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BUSINESS LETTKlia
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ddremeit to Tlio Iloo iMitilhhlnffPomiKiny.omnhn.
Draftclitehii and noMoffloo onlvrn to tornado
pajrablo to the order of tlm comunuy.
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HTATIMINT OP cinctt.ATioN.
dcorKc II. Tzschiick , secretary of The nco
Publishing company. being duly sworn , says
tlmt th" actual number of full nnil complete
eopleB of Tlio Dully Morning. livening anil
Humlny Hcc printed during the month of
January , 1831 , was as folowai
1 . 22,250 17 . 22.TO
2 . 21.018 18 . 22,76.1
3 . 23,021 19 . 22,031
4 . K.,77I 20
r. . 22,809 21 . 2irao
f . 21,432 22 . 22 , < r
7 . ' 2I.D10 2.1 . 22.807
R . 22,782 21 . 22.C93
9 . 22,8.10 2T , . 2I.8S1
10 . 22,829 27 . 26.1B2
Ifi 22,827
Total for tlir > month 722,329
Less reductions for unsold and re
turned r.oplcH 19,171
Total sold 702.8.V )
Daily average net circulation 22,673
Sunday.
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Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed In
my presence this Gth dny of February , 1891.
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A Now York barber announces that ho will
shave tlio unemployed frco ot charge nt cer
tain hours on specified days. It's the boot
black's turn next.
Mr. Dlantl really gives utterance to some
very sensible views when ho qualifies him
self by Buying that ho Is speaking from the
standpoint of tlio gold monomctalllst.
In these dull , wintry days do not forget
that every dollar you spend for the purchase
of Nebraska-mado goods Is kept within the
state andIs turned over again to men who
are citizens and taxpayers of this common
wealth. Wo must bring all the money to
the state wa can and then sea that It Is
kept hero. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
With a committee on the revision of foot
ball rules hard'at work to abolish the abuses
that liavo sprung up In this game , the out
look for the rapid extinction of the foot ball
fiend Is not very promising. Brutality Is no
necessary adjunct of the game of foot ball.
Under revised rules the sport Is sure to bo
more popular than over.
St. Oaudons , the sculptor , offended the ar
tistic tastes of a few squeamish prudes re
siding In Boston , which takes such prldo In
her reputation for art culturo. This time ,
as In the case ot the Columbian medal , a
nude male figure Is the Immediate occasion
of the storm of Indignant objections. Isn't
It about time for Boston to come Into the
civilized world ?
Hero Is a chance for a now speculative
enterprise. The Chinese on the Pacific
coast are said to bo taking out duplicate
registration certificates by the dozen , which
they hope will acquire an unearned Incre
ment of value as soon as the penalties of
the exclusion act go Into effect. A corner
In Chlnoso registration certificates might
mean a fortune fat Us manipulators.
Congressman Hartor sees nothing wrong In
the delineation of the democratic party as
jackasses In the comic papers , but ho does
most decidedly object to watching his fellow
democrats In congress making practical Jack-
astlcal exhibitions of themselves on the floor
of the house. Mr. Harter ought to bo more
lenient In his strictures. A jackass cannot
help acting llko a jackass.
Wayne McVcagh , the newly appointed
ambassador to Ita'.y , has finally arrived on
the other side ot the Atlantic. Ills friend ,
Mr. Van Alon preceded him by some weeks ,
but has not ventured to Inform the public
ot his whereabouts for some tlma. Mc-
Voagh ought to Imnt Van Alen up and de
liver to him a vole of thanks for his kind
ness In releasing his title to the Italian
ambassadorship.
Secretary Carlisle has deemed It to his ad
vantage to fall In with the democrats who
are demanding the colnago of the silver
seigniorage In the treasury Instead of rely
ing on further bond Issues under the old law
of 1S7B. An empty treasury makes any ex
pedient for securing money exceedingly
tempting to a secretary already at his wit's
end as to which way to turn. It Is money ,
not consistency , that ho Is seeking.
President Cleveland must have a private
dotcctlvo force constantly employed to spy
out mugwumps and converted republicans
upon whom ho may confer the rewords "of
the great democratic victory of 1892. Ho
has succeeded once more In the case of the
newly appointed postmaster at Lincoln.
This cannot but odlfy all the good demo
crats who have staunchly stood by their
party when there wore no loaves for the
fishes. Intending applicants for federal
ofllcos will at once see that their records
show the necessary number of conversions
from ono party to another.
Objections are being raised to an experi
ment now In progress at ono ot the eastern
colleges In which a number of rabbits are
being subjected to an alcoholic treatment In
order to observe the effects which the stim
ulants have upon different animals when
given In different quantities. It Is urged
that this Is an extreme case of cruelty to
animals and ought to bo stopped by tliu au
thorities. The scientific results may bo secured -
cured from the abundant supply of voluntary
subjects to bo found among the human spe
cies. Then , too , Just think of wasting the
liquor on uimppreclatlvu rabbits.
Last year tlioro wore 361 business failures
in Nebraska. Out of this number thirty-
eight failures were duo to the Incompotoncy
of the principals ; twelve were the result ot
Inexperience , and thirteen wera duo to ex
travagance ami neglect. Fraud figured In
twenty-eight of those failures , which moans
that the principals wanted to fall. This
leaves but 270 failures during the past year
attributable to legitimate causes. Those
figures have boon compiled by Mr. Taylor ,
manager ot Uradstreet's , and they comprise
the jlrat analysis ot failures that has ever
boon made covering an entire stato. Tbo
record Is conbUIured a most gratifying one ,
covering as It docs a period of business de
pression that has never boon equalled In the
history ot Nebraska.
THK I'XIVKnSlTl'VF
Thin week will witness the completion of
the twenty-fifth year of the existence of
the State university of Nebraska , The sig
nificant event Is very properly to bo com
memorated 'by appropriate ceremonies on
Thursday and Friday of this Week , nnd Is an
occasion well calculated to call tlm attention
of the people of Nebraska to the work which
this great educational Institution I * perform
ing. It must bo remembered that the uni
versity In part and parcel of the public school
system of the state , supported wholly by
public funds , It might perhaps trace Its or
igin back to the policy enunciated In the
famous ordinance of 1789 , providing for the
encouragement of schools In the northwest
torrltory- policy conslstenly adhered to by
congress , and ono to which must bo ascribed
the grant made In the enabling net ot 1861
of seventy-two sections of land for the UPC
and support of a , ' state university , to bo ap
propriated and applied for that purpose ami
for no other purpose. It was In pursuance ot
this grant that the legislature In 1SC9 passed
an act establishing a state university and
providing for Its maintenance and govern
ment.
From practically nothing this Institution
has grown In the short period of twenty-five
years beyond the moat sanguine expectations
of Its founders , It has attracted students
front all portions of the state as well as
from surrounding states , until at present
Its capacity for accommodating those who
apply for the privilege of the advantages
which It offers Is tested to the utmost. At
Infrequent Intervals reluctantly made ap
propriations have enabled It to add to Its
equipment In buildings and apparatus , but
not fast enough to keep up with the de
mands made upon Its resources. From a
bare handful of instructors the teaching
corps has Increased In correspondence with
the Increase of students until It constitutes
a small regiment In Itself. Ono by ono ad
ditional subjects have been added to Its
curriculum , until It now offers to those
who dcslro n liberal education an oppor
tunity to make a good beginning In any ono
of the great fields of literature , science and
art.
art.It
It Is not fair to compare the State uni
versity with any of the munificently endowed
Institutions of tlio cast , although In such a
comparison It would not fall to hold Its own
taking all circumstances Into consideration.
By the side of the other state universities
that of Nebraska occupies a high place.
Twenty-five years ore but as a day In the
life of these centers of higher education.
The University of Nebraska has only begun
Us career ; It has yet many years to grow
before It will lay claim to having attained
Us majority. The state officials , the legis
lators , the men and women actlvu In educa
tional work , the graduates who have passed
out from Us direct Influence , the present
students absorbing knowledge within Us
walls , the citizens of Nebraska , always In
terested In the welfare and' advancement
of their educational Interests , all who gather
at Lincoln to participate In the coming
celebration , may regard with satisfaction
the progress that twenty-five years has
wrought In the University of Nebraska.
A OK ON Tilt" DKKOll.
Ono of the objections urged against Mr.
Peckham , Nominated for associate Justice
of the supreme court of the United' ' States ,
Isithatiho Is too old , being In his C3d year.
It' Is contended that noi man ought to bo
confirmed 'whol Is" over 60 and It Is said
there was an understanding reached among
senators some time ngo that any candidate
for the supreme bench whoso ago exceeded
CO would not bo confirmed. I
There Is unquestionably some force Sn
this contention nnd It finds -warrant In the
fact that there have been In the cntlro his
tory ofl the court but four appointments
of men' whoso ago when appointed exceeded
60 years. These were William M. Strong
of Pennsylvania , 62 years old when ap
pointed ; Ward Hunt of New York , 61 ; Sam
uel Blatchford of Now York , whoso death
created the present vacancy , 62 , nnd L. Q.
C. Lamar , 62. A majority of the appoint
ments were of men In the GO's , among these
being Roger B. Tanoy , who was 59 when
appointed , and Salmon P. Chase , who was
5G. The men who > acquired the greatest
fame on the supreme bench were still
younger. John Jay , the first chief justice ,
was 44 years old when appointed , the cele
brated John Marshall was 46 , and Joseph
Story , ono of the country's most eminent
jurists , was only 32 when ho became an
associate Justice of the supreme court.
It will thus bo seen that the practice has
been to appoint men under the ago of 60
to the highest judicial tribunal and It Is
a practice founded upon sound reasons. Un
doubtedly a man may bo Intellectually at
his best at the ago of 63 , but the cases are
extremely rare 'of men who long remain
at their best after attaining this ago. It
Is not judicious to put a man on the supreme
bench whoso faculties may bo at the point
of decline by reason of ago and whoso
years of usefulness must In any event bo
few.
VASSISQ 0V TIIK SOCIAL SK-ASON.
The advent of Lent has brought to n close
a social season In Omaha that has been remarkable -
markablo In more than ono respect. It is
distinguishable from other social seasons
first In Its brevity. Commencing late and
ending , early , It has allowed little time for
Intervening breathing spells and has com
pelled Its devotees to crowd Into a few short
weeks the entertainments which they would
willingly have spread more leisurely over a
longer time. But despite Its sudden ter
mination , It would bo difficult to find many
among the so-called swell not who are not
ready to Join In the exclamation , "How glad
I am that It Is all overt"
Another feature of the season just closed
has been Its utter lack of brilliant functions.
Hntortalnlng on a lavish scale has never
lioen very prevalent In Omaha and has been
loss so this year than for several years past.
This Is probably duo In some degree to tlio
depression of hard times , which have made
people , rich as well as poor , moro reluctant
to spend their money on objects that may bo
dispensed with. This may explain the fact
that entertaining has run largely to after
noon receptions , Kensingtons , Informal din
ners , with a theater box party added now
and then , Intended principally for the amuse
ment of the young ladles In society. Ex
cluding the Yale Qleo club subscription ball ,
formal dances have been marked by their ab
sence. Affairs In which the men have been
invited to participate have boon compara
tively few and those for the older set almost
entirely wanting.
The social season ot ISO I has also boon
remarkable for the largo number of Omaha
debutantes launched upon the social world.
They have held their own with any preced-
ng bevy of buds In Intelligence , appearance ,
Iross and general attractiveness. The tow
visitors from out ot town have been unable
o supplant them as the center ot attraction ,
and against their older sisters they have had
everything their own way. They have por-
iaps boon handicapped a trlllo In their
efforts to please by the fact that the society
man has been a species lu the minority ,
but this can only bo regarded nn n nlgn of
cosmopolitanism nnd that Omaha I * rising
to tho'social piano ot tlio larger cities of the
east , In all that betokens unostentatious
pleasure the season Just closed wit bo re
membered by those who took part In Us
gallics as ono of real enjoyment , with tittle ,
It any , moro surface display.
A JUDICIAL SCOLD.
A Judgd Is expected to exercise Ills pre
rogative of Interpreting the law and dealing
out justice , but It Is not the province ot a
judge to constitute himself a public scold upon
every occasion when ho Is to pass upon the
official action of an ofllcer who may bo offen
sive to him personally or politically. There
wa * no UXCUBO whatever for Judge Scott's
abusive tirade against Mayor Bemls when ho
was cited as a witness In a case some
months ago nnd there Is no rational excuse
for Judge Scott's clemmclnd of the mayor In
rendering his decision In the Kaiser license
case.
case.Tho
The licensing board Is vested by law with
discretion to grant or refuse license unless
the applicant has violated the law during
the previous year or failed to comply with
any of the conditions precedent to the Issu
ance of a license. In the exercise of this
discretion the license board has as much
right to Us opinion ns to the merits of the
remonstrance ns the judge has to his
opinion.
The supreme court has a right to overrule
the decision of Judge Scott , but what would
Judge Scott think If the supreme court" , In
passing final judgment , should go out of
Us way to Inject Into Us decision a tirade
against him nnd denounce him for miscon
struing the law. Does not the course ot
Judge Scott In this case Invite reprisals on
the part of the mayor , who might , through
the city attorney In his appeal brief , roast
Judge Scott and denounce him as an arro
gant demagogue or anything else short of a
criminal charge.
To bo sure the line of propriety as to what
a Judge may say concerning co-ordlnato
branches of government has not yet been
legally defined , but the ethics of the pro
fession and the respect which courts of law
seek to' maintain contemplate the repression
on the part of Judges of displays of personal
spleen and Intemperate talk tending to pro
voke tlic contempt of court and public dis
respect for courts nnd law.
STl ( > SHUTTING JIAtnS.
A little moro backbone Is what Is needed
In Iowa Just now , especially at Des Molnes.
It has been agreed that the prohibitory statute -
ute has not been the unqualified success Its
advocates had claimed for It when It was
forced Into law ten years ago. It Is even
admitted by some of the prohibitionists that
the law will never bo enforced In some local ?
Ules In the state. From the people a cry
for relief has gone up. This cry has been
heard and last year the republican party
promised relief. Now what la needed Is
statutory expression of that promise. This
must bo given or the republicans of Iowa
must go back to the voters and admit that
the political green goods game has again
been enacted. It will not do to longer waste
time In hair-splitting over the meaning of
the somewhat ambiguous phraseology of
the now famous "thirteenth plank. " Either
that plank meant something or It meant
nothing. It was explained during the cam
paign to mean that towns and cities where
sentiment was In favor of legal control and
direction of business whoso suppression was
proven Impossible should bo given that
privilege. Now that construction of the
plank Is being burled beneath a heap of
potty quibbles and charges and counter
charges between the two factions of the
party. The weakness of the cause of the
radicals Is admitted In their efforts to force
on the liberals a measure that stands as a
compromise with what the law now makes a
crime. This will never bo endorsed by the
people. Honesty Is just as essential to the
success of a political party as to an Individ
ual. All that remains Is for the honest
republicans In DCS Molnes to como out
square-toed and say where they stand. Bush
whacking nnd skulking behind verbal fogs
raised for the purpose of obscuring the
question at Issue will no longer answer. If
the republicans of Iowa are to bo known as
the sponsors of statutory prohibition lot
them honestly admit the fact ; but If they
Intend to throw off the Incubus and reestablish
lish the party In tlto faith of the people of
the state let them drop the discussion that Is
leading them Into a morass of uncertainty
and plainly discard prohibition by framing
and voting for an honest high license local
TUB XW ARTI-OVT10N HILL.
The bill approved by the agricultural com-
nlttoo of the house of representatives and
reported to that body differs In essential
respects from the measure to suppress Ille
gitimate dealing In options which failed In
the last congress. The now bill Is designed
to bring revenue to the government. Its
author , Mr. Hatch ot Missouri , thinks tlmt
t will command almost universal support ,
reference being had. It Is presumed , to the
agricultural Interest of the country and
.hose who sympathize with the demand of
, hat Interest for legislation ot this kind.
A statement regarding the character of
this measure Bays that It distinctly protects
the legitimate sales while taxing those
establishments In which Illegitimate sales
uro mado. For Instance , If a sale Is made ,
and the article fold Is not delivered within
i certain time , then the tax will bo Im
posed. It Is stated that the treasury of
ficials agree that the proposed bill can bo
readily administered , and It Is also said that
the exchanges ot the country are
low prepared to support the now
ncasiiro and thi\t \ some of them have
gone so far as to suggest that they
are ready to pay a tax of say $10 per head
upon membership. This , It Is argued ,
would bring them Into closer relations with
ho government and tend to the protection
of their rights and privileges. The author
of the measure expresses confidence In Us
jccomlns a law.
Perhaps an accurate description of the bill
would bo that It Is one to tax bucket shops ,
and so regarded It ought to have the sup
port of the reputable commercial exchanges
and boards of trade ot the country. But de
sirable as the suppression of the bucket shops
undoubtedly Is the question suggests itself
whether taxing these establishments out of
existence , If that bo practicable , will cure
the ovll of Illegitimate speculation In grain
and produce of which the producers of the
country complain and which they have ap
pealed to congress to remedy ? It Is well
known that what Is regarded as. Illegitimate
speculation by these who ask for the pro
posed legislation Is not confined to bucket
shops , nor does the worst of It'or that
which Is assumed to do the greatest damage ,
take place In or through these establish
ments. It Is carried on In connection with
tbo leading commercial exchanges , where
men who can command millions combine to
put values up or down. It does not .appear
from the brief statement regarding the
character of the. CAW or revised anti-option
bill that It contemplates any Interference
with the colossal operations of the million *
alro grain and produce gambler * , which are
mainly rcaponMble for the evils of specu
lation , and It Is' hardly necessary to say thai
a law which nhOUJd fall to do thU would fall
far short of wh .tj < ho producers of the coun
try desire. I'rnlly nearly everybody will
agree that the Inlcket shop ounlit to go , but
the wiping out oT these establishments for
the smaller Kaplers In commodities will
go only a short way lownrd curing what a
great many people regard ns n serious niu' '
demoralizing dlmse In our commercial
system. ' " ' '
An null-option 'bill Is also to bo Intro
duced In the senate , the details . ' wl.Kh
linvo not yet been made public , but It I ?
said that It will nvsld SW constitutional
objections made to the moiBuroi Introduced
In the last congress. It Is sufe to say , linn-
over , that no bill tun be framed to whloh
objections on constitutional grounds will not
bo raised. The discussion ot tills subject
In the last congress showed that there are
two sides to It , and the coming discussion
will undoubtedly find the opposition to the
proposed legislation well prnparo.l to rmho
a fight against It.
TIIK AtUlNXtAXti lA'AMKlltCA.
In his annual message to congress Presi
dent Cleveland , referring to the relations of
the United States with the Ottoman Porto ,
said that Turkey complains that her Ar
menian subjects obtain citizenship In this
country , not to Identify themselves In good
faith with our people , but with the Intention
of returning to the land of their birth nnd
there engaging In sedition. The president
declared that "this complaint fs not wholly
without foundation , " and he cited In proof of
this that a Journal published In this country
In the Armenian language "openly counsels
Its readers to arm , organize and participate
In movements for the subversion of Turkish
authority In the Asiatic provinces , " The
president stated further , In regard to the In
tention ot the Ottoman government to expel
from Us dominions Armenians who have ob
tained naturalization In the United States
slnco 1868 , that the right to do this Is nn
attribute of sovereignty and that "our min
ister at Constantinople has been Instructed
that , while- recognizing the right of that
government to enforce Us declared policy
against naturalized Armenians , ho Is ex
pected to protect them from unnecessary
harshness of treatment. " So far as the
requirements ot International relations arc
concerned this position of our government
probably cannot be Impeached , but on ab
stract moral grounds there will bo a wide
spread opinion that a great Christian nation
llko the United States ought to manifest a
livelier" Interest In a people who are among
the most earnest In the world In promoting
the cause of Christianity nnd a higher civil
ization In the land of the Turk.
A number of 'Armenians residing In this
country have Issuetl nn address to the pres
ident and people of the United States , In
which they set forth the oppression and the
wrongs to which the people of Armenia are
subjected by the furklsh authorities. It Is
a recital which .Is well calculated to evoke
universal sympathy for these unfortunate
people peculiarly unfortunate In having to
submit to the desp'ptlc rule of the Ottoman
government. The sjlory told by these Arme
nians In America , the truthfulness of which
Is not to bo doubted , shows n state of affairs
that ought to call'out the earnest protest of
the Christian world and , unjto It In a de
termined effort to relieve the Armenians
from the cruel and barbarous persecutions
to which they arc subjected. Ono cannot
read of the brutalities practiced upon the
Armenians by the Turks without experienc
ing a profound feeling ot Indignation. The
manifest purpose of the Ottoman govern
ment Is to extirpate the Armenian race , and
It appears to bo making good progress
toward the attainment of this result , for
that people has dwindled from 35,000,000 to
barely 5,000,000 , nnd every year the number
decreases.
It Is not apparent that the government of
the United States can do anything to remove
the ovlls trom which the Armenians suffer.
It must keep within the limits of Interna
tional rights and obligations. But the Amer
ican people may do something by appealing
to the civilized worlfl to unite In a protest
against the oppressive and barbarous treat
ment to which the Armenlans are subjected
and demanding la the name ot humanity that
the abuses and cruelties and persecutions to
which they are subjected shall cease. There
can bo llttlo doubt that an earnest and well
directed movem'ent with this end In view
would have a beneficial effect , and the duty
that rests upon Christian nations to Insti
tute such a movement Is obvious and un
questionable.
General George B. Dandy , chief quarter
master of the Department of the Platte ,
closes his active career as an officer of the
United States army on this his 64th birth
day. Few army officers who have served
In this department have rendered moro dis
tinguished services to their country and
made for themselves h more enviable repu
tation or can point to a record of moro
than forty years continuous army life. Serv
ing In the ranks as a volunteer In the war
with Mexico when scarcely moro than a
boy , General Dandy afterward entered West
Point , from which ho graduated Into the
regular army In 1857. Although ot southern
birth , ho flrmly and loyally upheld the cause
of the union when compelled to choose be
tween his native state and the nation. Ho
was In the field during the whole of the war
of the rebellion , receiving repeated promo
tions for gallant , anil meritorious services ,
and at the close hold the rank of brigadier
general. After tlio'Minbandlng of the great
volunteer armies general Dandy was re
stored to the regyl/ir / army and assigned to
quartermaster's department , In which ho has
served for more tjfan n quarter of a cen
tury , for the most part as chief quarter
master In ono of tpo divisions or depart
ments of the nrnjyi General Dandy secures
a well deserved place on the army retired
list , and carries jth him the conuratula-
ttons of his follow officers , whoso esteem ho
has won , and the jjejjt wishes of the civilians
with whom ho has como In contact , particu
larly among the citrons of Omaha , who are
'
proud that ho hus'ii'n a measure Identified
himself with thelr"jly. } |
The lapse of the telephone receiver patent
will not disturb the present telephone ex
change monopoly , but It will bo followed by
thousands upon thousands of Interior and pri
vate lines between residences and business
offices or between suburban places and the
city. Take , for Instance , East OmahaDundeo
place or Benson. Residents there can con
nect all their homos by private lines and
then pool on the expense of a line to the
city The expense of maintenance would
bo a mere trifle compared with the rental
charge of the same number of Boll tele
phones Manufacturers of the most effective
house and office system are said to bo In
undated with orders , while the demand Is
continually Increasing. The logical out
come ot this uow condition Is that 'ho old
telephone company must eventually Buffer
the loss of n portion ot Us buslnbzi. while
the City wilt have to pass ordinances that
will nbsolutoly prohibit the stringing ol
wires on our principal streets , either by
private parties or by corporations. This ,
of course , will force nil wires under ground
and when the demand for private lines becomes -
comes great the people will Insist upon bclnR
permitted to use the conduits. On outlying
streets , however , private lined will bo run
upon poles , and wo predict that a great
many such lines will bo put In operation
during the next twelve months.
The Commercial club has scored another
big victory for Omaha , Commissioner Utt
has succeeded In bringing about the aboli
tion of discriminating live stock rates as
between Omaha and Kansas City whereby
nil shipments from southwest Iowa nnd
northern Missouri can bo made to the
Omaha market at n profit. The embargo
tlmt has heretofore existed on this business
has been raised , the bridge toll having been
absorbed In the through rate. This signal
victory will be ot Inestimable value to
Omaha. It seems strange , however , that
In all these matters of railroad rates Omaha
must fight for fair play. The whole trafllc
scheme of railroads In this territory Is ap
parently laid out as against the commercial
Interests of this city , making It necessary
for our people to sue for equal rights , which
can bo secured only nt the end of n bitter
contest. Omaha ought to bo strong enough
to compel railroad rate makers to tnko her
Interests Into consideration when schedules
are In preparation. It Is becoming ex
ceedingly wearisome to find that this city
Is Invariably shut out of business naturally
tributary to It. It Is high time the tables
were turned nnd that the railroad shall render
*
der unto Caesar that which Is Caesar's.- ?
Judge Ambrose has thrown out of court
the case ot a fireman who sued a hotel pro
prietor to recover damages for personal In
juries sustained at a fire on the defendant's
premises. The judge holds that when a
man ontcrs the public service In the capac
ity of a fire fighter ho must necessarily
assume the risks Incident to the service.
Ho puts the fireman on the plane of the
soldier who enlists for civil war. This
proposition in the abstract seems to have
boon disposed of 'by the Judge on sound
principles. Just what the evidence would
linvo disclosed Is another matter. If the
injury sustained was duo to defective build
ing or to an oversight upon the part of the
owner ot the premises , there might bo
good grounds for n reversal of the court's
Judgment. If , however , the owner of a
burnt building shall bo held responsible In
such cases wo cannot sec how the city can
escape a share of responsibility for the In
jury ot Its paid agents In the public
service. The principle of law which enables
the employe of a private corporation to
recover damages for personal Injuries would
certainly argno that the municipal corpora
tion cannot evade such claims. Wo are
Inclined to the belief that Judge Ambrose's
decision will bo alarmed.
Columbia college has Just called Prof.
Franklin II. Glddlngs to a newly created
chair In sociology , the first we believe that
has been established In any American uni
versity , and one of the two or three that
exist anywhere In the world. The study
of sociology by means of scientific methods
Is something that was absolutely unknown
a few decades ago. It has been * treated
both ns a separate science , a part of the
larger study of social relations , and also as
the collective social sciences regarded as a
harmonious body ot thought. At the same
time there have been vigorous onslaughts
upon the claim of sociology to the status of
a science at all. The trend of the most
modern opinion seems to bo In favor of
marking off a field to sociology and of giv
ing It the name of a science , and to this re
sult no ono In this country has contributed
so much as Prof. Glddlngs. A few moro
years and the other universities will have
to follow Columbia In establishing chairs of
sociology , and a now science will have ac
quired a fixed place In the curriculum of all
our higher educational Institutions.
Omaha continues to reap a certain amount
ot free advertising every time a people's
party convention endorses the Omaha plat
form. ,
\Vnlt for the Semite.
Cincinnati Knqutier.
The action of the house on the Hawaiian
question IK not likely , from present appear
ances , to be Insignificant , It la to the sen
ate committee , which has been Investlgut-
ng the subject , that the country must look
for "words that burn , "
Two I'olntM of View.
T.oittnttlllc Fourier-Journal.
ComlnR out of Music hall after General
Gordon's lecture last night , the wife of nn
estimable gentleman , nn ex-confoderate
colonel , In talking to her husband of the
ecture , said :
"It WUH a Hplendld lecture , but I think It
a little too much 'reconstructed. ' "
"Yes , madam , " was the ex-colonel's re
sponse ; "but you weren't whipped , and I
vas. " _
the Inuvltiiblo.
C/ilciuo / Tribune.
The duke of Devonshire has appealed to
he tory peers not to force a conlllet with
he people over the parlth councils bill , liut
ho tory peers do not care much about the
ippcals of the sleepy duke. The occasion
of the appeal , by the way , was the proposal
of a tory amendment by Lord Salisbury ,
and the amendment was adopted. The par-
sh councils bill Is now so heavily loaded
lown with tory amendments Unit Its rejec
tion by the liberals Is Inevitable.
9
TulVhnui It A'jiy Concern.
//ifJmldp/ila t.cit'jer.
The country could put a very blR nrmy In
thu Held In the event of war requiring not
only volunteers , but drafted men. Accord-
ng to Secretary Lament there are moie
ban S.000,000 men available for military
luty In the United States , ami at least a
fourth of thest could be relied upon to vol
unteer their services for any war which
should arouse the patriotism of the coun
try. Happily there Is no daiiKer that they
will bo culled upon. The Huntiment of the
country Ix against wars for conquest , and
wo uro too stroiiR to be subjects of an at
tack by foreign powora.
lieiilmm Ulght orVriiilR ,
Senator Hawley of Connecticut was met
n the Henatu lobby by a newspaper man on
ho day the ncwH came of Admiral Ilen-
lam'H tiring on the. linr/.lllnn rebel Hhlp.
le hadn't heard the news. lut when bo
vas usked what ho thought of the Amcr-
can naval otllccr's action , ho promptly re-
illed :
"He did just Hunt. "
"But , " Hnld the correspondent , "you don't
enow what liu did , senator. "
"I don't care a - what ho did , "the scn-
itor replied. "Ho Is nn American In cam-
naml of our squadron. And whatever ho
did was right. "
An Important Court Ittillng.
The xettlng aside of a verdict.In n Chicago
cage court by Judge Clary on the ground
that the plaintiff's lawyer had abused wit
nesses must bo u novel proceeding , but It
Is one which will commend itself to many
people who have becbmo accustomed to sou
or hear of witnesses being Insulted by law
yers In croMs-exumlnaUon , Judge Gary
made this ruling because the judges have BO
llttlu control of the proceedings before them
that there Is no other method to enforce
decorum toward witnesses and In the nd-
dresses to jurors. If this la the case a re
form In judicial proceedings IH needed. It
should bo within the power of a judge to
[ irotcct a witness and to prevent an attor
ney from going outside the testimony to
: nake appeals to the jury , as wan the cose
.n this state recently , when Grand Army
nen were appealed to on thu ground that
bo accused , who wa guilty of manslaut'li-
or , was the sou of it comrade.
llflllli , I.YT1IRIIR. .
Bluffs don't work with the elevator boy ,
Ho Is always ready to take you up.
A grandson ot General Hancock has been
appointed cadetntlargo at Wast Point.
James Wliltcoiiib Klley , the Hoosler poet ,
gathers In $30,000 a year. Naughty , but
nice.
nice.Unless
Unless the populists In congrex * spike the
Omaha platform , Senator Qunylll run nway
with the planks.
Tlie Diamond Match company cleared 43
per cent on Its capital lust year. Thn stock
holders made light of It.
A millionaire policeman serves without pay
at Qulncy , Mass. Ilcflcctlons on capitalistic
cormorants lire rarely perpetrated On his
beat.
beat.A
A Philadelphia paper bravely attempts to
explain "What Is Democracy. " It Is a com
panion piece- for the mystery of Charley
Hoss.
Slnco Congressman Simpson acquired the
broad Murray Hill style of enunciation his
addresses are quite dlalectabln to his constit
uents.
Heiresses with aspirations for titles of Eu
ropean nobility should read the reports of
Princess Colomm's efforts to get rid of her
great "catch. "
The assertions of the envious Hint Boston's
glory ns a literary and art center Is un the
wane are clearly unfounded. Artist Corbett
took In $19.000 there last week.
The problem Is now beliiR seriously dis
cussed whether a supporter of Cleveland h
really n democrat. The solution cannot bo
had while tlm pie counter Is loaded.
Admiral Bonham Is a .ion of Commodore
Ilcnham , who had a family mansion on
Statcn Island , the admiral's birthplace. His
con Harry Is n lieutenant In the navy.
Ono Montreal man sued another for dam
ages for kissing his wife , but the judge dis
missed the case on the ground that the basis
of the action was not sulllclently serious.
George W. Clilhts neither drank , smoked
or swore , but there must have been occa
sions when nn cbulltlon of sulphuric temper
by the religious editor struck a responsive
chord In secret.
Another Ohio nrmy of 100,000 threatens to
Invade Washington to demand good roadn.
If the nrmy was provided with a good road
the high privates and commanders Would
next demand tandem coaches with govern
ment equerries. .
Mrs. Mary Huffman of Sablna , 0. , pre
dicted last Friday that within three days slio
would bo dead and began making energetic
preparations for the funeral. She was found
dead In bed last Sunday morning.
A marked Improvement Is fairly visible In
municipal finances In Chicago. A number of
pertinent objections to the passage of a gas
ordinance were successfully overcome by the
application of a poultice of $12,500. The ef
fect on the fifty city dads was magical , Fili
bustering censed and the ordinance wont
through with the rapidity of greased llght-
nlg. As a specific for municipal friction the
coin of the realm rarely falls.
O1H > JUTS OF Lfl-'U.
Denmark's Old Afald Insurance company
pensions Its members nt 40 years of ngo.
The name of the man who lights the statue
of liberty In Washington nightly Is Mr.
America.
A rattlesnake killed by James Graham of
Columbus , Ind. , measured nine feet In length
and had thirty-nine rattles.
In South America they boast of a beetle
that averages a foot In length and
butterflies fourteen Inches from "tip to
tip. "
A powder made from a fossil shell known
as "the devil's thumb" Is regarded both
as a cure and a preventive of whooping
cough In many parts of England and Ire
land.
land.By
By a remarkable pleco of engineering
nearly 1,500 acres of salt meadows nt
Bridgeport , Conn. , have been ditched , diked
against the tide , nnd are rapidly being got
Into upland grass.
It would bo difficult , says the St. Louis
Republic , to convince the average man
that fir Is a stronger wood than oak , but
such has been proven by actual tests that
wore made by a fair and Impartial commit
tee appointed for that purpose. The tim
bers used wore each 2x1 Inches and four
feet long , both ends solidly braced , and the
weight applied In the middle of the span.
Yellow fir stood a strain of 3,062 pounds ,
common Oregon oak 2,922 pounds. Flno
grained yellow flr from near the butt stood
a strain of 3)35 ( ) pounds and best Michigan
oak snapped with a strain of only 2,428
pounds. The tests were made , by the
Northern Pacific Railway company at Ta-
coma. Wash.
o
JIK.ISTS F11O311LUI'S IIOHX.
Folks who hope are generally folks who
help.
help.Thero
There can bo no true politeness without
the practice of self-denial.
Many a prayer for a revival has been de
feated by a church entertainment.
Some people never pray for a revival to
come at n tlmo when It will Interfere with
their work.
Daniel had tlmo to pray three times a
day , but some church members think they
are doing well If they pray once a week.
Everybody knows that the sun has spots
on It , and yet some people always expect
a 10-year-old boy to bo about perfect.
Adam was put out of Eden for commit
ting ono sin , and yet there are liars and
thieves who expect to bo made welcome In
heaven because their wives belong to the
church.
.1/77 ISl'HK t'Oll MN.ISIWK.
Tlmt Mm llenl In Ahntyx tlio Clienpenl U
1'roten liy I'lgnrr * .
Tlio Heo lias ni.nlo n compilation of the re
sult of the dolly i-ornpnrlson.1 published tlur-
ln the past wrelc Hhowlrtg tlio ninount of
matter printed by the thrco loading pipon
ot Nebraska The Hoe , the World-Herald
nnd the Lincoln Journal exclusive of com
mercial now and advertisement * . Hvcn
were the columns of these papers of the
same width nnil length , ami were the mat
ter printed In the snmo typo the patrons o !
The nco would have a great advantage.
In the tivblo below Is given the actual
measurement of the matter In the thrco
papers uy columns , nnd In the last line is
presented n statement of hoiv the papers
compared when measured by the stnmlsml
columns of The Dec. It li ousy to see that *
the best Is the cheapest. The llgurcs are as
follows :
A / : < , ' ( / / . . ! .S//O7VS .IT TIIH WI.l'lT.
Kliiilrn Garotte : From the way some men
offer prayers it is tllllleiilt to tell whether
they nro ministers or auctioneers.
Chicago TribuneIn the suit of the Sal
vation Army vs. The Devil there st-oms to
bo nn understanding that Colonel Bob In-
gcrsoll stands In the relation of Richard
Roe. _
Now York Sun : Our esteemed contempo
rary , the London .Standard , says that Dr.
Talmage Is "without a serious rival in his
line of oratory. " Evidently the London
Standard Is not familiar with the steam cal
liope.
St. Paul Glebe A Christian federation
church has been organized In Chicago. Pro
hibition Is the curner-stono of the society ,
but as prohibition Is also Inculcated by most
of already established churches , the need of
the new one Is not very manifest ,
Kansas City Star : Dr. Briggs says that
the "denamltintlonallsm" existing In this .
country Is terrible. Meanwhile the history
ot the "Congress ot Religions" Is Helling
rapidly , the great body of ministers declare
that the barriers existing between the dif
ferent churches are breaking down , and Mr.
Barcham Harding , who Is declared the most
learned exponent of theosophy , nnd Colonel
Mohammed Webb have both recently spoken
from Christian pulpits. The world moves.
Indianapolis Journal : President Harper
of the Baptist college In Chicago , founded
by Mr. Rockefeller , has publicly disavowed
his belief In portions of the old testament
narrative , and , consequently , some of the
brethren who regard themselves ns watch
men set upon the walls to defend the faith
have assailed him. Fortunately for Dr.
Hnrper the year Is IS1. ) I Instead of 1814 ,
Fifty , or even twenty-live years ago , the
head of n presumably Baptist , Presbyterian
or other denominational college who should
have been so rash ns to make such an
avowal would have been cast out with the
utmost dispatch. Now , comparatively few
oven openly criticise. And yet there
are more evidences of Christianity In the
land this season than were over witnessed
before.
AXD
Inter-Ocean : "Think of It , Joslab. Thcra
are people heartless enough to Hell their
own flesh and blood. " "How do you know ,
Mandy ? " "Hlgbt here In this paper I BOO
an otter : 'Heavenly Twins' for 50 cents. "
Blnghamton Republican : Tramps ( at
kitchen door ) Slum , we're the last party
what'B comln * before Lent , ami wo'ro
lookln' for a gorso-us menu.
Dntrolt Free Press : "How do you knoxv
that Do Verc Is not In love with Mabel
Svveetbrlar ? "
"Because I heard him tell her the other
evening , when they came from church , that
lie knew of a short cut home. "
Dallas Nowa : The rea onn ot the talk
ative mortal are mostly sound.
Albany Press : It takes the moon two
weeks to net full and two weeks to got
over It. Where's the fun In that ?
Milwaukee Journal : In many Instances
the man who spends Ills life waiting' for his
ship to come In wastes his time , because
he originally omitted to send any ship out.
Chicago Tribune : "Then wo may count
upon your bcKlnnliifr a series ) of nicotines
In our town two weeks from next Satur
day ? " said the leading member of the com
mittee.
"I shall be on hand , " replied the distin
guished revivalist. "But , brethren , you
must start your ah promoters at worlf
right away. "
THAT'S TIIK WAY *
Atlanta Cnmlltiitlm.
Some of these days ,
Whiin the country pulls through ,
There will lie honey
And money for you ;
But the best way to work ,
And the best way to do , r
la : Roll up your wristbands
And pull her right through !
" " & ca
The largest mnVoru anil Holloraof
llnu clothuH on earth ,
Your monoy'a worth or your money hue If.
It's so easy
Like everything * else it
took us some time to
learn it , but wo know
now that if you want to
do business it must bo
done with goods" that are
in style ; that's the rea
son why when the sea
son's well ever we cut
the life out of prices and
lot $20 suits g-o at $ lb.50
and $12 suits at $8.50
and so on. Wo don't
carry over a thing1 , but
lot them out at any
prioo to have always a
new this year's stock.
Try it and see ,
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
1 S. W. Cor.l5th and Douglas Sts ,