Nebraska Newspapers

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OKOitai : n. Tx.sriifcic.
Sworn to before me nnJ uu1 enl1J In my preB-
ence this 2il day of Mnrcli. 1113.
( Henl. ) N. 1' . KI3IIXotary Public.
Well , one senator oiifjlit to ln able
to look after n little state like Deln-
ware , anyway.
.Tapnit evidently enjoys tlolnj ? exactly
ivlmt nlie thinks will HitrjH'Iso the out
side world most.
Do.Hp.Ite tlie boon of free silver coin-
riKO , Mexican Avajjcs still fall to attraet
the American working-man.
There are a few legislatures still In
Fesslon. The people of the alllletcil
states have our most sincere sympathy.
Everybody Is entitled to jnioss at the
Income tax decision. And In this Kiiess-
liiK match each person Is as xood as
every other.
Don't Imagine that the price of beef
has pine back to Its normal station just
because the cry of beef combine Is no
longer so loud.
Any more members of the late legis
lature to be provided with olllcc In violation
lation of the spirit and letter of the
constitution ? Don't nil speak at once.
Just to tfet even with the city council ,
the Hoard of ICducatlon outfit to buy
about forty of those $5 city directories ,
nt least one for each of the schools
under Its control.
Senator Gear says that the free silver
awum-nts resemble the counterfeit
bills In the days of wildcat currency.
They were calculated to pass only with
the gullible and unsuspecting.
After all these legislative Investiga
tions have been completed we ought to
be able to rest In the sublime confi
dence that American state and city
government Is either very good or very
bad.
Trustworthy reports from men In a
position to enable them to judge are
to the effect that the Napoleon craze
lias about run Its race. Unt the open
letter writing fad Is only beginning to
take Its hold.
The attention of Dr. liny Is called
to the news from Norfolk to the effect
that the newly appointed superintend
ent of the Norfolk Insane asylum has
assumed the duties of his ollice without
friction of any kind.
If the judge of the criminal bench of
the district court dou't deliver another
sky-scraping harangue very soon the
people who elected him will feel that
they are not getting their money's
worth out of the Investment.
If the same fall In temperature
caused by that cold wave had come
when the thermometer was at fiO de
grees , Instead of at 8T > degrees , the
soda water fountains would have
closed out their business without fur
ther ado.
The latest New York City census
seems to have lost all trace of the
usual excess of females In the popula
tlon of all the great eastern cities. Can
It bo that the woman suffrage move
ment In New York has had such fatal
effect already ?
The removal of the unused street
railway tracks from our streets would
make the work of street sweeping much
simpler nnd much easier. If the city Is
going to undertake to sweep the streets
directly without the
Intervention of a
contractor It ought to insist that these
obstructions to effective work be taken
away.
Plentiful rains continue throughout
Nebraska and the surrounding states.
giving more and more encouragement
to both farmers and merch'ints. Krom
nil sides come reports that crop pros
pects were never better. Tills Is the
most pleasant news we could have.
On n bountiful harvest all hopes of tin bo
cxnmpled prosperity are ll.xed.
Declaring an amateur bicyclist to be
a. professional nnd ruling him out of all
nnmtcnr contests Is no longer the pun
ishment which It was once thought to
be. No sooner is a man pronounced a
'professional ' than he goes Into profcs-
plonnl exhibitions and races , and usually
with advantage to himself. The trouble
Is that the distance between the ama
teur nnd the professional has been re
duced to practically nothing , so thai
the step from one to the other Is no
effort nt nil. The penalty of being de to
clared n professional rider no longei
has any terrors for the ambitious bi
cyclist
run AJ v , A. ; .v rottries.
The Miprcmo council of the American
Protective association , which has been
In session nt Milwaukee during the past
week , has decided to merge the order
\\lth the Canadian Protective nssocln-
lion , and henceforth ( o assume the posi
tion of nn International niitMtoman
Catholic order. This action wns to
have been expected sooner or later since
Canadian order. Inasmuch as the alms
the progenitor of the American associa
tion as the Uoynl Orange Order of
Great Ilritnin wns the parent of the
Canadian order. Inasmuch ns the alms
and purposes of this exotic order are
chtelly political , although professedly
sectarian , It Is Inevitable that the A.
P. A. In this country will at no distant
day become the progenitor of n political
party that will be a counterpart of the
kuowiiothing party of 185-1-RtJ. It Is
this political feature of the order that
necessarily forces Itself to the front for
discussion and to which attention will
be directed henceforth In political cam
paigns.
The antl-Cntholle propaganda which
lias its Inspiration In Hoyal Ornngeisin
has found a fruitful Held In Canada be
cause of the sectarian sectional division
letwoon Ontario and Quebec. In these
wo Canadian provinces the lines are
sharply drawn between the champions
of Protestant public schools and Cath-
) llc parochial Ht-hools , and the recent
conflict In Manitoba has thrust the sec-
: arlan school question to the very front
n Dominion politics In this country
10 such conditions exist and no such
controversy can ever be forced Into
imminence In n national campaign.
Nearly every state In the union and
notably all the states admitted into
he union since the war have engrafted
wparnto church and state prohibit the
, iso of public .school funds for sectarian
purposes nnd Iho endownient by the
state of any sectarian Institution. There
H therefore no possibility of Komanlz-
ng the puhllc schools or extending the
emporal domain of the pope over an
.null . of soil In any of those states , In
cluding , of course , the state of No-
iraska.
Manifestly there is no demand for re
pressive legislation or any other politi
cal action to protect our educational In
stitutions from sectarian Interference
unless It he the pernicious Interference
) f schemers handed together to use the
patronage of public schools as spoils of
illlco under the pretense of stimulating
patriotism. The star spangled banner |
mil the red school house are merely j
catch emblems to rope gulllbles Into the
political dragnet , not for patriotism , but
for revenue only. The fact that the orop
der on one side of the line will hall
the British union jack with as much
enthusiasm as It does the stars and
stripes on the other side affords conOI
vlnclng proof that any ling Is gobd
enough for them so long ns It has an
appropriation string or an ollice at-
ttiched to It.
Divested of all buncombe , the core of
the A. I1. A. propaganda will he found
In the old knownothlng creed that
had for Its motto : "Put none but
Americans on guard , " meaning , of
course , "let none but native Americans
hold ollice , and let no native American
get a smell of political patronage un
less he joins our oathbonnd society. "
Then , as now , the hue and cry against
Catholics In general and Irishmen In
particular was simply the outcropping
of n spirit of intolerance Inspired by .
politicians who hoped to build up a
political party on the slogan of pro
scription and sectarian prejudice.
That there Is no room for such a po-
lltlcal party In the United States has
been demonstrated time and again.
All the traditions and all the funda- 1
mental principles on which the free
,
Institutions of the republic have been
sustained through foreign Invasion nnd
domestic Insurrection are against It. .
I5ut history has a-fashion of repeating
Itself , and It Is perhaps well that the
defunct knownothing party should be
revived and light over again Its lost
battles under the secret political order
which lias Just closed the session of Its
supreme council. Such a conflict will
force an educational campaign on the
lines of the Hill of Rights , the liberty of
conscience and the equality of Ameri
can cltl/.enshlp , legardless of race or
creed. The present status of the A. P.
A. order In politics Is certainly anomal
ous. It Is a party within other parties.
Its members participate In party can-
obligated under oath to defeat any can
didate who Is known to profess the
Itomnii Catholic creed , or whose marital
relations to Catholics are known. Let
the A. P. A.'s become a party by them
selves , nud then they will be able to
live up to their sworn obligations without - It
out proving traitor to their party. On
this line they can enter the Held openly
and put their principles Into practice
without becoming recreant to political
associates who are not members of
their order.
MFK'fHlH HKA KFACTIUXS.
The offer of President Low of Coluni- to
bin college , accepted last week by the '
board of trustees of that Institution , to
build at his own expense the library m
building on the mv college site , the P
expense of which as planned Is estl- cl
mated at ! ? 1 , < X ) < ) ,000 , has precipitated Jj
anew the shower of encomiums that al-
ways rains upon the author of so
muultlcent a. public benefaction. The <
Is
unanimous praise bestowed upon Presl-
dent Low's geneioslty ought In Itself to
m
a powerful Incentive to emulation on
ai
the part of other men of wealth and
culture.
as ,
From President Low's gift the donor , eo
Who Is still In the prime of life , will 01
reap a satisfaction which a bequest of 01ai
several times that amount to bo carried aim
out after death could not give. The re
great library building Is to be made n rew
memorial to his late father , from whoso er
successful commercial enterprises the 01
money to ho devoted to Its construction ill
was originally obtained. At the fame
time , ns one of the conditions of the
offer , a number of free bcholnrshlps are
be Instituted , t < > be conferred by
competition UIKIII the most deserving
graduates , both boys and girls , of the
JJrooklyu public schools , u token of re
gnrd nnd appreciation of the school sys
tem of President Low's native city.
Still another condition of the offer Is
the establishment of a number of uni
versity fellowships for the promotion of
research nnd advanced study that will
enlarge our knowledge of literature ,
science and the arts. Host of all Is the
assurance that the library will bo built
ami the conditions of the gift carried
into execution under the direction nnd
administration of President Low him
self. During the remainder of Ills In
cumbency of the presidency of that
great educational Institution he will
dally have living testimony to 'the elll-
caey'of his benefaction.
President Low's action Is not unique ,
although by no means a matter of com
mon occurrence. Other of our rich
men , east and west , have been bestow-
Ing rare endowments upon public en-
terprlses of one kind or another with
out waiting for death first to Intervene ,
and It Is to bo hoped that the practice
will be stimulated by those magnificent
examples.
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A TltniUJK TO ( IKXKllAh IIIIVOKK.
The ovation tendered by prominent
citizens * \ of Omaha to General John H.
Itrooko ' on the eve of his departure to
take ' command of the Department of
Dakota , and the testimonial of leading
business ' ' ' and professional men expres
sive of their appreciation of his worth
and . ' their sincere regret of his transfer ,
are . . n merited tribute to General
Brooke's eminent qualities as a soldier
and citizen.
As , commander of the military forces
of the Department of the Platte Gen
eral Brooke was always courteous , levelheaded
el-headed . and dlgnllled. While enforc
ing rigid discipline among ills subordi
nates , lie was over ready to recognize
merit and give the weight of his In-
lluence toward their promotion. It was
this Interest In the welfare of the olli-
cers who t-erved under him , either on
the stall' or In the Held , that gained
for him so many devoted friends and
admirers In the army. During the seven
years since General Brooke made his
advent In Omaha he has endeared him
self to our citizens as a staunch nnd
unselfish friend. Always nt his post
of duty nnd loyally devoted to the pro
motion of the best Interests of the gov
ernment , General Brooke could always
bo depended on by Omaha for saga
cious counsel in every emergency in
uhlch her interests were Involved.
Convinced that Omaha Is the most
Important strategic point in the trans-
nilssourl region , General Brooke has
endeavored for years to have the De
partment of the Platte enlarged , so as
to give the widest scope for military
operations from Omaha as Its focal 1
point. It was largely through General 1
Brooke I ! ' ' that the War ollice was induced
to adopt plans that make Fort Crook
ono of the largest army posts In the
United ' States. -
While it was Inevitable that General
Ilrooke would sooner or later be trans
ferred ' to another department , The Hoc
expresses the universal regret of the
people ) of this city and state that they
are ! ' compelled to sever the eordlaj re
lations that have subsisted between
them ' ' and General Hraokc as com
mander ! of the Department of the
Platte. '
TllK FUXVTIOX OF TtIK CllKCK.
The advocate * of currency inflation
on the theory that activity In business
and the ease with which the trans
actions of trade are carried on are de
termined and regulated by the volume of
money In circulation ordinarily leave
out of consideration the very Important
part which the various forms of credit
currency ' play In business. There is
need of popular Instruction on this
point > , for if It were more generally
understood . how extensive Is the func
tion of the check In the transactions of
trade there would be fewer people In
favor . of currency Inflation , whether
by Increasing the volume of .silver or of
paper. .
Prof. KInley of the University of Illi
nois ! has made a very valuable con
tribution to this feature of the currency
question. lie found that the deposits
InVli5 ( national banks on the settling
day nearest June 3 , 1S04 , by retail
dealers , covered ? 0,000 , < X)0 ) In retail
trade , and of these deposits "S per cent
was In checks and 4'2 per cent In various
kinds of money. Probably an equal
amount was deposited In state and
private banks , so that It seems safe to
assume that the bank deposits of the
country from the retail trade amount
daily to about $12,000,000 , more than
one-half of which Is In the form of
cheeks , and plays the part of money as
certainly and effectively as the cur
rency. In wholesale transactions the
check plays a still more Important part ,
being estimated that over ! K ) per
cent of such transactions are settled by
cheek. One of
the most eminent ex
ponents of the principles governing cur-
reticles and a high authority on bankIng -
Ing , Henry Dunning MoLeod , says that
the rock upon which most persons who
chatter about the currency founder "Is
that they consider gold nnd sliver only
be the currency , or circulating
medium , nnd the measure of prices.
Hut the currency , or circulating
medium , consists not only of specie
gold , silver and copper but also of
credit In all Its forms , both written and
unwritten. | " lie declares that credits , or
debts , have exactly the same effects on
production and prices as nn equal
quantity of gold , and says : "The fact :
that we have long passed through
the ages of gold and silver. Wo nre
now In the ago of credit , or paper , ( { old
and silver are now only used In small
dally and retail transactions to serve
pocket money. All operations In
commerce and trade are now carried
by rights of action , credits or debts ,
and the only use of gold now in com
merce is for banks to keep such strong
reserves of gold as to Inspire tlie public
with contidenco that they can pay their
credits , or debts , on demand. " This
eminent authority declares It to bo
utterly irrational to treat of the ques
tion of the currency , or circulating
medium , or the measure of prices , at
the present day , and to Include only
gold and silver under that title , leaving
out all consideration of the colossal
system of credit li
This system Is constantly expanding s
with the growth of trade and the In-
. cienso lu ( no various forms of credit
currency ls"jiV Affect so much added to
the clreulaUtig medium. It has nn ad
vantage , luVivever , over currency Inthi-
tlon from tlj ict that It Is flexible , ex
panding ami diminishing according to
the condition and needs of tratle , and
never undulj ffppreclating or depreciat
ing prices.A. . right understanding of
the function * 'f ' r the check nud other
forms of credfC currency would correct
the wldospri-ad , , notion that what the
country neqds is unlimited money.
A'O MOllK 11KU1 XKNDKD.
The public statement relative to the
condition of the drouth sufferers given
out by Governor Ilolcomb Is not only a
card of thanks to the charitable people
of other states who have contributed
generously during the past winter toward -
ward the relief of distress In Nebraska ,
but ' also plain notice that no more help
Is needed by the Inhabitants of any
part of tills state. It Is certainly llttlng
that ' the governor , as chief executive ,
should make grateful acknowledgment
of the service rendered by so many
friends , known and unknown , who
hhared voluntarily ( Uylr abundance
with their less fortunate brethren , over
taken by unexpected and unavoidable
drouth. And Governor Holcoinb Is well
warranted in promising that when
prosperity shall again have returned
the people of Nebraska will not forget
the generosity of ( heir friends , but will
again become donors Instead of re
cipients of aid.
At the same tlmo It Is equally the
duty of ( he governor to warn the
people to whom we owe these thanks
against the continued appeals for
further contributions emanating from
those who seek to make the drouth
merely an excuse for constant begging.
To protect them against Imposture and
fraud so far as It llojt In our power is
the least compensation we can make In
return for their good ollices. Whoever
reads the statement of the governor
that further contributions from sources
outside of ( he state are unnecessary
will be immediately put upon his guard
against the traveling mendicants and
lying appeals for'aid ( hat are circulat
ing too freely In those parts of ( he east
nnlnfornuu > 't the exact situation In
Nebraska. If he shall have counteracted -
acted in some measurable degree the
misrepresentations and falseUoods
which are being spread by professional
alms seekers Governor Ilolcomh will
have renderqd , a. welcome service , both
( o the people'of Ids own state and to the
people of other ; states , who are in
danger ; of being ; made the victims of
gross fraud. '
TIIH ounnr nboor
A "Sunday observance" daily newspaper Is
tc be started In Chicago which , besides castIng -
Ing out the Sunday edition and having all
the work on the Monday Issue done on Sat
urday , shall Ignore crime In every type , and
print only things which shall picture the
world as a thing of sunshine and goodness.
Tills paragraph Is taken from the
Springfield IjojHiIjlIcan. Wljllo we can
not vouch ' .for . the truth of the state-
"
meut contninecl , Hie pioject'of which It
purports to give information unques
tionably corresponds with the Ideas of
model newspaper cherished by no
few people of superior intelligence. It
is not the clement of Sunday observ
ance or performing the work necessary
for the Monday issue on the preced
ing Saturday that commends It to favor
with these persons , but rather the pur
pose to avoid printing everything that
might possibly be objectionable to the
most prurient and to relate only the
good and suppress the evil. It was the
boast , for example , of the women who
but recently conducted the May day
edition of The Bee that they had suc
ceeded in publishing a paper without
saying n single word that could give
offense to any reader.
Such " \ newspaper Is certnlnlv possi
ble. But Is It the kind of newspaper
that the people want ? Can a news
paper present the happenings of the
world lu n satisfactory manner If It
tells only of such events as betoken
happiness and prosperity ? Would people
ple be content to remain Ignorant of
disaster and crime , of business failure
and commercial crisis , of poverty and
distress , of litigation , of monopolistic
combines , of legislative corruption ?
How can the newspaper toll of the suc
cess of one contending army without
one candidate without the defeat of his
opponent , of the achievement of one at
prize-winner without the failure of the
less fortunate contestants ?
Bit ) more pertinent , does not a news
paper that sets out to say nothing at . .
which another may take offense deprive u
Itself of the very power which constlWl
tutos Its usefulness ? Living Issues can
not be discussed without speaking of
the living persons participating in them. by
Measures must bo treated In connec
tion with the men who father thorn.
The function of- * the newspaper Is to
condemn , the S'Jeldus as well as to commend -
nal
mend the praiseworthy. It can nof
fulfill Its lutjr"hJJ the public unless It
expose corruiktJoUi and venality wher chi
ever It cxlstsnun.less It protects the In Da
nocent from foes of every description. pll
The newspaper'Incapable of harin Is till ex
by that very rftaKjpn Incapable of good.
The newspaporilthat Is not feared by the tlo
WO
leeches on society1 nnd the sappers of I'll
good governnwot 431111 have no Influence m
with the mass of honest nnd law-abid cas ho
ing citizens. ' ' A"Jnewspapor that does
Its duty to tins * 'public nnd to itself of
must be lovi' 'as jnucli for Its enemies Wl C3I
as for Its triojitjs.n to
the
In ono of life ? addresses before the
meeting of the American Medical asso and
ciation at Baltimore tlio statement was
made that that association would never ary
rest satisfied until a national health
department presided over by an addi
tional cabinet ofllcer shall have been
established. If ( Ids Is true , It Is to be is
greatly feared ( hat the association will Ha
be dissatisfied for Koine years to come.
that
Wily a health department should be
represented In the cabinet circle Is
something that ( he ordinary clllzen will Ing
not easily comprehend. There mv vari was was
ous Interests In ( he United .States that
have been clamoring for cabinet repre- less
scutatlou that have butter claims than a >
tlie medical associations , If n now de
partment Is to be created the vast
nrmy of labor will be on hand to pre
sent Its claims , which doubtless would
have been recognized ore tills were it
not that the cabinet Is already clumsy
by reason of its numbers. AVc can en
dure yet a little while as a nation
without a national secretary of health.
Omaha bicyclists seem to be becoming
careless of the rights of other people
In the streets. The course of other
vtOi'Jclos Is obstructed , thoughtlessly ,
perhaps , but none the less unneces
sarily. Pedestrians are frequently ex
pected to observe precautions for both
parties , and where the. pedestrian Is
caught unawares , as In the case of the
young lady recently Injured by bicycle
collision , the wheelman Is Intent only
on concealing his Identity and making
good his escape. This Is not an Indict
ment of all bicyclists , but of the more
reckless ones. Something will have to
bo done soon to put bounds to their
disregard of other people's rights'nud
If an example Is made of one or two of
the offenders they will have no Just
cause to complain.
Notwithstanding all the recent army
piomotloiis , the members of the grad-
uatlng class of the West Point mili
tary academy are going to have a hard
time In finding places lu tlie regular
corps of olllcers. Tile War department
has authority to assign some of them
to extra service , but even these places
cannot go very far. A diploma from
West Point Is not equivalent to a place
on Uncle Sam's army pay roll.
Governor Ilolcomb warns the good
people of the east that persons still so
liciting aid for Nebraska drouth suffer
ers are Impostors or professional men
dicants. People who are appealing for
further relief are , In ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred , merely using the
drouth as an excuse to cover up bare
faced beggary.
Origin < > f u M ml TH Kyll.
I'hllndclplrin Times.
Pin money was originally so cnllcd from
the husband always being stuck for It.
Tlie UiiKlmlvat Out of All.
Woman's Weekly.
It Is n significant ( net Unit among the
columns of newspaper comments on the May
Day Heo the only adverse criticism .should
be , from an Omaha newspaper woman.
How tn Do It In the < Jilctlun.
Detroit Free 1'ress.
Though labor has Just begun to feel the
Impulse of returning prosperity , millions
of dollars have already been lost In the
country because of strikes. There Is no
way of regaining this loss and the prob
lem of stopping It IB one to which both
capital and labor should seriously address
themselves.
Sucking a Long llest.
New York World.
By their split over Ituchanan's policy the
democrats precipitated unlooked-for woes
nnd rtired themselves from power for twen
ty-four years. They certainly cannot ex
pect happy results from n split now over
the coinage policy of the only president
they have been able to elect In the thirty-
four years since Uuchanan's time.
l-jrniptamt of Donuicrittlo Dissolution.
Minneapolis Tlmca.
The best thing that the party can do Is
to disband , bet the sliver monometalllsts
Join the populists , and then the way will
be op n for the sound money democrats to
net anil work with the republicans , at least
until the financial policy of the country Is
t'st.ibllshec ! upon a Found and secure basis.
The progress of disintegration nan been
mnrvelously rapid of late , but nowhere have
the symptoms of dissolution been more
acute than In Chicago.
Unrqii'il to tlm Knivrgoncr.
New York Tribune.
The shrinkage In the volume of Ambas
sador Haynrd's dignity and reputation as n
diplomat because of his spiritless nnd
evasive conduct In the Nlcaraguan nffalr Is
one of the most melancholy and dismal epi
sodes In the whole miserable snarl. It
shows that , while Mr. Uayard may be a
very graceful and acceptable representative
of American character at London banquets ,
receptions nnd other social functions , he Is
altogether unequal to graver emrgencles
which call for American grit , Indep3ndence
anil the old-fashioned spirit of resistance to
the aggressions of British policy.
Ilio tllvfir Frullncr In the Kant.
Sioux City Tribune.
George Mead , a well known citizen of
Sioux City and republican politician , has
Just returned from an extended visit In
New York state. He snvs New Yorkers
don't know hanl times have ben here ,
but In Ilnanclal circles they are all sick
of the west. They don't want to tlo any
more business with It In the way of lend
ing their cash , nnd they Insist without
qimllllcatlon that any man who Is In favor
of free silver ( unlimited and Indepsndcnt
coinage nt the ratio of 1C to 1) ) Is a thief.
Mr. Mead hlms'lf being something of a
sliver man doesn't take kindly to this classl-
llc.itlon. but he says It's well enough to
understand what the people In this country
are thinking about In Its different localities.
I'liltSOXAL
The hypnotic powers of a preacher are In
proportion to the number of sleeping pew
holders.
American methods are spreading. Speaker
Gully of the British House of Commons In
tends making his son private secretary.
What's this : "Susan I ) . Anthony won the
prize as the most beautiful girl In a contest
Topeka , Kan. " But II was another Susan.
"Age does not wither nor custom stale"
the organic nerve of O'Donavan Hossa. He
went right Into the lion's den and gave the
animal's tall a vigorous twist.
An Instrument to peel a hot bollsd egg Is
the latest contribution to human comfort.
falls short of the requirements of the case.
What Is needed Is some means of Identifying
the bird without impairing the appetite.
If further evidence Is wanting to show the
extent of civilization In Japan , It 1s furnished
recent deals In real estate. The govern
ment held a few desirable- options , and
shrewdly lot go for a snug consideration.
Mr. John R. McLean of the Cincinnati En
quirer has secured a Journalistic foothold in
New York by purchasing the Morning Jour
from Albert Pulitzer. Great Improve
ments are promised by the new manage
ment , and there 1s ample room for them.
Calvin ( C. Webster of Concord , N. II. , a
chum , though not a relative of the great
Daniel , recalls the fact that Daniel actually
pilloried worms on his fish hooks. His early
experience | partially explains his success In
Impaling the human variety In later times.
In 1 order to check the rising tide of Indigna
tion U Is now proposed to attach a clock
work arrangement to the I'enn status on the
Philadelphia city hall , so that sweet William
may revolve with the sun and shy his benign
castor around the city every twenty-four
hours. <
Only ( ten jurymen have been secured out
1,000 talesmen examined In a New York
case. The great difficulty Is to find men
with Insufficient gray matter to give vitality
an opinion. In other words , the greater
, Ignorance the better the qualifications for
Jury service.
The fellow Hatch , for whom the haughty
fearless Drltons raided Corlnto , ran a sa
loon In Hlueflelds and ladled out revolution
fluids to the nations. As soon as liU
smart money Is paid It Is probable he will
open a gorgeous llquldary with a mosaic of
guineas on the floor.
The United States consul at Ghent , Del-
glum , writes that the consumption of chicory
rapidly Increasing In Europe , and ur/jva
cultivation In the United States as a sub
stitute for coffee. The future may prove
the author of the chicory premium In
Nebraska "bullJed better than ha knew , "
The effort to Chlcagolze New York by scoop-
In a few leagues of adjacent territory
defeated In the legislature. Brooklyn
the Jonah In the affair. The prospect of
keeping ahead of Chicago U not entirely hope
, however. The Gotham whals might ex
periment with Coney Island and Gravesend
a. starter. Delicious morseli , theso.
SEVVT.AH SHOTS AT Tllf. VVLJ'IT.
Davenport Democrat : The primitive
Methodists of Pennsylvania liavo resolved not
to recognize the brother or airier who smokes
or . . che\v or takes snuft. In other words ,
those addlcteJ lo tobacco anil snuff are ruled
out of ( hat religious body. This U easier ,
perhaps , tlian ( rylng to reform thorn.
Chicago Mall : So mo of the denominational
journals are discussing ( ho question whether
or not i a Christian can ride a bicycle on the
Sabbath day. Observations made In Chicago
Indicate that many of them can not. Some
of ( hem can scarcely rlJo on a smooth ,
asphalt pavement , to say nothing of the Sab-
bah ( ! day.
Brooklyn Kagle : Several clergymen nnd
congregations will breathe easier now. The
New York presbytery has decided that a
minister of the gospel can drink strong
coffee and smciko cigar * . The decision would
not have affected the result , anyway , but It
Is satisfactory lo know that so dignified a
body ns the presbytery Is not nversu to per
sonal liberty nnd harmless comforts.
Springfield Republican : "Religion Is a
commodity and mint be handled along the
line of successful business development , "
was the conclusion nt a church conference
the other day. And another conference at
Chicago considered HID fnct that It cost the
churches there $143 for each convert mndo
In the city nnJ $194 for each heathen res
cued. Verily It Is n commercial ago.
Kansas City Star : According to n Chicago
calculation the cost of saving a soul ranges
from $285 for a Baptist to $5SO for a Congro-
gatlonallst. The Salvation Army Is not In
cluded In tlio calculation , but It Is not bc-
live that this Industrious band runs up
the expense more than $5 per soul , wlillo It
is tolerably ' safe to assert that the convert ?
made by the Army have n good deal more
of the I adhesive quality than Is found among
the others.
Cleveland Plalmlealer : That California
preacher who astonished his congregation re
cently by defending dancing , nnd waltzing In
his pulpit to show his flock how the thing
was done , has got Into serious trouble. Ho
had planned n lecture tour and billed him
self extensively n "tlio American Oscar
Wilde. " Now he Is tearing up nnd tearing
down his bills and making protestations that
ho "Is not that kind of a fellow. "
Indianapolis Journal : Americans will get
a little fun out of politics as they go along ,
Indur splto of hard times. U Is related that
during a recent religious revival In a south
ern town the preacher , ut the close of ono of
his services , suspended the benediction so as
to allow such struggling sinners as had not
yet repented to como forward nnd seek the
prayers of the church. The congregation
waited upon Its feet , the minutes lengthened ,
when ono man In the rear bench took out
his watch and said : "Ladles and gentle
men while you are making up your minds
on this momentous question and the preacher
Is at rest I should like to submit a few
thoughts upon free silver. "
HOMlifi IN Till ! I'VT.riT ,
OMAHA. May 11. To the Editor of The
Bee : Permit mo to call your attention to
an article on "Women In the 1'ulplt , " orig
inally printed In a Brooklyn , N. Y. . paper
several months ago. Whoever the author
may be , ho or she displays great Ignorance
of the subject. The statements are Incorrect
InWi almost every particular. Hev. Alice K.
Wright , eulogized at such length , was or
dained last year In a Vermont village , and
has only recently settled In Brooklyn. To
Hev. Antoinette Brown Blackwcll , who was
the first woman theologue graduated In this
country : , and who was ordained by the Con-
grogatlonallsts In 1S53 , belongs the honor of
being "the pioneer of women In the sacred
desk In this country. " She Is probably "tho
incst prominent and distinguished woman
minister In the United States , " She Is not
the sister of Lucy Stone. Hev. I'hebe A.
Hannaford was not the pioneer , as she was
nol ordained until 1SGS. She was preceded
by several women , who were ordained from
five to fifteen years before her , and who
were settled pastors and well known long
before she preached her first sermon. She
has for many years been living In retire
ment , engaged to some extent In literary
work.
The writer of this letter Is not now , and
never tas been "located In Denver , " but her
connection with the religious congress of
the Columbian exposition and. her duties and
opportunities as president of the International
Association of Women Ministers have placed
her In a position to know the facts on this
subject. The article on "Woman In the Pul
pit , " page 24 of the Woman's Bee , Is cor
rect , as far as Its statements go. The space
allotted was too limited to permit a full ex
position of the subject.
AUGUSTA J. CHAPIN. /
The Anti'inln flimoralilo.
New Tork Tribune.
Spain has made the amende honorable In
the Alllanca affair , and that Incident could
be regarded as closed were It not that a
plain Intimation Is given from Madrid that
another communication regarding tlio mat
ter will shortly be forthcoming. The
Spanish government disavows the act of
the cruiser which llred upon the Alllanca
off Cape Maysl two months ngo , nnd ex
presses regret at the occurrence. The re
ply to Secretary Oresham's demand for an '
explanation Is dlgfillled and satisfactory. /
liu'qinillty of Waiei.
Chicago Tlmes-HeraM.
The fact that Herbert Spencer bank
rupted himself to procure charts for his
books while a French concert hall artiste
was making J2.000 a week Is the subject
of n news-paper paragraph which has been
printed often of late , ns If In protest
against the Inequalities of fate. Such phi
losophy Is very superficial. The case only
shows that ns between high kicking and I
high thinking the former is more productive
of dollars. The fact remains that high
thinking Is more fun.
rjro sTVimm i.v STATISTICS.
Olobo-Democrntt The wnsto of wealth In
this country through conflagrations Is con
sidered In an article In the North American
Review. The American pays proportionately
for Ills fire Insurance twelve times as much
as the rrcnclimaii , seven times as much as
the German , four times as much na tlio
Englishman nnd much more thnn the busi
ness men In nny other country. The flro
Insurance premiums In tlili country average
$300,000,000 n > car. Uy maklnR their miilJ-
Ings fireproof the French cover their annual
losses by nn outlay of only $25,000,001) ) In
premiums. In Kranco and Germany the
supervision of building Is very strict , nnd
this mrniM a vast saving to the people.
The Indifference to destructive fires mani
fested In thl * country Is an nmnzlng fact.
Chicago Tribune : The ofllclal utatlstlcs o (
Immigration from nil countries to the United
States during the nine months ended March
31 , 1S95 , show that 140,030 Immigrants came
lure during the above period n decrease of
tJ7Cil ( from the same period of 1S9I nnd of
llS.r.SI ns compared with 18'J.l. Of the num
ber arriving here during the last nine months \
130,410 came from Europe , 111 from Mexico
nnd Central America , 170 from the British
North American possessions nnd 4.2G ! ) from
South America , China , Jnpan and Africa.
Il eland , Germany. Russia and England stand
the highest In the tables , the figures being re
spectively 21.CBI , 21,100. 19.100 nnd 16.110.
Of the total number 7C.U2S \ > tre males and
61,052 were females , The total amount of
money brought wns $2,395,840 nnd It Is to
the credit of the German Immigrants that
they head the list with $551 , C8I. The average
brought by each Immigrant wai about $17 ,
while the average of each German Immlgtant
wns nvcr $21. Of the total number 10 , CO : , or
about one-set cntli , could neither icail nor
\\rlte , and 1,444 could not write. There wcro
1,071 paupers In the list.
n > yi.f > .
Harper's Bazar : Mrs. Kldby Oh , John ,
dear , don't you bear ? How delightfully the
baby crowsl Kldby Crows ? Humph ! I'd
ciow myself If 1 were boss of the hotisol
Detroit Free Press : Mr. Pint to My wife
takes me down frequently In the elevator.
Mr. ' Cottage ( with deep feeling ) We
haven't un elevator , but that doesn't make
any difference.
Philadelphia Times : She I know I'm
cross nt times , John , but If I hud my life
to llvo over again I should marry < you Just
the same. " He 1 have my doubts about
that , my dear.
Boston Transcript : "Why , she actually
cut Mr. Storlllngton , nnd Stortllngton , you
know. Is one of the better sort. " "Yes ;
choice cuts come high now , but we must
have 'cm. "
Le Figaro : "So the Insolent fellow re
fused to pay his rent ? "
"lie did not say so In woidn , but he In
timated It. "
"How so ? "
"He kicked me downstairs. "
Harlem Llfo : "Docjor , what Is the meanIng -
Ing of the peculiar formation Just back of
baby's eurV" " "
"Combatlvcness , perhaps.
"Why , some ono said It was love of domes
tic life. " "Oh , well , It's all ono and the
same thing. "
New York Recorder : "If I were a
woman , " said Mr. Jones , as he pulled on
his slippers , "I'll be hanged If I'd go 'round
with bicycle bloomers on my legs. "
"Well , " snapped Mrs. Jones , "If I wns n
man I wouldn t go 'round with a whisky
bloomer on my nose , cither. So , there ! "
Truth : Tipple Had you known your
husband very long when you mairled him ?
Sybil What n foolish question I Do you
think I'd have married him If I had ?
Indianapolis Journal : "I am going home
to mother , " said the young wife , "and ,
what Is more , I am not coming back till I
hear you have eaten that pie I took so
much trouble and pains to make for you. "
"I am glad to hear , " meekly said the
young husband , "that you think enough of
me to attend my funeral. ' '
A PUBTTY GIRL/ .
Author Suppressed.
A little Iron ,
A cunning curl ,
A box of powder ,
A pretty girl ,
A little ruin ,
Away It goes ,
A homely girl .
With n freckled nose.
L'lClOIJ.I ! I'OL.llJlK.
Asnen 13. Mitchell.
Joy of ze heart ces zc , all ye dark nights , 7T
Full shining In ze deep du nerd In bmot
Ob ! heavenly beatuc of ze heavenly lights
.Douce , la mlenne , comment vous nppelez-
vous ?
/.ec float , star of ze wave , gem of ze land ,
On ze wide sea of blue un drolgt dt > vln ;
SI grand ees ze q'yn-t-de plus grand !
Tu cs le monile , quant a mol Je n'ul rlcnl
Zee ces ze ovnlro-flowcr of all zc earth
La germnndree of lovers when zey go.
motlc , Je t'en prle , not mind my lowly birth.
Mais , ulmez-mol un pen , oh ! tant salt peuf
I'earl of ze night , motif of sailor song.
Oh ! mon chcrl , mon vlolette , nion Us ,
Evalre zee beckon me , mon dlamnnt ,
1'lut uu clel quo Je vlnssu aujourd , hull
/.e Joy eet ees to zee , etolle polnlre ,
Ze tear cet ces to me n'est-ll pas vrnlT
Earth sings , ze great stars sing to me zo
Je ne sa'ls pas comment cela BO fait !
Open ze window of Zf sky , Je t'en prle ,
Shine on decs quiet hearts Jusque Us
rient !
Le bonjour nevnlre comes cet more to me ?
Non , non. II est tojours : "Domain , Ue-
maln ! /
wlBb-I say-que faut II quo Je disc ?
Words not rount nil , nfln. II est le fol.
Oul. Je me tals ; ze quiet bring ze peace.
Ktolle 1'olalre , nu plaislr do vous revolr.
BROWNING , KDNG & GO.
Boys' Suit Bargains.
Monday and Tuesday we make a special sale of
2-picce suits at three prices.
$2.00 $2.50 $3.00.
They are beauties every one of them
None better in the world.
The $2.00 suii is a Vermont gray , Ox
ford mixture ; also a brown mixed cheviot ;
nicely made up long cut coats.
The $2.50 suit is a gray or tan , cassimere or cheviot ,
perfect gems of value.
The $3.00 suit is a tan mixed cheviot that ordinarily
sells at $5.00 in any other house.
These are all our own first-class make not imported
for the occasion but goods intended te have sold for
much more. As these prices are special for this sale we
cannot guarantee the assortment to last longer than
Tuesday.
Reliable Clothlen ) , S.W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Std.