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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1895)
- fl \ TTTTT. mvrATTA DATLY flREi SUNDAY. APRIL 14. 1805. .THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BE& TCIIM8 OK SI'llSCIUI'TlOV. Dally IV-o ( Without Hun.lny ) , One Vear..J 8 tt > Dully r.ef nnd Hut.dny , One Ycnr 1J < HI * M nth * BOO ( Three Months & ' Himiliy IIOilf VMir 2 < * > BiituriJny ! ! . One Your 1 * > HVotKly lice. One Yt-ai > Orruhn , The Doc DillMlng. Boulh Om.ilm , Sinner ISIIt. , Oirner nnd ! lth Sin. Council llliKTH , IS P'nil HUcot. ChlcnKn airr , ! I7 Clinmltcr of Commerce. Yolk.airr 13 , 14 und 15. Tribune DMc ) n , 1417 V Street. N. W. roitHKfl'ONDnNCR. All rcmimunlraUnrut ivlntlnit to news nml nil- tutlnt iimlter pliniild lie iiiMipmuM : To the KJltor. nrsiNEss i.irprijns. All lni ln.ws Inters p.nii rrmlttnnees nhnuM I" * ndilrt-iKinl to The Hoc I'ublliililne pnnipiiny , Omuhn. Dnift. ' . rhcrk nnd | > wtntI1r > nnliTH to lie made parable to the nnl r of tincoiiuuinv. . THU HUH I'Um.lHIlINO COMI'ANY. BTATfJMKNT Of CIItUUI.ATlON. OPOIRO II. Tsucliuck. 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And there are millions of Chinamen who will hear of the peace before they will hnve known of the existence of the war. If there can be such u IhliiK ns n voluntary tax. the new federal Income lax will be about as near to It as pos sible. C'oHnterfeltliiR United States postage RtawtiH Is a smaller Job now than for merly because the. stamps are consider ably smaller. Thirty yours fifo wns the period of sonic of tlio most trying times thut the American republic uvi-r cxpork'iicod In its whole career. It. Is an Idle thought to hope that the resignation fever will strike all of the local public olllelals with whose services the people would Kindly dispense. The Lenten pull tlint lias been rosthif ; over the social world' will now bo raised and society refreshed ami reln- vlKorated for another season of jay festivities. If Trilby has to bo kept before the public by an appeal to the courts for nn injunction against Imitations there must be signs that the craze hns en tered the last part of Its course. One great argument against holding the republican national convention In Chicago next year Is the unavoidable danger It would bring of forcing Olmnn- cey Depew into unpleasantly close prox imity to Governor Altgeld. 11111 Springer removed from Illinois just at the wrong time. If he had only remained n little longer he might have had the privilege of participating in the threatened Internal disruption of the democratic party of that state. There Is said to be $ ; i,000,000 invested In tills country In the manufacture of corks and the annual product Is esti mated at $4,000,000 In value. Is It any wonder that almost every one Is getting the reputation of being a corker ? AVhen China Is llnully opened up to foreign commerce throughout the whole length and breadth of her dominion the merchants and manufacturers of the United States want to be ready to take ; ndvantage of the opportunity that will be before them. Douglas county Is rich In treasure id resources. Her people are proud of le fact that while properly owners of Is county pay about one-elghtli of ihe cost of maintaining state government not one cent of the seed grain bounty was apportioned to this county. It would not have mattered how tin Income tax decision went , Senator Ilih was sure to be the man "who told you so. " Senator Hill managed to say so much about the Income tax law that he could not possibly have failed to hit It right In sonic part of his prollllc. re marks. The Woman's "Weekly of this city has Issued a very creditable special lOaster number , which at the same time marks the close of the llrst year of Its career. Tins women need offer no apology for the paper which stands as the regular champion of woman's In terests. Democratic organs are now busy try- lug to make out that there Is something more personal than friendly rivalry be tween Mr. Heed and Governor McKin- ley. They Insist that there has been a quarrel and that there Is genuine hostility between the two men. lint all the evidence they refer to Is nothing but surmise and assumption. Governor llolcotnb In his Arbor day proclamation recommends appropriate exercises In the public .schools In order f that tlio youth may appreciate the Im portance of making Nebraska In reality tlio Tree Planters' state. This Is an Insinuation tluit Nebraska U not yet In reality the Tree I'lanteni' state. lias not the legislature duly declared the very opposite to be a fact ? And does not the declaration of the legislature Bottle the matter ? The legislature wivs that Nebraska Is already in reality the Tree Planters' btato anil the legisla ture knows. TIIK MKAT SVl'lTr. It the slatcuicntH of the cattlemen aiul the packerH are correct , nnd there appears to be no good reason for dis crediting them , the explanation of the advanced price of meats Is obvious. There can , of course , be no doubt , as to the correctness of the statistics which show a large falling off In the receipts of cattle at Ihe principal live stock markets as compared with 1S01 , and this of Itself furnishes conclusive evidence of a diminished supply In the country. A report made by one of the statisticians of the Agricultural depart ment , so recently as February , statetl tlint the decrease In the number of oxen and other cattle since the estimate for January , 1SJ ! ) , has been 'J.-l')4,0.2 head. During the same time there was also a very considerable falling oil In the number of sheep , which Is a mutter not to bo left out of consideration. Another point In the situation not to be lost sluht of Is that owing to tin- low prices last year and the Increased cost of food a great many cattle raisers marketed their slock before It was really ready fur Iho market. The big packers mi- Utialllledly deny that there Is any com bination to put tip prices and they make what seems to be a good point against the idea of a combination when they say that where there Is such a scramble for cattle the opportunity for combination Is reduced to a minimum. With regard , to the very Interesting question to the consumers of the coun try as to the continuance of high prices for meat , the chief of the national bureau of animal Industry says the tendency of prices with cattle will probably be to advance within the next year or two on account of the im probability of Increasing the stock of cattle as rapidly a the population Is augmenting , but this advance will be slow and uncertain for a number of years. Of course Ibis Is simply a theory , and while coming from high authority Is not to be accepted tin- quostlonlngly. The higher price of meats will have , It Is safe to assume , two results. It will reduce consump tion and stimulate production. Very likely the diminished consumption will about offset the reduced supply of cat tle , anil while Increased production may. not this year keep pace with augmenting population there Is every reason to ex pect that it will do so next year. Tak ing this view of the .situation and con sidering , also , that there Is not likely to be an enlarged export demand for meats , there appears to be good ground for the opinion that prices will not con tinue to advance , though they are not likely to go lower this year. From n physiological point of view , a reduced consumption of meats will perhaps done no harm. It is the judgment of those who ought to know Hint the American people as a whole eat too much meat and that It would be beneficial to them ' , physically and morally , to use less. . The arbitrary exactions of Insurance companies have long been a source of Intent discontent among business men. ( Merchants who want Insurance against ( Ire are compelled to pay prices which j they feel to he excessive , but they pay them because they can not secure the same thing more cheaply from any other source. If objection Is raised to the amount of the premiums demanded the answer Is that even at ( he prevail ing rates the companies are unable to make profits on their business , that losses for the past few years have ex ceeded net receipts from premiums anil that rates ought In all justice to bo higher and not lower. In an article on the cost of lire In surance in tlie current North American Kevlew the writer , Mr. George 1T. Crocker , starts out by admitting that as fire Insurance Is now conducted the rates hardly pay the expenses of opera tion. Hut he Insists that this ought not to be so. The business of Insuring against fires resolves Itself Into this simple matter , the laying aside each year the sum necessary to Indenuflfy the loss from lire on a designated number of buildings. Where one Individual owns it thousand houses It Is a mere question of bookkeeping. Where the thousand houses are owned by a thousand - | sand Individuals the average loss must be apportioned among them plus an amount Kiilliclent to pay the cost of the care and distribution of the fund fro collected. The question Is whether the machinery for administering the process has not become too cumbersome and at the same time unnecessarily expensive. The facts clred by Mr. Crocker In sup port of his contention tlint lire Insur ance today costs too much are InterestIng - Ing If not absolutely conclusive. The amount of premiums paid Into In surance companies Is double the amount paid out by them for lire loss. In twenty years In Massachusetts the people have paid to the companies $1-18- 000,000 for protection from loss by fire , while only $77,000,000 has been paid back again to the people In payment of the tire losses. In other words the drain on ) he com munity on account of tire has been twice as great as the lire loss. The es timated annual outlay for lire insur ance In the I'lilted States Is placed at ? ; tao.X)0,000. ( ) Little of this , however , goes as profits to the companies. The profits of most companies come out of the Interest on the Investment of Its capital , surplus and unearned premiums In Income-bearing securities. 15ut the great cost of lire Insurance Is not universal the world over. Mr. Crocker quutes statistics of a recognl/.i'd Kngllsh Insurance expert which show the average rates to be S cents per $100 In Franco , 1T > cents In Germany cents lnKngland , . ' ! 0 cents In Australia , US cents In Austria , til cents In Uns.ln and 100 cents In the 1'nlted States. It Is lite e- qnently or Involve so great losses In Kit rope as In this country owing to bet t- ter building methods , lint the whole > difference Is not thus to be explained , For example , the lire loss for Paris In ISM was ? lSl.,20ri , while the loss In Uoston during the same year was $000- 817. The population of Paris Is four times that of Uoston , while the tire loss Is only twice as great. If we cannot account for the le cost of fire Insurance lu the United i Slated by losses or profits It must he due to excessively expensive administra tive machinery. The business Is carried on almost exclusively by agents with no Interest In the company'working on a commission In addition to smalt sala ries. Their Interest lies not In profits or low rates , but In Inrge commission ! * on high rates. In not unusual In stances their commissions are such that r > to 10 per cent rebate can be had by dealing ( with particular brokers. One large foreign company In six years paid out for brokerage anil commissions , ex cluding salaries of olllcers and em clPi ployes , an amount equal to - ! ) per cent I of what It paid for fire loss. A large ' Hartford company reports that It has paid In commissions an amount equal' ' to L'S per cent of the amount paid for. fire lo < s and that the total paid brokers , agents , olllcers and employes is equal toI" per cent of the amount paid the Insured for lire loss. Taking into consideration the fact that th re Is no competition In lire In surance , tlint the rate Is llxed by a board of underwriters and Is the same for all board companies , that often the merchant can noj secure all the In surance he desires to carry and that the greater part of each year's lK > llcles are simply renewals , the con clusion can hardly be averted that the shell Is out of all proportion to the kernel. Mr. Crocker's assertion that the lire Insurance Held Is most promis ing for men who will Introduce new business methods has a most plausible sound. TIIK STATK The resignation of Chancellor Can lleld from the position at the head of the State University will necessitate the selection of another competent man to succeed him in that position. It will at the same time afford a good opportunity for reorganizing the work of the Institution. The labor which Chancellor Canlleld lias performed In Infusing life Into the university and bringing it Into prominence , not only with the people of this state , but also with the people Interested In such work- in other stiites , Is neither to be dep , recated nor underestimated. The uni versity has unquestionably made great strides under his administration and Is in a more advanced position , education ally , than it ever was before. But Chancellor Canlleld Is , not In any uncomplimentary sense , an educational boomer. Ills methods have been boom methods. He h s tried to Impress every one that the only way to have a great university Is to make a great showing of attendance. Numbers and magnitude have been made the prime object , and results made secondary to size. The university Jias been ex- pandeil by the addition of various new I departments and technical schools , with the danger that the original purpose of giving the youth of Nebraska , a Round academic education will be over- shadowed. The boom period of the university may have been a necessary part of Its career. Itooins of all kinds , however , must eventually have an end. What is wnnteil now In the new chan cellor Is a man who will call In the outposts , till up the gaps , and by a sound and conservative management keep the university within the lines which properly mark a publicly sup ported Institution of higher education. What is wanted above all is the im mediate abolition of the elementary work , which the student Is expected to have had before entering the university , whether It be called by the name of "preparatory department" or "school of mechanic and Industrial arts. " Ily lopping off the side shows the re sources of the university can bo con centrated on the Held of higher educa tion. tion.The The University of Nebraska cannot hope to compete with the richly endowed dewed universities of the east , but It can fulfill the function for which' was created , namely , to bring within reach of the deserving student of Ne braska the means of acquiring those elements of knowledge which con stitute a liberal education. In se lecting the man to guide the further development of this Institu tion the regents should exercise every deliberation and care. They should keep In mind the work which Is ex pected of the next chancellor and aim to find form It CAXADA OIUKCTS. As WOB to have been expected , the ieo Canadian government objects to the pro posals submitted by the United States to the British government for the bet ter protection of the seals In North ern Pacific. According to a dispatch from ( lie capital of the Dominion the government of Canada has transmitted to Kngland a statement of Its opposition ills tion to every proposal made by this lsm country. It does not want an extension of the present , regulations to cover all the waters In which seal-catching Is prosecuted on the ground that Is would give Americans control of the In dustry , and It does not want a conven tion of the countries Interested In the preservation of the seals from extinc tion because it fears that Canada would get the worst of It. Seal poach ing by Canadians has grown to be a valuable business and the government of that country Is unwilling to have It ie 10 I oils of the pelagic seal hunters are brutal and barbarous. It fnrnl.-dics prolltable employment to ti considerable number of Caimdltm vessels and Is a source of some revenue to the government , be sides which It inlllets injury upon an Important Interest of the I'nlted States and these considerations arc milllclont to lead the Canadian government to oppose any plan for the better protec- ' .lion of the seal. It Is tlio policy of that government under all circumstances to antagonize the Interests of the United States when It can do so. The apparent Indifference to this mat ter shown by the Hrltlsh government Is undoubtedly prompted by the atti tude of Canada , and as there Is no probability that the latter can be per suaded to abandon Its position it Is not to be expected that tliu Hrltlsh govern ment will take any action on the lines I suggested by Jjip United States. In tlint event thor ; will bo no more protei te for fhV < < enl fisheries than nt l > t and tlie ! Vork of extermination will he contlmioiU According to export ' opinion It will require but a few years under existing Conditions , to utterly de stroy this valuable Industry which If properly prot cteU would be a source ol revenue t < / , tlju government for an In period. . No additional protoc- I tlon can be brovldod for the coming season whlclj , will open in a few scw wooJis and there Is every reason to apprehend 1 that ; the slaughter of seal will be very much greater than last year. In view of the great probability I that CSreat Ilritaln will not accede to ' the proposals of the United States the . question as to what this country shall do : ' Is a serious one. It Is bound by the ' decision of the 1'arls tribunal of arbl- tratlou and cannot Interfere with seal- lug outside of the three-mile limit. The poacher Is guaranteed security In the open sea and he Is able to find there an ample reward for his enterprise. It Is hardly conceivable that our govern , ment will permit the present situation to continue , but what It can or should do to Improve It Is a problem thai will not bo easily solved. Obviously there Is still In this matter the possibility of serious trouble. , 1IOMK Itl'LH I'Oll CIT1KS. An Illinois legislator has sprung an ambitious scheme of home rule for Chi cago. There Is of course no probability that a new state will be carved out of Illinois simply to embrace the territory covered by Chicago , but the proposition Is Interesting In that It shows the ten dency toward home rule for great American cities. In San Francisco a committee of freeholders formulates the city charter , which after ratillcatlon by the electors of the city must have legis lative review and confirmation. The people of California concede the point that the voters of a great city alone are competent to make Its governmental framework and all that Is necessary for the legislature to do is to ascertain what the people of a metropolitan city want and then let them have It. This idea Is growing throughout the union. It has taken root In Chicago. One of her representatives In the slate legis lature declares that lawmakers from rural districts know nothing of the needs of a modern metropolitan city and cure loss. While the measure he has introduced Is.too radical , there Is no question that ( nit of It must eventu ally come R ; more perfect system of ' home rule for'.Chleago. The I'.eo , it will be remembered , Sought to Impress the Importance of tin's subject upon the minds of legislators In the recent ses sion. The corporations saw in It , how ever , an attempt 1o curtail' their power over the government of Omaha and their paid agents killed the measure bj the subserviency of members controlled by local and railroad corporations. These Interests find It more practicable ' and less expensive to handle legislative delegations than to control a city elec tion. The time 'must ' come , however , when this Issue \ylll bo fought out on Its merlin and finally settled 111 the In terest of good government IN Adincur/ruiiAL coxm- There are indications of some radical clmngesinagrleultural _ _ conditions In ' fne nT-ar rmuroT These will probably be most marked In the south and the east. In the former section the tendency is to raise less cotton and more grain and meat. The southern people are begin ning to discover the phosphates and nitrates for the refreshment of the soil and scientific farming Is beginning to bo practiced. The southern cotton planters have had a hard experience during the last two years and most of them have become convinced that they can no longer profitably employ all their lands In raising cotton. Last year the south produced more corn than ever before and It paid. What the southern farmers generally are said to be con templating Is the diversification of agri culture , and if they do this there can bo no doubt that they will get sub stantial benefit from It. In the east the tendency Is to market farming and the cultivation of fruit. ICx-fiovernor Flower of New York , who knows a thing or two about agriculture , says that the trouble In the east has been the attempt to compete with the west In the raising of grain. He ex pressed the opinion that the farmers of New York and New England will adapt their farms to the market and will then find them profitable. In New Kngland those farmers who have been bemoan ing their unhappy fate have been taught recently some very good lessons. An instance Is noted of a Connecticut farmer who had struggled for several years In the old way to keep soul and body together and finally abandoned the raising of corn and potatoes and devoted - voted bis farm to small fruits , prin cipally berries. lie made money from the start and is now prosperous. Others have followed hlst'xamp'e and arc do'ng well. The iinllre/'fljon ' of those who have given attention ! to-thls tendency Is that the cry of abittyjohed farms In the east ' , will soon be hejird'for the last time , and I that the day I * near at hand when there is to bi'a ' ' ; Jew and splendid do- } velopment of'custom farming industry , ' successful heiiuiHD It does not compete with tlie wosjj ; ajul because it will bo managed upon business and scientific principles. As to tlio w sV , no very marked changes are "to lh expected , but this section will b $ i terlally benefited If eastern farmm : * pitnerally abandon the raising of grain and leave that to the . western portion of the country. With such a condition the country's conmtinp tlon would require all the western product so that the wheat growers of the west would not have to trouble themselves about a foreign market for their surplus. With an ample homo market for all their grain It would un doubtedly command a bettor price , sluco under present conditions the value of the whole crop Is largely determined by the price which the surplus brings In the foreign markets. The tendency to changed agricultural conditions In the cast and south is n matter of no little Importance and will be regarded by tin tei 'u compendium of the laws enacted by the recent legislature. The synopsis has been prepared with especial refer ence to tlio demands of the general reader ' * ' , who will naturaby desire to In | form himself as to the main features of the new laws without going to the trouble to sift a great mass of legal verbiage. The salient points of the new ami Important laws , such as Iho Irriga tion acts , the new banking act , the Omaha canal bill and the proposed con stitutional amendments are given at length , while the general enactments have , been brlolly and succinctly stated under ' general headings. . The price of beef Is now higher than It has been at any time In the past twenty years and the price of oil Is also higher than It has been at any time for over a decade bade. Those In creased prices have come about without any sudden liillatlon of the currency. They . can have had no direct connection either with the free coinage of silver or . . the demonetization of silver In the United States. Are we to infer that wheat and cotton are the only products of the farm that are governed by the market price of silver ? The date for the Iowa republican state convention has been fixed for .Inly 10. This gives the ambitious as pirants , for gubernatorial honors three months ] In which to cultivate their re spective | booms. As the republican nomination In Iowa this year Is the next thing to an election , this ante-con vention canvass gives promise of producing - ducing some- lively politics. Known U'licii to Lot do. New York Tribune. Mr. Cleveland has irmile no mistake In deeldltiR that It would not he well for him to run for n third term In the \Vlilte house. A Kepronulifnticciiniiunn. . Tribune. Those members of the Arkansas legisla ture who sold their votes to a railway cor poration for $100 each did a shameful act and brought reproach on the entire lawmaking - making prfeR ! > loii. One hundred dollars Is a disgracefully low price. llntfnnr Point * tlio Way. Ololie-Pemocrat. The speech of the lit. Hon. A. J. IJalfour In favor of bimetallism Is a strong one , anil it Is to be hoped that he represents milllclent public sentiment In rOnslaml to brliiR about the participation of that coun try In the proposed International once. confcr- Riildrnnt Harmony. KntisnH City Stnr. While the supreme judRes differed on many points of the lncnm < > tax law they were enthusiastically unanimous In sup port of the declaration that they are ex empt from Its provisions. It Is seldom tl-at n breach Is found in such happy and fra ternal accord on a nice point of constitu tional law. _ WcHtcrn Humor nml Orlglnnllty. NPW Vork Sun. The west speaks well and strongly , and often with an originality nnd a humor which are Irresistible. If we be may pr- mltted to express a hope In regard to the Knfrlluli language In the west , wo hope that It will keep on being- strong , original , nnd f humorous , and exuberant of artlntlc slang. Harmony nnd euphony tire more common and more easily obtained. Tlio Tcit or Time. Cilolio-Deiimcrnt. The journal of the Itoyal Statistician So ciety of England states that In 1810. lust before Kngland adopted her present policy of free trade , the per capita wealth iif her people ' istood nt Jl.OS ) . against SIC5 lor I'rance. Hut France , which has stood by protection , has now passed England , her individual ' wealth being $1,200. while Eng land's Is but $1,240. Such n record , covering n period of llfty years. Is shaking the faith of many Englishmen In free trade. A fuitloivil ftcnndnt. riillailplphln l're i. The national scandal Involved In the prior publication of the Income tax decision of the supreme court ought early to engage the attention of the court. It ought to be possible for eight men as old as the justices and presumably wise nnd ictlcent to keep a secret of this character until the decision Is handed down ; but , as each Important de cision hns for some time been announced In advance , either the justices talk or the method , selected to care for the copy of the decision Is faulty. Hoth evils can be cured by the court If It pleasps. If not , sooner or later , In n case Involving the stock market , n most serious scandal will Rhnko public confidence. In Its integrity. M herein Hill Illniiilurcil. WusliliiRton Star. Perhaps by this time Senator Hill feels Batlufled that he blundered when hede feated the nominations of I'eckham and Hornblowcr to the supreme bench. Of course In defeating President Cleveland's ' choice In n matter of so much Importance Senator Hill paid off some old political debts , but In his anxiety to do this he pos sibly overreached himself a trllle. Jlore than anything else. Senator Hill would like to defeat the Income tux law and this re sult would surely have been achieved had either Pecklium or Hornblower been on the supreme bench In place of White , for both the Now Yorkers are anti-Income tax men. Political revenge may be sweet sometimes , but once In a while It Is expensive. Itonowitor anil t'opiilUin * Milwaukee Sentinel ( rrp. ) . Outside of Utah the development of the beet sugar Industry has been more rapid at Grand Island , Neb. , than at nny other place In the west , and It Is probable that Nebraska will become one of the most Im portant western sugar producers. Its beet sugar crop Is already of considerable valu ; to the state. The legislatures of Colorado and Utah have passed acts granting n bounty for beet sugar production , and not long ago the Nebraska legislature followed their example. Governor Holcomb vetoed this Nebraska act on. th ? ground that money taken from the people by taxation should not be expended on a bounty for the benefit of n particular class. The governor Is a popullxt. nnd the republicans , who have a two-thirds majority In the leslslu- lure , passed the bounty net over his veto. The Omaha Hee , which Is a republican newspaper , though It does not keep very closely to party lines , did mor ? than nny other single agency to secure Governor Hoi- comb's election. It bolted the republican nominee on the ground that ho was cor rupt. The Hee. however , does not feel It self constrained to support everything that Holcomb does. It has criticized his veto message nnd approved the notion of the republicans In passing the bounty act over his veto. "Governor Hoicomb's /elo mes Kige , " says The Hee , "Is a reiteration of political theories that are right In theory 'but wrong in practice. " One of The Hee's critics remarks that If Its editor had remembered last year that th" universal practice of democrats and populists was io do the wrong thing he would now have In Nebraska an executive In harmony with the legislature. This Is nn unreasonable criticism of The Hee's course. Sir. Hosewatfr , the editor of The Hee , believed that the republican candi date for governor was personally corrupt and that the populist candidate was p-r- sonnlly honest. He had to choose between u man ot good character nnd bad political principles and a man of good political prin ciples nnd character which he thought bad. This dilemma was not of his making. He was forced Into It by the nc 'on ' of th republican convention which nominated the republican candidate. Hy bolting thin can didate he has prov ; > l that even In yeani when the republicans can elect two-thirds of the state legislature they cannot elect a candidate for governor who Is personally far from being above reproach. He hns don * a. service by proving this. He hns taught nominating1 conventions something which they will remember for bi-vcral years. No doubt Governor Holcomb holds many pernicious theories , no doubt he hns failed to see the Importance of encouraging the beet sugar Industry. Of course he is a much less desirable executive than a man whose head Is not stuffed with iiopullst notions. Hut Mr. Itoiewatcr'H course , hit ) support of Governor Holcomb last autumn , his present criticism of such of the governor's acts us he do ° n not improve , U consistent and reasona ble. He hag not helped to make n Holcomb myth , ho has not pretended that Holcomb In all-wine. He has merely mads It more dllllcull to nominate raen who are not personally free from taint for governor of Nebraska , : amirs AT run rvr.rtT. Sioux City Journal : An Iowa Mormon testified ut tlio Mormon conference nt Imp endence , Mo. , tliat he It ml been to he.iven , ut lie could not tell whether U was In the > ody or In the spirit.Vo ilon't bellevo It. osslbly the ulinngo was en slight that It iiaile no Impression on him , but there was no iccaslon for an Iowa man becoming so con- used ns not to know whether ho wns afoot r otherwise , Philadelphia Iminlrcr : A clergyman In California prayed publicly for n woman hold- "tig a city oQlce , and she sued him for slander ml secured a verdict. The court ruled tlint itibtli ! petitions of this character Intimated oo plainly that tlio Individual prayed for teed In need of such prayer * nnd that dlr- rcllou wai as necessary In praying as In itlier nfTnlrs of life. "A little louder , please , " aid a man to a minister who was opening n public meeting with prayer. "I nm not praying to you , sir , " wns the quick reply , iffc f the zealous Callfornlan continues praying 'or ' this woman It will bo so that only one . ler.oon can hear him. New York Herald : No sincere supporter of the broadening Influence of the Christian clergy In civil nnd social nfTitlrs can confetti- ilnte the tendency toward pulpit setisa- lonallsin. now evident In many direction ! ! , ivlthout experiencing n cense of earnest re gret. It Is n deplorable fact that private character Is lent sacred against attack from 'ho pulpit than It wait In the days when the elnrgy confined their efforts more exclusively o purely spiritual nTnlrs. ( Tlio motives , the reputation , the business undertakings and 'ho domestic affairs of Individual citizens are nowadays made the subject of pulpit ills- scrtatlons ' which border closely upon the 'Ibeloits In their freedom , their recklessness nnd their oft unmerited severity. New York Sun : It was a painful con fession of the failure of the free-pew system that was made on Sunday In llrooklyn by the ( rector of St. Peter's Protestant Kplscopnl church. After a free-pow experiment of nine years Rev. Dr. Parker admitted that lie had gained a larger knowledge than he ever before possessed of the slnfulness , or wo may say the wickedness. If not even the vlclousness , of some of tlio people who are churchgoers. He declared that some of tins men who occupied the free pews had no regard whatever for the moral obligations Involved and seemed to him but as religious vagabonds. He told of men who would drop a cent In the box , and oC others who would break their promises , and of more who seemed to destitute of shame. One man , for example , who had hired a pew In another place of worship , cleared $250 a year by subletting It to another party , while he himself took a seat In Dr. Parker's free-pew . church. Surely , this man cannot ' i have been a member of the church.Ve wonder that the sorrowful rector did not mention the man's name as a warning to others of his kind. M IN IS mill. 11. It , IKMI'1'.HA XVI ! . Chicago Mall : President Cleveland's In dignation at the cvll-mlnded minster who disgraced his cloth by accusing him of Intem perance Is justifiable , but HIP president need not worry about libels that all sensible per sons will discount , whatever their source. Kansas City Star : Isaac I. . . Linslng , the Boston Methodist preacher who attacked the president Jn a totally uncalled for manner In a temperance semion , confesses that his statements were based on ex-parte gossip. Ministers of the gospel , above all others. should be the least prone to give heed to idle gossip. These who do Invariably Injure the cause which they advocate. Sioux City Tribune : Ilev. A. J. Lansing , who slandered President Cleveland , apologizes abjectly. He says he bisoil his slander upon the testimony of men he supposed were credi ble , and although he Is humiliated before the ' world by the false light In which they put him by tliclr false testimony , he dare not give their names , all of which means that ho manufactured his witnesses as he did his story. New York World : Rev. Dr. Lansing of Boston when asked for tlio name of his au thority for his charges of drunkcneas against President Cleveland , replied : "I never talk with reporters on Sunday. " This sickening cant Is about what might have been expected from a minister who would assail the charac ter of the chief magistrate of his country on hearsay gossip and then refuse to give his authority. Detroit Kree Press : Again the attention of the country has been called to that class of gospel teachers whoso ambition leads them to court notoriety where enviable fame ap pears to bo beyond their reach. Happily they are few In number , and are under the ban of the clergy who have true appreciation of their high calling ; but they have that persistency which Is characteristic of narrow ness and are not averse to human sacrifice where It lends to the attainment of that i earthly glory which marks the limit of their Intellectual possibilities. Boston Traveller : The "Ileverond" Mr. Lansing , claiming to Iw a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ , has lately succeeded In earning the Indignant contempt of the en tire community , excepting only mangy pup pies of the same breed. Intemperance Is common among temperance men. as they arc called , but It Is not often even among them that It takes the form of lying1 and slander. In saving that Mr. Cleveland Is a drunkard , this Mr. Lansing who thereby forfeits all tltlo to being called reverend demonstrates that ho Is cither what Mr. Cleveland calls him , a scandal monger , or a crazy fool. In the former case he deserves a good , sound horsewhipping. In the latter , he needs to be nhut up. ot/ror TIIK o i.v.i i * . , ' ' J United States contains 13,000 medical Rtu- ' dents , The Paris Monte de Plcte give * out pawn tickets for about 350,000 watches annually. In India , It la snld , the native barber will shave you while you sleep , BO light li his ( ouch. It Is ( aid that In conic ports of Japan rob bers are convicted on a majority vote of the community. In the Hank of Kngland sixty folio volumes or ledgers nrn filled dally with writing In keeping the accounts. i California prunes worth R cents n pound > fetch IS cents a pound as real French Im portations when Bold In San Kranclsco. Greece at the present time has over 2,000 miles of wagon road , built , In many In stances , over mountains , at n cost of $10- 000.000. . A New York liattcr who "keeps hln finger ' on tlie hat pulse ut the world" says that tlio j men of tlio United States spend $300,000,000 -i a year for headgear. A curious burial custom exists In Asfam. . All corpses are lowered from the roofs with * ' ropes. It being contrary to the taws of tlio V country to carry a dead body through a door. On a summer day the average healtliy adult prsplres about twenty-eight ounces. One grain of gold after leaving the gold beaters' hands will cover forty-six square Inches. Paris has n new periodical entitled Journal ' " I for I Mothers-ln-Law. The editor says that | his 1 object Is to defend the social Interests of motliers-ln-law , and to correct their faults as far as possible by means of friendly criti cism. "In Droadway the other day , " said n New York stroller , "I saw n coal wagon that had a chute from Its side. This made It poselblo to deliver the coal direct Into the coal hole with the wagon halted snug alongside the curb , and so taking up In the crowded street no more room than any other vehicle. " .v. Syracuse Post : "Are you an amateur photographer ? " "No. Why do you nsk ? " "Oh , I heard that you got Miss Hox's nega tive last night. " Chicago Vrlbune : Mnud Of course Irene Isn't handsome , but beauty la only skin deep , nnyhow. Maud I know It , but think how much that menus In the cnse of a skin as thick ns hers ! Philadelphia Times : She I know I'm cros < < nt times , John , but If I had my life to live over again I should marry you Just the same. Ho I hnve my doubts nbout that , my dear. Chicago llecord : Mnudp That Rwnttles girl Is wlldlv Infatuated with her new chum , that Molly Jamcsby. What does It mean. I wonder ? Madge It means that Molly has n brother. Hnston Courier : Hragg When It comes to cooking inv wife Is right nt home. Wagg That's where my wife cooks , too. Detroit Free Press : Jaggs Is Illobbs dumb In his own house ? Lnggs Practically so. Jaggs What's the matter ? Laggs lie promised | IH ! wife ho would al ways listen when she talked. New York Herald : She Are you married ? HPYes. . She So nm I. That constitutes quite a bond between us , doesn't It ? He-Well , not If I can help It. Life : Tommy Yea , cats can SOP In the ilnrk , nnd so ran Ethel ; cause when Mr. Wright walked Into the parlor when Blip wns slttln' all nlonn In the dark , I heard her sny to him , "Why , Arthur , yon didn't get shaved today. " Chicago Record : "Docs my proposal Im press you as Kitdden ? " lie asked , "Not nt nil. " said the new , up-to-date girl , calmly. "I have been expecting it for some time. " Chicago Tribune : Miss Newera I don't see you hanging about the Pllllkln mansion any more. Miss Nowage No. Pllllkln pere seemed too anxious to show off HIP attractions of the fair young Alfred , Deliver me from those matchmaking papas ! ANOEH "FEIGNED. IJoston Courier. 'Twos In a rain storm under an umbrella , That Cholly stole a. kiss from pretty Delia , Whereat was Delia very much offended , And nngrlly declared their friendship ended ; Yet since , when he Is near ( hath hate such power ? ) She always wishes for another shower. Maurice l-'rnncls Ksan In Tlie Century. Trust gives sweet pence to every llvlnsr thing : The wavering robin that In space has llown Finds Its safe nest ; the germ of roses sown Wnlts , sure In darkness , for the touch of spring ; The tendrils of the Ivy blindly cling , Stretching their brown threads toward the wnll unknown. To Ilnd a place Hecurc , where , spite the moan Of rushing- winds , they hang till soft aim sing- . We who love life fenr most the mystic death , Yet we hi death the self-same life shall live. This very life we know , but glorified ; And the fulr temple which now holds our breath Shall simply take the glory sernplis give , llcnoxv Its Joys , and say , "I Imve not died I" You don't want it Odd But you do want it New- i You want it in style the latest style and there's no place like our's to et it just that way. And right here let us say that we don't figure that simply be cause wo are the only up-to-date ready-to-wear cloth ing house in the city wo have any license to quote high prices. We have the goods and we make prices that are surely as low as you will go for a suit when you get down to it. Our $8.50 suit is bettor than most $15 suits , and in our $10 , $12.50 and $15 suits you will find tailor points that you won't find outside made-to- order places. Wo give you more for your money with the choice from the largest and best selected lot of pat terns in this western country. Reliable Clotlilerd , S. W.Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts. * _ , _ _ , _ _
