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cnusu ho thought the city needed something
thing- that could not bo stolon.
SOME of the county jails in Kansas
Iwvo lately been provided with.a .
formidable supply of Winchesters. The
banks of Kansas ought to follow this
"example.
WHILE the seals of Boring sea are oc
cupying the attention of the world it is
interesting to learn that the Newfound
land seal fisheries have this season
yielded only one-quarter of the normal
catch. If the seals are not protected
they intiit certainly disappear in a few
years.
ITviiti * have to bo admitted that New
York City , though it belongs to the effete -
fete east and is located a long way from
the Columbian exposition , is still of some
Importance. During the month of March
the imports at that port increased
about $8,2. > 0,000 , while outside of New
York the falling olT was over $ : ! , ; iOO,000.
THE Minneapolis Jotirnnl , referring to
the terrible blizzard that visited that
state the other day , says that it resulted
from putting a man with Nebraska
weather ideas at the head of the weather
bureau. Considering that blizzards arc
practically unknown in this state , while
they are to bo encountered in Minnesota
at almost all seasons of the year , this is
.almost funny enough to put into an
almanac.
THE proportion of divorces to popula
tion and to the number of marriages is
larger in the United States than in any
other country excepting Japan. Wo
have 88.71 divorces to every 100,000 people
ple , while Hngland and Wales havoonly
'i.79 , and oven Franco has only 112.51.
But Japan has GOS.-45 , so our record is
not the worst. As long as wo are less
lax than Japan in this matter it
.cannot be said that marriage is a total
failure in this country , though our di
vorce rate has increased 28.71 in the past
'seven ' years.
THE unsatisfactory condition of the
"Darkest England" funds , as shown by
the twenty-sixth annual statement of
the accounts of the Salvation army for
the year ending September 30 , 1892 ,
ulTords a matter of serious consideration
for the Methodist and General Assur
ance society ( limited ) which lias been
lending its money to General Booth
upon the security of Salvation army
property. Within the year there has
been a general and remarkable falling
off In the receipts and profits of invest
ments in every direction.
THERE is a young woman in Columbia
S. C. , who is in a nosition to sympathize
with Dr. Briggs and other distinguished
people whoso orthodoxy is in question.
This young lady is an operator in the
.telephone exchange and has also been a
member of Uio Presbyterian church.
Her duties require her to work on Sun
days , and as the pay is good and she is
the solo support of an invalid father she
refused to comply with the demand of
the presbytery that she give up her job.
Shu has been put outside of the pale of
'tho church , but still clings to the belief
that she is committing no sin , and it is
'needless to say that she has thousands
, of sympathizers.
UNDER the school law of 1888 in
"Wyoming the live years' term for which
'the school books in the state wore
adopted is about to expire. A change
of text books involves a direct outlay by
the people of the state of mtiny thousand
dollars which they can ill afford. As
the yearly school meetings in all the
School districts of Wyoming are to beheld
-hold shortly it may bo that the expres
sion of the people will bo such as to In-
cluco superintendents to return the books
now in use for another five years. In
this case the question will doubtless soon
bo decided whether the best interests of
the people shall prevail In the face of
importunate , clamorous textbook agouts.
( THE socialists are actively arranging
for their national congress which is to
assemble in Chicago during the week
beginning July 1. Assurance has been
given of a largo attendance of socialists
from the principal cities of this country
and distinguished delegates are expected
from Belgium , Franco , Germany and
Switzerland. The congress will discuss
national politics and issue a manifesto of
principles , ami also select delegates to
the international congress of socialists ,
which will meet at Zurich , Switzerland ,
in August. It is probable that the re
cently expressed views of ox-Senator
Jngalls respecting labor and capital
and the general bearing of the labor
question at the present data will form
one of the principal tbuinua of considera
tion.
OMAHA'S
The two weeks from Muy 22 to Juno
3 , inclusive , will bo a period of grunt
activity In Omahii. Within tlmt time
three of the imst lm ] > ortant events of
the year in this city will take place ,
namely , the Manufacturers exposition ,
the convention of the Nebraska State
Business Men's association and the
national convention of railway Burgeons.
The exposition will bo open during the
whole of the time mentioned.
It had not. been the intention of the
State Business Men's association to hold
a convention this year , but the Manufac
turers association , recognizing the im
portance of the relations which exist be
tween the manufacturers and the retail
ers of the state , has taken stops which
will result in the largest convention of
the business men of Nebraska over hold
in this city. At its meeting yesterday
the Manufacturers association voted to
mibscribo $ . ' )00 ) to a fund to bo used in
bringing In delegates from the various
cities and towns , and it is proposed that
the balance of the amount required shall
be secured by Individual subscriptions
among the jobbers , manufacturers and
other interested and public spirited
citizens of Omaha. This is a peifectly
legitimate and proper undertaking , for
it is designed to secure a convention that
would not otherwise bo held at all this
year , and to bring a largo number of re
tailers to this city at a time when their
presence-is particularly desired by the
manufacturers who will bo represented
in the exposition. That it will bo a bone-
lit to Omaha in many ways goes without
saying , and it is not to IMS doubted that
the fund required will bo promptly sub
scribed.
The two weeks during which the Man
ufacturers exposition will be open will
witness unwonted activity in Omaha.
Many thousands of people will visit the
city and it will naturally follow that the
pulse of business will bo stimulated.
All visitors will be warmly welcomed
and taken care of , not merely because
the city hopes to bo a gainer by their
presence , but for the worthier reason
that Omaha , like every true hostess ,
linds pleasure in extending hospitalities
to her guests.
TIIK AMKItll'.lN AM IT.
An interesting description of the war
vessels composing the various lleets
which will participate in the grand
naval pageant in Now York harbor on
the 27th lust , shows that although the
important nations of Europe will be
represented by some of the best war
ships over turned out , of a foreign ship
yard , there will be vessels Hying the
American Hag tlmt will surpass any of
them in design , strength and workman
ship as well as in swiftness and manage-
ublencos. Among them will bo Admiral
Ghorardi's flagship , the Philadelphia ,
of the cruiser type , class of war ship
capable also of lino-of-battlo lighting ,
with a record of 19.078 knots an hour ;
her sister the Baltimore , with the same
speed , and the San Francisco , considered
tlio finest of the American cruisers , cap
able of making twenty knots an hour.
Among others of the forty or llfty
ships taking part in the review
that will illustrate tlio splendid
achievements attained in the construc
tion of American war ships will be the
supe'-b ' ? tcol protected cruiser Chicago ,
with her formidable armament which
could alone today make quick despatch
of all the men-of-war combined that over
fought against this country ; the Vesu
vius , a typo of the steel-dynamite class ;
the Miantonomah , a stool double-tur-
rotted monitor of the class designed to
stand off foreign cruisers , and a harbor
defender ; the torpedo boat Gushing , the
name of the gallant officer whoso bravery
demonstrated the utility of this typo of
battle boat , and the despatch boat Dolphin
phin , built while Mr. Chandler was secretary -
rotary of the navy , and which ho de
clared in the senatorial debate on Sat
urday , in renly-to the captious criticism
of Senator Voorhees , would appear in
the review "as line a ship as existed in
the world of the period of construction. "
Tills gratifying exhibit of the formid
able status of our navy loads to the re-
lloction that it has substantially been
created within a decado. The navy of
ten years ago existed in little else than
name , and the work of its rehabilitation
was begun during the administration of
President Arthur. Since then its con
struction has been vigorously pushed
under the administrations of Presidents
Cleveland and Harrison , so that the
United States will soon when the ves
sels now building shall have been com
pleted rank fifth on the list of naval
powers , England , Franco , Russia and
Italy being the only nations that will
then ho ahead of us.
But although with these accessions
she will yet bo far behind the chief of
these naval powers , neither the disposi
tion nor the necessity appears for at
tempting to still further compete with
them. As showing what this country
would have to contend with in entering
into any such race it is to bo taken into
consideration that England in her de
termination to create the greatest navy
in the world has adopted a program that
will increase its strength nnd character
within the next half dozen years , and
that she has in contemplation additional
proposals for ships still greater and
more powerful. And it is likely that &ho
will continue in this direction In-
dollnitoly. To have the great
est navy of the world 1ms become
the Englishman's hobby , his pride , and
the fervency of the patriotic ardor of
tory and liborul alike has CDIUO ta be
OJtimatod by the degree of enthusiasm
with which ho gives support to any
measure looking to the increase and of-
Ilcioncy of Britain's navy. Moreover ,
with her widely separated artd numerous
colonial possosslou * , England has a most
plausible excuse for keeping up a largo
navy.
To possess a navy "ono-fourth a3
powerful as that of Britain in 190J , or
one-third of the strength of that of
Franco at the corresponding date , per
haps half that of Russia and equaling
those of Italy and Germany respec
tively , " a writer In the Now York Hun ,
whose opportunities doubtless enable
him to speak authoritatively , points out
that the United States would have to
add fifteen battle ships to the present
number , which is seven ; eight cruisers ,
twelve in all ; flvo coast defenders , twelve
harbor defenders , an auxiliary force
of ten dynamite urulHOrt * nnd a
score or two bt torpedo gun
boats. "Tho whole of this navy
would barely match that of Italy or
Germany and would bo hopelessly over
matched by that of either Russia , Franco
or Kngland , in their own homo waters.
At the same time , it would 1x3 the equal
of any naval force that could b cs pared
to come against these shores , and thus , ' ,
argues the writer in favor of increasing
tlio navy to this extent , "it would clothe
the hands of a spirited oxecutlvo with
the power necessary , and no more than
that necessary , in upholding all of the
nation's rights against aggression from
any quarter.
AX KXAMl'tiK ur TllUST METHODS.
Tlio tltmncial dltllcultlcs in which the
whisky trust has become entangled in
consequence of its policy of gree < Vand
its speculative ventures seem likely to
prove as serious as that into which the
heading Coal combine has fallen for the
same reasons. The sympathies of the
public will not be aroused to any great
degree in behalf of either of these
monopolies , bath of which stand on the
same footing so far as principle is con
cerned , though one deals in a neces
sary of life , while the other deals
in an article that is classed
among the luxuries. The whisky trust ,
according to its annual report , is in a
very bad way so far as Its finances are
concerned , and there is nothing in the
report to indicate that its olllcers have
much hope of animprovement. . Tlio
decline of its stock from ( ill to 20J In less
than three months seems to have been
fully justified by the demoralized state
of its finances. The total earnings of
the trust for the year ending March . ' ! !
were $2,4U2 , < ! 8S , while the earnings of
the previous year were $4,728,827.Its
liabilities are $ : ) , IS,287 ) ( and its assets
are only * 140,0t ) ( > above that amount ,
according to its own showing , tlio dis
tilling plants themselves being excluded
from tlio account. Considering the
gigantic scale on which tlio trust carries
on business this is a very small margin.
The most remarkable thing in the re
port is this : ' 'The only safe and reliable
way of overcoming competition is to pro
duce goods at the lowest possible cost
and sell them direct to consumers at the
lowest prices. " How long is it since
this great combine was buying up com
peting distilleries and obtaining control
of all the spirits it could lay its hands
on , and at the Mime time pushing'up
prices and creating a fictitious demand
upon the pretext that the tax was to bo
increased ; ' That speculation was a fail
ure , and now it is proposed that com
petition shall be overcome by adopting
low prices. From an attempt to rob the
consumer by keeping prices up the trust
goes to the opposite extreme of crushing
competition by keeping prices down as a
means to the same end. When com
petitors are disposed of prices will go
up to 11 point suflicicntly high to make
good all losses , provided that the com
bine is able to hold together so long.
The general public is less interested
in tlio operations of the whisky trust
than in those combine.-- ! which -control
the prices of necessary things , but its
methods are nevertheless interesting
and instructive , for all monopolistic
alliances are of the biinio character. If
they are permitted to exist they will
find some way to plunder the people ,
ana the fact that the whisky trust ana
the Reading combine have mot with
financial reverses in consequence of their
excessive haste to get rich at pubjic ex
pense , does not render the principle of
combination the lens obnoxious.
K\ 'Kit T TEH TIMOX V.
The trial of Dr. Buchanan in New-
York , charged with causing the death of
his wife by poison , has attracted almost
unparalleled interest by reason of the
extraordinary test to which the value of
that class of evidence known as export
testimony has been subjected. The
prosecution called to its assistance sev
eral of the best known pathologists and
specialists , who testified as to the pres
ence of poison in the stomach of the
dead woman. They agreed as to the na
ture and effect of this poison and made out
what seemed to bo an almost conclusive
case against the accused , so far as the
consensus of opinion that the woman
must have died from poison adminis
tered to her was concerned. An attor
ney for the defense , who also has a very
thorough medical education , in a day
achieved almost national repute by his
cross-examinations of the medical ex
perts for the prosecution. He forced
them to confess that some of their
statements wore purely guess work ,
that others were open to question , and
that of many important matters con
nected with the science of which they
wore professedly masters they wore ab
solutely ignorant. Not only the so-called
exports of the prosecution , but the
prosecuting lawyers themselves , the
jury , and the general public were dumbfounded - ,
founded by the revelations of ignorance ,
or more properly speaking , of narrow
information which the young lawyer for
the defense had developed. Lawyers
and scientific men of long experience
were attracted to the trial as never be
fore , and It was foil that not so much the
fate of the accused as the value of expert -
pert testimony was in the balance.
After the prosecution had exhausted
its resources in the production of alleged
expert testimony the defence presented
its medical exports and the effect
was sensational. Every position taken
by the experts for the prosecution was
combatted and apparently successfully
overthrown. To ono side or the other
the conflict meant absolute disaster.
Tlio prosecution had apparently proved
that poison had been administered to
the dead woman ; that her death could
bo accounted for in no other way. The
exports summoned by the defense mt
only disputed the trustworthiness of
the evidence given by the medical
men who testified for the prose
cution , but by elaborate exposi
tions and oxiwrimonts sought to
discredit the whole theory pre
sented by the prosecution. They
did not hesitate to assort that specialists
who testified for tlio prosecution were
wholly ignorant of the latest methods
of experimenting with the poisons
which they professed to discover , and
wore entirely behind the times as to as
certain facts regarding the development
of poisons from putrefaction. Chemists
of equal roput < ) ° jjjth ; UlOso summoned
by the prosecution maintained , and In
deed dotnoiiBtrtttWV , that there are poi
sons developed j io decomposing bodies
of human bolngnimoro particularly after
death from dlsWifes of the liver , which
exactly slmulato''j.u their chemical reac
tions the reactlofi&of morphia and some
times even of atiftSiMa' , 'the drugs claimed
to have Iwcn JiiJWilnlstored by Dr. Bu
chanan to his wlfn-
The effect uprtfiHho' ' minds of the jury
of this eonlliotliig7nnd contradictory expert -
port testimony inSWt , b'o extremely con
fusing , but whntovot may be tlio result
of this remarkable trial it is Inevitable
that popular confidence in this class of
evidence must be greatly weakened.
There have been numerous occasions
when so-called oxjKirt testimony was'moro
or less discredited by the radical dis
agreements of those giving it , but none
in which the conflict of opinions was
quite so radical as In the present case.
Distrust of expert medical testimony
will certainly bu greatly increased by
the developments in this trial , regard
less of the jury's verdict.
IT IS patent that the theoretical torn-
poraneo udvocatos of South Dakota are
determined to learn nothing by expe
rience. Otherwise they would have long
since realized how futile must bo any
attempt to enforce the prohibitory law
in that state. The law , however , affords
opportunity for cunning leaders of this
agitation to earn a livelihood , and some
of them make a good thing out of the
attempts to enforce the law. Many of
them are supported by the contributions
of well meaning religious and temper
ance organizations , while others derive
greater cmolumout through the spoils of
line and blackmail. So it is not strange
to hear that at a convention at Huron
the other day it was resolved to pursue
"a vigorous campaign" tills spring to
ward enforcing the law. This pronun-
ciamento has aroused the indiirnation of
a very large proportion of the Black
Hills people who want to bu lot alone/
and think they "can manage their affairs
vo-'y nicely without any assistance of the
Hastern Dakota people. " Ono paper
tells them very plainly that no further
attempt of the ridiculous work is wanted
in the Hills ; that the law is inoperative
there and is likely so to remain. "Our
saloons , " it says , "aro conducted with
open doors and tlio liquor tralllo is car
ried on with reasonable and common
sense restrictionsund , the fact is patent
that there is less crime resulting from
it and immeasujrably less drunkenness
than in those sections of tlio state where
there are no ( ? ) saloons.1
THE first deoi,6j , in the United States
court of clainn in the suits for damages
growing out of Iricliun depredations in
18(13-0 ( has greatly encouraged the at
torneys who are 'prosecuting a largo
number of claiin for like resulting
damages filed { i'l Utah. The decision
just handed down- was in the case of
Samuel Marks et.ah against the United
States and the iPiuto and Bannock In
dians , and was brdught in Idaho. The
court found . for , ' ji'c. defondnjits on the
ground that at the time of the alleged
depredations the Bannocks were at war
with the United States , and henoo the
latter should not be hold ro4ponsible.
The difference between this case and the
Utah suits , which grow out of
the depredations of the Utes and
Navujoes in the southern portion
tion of the territory in 1805-0 , is
that these Indians were in amity with
the government at the time the alleged
depredations were committed. There
fore , it is agreed , the logical inference is
that the decisions in these cases must bo
just the reverse of that in the Idaho case.
Fou some time the claim has boon
made by business men of Kearney that
that city was' being discriminated
against by the railroads. The ground
for such complaints will probably appear
at the hearing appointed in Omaha by
the Interstate Commerce commission on
May 10 , for the purpose of considering
the complaints that have boon submitted
in relation to freight tariffs between.
Kearney and other cities , both east and
west. In the meantime the Kearney
Board of Trade has adopted a series of
resolutions setting forth reasons for
submitting the claim that the freight
rates granted to Kearney shall be upon
the name basis as freight charges by the
railroads upon freight carried by thnm
to and from the cities of Lincoln , Omaha
and Beatrice. These resolutions have
been forwarded to the various railway
companies doing business in the state ,
the Interstate Commerce commission
and the Board of Transportation of the
state of Nebraska.
THE capital city of Minnesota is setting
ting a worthy example for other cities
to follow. The wires of the two electric
light companies of St. Paul will soon bo
under ground , those of the telephone
company are mostly down , an ordinance
to dispose of the lines of the Western
Union Telegraph' cbiupiiny has passed
the assembly , \yh"ii will insure the
gradual disappearance of the wire net
work of this grea'l'p'o'rporation. ' Eventu
ally , it is probable , improvements in the
methods of application of electric motor
power will relognttV the wires of the
trolley system to o past , but the dan
ger to bo apprehended from fires origin
ating from the WFres of the electric
street railway or cifV their interference
with the efforts of i firemen is insignifi
cant in comparison ( with that arising
from the great cables and network of
wires in the principal streets of every
largo clt\ ' . " ' IK
THE czar has sillied the extradition
treaty negotiated with the United
States , and as wo understand the matter
this is conclusive , the convention having
been ratified by the senate. At any
rate It is not probable , assuming that
our gavornmont could still prevent the
consummation of the treatythat the pres
ident will ba disposed to do so. It was
negotiated under the first administra
tion of Mr. Cleveland and rejected by
the senate , owlnij toaeltuno more ob
jectionable than the ono it n nv
contains , which win substituted by
the senate at the last regu
lar session. This clause is understood
to have boon dlsemsed by the adminis
tration , to which , according to a reported -
ported statement of Secretary Gresham ,
It was satisfactory. Such being the
case there Is little likelihood that the
president will do anything to save the
country from the reproach of having
entered into such a treaty with the Rus-
tan despot , even If ho has the power to
do so.
Foil nine years Brigadier General
David O. Swulm , judge advocate gen
eral of the army , has boon serving out
the sentence of a court martial , suspend
ing him from rank and placing him on
half pay for twelve years. During all
this time the duties of his ofllce have
been performed by an acting officer.
Interest is again revived in this old
army scandal by the tact that the time
has come when General Swalm can ask
to bo retired ffom the service on account
of age. It will be remembered that the
suit he brought some time ago to re
cover the balance of his full pay , on the
ground thut his trial was illegal , was
decided against him , and the question
now agitating army circles Is whether
ho will request to bo retired and go out
on three-quarters pay , Instead of re
maining on half pay until the time of
his sentence shall have expired.
ANI > now a clean-cut fight is progress
ing between R. J. Coles and S. A.
Stephenson for the York postollloo.
True the term of H. M. Dellrlck has not
yet expired , and numerous lea-ling dem
ocrats , remembering that the last post
master \va3 allowed to serve out his
time , after change of administration ,
have declined to sign a petition for his
removal. It is further true that the
present postmaster has administered
the affairs of the olllco to the general
satisfaction of the people of the com
munity , and that no graver offense can
bo alleged against him than that ho is
an "offensive partisan. " Nevertheless ,
the fight between the applicants goes
on bravely while thc'republicans look on
with much the same indifference as that
of the old lady whoso husband contended
with the bear.
THE method adopted by the two mur
derers who have made their escape
from Sing rting prison was an improve
ment upon that of the assassin who re
cently shook the dust of the Michigan
penitentiary from his feet. The latter
murdered a guard , but the two former
only found it necessary to throw a little
pepper into the guard's eyes. It is
hardly necessary to say that careless
ness provided a way of escape in both
cases. Murderers who leave first-class
prisons without permis'nion are less to
blame than those who are charged with
the important duty of preventing them
from doing so. It would seem that en
tirely too many liberties are given to
imprisoned murderers , and that the
interests of public safety require that
they DO. treated with less consideration.
ll.it tlio Tarty llotorloratod ?
Keltoh Ailciicate.
Is ho honest ? Is lie competent ! is ho faith
ful to the constitution ! were the require
ments laid down by Thomas JeiTurson for
odlue holilurs. Is hewill de iiiiislieen ! " is
the standard of illness exacted by modern
democracy.
Ono Lusting nvrvicio.
Tfcmnir/i / Itc ] > nMic.
THE OMAHA HUE did the people one lasting
service when it defeated Tom Majors before
the Htnte convention. Had that uhic-
shirtcd corporation fiend been elected gov
ernor the people would have been denied any
legislation.
orn Alirmul.
KilliM * t'ltu Juurwil.
It is gratifying to leara that Secretary
Morton moans to continue tlio policy of Suc1-
retarv Husk in pushing the consumption of
corn In' European countries. The more corn
Europe consumes the more dollars the
fanners of Kansas nnd Nebraska will have
in bank.
Ono ( if the
Ktameu 'feltgram.
As the time draws nearer for the impeach
ment trial to begin there appears to be less
said on the subject. In the meantime the
array of legal talent is hard at work prepar
ing their cases. Some of the interested par-
tics will not bo able to attend the opening of
the World's fair. And some of them may not
bo able to got beyond the confines of the
state for several years.
An Kxiinipli ) lor Onmlm.
Phnatlelplita HeeorJ.
Gradually the telegraph and electric light
wires are disappearing underground , and tlio
city's conduits thus vindicate their right to
continuance. The arrangement under the
terms of which Broad street is to bo relieved
of Western Union poles Is but an earnest of
the good time coming when tlio wires , though
everywhere present for use , will DO ef
fectually concealed from sight.
.Illllfftt Oglll'll.
Illulr I'ilnt.
Wo would bo sorry to see Judge Ogdcn
appointed to the United States district
attornoyship , were it not for tlio better
emoluments which accompany the olllco and
of which ills abilities entitle him to. For
no man has ever set on the bunch C Wash
ington county who ( rave so general satisfac
tion as ho has in the term of court closed
last Saturday , and his patience and urbanity
wore remarkable under the circumstances.
< ilvo the I.mv u tinmen.
Srieunl lleiiuilti :
Tlio maximum rate bill has become a law ,
having received the signature of Governor
Crounso. Tlio Hoportor felt confident that
ho would sign the bill , and is glad ho did so.
Tlio people of the state had shown clearly
that they wanted a law of this nature , and
the governor would have made 11 great mis
take had ho disregarded their wishes. There
is some talk of the law being held unconsti
tutional , on account of some of its provisions.
.We hope that this will not be the case , hut
that the law may bo thoroughly tried. If it
proves good the entire state will be glad of
its enactment , and if it proves to bo a mistake -
take the next legislature will amend or re
peal it.
1II..ISTS rJCO.11 It.lM'tifOK.V. .
Stinginess Is harder to euro than the con
sumption.
Success in this world often means f.iiluro
in the next.
There are too many people who never pray
until they have to.
When you bury animosity don't put any
flowers on its gr.ivo.
No knife can rut so deep as the one held In
the h ind of a friend ,
It is hard to get aoniii preachers Interested
in the subject of religion.
No mail has any lasting power for good
who cannot control himself.
A man with a quick temper U as unsafe as
a ship loaded with dynamite.
No mutter how good tlio shepherd may be ,
a sick sheep will not follow him.
Many are great workers In the church as
long as they have their own way , but thu
moment they are crossed they stop.
Til. ITJ.I I' .
Home ion ! I'unnti'u ,
II seems to mo to bo
Hut yostordiiy wlneo wo
Amid tlio llomu-N
\VITO Minted , you and I ,
' .Nuath u clear unit radiant sky ,
1'ur many hours.
And now your Imlr Is ray ,
Tliouuh 'turn * guidon on tlmt day
Whnn wo worn wutl.
lint ( In * imiiii'ry of yuurjinu1" '
With your fair uml yoiitiiful face ,
llui noveltied. .
HKMiAn mrjrx AT TIIK vvi.i'ir.
'
St. I'aul Globe : The Chicago church two *
plo j > ropo.io to mnko the Chicago Sabbath
during the World's fair ng dry as i > oss.tblo.
They nro now ciur.iglng In a movement to
clos&tho saloons &mula.vn , ThU 1.4 ungrate
ful , slnco the saloons helped thorn to closu
the fair Sundays.
St. l aul I'louecr-Pross ! There U little
trouble In selecting a suoeosaor to Hlshop
I'hllllps H rooks of Massachusetts. The
clergymen who might come nearest to equal
ing Ilrooks docllne to takn the position , and
the gentlemen who wouldn't decline are very
carefully omitted from the Invitation list.
New York Sun : If Uov. Morgan Dlx
meant to withdraw himself from considera
tion a * the successor of the Into Phillips
IJrooks t > y the request to "stop the use of my
name In this connection , " his desire should
certainly bo respected. A clergyman who
can write such Kugllsh Is Scarcely flttnd to
bo a bishop.
Kansas City Times : Hov. Dr. Ilrlggs and
Ills friends rejoice over Ht-curlng a majority
of the Now York delegates to the general as
sembly which U to try tils case , much as uu-
regenerate politicians congratulate them
selves on carrying primaries , and the victory
seems to have been secured by methods not
altogether dissimilar.
New York Herald ; So long as theology
occupies first place In the church the words
of Christ will bo of no avail , hut wheira piu-o
heart , a noble life , high aspirations , love of
one's neighbor nro proclaimed to bo primary
requisites , the clergy ili eoaso their quar
rels , there will ho olio fold and ono Shep
herd and the millennial bulls will begin to
ring.
Minneapolis Tribune : Pittsburg had a
iileo quite Sunday yesterday. Men walked
who had seldom walked boforo. funerals
were postponed and many an elevator
stopped for the lack of steam In the boiler.
The law against worldly employments on
the Sabbath Is being enforced to the totter
in Pltt.shurg to the end that the blue law of
17V4 may bo made odious.
St. Ixmls Republic : There is no such com
mandant as "Thou shall not dance ! " but it
Is said "Thou shall not kill ! " Yet here Is a
fight In a Missouri town in which thu
churches are trying to stop dancing in a
military academy , though they have no ob
jection whatever to its work of training boys
into familiarity with the idea of becoming
professional killers. Some tilings in fact , a
good many things are curious.
Kansas City Star : The followers of Mo
hammed , now sojourning at the World's
fair , must either have left their ICorans at
home or have concluded to interpret them
literally so as to permit of unlimited indul
gence In beer. Certain it is , unless some
check bu put on their consumption of the
foaming amber , they will have to undergo a
course at the Keeloy Institute before they
will dare to return to "Araby the blest. "
Chicago Herald : Hov. Morgan Dlx , 1) . D. ,
rector of Trinity church in New York City ,
lias declined the ofllco of tlio Episcopal
bishopric of Massachusetts , to succeed the
lamented Phillips lirooks. Ho says
that "there are Insuperable objections" to
his acceptance "of a bishopric anywhere
in the church. " This great divine , preacher
and man of business is the son of
the late John A. Dix , United States sen
ator , general in the union army , author of
the sentiment "Shoot him on the spat , " and
governor of New York. Morgan Dix is not
only Trinity's preacher , but the manager of
its vast estate , estimated at SlOO.IWKI.ODl ) , or
nearly equal to that of the As tors. His pul
pit salary is $50,001) ) a year , and his pay for
the business management of the Trinity es
tate is probably twice as much more. Of
course there are insuperable objections to
his acceptance of the Massachusetts offer at
a littlu annual salary of fli.OOU It would re
quire a very loud call to affect the auricular
nerve of any clergyman under such or simi
lar circumstances.
,1/K.V OF .l/.llr/i.
Mr. niouut is bearing the Claus Spreckels
sugar stock.
The rajah of ICapiirtlmla , one of the Sikh
princes , is expected in I oudon shortly on his
way to Chicago.
Hamlin Garland , who has tilled the west
very profitably for characters In fiction , Is
about to make a tour of the south to study
the conditions of life there.
Leo XIII Is tlio only pope that over saun
tered down London's famous Piccadilly. The
pope performed the feat when , as Mgr
Pecci , he visited Tendon In 1S40.
Kx-Ministor William Waiter Phelps will'
return to his' home in New Jersey' next
month and take his place in the court of
errors and appeals at the Juno term.
William Waldorf Astor has purchased an
"ancestral estate" in Kngland. and now ho
lias only to purchase a titled ancestry In
order to become a genuine English noble
man.
man.Hon. . Sam Josephs , author of that
stirring song known as "Grovor , " wants
four vears more in clover as United States
marshal of the southern district of Penn
sylvania.
M. Turpln , whom President Carnet has
released from prison , named the explosive ho
invented melinite , partly in honor of M.
Melino and partly because ho didn't care to
call It Turpintme.
Emln Pasha has scarcely he"en again res
urrected before that oft-killed celebrity ,
Osman Digma turns up once moro raiding
in Upper Egypt. These two men have staid
doait a shorter time than any others who
have been the subjects of periodical obituary
sketches ,
Senator Morrlll ot Vermont ihas just cele
brated his SM birthday. Mr. Morrlll has
been in congress continually since KVi ,
twelve years in the house and twenty-six in
the senate.Should ho live to the close of
his present term , he will bo able , like Thomas
H. liouton , to write Ills "Thirty Years In
the United States Senate. " Mr. Morrlll Is
in vigorous health ,
CIIKKIIV VIIATTKIt. '
HochoMor Democrat ! Homo nooulA1 * ey
nro a regular jntlr of stare * . '
lllnphamton Iioailart The mnn who wi\
< m < ntMlud with the mvnaKcrlo said It was n
beastly alTalr.
Troy Press ! It wasn't until woman utarlw
In to fmprovo her mathematics that she bftfnv
to count for much. .
New York llorald"wTfllo Wilt-Aw , really
Mm I'erte , I'm not mieli a fool as I IcxiU ,
MM ! Pertu-llut Mr. Will , you know wo can
not always see. ourselves us others tec ui.
llulTnlo Courier : "How old nro you. my little
man ? " iihUed a cent Ionian of n tot who wai les
than 4 years nf n e. "I'm not old , " was tin,1 , *
IndlKiiant reply , "I'm almost now. " -
A man without any gel-up to him can't ex
pect to make much of n success as a boil , v
carrier. (
Ilo : I'vo liouiiht you a pet monkey to nimisit'
( in , dnrlliiR. fchofoii'how kind oY'you' '
.shan't mist you whun you'ru away.
Texas Slfllnjjs : A lady .says that she could
always know when Him had taken just ton
much wine at dinner her husband's jokes be
gan to scum funny.
Philadelphia Times : The process of trying
to net an oillce N very simple. I'lrst the np- J
pllcanU Ille their appllcatloim , then the pnrty ) (
In authority | iolUlie.i them on' . I
Washington Star : The American N Inevita
bly predisposed to HhuiK. Kveu tlui Indint In
lt cradle discovers that hu feels "rooky
Phllailelphla Record : "I was CNmlnK the
plains once , " hojaii the storyteller , "when
lilKhwaymen entered the ear and I was ninde
to throw up my hands , " "I was crosslni ! the
ocean once , " Interrupted Ihu punster , ' \\heii
I was made to tjlrow up my foot. "
TO-WIIO , TO-MOOT.
Out In the wood a knon IIIK old owl
Sat on the bow of a venerable yow.
With never a smile and inner u scowl.
Contentedly hooting : "To-nho ! " "To-
whoo ! "
Hut a lloston maid , who was passing through
Thi ) wood at twilight , 'mid thenlinnn.
Cried out In despair : "Oh , 1 bee of you ,
Mister Owl don't say 'Towhoosay ! 'To
whom ! ' "
II Kit
(7/mm/ifm" / Journal.
Sim has no da//.tlni ; charms , no classic genre ,
Nothing , you think , to win men's hearts
about , her :
Yet look I m ; at horsweel and gentle face ,
I wonder what our lives would bo without
her !
She has no wish In the great world to shine ;
For work out.sldu a woman's sphere , no
yearnliiK !
Hut on tile altar of homo's sacred shrine
She keeps tlio lire of pure all'ectlon burnlnii. ,
Wo tell our griefs Into her patient ear ;
Hho whlspots"llopu ! " when ways are dark
and dreary :
The little children like to have her near ,
And run Into her open arms when weury
Her steps fall lightly by the sufferer's bed ;
Where poverty and care abound she llnKers ;
And many a wearv heart and aching head
Kind gifts of healing In her tender lingers.
She holds a helping hand to those who fall ,
Which gently guides thorn back to paths of
Her kindly eyes , with kindly looks for all ,
See In nncomollo.st.soulsMimo hidden buauly.
Her charity would every need embrace ;
The shy and timid fear not to address her ;
With lovlni ? tact she rlithtly tills her place ,
While all who know bur pray that heaven
may bless borl
A IllXT WfO.U 1-AlltH.
European KcJIUim .Veui Yorh lleiwld.
SF.IIN A.T TUB COSCOL'llS llllTiqt'E.
The above stylish walking toilet wai
sketched at the horse show. It was worn by
a wall known mondaino , and consisted of a
prune colored cloth skirt , with a white cloth
jacket and prune colored nalin collarotto
edged with a velvet coquille. The lady's
coIITuro was in the "consulat" style.
GO.
Largest. MnnufaotururJ an I
of ClothluK la tliJVurli. .
This blew in.
Did you hear the husky howling of the wind
along ihe street ? Did you see
the prancing people as they
tried to keep their feet ? How
it whistled round the corners !
how it galloped through the
doorsl It climbed into the
attics , and it burrowed 'neath
the floors ; But of all its beastly
antics there was one that beat them all. Twas the
fiendish way it frolicked through that hole that's
in the wall. As a matter of fact did you over see
such weather. In ono respect it's like our suits ;
hard to find their equal. Our own make , guaran
teed. Men's spring suits $8.50 and up. Boys' suits
$2.50 up. Stacks of 'em.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Etoroope ever evonlnjtlll an | g. fl , Cjf , 15th and 0)11 5 J [
