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T11K OMAHA DAILY Bfflfo SATURDAY. AT11TL 22. 1803. THIS DA1LY BEK _ I' . KOHKWATRIt Editor PUULtSMEn EVKKY MORN ING. " TKItMH < ) lMMlTdUrrUJN. . I ; iljr llc ( " lili < nit PiiiiiliiyiOno Vour. , f 8 no JiiilivntiilPitwhiy , Ono Your 10 no HtX Mlltllll * . . . . .i.i 6 ( XI Three Monili * . , U CO Htmlny lli'c , Ono Vent- ' * ( > ° Pnliiiilny Itee , Dm * Yo 1 "f WtC'My llcr. Uno Year * ° v ornor.Pi Oii'tiii.i.TlH' llee HnllillnK. r'diilli Otnnlin , corner N nnil critli Strcnti Cnnnftl lllnirs 12 I'fiiil Street. t'lilrajroOIIIrr , 317 C'hnmbcrof Comrnrrcn Now Yotk , Itouiiis 13 , 14 unil 15. Trlbtino linllilliic , \\n.iir.loii.r,13 \ ! ! I-'oitrlrenlh Strnct OIIUESI'ONTIKNOR All rntiiiiinnlenllniH rulntlnn to MOWS ( vnrt nl lorlal in.il tcr sliould DO iiililt-essod : To the IMItor. JU'SINESS IjETTEH ? . All bnsliiOHslellet-M nnil reiiillti\nc' > s shoilM 1 emlilrcKHd ! to The Iteo I'ttbllshlns Uomtmtiy , Oiimhu. Dnids rbi-cks and postolllco nrilcrH inbo nmde piiyuljlo to tliu order of the com- 1) ny. THE JJEB PUUMSIIIXr COMPANY. F ClKL'UliA I'lO.V. Male of Npbrmkn. I Cuunlr of linimlm. f ( Jcoririi It. T/selmclt , secretary of Tnr. IITR piib- llfclilnit rompiny , iloo * nolniiinly Bweftr thai the pctmil.circulation or Tun DAILY IH'.K fur tlia nci'k cmlliitf April 15 , I S.I I , WAS in foliowj : Biintlnr , April ! l SC.ATO Stomlajr , Arrll 10 M.fiTO Tuonrtar. April II .7I ! > WiHlni-iidnjr , April 1 } 2.I.7M 'riinriular. April I ] ZI.8IB KrIUnr. April II liw : Wnturdar , April 1J 2I.SIC CJKO. II. T/.yOHU'IK. Sworn tu licforo me nnil nulmcrlbocl In mjr | ire rnccllili Utli liny of Apill , 1V.M. ; . r. KKIU Notary Public. At CTIIRII Circulation lor Miirrli , 1HIM1 , Slm > IT IS nbtuil tlino for the Chicago wheat gamblers to precipitate another little panic. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cj oflic'o was once tipotheoslzed ns a public trust. but just now it appears to bo a public thirst. THE Arulw on the World's fair grounds liavo shown a great propensity for light ing , but after they have tackled the Indian colony they will not i want another Borimmiitro for a while. TUB business men of Council Bluffs liave started a movement to secure bet tor train t-orvico for their town on some of the rnllrcmls entering it. Organized olTort will generally win and wo hope it will in this case. THK Western Passenger association Btill has on its hands the extremely dilll- cult task of llxing World's fair rates , and indications are not lacking that it will fail to bring the various companies to an agreement. THK southern tobacco growers do netlike like E. Kllery Anderson's reform club lull for the revision of the tariff , which cuts down the duty on tobacco. They want tariff reform down there , but they want it to hit somebody else. THE people of northwestern Texas are pushing a movement for the division of the state. It is largo enough to divide , l > ut wo cannot see that the democratic party really needs a largei representa tion in congress than it now has. THK arrival of the Columbus caravels nt Fortress Monroe was the occasion of an impressive demonstration and a largo amount of powder was burned in honor of the event , but when they arrive in Now York harbor there will be a noise that will bo worth mentioning. LAST week was one of general pros perity throughout the United States , if JlrtulslrecPx report of the clearing house statement is to bo relied upon. In this Omaha has shared fully , her report showing au increase of ' 12 per cent over the corresponding week of 1892. WITH the excessive military show the Columbian exposition authorities are making in the matter of guards it is not surprising that the sommanding general of the army thought it hardly worth the while to have the United States troops at the fair. The number of those guards in uniform , and under drill of an army officer as essentially a military corps , is already something over 1,000 , and is to lie 2,000 by May 1. THE town of Wahoo is the latest town to como forward with a project to utilize- the Platte river by a canal system simi lar to that in successful operation at Kearney and Gothenburg. Tno value of Huoh canals both for the purposes of irri gation und supplying motive power is already generally recognized , from prac tical demonstration. The sooner the respective projects are carried to com pletion the more commensurate will bo the benefits derived. It IS rumored that the government will roadvortiso for bids on the stone and briclc work for the now federal building in this city and that sandstone will bo .substituted for granite in tin ; spoelflcatiuiH. It is to bo hoped that Much a change will not be made. A few years hence the government building will bo surrounded by lumdsomo and imposing onnmorohil structures , and it ought to be s-j built that It will not look cheap in comparison with its neighbors. THE Internal revenue collector of this district says that ho has only boon able to secure the names of 200 Chinamen under the Ouary registratiin law , and that this is only a small proportion of the Chinamen in the district. But , ac cording to reports from other parts of the country , this must bo decidedly above the average , for in many districts the registration has boon almost a com plete failure. Only a few days now re main for compliance with the law , as the penalty provision goes into effect on TOM MAJOUS and the senators who Blood at his elbow in hist unseemly light for the corporations at Lincoln last win ter are traveling up and down the slopes of the Uockios. At last accounts they wore somewhere In the vicinity of the Yellowstone park. Theyhuvo not booil heard of for some days , but this does not justify the hope that they are lost and will never moro return to vex the communities in which they reside. The proverbial impossibility of changing1 a leprous epidermis precludes , too , the suggestion that they are trying the ellloionoy of the geysers In cleansing themselves of the corruption that clung1 t them when they emerged froai a-ato capltol ,1iriMn.n This is Arbor clay In Nobrmha and n holiday. It lm < i rnroly happened during the tvronty-ono years since n day wiu first designated for tree planting In this state that the metourologlcal condition * wore generally loss favorable to the ob servance of the cintmi than thoynro this year , but notwithstanding thU there will be a great number of tree * planted throughout Nebraska today. Wherever the condition * are favorable the object of the day will undoubtedly bo carried out with the usual popular zeal and interest. AH overybrxly knows who has any knowledge of Arbor day It had its origin In Nebraska , haVing boon suggested by the distinguished citizen of this state who is head of the Agricultural depart ment , Hon. .T. Sterling Morton. It win in April , 1872 , that Mi- . Morton , then a member of the State B.iard of Agricul ture , offered the ro-t'ilutlon that created Arbor day. Klght years ago tin act of the logl-dature made It a holiday , and designated April 22 for its observance. Other legislation relating to the object of the day has boon enacted. Of the Immense benefits reiuUlng from the institution of this annual custom of tree planting our people are well aware. It is said that in the first sixteen years after the appointment of Arbor day moro than 1(50,000.030 ( tree * and vines were planted in Nebraska , and up to this tlino the number is doubtless very nearly double that. It would bo Impos sible to compute the good that this tree planting has done , but it has been so grout as to supply the strongest possible incentive to the continued observance of the day. Nebraska's example hi this matter has been followed by a grout iii'iuy other states , so that the annual observance of a day for tree planting is mw almost general throughout the country , marked by Incidents which make it au occasion of pleasure. Jt is , indeed , a beautiful custom , quite as suggestive of senti mental a * of practical consideration , and more than ono p > ct hai f Jiini in it a theme for his muse. It has boon said of the resolution that brought abaut Arbor day that it ' 'has had a greater influence than , any other such action unsanc- tioued by legislative authority. " ClWT < ) ! ' bTHEKT lUltlTlXn. The Board of Public Works of Kansas Cityhaving bean instructed by a resolu tion of the council to inquire into the subject of municipal ownership of street lighting plants , has made a repart which decidedly favors city control of that service. Street lighting now costs the city nearly $70,000 per year , but a lead ing electric lighting company offers to construct a plant , run it for throe years at $100,000 a year , and then turn it over to the city free of charge. It is consid ered likely that a moro favorable offer than this could be secured and that the city could get its electric lighting plant at the end of three years fora very lit tle more than it is now paying. Great interest is manifested in this subject in every important city in the country. Investigation shows that in every city where municipal ownership obtains the cost of street lighting is greatly reduced , and in Philadelphia whore the city makes its own light and furnishes electric light to private citi zens , the municipality derives handsome profits , while the rates are conceded to bo reasonable and the service satisfac tory. The city clerk of Peoria has made a tabulated statement showing the con tract price paid for electric arc lights in a largo number of cities. The average contract price for so-called 2,000-candlo power arc lights is $1U7 per annum per lump. In cities that provide light and own their plants the average cost is $ - , 1.7. ) per arc light per annum. These figures show a saving of OOJ per cent in all cities that own and control electric lighting plants. This fact is certainly worthy the at tention of the people Of Omaha. At a fair estimate the cost of lighting the streets of this city the present year will bo nearly 570,000 , of which amount the electric lighting contractor will receive not loss than $ ! U,033. The growth of the city will , of course , make it necessary to increase the annual cost of street light ing. If , for the amount paid annually to private contraotars , the city can pro vide double the number of lamps under u system of municipal ownership it will require little argument to omvlneo the people of the feasibility of such a meas ure. The recent convention of southern governors at Richmond for the purpose of promoting immigration und other in terests of Uio south was in some respects a notaole gathering. It was remarka ble In the first place for its deliberate and determined exclusion of all political and sectional questions in the discussion of the various matters that came up for consideration. The only attempt to di vert the attention of the delegates to questions of that nature was mudo by Governor Fishback of Arkansas , who wished to obtain the signatures of the other governors to a letter ad dressed to the president of the United States , in which political and sectional animosity found free ex pression. Referring to the alleged northern misrepresentation of the south , the letter said : "Much , If not most , of those false ideas originated In the sys tematic slander which ono of the great political parties of the United States has thought it its Interest t'j promulgate. " And again : "Nor are these slanders confined ta this country. For the-past thirty years the United States has lucn represented in all the countries of the world with which wo have diplomatic relations by men who were not only prejudice : ! against the south , but whoso political interests de manded , as they seemed to think , that they spread misrepresentation und in tensify partisan prejudice against this portion of the country. " Not a governor present would sign this letter except its author and Gov ernor Stone of Missouri , and the latter probably would not have done so if it had not been presented for his signatura before the assembling of the convention. The IUTO sensible and cool headed of the men who influence public sontlmaat in the south are tired of contemplating the past and fighting old battles over. Even if they believe that the political pni'ty which has long boon domi nant In the north la arrayed against southern Interests they can "eo ni advantage in ko pli'K ' alive the lire * of roientment and perpetu ating the Kcotlonal fooling that has wrought so much damage to the south- urn section of the country In the past. Wlio are tliu men that are loading In this now departure ? They are In almost every instance young men who were not participant ! * in tho-great drama of the rebellion. The men who shaped the proceedings of this convention of south ern governors wore school bays when Lee surrendered , andhowever earnestly they may sympathize with those who are unable to forgot the } ist , they real ize that they are living In the present and that they must adjust themselves to its conditions. it Is ono of the most hopeful signs i f the time In the south that the control of affairs is passing Into the hands of men who are animated by a progressive spirit and who are little Influenced by memories of the old order of things that hits now passed away. They appear to appreciate the fact that * industrial development Is of much greater cinsoquonco than politics and that sec tional feeling is only fruitful of harm. The statement sent out by Secretary Carlisle regarding the financial situa tion is reassuring in two tesjocK Ono of these is that no order has been made to stop the payment of gold upon treasury notes Issued for the purchase of silver bullion and that there will bo no stoppage of such payment so long as the treanry ha * gold legally available for the purpose. The oilier is that the purpose of the government to preserve its own credit unimpaired and maintain the parity of the two metals by all lawful means will not be abandoned under any circum stances. The act of July 14 , 18 ! 0 , which requires the government to purchase every month 4,500,000 ounces of silver and authorize * the secretary of the treasury to issue treasury notes in con tradistinction to greenbacks or silver certificates in payment therefor , also says : "That upon demand of the holder of any treasury notes heroin provided for the secretary of the treasury shallunder such regulations as ho may prescrlbj , redeem such notes in gold or silver coin at his discretion , it being the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio or such ratio as may bo provided by law.1 It is contended that this section gives the secretary discretion to redeem the treas ury notes in silver coin at will , or at least to issue regulations suspending their redemption in gold. It is esti mated that there are 8130,009.000 of these notes outstanding , and it is charged that they are made the principal vehicle for withdrawing gold from the treas ury. It is therefore suggested that if the secretary should exercise the discre tionary power vested in him of making regulations for the redemption of those notes so as to preclude their redemp tion in gold until the treasury vaults are once moro filled , ho will deprive speculators of one chief weapon by which the present abnormal with drawals of gold are effected. On the other hand it is contended that such a course might prove dangerous to the maintenance of the gold basis. The assurance of Secretary Carlisle that the treasury notes issued under the act of 1800 will bo paid in gold so long as there is gold legally available for this purpose is vague , because nobody knows what will bo the decision of the adminis tration regarding the reserve of $100- 000,000 gold that is , whether it shall bo kept intact for the redemption of legal tender notes only , or may be used for meeting every other de mand upon the treasury for gold. According to report there is a very de cided difference of opinion "between the president and the secretary of the treas ury as to this , the former contending that the gold reserve should not bo touched except for the purpose for which it was created. If this view pre vail , and it is intimated that Mr. Cleve land will ( irmly insist upon it , then the gold in the treasury legally available for paying treasury notes is shown by the statement of the secretary to bo about exhausted , and if the holders of gold do not respond promptly and lioer- ully to the appeal of the secretary to help the treasury the suspension of gold payments on treasury notes will become an early necessity. It is impossible to say how much credence should be given to the reported disagreement between President Cleveland - land and Secretary Carlisle regarding the policy to bo pursued for meeting the gold demand upon the treasury , but con servative financiers seem to bo generally agreed that it would ba wiser and safer to sell bands for gold than to intrench upon the reserve of gold created for the maintenance of a specie bais. The , sec retary of the treasury muy bo right in the contention that ho has the legal authority t ) use thli ros.wo for other purposes than the redemption of the legal tender njtas , but the noi-e impor tant consideration is one of expediency. THE public hut ? not forgotten that the law department of President Cleveland's first administration was smirched with a great scandal. If ho wishes to avoid a similar mortification lie cannot too punc tually remind Attorney General Olney of the proprieties of the position ho oc cupies. When Mr. Olney accepted a place in the cabinet ho was u director and trusted legal adviser of both the Boston & Maine and the Chicago , Bur lington & Quincy railroads. Only a few days ago he attended a mooting of the directors of the former company , and ho still draws salaries from the roadc. The impression is very general timb Mr. Olnoy must sever his relations with these corporations if he would be of any sorvlcj to the Cleveland administration. THE Investigation of the affairs of tn ! western branch of the National S ) ldierj homo at Luvonwurth promise ? to open up a wide field f ) r Iniulry. C.iargos of inoompotoncy wore first proforrel by the governor , A. .1. Smith , against the surgeon , D\ ; Weaver , and the hitter responds with ohages of general mls- inanugemunt against the governor. The hearing of thj .ca os will bo by the board of moMKUers of the National Soldiers homo * ' Tills board l nppjlnto.l by thn houw aji f unato committees on military alTalryy hud , although handling large npproprliflJlon' * annually for the various brandies'throughout the coun try , Is , It is clu yjMl , only responsible tj Itself. As thoroIs considerable mys- tjry surroundliW" Its operation * the re sult of the proceedings of the Leaven- worth Investigation may bo In turn the Investigation ojj.tho whole administra tion of the nlTittip of the National home. THU farmers of Buffalo county and also other western localities of the state , it is said , are soon to bo bsnolltcd by the enterprise of the commission com panies of the Omaha stock yards. The intention is to establish feed yards at different points along the lines of rail roads on which to keep and feed the stock they buy of the farmers. The ad vantages that would result to buyers and Hellers alike by the establishment of this method are apparent. The stock could be moro cheaply and satisfactorily handled temyorarlly. and the farmers would have the benefit of a market nearer home. ' According tro the Kearney Hub the Campbell Com mission company is negotiating for a tract of laud near that city for the project designated. The same authority states that Mr , T. B. Clavson , who is conducting the enter prise , intimated that this was only the i)3giiiiiing of this company'- * operation * in this direction , and that several other prominent commission companies are talking of branching out in the same manner at different points in the west ern section of the state. A WASHINOTON dispatch states that the action of Secretary Carlisle in re fusing to purchase the Bowling Green site for a now custom house In Now York City , and declining to accept the Chest nut street site in Philadelphia for the United States mint , indicates that his policy in regard to public buildings will bo t'o defer entering upon the work of erecting any costly structures during the present condition of the treasury. It is believed that the secretary of war will adopt the same policy in regard to river and harbor improvements , uiul it is claimed that between the two depart ments tins line of action will defer the payment of between $50,000,000 and $75- 000.000 a year. Under those conditions work on the public buildings in Ne braska cannot be pushed. We must bide our time. 't > ; As A means of expediting business a bill has been Introduced in the Illinois legislature to give members a lump sum of $800 for each roguhir session instead of $5 a day as now. The last general assembly sat until the close of June , and it is believed that by paying members a stated sum foiv the session they would find it quite convenient to dispose of the work and iidjourn n April. It seems to betaken forgranicd that Illinois legis lators have no consciences. KxTOUTS of Hour , from .tho United States during March wore larger than those of the same month in any previous year except last year , and our wheat ex ports for the same month have only boon exceeded once since 1881. The foreign demand for our breadstuff's has not como up to expectations , but it has neverthe less been large. Dopciul * on thu Spectacles. When the other party compels ono of the small saucy nations to como off the porch it fs "jingoism. " When our uarty performs the same feat it is "superb diplomacy. " See ? Cnrti-r'n I.IIIIR ICnttl , Detroit Fitc Press. If Counsel Carter's argument before the Bering sea tribunal is as deep and broad us It is long , England might asvcll suvo time , ex pense and worry by throwing up the sponge. " CrivllshtMl , " H9 HYjjiInu IJ'afcr nei > util'F < tn. The World-f loralil came the crawiish .ii on the publication of its Omnha suhscrlptiot list , and left nil honors in the possession ol Tin : Bun. Uosowatcr is too smart for Ilitch- coclc. A Marked /Mil/nimjxilfi / Jimrnnl , A year ngo ono read every day of foreign manufacturers transferring their plants to this country , but it conspd when a president and congress \vero elected upon a platform denouncing protection. - I.nt Uio PmiMimu it Kit tlin Crime. Sfnrth I'ttitlc Trthunr. The impeachment action airainst the state ofllcials is uphold by the republicans of the stiito , though the men implicated are mom- bars of that party. II is thu desire of all to sea punishment meted out to the guilty ones if guilty they ave proven , o Lent Kurro to thu Kt prodslon. Sjiriliafltht ( JfitiM. ) Ileinilillcilli , The federal supreme court ducMos tint the proper way is to use the plural verb and pronoun In speaking of the United States , This is grammatically , historically and con stitutionally right , hut the civil war lias put Into the expression a world of singular meaning. A Nuticr-011 ! fur Otimlia. t'lncltiiiatt Cammtrrlul. Pnttinr the telegraph , telephone , olcctrlo light and carllne wires under ground in Cin- cimiitl would involve the tearing up of struct * , mud' inconvenicnco mid much ex pense , but the end wjtJjUd justify the means. There is danger thud ono day a big confla gration will show thn nuisance they are in hampering Ill-emeu in , their work. Besides , the necessary cutting of wires at llrcs seri ously interrupts tlifllBcrviccs in which elec tricity plays so conspicuous u part. .Siiohlii'ry | iii ( iotliuin. Kew V'H-k II nrlil. This young man ijrjiVeii Is an carl In a country in whiclx , the frippery und foppery of modiiev.il castu distinuliotm survive. Ills bride is tlu < imminro ) | daughter of some rich iwoplo who aiiglod with her as bait to catch a title. Hno'Sbwy Is undue regard for the externals and accidentals of life. Ill this ease certainly there Is nothing but ex ternals and accldept s to distinguish either Uio bridegroom or tliu family of the bride. Craven has a UtlM Bradley Martin has trunks. That is all there is about them to attract attention , ' in/less it bo the oatoata- tlon with which \Aincrluun family con ducts their private alTuirs and the petty penuriousness - nuriousness with which they evade the pay ment of custom * dues. Thn lluhimiiltlni : Imluitrj- . Clitcuqu Itttniil , Telegrams from the west Indicate that thft rainmakliig companies are ugaln at work. It Is interesting to note how easily Uio people in thu drouthy counties of IC'insas and Colorado rado are preyed upon by the pretended rain producers. A company forms and agrees to produce rain. "Noriiniio pay , " Is the motto of the company. They go to work apparently with chemicals und other devices , and perhaps it rains un I perhaps it doesn't. If It rains the company is in pocknt and if it doesn't ralu the company doesn't lese anything. Thoamitblo ugrioulturlsts of the rainless counties should ba wisa and require the com panies to give bsiUs to produce ralu within n curtain llxed porloJ. OTIlKIt I , I .VIM Til I.V Belgium U now In n position strikingly similar to that of Franco nt the elosooftho Inly monarchy , when I uls Philippe lost his throne In the revolution ol ISIS. Now , as then , suvc.ro liulu.strtut depression has pre cipitated n conlllct between u inlilillo class ad ministration und the prolet'irtet. lllola luivo wrested concessions , made , us they were granted by the Kronen Clmmbor In 1843 , because - cause the army conlil not bo ilo [ > omoil ! upon. Holgltim has never udoptotl the modern system of compulsory military service. Her army. Instead of being Iporceut of the population the Oermati and French standard -which would niako It nbout CO.OJO strong , has only 4S.H41 men. In organization und discipline U Is ochlml the times. There Is besides the "Garde Clvlque , " or militia , 4- : ) ftl" . Uoth together uro of no grout account from tbo modern stand point. It was freely admitted two years uio by Belgian military critics that there wus nothing to provout either Germany or Franco from overrunning the kingdom In a fortnight. In the war scare which followed laivio appropriations wuro mailo for fortifications , but those huvo yet to bo built. Belgium Is therefore toJav without u strong fotvo either f ) suppress riots within the kingdom or repel Invasion from without. This l.s the sarlous slilo of the pt cacti t situation. If tbo action of tbo Chamber of Deputies yesterday does not still not und prevent revolution the tempta tion would boover.vh'jlmln ' for the Germ in government. d reading the example of Bel gium , to aid In restoring order. Such action would bo distantly met by tlu advance of France. The railroad along the Maas river , which extends from the Prussian to the French frontier , Iris bean Ion 5 iwo/nlzoii us the only open , unfortified rj.id from ono country to the other. In the event of war It has boon confidently predicted that hostil ities would follow this eh innel. oich army avoiding the fortifications which line the Franco-German frontier. That the growth of republicanism is sic.ully ( Increasing the menace to the Spm- ish throne , is acknowledged. Thu recent re turn of six republican members to tbo Cortes lor the city of Madrid nlono has greatly alarmed not only the adherents of the gov ernment , but the Carlists also. As a means of combining these forces airainst the common enemy , it is said a marriage Is contemplated between the queen regent , Christiana , and Don Carlos. Notwithstanding the deplor able character of ttio latter , he has nu merous adherents in the kingdom , not only among the aristocracy , but in the lower ranks of the clergy , through whoso influence , In turn , thu peasantry are devoted to his cause. It is conceded , there fore , that such u union would prove a source of at le.ist temporary strength to the Spanish throne and grant a fresh lease of life to ro.valty. The lifo of the lillle king , whoso interests would bo Jeoparded by this marriage , as it would place his claims in direct conflict with these of the eldest sou of Don Carlos , is moro than usually uncertain. From a weak Infant he has grown into a puny boy of ( i years , having inherited the tainted blood of a long line of dissipated ancestors , and the belief is general through out Europe that ho cannot live to maturity. Indeed , his death is freely speculated upon in every capital of the old world , and its probability has long formed the basis of the hopes of both the republicans and Carlists of Spain. * * It is well for the older countries of the civilized world that the British colonies of Australasia are leading the way in experi ments with state socialism. There the con ditions of society and industry are such that measures can bo tried with comparatively little disturbance or risk which would be very dangerous to the peace and prosperity of a nation oven as old as our own. The re sult , whether for good or lit , of the tests ; made in New Zealand and New South Wales , for instance , of a compulsory eight-hour working day , with a half-holiday on Satur- da.Vjimd of government factory regulation and government employment agencies , of a kind unknown here , will throw much light , it is to bo hoped , upon the practical working of socialism in its milder forms. South Austra lia is trylne the Henry George theory of state ownership of the soil , and in all of the colonies of Australlasia experiments In the direction of socialism are common. In this country we have tested many things feared by Europe and have thus added immensely to the world's stock of political , social and Industrial knowledge. Perhaps the colonies of Australia and New Zealand will in like manner make invaluable contributions to economic science and thus save older and larger states from costly experiments and disastrous blunders. * . * * The assertions of the Belgian Anti-Slavery association and Mr. Stanley that the Arabs on the Congo have been supplied with arms and ammunition from Gorman E'ist Africa , In contravention of the Brussels general act , uro categorically denied at Berlin. Inquiries have been made , and It is declared that no breechloaders or any precise weapons are traded with in the German sphere of In terest. This denial of course applies only to German territory , and it is hinted that illicit traflle of this kind may i > osslbly bo carried on from the British or Portuguese spheres of influence. The im portation of arms and ammunition Into Gorman East Africa is tbo exclusive pre rogative of the government , and euro is taken to prevent any infringement of the privilege , although Individual eases of smug gling do happen. Arms and ammunition , it is said , are supplied to the caravans , but only in sufficient quantities to insure their protec tion in case of need. Lr. Stnhimann. the well-known explorer , remarks that the guns supplied to the caravans are very second-rate muzzlo-loadcrs , with short barrels , with which accurate shooting Is an impossibility , while the powder Is of no better quality , and the charge Is made out of tilts of iron shot and small leaden bullets , the latter of which never lit the bore of the rillo. In other words , the innocent native is swindled out rageously in the interests of civilization. I-'roi'r Trailn with Muxlcu. fitiilit-Dcmncrilt. The proposition to impose export duties by Mexico on cofTuu , ores and cerium other ol her products has fortunately been withdrawn. The ultimate effect of suiIt duties would bo to check trade between that republic and the United Status. What these countries need now in their dealings with each other uro not more .but fewer tr.ulo barriers. Free trade , or soinoth ing closely approaching Unit condition , between the two countries in the products of each of thorn is what is required bi the interests of ouch. lliirmonloiiH Nulir.isku Dtimocrncy. If throats and scowls and deep-drawn vows of vengeance made by leaders of the factions are any indication there'll bo fun ut the next democratic state convention. Morton und Boyd und Tobo Custor will bo there with a little nrniy of federal otllco holders whom they have helped into posi tions. Jim North , Mattes an.l llabcock will bo there to huvo their record on the rate bill endorsed And Crawford and UUrgins and Ireland und Hiu-vvood und Watkins ami the whole free pass , honi-st money brigade will bo triero to shout for Grover Cleveland and "Juflursonliw domo'iracy. " But they won't ho alone They won't have all the fuu to thumsulves. Oh no. Air. Bryan will bo there to champion fr < > o coinage - ago of silver. ( Jasper and the dozen honest democrats who voted for house roll ! C1 will bo there demanding endorsement. And Uulhoun , Ud Hall and Bowlby will bo on hand to back up Bryan and Casper. And the follows who uliln't got the iwstonices will bo there with bUw.l la thi-lr eyon. And wliou the ulnus are gathered nud mar shaled In battle array under their reopcollvo chnmplons , they wilt do battle to dcchlo which crowd Is Nebraska democracy pure and undolllcd. And when that point U do- t'ltled , the victorious crowd will proceed In n summary manner to read the other crowd out of the party. Smooth .Mr. Minhnr. F < ilniiMii ( SI mif. Moshcr has been arrested iigiiln , this time on the second count of the indictment , and bis friends are now rustling to got another l-oml. If the second bond Is no bottcr than the ilrst It will give but little more assur ance of Ills nppearuiu'i1 for trial. Moslier will probably shake the soil of this great American hind of lust Ice. from his feet , after fixing his attorney solid en thu bond , bid farewell to every fear nnd wipe Ills wecplns eyes. And the parody on Justice will close. to slow music and calcium lights. Oulit In lie Ivuptvuy. . hteutciiaiit Governor Majors and the sci. tors that stoo.l by the rallro.ids wlthot. reference to the rights of the people arc b ilng rewarded by a grand picnic. The lle.ttenant governor , who is a very rich man , but i.s compelled to wear a hickory shirt and' no socks to s.ive his wash bill , has chartered twool the H. & M.'s best coaches a sleeper und dining ear-on which Wait Seeloy and family and the senators who fought for the railroads are being taken west for their health and ivcroatton after their long1iiiuf powerful light by night and day. If they were planted there to grow up with the country this state would probably be better oft' without them , for only the railroad mag- iales would miss them. Such men can do more Injury to a people in au Inur than sometimes can bo remedied in a generation , sj th.it when they got into Yellowstone park If they get lost this state would oe better off for it. Wo do not want to injure the west , but such men have outgri.wt. their useful ness here and If the people out there could do anything to relieve us from their pres ence wo would give them a diploma , so ihey could Keep on practicing. If they can't cure our invalids perhaps they could lie accident ally placed In one of the boiling geysers , and thus return the renowned senators to us with purer purposes und a little cleaner. It will tuko as strong a solution us there is In the park to rulllo them they are so dirty. o Tom Major * unil t/'liuri'li llowc. Aljif/Koil / Tint" , Names inseparably connocteJ with the history of Nebraska. In fact these two men have hud perhaps more himd in the legisla tive work of the state than any other. And now , at the close of a legislative session , in which both participated , let us make a com parison of the men. Majors emerges from the fray smeared with the .slime of corruption of bis own seek- in ? . For years he has posed before the people us a farmer and friend of the agricul tural interests. Clad In u hickory .shirt und a sycophantic grin , he has traveled up and down his district upon annual railroad passes , seducing the innocent grangers into placing their interests in his keeping , only to betray his trust at Jlr.st op portunity. During the late session he was king of the corporation caucus , hand In hand with every scheme to steal a township or to shield a thief the hope of the corporations , the friend and defender of thu state house thieves , yet all the while , in his bucolic garb , protesting his regard for the interests of the class of people to whose credulity he owes political preferment. Perhaps Majors may ugiiiu bu chosen as a Nebraska law maker , but a belief in such u surmise leuds to the conclusion that the people love to bo humbugged. Quito In contrast with the snaky states man from Peru is the polished gentleman from Nemaha , who profits by comparison with his old-time colleague. Howe is not u hypocrite. Ho has the courage of his con victions. When ho wants to defend a cor poration ho does It boldly. His long legisla tive career is free from the tnint of corrup tion. Ho has assisted some bad legislation , lie has helped make many good laws. Alongside Tom Majors he is an honest man beside a miserable counterfeit of God's noblest \\'ork. IV S Washington News : The man who wants the earth ovuiitually dies and gets u hole In It. I'hriiidclphlu Times ! While the whole coun try may well slnj ? "Hall folumlilu ! " this year the cyclone lioverdoing the ulr. Inter Ocean : "I fear the wnrjt , " said thu poumlmustorastho landlady put some sau sage on hl.i plate at breakfast. Troy Press : An earthquake couldn't very well travel Incognito. Kven the houses would tumble to It. Dotrolt'Froo Press : Mrs. Grninpey Ts den tistry a branch of surgery , or what Is It ? ( jrmiipuy Interior decorating. Philadelphia Uecord : It Is only natural that tbo barbers should have their conib-Inu. Kate Field's Washington : Lawyer Have you noticed that when 1 inuue uchurj.ro It sticks ? Client Yes , It bus always been true , so fur asmy oxpcrlonco with you has gone. lloston Journal : They are tolling this story of Kov. Dr. Hale. Culled upon by some of his follow students hint hies to coinpii.ro the word liar , ho did It In this fuhhloii : "Positive , liar ; comparative , damned liar ; Miperlutlve , sta'is- tlcs.1 ' A VAMIIiIAIl TIIAOKHV. ir < f/i'ii/f / ( / u Star , She hulled u cable car , nnd then She turned to say gooilby. Shu said It once , unil o'c.r uisuln And nlpud her tourfitl eyo. And when she finished her farewell She found to her dlsniiiy. Tlnit cublo cm Oli , slid to tell , \Vus several blocks uwuy. HUM I ! .UK.V Of .VO.TJC , Padorowskl tins cleared ft'M.OOO ' tlitf * season. General Harrison hnsbcen Invited to muko the chief spoooh ut thiMiitvelllngof the now , soldiers' monument ut Athens , U , Son.o Tonnu.sseo farmers huvo written to Secretary Morton to know If hu .thinks It ad- visa'olo to plant potatoes on the w.uto of tie ! moon. Governor Hogg of To.xas was hanged In ofllgy at Tylur recently. If the ufllity weighed us much as the governor S7.1 pounds It must have required some zual and much musclo. Kmin IMshu Is dead again This time his death Is confirmed by a letter from the son of the notorious Tlppu Tib. lOmln's tinnier. ons deaths huvo usually been confirmed , su there ! Is nothing singular about It tills tlmo. Letter Carrier Charles Tyler of Now York City 1ms been forty-eight years In the serv ice. nnd In that lime , it Is estimated. walked ! UX,4SO ) miles. U lieu ho entered the service there were only six carriers attached to thu ofllcu. Now there uro about I , .MO , The famous Italian tenor , Fernando do tuclu , who now live * In a palace of his own in Naples , used to boat the bass drum In u regimental band. Though a tonoro robusto , ho is u small und delicate man. Success has left him imutTcctcd and devoid of vanity K Berry Wall , who u few years ago was Known In Nuw York us thu "king nf mules , " is said to bo making money in Wnll street and to have given up his aspiration to sot the style foi the glided youth of Gotham Ho abdicated his throne when ho mit married Colonel Tom Ovhiltroo has mi elastic step , rosy cheeks und bright eyes. L'ntil live years ago , ho said recently , lie hud for a long tlino smoked twenty strong cigars a day. ills doctor told him hu should smoke only six , and hu stopped smoking alto gethor. Congressman Coekrell of Texas was wounded in a tight during the wav of thu rebellion. Uoivntly ho had trouble with his throat , and on being oper.itu.l upon b > his doctor was easily relieved of a mlnio bullet which hud worked its way upward from the original wound. Mujuh Jones of the St. Louis Republic , who 1ms Just been down to Washington In terviewing thu boss dispenser of spoils. prints this imhundsnmo p.ir.igraph in his paper : "It is not that the breezy west cares for the plums , but it may show In aoar . erse so that poles which cannot reach plums tire of little use for persimmons. " Judge MoKinlcy of Uuluth is in u singular position. Ho is Judge of Uio circuit court , In which his own wife , recently admitted to the bar , will practice. And yet ho is prob ably the only man in the world today who can prevent his wife from having thu last word or line her for contempt if she docs not .stop talking when he tells her to. Prince Roland Bonaparte , the grandnephew - nephew of the lamoiis Napoleon , who Is in this countrv , is ! Ci years old. He is nearly six feet tall and has a robust , uthlotlo tlguro. Hu has bluek hair mul wears u nun taeiio and eyeglasses und dresses llko a business man. The prince is said to possess the legendary uppoaruncoof the Uonaparles William I * . Douglas , who is talked of as a proixiblc democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts , to succeed Governor Uus- sell , lives in Brockton and 1 ono of the lar gcst shoo manufuutuivrs in the state Ho was born in Plymouth in 1813. Ho has boon in both branuties of the legislature , Imsbenii mayor of Brockton and once ran for con gress. I.atham Hall , formerly of Kllxubctli N .1 , now of Uosario , Argentine Hopiiblic , is in the United Status. "Par.iguay , " hu says , "would bo a good place for bachelors to emi grate to , for the reason that the women largely outnumber the men. This discrep ancy in the sexes is duo to the war between Paraguay and Brazil , when the men were killed olf. " KAtl.ltU.llt Destruction of un KxpruHt Car 1 > y I'lro In 1'nst AlovliiR Train. Ai.nro.rr.UQfK , N. M. , April 21. Early yesterday morning a Wclls-Furgo express car coming cast on the Atlantic & Pucllle road cam-lit lire from sparks from the engine at Hancock siding , and as thu wind was blowing almost a gale the lire spread so rapidly that the car aud contents wore en tirely consumed. The messenger escaped injury. There' were three safes in the car und they wore brought hero today , uach contain ing at least SM.IMX ) In gold pieces , u lurgo quantity of currency , bosidosu lot of Jewelry , watches , etc. The safes wem opened this afternoon , badly warped by the intense boat und the currency also burned. The gold Is being counted , und many of the pieces uro badly scorched und u lurgo number mcltsd together. _ _ ' - .unto it ii.ir M .VH. 11 r. Jlimner tu tlic Centum. What does ho plant who plimU u tire ? llo plunt.s u friend of sun und sky ; Hu plants the Hag of lireu/o- . free : Tfui sliuft of beauty , towering liltfli ; Hn plants n homo to hfuvo.n unlili 1'orbOtij ; und mot bur-croon of bird In hushed und happy twilight heard Thu Irubli ! of lion ven s harmony Theno things bo plants who plants a Uoo. What doi-s ho plant who plants u tree ? lie plants cool shade unil tender rain , And seed and bud of duys to bo , Anil years that fadii und Hush again ; Ho plants tliu glory of thu plain ; Hi ) plants Ihu forust'ii hot-Hugo ; Thu Imrvost of u coming u e ; The joy that unborn eyes shall sco Tho.-o things bo plant * who plants u tro . What does ho plant who plants n tree ? He ( limits , In sup mill leuf und wood , In love of home und loyalty And fan-as t thought of civic no.-xl - Ills blessing on tliu nelvlilurlioixi \Vlio In I lie hollow of Ills liiind llolils nil tliu growth of nil our land A nation's growth from seu to sea Stirs In his heart who ( limits a treo. Ca . Minufa'jtiirori ' aa I of Clolhliiil lu tluVorll. . They're Birdies More styles than ever , representing1 every popular - ular make. Our fur nishing1 g-oocls depart ment occupies one en tire side of our first floor and everything- that is neat and durable - ble is always shown. We 'do the furnishinggoods business of Omaha. We hope to announce in a few days that the workmen have gotten away with that hole in the wall as it is we are getting along as well as could bo expected. Thought you said ' - this ? We you wouldn't need a spring-overcoat year have them at all prices and in all shapes , shades and weaves. The few that we have loft will go. at special prices. BROWNING , KING & CO. , ovorf evonlnjtlll . j g. W , CDf , 15til dfld 0311 5it
