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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
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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
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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 .
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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 > - '
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.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 ,
