of public sou-
tiniout In Now York il would DO batardoua
to select the democratic cnnclldnto for presi
dent , from thnt atato. A western mnn should
hond the tlckot nominated nt Chicago.
WUotltor that mnn bo Campbell , Unrllslc ,
Grnv , 1'nlmor or lloloi , ho will 1)0 olootod.
If John M. I'almor Is the mnn , ho wilt nlinon
cortnlnly carry llllnoli , lown nnd Wisconsin ,
besides Inilmnn , New York , Connecticut ,
Now Jersey nnd the South.
All ) thing to Win ,
i.
If the democrats Intend to enter honestly
niul courngcously onn policy of UrlfT-cutllnp ,
Cleveland Is tlio man they shoti'U ' nominate ;
but If they cloM ; n to follow up their old
practice of deception nnd cowardice , they
ought by all moans to put up Hill.
Air. l.nlmitrhprn mill 1 niniiln Si
//omfim Truth.
Women nro , In truth , Incomprehensible
creatures niul cnpahlo of nnythlnp ; by turns
nncols nnd demons. And there nro men who
would allow thorn to votol I would sooner
Blvo children razor * nnd revolvers to plnv
with.
l.lln Srntmico on Itrpntl anilVi t r.
( VitaiA ( ) AViw.
Ono of the Kansas thty pnpors I * trying to
discover who founded 'Kansas City. ' What
penal meavircs will uBd'crtftltoimvuon the
guilty 'has booh 'uoiluKoly located have not
yet boon determined.
nnil in : > rt.
e Crttirfrr-Jiwrimf.
Now thut Mr. Iiifjalls hns Joined the farm-
on alliance the rate of interest on farm mort
gages will drop.
TKltSK TIUIfMKt ) ,
I'hllndotnnlu Times : Legislation will novcr
ufToct the iron voliiugo of tlio campaign liar.
WuihliiRlon Star : II Is the coil man's llRht-
est tnuod thai Is rciilty ut moat Importimcu.
Toxns SlftliiRs : The dllToiotico bolweon
UOIIIK burned oul iinrt fired out Is that la tlio
former uaso you KOI the Insurance.
Now York Hor.ilil : "Whllo timorous Icnowl-
od KO filmuU consldorliu audacious iKiniranon
huth done the deed , " us 'tho man said after
liln wire hud ell in bud outof bed and built the
kitchen nro.
SION3 ( IF Sl'UINO.
Clonk llrrlcw.
The trees nro bare and uliocrlcsa now ,
Tjio breath of wmtor'a In the air ;
Anon u wandorlne lluko of snow
Drops silent on the rusty shiiro.
Nn colors yet from nature'a hand
1'roclalm the cilvont of the mirlnc.
'TlR cnld and blonlc. Wo Bhlvor still
And to our winter garments cling.
Hut spring Is comlnz. Every man
\V ho has a wife ntid lives In town
Will toll you this ; lioeiuiso hlR wlfo
Is htiri > m on that IIUAT .spring gown.
Kato Field's Washington :
Lor vy you soils end your boosncss ?
Goldmachor ( koupor of pawn shop ) I goes
vest to muko my forlohuno.
OuBcoiiliolnior You vlll meet mil conibcdl-
tlon end vest too. I reads In dlo bapors ov tu
Unisan.l Pawnees at von bluco end dare.
Harper's lliizanr : Collector Won't yon sub
scribe something to our fni.d , Mr. llrlor ?
L.i wycr Have you nskod llrouson ?
Collector No.
Lawyer Well. I'd advise voit to ask Hron-
sun. Ho'll glvo you something handsome.
Collector Hut your subscription ?
Lawyer Oh. 1 ? Oh. yes. Well , I won't
charge you anything for roy aUvlco uoout
Itronson. Good morning.
Indianapolis Journal : "Tho Idea of your
always as.iiiu for a Idas hoforo you take It ! "
"Oh. you don't llko such timidity , eh ? "
"Ills not timidity ut all : It's over-confi
dence. If you wcro not sure you would got It
you would not stop to ask.
Tlio girl whoso eonvcmtlon Is
Knoiish to make you sloop
May well bo a. i In to leprosunt
The terrors of the duop.
Now York Herald : Uustlo What yo poln'
tor mime yor now county so it , think ?
Hustle Perdition , I reckon. Wu mean tor
do up Chicago on poppylat on of uc kin. an'
tnqs * ponnlo scent wlllln' tor go to n town o'
" " "
luctnumc. *
Philadelphia Times : Portnno lias often
turned on Its hcol before reaching a man. but.
In thocasuof the r.ico course bettor it gener
ally turns on u horse's huol.
Columbus Post : Wales now signs himself
"Edward VII. " Ills uluvatlon to the throne
would perhaps bo styled "YII.-UD. "
ITS JUSTIFICATION.
Sutcral IlociuiHos AVlilch Have Led up to
the "N'alicnml riiKnint. "
Because Columbus flrst discovered an idea
and then discovered Queen Isabella and
Qucou Isabella discovered a way to fill his
empty pocket book , Columbns discovered nn.
America where the Pilgrims could land nnd
discover a Plymouth Hoctt whereon to kneel
nnd Rive thanks for deliverance from the
ooriU of the deep and a country wherein to
form a colony after their heart's dosiro. Bo-
cnuio tbero was a Plymouth colony there
were men and maidens and men and maidens
became lovers , such as Longfellow tolls UK of
in his "Courtship of Miles Standish. " Because -
cause there was an Independent colon v there
were wars with the mother country , ' nnd so
there was a bitttlo of Bunker Hill followed
by a declaration of Independence. Because
all men were not what they were declared
to bo , free and equal , three was a civil H or ,
and because of all thcso stirring evenu a
national pAgoantcomoi to pass , depleting In
song nnil story , In rejoicing nnd great thanks
giving , a notfon'M wondrous development ,
Ily the oxorclBoof nrtlstto tulll all these
stirring scones nnd moro \vlll bo roprotentod -
t tMo Uriind opera house Foorunry 20
nnd U7.
The event will bo distinctive both ns n
society event anil ns u benefit tor the
Woman's Christian association. The list of
participants shows that a largo number of
Omaha's best known people will appear to
lon.l their services for the occasion , Klevon
Important Incidents In American history
will bo represented by elaborate tableaux ,
with proper costumes nnd accessories.
The llrst will show Columbus nt the court
of Isabella. Tlio urmclpal uhnrnctors will
bo ropnMcnled ns follows : Queen Isabella ,
Miss llotin Hamilton : King Ferdinand , Dr.
I ) . 1 < \ Crummer ; Columbus , Charles It
Sncrman , The ether tableaux nro :
Second Landing of the I'llerltns Chlol
cluirnrlors ! Governor Carror.'W. II. Alex
ander : MM. L'arvor. Mrs. Colpolror ; Indian ,
Hull Kwlnv ,
TMrd-l/'oiirtslilp of Mlles Standish Char
acters : I'r srllla , .Miss Ilradloyi John Alden
Mr. C'rofool ! Mill's Standish , Charles llnrtoni
miuUtriite. Mr , SwltMor.
1'ourlh An old colonial kitchen Ohio )
oharactors : ( Irnndfiithur. W. 1' . Henry ! grand ,
mother , Miss I'crrlact father. Mr. Alexander ;
mother , Mrs , llaym-s ; typical old maid of 1UX ) .
Mrs Whitney ; bnsh/ill couple. Minis Clark , N.
1' . llrau-s ; sjluioliiiilrin , Mrs. Poor.
I'lfth Kocontloti to Washington unit Lafayette -
otto Chief ! ulincnL'toMi Martha Washington ,
Mrs. \\lli'iilKim I : AliUall Adams , Miss Em
ily WaKolyr-Lafnvotto. A. P. Wolcotl ; tlnri6or
or the inlmiol , Mr < , C'lumontChaso. Mr. Ulnm-
cntCluiHu , Ml s MoKcnnn. Mr. Wilson , Mlsl
Nash , Mr. Hall , Mies Yost nnd Mr. Kounu.o ;
M.m I.-HIM Hoajlaml. Mr. Gannott. Mlsj
HoaRland. Lieutenant Whitman , Miss Hall ,
Air. U. A. Wanner , Miss Duanoand Mr. Crotoot , v.
Sixth llattle of Hunker Hill-Chief eharacX
tors : General Warron. Dr. W. Y. Young : ( ! un-
oral Putnam , Lieutenant.I. . Mallory ; Gen-
unil I'ltcalrn. Captain U. A. Detnpioy.
So\onlh Declaration of Independence )
Chief rli-iractoM : America , Mrs. 1'ouoi
Columbia , Mrs. Cotton. Goddess of Liberty ,
Miss Anim lllsliop ; thirteen young Women
symballcal of the original states. Mms Clar.t
CUrkson. Miss llcrtlm ClarkHou , Miss Palsy
Donne. Miss Diindy. Miss Lorlng , Miss Coon.
Miss Kmlly WaKo.oy , Miss Mehlroino , MIsi
liiuhos. Miss Gully , Mrs. Matlieson , Mrs.
liedlok , Mrs. 1) . II. Wliculer ; sU-niTS of dec
laration , t > ocond t'nltod States infantry.
Klghtli Wnr Coininanderof troops. Lieu
tenant Mulford ; oldlcrs. Uniaha guards.
Ninth The Hospital Chief characters !
Siirneon. Dr. Donlsn ; nurses , Miss McKoll ,
Miss Kennedy ; u "fallen hero. Lieutenant
Mulford ; a volunteer , Mr. Henry Allen ,
mother , Mra. Warren Sult/Iur ; ( lower girl ,
Miss Ilorth.iClarkson ; guards , Messrs. Lund
hnd atoutcnhorniiKli ; wounded soldiers , Mr.
Kennedy , Mr. McKell , Mr. Christian , Mr.
Murray.
Tenth A Praise Mooting Header of eman
cipation proclamation , Mrs. Cotton ; ohorus ,
Messrs. Wnllorstvdt. Kilirour. Itninner.
Treat , Conrad , Valll , A. H. Find I ay , Goer o
Mcltoborts. J. S. llrown , C. C. Hanson , llercs-
ford , W. H. MoO.inn , 1C. II. Morlarlty.
Eleventh Woman's work In HU2 In contrast
to tlio old colonial kitchen Chief characters :
Vocalist , M . J. W. Cotton ; minister , MISI
Laura lloagland ; physician , Miss hiiiina
IIoaKland : orator , Miss Anna ( jetty ; teacher ,
Miss May Condon : lltorateur. Miss lilanchu
McKonini : editor , Mrs. Clement Clmsi < ; novel
ist. Miss Kaith Waterman ; pout , Jilss vlrglniii
Nash : thoii-illonnl uagoant. Mrs. Pope ; Del-
aarto philosophy. Miss Kate llr.ulley ; phvslc.il
oulturu. Miss Margaret .McKell ; ulocullonlst ,
Mlfls Hello Morrlll ; actors. Miss Daisy Donne
and Mis * Uortliu Yost ; sculptor. Miss
Mav Diindy ; artist. Miss llertha
Clarkson ; decorator , Mrs W. A. Kudtrk ;
mandolin. MUs llerllia Coon ; violinist. Miss
Lulu Lotlnc : cornotlst. Miss 1C. Kennedy ;
guitarist , Miss Clara Clarkson : reporter. Mrs.
h. H. Whoulur : stenographer. Miss Sus'O Hun-
teen : typewriter. Miss Mii7glo Mcldriim ;
dancing. Miss Kmlly Wukuley ; soloist. Mlsa
Anna IIIsliop
The pageant will bo glvon under the pat-
ronagoottbo following well known ludies :
Mesdumoi Adolph Moyar , Wnrron Swlulcr ,
W. J. Council , George Patterson , Joseph ft
T. Durycu , JumesMcKonna ) , Frank Wheatou ,
John B. Park , J. S. Mnllory. D. H. Whoelcr ,
jr. , H. Mulford , J. B. Christian , W. N. Babcock -
cock , Gcorco A. Joslyn , G. N. UleksV. . B.
Millard , VV. F. Allen , John K. Brook , F. M.
Richardson , W. G. Sponccr , Albert Ilart-
suff. C. l'Catltn , II. McCormtck , A. Kom-
iiigton , Lymnu Richardson , J. N. Cotton.
BREATHES FREE AIR.
Young Fred Vlalu Milken Ills Kxcupii from
th County ilnil.
A 14-yoar-old Bobeniiau boy named Fred
Flala escaped from tho. county Jail yesterday
oftbrnoon- is still --at largo. The escape
was duo to the carelessness of IJoputy Jailor
Enstoad. It seems that the deputy was
superintending the icmovalof some garbage
from the jail nnd had opened the corridor
and outer doors to allow tbo men bearing the
buckets to got out.
Flala. who wns "waiting to bo taken to the
reform school , saw nu opportunity to
cscapo and made the best ol
his chance. Ho slipped by the
Jailor and showed a clean pair of heels ns ho
Hew down the stone paved roadway leading
to the corner of Hnrnoy nnd t.lghteontti
streets.
Deputy Enstead started after the prisoner ,
but when a couple of hundred feet away
from trie Jail remoraborod that ho had loft
the doors open and returned In a hurry.
Jailer Miller was a witness to the affair
nnd when ho saw his deputy start on tn
ubaso quickly closed tno doors , preventing
the escape of other r-rlsonors. A description
of the boy was loft with thenollconnd they
Btftrtod out to look him up. H Is understood
tbo boy's parents live near the corner of Six
teenth and Castollar streets.
Unrreuso In thn Hank Itonorvi- .
Nnw YortK , Fob. 20. The weekly banli
statement shows tno reserve has decreased
f2,790.000. The banks now hold -fJO.833,000
in excess of legal requirements.
BROWNING , KING
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& CO. *
S. W. Corner 15th ami Douglas St-t.
Facts about
G. Washington
George Washington was born .Monday ,
February 22 , 1732 , and
Monday ever since that ,
i has been Wash day.
When George was 6 he
chopped a chunk out of
his father's cherry tree. If he
had had one of our suits for
6 year old boy she wouldn't
.have . done it. When he was
12 his papa died. Our 12 year old boys'
suits are the talk of the city. Washing tons
of dirt out of old shirts waists is wasted
labor when you can get new ones of us that
will Wash and not fade for 75e now. The
old price was a dollar. This is the last
week of the cut price sale on our boys' and
.children's .clothing. Our spring goods for
boys and men will arrive soon now.
Browning , King & Co
8ffir8oVW/'ui'Ioi.11-111' ' { : ! | , S.W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.