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The first year In the second reign of Grover -
ver the Only closes today and Lord Morton
Bllll In Iho cabinet.
It la not quite safe to count on the final
disappearance of winter to have taken place.
It takes more than ono swallow to make a
summer. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tlio latest effort to lielp the poor Is to fur
nish a funeral to deserving applicants at cost
price. Thu deserving applicants In this case
nro the survivors , not the corpse.
Governor Walto of Colorado la to be dis
appointed In the banquet which the populist
members of the legislature promised him and
which has been postponed Indefinitely.
Ex-Speaker Grow was admitted as a mem
ber of congress without waiting for the ar
rival of his credentials. A majority of nearly
190,000 Is credentials enough for the most
exacting congress.
Mr. Gladstone refuses to accept an offer of
elevation to the peerage. The "grand old
man" Is all the title that ho covets , and it Is
ono that confers moro lustro on his name
than any peerage within the gift of the Drlt-
ish sovereign.
The last explosion of Judge Scott has af
forded another opportunity for eastern papers
to glvo Omaha a black eye. The Phila
delphia Ledger quotes Judge Scott's last
liaranguo from the bench and moralizes over
Omaha's depravity.
° What an opportunity the present cabinet
changes In England glvo to Labby to screa.ni !
If a now premier Is selected from among the
peers Itvou.L _ bo his fault that ho is not duly
warned of the prospective danger that awaits
him when ho shall have assumed office.
The Now York Herald is still crying for
the proposed popular loan by which the gov
ernment of the United States may bo made
the custodian of the savings of the people'
Wo may expect to .hear the Herald calling
for the popular loan when Gabriel blows his
liorn "In the morning. "
The exorbitant prices which the city has
boon paying for electric lighting cannot bo
exacted much longer. The city engineer's
report shows that Omaha is as .well located
for the economical generation of steam
power as almost uny other city In the coun
try. Omaha should have Its lights at as rea
sonable rates as other places.
If Omaha can't have the main Indian sup
ply depot she will have to bo satisfied with a
branch of the Chicago station. Let us got
the branch station now , and before long the
branch will have outgrown the trco , so that
the whole work of distributing Indian sup
plies will bo centered hero. A branch
depot will bo far hotter than no depot at all.
Do wo have to have a. woman's congress
for Improved dress ? Is the only purpose of
a woman In cladding herself In outlandish at-
tlro to attract the attention nnd comment of
her sisters ? If any woman wants to Im
prove her dross let her set about at once
to do BO. She ought to bo able to accom
plish her object without the assistance of a
whole congress.
By engaging ox-I'resldent Harrison to de
liver u course of lectures before Its students
upon the subject of International law , the
management of the Lcland Stanford , jr. , uni
versity certainly drove a shrewd bargain ,
oven If they had nothing but the expected ad
vertising to bo gained In view. As on adver
tisement the now "school teacher" Is pre
eminently n success.
Every ono Is glad to hear of the convales
cence of Chairman Wilson. The country
would rogtet having any ono work himself
to doa h In Us behalf , oven though laboring
under the mistaken Idea that the Wilson
tariff bill Is necessary to Its prosperity.
The assured recovery of Mr. Wilson restores
hope that ho may yet bo won over to amore
moro popular financial policy than his own.
The fret * , silver moir In congress assort
that they nro not surprised at the olllclal an
nouncement that England Is not In favor of
the reassembling of the International mone
tary conference. There Is no particular rea
son why they should bo surprised. They
doubtless feel gratified at the result because
an International agreement would hardly
servo their purpose for the coming campaign.
The death of William R Poole , librarian of
the Nowborry library at Chle-.igo , removes a
man who has been Identified In a great do-
ereo with the great strides that have been
made In the management of public libraries
In the United States. Mr. Poolo'a name U
most Intimately associated by library pat
rons with an Index to periodical literature
which hua saved them many a weary hour
of laborious research by helping thorn to find
exactly what they wuro seeking , Mr. Poolo's
work , of course , redounded chlutly to the
benefit of Chicago , but the \vholo country
Will feel his loan.
Tin : IIKT.T , ivr IWW/MH
Mr. Edward Ucllamy , who tins written ft
book that lias hnd a very extensive sale
nccniiKi' It had struck the popular fancy , lias
undertaken to enlighten thn world through
th < < I'onim for March ns to ths program of
the nationalist * . Mr. Tlcllnmy'a conceit , like
Ihnt of ninny political romnnclsts , Is that ho
IK not only the originator of new Ideas , but
thu founder of a now party which Is destined
era long to revolutionize our government.
The Met that In the presidential election of
1S92 more than 1.000,000 voted wore cast for
the people's party , the platform of which
embodied the most Important features of
nationalism , Is pointed out as conclusive
proof by Mr. Hcllamy of the marvelous
growth of his peculiar doctrines. This
teinlmls us very much of the lly on the
great wheel that Imagined It was revolving
the wheel. The aggregate vote polled In
IS92 exceeds 12,000,000 , of which the populist
candidate re clcd lens than ! ) per cent. Now
how many of the 1,012,631 , votes rast for
General Weaver can truthfully bo classed as
Ucllamyltca ? There were in this conglomer
ation the remnants of Hit ) old greenback
party , the free sllverltes from the sliver
producing stntes , the democratic fuslonlsts of
Kansas. Nebraska and Dakota , who allowed
themselves to bo counted with the populists
In order to help elect Cleveland. There were
the disgruntled southern democratic kickers
against the rule of the plantation lords and
the discontented working people , who wanted
to resent the Homestead Plnkerton butchery.
Of the slmon-puro nationalists or Ilellamy-
Itcs there were probably not nioro than G per
cent of the total vote of Weaver. In other
words , out of over 12,000,000 votes cast about
no.OOO , n fraction ever ono-thlrd of 1 per cent
of the total vote , may bo counted as con
verts to the doctrlnei of nationalism as pro
pounded by Mr. Uellamy. Many of the re
forms advocated by Mr. Bellamy were ad-
vacated by prominent mon of all parties
years before Mr. Bellamy had ever thought
of "Looking Backward1. "
According to Mr. Bellamy nationalism proposes -
poses to deliver society from the rule of the
rich and to estnblKih economic equality by
the application of the democratic formula to
the production and distribution of wealth.
To bring this doctrine Into practical effect
Mr. Bellamy declares that the nationalists
deslro to see organized as public business all
the Industrial and commercial affairs of the
people BO that they may be carried on hence
forth by responsible public agents for the es
pecial benefit of the citizens. In advancing
this theory Mr. Belamy only reiterates the
doctrines advocated by eminent socialists the
world over for the last fifty years.
The essence of this doctrine Is that all pro
duction shall be for use nnd ilot for profit.
But how is this to bo brought about In a
free country ? Mr. Bellamy not only Insists
that the government shall carry on all life
nnd flro Insurance , own nnd operate all the
'railroads , telegraphs , mines , steel rail mills ,
and lumber mills , but also manufacture all
clothing , liquor and In fact all commodities
In general use. That means , virtually , putting - "
ting all the ab'e-bcdlcd workers In the country
on the federal pay roll. When that comes to
pass there will bo no Incentive for Individual
ambition or enterprise and no cxpanslonfox-
coptlng as the government would Improvise
government works. There might bo great
population centers like Pekln and Yeddo ,
but there would bo no great world cities like
London , Paris , Berlin , New York , Phila
delphia and Chicago. With all the commerce
carried on from mammoth public buildings ,
there would bo no use for stores , warehouses
or other business blocks. A Bellamylto city
would consist of a central railway depot , n
grand postal and telegraph building , half a
dozen mammoth store and warehouses , half
a dozen market buildings , a dozen liquor
dispensaries , twenty or thirty great working-
man's nnd working woman's dormitories nnd
restaurants , thirty or forty school houses
and a few thousand dwellings , built for use
and not for ornament. Possibly there would
also bo public baths , theaters and
resorts for athletic exercise. When
all these were once erected the
city could bo fenced In. Thera would bo
no material growth beyond the natural In
crease and Incidental immigration. There
would be nothing for the building trades
and precious little for artists nnd profes
sional men outside of the schools and
academies. This would bo an Ideal state ,
but not n state In which the masses would
remain contented.
From a political standpoint nationalism
would mean perpetual agitation and revolu
tion. With hundreds of thousands of lu
crative positions within Its gift , there would
bo n fierce perpetual scramble by ambitious
politicians to get Into power. This greed
for ofllco nnd power might bo curbed by Hfo
tenure , but It could not bo kept down , be.
cause promotion to Important public places
would bo the only avenue for gratifying
ambition.
Another difficulty to bo encountered at
the outset would bo In dispossessing the
land owners nnd redistribution of their hold
ings to tho' landless , The men who own
the soil will never yield possession without
a bloody fight all along the lino. Unless
these obstacles can bo overcome Mr. Bel
lamy's Ideal republic will novcr materialize
and nationalism , like all other Isms , will
find only a small number of adherents.
That does not mcair that no part of Mr.
Bellamy's program will over bo adopted In
this country. Some of his Ideas have al
ready been accepted as sound nnd othora
will , If they nro practical , bo given fair
trial. Municipal ownership of water works ,
gas works , electric lighting plants , etc. , Is
In vogue In many American cities ns well as
abroad. The postal telegraph , telephone nnd
postal savings banks exist Injnany foreign
countries nnd will eventually ho established
In this country. The state dram shops have
been tried In South Carolina and proved a
failure , as any rational man might have
known they would , .Kurnlshlnc liquor at
cost to consumers Is not likely to break up
the liquor traflic or diminish the use ot
liquor. On the contrary , the cheapening oi
liquor makes moro drunkards. It will bo
many years , however , before the government
will monopolize the lumber trufllc , the Iron
Industries and the mills , factories nnd bust ,
ness enterprises which constitute the arter
ial Hfo blood of our national commerce.
WS Ot1 OLD AGK.
David Dudley Field , who has Just entered
halo and hearty upon the ninetieth year of
n long nnd eventful career , when naked not
eng ago to what ho ascribed the preserva
tion ot his health and the attainment of so
tdvanced an ago , replied that ho laid It to
: hroe things , First , a good constitution.
Second , hard work. Third , regular dally ox.
orclsu. It wo can take the experience of
this sturdy lawyer as our guldo those-nro
the conditions of old ago , nnd while there
may bo exceptions to the general rule , they
will hold good In the great majority of ludl.
vldual Instances ,
The first condition of old ago , or a good
constitution , will bo accepted nu a matter ot
course. It Is upon this that life Insurance
companies calculate tholr gains. They In
sist ' upon luJtlng rlsUs upou the lives ot
tk'W MJIIvho can pass a prrsi rlbcd p ysl
cil .miiiutinn at the lime of taking1 out n
policy , and thus tal ; . > chances only upon
fulurr imonds upon the health of the In
sured.V often hear of men with weakly
( ttnfttltuUoni living to advanced years , but
the fates are all against them. The super
structure should be built upon a firm founda
tion. To this extent old age U an Inherit
able attribute. '
There will he inoro Inclination to dlsputo
Mr. Field's second condition. People nro apt
to regard work us exhausting and excessive
work as the pace that kills. "Hard work ,
my young friend , " says Mr. Field , "never
killed any one. Idleness has slain Us
thousands. " Stated In this bold form , the
rule Is no doubt too rigid. The real sub
stance which It contains Is this , that some
Btcndy work Is necessary to keep men from
destroying themselves by enervating diver
sions. The brain becomes active from use
and the muscles grow stronger with , temper ,
ate exertion. The fear of overwork Is merely
an Illusion , The danger from Idleness and
the train of followers which It leads Is much
the greater of the two and Is ono of the
chief dangers that threaten the attainment
of old ago.
Mr. Field Insists that exercise has helped
hlnr'womlorfully. Ho has never allowed a
day of his life to pasc hot , cold , wet , dry-
without walking several miles In the open
air. Cabs and street cars ho cannot nbldc.
As for eating nnQ drinking , ho says ho has
no especial rulo. Ho takes what ho likes
and lets the rest alone and has found that
policy to have agreed with him. The need
of regular exercise follows from what has
been said concerning iho necessity of a good
constitution. A constitution Is kept in good
condition by means of exercise ; 11 rapidly
deteriorates when left uncared for. Where
the line should be drawn Is a matter which
each person usually decides for. hlmsolf ,
ninny maintaining that It Is the regularity
rather than the amount of exercise which Is
helpful. Whether that regularity should be
extended Into a diet Is a question upon
which there Is considerable disagreement
with Mr. Field. Gladstone Is said to regu
late his meals and food with mathematical
precision , while other noted men have
carried the matter of diet almost to a mania.
Even Mr. Field would acknowledge that
there arc things which it Is best to avoid and a
llttjlo experimenting will soon show tha am-
.bilious what they are In his case. There Is
no royal road to healthy old ago any more
than there Is to wealth. Yet the conditions
emphasized by Mr. Field afford some valu
able hints to be utilized on the way.
AMKX.ICV T. ) JUDICI
Not content with control of the two houses
of congress and the executive department
of the federal government , the southern
democracy now turns Its attention to the
federal Judiciary , against whoso Independ
ence It has undertaken to lead an attack.
.In no other light can the report bo con
strued which Mr. Dates of Alabama has
made from the Judiciary committee of the
house recommending for submission to the
legislatures of the several , states an amend
ment to the constitution fixing the tenure
of our judges at ten years Instead of for
Hfo during good behavior , as Is now pre
scribed. The reasons advanced for the pro
posed change Illy conceal the purpose of
the amendment , which Is to remove the
bulwark that has stood up before the en
croachments of the state's rights propa
ganda.
In behalf of a ten years term for federal
judges It Is urged that Hfo tenure has not
secured that Independence and Impartiality
with which the framers of the constitution
Eouclit to endow the Judiciary. Further
more , that some of the judges have partici
pated In politics and have seemed to bo
biased In their judgments ; that they arose
so far removed from responsibility to anyone
ono that they do things from which they
would abstain were they held responsible for
their acts ; that Inefficient Judges must bo
endured until they reach the ago of retire
ment , and above all that the federal Judi
ciary has proved to bo "a corps of sappers and
miners to undermine , distort nnd practically
destroy all the checks and balances of the
constitution nnd to convert our government
Into a centralism. " Why the amendment
should stop short with a term of ten years ,
ratHer than five years or three years or ono
year , its advocates have not taken the
trouble to explain. Neither has It been made
clear why. If responsibility Is the thing de
sired , that responsibility Is not made direct
to the pcoplo by popular election rather than
through the circuitous route of presidential
appointment. Nor why , If independence Is
no longer required , independence of salary
Is still to bo maintained. The framers of the
constitution esteemed the independence of
the courts so highly that they provided for
It not one safeguard but many the llfo
tenure , the presidential appointment , the Im
munity from a possible diminution of salary
all of which contribute to the same end.
To say that the constitution has failed of Its
purpose In this respect Is to Ignore the pal
pable teachings of experience.
Ask any lawyer which state courts are
most respected for their Independence and
whoso decisions are most often cited as
authorities and ho will name tha states
In which the judicial tenure approaches most
nearly to that of the federal judiciary.
Massachusetts , New Jersey , Delaware and
Rhode Island have judges who hold tholr
ofilccs for llfo. The term In Pennsylvania
Is twenty-one years , In New York fourteen
years , In Maryland fifteen years. Recent
changes Indifferent / states have almost
without exception been In the direction of
longer terms. The decisions of federal
judges are looked up to not solely on ac
count of the higher authority of the federal
government ns compared with the state
governments , but also because federal judges
nro regarded as less liable to bo Influenced
by considerations other than the demands
of true justice ,
It It Is objected that llfo tenures
have not completely abolished the political
ambitions of a few judges , how will a fixed
term remedy the evil ? Look once moro to
the state courts and scq If tholr judges
offend less against the rule. The very fact
that a Judge Is to lese his position after a
short period on thn bench requires him to
continueIn politics It he would seek a r < 3-
nppotntmont or a re-election , It requires
him to bo subservient to the powers whose
favor ho must cultivate. It exerts a power
ful Influence upon him to lot policy rather
than principle- guide his judgment , Close
responsibility nnd absolute Independence are
Incompatible elements. The framers ot the
constitution real.zed this and choseto esteem
Independence- higher than responsibility ex
cept for Impeachable crimes , In this wo
have not yet progressed In wisdom from
the position which they have occupied ,
The real animus of the proposed constitu
tional amendment Is hidden behind the
charges made against the federal Judiciary
as an agency which has tsndad to convert tl'io
government Into "a centralism , " The south
ern democrats take exception , to a long series
or decisions upholding the constitutional
power of conKreS ft > Irgislito upon questions
of legal tender , In'cratatc rnmmorrc. taxation
and so forth. The stale's rights element
would like to get Immediate control of the
supreme court to revers * nil these Important
decisions , to accomplish In this way what
It failed to attain by rebellion. Henewnl of
the supreme court by the proceas now In
force Is too slow to mittsfy Its eagerness for
this result. The people must bo awakened
to the danger which threatens the Independ
ence of their Jmlgtm and through this Inde
pendence the continued supremacy of the
nation over the elates. The Independence of
the Judiciary is to bo guaranteed by the
preservation of the llfo tenure.
COMII. 1771 "KnAY ; HKSSMKX.
The Incident In the house of representatives
on Friday , when Mr. Meredith ot Virginia
shook his fist under the nose of Mr. Funk of
Illinois and n fight was only prevented by the
Interposition .of friends of both parties , was
the nearest approach to bloodspllllng made
In this congress. There have been ntyncr-
ous scenes of disorder , the Fifty-third con
gress having already made n notable record
In this respect , but while there has been n
free Indulgence In personalities and many
severe nnd bitter things have boon uttered ,
Meredith of Virginia enjoys the exclusive
distinction of having allowed his temper to
EO far get the control of him as to threaten
to strike a follow member on the floor of the
house. It was a disgraceful proceeding
which the house should have promptly nnd
vigorously rebuked , but It was allowed lo
pass without a word being said In reproba
tion , as If such nn occurrence were quite n
matter of course.
The halls of congress hnvo In the past
been , the scone of wilder disorder and
stronger expressions of pugnacity than have
occurred In the present congress , and on Iho
whole the congresses of recent years have
been better behaved than were the congresses -
grosses generally during a quarter ot a cen
tury preceding the war" . The conlllct over
slavery was a fruitful source of bitter con
troversy nnd of personal animosity which
frequently manifested Itself In threats of
personal violence. A writer In an eastern
paper recently cited some of the more nota
ble Instances or disorder In congress In the
past. In the Twenty-sixth congress , 1839-11 ,
the treasury note bill was to have been
forced through the house without giving the
minority a chance to bo heard , the result
being a scene of disorder , vulgarity nnd per
sonal abuse that lasted without Intermission
for twenty-nine hours. The special session
of the Twenty-seventh congress , 1311 , called
by President William Henry Harrison , was
oven moro disorderly , the defense of the
right of petition by John Qulncy Adams
arousing the southern representatives to the
highest pitch of excitement nnd fury. To
such a height was this affair carried that a
determined effort was made to expel the
"old man eloquent. " With the Thirty-first
congress , 1819-51 , begun those long contests
over the election'of a speaker of the house
which were such1 a marked feature of the
decade before the ! war.
Not only were personal conflicts common
In both houses between 1S40 and 1SCO , but
sometimes they were singularly disgraceful.
In the former year Jesse A. Bynam of North
Carolina called Mr. Garland of Louisiana a
liar whllo another member was speaking.
Garland struck him , whereupon Bynam drew
a knlfo and was only prevented from using
It by the Interferdnco of members. In 1841 ,
while ono of President Tyler's vetoes was
under consideration , Mr. Wlso of Virginia
called Mr. Stanley ofNorth Carolina "little
and contemptible , " and after an exchange of
epithets Stanley called Wlso a liar. Blows
were struck nnd then other combatants
Joined in until It began to look ns if there
was to bo a general fight on the floor of the
house. A characteristic scene occurred
during the first session ot the Twenty-
seventh congress. Mr. Dawson of Louisiana
took a seat besldo Mr. Arnold , to whom ho
applied the most abusive epithets , telling
Arnold ho would cut his throat If ho moved
and at the same time showlnc his bowlo
knifo. In the house In 1841 a melee oc
curred In which a man named Moore , who
was not a member , took part nnd discharged
a pistol In the chamber. In the senate In
1850 a fracas occurred between the venera
ble Senator Benton of Missouri and Senator
Foote of Mississippi. The murderous as
sault upon Senator Sumner In the senate
chamber by Preston S. Brooks of South
Carolina , In 185G , occurred after the senate
adjourned , but a number of senators wit
nessed It. There were many other Incidents
In the earlier days showing that the con
gressmen of that period were quite as ready
to turn congress Into a "bear garden" as
are those of today.
Such Incidents as that between Meredith
nnd Funk will be deprecated by nil good
citizens. They bring reproach upon con
gress and the country.
T.UXUHIKS ANDllKVKNUK.
The Internal revenue statistics furnish In
teresting nnd Instructive facts bearing on
the question of taxing articles In general usenet
not now taxed , and Increasing the tax on
certain articles designated as luxuries. The
statistics show that In the fiscal year ended
June 30 , 1893 , there was a decrease of less
than $100,000 In the revenue from the tax
on smoking nnd chewing tobacco , ns com
pared with the preceding year , and nn In
crease of $750,000 In the revenue from the
tax on cigars. It would appear from this
that during the last fiscal year the ten
dency was to smoke the moro expensive
cigar In preference to the cheaper pipe.
The beginning of the financial stringency
was Just before the clone of the fiscal year
of 1893 , and the effect ot the hard times
was shown by a falling off of nearly 11.100-
000 during the first quarter of the current
fiscal year In the revenue from smoking
and chowlng tobacco , and of $750,000 In
that from cigars. In' the same period the
revenue from cigarettes Increased nearly
$50,000. showing that the cigarette was
substituted for the cigar to a considerable
extent. The largo falling off In the revenue
from smoking and chewing tobacco Is good
evidence of the stringency ot the times , a
largo proportion of jho unemployed workIngmen -
'
Ingmon having beeir'compolled to give up
tholr tobacco or , to luso much less than
J
formerly.
The revenue derived from the beer tax
was nearly $2,500,000 moro than for the
previous year , and during the hard times
of the first quarter of the current fiscal
year the revenue from this source Increased
nearly $40,000 , showing that desplto the
general depression there was no diminution
In beer drinking. As to distilled spirits
the statistics show that during tlio year
ended Juno 30 , 1893 , the aggregate put Into
bond was 14,000,000 gallons moro than dur
ing the preceding year , and In the ( Irst
quarter of the current fiscal year there was
also nn Increase In the output , though It
was not so largo an for the corresponding
period ot 1S92. U seems that regardless of
the times or other conditions distilling goes
on without owsatlon or limitation , The
suggestion of thcso facts lu that whllo In-
craslitt ) tha tobacco tax would probably
not re.-itilt In any Increase of revenue 1
may bo regarded as certain that a hlghc
tax on whisky nnd beer would not chccl
consumption and would yield considerably
more revenue.
A moderate tax on ton and coffee has beet
urged , but the proposition has not rccelvci
any consideration In congress , nor Is I
likely to di ) so. None the loss , these aril
riles could be made a source ot considerable
rev.cnue , nnd It has been suggested that I
they could be brought under ns strict super
vision as are beer and whisky nn Interna
rovchuo tax would be somewhat of n bless
Ing toconsumers. . During the last fisca
year there were Imported Into the Unltci
Stales 83,131,033 pounds of tea and 532 ,
240,193 pounds of coffee. This would glvo
each Inhabitant 1.33 pounds of tea and 8.T
pounds of coffee during the year. In the
previous llscal year , ending Juno 30 , 1892
the consumption per capita was somowha
larger , but It Is to bo expected that for the
current fiscal year It will bo less. It ap
poara from a comparison of records foi
twcnty-Hvo years that the' consumption o
coffee per capita has Increased much moro
rapidly than that of tea. A tax on those
articles would undoubtedly bo unpopular
for even If It should not have the effect to
Increase the prlco It would operate as ai
Incentive to adulteration. There Is a strong
feeling In congress and outside of It that
whisky nnd beer should bo subjected to the
highest rate of taxation consistent will
obtaining the largest revenue from thcso
sources that Is , that the tax should onlj
stop short of the point where It would
operate lo reduce consumption.
It Is perfectly proper to appeal to the
wealthier residents of Omaha for further con
tributions to the funds necessary for the
prosecution of the work of poor relief , and it
Is no moro than right that the amount ol
their contributions should bo conditional
by the size of their Incomes and the strength
of their local pride , ns well as by their
purely philanthropic Impulses. But It Is of
doubtful propriety for any soliciting com
mittee to tell ono man that ho must glvo so
much because some ono else has given such
a sum. Compulsory charity loses Its char
acter as charity. The people of Omaha maybe
bo relled-upon to respond to every legitimate
nml reasonable demand for their co-operation
with the organizations now devoting them
selves to the relief of the poor. They will do
this voluntarily , however , whenever the ex
igencies of the circumstances are brought to
their attention.
A New York Judge enunciates the doctrine
In a decision denying the claim of n woman
to marital relationship with a defendant In
his court that "words of endearment In love
letters are never to be taken literally ; the
extravagant use of such words therefore can
not be held to conclude the defendant to
their literal meaning , even If ho did write
them. " Won't this establish a cloak for men
to hide behind when love affairs get too
warm ? How can susceptlblo women rely
upon anything n man may write to them If
his words of endearment are not to be under
stood In tholr literal BOIISO ? The rule of In
terpretation hero laid down will tend to
make love missives synonymous with deceit.
It Is cruel for a court to juggle thus with tlio
recognized Instrument for conveying expres
sions of admiration and affection.
On the twentieth page ot this paper we
present an illustrated description of the
type-setting machine plant which has been
In active operation in the composing room
of The Bee during the past month. All
the typo work for this paper , saving alone
the headlines and display advertising , Is
done by these machines , and the plant of
twelve machines Is not taxed to Its full
capacity. At some future day wo shall
take pleasure In extending an Invitation to
such of our patrons as may bo Interested
In the marvelous mechanism of the linotype
type machines to visit our composing room
when they are In full operation.
The Pardeo company has filed Its bond In
the sum of $25,000 to duplicate the electric
arc lights for which the city Is now paying
? 175 nnd $140 per annum for the sum of $112
a year per lamp , conditioned , of course , that
the city shall glvo the company the right
of way ever Its streets for whatever wires
are necessary to carry out the contract. Wo
shall presently see whether the council In
tends to glvo the taxpayers the benefit of
cheaper light und more of It.
Whllo the mercury has been hovering
around the zero notch In Now York , Gotham
Ice dealers have been lamenting what a bad
season the present has been for Ice. . They
say that the freeze came so late that the
crop will have to bo harvested with tho-ut-
most haste and consequently at a greater ex
pense than usual. It Is an extraordinarily
cold day when the Ice men can't discover
some plausible pretext upon which to build a
high price for Ice.
Ui-Hcrvi'H Two Salaries.
Aii > MiN ( "fly Jimrnul.
It has been authoritatively decided that
General Sickles Is entitled to draw two
salaries , one ns a retired olllcer and one us
a member of congress. And the one-legged
old veteran Is not receiving a cent more
than he deserves.
Titled Inferior * Without
SllHlieajitlla Vrfbtwr.
Colonnn , late husband of Mrs. Mnckay's
adopted daughter's $175,000 n year , wants to
light n duel with some New York editor
who has been telllnc the truth about him.
The New York editor will probably decline ,
ns u gentleman IH not obliged , under the
code , to meet hl Inferior on the Held of
honor.
Sturt thu Kcfnrm.
IiiMtovtlle Oiinfr-Journnl.
President Kllot's timely protest ngalnst
the too great Indulgence In , nnd the brutnl-
Ity of , colluwo ntlilctlcs Is awaking- favora
ble responses throughout the country. Now
seems to bo a good time to stnrt the work
of a much-needed reform In this direction.
The averngc ! man has enough of tlio brute
In him without "educating" Its development
at the expense of everything else.
Olllrliil iiKKflrlt'K I'rmt' < l Down ,
The ruling of the Michigan supreme court
on the "Jag cure" law of that state Is In
accord with common sense. The law pro
vided mat Justices might , at their discre
tion , sentence disorderly drunkeji men to
take the "gold" or similar "cure , " after
which they wore permitted to go free at
the pleasure of the medical institutions.
Tills practically gave the authority over
criminals Into the hands oC nnolllclal per
sons and opened the way to fraud and
abuse of the law. Whatever may be the
merits of the various cures for the whisky
habit , the forcible application of the reme
dies under the conditions named Is not to
bo commended.
( ilnry Awiilti
( /I'co / ' o I lei aid.
Some heaven-born genius will arise In this
country ono of these days with a device to
stop the maddening racket madu by street
car windows. Such a contrivance ought
not to piuzlo the Inventors very long , but
no one has discovered It yet , or If It lins
been patented the street car companies , with
their usual frugality where public comfort
Is concerned , have failed to avail them
selves of It. On the steam railroads the
\\lndowH are under control. They are so
constructed that they are practically noise
less , On tluj street cars , as every ono
knows , conversation la rendered Impossible
anil life 1 made n burden by the continual ,
deafening rattle of the windows , whether
they ava up or down. The public nwaltx
with anxiety the advent of tliu benefactor
who will stop the raw.
nnti : , i.\i > TIIKHI ; .
Senator McLnuron's chin Is decorated
wllh n clgarello goalee. -
The March lamb Is doubtloiw being fat
tened for the lion's fenst.
. I'erhapn ( he ehtnract In Gladstone's eye
will develop Into a peerless Niagara ere the
summer wanes.
There are some microbes of truth In the
assertion that the hoitio of representatives
Is a sound body.
"A Fiery Ordeal" was the title of n ser
mon In a Cincinnati church last Sunday.
Same of the sparks fired the building , entailIng -
Ing n loss of $1,000.
The "greater Now York , " which tickles
Gotham and annoys Chicago , Is nothing moro
than a proposition lo attach the bedroom
to tha main building.
The house having decided lo "coin a
vacuum , " It Is now In order to define the
process of mnstlcallon whereby a man be
comes "full of board. "
Governor O'Ferr.ill of Virginia says ho Is
considering Iho advisability of llrlim shells
at the Maryland pirates who In fast Virginia
waters , lie pj-obably thinks Unit , as they
lake Iho oyslerrihey should have Iho shells ,
loo.
Senator Cnl Brlcn of Ohio nnd Now York
has an Income BO largo that ho Is nblo to
spend , ns reported , $150,000 a yenr In main
taining his Washington establishment. Mr.
Brlco Is opposed on high moral grounds to
the Income tax feature of the Wilson tariff
bill.
Ux-Speakor Reed was awarded the prize
medal nt the gridiron banquet In Washing
ton for devouring the greatest number of
beefsteaks. In his boyhood days Tommy
Reed was an enthusiastic leader lu "Chaw
beef" carnivals , and the experience thus
gained garners honors In his ttmtnrer years.
The appointment of Mr. Whltu of Louisi
ana to thn supreme bench reminds the
friends ot that state that It has produced
many eminent men , nmnng whom may bo
mentioned Audubon , the naturalist ; Murphy ,
the chess player ; Gotlschnlk , the composer ;
Richardson , the architect ; Cable , the nov
elist , nnd Benuregard , the confcdeiato gen
eral.
Thomas C. Plait , cx-Unlted Stales senator
from Now York , never sits In a box when ho
goes lo n theater , being of a retiring disposi
tion outside of politics. Ills chief theatrical
delight Is n farce comedy , nnd Iho moro ab
surd and Inartistic the humor the moro It
seems to please the republican boss. He sits
In a relittd scat with Mrs. I'latt by his aide
and Biggies over the noiiFcnso of Iho farCe
comedy makers with perpetual good humor.
Sam Wall King , a Chinaman , has started
a cattle ranch In Montana with a capital of
$110,000. He employes only Chinese on his
ranch , and white men are afraid that Co-f
Icstlal competition means the ruin of the
business , us has already happened in other
branches of Industry In California. In the
old Black Hill days Sam was a cook in ono of
the mining camps. Ho was a docile servant ,
but soon branched out Into mining specula
tion and lending money on real estate , and
from these sources.has built up his fortune.
Six of the present members of the senate
have served In the cabinet. Don Cameron Is
first In the order of cabinet service , having
been secretary of wi\r under General Grant.
John Sherman was secretary of the treas
ury under President Hayes. William 13.
Chandler of Now Jersey was secretary of
the navy , and Henry M. Teller of Colorado
secretary of the Interior , In the administra
tion of President Arthur. Mr. Proctor of
Vermont was secretary of war under Harri
son , and William K. Vllas of Wisconsin was
both postmaster general nnd secretary of
the Interior at different times in President
Cleveland's first administration.
SEOVrllt UllOTH .IT Tlllt
Minneapolis Times : President Harper of
Chicago university , who Is giving lectures on
the creation , objects to the newspaper re
ports. Ho says there are not three men In
Chicago who could accurately report them.
Ho doubts It he could do It himself. He Is
the man the reporters want to toy with. A
man who does not know what ho Is saying
himself Is their meat.
Pioneer Press : The last Methodist confer
ence In Wisconsin declared for prohibition ,
and Pastor Clark of Fond du Lac has been
preaching that doctrine. Ho recently de
clared that no man could be a Methodist nnd
not bo a prohibitionist. This statement was
excepted to by Ellhu Colcman , who was
United States district attorney under Hnrri-
son , nnd who Is a member of the church
and superintendent of the Sunday school.
Pastor Clark followed this with the state
ment that no man had a right to bo a
millionaire. Several men who are-rated as
millionaires belong to the congregation , nnd
have called Bishop Joyce from Tennessee
to suppress the too zealous preacher.
Chicago Herald : Three hundred colored
people were baptized In the Icy waters of a
creek near Springfield , 0. , last Sunday. The
converts were of both sexes and of various
ages. Some of them , presumably , were not
In vigorous health. It will bo surprising
If some of these pcoplo shall not have their
lives shortened by the experience. They
were protected from the cold water and
Hie freezing atmosphere by the thinnest
of garments. They had no opportunity of
putting on dry , warm clothes nt onco. They
were Inviting pneumonia , bronchitis nnd kin
dred diseases. This performance savors
strongly of tomfoolery. There Is no religion
about It. It Is n form of crazy fanaticism
.hat goes beyond the faith euro In Its mor
tuary possibilities. If the authorities of the
colored Baptist church do not see the folly
and the danger of It the law might properly
jo Invoked to bring them to their senses.
There Is no room in this counlry for homi
cide under llto guise of religious * ceremony.
MI : tsritK roit ytK.mrm : .
TlnU Ihn licit It Ahvnyn tlip ( 'lirupMt U
Proton l y riRiiri' . " . "
The Bee lm made n comi'llitl ' m ot t'io '
amount of mailer printed ilia pnslvuoli
by the tlirco lending paper * * n !
Nebraska The Boo. the Wo-'d-ior.iUI {
ami the Lincoln Journal exclusive of com
mercial news nnd advertUements. Even
worn Iho col tun us of Iheso papers ot the . .
snmo width and length , nnd were Iho matf
ter printed In Iho sanui typo , tlio patrons ot
The Boo would have n great advantage ,
In Iho table below Is given the aelunl
measurement of thu mnttor In Ilia three
papers by columns , and In Iho last line Is
presented a statement of how the papers
compared when measured by the standard
columns of The Bee. It Is easy to see that
the best Is the cheapest. The figures are as
follows :
Kvery state legislature In the union slmul 1
pass n bill to punish hazing. Not until ' estate
state docs a little lia/.liiK on Its own ac-c-.u it
will the iiii-rry maudlin college student e'vv
up this highly humorous practice.
Clalvonton News : One sonietlmes llnds u
necesKiiry to consult othorH In order to find
out whtil lilH better judnmenl IB.
I'lalndcnler : "I liavo an anibltlon , " nal'l '
the country congressman , "to make my
presence felt by my absence. "
HciMton Transcript : Jlary Do yon bellovo
It pofullilu for a ulrl lo be HO homely as to
atop a clock ? Jane 1 don't know. You
can easily Hnd out , however.
Hallo : ChlcaKO Girl 1'nder Iho clreum-
stanecH , what would you do If yon were In
my shoes ? St. houls CJIrl Get lost. -C
New Orleans Picayune : -More Ihan words
an- needed lo express a welcome. It Is the
heartfelt 1-ladne.ss of the IOK ! that tells the
tall.
Llfo : Judge Do you Know anything fi-
vornblo about the prisoner ? WltiiiHo
ran away wld me ould woman , yeram-r
riuffalo Courier : The ralllo Isn't ( IniirHh-
liif ? lo a very great extent this winter.
TimcM nro too hard for the people to tnlto
many chances.
SIftlnprs : Somehow a man feels mu.-li
woi-so the day after liu lias lost nu Imur's
sloop on account of the baby than he dot-s
tlio day after he has lost live hours' sleep at
the club.
Lowell Courier : "It Is all very well for
the minister to preach from the text , 'Ke-
member Lot's wife , ' " . " "aid an overworked ,
discouraged matron , "but I wish he would
now give us nn encouraging aermon upou
the wife's lot. "
WATCH OUT.
/uni.iin CHu Journal ,
When spring with music Illls the valei
And every pool's sdul ,
And violets seem to scent thegales -
Just keep ahead on coal ! \
And when the birds are primped fox sons
And clouds o'er roses roll ;
Before the blizzard comes along.
Just keep ahead on coal !
J)0.T JT.
"Five years lo wait ! " Don't do It ,
My Innocent blue-eyed maid ,
For the years may last a lifetime ,
While your youthful I-OHCS fade ,
While your eyuu are red with weeping1
And watching the treacherous sea ;
Till you sliif , ' the SOUKot the IrJno , ono
"He never came back to me. "
Five years to wait , while others
Are dancing the dance of youth ,
And the one perhaps you are trusting
la breaking his vows forsooth.
"I shall wall for my love , my darling- ,
Who has sailed far over the sou ,
Five years , or ten or twenty , "
Said the blue-eyed maid to me.
So she wrote her sweet love letters.
Or tended her garden flowers ,
Or watched the restless billows
On the beetling cliff for hours ;
Whllo she turned her sultorrf pining
Away from the cottage door ,
And waited , patiently waited ,
One long , long year or more.
" 'Tis very weary waiting- , "
Said the blue-eyed maid to me ,
And she glanced at her last new sultot
And then at the restless sea ,
As she glanced nt the roses fading
In her garden fair nnd bright ;
Twice come , twlfe gone since ho loft hoi
Two years before that night.
And she married her last now suitor
Before the winter sped ;
And she wrote to her absent lover
On the day that she was wed ;
"Sho hoped he would not suffer ,
That the shock would soon bo o'er , "
And the answer soon Informed her
He had married a year before !
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The lareoHt innkcra and Hollers of
lluo clothes on carlli ,
Your monoy's worth or your munoy biio'f.
Made a Hit
Wo did Wo did Wo are havingan eloganL
trade selling- more
spring ever co a ts
than our tailors can
press. They are beauties -
ties and no mistake.
Everyone \vho has
any notion of buy
ing ono , when ho
sees thorn , always takes o.ne The styles and makes
are very handsome. We're selling all of Wilson
Bros.'plain white shirts a dollar straigh tgoingto ; quit
oarrying.them ; have shirts made to our order hero-
after. You can got a good shirt cheap now. Our
now spring styles In hats are creating quite asensa-
sion They are not only up to date , but the prices arose
so deoidedlo muoh better than hatters' got that wo
have no trouble in disposing of them.
BROWNING , KING & 0 ,
. W. Cor.b'th and Douglas Sts.