Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 16, 1896, Editorial Sheet, Page 12, Image 12
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BTATKMKNf'or CTlK'rt.ATION. a irjjo T1. Txnchiu-lc , w-prelary .t Th * IVe Pah. tlRliIni ; cmnr-inx. I.MIIU Only * rii , : u Hint th * nclual nuinlm * of full nsii ! coniplelrcnplM ct < li * Dally Morning. Kirnliw iril flumlnjf l > c < > prlnlid rturlnc ih nuntli nf January. IMS. was n lot- 17.JI4 1 ? s. . , 4.j. . IS.-21 . . . in.421 6 . IS..100 7 . 1R.J77 2J 8 . 18.201 4. ,1 . . . 18.2U II ) . 1J.SOS If. . . . . ! 7. . . . 12 2S. . . . 13. . . . , 11.MB 21. . . . 14. . is.wt S3. , . . is H.rat St. . . . is is.res Totnl : & I.osn ilrilucllnnii fur .inn'jhl nndpturnMl Not xlm . r , .C < 2 Dally average . 18.1J3 unonnn H. TT.Tmicif. Rn-orn to lirfore mp iuil ( mitwcrtliod In my prraonr * tills M ilay nf l-Vlininiy. 1818. ( Real. ) N. P. rCIU Notary Pulille. If ( his tlilnu keeps ( illvo slmll noon bo nlile to plinlocrnph tlirottfili the In terior of llio 4 > nrtli nnil tcjll what thu lu-oplo ura ilolnt : lu China at nuy time of the dny or nl ht. ' CouUrr is out oil n .f.l..OOO ball bond- nnd Holln Is out ou n .fA"K)0 ( ) ball bonil. Ono IH chaiwd with hcliilnc to ombre- file from iji.K)0 : , ( ) tolS.O)0. ( ) the other with embwzIhiK' ever $100,000. Tlinrp nro KCVUHI ! iilanks loose In the. nelKliborhood of the T'lilverslly of Miss ouri. Thirty HtmU'iits of that Institu tion are mt.MH'iitli'tl on the charge of hnvin stolen a sidewalk. Moml tlio wooden shlowitlk must o. Tlic Whisky trimt may try to rojuve- nalo Itself , but It will never do nny- thliiK < o rejiivenalo the whisky it keeps In jilo < ; Ir. The whisky prows more val uable with PRO and thus differs materially terially- from tihe Whisky trust. Look for another big impetus to the Rood roads movement as soon as spring olKMis. The , addition of hundreds of thousands to the n\imbor \ of , wliOolmMi in the country will be ini\nife \ ted In the Increased activity to " Bfcuro better roads. , v - to Cliloa o ml Scos , an nouncement. has been , made at 1'ullman Fnlnc'o ( Jar company hoatbiuarters that the company would Vigorously Unlit all attempts at reduction by national lejjis- tloirof tfiOsprices' > Tirr/sloopiiiK car berths. What else 'could b < > "expected ; * flfii' ' 'jflL-lj- ' . ' Up to date only people with a bene volent turn of mind , like Ilnntinfjton , Coombs mid bondholders' and .stock jobbers' attorneys have appeared before fore- the Pacillc railroad committees to Inform congress what the people ofsthe United States demand In the settlement of the Pacific railroad debt. The men who know all about Prof. TloentKcn's new photographic nroooh * long before Its Inventor ever thought of it are now springing up In every quar ter like mushrooms qfter a storm. IJut still Prof. Uoenlgon deserves nil the credit for making , his predecessors realize that they had discovered some thing really new. < The commercial agencies report that the volnnloof business In Omaha tlds year to date HIOWH ! a 20 per cent In crease ever flint of the first forty-five days of 1S ! ) " . The Increase hits been gradual and gives proml.so of per manency. When ( he price of grain shall begin to rise business In .Nebraska will receive a decided Impetus. Wo have dlMWorod the aboriginal Nobraskan. According to tt voracious Lincoln journal , Hon. Charles J. Oroeni ! was born and raised In Ne braska. As Mr. Greene was old enough to shoulder n musket before the war closed , he must have n protly goixl claim to rank among the oldest living pioneers of the state. The willingness of many of the suc cessful bond bidders to soil their bond contracts for the margin between whin they bid and thu market quotations IK one of the surest possible signs that these bidders wore animated less by a patriotic desireto help out the govern ment than by what they thought was a chance to turn n few thousand dollars without risking anything of their own. That there will bu a great deal of activity in thu promotion of irrigation enterprises' soon as spring opens thow can be no doubt. The large num ber of Irrigation companies orgaul/.ed and the largo number of Irrigation claims filed Indicate that the construc tion of thu proposed ditches will be BOOH under way _ ln earnest. With an a HSU rod water supply there will be Bcaively n corner of Nebraska that will not Least of as fertile a soli as Is to bu found in the best agricultural regions of the United fttatcs. Dispatches from Mexico are to the effect flitif A'merlcaiiH nro making largo InvcHtmcnid In Mexican btigar lands. Wliy ( however , should American wipl- taliwts go to Mexico to put their money in sugar lands ? There Is no better Bitgnr land to be had anywhere than right here in .Nebraska , where sugar beotu have been raised and sugar manu factured out of them MI many seasons that the experimental stage has long been pnnaed. 1'ioin the financial point of view , tile Nebraska migar land * have almost Invariably proved a wonderful success , American Investors looking for Htiirur lands uliould come straight way to Nebraska. f w.vvi.vi/ro.vs ; msrf ; / .sr/M.\r , 1'olllM I' . Ilunllni'loit , head of < hp | 8oiithoin Pacific octoimc , has once more appeared before fhe Pacific railroad committee to assure congress and Uio people of the l-nlled Stale * ( lint h3 ! Intenllons are honorable. Incidentally ho warns congress and the country against any sclictne of debt-funding or reorganisation that contemplates the operation of tin' Villon and Central I'a-j | clllc railroads as ono untnd trunk line. ; In support of Ids position Mr. limiting' , ton t.tkes It upon himself to correct the truth of history by awrllilng purely benevolent motives to the members of the Central Pacific ooiisluivtlon ilns- . wJioso assets , ho assorts , were not sulll- clout to moot the obligations of that road by several millions at the time the Union and Central Pacific made their junction tit Promontory Point. He furthermore points with pride back in the fact that while the road hud benefited many It had Injured none. Ij. may possibly be iruo that the Cen tral Pacillc was In debt several mil lions when It passed out of the hands of the construction company ami Into thu control of. the Stanford-Hopkins- Ilunllngton-arockor iiunrtcl. lint these great benefactors had eacli individually become multl-mlllionairo.s out of the Job and within a few years wonby their peculiar thrift enabled to build the Southern Pacific as : i rival to the Cen tral Pacillc. It goes without saying that had they boon content with the colossal fortunes which they had made out of the building of the Central Pa cillc and confined themselves to the legitimate monopoly of Pacific const tralllc which they enjoyed , the Central Pacific would have paid otr Jtrt debt tw Uie government and Miw Union Pa cillc would not bo In the hands of re ceivers today. The construction of the Central Pacific doubtless did benefit many and may have injured none. Jlut If the mow who wore chiefly bene fited had been satisfied with fair In comes on honest Investment there would have been little ground for complaint. The injury Inflicted and Injustice wrought by this Ilunllngton syndicate has boon effected by the process of spoliation , extortion and discrimination that has proved Millions to both the r'cntrnl Pacific and Its patrons. Hunlington's remonstrance nuainst every proposition that lias In view the consolidation of the Central and Union Pacific railroads or their operation as one continuous transcontinental route is not inspired in the Interest of the public or of the government. It Is a purely selfish desire to continue and perpetuate the present system by which tratllc Is artificially diverted from the Central and Union Pacillc to the South ern Pacillc. Ills pretended fears that by carrying out the design of the origi nal Pacific railroad charters , congress will stimulate , if not compel , the con struction of parallel- rival lines from ( ) gdc'it west to San Francisco should carry no weight. No railroad will reck lessly venture upon tmcli n costly ex tension. through a country contribut ing -pnictlcally. iQ , local business when ' itMras thd''l'lgITtI'"tTi:6xhct : fair trallle amngemont.s' > wtthrjheOontral Pacific. Tlicnv is no call for another Pacific railroad and there will be none for years to come. What Is demanded , ls relief from the embargo which Iluntlngton has established and maintained. That re lief can never bo had until the water is wrung out of ihc * Union and Cen tral Pacillcroads by "foreclosure so that the people can have the advantage o'f rates based on their actual value. a ! nd the whole line between the Mis- jourl and the coast Is economically operated under one. general manage- HWdltMINO 'I'lIK I'AIKXT L At the last annual meeting of , the American Har association the patent laws were one of the subjects that re ceived consideration , nnd a number of changes were suggested. A bill em bodying these changes has been Intro duced by the chairman of the house committee on patents , and Is in the hands of that committee , from which it is likely soon to be reported. Some of the changes proposed by this meas ure tend to restrict the privileges en joyed by patentees under existing law , wiillo others tend to confirm those privileges , it is said that the majority of the house committee on patents ap pear to bo friendly to the system as a whole , with the long monopoly which It now confers. There is opposition , however , to the long term now given to patents , the United States being more generous In tills respect than any other country , but some of the con servative friends of the patent system doubt the wisdom of raising this Issue , the present term of seventeen years having been adopted as a compromise between thu old term of fourteen years ami the extension of a second term of seven years which was formally al lowed. It is probable , however , flint when the bill comes before the house- It will be proposed to reduce the term of a patent to le.s-s than seventeen years. and undoubtedly such a proposition would have stiong support. In tlif Judgment of many of those who have given the subject attention thu present term gives too long a monopoly of n patent. While it must bo admitted tl'nt the patent system of thu United States ban worked well in stimulating the Inven tive genius of our people , and at the same time has been a source of revenue to the government , ntlll there is no doubt that it can be improved , though the changes necos-sary to bu made maybe bo few. It Is to bu desired , of course , that our patent laws shall be reasonably liberal , so as to encourage the Inventive genius of our people. No one will bo disposed lo 'deny to the inventor of something of value to mankind the op portunity to obtain a generous return. Jlut It would boom that Justice in this matter does not demand so long a term for the monopoly of an Invention as is now allowed , which , as already re marked , Is longer limn Is allowed by any oilier Important country. The ad ministration of our patent system has not been absolutely free from abuses , hut these have been few and rare. Some changes lu procedure lu the ' patent olllcc Imve been inailo under the administration , effecting a con Hlderablc economy of time nnd labor ( The secretary of the Interior In his annual report characterized as an evil thu privilege rlijoyed by tin applicant for n patent of keeping his case lu'iid- Ing In the olllcc for an Indefinite time without forfeiting his rights against tile public , finally taking out n patent for [ an invention which has boon in public use perhaps for years , and urged that the period of permissible Inaction on the part of an applicant should be shortened lo six months. The secre tary recommended congressional action for securing expedition In prosecuting cases. The patent ofllco received -11,000 ap plications In the last fiscal year , which was nearly 2.000 In excess Of the previ ous year , though n decline from the four years from 1SK ! ) to 1SW , Inclu sive. Itecolpls exceeded expenditures by over ? ir , ( )00. ) n Is n most Impor tant branch -of the public service and It has generally received less consid eration from congress than It merits. lIVMTt IS HXfKKSlVH IMH.f The motto of the state of Nebraska Is "Kiiuallty Heforo the Law. " How to adhere strictly to that principle In ( ho prosecution of criminals and at the same time give effect to the consti tutional provision that guarnntou them against the exacting of excessive ball must always be one of the most dllllcult problems dealt with bythe judge of a criminal court. Particularly perplexing does It become when'the prisoner Is ac cused of the theft of public funds com bined as It must be with the betrayal of public trust and where he has ac cessories and nhhottors of high and low degree. In view of events fresh in the public mind , the symposium which- The llee presents to its readers today , contributed by judges and ex- Judges of our local courts on the ques tion , what constitutes excessive ball , Is particularly Inteiestlng and timely. In determining the amount and sulll- cleney of n ball bond , all authorities agree that no fixed Inflexible rule can bo followed. The precise penal sum must rest within the sound discretion of tlie judge , taking Into consideration all of tlm circumstances affecting the individual case In hand. As stated by one of the judges , who prefers to have ills name withheld , the object of laws providing for the release on ball of persons accused of crime , Is to make provisions for their liberty while waitIng - Ing for trial and yet insure their pres ence in court on the day of trial. At tention is also called to the fact that considerable light has been thrown upon Ohls subject by our supreme court in the llnrrett Scott case , reported In the thirty-eighth Nebraska reports at page f 02. The third paragraph of the syllabi in that case is as follows : In flxlnii the amount ot ball the court or Judge may take Into consideration the na ture of the offense , the penalty which the law authorised to be inflicted should there be a conviction , the prcbjb'llty of the accused appearing to answer the charge agalnet him It released j on bill- his pecuniary condition , nnd the circumstances Gurroumlinc hejC a ! In this eise ; Scott , the defaulting treas urer of Holt county , was charged with em- bezzllng $70,000 of county funds , and his ball bond was fixed by the district court at $70,000. The supreme court held that such' a bond , in view of all the circumstances , was not unreasonable , and not within the pro vision of our state constitution , prohibiting the requirement of excessive ball. One point , and a point of supreme Importance , is not emphasized In our symposium as it should be. It is that In giving consideration to the various circumstances urged in favor of a light ball bond or of a heavy bail bond , no discrimination should bo made In cases of substantially similar nature. The man who steals or commits other felony should suffer the penalty of his mis deeds whether he is rich or poor , sur rounded by friends or utterly friend less. A reasonable bond Is a bond that is reasonable compired with bunds exacted under similar clriMiusrinccs of persons accused of similar c-lmes. No man who lays himself amenable to punishment for infraction oC the crimi nal code , can be granted special favors either before or after conviction by n court that prides Itself on the adminis tration of evenhanded justice. TIIK Jl/tlTltill F.lltXIlllK. In the speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament the condition of British agriculture was referred to as being disastrous beyond recent experi ence and it was announced that the government proposed to do .something for the" relief of this Interest. For sev eral years the farmers of England , who.su situation has been growing steadily worse , Imve been appealing to the government for some legislation to help them out of their dlltlcultles and within the past year , or slnco the ad vent of the present ministry , the ap peals from this interest have been stronger and more persistent than ever before. The last liberal government gave some consideration to the condi tion of agriculture , but found no way to relieve It. The present government Is not likely to be more successful , be cause it Is firmly committed against the policies which the farmers believe lo be essential to the improvement of their situation. They want some measure of protection against , the disastrous competition - petition to which they are subjected , but while Lord Salisbury lias admitted that they would probably bu bi'iioflted if they were given the protection they desirii he has said that It cannot bu ac corded. What thu government can do other than this for the relief of the British farmers It Is not easy to see. They might be given bounties out of fhe public treasury , but Mich a policy would encounter such formidable op position from oilier classes that it could not stand. To make any discrimina tion in favor of the agricultural class in the matter of taxation would doubt less also be extremely unpopular. There seems to bu nothing for the British farmers but to go on as they have been going and such tin outlook Is as diurnal and hopeless as It well could be. IB there not a lesson In this experi ence of IJriflsh agriculture from which \vo In tills country may learn some thing ? The farmers of thu United States are in no such distrosslui ; coud- } - . - * * . ' . - - I-- j Unit as are tiros" of llugland , but the 'statistic ' * aH r to show that during the past .V'gTillIjlio agricultural Interest of this roumrvMviK loss prosperous by $2 f .00MKM ( Hnii | In 18)2 ! ) , when all the Industries iif"w { country were nctlVo and all th 'Wbor ' of the country was employed nt good remuneration. The obvious siigsifctlon Is that what the United StntfHiuiMt do Is to build up a homo maikuh-for Its own producers. A a. t i.vs T nrt.s > .r/MTf.v / tut : FI.A a. There lias 'won reported from the Judiciary cohilhlttoo of the United States ponnlo a bllftir \ prevent the desecration of the national Hag. It provides that the Hag or the coat of arms of the United Statox'or any Imitation or rep resentation thereof , shall not be at tached to or' ' lirtprintod or represented upon any goods , wares or merchandise , or any advertisement of the same ; and no goods , wares or merchandise or any advertisement of the same shall lie attached to ( lie national flag or the coat .of arms of the United States and no such advertisement wluill bu Imprinted thereon. It Is suggested that If the bill becomes law It Is doubtful if showmen or politicians could employ an imitation of the flag f.or use on their posters , showbills or tickets , though the language of the bill does not specify these. Any violation of the proposed act is made punish- ablii by a fine of ? . " > ( ) for each offense. The bill will 'be- called up for action as soon as opportunity offers and prob ably will not encounter any opposition , , slnco nobody will be disposed to an tagonize a pioposltlon the purpose of which is to Increase popular respect for the flag. It-would be dllllcult to show that the "desecration" of "old glory" by putting it to , the service Inhibited in the proposed bljl has In the least de tracted from 'lts.character ( or Inlluence as the emblem1 , of national authority and popular patriotism. Unquestion ably , the ling ; is reverenced ns much today by the American people as at any time In , oiirs history. But there can he no reasonable objection to giv ing It greater saeredness In popular estimation , nnd action by congress , with tills In view , will undoubtedly be gen erally approved. AX TO It.lKKlWPTCY Willie it , Is undoustood that there Is a majority In both branches of congress in favor of th'e enactment of n national bankruptcy law * , the prospects for legis lation In thi.3 Direction are said not to 1)0 ) very briglifl owiug to the great difference of ppb on as to thu kind of a law which ojjtfhj ; 'to ' be , passed. A num ber of blllsi hnve been 'introduced ' in both houses 'tyuV ore In the hands of ' the respective' jiyllclnry committees for consideration. The house committee has before kettle bill introduced by Judge P.owejfs' $ : Veljmpn't , ' prov.ldiiig' ' for voluntary'au'd involuntary r bank ruptcy and ( ti'tiwn largely on''tho lines * o'f the TOITO.VI bfllj and also , th < 'measure Introduced bj-j jir. ) Bailey pt.Texas , whlclrrfprorldestJfor purely -voluntary- bankruptcy , { hisijtieasii o hnVlri'g r > assed .tUcuJHUWft in"th.Oj'j'jast ' congress. , In the * cnuh ! : > isillie lUnKotaSenntor'-Cienrgo "ttf Mississippi , whlcli provillest.for voluntary - , tary bankruptcy , but U nouuch more comprehensive measure than the Bailey bill. bill.The The real Issue Is between "voluntary" and "Involuntary" bankruptcy , and as appears the general tendency is for the noriiheni members to support the latter and the southern members the former , the opponents of an involuntary bankruptcy law taking the position that it would be Injurious to the debtor classes and the small tradesmen of the south and west The advocates of the different plans might , it would seem , compromise on a' measure embodying botli voluntary and Involuntary features , as the bill of Mr. Powers does , but the prejudice of the opponents of involuntary bankruptcy is probably too strong to permit them to accept any measure recognizing that principle. It is possible that the house will pass a bill on the lines of the Tor- rey measure , but < he chances of getting such n bill through the senate are not regarded as any too good. So far ns the Bailey bill Is concerned It lins no chance whatever , there being nothing about It to commend it to favorable considera tion. tion.That That a uniform bankruptcy law Is dc lrablu and necessary there are very few who will question. All who have given this subject intelligent considera tion admit that tiin various and contra dictory bankruptcy laws enacted by the different states are objectionable , not only from their want of uniformity , but In their general failure to preserve the equities between different creditors and to secure to the debtor such ex emptions , and after the assignment of Ids property to his creditors such com mand of lilu future earnings , free fiom the attachments of creditors , as .will enable him to 'save from his misfor tune or accumulate from his earnings such working ' ftllJJtnl | as will allow him to make the 'unost of his earning ca pacity and p\ { \ t his command the means with which lie may discharge his old Indebtedness. Moreover , the present | ( ( * of the law for the collection of ilMit * Is so cumbersome , costly , unoerlifti ) ' 4 d wasteful that its use Is abhorrent Jt.il all btislnebs men of enlightenment 'and with a sense of honesty and Ju Uu/ss , thu results being disastrous to ithu' ' debtor and unsatis factory to the/AVliltor. In most of the states the utto i'jjjd ' collection of debts through the medium of the law practi cally cuts the.'jljftj\ip ' \ of the property of the debtor in J/jftfj / wlilIe Increasing the sum of the chiimsngalnst his assets. Tlie practically unanimous sentiment of the business Interests of all sections of the country Is In favor of a uniform bankruptcy law , and it is tlie duty of congress to give heed to this sontlment. Susan B. Anthony , thu foremost and ablest champion of woman sutlrnge , celebrated her seventy-sixth birthday anniversary on Saturday. Of all the women who have'labored for the polltl- cal education and advancement of their sex none have been so steadfast In their purposu and so thoroughly din- Interested , and none have been de servedly held In " "eh universal esteem Uvuu those who differ most radically from Uio views for which Suan It. Anthony stands ns the recognized upokosmrui , have always conceded to her sincerity of motive and unswerv ing devotion to the cause to which her life's work has been devoted. Were anything needed lo attest the high regard In which the people of Nebraska hold nil their educational Institutions , the splendid audience gnfiltered at Lincoln VYIday to parti cipate in the exercises formally In augurating the now chancellor of Ihc Slate uiilvorslly. would bo con clusive that the work performed In that great educational boohlvo Is both felt and appreciated lu all parts of the state and by all classes of the people. The eongratu- lately addresses betokened at once the warmest greeting to the newly In stalled head of the university , am the well founded expectation that tht university will continue to progress tip ward rather than remain stationary 01 iccedo. In nearly all the remarks , stress was laid upon the fact that the mil Vorslty Is a part of thu public school system supported by the contributions of tlie whole people of thu state. With a policy In touch with thu demand fern n general and popular education , Ulian collor Mucl.cnn cannot but realize ( lit success so freeljrt predicted for bin by his ninny life-long associates iiui new found friends. In view of the largo number of legislative lative reapportlonmetit laws that linvt In recent years been declared uncoil stiliillonal by the supreme courts of different states , It will behoove the Iowa legislature to exercise the utinosl care In performing the duly imposot' upon it of rudlstrlctlng ( ho state into senatorial n'nd representiUlve districts based upon the new census. The troubli Id tlnlt there Is always a temptation to stretch a point to gain some smal partisan advantage lu the make-up ol doubtful districts. The apportionment ought tct-lie made with such strict adherence heronco to the provisions of the con stltutlon nnd with such regard to fair ness that there will be not even a thought of contesting It In the courts through long nnd costly litigation. Word comes from Philadelphia that there are over 12.000 tons of . Kgyptlnn grown sugar on tlie way to that port from Alexandria , imported to take tin phieUjjOf sugar usually obtained from Cuba , but unobtainable this year on account of poor crops in Cuba. Kvery pound of this sugar ought to have boon raised In this country and would be if the beet sugar industry had been prop erly' encouraged. There Is no reason wliv the United States should not pro duce the bulk of the sugar consumed by Its people. The way to put an end 'to. the importation of lOgyptian . ' .sugar Is to- raise sugar beets tit homo and convert them into home-manufactured sugar. . _ _ _ _ . . _ _ . Unfortunately tlie number of men nnd women who will go through life waiting for a fortune to ba. left to. them is as grout now as evvr. .OiPno other tho'ory can wo explain the fact that tlie num ber of American claimants to British estates Is increasing rather than de creasing ? _ li'il Ji-pHt-y Truth. Detroit Free 1'iess. Senator Smith ot New Jersey Is entirely right. . The United States senate would best tfive'the country by at once closing up necessary business and adjournlHE- ; Si-iia torlnl ICtlilcv. Washington Star , Senator Smith's rcmailc that the most popular thing congress could douuld be to puss the necessary appropriation bills and go homo will sound to some people like an other breach ot senatorial courtesy. Cnmlitlnnnl Sfc-cMxIon. Ixml.sUlIe CnurliT-Jcurnol. If Talhcrt of South Carolina still Insists * upon the right of secession , and If South Carolina will give bond to take Tfllbert , Till- man and all that crowd out of the union and out of sight , perhaps South Carolina's right to secede will be cheerfully granted. lUillcMilnux Tiling * on MoiiiimeiilH. Cleveland 1'laln Dealer. The Iowa soldiers have a right to kick upon the erection by the state of an alleged soldiers' monument which upon its face y3ms to commumorato a number of Iowa officers. There have ben many ridiculous things wrought up as soldiers' monuments In this country. Men \Vli < > Until Hi iSack. . Denver Jlriiul'llcnn. ' The experience of the Northern Pacific stockholders should open their eyes to the fact that mining ID not the only Luslnos ] In connection with which an Investor liiciirt' some rhlc. It la piobablc thnt the Interests ot the stockholders in that company will be ulppd out entirely , and that all to bo realised tram the sale of tho. road nftcr paying cost * of proceeding * will go to the bondholders. A Military IltiaiorlMt. , I'hlliiileliihla Prrss. Marln , the Spinlah general. Is really a humorlft. He says the wliolo trouble with tlio failure ot the Spanish forces lu Cuba le that the Cubans \\lll not fight , but avoid en counters and think It no "dishonor" to do so. In other words , Maria finds that the Cuban guerrilla tact'ca are too much for the Span- lard a , whose Ideas of honorable warfare are thn murdering of women and who cannot fight unle ? . * the battle Is arranged according to barrack tactics. Tlnip Hlit * fur Action , Kannns City Hli\r. It 19 estimated that the United States has already 1,300,000 miles of common roads , a total mileage greater than that of any other single country , but a majority of these roada are In poor condition. The general movement for tlie Improvement of these roads begun about ten yearn ago. Allowing tea years , a l.beral eutlmatc , for preliminary discussion , talk and the collection of Information , the serious work of building good roads for the country should begin soon , and once bgua It will never ceai < o till the reproach of our country Is removed. - Intellllf flifc' Kant n ml Wi-xt. niclje-Di-morrat , There was a time when New England led oil the rest of the country In the general av erage of popular intelligence , but this is no longer true. It U now In tha west , and not In the cast , that the best showing li made as to the education of the masse * . Nebraska stands at the bead of the utate'ln point of literacy , only 3.1 per cent of Its population being unable to read and write. No slate \\est of the Mississippi river , with the ex ception of the four southern uUtts , ranks as low ai Matsachupetta In the number of II' literates In iU population , \VnnU-il Duliuque While much American lympathy was ex pended upon Wallur and eloquent protests were mads against what was assumed to be the Injustice of his treatment by the French authorities , the facts aa fully and anally de veloped uiow that he vrai the author of his own in In fortune ! . Tbey alia suggest that the American who Imaglnta that whatever he may do under u foreign flag Ida country will protect and defend him , U thu victim of a delusion. If he does wrong hla country can't protect htm. It Is only when lie behaves Ulmaelf that be cau rely up n Its support. THU rii WnMilnBton I'oit ! Now that the No * York detanatlcn hi taken formal action. It will bo perffdly safe to siumi' that the Merion boom li nt home In tin propoml de partment. CMcngo Post : Mr. Morrlton nlll bring Ids bonm to ClilcxRO next week for Inspection by the party leader * , just ni AH assurance tint it Is n genuine affair thi't can I" ! seen without a microscope. Chicago News : A cursory slnncc * t Mr. MeKlnlcy'fi speech Rive * ono the Impression tmt ! Abraham Lincoln s the father ot the bill that pllr < l ( lip snow to deep over the grivci uf n number of rcpubllcanc lift nml- dentlnl election. hi'llnnapolls ' Journal : It l < miihorilatlrely Announced that Pcnns > lvnnl will profpnt thu nnme of Senator Quay to tht > rcp'jhllca nallMMl convention for irrt ldnnt. Of courje Mr. Qu y docs not expect f > b ? no.ultiate. lint by bcftiK n cumfldalo he can krvp non committal as to other ctmllilntrs am m r hold the Pennsylvania delegation tc ge'her until It ran be- thrown solidly for th * 'irce8ful ' candldatp. Mr. ( } u y Is not hi tonotl-.cr a tyio In politics. nnston Olebo : It Is said tli.U the IVnnsyl vanla republicans have- decided to supper Quay as their presidential candidate at th next national republican convention. O cctirse Quay knows Hint he cnnnot be nomi nntocl. or. If nominated , he could nnt b elpctwl for a vast majority of his follow countrymen , regardless of party , would vet ncnlnst him. He simply wishes to Ret th solid Pennsylvania tlnlcgotlon behind him nnd then dispose of It to the most ndvan tnReous bidder. Quay ran never be great but nobody disputes that ho Is mighty ctito I'KIISONAI. A\l > Knr an Idling noncombatnnt the poison Iv of Texas scored a hit that shuts Pole Mailer' peepers to a world of trouble. A Kentucky grocer found a $70 diamond I a barrel of sugar last week , and now h would like to know where that sugar wa KI titled. It Is MigKcstod that the $2,000 n year al lowed President Krupcr as "roffpe money furnlvhcx ample grounds for the recent ral on Docrland. The Kaiisna congressman whose Ipglslatlv characteristic Is the making of motions t concur In ronato amendments , may be platsei as an Ideal concurring hero. Keports from Kl Paso Indicate that th managers of the pugs succeeded In pulling off n lew columns of the r Jaws. The manl ; art hai. degenerated Into seal brown "blows. ' i Phlladcliihlans are hurling warm expletive < tKaln t the city council and the water of th SclmykUl and a disposition Is manifested In ninny quarters to boll both a ? a sanitary pro caution. General Wsylcr's round of receptions In Cuba cannot be regarded as complete untl Gomez nnd Macco get a crack nt him. They are competent to dispense a rcasnnabl amount of tropical warmth. . Mr. Rrastusi Wlman , the noted wrftor on economic question ? , has flpnll cnicrgeif from tlm clotuis ot prosecution , a free man. Th Indictments under which lie was convicted hnvo been dlsmlsued in accordance with the judgment of the appeal court. A traction company has applied to the clt > council of Denver for a franchise , ngreelni to pay Into tha c'ty treasury 2 per cent o Uio gross receipts for five years and 5 pe cent thereafter. This la the first Instance It the history of the city of a franchise belnt , considered a thing of value before it \\as granted. 1 SENATOR HAAVLKY .IIAHKKI ) . Him Iiiciirrril the Deep IlH | > U'H nirtof tlio I'rimcrintlroN. J'hllndelpliln Itrronl. It appears that Senator Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut has fallen under the deep dis pleasure of the A. P. A.'s. The offense of the distinguished senator consists in having voted for the confirmation of Colonel Cop- plnger , son-in-law of James G. Blalne , for a brigadier generalship In the United States army. There is no pretense that Colonel Copplnger Is not qualified for this position In the army , or that Ills , services do not entitle him to promotion ; but Colonel Co-p- plnget- a * Catholic , "and the A' . P. "A.'a of Connecticut are resolve , ! to punlfh General Hawley for the crime of having1 voted , with a large majority of the United States senate , for his confirmation. Thin threat of the A. P. A.'s deserves earnest consideration , not merely on account of the distinguished tenator who Is Its in tended victim , but because of its beailiiK on the country's \\clf.ire. DurlnK the civil war , when tens of thousands of Catholics of native , Irish or German birth rushed with patriotic enthusiasm to the country's stand ard , no organization such ns the A. P. A. would have opposed , on religious grounds , the confirmation of any Catholic citizen as an officer of the army. . .Such an organization could not exist in a period of war. Any at tempt to appeal to Bectarian prejudices In a tlmo like that would have been an act of incivism , and all engaged In It would have deserved the deepest condemnation. They would have been held guilty of discouraging enlistments. Not long ago there were in many minds very serious appiehenslons that this country might become Involved in a terrible foreign war that would tax Its ut most military resources , and these apprehcn- slonD Jiavo not yet been wholly dissipated. Should such a war break out the A. P. A. would be obliged. In the very necessity of things , to disband. Wo beg tiio reflecting and patriotic members of the A. P. A. to consider , then , whether an organization that could not survive In a period of war , which may come any day , has any reason -for ex istence in this country In time of peace. General Joseph R , Hawley , who has been marked out for the vengeance of this scml- demI-D2ctarlan and partitun association , has rendered his countty eminent services In the flelil nml in the senate. His nrcsent term In the senate will not expire until 1899 , and this will give film com.ldor.iblo time to prepare - pare for the knife which his enemies of the A , P. A. are whetting for him , Meanwhile , the republicans of Connecticut , who Ju tl > esteem General Haw Icy , will have something to fay about this warfare upon him. The democrats of that state can take no part In the encouragement of nil organisation to ro- mgnnnt to one of their dearest principles , Much as the democrat ! ) t > J Connecticut may lifter from General Hawley on pome ques tions of public policy , they recognize in him an honest , patriotic and fair-minded man ; and the recognize , too , that ho would nerve the state far better in the senate than would any probable product of the A. P. A. con spiracy. _ FAMU'S PAl'OIUin SO.V. A Dor < nr Who DCHITVPH to Itnnk AUIOHK Ilt-iiffiii'torN uf lluliiimU- . IlufTnlo lliprcsi. Now and then the m < lloil prof-wlon cvohog a theory the good EJIIHI of which appeals even to the untutored Instincts of tlif In ) man. Such a theory , calling eclence and popular crr/rancu to link hands and dance together on the gravfr of exploded error , Is published by Dr. Relden H. Talcott of the state hospital for the Insane at Mlddletown. One of the herszles of our grandmother ? , jelonglng In order of time to the age. that iroduced tlie belief In witchcraft. Is to be ound in the old saying : "Jt It the early ) Ird that catches the worm , " It did no good to ths small boy , hauled shivering from iU bed at breaU ot day , to point out the fact that he wai not a bird. It did no good In ( how that , however It fared with the bird , he worm was a Icrrlblt ) example of the dangers of early rltlng. No , up he had to get , jiut as If hunting worms were the chief end of a human being's existence. Now , along comru Dr. Talcott with t'.ie comfortablei theory that thli Is all wrong. le has been Investigating the rcaton of the requency with which farmers and their amlltes become insane. Hitherto the ciuio of thl * frequency have been thought to bo ha Isolation of farmcr'a llvev , the hard work tliey hav to do , and , perhapi , ( lie oxccsjlvo use of pie and potatoes. It will surprise the general public to learn that pie the rural variety of pi ; was supposed to b capable of unshipping the Intellect ; but Dr. Talcott llrcardi the wliolo explanation as Insufficient. lo believes that Inranlty among the bucolic class of the population Is mostly due to the nhuman hours at which farmers ara In the lablt of getting up. Enlightened people who have all along been contending that early rising li an evldenci f Insanity will { mil with joy lhl expert opinion that It fa more than an evidence , tt i a causeDr. . Talcolt'u theory ranks him niong the benefactors of humanity. When a , monument fi put up to the man who In vented sleep , one panel should bo reserved or a complimentary fuscrfpt'ou ' to thin 11IJ- Ittown alienist. i irt : I.Alt SHOTS AT TIIK PULPIT. Chlenr-a Po l : The XM.ra.ki * . mlnlitcr who niiiiiiici-il thnt there was io hade and thfn rwlKiied his p Mnrate evidently ban the courugo of hi * convlcllaat it ml In willing to tul'ti ch.ineos. Imltan/ipolU Journal : If the Unitarian brpthroii In IloMon boycott the three hotels jhlch rcfuwil lo give fowl and shelter to the djcMitly dressed colored Methodist blhO | ) . hotel keepers will not bo likely to repeal their blunder. Minneapolis Tribune : Two pious Ken- ticklan.1 encaged In a rellRoin ! tllicmslon the other day , and becaune one good brother would not accept the dogmas of the other thp Intter beat Ills brain * out with n club. Here Is a new text for Itigtrsoll , P'llladelphla Uteord : "Is It sinful to Tide a bloclron Sunday ? This question ha * b n raised by n ixinjc Ittand parson , who tttltl : A man who would ride a bicycle on the Sabbath - bath w-onld do most any thins. " K'.ldcnlly the bko ! will have to fight Its way Into plou recognition , s , iavc , te ) wilway c.ir , the strcrt c.ir nml other benens.'nt possibili ties. To roll to church on four whwU Is not esteemed sinful , If propelled by a horje. Is It nny worse to RD * clt-propeliM ! , or. two ) [ wheels ? London Tld IM < : Itcv. C. P. AkoO. tha well known Unntlst mlnls-or of Liverpool. had some Interesting experiences with Ameri can reporters during n. roesntIslt to the V" United State * . One morning before seT'co ' , n reporter called and nuked him for his text. The text was duly glvni , .ind the next ques 1 tion was : "What arc yon elm ; lo pre.-ich about ? " To this the minister replied Ui.il he did not know , but ho advlsJ the . ( porter to stop nnd listen If he wlsh.'d . to plvo an account of the sermon. The newspaper man * rejoinder was thnX a he h.id the text he could Imnglno the reit. for ho tint ) n bin murder to look after. Next morning a big report appeared ot a tllscourje that was ntvcr preached 1 Chicago Record : Some ministers of the gospel who linger about legislative ( mils t.ftm to bo carried away by the war spirit that Is prevalent wherever Jingo politicians conKiegnto. Not long ago , H will be re membered , n chaplain of congress prnycil that the nation might bo "quick to resent Insult. " A few days later o chaplain In the New York lep'slarure prayed "that the United States might supply with arms. If necessary , those In Cuba who nrc struggling for liberty. " He also prayed that the United States "might Insist upon upholding the Monroe doctrine , " brand not specified. The authors of these prayers breathing the spirit of belligerency nro dubbed by mi eastern newspaper "blasphemous legislative chap lains. " The tentlnients expressed may have certain things to commend thorn , but never theless there chaplains nro praying for tha violation of International agreements. III.ASTH KltOM HAM'S HORN. Every llo U the nssnssln of pomobody's hnpplnora. No amount of cultivation can make a bad tree bear good fruit. Visiting a hospital , prison or Insane asylum is good medicine for backsliding. The road to blcaalng often winds through a narrow , dark and winding lane. Live to make somebody happy , or you will never know what the true meaning of life Is. First get a man's heart , nnd you will not have to draw a revolver on him to get his purse. A stereotyped prnycr may be better than none , but It never brings down nny fire from heaven. The preacher who would have the common people hear him gladly must make himself understood. Is there anythlnc more fnnllcli tlmn fnr n man to think ho can serve the devil all his life and get away from him on his deathbed. SEHDV STATK.SMAXHIIIP. Chicago Tribune : Secretary Morton will make Senator Vest wish for a lodge In some vart wilderness .where reeds are unknown be fore this controvcray In over. Chicago Times-Herald : Senator Vest has scored first blood In his fight for Deed. The senator evidently knows where a few bags of rare and choice seed will do good this year. New York Trlbuner Sc'riat&r Ve t Has ut tered a loud call for twede. and has raid tome things that are not exactly pollto about the serretary of agriculture.'c have no Inten tion of Interfering fn what seems to bu Family quarrel , but If a few seeds will pacify ho Irate senator from Missouri , why does not Mr. Sterling Morton furnish him with a package or two ? 110MISSTIO IDYLS. .Somervllle Journal : The- honeymoon nlmo't Invariably wnnes when the bridegroom IIIIH leached his last quarter. Detroit Kroe Press : "What mnles roll so uiihuppy , Maud ? " ' " 1 proposed lo Hurry Duane , nnd lie re- 'iised me ! " "Did lie Blvt * any reaton ? " "Yes ; he said ft wnsn't sudden enough. " New York World : Ho My dear. I nin very haul up. You will Hlmply have to lower your dresmnker's bills. She My love , you must speak to her. I don't mnkc out the bills. Harper's Uazar : Kthel T think you have one ot the prettiest names I have ever bennl of. of.Mnwl Mnwl Wltherbee Do you ? Kthel You don't seem very enthusiastic. Don't you like It ? Maud Wltherboe I Ihlnk I have proved that by not changing It. Chlcnpro Tribune : Jowlcr You wish From George to J iuni * onirr.ived on the i side of the rltiR ? A'l right. Sluill I or cut tin'Laura' the same depth ns the O corse' ? The YoungMnn ( hiring nt him ) YP * . Hlr. can nffonl to buy new ring * when I neiM hem , sir. Indlannpolls Journal : Shr What < ! o you rr.c.in , Hlr , by klsln me ? What do you Hr Kr nothing. "Then don't you ( Jo ft n/'Ulii. / I ilon't \oril any man hlHsliifi : me unices ho me-ina jiitilmR8. " J Detroit Pice Prey. ? : Mlufpr Oh , doiirf I vlt-li I could pet hold of porno good blbctlltB Ike mother used lo innlco for me ! Mlrsui An 1 I wlfh I could get some good clothes like father urod to buy for jne. Chicago Record : "Wlmt ever drove you o mnrrylni ; fourteen wives ? " nt-ked the Judge , regarding the prisoner with more bun culinary IntereHt. "Thirteen wns BUCM an unlucky number o stop nt. your Honor ! " answered the > i > nllcnt prlt-oner , wiping his eycH with hla coot sleeve , Harper's nazar : WlRgln ? Did you ever < > ( ! four. Cnptnln , when entering Into an Unptiiln Armps Why , my dear follow , I MIIH nit alrcmblo when I proposed to my Wife ! _ ChlcriKO Tribune : "How much do you ovft mo thin ovtmliif ? , Oracle ? " ntke.l intna , nwny IIH ! cm ie and tulilni ; off hit ) nml ovcrcant , Thnt 'pcuclH on how irmcli candy you've irouKht inn. p'jpa , " rfplleil Oracle , rutnae- nir hit * jiockotH. How flko von. dear , " rejoined papa , b entinindcdly , "your mother was ten year * iol" iol"A A HHLATKII Willlcn for The Humlsy Hoe. nnyly prnttlliu ; here anil there , CnstliiK welcoiiiCH evcrywltore , llilglit with cunrhlne from above , \V his pc rings of hriwn'H love ; Not to know thee. o'er would be , The KrrntPHt punishment , Dorothy. Voice as fragrant as the morn , On my memory uliull bo borne ; SpnrklliiK ( 'yen that evi-r tell HoiindloM thouKhlH that In-thco dwel , TliouahtH of clmmben-d myjstory , Could we know them ! Dorothy. Ivcr ! may thy childhood be 1 ' 'II led with imturu'H melody , AH the golden moments tly , l.lka n bird ncroxs the sky. Muvilljo coming joyn to I lice Ji'iid thee upward , Danlthv. W. IIAItNICS LOWISF Omaha , February H , 1833. JUST roil row. Chicago Jltcard. , Vhen you arl e at dawn of day 'u labor on the Hume old way , ) on't count the battlu half begun rill you have smiled once Just for fun f you nit down when work la o'er To count tlie knock * whli'h make > ou tor * u t crown the day u jifrfti I one vecp right on umlllnf-Just for fun. Thus In your roul , from hour to hour tore up u fount of peace and puwi-ri 'lioUKh cureB and trouble * weli/h u tel Keep rluht on amllltiK just lor fun.