o THIS OMATIA DAILY DBEi WEDNESDAY , MA110H 8 , BJflE. _ K. UOHKWATKtl Editor. PUBMBIIHD KVKUY MOUNINO. TKUMH OV p nllytu-o ( without Hundny ) Ono Year. . I fl 00 Ji inllvnmlHiimlny , Una Yunr . 1000 Hlx Month ! " . . BMI Tltrrn Moulin . . . . . ; | * > Onn Year . ' " ' Kmidiiv Her , f piiturdnjr llee. Onn ear. . * ; ' ' \\cnkly lice , Ono Your . l uu OITKF.8s , Omn1in.TlioHi eHiilMtii . ' Poutli Onmlui , corner N iniil 2IHli SlrcoLi Council IllnlT * lalVnrlStront. riilrnrn I > nii' v317 riiniiilKT of Coinmn reft. Now York , Kooms 13 , 14 unil 15 , Trlbuno WiiMilMStnn , fil.l Fftlirtwntll Street. .COUItlWl'ONIiKSOR. All rnmmnnloil Ions re-hit Imr to now * find rdllorlnl matter should bu addressed to tlio Editorial Department. m'siNKSH MTTTF.HS. AlllmslneMletteis mill remittance * should I > cnl8rc cd toTlio Itco IMibll.shlnz Compriny. Omnlin. Drafts , checks nnd iioslofflcn order.- ) 1o lie tr.ailo puyublu to tlw order cf tlio com- THE BKB PUBLISHING COMPANY. e\VOUN 8TATEMBNT OV OIBOUI.ATION Btntoof Nebraska , I County of Diiugl.Vi. I Ornrno II , T/schnck , scrrntnry of Tnr. W.v. I'ulillslilnc company , docs solemnly swear that thouotimrclrciilatlonofTilK lUn.Y HKK for the week cndlnrf March , IBOa , was ns , Sunday. rebrimrySO . 2' ' . ntr Monday. rVbriinry 27 . SS'aSi Ttirselnv. IVIirunry U9 . SVT.iS Wednesday , Mured 1 Thursday Mnrrli 2 . Hij'nn Frlilny. March : i . SV'SS ? Saturday , March . 24.0JG IIKOIIMK H. TZS011UOIC. Sworn 1f > bnforo nm nii.l sulHcrlbnd In my ptMenro thin -Hli day of March , 1B93- , , . . . [ Heal ) N. 1' . ! > : " Notary 1'ubllc. AvrrnRi ) Clrniliitlim lor I'nbnmry , 81,3011 IK Tin : overhead wires are not put under ground during the present year it jvill bo evident that popular sentiment tas no power in this city. TIIK bill to exempt -100 acres from tax ation for cemetery purposes strikes us ns a scheme for evading taxes on tracts of land that are to bo laid out in town lots in the sweet by and by. THAT Konato sifting committee resolu tion had just seventeen votes , and seven teen is the magic number that can hoodoo dee all legislation that does not meet the approval of the combine. IT IS evident that the railroads do not oroposo to encourage people to go to the World's fair. They could make aionoy by putting their rates down to a tow llguro , but they show no disposition to do BO. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IT IS a good thing that congress has finally adjourned. The people and the wires will now have a respite from the Btorics of invaluable services which our representatives have rendered at a great sacrifice of health and exhaustive intel lectual exertion. THE number of retail liquor shops in < /Jhicago has decreased by 1158 since last year In spite of the brilliant prospects for a lucrative trade during the fair. But that does not signify that the town Is going dry. There are stil 0,800 saloons in Chicago licensed to do business the present year. THE United States supreme court has decided an important case Involving 48,000 acres of land in Texas in which a claimant demanded possession under an alleged Spanish grant. After twenty years of litigation the claim Is denied in the highest court of the land and the title of 2,000 settlers is thus determined. The bogus claimant who trios to get something for nothing , regardless of the rights and interests of others , deserves to lose his ease nnd all the money that lie puts into it. THE BEE stands corrected as regards Mr. Cochrano. lie was not lost In the shuffle , but succeeded in getting himself commissioned as consul to San Salvador 'by the superhuman efforts of ox-Senator Paddock. This does not signify that ho will remain in San Salvador any longer .than lie has remained in Arkansas since ho shook the dust oil his feet in Nebraska , but ho has the satisfaction of making an interesting junket to the tropics at the expense of Uncle Sam. Nebraska , of course , will feel highly honored , as she always does when somebody is exiled. THE state senate has voted authority to Lieutenant Governor Majors to ap point n sifting committee composed of nine members. Such power never was intended to bo vested In the lieutenant governor , who is not n member of the senate and therefore not responsi ble for .its action. If there was to bo n sifting committee created the senate should have selected It just as it has selected its regular com mittees. The vice president of the United States occupies precisely the same relation to the United States sen ate that the lieutenant governor does to the state senate. But nobody over dreamed of giving the vice president the power to appoint a committed to sift the bills pending before that body. The fact is , the appointment of sifting com mittees is a monstrous abuse that should not bo tolerated in any legislative body. THE late secretary of agriculture urges the planters of the south to raise other crops in place of cotton and rice. What -the planters want most of all Is just what the wheat growers want the old prices , the prices which wore ob tained when the European demand for cotton and wheat was heavy and the American supply limited. Can those prices bo restored by any ordinary social or commorclaj eonditlons in the United States ? It is not natural to sup pose that they can bo , as compe tition is cutting prices in the whole run of Aaiorlcan products , and itis con tinually affecting the man who has the least to buy with and returning loss profit to the middlemen who supply him. It maybe , for example , that we in the north do not know how to eat rice , as the southerners ay , hut the more wo leurn to use it the more rice growers there will ho who will want to sell it. Now factories will consume more cotton , but planters will rush their crops to moot this additional demand. In fact , iti respect to all our agricultural products the tendency is toward lower prices. The southern people must recognize this t , and BO must the western farmer. IIKHtftl ) TIIK IMHTI" S ( HBM.V 11 Is to bo regretted ttiat republican * In either IIOIIKO ot the legislature sliould divide on party lines in voting for or axaln.it bills that uro not ] > oltttcal. Kvury measure should stand or fall upon It * own merit. The Idea that republi cans must oppose every thing that Is pro posed or supported by democrats or in dependents whether good , had or In- IndllTercnt Is calculated to place the members and the party in a wrong light. There is no reason why republican * should stand us n body for or against any particular bill or resolution unless it is purely political. Men are sent to the legislature to represent all the people and not merely their own party. They are expected to vote Intelligently accordIng - Ing to their Individual judgment and they cannot of capo this responsibility by charging it to the party caucus. This Is especially true as regards railway legis lation. MomboiM of all parties are Individ ually and collectively pledged to vote for a reduction of local freight rates. They are expected to vote upon some bill upon which the majority can agree , and they will not he cxcusad for voting against any railroad bill because it was fathered by members of tlio opposing party. No subterfuge will pass muster as an excuse , and no man will bo absolved from his obligation by placing himself on record for a bill that manifestly had no chance to PUSH. On tills point tlio [ > ooplo will not allow themselves to bo iioodwinked or humbugged. KXl'OSUlli : i > F .1 J/O.VOJ'OM' . It sometimes happeii-t that monopolies overreach themselves. This was the case with the Pacific Mail Steamship company when it applied to congress to interfere for its protection against tlio competition of a rival steamship line which had secured from the Panama Railroad company privileges which the Pacific Mail company had lodt through its abuse of them. Congress appointed a committee to investigate the matter , and the result was the disclosure of some highly interesting and important facts not at all to the advantage of the steamship company whoso affairs were subjected to investigation. It was shown that the Pacific Mail monopoly lias not only por.slston.tly ig nored the public interests but has also violated contracts. The vice president of the company admitted that while the company received $180,000 per annum from the government as a subsidy to en courage marine commerce , it entered itito a contract with the Transcontinen tal association under which it received $900,000 to refrain from entering into bona fide competition with the overland railroads. Iln also admitted that the Transcontinental association had used the Pacific Mail as a club to drive oil the competition of clipper ships. The counsel of the Pacific Mail company ut the same hearing acknowledged that the subsidizing of the company , and the discouragement to competition thereby effected , enabled the transcon tinental railroads to enjoy an annual in come of ยง 15,000,000 to 810,000,000 , instead of one of $ . - > ,0 ! ,000 to $0.000,000 that would have fallen to their share wore they compelled to moot genuine com petition. It thus appears that this com bination has been plundering the con sumers of the Unite ; ! Statoj to the ex tent of about $10,000,000 annually , and at the same time one of the chief par ties to it has boon enjoying the special favor of the government in the form of a liberal mail subsidy. Of course after such developments the committee of congress could not do otherwise than make a report condemn ing the Pacific Mall and sustaining the position of the Panama Railroad com pany. With a view to preventing such combinations in the future tlio commit tee also recommended that in mail sub sidy contracts made hereafter with steamship companies there shall bo inserted - sorted a provision abrogating the con tract whenever a subsidized steamship line shall enter into any combination with competing lines to regulate rates on trafllc. This is perhaps all that the government could do in the way of remedial legislation , but whether it would prove adequate or not is un curtain. With the immense benefits which the transcontinental railroads get from discouraging water competi tion they coild ) easily make good any loss from the withdrawal of mail sub sidies , and it is not to bo doubted that they will make a strenuous olTort to maintain the policy that has boon pur sued. If some practicable way can bo found to prevent those roads , which are heavily In debt to the government , from using any part of their revenue In the way disclosed , a complete remedy would be supplied. Meantime the rival com pany to the Pacific Mall may enjoy with out hindrance the prlvlV o.s It has se cured from the Panama Railroad com pany. _ THE JJKH OK GOOD FKBLtXG. The now member of the supreme court of the United States , Justice Jackson , said at a dinner given him by the Nash ville bar just before his dupnrturo for Washington , that his appointment marked "tho close of that bitter partisan and sectional feeling which has so long and so unfortunately estranged fellow citizens of a common country , while dis turbing the peace and hindering the prosperity of a country struggling to recover from the ruinous elTocts of a gigantic and destructive civil war. " Ho expressed the opinion that "tho belief that the worst democrat is hotter than the best republican , and the worst republican bettor than the best democrat , " is dying out , and that wo are entering upon an "era of good feeling,1 like that which prevailed under Mon roe's administration. Similar observa tions have boon made in connection with the social Incidents which marked tlio change of administration , in tlio cour tesies extended to Cleveland by Harri son and to Stevenson by Morton. Except the most ultra and Implacable partisans , and such are still to bo found lit both the great political parties , everybody will welcome the indications of a continuance of that bettor and more patriotic spirit in politics which really was first distinctly manifested four years ago and has Iwen growing over since. The campaign of 1888 was memorably free from bitterness and that of 1HD2 win equally o , They worn distinctively educational cam * mlgnn , In which appeal wan inmlo to the Hobor judgment and the fruo o Jiisolonco of the pojplo. Questions of public policy , md not the character of candidates , ab sorbed the attention of voters. Confi dence in the patriotism und the Integrity of purpose of the chosen leaders of the jreat parties was general. The admin istration of President Harrison was conspicuously free from anything to irouso or to justify partisan blttor- ness. Thus the era of good fooling lias in fact been with us for several years , and what has recently been witnessed is pimply evidence of its wholesome Influence rather than of Its beginning. There is nothing in tlio ex isting situation to discourage the hope that It will continue , and the country may confidently expect "the amenities of last week to bo repeated four years lienco should n republican succeed to the presidency. There will In the mean time bo frank and unsparing criticism of the acts of the administration by re publicans. The policy and aims of the democratic party will encounter vigor ous and firm republican opposition. But this is not at all incompatible with an acknowledgment that the intentions of the administration and the party may bo entirely patriotic. So far as sectional feeling is concerned It is not the fault of the republican party that it did not die out years ago. President Hayes made an earnest and honest effort to put an end to that fooling , but southern bourbons and demagogues spurned the offer of fellowship lie hold out and rekindled the smouldering em bers of sectional antagonism. There are still some of these left In the south , but their power for mischief is not so great as It was a few years ago and their number is decreasing from year to year. Washington warned the country against the baneful oil'ects of the spirit of party generally , and nothing bettor could bo wished for the republic than that the men of today who are charged with the administration of the govern ment will heed his admonition. Political bitterness and sectional strife cannot bo favorable to the security of republican Institutions or helpful to material progress and prosperity. THE 1XDIAX 1IUIIKAU. President Cleveland will probably name the new commissioner of Indian affairs tomorrow. " To tlio people west of the Mississippi few olllces within the gift of the chief executive are of more consequence than that of Indian com missioner. Missouri is the only state west of the Mississippi which has no * " local Indian problem. As thero"is no unexplored or uninhabited region re maining to which they can bo banished it becomes a fact that where the Indians now reside there the will remain until absorbed into the population of the coun try and are lost as tribes and savages. Hence tlio west is peculiarly inter ested in the Indian policy and the In. dian commissioner of the now adminis tration. The resignation of General Morgan took clTect March 4. Ho was probably the most efficient man who has over hold the position , and n host of his friends besought him to consent that an effort should bo made for his retention in the olllco for another term. Ho steadfastly refused , however , and has entered upon his now duties as corresponding secre tary of the Baptist-American Homo Missionary union in New York City His administration is history. It is marked and prominent for three great facts , viz. : An improved morale in the Indian service ; a great advance in the work of allotment , and n most remark able development of the educational idea as applied to this vexed problem of our civilization. The vigor , enthusiasm and success with which ho has conducted his duties are acknowledged. Entering upon his duties with a fixed policy and meeting determined opposition at every stop , Jio retires from ofllce with his posi tion endorsed by public sentiment and the approval of a first unwilling congress in educational appropriations the like of which wore never obtained by a prede cessor. It is hardly probable that his successor can undo the work accomplished if ho shall be so disposed , but it is to bo hoped hat thorowiU ha in change In the policy wrought out by General Morgan's energy and ability. The solution of the Indian question is found in education , and the Harrison administration has established schools und brought to the Indians facilities for educating their children which make it possible within anotlfbr four years to bring every Indian ehUd in the union under the influence of the indus trial school tcacho'r. In the west whore wo nro brought face to face with the problem wo know that unless the youth now on the reservations are taught to work , to road and write and to imitate the arts and decencies of civilization , wo shall bo confronted with a serious condi tion of vagabondage and hence wo hope for a broad minded , thoroughly compe tent , aggressive and persistent commis sioner. General Morgan was a western man. His successor should not bo se lected from among the theorists who do not know the Indian by actual experi ence , but should bo a man already fa miliar with the situation , and if possible one who by direct contact with the wards of the nation is not only conversant with the dllllcultlcs of the anomalous condition of our savage population , but whoso heart will dictate charity toward a weak race of human beings forced by no fault of their own to throw them selves upon the mercy of an all-conquer ing and. not always considerate race. A more politician at the head of this bureau will bo a calamity. A religious fanatic will bo worse. Wo need a busi ness man with intellect , conscience , in dustry , perseverance and knowledge. Shall wo have him ? THE precautions against tlio introduc tion of uholoru which the Canadian government proposes to take will un doubtedly bo olfectlvo in keeping the disease out of that country , and at the sumo time It will simplify the work to 1x3 tlono by the general-ami state govern ments of the United States in quaran tining alcng the northern bonier. There was 8 mio apprehension that the Dominion government might bo rather iidlfforont loU\ , \ | > Important maltor , but it appears to Itayo oommanded qulto an much Inton'Ml1 ' there a ) In thin country , the ( iillitdlans | having naturally no more deslro to expose themselves to the plague thntftho people of this coun try have. AfjjsY n as the United States had taken decisive action for an olToct- Ivo system of" qfja"antlno the agitation for Bomo similar moiisuro of dofcnso begun in Caniiilnf and there the ques tion mot with hVy difficulty because the whole matter ' ls in the hands of the federal government. Nine maritime quarantines have .biicn established and others will be , all fully equipped , while as to land quarantines It Is pro posed to 'Inspect all trains crossing at the principal points of entry Into Canada. What our northern neighbors fear Is laxity at the ports of the United States , but if they will do their duty they will bo in no dange 1 of cholera Invasion from this country. So far as provision for adequate precautions Is concerned the situation is reassuring. Mu. BKCKWITH , appointed United States senator by the governor of Wyoming , and Mr. Mantoll , appointed by' the governor of Montana , may not got their seats , and probably will not dose so without something of a struggle. The question has been raised whether the governor of any state , whore the legisla ture falls to elect a senator , can fill the existing vacancy by appointment. The constitution provides that the sonata , shall consist of two senators from each state chosen by the legislature thereof , and It is Held that this is not vitiated by the clause providing for a tem porary appointment by the governor , because it says : "If vacancies happen by resignation , or otherwise , during the re cess of the legislature of any stale. " Both of the above appointments were not made during the recess of the legis lature , but because the legislature re fused to elect , though in session for that purpose. The contention of some is that by its refusal or failure to elect , the legislature had voluntarily renounced the claim of the state to bo represented by two senators and the governor had no authority to appoint. The question seems to bo a now one and the decision of it by the senate , in the event of an issue being made , will bo awaited with considerable interest. It is possi ble , however , in view of the fact that the appointments will make no differ ence in the political complexion of the senate , that the ( fuostlonwlll bo dropped and thus a precedent established recog nizing the right of a governor to appoint a United Stuto i senator in case of the failure of a legislature to elect one. Still it is rather to bo expected that some stickler for a strict compliance with the terms' ' of the constitution will make an issue. IT IS said that there are forty or more now hotel enterprises in progress in the vicinity of the World's fun gi-omuls inChicago , and that a largo proportion .of them are frauds , having no more , uub'stantial foundation than may bs found in circular letters soliciting cash subscriptions for alleged stock. Those enterprises purport to be co-oporativo hotel schemes designed to supply the demand for accommodations , nnd the innocent victim who is asked to take stock is assured that ho will have cheap quarters during the exposition. It is a good plan to steer clear of such enticing schemes. The man who sub scribes for stock in an enterprise that exists only on paper is sure to lose his money. A BILL has been introduced in the Now Jersey legislature making it a penal offense for any person to bequeath more than $1,000,000 to his or her heirs. The question is how is a dead man to bo punished for willing $1,000,000 ? llonry' * Hip Hurrah. CoiiHcr-Joiinml. Hurrah for everybody , whlto , black , demo crat. republican , populist , and oven u merry bcaltor to our usually long-faced iriond , the prohibitionist 1 e Tlio CimilfiliUn , n'ashtngton Star. Ho comlH with care out of bis hair Tlio hayseed that bo word of yore , Thntu'h onoo hu hud to bavo It ihuro , Ho dousa't iieucl It any inoru. Serving Notlco on I"ltUUtn. ( Italic-Democrat. Mr. Cleveland's remarks In favor of n "sound and stable currency" moan tint ho will veto all the wildcat bank measures that the western nnd southern democrats pass. _ Tlin JiickHoiiIiin McMlcl. A'cw Yinli TrllnmcMi. . Sixty-four years ago today And/ow Jack- sou , the father of modern democracy , took the oath of ofllco. and broadly enunciating the doctrine , "To the victor belong tlio strolls , " besan to put it In practice. In elKhtccMi days ho made 2,000 changes in the civil service over 100 a day. In memory of whom a crcat many ardent lovers of their country stayed out late nights last fall singIng - Ing , "Adlal , got your axl" Safety tor tlin Inilopoiulpiit Voter. lVi/dleIl'iil ( / ) ' ( Leilyer. Tbo party leaders who have been studying the municipal election returns hero and ulso- where In the state Jiavo como to tlio conclu sion that the secret ballot is a dangerous institution for them. The workers have learned at last that they can cut their tickets If they chooseto dd so without being de tected , and many political debts will bo paid hereafter at the polls In a way calculated to keep the leaders nvako at nights. Inde pendent voting Is in. Its Infancy , but It will grow under the Australian ballot system. A Nutf/in * of ToiullcH. II'dtNfiiufori I'ott. The torrent of slobber now llowing through the columns of tno1' newspapers is rank enough to gaga graven Imago. Never In the history of the country has there been any thing to approach It , oven distantly. In times gone by wo have had enthusiasm. That sense of favors yet to como moved men to the extent of gush-occasionally. The In coming president and vice president have al ways been big mcrt'uaiout ' tlio-Uh of March- properly enough. , DiU this year the records of the past have bccrl obliterated by n How of hog-wash so thick , so turgid , so nauseous that sensible men must feel llko taking up the nowspapcr with a pair of tongs and holding their noses while they open it. The Now 1'ori'St IJrsi'rvoj. i\Vu' Yurli Tlina. Ono of the most creditable acts of Presi dent Harrison's administration , for which lie , and especially Secretary Noble , sliould liavo hearty and unstinted commendation , has been the reservation of enormous forest tracts In various parts of the west. The withdrawal of thcso tracts will nnko them available in somo. eases for existing national parks , In others will found now pleasure grounds , and In nil instances will preserve for public uses regions of great value , whether for their scenery , their remarkable tree growths or their Influence in preserving the sources of water supply. This good work was mailo possible through a wlso provision In the act of IbUl for repealing the old timber culture law , which provision gave the pro.Mtlont the power tn withdraw forest nro.is from nciulnlUun | for private uses. This power 1ms boon use 1 wi'h great eunrtU'i mid Bomotlnu'.i ngnltiat th" I nil unices brought to bear by ( tattlers , nhrcp hcroVr.t , miners or other persons Interested , from iiorsotmt and pecuniary motives , In preventing Us oxnt- unco , Dprnilrnro of tlin llomorrney. lliilttiiiiiicneiltitn. \ \ . In the report of the hotel accommodations of Air. nnd Mrs , Cleveland Is thr following ; "Mrs. Cleveland will use a Icnlfo , fork and spoon which wore once the property of ICm- prcx.i Hugonlp , nnd President Cleveland will drink his coffee from a cup which Proprietor Koosslo guarantees at one time belonged to Napoleon Homparte. " Oh , democracy I Oh , JofTeraonlan simplicity ] "Where are you all" Tlin Telephone ! .Monopoly. Detroit Fire I'reti. It Is true that the patent used by the Bell Telephone company expires this year , but the llerllner patent shrewdly obtained in 1M)1 ) is a virtual renewal of the liell privi lege for n trrm of ilftoen years. The govern ment is trying to annul this second grip of the monopoly , but it at present acorns to have the bettor of the controversy. Mean- tlmo the liell stock Is paying unnual divi dends aggregating moro than the whole capital invested in thu telephone business , ICx-Vlcr I'rotlitxnt .Morion. ( ViiYni/ii Trl/iiiiic. / Mr. Morton , the sole survivor of twenty- two vice presidents , vacates the chair ho has occupied so long and so well. As the presiding oillcer ot the sunato ho Ins com mended himself to every member of that body , without regard to party , by the un varying ability , urbanity and dignity with which he has held that position and admin istered Its duties. The most intense p.irtl- san will not yield to the most zealous friend in according to him a tribute of respect and admiration. His accomplished wlfo , his beautiful daughters , nnd himself will leave Washington with the best wishes of the whole pnoplo for their continued health , hap piness and prosperity. Shitinod the Wlmlo Ktuto , Fremont llcrntil. Mr. Tom Majors ( who is the patron saint of some of the luilf-cooked politicians of the state ) is getting more notoriety than ho llgurud on from his connection with that Morton banquet at Nebraska City. No iiapcr has quoted yet what ho actually said that excited so much comment and disgust , for the reason that the postal laws won't admit of it ; but it imiy bo enough to say that the waiter girls wore ilrst warned to get out of the room and the doors were closed , and all of them who wore unfortunately locked in side are too much ashamed to repeat it. They can't avoid thenhamo , however , shared by all of us , that this man is lieutenant governor of the state , and will bo for two years longer if ho isn't promoted higher. Under Two Administrations. . Inilanai ! > i > tli Journal. The republicans turn over to the democ racy a prosperous and united country. When they took the govoi-nment its 0 per cent bonds were selling at a discount of 1'3 pur cent ; now a ! 1 per e nt United States bond would go ( pik-kat par. When the democrats left the government half the country and the outside world held it in contempt ; it Is re turned to the democracy with a prestige at homo and abroad which none can question , and an authority which is obeyed. Hcamo into republican hands a broken nation ; It is returned to the democracy the most poten tial nation on the globe. It came to the re publicans with depressed industries : it is turned over to the democracy in the full tide of a prosperity such as no other country has ever enjoyed. o A Sound Currency. Clitcatio Tribune. President Cleveland cannot bo too warmly commended for his pledge that none of the powers with which the executive branch of the government is Invested will be withheld when their exercise is deemed necessary to maintain our national credit or avert llnan- cial disaster. Hs declaration that nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a nation and the bcnotlccnt purposes of our govern ment than a sound and stable currency , and his reference to the danger of depreciation in the purchasing power of the wages paid to toil indicate that ho has thought wisely and well on the subject. President Cleve land virtually has promised that the pur chasing power of the dollar shall not bo ro- duccd by one-third at the request of'the free silver men if ho can avoid such a disaster. ST.ITK XOlC.1l.lf. SCHOOL. STOCKHAM. Nob. , March 7. To the Editor of THE Bun : The State Normal school at Peru is , according to reports , doing good ser vice in training teachers for the public schools of the state. Its location is most un fortunate , nnd its usefulness is largely cur tailed by reason of it. Out there In early days , when the state was almost entirely un occupied territory , and when the local statesmen of those times were dividing the scant raiment among themselves , it still maintains Its hold on the state treasury nnd is of largo value to a few counties along the eastern border of our state. As if to cmphasl/.o its local character , the members of its governing board , have , with one or two exceptions , been residents of the Missouri river bluffs two being selected from the ono county of Neinaha. Wo should hardly know that it was n state Institution but for the annual taxes paid for its support. Hepeated attempts to establish ono or moro normal schools at accessible points in the interior of the state have so far failed. As a consequence wo see numerous so-called normal colleges springing up , which are largely patronized by the youth of the state at great expense , who hardly know that Peru exists. These schools , as a rule , are inferior to the Pern school or to any fair state normal school. Jf Nebraska Is to have only ono normal school and that ono located in the moat inac cessible and inconvenient place that could bo selected , it would seem that in order to ex tend its inlluenco , the governing board should bo widely distributed over the state. In illling vacancies on the board it would bo proper , it seems to mo , for the governor to consider this view of the matter. As long as the state supports it , the different parts of the state ought to bo represented In Its management. Each member of the board would becouio a center of inlluenco In its bo- half. Why not 1111 the IIowo vacancy from seine interior point ? Policy and fairness both point that way. * KEUU.IHKA . .l.VXKllit.lSK.tXli. . The sheriff of York county sold the old Jail at auction the other day and it brought S28. S28.Tho The Long Pine Chautauqua assembly will open Juno 110 and continue in session two weeks. C. II. Israel & Co. have issued the Ilrst number of the Pioneer nt Trumbull , Clay county. Fifteen watches and f. > 0 worth of other sundries fell Into the hands of thieves , who entered \V. I. Kayncr's drug store at Hardy nnd escaped without detection. A company has been formed nt Butte to build an elevator and mill. It Is Intended to run the mill by electricity and also furnish light for the county scat of Boyd county. The ICoarnoy police have a man In custody who surrendered himself to them and said ho was a horse thief. Ho gives his name as Albert Botsford , and says ho stole a horse at Elgin , 111. , eight years ago. The authorities are investigating his story. Stock in this valley Is looking exceptionally wull at this time , says the Bayard Trans cript. On the 1st of March not a pound of hay per head has been fed to cattle and none to horses unless kept up for uso. Can you flnd a better showing In any co untry. Great climate , this. Whllo driving a fractious horse down the main street of McCook , John MoAciams lost control of the animal und was thrown to the ground. The old man was badly Injured , two ribs being fractured , his right ear being nearly torn from his head and hU body was painfully bruised. Kandolph people are "all torn up" because a high live club has been organized whllo a revival Is In progress and for the further reason Unit a doctor has been arre.itod on n charge of concealing two turkeys belonging to a neighbor. ' Excitement runs high , " as. n correspondent remarks , "and the end U not yet. " Frank Barclay of Beatrice believes ho has Invented a smoke consumer that will make him famouv. For twenty years ho has been studying the smoke problem nnd now ho is sure ho has solved It. Already no hus prwtoil t furnnoo In llcntrlco nnd tciled his device , whh'h oMntlrs | on the following iirlnelpto Tlio Introduction of pnru air InnUed to hlith temperature uniformly ill * trlbutrd over the llvo coal body unlto.i with the pmes from the coal nnd produces per fect combustion. It li claimed that by this method n saving of from so Ui ! 0 per cent of fuel Is effected. Mr. Ban-lay has scoured a patent on his dovleo for both stationary on- gin03 nnd locomotive boilers. o T.ii.ic.iimin1'Kui'i.K. . Undo Abtjah Wnolden. who was a const gunrd In 1S1-J , celebrated his 100th birthday In Lynn , Mnss. , a few elays ago. Ills fellow townsmen prosontcd him with 11X ) silver dollars. Mr. Turpln of Alabama , In whose favor a contest of bis suat has boon dccldo'l , w.is un seated by n like contest In the Flfty-llrst congress , though ho hold the ecrilllcato of election. The shah of Persia travels with n sulto of 1,000 people and ! UK ) wives when ho takes his summer trip In the distant prov'ncvs ' under his control , and ho borrows the money needed for traveling expenses. ( Icncnil Beaurognrd built the Ilrst cable railroad In this country. The road was con structed Just after the war nnd extended from the city ot New Orleans to the suburb of Carrollton. Thomas Nast , the cartoonist , may bo soon frequently on Broadway , New Yorlr , but Is entirely unknown to a majority of the throng. Tlmo has whitened Nnst's hair and wrinkled his face , and his lingers are not so nimble as they wcro a quarter of u century ago. It Is said that Keseoei Colliding was almost the only public man of note who hated cartoons teens wherein lie llcured. The sh-ht ot his nose In high colors always made lOvarts grin. Ben Butler collected every ono wlioro hU game eye cut n tlguro , Dopow dotes on them , Senator Hill says ovcr.v ono of them means votes for him and when the report wont forth that Peffor had trimmed his vagrant beard the caricaturists all agreed that ho had shorn himself of what reputation ho had acquired. ICx- Judge S. C. Hustings of San Francisco died about a week ago at the ago of 70 years. Ho was a native of Jefferson county , Now York , and received his early education in CiouTcrneur academy. Soon after this ho was practicing law and editing a newspaper in I/ciwroneoburp , Ind. In 18117 ho had estab lished himself In Iowa , but In IfWll bo removed to Bcnlcia , Cal. Ho was the ilrst chief Justice of that state , and afterward attorney general. Upon retiring from this latter ofllce ho devoted himself to money making , and although no gave $100,000 to the Univer sity of California fora law school nnd was liberal in his gifts to his children , ho loft an estate valued at about ? 3OOd.OOO. Somervlllo Journal : Thocludo has his use In this world , after all. Anything Is coed , they say , that hill a tendency to excite a hi'iirty laugh. Washington Blur : "This , " said Farmer Ho- go-ill , who had lUteneil to cheers (111 ( ho hiid a liumlauhu , "Is another rumlmlur of tliu hollcr- nes.sof Hfol" C'lilcaso Tribune : Always Heady "You travel M > much on the cars 1 .should think you would go armud. " "Ariuod ! " oxelalmcd the suburbanite. "I do. I never trtivol with less than Ilftoen or twenty pounds of heavy bundles that 1 could mo In iin " Now Orleans Picayune : It Is pasy to limug- urate nn era of good fouling on the part of tlio man who guts an olllco. Troy Press : Should physicians innko It a rule to lot well enough alone tholr Income's would Miffcr u liuavy shrinkage. Olovelatid Plain Dealer : Of coursn ehnii- ! liig administrations Is n bl tlilnj , ' , hut the olllcoholdur dousn't bcllevo In bulng disturbed about It. Christian nt Work : HrldKOt Whnt Is the result of casting bread upon tlio wator.s ? llrooks In our house It returns the second day as u pudding , Washington Star : "It's an 111 wind that blows nobody good , " said llu musician who received his pay for blowing sweut sounds through the tuba. Philadelphia Huconl : "That was a bitter disappointment , " : is llttlo Johnny WaKfilns re marked when u plain quinine pill was bub < tl- tnted for his usual sugar-coated one. I'lick : Justice ! How do you explain your bulng found Inside Colonel Ulnxur'H chicken coop last night ? Leftover Jai-.ltM > n lu Irult Is , ledge , I made all ma 'rangcniunts tur git. up 'arly In do inohnin' . and 1 wanted tur tlcu ; ) whah I cud hcah do roosters crow. Pi'cw .Tow Herald. For davs he sought for HUPS to snow His feelings In soniu slight dogruo ; And then within her album wrote : "When this you see , rainumbof mo. " She said she would and now they are Imbedded In bur memory's bump ; For every tlmo she views thu page She softly murmurs : "What u chump ! " TIIK nKIUC.tTWy. ffcw 1'orlt AAeertlter. ( March 4 , 1803. ) The awful moment has arrived , A bush falls on the surging crowd As silent as the .snowy flakes : Tlio multitude In nrnyur Is bowod. The man on whom the country rests Stands forth In all his Koleimn glory ; With bared head , uplifted uyoa , Grout Urovcr now Is llunkldorl , Lo. henrtliQ murmin-liii ; mass complain ! Ho whom they thought was Consecrated Today iissumui tlio reigns of power And lulls its bo Is Dedicated I What means this sudden Mirlnkngo Had ? Tim nation needs much medication ; For tlfty thousand "tilunks" pur your \Vo simply have u Dedication ! POINTS FOR PLACE HUNTED Something Concerning the Distribution ol Federal Patronage in Nebraska. MUST APPLY THROUGH GOOD DEMOCRATS Itrpulitlrnn * nt AVmlilncton Neit Anxtnut to Ulvn tlio AilmliilUnitlon uu Oppor tunity to imlmrrit4 : Thorn br IliifiMlnR I'avuri. WASHINGTON Brniuu or TUB BRB , ) filil Kot-iiTKr.NTii STIIHKT , > WASHINGTON , I ) . ( . ' . . Mnix-h 7. | It would scorn that the democrats of Nebraska - braska are moving In a pelttlc.it fog so far iu the distribution of offices Is concerned. They are Just now llshlng around to ascer tain who Is to bund out the loaves and fishes , The means employed to secure this Informa tion are both annoying and useless. Democrats are writing Senator Mnndcrson nnd other republican members of the Ne braska delegation asking tholr services or tholr Inllucnee or both in securing olllco. It would appear that In many instances this was encouraged by some Nebraska republi cans. I All letters relating to federal patron- ngo which are sent now to republicans from NebrasKa and other states are simply re turned to the writers. This is now n demo cratic administration and republicans In con gress have no Inllueneo in securing favors nt the executive departments , nnd especially In the way of nfllrcs , and the democrats should know U. If the.'do . ' not know who to address their letters to It would bo well for them to write any democratic member of congress from their state or ask the chairman of the state central committee to advise nnd co operate with them. Republicans are not supposed to know anything of the affairs of democrats. MUiTllimrmi" . Hoprcsontntlvcs Perkins and Gear left for their homos in Iowa this morning. ID. W. Hurlourt. editor of the Aurora Sun , called at the bureau of Tun BKI : today. Kx-Senator Paddock leaves lor New York tomorrow. Ho will remain in the east some weeks before returning to his homo at Beatrice. J. S. Lehow of McCook Is in the city. Ho says ho seeks no oftleo and ho is hero simply on business iu the executive department. In the menagerie ofdemocr.UsLehoiv Isa freak. Charles Van Oden of Audubon , hi. , nnd his associates have applied to the comptrol ler of the currency for authority to organize the First National bank of Auduboii with u capital of ? : > uoi)0. ) General and Mrs. UV. . Colby of Beatrice entertained a number of friends last night nt their residence in honor of Helen Gardener , author of "Is This Your Son , My I/ml , " etc. A number of Nebraskans were present. It is stated that the senate in Its re organization will drop Sergeant-at-Arms Valentino among the very Ilrst of olllcors dis posed of , as he has under him the bulk of patronage. 1' . S. H. INiiiHlnn INtlmiltes. Mr. Edward Atkinson , who has been fur nished by the pension office with all the data nt Its command , takes a moro cheerful view of the situation after examining them. The conclusions reached by him nro that the total expenditure for pensions during the calen dar year will not exceed $180,000,000 and for Ib'JJ ' 311)3,000,001) ) ) , about one-quarter of that amount being for back pensions the Ilrst pay ments and the rest the regular pension roll. By the close of ISill Mr. Atkinson estimates that all claims will bo llnally adjudicated nnd the number of pensioners will begin dimin ishing lit the rate of thirty-llvo in the 1.000. Hence ho Is of the opinion that the pension expenditures for lbc.)5 ) will bo but ? U8,000OOll nnd for 1SOOH 1,000,000. It Is estimated by the commissioner of pensions that 'IIC.TilO names will be put on the rolls during this year and next , and tliaji. the total number December III , 181)5 ) , will bo 1,171,5)18 ) , after which the number will de crease steadily > A Grcnt Many Children have l > ccn cured' of scrofuia nnd other pkln diseases as , . well as thousands of grown . .UWpeoplo , by taking Dr. Korea's Golden Medical Discovery. I Kvory disorder that can f > o I'Piichcd through tbo blood , yields to its purifying ounllties. Be sides , It builds up wholesome flesh nnd strength ; not merely /ei { llko Cod liver oHs. A scrofulous condi tion of tbo blood invites Catnrrh , 5 Bronchitis nnd Consumption. We're nil exposed to the germs ' of consumption , grip , or inn- , . \larla yet only the weak ones .VsufTer. When you'ro weak , I tired out , nnel debilitated , or when pimple ? and blotched , npiwtr heed the warning in ( Imo. The "Discovery" Bets I nil the organs Into healthy ac tion especially the liver , for that's the point of entrance for I these germs , then if the blood MS pure , they'll Ira thrown off. There's no risk. If it falli to , liciicllt or euro In nil cases of /Impure blood or inactive your money is returned. tartest Manufacturer * an I Halation of oiohliiK lu tin \VorU. \ We're After Him. Just wait another winter till that season gets around when that blooming-littleground- hog sticks his nose above the ground , for we've organized our forces and we're sworn to find him out , and the man who comes upon him will smash him on the snout. Then nevermore hereafter will he work his shadow trick , because when once we've met him he'll be very , VM-y sick. Long wil live the recollection of the year of ' 94 , when the death of Mr. Groundhog brought mild winters evermore. To us will bo the glory of producing early springs , and we'll sell the thankful people all 'their clothes and furnish-ings. Ladies and gentle men , our ambition is not to become wild-eyed poets , but our spring suits and overcoats , which have just arrived , are the very essence ofpoety that's why we became poetic. BROWNING , KING & CO. , tl ttn I S. W , Cor , IDlii and Douglas31