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S-KAI. N. P. I'-m'v
Nolary Public.
WHAT the tloinocr.itio party could do
If it liml : i clean candidate and tin honest
plntforiu is vain speculation.
Tin : independent party newspaper
ioldoin him indopondetioo eiiottfrli to express -
press nn lione.st ililToroneo of opinion.
JOHN .IAMKS INUAI.I.S wishes to survo
notiro on llio country lit ha-fjo tluit ho
nnd a political corpse have nothing in
common.
AKTKU carofnl ronilin wo are coiifi-
flv-nl that there are just 109 state pa
pers each of which "started the crusade
for bi-ttor country roads. "
TIIKIIK can ho no longer any doubt of
llio fact that Otirihit can inalco hor.solf
what she will. She is the fatowiy : to
tlm greater wost. All she needs is
effort , systematic and poraistonl.
It'Gonoral Dryonfurtli and his crowd
of Texas oxpoi'iinonlord , who exploded
boinhs a few montlis ago , are responsi
ble for tills undue deposit of dow it is
time they left the country before the
people discover the fact.
JOHN PiiiMi'SotTSAof the Marino hand
Is considering an olTor to tro to Chicago.
Now if Gilinoro would make a similar
move wh it would the olToto east do ?
Now Yorl ; is still aetiiifi1 lil\o a spoiled
child ever the Might of Theodore Tlio-
Inas.
WILLIAM ASTOK'S will disposes of
from $ , ' ! ( ) ,000,000 to 850,000,000 and not a
cent is bequeathed to charitable , educa
tional or religious enterprises. It will
ho an easy thing to forgot that this
member of the Astor family over ex
isted.
TIIK c/.ar of Uussia has just made two
export orders. Ono referred to oats
nnd corn , , nnd tlio other referred to
10,000 Jews in Odessa. Ono was a per
mission , the other a command. Both
are in dilforont ways indices of Russian
absolutism.
IK ANY seer should rise up nnd toll
these people the true future of this state
nnd the whole Mississippi valley ho
would bo mocked and jeered as a lunatic
or a fool. And yet his brightest pic
tures will seem dull when the realiza
tion comes , as it must como.
IT LOOKS as if the National Editorial
association meeting in California is to
bo moro an excursion than a business
mooting. There is great danger in this.
NVarly all editorial associations are
spoiled by three causes ; they are
junketing , oratory and amendments to
the constitution.
AMONG llio principal clearing house
cities Omaha ranks Jirst in the rate of
increase in clearings during tlio past
week. Minneapolis , which comes in as
second host , shows an incrrase of11 per
cent while Omaha increased 4 ! ) per cent
ns compared with her bank cloaringH
aurliuf llio corresponding woolc of 1891.
Tin : great element of respectability in
the republican party cannot bo ignored.
It is not a question of obodlonco to
bosses or the four of tholr displeasure.
It is the bromlor question of honesty and
the reward for honest and lo.val service.
This is true at all tlmos and never moro
true than in tills year of our Lord , 18 ! ) : ] ,
JlliowNKLLllALL lias just completed
sixteen yours of useful existence In
Omaha. Tlio trustees and friends of the
oxoollent ladles'
young school are
justified in the pride which they feel
for their institution. It lias handsome
buildings , beautiful surroundings , excellent -
collont instructor * and 13B lovely student -
dent * , a model female seminary , a credit
to the city anil the great Kplscopal
church under whoso auspices the school
is conducted.
Tun dressed moat products of South
Omaha are placed upon the Kuropoan
niarkotB within ton and oiio-lmlf days
after tholr shipment from this point ,
The importance and nuignlliulo of this
transaction can scarcely bo overesti
mated. At ono giant stride this market
Is placed upon a practical equality with
that of Chicago and this moans every
thing to Omaha and the west.Vhilo it
sooins as incredulous as a fairy story it
lias tlio solid merit of faot which will
pruve of enormous value. Omaha busi-
in os and push secured the arrangement
and it is just by that sort of enterprise
that she has won her way and will
nriintain and advance her prestige. It
will be Interesting to watch the effect of
tins now plan upon tlio rogiona moat
A II7M ) STKMlt.tl FttOM TKX.AS.
It in n trlto out trno ndago that you
may fool a few people sometimes , but
you cannot fool all the people nil the
tlmo. When nny mnn sots hlmsolf up
ns a loader of social reforms and advo
cates radical economic changes ho is
expected to bo well informed regarding
llio social conditions ho soclts to Improve
nnd the problems with which ho neces
sarily has to grapple. In other words
ho Is expected to know what ho Is talk
ing about and to try to como somewhere
no.ir the truth in dlscusaing the llvo
issues of the day. The masses may bo
credulous , but to presumeunon tholr
ignorance is nn insult to the Intelligence
of tlio American people. Most ! [ not all
the leaders of the people's party move
ment have ns tholr chief stock In trade
impassioned appeals to popular preju
dices and build their entire fabric upon
the assumption of popular ignorance.
A striking example of the wild nnd
reckless assertions In which some of the
leading lights of the now political crocd
constantly Indulge was furnished In the
speech of Colonel J. II. Davis of Texas ,
delivered in tills city n few daya ago.
According to Colonel Duvls : "Tho
world was shocked in 1850 lo hoar that
America had a millionaire ; in IfiOO the
country had llvo millionaires ; while to
day there nro 110,000 of those creatures
in 'tho United States. " Like most of his
associates Colonel Uavls la not very par
ticular about coming within a thousand
milc-i of the truth when ho talks about
finance , wealth production and wealth
accumulation It is astounding that a
man who has taken tlio contract to re
distribute the wealth of America should
exhibit such a lamentable lack of information
mation concerning the number , where
abouts and holalngs of the money kings
of his own country.
The facts as regards the number of
millionaires were within easy reach.
Like the Frenchman , who , when told
that the statement ho hud made did not
tigrco with the facts , replied , "so much
the worse for the facts. " Colonel Davis
is doubtless perfectly IndilToront about
facts and figures so long as the credulous
imilliludo grants his startling revela
tions with rounds of applause.
With the kindest of feelings Tun DISK
ventures to correct the great Texas
steoror of the independents with regard
to these ' ! , millionaires. If Colonel
Davis would take the trouble to procure
copies of the Now York Sunday 'I'ribnnr
of May 1 , Sand lo , ISO ! , ho will lind in
these papers a complete list of America's
millionaires , including a brief explana
tion as to the aourco of tlioir wealth.
Twenty-four states running alphabet
ically from Alabama to Nebraska in
clusive , and including tbo District of
Columbia , are credited with an ag-
grogiuo of l,4iO ( millionaires. These
states have a imputation , according to
the census of 1800 , of S2ri32,781 out of a
total of G12,02:2,2oO : for the whole United
States.
Ttioso figures prove beyond a reason
able doubt that the number of million
aires in the United States will fall
below 3COO. Out of this number Ne
braska is credited with 15 , Colorado 17 ,
Kansas 11. Iowa 28 , Missouri 83 , Minnesota
seta 85. Montana 21 , Idaho 3 , California
102 and Illinois 3 0. If wo had 30,000
millionairesNobraska's proportion would
bo ever 500 and that of Texas about
1.200. The assertion that America did
not have a single millionaire in 1830 and
only five millionaires in 1SJO is eqtiilly
untrue. Stephen Girnrd of Philadel
phia wa.s worth ever 80,000,000 at the
time of his death , 1831 ; John Jacob
Astor of Now York loft ever $20,000,000
when ho died in 1818 ; Alexander Slow-
art , the dry goods king , was worth inoro
than $1,000,000 in 1830 and had an in
come of over $1,000,000 a , year during
the war. There wore a score of planters
in the south in the fifties whoso estates
in slaves and lands were wortli moro
than $1,000,000 each. Commodore Van-
dorbllt'was worth rnoro than 81,000,000
before ISfiO , and there were half a. dozen
millionaires in Now England , including
cotton mill owners and ether manufac
turers.
The facts and figures cited by Colonel
Davis regarding the burdens of tnrllt
taxation and national nnd public debt
are no nearer than are his assertions
about the Increase of millionaires.
TIIK QUHSSTIOX 01' l-'lll'lH .HIT.
The National Society of American
Artists will hold a meeting In Washing
ton city the present week , and loading
members of the society will dl. cuss before
fore the house committee on ways and
means the ( inostlon of removing the
duty from foreign works of art. It will
bo roniomborcd that this committee of
the last congress voted unanimously to
put works of arton the free list and car
ried tlio measure in the house , but the
Hunato restored the duty nt the old rate
of 30 per cent , n conference committee
of the two houses finally agreeing upon
15 per cent.
This was a concession to the cause of
free art which its advocates welcomed ,
but they did not relax tholr efforts to
educate public sentiment In favor of the
complete removal of the duty and they
are hopeful ot success with the present
congress.
The Intelligent Bontimont of the coun
try , without regard tq political ditror-
oncos , Is undoubtedly in favor of the
free admission of works of nrt. Mon of
all parties , who appreciate the educa
tional value of art , admit that there IB
no valid reason for imposing n duty on
it. American artists do not ask such
protection , but on the contrary are
nearly unanimous In asking that the
duty bo taken off. They frankly say
that they got no bonollt from the duty ,
while its olToct in hooping out the
higher class of foreign paintings , except -
copt for the galleries of the very wealthy ,
Is to retard the growth of a popular
taste for art , to put a restraint upon the
education and culture necessary to
create a demand for works of art which
would bo helpful to American artists.
The duty can not bo justified from an
economic point of view , because it yields
no appreciable revenue. Tlio small sum
which the government obtains from this
source would not bo missed , and when
the unenviable position the country is
placed in among onllghtenod nations by
reason of levying this duty is considered ,
to say nothing of the ether disadvan
tages , tlio government can well afford to
lose the comparatively Insignificant
rovonua Wo bcllovo no ether onllght-
onoil country puts n duty on works of
nrt lt > nny form , niul It IH manifestly n
stlRina upon this great anil progressive-
nation , boasting n degree of enlighten-
merit and nn Interest In popular oduca-
tlon equal to nny ether country and
superior to most of thorn , that It should
stand alone In making nrt a source of
governmental revenue.
Wo have Invited nil llio civilized peoples
ples of the world to visit the United
States next year and to witness the
material evidences of the progress of
the republic. Wo shall present to tholr
gnzo magnificent proofs of our develop *
inont In nil practical directions , nnd wo
shall bo ahlo to show thorn , also , evi
dences of splendid attainment In educa
tional work. But wo shall not bo able
to show nn equally praiseworthy prog
ress In aesthetic culture in the cultiva
tion of ttio popular taste nnd desire for
nrt and if our visitors Inquire closely
Into the causes of this they will hardly
fall to conclude that ono of them Is the
restraint which the government for n
third of n century has Imposed upon the
admission of foreign art. Wo cannot
now escape the 'reproach which such n
discovery would bring upon us , but wo
can give assurance of doing bolter in the
future by making nrt free. A duty may
have been defensible when the demands
of ft great war called for revenue from
every possible source , and own for some
years later while an enormous debt waste
to bo paid olT , but it is not defensible
under present conditions and Its removal
will bo approved by the intelligent
judgment of the country.
Tilt : Avmo.vs JMKK.
The passage by the senate of the bill
enlarging the Yellowstone National
park and changing its northern boun
dary with a view to forestalling any
further efforts on the part of railroad
corporations to break into or through ,
this public reservation , will have the ap
proval of everybody who desires that
this magnificent natural park shall bo
protected from mutilation in the inter
est of speculators and preserved intact
for the enjoyment oi present and future
generations of Americans.
For several years the northern portion
tion of this park has boon threatened by
the olTorU of what is characterized as a
purely speculative rail road enterprise to
procure from congress an exclusive
right of way from the Montana border
southeast , up the valley of the Yellow
stone river , anil tlionce northeast up
the Lamar river to the mining camps
about COOK City , Mont. A corporation
calling itself the Montana Mineral Rail
road company lns been striving to ! got
from congress a franchise to enter the
reservation , which , it is charged , it has
been prepared to sell thereafter to the
company willing to become the highest
bidder.
It lias been feared that once securely
in the park the corporation which
should construct the proposed line
would bo in a position to obtain addi
tional privileges and concessions from
congress , which in course of time would
bo led to sanction the invasion by rail
road of all parts of the reservation. The
bill passed by the senate provides for
abandoning the atrip of territory cov
eted for railroad purposes , thus remov
ing the only possible valid excuse which
could bo olTorod for pushing a railroad
into nny part of the Yellowstone region.
It is thought that the fiction of the sen
ate will put an end to the scheme of the
Mineral railway speculators.
Speaking of the Yellowstone park as
a resort , Senator "Vest said that if it
were amongst tbix. Italian or Swiss Alps
every American who wont there would
visit it , and ho would go there espe
cially for the purpose , but as it is an
American production our people run
away from it. The persons who go
there to a largo extent are of moderate
means , who cannot alTorU to go to Eu
rope. Ho urged that every considera
tion should induce congress to protect
this reservation , and no ono who has
taken the trouble to acquaint himself
with its character will doubt the wisdom
of doing this. The region is not capable
of agricultural development , so that
there can never arise any demand for
opening it to settlement , but it is a rich
storehouse of natural objects of forest
aim river nnd animal life that are
unique and that have no counterpart in
nny ether portion of the known world ,
and the park is certain in time to be
come ono of the great attractions of this
country. The cost of Inking cnro of the
park is small , and objection on this
score to legislation for its protection is
hardly worthy of consideration.
KLKCTKUCUT10N I'.l1XLKSS.
According to Dr. C. P. MacDonald ,
who has observed the seven executions
that have taken place , in Now York
under the law substituting electricity
for the rope , the now mode of inflicting
the dentil penalty is attended with abso
lute fro'jdom from conscious suffering.
Death literally lakes place before the
convict knows that anything has boon
done to him , so much more rapidly does
the electrical current travel than the
nerve communication , Dr. MacDonald
saw nothing unduly repulsive In the
executions themselves , and the time
actually consumed varied from eight to
throe and one-half minutes , whereas
execution by hanging usually takes
from a quarter to a half an hour. The
newspaper reports of those executions
nmdo gruesome sensations of tlu con
vulsive movements observed nftor the
current had ceased , but Dr. MacDonald
says these were due simply to the
muscular contractility wliii'h ifl fre
quently observable after sudden dissolu
tion.
It is hardly to bo expected that the
conclusions of Dr. MacDonald , although
the rnsult of moat careful observation ,
will bo allowed to stand unquestioned ,
but the testimony against them will
hnvo to bo very strong , wo should think ,
to have weight with scientific men , for
it is to those , rather than to the general
public , that hi report is addressed.
Whether so intended or not , it will bo
very likely to induce a change of popu
lar belief in Now Yoru regarding the
inlliction of death by olecirlclty , the
elTect 'of newspaper reports of execu
tions having boon to crouto a widespread
impression that thu now mode is to the
last degree cruel and barbarous. It may
also have a wider influence upon popu
lar soiitiinont us to the advantages of
this Innoxation , though as yet there has
boon no marked .tvmtoncy anywhere to
follow the oxamplo-of Now York In in-
niotlng thp death.po altv. In no other
state has It been proposed , so far as wo
have observed , lorstibatltiito electricity
for the rope , afid ft Is doubtless qulto
safe to predict tlmt tt will b3 a very
long tlmo before 3iu h a change becomes
general , nolwltl'islapdlng ' the expert
nnd presumably disinterested testimony
that electricity performs Its worlJ
quickly nnd painlessly.
AS rn TIIK r/jirjm * Jiosi'/r.i ; , .
There is no roiiiody now within roach
of the county authorities to recover for
the losses Incurred by the wretched con
struction of the county hospital. Hut
the responsibility for the collapse of the
north wing of that structure is not duo
to the incompotoncy of the architect or
to faulty plans. The blame must Ho
witli the contractors , the superintendent
and the commissioners who accepted
the work.
It is moan nnd contemptible to berate
Architect Myers and denounce him as
an imbecile. The fact Is that Mr. Myers
wns the architect of our court house ,
which Is the best and cheapest public
building In the United States for the
money expended. The court house was
built by a responsible and competent
contractor , while the contrary Is true
with regard to the hospital building.
The Myers plans for the city hall build
ing were as good as those submitted by
any ether architect. Myers was limited
to $ ! 200,000 , while the building will cost
over 8-100,000 when finished. Myers was
not responsible for the failure of Bron-
nan to carry out his plans for the city
hall basement , and ho should not beheld
hold responsible for the failure of the
contractors for the hospital building to
live up to the specifications furnished by
him. The only blame that attaches to
Myers in connection with the hospital
building is his neglect and failure to
nuiko personal inspection of the build
ing as it progressed.
It is no use to look the barn after the
horse is stolen. Attention was called by
TIIK Ui'.K to the defective work in the
hospital building during the early stage
of its construction , but no heed was
taken of the warning. On tlio contrary ,
the inspector who found fault with the
materials and wretched bricklaying
was summarily dismissed.
Had the commissioners insisted upon
rigid inspection and compelled the con
tractors to pull down the walls that were
defective the building would have boon
as safe as the court house.
THK friendly greeting interchanged
Friday between the 'Presbyterian dele
gates enrouto to Portland and the Meth
odist conference in session hero is but
another illustration , iOf the progressive
and liberalizing spirit of the ago. There
has been a great change in tills matter
of religion. Fifty \ J'oars ago creeds
cramped men like an armor. There
was very little la'titii Jo In opinion and
no union of spy-it , patwoon chuchos.
Today the austerity Of the most austere
is iclndly and thu.brofjliorhood of man is
becoming something pioro than a pretty
phrase. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
' Spared by tlio'Ktisht ' "
I'litltifMlihlft Time * .
Canadian nowspancrs are much alnrmod at
the Increasing emigration tbcuce to the
United States. Unfortunately for that coun
try the dillieulty is not so easily got over as
the border is.
All llniuU Hound.
/Jus/on / Olulic ,
Methodists may yet cianca and still bo in
peed standing. Ttio Troy conference nnd
Bishop Fas tor have como to think that the
brethren and sisters may wallc through a
quadrille without imperiling their souls.
An Klectlcm Inclilunt In Maine.
JlOIISllin l' < > t.
Malno is a prohibition state and has boon
for many years , hut whoa an election was
hold in Uangor the other day it was doomed
necessary to issue an order closing all sa
loons , thosamo PS In states In which prohibi
tion of the liquor traftlo is not in force.
Paint nnd Horcsy Mix ?
Chleaun Time * .
Jt appears that both Dr. Hriggs and Dr.
Parhhurst nro to bo mailo the subjects of
prayerful inquiry at the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly soon to convene at Portland ,
Oro. Tills admixture of heresy and red paint
cannot fall to impart much of interest and
novelty to the proceedings.
Country Tills.
Ilcconl.
Business is a little slow in the United
States. Money goes a-begging ; and so it Is ,
perhaps , that thousands of our countrymen
and countrywomen nro llociilncr to Europe
nnd turning a coition stream of clinking
eagles to the eastward. It Keeps the passen
ger steamships busy bringing horn ' -seekers
hither , and carrying pioasuro-sookors to the
other side of the world.
Old ( ilury on the Seas.
.inimeiijxHIa Trllnme.
Senator Fryo's bill for the encouragement
of American shipping should moot , with unqualified
endorsement. * This
qualified meas
ure promises to effect two very important
results at a slnglu stroke. It will place
under the American flag , both In war and
peace , some of tbo swiftest nnd most mag
nificent vessels now afloat. It will compel
the construction in American yards of ether
vessels equal in power and speed to tlio vessels -
sols tranaforrcd from the IJrltlsh to the
American registry. ' ' ,
Kunsu VITHIM HiililmtiirlaiilHin ,
C/i ( a.7fq Ifernlil.
Terence V. Powd rly ; head of the greatest
organization over ofTcotcd of worUlugmoti ,
asks that the aatoilaf tlio exposition bo kept
open Sunday BO tbntta | nrt and ether educative
'
cative dopartmontjv'inay bo enjoyed by ttio
people who work six days in the woulc and
have only Sunday for' tiducatlon , rooroatlon
and rest. Ho iloifi not ask that any labor ,
mechanical or other. ' * } ja uono Sunday In the
exposition , nor doo.u.ny , rational man want
that. The good brethren In conference at
Omaha who ro t 'nix 'days in the week unu
work Sundays waijt 'tlio ' exposition closed
Sundays. . , ' , _
\Vliu 'llurrow.
The Indebtedness of tha faraior * is not po-
cullur to thorn from the fact that a largo portion
tion of the business of this Immense country
Is dona on credit. Tlio manufacturers , the
merchants , the traders , the real estate dealers -
ors , Individuals and business moil generally
are all heavy borrowers , not only In the west
but In the cast , In the north And la the south ,
in tha cities and In the towns as well as in
the country. Marmora , llko ether active
business men , borrow money to buy land , to
build houses ana barns , to purchase stock
ami to Invest In business. Men who llvo In
towns and In cities borrow money to buy
homes , to build houses , totraiunct business.
Manufacturers and merchant * borrow largo
amounts nnd mortgage their homes , tholr
factories , their stores and tholr stocks , and
in n largo majority of cases their securities ,
bo they mortgages on real estate or personal
pronorty , nro ovldnnco.s of business transac
tions which nro expected to nnd do roallro
gains to the borrower as well as Interest to
tholondor. Undoubtedly farmers as well as
mon of other avocations sometimes borrow
injudiciously and mortgages on the farm ,
homo , factory or stock become n burden. A
failure of crops , n fall In prices or clwo com
petition In trade sometimes bring * disaster
to the farmer , the merchant anil the manu
facturer. Hut not so frequently to tlio
fnrrqor , as statistic * will show , as to the
manufacturer nnd ' .ho merchant.
I.CSSIHI * lit Arbor Duy.
Harttrr't M'ttMu. '
The Influence of Arbor day In promoting
interest In trees and HOWOH Is a happy Influ
ence which will not bo lost upon multitudes
of pupils. Many of thorn horoattor will trace
their Pleasure In trees , nnd it Is one of the
impost of pleasures , to this early training of
tholr taste ami observation. The day affords
the teacher n golden opportunity of pointing
out the relation between the landscape nnd
literature , nnd they may wisely discourse
upon the reason Hint In the ancient ami most
objective literature there Is the least allusion
to what wo call naturo.
Not the least valuable of ttin lessons of the
day Is the tenderness of fooling toward trees
which it encourages. If the children of today
could once inoro people the woods and hills
with dryads and oroads they wouldJoss ruth
lessly mutilate the shrub * and smiling * , and
look upon n shavnd hillside ns on a ravaged
vlllngo. It Is a beautiful holiday In the love-
Host season , ana wo trust Us observance will
become moro nnd more general.
Homo from n l.vgut .Sliiiiilpolnt.
lliiflnn Globe.
Poets nnd ether people have from ttmo to
tlmo ontloavoro'l ' to define "homo , " with
moro or loss success generally loss. It Is
now the turn of Justice to declare ni to the
precise legal meaning of the word. The supreme
premo court of Massachusetts has Just Issued
n dictum that homo Is moro than a mere
shelter In other words , that the expression
"all the comforts of homo' ' means a little
something even from the exceedingly matter
of fact standpoint of lha learned juago. The
particular case at Issue hinged upon the con
struction of the terms of n will by which a
man provided that his sister should always
have n "homo" at his house. Did that
"homo" Imply anything moro than a similar I
The court decides that it included moru Ihnn
a roof and rules that the executor of the
will must provide necessary food and fuel.
VUM.1li\T O.Y TIIK VUXVKHKXVK.
DCS Molnos Register : ThuMothndlst breth
ren at Omaha seem a little too hasty In con
demning tlio notion ot congress in excluding
the Chinese from this country. * * * In
trying to lilt the Chinese up by bringing
them in contact with the people of this coun
try ovcrzoalous philanthropists may drag
American manhood down.
Kansas City Star : There is considerable
.strife nnd competition nt Omaha as to who
shall cent the great Methodist church week
lies. Those , whllo not commonly spokqn of
as part o' the newspaper body ot the coun
try , are really great papers , well supported
by the clergy and laity , rccocnized ns part of
the ecclesiastical machinery and usually very
ably called.
Chicago Advance : The Methodist general
conference at Omaha at Its very heglnnlne
revealed the decided tendency toward
stronger lay Influence that Is developing In
ttio church. At the time of organizing nnd
sealing the delegates the lay members asked
to bo seated apart from the clerical delegates -
gates , and after a warm discussion tholr request -
quest was granted.
N. Y. Independent : The colored constit
uency ot the church are not , it scorns to us ,
well advised in trying thus to extend the
color line into the episcopacy , Whatever
disadvantage may fall to tholr lot because of
the fact that there is no colored bishop they
should endure patiently and wait until the
tlmo shall como when they shall have men
whoso litncss for the ofllco .shall bo so nonor-
ally recognized that it will not vequiro a
special act of the general conference to select
one.
one.N. . Y. World : The great reformer who do-
fcnded the use of lively music In church on
tlio ground that ho ' 'did not think it right
to lot the devil have nil the host tunes" has
furnished inspiration to certain Methodists
\vlin have potitionnd their general conference
at Omaha in favor of wider liberty in the
matter of Innocent umuBcmonts. it is not
diilicult to understand the objections of re
ligious nsceticlBm to dancing , and the protest
of nuritanisrn against certain forms of plea
sure was perhaps a necessary moral move
ment. Hut dancing as It is carried on by
rospoctnblo young people today is not n sin
ful Indulgence nor an excess to call down the
wrath of a reformer.
1'OIXTKH AX1) PltKASAXT.
What's the use of piping pure watorto G'hl-
cngo ? Why , to tmvlgnto In.
Now York Herald : Dick Hicks Why won't
you lut mo 1:0 to church , papa ?
Illelcs : Don't tease mo ; I will talio yon to
the circus some diy : : Dr. Tenderloin's ser
mons are not fur child run's ours.
Iloston Courier : \Vlion a man Is rapncd In
slumber it's generally apt to waku him up.
I'hllndolnlita Times : The duku of Wost-
mlnstor offers n reward of ? . " > 0,0 u for thoarrost
nnd conviction of tlio Iinnn who polsnnud tlio
Derby cult Oriole. Tlio olleo of London only
proi > os.o to pay $ ' ' 00 for the mlsero-int who
| Hisoned a wholn family.
New York Press : "Ho married a musician ,
I biiliovo ? " "Yes. and she wives morn alien
rlou to hi'r music than nlio dues to his com
fort. " "In othur wordB , his cuko Is do. "
FATK'8 IIIONV.
Xcw I'urli llcrnltl.
Ho wan the prldu of tlio Sunday school ,
Could spoil out backward thu golden rule ,
Ho nieniorl/.ed versos and tnxts by the yard
And answered all ciuostkms tliouj'li never so
Ills promise WUH brilliant , but. aacl to Tola to.
Quito ( Illlorently spun w is the thread of Ills
And to show how perverse things sublunary
are ,
Ho Is now In n downtown saloon , tending bar.
Homorvlllo Journal : It takes n need deal to
satlfy a num. Jonah , for In tunuu , was un
questionably "In it , " and still Juliet wasn't
happy.
Now York Weekly : Kloctlon Insupctnr ( so-
vnrolyi Sir. have run nvur mail the constitu
tion of the Hnltuil .Status ?
Nuturali/.oil t'ltl/un No. Have you ?
Kloolloii Inspcctoi N o.
WISK I'Oll HIS VKA113.
Jtulur.
She save the boy an apple
And she was onu of tliruo
And said : "Ulvu this to hur of us
Most beautiful to lluio. "
Tin ) boy ga/.cil at uiioli lovely elf
Ttum ute thu apple no lilmsulf.
Iloston Ouzotto : "Now. Johnny , yon may ro-
poit : an npliorl'm for the school committed. "
"You , ma am. llouu ujirtngs eternal In thu
human liiut. "
Klrnlra ( iiuetto : Thu moil reliable Kir's In
thu world are thixo at tlio fair : tliuio U never
the slljjhljst nit of ulmiigu about them.
U.YAT .1 JUT or
Milinl Monic.
What did thuhuby go ( or ?
Hoflly tbu suimiuir nl 'lit
Toll llko a nuni'dlullon
On tlio baby , sliioudoil wlilte.
Only two KolUun summers !
'T'wuH nut a llfn. wo sny-
"Only a bltof ciilldhoo.l
The great lioil throw iiw y. "
What did thu Imby go for ?
O Ihuil uliiiilow of death !
O tliou ant'l ; ! t'.uu ( lemonI
luy ol touch mid breath !
Wo ury to tlio sunlit liuuvoni.
And no voluy luibworutli.
Will Ihoru ovnr como a morning
U hen. with our loir * all dried ,
KosCiu- ( air. iiroun pastured
The river of llfi ) boslilu.
Wu xliall know beyond all doubting
Jiut why tlio liby ; illoU ?
Oh , thank ( iod ( or tlio chlldron !
Aye , nlvii thiinks tboimh ivu lay
Umlur 1'iu "toil of the valley"
Thu falroslof nil away.
Thank Him ( or thoju that loive ui !
Tliiilk : Him ( or tliojo tli.it sUyl
IN R1IISEWASIIED COLOGNE
Wh.it May 1)3 ) Seen in the Finest Gothic
Cathedral in the World ,
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE AND ITS CHURCHES
U'licro Clmrlniirtgitct Unlit IIU Ilurlnl IMnco
Hi-Ill1 * nml Wlmt Vnn 1'iiy lit Si-n Tltnm
\Vlinl It Co M In Crltli-Mn itn liui-
pnror A Modorii Imliincc.
The rlvor Ulilno , It U wnll known ,
Dotlivnlt : your city of roliuno :
Iliiltull run , nvmiilit , vrlnit mitoor illvltio
Mmll lioneuturtli wusli tliurlvur Rhino ?
AI\-I.V-CII.\'KM.K | , April US. Wlmt Colo-
rlilgo salt ) , In tils inimitable way , of Cologne
mny tinvu Deon true In tils tlmo , but It wou lii
bo n slniulor now to the bjaiillful crnsuuut
citywith its sovcii inlloi of fortlllud wnlU.lts
11 no squares nnd brand streets , The unro-
lontlng Imnil ot Improvement hni not. quite
obliterated all the ancient ntul modiovnl nor-
tnls or walls , so there Is something still loft
of the plcturosquo.
Airripplna , tlio mother of Nero , was born
nt Cologne , niul she uuluccd her huabaml to
establish n camp there , whloh was calloit
ColonlnABrinplnonsIs , mill from this the city
took it natno. It Is snhl the citlzons of Co
logne nro Immensely proud of tholr Komnn
dust-out , The llrst brldgo built ncnm the
Uhlno was built by Ciusnr , It wnv after-
wnrJs replaced by n mnKinllcoiit slono
uridKO , built by Constantine , which w.ts de
stroyed by some archbishop lo bull'd a
church. No wonder llio people nroso In
tholr might to mil down the archbishops ,
who assumed temporal ns well as spiritual
power , mid could destroy or build uu ns thov
nlensoil.
The Kmhruis Is an ornate structure , full of
old frescoes , statulcs. olc. In ono of the
rooms the llwt meeting of the llursoatlo
League wns hold. In the nlclisa nro stone
statues of Alo.xniuler the Ciront , Hector ,
Ca'iiir , Ciiarloninauo. In llio Hnthnus
nliitz is a horolo llpuro ; of the
JJurpomastqr CJryr , of whom the follow
ing story Is told In the rollovos utul inscrip
tions :
Gryso wns hated and feared by the clergy
bccnuso ho hnd taken the slilo of the citlzons
In the disputes boUvcon Ihom nnd the arch
bishop. Ho wnb m v I toil to a banquet by
some of the clergy , and nt Its close talioti to
see thu lion In n ciiftb. With n smllo nnd a
bow , the burgomaster was mkoil lo talco the
precndence , anil as ho reached the front
of the cnco the door was quickly
thrown onon nnd llio good burgo
master thrust In. As tlio lion
sprang nt him ho wrapped his
loft hand In his niaallo , thrust It in iho mouth
of the lion , ih-ow 1m sworJ with his right
and ulungoil it into the heart of the onrnecd
bruto. The citizens snon oaino to the rc. cui
of their leader , sol/.nJ the prlosts nml hungod
thani at llio gulo , which has since uson called
"Tho Priests' Gnlo. "
< in < : itiMt ( iothlc OulliiMlnil.
Cologne cathedral Is said to bo the llnost
got hlc structure in the world. Hit larger than
the Aliliuicutli3dr.il , butnotso baautlful. The
gray slono of which It Is built U not so
lovely as the nuro white marble of the
Milan , nor are its spires so onoliantliigly
graceful , so fnirylilio. The stained glass
windows nro marvel * of ancient , modiovnl
und modern work , and nro worthy of lonn
nnd attentive study. The gold shrlno , con
taining the bones of the Mngi , is un elabor
ate gold box cncruslod with ever -l.OOJ
precious slonoi and Is worth nt
least Sd.OOO.OOl ) . Think how many poor ,
starving people could bo fed with that
much inonoy. The jolly old in-lost who
showed us the treasures said , "Ah , yes , you
ladles always want toaeo the jewels and
tblnk they are wasted horo. " And I told
him yes , tlioy ought to be sold nnd given to
the poor , nnd I nm sure ho thought 1 was n
hciitlien.
These relics were stolen by Frederick
Barbnrossa from Milan. The legend is
that Helena , mother ot Constantine ,
brought the bones of the three wise
men who saw the star in the
east from Palestine to Constnntlnoplo. Tlioy
were aftet wards taken to n convent in Milan.
When Milan was besieged by Frcdericu
IJarbarossn ( who wns accompanied by the
archbishop of Cologne ) ho be'camo so Infur
iated at the obstinate- resistance ot the Mil
anese that ho swore ho would hang tuo
burgomaster us soon as ho captured tue city.
The abbess of tlio convent where tha bono.s
of the Magi were liopt was the sister
of the burgomaster , and she sent word
to the archbishop she would L'ivo him
the relics of Iho tlireo klncs to talco back to
Cologne , if ho would Induce the emperor to
spare her brother's life. Thu archbishop
persuaded the ouiperor to allow the nlibess
to hnvo whatever she could carry olT on her
back. Sbo carried her brother. If she had
boon ono of these German women it would
h.ivo boon n moro bagatelle ; thov can rmrrv a
wood niloon tholr backs. And so Archbishop
Reinhold brought the rolio * to Cole .tno.
In the church of St. Peter Is the font whore
Hubcns was baptised , and nlso his picture
of the crucllixlon , which is so horribly real
istic that I regretted the raouoy I paid to
see 11.
The church of St. Ursula is filled with the
bones of Iho 11,000 vlririiis who accompanied
this patron saint ot Christianity to iio'iio.
Wherever the eye turns these horrible relics
meat it skulls , arms nnd legs , built in the
w.ills and in iho colling. HooJ calls it the
chanost bert of nrobltccturo.
U'o also saw hero the house where Hu-
b-iis wns Horn ami Maria ilo Medici died.
Her bond Is buried in the Cologne
cathedral and her body somewhere in
Such an Infamous woman
not to hnvo boon buried at nil.
liollr niul tin * Cost nl Seeing 'I linn.
Wonderful relies did the old prloit show
in the sacristy of SU Ursula -ihorns froai v 1
our Saviour's heml , onojof Hie rlay wino jugs
used nt the mnrrinfo of C.uirv , pieces of the
dross worn by the Holy Virgin in tbo stnhio
nl lotlolicni , Iho chains with winch St.
Peter wai bound ( this is only the
fourth time I have soon them ) . After
tolling each article over in a Mng-song lone ,
our nrlo.sl-clcoroio ! said , "Swol marks
oacli. "
In Italy you nro never nskod to glvo
anything , but It Is loft to your own goner
o.slty. In Gerrjany they hardly wait for
you to finish looking before they nsk you
for "ola mark , or swol mark. "
As 1 wnto I can heir the deep , iiiollow ,
sonorous sounds of the "Kmporor's llolls"
of the ciitliodral , made from the gum
captured from Iho Krone ! ) In ISfO-TI , MHO
to weigh fi'it ) cwt.
It wns night when wo arrived In Cologne ,
nnd n more mncnttlcont sight I novel
saw than the npproach to the city across the
tubular bridge , l , ! ) * > 0 foot long. Myrinils of
clcolrle llghls on iho various bridges wore
rolloctod In the Klnno , which nt Cologne la
wide nml grand.
Alx-l.i-Chapollo-lho Anehon of the ( ! IT-
innn.i Is ono of the tiinH interesting cities
I hnvo soon In ICtiropo and the most expensive -
pensive to live In. It U nn oxtonslvo iiianu-
fncturlnir plnco , and t'io vnllov in
which ttio city Is Mlunloii Is
full of conl ana iron niluos and i.ot . sultnblo
for asrlcultiiro. Wo stopped here for rest
and for tlio hot sulplior baths , that : ire very
ofllcuelous for gout and rheumatism. Those
balhs wcro Known to ttio Koiimns , nnd the
town Hcems lo hnvu boon of a grant deal of
Importance , oven before Clinrlonmgno. who
was born hero , raised it to the second ctlv in
the ompiro. The successors of Chdrlo-
inngno were crowned here from iho
tlmo of his son , l.oiils tlio Pious , to
Kordltmml In 15:11. : In the Kathnns wo nro
shown the stairs the emperors ascended and
coronation bnll whore they wcro crowned. i
There nro four very beautiful frescoes In this
ball by Hnphcnl ; the rest , drawn by his pupils ,
nro poor. The oun ropriMonllng the destruc
tion of the Savon Idol by Charlemagne Is
vorv lino. There Is a stained glnss portrait
of Kmperor William I that Is beautiful In
design nnd llnish und n wonderful liuonc.ss.
llullt lor Ills Itnrlnl.
The cathedral was erected by Charlemagne
for his burial place. It wns consecrated In
iho presence of the blind Pope l.oo ana
noiirly 40U archbishops. It was Intended to
resoniblo the Churoli of llio tloly Sopuloiior
nt Jerusalem , and to have bean the finest re
ligious oilillco in the world , but after tlio
death of CliiirlcmnL'no the building stopped
for llvj centuries. In 0110 of the chupoln is
shown llio tomb ol Clmrlonmgno , opened
by Otho HI , , in 1000 , A. 13. The body of
tno omnoror wns found so.itod oh a
throne , with crown on Head , sroptro In
hand and Iho bible on his Icno'i ' , his llneor
poinllnc to thu passage : "What will It ,
proIIl n man If he gain the whole world niul
lose liis own soul. " When Chnrlemiigno wns
c.uionl/.ed in HIM his lon.b wns opened
ag.iln by t'lvdorlck Itarb.irossu , then om
poror. The windows In the choir nro the
lurgoU in Germany , olghty-nvo foot high.
They are ot modern stained glass and
were presented by William IV. ntul a citi
zen ot Aix. The puluit is of silver
and gold , inlaid with precious stones
nnd oxq.ui.sito Ivory carving. The llireo
churches with which I hnvo boon most im
pressed are Si. QUOD'S at lionon , St. Mark's
at Venice and this cnthudrul nt Aix. Tlio
List is of no Heckled architectural design , it
may almost bo called rococo , it Is partly
basilica , partly Komnn , partly gothlc , but it Is
unique nnd entirely different from any other
snored odillco. It goes without saying Hint
there nro no churches Rrandrror more tiiagnill-
cent than St. Peter's , St. John Laieran nnd
St. Maria Mnggioro in Koine , but the ethers
slnnd apart , to themselves. Tncro nrt many
interesting churches at Aix , us there were nl
Colocno.
At Berlin nnd Orosdon the population
scorned mostly Protestants , nt Cologne nnd
Aix they are Cnthollc nnu n very Intelligent
physician I have met hero lolls mo such a
thing as a socinllst is never known In Aix.
The people seem remarkably prosperous , nnd
all on-limed. I nevei saw so many children
in any place unless It wns in South Omaha.
ICinpcror nml lr < m.
A few nnys ngo n man who keeps n news
stand nnd sold some American paper Hint
criticised Emperor William was arronod ,
but nothing was done to him because , unlCbs
the omnoror himself chases to prosecute , no
one else can. Ho still Itcvps Iho American
journal. Probably tlio emperor does not
takcumbrugo ut what the American pro-is
says.
iitsmarcit has just had his birthday and
the Germans as usual have showered upon
him gifts , congratulations and speeches.
And in his address to tvio thousands who
wont to see him on his anniversary his lust
words were , " 1 doslro peace , pence. "
A lady in Dresden told us of an nrqunlnt-
nnco of hers who was fined aDUD murks for
critlcl/.ing tlie omnoror. She bad dismissed
an Impartlaoat norvant , who ttiroutonod lo
inform uuon her unless the Indy would pay
horn corlnin amount of money. The lady
rctusod to bo blackmailed ; llio servant In
formed and the lady was lined ; refused to
pay tlio line nnd went to prison for twouty-
four hours. Baroness h1 , whom I met in
norllii.conllrmod the story. Tbo lady brought
forward choreas against , the servant for ,
blackmail and had her revenge in seeing the -
servant rcoro severely punished than she jr
hud bean herself. Una can nnuglno that lit
tle rovengu was sweet. M. D. CnooK.
Wlitil rrnlltotli ?
Suni'i'ir i ( ll'j/1. ) .Sun.
Wyoming bus hud considerable free adver
tising during iho past Ihrooorfour week' ,
but of a doubtful nature ab to any bonellls
being derived trom it.
it.SM3
& CD.
Largest Manufacturers and Ilut-vllor. . ) of
Ululhmg In the World.
It Cant Rain
Forever
Ever since Noah's flood , people have
relied upon this fact , and
1 = ' though we have had our
faith tested pretty thorough
ly this spring we feel no
hesitancy in guaranteeing
that the sun will shine again
and when it does it will
shine upon one of the finest arrays of bar
gains in men's suits ever shown in
Omaha. $7.00 , $8.50 , $10 and $12.50 for
men's light weight suits that two weeks
ago were considered bargains at twice
the money. New importation of nobby
styles in men's neckwear , just in.
Browning , King & CoTe
ToIvo ( iiir iimployos tlmlr cviiiilnsn. . wo . oluio . I C IV Tflr | jf h SoiJlK | ) [ | ; SlS
ati-i3Ji | iii.oxiii'iilSaturtljyii. all ! ) p. in. I " ' " ' v"1 l"1" " " " "f"lJ > HJ