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BWOHN HTATEMENT Ob' OlllOULATION
Htnte of Nebraska , I
County of Douglas , f
Oeorso II. Tztolutck , secretary of Tun nun
I'lihllshlin : company , doessolmnnlyawpar tlmt
the actual circulation of Tun DAII.V HKH for
thowcok ending February 11 , 1HU3 , was as
follows :
Sunday. Februaryfi 20,110
Mondny , February 0 25,011
TilpMluy. February ? 23.H45
Wednesday. February 8 23,002
Thursday. February 0 23.5B2
Friday. February 111 23,005
Haturclay. Februaryll 23.810
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A vertigo ( Hreulntliin ( or .litntmrjr , 24.JM7
IT IS not Htirprlfliiiff Hint stolen prop
erty should bo found concealed about the
hovels on the river bottoms. The squnt-
tora should bo dispersed.
ToMORKOW evening Dr. George L.
Miller will toll of the early days of
Omaha In liia address before the Sun
down club. On this theme the doctor is
ulwaya interesting.
IT IS estimated that 700,000 pounds
of coffee will bo consumed by the World's
fair visitors at Chicago this year. Ar
rangements Hhould bo made at once to
pipe the ncccPHiiry water from Omaha.
THE revised tax ordinance reduces the
levy for 18 ! : i from 52 } mills to 44 mills.
This means a Having to the taxpayers of
8170,000 for ISM. So much for THE
BKE'S remonstrance and the mayor's
veto.
IN SPITK of a stagnation of business ,
caused by prolonged cold wouthor all
over the country , the number of busi
ness failures during the past week has
1 > eon smaller than during the same
] > erie < l last year.
llAitDi.r a day passes that something
does not transpire to suggest the need of
u freight bureau. The business men of
Bloux City and Kansas City pool issues
nnd got what they want of the railroads.
Omaha business men get rebates on the
viuiot to assuage their grief.
Tun'president of the Canadian Pacific
Railway , in discussing the recent recom
mendation of the president of the United
States in regard to that road , speaks of
the "animus of this antagonism" as If
lie conceived that this country could not
bo influenced by any inoro dignified motive -
tivo than that of spite and rosontraont.
Plain , simple justice is all that is de
manded on our part , and that must bo secured -
cured at any cost.
No LRSS than four of the great ccoan
liners have lately broken their shafts in
luidoccun , and yet they have all made
port in safety. A broken axle on a rail
road train would in nine cases out of ten
cause serious loss of life. The perils of
the sea are rapidly diminishing so far
us the passenger service goes , and it is
'now about as sufo. to bo on the sea as on
iho land.
IT WAS stated before the Douglas
County Farmers institute by a member
of the Canal and Water company that
the canal by which water is to bo
brought to Omaha from the Platte river
will bo completed in thirty-six months.
It is a big enterprise and if it is finished
within three years Omaha will have a
quarter of a million population before
the advent of the twentieth century.
TUB transfer and departure of Colonel
William B. Hughes , who has filled the
position of chief quartermaster Depart
ment of the Platte for the post five
years will cause sincere regret , not
only among the ollleers of this depart
ment , with whom ho has been BO inti
mately associated , but among a largo
circle of civilian friends , whoso esteem
nnd respect Colonel Hughes enjoyed in
un eminent degree , liusinoss men who
came in contact with Colonel Ilughes
ulwuys found him courteous , attentive
and impartial. While never swerving
from the strict enforcement of contracts
nnd regulations Colonel Hughes gave
Omaha dealers fair play in any com
petition between them and those of rival
cities. In his social intercourse Colonel
Hughes is always a gentleman of the old
nchool and by his culture and rollnod
bearing made himself a favorlto in the
best of Omaha society.
THKHK Bcoms to have boon a misunder
standing regarding the fees which
Judge Ellor declines to account for and
turn into the county treasury. The pre
vailing Impression caused by the contro
versy between the county judge and
the commissioners has been that
Judge Ellcr refused to include among
the foes collected by him the marriage
license foes which uro iixed by. law and
properly belong to the class of fees that
the gounty judge is accountable for. In
reality the controversy has arisen over
the fees paid by parties who request the
county judge to perform the marriage
ceremony. Those fees are not proscribed
by law , nor does the county judge
enjoy u monopoly of splicing couplet
that apply for a license. Whatever
they see lit to pay for this nonseetarliui
ceremony is purely voluntary. It is n
perquisite and not a fee , and it is ex
ceedingly doubtful whether the county
has any legitimate claim against the
judge for these gifts from bridegrooms ,
Tim BEKluvs no disposition to plact
Judge Ellor In n false light , and cheer
fully accords to him this explanation.
SCHOOLS.
A fruitful ciiuso of complaint among
iklllcd workmen in this country is found
u the fact that they are often compelled
M compete with unskilled men who have
only half learned their trades , but who
are yet able to command regular wage. ?
nnd supply the places of thoroughly capa
ble and skillful hands. It has
been , claimed , and not wlthuot
good reason , that this has n
.endnncy to degrade the competent
ivorkmau , to diminish his earnings , nnd
o put n premium upon ignorance and
ncJinpotoncy in the rank * of skilled
nbDr. Tito trades unions have In some
measure corrected this evil , but its ex
istence Is still recognized everywhere.
The development of industrial educa
tion in this country , which is now rap-
dly going on , promises to do much
toward recruiting the ranks of labor of
ho higher class with thoroughly capa
ble men , while at the stuno time it will
jo far toward removing all cause of coin-
ilnlnt against abuses of the up-
irontico system. The recent an-
: utal report of the United States
ioimntasionor of labor gives some-
ntorosting facts concerning In
dustrial training in this and other
countries , and shows that the plan of
training young men in the trades re
quiring high skill and knowledge is
n-ovlng very successful wherever it has
been put in practice. It is comparatively
: i now thing in this country , but there
: ire in the United States a number of in
corporated manual training schools of a
ilghor grade and showing abettor qual
ity of work than any to bo found in
Europe. Hut the system has bacn prac
ticed longer , and is more extensive
n Europe than hero , and for
this reason the commissioner
ias sought for its results abroad
nero than at home. lie finds
that the graduates of the industrial
training schools of Europe are regarded
by their employers as the equals of the
regular workmen in every ro.spoot. In
formation concerning more than ! l,000
such graduates was obtained , and they
represented 200 different trade schools.
Of this number it was found that more
than 2,000 , wore fully prepared to begin
work at onuo on leaving the schools
without serving any time as apprentices ,
and in most of the cases the employers
preferred the graduates of these schools
to thOHO who had learned their trades in
the ordinary way.
If any prejudice against this system
exists among workmen who have learne < l
their trades as apprentices it will soon
disappear when they consider the matter -
tor in all of its aspects. In the first
place it must tend to diminish the num
ber of workmen who have only half
learned their trades , for young men who
uvo not competent to take up the
work for which they have attempted to
prepare themselves will not bo recom
mended for employment. The records
presented by Commissioner Wright
show that there are scarcely any excep
tions to the rule that the graduates of
these industrial training schools are
competent to take their places by the
side of workmen who have been trained
to their trades in the usual way. The
manual training school is destined to
exert an important and wholesome influ
ence among the young men of the coun
try who are seeking the means to earn
an honest livelihood.
TAXING IffnKRlT.lNOKS.
The principle of taxing inheritances
has prevailed in England for u century
or more. It has long boon in vogtto in
Now York and some other states. There
is a growing sentiment in this country
favorable to It , as shown by the fact that
the adoption of the principle has been
proposed in the legislatures of several
states. A bill in the Ohio legislature
provides for taxing all direct inheri
tances in estates of $1,000,000 or more 5
per cent. In Minnesota a proposition to
tax inheritances 1m ? bsen favorably
acted on by the senate.
A bill for an act to tax inheritances
has been Introduced in the Nebraska
legislature. It provides that on estates
of $50,000 and not exceeding $100,000 a
sum shall bo levied and collected equal
to 1 per cent on the value thereof ; on
estates of 8100,000 and not exceeding
8200,000 , II per cent ; on estates of 8200-
000 and loss than 8300,000 , 5 per cent ;
and on all estates in excess of 8500,000
and loss than 81,000,000 , 10 per cent.
On estates exceeding 81,000,000 , the sum
of 20 per cent shall bo levied and col
lected. Such taxes shall bo a lien upon
the property of the deceased whether
in the hands of the direct heirs
or their grantees , shall constitute the
entire levy on the estate for the given
year , and shall bo paid into the general
county fund of the proper county. Ob
jection may fairly bo made to the meas
ure of taxation proposed by this bill ,
but the principle- embodies is just and
right. An inheritance tax Is unques
tionably a legitimate source of revenue
to the state and there are the most
cogent reasons in support of it. It has
boon said by so eminent a jurist
as Judge Cooley that "succession
to an inheritance may bo taxed
as a privilege , notwithstanding the
property of the estate is taxed , '
that is , those who inherit prop
erty may justly bo hold to ewe some
thing to the state beyond what they are
called upon to contribute under the gen
eral system of taxation. As the bone-
flclarios of wealth accumulated by rea
son of conditions in the creation of
which the whole people participated ,
there can bo no injustice in requiring
them to yield up for the general good r
reasonable . .proportion of such wealth ,
The privilege , as Judge Cooley has stated
itwhich they enjoy in succeeding to an Inheritance -
horitanco curries with it un obligation tc
the state , or to the community , that can
bo best mot so as to servo the general
wollfaro by giving back to the whole
people a share of what has boon obtained
'rom them. The duty or obligation tc
make such a return is recognised bj
many wealthy men in various public be
quests , and un inheritance tax wottlt
simply be the gonorul enforcement of thli
Idea. If those who iiuiko their wealth
acknowledge a debt to the public , cor
tuinly those who Inherit it cannot rea
sjnably complain at bolng required t <
give to the public a portion of what thoj
may have had no part In creating.
It has been said In connection will
this subject that the time has passui
when the extravagance or thrift-
cssnc39 of descendants can Iw
ountod upon to dissipate the great for-
, unes which have been gathered in the
ast thirty-five yours. They will remain
ml grow In the hands of those who ro-
iolvo them. It is obviously just on
very ground that the recipients of this
ivcalth shall restore u percentage of it
, o the state , so that the whole commun-
ty shall bo directly banolltod by It. The
u'lnctplo of an Inheritance tax is wise
mil sound from every point of view , and
although its application In Nebraska
might not result in adding materially to
ho revenues of the state for some time ,
hero is no reason why it should not bo
at once adopted hero.
JiV UXlKSlll.lUrK "St'ORT. "
Omaha is not ambitious to become a
ntgtlistlo center. It has no fooling of
nvy toward those cities that have gained
: in international notoriety as patrons of
niglllsm. The great majority of its
people do not baltovo that it would be to
advantage of the community , ma-
rorlally or nnrally , to emulate the ox-
uniplc of San Francisco and Now Or-
eans in this particular. But there up-
) cars to bo a tendency to place Omaha
n the list of pugilistic towns , nnd it is
Imoly to c.ill attention to the fact
n order that the tendency may bo
jheekoil. The authorities of Sioux City
laving refused to ullow u light to take
> hue ! before the athletic club of that
city it appears tlmt the mon have signed
; in agreement to have the battle in
Omaha , and the fact has boon widely nd-
'orttsed. What will the authorities of
his city cloabiut It ? 1'rizo fighting is
unlawful in Nebrmku and the proposed
moating batweon D.ily and O'Donneil
cannot bo fairly described as anything
but a pri/.o light. It is to bo for money ,
t is to b3 oarrioJ on to a "finish , " anl
the glo've.s to bo used will do
is severe execution as the naked
1st. It is not , therefore , to ba sim-
) ly an exhibition of skill to dem
onstrate which Is the more scientific
boxer , but a contest in which each man
ivill do his very bust to "knock out" the
other. In a word , it will bo a fight in
which all the brutality incident to such
i contest will probably bo displayed.
There can be no question that the olTeot
of tills sort of thing is demoralizing , and
therefore it ought not to ba tolerated.
Legitimate athletic sport is always to bo
encouraged. The art of boxing is not
in itself objectionable , but on the con-
rary is u healthful , invigorating exor
cise. A sparring exhibition intended
merely as a display of skill can do
harm to . " "
nobody. "Slugging matches ,
however , are capable of doing a great
deal of harm , the nuro so when they are
countenanced and patronized by men of
good social and business standing. It is
.to bo hoped'thut Omaha will not get into
the way of cultivating this sort of so-
ailed sport. The community will bo in
every way bettor ott without it.
IKCHKANK'UV CAPITAL CltlMK.
At the last meeting of the Prison Re
form congress the statement wai made
that capital crime is steadily increasing
from year to year in Jills country. Judge
Parker of the United States district
court at Fort Smith , Ark. , recently in
the course of u charge to the grand jury
presented statistics showing that such is
the CMC. Ho stated that in 183 ! ) the
known murders in the United States
wore II.GOS. In 1890 they reached 4,290 ,
in 1891 5OS ! ) , and in 1892 the num
ber was 0,791. In four years there
wore committed in the United
States over 20,000 known murders ,
certainly a startling record. Some
other fucts prosontol by Judge Parker
arc no less startling. These are that
during the throe years of 1890,1891 end
1892 there wore but 337 legal executions
for murder , while the number of lynch-
ings were 558. Such facts must cause a
sense of humiliation to every American
citizen who takes pride in his country.
What is the explanation ? Judge Par
ker finds it in the laxity of the laws.
Ho says there is too much indifToronco.
too much .sympathy , too much influence
and too much corruption. Doubtless
this is largely true as explaining
why so few murderers are con
victed. There is u great deal
of morbid popular sentiment against
the inllietion of the death penalty ,
which is exerted more or lois forcefully
at every trial for murdor. Mon whoso
hands uro rod with the blood of their
victims uro made the rcoip'onts ' of so
licitous attention from people whoso
first duty it should bj to uphold the law
and aid in its proper enforcement. With
some of this class the most brutal mur
derer may bceomo u sort of hero us soon
as ho is put on trial for his llfo. Juries
arc affected by this influence and in a
majority of cases where there should bo
conviction of capital crime a vcrdiot is
rendered that will involve only impris
onment. Herein the public and the
juries are at fault. The courts
are not blameless. It is too
commonly the easd that judges are indifferent -
different and do not show that zeal and
earnestness for the enforcement of the
law which they ought to manifest.
Delay , toleration of all the technical
devices of which wily and astute crim
inal lawyers are capable , and other ob
structions to the expedition of justice ,
are far too common in the courts of this
country , and they are in no small meas
ure responsible for the failure of the law
in cases of murdor. Perhaps corruption
plays u part , but it is.only a very small
part.With
With regard to the increasing num
ber of lynchings , Judge Parker
thinks it is due to the pop
ular unwillingness to wait for the
slow processes of the law. Doubtless in
many cases this Is BO , but by fur the
greater number of lynchings take place
In the section of the country whore race
hutred Is still strong with the whites
and whore there is no regard for the life
of a colored mun. Referring , in his last
annual message , to this form of lawless
ness , President Harrison said : "Tho
frequent lynching of colored people
accused of crime Is without the excuse
which has sometimes boon urged by
mobs for a failure to pursue the ap
pointed methods for the punishment of
crime , that the accused haveun undue
Influence over courts and juries. " Lynch-
ings sometimes occur elsewhere than in
the south , but they constitute a very
email percentage of the annual total ,
Wo are not disposed to bslievo , as ha ;
boon assorted , , tfet public unconcern at
great crimes i.T'growlng. To admit this
is to concede tnaj the influence of all the
moral forces 1 society is waning nnd
that we are drifting backward toward
barbarism , Ci'tVi't crimes are as shockIng -
Ing to the nuuAi'J of law-rc.spectlng people
ple as they over were , but there Is a too
general llstlossllOss as to the enforce
ment of the 1 . In this respect the
public feeling ivud conscience need to bo
vigorously urwwed.
IN HIS testimony recently given before
the English hlbor commission , Robert
GlfTon , an eminent statistician , esti
mated tlmt during 1890 and 1891 the
wage-carnors of England lost 812,900,000
by strikes , besides a largo indirect sum
by the diversion of trade into now chan
nels. Ho also estimated that there are
111,030,000 people in the working class of
England , of whom 7,000,000 are adult
mules , while the membership of the
trades unions Is only 871,000 , so that not
one In twenty is connected with
any union. This will correct
the popular Impression that
the unions are In absolute control of-
labor In England. No doubt every labor
demonstration and every demand for the
amelioration of the condition of the
.vorkingmen . comes from the unions , but
there uro many thousands who simply
suitor in silence and patiently wait the
omlng of a hotter day. Ilenco It maybe
bo that English people do not fully rcal-
zo how vast is the army of laborers
ivhoso wretched condition demands u
I'omody. There Is n great ohance for
ubor reform In that country nnd if an
effort wore made to effect it the depend
ent poor class would be greatly reduced.
IT KK.MA1NKD for the collector of cus
toms in Omaha to secure , In behalf of a
.ocal publishing house , the first interpre
tation of the provision in the McKinley
.arilT law in relation to the duty on im-
) ortod books printed in a foreign lan
guage. The customs authorities at New
York hold that the printed sheets un
bound are dutiable ; though if bound
they would bo free under the tariff law ,
and the local publishing house was asked
to pay a largo sum in duties upon
recent Importation of such
sheets intended for binding here.
Acting Secretary Spuulding of the
Treasury department has decided the
question in favor of the Omaha firm ,
and the reasons which ho gives are so
ionvincing that it is tllflicult to sco how
: iny other conclusion could be reached.
This is a vindication of the Omuhu col-
'ector's views , and will prove very im
portant to the 'Swedish-American ' Pub
lishing company of tills city uswollas
to all other importers of books printed
in foreign lunguuges.
The wholesale tfnd retail merchants of
Omuhu insist tljat it is the duty of every
railroad running ) into Omaha to sell
World's fair tfe.Hbts with tire privilege
of stop over at iiifp point. It means the
sale of a greats many dollars worth
of goods thJLitj otherwise would
bo purchased , iin , Chicago , thereby
. .iving the railways the longer
haul in the shipments. The railroad
managers will look ut this matter from
the standpoint of business , which means
that if they have their way about it
Omaha merchants will got the worst of
it. i3y concerted action our business
men can got a concession. What is the
Board of Trade hero for ?
TUB state labor convention which is
booked for Omaha this week is engross
ing the attention of all labor organiza
tions. No little importance will attach
to its proceedings. It is within the
power of the leaders to pave the way
for harmonious relations between con
tractors and mechanics preparatory
to the beginning of work in the
spring , or they can by their action
intimidate contractors to such an
extent that little work can bo done in
Omaha during the season. Every me
chanic , every laborer , every retail mer
chant and every property owner in
Omaha is interested in this subject. The
labor leaders hold a club in their hands
and they should bo mighty careful how
they wield it.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS
advocates an eight-foot roadway with
"turn-outs" at intervals for county
roads. Douglas county is about to ex
pend $150,000 in the construction of road
ways , and of course the people who
voted this money will insist that
it bo wisely expended by the
commissioners. They will not , in the
opinion of THE BRE , approve of eight-
foot roadways on the principal highways
through the county. Most people will
bo disposed to conclude that if the county
authorities cannot provide paved roads
of at least sixteen-foot width with the
money at hand it will bo bettor to wait
until they can.
THK Grand Army encampment will beheld
hold at Fremont this week for the annual
election of officers. , A strong movement
Is on foot to luwti ! the reunion hold in
Omaha next full' . ' JjGrand Army mon in
this city particularly are actively at
work with this object In view with some
prospect of sueces. * . ' ' While Grand Island
lias the past two''ycars entertained the
Grand Army boysOiandsomoly and may
have some oluilh f > n the organization ,
yet if it is dcomOiU'Sviso ' to favor Omaha
next time thowMila no doubt that the
grandest rounlona'jn the history of the
state will bo thoWsult.
THE question aj.b $ ( the payment of the
salaries of the training school teachers
bus been sottkvi.f.'for the present In a
curious way throlfgn a misunderstand
ing of the situation on the part of the
treasurer , but what is to bo done about
the matter In the future ? The legality
of maintaining the , teachers' training
school with the public school funds
ought to bo determined in order that
there may bo no further complications.
ONE of the wealthy citizens of Cleveland -
land , O. , John Huntlngton , died re
cently , leaving to the olty where ho
nmdo his fortune biquosts exceeding
81,000,000. The principal ono Is for the
endowment of an art and polytechnic
bohool , for which purpose ho bequeathed
$800,000 in cash and his valuable ort col
lections. Mr. Iluntington came to this
country from England a poor boy and ho
nmassod n fortune of several millions ,
mostly from oil Investments. If his
bequests are carried out the
city of Cleveland , which Is now
the educational niotropolls of Ohio ,
will have ono of the finest schools
of art in the country. A city that has
such citizens as John Iluntington iu to
be envied , and Cleveland has a number
of wealthier men than ho was , who maybe
bo expected In time to bo equally liberal
with their bequests for the public good.
OMAHA , Fob. U. To the Edltorof Tun Hr.E !
Why don't you take Ituprcscntntlvu KIcketts
to task for refusing to support the republi
can caucus nominee. Senator Paddock , on
the final ballot fur senator last Tuesday !
Timio WAHII UEI-OIIMCAN.
Representative Rlekotts justifies his
action on the ground that Senator Pad
dock was not entitled to the support of
any colored republican because ho op
posed the confirmation of Governor
Plnchback and twice helped to
defeat the federal elections bill that
would have given the colored voters of
the south protection from bulldozers ,
and inuilo their votes count in con
gressional and presidential elections.
This explanation bolng substantially
correct , Titu BEE cannot censure Mr.
Rickotts for showing his resentment of
what ho bolleved to bo rank injustice to
his own race.
THE BEE has repeatedly shown that
the oil Inspection law of Nebraska
should bo amended in order to Insure
the full measure of protection to oil con
sumers. There uro many good points in
the law , but It can nnd should bo im
proved. The test prescribed for all oil
sold in this state is not severe enough.
The result Is that oils rejected in Iowa
and other states are dumped into Ne
braska and our people nrc forced to buy
oil of inferior quality. It is said that
seven-eighths of the kerosene shipped
into Nebraska could not bo sold in Iowa ,
where the test is higher than that of
this state. A standard test of 115 de
grees Is demanded and the state legisla
ture can do no greater service than to
amend the law in that respect.
THE Manufacturers' association mot
at Lincoln last week and decided to hold
nn exposition in that city on February
20 to 25. It will bo under the auspices
of the Lincoln members of the associa
tion and is expected to bo n great suc
cess , us a great deal of interest is mani
fested in it by members of the asso
ciation all over the state. The regular
annual state exposition of the association
will bo held in Omaha in Juno and it is
believed that the Lincoln exposition will
greatly stimulate interest In that event ,
An increasing appreciation of the value
of the Manufacturers' association as n
means of promoting the trade nnd manu
facturing interests of this state is shown
on every hand.
A STHONG light is being made in Now
York City against the extortionate tele
phone charges. A billis before the
legislature providing for n state com
mission to deal with the subject and
efforts arc being made to bring ubout a
strong pressure from the business men
of the city in behalf of legislation that
will put a check upon the extortion. But
Now York is not the only city that is
paying too much for telephone sorvico.
Omaha is ono of the cities in which
there is a great deal of discontent. The
telephone subscribers hero are not pay
ing too much as compared with rates
charged in other American cities , but
the service is fur from satisfactory.
IT is claimed that a recent invention
by an Englishman completely solves the
problem of coal smoke consumption ,
which bus not been entirely disposed of
by any previous invention , though there
have been many designed to accomplish
that end. This device requires that the
coal bo reduced to fine dust , which is
easily done , and thut it bo fed into the
furnace in a strong current of air.
Mixed with the air it is entirely con
sumed , creating a hot fire without a
particle of smoke. Many largo consumers
of coal have adopted this device and have
found it very successful.
AHOUT three hundred carloads of the
great German exhibit for the World's
fair have arrived in Now York and
Baltimore and there are several tnoro
shiploads on their way. Two shiploads
of the French exhibit are expected in a
few days nnd other shipments from that
country will continue- arrive weekly
for some time. Both of these countries
will bo represented on a magnificent
sculo at the exposition.
IT is not easy to > see how Franco can
continue to maintain her standing army
at its present size many years longer
when the deaths within her borders ex
ceed the births by 10,000 annually. At
this ruto Germany can afford to pas
sively await the depopulation of her most
formidable enemy.
A 1'faturu ot Anm-xiiilon ,
There Is Httlo doubt that the annexation
of Glaus Sprccklcs would bo a conspicuous
addition to our Napoleon of flnanco supply.
-
Sillying the Inilliin I'rolilain.
H'aihlnuton Newt.
The Pine HIilpi ) Indians a aln. The true
solution of the Indian problem will doubtless
bo offered by the coroner in the course of
time.
CiiHtlni ; About for Tone.
JVcm I'cirfc Tribune.
John Qulnay Adams Is now prominently
mentioned as a caiullduto for secretary of
atato. This , two , after four years of demo
cratic twuildlc about "Grandfather's hat. "
For Mr. Adams is guilty of the i > olltk-al
crime of having had a distinguished grand
father , and oven agrcat-grandfiither as well.
Tim Artful lloilKnr.
tSlnlie-Dtinoerat.
Hill has been on about every side of the
silver question which ho could find. No
body knows exactly what stile ho will taUo
next , or , in fact , what siilu ho was on whun
he proposed to take up the bill to repeal the
present law. There is a strong suspicion
that his object In dealing with thu question
now Is to show thu country how little- the
Uomocrutio party cares for Cleveland's wishes
In this mutter.
Awar with School I'lidd.
C'itoif2'rjinc. ' ( ( | .
All the fads must go. They are excres
cences and should bo uprooted > They form
no part of u common school education for
bread winners. The studies which are need
ful for the children of the masses , constitut
ing W jmr cent of the whulo people , iiro (1) (
spelling and reading , (2) ( ) writing , ( U ) arith
metic , (4) ( ) geography , (5) ( ) American history
and ( U ) English grammar the latter for
children over 14 years of ago , as under that
ago they are not likely to comprehend it.
s.Ttt SHUTS , ir TIIK VVI.VIT.
Chicago Mallt Ilrothor Tahnngo 1ms ills-
covered that a llsh illot will inako a man live
to bo UOO years old.
St. Paul I'loneer-l'ressi Preachers In the
east are gutting n trlllo UK ) finical , It seems.
Hero Isn dispatch from Rochester , N. Y. ,
announeliii ; the rcsltrnatlon of u pastor bc-
rauso ho opposed the holding of a dog show
In tha church.
Chicago Dispatch : The Pastors union In
Columbus Itus struck. Us members won't
pr.iy for the Ohio legislature unless It comes
down with the scads. That's right. It's
worth double funeral rates to pray for any
Ohio legislator.
N. Y. Commercial : Father dishing of
Plalnllold , N. .1. , who denounced waltzing as
scandalous nnd demoralizing , has been
waltzed out of his pulpit by HUhopVlRgor. .
It Is understood that ho still holds waltzing
In great disfavor ,
St. Paul ( tlobo : It looks very much as
though the Presbyterian church will have to
got n brand now creed or a brand now sot of
preachers. The divines of the church who
arc.rebelling against the articles of faith arc
becoming legion. Every Httlo whllo wo hear
of some pastor who is dethroned for heresy.
Chicago Dispatch : The Hov. U O.
Stevens , lately of St. Luke's , St. John , N.
U , In a letter to the \vlfo of ono of his for
mer p.u-lshfoncr.4 , calls her "you radiant-
brewed , uiil < | uo-faccd , musical-voiced , kissable -
sable , delectable , thrilling armful of contra
dictions , yet queen of my loving heart. "
Kvon Solomon In all his glory was unable to
attain a standard of mushlucss like that.
Detroit Frco I'ress : The cry of heresy
does not scorn to appall the college youth of
the land , oven though they may bo among
the students of theology. Dr. Smith was
civen nn ovation by the boys after his reten
tion by l/.ino seminary , and now Dr. Hriggs ,
also accused of heretical utterances , Is to
address the university students at Ann
Arbor , where his advanced views are said
to bo held in high favor by these pursuing
biblical studies. What do the older heads
think that all this portends for future gene
rations !
San Francisco Chronicle : The religious
in Michigan known as the Cnrterites .should
bo suppressed b.v law. If ono half that i.s
related of the doings of these cranks bo true
there is ample justification for proceedings
against them. The latitude given to
Schweiufurth , the vulgar Illinois fraud who
styles himself a "Messiah , " has probably
stimulated Carter to Imitate his plan of
founding a community and living upon the
credulity of the dupes ho may entrap. These
creatures should be taught that they cannot
swindle the weak-minded and malm and torture -
turo women and children without falling
under the hand of thu la\v.
IllK TUXllKXVr O/1 J'HlXaS.
Undo Sam's boys have ! 0,000,000 of capital
invested In Hawaii.
A Minnesota politician has sued the West
ern Union Telegraph company for $ lXXl ( ) ( ) )
for having delivered to him on the day of his
defeat a jeering message , to wit : "Slippery
Sam , your name Is pants. "
The Manhattan "IV"
road stock in Now
York is said to bo watered to the extent of
the trilling sum of $40,000,000. That's noth
ing. The whole earth is said to have been
covered with water onco.
Newspapers have sonic rights in England.
The Journal that was sued for libel because
it printed thrco exclamation points after a
communicated article has been pronounced
guiltless of wrong doing by the court.
A bill is before
the Illinois legislature re
quiring drivers of teams to turn to the left
on meeting other teams in a public highway ,
a failure to do so bolng punishable by a line
of from $ 0 to S100. The member introducing
the bill is lefthandcd.
A line mess of chow-chow would come into
the United States with the annexation of
Hawaii , la'Mi Chinese , 1'J.MO Japanese ,
S.fXW Portuogeso and : M,436 Kanakas. Talk
about the fun to be found in u box of mon
keys is idle in comparison with this invoice
of curios.
Tnoy are deliberate and conservative people
ple , these ICeutuckians. A live electric wire
was allowed to Ho across a Louisville street
for live hours the other day , during which
time it knocked down several horses and
killed ono num. The company could llud
nothing in the now constitution compelling
It to pick up lallen wires at onco.
A patent right man has recently been can
vassing Interior towns in Pennsylvania
to sell territory for "a burglar extermina
tor. " The exterminator Is really a window
guillotine. When the burglar projects him
self across the sill the machinery , sot in mo
tion by the act of raising the sash , drops a
heavy knife , which cuts him square in two.
Grceloy's advice , "Go west , young man.
go west , " should bo moditied to read , "Go
vest , young woman , go west. " They have
more young men west now than they know
what to do with. What they want is young
women of the best class. When Philadelphia
has "a surplus of ! l,000 girls" the demands
from San Francisco and the Pacillo slope
should bo promptly mot.
AS EXHLISII JH HJtOTK.
Kansas Cttu Journal.
She was wooed by n handsome young Dr.
Who one day In bis arms lightly lr. ;
Hut straightway ho swore ,
lie would do s'o no more ,
Which the same , it was plain , greatly shr.
Detroit b'rce Vrcss.
There was a young man in Ann Arbor ,
Who studied to bu a line barbur ;
Ho eut < | Ulto u dash ,
And Used up his cash ,
Then shaved ill ! Ills friends at Ann Arbor.
A
A maid who Is sIlKhtly antlnua
Was grossly Insulted lust wlquo ;
Her best follow said ,
"It Is tlmo wo were wiilill"
And now , it is said , they don't sptquo.
xmf.tTtm .tr.KK.v ,
Grand Island Independent ( repMr ) ,
Allen Is said to bo n man of very good Jud
mont and sterling Integrity From all tlics J
reports about the now senator It appear-
that ho is n man a great deal more accept
nblo than Thunton , thu railroad chief lob'jj .
1st , of whom the republican ! ) trlod to make n
representative of our people's Interest iu the
United States senate.
Weeping Water Republican : Republican
will have no explanations to make In ls'i. ' > n
gardlng a senatorial combination , and tin .
may bo worth more to the party than tlu >
senator who , nt best , could do but Httlo wltlj
u demoeratlo majority. Lot us hope that
Senator Allen may represent Nebraska In i (
more able manner than she Is at prcsint re
uelvlng at the hands of our congressmen.
Gothenburg Star ( rop. ) : Alien , thnuglui
man without n state reputation , is said to ! > > "
n man of acknowledged ability and a clean
personal record , and his selection is thorea
fore regarded as ono of the best that coulifl
have been made from the populist rank ! '
and much more acceptable to the rcpub- .
Moans than any otlu-r candidate that \v.\s ]
named by the populists during the contest
In what respect the democrats will benefit
by Allen's selection Is not yet apparent , butj
it Is evident that they have boon promised
some special favors for their assistance. I
Nebraska City I'ress ( rop. ) : Senator-elect !
Allen's antecedents are anything butt-ens ]
sin-Ing to democrats. Ho will hardly assist !
Cleveland in hi * crusade against silver , foil
ho is himself a free sllverlto Nor will ho
bo useful to the administration when it'
comes to stripping "tho dirty beggars' of
their pensions , as already planned for ho is
an old soldier , And when it comes to re
modeling the tariff , If It ever comes to that ,
Senator Allen will bo a stone iu the way of
Cleveland's modified ' . 'reform.1 for ho is
probably nn unqualified free trader So ,
what have the democrats gained'
Fairmont Signal ( rep. ) : Jud o Allen Is a
remarkable man. Leaving politics out of
the consideration , all who know him will
admit that a hotter choice could hardly have
been made. There Is no spot upon hli char-
aeto or record. Ho is able , honest and toil
less. Until two years ago ho was a stanch ,
stalwart republican ; but , like many others
iu the party , ho saw that the party was too
often ruled by the cohorts of monoinilv that
Iho railroads were robbing the people , and
party leaders were lending their assent to It
For years ho worked within the ranks to so-
euro remedies for the ovlls , but became con
vlnced In his own mind of Its futility
Fremont Herald ( dcni. ) : If ho couldn't
bo a democrat and there never was any
personal belief that it could bo. at leant with
a combination with republicans the selec
lion of Judge Allen was thomost natural and ffl
satisfactory out of all the list of proposed
candidates among whom , by concession , tlu
selection must bo made : for there had to bo
a concession somewhere , or no election ontld
over be. made. A coalition of democrats and re
publicans , on a pronounced part.v le-idor , and
under the present conditions , was a physical
and moral impossibility. Such n bargain
could not bo made without the appearance of
dishonor and a cash consideration , whether
or not it was real. The longer the contest
remained open the more the suspected scan
dal nourished. Suspicion rested everywhere
Ono thing only was certain by going to the
independent candidate there can bo no taint
of bribery in it they had nothing in cash or
offices to glvo.
_ _
Juilc Tcc ttntr * in the Inttc * cnilcnt
Good night. True Iloirt : ! It wo could part
"I'woro night Indeed , lint geNet
Not yet , not yut , lest wu forgot
Thu saint's punctilio.
If my earliest sluht by the morrow's llKht
He the pearl of thy Kinder fact ) ,
St. Valentino will as.Miro I lice mlno
Tor another twelve 11:00111' : spaco.
How eNo , mine All ! When these eyelids fall.
They fold thy beauty In ;
And when t lie light calls homo my .sprite ,
And thu mists of dreamland thin ,
I awake to theu. tho' land and sea ,
Ay , tlio' the skies debar ,
I iiwako to the KI-IICO otlliy vlslonod face ,
My .soothfast morning .star.
TKltSK A.\l > TICKLISH.
"Foreign powers , " oxRlalmed the orator ,
"concede tons thu right of Ufc , liberty an.mi > ,
pursuit of Saiidwlehes. "
Indianapolis Journal : Mr. Ootrox That ;
confounded rheumatism Is making my leg
aclio awfully.
Ills Nephuw Kr you bolter have It pnlludl
HrooUlyn Llfo : Olttlcus I wondnr how It I.s
that so few women stutter wbun thuy talk ?
Wlttlcus They haven't got time.
Kato Field's Washington : Husband Dut I
don't , want to quit chuwliiK tobacco.
Wlfu I uavi ) up my weeds for you , and I
think you may do thu same for me.
Washington Star : "I havu In my mind n
good subject for n iiooni. " mild tlio young man.
"And so have I , replied thurndu editor as
lie glared at llio pout , "for an obituary poem. "
Now Orleans 1'lcnyiino : There is no mlss-
glvlng In thu marriage of a widow.
Illiieliainpton Leader : On washday pater
familias feels tlmt lie U subject to wring rule.
Diiiisvllle lireezo : It'.s no open question
which I.s tlui more objectionable , a boisterous i
girl or a glrlstioinboy.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : It wasn't really a
punster who Introduced In the leBlslatuiu a
bill tocod-lfy tlio fish laws.
Philadelphia Record : A conton.porary gives
thuMnrtlliiK Information that pur.ions should
"dross qulrlly whun attending thu funeral of <
a dear friend. "
Itrnmlon Ilueksaw : Airs. Muscovado Tlio
Ninvrluhes nru people who don't know who
their grandparents wore. Mrn , Koekoll Oil ,
yes , thny do , but thuy hope that no ono ol.su
does.
Lar oit M-innfiiuturo aul KotallcrJ
of Dlo.h.u lu tlu World.
It must go
Shorter and shorter gets the time which wo
have left to get our goods out of the
way before that wall goes down.
When the carpenters and other
workmen go at that wall there'll be
dust and we'd rather sell you a good
suit or overcoat for less than its
value now , than to wait till the wall
goes down and sell it to you at the same price , be
cause they're dusted. When the wall goes down the
hats will get the worst of it , as we'll have to tear
out all that part of the building. For $1.50 you cs i
now get a splendid , good style , stiff hat. No old
chestnut , but a genuine , properly made hat , that is
warranted not to rust nor look dingy. The under
wear department is close by and will have to go
with the rest , so we've anticipated the damage by
cutting down the price.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open uvory ovonlni till 0.31 SW , Cor , 16th and Douglas St
tiutufday till 10