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WHY do the pntionts in the Institute
for the Feeble Minded require so much
, soap ?
IT IS uufortmmto that Lieutenant Tot-
ten nut iniide nrriuitfctnonts to have the
world eomo to nn end next Soptomher.
The World a fair will just bo getting in
teresting at that time.
WHIM : the hungry democrats of this
state are engaging In 11 nmd btnmpcdo
for olllce , Mr. Walton's ! declination of the
tendered judgcship will cause as much
of n Bonsatlon as a paid ticket on a leg
islative train.
Tun blunt , pointed and merited
"roast" which the Kyncr investigating
committee administered to that worthy
patriot ought to bo spread upon the
house journal and kept thoro. It fits the
man and the occasion exactly.
IT is announced that President Cleve
land will not disturb Minister Robert
Lincoln at London and Minister Fred
Grant at Vienna. It is to bo hoped that
the report is true. These worthy .scions
of America's illustrious men have hon
ored the nation in the posts they have
hold in the past four years.
27te people do not mint the leyislaturc to
adjourn before the state house hat been
purged of dixhoncsl anil faithless officials.
The people will cheerfully bear any taxation
the lcyinlutu > c may impose on them if the
legislature will only do its duty fearlessly
and reyurdlegs of all pressure from corpo
rate injlucncc or the corrupt lobby.
OUH special dispatches from Wash
ington intimate that Judge Doauo , Hon.
Charles Brown and Euclid Martin may
become the dispenser ! ) of federal pap in
thia state. ' If the report from Washing
ton bo true it is all the evidence needed
that Secretary Morton is quietly getting
in his work In opposition to his old-tlmu
enemies.
REV FRANK CKA.NE , who has just re
turned from Mexico , seems to have boon
impressed with the lllth and wretched
ness that everywhere prevails among
the Greasers. Ho says that had it not
been for the grace of God and carbolic
acid ho could not have escaped. This
suggests a good means of disinfecting
the Nebraska state house.
TiiEitn are n few provisions in the
proposed charter amendments that are
vital to thia city , but If In order to got
them the people are compelled to sub
mit to outrageous mutilation and pro
visions positively obnoxious , It may bo
best to prevent any change in the pres
ent charter being mado. The corpora
tions and a few rich men seem to have
this town by the throat.
IP YOU are a good citizen , if you
abhor public thieves , if you believe that
n dishonest ofllcial ought to bo deposed ,
you will personally nnd by letter urge
your representative in the legislature
to stand linn and continue to support
the movement to turn the rascals out.
Members of the house huvo dona well t > o
fur , and they deserve your hearty en
couragement and co-oporatlon.
i : last December the Institute for
the Feeble Minded ut Beatrice purchased
more than eight tons of soap , as the supply
vouchers in the auditor's ofllco will
show. This should bo an eye opener to
the house Investigating committee. If
all supplies for the Beatrice institution
have boon purchased on this extravagant
scale the people ought to know it. The
house la now in the proper mood for
cleaning out public thieves and It cannot
afford to Ignore the Beatrice Institute.
In fact , the house can with great profit
scrutinize the supply vouchers of every
Institution In the state.
Tim South Omaha list of paying sub
scribers which Tim HER prints today
can bo readily verified. The names are
printed with Initials and the place of
delivery given by house numhorn , and
whore the subscriber receives his paper
In an upper story the location la desig
nated so ho can bo readily found. In
striking contrast with thU U the Hat of
the World-Jferttld , which prints 101 names
of alleged bubscrlbors without Initials ,
and fully ono-thlrd of its list is with In
definite directions , HO that nobody can
verify Its correctness. South Omaha Is
the stronghold of that shoot and Us
boast has been that its South Omaha list
was from two to throa times as largo as
that of TUB BEK , when in fact with ul !
Its padding the Hat only numbers 875
and Mr. Hitchcock has on his own propo
Bition forfeited $158.25 before the watoi
has boon-wrung out of his list. When I
comes to a show down In Omaha tin
W.'H. will not como within 50 per con
oj the paid mibscrlptlon Ust , of Tim BEE
And the relative circulation In the slut
at largo will show oven a greater pre
gortlon lu favor of TUB BKK.
TO Mini.tSII TltK nKATII I'Ktf.lliTiT L'
The bill to nhullsiilJapttnl punishment
in Nebraska has passed the hnuio and
gone to the senate. It provide ) that in
till convictions tinder the statutes of this
stiito for the crime of murder In the llrst
degree the penalty shall bo Imprison
ment in the state prison during the life
of the person so convicted , nnd the pun
ishment of death for such otlenso is
abolished. It Is to be hoped the Honnto
will reject the measure. Such legisla
tion has nothing to support it except n
mistaken sentiment nnd n falla
cious theory regarding the right
of society to rid Itself of the
murderer , and there is not n
ronsonnble doubt that the result of the
proposed law would bo to increase cap
ital crime in Nebraska. If such should
bo the case there would bo olTqrod an In
vitation to mob law In every Instance , at
least , of n peculiarly atrocious murder.
A law providing that the death pen
alty should not bo inlllcted In cases
whore conviction Is secured on circum
stantial evidence only would b3 defensi
ble. There Is something to bo said , also ,
in favor of allowing juries td determine
the degree of punishment in cases of
homicide , as the olToet of such
a law would probably bo to se
cure a greater number of con
victions. But to abolish capital punish
ment and allow the murderer to escape
the just and righteous penalty of his
willful , premeditated crime would bo to
remove the one deterrent inlluonno
which now holds in restraint those in
whom the homicidal instinct is nnro or
less developed and operates as a check
upon the passions and the brutal nature of
a largo class in the community. That it is
not moro effective in these respects Is
duo to no fault In the principle , but to
the laxity of courts and juries in enforcing -
forcing the law. A stricter administra
tion of justice is necessary to create
among these predisposed to lawlessness
and crime a fear of the law , but because
justice sometimes fa ls Is no valid reason
for buying to people of murderous pro
clivities that if they kill a follow
being in cold blood and with premedita
tion the state will merely conllno them
in prison , whore they may lind n measure
of comfort in the hope of some day ob
taining a pardon. Imprisonment for
life may have terrors for some greater
than the inlliotion of death , but not so
for moat of those who are capable of
committing murder. It outrages every
conception of even-handed justice to say
that the murderer who deliberately puti
to death a follow creature , of
which there have been numerous cases
in. the criminal history of Nebraska ,
shall not forfeit ids own life , but must
thereafter become the care of the state ,
to bo provided for at the public expense.
Why should society take upon Itself
such an obligation in behalf of the crim
inal who has committed the greatest
offense known to human law ?
The experience of mankind justifies
capital punishment , and the number of
those who do not approve of it is an ex
ceedingly small minority in every civil
ized country. A few of the states of the
union have at different times abolished
the death penalty , but most of
them restored it after finding that
its abandonment resulted in an in
crease of capital crimes. There is no
'cason ' to believe there would bo n dif-
oront experience in Nebraska. The in-
, olligent popular sentiment of this state
s not in favor of the abolition of the
eath penalty. It would doubtless ap-
irovo of a loss barbarous method of ad-
ninistoring the penalty than hanging ,
ind thia is attainable by the use of elcc-
.ricity , which , when properly applied ,
n-oducos instant and painless death.
But the public opinion that is unln-
lluonccd by any moro sentimental con-
Ideratlons or fanciful theories of right
and wrong demands that ho who takes
, ho life of a fellow being , under condi-
ions which make the act murder in the
first degree , shall forfeit his own life ,
; ind it is a just and righteous demand ,
t is at once the right and the duty of so
ciety to rid itself of the murderer.
M Iff CONVICT SYSTRMS.
The inhuman treatment of convicts
indor the lease system of the southern
states has long been n reproach to that
section. A few years ago the country
shocked by the reports of brutality
HUlTored by the convicts of Goorgla at
, ho hands of these who leased their
abor , and the report of the committee
of the Tennessee legislature which in
vestigated the treatment of convicts em
ployed in the coal mines of that state
shows that they wore subjected to the
: nest cruel inhumanity. The records as
to"most of the other states of the south is
not much bettor , but there has been
developing there during the last few
years a sentiment in favor of reform
which has already had n good effect and
promises at no very remote tlmo to do
away altogether with the scandalous
abuses connected with the convict lease
systems.
Mlsilssippl Inaugurated the reform
movement when the last constitutional
convention incorporated a clause in the
constitution forever abolishing the lease
of the state's prisoners. Alabama has
emulated thia example , the legisla
ture having passed a law abolishing
ishing the lease system and plac
ing the convicts under the control
of a board of managers , of which
the governor of the state Is the official
head. It is provided that the convicts
shall bo employed mainly on public
works whore they will compete as little
as possible with ftvo labor. A radical
change Is contemplated in Arkansas ,
where public sentiment is urgently de
manding an abandonment of the lease
system. With these examples before
them the people of the other southern
states which still retain the lease system
with all ita revolting features are not
likely to permit the continuance mucli
longer of u state of things which sub
jects them to merited reproach and is o
shame to the civilization of the age.
Everybody who is capable of taking a
fair and unprejudiced view of thomattot
concedes that convicts must bo provided
with work. To keep them In idleness Is
n severe punishment , as the oxperlenca
In New York a few yours ago demon
strated , many of the eonvloU In that
state going Insane becuuso they had nc
employment to occupy tliolr minds , am
al\f thorn asked to bo kept ut work
T.oro U Iwdldos the economic
ntlon the oxpcdloncy , In the Interest of
the whole pmple , of making the
penitentiary aa nearly ns possi
ble self-supporting. It Is admit
tedly something of n problem , but
whatever the solution the convict should
have a protection from brutal nnd inhu
man treatment. The southern states
have been the most culpable In thia mat
ter , but there is opportunity for reform
olf-ewhero.
OMAHA'S HAJfKtA'a Ul'iSIXKSS.
The statements of the banks of this
city , which have been published In pur
suant to the call of the controller of the
currency , demonstrate anew what has
long been \ > ell known , namely , that
Omaha Is one of the most Important
banking centers in the west , and that
her business In this line is rapidly grow
ing. In no other way Is the commercial
life of a city so clearly and
unmistakably vindicated as by the
character and volume of the busi
ness carried on by its finan
cial houses. Under modern methods of
conducting the affairs of trade the pulse
of business la felt through the banks ,
which are sensitive to every lluctuatlon
of commerce In all Its branches. Hence
It follows that the enormous business in
dicated by the figures referred to may
be accepted with perfect confidence as
showing \yhat this city and its tributary
territory are doing in the way of trade
expansion.
The record of clearings presented in
connection with the official statements
of the banks presents a comparison be
tween the clearings of the past twol\
months and these of the twelve months
preceding. The footing for the past
twelve months , $310,790iSU : , is an in
crease of $8:1,018,721 : , over , that of the
period with which the comparison is
made. There has been nothing abnor
mal in the conditions under which this
wonderful growth has taken place. It
Is simply a naturil expansion , gov
erned solely by the fixed laws of
trade. The figures stand for
nothing but increased business that has
not been effected by means of any special
forcing process , but has como abjut in a
perfectly regular and legitimate way.
For the practical man of business the
figures presented in those official re
ports possess a significance that need
not here bo pointed out. They empha
size the fact that the banking houses of
Omaha are solid institutions and show
that they are transacting a financial
business vastly gi cater than that
of most cities of the size of ours. To the
man who looks upon the commerce of
Omaha from a superficial point of view ,
taking account merely of the commer
cial activity that presents itself to the
casual observer Jay b > day , the magni
tude of the banking business in this city
may seem surprising ; but when it is re
membered that many largo establish
ments , including the great packing In
terests , are constant contributors to this
volume of business without seeming
to cut any great figure in the life
of the city , it is not so hard
to understand why the financial trans
actions of Omaha are so extensive. It
is also to bo borne in mind thai this cit y
is an important distributing center ,
from which the arteries of trade branch
out to a great distance in every direc
tion. It is the banking headquarters of
a vfldo territory and by s irluo of the
prestige already won it must continue to
become moro so year by year.
Till : COMMVltCl.lLi CLUll.
Elsewhere in this issue will bo found
the articles of incorporation and by-laws
of the Commercial club of Omaha , a new
business men'fi organisation , which ia
commended to the favor of the citizens of
Omaha. AH appears from those instru
ments , this organization ia not to
take the place of any of the associations
tow working in special lines for the
advancement of the Interests of this
city , but Is Intended to supplement the
good work they may do , and interest a
arger body of the citizens than has
lithdrto been drawn Inlo the older
organisations. Every line of trade and
ill the professions , except possibly the
ilorgy , are represented in the board of
directors , and are Invited and expected
to participate in the work which the
club has in mind.
It has been known to many of our wido-
: i\\ako businois men that other cities
iiad managed in some way to unify nil
interests to the common good , in a man
ner which has not hitherto boon accom
plished in Omaha. With n view of
ascertaining how other cities have done
this , some of our clti/.ons
made personal investigations into
the organizations and work of
clubs at St. LouisMinneapolis , St. Paul ,
Kansas City , Chicago and other places.
They discovered that while wo wore
united in sentiment and willing enough
to do whatever presents itself for the
upbuilding of our city , wo were sadly
lacking in that element of organisation
and combination which has enabled St.
Louis , in spite of the sharp competition
of Chicago , to hold to herself the mag
nificent jobbing and manufacturing
trade of the fur west and northwest. It
was discovered that in St. Louis and in
Minneapolis particularly the business
interests were solid and had organized
themselves into a compact force with
which to compel transportation com
panies to deal justly by them and to in
vite capitalists to invest money in their
midst.
Filled with the inspiration which
these discoveries made , a few of our beat
citizens have been at work for several
weeks formulating a plan adapted tc
the wants of the situation in Omaha.
The result of their deliberations and
frequent conferences has boon the
organization of this Commercial club
It Is expeotod that the mombjrship will
include about every business man Ir
Omaha whoso influence ia worth any
thing In the advancement of our com
mon interests. It is organized on a basl :
which makes it serviceable in mani
ways. With its purpose every man whi
has the interest of the city at heart la
in earnest sympathy. It bohoovua otn
citizens to show their faith by thoii
works. Before another month roll
around this organization should have i
membership of not less than 1,000 , am
the executive committee and board o
directors should bo instructed by th
club to enter upon n vigorous campalgi
for Omaha.
There U no use In uilnclng matter *
this city 1ms reached n point In Its his
tory when Its citizen * must nko hold
and protect and preserve Ite commercial
supremacy. Active , vigilant and wealthy
competitors arosUt our territory bid
ding for the trndo that naturally be
longs to this center. If we nro to
hold It and Increase It , wo must
bo on the alert to protect our Interests
ngnlnst unjust discrimination nnd to
meet competition with intelligence nnd
llnnnclal force. In this ago organiza
tion Is ovorytliing. With Omaha or
ganised na It migfiVbo under the lender-
ship of the gentlemen already enlisted
In the Commercial club , wo cannot only
hold that which naturally belongs to UH ,
but can compel neutral territory , ut
k-ust , to pay tribute here.
IT 18 natural that there should bo some
Interest among western farmers as 1o
the comparative prosperity of the
farmers who are tilling the old Boil of
the cast. A recent bulletin Is devoted
to the results of an Investigation Into
farm and homo proprietorship in
Massachusetts. It appears from the
figures given that 15.01) ) per cent of the
farm families hire and 81.01 per cent
own tho-furms cultivated by them ; that
, ' ! 0.4(1 ( per cent of the farm-owning fam
ilies own subject to incumbrnncc and
( ii.5l ) percent own free of incumurunco.
On the owned farms of the state there
are liens tunounting to811,831Oil , which
is 11.88 per cent of their value , and this
debt bears interest at-tho average rate of
5.58 per cent , making the annual inter
est-charge $74 to each family. Each
owned and incumbored farm , on the av
erage , is worth $ 'l , 158 , and is subject tea
a debt of $1,32 ; ! . The corresponding
facte for homes are that 07.28 per cent of
the homo families hire and that 112.72 per
cent own their homes ; that of the home-
owning families 00.07 per cent own free
of incumbrance and ! MW ) ! per cent with
incmnbranco. The debt on owned homos
aggregates $102,918,100 , or 45.0IJ percent
of their value , and bears interest at the
average rate of 5.48 per cent , 'so that
the annual amount of interest to each
home averages $1)3. ) An average debt of
$1,71)7 ) incumbers each homo , which has
the uvort-go value of $ ; i'J)0. ' ! ) It will bo
seen by tlie o figures that the Massa
chusetts farmer has some drawbacks to
contend with and that ho ia by no means
out of debt.
A vote of censure by the leyhlaturc will
have novwic effect upon the Jioardof Public
LamU and JJuildinys than pouriny water
on a duck's oticoflVi'ii / the rascals out
and place the tnunuyinicnl of our > > tulc in
stitutions into thu fimuls of man who will
not stand by and tfct the state treasury be
pillurjcd by thicvelund " swindlers.
ANOTHER effort is to bo made to se
cure Cuban independence. For some
time past an expedition has been fitting
out which it was pr iposed should move
upon the om Key West , Pin. ,
and the movetnen ; was to have been
made before this , Hut in consequence of
the vigilance oft 10 jUnltcd States au
thorities this has been postponed. It is
now said that the movement may be
made during ; tha.com.ing. summer , when
the naval vessels 'of ' Mo north Atlantic
squadron como north , but It is hardly
probable that the government , knowIng -
Ing of the design , will relax the
precautions necessary _ to prevent it
being carried out. To do so would bo
regarded as conniving at the movement.
It Is well known that there It a great
deal of discontent in Cuba and that the
revolutionary spirit has recently been
making headway thoro. This is duo to
an increase by the Spanish government
of the burden of taxation. In order to
make up for the loss of revenue result
ing from the reduction of customs duties
the government has largely increased
the personal tax , which Is now declared
to bo excessive. There is n strong pnrty
in Cuba favorable to annexation with
the United States , and it will not bo sur-
pris'ng if , within the next two or three
years , this country will bo cuilod upon
to seriously consider the question of
Cuban annexation. At any rnte a largo
number of the people of Cuba are hoping
that this will bo so.
THU decision of the British and
French governments not to send over to
the naval review next month any of
their best warships Is a disappointment.
It waa expected that these countries
would vie with each other to make an
attractive display and send over sev
eral of their crack vessels , and it was
'therefore nu unpleasant surprise to the
officials of the Navy department when
they received information a few days
ago from the French government that
it would send only throe vessels , two of
which are wooden cruisers , antiquated
in design and armament. Great Britain
will do somewhat bettor than this , but
our people will not bo able to got u look
at uny of her best ships. Doubtless both
governments have reasons satisfactory
to themselves for not making a bettor
showing than they promise to do , but
none the loss their falluro to moot pub
lic expectation will detract somewhat
from the review , though It is certain at
I any rate to bo one of the most memora
ble naval exhibitions the world has ever
seen. It will bo worth a long journey to
sco the American fleet alone.
Tim whole world would bo glad.to sec
Ferdinand do Lessops lot down easily in
the trouble that has overtaken him In
his old age , but the idea that he has
boon the innocent victim of circum
stances is not borne out by recent de
velopments in tli jPanunm canal trial.
It has boon admitted that the payments
to the leading lxbdllor.s in the scheme
were made with the consent of President
do Lessops. The plea that the dis
tinguished old engineer was not men'
tally and morally responsible must re'
main a matter of opinion , but there
can be no doubt that ho fully consented
to the crookedness that bus now placet ]
u stain upon his name. It is a most tin
fortunate ending of a brilliant career
and the lesson which it teaches ought Ube
bo a useful om .
Tint deliberations of the Western Pas
bongor association upon the subject o
World's fair rates are observed by woat
orn people with a great deal .of interest
A final decision is not now expected before
fore the 27th of this month , at whlel
tlmo the matter will undoubtedly be dls
I poaod of in saino way. A rate not to ox
cced ono fnro both wnys ought to bo om-
coded , but It Is hardly to bo expected Hint
thtw will bo Hccurod. The railroad com
panies nro ongor to tnnke money out of
the World's fntr traffic nnd will llx
the rnte ut the highest figure thnt
can bo ngrocd on. There can bo
no question but thnt they would
make more money with n mod
erate rnte than with n high ono , but It
Is not easy to make them sco thnt point.
Thousands of people who would visit the
exposition if they could ImVo half fnro
on the railroads will 'cumin nt homo if
anything like the regular rate la
charged. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The IcijMutitrc dioidd ' not adjourn before
it has stamped ou't corruption and placfd
the stale institutions undtr the c iv ami
supervision nfojjlccrs ic/io / d < i not wink at
corrupt imtcticen and have the intcyntu and
thcbackbonc to btop thieves .and pluiulrrcr.1
fnnn mbbiny the state and Iwtlwj the
treasury , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is rather refreshing to note that
the city of Now Orleans , after having
advertised itself to the world for some
years as n great prize-fighting center ,
has como to the conclusion that there is
no profit in that kind of notoriety. The
newspapers of the city condemn the
recent exhibitions In strong terms and
predict that laws will soon bo enacted
and enforced by which the bruisers will
bo compelled to seek some other place
in which to punish each other. The re
form proposed has been too long delayed
already. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun statements made by Judge Torrey
nt the banquet of the Massachusetts
Board of Trade in relation to the bank
ruptcy bill of which ho Is the author
show that ho has strong hopes that It
will become law some tlmo during the
life of the present congress. It is a
worthy measure , and if the wishes of the
business men of the country are given duo
weight it will bo parsed when it next
comes up for consideration. There Is
little doubt that it will receive the ap
proval of the president.
OwiN'G to an error the increase in
Omaha's bank clearings for the week end
ing on Thursday was stated to bo 4.It per
cent when it should have been 51.0 per
cent. The difference is a very impor
tant one. Such figures as thc o show
conclusively that Omalri's trndo is
vastly greater in volume than it was at
this time last year. The evidence of
tins , however , is to be found in other
ways than by consulting the clearings.
It is in the air and business activity
shows it on all sides.
Tim Interests of art are being success
fully promoted in this state by several
organi/ations. Among these is the
Nebraska Ceramic club , which now has
m exhibition in this city a collection of
hlna paintings that has been prepared
'or the woman's department at the
World's fair. Something moro than
material progrc ; s will bo shown by the
inhibits from this state at the Colum
bian exposition.
THEIIE is a bill before the Illinois
egislaturo providing that the World's
'air exhibit of that state shall bo open
Sunday. Should the bill pass it is ox-
iccled that the practical effect of the
aw will bo to open the entire fair on
Sunday. "Eminent lawyers" are quoted
ns entertaining this view. Chicngonns
are ingenious. They never know when
hey are licked.
Mulco it Koto of It.
Courier-Journal
Thcro arc a good many people in the
United States who , if they would turn tliclr
Attention to philology , would discover that
the word "appointment" is a family relation
of "point. " ono of whoso definitions is , "that
which has neither length , orcadth or thick
ness. "
KxccutUe Dignity Hiillled.
Snn fYniicfsco Jjtamtner ,
Some thief stole the pantaloons of the gov
ernor of WyoraiiiR. The indignation of the
cxeoutivo would bo less but for the fact that
the pantaloons were the only ones ho had
with $200 lu the Dockets. Ho does not want
the diRtilty of the state trilled with at his
personal expense.
IimuKuntlmi Drutlii.
Intllanai > i > lln Journal.
A Washington physician , who has been
keeping n record of ttio deaths causcil by ex
posure during the recent inauguration e.xer-
cises , lias a list that foots up over forty Ho
does not think this embraces all that have
occurred , and moro may follow. It is hardly
fair to attribute all these deaths to the
weather. From nil accounts there was n
great deal of drinking ; in Washington on in
auguration dav , and it is probable that had
much to do with making the exposure fatal.
1 < liicolua Creed.
VMladilpMa ri/nct.
The truth about Lincoln Is that hoasa
man of naturally devout mlud , who awepted
the general spirit of Christianity without
ever having concerned himself much about u
dolinito conception of doctrine. The narrow
theological notions ho was likely to hoar
from the rural preachers In the wc-a in his
youth could not impress him favorably , and
toward them ho was doubtless a freo-thinkor ;
but few men nowadays , beside Colonel In-
gersoll and some small preachers themselves ,
measure Christianity by these standards.
A Hint < > r Much Vnluc.
I'httadelpMa lltcnnl.
The United States supreme court has de
cided In favor of the city in the litigation
between St. Ijouis nnd the Western Union
Telegraph company ns to the validity of n
city ordinance lov.ving n tax on telegraph
poles. Telegraph ] > olcs may bo lawfully
taxed. Herein is .1 hint worth pages of dis
cussion In dealing with telephone and tele
graph companies which obstinately refuse to
conform to city regulations in regard to poles
nnd overhead wires The rlgliS to put a
pressure upon a corporation's pocket Is an
invaluable aid for fair dealing.
Away lth thn OliI ( iuanl ,
San I'lWiclKCti Chronicle ,
President Cleveland's positive declaration
that sorvii'o to the democratic party between
ISSTi and IbSU is to bo considered n positive
disqualification for ( iftlco holding between
IMMnml 18'J7 , Ims not' only stricken terror to
the hearts oT democrats , but it has caused
the civil service reformers to wonder "whoro
they are nt. " Ono of the loading tenets of
ttio civil service reformers Is thnt to him
who has , or has had , shall bo given , but Mr
Cleveland upsets that In the twinkling of
nn eye by declaring his preference for nuw
men.
Kind of rolltlri.
Crete YliMlt.
Iho Vldotto insists that it Is good politics ,
If nothing else , for the republicans in the
state senate to nssist the independents in
taking up thnt freight bill nnd passing It If
the coming years then prove it to bo a poor
law it will repeal itself anil the reaclion will
kill thu independent party If It is n good
law It will bo n benotlt to the state , will bo
creditable to these who assisted In Its passage -
sago und will then deprive the populists of
the only club they have had with which to
obstruct republican victory Olvo them thu
law they have been demanding and by so
doing remove thu only souud plank from
their platform.
NKCVI.AII mtOTS AT TltK t'l't.l'tr
Phlliulolphln Ledger A nmvchunh i-holr
in Hoston tins for lit .napniiiii Mrs Murlu
HnrnnnlHinlthnln silnry of fJ.WXia yrar ,
and Myron Whitney nn its luss on it l,00i )
salary This will load u p.intor hero and
Micro to regret that ho dUlii't culllvitlo his
voice.
IMoueor-Prcss Ilov Chiidin A. Urtvirs
has been appointed to a chair lu thu Union
Theological seminary , nmdo vacnut by the
death of I'rof. Worcester. ThU docs not
iiartlcularly concern the world In general ,
but It ( .hows that the Itrlggs people are not
only not weakening , but nro liu-lliied to "rub
It Inlo" their adversaries with a vim thnt
might almost bo scvuhir.
Chicago Herald : A Now York clergyman
lins begun n damage suit ngnlnst certain
ofllcors of his church , claiming jaoo.lXX ) became -
came of his oxpuMon from the communion
on charges of immorality. He made a gr.uo
mlstikc. If ho < ould have secured n trial
for heresy ho would bo the gainer Instead of
the loser. Dlssenlcrs seem to bo in nctivu
demand , but immorallly never pays
Uolrolt Free Press- Mohammed Webb ,
who is back from India trying to convert his
fellow countrymen to Mohammedanism , in
lecturing the other evening before the Aryan
Theosophlcal society of Now York , stated
that in nil his travels through the east ho
had only found two moil with more than ono
w Ife Molmmmcd must have dodged Turkey
nnd done most of his traveling by water.
Chlcngo Inter Ocean Joseph Cook Is on
his way to Chicago , nnd. at w o stated > ester-
day , ho comes with splenetic stomach anil a
raging mind Mr Cook is a gentleman sup
posed to be pretty well In touch In I'hrls-
tlanlty , and with the extra rarallutl vision of
spiritual grace ho detects monsters where
Iho poor-oicd balance of the world may only
discern pvgmles. Ho is of the opinion that
the train is hurr.v lug him toward a sort of
Sodom nnd Gomorrah rolled into one , nnd his
is lo bo the saving presence
Harper's Weekly Ills not known that
heresy trials servo any very useful purpose ,
except to provide matter to put Into now s-
paiHrs , and oven In that particular their use
fulness to the secular press ranks below prlze-
llL-htitig , nnd even base ball There si-ems to
bo wisdom , therefore , ns well us great popu
larity , in the recent plea signed by an im-
Doslng list of honored Presbyterian divines
lor an abatement of "theological contro
versy and strife" in the Presbyterian chuich
over "doctrines which are not essential , "
nnd n renewed concentration of her minis
terial forces upon thu "task of preaching nnd
practicing plain Christianity. "
iT.oi'i.i : or XOTC ,
The full name of the Hrartlian minister at
Washington Is General Uioniilo Rvangollsla
do Castro Curqui'lr.i.
President Cleveland doesn't need to sub
scribe for any newspapers. A wagon load
of marked copies is said to reach the white
house every day
George W Cable's hospitable Instincts nro
manifest in the nniiio he has bestowed upon
his charming new home at Northampton ,
Muss. Helms christened it "Stayawhllo. "
Sir John Abbott , I'v-promier of the Do
minion nnd ono of the best known public
men in Canada , now tra\ cling in Europe for
his health , has bc-c'ii given up by his phi si-
cinns nnd is returning to dlo
Hx-Seerptnry Tracy is to make his homo in
Now York this spring in a lonted house , S7
WcstTenth street , ami has already rutuined
to his law business with the llrni of Tracy ,
roar Iman & Platt , in the Mills building.
Nikola UVsla , whoso discoveries in elec
trical science have lately attracted much at
tention , lectures in u very simple and at
tractive style , very much llko that sturdy
English authority on electricity , Dr. Oliver
J. Lodge.
William Ordway Partridge , the Boston
sculptor , is a young man III years of age ,
but has already established such a leputa-
tion that his price of ? .jr,000 for the eques
trian statue of Garllold is considered a very
reasonable ono.
Uichard Storrs WilIU , Charles Dudley
Warner , Timothy Dwightand other Connec
ticut gentlemen have taken it in hand to
ciect a monument to the meinoiy of James
O. Percival , the poet and geologist of that
state , whoso remains lie buried at Haze' '
Green , Wis.
Sir John Thompson , the Canadian pro-
inlor , who has started for Palis In connec
tion with his duties as a Ueilng sea case ar
bitrator , is not yet M ) jears old , and it Is but
sixteen years ago since he was elected to the
Nova Scotia legislature , whoso proceedings
he hud previouslj followed ao n reporter
Captain William Hoberts , of the missing
White Star steamer Naronic , is less than W
jcars of ago , slender and short in stature.
Ho was formerly captain of the Adi hit ic ,
and was transferred because of his refusal
to tow the City of Paris into Qucenstown
\\heushowasinjtucd U50 miles from that
port.
Frank Lesllc'frerhlu. \ .
I stole dom brooches , I 'knon ludgo do coi n ,
Hut 'Uvau't no cilim' , m HUIU u ? jou er bom.
Kf do inotlv * Is light , den whin's di > MM'/
I stole dem breccher ter be baptlzo' In.
I'ur my onllest pa'r wu/ clean worcil out ,
lL-y give up do ghos' whim I 'gun tci shout ,
Hut r'Hxion Is mighty , en mus' put Mill ,
Do It lands cr clarity hi do county jail.
Do chain Bane's got inn , en do coal mines , too ,
Hut ulint could or 'fenceless coloiod man do ,
When do Icdgo en Jury 'lowed It was nln.
To steal ucni' broodier tor bo Imullzit' lu/
Toll do folks nil howdy on good-by , too.
I'll meet 'om In hobbun when my wncklstiu ,
I'ur my heart Is white , do my sUn 1s Mark ,
Kn I'm gwlne ler trabbel on do shlnln' track.
When Clc I.awd Is jcrlgo , I l no' Ho gwlno Miy ,
I'omn's hi might o or shlnglo. cv falrclu day
llo'll t-lmnt lurdo wort' dut It uun't noshi
'IVi steal dem brooches ti ) bo baptize' In
MKHHV lilt ft tlllt.1.
Washington Htnr IXromn
AKldom KOOS unit nn nlr of prosperity Tlu
more a niuli talki tluoimh hli lint thn nfmbblor
ArkaiNnw Travclnn "Don't you Ihlnk , "
asked thu cuMonu-r of Iho llostmiovj imlm.
ndy. , 'Jhnt your nrlocs nro proity stoop ? "
"Candidly , " was thu reply , "tho declivity U
lather prcelpltom. "
HKthiKst if tin ) conceit was takrn out nf
so mo pooplu there wouldn't bo enough of 'om
loft to hang clothes on.
Indianapolis.Kmrn ill Watts-Why do you
spoakpfahorsiilaiuh ? Did you over hear a
horse laugh ?
I'oUt-Suro. Did you over hoar a horse
nicker ?
Washington Post ; I'ranon hnd 4omi duoU
last ) ear and the coroner didn't cot a fou out
of tlm entire lot.
Philadelphia Ueeord : NMno hellos of Itoaver
Dam , \ \ Is. , tune had a wood tuning match.
The sawing was easy , but thu elTorl to say
nothing must h-ivo. buon nslrnln.
lloeliostcrl'ost ; : A Kansas City man calls
his dog Christopher Columbus Yhls Is rather
m eriUiliig the matter. Christopher had thioo
barks while the Kansas City canine has but
one.
Washington Star "Yon don't oem to bo
one of the people who think the olllco should
seek the IIPIM.
. ' Vos"ieilledth | politician , a llttlo doubt
fully. "I am. Ilia | l > ello\o It's the man's busi
ness to Keep In hulling distance. "
1'itcK1 Visitor i-o > on are going to hulld a
house. In tlm HiihurtH' What sort of a dwelling
slrilljoii put up"
Most Well , .1 examined the Uonals-ianco ,
Queen Anne and othei doilsns , lint tlnally de
cided on the Colonial plan.
Host's Son \Miy , pip i ! you told iiiiiinuia
} ou \ > ore going to build U on tlm liislallinont
plan.
Till' Mnill.llN HTVf.U
. .Vie'i \ ! t I'icii.
When you go to church In city or ton. .
TIs a pleasant night to sen
Tlm people Kneeling ullli heads bowed down ,
I i om tlm w 01 Id's leiupiat Ions floe
Tliii > aiu pious ill , but Hold the crush ,
If you wouldn't bi > Inltiieil , when
1 or the door of the eliui.-h llioy make a null
As the minister saj s ' Aiiiun.
JI//.S/1' . J'/'OW IM.W'.SOKA. .
Thought in spring poetry does not wear
wellOak
Oak trees cannot bo laised In a hothouses.
The nickel plating does not give any power
to the engine.
Smallpox- not any moro contagious than
a good example
The man who is always looking for mud
generally Ihuls It
'J lie hlggcst dollars wo sco aio these Just
out of our roach.
The shortest cut to wealth is through the
lane of contentment
T lie man w ho c Irises bubbles w ill baric his
shins sooner or later.
The man who controls himself makes un
written laws for many other people
\\'o are not alw .i\s , Ignorant because wo I'.o
not learn , but because we forget too much.
It of ten happens that the man who pa\s
the preacher the least , wants to boss him Iho
most.
Heligion , pure and undoflled , does not
leave all its moaev at home when it goes to
church.
People who bo-ist th it they no\er did any
harm are generally these who lunen't done
much good.
Hot HIiHi Dumiiiiilctl.
Konws City .Sfdr
Nearly every man who hold a consulate
under the iormcr Cleveland administration
will want to go back to his old place. It
would bo maniffstlv unfair to other candi
dates if the piesident would listen to the
pleadings of those who served the nation
four\cais ago Moro thin that It would
create a recognbed olllce-holdlng dynasty in
exact opposition lo the democratic teaching
of lotatioii.
A iintf nwai I'.iiim.
Xew York Herald ,
ni'CEi'Tiov
Dross of velveteen in the shade known as
Ucngal rose , trimmed with a ruche of pnlo
maiivo poppy petals ; bertha of cream
gnipuro , knot of inaino s ilin on the
shoulder
Largest Mnnufauturor iuil ; Rot itlon
of UlotuhiKlii tlu World.
Hihger Than Ever
Our hats are yes , higher than they will ever
be again. They're up on the
third floor. The prices ,
strange as it may seem , al
though they were raissd with
the hats to the third , were not
raised. This has boon denote
to allow the workmen room
in which to tear out the di
viding wall on the first
floor. We have this week
received many new novelties -
ties in children's wear , ex
hibited on second floor , while men's suits for spring
are now shown in greater variety than ever. You
will will be able to secure many desirable bargains
if you come before we make the hole in the side of
the house We'll have the greatest store on earth
when we get through the hole.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Bloroopep every evoiilnj till fl | , W , COF ,