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THE OMAHA DAILY MONDAY , APRIL 1892. THE DAILY BEE H. HGSEWATEIt. Etiiton. KVE11Y MOKNINQ. OFFICIAL CITY TFUMS OK SUnSCUIPTION. DdllTllfn ( without Sunday ) Ono Ycnr..M ) Unity mill Hnnclay , Una Year. . in M HuMontln . 5 Thrco Months . 8W > HindHy llro , Onn Ye-ar. . JM FHturdny Her , OnoYn.ir . \ 6J Vteokly lice. Ono Vcnr. . ' < * ornor.s Omnbi. The lire nullilliifr. PntithOtxflhn , corner N itnil Sf.th . Streets. Council HlulK 121'onrl Street. fjlilcn'-oonicf. : ii7 < Iminbcrof Commerce. New Vork.Uooiii W,14iinill.vrHliunoUullalng Washington , MaKoiiricentli MreoU conitr.si'oNnr.Non. All communications relating to nnwi ami ulltorlal M'ntter sliould bo uddrossod to tuq Ldltprl'vt Department. Ilt'SINKSS LETTERS. All mnliiPMlcttrrHnml remittance * ahoulrt 1 c adflrcMrd to The Hco 1'nbllMilnir Company. Ornnha. Drnftt. cheeks mill postolllco order * to ho rondo piiynblo to the order of Iho corn- jinny. JH c Etc FBtlishing Comnaii ProjrlGtor HWOItN STATn.Mr.NT OF CIUOUI-ATION. btutoof Nebraska. I , _ f'ountyof Donclm. I . _ , Ge > nrgo II. T/achnck , secretary of The Ilcn I'llbllalilnt company , does Bolumnlv swear thnt tlio nclunl clrciiliitlon of TUB lUit.v nr.K for the week ending April 2.1 , IbOJ , was as fol lows : Bmidny , April 17 . 2a.t7P Momlnv. April IS . SJ-SS Tuesday. April I'l ' . - * < Wcilncsdny. April 2J . 2-MW Thursday. April 21 . 2.WO 1'rlday. April W . -W- baturday , April 23 . " 8'8' Avenge . 34,401 C1EOHGE H. TX.SOIIUOK. ' Sworn to hoforo mo nnd subscribed In my jucscnco this td day of April , A. U. 1S02. bEAU N. I1. l-'BII. Notary I'libllo. Chculiitlim for .Murcli , ! il,3m 91. K. eirnurnt GiinftTonco N'uwa. MothodiatR throughout the country may be assured thnt the reports of the proceedings of the Bcner.il conference of the Mothodlsl Episcopal church to bo puolUhcd In Tin USB will bo accurate , fair nud Interesting , Wo shall devote all tbo space necessary tc making complete daily reports of the sos slons of this great nicotine of ono of the greatest of protostnnt churches. Our stafl ujsljjncd especially to the duty of reporting the conference la thoroughly Informed upon Methodism and selected with particular ref erence to preparing accounts of tbo dollbora tions for Methodist readers. Persons It other parts of tbo union Interested in the general conference will Hnd it to tboir ad vantage to subscribe for TUB Bun during the month of May. .OMAHA oloarlngs continuo to show almost si phonotnontil growth. For tbo wcok just piwt the increase oxecods 44 pop cent. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE prospects are now oncrouragin < for the Nebraska Central enterprise nnt it ta to bo hoped nothing further will b < allowed to delay the submitting of th < bond pioposition. NKAKLY five motitliB huvo been con- euined bj this congress in doing prnc tically nothing , nnd what ia more then is little probability of anything import nnt being done during the remainder o the session. Till ! Chicago Blulno club is simpl ; making itself ridiculous and occasionitn its great namcsuko annoyance by it silly effort to revive the Bluino-prcsi dcntial boom in the face of Mr. Blaino' : letter positively declining to bo a can didtito. PAUTLY because of the unfavorable -season und partly because of negligence eorioua delays have occurred in all thi great public enterprises of the city "VVhoro negligence hos boon the obstruc tlon , it behooves public olllcors respons iblc to move upon the works immcdi utely. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MCKINLFA" , Jll. , will prob nbly bo a republican candidate fo president at some time in the future but the efforts of malcontents to line somebody around whom to rally for tin defeat of Harrison are not at all likol ; to persuade the gallant governor o Ohio that this year is favorable. A ROSUHUD Indian has boon arrostci for taking , whisky upon his reservation getting drunk and assaulting a police man. It happens that ho once attondci school at Carlisle. The two facts maki his case interesting enough for a now item , though white men are frcquontl ; guilty of iho satno offense upon the saim reservation nnd nothing is thought o It. The Indian ought to bo ashamed o himself of course , but bccauao ho wa given a chance for an education am afterwards wont to the bad his case i cited us a proof that schooling is usolcs tothcBO savages. This is not fair. Oni might as well argue because a Ilarvan graduate recently committed forger ; nnd suicide that therefore a univorsit , education is worthless to whlto men. APIUI. 30 has boon announced as a da ; of fasting and prayer for the colorei l > ooplo of America , who feel that th condition of their race in the south war I rants an appeal to the Almighty. Th unhappy situation of the black man excites cites the pity of the world , and yol looking back over the last thirty yoart ono cannot help feeling that allotal the race has much for which to bo grate ful. Liberty in a precious boon of Hsol The opportunity for education is anolhoi Individual responsibility nnd the put Banal bunolitu resulting from indlvii'.ui industry are privileges of great Impon tuico. The marvelous development c the blacka from ignorant , borvilo an mala to their present status , notwltl standing its humiliating incident : should give them hope. They urn navor break down the race prejudlc which has back of it u thousand year of existence , but they have achieve wonders , und there Is a future stll brighter for them. In no other landar they so happy , BO intelligent or t prosperous. They can afford to tali heart , and having waited over V\ \ 'years In this country for personal 111 orty , bo patient to wait for their flnt absolute release from the 1x > udugo e casto. Our colored friends cannot I blamed for fooling the iniquitous coud tions under which they have boon force to llvo by the Caucasian nice , but the may teach that harsh division of mat kind the rittuo of patience. ,45 TO uouiTAS cou.vrr. At the presidential election of 1838 3onjamln Harrison rocolvod 10,237 votes n Douglas county. It is not ewctrrvvix- gant to estimate Iho ropuolicnn vole of Douglas county at this time at fully 12,000. Loss than 1,700 of the 12,000 ro- niblicnns took part In the caucuses and > rlmary elections hold In this county nst week. In other words , only llftoon out of every 100 republicans In Douglas county are represented in the outcome of the county convention. Execrable weather , bad roads and general indilTor- once are responsible for the falturo ol .ho rank and flloof the republican party n this county to participate. The son- .Imont is BO overwhelmingly in favor of [ larrison that no issue on presidential candidates was anticipated. In only Iwo of the ntno wards in Omaha was there any contest ever the caucus dolo- ralo ticket , nnd the contest in the fourth warel , which had boon purposely lornldcd as a square light botwoon.Tohn [ \Vcbstor and K. Uosowator , was in ro.xllty merely a contest between certain llsgruntlod delegates who hail boon 'airly beaten two to ono in the ward cau cus and induced Wobator to head tholr , ickot. The caucus ticket would have joon overwhelmingly elected but for the rainy weather , which kept away hun dreds of republicans that usually take part In Hiich contests. Another reason for indifference was the well known fnot that the faction opposed to Dr. Mercer could not muster ten out of any hundred republicans in the county , and Us partial success was gained only by a porlldious violation ol pledges , a liberal use of boodle and a concerted onslaught by the ward heolcrs and roustabouts of all parties who make a living out of ward politics. The loadord of this rabble , who train moro with democrats than with repub licans , and have the World llcru\il \ as their mouthpiece , know they wore badly boalon In the county the night be fore the convention was held , but they purposely claimed a swooping victory in tfio next morning's Fake Factory. Their tactics always have been to claim every thing , and by their fulso claims they succeeded this limo in making several trades with delegates from country precincts - cincts who generally want to bo with tlio winning side. Pooling decidedly uncurtain , they took stops to carry the convention by the purchase of delegates nnd proxies. Even with all these ques tionable methods , they managed only tc fequeczo through an expression of preference - orenco without instructions by just two majority , and wore content to ttiko a job lot of delegates to the state conven tion . This explanation of the condition ol the republican party in Douglas county is made to dispel the misinformation which has boon sent broadcast through democratic channels , and which 1ms given so much joy to the ghost dancers in the republican party who fondly im agine that Douglas county republicans huvo repudiated Dr. Mercer and trumped upon the editor of THE BKII IltttlOATIOX I < Although last year and thus far in 1802 the ralnfftll has boon abundant al ! ever the state , the pepplo of wostori : Nobraslja have not foreotton the croi failures of former years caused by drouth , They have boon working with intclli gonco and vigor to pi otect themselves from the recurrence ot crop disasters bj constructing irrigating canals , The extent > tent and importance of those enter prises are not generally known , ant therefore Labor Commissioner Andros report upon the subject will bo of inter cst to the people of the state. In Oundy county there are twc ditches , ono of 12 and the other of K miles in length , and 00 aaditional mile ; are to bo constructed the present year , In Jlltchcock and Rod Willow counties there are 80 miles of irrigating ditches already completed and 115 miles more nro in course of construction. In Lincolr county , which has ; the oldest irrigating system in the state , 23 miles of dit h arc available. In Furnas county ono corporation - ration will invest $250.000 in an irrigat ing and power plant. Already t'.io water if running through Ifi mlles of ditches nnel 18 miles are to bo added this year. Scolts Hluffs county has four extensive , ditch plants in operation , with 51 mile ; of ditches ; 87 miles more will bo added this your. Choycnno county has 1 ! ) inik-i in opur.ition and 11 miles under way , Ono ditch in Kimball county is 15 miles long and ono in Dawson 10 miles. It appears from the showing outlined above that Nebraska now has 238 miles of irrigating ditches in actual operation and 201 miles additional in course o construction. Those lines of ditcho ; cover ever 800,000 acres of 'land , uni when the additional ditohoa uro completed plotod Nebraska will have not loss thar 500,000 acres mndo Independent of the annual rainfall. The fact that wo hue a season of abundant moisture shoule not make ditch builders indifferent. It time of peace prepare for war. In tliui of abundance prepare for famine. Lethe the good work go on. It is expected that the next big battli in the house of representatives will hi over the anti-option bill. It is under stood that the author of the measure Mr. Hatch of Missouri , who is ohair man of the commlttoo on agriculture will endeavor to call the bill up th ! week , and whenever ho does so a vig oroua opposition will undoubtedly hi developed. The Influence of the spec ulators of Now York , Chicago and otho commercial centers will then ho ills closed , and it is not doubted that thoj have boon energetically oxortlng thorn eolvos to defeat this legislation eve : alnco It was proposed In congress. Th , opposition will probably manifest itsol In a flood of motions to cull up othoi privileged bills in preference to tin option bill , nnd the question of consider utlou will tbon bo ralaod to test thi strength of the advocates of the con tending measures. It is lllioly thu Bomo of the Urltt bills will bo urgot forward in opposition , for the roasoi that few of the democrats would bo dls posed to vote against taking up any om of thobo measures. Word IIUR gone out that the optloi bill will probably bo called up this week BO that the opposition can bo thoroughl ; organized for tbo battle , and roprosori latlvcs of various commercial bodies are oxpoctcd to bo on hand. It was bo- llovod when this legislation was first proposed that there would not bo much difficulty In passing an anti-option bill through the house , but the actlva and porslstont work of the strong delega tions sent to Washington by the com mercial bodlos of Now York , Chicago , Now Orleans and other cities has had its effect , nnd there la loss certainly now than there was a couple of months ago of carrying the proposed legislation. Still the supporters of the nnti-optldn bill nro hopeful , and as most of the democratic members of the house have agricultural constituencies , nearly all of which are In favor of the legislation , the chances of its passing the house would seam to bo very"good. Recent experience In grain specula tion has slrouthored the position of the advocates of an anti-option law , and it is to bo presumed that they h ivo tnado the best possible use of it. Unquestion ably intelligent public opinion , iisldo from those who make a business of gambling in products , is favorable to the proposed legislation , which is de signed to free the markets from an un settling and moro or less demoralizing inlluonco. It is not intended to interfere - fore with legitimate dealings in futures , whlcb nro explicitly defined in the house bill according to the suggestions of the representatives of commercial bodlos , but to put a stop , if possible , to that class of transactions which are dis tinctly in the nature of gambling , and for which there is no rational or valid dofcnso. Both producers and consumers nro Interested In this legislation , and while it might possibly fail to accom plish all that is expected tlioro can bo no serious danger in trying the experi ment. Tlio farmers of the country are almost unanimous in asking the legisla tion , and it is a proper and reasonable demand which congress ought to comply with. ; t 1WSIXKSS MAX'S CAMl'AIOK. The chairman of the Massachusetts republican state convention pointedly stated the character of the coming p-os- idcntinl campaign when ho said that It is a business man's campaign , "and every human being in this country en gaged in any occupation by which ho gains an honorable livelihood is in this sense a business man. " Tlio issues of the campaign , ho declared , involve the financial solvency of the country , the protection of our industries and the welfare and happinosa of all the people ? The issues upon which the people will render judgment in the presidential election are entirely practical in their character. They touch the material intorcsts of every man in business and in productive employment , and the pop ular verdict will determine whether the country is to go forward on the lines pursued during nearly a third of a cent ury , with such achievement in develop ment and progress ns no other nation ever accomplished In a like period , or by a departure from that course check progress , impair p ospority and invite disaster. There can be no mistake as to the position of the republican party. There is no equivocation or ambiguity in its declaration of policies. It believes in such wrotection of American industries as is ncccss-ary to their maintenance and to the fair compensation of the labor oin- Dloyeel In thorn. It contends that a homo market for Iho agricultural producers of the country is moro to bo desired and move profitable than foroicrn markets , and that iu order to create a homo mar ket it is nocosbiiry to fester and build up manufacturing entorprlses. The repub lican party believes in promoting the foreign commerce of the country by ar- rungoraonta with other countries , mutu ally advantageous , which will not inter fere with but rather stimulate the ex pansion of homo industries. Regarding the currency , the republican party is now as it always has bjon lirmly opposed to any policy which threatens debase ment. It demands soundness and sstabil- ity in the money of the people , so that the dollar paid to the farmer for his wheat and to tlio workman for his labor shall always bo equal in purchasing power to every other dollar. The democratic party antagonizes these policies. Although divided as to what may bo expedient , from the point of view of present party interest , in dealing with the turill and the cur rency , the general purpose of the party IB to remove the safeguards to Ameri can industries and to inaugurate a cur rency policy which would result in im pairing the crodlt of the government and doing immeasurable injury to the welfare of the pooplo. Wore the demo cratic party in control of the govern ment It Is not to bo doubted that it would swoop away at a blow every secu rity to the industries of the country which protection gives ana open the American market to the dostructlvo competition of foreign uvinufucturors. The course of the roprosontatlvos of the party in the present congress clearly shows what would take place If the party was In possession of the power to carry out its polloy. A largo majority of the democratic party favors the free and unlimited coinage - ago of silver , and ollort In behalf of that policy has boon abandoned only ns a matter of present expediency. If tha democracy should bo successful in the national election of this year nothing Is ir.ora certain than that free silver coinage - ago would accompany the destruction of the protection policy , bringing hand-In- hand the prostration of our industries and the establishment of the alnglo sil ver standard. The issues are most clearly daflnod upon which the national campaign will bo fought , und tho. popular verdict will huvo n decisive effect on the material progress of the nation and the prosperity and welfare of the whole pooplo. THK HKri AXD QKKKRAli CONVKRKNCE. TUB HKH will contain the fullest und fairest possible reports of the proceed ings of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to bo hold in this city next month. Roco-nii/.ins the widespread interest which will be ontorlaluod for the great quadrennial mooting of the largest and most aggres sive Protostunt church in the world , we huvo made special arrangement * tc becuro the most accurate und complete reports posslblcri-rHavlnff the best facil ities for prlntlnj iho news wo fool confi dent In promising Iho host reports of the deliberations of the body for the general reader. Eltmlnattng the routine details essential only toj jvorbatim record nnd brightening the dry proceedings with pen sketches of prominent persons , tholr churnctorisiics hwl Incidents not com prehended in a formal transcription for future rofcronce , yP ( shall strlvo each morning nnd ov njng to give to the reader an intorosUng nnd Instructive exhibit of the events of the twenty-four hours preceding the hour of going to press. The reputation of Tin : Bui : for enterprise Is asulllclont guarantee that there will bo nothing omitted from these reports which will bo of Importance to Methodist readers. THK attention of the Omnlm Board of Education Is invited to the report of two Lincoln high school tcuchors upon tholr recent visit to Omaha wherein they state that the Lincoln high school k"ls much hotter equipped for educa tional work" than that of Omaha. SoJtr/riMKS glco which Is Inspired by malice turns to a blttornoss which would muko gall positively swcot to malcon tent. DcmniKl i\c-i-ccU tlio Supply. P/iHniW / | > ft/a / Ledger. In splto of the very largo allotments of land recently matte by the government the demand for government land greatly exceeds the supply , and much bitterness of fooling is excited among the unfortunates who fall to get thnt for which they have mailo lone nnd painful Journoys. In the scramble for land , ns for other things , the ulinblo. dnrlne and energetic cot the choice locations , and these who stand mo In need of help nro loft , be hind. There must bo many painful scones In this exemplification of the "survival ot the llttost'1 the llttoit moaning the rnon of most cunning or most strength not necessarily tbo most worthy. A eiiMv ; for Congress. J'ui > t/Kim / Tfmci. In republican circles It ls conceded that Judge C. H. Scott will bo tha republican can- Oldnlo for congress nnd the avoraso Omaha nltornoy nravs for tbo success of Scott before - fore tbo convention , for by this means ho hopes to rid himself of a juOgo bo dues not like. like.Judge Judge Hcott is making lota of horseplay to catch the rural voto. At the opening of the term no becni to eat the wicked lawyers blood raw , nnd hu * won tbo nlnudlu of the people. Today ho has repudiated all his good work nnd if nny lawyer has failed to got what ho wanted it is because bo didn't nsk for it. Scott Is aolown. , Vumlorvoiirt'H Knriimrkg. OniiuJ Warn ! fmlriicmlcnt. It is now stated again that Blaine , In consequence - sequence of the immense pressure brought to bow upon him by Uls frlonds , has consented to accept the prcgUlcntial nomination it unanimously offered to him. People say ho Is In the race again' . And wo say , us wo always said , ho bias 'never ' been out of tan race. Another ropoit ; says that Thurston is working again his old schema to roach a place in tbo cabinet ! by < favoring Algcr'd boomlot , that the lieutenant of his oil room campaigns , the Mpsf Kovorend Mr. VnuOer- voort , is helping lutaand that n moating of representative men of. thirty-six Nebraska counties Is to bc > hold iu Omahu to assist in booming Into lifo'thoTattroad ll room baby. Am'rlcan Eamombt. There is a throat difference ' between the other "great" tariff "roforjn" speech , Mr. Meftliilm's , and this of Mr. Dr.vau ; not in point of dishonesty , not oven In degree of dishonesty , but simply in the skill with which dishonesty is Interwoven an < l con cealed in the .language of uacb. McMillin is the thoughUoss , reckless partisan who knows only that something must bo sukl for his own and agaiust tbo other side , and iu the ab sence of facts boldly resorts to fiction. Bryan is too skilful a debater to glvo bis opponents such a ctmnco nt him. It may bo that ho profited by the example of his unfortunate colleague , who has been kept in torment by hostile citations of his falsehoods ever since be opcaod the ilebato in his wild speech on the free wool bill. The Nebraska congress man generally avoids direct statements , except - copt of the most cotnmonplnco mm inconsequential quential facts. Supposition , Inference , sug gestion servo him as promises , uud so adroit is bo in tbolr use that whan he draws a bald conclusion from these suggested or supposed .statements with all the c'oiifidenno of uno who started with aomonstrateJ truth , the ordinary hearer or reader 1s led to oollovo that every step in his argument bus been validly proved. Great for tbo moment is the power of sonhlstry. .1 CASll'.lWX ftlt I'tl.f H'VCK , Tim Itnllro.ul Itipu1 : > jir.iu .lurkiiss Itntterlus UpuuliiET u Itrouch In tlin lUuilc.H , Sujrr/or / Jimrmi ! ( It. it .11) ) . Hosowator is not In it. The little political traitor was laid out In his own ward at tlio primarioi yostorJay. The republican state ! convention at Kearney is to bo congratulated. [ Inasmuch us Kosowntor was not run ning in his own ward and Webster carried the ward on n bolter's ticket ever the regular caucus nomination by the help of Bovd democrats and iuitl-Di > yd Bourbons' , railroad men and oxprossmon this Is de cidedly appropriate. ] U'lion ( lubrlul lllowK IIU Horn. Viirk IlcjiihLcin. } L. D. Richards will no doubt bo chosen as a delegato-nt-largo at the state convention next week In Kearnoy. Ssvcral countin ! bo- aides York have instructed for him. ICxuct Justice would not onjy jsond him nt the bead of the stnto delegation to MinuoapolU but would Eoat him In the gover nor's chair at L j ) | iln this fall , Kvon Uosowator should b rilsguslod enough by this time , with the bummer's equal , the pot homo politician , tbo dftoh slugger , tha lull- mala of tbo thug antlflhu loafer , the present , governor of NobrJp to lend a hand iu placing an honest , upnlRht , rjspootablo citi zen of ability like UUJnirdB in thu ofllco that should have boon hls'U year mid a half ago. The Antl-Sljmop Joiuih. The republican abp [ , lias had rather n tem pestuous vayago In jMabraika for two or three years. Sbo \voiuliowJ oyctonoi and waterspouts , ujylvod collisions , been pulled out of umcljtronu , and ever and anon "tbo cruel rock * have gored her aide * like the horns of an angry bull. " Hut she has entered upon pacific waters .agate , and her nails are lilted with a prosperous broom , nnu she is bound for a radiant port asrosi the purple wavoj , 1'uo ola ship was all rlsht nenalf , and tnoro wore bravo nion und skill ful mariner * aboard , but there was also a Jonah ; a Jonah whoso name was Hostnvator , and the cods wore angered , and the vussol Bcon.od to be Qoound like old Vunderdiuklni craft of ghoitly famo. The Jonah shipped as an able seaman nnd professed great love tor tbu olllccra and tnen , and ajnung amusing stories la the loroc tlo of evenings , to that for a time bo w.is qulto popular. Hut ho snoakud down Urn ro-npantouway In tbo dark nnd knifed ( bo i' . . .uiu , and bo tam pered wllh the compass , uud secured an nupur nnd endeavored to scuttle the ship. And thnt her old bonms nnd limbon nro not rotting on nome doiort shore U not his fault. Thn crow of the otorm-tossod vessel nt laU discovered the Jonah , nud they hnvo east him ovorbaanl , and there Isn't a friomlly wbMo in nil the occmn around thnt will swallow him. t'TU woll. Now lot the ehoit dancing crow find a pilot to got the ship to nnchor In n snfo harbor , for thora is n hurricane hi sight nnd dangerous roofs and rocks nbound nil 'round. 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Shots from HlctmrdV Homo Howitzer , Frttnnnl Tribune. The people of Nebraska will bo glad to lonrn thnt at the republican primaries at Omaha. vo terdny , E. Kosowntor , who wni n candidate for dologntc-nt-lnrgo to everything In sight , was ridden nround town without a siuldle and dumped with n mellow plunk Into the soup. Every man who wa * suspoatod of oojoytng Uojowator's friendship was also Immersed In the broth , nnd the grand old editor wont to bed last night with n pnln la his side , nnd n great longing to bo loping through spnco with the magnificent stallion which lately died. Truly , n brighter day Is dawning for Nobrnskn when Kosowntor U sat upon nt every mark of the road. Ho used to linvo n good deal of lnlluoncotbut ns a result of the Higher Education campaign , cone'.uctcd by the Jncknss Batteries , ho can't ' oven control nn assembly of hnnd-orpnn piny- era any tnoro. Fnro thee rvoll , Mr. Uoso- water ; "and If forever , Mr. Kosowntor , then forever faro tbco well , Mr. Kosowntor. (5cro .liibllant. fnroln I ? . II. Journal. The snddest tblnc about that spanking nil- tnluislorod to ICddlo Kosowntor by tbo repub licans of Douglas county yesterday is the fact that bo will bo crying for another ono within six wooks. Tbo llttlo follow never know * when ho has enough. Uuiv to.Sottlu It. Dorstu'i I-Vcmrmt Fittl , If Richards desires to forever and eternally - ally sottln the matter in the qunrrol botwocn hlunolf and ICd Koscxvntor bo should ever lastingly squelch him in the stnto couvon- tlou. ; M/.V 01 ? XOTC. At the ngo of 03 ox-Ciovornor Nathaniel S. Berry of New Hampshire is said to bo tbo oldust llviuir ox-governor a rosular elderBerry Berry , so to spoalc. Fanny Urosby , who Is 05 years old. pleads guilty to havnic written : ! ,000 hymns , and has not oven yet reformed far enough to takea vors > closs ro't. Ex-Govornor and ox-United States Senator Joseph E. Brown of Georgia wa 71 years of nge last Friday. Since his retirement from public life ho 1ms resided qulolly at Atlanta An attorney engaged in n murder trial in Georgia made such powerful gestures vostor- dav that ho dislocated his shoulder. This is a warnluif to Assistant State's Attorney William S. Elliott. Governor Pnttlson of Pennsylvania has the appearance of nn Italian , tboURh ho Ik a Marylander by birth , and of Scotch descent. Ho is n littla more than six foot tall , very Hue looking , nnd is considered tbo hand somest of tbo men \vho o iiamos nro nroim- nent ns possible candidate fortho'prosl - donoy. A now nnoo'Joto of N. P. Willis is told. The pnot , though n clover conversationalist , was u poor speaker. Called upon once nt a banquet , ho excused himself thus : "I thank you. gentlemen , for the honor you huvo con ferred , but I am not a speaker. If 1 have any ability at nil tbo pen is my forto. You cannot expect a pump to glvo water from the handle ns well as from the mouth , and if you will pardon rae I will sit down. " And ho suited the notion to the word. General Knsocrans says thtt in tbo proverb "Everything Is lovely anil the goose hangs high , " the word "hung" should really bo "honks. " The saying originated in the northern states , where , in rainy , fo gv or stotmy weather , it is a well known fact that the poeso fly low skimming along over the very housetops. In the Una and pleasant weather they fly in long strings , so hl h in the air that tbolr peculiar cry , "Honk , honk , " can scarcely bo hoard on the earth bolnw , hence the ola saylncthatovorythlug is lovely when "ttio " "bonks " and gooso" high , not "h.incs biijh , " whicn Is a most nou onsiual perversion of tbo original old Now England saying. , TKSTS. New York Uecorder : A slKn of spring Keep off the grass. I'hlludolnlila Times : In his wiiy the b.iso bull iiinplro Is a political boss. On hN word , too , depends who shall bo In or out. OalvcstonNows : No man Is great enouch to veto a millinery bill after his wlfo hus O. K.'d it. Chicago Mall : Hurry Purnlsa , tbo artist nnd wrltnr. says Its no luiiibiiu nmUur to write Jokes for I'linoh every week In Uio your. That's uDouttho wuy It striked thu roudor. Atlunt i Constitution : "I'm happy to any. " remarked tlio prcuulior , "that , thu sliurlir dlud resUnud. . " I ilKputu that statumont. " said thu odltorj "lie die I , hut I'll bu huiiKU'l If he ruilgucu , " 1'hlliulolphla Record : I'op. what docs the paper-mean wliin It sayn , 'the sliuln left iiolhiuz to bo Uuslrod'"Itovldoutly ' meitiia my bun , that tlio audience had unonli of It. " ON'TIIKSTUUEP } Inn > f'i Hitzar , With blaring horn und rollins drums , Huliold tlio Jonprocosilon comets ! What U It .shrill v lo ids tlio van ? Namu It. onlookers , If you uunV Says Mrs. lluyboud : "Look ilioio , Sophy ; Tliul llilnon wheels 's thu uallyopuy , " Hays .Mrs. Townor : "Mv. I liopu Koine day thuy'11 smash llmicallyouo ! " Hut Hueut .Mls.-i biicllc I'rlmioao , slio Pronounces It "culli-o-pu1 ! Now York Hara'.d : JnKo You never siw thu face of thu xlrl I love above all othutb. Cora ( acltiitod ) U-Klldn't I ? Jnko ( composed ) No ; you only saw the re duction la the glass , Bomcrvlllo Journal : 'Chore Is no earthly use In pointing out tlu hu.uitles of the sly and tbo scenery to thu boy who is goliu to school , imnfully conscious of the llrst jiutcn ou Uio roar elevation of his overy-day jiunts. Col n minis 1'ost : Tliia IB tbu sonson ; wlion tlio youiu squirrel porehBs upon a hUb line mill w itchoH tbu good little uo > blowing into u gun. CAUSE AMI Kl'KBCT. ffeut I'm If IlcruM. He drank two bowls of Jorey uuplajnak , Tim vordlut of lliu Jury was of death by causa unknown ; Hut when his hru.ilh tjot started It drove the RuMen back , Tluuiv out lliuolods und collin und rolleJ uway thostoiiu. Hoston Hiilliitln : I'liotogrAphcr Nnw , then , Mr. Oiossor. if you please , louK | ilouaint for , t niumunt thut's It a momuiiD imuur thuru ! Yoiimuynuw luaumo your natural expres sion. I.owoll Courier : Ono mluhtiiXDuct tbo k.iu- c a rod-alt I n biialnuba to Lo on thu Jump , and It is. It lias Jumped to u iiillluiibklns a yuur used lii this country. This tlioucht tihould much relief to all Thu Impuuiinlous hrliiKi Tim vlolbliiR Unit Is worn in full Does Jim : m vvull forsurln . llr.ulfonl Rra : Lot us nil boost , not knock , and prosperity la our onion. hWK Xtt.lKDlT , ll.J , HwiMtt in iMiUrf HomeJawnil This ( s tlic st.i in of man ; today he puts forth The I fuller toots of lialut ; tomorrow blos > oiu * Of tbu same , nml kt'up * nn llo-,3nnln ( And t.vliliik' deeper root , until ut last U lakes more work to move him from his cnrnor , Thuu Itdoi's to stir u tiouso tloi ; from tlio rux Itufuru the tire , * Tlion whwi ho tbUiUx , seed easy man , Ills wiiyi uro settle I ( or ull tlniu r < ome busy woman eomos uloni ; Una Bays ; "I'luafO movu bout six Inches till I run The swoeijor o'er tbu plauo your chulr has llUOll. " And lo , he splits the air with lamentations , I.ond.unJ dcvp , anil ulirlll : lie erics , t hero U no real this side of 1'ur.idUo Tor u pour man , weary nml worn with mo-Un ; ; 'round Out of the way of awoopers , And wishoa liu worutlo.id. O , h'ow wroU-bcd U that * poor man rrho cannot alt In last year's dust and rhno until this ypnr hhall butwoyaiiH IIKII Imtyunrl AnU when li cllfk , bin hojio und comfort Is , Hivillt bu lulu In dirt , uovur ta wove analii. KK\r \ HOOKS .i.vn i'Kiiwi > w.tr.s. CJuldo books nntt compllftllons of thnt chnr- nctor nro not , Ronorally dpoaklng , very In teresting productions. As n rule they nro UsoJ only for n poclfio purpose , but "Abroad nnd nl Memo ! Prnotlcal Hint * for Tourists , " by Morris Phillip * , whllo partaking some what of the tint uro of n culdo book Is nlso of Itself n very ohnrmlng llttlo work. A con- tlmiotis roMdonco In l.otulon of eight yc.-iM has cntltlod Iho author tospoak somowbnt mithorltntlynly ot how thtiips nro mnnnROil iu the world's enpllnl , nml In nn nurconblo convorantlonnl style wo nro told nmonff other tbltiBs where to lunch in London , niul what is nlso cqunlly Imnortnnt , whuio not to lunch. Wo nro nlio given some Intarestiuir fuels about London hotels niul boarding housps , railway traveling , poverty niul ohnrlty , the queen's mows , the crypt of St. Paul's onthodrnl nnd n thojsnnd nud ono In- torostltiR nud curious fnotsnuout England nnd the English. Thou wo nro taken across tbo iMipllsh channel to PnrU nnd nro slvcn some sound ndvlco about the habits mid customs of the jf.iy unit festive P.irlstnns , all of which mnko ) vorv entortalnliifr reading. Itoturnlng to tbo United Stntoi , the reader w iu Imagination , trontod totv plonsmnt-tour of apart ot ( Jeorgln , KlorhinnndUallfornln nnd makes n Jiving visit to Snlt Lnko City. Mr. Phillip ! , nlso has n few words to say nbout the auditorium nt Chleneo nnM concludes his cbnrmlnc llttlo publication with n disserta tion by Mux O'Uoll on American hotels. A. Oakoy Halt has written nn appropriate pro file ? to Mr. Phillip's book , which U pub- llshod by Brontano's. "On Seats nud Saddles , IJtts nnd Hitting and tbo Prevention and Cure of Koulvcnoss In Horsos. " by Major Francis Dwyer , wns written for the Encltsh who , M n tuition , possess in n high degree the physical nnd moral tiuallllcnllous thut co , to innkogooil riders. Americans who visit England for the llrst time uro very much struck with the ease and elaring with which young John Uull will mount almost nuy kind of animal nnd by hook or by crook inunaKO to break It Iu. "And yet , " say Major Uwycr , speaking of the English , "tlioro exist very Incontestable evidences that n great amount of unskillful- ness , to use n inllil term , in tbo mntter of ruling does really exist among us. " It Is n well known fact thnt people nro very sonsl- tivo nbout tholr ability to rldo properly , und will quicker resent any insinuation nbout their riding thau they will nn imputation ns to their want of prollclenoy In pretty * nearly nny other direction. It must bo confessed Hint It is most usually a very thankless oftlco to offer nny man thut rides anything like ndvlcn , however well meant and sound , on anything concerning his horse , bridle , saddle or sont. To render unnecessary the performance of this painful duty is ono or the reasons this llttlo work has boon published. In its pases can bo found n fund of valuable intormutlon regarding everything likely to oo of interest or service to the would-be horseman nnd all written in n pluin though attractive ) stvlo. Published by United Slates Book compa'nv. Now Yorlf. No ono need say , "I cannot sing the old sougs , " who his n copy of the new book called "Harmonized Melodies , " just pub- lisbed by T. Trifotof Boston , Muss , "i'ho Tune ttio Old Cow Died On , " may not bo classic , but there nro lots of peoplb who like to make merry singing it , and others of the same sort. Then there nro others whoso taste runs to sentimental songs , nnd still others xvho are nnvor so well pleased ns when thov can gather nround the Instrument and join lii sotno hymn full of religious fervor. H is not often that n singing book to suit all tnstes is compiled , but "Harmonized Moloulos" comes about as near filling the bill as anything that has been issued flora tbo American press. This Is without doubt un excellent collection of the best of the now nnu old songs und bal lads which have attained moro than a moro passing popularity , nud the vocal nnd itiitru- muntnl parts , nit complete , are given with the words , the arrangement having been raaao especially for the volume by Charles D. Olako , the Boston composer , in the list are a number of copyrighted songi , never be fore found in n miscellaneous collodion. Published monthly by P. Tufot , 13d Wash ington street , Boston , Mass. "WaltorGrahum , Statesman ; nu Ameri can Uotnauca , by an American , who notwith standing our Inordinate deslro for political preferment , our tiisalluto creed for wealth , unit iho mighty unhoavlnffs of competition nnd perfidy which occasionally astound us , still bollovo * iu America. " This ls a good , wholesome , sensibly written book , ovldoutly the worn i > f u healthy , vigorous und encr- Kotic American of the ootitimtio school. Wo have too many croakers in this great , and glorious country and wo should iiaU with delight - light every emanation of a buoyant , hopeful mind. Tbo author of this IntorosUng work has for some roasou not jlivulKOfl ; not soon 111 to uttach his name to the child of Ilia brain , but ho has given us nn excellent life like picture of tbo typical Amoriuan states man fiom his cradle op to the time whan ho comes within hulling distance of tbo white bouse. This Is no more ordinarv blographv ' of u public man snob as wo llnd'in the news papers anil magazines of the day , but it takes us into ull the Hutu secrets nnd struggles with conscience which lie in the path of every man's ambition. Besides being a vorv entertaining piece of fiction incidentally ft contains much valuable information , es pecially for young Americans , who , bv per using tins work can gain no llttlo insight in to liow the political machinery of this suu- cossful republic U sot in motion und kept movitur. PublUbed bv Pulton Publishing company , Lancaster , Pa The April numbs ? o. .Ujuso/'s magazine opening a now volume , is crowded from covuito cover with ontert lining reading matter. In "I'ho Rothschild ; , " Joel Bunion \surlboj very interestingly tuo family- the fixmous old world millionaires. There It n portrait of the founder ot the Prnnkfori bank nnd views of tbo city on the Mln. Thn snoclnl promlncnco which Munsoy's ' glvoi to the stage Is ilomonstrotoil this month In n unique fcnturo entitled "Posms for the CamoM , " embodying photographs of well known actresses in plcturosquo attitudes , In n bloerflphlral nUolch , with portraits of M , L.nssnllo nnd the brothers do Him no. of the Metropolitan Onorn Homo company ; and in n now department giving a review In ehattv fashion ot dramatic matters at homo niul nbrona In convenient form forvoferoncoliore- nftor. Published by Frank A. Munsoy ft Co. , r > iow York. The story of Uio French revolution of 1TOJ and 'Ifl ' In always Interesting , but when told In tbo thrilling words of the great Alexander uniting It baronies ontor'.nlnlng , mid thu event most woriuv of nolo is the flight ot Louis XVI niul his cnpturo , Including thu life sketches of Marie AntolnOttb , Hobos- pierre , nnd Princess Lnmbnllo. Wo are nlso trontod to nn nblo discourse on iho fomnlo flomotit In politico nnd the role plnyod by tlio cordeliers during these stlrhif ? tl'mus. The Joints of the Jacobins' club Is llltowlio Rinpiilcnlly reported. Published by T. 1J. Peterson Brother in tholr now Jo cent series nt Philadelphia , Pn. Current Literature , In Its ronaiiiRs from the latest books , gives a strong selection from "A Fellowoaml Hlslwlfo , " the brilliant novel by Blanche Willis Howard and Will- lam Sharp. 'Iho gossip ot authors , both foreign ntid domestic , is especially interest ing , the parrigrnplis ot AugustusI'hoinns und Ambrose IJloroo being particularly tlmolv. In the Book List the notices of now books nro luuoli longer nnd moro comprobonslvo than heretofore , the most Important book having ovldoutly boon given preference. The Overland Monthly for April contains tin Interesting article on "Tho Indians of North America , " by Captain \ \ . E. Dough orly. It is the second of the sorles.profusoly . illustrated , mid Includes nu account of thu cnptnln's personal experiences at Wounded Knee in the Into Sioux uprising. Most ol tbo other articles ore devoted to Pncltloconst topics , us for instance "Tho San Francisco Water Front. " "The Mission Dolores'V'Tho U.illfornlan ot tbo Future , " "California Lion Hunting with Foxhounds , " nnd "Hnpuon- lues In Old Cnluvoras. " There "nro few famlllnr nntnos ninong this month's con tributors , but It Is n feature of the old Overland - < land to give place to contributions upon " " " " their merits nnd not to insist Hint tbo nnmo of a popular nuthor Is of more value to ttio mauuzino than ( bo moiitorious work of nn unknown writer. Ttio Engineering Mngarlno for April , beginning - ginning the third volume of this strlulnglv successful publication , opens with tbo flrsto'f n series of papers on "Tho Future 'World's Highway,1" in which will bo pointed out the vnst commercial importance of the lines of wntor transportation to bo formed by thu connections certain to bo mndo bit.veou tha great Inuos nnu the tulf ; , on ono hand , nnd between Iho lakes und the Atlantic on the other. The nuthor of these papers is T. ( ! rr- ham Oribble , u civil engineer of distinction on two continents. In this connection a paper of Interest Is ono entitled , "Do Water ways Ootiollt Uallw.i.vs ! " being u chapter from the experience of the Pennsylvania railroad , by Prof. Lewis M. Hnupt. Marie Bombard , thu author of "The Ueo- tor of St. Luke's" has written another Jus- clnuiinir novel , which she calls "I'bo House- bold Idol , " It is an ontrnnrfluply interesting story nnd the characters uro nil vorv skill fully drawn , the central llguro bclntf Stella Bruobl , n young lady of extraordinary v beauty of fuco and person , but with a heart N. n * coU ns steel , She is the Idol of her doting S parents who lavish upon her every care und * 1j attention to the utter uoffloet of her sislur Ciurda nnd bor biother Wolfgauir , who uro permitted to grow up like wild uncultivated weeds. Of cour&o sno has innumerable suit ors , tbo most porslstont of whom ia Prince ) Kiantzow , n regular lady killer in bis o\\u estimation , but who is brought very low by the oncbautrois Stella Bruohl. The uoblo cnarnctor in this entertaining romance is Waldciimr Anitroo. u brllllaiiturtist who also falls a victim to the wiles of the fuir Stslla , but fortunately oicapoi a murriaqo with her and flu ally weds Gurua Bruehl , who at un early sta o iu the narrative conceives n strong passion for the talented artist. Thor , ) uro no doodj of violence , no murder * anil no suicides , but at tin ) sumo tlmu thu roaclor'3 intui-ost Iu tbo progress of thn story Is main- tainud from the oijiiing | chapter lo the close of the book. Published by WoriUlnciou Co. , 747 Broadway , Now York. "Tho Oak , a Popular Introduction to Forest Botany , " by Il.Mursbal Ward. ( 'ivos a short account of what is most worthy of attention in the anatomy and physiology of the monarch of tlui forest. In this Uttlo wont wo have u full history of the true , beginning with a dojoription of the strut-turn of the acorn , Us composition , and how it behaves when placed in the ground , and how it is uiTojted by its environments. Thou there are sorno delightfully simple ox'c , pliuintiona of how the germinated noorii gives rUe to the seedling or youui ; oak , and what its pacullar structure , tlssmoj , etc. aio composed of , and how each is capiblo of o n- ducting itself in n given manner und r proper conditions. The reader is pleasantly inducted into tbo study of the sapling und the tree , and the nt llrst comparatively slmplo root systam , nnd Inter on into Iho mysteries attondinu' the making of the stem ' and loaves , Tuis llttlo work will bo found to cjntuin all thu infnnnation on the subject of the oalc tree , which an intcllUont luyman miuht wisli lo pojsuss. It is not Intoudo.l for tbo ynung , nor for tlio spechUUt , thoiitrh even to him it will doubtless bj often moful in aniiplylng roforoucoj , or suguostliiK llno of rosoarch. Published by IX Appieiion & Co. , 1 , 'A and ! > Bond ttr ot , No.v York. & CQ. \Y. \ t'orna , ' 15U aal Dj.ijlu . Sti. Oh , What a Spring Looked for a while as if we'd have winter all summer , but those who thought so came to see us by droves in the last few clays , and you ought to have seen our boys turn out the spring suits. Finest col lection on earth to choose from , at prices all the way from $10 to $30. Every one of them the very latest pattern and made to fit and wear as well as tailor's goods at twice the money , Our $1.65 hard hat is a jo- dandy , Hatters get $2.50 for them. Browning , , King &Co li . p m \\T Utlrovonlng 11110:30. : <