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fiffiEfflgma THE OMAHA DATf.Y BRKs SUNDAY , AUGUST , IfW. 11IE OMAHA DAILY IMS. r nOHEWATKRRdJtor _ § "PUIIUSHKI ) KVKHY MOHNINO. TEIIM8 Of 8UM8CIII1TION. P.illr ! ! * ( without Biimlny ) OP Year. . * JJ pAlly Ile and Bun.lny . , One Ye-ir ' " { bit Month 5K Thrw Month * : fj , HuniUjr lie * . On Year Rntiinliiy ll . One * V * r * Pi \ U On Year 5J , \Vckly e. OFFICES. Om.tlin , The Uffl HulMIn * . . _ , Booth Om h . Oirner N nn < J Twenty-fourth BU. Council I11ur ( , It IVarl Btreet. ChlCAKO omo * . 317 Chamber of Commiree. N w rorh , Ilnoim 1J , It am ! 15. Tribune llldff. .Wuhlngton , 1107 K Street , N , \ \ . All eotnmuntentl'ina relating to ni > WK nml * dl- lorlol roatttr ehuuld to mlJrc edj To llio Kdltor. HUHINEFH MHTKnS. All bunlnraa letters nnd remittance * Miotilcl bo nldmwe.1 to The IkPubllchlnK company , Omahn. Draft * , chrcka nd poslolllco onlcM to k made mvnbl * * to Hie onlr of tli * company. maueTyjiynmio | ; , , , COMPANY. " * STATEMENT OF CIUCUI.ATIOM. OeorRe II. 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Anarchy may live , but Its advocates are being killed off for their misdeeds with en couraging frequency. It Is to be hoped that we Imve no more hot weather very soon If the pictorial artists are to bo regularly affected as they have been by the last heated spell. Disapproving the results of regularly con stituted and regularly conducted courts martial seems to bo quite the fashion with the War department Just at present. Tour weeks of conference over the tariff disagreement docs not speak very much In favor of the capacity of the democratic party to administer the government of a great and growing nation. We shall soon know whether the continued business depression Is due solely to the par alyzing uncertainty of tariff legislation or wholly or In part to the character of the threatened legislation Itself. The New York Tribune calls a spade an agricultural Implement. Wo hardly expected this from any ono outside of Boston , least of all the paper founded by Horace Greoley. Horace always called a spade a spade. We are assured that neither the anarch ists nor the strikers are In the least sus pected of being responsible for 'the two great fires that have Just swept over Chicago's lumber district. Chicago must bo becoming rational once more. Caesaro Santo , the assassin of President Carnet , must have come to the conclusion that he was designated by lot to lose his head upon the guillotine. This , however , Is ono of the secrets which lie did not confldo to any ot bis fellows. Pugilist Corbott Is spreading reports that ha Is completely taken with Paris. "Paris that's the city for mo ! " says he. This Is a sentiment In which all respectable Ameri cans wilt concur , Paris Is welcome to the whole brood of professional pugs. The war over the correct spelling of Corea Is waging almost as hotly as the war over Carca Itself. At the present writing spelling Corca with a "C" appears to have gotten , the better of the conflict. Yet there Is no tolling what the fortunes of the spelling war may bring. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The federal government will hereafter ud- vertlso and receive bids for the supply of stationery In Omaha. This assures Omaha of her future greatness and prosperity. The event should bo recorded , so that later gen erations may have an opportunity to com memorate It. Mr. Euclid Martin has been smoked out at last. Ho declares he proposes to assemble hlmsolf tomorrow and let the democratic state committee go through the forms of rati fying what he and Tobo Castor have agreed upon among themselves relating to the call ot a state convention. A Chicago policeman has lost his star be cause ho arrested a railroad official for ob structing a crossing. Think of the outraga committed In arresting a railroad oinclnl ! Had the policeman but claimed that ho mis took his prisoner for a striker his pre sumptuous conduct might possibly have been excused. It will probably not be safe for Eugene Field to spend his vacation In Maryland this year not If ho wants to fiave an en joyable tlino. Ho has proclaimed , to the public his billet that the women of Maryland are neither prettier nor brighter than any other American women , and characterizes all the talk of Marylanders about "our beautiful women" " " and " " as "guff" "flapdoodle" that would not be tolerated by fathers , husbands and brothers In other parts of the country. When Eugene meets a Maryland woman In the future It will bo well for him to conceal his Identity unless'ho wants t/ bo snatched bald-headed , so as to outdo his competitor , Dili Nye , as the before-taking sign ot a patent hair restorer. The Indian schools ot Nebraska , together with these of North and South Dakota , Wis consin , Minnesota and Michigan , are to be represented at a convention of these actively engaged or Interested In the education of the Indian to bo held at St. Paul from tbo 13th to the 15th of the present month. This ac- Bembly Is to correspond to Uie teacher * ' In- 'Btltutes which are held all over the country to Impart to teachers a knowledge of the best methods ot pedagogy , The uamo plan la to be pursued by the Indian school teach ers , who will have the benefit of a carefully prepared program , consisting of lectures and talks by competent educationalists as well aa addresses by' Governor Nelson , Ilshui ) > Whlpplo , Archbishop Ireland and several other prominent public men. The cause of Indian education cannot but profit from the work of convention * of tbli kind. THAIKlt'S M'l'KAT , Wit M In hln ipeech at the Superior Grand Army of the Itcpubllc reunion General John M. Thnyer Is credited with the following decla ration ; "I want to ay right hero that I am for Tom Majors for governor. We ( ought side by sldo through the war and we will fight together now. " Loyalty to friend * and gratitude for gener ous and substantial old are the most ad- mlrnblo traits In human nntnrn. Among veterans of the war there Is naturally an attachment that prompts them to stand by each other on the political battlefield. Every old soldier who was on the ground when General Thaycr made this declara tion was doubtless Impressed with the Idea that his warm endorsement of Majors was a grateful effort to pay off a political debt. The natural Inference would bo that Majors and Thayer had fought side by side for each other In every political campaign since the war. Had such been the record of Majors It would have been very creditable and General Thayer's appeal would have caused no surprise. Hut whllo It was true that Thaycr and Majors wcro In the same regi ment during the war , Majors was always opposed to Thaycr on every campaign In which ho could have been of any service to him. him.When When Thayer was elected United States senator after the admission of Nebraska Into the union , ho was under no obligations to Majors , who , as an Andy Johnson revenue olllclal , consorted with the political mongrels of that day. Thayer was only elected to a term of four years In the senate. He had made a creditable record and was by rights entitled to a second term. Ho was a stanch Grant republican and was supported for rc-elcctlon by the stalwart republicans. It was naturally to bo presumed that Majors would stand by his old comrade as against any stay-at-homo republican , and most as suredly against a renegade republican. Majors had a vote In the legislature through a near relative. Did ho stand by Thayer ? The Journals of the legislature of 1871 show that ho opposed Thaycr from beginning to end and helped to defeat him. The defeat ot Thayer was publicly proclaimed In the halls of the legislature as a rebuke to Presi dent Grant. Thayer and Majors marched side by side from the capltol Thaycr cast down by the triumph of his enemies ; Majors Jubilant over the victory ot the political bush whackers that had done up the old com mander. Four years later there was another sena torial election. Thayer was again a candi date and the choice of the stalwart repub licans. Presumably Majors would have been with the old general , but In fact he was against him. Ho was for Judge Dundy , and when Dundy had withdrawn ho helped to down Thayer again by throwing to Pad- doclc. Thayer was a Grant republican. Dundy and Paddock had never seen military service. Like Hitchcock , who defeated Thayer In 1871 by a combine with demo crats , Paddock was elected In 1S75 by a similar combine. And yet Thayer asks the old soldiers to stand by Majors. In 1877 Majors worked for the re-election of Hitchcock as against Cowln , Manderson and Crounse , all of them old soldiers. In 1881 Majors worked for Paddock's reelection - election as against three old soldiers who were then candidates. In 1S83 , when Thaycr was again a candi date for United States senator. Majors was most decidedly against him and every other old soldier , Including Manderson , Cowln and Laird. And yet General Thayer asks old soldiers to stand by him. The only time that Thomas J. Majors pro fessed to be for John M. Thayer was In 1887 , when Thayer was not a candidate for sen ator and protested against being voted for. This was during General Thayer's first term as governor. Majors was a member ot the house and cast his vote for Thayer In Joint convention. In the republican cau cus Majors throw off the mask and asked the supporters of Van Wyck , who numbered within four votes of a majority , to drop Van Wyck and cast their votes for him. This Is the kind of a friend General Thayer bad In Majors. Now , what has come over General Thaycr that he should advise old soldiers to reward hypocrisy and treachery ? AVhy should old soldiers stand by the man who went back on his old comrade and gave the Ho to his professions. Why should General Thayer stultify himself by seeking to foist upon the state a man who In times past has disre garded the ties that bind union veterans to each other and betrayed the trust reposed In him by his party and his state ? All things being equal , the union veteran is en titled to preference at the hands of repub licans , but the old soldier who seeks the highest position within the gift of the people must possess an unsullied reputation , un bending Integrity and a clean record In public life. lintWATlON JiV HTiSZ'EHJV NKIIllASKA. The movement already Inaugurated for promoting meting Irrigation In western Nebraska , where this method of supplying moisture for agri cultural purposes is essential to the regular growth of crops and to permanent prosperity , should bo encouraged and zealously main tained. Just now the financial and other conditions are perhaps somewhat unfavorable to the furtherance ot this movement , but this situation Is not likely to continue very much longer , and when there Is a change for the better , when capital can be more easily In duced to Invest In this sort of enterprise , which lias everywhere proved profitable , and there Is a brisker demand for western farm lands , everything should b2 ready for pushing Irrigation In the western portion of this state. Mr , II. Emerson , writing In the current number of the Irrigation Ago regarding the field for Irrigation In Nebraska , states that the rainfall of the western portion of the state Is only one-half of the average on the custom border , and that while agriculture Is successful In some countries where there Is loss rain than the mean of our western counties , hero there are ruined crops with an avcruga rainfall of eighteen Inches. This Is partly owing , ho explains , to the fact ot cloud-burst ! ) , during which rain may fall to the amount of an Inch or moro In twenty- four hours , ucarly all ot which rapidly runs off , may bo preceded or succeeded by long dry spells , or that lifter a week or two of dry weather a burning hot wind begins to blow , which In a single day will wlthor wheat or corn. Mr. Emcrnon presents ex amples showing that there Is a very great difference In the efficiency of water In dif ferent parts of the Irrigated world , from which ho concludes that therela no question but that Irrigation In western Nebraska should produce In tlmo marvelous results and make agriculture a certain success over a very largo territory In which the1 present settlers are very much discouraged , and new ittttlcinont Is very alow. He says It there is enough water ( lowing uselessly through western Nebraska to Insure crops , If added to the natural rainfall. If this water can bo made available when needed. It the water can be raised to the level of the great plaint where homestead succeed * homeitcad fnr one hundred miles or moro , If the cost Is not prohibitory , then there Is no reason except lack ot enterprise and absence of organi zation further to delay work on a grand scale. Mr. Emerson states that the I'latto river and the smaller streams In Nebraska have drainage basins ot over 63,000 square mtlen , and that the relative sizes of these rivers Is even greater than the dralnngo area. Indi cates. Enough rain falls annually over the I'latto basing to Irrigate CO.OOO square miles , If none of It were lost In seepage and evaporation , and allow ing for these losses enough water runs to waste down the 1'latte , especially flood time , to Irrigate the whole of western Ne braska. Mr. Emerson says that storage basins and reservoirs will be needed , but this presents no difficulty , since on all the western table lands there are natural res ervoirs , which with very little expense , en n bo turned Into Immense storage basins. After pointing out the plan to bo pursued Mr. Emerson concludes his article as follows : "The river water Is there , the table lands are fertile and occupied , the reservoirs are made by nature. Man must Intervene , di vert the rivers , fill up the reservoirs and make one vast garden out of what Is now only too often a burned and arid waste. " There Is no question that this can be done , and Us accomplishment will mean a gain to the productive wealth of Nebraska enor mously In excess of the cost. VXPATlllOTlC EMl'lMYKOS. Among the altogether unexpected results of the recent great railroad strike In and about Chicago Is the complaint that Is being raised by numerous members of the Illinois Na tional Guard who were called Into service , that upon being discharged they learned that their former positions had been given by their employers to other men and them selves set adrift among the ranks of the un employed. From ono regiment alone It Is re ported that over 100 men have found them selves In this predicament. The men who have been performing an enforced service for the protection of the property of the rail roads and other large corporations naturally feel Indignant at being subjected to such treatment. They think that their loyally to the state and the sacrifices made to respond to the call of the authorities ought at least to call for some consideration of their In terests on the part of their employers In return. These few empolyers who have attempted any defense ot their conduct base their ac tion upon the necessities of the case. When the militia were called out to maintain order and suppress rioting they were left short of help , and , after waiting a week or more without Improved prospects , the places were offered to others. It became simply a mat ter of discharging the new employe without definite cause and reinstating the old employe or leaving the latter to shift for himself. Such a situation could , however , have been avoided by making the employment of the substitute subject to the express condi tion of making way for his predecessor when the latter should again bo free to resume his place. By an agreement of this kind all misunderstanding would be obviated and the employe would not be compelled to undergo any extraordinary loss by reason of his en listment In the militia. There has been some talk of legislation on this subject compelling employers under heavy penalties to reinstate employes who may have been absent upon. . . service In the national guard. Such legislation ought not to be necessary under a government like ours. The same patriotism that Inspires one man to shoulder a musket ought to Insure him against the loss of his means of support. There Is reason to fear that a penal law would not remove the evil , because an em ployer Intent upon discharging an employe can easily trump up some other plausible excuse. A powerful public opinion that will hold up the offending employer to scorn ought to bo a moro ready and a more potent remedy. The unpatriotic action Is deserving of the severest censure. UNIFOHU UAlt EXAMINATIONS. Ono of the questions which the next Ne braska state legislature will doubtless have presented for Its consideration Is that of reforming the present system , of admitting new members to practice In the courts of the stato. It Is said that a strong appeal will bo made to have the bar examinations placed under some central control by which they will bo made more uniform , If not moro stringent. Not that Nebraska Is much worse off In this respect than most of the states In the union , but the movement for reform has already been started , and Ne braska , It Is urged , should bo among the first to follow the lead of the older and ex perienced commonwealths. The objections to the system of bar ex aminations that prevails In .this aa well as numerous other states today have been formulated tlmo and tlmo again , and have never been satisfactorily met. Under this system the court of each county makes Its own rules respecting attorneys author ized to practice before It. In practical operation , this means that the coveral bars assume to themselves the power to prescribe the conditions upon which new members shall be received Into their body. The standard of admission varies , not only from county to county , but It varies from time to time In the same county. In frequent cases the test Is applied with greater or less strictness according as the candi date Is or Is not agreeable to the members of the examining committee. What Is called the requisite "pull" often goes a great way for candidates who are In danger of falling to come up to the required standard. It Is claimed In aomo states , perhaps not In Nebraska , that the bars of particular counties have ouch a prepudlcb against colored applicants or against women ap plicants that colored lawyers and women lawyers are practically excluded. A Penn sylvania attorney has stated publicly that he knows a bar or two In that state whoso members advlso to each other the policy ot discouraging admissions' except of their own sons or relations. The complaint In Nebraska Is not so much that worthy applicants are refused admission to practice before the courts as that appli cants are admitted without the necessary preparation. They thereby receive what Is equivalent to a license to palm off their Ig norance upon an unsuspecting public for a money compensation , In most Jurisdictions It Is too saldora that a candidate Is rejected , nny ono of fair reputation and a meru smat tering' of legal terma being accepted Into the fold without question. A reporter for one of the district courts of Nebraska , whose only knowledge of law Is what had been absorbed by him while , reporting the dif ferent hearings that have come up In court , has expresied confidence In his ability to puss a bar examination provided he applied before the committee In a certain county and preluded the performance by giving his ex- amlnora an oyster supper. Thli U simply an Illuilrntlon ot the fMj uHn which those who know how can lake their places ns practicing attorneys brfnre the courts of this state. M sa Whllo few persons .ill nil acquainted wllh the facts In the caid Am deny that these ob jection ! ! to the prcscirf system ot bnr exami nations arc t > nh pojnjtid and serious , It U likely that thoio who now have the work of conducting these oxatlilriallons will not relin quish their powers wUhout a struggle. The question Is well woclli the careful considera tion of nil who destrcHtlio elevation of the bar. Several of the" more progressive states have taken steps to .sec.uro uniform bar ex aminations. Would It not be well for Ne braska to do the same ? WITH 'inn sunn QUESTION It has been the boast of the republican If arty for years that It stands for honest money. Any attempt to Jungle \vlth the money question by catering to free colnago fallacy Is bound to react disastrously against It. The silver plank Inserted Into the platform adopted by the Sixth district republican congressional convention Is a bungling piece ot political chicanery that will cause the party any amount of trouble In the coming campaign. This plank reads as fol lows : Resolved , That the demonetization of silver by a democratic administration In 1893 was a crlmo against the people ; that wo voice the demand of the platform of 1S92 and that we glvo new expression and emphasis to that demand by calling upon congress to rcmone- tizo silver and provide for the coinage of the product of American mines at a railo that will restore the equilibrium of gold and silver and maintain their parity. It was sold by the Immortal Lincoln that you can fool some of the people some of the time , but you cannot fool all the people all the time. What Is the meaning of the stupid gabble about "the crime of 1S93 ? " Why denounce ) the democratic party tor the repeal of the Sherman act when everybody knows that Its repeal was demanded by republicans all over the country and was carried through congress by the votes ot mere than three- fourths of the republican members ? What does this piece of trumpery about the crime of 1893 and demand on congress to rcmone- tlzo sliver and provide for the colnago of the product of American mines mean , any how ? What answer will republicans make to the populists , whoso stock In trade has always been "the crime of " 73 ? " Will not the populists take this talk about the demo cratic crime of ' 03 as a voluntary admission that there was a republican crlmo In ' 73 ? And how will republican candidates and speakers get out of this tangle ? What right had the Sixth district republicans to distort and pervert the silver plank of the national platform of 1892 , which expressly points out the desirability of an Interna tional agreement on silver coinage , without which the parity ofHhe metals at any ration would be difficult If not Impossible to maintain ' ' tain ? , , . . , If there was really atcrlme In 1873 , which republicans have always denied , and If free coinage even HmlciJ | .to American product was practical thop , , the populists are right on the silver question I and the republicans should give way and let the populist silver policy govern th country. There Is no middle ground to 9acnpy , nor can the re publican party masquerade as the advocate of free coinage In'orio Jiart of the state and as Its opponent In "any her part. The republican party la for the double standard so long as- that standard can be nalntalned by the fcxchange of every silver dollar and every Paper1 dollar In circulation for a dollar In gold. " The resumption of free coinage under present conditions would force gold to a premium , Mexlcanlzo our currency and contract the volume of money by the withdrawal and hoarding of gold which Is now available as a medium of ex changes. Any other conclusion Is contrary to all rational reasoning and the experience of this as well as other nations. If the issue Is to bo mot by the republican party It must be dealt with frankly , honestly rnd without flinching. Any attempt at subterfuge - terfugo and sophistry about minting the American product can only result In humilia tion and defeat. SPREAD OF CnObEHA IN EUROPE , The rapid spread of cholera In Europe may not Justify any feeling of alarm In this country , but It certainly ought to suggest to our quarantine authorities the exercise of the utmost care and vigilance for excluding It from the United States. The report recently made to the National Marino Hospital bureau by United States Surgeon Irwln , who Is stationed at Berlin , presents a rather start ling account of the progress of the terrible disease throughout Europe , and slnco the date of his report , July 18 , there has been no diminution In the ravages of the plague. It has been especially severe at St. Peters burg and Cronstadt , and It appears that In neither place have adequate precautions been taken to prevent Its spread. The disease has appeared In Germany , Austro-Hungary , Belgium , the Netherlands , France , Spain and even In Finland , where It was never before seen. Supposed to have Its home and breeding ground In the hot swamps about the mouth of the Ganges and In a few similar districts of India , Asiatic cholera has naturally been considered to ba a warm weather dis ease. This Is correct In a general way , but there have been very severe outbreaks of the pestilence In the middle of winter In coun tries as cold at that season as Canada and Scotland. The condition of St. Petersburg calls atcntlon to one notable exception to the rule that cholera Is a disease rather of the tropics than of the cooler parts of the earth. The Russian capital Is now the greatest cholera center In the civilized world. There are districts In. the Interior of Russia which are more terrllily afflicted , but no other great city amlj center of commerce has so much cholera. The disease appears to ba naturalized , so to speak , In St. Peters burg , and the short , jhot summers ot that city , combined wlthjtho swamps ot the river Nova , are quite sufficient to give the pestil ence of the delta1 of the Ganges the con ditions which It requires for permanent vi tality. The northern ] latitude Is offset by the extreme unheilthfulncss of the ilto ot the Russian capital ; 'It Is demonstrated In St. Petersburg tl'int , swamps can counter balance the cold otl Rifislan winters In creat ing a harbor for' the Asiatic pestilence. In the management f' ' the disease the Russian authorities seem to bo as stupid and care less aa were those of Hamburg during the early period of the plnguo In the latter city last yoar. The precautions taken have been very slight , amounting to little more than quarantining tbo victims. The experience of Hamburg proved that the most essential re quirements for checking the dlacaso Is at tention to the water aupply. While that city depended on the polluted waters of the Elbe for 1U supply the plague continued to rage , but so soon as filtration was adopted the cholera abated. U Is remark able that the. Russian authorities have not followed this exampla. U U to bo presumed that the serious ' character ot the Huropcan condition Is re ceiving the attention It demands from the quaMiitlno nutli rltlcs ot the Un ted SUtcs. There mny bo no Immediate danger , but In matters of this kind an ounce of prevention Is worth n pound of cure. A visitation of cholera , 'added to our other troubles , wculd bo cnlAinltoiis , and every effort should bo made to avvrt It. A XKW IXQUlSirUtX. Ily n decision arrived at by the regents of the University of Wisconsin last wcelc anew now Inquisition Is to bo Instituted to sit upon the question whether or not one of the professors In that Institution Is to be pronounced heretical for leaching doctrines socialistic In character. Prof. Richard T. Ely , who only three years ago left bin place In the chnlr of political economy nt Johns Hopkins university to accept an enthusiastic call to lift ) directorship ot the school of history , economics and public law under the University of Wisconsin , has been mndo the object of ncuspnper charges ot which the regents have finally concluded to tukc cognizance. Prof. Ely , quite naturally , denies the truth of the allegations and strenuously objects to being culled a socialist , but his objections count for little with people who frame their definitions of socialism to suit their own purposes. Prof. Ely believes tint the federal government should continue In the future ns In the past to servo the people through the Poctofllcc department , as do most of his accusers. Ho goes further , however , and believes that tfio postal system would be strengthened by the acquisition and incorporation of the telegraph and telephone , and In this ho grievously offends the scions of the telegraph monopoly. Ho even be lieves In the nationalization of the railroads , an offense which the railroad magnates will never condone. And to cap the climax ho mhocntoH municipal ownership ot the muni cipal' monopolies of servlco water works , rapid transit systems , electric lighting plants and gas works. Not willing to rely upon tholr ability to answer his arguments -ind to refute the statements - which ho ad vances In their support the corporation In terests prefer to attack his position In the faculty ofthe university on the ground that no one who spreads such heinous doctrines should bo permitted to employ the ma chinery ot the public educational Institu tions for that pttrposo. It Is not necessary to agree with the views of Prof. Ely on these subjects to per ceive that this proposed Investigation re sembles the persecutions of the Inquisition more than the Jury trial upon reasonable evidence ot guilt. The complaint has all alone been made that our political econo mists have confined themselves to the dis cussion of abstruse speculations ; that they have lived In the clouds rather than In this every day world , that they have busied themselves too much with what Is theo retical , and too little with what Is practi cal. Hut they no sooner begin to discuss questions of present Interest and Importance than they nro told that they are exceeding their province. There Is , wo know , a line at which a halt must bo called , but so long ns a teacher Insists upon the supremacy of law and denounces resort to violence and fraud , his honest opinions should entitle him to have them received for what they are worth. No government can countenance attacks upon Its own stability by Its officials , much less furnish the munitions of war for an onslaught against Itself. But the authori ties should go slow about Instituting a new Inquisition , with the real object In view to suppress freedom of speech. Persecution for opinions has Invariably throughout all his tory reacted to the detriment of the persecu tors. Popular sympathy Is sure to bo aroused In favor of the victim , and his doc trines , although of perhaps little logto or merit , only take seed from his martyrdom. The novelist , F. Marlon Crawford , commits an Inaccuracy In his description of Washing ton In the current Century when ho asserts that the national capital Is the only city that has been specially laid out and estab lished to subserve the purposes of govern ment. The capital of Nebraska was created with that object In view , Just as much us the capital of the United States. It was named after the martyred president in analogy to the naming of the other after the first pres ident. The analogy might bo carried con siderably further. The statement of Mr. Crawford Is probably owing to careless ness , but none the less requires correction. By what stretch of Imagination does Con gressman Blair bring the Investigation of southern lynchings Into the province ot the commissioner of labor ? Labor has been made to Include a great number of discordant elements , but extending It to lynchers Is going a bit too far. ICiurylxxly Melt uml Sore. Courier-Journal. Chairman Wilson Is sick , Chairman Voor- liees Is xlck , but neither of these great tariff doctors Is ns sick as the country. Give us our medicine and have done with It. A. Clmiigu fur the Hultur. Denver llcpubllcan. The repeal of a law known In nrmy cir cles ns the I'roctor act 1ms opened the wny for old soldiers of the regular nrmy to re- cnllst , and It Is not sutprlblng that this change Is received among urmy officers with great favor. The army needs Its veteran soldiers. Slgnlflvitiirn of tlm Slinnnni. New York fa'uii. These dispatches about scorching winds In Kansas should be regarded ns ullegorl- cul , Thirteen full sets of populist resolu tions were let loose last week. What can be expected of corn when thcHe simoons of flubdub are driving through the state ? And the less corn there la tbo happier the populists are. Iiivontor of tlm III ) ; N. Phlludelnhla. Press. John Marshall Is to go on a postage stump. This Is well. Ho did more than any other man on our bench to decide that the United States Is a nation. JllH deci sions struck the first great blows In the sttugglo for the union and dug the foun- datlona on which rose our present fabrlo of constitutional law. 1'orioiuil l.lhrrty. SL I'aul aioba. The school teachers In a Nebraska city are forbidden by the llonrd of Kduentlon from attending more than ono dance u week. There Is much complaint because of the I emulation , but the board Is ob durate. AH they were abundantly able to pay the fhlillcr , the fair ferule wieldera cannot see why they should not dunce as often as they choosy. o- Anil Tliry iKicllne to 1'ujcli. New Tork Tribune. There are as many versions of the famous Interview between the president and Ben- utor Gonmui ut the white house as there itru theories for original Hln , nml they arc equally untrustworthy. What lutHxrd be tween the two rival Htatetimen could only IKJ known to themselves , and nf course each was too chivalrous , high-minded and honorable ableto tattle and gossip about the other ! A Mbnral llrlilul Dot. Qlobe-Demormt. The new state of Utah will receive n handsome dot from .Undo Bum , The gift Includes 90,000 acres for an agricultural college , two townshlpH and 110,000 acres for a university , 600,000 acres for Irriga tion , 100,000 acres each for an Insane asylum , school of iiilne.H , draf anil dumb iiHylum. reform Hchool , normal school and blind asylum , and W.O/J acres for u miner1 hospital. Those generous tracts of land , well taken care of , will ba of linwenao value In the course of time. K i.v/ > The story thrtt Rmpcror Wllllnm wnnts the varth doiihtles * strode from the fad that ho Is studying gpolojty. A dlspoaltlon Is mnnlfosteil In New York to defer ( he Abolition ot cupltal punishment un til after the November election. "A morning Millie , " s.iys nn unknown sacc , "Is the sunshine ot a happy heart. " A great many people consider It nn oyo- opcncr. The coy populist maiden la not Jumping at the proposals of the Nebraska whlto wings. Probably nlie can bo prevailed on to bo a sister to ( hem. U Is charged th.it Chicago danced whllo tha curs burned. Now she will have the pleasure ot paying the tmiilc bill , which amounts to $ & 49t > ! il already. Clifford IlrocklnrldKO of Arkansas , whom Prcaldcnt Cleveland linn appointed minister tn Hupsln. once declined to fight n duel on the ground that hn was then studying for the Presbyterian ministry. It seems to be pretty well settled among the war experts of the press that Japan will get the worst of the deal. That being the case , gentlemen , let its give the Japs the cue whllo they cnn rcccdo with honor , Kansas City street car conductors have evolved n remedy for the chafing of the odious bell punch neck-yoke. It Is called a "brother-in-law , " h worn Inside the vest , chimes harmoniously with the corporation boll , and In the hands of u veteran con. will ring off $3 to $5 a day from the company's treasury. The estate of n deceased Brooklyn alder man amounts to $1,000,000. Of course , the making of the fortune had nothing to do with his public life. He sactlflced much In serving his constituents , but this loss was balanced by n moderate gtocery business , which flourished amazingly under benign In- llucnco of ward caucuses and trimmings. Major W. H. Uplmm , republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin , la ono of the few men for whom a funeral has been hold. Ho was wounded nt the battle of Dull Hun and was left on the field , later being picked up and taken to n rebel prison. Soon after came a report that Major Upham was dead. When It reached Racine , funeral services were held In his honor In the First Prcsby terlan church. Major Uphnm reminded his friends of this error n tlmo later , when he surprised the mourners by coming home. Germany complains of a surfeit of cdu cated men. The enormous output of her universities outruns the demand , producing a congestion of Intellectuality. A similar condition of affairs threatens Lincoln , Neb. Her chain ot universities grind out more mcnt.il polish than the community can nb serb , forcing a resort to pleblan expedients described In nn advertisement in the Lincoln News : "Wanted , a place to work for board while studying law ; can do most anything from teaching Latin to taking care of horses. " The Now York constitutional convention threatens to destroy one of the great Joys of legislative life. It Is proposed to hedge the passage of bills with such restrictions ns will effectually annihilate log rolling on the last night. If the plan Is Incorporated In the organic law , the wild orgies of last nlchtOrs will become a memory In New York. The carousing confusion which veil the operations of the lobby and produce parched throats and aching heads In the morning must bo sought for outside the Eui- plro state. SEUU1..1K SHOT * ATTJ1K I'VLl'IT. Boston Globe : A clergyman In mosquito- ridden Brooklyn , preaching on usurers and other advantage takers of the poor , created a sensation by remarking the other Sunday that "the parasite has the commendable virtue among the various species of blood suckers of letting go and rolling over and dying when it Is full. " Chicago Times : Rev. Thomas Dlxon of New York Is ono of these worthy divines who load up on lobster and Ice cream Saturday night for the delivery of a sermon on the morrow. A nightmare Is none the less an unreal figment of indigestion though It bo stabled In a pulpit. Mr. Dlxon's dream of horrors to come , when the whole world shall be paralyzed with strikes , probably sprang from long continued diet of monopolistic newspapers. . Chicago Mall : The church militant seems to bo at Its best in Evanston , where Itev. Lewis Dlxon animated his saving grace with a muscular triceps and Illustrated his con tempt for "po1 white trash" yesterday by knocking down three several and successive times a burly Iceman , Robert Simpson , whoso horses had been devastlng the pastor's cab bage plants. When Mr. Simpson gets well ho will raise the price of Ice In revenge , for it Is always the Innocent noncombatant who suffers. Philadelphia Inquirer : The editor of the Western Christian Advocate takes a clergy man to task for having .said In a letter to a religious paper that he will challenge nny workman of the United States "to show down with me in the amount he and I have contributed to relieve the distress of the un- employed. " The objectionable phrase Is , of course , "show down , " although many people may consider It expressive and forceful. The wonder with them Is doubtless also why the editor of the Advocate knew what It meant , and If It would bu too much to ask him what It really does mean , any way. To some people It Is probably as much of a mystery as were the recent senatorial ref erences to "bluffs" and "calls. " It Is only fair to them that they should be enlightened. 11 LASTS FllOai HAM'S IIOHX. Working without a plan Is a waste of strength. Big words often make a poor cloak for a small Idea. , Every good woman Is a constant reminder that God lives. There are some very good people who love to tell bad news. Bad men always hate the laws that good men try to enforce. Only the wicked are trying to prove that the devil Is a myth. There are educated pigs , but there are none that do not llko mud. It Is better to run the shoes down at the heel than to be too lazy to walk. The sermons that do the most to save the world are not preached In pulpits. When you go to church to pray for a re vival , don't wear shoes that squeak. Church members who never smile will some day find out how much harm they have done. If some people knew that the sun had spots on It they would almost worry themselves to death. Every man's life Is a failure who does not try to do something to leave the world richer than he found it. A I'lKRriint llnllrimcl Aim-in. Philadelphia Pi ess. The eastern lines In their Now York meetIng - Ing deal with n very small share of the abuse presented In private cars and their hire In proposing to reduce their mileage rate from 1i to Vj a cent a mile. If both the publics nml railroad men were not iH'miinbed by the punctual recurrence of railroad abuse's this liagrnnt diversion of railroad profits would have long since bred summary remedies. One-fifth of the railroads of the country nre bankrupt. Of the rest only a part pay anything on their shnro capltnl. On nn average , railroad cupl- lal returns only about 3 per cent.et thcio are about 100,000 private cars not owned by railroad companies carrying fieight , to which these companies pay MO.000,000 u year. The railroads cnn only make 3 per cent or nro bankrupt. These cars pay from JO to 50 l > er cent. The utmost exertion of rn 1- roail olllcers can only Ket ftom 15 to 20 miles u day of travel out of their own cars. These private can niuko huventy or eighty miles a day. These private cars uro only about 7 per rent of the freUjht c-ars In the conn- try. They manage to carry u ilf'h of the frelBht. This thiBrnnt abuse Is n tire ro , " today on every one of the bankiupt lines which urn In the care , custody and protec tion of united Status courts without any effort to check this diversion of the rev enue of the. road Into private hands , Ilurolc * an the I'rno I'm * Iniquity Courier Journal. The New York constitutional convention has attacked tlm fieo pass Iniquity and proposes to devote a section to prohibiting any public official from rldlnff on a rull- roail pass. In this case prohibition and prevention are two very different things. With Kentucky's experience with a ( similar constitutional clause we. venture to advise the New York convention to extend the prohibition to the wives , children , parents , parents-lti-law , slaters , aunts , brothers , imclen and cousins In any degree of public \r otllcluU. OVT or nt nOne Ono billion feet of timber per ycnr Is being cut In Texas ; nt that rate U will tnko but fifteen years to oxhiuist the supply. The largest farm In thin country Is iltu- alcd In Louisiana , It being 100 miles ono way by twenty-five the other. The fencing alone cost 160,000 , One of the now rifles used by the Italian soldiers sends n ball with force enough to go throiiEh five Inches ot solid oak at a distance ot1,000 feet. The most costly piece ot railway line In the world Is that between the Mansion house and Aldgato stations. In London , which re quired the expenditure ot nearly $10,000000 n mile. A Mr. Stone of Perry , Okl. , has entered Into a contract with n number of Ponca In- dlnns , with a vloxv of forming n base ball team , which shall tour the country. Stone has the permission of the secretary of tha Interior. The Indians will probably play In the museums. Lemon juice , squeezed In California , treated with n preservative process , and sent cast by the barrel , Is now sold In earthen Jugs containing from half n gallon to Ion gallons. It Is used for all sorts of domestic purposes , for lemonade and for making mlxi-d drinks at the bar and In clubs. Tin English sparrow tl'roatcni to le-otno ai great n pest In Australia us it Is hero , and several of the colonial legislatures have re cently enacted laws whereby local authorities nro compelled to spend n certain amount of the public funds nt their disposal In effecting the destruction of the birds. The number of millionaires In England Is not so great as ono. might believe. Accord ing tu the report of the Income tax officials there arc In England seventy-one persons with nn annual Income of J2RO.OOO , over 1.100 draw $50,000 annually , and only about 10,000 hnvo an Income of $10.000. A French statistician says that the number of men and women In France Is more nearly equal than In any other country of the world , there being only 1,007 women to 1,000 men. In Switzerland there are 1,061 men to 1,000 women , and In Greece only 933. The condi tions In Hong Kong , according to this author ity , are "appalling , " there being only 3GG women to 1,000 men. According to olllclal statistics Just Issued by the French government , the population ot 38,000,000 Is sheltered In about 9,000,000 houses. Of these houses Gl per cent are the property of resident owners , a fact that points In a particularly satisfactory manner to the diffusion of wealth through the com munity Instead nt Its concentration In Uio hands of a few capitalists. More than 37,000,000 acres of land are In fested by the rabbit pest In Vic toria , Australia. During the last eleven years the colonial government has expended nearly $2,000,000 In efforts to abate the pest , besides the expenditures of Individuals. The rabbits nro trapped for their skins , aver 150,000 pelts having been bought monthly In one town. The authori ties of some districts have decided to employ phosphorlzed wheat for the destruction of tha rabbits. _ _ _ IMXO HKiiJ Indlannpclls Journal : "How .ire you today ? " asked the match. "On the bomb , " replied the fuse. "Can you Klnime a light ? " Detroit Free Press : Nurse Luke nt the awkward little rascal ! Tryln' to pit his tathln' ring In his eye. Fond Mother It Is not awkwardness at all , Alary Jane , It la Instinct. He takes It for a monocle. Philadelphia Record : When a man goes fishing and acknowledges that he didn't catch anything , jou can lend him money and be sure of getting It back. Galveston News : When the wise man loses his head he never gives It away. Harper's Bazar : Spooncr ( In love ) I wish I knew how to make an Impression on Miss Hardy's heart. OufTy Try a diamond ; that will leave lt murk on the hardest substance. Puck : Fi lend That villain In your new play Is a masterpiece. Where did you get the character ? Dramatist I Imagined n man possessed of all the varieties ot wickedness which my wife ascribes to mo when she gets mad. Indianapolis Journal : "I d"bn't sec the least use of this tool case being put on my bicycle. " He Why , In case of nn accident you M have something to Work with. "Oh , you , absurd man , don't I always have hairpins with me ? " Chicago Record : The Sarcastic Barn stormers ( after the bombardment from the gallery ) I have eggs enough now , thank you. Will no one send up nn accompanying The Gallery ( with emphasis ) It's on the stage now ! Buffalo Courier : The Judge I should think you would bo soiry for having so far forgotten yourself ns to throw a. pinto nt your wife. The Prisoner ( penitently ) I am , your honor ; that plate cost 10 cents. Puck : Fannie T. Phayrc I have just re ceived a letter from Mr. Stocksanbonds asking me to be his wife , and I am uncer tain just how to answer It. Mrs. Phayre ( astounded ) Uncertain ! Why , Ethel , just think of bis wealth ! Fannie T. Phnyre Yes ; I'm uncertain aa to whether I should telegraph my accept ance or mall It with a special delivery- stamp. HOW'D YOU LIKE IT ? Atlanta Constitution. How'd you like to be today Where the mill stream is Like ] the boy , so far away , With that torn hat o' his ? Face that's kinder streaked with dirt Jerkin' off his potion shirt ; Lookln' eager limbs nllve Goln' for a headlong dive ? Wouldn't that be nice to do ? Splash the whole hot weather through ! SATVllK'S ChlcnRO Tost. Ills wlfo Is back ! No more at night , When seems to him the town a somber night.Too Too dull and gray , May he go forth with paint to make It brlBht. He's had his day : Ills wife is back ! Tint who Is that , With glossy bat , And step as springy ns the step of fawn , Who leaves at night , returning with tha dawn ? It Is the other man whoso wife's Just gone ) He'll seethe painting donol He'll have the fun ! The town Hhall never stay Ho dull and gray ; His wlfo has gone I So gentle nature makes A compensation sweet ; Khe gives for what she takes. And It Is meet ! As where the flower Is plucked another springs. So she , providing for a myriad tlilngo , The town may not bo left to stay All dull and gray ; One wife comes homo today , Another goes away. ma Tiiniini.K PATH. Chicago Ilernld. , j. mtvAN or NKIIIIARKA IH TO nccouic AH OUA1IA. KDIT01I.
