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12 THE OMAHA DAILY * BEE ; StWPAY. JUNE 3. 18H4-TWENTY PAGES. THEOMAHADAILYEa naitur. , gunuBUKP nvnuy TKHMB or BtmscmiTioN. DnllX nw ( wliluiit RumlAy ) , One Year $ M I > Mly nntl HmiJay , Ono Yiar . . Thrive Month * . . S M Hifmlny lice , Onu Yenr 200 fintimfny lift , Ont Yrnr. . . , , . . . . 1 M NVwklj tic ? , One Yrnir Omiha. Thi HM HiilMlng. . . Kouth Omnlm , corner N nnd Twenty-fourth BU. rmincll'Jllutrc. 11 I'mrl street , c'lilenim OfTlop , 317 fhambcr of Commerce. New York , Homm 13. II un.l IS. Tribune Illilg. Wn hlngton , 1107 I' ulicct , N. W. coniiiiHi-oNnnNcn. All pommunlrallunR rditlnB o "TWj an < l efll- torlal mutlnr lnmM ho HiMreimdl To th Editor. , Ml biinlnwcs IMlor * nnd remlllnnc t uliould tw n'lflmue/l In The .Ileo Publishing company , Omnlm. DrnflM , check * nnd pmlnlnco onlera to be tnntlp | in\nt > ln In tin- enl r of th coinpnnr. ' ' . 8TAT ( II3NT OP CIHCUI.AT10N. The li ! > c I'ub- - ? < IJ. Tzsclmck , K crrtnry of , , m , , , , cmnpnny , l > - > nln duly awom , wy Innt uie nelnnl.nunilier of full nmt ct > mt > lel < - copies " 'The Pnlly MornliiK , KicnlnK und Bunday llec prmteil diirlim'thc month of May , Ull. wan n follow , Jxwi deductions for unimld and returned coiless li' ' Totnl old./ " Dnlly nteniRc not circulation 22,183 aundor. QBonon a. TZBCHOOK. Sworn to before me nnd imbscrlbed In my pres ence thl * 2d day of June , 1831. ' (8i-al. ( ) N. V. IT.llj , Notary Public. When It comes to expounding the laws and the constitution wo do not know whom we admire the most Hascall or Scott. The officers of the Sugar trust seem to have no reason to feel that their confidence In the senators who have been enlisted In their service Is being abused. It only cost Brooklyn about $50,000 to send Uoss McKane and Ills associates to prison. What It cost Brooklyn previously to keep them out of prison has not yet been ascertained. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Now Jersey people fear that they may get their prospective crop of seventeen-year locusts mixed up with the regular annual supply of mosqultos. Mistakes of this kind might * prove uncomfortable In numerous In stances. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ When the detectives get through beating the bushes for Mr. Martin they will prob ably bp directed to locate the now tenants In Martin's rookeries. If It were not for 'Martin the detectives would probably be like Othello without an occupation. lion. Charles Doss , the father of the antl- lottery advertising law , who Is credited with being a fair lawyer , Is respectfully reminded that Judge Scott has found several holes in that skimmer. To a man up a tree It looks very much l.ko another Instance of justice wlthout'equallty. The ChlneHe seem to have been. living In fnj comparative peace for several weeks now. r'L' ' Bui wait , . .until some luckless Chinaman , fs pounced upon by a federal officer and dis covers that he cannot produce his - registration tion certificate on demand. A frco rldo to , China will be had without even the ask ing. ? The Philadelphia Record Intimates the dis missal of nearly 300 employes from , the Wnr department denotes that we are get ting back to n peace footing. Wo presume * that If the whole truth wore known It might also denote that the publication of the Wnr of the Rebellion Records Is fast Hearing completion. _ The decision of Judge Scott on the anti- lottery law only emphasizes the fact once more that a man with a pull can get off very easily In his court. In this Instance ' the -man. with the pull wns the publisher of a newspaper , who has cringed the pregnant knee before the honorable judge that thrift may follow fawning. New York business men continue to pro- teat against the proposed federal Income tax , but their protests only add zest to the ef forts of the democrats who have determined to foist an Income tax upon the country. It was Now York that put the democratic ad ministration Into power. Few children play with the lire without getting burnt before they stop. The Springfield Republican says that Henry 13. Krehblel , the muilcal critic of the New York Tribune , who has been finding so much fault with the chorus of the Cincin nati May festival , has never yet found a chorus that In his opinion was really good , and suggests that perhaps he Is waiting to find It In heaven. Dut how can a musical critic expect to hear music In heaven ? Dr. Everett , the Massachusetts scholar In the house of representatives , when criticised tot pronouncing the word octopus with the accent on the second syllable. Immediately rushed to a dictionary for his authority , and , having found it , took the first occasion that offered on the floor of the 'house to repeat ttid' offense. Dr. Everett may pronounce octopus as he pleases In Doston and oven in Washington , but It ho should come west , wo advise him to adopt the western way of speaking if ho cares to have himself understood. The brazen female swashbuckler known as the Cougar woman Is becking to get now no toriety by a vicious and malicious assault on the brainiest and most honorable of the woman suffrage advocates , Susan D. An thony. When It comes to coarse and vulgar invective and Impudent lying from the ros trum tfid 'Qougar woman will carry off the prize. It is scarcely probable , however , that a VMnan like Miss Anthony , who Is "recognized as , thovforcmo3t champion of equal suffrage on both sides of the Atlantic , will demean herself by engaging In any controversy with blackguards and mercenary mountebanks of either BOX. . , The Judges of the United States circuit court of apieua ) have decided to themselves hear the arguments In the appeal from Judge Jenkins' famous strike Injunctbn order without certifying It direct to the supreme court. Should they affirm the order , this ' vrlirdoubtless mean another appeal , so that ( C'vrtll get before the lupremo court eventually ally- and perhaps just ua soon aa It would otherwise have done. Should Judge Jenkins bo reversed by the circuit court of appeals the railroad attorneys nro qulto likely to altempl to > carry It up. The ijueatton In- * olyod Is found ta coma before the supreme court before the different parties accept the I } a\y u settled. a SIM AW mmi. In the tnliTst oi commercial depression which extends over the entire country Omaha stilt retains her rank as the thir teenth rlearliig house City in the United States. A comparison In the clearing * of Omaha and other cltUs In the northwest for the past week Is highly gratifying and reassuring. Wlillo Omaha's clearings for the week ag gregate | IUO,830 the clearings at the two largest Iowa , cities , DCS Molncs and Sioux City , aggregate $1,483,932. The clearings of the two largest .cities In Kansas , Topekn and Wichita , aggregate $581,205 , and the clear * Ings of the three cities In Nebraska out- sldo at Omaha which are reported In the clearing house exhibit , nrmcly , Lincoln , Hastings and Fremont , aggregate $571,381 for the same period. This makes a total for the qltlta In Iqwa , Kansas and Nebraska whoso clearings are reported of $2,041,568 , as against Omaha with $1,116,830. Add the clearings of St. Joseph , which Is Omaha's principal jobbing rival , to this total , viz. , $1,343,234 , and wo have an aggregate of $3,934,818 , against $4,116,830. Comparison with other Important com mercial centers Is equally creditable to Omaha. Minneapolis only leads Omaha by $51,775 , Detroit by only $15,435 , while Omaha Is ahead of Cleveland by over $600,000 , Mil waukee by $1,100,000 , Buffalo by $1,200,000 , St. 1'aul by $1,300,000 , Denver by $1,700,000 and Duluth by $2,500,000. If tlieso figures are any Index of business activity nnd pros perity Omaha holds' her own as well as any city In the country. Ono result Is bound to come from the recent Industrial depression so soon as its most blighting effects arc no longer felt , and that Is a redistribution of the population that Is already In this country. All author ities agree that It will take considerable time to counteract the blow that has been given to European Immigration and many of them entertain serious doubts as to whether the Influx of Immigrants will over again attain the proportions that It reached In the middle of the ' 80s. No few of the Immi grants who had most recently como to the United States have returned to their former homes and this movement Is not yet at an end. The first work of Industrial revival will bo to put a stdp to the outflow , which must have ceased some time before the return current can sot In unhampered , Dut before Immigration regains Its normal condition there must be a readjustment In location of the people who have been dis placed by the > crisis , who find that their services are no longer In demand , at the place where they were formerly employed , or who have wandered about In starch of work without meeting with the success that assures them of permanent positions. Those people will comprise those for the most part who form the most desirable class of Immi grants. The greater part of them are In their present predicament through no fault of theirs and with the first favorable op portunity will soon become valuable and solf-supportlng citizens. They may have some of their savings still preserved , In which case a promising field for profitable Investment will be most attractive. What the western states , and particularly Nebraska , want to do Is to reach these people while they are In flux. The advan tages of this state for Intending settler * , Its undeveloped resources , Us opportunities for Investment' would. If properly placed before them , prove to bo an alluring Invitation. The people'of the southern states nro'already ion the lookout for , thls Impending populatlo'n movement and are faking steps" to make the best of It. A southern Interstate Immigra tion and Industrial congress was called at Augusta this last week , composed of dele gates from the several southern states , in cluding go\ernors , representatives of rail road companlei.and of manufacturing estab lishments , the principal purpose being to devise means of Inducing immigration Into that section. The western states should not permit all of the benefits to bo derived from the prospective situation to go to the south. A little active missionary work at the right time will accomplish great results and the right tlmo Is near at hand. "i ananT HA TK TOLD you so. " No matter what happens unexpectedly In this world , there Is always a crowd of wise acres near at hand , each of them ready to cry out "I imlght have told you.so. " If a thunder shower breaks suddenly on what gave promise of a clear day and a man comes home drenched to the skin and lamenting that ho neglected to carry on umbrella he Is greeted with the pleasing remark that he ought to have known better than to have gone- away unarmed with the necessary protection against changes In the weather. If a boy runs away to play base ball and returns to his paternal roof a little thu worse for wear , with his eye tinted blue and his fingers out of joint , ho always feels much relieved to be told that any ono with a grain of common sense mght | have anticipated as much. When ono party with the encouragement of all his friends goes to law over a controversy with his neighbor , and finally , after pro tracted and expensive litigation , nettles down to the conviction that he is beaten , what a comfort It is to be Informed that If he had only taken advice of this ono or that one ho would have been richer at least to extent of his lawyers' fees and court fees. Then , too , the active business man who has never boon In politics , but who Is finally persuaded rte accept u nomination for office Just for the honor there Is In It and to lend his personal popularity to pull the remainder , of the ticket through , experiences no small degree of comfort as the over whelmingly adverse , returns come In In the mild rstort that any one might have warned him to let politics alone. The latest protest against the "mlght- havo-told-you-so1' friend cornea from one of Gotham's favorite comic opera singers. This mtich-marrlcd woman was deluded Into the Idea , that after several unfortunate ex periences with the shackles of matrimony she had at last discovered the one man who was to make her everlastingly happy. The engagement was announced with great eclat. In order to avoid serious legal difficulties the bridal party crossed over to New Jersey to have the marriage ceremony performed , returning tc. ' < New York to partake of the wedding feast , ljut only a few short weeks were required to prove that this experiment was also a failure and to bring the public an announcement that the- alliance had been dissolved. The pertinency of the Illustra tion will be gathered from these remarks recently garnered by a reporter from the mouth of the mlsmated singer ; "I am astonished that none of my friends said any thing In any way warning me against this wedding. They all gay to mo now : 'Ah , I knew he was not the man for you. ' Hut none of them thought enough of mo to warn mo before this miserable wedding took place. Oh , I declare It's wicked I" Yet It will bo difficult to say which Is more wicked , the concealment of Information which would hava prevented tue deplqrablo occurrence or the prelonso ot wisdom otter the mischief 1ms been wrought. This habit ot giving warnings when It Is too late Is doubtless now a permanent feature of human nature. The > Wan "who might have told us so" Is with us to stay , and for every ono who disappears there Is another to take his place. He Is cither a lying pretender or a misguided friend. That his advice might not bo takod oven It offered In tlmo Is too weak an excuse for his existence. It ho falls In the duty of a friend ho should refrain from assuming to take advantage of his superior foresight. KNT OF OB/WWA * CITIKS. If , as has been frequently asserted , the nongovernment ot American cities , which .lias BO long been n by-word , Is due chiefly to our Ignorance of the municipal practice In other countries , wo shall not long bo permitted to offer 'that explanation as an excuse for remaining satisfied with such city government as wo have. Not that the foreign systems of municipal government are capable ot being bodily transplanted to American soil , but they certainly offer sug gestions upon which Improvements In the ad ministration of cities on this sldo of the Atlantic might easily be. grounded. The re awakened Interest In municipal reform has been accompanied It would bo difficult to say whether as cause or effect by a care ful and exhaustive. . .study of the plans of municipal government In foreign cities by students who hope to attain through the process of comparison an Insight Into the re forms which practical experience commends. Pursuing this course , Dr. Albert Shaw has contributed an article to the current number of the Century Magazine that portrays the salient features of the municipal government of German cities , and which should bo brought to the attention .of all who are workIng - Ing In the cause of municipal reform. In thei first place Dr. Shaw presents a few facts to combat the Idea that American cities have been nlono In their remarkable urban growth during the last few decades. Gorman cities have had to meet the demands of equally rapidly changing conditions of population and Industry. For every Ameri can city of mushroom growth Germany can produce a counterpart , the only distinction bring that the nucleus of the modern Ger man city has a history reaching far back Into the middle ages. Berlin , for example , which was considerably behind New York In population In 1870 , had In 1880 outstripped the American metropolis , and In 1890 still maintained the lead. Similar comparisons may bo drawn between Hamburg and Dos ton , Leipzig and St. Louis , Hanover nnd Minneapolis , and a host of lesser cities , each time favorable to tho. progress of the Ger man city. The problems of city government thm which have prevented themselves for solution to the people of Germany have been just as novel and just 03 sudden In their ap pearance as those which have racked the brains of the people of the United States. There has been the same necessity of trans forming the physical aspect ot the town to accommodate Us new population , of pro viding rapid transit , adequate wn er supply and all the other conveniences of modern urban life. And In Dr. Shaw's opinion "Ger man cities have grappled with the < new mu nicipal problems of the last quarter of a century and have solved them far more promptly and completely than American cities have done. " Dr. Shaw does not say that this superlr orlty of German cities is owing'to'thelr-su perlor municipal structure , but he oes-'oti to describe thaf strucfure ttoubfles's with the' conviction that the description alone will convey that Impression. City govern ment In Germany rests upon the universal suffrage of those who pay taxes , but It Is a weighted system of suffrage by which the large taxpayer counts for several times as much as the small taxpayer. To take Berlin as typical , the voters In each electoral dis trict ore arranged on a list In the order of the sums they pay as taxes , and are di vided Into three classes , each class paying an equal portion of the aggregate. Thus , the first class contains about 4 per cent of the voters , the second 20 per cent , and of the voters , the second 20 per cent , and the third 76 per cent. Each class chooses an elector to the electoral college , which selects the members of the municipal council , so that a voter of the first class counterbalances 20 of the third class and 5 of the second class. The municipal council of 12G members thus elected Is "tho vital fact" of German city government. It Is renewed by thirds every two years , although efficient members are usually re-elected , and to It is to be as cribed "tho consistency and continuity of Gorman municipal policy. " The members of the council , who are unpaid , and against whom penalties are enforced for refusal to serve , associate unofficial citizens with them selves on Important committees ; they elect the chief magistrate , who Is practically re tained during good behavior , and generally promoted from some smaller city ; they ap point the salaried exports at the heads of the various departments and In the executive council. To adopt Dr. Shaw's analogy , they are the board ot directors , chosen by the stockholders of the corporation , and In turn choose the executive officers and the execu tive committee. The whola key to the Ger man system ot municipal government lies In securing a largo body of active business men to assume the directorship by exer1- clslng the duties of a membqr of the mu nicipal council. However determined municipal reformers In this country may bo that 'tfielr task late to develop and perfect , the framework of municipal government that has already taken so firm a foothold In American cities , they should recognize the fact that they can secure no little help and a'dvlco from the experience of the cities of other coun tries , and more particularly of Germany , CONSUL.ilt SKItriOK. Discussion ot the question of taking the consular service out of flip spoils system Is ot general Interest , because that service has particular relation to the foreign com mercial interests of the country. The first and chief purpose of a consular system Is the promotion of trade , The consul Is es sentially a commercial agent , and this Is the character given him by all European governments , Hclng such , ( ho men ap pointed to consular positions shquld bo , on far as possible , familiar with practical af fairs and know something both of the in ternal and external commerce of the coun try. The misfortune of our consular serv ice for the last halt a century has boon the tact that politicians Instead of practical men have been generally appointed to It. Con tinued as part ot the spoils system It has been the refuge of claimants to reward for political services whu could not' get Office at home , or for men with a political pull who desired to spend a few yeark abroad. Necessarily the service has lucked efficiency as a whole , not only because most of loose appointed to It were wanting lu the sort of ability to make valuable consuls , but also for the reason that most of them , expecting removal with a change of administration , discharged t clr duties In nn entirely per functory way. It Is only just tC ; say thAt there Is a cgjisjdtfrabto number of men In this service ofi'fcreat ability and usefulness , but they are' y $ the majority. The Juno Oontury' presents the oplnldns of ton ex-mtij//jrs / / ! ot the United Slates on the proposition Uo take the consulships out of the spotlslVWtcm , and with a Blr.glo ex ception all of them approve of such a re form. Mr , T.Hw. Palmer , cx-mlnlstcr to Spain , expresses'1 a doubt as to whether the proposed rcforWwould Improve the service , "from the fkif 'that ' men secure In their places wouldj Jjjso In animus' while they might gain In knowledge. " The experience of European governments certainly docs not justify the opinion that permanence of ten ure would lead to an abatement of. zeal and energy in the performance ot duty , for there Is the Incentive ot promotion for efficiency and fidelity. Hx-Mlnlster Lincoln says that ordinary consular officers are among those In respect- - whom It is spt-clally for the public Interest , as a matter of nicro business- that their tenure ot office should depend only upon their efficiency. Our consular officers , says Mr. Lincoln , are nierely our practical business agents abroad and should bo chosen and retained upon the same considerations that would affect a private employer of large affairs. Ex-Mlii- Istor Kasson , who has represented the coun try In Austria and In Germany , remarks that the commercial Interests of our coun try , an well as the protection of the tariff revenue by an honest enforcement of the laws , require a better qualified consular service for the prevention ot fraud. William Walter Phelps , cx-mlntster to Austria and Germany , says ho Is sure that the consular service ought to bo freed from all Influences based on party affiliations or party services of Its personnel. Charles Emory Smith , ex- minister to llussla , says the reform of the consular service Is one of the urgent public questions of the' hour and expresses the opinion that the' service sliould have more permanence and stability and should bo more surely based upon approved fitness and qualifications. "Under the present sys tem , " says Mr. Smith , "It often happens that the consul has just begun to feel at hcme In his place , and to be capable of use ful service , when he Is recalled and another green man Is sent to go through the samu difficult experience and , to bo dismissed as soon as ho gains the same degree of qualifi cation. " He urges that the first considera tion In the consular office should be the promotion of the Interests of the country rather than the- reward of political claims. Oscar S. Straus , ex-minister to Turkey , says the commercial. Interests of our country would , be largely promoted by having a trained corps of'consular officers , yrhtcu can be attained onljr by vbavlng a fixed tenure of. office , so that persons entering the service will be encouraged to make a career of It and to qualify , themsel es for the better discharge of fltSr ( duties. John Russell Young , ex-mlnlBttlr to China , makes a strong argument for''V consular and diplomatic service carefulfr pducated , for the work. * Such consensus of opinion among men whose experience ! gives authority to their views must remSvp any do'ubt that may exist as to thp.yecesltsy of reforming the consular service In the direction pointed out In order to1 ralso _ Wto' tfibefficiency and' usefulness that , ore to be deslreoj. It is un questionably livi better , condition Tnow than It was twenty years ago , but It IsT still far beloV'the'stanA'AHl mnlntalned'by the other IL .Jn i.niiuaiii- ' . ' * " ' i > i . great .t'jjnmer , nations , iODIVTM at t tmil ' .After1 y ars of'unblushljig mendacity the newspaper supporters of prohibition In Iowa are at last forced to confess the truth that 'It ' has never prohibited. A notable'Instance of such confession is that of the Iowa State Register , whoso publishers had much to do with the adoption and maintenance of the prohibition policy and who have persist ently qlalmcd until now that it was a suc cess. Under the new mulct law saloons have opened In all places where a majority of the citizens have petlt ned for them. Des * Molnes has saloons , , as. Indeed , it always has had , though not openly. Referring to the fac , the Register says that the open saloons have not necessarily Increased vice or even drinking in DCS MoJnes. "Vice and vlclousness , ! * says that paper , "have simply'been ' plucked out of the second story club" rooms and from behind hypocritical prescription cases and planted In full' sight of the pfcople. " Thus' wo have the clear and unqualified admission , by ono of the most uncompromising- newspaper supporters of prohibition In the past , that drinking ha been steadily golrg , on In the capital city of Iowa In violation of the law and to as great an extent as now wnn saloons doing an cpen business. The Register says there- has boon considerable novelty about the business , "but It Is safe to say that It will wear dway and after that it Is doubtful whether there will bo any more drinking done In these places open to the public than there was behind prescription coses , In alleys and In second story club rooms , wliare the devil did his work amid flowers and music and a wild fellowship. " * " The proba bility Is that , after the novelty wears off there will bo less drinking than before the advent of the open saloon , nnd that what there Is will bo less detrimental and de moralizing , because it w.lll not bo done against the law. The admission of the Register of the fail ure of prohibition to prohibit In Des Molnes conveys no news' to those who took the trouble to Investigate , as The Dee did , and were conversant \yllh the real situation In that and other icllles of Iowa where it was pretended that I5hrbhlbltlon was enforced. Before the prohpfylon campaign of 1800 In Nebraska this Pjvppr made a most thorough Investigation IntoMlio liquor traffic In Iowa and Kansas , wlt the result ot establishing Indubitably the f'aftt ' , th'at the prohibition law was being most extensively violated , and In few places to a'feater | ; extent that In the capitals ot thoso'sfUtes. ' Yet our statements of the results cfatues.e Investigations were denounced by such' prohibition newspapers as the Register as being utterly false and their denials werej'ujed In the Interest of the prohibition cause'jjQth.U state , Our vindica tion , however , hasiflnally come , nnd It could not be more contpMete or conclusive. The testimony of onu f , the meat ardent advo cates ot prohibition ; when that policy had the popular support , now Is that the policy has all along been a failure ; that It'had been constantly violated , even at the very seat of authority , and that no worao things are to bo apprehended from the open oloon , than have been experienced'from the sale ot 'liquors ' from behind "hypocritical prescrip tion cates , " In club roouia and In alleys. After this who will venture to assert that prohibition In Iowa had not been a fn'luro ? The professional iirohlbltfonUts are fighting the mulct law , and It Is charged that tlny ) are being aided with pngnoy contributed by the drug stores , whose. . Income from the solo ot liquors has fallen off. . The mulct law was not altogether wise legislation , u affordi opportunity for perpetrating abuses and In justice , which U certain In time to render It unpopular , tlut It allows public sentiment to assert Itself and the wilt Of the majority to prevail , which Is a decided gain over the prohibition policy , The experiment should bo given a falr tr'n'i ' ' nil(1 ( " no' found satis factory , as It probably will not bo , the people ple ot town may bo expected to adopt the only sound and practical system for regu lating the liquor traffic high license and local option. That must be the next and final step , for that system once adapted will not be nbnmloneJ. Meanwhile It Is gratify ing to those who have exposed the fallacy and the fraud ot prohibition to find the truth of their statements admitted and the sound ness of tlieli- position vindicated. The publicity given by The Bee to the fact that a drunken orglc took , place at the Coliseum last Monday night after the drill of military companies and flag presenta tion" has been distorted by an organ In these parts which claims to be the exclusive re pository of true Americanism Into an Inten tional assault upon a patriotic American organization. This Is as preposterous as It Is malicious. There was no reflection cast upon the young men who participated In the drill , except In so far as the deplora ble Incident may create an unfavor able Impression , The Bee Is not a prohibition organ , but It draws the line at jamborees Into which school boys of 1C to 18 are drawn and In which they receive' their Initiation Into habits ot Intemperance. The blame as well as the responsibility Is with the policemen who wore stationed at the Coliseum. It was their duty to repress the debauch and sec to It that the saloon adjacent to the Coli seum closed at midnight. Instead of re pressing they participated and became drunk. The Bee does not know even at this late day who these policemen were and it does not care whether they were Americans , Irish men or Hottentots ; their nativity or creed cuta no figure. Their conduct calls for scvcie discipline. If this is unamcrican wo do not know what Americanism is or what patriotism requires. The crop of sweet girl graduates In all their loveliness and bewitching smiles Is again being harvested throughout the whole land. With them nnd their friends the uppermost questions are which Is the most becoming gown and who will get the greater number of flpral offerlngs. Yet there Is a certain air of self-Importance , of freedom from care , ol satisfaction with the entire world to be discerned In the sweet girl graduate that makes her an object of sympathy , If not ol envy. Every ono knows that that feeling can exist but a short tlmo , then to give way tea a sense of the responsibilities of life , but the short happiness that It brings its owner is contagious. Wo all wish that the annual crop of sweet girl graduates was larger and more frequently harvested. Why can't the city council pass the monthly appropriation ordinance at a regular meeting ? Taking It up at a special meeting deprives the mayor of the usual time for examining Its items as contemplated by the city charter. The mayor is entitled to a weekto , look Into the appropriation ordi nance.-and to make up his mind whether any of the proposed expenditures call for the use of his veto power. With a little more foresight the council could , easily ar- 1 range to have these ordinances take the "regular course . " * > - \ * * t it' in - < ' Between Governor Walte , the striking miners and the floods , the people of Colorado arc having their fill of woe. Tkn Upper and the Nether Mill Htouo , , . Doston Herald. Betwixt the Standard OJ1 trust of the United States nnd the Ilusslan Oil trust of Russia none of the rest of the earth seems to be left tor anybody. Excuse ua for living. _ Passed the Experimental Slngo , Bt. Louis Republic. They are now culllnpr the mulct law nn experiment In Iowa. Everything about the liquor traffic In Iowa. Is an experiment , ex cept , the ? Aloons. They urc accomplished facts. . I.urky Alan , Illcikardo. Minneapolis Tribune. The governor of Montana hua decided to cull a halt on the Indian sun dance. Happy Is the governor who has nothing woi.se than the nun dance of the noble red man to bother him. Just think of the sun dances Governors Walte and Altgeld are called upon to deal with. Cheers for tlio Hull. Courier-Journal. The story of the matador who wns gored to death In n Madrid bull fight Sunday IB said to have been n "pathetic" one becautu he was neaily ready to retire from the ring und was engaged to be mnrrlfd. If hl fate was pathetic , that of lil.i sweet- heat t was fortunate. No brute who makes n business oE bull fighting deserves any sympathy when a bull succeeds In re lieving the world of his existence. Hurrah for the bull ! Drond Philanthropy , Kansas City Star. The estate of the late Jesse Scllgman , which aggregates nearly $3,000,000 , was largely divided by his will between forty societies and benevolent organizations of all sects and creeds , The testator was a Hebrew And the disposition which he made of his vast property Illustrates not only the growth of human philanthropy In the world , but the rapid development of a more liberal spirit among the religious organiza tions which were formerly strangers to each other. c Conildor thu Modern ( llrl. Sarah Grand In North American lien lew. "What are we to do with our girls ? " distracted parents ask Incessantly. The answer Is easy enough. Consider them , respect the needs of their nature und do not require them to conform to the exigencies' of the day before yesterday. Parents who would do their duty by the modern iIrl should recognize the fact Unit the average of Intelligence Is higher In her sex tlmn it used to be , that observation IH Involuntary nnd that silence may conceal thought , but doe.i not Htllle It. The reasonIng - Ing- faculty Is there nnd will work of Its own accord , but probably all awry If not carefully directed. There are very few girls who will not strive after an Ideal of life If only It Is offered to them early. Girls are of a plastic nature. Their Inclina tions for the most part tend toward re fining Influences , but Influences they must be , and If there Is an absence of that which Is noble In the shape Into which they are llrst moulded , then that which Is Ignoble Is apt to take Its place. There Is no more dlfllctilt or delicate task In education than the forming of a young Klrl'H character. If a well judged touch will on the ono hand produce the most beautiful results , eo on the other hand that which Is 111 Judged will warp find disfigure. I'arnlyzluK I'atrlotlo Conceit. BprlnRflrld ( Muiu. ) Republican. Dr. Albert Shaw's article on "The Muni cipal Framework of German Cities , " which Is to appear In the Juno Century , Is calcu lated to remove a good deal of patriotic conceit on the part of those American * who think that our cities are rapidly out- growlnt ; th'oso of all other countries , and that the rapidity of Ihelr growth excuses their crudunusa and Imperfection. Dr 8lmw allows that since 1870 Herlln has out stripped New York. Increasing from 800,000 to 1,678.791 people , while New York Increased only from 960,000 to 11)15.301 people. Since 1SSO Ilerlln's rate of growth has been us fast as Chicago's , and twice as fast as Philadelphia. Since 1873 IliunburK has grown three times an fast us Boston and twice as fust as Baltimore. In the same tlmo Lelpxlc has outstripped San Kranclsco and has irrown much more rapidly than Ht. Louis , Munich and Ilrrslau have passed Cincinnati , and Cologne has outpaced Cleve land , Buffalo and PltUburg. Magdeburg Is Brewing much faster than Detroit und Milwaukee , and promises oori to pass them , while many ot the smaller German cltlun are growlnt ; faster than such boom- ItiK towns as Minneapolis , St. Paul. Omaha nnd Rochester. It Is well for UB to be modest , even In regard to our HKUV1..1K SHOTS AT TllK PULPIT. Chicago Herald : Dr. Henry Preserved Smith Is not yet out of plcklf , but as ho shows a less add spirit than Dr. BrlRgs he hns a fair chance of being declared orthodox , Chicago Journal : A Brooklyn magistrate has put a preacher Under bonds to keep him from praying In n tone that disturbs his neighbors. The magistrate evidently believes In the Quaker prayer meeting. Kansas City Journal : Heresy Is a great ovll , If not really an unpardonable sin. Any thing which afflicts an unoffending country ns Interminably as the Brlggs case and the Preserved Smith case Is certainly very wicked , Globe-Democrat : The general assembly of the Southern Preibyterlan church has de clared against organic union , or. In other' words , refused to accept the hand of patrio tic fellowship extended by the northern branch of the denomination. This may be good politics , but It Is poor religion. Detroit I-TPO Press. : It U much to be regretted that the Presbyterian church north and south cannot get together and form n perfect union without all the noise and bickering attendant upon the undertaking. There Is a question asto the heresy of those accused of preaching false doctrines , but there can bo none as to the duty of brethren to dwell together In peace. St. Paul Globe : A Unitarian minister In Chicago hns severed his connection with that denomination because It Is not suffi ciently liberal to suit him , and proposes to start a church of hU own , where the mem bership will have the utmost freedom of thought. He will , perhaps , realize the Irides cent dream of Mrs. Partlngton , who loved to attend a church "where the gospel Is dis pensed with. " New York Sun : Wo tender our respectful sympathy to Rev. Jim Barrett , temporarily of Columbus , Ind. Within the last sixty days he has saved forty-three Iloosler souls and baptlred their bodies In Bear creek , and has chopped 100 cords of , wood for u farmer. Having made this record ho wont to Colum bus , got royally drunk , fought like n mad man at the Jail door when the police were putting him In , and wept bitterly when ho found himself In n cell. There Is good ma terial In Rev. Jim Barrett. All parsons who have souls to bo saved or wood to bo chopppd cannot but admire the man , while deploring his weakness for strong drink. Give him another chance , anil still another If necessary. Chicago Herald : It Is evident that the church militant has Its headquarters In Boston. On Sunday a duel with foils was fought there between rival aspirants for the hand of a Back Bay belle , and In the putty which accompanied the duelists to the field of honor was a divinity student named Vincent. Perhaps Mr. Vincent went along to administer religious consolation should it become necessary , but there Is reason to fear that his presence was the result of an unregcnernto desire to see the fight. Ho Is scarcely to be blamed for his sanguinary Inclinations , however , when It Is considered that a full-fltdged preacher , Rev. Dr. Brady of the People's church , found It nec essary on the same day to discipline an usher by choking him , tearing oft his collar nnd ripping his , vest up the back. When doctors of divinity find It desirable to force their arguments with carnal weapons the budding theologians can scarcely be blamed ftr mixing In the broils of godless men , with a view perhaps to getting material. PKOPL1S ASlt THINGS. The king of Scrvla Is only 17 and not wholly accountable for talking through his crown. Brazil will celebrate the Fourth of July as a compliment to the United States. Ben- ham's shot struck a , popular chord. General Prjc succeeds Coxey In command of the Industrial armies. The general dis plays masterly strategy corralling free grub In Cincinnati and keeping off the grass. Susan B. Anthony challenged the entire constitutional convention ot New York to a debate on the suffrage question , and no man said yea. It Is probable they will remain a brother to her. The Rev. R. C. Cave , whose blowhole basted the surrounding air at a.confederate demonstration , hypnotized a host of ancient warriors to prove the.lost . 'cause ' WAS not lost. True. It was Spttnke'd and captured. Hostilities were renewed last week at Portsmouth , O. , where two veterans , William Pierce and James Frlsblc , got Into a dispute about the relative merits of Grant and Sherman , and used each other up pretty badly. In these days of coaching trips Michael Sash and wife , an aged couple ot Clinton , la. , are not too fur behind. They have started for New York In a road cart drawn by a mule. They are accompanied by a jellow dog. The ameer ot Afghanistan , previous to his departure for London , asked the prayers of his people for his safety. The fact that the monarch Is accompanied by several of his favorite wives renders the request some thing more than ameer formality. " Senator Vest writes to a friend to say that the president Informed him his advice as to the disposition of plo In Missouri was superfluous. For that reason he would rather retire from public life than sacrifice his self-respect by asking favors of the ad ministration. How Missouri's feeble endorse ment was secured Is a growing mystery. The Junlata Herald relates that a resident of the town , aflllcted with a scorching Sahara , hied away to Hastings , and regard less of medical ethics attached "M. D. " to his name on thu hotel register. "Are you a doctor ? " sweetly murmured the hotel clerk. "Oh , no , " answered the pilgrim with the cracking pores , "I am from a no-llcenso town , ami 'M. D.f means 'mfohth dry. * " Ho was gcntlr escorted 16 the UnK. Hon. Iloger Ham , the eminent bugoloRlat of Hogwallow , Is conducting nn Investiga tion into the tribal relations of thu sovcn- teen-year cicada , or locnit. Thtf professor s convinced this abhorred family of iiemiptcrn possess vocal mmlltlcs of con- slderable capacity , but his experiments Imva not gene far enough to determine whether the male cicada monopolize- ! the fifar rol while the female pursues thrt bore. An anxluua world nwnlta ' the professor's conclu * 1'rof. Olirnnr Watt , the distinguished expert - pert of Saddle Creek bottoms , has under taken n scries of experiments to detcrmlni the ravages of electrolysis In his bailiwick The professor planted an extensive systcit of political pipe lines In that section yean ago , but somehow they failed to bloom U the altitude of his expectations. Itecentl ] ho discovered tin accumulation of carbonize fungi and extraneous warts oil their cor rodeil surface- . Imperiling tholr strcngtl and symmetry. Prt-llmlnary experiment ! furnish ground for the belief that tin alternating currents of Sadtllft crook on * 1'iipplo rher ore getting In thHr ilcadlj work on thp pipes. Prof. Watt's cxporl once In the fertllo fields mirroiindlng uml nontly qualifies him for the Important last nnd the country will await hl conclusloni with Impatience. 1II..ISTS I'HVM H.131'8 I/OK.V. A dull man often nwkcs a cutting re mark. Every difficulty overcome Is made a stop ping stonu. A face thai cannot smile Is like n lantern without a light. Knock ilo\\n a liar and you hit the devil square In the face. Thoughts arc threads Into which the web ot character Is woven. Character Is h\nys writing its name on the face in Indclllhto ink. Hope U nluuys saying that there Is n light close by when we get In thu dark. Whenever a h > pocrlte gets mad ho will claim to ha\o been righteously Indignant. Many a man who t.tlkt nice In church will go right home and find fault with his wife. Shadows sometimes como ta the good , bul they never have to bo alone In the dark. Some fiddlers can play a tune on ona string , but It never makes anybody waul to dance. ti.ti.rn roit j.o\ New York World : Eva I hear you won your breach of promise suit. Did you get thu whole J2.000 ? "Every cent. 1 married my lawyer. 'Imllunnpolls Journal : Mudge By iee , this Is u ilnu sunset ! Yubsley That Isn't a sunset at all. It Is a snow scene. It's the reduction from your nos < > that makes It look like a sunset. New Orleans Picayune : Flics follow a red- nosed man because they si-em to know that he will soon tnke something with sugar In It. lIufTalo Com lor : If It wasn't for his vaulting ambition the professional nrrobit could never hope to achieve * much of a success. Detroit Ftec Press : "I don't Bee why the manager nlwnvs comes to see me when hu Is drunk , " Kiowled the Circassian beauty. "He probably thinks you nru | i snaku charmer , " suggeste'l the ossified man , who had been , slighted by the beauty. Chicago Record : She ( during the. spat ) You hate rne , you know you do , and why won't > ou say so ? He ( calmly ) Because It Isn't , true. She ( sobbing ) There ! There you go again charging rn-mo with falsehood. Atchlson Globe : A woman -.nwer gets along with the driver of a milk wagon more than three months , " ' . ' , Brooklyn Life : Miss Lapham Now' that you are so Influential I-'wunt you td help me get Into society. > 5 Miss Penstock You wouldn't like It * You arc a home body. Why ? you would bo bored to death. Miss Lnpham I knowUt , my dear , but I want to have the privilege ot being bored. Cleveland Plain Denier : * "TiV-ohVotrtimer } who sings "Just us I Am" Will tfet up and talk for half an hour'Mo make people be lieve he Is somebody else. l a > - ' -a. . ' J > .YO TKr.Kl'JlUSK Z.V 7/77,1 P7J.V. KJunnl N. Wood In Atlapt.i ConxUtutton. "Now I can wait on baby , " the merchant said , As he stooped nnd softly toyed with the golden , curly head. " ' "I want oo' to 'tall up mamma , " ctune the answer full nnd free , * "Wlf jo' telephone an' ast her when she's tummlti' back to me. "Tell her I so lonesome 'at I don't' know what to do , ' An' papa cries so much I dess ho-must ba lonesome , too ; l Tell her to turn to baby , 'tuusc at night I dlt so 'fruld , " Wlf nobody dere to tlss me , when the , light bedlns to fade. "All free de day I wants her , for mydolly'a dot so tored , Fum the awful punchln' buddy glve'lt wlr his 'Ittle swoid ; An' ain't nobody to fix It , since mamma went away , An' fore 'lltle lonesome dolly's dlttln1 thinner ever' day. " "My child , " the merchant murmured , as ho utioked the anxious brow , "Tlitio'j no telephone connection where your mother lives at now. " "Ain't no telephone In heaven ? " and tears PinaiiK to her eyes , " 1 fought dnt God had ever'flng wlf Him up In de skies. " See That HAT REFERS to our great $10 suit sale biggest .success we ever had it's so genuine real $12.50 $18 $20 suit for $10 beats the best of them Just as good suits as are made , and if you buy one , and it's not satisfactory , or you think you don't get your money's worth , we'll give your money back , Strangers in the city are urgently , requested to call and see us. Ladies' private re ception room always open. Browning , King & Co. , 'S , W. Corner 15th und Douglas ,