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    THE OMAHA DA1JLY TlirilSDAY , MARCH 2J , 1892.
THE DAILY BEE.
IX HOSnWATKK. KDITCR.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY
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" COHllESPONDENOB.
All cotniniinlcatlniis rolntlnz to news nnd
eclltorlnl matter Bhould bo uddrostod to the
LdltorKI Dopnrlnifiit.
Ilt'SlNESi !
All1iil liieii Iottcrniind rpinltt nrrs should
tcnridrrsscd to The Ilco I'titdlfililnif Coinpanv.
Oinnlm. Drafts. ehecUs nnd poslolllcu iirdi'M
to l > o mndo payable to the order of the com
pany.
The Bee Pnlillslilng ComiianT. . Proprietor
TwbllN FTATE"MUVlT oiii < OlHOULATlON.
Hatoof NolirnsUiv . .
Counlyof UouRlna. ( " *
Gco. II. T7 chuck , secretary of Tim Ilr.B
1 iibllNhliiR cotiipnny , docs solemnly swnar
Hint HID actual olrunlntlon nt TIIK DAILY HKI ;
for the wccl ; ending March 111 , IS'X' , was us
follows :
Fundav. Mnroh in. . 2M1
Jlondn'y , March 11 . -iMlKl
Tnmdny. March IS. . - SSI.AII
Wcilnc'dny. MnrchlO . SI.7.VI
Thiirsdnv. MnrelilT . S''O !
Frldny. Slnrch 18 . -MI'l '
Euturdny. March 19 . gJ.Oiu
Avcrupo . B4il7 :
OF.O. KTZPOHUOK.
Sworn tolcfnro mo nnd cuhscrlbed In my
rrrstnro IhlslOth day of Miirch. A. D. IH'ia '
fcKAl. N. 1' . PKIU
Notarv I'uhllc ,
A\niic < ) Vlrviitntlnii for IVIirimry : J-I,51O.
FAMK won in a dtiy Is oftun short
lived. The Now York Jtceonlsr rofora
to our nrillltvnt Billy us "Mr. Bryan ol
Toxas.'l
DUNCAN wtittotl u long tlmo nnd on-
durcd n prcat many disappointments , but
his umbltion to bo plumbing Inspector
1ms at lust boon grntllicd.
A CITY olectrlchin Is a necessity.
Such tin olllcor , If ho performs his duty
faithfully , will probnbly sivo the city
from disastrous condugnitions.
Cor.oNKt , DANIKL. S. L.vno.vr has
boon sick and this may luivo
to do with the general debility which
ImsnIToclod the Glovol'iftd boom lately.
WHY did not the council direct Coots
to reconstruct the steep uscont of the
city hull stoos which will forever re
main nn Impediment to an easy en
trance unless changed.
IT is very generally remarked that
the llolman providential boom went out
of sight when Uncle Bill Hutch exposed
to view hla inconsistencies both as an
objector nnd an economist.
state press has done n gront deal
toward popularizing the movement for
homo Industries. It should not weary
In well-doing but keep up the war cry
of "Jlonio against the world. "
COUNCILMAN MTJNIIO is entitled to
credit for endeavoring to have the city's
rights protected in East Omaha. The
proceedings so far have been altogether
too much of n jug-handled ailalr.
Tim Denver News crie ? out lustily for
moro silver clubs. Tim eastern demo
crats think ono will bo enough with
which tlio republicans can boat out the
brains of the democratic party in No
vember.
TIIK Boles nnu Russell campaign
bureaus nro not earning tholr mon oy.
Slnco the- Hill oplsodu extending from
Washington to Jackson , Miss. , occurcd ,
the booms of the governors have boon
limp nnd lifeless.
1ms boon a trille slow in dis
covering that she has an important in
terest nt stake in the East Omaha case
pending in the supreme court , but fortu.
natcly it is not yet too hrto to intervene
on behalf of the city.
Now that the council has abolished
the license inspector , stops should be
tukon by the mayor and police commis
sion to have tlio work of inspection car
ried out by other olUcors who ate in
position to look after violators of the
license laws nnd ordinances.
OLDER voters will remember that in
18712 the democrats , gi-ooubackors nnd
disgruntled republicans united under a
common Imnuor to prevent the ro-oloc-
tlon of General Grant They will also
roonll the fact that Gr.int was ro-
looted by tin overwhelming majority.
Now thai Mr. Coots hns the contract
for completing the rotunda of the citj
hall ho should put on his savon-leaguc
boots nnd proceed with dispatch tc
finish the building. It will bo prnctl
cally impossible to open the building tc
the public until the rotunda lloor nnd
corrldorb nro tiled.
SKNATOU HIM , undertook to until
Congressman llartor for asking him tc
dellno his position on the Bland bill ,
Slnco Ilnrtor's htrong nntl-sllvor suoeol
in the hotiHO on Tuesday , the Now Vorl
politician has discovered that ho nt
tempted to snub ono of the brnlnios
democrats In congress. ,
AT iiAST an ordinance has boon Intro
duced to regtilnto the use of Btroots nni
nlloyB by wugous hauling ctirth nnd tin
kind of wagons to bo used , The oxporl-
once of the past winter should pluinlj
allow the necessity of iv law to proven
the Indiscriminate use of streets foi
hauling earth in wiigona from whli'h tin
onrth continually drops Into the etroot
Tun council has determined to expend
816,000 in gas nnd olootrlo light fixture :
for the city hall , In other words tin
council Is bant upon upending nil tin
money nvnilnbla for that structure. The
proposed expenditure is inexcusable ox-
travngnnca It now looks ns if the goj
nnd olc-ctrlo light fixture : non were in
potential with the council ns the ngnntt
of the Kotchum furniture company. Tc
n man up n tree it looks ns if thuro had
, becn n distribution of moro orders foi
plug lints.
ULTIMATUM.
Tlio Boring sea question hns assumed
n grnvor us poet , owing to the continued
ro.'usnl of Lord Salisbury to consent to n
renewal of the nrrnniromont of last vcnr
for the urotcction of the eoal. The correspondence -
respondonco relating to thle matter was
tmbinltlod to Iho sotmto by the president
ycslorilny , nnd the dlspitchcs state that
the rending of Salisbury's note refusing
to rcnow the modus vivomli nnd making
counter propositions was received with
evident irritation by the sonato. The
note IH chniMctorlzed ns ovnslvo and
equivocating , and the president's ) rejoinder -
dor Is said to broadly hint so much ,
while insisting upon n renewal of last
year's ngroemont without rofcronco to
Insignificant or irrelevant conditions.
ThO serious phnso of the matter Is the
assurance given by the president Hint il
Great Britain declines to assist in pro
tecting Iho seals during the progress ol
arbitration ho will proceed to enforce
the laws nnd exclude poachers from
Boring son If the military force of the
United States is required to accomplish
it. Assuming this to correctly repre
sent tlio language of Iho president , It in
hardly possible that the British govern
ment will regard It otherwise than us n
inonnco which it nmy doom it nccedwry
to rcsont.
There nnpoiirs to bo no chance for an
honest dllTorcnce of opinion ns to the
course of Lord Salisbury In this matter.
Ho has not acted fairly and In good faith.
Tlio renewal of last year's modus
virondi , in its original form , or with ad
ditional security against the threatened
extermination of tho. seals , was ronuon-
nbly assumed by this government to be
n matter of course. Tlioro is manifestly
just MB valid and urgent reasons for pro
tecting the seals during the npproueh-
Ing season ns tlioro were n year ago.
Indeed It may bs more necessary to sup
ply such protection now , for if the
poachers were left to the unchecked
pursuit of tlioir business the indis
criminate slaughter of tlio uoals would
bo carried on moro recklessly nnd ex
tensively than over before , and oven
should arbitration result in favor of the
United States , this industry would bo
so nearly destroyed as to bo of little
value thereafter. The fact that the
British commissioners sent to Bering
son reported that the Reals nro not in
immediate danger of being extermin
ated is not a sullicient justification ol
the decision of Lord Salisbury hostile
to a most important industry in which
the United States is chiefly interested ,
but the preservation of which is really
the concern of the whole world. Comity
ns well as good faith demanded that ho
should continue last year's agreement.
The position of President Harrison in
this mutter will bo approved by the
country. There is a law of congress
prohibiting the killing of seal in the
waters of Alaska , and the obligation tc
execute that law is imperative on the
president. Agreeably to the mandate
of the law ho issued a proclamation some
time ago warning nil poachers to keep
out of the waters over which the United
States claims jurisdiction. The British
government is fully nwnre of all this ,
and the refusal to renew the modus
vivondl suggests a defiance of the gov
ernment of tlio United States to enforce
Its law according to Us own intorprotn
tion. It probably is not intended to
have this moaning , but it is fairly sub
ject to such a construction. The presi
dent will Undoubtedly make good IUK
assurance , and congress aim the country
will sustain him in doing BO. Meantime
the senate , it is announced , will ratify
the arbitration treaty , so that the ques
tions to bo determined by arbitration
will not bo embarrassed by the issue re
garding a. modus vivondL
THE FAK31GK IX POLITICS.
Wo spaak of the farmer in politics as
though it-woro something extraordinary
that a farmer should go into politics.
From the foundation of tbo republic
until now the United States has boor
an agricultural commonwealth. The
fminers of the federal constitution were
for the most part planters and farmers.
George Washington was a planter iind
BO were Thomas .lolTer.son and James
Monroe and Andrew Jackson. For the
past forty ye irs , however , lawyers have
constituted the great majority of the
national and state legislatures. L-uv-
yors have Hlled the cxectitlvo chair nnd
make up two-thirds of Iho presidential
cabinets. For many years the farmer
has , as a rule , boon content to help his
educated city neighbors into places of
profit and trust while ho Inn gone on do.
volonlng his farm nnd enjoying the HO-
ronlty and comfort incident to his voc.v
tlon.
tlon.Tho
The conditions are changing , however.
The farmer is assorting himself , nol
Altogether because the lawyers , banker :
nnd merchants Imvo Imposed upon him.
but because the gonora.1 disscmmntior
of intelligence through school nnd news
paper has roused his ambition to p.xrtlc'
ipato In government. It IB this conil
donee in his o n judgment of public
nllairs and knowledge o ( thu sulonco ol
legislation which have encouraged hln
to socle to inlluonco the making and enforcement
forcomont of the laws under which hi
lives.
Tlioro Is no eausn for apprehension it
this fact. On the contrary , it id snto t <
assort thnt our miblio ivITairs will hi
moro olllolontly administered and 0111
revenue moro judiciously apportioned b ;
Increasing tlio proportion of sturdy yeomen
mon in public ollicos. Farming hns'nl
ways been n noble occupation. Will
the improved methods of later yom :
nnd HID Increase of conveniences cause
quant upon the marvelous inventions am
commercial notlvhy ol the past fo\
years , moro mon of culture will turr
tholr attention to agricultural pursuits
A convention of farmers even now con
tains ns fair an average of rellnomon
und IntolloMutil ability n n like gather
ing of roprosontntlvos ftom almost nnj
ether walk of llfo.
The farmer has como into politics ti
stay. Uo will henceforth romnln an
important factor in shaping the doatln.i
of the republic. Ho may for n tlmo 'hi
on the wrong track , soaking rcdros * fo
real or imaginary grievances Ho inuj
bo carried away by wildcat sohomos , b ;
demagogues nnd visionaries. But h'
will not long submit to imposition. Hi
has u mind of his own and can hoar , rout
und wolgh political discussions with ni
accuracy which roaches prompt nni
definite conclusions. The occantricltlo <
ot Simpson , the vngnrlos of Donnollj
nnd the insincerity of Vnmlorvoort ma )
temporarily mislond farmers , but thoj
will not bo long in winnowing the chnfl
from the wheat.
THU UHWOLI :
The Street railway company has np
plied for permission to erect nddilkma
motor line poles In the lower part of tin
city. This reminds us that the onll
nance rotating to the erection of polci
for motor lines has never boon enforced
Section 23 , chapter 09 , Kovlsoi
Ordinances , grants permission to th <
strcot railway company to oreo
and construct Us lines of win
under the supervision of the Board o
Public Works nnd suspend the , satin
from iron poles of nn ornamental shap <
and pattern to bo approved by the cltj
council nnd such Iron poles Mmll be of i
height that will suspend the wires no
less than twenty foot nbovo surface o
the fit root.
An cxcoption was mndo in the ordi
naticoln favor of the existing motoi
company , which was permitted to oroci
wooden poles temporarily , but was re'
quired to subatituto Iron poles within sh
months from the dale of the passage o
the ordinance.
This ordinance is nnd has boon ndo i
letter. Tlio six months within whici
the wooden poles wcro to bo replaced bj
iron poles ' 'of nn ornamental pattern'
expired nearly two years ago. Ihi
company hns never submitted to tin
council nny pattern for ornamental 01
unsightly ion : poles. Not only Imvo the
old wooden poles not been replaced bj
iron poles , but mlles iiponinllos of wood
en polo motor line has been constructed
since the passage of the ordinance ii
violation of law.
That Is not all. There Is not n singlt
motor wire twenty foot above the strco
center. The most unsightly nuisance
in Omaha is the forest of wooden p : > lcs
and promiscuous wires. Kvorystr.mgoi
who comes to this city is unfavorablj
impressed with tlio blockade ot our prln
cipal thoroughfares by polo lines o
every height nnd size. If wo have t <
submit to tlio polo nuisance oven torn
uornrily , we can and should at loa&t im
prove the appearance of our thorough'
faros by enforcing the iron polo ordi
nance and compelling1 the telegraph
and telephone companies to take down
nil poles not absolutely needed and make
them string their wires on ono sot ol
poles , of uniform height , sharing the
UBO of such poles by whomsoever thoj
may bo erected.
Omaha is to bo the center of attrac
lion for thousands upon thousands of vis
itors. Our business streets would com
pare favorably with these of any ether
city of equal population if it were nol
for the wire and polo blockade. If we
ju-o to spend thousands of dollars In en
tertaining our visitors , lot us also take
the necessary stops to exhibit in the
most favorable aspect our broad street !
and superb business blocks.
I/IB DKCLIXK OP SILrnil.
The government bought silver Mon
day at a little over 8f ) cents par ounce ,
which according to Iho assistant treasurer
uror at Now York is the lowest price a
which silver was over purchased by the
treasury. Except for n short time aftoi
the enactment of the existing law requiring
quiring the government to purchase
81,500,000 worth of silver monthly the
market value of that metal Ins steaJili
declined. Representative Hartor o
Ohio , ono of the democrats opposDd tc
free and unlimited coinage of silver
said In Tuesday's dob.ite on the Bland
bill that gold soils in all parts of the
world for 22.83 times it * weight in sif-
vor , but the difforcnco is really mor <
than this. At the price paid by tin
government on Monday last it take :
about twenty-throe nnd one-half ouncoi
of silver to buy ono ounce of cold , s <
that the actual value of the silver dollai
relatively to gld is but n small fraotiot
over 09 cents.
Such is the standing of silver aftoi
moro than eighteen months of the opera
tion of tbo law under which the nntlonn
treasury absorbs the product of Amori
cnn mines. It is u situation very differ
ont-from what was goner.illy oxnoetet
to result from this legislation , but HOIK
the less it is valuable testimony agnins
the policy of free and unlimited coinngi
In the nbsonco of an International agree
ment regarding' silvor. If the Unitoi
States c.-.nnot maintain its own oil vor a
a parity with gold it manifestly canno
do t'nis for the silver of the world. Tin
production of silver is increasing. Tin
countries of Europe not already on a goli
basis are seeking that position. In tho.si
circumstances nn effort on the pai-t u
tliis country to lift silver to a parit ;
with gold , maintaining the legal ratio o
sixteen to ono , must inevitably fall , will
the consequence of banishing gold frdn
circulation and from the country , am
establishing hero thu single silver st-.m
dard. Nothing could ba moro iibsuri
than the counsel of the froa coinage
advocates Unit the Unito.l States ought
to disregard the financial policy of otho
natioii. : Tills country has eommoreia
relations with nil the world , and whll
these continue wo cannot without in
jury to ourselves ignore the policy c
countries with which wo liuvo tlio liios
extensive dealings and create nn hide
pendent and nnvugonisllu linaricin
bystom.
By far .the greater part of our commerce
morco is done with gold standard countries
trios , nnd whenever the United Stale
abandons that standard It will bo nt
disadvantage. Wo should lose our gold
demoraH/.Q our foreign commerce , am
Introduce instability and uncertain ! ;
into all transactions of n financial iini
uoiiynoiTiul nature.
Within thu past year moro gold ha
gone to liuropo from the United St.Ut
than over before In the history of th
country during an equal period , nnd i
continues to go , notwithstanding tin
very largo balance of trndo in our favor
The most significant explanation of thi
is to b3 found in the approhorision o
European holdo.-s of American soourl
ties that this country will adopt fro ;
silver coinage , and they could not th 01
got gold for tholr securitios. Secrutar ,
Foator hiiid on his return from Englani
that thu llnuncliil intoresU of that coun
try would ba dollghtod if the Unlta.
States should adopt free coinage , because -
cause that wauld put the country on
single silver basis and insure to tin
financial and tonakmorolnl ndvnntngo o (
England , nnd t ls not to bt doubled
that the other ) t tlons ot Europe entertain -
tain a shnUtur-nfoollng. Certainly no
greAter or gJ tVer mlstnko could bo
mndo than to(4Vregard , such admoni
tions nnd put thl * country on a financial
level with Ch\lii India nnd Mexico.
. . '
* " -y r -M -
Tit is statomviTvt mndo by the finance
minister of $ jiniln In the Dominion
House of Commons , relative to the no-
gotinticns .n.reciprocity treaty with
the United Stfrt s , fully explains the
failure of the Canadian commissioners.
They simply proposed a free exchange
of natural products , while Mr. Blalno
insisted that American mnniifucturois
should bo protected against the competi
tion of British manufacturera In the
C'nmuiinu markets. As C.uiadi'would
not consent to this the negotiations
ended ; nnd in the opinion of the lltmnco
minister for years to como. This is very
lllccly unless ono ot two things should
happen olthcr a Ubnral government bo
chosen In the Dominion willing to make
fair terms with the United Slates , 01 * a
democratic govorlimo'nt bo elected in the
United States that would bo suscaptlblo
tolhosuggostlonsof the Canadian torloa.
Meanwhile this country can very well
nlTord to lot tlio situation remain as it Is ,
and it is certain that no ollort will b3
made to change it by the present admin
istration. The Canadian people nro all
split up over the quo3tioi : ot n coni'iior-
clal policy , and boonor or later they will
be compelled to souk closer trade rela
tions with the Unitnd SlatoJ ro .irJloss
of the interests of Great Britain. Tills
country can wait for that time.
Tim ordinance requiring inspectors of
public works to have tlio necessary
qualifications has been defeated by the
council nnd the contractors' ring Is
happy. Tlioir howl nbolit a new Tam
many , like the cry of "stop thief" by
the pickpocket , was intended merely tn
distract public attention from their own
fcliomos of jobbery. Now tlio Board of
Public U orks will bo in position to re
peat the fnrco of' appointing political
strikois and parties recommended by
the contractors to do the inspecting of
pavements , sewers nnd ether public
works.
A I'pnioiiitl llonrllt.
.
Mills will capture that Toxni sanatorship.
Thus the house will lese n u'outt member nnd
tlio senate cot a puorouo.
Mint.
- , .
A Fnlrtnountllob. , politician was Idclcoil
In the mouth byz < ai horso. HOPJO sense al
ways revolts at thO Nebraska politician.
(
Ocm
From only Srol smiles ot railroad in 1SG7
Nebraska now bite B.-IOD miles , or within U30
of the mlloago ojLajJNow Eiglanil. The ouco
"groat Amorlcun tlqsert" scorns tn bo moving
to the other side of the map.
A Kovrliitli
Glticauo Mall.
An alderman says ho .was ofTorod ? 17,00. . ' ) to
vote for a certain .fr.iucbisa. If ho hid
stonpcd right tliflrg' isstalomunt would have
been bnliovod , biit-wnon , U.i a-Jdod that ho
hauphtily rolused it the wholostnry is robbed
of its value ns an important revolatlor. .
Tlin AntlOIlllloiriiru 1'liiu.
.De'ircr Situ.
Peffer thinks to discouratro millionnlros by
tiixlus estate * ot = ? 2OJJ.OJO : iO par uont. At
this i-ato , should a man Uavo $ rOJ3ODO. It
woulil amount to con location. IIU now bill
is a sort of au acnordoon-ploated aTair and Is
designed to uinko him and his goatoj popular
with the yeoman.
Allis , I'our Holes.
A'cio York Advertiser.
Iowa scorns to t > 3 having all the colonial
phenomena uow-a-ilays. Tno latast Is a beau
tiful ni3teor that llmhoa across the northern
sky and bur.-itiuto fragments when it neared
the earth's surfaoti. Alai , poor Bolos ; they
Uavo soon his star in tuo woat and that was
the end ot it : the glory of a moment and
then fragment * .
Itut-cliod Jmngiiiatiun.
7Jiisloil ( llolic.
Upon the authority of the chairman ol i.ho
Iowa ronu'filican convention Mr. Jamoi Of.
Blalno is "tho moit commanding liguroof all
thooarth the idol , notonlyof hlsown party ,
but of all thoo.irth. " It would bo intuit -
iug to know what percentage of the popula
tion of this great earth is not oven aware of
the cxUtcnco of the Main a idol.
A Kny r Light.
f'lfe'.ifff ) Time * .
To n correspondent who inqulroj "What Is
the matt/ir with Flower or Whitney of Now
YorkC1 the Now York Herald responds :
" .Tho country wants a western man. Tliat's
what's the matter with Slower or Whlliioy
of New York. " This bright pleam of lutolll.
gcuco in the editorial paua of the Herald will
shlno a ? lar ns a good Uoad in this naughty
world.
nislrumihltliii ; llopublh-1114 ,
Sw //Tiiicliifw Chronicle.
Thost-Uoof MUiourl Is to bo rodistrioteil
ho that too demoL'iuti will have fourteen out
of the UftO'jn districts , As the republican
candidate for president in 1SS3 received .Mil , .
' . ' 57 votes to 'Jlil,074 , cast for Clovolanu it would
Kcom that the democratla legislature of Mis
souri Is not very anxious to show fair play to
IU opponents. Tno only hope decant pujplc
hiivu of acolng the gorryinandurlng ubuiio
ub.uo.l b tent hold out by the pallttelaiM
thomsolvcj. who'iln tholr nnxioty to make
thiniM go their own way hesltutu at no out-
ra o. Sonio u&yiMlua ho gishnoss wll
opcratcon pjbllc sentiment in such a fashion
thut the duinaud Torreform cannot bo ro-
sUtod ,
Qi'.nxr AXI cinituir.i.
A Mississippi cipmi who hus counted thi
nutubor of acods In u bushel of various grnui !
found that corn wont TJ.KiJ ; wheat , bsuUUU :
poas. lOU.OOO ; collofi toad , 104,1(5' ( ' ) ,
The Mannlichcr nllo Is u jiro'.ty nnieaclou'
weapon. Au Aifiuiun holiliur Buluiuud wltt
ono thu other day. The bullut , alter passing
tlirouRh hh bodv , wont throus'li the head o
another soldier , ullllng him uf caui-jo , IUIL
iimde it serious wound in llio arm ot u third
Charles Parlnttb'fnnd Antonio 1'arlatto or.
brothot-3 , and before they loft Italy they miir
rlca sisters. Holh sottlea in iMr.iiliighain ,
Conn , On March IU the remarkable colnci
donco occurred ot the wives ot enuli lviiu
blrlh to twins within a few hours of eaul
other. One sot of twins was girls , the olhci
boys.
In Surrey county , North Carolina , there i :
a mountain wlioii ) outllno displays n binUliu
llkuiit'.sa to the Sphinx of Ksf.vpt. It is In tin
northwestern purl of the t > tute , Just east oi
ihoBluo Itldgu range , and lies prune upon tin
I'ledmont plains. At a distance of tun mllci-
the llguro is the exact counterpart of ilmt ol
u iganltc [ lion , its body nt rl lit angle i to Ihi
prcuiiiltous Hugo , and with houil reared nluli
us If m Iho act of rising.
They have some lofty cities iu .South Amor
lea , Lut thov have not n monopoly of them , c
one would bi led to understand uy u rt'Ou-nl
Hum In tno Han Francisco Call , a % follows.
' Tbo four cities In the world with tbo high
est elevation above the neil level arc 1'otnsi.
in IJollvlu , 1U.33J fc'Qt ; ( Ju co , In I'aru , ll.JS ;
La l'ui , in llolivia. lu.biJ , und Quito. In
licuiidor , y.ai'J. " A LoadvIMo , Colo. , Is ov i
10,000 foot hlch , of course It Is ono of the foui
liiRhcit , Instond of Quito , ns the Call should
know , to bo truthful nnd patriotic.
A Dotrolt man lias a novel walking cane
thnt represents the work of odd hours overv
day for six weeks , It Is made of old postage
stumps of various denominations nnd six nix- -
tionalltlus United State * . Cnnndlna , Eng
lish. French , Ucrtnnn nnd Itnlimi , U took
f > ,011 stmnrn to innko the cnno. The face
vnluo of the stamps was ? 100. The surface
of the en mo , when the stapips were all on ,
was tiled smooth nnd finished until It Rlnml ,
A heavy gold luiob uomnlotos ono of the
handsomest nnd most unique canes ever soon
In Detroit.
Tin : .itttn i..txn HIM. .
FI.EMISO , Colo. , March 20 , To the Editor
of TIIC l\f.r. \ : I notice you spoalt in favor ol
the passage of tlio nrkl Innd bill. Vati are ,
no doubt , unfamiliar with the underlying
mntlvo of this bill. It Is provided In this
bill thnt "each homesteader or'settlor ol
Irrlqablo lands mnv have appropriated to him
or lotnod , all contiguous grazing landu. This
cttti bo with or without price , n * thn stiUa1
decide. "
Now , Is cot this plain enough f
Is there a settler or farmer west of the
00th morhllnn so obtusa that ho canuot sec
that this Is n scheme of the cattle barons tc
regain possession of nil ptiblie lauds lying
botwoou the UocKy mountains and Iho U'Jth '
incrMian I
Hvcry settler on the table land In eastern
Colorado and western Nebraska and Kansas
know * that It Is practically Impossible to Ir
rigate said nortlotis of land unless it could bo
done by means of nrtoslnn wells , which at
bosl are visionary. Every settler Unows
that should this bill pass hourly nil , or nt
loivit the greater part of the public lands
now open for sottlouiont by homesteaders
would bo grabbed by eattlo mon.
Wo I'lalin that the homestead law
bus hion u proat bciiotlt to poor
furthers who would Imvo boon oollged to
work nnd suvo nearly nil tholr lives to gain
n ucmu had not tlio homestead law boon
passed. Wo bellovo that thu great majority
of farmers In the territory mcnttonca uro
oiwosed to Iho passugo of the bill. Wo also
bollovo that I'rosldont Harrison will do well
to vote Ihu bill If it docs pass. The heelers
for this hill nuv succeed in pulling the wool
ever thn oycs of our senators nnd representa
tives In regard to this tnnttor , but they can
not blind the Intelligent settler on public
Inntts. The lands described In the bill are
not "arid lands. " Wo raised ns treed crops
last season ns were raised in any ether state
ns tin nvorago , nnd wo intend to continue
raising good crops here.
Lot the advocates of the arid land bill
visit this country In Juno or July nnd bo
convinced that the great American uosort
can "blossom us the rose. "
A. M. Wn-snv.
Crniiil Army Mon In Trait * .
El. PASO. TOJC. , March } . The city Is
crowded with Grand Army mon , their wives
nnd daughters from Texas and Now Mexico ,
A crand parade was hold yesterday In which
confederate veterans participated. There
were 003 men In lino. The address of welcome
como was delivered by Mayor Cuplos , whc
turned ever to the veterans an iinmonbo koj
upon which was painted : "Paint this town
blue nnd grenn. " Ho said the city was
theirs. Last night speeches were made by
Oonoral Mann of Tex.is , General Fouiuninc
of Now Mexico , Dr. Uobinson of El Paso , anil
Mr. Downs of Now Mexico.
nifjiuitx oi' Tin : D.I r.
1'ost An Indian namorl '
Chleauo : 'Triys-on-
Ills-MotliLT-ln-Law. " was kll'.od rouontty ut
Iho Kosobud Agency and It served him well
right. That was a moid trick.
Atchlson Gloliu : In most novels girls nrt
tu : > xht how tb bo heroines , not how ) .o bo
wives.
Clitcnso Times : "N'o , sir. " said the good
you 111 ; niun. " 1 do not bclluvo In liL-htlnx. If n
ninn should fiinltu inu on onu check I would
turn unto him thu other ono. "
"ltist Ihlng pos llilo for you to do. " re-
.Rpondoil the reprobito nf thu club. "No man
who had run up iisalnit your chcok once
would risk his Unuclilus against another Just
as hard. "
Somcrvllle . .TourmilVooi > lng Kolutlvc
Do vou ilrcul : duatli so much ?
< IU Cltl/un No. I am not ulr.ilil tn clip , lint
I do not lll < u to think that tlio nouip.iimr-
whiiii I am buried wilt say In the huadimo :
'Another Old Laudin irlc Oono. "
A SUIIl'lllSR.
A'cti ; York llcrt ! < t ,
HopiirohAscdn suit that was EiulUh , ,
A cuno that way qnito up to date ,
A lint tint. vris ; n itty .1111 .stylish
To covur his v.iciiou * pate ;
Tliun this dude 'ltd a thing ijulto surnrUIng ,
A thing tint will suruly iiupall.
Hi ; IOUK a thick nui-so fronChls puckot
And honestly p ild for theni nil.
Wusiilnston Star : "Loirnto Iu1)or ) and to
wall , " Is cooil iiilvlL'O. The grout dlllloully
about It Is thn dtsDOsltion manifested to dls-
resard thu first portion of the provcrb-und put
all the cmphsials on the last.
Kato Weld's Washltiiiton : Miss I'usso ( to
.vounit Mrs. lloncdict ) . Mrs. Itoncdlct , just lot
mi ! glvo you u wrlnlcle.
Mrs , llcncdlct ( mentiilly--I ) Uon't , kuow nny-
body who could spare one hettcr.
Indhinnpo'ls JoiirnalAh. : . " musoil Mr.
HnnRry Illvglns. as the "chantuhlo ollloor"
Rtoorucl him tow.irn the cliy wood yur.l , " 1
have once moio slinck the popular cord. "
Harper's Hmir : : "I noror send a story out
for uiibilciitlun , " i-alil Dnllp-ath , thu realist ,
"without llrst h.'ivlni ; slept ever it. "
; i don't linllovo I've uvor lo.iilonu ofthum
oltiicr. without dola tlrj J.-UHU tiling , " ro-
tuniuil Iluwloy.
Now Orlu.ins I'lciiyiino : A riinnlnir ncuoiint
at it htoro soon gets ahead of a m.iti's joukot
In u go-ns-you-ploaso r.ico.
Knnsns Oily Times : Don't try to On toe
much. It Is R ild Ihtil a min : In ICuns is Is now
l'ild-hoa < lol : liucniisu ho was ( lelcniiinod Hint
his wifu should luuiii lo oat plo with a fork.
Tiilo Itoconl : "Thnru , " said the ciiptiilu u !
lonali was tossed ovorho ird , "Unit's n ulo.u
uasu of iiiophut iind lo > .s. "
Columbus 1'ost : Thu oftonur OMO'H lawyei
"Illcs 111bill" tliu lar/ur thu account guts.
KdchBstur I'nst : Visitor 1 mipposo yon
Imvo to bo constantly on thu uiort 10 jirovunt
thu tiscupo of tlio in mi tics. I iisauu Asylum
Attendant Viis ; nu.irly all of ilium uru just
cra/i togotouu
< ! t \K II ITll Till : J'J.VH ,
II. J Ilimlftlr , In la < l'cx' Iliiine Jii'trnnl.
Whom is tlio IhrlM of last n glifn fimr ?
Whure Is tlio stain of last wuuk'ri lo.ir ?
Whtiru U the tooth that auht-d lust yo.ir ?
cionu whcru thu lo > t plus to to ;
I'or lust , nUlit'd rlilillu Is all niudo plain.
Thu suiibliliiii IiniKlis al thu long-past ruin ,
And the tooth thut auhmt hath lost lib pain
Thut'd whutoiir troubles ; ; iow to ,
Wlicro nro thu clothes tint wo usud to wear ?
U'liuiu aiu tlio InirJuii'i IINUI ! to bu.ir ?
Wheru ) > thu balil-huad'ti L-iirlliig liulr )
( iouo wheiu ihu pins tllsapiu.ir | to ;
I'or thu btylo hus vh.iiiuud ami I ho clothes an
now.
Thu sKli's nro wunrliiK lii'lslitorhliiu.
The hair iloi.'sn't Miurl us It used to do.
And Ihu 11 iilm h. . * i.ro\vii muiuu oar.tci
Wheio uio Ihu hills lli.il our 113 n-ti distressed
Whole Is I lib pin th.it the luby "liluaauill' "
NVIiL'ru nro thu ( loves In lust yu.ir'n ni'sl' . '
Wliiirn Irivu thu niiii all uono to ?
( Ju thu o'.il bills D.I il aru thu new onus thrown
Tlio Daliy'n nt school with licr pins oiil'grown
And thu t.iimbs | are runiiln , ' u mist or Uiui
o u
uVou ciin't lirlir 'urn baok If you want to.
Wu cun st.ind the binurt of vi-stui.lny ,
Tmhiy'horic HIH uo can ilrlvu away ;
What B wiii , uml H brill. ! , no ill jinny
I''or past , und imui nt a.iiiiiw ;
Hut Iho Im r Jens unit nuiku us gro.m nni
hlVUllt ,
Tim lioublui , tlmt muivu ns fumu null dot ,
An' tliu tlilius tlrii luivun'i iiuppunuj yut
Thu pins thiil wu'll tiiKl toinoritiw.
7 S. Carey St , B Al TiMoun ,
"I liad ft < $ i . . . br-rn nf-
Sul
Jacobs O.I , v.li.ih i did and was
entirely rdiecd , "
IDA M. FLEMING.
2CS
TARIFF AND THE NEW SOUTH
Carolina Lumberman Fool the Need of
Sonio Governmental Protection !
SOME FACTS CONCERNING THE TRADE
Wlint tlin Ctiitrlrstnn No\v mill Courier Sots
1'orlh on tlio Suli.lrot Ihlcli'iicn of
Olisnnriloii Slimy Sides
"l ii n Soutli , "
WASIIIXOTO.V , D. C. , March IP [ Special
Correspomlonco of Tnu HRR. ] Just now
tlioro Is n jjood deal of agitation In tbo Curo-
linns ever llio proposition to put lumber on
the free list uml the possibility that too
effort will succeed. When the MorrUou and
Mills bills iiropoiod to chop n larpo portion
tion of the duty off of rlco , the two Cnro-
1 in us came to the front with noniu of tholr
nblost ( loiiocratlo lawyer * anil politicians
and bogged that tholr "Infant" mid nt the
801HO time old Industry * bo saved. They
represented thnt to even tuka olT a fourth
of the duty would so Impair the vice Industry
that It would within a short tlnio bo coin-
plotclv dropped , nnd wo would have to do-
nond UDOII Japan and ether rlco producing
countrlos for our supply. The duty was pro-
served. It ts represented today by the mar-
Itol columns ot the Charleston News nnd
Courier , the loading bourbon organ of the
ox-con federate soutii , that the domestic out
put of rlca is not selling at all ; that the
Japan product. Is occupying the market , und
at prices which miiko the domestic produc
tion unprofitable mm undoslniblo.
A recent run through the central and coast
portions of the two Carolinas convinces
your correspondent Unit the trade in lumbar ,
lops and the product of trees is uy all odds
tbu loading business of tnoso two states.
Two-thirds of the men at work about the
towns and in the country at this moment
aim this is the season .when farmers nro at
work are engaged in either the lumber
business or the turpontlno und rosin trade.
The greatest mills recently put UD in these
states nro for the production of lumboror
something from trees with xvhlch the two
Curollnas nbjund. Pine , cedar nnd other
woods which cover moro than half of the
surface of the Uarollnas uro going down
rapidly before the axemen todnr , nnd .vet
the complaint from the lumbermen ana the
owners of the lands Is that , the prlcoa are so
low as to bo unprofitable
1'rlri's ami ProspouU Then nnd Now.
I llnd n statement in the recent editorial
columns of t ho newspaper above referred to
'
which gives accuralo 'information us to the
present valun of Carolina lumber and timber
lands compared to what they were before our
importation- Ctinadlan lumber were do-
voloDed as they have rccoutly boou. luas-
much as the llgures appear In free trade
organ of creuit nnd come from a bourbon pen ,
they must bo accnptod as true llcuros.
"Southern lumber " it ' 'is
, says , today being
sold for loss money than over boforo" during
the last twenty-live years. Ton years ago
lumber was worth from $12 to $18 par 1,000
feet. Standing timber was then sold at from
75 cunts to f-.5l ) per aero , provided it was
conveniently located near railroads. Thou
timber lands from eight to llfleon miles from
tno railroads were considered of very little
value and 110 lumberman , or very few , could
bo Induced to buy timber at such a , distance
from railroads. Todav lumber Is worth from
S3 to $12 per 1,000 feet , und standing timber
is worth Irom ? .J to Stj per aero , and must bo
boucht all the way from eight toliftoou miles
from tuo railroad or not at all. "
The fact that nl arms the two Carnllnas
most just now , anu ludeoj some of the ether
southern lumber states , is that "about nine
ty per cant ol tbo pine lumber manufactured
in the south,1' to quote from this excellent
authority further , "during the last ton years
anil up to the present time had already "been
bled for turpentine , thereby lolling u great
many trees at onuo and endangering the Ufa
of the aiitlro forest by Ilros und worm * .
Anvono at all acquainted with timber knows
very well that when once the trees have boon
turpentined for three or four ya.u-s that very
soon the whole forest is dead or blown down
and becomes of very little or 110 value to tno
lumberman. " It is. therefore , just so mucn
more for the person who has trees turpen
tined to be able to turu them over to the lum
berman.
The promise of free lumber and free com
petition with thu Canadian forests Is alarm
ing a number of southern states , and should
tbo promise bo fullillod it is suru to cause a
revolution in one of tbo loading , if not the
foremost , interests of tbo south. The duty
was maintained on sugar for u long period of
years for the south. The duty on rioo is
maintained solely for a small area in Iho
south. The duty on lumber is of far raoro
interest to the south as a protection than any
other section of the country. Aud .via the
south is opposed to the party that elves this
protection.
Sonio Southern Iiiii > ro\nnimit .
Despite the fact that the greatest opposi
tion to the McKmloy tariff bill en tno from
the south. 1 am told southern gentlemen
interested in that section ana now at work
developing Its interests thnt moro oenolU
has accrued to the south in. proportion to the
value of property and population than any
other section. Kotulono have the Iron and
coal nnd lumber interests manifolded
since the Fifty-lir.il congress was elected and
a now tariff was assured , but fruit raising
and general commerce has been almost
double In Importance. There luwo boon moro
factories , shops , ml'li ' und prlvato rosldonoos
and winter resorts established slrico the oloc.
lion of isss in Florida , thoCarollnns.Uoorgln
nnd the Virginias than during the ten years
bolero that date. As soon as 1'reslclont Hnr
risen nnd ft republican congress were chosen
nnd a urotcctlvo nnd Mnblo government M
surod tliosn cctlon of the south which
could bo most affected by the acts of a pa
ternal government began to tnito now llfo.
i nm told thnt the great Const Line rail
road , which runs from Now York to IVunpa ,
lias had Its business Increased full SO per
rent or moro slnco the period named. Its
fruit trndo IIRS grown oo enormously thnt
fast through freights for oranges nnd early
vegetables alone make pilgrimages botwoou
the extreme north nnd south now ns quickly
as formerly did the ordlnnrv passcngot
trains. Then tbo road has lumber trains
nnd trains loaded with manufactures Iron :
the southern states for the north n fact
which never before existed , The north has
heretofore furnished the south qtilta nil ol
Us manufactures. There are nt present In
Georgia some of the largest cotton mills on
earth , making nil kinds of cotton goods nnd
thread -a line heretofore conllncd to Fall
Uivur mills. v , J
Ono of the most ronnrkablo growths of tin n \
south slnco the election of the present ml- "
ministration hns boon In the winter resorts.
11 would nt llrst thought seem nn absurdity
to claim thnt n tariff or nuy other federal Inw
could affect the winter or summer resorts ,
whore people go for hunlth or pleasure , and
have no regard for conimorclnl interests. Hut
attention was attracted to Florida , for In
stance , in soon ns the era of u "now south"
was announced by the selection ot a presi
dent anil a congress with development of nlK
sections In vtow. A single New York caplN. .
talist wont to St Augustine , Fia. , n town of >
11,500 residents , and Invested probably three
or four millions of dollars. He- built Iho
thrco llnest hotels in thn United States.
Custlln U vl\i > il In I'lorliln.
It is said the Pence do Leon is the finest
hotel in the world. It is proluuly worth
$ . . ,000,001) ) ns It stands. It U built in tbo
quaintest and yet most approved Spanish
architecture , coplod after some ot the richest
of the palncos of Spain , nnd Is lliushcd mid
fnriilshod far better than the lluost palace on
Snanlsh ground. Its architecture and nrttstiu
displays are nlono worth trnvollngnthoubnmi
miles to sno. Mr. O. D. Suavoy , the manager ,
tolls mo that ho has turned away from 100 to
00 visitors almost every day during the pres
ent season. The whole little city , which loolts
IIKO a panorama of a section of * .
Madrid , has IKJOII metamorphosed. Ouo
fools UUo ho Is in a foreign laud. The old
sandy streets linvo all boon asphalted. The
smoky old buildings constructed centuries
ago by the Spanish , have boon brushed up
utid look oloan , and then ) is lifo , oven for that
quaint centenarian , which has boon the
curio of the Nuw World for a hundred
years. There Is the aatno old Spanish
cordlnllty , amid the glamour ami
whirl of the mojt fnshlonabla visitors
of the outiro north , nnd , despite the
announcement that the new tariff law would
rob every ono with high prices , this s pie ml or
comes lower in dollars than thnt which the
northern visitor endured llvo years ago.
St. Augustine is the clcanost , most attract
ive city of 10,000 persons in the entire coun
try now. It has , besides the llnest hotel in
the world , which Is the wonder of architects
and artists from every ml mo , a hum of now
lifo as if by magic a new lining hnii touohod
It. What has brought to llfo the great Pouco
do Leon nnd attracts there every winter to
enjoy the warmth of summer aunsliino Ims
brought , to almost every ether point in Flor
ida now nrosberity. There nro hundreds of
beautiful hotels just opened , and hundreds of
thousands of persons po south now that did
not go llvo vo.irs ago. That nmglo which has
brought theWontira country into prosperity
has called attention to what was ouco Flor1
Ida's sandhills and dovolonod at least ono f \
phase of it bayonu the fondest hope.P.
P. S. II.
To Abolish Imprliimmcnl lor Debt.
NEW YORK. March 'JII. There has boon in
troduced In the IcgUlnluru a bill to repeal nil
thu provisions of the code relating to im
prisonment in civil actions. The bill nbol-
ishos the last remaining vosllgo of Imprison
ment fet dobtiind with it the debtor's prison ,
Ludlow street jail , which is directed to ba
turned over to the city authorities for publii ;
usos. The penal cede is to bo amended so as
to provide for the punishment , as a mlsilo-
incanor , nf all c.isos of actual fraud in com
mercial transactions.
Tuenty-SlK Million Surplus.
Nuw YOIIK , i\l irch 23. lleports are busy
In Wall street with Standard Oil ulTnirs.
rbero have bjon rumor * of u big undivldji
surplus , ronortod to bo us largo as f W,000OJJ
over and above the c.ipital of SODJ,033 ! ) in
outstauulug cortillcatos. Part of this sur
plus , it Is saia , will go as additional capital
to the minor companies into which the triist
has been broken"und the remainder will go
as a cash return to the cortlllcato holders.
lin l.nmont Seriously 111 ,
Nr.w YOIIK. March i'i. A morning paper \
states that Colonel Daniel S. Lament has
b-jen seriously ill lor tuo past two weolcs. Tin
is not yet. out of danger , and slnco last Satur
day physicians have boon In constant attonf
mice. On hU return from the south M
Lament was so fee bio that ho had to bo car
ried on n otrotchor from the carriage to hi
bod. The utmost pains have boon taken U
Ueop the dangerous illness of Mr. Lamoat
secret.
Things Arc Coming I'ltor'n Wny.
CHICAGO , ill. , March 23. Warden Edward
J. Murphy of the Cbestor penitentiary anc
Governor Fifor's chief lieutenant in southern.
Illinois , is in tlio city today , and claims tli.n
of "M dclngatos to the state convention se
lected up to ynstorday Ifit are tavornbla to
the rcuomlnutlou of i-'ifcr.
& CO. " "
is. W. Corner 151'a au 1 Dou l u * > ! .
The man , , . * * * / °
p a Tree
Has evidently made himself heard as is ev-
dencecl by the following
ode from Mr. R. Brit-
ton , of Underwood , Iowa.
From your piirrh you sconxliaorillimry . vices ;
mil tull mu liiiiinlliliinci' ynti know , ,
If yon can KIMI iiimtlnir cut In lirh'OH
J.IKotlr.il of Hiuwiilnt ; , Kin ; ; it Uo ,
But then you don't
have to climb a tree to
convince yourself that our.
spring novelties in suits
and overcoats arc just
what you want. Nobby , neat and. nice ;
the styles are new , all the leading col
ors , equal to tailor made , and the prices
within the reach of all. All siy.es.
Browning , King & Co \ ,
Other opun Bvunlngi Hatiinlaystill till uiJ. : : Hp. m. | | cy - fni-nnr - - icth nnd ° * t