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THE OMAHA DAILY JflRjEt SUNDAY , DECEMBER 9 , 1804. Tim OMAILV SUNDAY BE& li. IlOSKWATRlt , IMIIor. rtmusiicu KVKP.V y OP BUIJSCIUl'TION. D-illy HcoVlttit.ut Run.lnj ) , Ono Year . I W Uilly Ute anU fiumlny. One Y < nir . . . 1J W nix Muntlm . , . J J * Tlirco Minlhi . ? ' Biindnv Uco , Ono Venr. . . . . . . . . . J < J Bnliirday Her , Una Yonr. . . . . . > JT ? WccklDec. . Ono Yenr . < " OVVICRH. Omaha , The Urn liulIJInu' . . . _ . South Onialm , Corn r N nnd Twtnty-fuurth Et . Council ] ) lurrn , 1) I'roil Krect. Chicaso om.'f , 317 Chatnl.tr of Commerce. New York , llnnm * II. li nml 15. Tribune IMt. Washington , 1447 F tticel. II. W. All communication ! rtl-illng lo Hewn nml edi torial matter nloii'd be Mldremcil : To the Clltor. UUHINKSI ) LBTTKU3. All lUaliif8 letters nml icmlMnicea ahould b ndJrosscd to The Ilso Publishing company. Orrnhn. DrnftH , < hn.k and postofllce orders to lie tuado | m > nblc to Ilia order of the company. TIIU HUB I'L'DLISHlKO COMl'ANY. STATEMENT OK CIHCUI.ATION. George. U. Tzichuck , recrotary of The Bee Pub- lUhlnc comimny , lieins duly iworn , sny that ihc actual number of full nnd pomiiletiroplfn Df the Dally Morning. Kvonlng ami Sunday llee printed during the month of No\ ember , ISStl. was as rollowa : . . . 1 M.SGD lit . JO.C11 Z 21,357 17 . 21.3M 3 27.2S5 18 . M"I 4 21MJ ID . 81,484 C 21M7 21 . 20.612 r. 21,173 2) ) . 20,1V ) 7 34.2GO a. . 2 > . i 8 24.95S 23 . 20,254 9 2I.C33 21 . 21,398 10 21,408 2.-1 . 21,79' ) II 22.4W 2U 20,123 12 2U97 2J 20.075 13 21,001 2S 19,90 ? 14 20.CS2 J 20,021) 15 20,070 31) 19,682 Total ? . M9.C3I Lena deductions for unsold nnd returned copies 11.182 Total nold CIS,372 Dally average net circulation 21,612 omuon ii. TBseiu.'CK. Hworn to before me and gubscrlboil In my presence this 3J day of December. ll. ) ( Seal. ) N. P. FEIL , . Notary 1'ubllc. Tliu IJalthnoro plan oysters nud torra- l > ln for two. One qiK'Htlon promises to be settled by this coiiKrosH , nnd Unit Is whether the cuckoo IH n temporary pheiioineiion | O or si regularly recurring bird of pus- Senator Hill Is carefully snviii } ? his views on the president's message , nut they will be made public with all due pinplmsls when the opportune moment arrives. The fathers of the republic estab lished n cloture rule for the senate when they provided in the constitution that every two years shall witness a new congress. The congressmen-elect who are al ready applying to Mr. Heed for place ? on desirable committees in the next bouse evidently believe In the old adage about the early worm. Chicago Is trying hard to repress n -threatened attack of the annexatioii fever until after she Is certain as to New York's Intentions with respect to Itrooklyu and her other suburbs. AVe feel certain that no congressman really cares whether , Incase of death al his supposed post of duty , bis remain * are accompanied to their last resting place by a junketing committee of Ids colleagues or not. It ,1s adding Insult to injury to In sinuate that the ilowcra that graced tin desks of various merilbcrs of the IIOUM on the opening of congress came fron the national posy garden or were palil for by the recipients. The new school board must meet tin demand for retrenchment In the public schools Immediately after Its organlzn tlon. Ilccause the old board has shlrkei its duty offers no excuse for a contlnu mice of the policy of delay. The work of our charity organization : should be well In hand before the boll days. We are liable to experience sud deu changes of temperature that wll expose people who are without fuel am 'shelter to severe hardships , i not nbso lute danger. Dr. Talmage has formally severed tin last Ycstlge of Ids connection with tin congregation of the Brooklyn tabernacle but his weekly sermons through tin press will continue to be hawked abou so long as the venerable doctor can tun nn honest penny by them. The first fruit of the republican vk tory In Kansas Is already at hand. .lac rabbits are so numerous In certain poi tlons of the state that farmers an sportsmen e uir.ot s-boot them fas enoug and there Is danger that they may ir Jure young trees in the orchards. 0 course , If the populists had been rt tallied In control of the state goveri incut , a jack rabbit could not have bee Induced to venture Into Kansas for lever or money. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It Is worthy of mention that all tli young men who were arrested for Into : Icatlon or disturbing the peace after tli YalePrincetonfootball game In No1 York a week ago proved to have u connection with any collegp whateve They were bedecked with college rll bens and Haunted the college colors , bi were In reality without any claim i pose as college men. This fact will * a great way In supporting the oft-nnu allegation that the worst offenders c all similar occasions are outsiders wl seize the opportunity to jubilate beyoi the recognl/.ed bounds , much to the dl credit of the colleges which they clal to represent It Is hard to suppre these pretenders , but If they are reg larly shown up In their true light tin may llnally be induced to subside. The resignation of Congressman Cm mlngs of New York makes the twent fourth change In the personnel of t ! present congress since it came In being on March , 185)i. : There ha been ten deaths , eleven resignations ai three successful election contests. It possible , and even likely , that Preside Cleveland will take occasion to rewa with appointments to olllce some mo of his faithful followers in the hou who have been turned down by tin constituents soniu time before the oxi ' ration of this congress In order tli their nominations may be continued the senate. In that case we may c pect several additional resignations , though the vacancies will 1m for su short periods that no steps will taken to have them tilled. The Flfi third congress promises to bo a reco breaker In the matter of vacancies. KKLAttHH TI1K 8VVHRMR COVllT. It Is absolutely Imperative that the legislature at Its coming session take Rome steps toward abolishing the anom aly which we have had now for nearly two years In the supreme court com mission. The law authorizing the ap pointment of supreme court commis sioners was enacted In ISO.t as a tempo rary expedient to meet the emergency of an oveicrowded docket In the supreme court It provided for the Immediate appointment by the supreme court of three persons , no two of whom should belong to the same political party , and who should be practlclslng attorneys In good standing , not less than I0 ! years of age , to be commissioners of the su preme court The duties of these com missioners were defined to be to aid and assist the court , under such rules and regulations as It might adopt , In the performance of Its duties In the dis position of the numerous cases then pending or thereafter to be brought Kach commissioner was to hold for a term of three years , to devote his entire attention to the work of Ids olllce and to receive a salary equal to that paid to the judges of the supreme court A supreme court commission Is at best an awkward piece < f jud clal machinery. It was by no means contemplated by the Trainers of our form of state gov ernment , and It Is the opinion of many of our best constitutional lawyers that the supreme court accommodatingly stretched a point when It passed favor ably upon the constitutionality of the law establishing it. The act was agreed to by the legislature only as a make shift and because repealed efforts to secure constitutional asnendments In creasing the number and pay of the judges of the supreme court had ended Invariably In miserable failure. While , perhaps , the people are willing to over look the stretch of authority that created the commission as a concession to stern necessity , there Is no reason why they should be required to put up with It a moment longer than Is actually neces sary. The people have a right to have a direct voice in the selection of tbeb judges and they also have a right to have their appeals for justice promptly passed upon by judges who have equal authority. Grant that the docket o ( the supreme court Is still overcrowded and that the judges are entitled to as sistance and relief , the only legitimate way in which relief can be afforded h by a reorganization of the court pursu ant to constitutional amendment. Tin supreme court commission expires b.v limitation In the early spring of 18t ! ) ( Ily that time , if the legislature will sub mlt the requisite constitutional amend ment at the next general election , tin people will be able to provide them selves with an enlarged court of live or seven members serving for adequati compensation. The legislature must noi fall to do Its part. RRTIIIR.MRXT OF OhA'RIIAt .SMPVU.U The remission last week by President Cleveland of the iinexplred portion ol the sentence prescribed b.v the courl martial that tried Itrlgaillcr tJencra David G. Swalm marks the heglnnln ; . of the end of one of the most pccnliai cases that ha.s evyr arisen In our ami ) circles. For ten years General Swain has been nominally judge advocate gen era ! of the military forces of the Unltei States , but has been prevented from ex erlclslng any of the duties of the ollici because of a. disability imposed upoi htm for conduct prejudieal to good orde : and' military discipline. Now , by reasoi of the action of the president , he Ibid : himself restored to good standing in tin army and to the olllce which he ha been supposed to bold only to relinqulsl It , most probably , after three week * service , when , on December 22. In passes Ids ( Gd year and becomes ellgibl for retirement The castof General Swalm is one o the anomalies In the history of Amerl can courts martial. According t a recent account of It , In April. 1884 , Mi Hateman of Washington Informed Sei retary Lincoln that General Swalm ha < attempted a fraud upon the banking lln of Kateman & Co. of Washington b , negotiating a due bill for ? r > ,000 wide had been previously drawn , and that h had also assisted In the negotiation c pay vouchers which he knew to be trli llcates of outstanding acjomiK The fo lowing day Mr. Hateman Informed 111 secretary that the matter bad been ai ranged amicably and mlsumlerstandlnp explained. As , however. Mr. Hatema had published his letter through tli press , and General Swalm's comments o It had not been regarded as satlsfactor b.v the secretary of war , a court of li qulry was held. This body reporte that the evidence showed dlscrcdltabl transactions , especially In view of CJei eral Swalm's peculiar relations to tli administration of justice In the arm ; A court martial was accordingly a ] pointed , of which General Schofleld president. This court found the Judi ; advocate general not guilty of the clmrf of conduct unbecoming nn otllcer and gentleman , which had been based on tl due bill of $ . 1,000 , and also not guilty < any neglect of duty through failure report the triplication of pay , which liti been alleged against Colonel Morro\ but yet guilty of conduct to the prej 1 dice of good order and military dl clpllnc In violation of the slxty-secoi article of war. The sentence was su pension from rank , duty and pay f three years ; but since this was dlsa proved as being too lenient the senten was altered to suspension for one yen with reduction to rank of major In li department That again being dlsa proved by President Arthur a third se tence resulted , that of suspension fro rank and duty for twelve years on hn pay. This Is the sentence the unexpln portion of which has Just been remlttc President Cleveland has undoubted taken the shortest way out of the tan ; into which the War department hi been placed , although had ho been co tent to wait a few weeks he would ha been able to accomplish the same pt pose without permitting General Swa ! to again exercise the duties of Jud advocate general. The principal ohj < tloa of President Arthur to the Hi sentence of the court martial is said have been that It would have restor the general to his position nud f functions after three years. The soco sentence avoided this only by reducl him la rank and obliterating Ms clmnc of future promotion to that place. The third sentence purposely carried the penalty over a period lasting until the spring of 1807 , with only half pay throughout the twelve years. As his compulsory retirement for age was due December 2'2 , 1800 , It was obviously the Intention to fix the third sentence so that he might never again discharge any of the duties of an active judge advocate , either at the head of the department or In any subordi nate grade. The result was that from that day to this the olllco of Judge advocate general has remained practically vacant , Its administration being placed In the hands of the as sistant judge advocate general. Peri odical attempts were made to relieve the situation , but unsuccessfully , up to the recent action of Mr. Cleveland , and the friends of General Swalm and the friends of other applicants for his place were ranged In almost hostile camps. The law does not require the retirement of army officers until they shall have reached their ( Mlh year , but It rests with the president to retire them at any time after they arrive at the age of (5'2. ( It Is assumed that General Swaim will go upon the retired list at the earliest possible moment and that a now briga dier general's star may be looked for at an early day , with other promotions all along the line of the judge advocate's department * FOIt 'JIIKSTA'JK Tliu report of the regents of the State university covering the. past two yearn has been made public. The documeiit consists of two parts , the report proper nntl an editorial mimnmry , which has been nerved up by the Lincoln Journal as an original editorial. 1'asslng ovoi much of the Interesting detail and matters tersof minor information , the burden of the whole report Is the necessity foi extraordinary appropriations by tin1 coining legislature. We are told , tc quote from Hie editorial siimmary jusl referred to , that "a surprising condition of nIT Irs" exists in that Institution , whose "attendance lias far outgrown both the public and the legislature , " tin increase being "simply phenomenal. ' furthermore , that the attendance- trebled within three years , reaching al ready this fall nearly 1r > ( X ) . The re gent * , therefore , n.k for a special levj of one-half mill for each year of tin biennlnm In addition to the three-eighths mill levy formerly voted under simllai pressure. We are admonished that "li this can not be granted the attendance must be arbitrarily limited to SOO , " ant that "the safety of the state and Its future development" are hanging bj this thread. - Perhaps the best way to analyze tlie.st statements and to get at the approximati basis of the recommendations Is to re produce from the report the classillet table of enrollment on December , 1 18 ! ) 1. It is as follows : Graduate students 4 Undergraduate Students : Academic and Industrial-colleges.823 Colltgo cf Law. i. . , . 81 School of Art and Music 131 In absentia students rfl i.os Students In preparatory courses. . . . Isi Aggregate i i,4C Repeated names. t 4 Total enrollment 1,42 . It is to be noted that the enrollmen 'n the Academic and Industrial college ; is S'2S , or just about the number whlel the regents say the ordinary revenues o the university will snlllce to educate The eighty-four students In the lav school are acquiring u technical am professional education , the expense o which is no part of the taxpayer's legit I mate burden. The 151 ! students In the School of Ar and .Music are likewise pursuing speela studies , and are no part of the univoi slty unless they contribute the bulk o the forty-live names that are duplicate ! The thirty-four students who are al sent are not Infringing on the resource of the Institution , and might as wiv have been left altogether out of accoun And llnally the HID students In th preparatory courses ought to and shoul be required to get their secondary edi cation at the expense of the local con inunlty to which they properly belonj The regents will doubtless say that th students In the law school , the absen students , and the students applyln themselves to art and music are n burden upon the university. Perlm ) ; so , but If so It convicts the regents t the basest jugglery when they presei per capita statistics of appropriation calculated for the total enrollment c 1,500 students. We are glad to welcome the tard confession of the regents that "thei has always been a doubtful -proprlet In maintaining preparatory work I connection with the colleges of tills nn vorsity , " and to commend their deelslci to abolish the llrst year of preparatot work In 18JK5 and the second year I 181)7. The Hce commented favorabl upon this decision at the time it wt llrst made public. The preparatoi work ought , however , to have bee abolished long ago , and there Is no e : cuso whatever for maintaining tl second year longer than one year afti the llrst year shall have been abollshe Out of the 1-l'JO students enrolled i the state university 571 , or conslderab more than n third , give Lancast county as their residence , and a gre ; pioportlon of these have had their hit school education at the expense of tl taxpayers at large , while it proper should be defrayed by the citizens Lincoln. The enumeration of the fti ulty , moreover , includes eight professo and Instructors In Latin , nine In Englli and English literature , and ten mathematics , the greater number whom must be constantly employed teaching branches that have no re place In a. college curriculum. I listen however , of abolishing the preparnto work with a view to economy and i trenchinerit , what do the regents pi pose to do ? Why , to establish a nc School of Agriculture and Mcclmi : Arts that Is to bo a worse abuse tin the last. The new school Is to offer three year's course ot study to just t class of students who have be hitherto welcomed Into the preparato department What are to bo the i qulrcinents of admission to the IK school ? The same requirements as the regular collegiate work ? Oh , r "To enter this school , a student mt fairly mastered practical urlthu tleelcmennry grammar , descriptive and physical geography , and oleirtcutnry United States history ; nnd should beef of Ruch nge nud general maturity as will make It reasonable to expect him to exercise self-control and to make In telligent and faithful use of the educa tional opportunities afforded by the state. In lieu of entrance examina tions the university will accepl teachers' first and second grade certificates , and what are known as county superin tendents' certificate ! * , showing that the person named has satisfactorily com pleted thoj'Vvork of the country district school. " ' Jm-other words , the univer sity proposes to take Its students right out of the grammar grades. And If we glance over" the courses of study of the new school what do we Hud ? Noth ing more than the ordinary branches taught In every first class high school , with a mixture of a little shop work from the inailual training department What justification have the regents of the Style university In applying the pro ceeds of state taxation to the mainte nance of a high school ? Have they not their hands full with the work which properly belongs to nn Institu tion of higher education ? We are not prepared to say that all of the requests of the regents for new buildings and for additional equipment are unreasonable and unwarranted. Hut it strikes us that they want first to readjust their plans to their legiti mate field of operations. They want to take measures to restrict the attend ance to those who are prepared for and entitled to college Instruction. Then they want to rearrange their demands upon the legislature In accordance with now computations , based upon an en tirely different condition of affairs. A /Vl.VorX LAllVIt 1 NADRll. We print elsewhere a very Interesting Interview which a reporter of The lice had with Mi1. John Hums , the noted Kngllsh labor leader , who came to this country to attend the congress of the American Federation of Labor , which moots at Denver tomorrow , and also to study the conditions of labor In the United States. Mr. Hums Is the fore most representative of organized labor In Great Hritain , and his purpose In at tending the labor congress at Denver IH to endeavor to establish an alliance be tween ICngllslfand American labor. John Hums is not an agitator , as that term Is commonly understood , but he is- none the less a most earnest , and inde fatigable worker hi the cause of Im proving and uplifting labor. What hi has done In this direction entitles Jilm to the International distinction he en joys. Horn -H the ranks of labor , all his sympathies are with those who toll In the mjiujfand the mill , in the factory and a't tm ? forge the wage-earners and bread-winners , whether of England 01 Amerlca-Biwlh very limited educational advantages In his youth Mr. Hums has become , at the age of I'.O , a man of largi Intellcctirai'attalninonts , and few men hi the Hous'e"of Comni ( > ils command movi attention than he. Pocullarlynthe rep resentativc' lii Parliament"1 of the vasi j'jonstllhejicyX.yf organized Hrltlsli1 labor ho exerts--Krtc.it Inlluem.'c , the more s < because heJs-rccognlzed as a careful ant safe counsellor , wholly unselfish In lib devotion to the cause he represents. Tin tens of thousands of his followers him the most Implicit faith in him , becaust they have learned from ample expert once that he does not lead them to proll by them and that he is absolutely sincere core in their cause. It may be that Mr. Hums will not bi able to accomplish much toward the car rylng out of Tils purpose In attending tin congress of * ho American Federation o Labor , but his visit may have a goot effect upon labor leaders in this country most of whom could profit by his exam pie. to the very great advantage aiit benefit of the cause of the tolllnj masses. STATU rnDKltA'lHMOl' WOMAX'f ! CLUJtf A convention of delegates from tin different woman's clubs In Nebraska I to meet In this city tomorrow , pursuan to an Invitation Issued by the Woman' ; club cf Omahn , for tha purpose ot organ Izlng a stafe federation. The call fo the convention provldps for extendiui credentials to the president and on delegate from every known woman' club In the state , and It Is reported tha a sulllclent number of clubs have bid ! cated their acceptance uf the Invltatlo ; to assure in advance the success of th undertaking. The delegates are to b the guests of the 'I'oman's club of tbl city during their sojourn here , and thn means that their entertainment will b everything that could be either e.i pected or desired. The proposed state federation of wt man's clubs has been projected as part of the general federation of wt man's clubs , Which has been In exls ence now for some time nnd In wide some of the individual clubs hold men bershlp. Hut a general federation co\ \ erlng the Whole United States can li made more .effective through the unlo of Its member's into state organization Several oTlftho states have organize such ass atJoHS New York , for exnn pie , having ivery lecvntly witnessed similar convention of delegates from tli woman's | ; ) ibf ) In Hint state , called h Sorosls , the boil ton club of New Yor City's socltj' ° women and It Is only pn per that t e ) ; 01111-11 of Nebraska shoul place tlmm olVL's In the van of th movement ? 'i'hc women of- the Unite States will , ! js on find themselves In position w-.hlc.li the men nave not yet a talncd , nairu'ly , a national club organlz ; tlon consjgjlij of state federation which In Auruuiro made up of ludlvldui clubs.lvl > li The aifyflri fgcs of a Nebraska sta federation ofwoman's clubs must be a parent almost without explnnntlo Aside from 'the fact that It ranges N braska along ; with other states in th respect , It offers to a wider circle i women the same Inducements that cat separate club offers to Its own member The social contact of regular sta conventions Is alone of great Influem In widening the vision and cxtcndli the experience of the delegates-who nit bo chosen to attend , and through the of all the club women In the sfnte. Tl solidarity of women and the Identity ' their Interests will be realized nnd tit Ized to an extent Impossible without o gn.ulzatlou. To the visiting woman del gates nil Omnha , Irrespective of sex , ex tends n hearty welcome nnd trusts that the convention will be able to effect the object for which It has been called with out dlfllculty and to Its entire satisfac tion. There Is a wide and untrodden Held of usefulness awaiting the Ne braska state federation of woman's clubs. KOMOltK TAniW TlXKKntXtl. The caucus of democratic senators , In designating the subjects of legislation to be presented for consideration , omitted the free raw material bills which passed the house near the close of the last session. This Is to be ac cepted as a virtual surrender on the part of the majority , so far as any further tampering with the tariff Is con cerned. It Is true that the "steering committee" was authorized to present such other measures us It may deem Important , but the action of the caucus plainly Implied that a majority of the democrats present did not desire to con sider the popgun bills , ami It Is to be presumed that the committee 'will not bring any of them forward. The wis dom of this course Is obvious , and , therefore , the action of the caucus Is to be commended. There is no possibility that any of these measures could be passed , with the exception , perhaps , of the bill to amend the sugar schedule , and even as to that there Is doubt as to what would be the result of bringing It to a vote. The proposition as It now stands Is for a straight duty of10 per ceijt ad valorem , but this would proba bly b ( > antagonized by the republicans , who favor free sugar. The democrats cannot support free sugar , because with their tariff law there must be a revenue from sugar to supply the government with the needed revenue. Probably most of them would like to deprive the trust of the one-eighth of a cent pro tection as a sort of party vindication , but evidently they are afraid to raise 10 question , since It might load to a eopeiiliig of the whole tariff Issue and prolonged discussion that would lead i ) nothing. In the circumstances , therefore , the emocrats have Judiciously decided to How the supplemental tariff bills to est where they are , thus heeding the dmonitlon of the people at the last lection. Of course this means that hose measures are dead , and that the ountry Is not to experience the lulllc- lon of any more tariff discussion In longrcss for several years , a promise lch the Industrial and business In- crests of the country will most heartily welcome. There are plenty of other mtters to command public attention. Phe currency question is of paramount mportance and calls for the most In- elllgent and careful consideration from ho people , and besides this such mat ers as the repression of monopoly In he form of trusts and combinations , he better regulation of corporations , i national bankruptcy law , and other liicstions affecting the general welfare ivldch 'have been subordinated In the mbllc thought to the tariff , may now eceive the attention they merit. The Iqmocrats In the present congress have lone nothing so wise as dropping the ariff. Philadelphia Is almost excited because he statue of William Penn recently alsed to the tower of the public bulki ng In that city has Its back turned to hat part of the city from which It Is nest generally viewed. The people are ilemanding that William be turned ifoiuul. No respectable statue ought o be deaf to such an appeal. root Hull1 * MueK'HK Itocord. Globe-Democrat. , The autumn foot ball casualties In America will be In the neighborhood of six iner Killed and thirty seriously Injured , which beats anything that bull lighting In Spalr can show In live years. The Kuproino Tmt nt the Hub. Itoston Journal. The test of n man's Hoclal standing till ; winter Is his designation of the tlower Ir his buttonhole. If he calls It a "bouton ulerc" he Isn't In It , but If he says "coal llower that settles him he Is one ot th < elect. Ton Smooth to Ho Hulked. Mlnnonpoll ? Journal. The amcrtled constitution of New Yorl state forbids any railroad to Issue a pasi to any state olllclal , elected or appointed and It Is stated that under this provlsloi Onauncey Dcpew could not ride free cvei his own road HO lone as he remains a re Bent In the university. Heavy penultlc are prescribed for the violation of this pro vision. _ Tct of Picxpcrmn Conditions. Clilcaso Hecord. When steel rails are movliiB rapidly fron the rolling mill to the tracklayers the Ken cral business of the country Is greatly stlm ulateil. From the Iron mines , coal mine and coke ovens the raw materials How t the mills , nnd feeders from all sides ) ad < volume nnd strunRth to this freshet of proa perity , which remains ut Hood tide Ion after the new rails have been polished b the loaded freight cars. Indications point to a largo consumption o rails next year by the creat roads of th country not In extensions , but 4n repalrln und relaying their tracks. New car ore t be built , heavy repairs are to be made o the present rolling stock , and the rallroa shops and rights of way promise to b lively centers of constructive activity ncx year. From the. I-ake Superior Iron mine comes the cheering Intelligence that bette prices are looked for next year , that bios furnaces Using I ake Superior ore ore stocl Ing up In anticipation of the Increased < lf mand , and that there will bo less ore on th lower lake ore docks at the opening of nnv gatlon next spring than there haa been b < fore for many years. The spirit of pessimism , which has choke enterprise for two years. Is giving way t the optimism which has heretofore led mete to great commercial deeds , and has mad American enterprise the synonym of succes and prosperity throughout the world. In thnVe t IJImionfrntoil ? Chancellor J. II. Canfleld. In tlio Forum. There Is same discontent within the llinll of Nebraska. With the unsuccessful , eve though they have done more than fnlrl well , the sense of rot being s far along I the race as those with whom they maii the start Is Irritating. The tenth commnm ment Is undoubtedly often und badly sha tered In Nebraska : but I fancy we ai neither the only sinners nor the chief ( Dinners In this resptfct. Men here , as elsi where , are In haste to get rich , not slmpl to secure a competence. With many othei the present complaining Is hereditary , an comes to them with their New nnglur blo3d. The discontent which really do < exist , however. Is not so much dlscontei with onc-'H Individual lot as with the exU Ing order of things. Unquestionably tl opportunities of life are In some way an often apparently by legislation tranaferrc to the few. In our haste to build up n empire In a night we have not nlwaj guarded carefully the Interests of all tr people. It would sometimes seem as UIOUK our children could not possibly govern then selves any worse than we have govern * ourselves , and that If they do not vastl Improve In all methods of public admlnli tratlon they will suffer more than we do. Out of such bitter experiences , howcve ana out of this kind of rational dlscontei are evolved all human Improvement and n advancement of the race. This kind of dl content neema to have naturally and proi crly become n powerful factor In America public life. Hut an for ourselves und 01 nulghbora us Individuals , and In our o Individual and private Interests and affair It Is safe to fuy that M per cent of tl people of this state fall easily under an thoughtful definition of the expression "coi tertea Classen. " HKVUI-Ul miUI.1 AT T1US 1'Vtl'IT , Kansas City Journal ; The Methodist con ference ot North Cnrollna decided to decline a Rift of $300 toward defraying Its expenses because It was offered t > r a man who mnkis his money out of a tobacco trust. This Is n little old-ftuhloned , but Is kind of re freshing. Minneapolis Journal : Father Duccy seems to be In regular attendance upon the sessions of the fycxow committee In Now York , In spite ot the solemn warning he received from hU diocesan. Uuccy thinks that If a man U a priest he doesn't forfeit his right ns nn American citizen. New York Sun : The community Is Infested with n good many clerical bores. Sonic of them preach about everything excepting re ligion. Neither In manners ncr In Insinuate do those loosc-longued clergymen resemble any ot the twelve apostles , or Paul , the npostln to thr Gentiles. Chicago Times : John Durns says he Is astonished to see so many churches In the rich residential section of New York. If Mr. Burns expected to find the churches In the poorer quarter * of the city or the tene ment hound district he must , Indeed , be Ig norant of the latter-day policy of most ot tha American clergy. Kansns City Star : llev. Mr. Foolo of Christ Episcopal church at St. Joseph , who Invited a colored minister to sit at a , table at a church social , has vacated his pulpit because the members of his congregation made It so unpleasant for him that he did not feel justified In continuing to submit to the disagreeable things which he was forced to endure. While the church Is engaged In the task of securing a new pastor It should also have sufficient respect for the Christian proprieties to change Its name. 1'EOIT.K AM ) TUlXtlS. Other cavities besides the wells of Peru have gone dry In that section ot Nebraska. In the language of Wall street , the crusade against living pictures In New York Is a bare movement. It might be stated without breaking the seal of confidence that Chicago does not fur ther her annexation schemes by spreading a consignment of her tof ) In this section. Doy babies sell for CO cents a pound In St. Louis. This U the free trade scale. As Missouri has become republican the policy of protecting Infant Industries will give prices a bcom presently. The verdant who cashed a draft signed by "Jay Hussett Apple , Cashier , " In Kansas City should not bo clilJeil In his misfortune. Allowance must be made for the freshening Influence of environment. The South Carolina dispensary law has been revindicated. One of the state liquor constables who killed a man for being per niciously active In opposition was pardoned by Governor Tlllman and lauded for his gal lantry. Uncle Billy Patterson , who died In Phila delphia recently , was not the victim of the unsolved mystery , "Who struck Ullly Pat terson ? " He was a modest engineer on a railroad , and \\as never struck or dumped out of the cab. Frank Lawler , the great endorsed states man of Chicago , seems utterly unable to restrain his disposition to serve the dear people. Despite tlio exaction's of private af fairs , ho has been prevailed upon to sacrifice himself as an alderman , at $3 a meeting. Out he has not been elected yet. Municipal reform has suddenly awakened In Philadelphia. Some time ago an electric company offered to pay Into the city treasury $25,000 a year for ten yeats for the privilege of putting down and operating conduits In the streets of the city. The city fathers smiled coldly on the proposition , fearing It might ssriously Inflate the treasury surplus. It was pigeon-holed. Dut when the same company recently asked the privilege free the city dads became convinced H was a mlghiy good thing to freeze to. Of course the cost to the company has not decreased. A fascinating young widow , tear stained and somber clad , floated Into a Brooklyn hotel In search of a job not long ago , and made herself so useful that promotion fol lowed promotion. Sli ? attained the altitude of assistant housekeeper and the fourth story on Monday last , whan she was precipitated ' out of a w'lndow , landing on a shed , forty feet below. Her leg was broken. Whether slis jumped or was thrown out Is not stated , but one account has a postscript to the effect that the landlord's wlfa "is physically cap able of breaking In doors or of doing any thing else which requires strength and rapid ity of action. " A ( onsrrvotlie Itoformcr. Philadelphia Hecord. John Burns , the noted Kngllsh labor lender , who comes to this country to partici pate In the Trades Union conference to be held at Denver , has no faith In extreme movements for the amelioration of the con dition of tollers. Mr. Burns has been long enough In public life as artisan , agitator and reformer to know how little force such mcvements wield , nnd what baneful reac tions are sure to folow them. The teach ings of his experience may offer little that Is new to the older and wiser heads In the conference ; still. If they shall have no directly practical value , they may exert a wholesome influence In their Iteration. 07,815 Voters Knew It. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Holcomb. governor-elect of Nebraska. Is described as a man six feet two Inches high , of fine form und figure , with a frank open countenance "Indicating excellent traits of character. " These facts have come out since the election. JIMtiTS lUlOft Jt.lX'H J/O1I.V. A Ho will often kill vrlicro a fthotcur wouldn't. Sooner or Liter prldo la euro to step ot dynamite. So 1110 people forget1 tlmt tlicra I * n goo ( ilen I of gospel In a handshake. The days uro never long enough for tin man whose heart Is In his work. The devil 1st In partnership with th mm who docs nil his work with hi * mouth. The preacher who tears a lent out of thi bible might as well throw away the whoU book. Some pcoplo use religion as they do tliclt silver spoons ; only when they have com * pany. Congress might send a commission to Illua , flohls and give tha Mogiiultoes some frcsl blood. blood.Whenever Whenever we open the door to a doubt tin Oovll 1ms a messenger with bad news rendj to come In , There Is more rohl > good In a. cheer disposition than thcro Is In a pedigree run nltig back to the Mayflower. , Jiip.tii'M Long llnnl. Indlnnatiollit Nevrn , Japan wants 400,000,000 yen and the ces sion of the territory now occupied by hei troops as the price cf peace. This demand sccmw n Hltle heavy , a yen being equivalent to our dollar. Germany exacted but J250- OOO.ttX ) from Krance , nltiiouKli deprlvliiK hei . , , of Alsace nnd Korrralnc. ICiiKlaml will ob.r'-f f J Ject to Japan' ? drmands , no doubt , und lh. Jfj ] tcrcstlttK compllcallonH will ensue If Japan Insists upon u cession of territory. B.lLri ! FOll f.O.Vtt 8KH31OXS , Boston Transcript : It Is better for n doctor - tor , In a business point of view , to Ulscovei one new disorder than to eradicate u dozen diseases. Detroit Free Press : Jack Did you kick one of thi fellows on the other slue ? 8am-On the other side ? Why , I kicked him all over. Washington Star : "Keep that physician In attendance on our family ? " exclaimed Mrs. 1'aivle New ; "never ! " "Has he killed nnybodv ? " "No : but he had the Impertinence to say that Mr. Now'a blood was Impoverished. Chicago Tribune : Hanks You cured vout Inme back with porous plasters ? How lonu did you hive to wear them ? Rivers How long ? I had to wear 'cm the. . whole length of my spine. V Buffalo Courier : "Skinner nays he has scarcely slept a wink since the day he sold his vote. " "Thoroughly ashamed of himself , eh ? "Yep ; he's learned somehow that an other man got $2 more than he did , " Sittings : The butcher Is no gambler , but he H always ready to stake the luckj boarding house keeper. Syracuse Test : Mrs. McSwattcrs Trouble * never come single. McSwntters You're right. They always come when you're married. Plain Dealer : Coroner And did the de ceased have no friends ? All No. He wm an old bachelor. Atlanta Constitution : Justice ( tiltingjngr And this Is a sample ot the moonlight stun you make ? Prisoner It Is , sir. Justice Six months. It's the same brrfnd I tackled last year when I had to suspend court 8lx weeks. Boston Courier : Clerk Well. If you don't like any of the pinks , here are some nice goods In green I would be pleased to snow you. Aunt Abigail ( curtly ) No ; you don't , young feller : I read the papers , nn' I know all about you green goods fellers. Indianapolis Journal : "Did I understand you to nay that Thompson was a farmer ? " "Good gracious , no ! I said he made his money In wheat. You never heard of a farmer doing that , did you ? " Philadelphia Record : Wife ( gazing nt her husband's head on the pillow ) I wonder If he is asleep ? I've got to get him a Christ mas present. Maybe I could go through his pockets now. Washington Star : "it Is almost as good ag the theater , " said the young woman , who was watching the proceedings from the house of representatives gallery. "Yes , " was the reply , "but some of those farewell appearances aren't of the I'attI de scrlptlon , by a long shot. " IIKU SMILES. 1 Detroit I-'rro Press. ' She smiled on me. Her eyes were bnrvD Ana on lier head a lovely crown Of golden tresses capped a brow As white as snow. I see It now. I asked her to be mine , nnd Bhc Alack , alack , she smiled at me. Critic. rrnnk D. Sherman In Ladles' Home Journal. Sweetheart , I send my greeting Across the world of snow , Love's tender pledge to break the cdgo Ot winter winds that blow : The ono word still repenting The word I dared to say When nil the hours were- sweet with flowers And melody and May. In theseDecember ashes That nil the valley's urn , N ? V.islieer ! > s tlle , flre of Wing's < 1esli - Which yet shall wake and burn. And when once more It flashes And lights with buds the vine. Shall you IMS here with love to cheer And light this life of mine ? Across the frosty Isthmus Of winter white with drifts , Love , like a bird , flies with u word To him who holds his gifts ; Oh. nt the dawn of Christmas , V When he returns to me , Bid him to sing of such a spring- , And you his sons shall be ! "Monoy's "Worth or Money Back , " Santa's Watching You. V He's going to wait till you go to sleap Christmas Eve. Then he's going to sneak down the chimney and find your clothes , and if they've got the "B. , K. & Co. " label on them he will think , you are a pretty good fellow and will pro ceed at once to fill your old sock full of snare drums , peanuts , pianos , and houses and lots. Let him see one of our new overcoats or suits in your room , They are an orna ment to any back and it takes as little as $7.50 to secure either one of them. Little boys , big boys and grown boys all receive special attention at our hands the largest boys clothing stock in the west and the choicest goods- all first class in quality , no matter if you pay $2 for a suit or five times two. Ui. > . Browning , King & Co. , 5e 5n Reliable Clothiers , S. VV. Cor. 15th nnd Douglas. /