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What will tlio United States marshal
do to prevent tholr fees from falling o !
when tlio Industrial army fad finally flicker
out ?
Congress to remain In session all sum
mcrl The very thought of It makes per
I splratlon spring from every pnro of thi
jongrcssman's body.
Denver Insurance agents are seeking t <
use on advance In rates us o club to compe
tlio city to cnlargo and Improve Its fire de
partment. 'Twas over thus.
None of the numerous base ball nssocla
tlons have yet been disrupted , although the
season has been on Tor over a month. There
la hope fur' base ball millennium.
It does not make the slightest difference
how many dollars any country , state 01
community has per capita so long as the
bulk of the money lays Idle In bank and
safety deposit vaults.
Those ecclesiastical trials of ministers ac
cused of heresy appear to bo becoming a
regular feature of tlio annual synod each
spring. To the lay mind they seem to be
merely-threshing over old straw. Something
now would bo appreciated.
The Boston Industrials weren't shoved
41Won ' 10 grass. The great marble .room
was none 'too good for them. Another
Instance of-'ftiB superiority of the effete
atmosphere of Bpston over the product ol
the breezes thai sweep across tile western
prairies. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
By a peculiar coincidence Kansas and
Nebraska pjlebrate the fortieth anniversary
of their organization as territories on the
name day , May 30 , 1894. The Kansas-No-
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„ braska bill ushered them Into the world as
twins. After eventful careers for forty
years they can both reach over the border
line and congratulate one another.
Upon what principle could the alleged at
tempt at bribing two United States sena
tors have been conducted by which one was
offered only $14,000 for his vote and the
other J25.000 ? It Is thU Invidious discrim
ination that has aroused the rcsontmcnt of
the whole senate. The constitution expressly
provides for the equal representation of the
several states in the senate.
Mr. Wiley now proposes to supply electric
lamps of uncertain candle power for $106
per annum from and after next January.
For the last four years the city has been
paying Mr. Wiley's company $17BOO a year
for 100 lamps and bills at the rate
of $175 a vcar per lamp will doubtless
continue to be presented to the council from
now until November , when contract No. 1 ex
pires.
Omaha people should encourage the pro
posed excursions to this city by giving the
excursionists a welcome that will make
them want to return. By making their visit
to the city enjoyable and satisfactory In
every way the ties that bind Omaha to the
rest of the state will bo considerably
strengthened. It will bo worth while to
cultivate among the people of the towns
within easy reach of Omaha the habit of
occasionally repairing to this city for amuse
ment and recreation.
For years the state of Now Jersey has
been the resort of persons who wanted to
niarryf and couM not comply with the
legal requirements of the states where they
resided. Matrimonial mills In all the cities
of the state did a flourishing business and
preachers ami magistrates reaped a rich
harvest. This state of things has been done
away with , the legislature having passed a
marrlago license bill that Is stringent In Its
provisions. IKform makes slow progress In
New Jersey , but this last Is one of the
most coinmcndable In recent years.
The editor of a now populist newspaper ,
who formally presided over a democratic
journal , announces that his policy will be
the game as always , "tho only difference
being that wo shall advocate tha putting
In power In our governmental affairs the
people's Independent party Instead of the
democratic ! party. " With the democrats In
congress shouting for free sliver and voting
for the populist Income tax It begins to
look as If this were oil that Is needed to
transform the democratic newspapers of the
country Into good populist organs.
Some now cars on ono of the eastern rail
roads that have been constructed without
the accustomed mirror at each end call out
an Indignant protest from the Philadelphia
Press. That paper Insists that although
they may be neither beautiful nor artlitlc
they nerve a useful purpose. It la Indicting
an unwarranted hardship upon the women
passengers to deprive them of an opportunity
to see that their hair Is properly curled
and that their hats are setting correctly
4S they get up to leave the car. Tl\o \ women
ihouM Institute a boycott to have the mir
ror * replaced in their usual positions.
XKfilMSK.l AT VitRTf VKAllS.
On Wednesday of th'fs week , the 301
dny of > Iuy" IS'Jl , Nebraska pns s th
fortieth year nlncc her or&inlMllcin hit
torrllnrlhu' . * ! . Forty yearn SIRO nn that .la
Prr.iMcM JMcree slgncx ! the turnout Kani.ts
Nchrnsk.i bill , \\liluh tnve to Kubraflci lie
only a definite * territory , but itlso n terr :
torlal government. Nebrankiv forty ycr.r
bad : \vux , cf course , not the Nebraska thn
Is known today. Previous to that Units th
name was attached tovlut was nuppoxo
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to bo a wild and barren wastu of fcrrltor
atrctchlng north of Tux.-n nnilvcU : of th
Missouri , north as far aa the Camilla
border , and with an unknown wester ;
boundary. "The Kobraskn land" wa
synonymous with "tho far west , " anil man
wore the titles of desperater.dvcnture go
Ing the rounds of the pcoplu In tliu state
MippoHcd to have drifted In from that un
explored region. The territory of Nebraska
braska , .is defined by the Kansaa-Nebrask :
bill , extended north and couth trom tin
40th to the 49th degree of north latitude
UK eastern boundary ran nliiiiR the Mhsour
anil White Uarth rlveru , end Its westeri
boundary nklrtcd the crest of the Hock ;
mountains. It Included territory which hai
since been Included In the ntntus of Nc
braska , Colorado , Wyoming , Idaho , Mon
tana. North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Kcnsas-Ncbraska bill had a two-fol (
Importance to the people of the Unite ;
Statoi. Without going Into Its detailed his
lory In thU place It la enough to say tha
ItH bearing on the slavery question was nppar
cntly an afterthought Incorporated Into tin
bill as an amendment while In the handi
of the senate committee on territories
Thin feature , which was almost the soli
topic of the discussion In congress , threat'
cncd to obscure the Importance ; of the miilr
question , namely , the opening of this vnsi
territory to the settlement of white men
making possible the thriving towns and pros'
porous farming communities that are now
distributed over the country west of tin
Missouri. Not that the Influence of tin
Kan-us-Ncbraska bill on Jlie determination
of the slavery question Is to bo underrated ,
It was , us Vcn Hoist calls it , the begin
ning of the end , the preparation for the
blows that finally burst the chains of bondage -
ago linden which the black Inhabitants ol
the United States were tolling. The bill
left the question of permitting the exist
ence of slavery to be decided by the In
habitants of the new territory.
The changes which forty years have
wrought In the boundaries of the territory
to which the name Nebraska Is applied
are equalled and inora than equalled by
the changes In the character of the popu
lation , Us wealth , Its government , its social
conditions , Tested for twenty-three years
by the experiment of terrltorlhood , Ne
braska became a state In 1807 and cele
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of her
statehood two years ago. The few hun
dred traders buying furs from the Indians
have grown by constant accretions to num
ber over 1,000,000 , while the red men have
been pressed back to the few remaining
reservations. The vast wilderness once
known as tle ( Oreat American desert has
been proved ia bo better adapted to agricul
ture than most of the eastern states. Land
then valueless , and to be had for the taking ,
must bo purchased by the Incoming Im
migrant at a good round sum , because the
railroads and the cities have brought the
lands Into actual contact with the market.
Nebraska at forty years Is a strong and
growing Infant. She deserves the warmest
congratulations upon the celebration of her
birthday.
7iY KUIiUVK.
Whllo deploring the privation and hard
ships to which millions of our own people
are subjected by reason of the Industrial
depression It 'it well to bear In mind , though
there bo no comfort In the fact , that pov
erty and distress are not peculiar to this
country , but on the contrary that the na
tions of the old world have quite as much
of them as wo and with far less assurance
that they may bo relieved In the near future.
Industrial and business depression Is world
wide and while it may bo somewhat more
severe in _ thQ United States than In the
larger commercial countries of Europe the
effects upon our people , In proportion to
population , have not been more serious than
upon these of European countries , and
for the reason that for the most part the un
employed hero were better prepared for the
unfortunate experience of a term of Idle-
ness. Had the depression here been less
prolonged , covering a few months Instead of.
extending over more than a year , the great
majority of those thrown out of work would
have suffered no serious privation , but In
Europe "generally the worklngman can lose
llttlo time without encountering hardship
and being compelled to appeal to charity.
In Great Britain there is relatively more
poverty at this time than In the United
States. The number of unemployed people
there Is perhaps not actually as great as
here , though there cannot bo very much
difference , but of the Impoverished who must
depend upon charity the number In the
United Kingdom is undoubtedly as largo as
In this country. Germany is not quite so
badly off , but the laboring classes of that
empire have been having a very hard expe
rience for the last year or two , and great
poverty and destitution have prevailed , par
ticularly In the rural districts , whore the
means of obtaining relief are not so good
as In the cities. France Is considered one
of the most fortunate countries of Europe ,
but It Is reported that In Brittany the beg-
gara are so numerous that they Infest the
highways In armies. Thcf number of unem
ployed In Franco Is large , and the labor
problem Is quite as much In the attention
of statesmen and philanthropists there as
elsewhere. Perhaps the worst conditions
prevail in Austria-Hungary , where , accord
ing to late statistics , 4,000,000 persons , one-
fourteenth of the population , are supported
at public expense , and a large majority of
the employed earn only from $72 to $120 a
fear. The Impoverished condition of tha
Italian laboring classes Is notorious. In
short , there Is In every country of Europe
in amount of poverty and destitution which ,
relatively to population , 13 fully as great as
In the United States , and In some of these
: ountrles greater.
A knowledge of thesa conditions abroad
nay not serve to reconcile the unemployed
In this country to the temporary hardships
; lioy are experiencing , because they may
reasonably feel that In this great republic ,
.vlth Its Immeasurable resources , there are
10 such excuses for Idleness and poverty
is exist In the old world. Our people are
lot taxed to support an enormous military
istabllshment and to maintain the extrava-
junco of royalty. Our government does not
coap hundreds of thousands of men out of
ircxluctlvo employment living upon the pro-
reeds of the labor of others. Then there Is
ho Intense competition bitwecen European
luuiitrloa , which operates to keep at the low-
: st point the rewards of labor. What the
teoplo , and more especially the working
bases of America , may learn from a study
it conditions In the old waria U the wisdom
of m.Vntalnlnit here a tllttlnctlvcly America !
policy , under which the work of material tie
velopmont can go on , demanding the full
cur.sUnt nnil remunerative employment o
labor. It la the threat to abandon that pot
Icy that Is largely rcuponslblo for the unfor
tunale conditions In th : * country.
Mti : 'fin :
If the views of Representative Warne
of New York regarding anti-trust loglslatloi
arc Biiuiitl the people of the United State :
are helpless agaln.nt the oppression and ex
actions of monopoly. In a recent Inter
view Mr. Warner Is reported as saying tha
he advised against a proposed amendmcn
ct the nnll'triiat law so ns to give the at
tornry general of the United States greatei
power mid overcome the objections of tin
courts , the purpcuc being to anticipate a general
oral crusade against the trusts. Ho expressed
pressed tliu opinion that any amendmcn
of the law would amount to nothing , ant
said further that It Is absolutely Imposslbli
to so frame an anti-trust law as to nutlc !
pate all the devious ways of trade cam
bine' . "You can readily make your laws
strong enough to deal with trusts as nov
formed , " said the democratic representative
from the Thirteenth congressional dlstrlci
of New York , "but as soon as the law I :
made the trusts change tholr plan of or
ganization so as to take them Juit outs di
the pale of the law. " Such an acknowledge
ment as tliln from a man charged with UK
duty of legislating In the public Interest
which Involves the protection of the peopli
against the extortion of combinations ol
capital , made possible by the crushing ol
competition and the monopolizing of the
market , may bo mildly characterized as
extraordinary.
The anti-trust law passed by the Flfty-flrsl
congress was the result of most careful
deliberation. It wan not hastily devised run !
hurried through without sufficient considera
tion or discussion , but was deliberated upon
long and earnestly by the ablest lawyers
of the house and senate. It received the
support on Its passage of other able lawyers
In both branches of congress. It was under
stood , of course , to be a tentative act , which
It would probably bo necessary subsequently
to amend and modify. But In passing It
congress was committed to the proposition
that trusts and combinations In restraint
of trade and to control production and
prices could bo reached by law. Is It pos-
slblo that the statesmen and eminent law
yers , like Senator Sherman and ex-Senator
Edmunds , for example , who. after a most
careful study of the subject , committed
tjiemsolves to this proposition , were mis
taken ? Is It probable that these and other
distinguished lawmakers who supported 'the
anti-trust act and who have since expressed
confidence In Its efficacy , If an adequate
effort were made to enforce It , acted under
a delusion In assenting to the principle
embodied In that law ? Few not Interested
In the maintenance of the trusts will bo
disposed to think so , for If the people , as
Mr. Warner Implies , are powerless to pro
tect themselves against this form of monopoly
ely , it Is but a question of time when It
will dominate and contrpl every branch of
trade and business , as It Is not far from
doing already , and will make Its own terms
and conditions wholly regardless of the pub
lic Interests or welfare. Wo should have a
multitude of monopolies , which , being be
yond the reach of the law and acting to
gether for their mutual Interest , -would con
trol and dictate the administration of the
government and order legislation > to suit
themselves. There would come the rule1 of
monopoly , of combined capital , overriding
the will of the people and trampling upon
every public Interest not in harmony with
the Interests of monopoly.
There are not many who will acquiesce
In Mr. Warner's view , which amounts to an
absolute surrender to the trusts. The great
majority of the American people will not
acknowledge any such helplessness. They
will not concede that their sovereign
authority is so restricted that It will not
reach a power whose existence and growth
is hostile to public policy , as the courts
have repeatedly declared , and even n men
ace to popular government. That the anti
trust law has not accomplished what was
expected of It Is true , but whether this Is
due more to defects of the law than to lock
of zeal and Intelligent effort for Its en
forcement Is a question. Ono thing Is well
understood , namely , that the present admin
istration Is not In sympathy with the law
and does not propose to make any very
serious effort to enforce It. It Is not prob
able , either , that the present congress will
do anything to remedy whatever defects
there may bo In the law. But nt any rate
the American people are not ready , nor will
they over be , to surrender to the trusts
by admitting that they are powerless to pra-
tept themselves against the exactions and
the rapacity of these monopolistic combina
tions.
JUDICIAL
The editor of Harper's Weekly , referring
to Judicial reform , which ho regards as ono
of the two most urgent and serious subjects
that are to como before the constitutional
convention in session In Now York , says
that Judicial reform Is a question for the
lawyers alone to settl ? . With this assertion
Intelligent people must take decided Issue.
H can no more bo admitted that the lawyers
hold an exclusive vested right in the Judicial
system of any state than that the bankers
nro alone concerned with the organization
and conduct of the state treasury. The
lawyers are particularly affected by changes
In the machinery of Justice , Just as the
bankers are particularly affected by changes
In the methods of banking the state funds ,
but In neither case can they assume that
they are the only ones to be consulted.
While the lawyers are In almost dally per
sonal contact with the machinery of the
: ourts , and are In a sense officers of the
: ourt , It must yet bo rememebred that the
: ass adjudicated Involve the rights of per-
lens and property of the entire people of the
itato. The humblest lawbreaker , who owns
lothlug but the coat on his back , the widow
ind the orphan , who are compelled to go to
aw over their heritage , the wealthy nillllou-
ilre , whose wealth so many less fortunate
> orsons are anxious to share , each Is directly
ntorcsted In Judicial reform , although not
mo of them Is eligible to a place on the
jench. It Is of the most vital Importance
.o every ono who may possibly become a
lultor in court that ho shall have access
.o a Judicial tribunal that Is absolutely Im-
tartlal In Us administration of Justice , To
iccuro on the bench fearless and Independ
ent Judges of unimpeachable integrity , who
vlll Inspire confidence In the people andcon-
rlnco oven the defeated litigant that his oj > -
lonent has been victorious because of the
nerlt of his cause and because of that only ,
s ono of the first requisites of a froa gov-
irnmont. The qualifications of candidates
or the bench must bo proscribed with thla
ibjeet In view. The method of appointment
ir election best calculated to secure Indo-
iondont Judges , the tenure of oIHce best calcu-
atoil to keep them Independent , the best
nachlnery by which they may bo ousted
vhcu they cease to bo independent or ro-
tlred when they are no longer equal to thcl
taiks all these ajo Questions which conccr
not the lawyers nfprjc , but the whole peopli
Neither are then lawyers nlctno Intereatc
In the procedure "if the courts. Thol
knowledge of remgijjal law gives them a
advantage over th iiaymen , but It Is to t
used In behalf of-'the lawyers' client !
Whether the coijfys" arc adequate to th
business to bo brought before them or ju :
tlco must , be long'delayed until a partlculn
case Is reached onliin ( overcrowded ilecke
often determines Bother Justice U to b
attained nt all. Ttat the conduct of
trial should bo as expeditious as posslbl
Is always greatly dpslreil by parties t
either criminal OP civil suits. Every Indl
vldual , moreover , Is Interested In having th
procedure as simple as possible and frc
from opportunities for technical error , n
well as In knowing that , should Justice b
denied , n speedy and certain remedy Is a
hand by" appeal to a higher court. Ou
courts are the bulwarks of our pcnono
liberty and the guarantee of these right
of private property which the law allowf
Referring to their construction and procedure
uro as questions for lawyers alone betray
nn altogether unwarranted and too narroi
a conception of their Importance to ever ;
person In the land.
ADVKXT OF MUllH OKXHIIALS.
Way back In 1S61 , when the secession fevo
had reached n white heat In South Carolina
the funnygram showman , Artemus Ward , wa
accosted by a fierce flre-eatcr and requests
to define his principles. 'JSeccsh , " responds
the gallant showman without wincing. "
am a dlssoluter , I'm In favor of Jeff Davis
Bowregard , Plckcns , Captln Kldd , Bloobcard
Munroo Edwards , the devil , Mrs. Cunning
ham and all the rest of 'em. " "You're ii
favor of the won , " sternly asked the tire
cater. "Cortlngly. By all moans. I'm Ii
favor of this war and also of the next war
I've been In favor of the next war for eve :
sixteen years , and what Is more I'm willing
If need bo , to sacrifice all my wife's rela
shuns In the war. "
When the war had fairly begun a fev
months later Artemus announced to thi
American people that ho had organized t
volunteer military company , composed ex
cluslvely of officers , In which every mar
ranked as brigadier general. Had this ex
ample been emulated on both sides of thi
bloody chasm the American people wouli
have been In position to "outgeneral" al
the rest of the world. It might have beer
foreseen that the coming generation wouli
either have to start another bloody war 01
run out of generals altogether , a condltior
that would bo most humiliating for a natlor
with a capital "N. "
But providence never forsakes Its own
Manifest destiny keeps 'this great land ol
ours within Its proper orbit and shapes oui
ends , rough-hew them as wo may. As the olt
generation of generals Is passfng away newborn
born commanders ojT rmles , full-grown anc
fly-blown , have betnicgenorated.
The generals of'Jtlle vintage of ' 94 have
made their a(1\6rt ( with the erup
tion of the Commonweal armies. Al
ready their number Is legion an < ]
the roster of genpra\s \ 'has ' only Just beer
opened. " From thorp/fote east and from the
wild and. woolly west , and In fact from
every quarter of the ? compass " \he generals
are marshalling ihcjlr hosts and getting
their names blazoned , In boldreljef on the
pages ofnovery newspaper In the > . > lanfi. 'In
one slnglci"lssuc"tlta1 , of'Saturday * , rriornlng ,
the Associated' p'fcs ! , lias" chronicled the
movement of twelve generals. Wo have
heard from General 'Coxey and. General
Kelly , from Go'neral Sanders , General Ran
dall , General Copeland , General Baker and
General Ross. Wo have heard about General
"Jumbo , " and last , but not least , our own
General Kelsey.
Like the generals of Artemus Ward's
famous "horso marines company , " our
modern generals hold their commissions
from the ranks and thcro is no distinc
tion between the general who commands n
platoon and the general that commands ten
battalions. The generals of the Common
weal take as much pride in their title as
did the generals that commanded at Gettys
burg , Vlcksburg or the Wilderness every
mother's son of them will bo known as
general up to the day of his death. What
effect the advent of the Commonweal
general will have upon military titles can
scarcely bo prognosticated. If these titles
ire subject to the universal law of supply
und demand wo fear there will bo a very
ippreclablo decline In the quotations of the
military title market. There is ono con
solation , however , the country will not bo
without a varied assortment of generals
Tor many years to come.
The creation of a national bureau of
liealth Is strenuously urged by Surgeon Gen
eral Stornberg of the army , who takes the
advanced view that the public health should
have been represented from the first by a
sablnot officer. Very few outside of the
ranks of the surgeon general's professional
jrethren will be likely to coincide with this
flovr , but a great many will approve bis
proposal for establishing a bureau of health
In the Department of the Interior , which
, vas recommended some tlmo ago by the
tfew York Academy of Medicine. It Is
inly when there Is a threatened Invasion of
iomo particularly dreaded disease Ilka chol-
; ra that everybody becomes aroused to the
lecosslty of a general system for the protec-
.lon of the public health , and yet Surgeon
} oncral Sternborg makes the Impressive
itatement that the mortality from the pro-
ontablo diseases \vhVda prevail In all parts
> f the country , nuqU : as consumption , ty-
ihold fever and diphtheria , Is far greater
han that caused by-cholera or yellow fever
n. those countries , vhero they prevail
mbltually. Even .In the countries where
ho exotlo imiladlos' flourish the mortality
rom them Is not so" ( j'rcat us from the non-
lestllontlal diseases , , The surgeon general
ixprosscs the belief , based upon foreign sta-
Istjcs , that a nattoiial bureau of health
vould mean an nddecj saving to the country
t 03,000 lives every ) year , an assumption
dilch , if It were possible to verify It , would
ustlfy a liberal ex'p'blldlture ' for such a bu-
oau. Establlshln 'sa'feguards for the pub-
lo health Is a wol < ( recognized function of
ovcrnmont and thoH 'proposal ' of Surgeon
loneral Sternbcrg Is certainly entitled to
arnest consideration. .
The wheat producers of the United States
ave a formidable competitor In the Argen-
Ine Republic , which , during tha last few
ears , has been "making great progress In
heat raising. Last year there was exerted -
orted from the southern republic 30,000,000
ushels of wheat , and It Is estimated that
10 quantity shipped this year may bo double
int amount. It Is suggested that In view
t the long continued very low price of
'host ' In this country the effect of this
ildltton to the world's supply deserves the
ireful attention of American wheat
rowers. It appears that there are some
ecullar advantages In buying In the Ar
gentine market. There Is no premium o
forward shipments from the republic-ami fo
this reason European buyers can contrac
for supplies as far nhend as the dcllvcrlo
from the current crop run at the s.im
price that Is paid for spot wheat or when
for Immediate delivery. Thus they Rave th
carrying charges which are added hero t
the price of spot wheat for future deliveries
Thcro are other methods of trading whlcl
operate against the American seller am
serve to make the Argentina cotnpetltloi
more formidable. The development of whoa
production In that country has not ye
reached the limit and the effect of 1U nd
vance upon the future of prices must b
very material. It Is obviously a factor Ii
the wheat problem , so far AS the Unltci
States Is concerned , of decided Importance
The usual charges of plagiarism madi
against the victor In the intercallcglati
oratorical contests nro tanking their up pen r
unco this year as heretofore , and as the :
will probably reappear annually In years t <
come. The college orator Is either i
machtno-llko parrot or a much abused mai
of genius. If ho Is a plagiarist the contcs
might as well be given over to a consldcra
tlon of the merits of rival declalmcrs rcctt
Ing the same piece chosen In advance will
reference to Its capacity to bring out thi
elocutionary powers of the contestants
When each participant Is given months tt
prepare his oration It amounts to practical ! }
the same thing even If ho Is conscientious ! }
original. A real forensic tournament re
quires extemporaneous speaking upon a sub
Ject of general Information. Such a coiv
test would preclude the allegations ol
plagiarism.
The National Conference of Charities ant !
Corrections , In session at Nashville , hat
been devoted to the discussion of ways ami
means by which modern society cares fet
Its dependent members. The past winter has
seen many charitable experiments under
taken , some of them successful , others only
partially successful , still others total fail
ures. This assembly affords an opportunity
for the discussion of the year's experience
In which the novel schemes for giving re
lief to the unemployed will bo fully venti
lated , the fraudulent ones exposed and the
praiseworthy ones commended. Some such
crucible Is necessary to test the value ol
the different devices that have been launched
upon the world of.charity. Anything that
this conference shall decide to recommend
Is certain of attaining a widespread Intro
duction.
Rccrrt of thn llluiv Holes.
Washington Star.
Perhaps It will be found tlmt the trouble
arose throuKh the Inadvertent employment
of an expert In porous plusters to superin
tend the construction of armor plate.
Sowing S 'ocl to Ilviii Votes.
Kansas City Star.
The house members do not propose , simply
In the Interest of economy , to cut olt their
most reliable source of votes. The seed ap
propriation has been unanimously put back
to the old figure.
Now You See It , Now You Don't.
Ixmlavllle Courier-Journal.
A certain judge has handed down the
solemn decision that a wife Is the property
of her husband. Of course. The man who
caught the bear by the tall also con
sidered that animal his property.
l'"orcHt ' 1'rcRcrvntlrn.
Kansas City Times.
The exact benrlnfj upon forest preserva
tion of the proposed bill for limiting the
timber to be sold from public reservations
to CO per cent will be better understood
when It Is known how much the reserva-
'tlona' ' Tiliye suffered , from the commercial
spirit ol those In' charge of thetn. The
time Is unquestionably at hand when steps
toward forest protection must be tnken In
this country , and the government , with Its
vast landed Interests , is the proper agency
for making the start.
Ittfloct'oiiH on Plugged Plntcs.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Carnegie lias been defrauding the govern
ment on his contracts for'furnlahlnK steel
plntcs for our warships and has already
ueon assessed $140,000 therefor. How much
more ho ought to pay Is not known , but it
Is believed to be very large. Nor Is the ex
tent of the damage to vessels already afloat
known , as the frauds have been BO carefully
concealed as to be illlllcult of detection. It
Is proptr to say that Carnegie Is not a.
Coxcylte , nor does he tread on the grass ,
the marble walks being- always at his
service and the doors of the capital stand
ing wide open to receive him.
To Knform tlio Saunto.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There Is , most of us delight to believe ,
a Providence above us , which Is continu
ally "from seeming- evil still educating-
Rood. " AVIth this faith wo find It possible
that even the amnzlnfr delinquencies of
the present United States senate may have
beneficent consequences.
Tnnt the senatorial .Ephralm Is Joined
to the Idols of selfishness , pride of purse
and miscalled "courtesy , " nobody entitled
to be outside nn Insane asylum Is pre
sumed to doubt. 13ut this particular
Ephralm cannot be let alone , as was hUi
ircut prototype , because there nro too
many Interests compromised by his
Idolatry. He must be deprived of the
ability to make a colossal nulsanco of
himself.
Public Flrotrujis.
Washington Post.
In an editorial on the recent destruction
of the Brooklyn Tabernacle , Knglnecrlng
News strikes from the shoulder , and strikes
hard , nt the cheap manner In which many
large buildings nre constructed. Attention
Is especially directed to the rapidity with
which the names spread over the great
auditorium through tlio medium of the
papier-macho covering of the walls and
celling ; . "It seems well nigh Incomprehen
sible , says this conservative journal , "that
a building- designed to hold a great public
assembly could havu been deliberately made
such a tinder box by those entrusted with
Its design and construction. The pitiful ex
cuse that the papier-mache was cheaper
than plaster Is the only reason that has
thus far been made public for the u.io of
this material. " In this , as In most other
Instances , cheapness was far from being
economical , but In spite of the lesson taught
at such tremendous cost , similar errors will
continue to be made so long as mankind Is
"penny wise and pound foolish. "
Jlcault of the Coal Tin.
Chicago noconl.
The present coal strike Is In part a re
suit of the duty of 75 cents a ton on
bituminous coal. The tax was retained un-
ilcr tlio McKlnley law to enable the mlna
swners to pay higher wages , keeping the
Nova. Scotia coal out of our markets. BO
that It would not compote with Amertcan-
tnlncd coal mid thus force wages down to
the point' reached In Nova Scotia.
If It Is true that the duty of 75 cents
x ton enabled the American mlno owner
: o pay his miners respectable wages It
: s also true that he did not do It , ' but
> ut the extra , price ho received for IIH !
; enl In bis own pocket. The wages paid
.bo men In the mines dropped as the
irofltH of the coal operator swelled his
jank account. Now the scarcity of i-oul
ms so Increased Its price that tliu 75-ccnt
luty cuts no figure and coal from Nova
jcotla and Wales Is being ( hlpi-dl to
Vtlantlo seaboard cities In l.GOO.lon lota.
tVlthtn a week 20,000 tons of such coal hava
irrlvcd at tha port of Now Yorl ; alono.
-Modern Motiipluin.
Chicago HeralJ.
These be parlous times , according to thu
( linkers of advanced thoughts , and the
ixlgcncles of the situation have called forth
uimurous rhetoricians whoso strong * point
ippeara to bo metaphor of tlio Sir lloylo
tocliu variety. Not to mention Governor
rillnuui , who recently proclaimed tlmt his
irmor was an honest heart , the Nnahvlllo
Unerlcan arises to announce that "a upas
reu Is casting Its deadly tthado over the
owels of the nation , " while Oklahoma Sam ,
. silver shouter of soniureputn , calls upon
ho people of the country to "rise In tlmlr
night and throw off the yoke that IH suck-
t\K their very vltuls. " Anatomical meta-
ihors seem , Indeed , to be In favor , for It Is
nly a few days since MurHhol Carl llrowne ,
lie liypnotlo lieutenant of General Coxey ,
ieclared that liberty had been stabbed to
ho heart with policemen's clubs the Htali-
IIIR being donu when lie WUH huulod oft the
Tiism In front of the capltol by one of
Major" Mooro's myrmidons. It will be In-
L-reHtlnii to watch the development of this
ampulKii against thu llgureti of rhetoric ,
'ho orators have only made a beginning ,
Ve Blmll have warm work anon.
ivoi'/.K j.v/j rut mis.
Farewell mnrrlagu tours trill present ! ]
become a popular feature of tha drama.
The now comet's appendage bnnlshcs thi
terrors of Uy.tlme. It's tall l.i lO.OOO.OOl
miles long.
A more equal distribution of the rnlnfnl
would form a popular plank In tha up-to
date platform.
Despite the wldo divergence ! of opinion ;
on finance matters , till classes agree un th <
necessity of changn for the bettor.
Christopher Columbus Jones was favored ,
and Justly so , with n reduced sentence. Tht
burden of his unabridged handle was to the
court a recommendation for mercy.
"Mr. Cleveland may Joke about MM ,
Shaw's whistling , " remarks the Now York
World , "but there's nothing funny about
Rlljah Halford'n Jubilant whistle at pres
ent. "
The Omalm author of "What Congress
Has Done , " Is preparing a companion mono
graph entitled , "Chips that I'.iss In the
Night. " H will Inaugurate a new deal In
literature ,
A tree In City Hall square , Now York , that
once sheltered Washington , was blown down
recently and nearly mangled an alderman.
Even to things Inanimate , temptations are
sometimes Irresistible.
An English exhibitor at the World's fnlr
has returned the medal and diploma
awarded on the ground that they are with
out value. Nothing less than gore will ex-
plate this Insult to Chicago.
Henry W. Grady , a son of the Georgia
orator , 1ms Just been admitted to the bar nt
Atlanta , after passing with credit a severe
examination. Ho resembles his father both
In appearance and mental endowment ,
A bug sharp has discovered that the male
members of the seventeen year locusts fur
nish all the noise , while the female species
attend strictly to business. The set of the
discoverer Is discreetly kept In the dark.
Michigan's new senator , John I'Jtton , Is
regarded In Washington ns a ban-home man.
Ho Is compactly built and Is In reliust health.
He does not look his14 years. Ho has
brown eyes , a slight mustache- , and his hair
Is Iron gray.
Ex-Senator George P. Edmunds of Ver
mont has been elected an honorary member
of the Union League of Philadelphia , a dis
tinction that has been conferred upon but
seven other gentlemen since the organiza
tion of the league In 1S63.
Charles Harris , the Milwaukee man who
wrote "After the Ball. " has Just presented
to his uncle , Joel Chandler Harris , the
Georgia writer , a charming little lakosldo
property near Oconomowoc , ono of the most
beautiful of the Wisconsin spas.
Tobacco haters In Boston recently held a
special memorial service In honor of the
late David Dudley Kleld , who was a cordlul
hater of the pipe. In view of their close
proximity to Connecticut , their dislike for
cabbage cremation Is not only excusable but
commendable.
Ex-Congressman Tom Watson may be n
blatherskite , but ho occasionally says a neat
thing , as , for Instance , when he declared the
other day that "two years ago we were fed
upon the ambrosia of democratic expecta
tions ; today wo are gnawing the corncobs of
democratic reality. "
The bill for a greater New York did not
Include South Daokta , but Gothamltcs are
diligently trying to supply the omission.
Out of twenty-six divorces granted at Sioux
Falls recently , twenty were to Now Yorkers.
Still , there are fifty members In the Now
York colony , and recruits ore arriving al
most dally.
The Junior Green B. Uaurn Is defendant
In a divorce suit In Philadelphia. Letters
to his wife read In court show him to be a
victim of an enlarged cranium. Whllo at
the World's fair ho traveled on his shape ,
nd Imagined himself an Irresistible masher.
"They can't help falling In love with me , "
he wrote his wife , referring to Chicago
women. The monitor to the masher's name
Is superfluous.
The senatn began operations on the tariff
bill on March 2. After seven weeks dili
gent work ono whole section and several
paragraphs _ pf the second section In all three
pages have been disposed of. There are
690 paragraphs In the second section , 10."i
sections and 231 pages In the bill. At the
rate of progress shown thus far , if there are
no changes In the senate and It remains In
continuous dally session , thcro Is a possi
bility of a vote being reached before the
close of the nineteenth century.
The unpleasant story recently published
regarding llttlo Ruth Cleveland turns out
to be a cruel fabrication. A correspondent
at Buffalo , where Mrs. Cleveland and the
babies are visiting relatives , wires the New
York Tribune that he has seen the child
and heard her prattling to her nurse In a
way that effectually disproved the canard.
Mr. Perrlne , stepfather of Mrs. Cleveland ,
told the correspondent that Ruth has pos
session of all her faculties , and Is more
than ordinarily bright and quickwitted for
a child of her age.
. A Tux on Thrift.
New Yolk Herald.
A forcible Illustration of the Inqlqutty
and Injustice of the Income tax craze Is
afforded by the clause of the bill which
Imposes a tax on the earlnlngs of savings
banks. This Is really a tax on depositors ,
and will have to be deducted from the In
terest due them. As everybody knows , these
depositors number a multitude of poor pee
ple. Including many widows and orphans.
However small their Incomes may be. they
will all bo taxed 2 per cent , though the Mil
purports to tax only Incomes of $1,000 and
upward. Such a measure , besides being un
just and obnoxious , Is well calculated to do
widespread mischief. Stamp It out without
hesitancy or delay.
iir.Asr.v most n.i.it'fl j/onv.
A life ; if crlmo Is often th * retail of run
ning In debt.
It Ii foolislincs * lo try to reason about
what wo cannot know.
The dny becomes longer every Um a liwr
man looks at the clock.
Tlio one who has suiTorcl has a key that
can unlock many hc.irts.
H Is much easier to love sftmo pcopld than
It Is to ngrea with them.
Put a pig In a parlor and U would Immedi
ately begin to look for mud.
When the devil c.m't go to church himself
ho always sends n hypocrite.
If the devil had to work without a nmsk
ho would never leave the pit ,
Tlmu sets Ills chisel a little deeper when-
u\cr there U a frown upon the fn.cc. 'I '
' tl
tii : < nn..tii SIIUTN AT TJIK I'vr.riT.
Cleveland Plalndenlc-r : Brother Talmngo
lias resigned once and boon Urcd out tlirco
times , but IIO'B there yet.
Minneapolis Journal ! The Southern Meth
odist Episcopal church conference has
ndoplcd a resolution recommending union
with the Northern Methodist brethren. The
war separated them , but the brethren nro
beginning to n-allzu tlmt hostilities worn i
suspended In 1SOG.
St. I'jiil Globe : A Presbyterian minister "I
was horsewhipped by n woman whom he had '
slandered at CmlUlac , Mich. , the other day.
Clergymen may learn In tlmo " 'that ho who
brldleth his own tongue Is greater than ho
that taketh a city , " and be greatly the
gainers by the lesson.
Minneapolis Times : Pope Leo declares
tlut Archbl.ihup Ireland Is "a good man ,
a great mini and a learned innn and he has
iill my esteem. " Now why doesn't Pope Leo ,
living the archbishop to much , give him a
red hat ? Archbishop John would appreciate
the hat , and soould his friends.
Chicago Herald : Clergy of the established
church In Wales are not lacking In humor.
They have Issued a protest ngalnst dises
tablishment on the ground that It would
deprive the poor of their legal right to
church seats. The spirit of Sydney Smith
and Dean Swift must laugh at logic which
Is even funnier now than It was In their
day.
Knnsas City Star : The preacher In poli
tics hn i-pwlvcd qulto an endorsement at
thn'hands of the- Southern MothndUt general
conference. Ilov. Dr. Kelly of Tennessee ,
who was suspended by his bishop because
he neglected his flock to make a canvass for
governor on the prohibition ticket , has been
not only reinstated , but encouraged to run
again If he can got the nomination.
St. Louis Itcpubllc : Without Irreverence ,
we may remark that all preachers who " wish
to get Into politics can learn some "pretty
good politics and some pretty smooth wlro
pulling by gptl'ng u the Inside of Iho
spring's great religious assemblies. Thcro
has been an election of cardinals In Europe ,
a marshaling of forces In the Presbyterian
general assembly over Smith , several dis
puted matters before the Southern Methodist
authorities at Memphis and other subjects
which have aroused the political faculty In
men of the cloth.
NAT.VK VOn l.Ofl SKIty
Chicago Hecord : "You know that fellow
down the street who has the lung tester ? "
"Yes. "
"Well , I've got a grudge ngatnst him ami
I'm going now to steer our congressman up
against his old machine. "
Baltimore American : Among the latest
spring openings nro the series of earthquakes -
quakes predicted by weather prophets.
Detroit Free Press : She ( severely Henry ,
what Is a poker chip ? He ( frankly ) lya
a chip oft a poker , 1 suppose. Did I
guess It ? ' "
Buffalo Courier : Jlllson says It Is lucky
for some men that the law against sulcildo
doesn't provide a penalty for shooting off
one's mouth.
Tuck : First Burglar Any luck lately ?
Second JHirKlar No. Worked nil night un a
safe and when I got It bloWcU 'Open it was
' ' '
a folding'bed.
Chicago Times : A. Methodist preacher has
been appointed a whisky ganger at Peorlu ,
probably on the ground that , to the pure all
things are pure. - , , ' , ,
Washington Star : "Er fault finder , " said.
Uncle Ebon , "gits mo' Int'rcst f'um 'is ln-
ves'ment dan any uildub man In do wurl' .
He kin stah't wlf miflln' an' nab trouble ter
las' ' 1m his whole life. "
LIPSOMANIA IN BOSTON.
Inillunapolls Journal.
A maiden In Boston he wanted to kiss ,
Although , 'twere a kiss frnppe.
But when ho attempted to osculate her
The maiden hail something- say.
To wit :
"Excuse me , dear slr.lf I seem to be rude ,
But bacteriological bllsi
Is not what I want , and kiss Tno you can't.
For microbes exist In a kiss. "
IWl'K Off I
Atlanta Constitution.
It won't do to give In ,
While still We're a-llvln *
An' sunshine is bright on the slope ; '
When troubles are prennln , ,
Jest think o' some blessln' .
An' hold down the pathway with , Hopal
It won't do to double ?
The measure o' trouble
By Rlvln' In under the rod ,
While sweet birds are slngln'
An' sunrise Is brlngln *
A smile from the heavens o' Godl
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& CO.
TliolarffOHtmnkorH aii-1 solloruf S
line clotliea on uarlh ,
Your money's worth or your inonoy hao'f.
3
r Never take the horse shoe from the door ;
Never throw away leafed clover four ;
Never fail to look our counters o'er ;
Never were such garments made before ;
Never were styles so elegant nor our assortment
so great. They are all now and fresh and oomo in
all sorts of colors and in the very latest stylos. Wo
sell some of them as low as $8.50 and never much
more than half a tailor's price , with all the other
good qualities of a made-to-your-own-ordor suit.
We'll fit you as well , give you as good material , that 3 i
will wear as long and lopk as well as any tailor can
make It. A boy's nice suit $2.
r
E BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Ijr- S. W. Cor. Fillttnlli anil Douglas Streets.
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