Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 29, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THE “ B ROSBWATER, B iitor., e = PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBS RIPTION, Datly and Sunday, One Y eur Bix Months ... . e Three Monthis, Runday lsee, Orie Year ... i Weekly Bee, One Year with Premium.... OFFIC Omann, fiee Bullding. Clifeago Offce, 57 Hookery Buliding. g e™ York. Hooms 14 aiid 15 Tribune Bufld- ng. ‘astington. No unell Blufis, No. Lancoln, 1020 P Sty oe CORRESPONDENCE. All communi slating to news and edi- torinl matter snould be addressed to the Editor- 1l Department, NUSINESS LETTERS, Al Lnstuoss letters and remittances should he addressed to 1he Tiee Pubilshing Company, Omahn, Drafts, checks and postoflice oraers to e made payable tc the order of the company, The Bee PoblishinT Company, Proprichrs Buflding Farnam and Seventeenth Sireats. . 81000 b0 2 60 200 200 3 Fourteenth Street Peurl Street. THE DAILY BEE Eworn Statement of Circolation, Etate of Nebraskn, v of Dougla ] secretary of The Beo Compnniy, (06w solemuly swear th ihe actunl eirculation of TiE DAILY Bew for tlie week ending Seprember 24, 18, was a8 fol- Jows: Bunday. Sept. 2 Monday, Sept, % It exday, Sept. Wednesday, Eef Thuisday, Sey Vere T riday, Sept ¢ Eaturdiy, Sept, 28, L oun P8 (X1 e 18,605 GEORGE . TZ:CHUGK. EWorn to before me and suvscrited toin my prerence this 2ih duy of September, A, D, 158, 1t eal.) N.P. FEIL, Notary Publis, Etute of Nebraska, L County of Douglas. { ** George i Tzschuck, belng duly sworn, de- JOi6hand fuys that ho s secrotary of Tne fiee uLlishing ¢ mpany, that the actual average Gwily cirenlation of ‘THE DALY Bek for the month of September, 148 15151 copies: for O tober 168, 14,084 copies; for November, 188, 1 086 copres: for December, 1888, 1822} coples; fou January, 1689, 18,074, copies: for February, 1589, 006 copress for March, 1649, 18854 copled; for April, 1889, 180 coples: for NAY. 180, 18,689 coples: for 1680, 1808, coples; for July, 16,708 coples; for August, 1889, 18,671 coples. GrO. B.TZSCHUCK. Fworn to before me and subscribed in my yresence thisdist day of Augnst, A, N, 1§89, [REAL] N, P. I'rit. Notary Average, SEND 1 YR (OVNPLA Frequent complaints r from passengers on trains and from res- idents of towns in this section, that it impossible to get a copy of Tne Bg from resident news agents and train newsboys. The claim set up by the la ter is: “‘All sold;”—and then other Omana papers are offered instead. In some instances, when the would-be puj chaser insists on getting a copy of Tur BEE, it is forthcoming, but train news- boys deal them outsparingly, and when their supply is about exhausted it is their practice to force other Omaha pupers on passengers who would not buy any other than Tre Bezf it could be had. Tii BEE urges upon everybody the importance of making complaint to this office upon failure to get THe BEE of news dealers and newsboys. There is 10 reason why a full supply should not be kept for all demands. EX-CONGRESSMAN SCOTT rushes to his own defense ns an employer. None of his employes ure so poor as to do him that honor. LET us hope that the county commis- sioners will not des to the Sabbath searching for the lost retaining wall vouchers. NTS, FRANCE pays a splendid and deserved compliment to American genius by con- ferving the cross of the Legion of Honor ou Thomas A. Edison. No man in our day has done so much to control and put into practical use the potent power of electricity. The compliment paid him by the French republic will be applauded by every American. GOVERNOR THAYER'S proclar calling for an election to fill the vucancy oreated by Judge Grofi’s resignation will upset the plaas and pins of several ambitious aspirants. The action of the governor relieves him of the annoyance of badgering candidates, and places the responsibility on the voters of the dis- trict, where it properly beloags. convention of the American Fores congress and the Pennsylvania Forestry association will be held in Philadelphia October Itis proposed 10 take some action towards creating a public suntiment against the wholesale wasting of our forests. J. Sterling Morton, of this state, has given tae sub- ject groater attention than most men, and has presented valuable assistance in the conception of hit Arbor day idea, nnd he would be the proper person to represent Nebraska at the coming For- estry congress. As only two per cent of our state’s aren is covered with tim- ber, it will be wise to gain whatever of value regarding timber culture is brought out by the proceeding of the meeting. IF THE old style, heavy-tragedy type of minister has not yet lived out his day, it may at least be ventured that he is gotting well along in the afternoon of it. The pulpit has less of the terrible spectacular paraphernalia surrounding it than in former times,and the fear that Satan himself, surrounded by a gickening and sulphurous odor, will step from out the wings of the sunctu- ary and perform the terrible things at- tributed to him, doos NOL now oceupy 5o large a place in the minds of the con- gregation. On the contrary, the pulpit at the present time is largely being filled by men who seem to have been cast by nature to play com- edy parts, The pun, the joke, the humorous anecdote are now among the approved literary implements employed Dy ministers of the gospel to point a moral and adorn a tale, That the newer type is the better, when not overdone, no one with the honest sunshine of good-fellowship in his heart will deny. The religion thut cannot bend to a pleasdnt picture in words and occasions ally invigorate the blood with the cor- dial of pure and hearty laughter, is a cloudy-day creed that is in opoosition to the babble of brooks, the wusic of birds and the prattle of innocent chil- dren. If the happy medium of good- patured seriousuess be maintained the church will attract gnd retaio the atten- tion of those who @8light in thinkingof 8 Deity whose loving graciousness 1s as 8 golden summer day rather thun like the frown of the impending empest, ion THE AMERICAN INVENTIONS. Americans who have read with re- gret, if not with a feeling of humilia- tion, of the comparative inadequacy of the general exhibit of this country at the Paris exposition, will Jearn with pleasure that American exhibitors will receive greater recognition from the judges, in proportion to their display, than will be given to those of any other country. This is an acknowledg- ment of the superiority of Amer- fcan inventions over those of Eu- ropo displayed at the exposi- tion, and inasmuch as the exhibit from this country em- braces but a small part of what might have béen shown of our inventions, while the European countries have most elaborate displays of their inven- tions, the significance and value of the greator recognition to ba accorded our exhibitors can not very well be over- estimated. It has come to be universally ad- mitted that the American people are pre-eminent in inventive genius, and it would be a very easy task to show how much more than any other veoplo they have con- tributed by their ingenuity to highten the world’s Inbor and increase the pro- ductions and comforts of mankind. In confereing upon Fdison the grand cross of the Legion of Honor, a few days ago, the French minister of foreign affairs ferred to the great superiority of Ameritans in inventive genius and the vast service to mankind of their re- markable inzenuity. Al the*®ondi- t1ous of our growth have contributed to the development of the inventive tal- ent, and in whatever other respects the American people may be inferior, and gome they confessedly are, in their genius forinvention their pre-eminence is undisputed and indisputable. The Paris exposition has sorved to maka this fact elear and acknowledged. RECKLESS LOAN COMPANIES. OwmAlA, Scpt. 28-To the Editor of Trn Bek: In your paper I notice a special from Boston regarding the failure ot the Farmer's Loan and Trust company, of Kansas. A faiure of this kiud is much to be regretted on several accounts, ono of which is because of the bad effect it will have upon the sale of westere farm mortgages in cast- orn markets It gives the orans of other lines of investment companies u chance to cry down all farm mortgage companies, and will divert counsiderable mouey from farm mortgage sceuritics to railroad and other securities. However, there should not be tos much sympathy bestowed upon the holders of the bonds of the defunct company. No one has invested auny money with the concern for over a year without having opportunity to find out the condition of its finunces. Their statement published under date of October 1, 1888, shows that the loans made were very buadly in default for interest, and gives other evidences of bad management, Nor was this the only warn- ing that investors had before them, as the American Wool Reporter published facts re- garding the company last winter which should have bsen enouch to make investors look elsewhere for a safe place t put their money. As loan companies doing any business in the New Bugland states ave compelied to show their hands at least twice a year, there is no excuse for people Wwho invest with a rotten company. Itis a husgering for higher rate of interest that makes them ac- cept the securities of a company that can not make a statenient showing solvency, this avariciousness brings troublo ivis their own favlt. Av investor mortgages need never lose his There are too many strong tive companies in the busiess with whom he can invest, and his interests are too jealously guarded by the legislatures of New Hampshire, New York, Mussa- chuseits und Connecticut for him to unwit- tingly buy a bond or mortgage of a company like the Farmers' Loan and Irust company of Kansas. JAMES ADELSON. We fully coincide vith the writer that the collapse of the Kansas loan com- pany is liable to create alarm among eastern capitalists over western farm sec The frecdom with which capital has been flowing from Boston and New York into the hands of west- orn loan agents has emboldened man insolvent concerns to do a iarge busi- ness on very small capital. It is to be feared that the Kansas trust company is uot the only bottomless money-lending institution west of the Mississippi. ditaiists everywhere know that high interest nearly always, means peor security, When these cupitalists deliberately place their money into the hauds of reckless sharks who make it their business to extort usurer’s commissions on the top of higa interest they certainly should not com- plain if they discover that their securities are over-rated. Western farm mortgage loans as a class are the safest of investments, providing the loans are handled by reputable firms. in farm money. conserva- MARCH OF THE RAIN BELT. Mr. Dodge, statistician of the agricul- tural department, has made an exten- sive tour of the west, particularly of the arid regious, and has embodied his ob- servations in a report to the secretary of the agricultural department. The report contains no new facts, but mere- ly affirms what is well known, that the rain belt has extended beyond the one hundredth meridian, and that the great Amevican desert has disappeared from the face of the earth. This truth has been thoroughly demonstrated during the past ten years by heavy crops of corn, oats and vege- tables, unsurpassed in quantity and quality, harvested in that section, Evidently Mr. Dodge was not pre- paved for the surprise which greeted him 10 the vegion selected for invest gation. It is difficult to eradicate the teachings of the old geographors who placed the stamp of sterility on what now ranks among the richest of a cultural sections, He was astonished to find transitions in progress which wark the advance of rurval science in the west, T'wo huundred miles of al- leged desert he found carved into pro- ductive farms, and cultivated without the aid of irvigation. Mr. Dodge does not ascribe this fertility to an incroase of rainfali, but to a change of climate. 1t matters not what name s given it, the fact vemains that there has been o marked inerease of moisture, whether raiu or dew, which enabled the ploneer furmers of western Nebraska to refute a goographical falsehood with abundant crops. This chuoge is undoubtedly due to the general cultivation of the soil. The destruction of the hard mat of buffalo grass which covered the rich soil of this section caused the natural moistureto sink into thé earth, producing the in- crensed humidity noted by Mr. Dodge. The most important item fm Mr. Dodre’s report is that which urges the farmers of the west to plow deeper and bring to the surface those elements of growth which lie bencath the average furrow. Deep plowing, subsoiling and frequent cultivation and changes of crops—thése are the pro- cesses which insure success. They are commended to the careful attention of our farmer, especially those of tho enst- ern_counties where the orop aver has materially decreased, Tmperfect tillage has placed them far behind their western competitors, and radical and frequent changes in crops as well as in methods 1s pecessary to garnsr the abundance which the soil, intelligently cultivated, guarantees. KNIGHTS 1TEMPLAR CONCLAVE, The triennial conclave of the grand encampment of the Knights Templar of the Uniied States will be held in Washington city during the second week of October. This Masonic order has a membership of about one hundred thousand, and the attendance of knights at their conclaves numbers from twenty to thirty thousand., These triennial events also attract many other members of tho Masonic fratern- ity for whom thoy possess a peculiar interest, as well as thousands who find pleasure in the brilliant pageautry which the parades and drills of the lknights afford. More than one hundred thousand sirangers yisited Chicago dur- ing the conclave in that oity nine years ago. and 1t is expected that a very nearly equal aumber will go to- Wash- ington during the coming conclave. Composed largely of men who are wealthy and liberal, the Kuights Tem- plar are among the most desirable class of visitors, and there is always asharp competition between cities to secfire the next conclave, One of the duties at Washington will be the selection of a place for holding the next conclave in the fall of 1892, It dy apparent that there will be 1 eager competition among the of the country to secure the selec- tion. Why should not Omaha enter the lists? The state of Nebraska stands high, particulurly among the younger states, in the numbers of its Masonic fraternity and in the interest and zeal that have been shown towadvance the order. There ar now twenty commanderies of Kuights Templar in the state, and doubtiess be- fore the conclave of 1892 the number will not be less than thirty. In few cities of the country having a popula- tion no larger than Omaha is the Ma- sonic fratornity more largely repre- sented than here. For all the purposes of parades and drills Omaha, with its nearly forty miles of as finely paved streets as any in the country, could now accommodate a procession of twenty thousand knights, and three years hence the city will be able to make in this respect a still bettor show- ing. In the meantime, also, we shall have very materially increased our ability to accommodate visitors, and otherwise added to the facilitivs and at- tractions of the city. In a word, Omaha, by the fall of 1892, will be in a position to entertain all the knights who might come here in the event of this city being selected for the conclave t year, and to take care of all the sitors whom their coming would at- . In the matters of location and ac- cessibility-the claims of Omaha are cer- tainly equal to those of any other city. Itis to be remarked, however, that considerations of this kind are not alone sufficient to secura the seicction of a city for the conclave. There must be a financial inducement and a liberal one. Probably no civv offering to guarantee less than from forty to flfty thousand dollars for the conclave of three years hence will receive any serions consider- ation, whatever may be the favorable donditions otherwise which it may present. The money expended to seo- cure theso conclaves in the past has al- ways been found to be a profitable vestment. It was largely so in Clov land, in Chicago, in San Francisco, and undoubtedly will be in Washington. There is every reason to suppose that in future such expenditure will be even more profitable to the communities that make it. Having regard solely for the business feature of the matter, there can be no doubt that an invest- ment of fifty thousand dollars by Omaha to secure the conclave of 1892 would pay, and all other obvious advantages to be derived would be clear profit. Omaha certainly ought not to permit this opportunity to pass without an ef- fort, and the matter is commended to the enrnest consideration of those who should take a hearty and active inter- estin it. go THE BUFFALO AND CIVILIZATION, Twenty-five years ago the buffalo roamed over Nebraska, but he roams no more. There are but very few of the species left, and these havo taken them- selves as far north as the climate will allow them to wander. The western ploncerand hunter is responsible for the practical extinction of the bison. For years during the earlier history of the west anen hunted the buffalo for its hide alone, and when this was obtained the remuins were allowed to rot upon the spst where the animal fell. The buffalo industry gave employment to a large number of hardy pioneers, and its flesh contributed to theirsustenance, while the hides went to replenish not too plethoric pocketboo The pur- suit of the buffalo for game purposes afforded sport for many scions of royalty, and the Grand Duke Alexis declared his visit to the United States fully compensated for the pleasure derived in killing one of the animals. Persist- ont pursuit and the heavy slaughter rapidly depleted the herds, and the remnants took their way from Nebraska, Wyoming and Dakota to the northern part of Montana and the Canadian province of Manitobn, whore what few remains of the species now exist. Every now and then some supersensi- tive philosopher bewails the extinction of the butfalo, and freely asserts that i St 5 i AT 4 £ s one of the most eatmblefnfmals on the continent has gdjsappeared with his going. his declaration is only par- tially true. When Indians alone peo- pled tho country, the buffalo was a nosessity. Without it they would have been compelled to till the soil for their living, as smallér game found in the country was not suflisient to meet thelr wants. While graat herds wandered over the prairids, ths Tndian folt him- self to be independent of the white man and his civilizafidn. Warriors on marauding exepgsians found no difi- culty in obtaimdg 'fool. When the buffalo vanishgd Tndian wyars came practically to nh bnd. Then the gradual civilization of the [adian, or at least o purtial tractability, fiest beenae possible, The Sious war, which closed with the gallant Custer’s death, was the lasu despaiving offort of the Indian to rotain his savago state of living. The experimants mado somes time ago at Winnipsg with a domesticated hered of bulfalo demonstrated clearly that, except a8 ouriosities, they wore not worth what it cost to keep them. Their strongth v far in- forior to that of ordinary oxen. While a buffalo cannot do the work of an oy, it takes twice as much to supply him. Asabeast of burden, therefore, ho isa failure. As a meat animal he cannot be compared with many domes- tic animals, His chief commercial value counsists of bis hide, and even in this re- spect many betrel substitutes are now to be found, In considering the loss of the buffalo from our plains it cannot be well argued that any mater age has been done the country, The grass he used to eat now furaishes substance for the cattle slaughtored at South O.naha. He no longer tempts the red men to vesist the advancs of eivilization in the west. Government forts that ussd to be a ne- cessity ave now abandoned and grass grows where once the tread of armed forces awole the echoes of di nt hills peopled with red foes. The bulfalo has gone from our plains forever and with him has gone the Tndian frontier. DECLINE OF 1HE DRAMA. Periodically some one interested the drama comes forward with sertion that it is on the decline. The cha ge is very noarly as old as the drnma itsolf. It was made in Addison’s timo and before, It has been repeat- ediy made sinc Has it an better warrant uow than in the past? To those who would say it has, an argument might be found in the local stage. During the week just past the Omtha theaters have presented ativac- tions nearly every night. Tho char- acter of the productions was what is termed furce-comedy. It is a fair ques- tion whether there is not oo much of this class of entertainment. While managers | find a good demand for it, and a larger number of wraveling companies ure dovoted 10 its production, there will bo no attempt to remedy the evil, if such it be. Man rs cannot justly be blamed for cater- g to what is demanded. The chi fault lies with the public. Mr. Henry James, writing in the 1 liev ew, declares that the drama is not merely on a decline, but that itis dead. Mr. W. D. Howells does not take so oxtrems a view of the situation. He is a believer in known as realism. More humun nature in less conventionally sensational situ- ations is what he desires. Mr. William Archer, the English dramatic emtie, suggests a cure for the modern drama, “If the drama is dying at all,” he says, “it is dying of techmgue.” Ho usks that ***he dramaof the future” shall cor- respond with the recent development of tiction. Mr. Howells will coincide with this opinion for he is the chief exponent of realistic fic tion in this country. The two gentlemen will doubtless agree on the proposition of Mr. Archer that what the country needs is a drama of grenter freedom, pliancy and variety of form. A little of farce-comedy is very good, but too much of it is destructive of dramatic taste and of the true purpose of the stage. Churies Hoyt’s earlier productions were greatly enjo, but they are losing in the, favor of in- telligent playgoors. It will be fortunate for the stage, doubtless, if this disfavor shall continue to grow, and yet the fact must be admitted that a considerable proportion of playgoers would probubly 5001 cease Lo putronize the theater if it presented only plays that made some tux upon intelligence, instead of con- tributing solely to passing amusement. The subject is one that admits of no end of controversy, and since it has been go- ing on in one form and another for gen- erations, the promise of profit from its discussion can nov be regarded as en- courazing. The drama always has been, and very likely always wiil bo, what the general taste of the time de- mands. the as- what is MRus. J EANNEPTE M. THURBER, pres- ident of the National Conservatory of Musie, New York, writes from Paris that she has secured one of the best singers and professors in France for the conservatory, the faurth season of which has just opened. This artist is Mousicur Theophile Manoury, and he is recom- mended by such eminent musicians as Saint Saens, Ambroise Thomas, direc- tor of the Paris conservatoire, Masse- net, Lamourcux and Gounod. This addition to the already strong corps of instructors of the National conservatory will give it a standing excelled by few in lurope, and enable that institution to come nearer to the elevated standard of accomplishment intended by its indefatigable founder and president. In & recent interview Mrs. Thurber expressed her preference for the French method in musical cult- ure, as having foundation and grace, and this method will prevail in the institution of which she is the head. Mprs, Thurber’s eflort to establish in the United States a national school of music, as thoroughly equipped @s the best of the European schools, is steadily gaining in popular appreciation. Thus far the re- sults have justified the faith of Mrs. Thurber 1u the existence of an Amori- can musical talent worthy of such an institution,and there can be no doubt regarding the great future usefulness i oo of the National Conservatory of Musie, nt least so long as it has its present capablo and conscientions managoement, —_— A PATR of faith-cure healers in Now York succeeded in Kiling their last pa- tiont, a young woman. If the courts do not denl vigorously with this species of mercenaries, they should be forcibly attached to the coffin trust. David's Un«Strean Oourse. New York Herall, If Governor Hill trios to swim up stream much longer hie will have to bo taken ashore for_ropairs. T TERONES To Onten the Pablic Eye, Cincinnati Commerelat Gazette The natioaal greenback party is striving hard to attract public attontion to itself. It should go over Niagara falls in a barrel. - - Water in Hisrory. Louisville CourierTournal Xenophon's army looked on the sea, and the Kentucky militia looked on the Cumboer- land. Water plays a prominent vart in war histor Tha Chicago S-yle, Chictgn Tyibine. A couple of old married folks in Warren county, Kentucky, after living togethior ifty yoars, have just engaged in a suit for divor OF all the ways of celobrating a golden wod- ding that have ever been heard of this is the quecres. i i Tusstoine With Tammany. Phitadelphia Noyth Amerviean, New York bas eained 163 election districts, and itnow has 1019, Thus does Pammany inereaso the work of thegaional repubiican committee for 1862, and now waps of the me- tropolis will be required to locate the pur- chasablo voters, so that they can bo pre- vented from being bribed on eloction day. SN, The Orderly London Strikers. Spingfield Republican The recorder in his charge to the London grand jury stated that not a single case of violence avising out of the dock lnborers' strike had been bronght bofore s court. ‘Uhis is a remarkablo thing to say of 100,000 poor men cut off for a month (rom their daily revenue. o R John Ball's Official Integrity. Philadelphia Pross., The Boglish postofice had 825 thieving letter-carriers convicted last year for steal- ing letters, and, on an average, three postal officers ure canght stealing every weele, 1f our department, with all its polities, were to show a like recora ther tion, would be a revolu - Expeers Company Hersel Washington F The Post is in recoipt of pressing invita- tion from v ned contemporarics of the Chicago vress to become one of the tonored guests ol Chicago three years heoce, The courtesy is gratefully appreciated, but tnder the circumstanees, canuot bo aceepted. Our folks are going to huve company about that time. s este A Beastly Buiiness Chocked. New Yu . The beascly business of prize-fighting has received a much-needed check in St. Louis. One of the participants in a recent oucoun- ter died of his injurics, and his antagonist has been held without bail to answer the charge of murder, while the referees, sec- onds and timeiseepers find themselves 1n the very uncomfortable situation of being held If they shall all be punished as they deserve to be, and Governor Lowry shall persist in calling back the big brites Sullivan and Kilrain to serve out their sen- tence, this degrading barbarism, miscalle “sport,” will cease 1o flourish, - Prohibition Not Good Business. Dis Mo nes Leader, The present law sends Iowa money into other states o buy liquors. We scek to build up lowa industries, yot in blind zeal avd bigotry drive those industrics to Peoria, and then send money there to buy their product. We close lowa breweries and then send money to Milwaukee to buy and ship their beer. This 18 not good business. No compensation has como to the people of the state iu return for all they have sacri- ficed in & pecuniary way for prouibition, Whisky, wine, beer, every kind of liquors are shipped into lowa by the train load, and their shipment cannot be prevented. In maay places liquor is sold over the bar as frecly as ever: in other places it 1s peddled by bootleggers, sold in dives or dozgeries, or by drug stores. Liquor of all grades, from the best to the vilest, demoralizes and poisons ¥ in Towa more than ever before in her history. ‘The traficis a hundred tiues more dangerous and degraded than ever before, An open saloon, with a pablic business, muy bo wautched and regulated, but tue stealuhy, illegal, illiciv plying of the trade through low and secret dives and by reprobate bootleg- gers cannot be guarded. It is a nidous, un- bridled monster, stalking throug the state, ravaging the land and corrupeing the youth, as accessorie VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. The Seward Reporter believes that the “friends of Senator K. 5. Norval have every reuson to feel good over tho prospects of their candidate. Mr. Norval's canvass so far has demonstrated that he has many warm friends all over the distriot, and while different county conventions are instructing for thoir own favorite sons, he is well satis- fled with the encouragement received.” “Colonel Webster, of Hitcheock county, is looming up as a formidable rival to Mr, Laws," says the York Times, *He will share the Republican valloy vote with him, and greatly dimwish bis following. Mr, Laws has scen his bost days as a congres- sionul candidate. While it is aifficult to even puess who the coming man is, it really lonks now as though Mr. Harlan stood a bet- ter chance than any other candidate.” The Hitcheock county republican conven- tion has chosen delegates to the congres- sional, convantion favorable to Colonel . D, Webster, for which action the delegates uro commended by the Stratton Herald, which says: *“The colonel is a man who bas long been identifiad with the republican party of Nobraska and the entire anion as well. Dur- ing the first four yoars of President Lincoln’s torm he was Secretary of State Soward's private secrotary and during the latter term of udministration was appointod consul to Eogland, filling both offices with oredit to bis country and himself, Sinco then he has been & prominent participator in all republi- can campaigos, lending bis aid wuen and where it was necded. As a public speaker he has fow equals and no_ superiors, For those cogent reasons the Herald en- dorses Colonel E. D. Webster for congressman of the Second congressional district and trusts that when the congres- sional convention of the Second district meets it will honor itseif and the scoond district by nominatiog.him as the standard bearer.” Judge Keese, the member of the supreme beuch whose term expires this fall, does not seewm Lo suit the raitroad wing of the rapub- lican party and they will strive to prevent his renomination, suys the Howells Journal Mr. ilesse's record is beyond reproaci. “That he bas not bowed down 10 the corpora: tions of the state is greatly to his credit. Says the Culbertson Sun: *Tho transpor- tation rates on wheat, corn and oats to Chi- cago ought W be reduced. Prices quoted in Chicago are for wheat 7550, corn 830 and oats 100. Prices vrevailing hers are wheat 4fic, corn and oats 150 to 10c. The price of outs horo 18 regulated by the home demand; for shipping purposes 100 to 116 is the most that could be paid, Now that does not leave the famer enough for his seed, time and labor, Something must be done towbriug re- lef. The ouly practical way out now is a reduction in the cost of transportation. We believe the roads leading to Cnicago can af- ford to lower the rates. Business intorests demand it. The prosperity of this scotion of the state deponds largely upon it. ‘The rail: roads have come to the rescue in this re- spect in times past. What has the B. & M. 10 say now? People here are atthe merc) of that corporation. A propor represonta- tion of the facts should be made, and the ronds respectfully asked to grant tho neoes- sary relief.” il AUTUMN VOICES, F. W, B. in Spictator, When 1 was in tho woods to-day The golden leaves were falling round me, Aund [ thought L hoard soft voices 81y Words that with sad enchantmont bound me, 0, dying year! O, flying yoar! O, days of dimnoss, nights of sorrow ! O, lessening night! O, lengthening nignt! O, morn forlora and hopeless morrow 1" bodies visible had these Whose voice I heird so sadly calling; They woro the spirts of tho trees Lamensing for the bright leaves falling. Prisoners in naked trunks they lie, In leafless’boughs have lodging slender; But soon as spring is in the sky They deck again the woods with splendor. The light leaves rustled on the ground, Wind stirred, ana when ugain | hearkened Husbed were those voices, Wide around Night feil, and all the ways were darkened. Ll AS OTHERS SEE US, Windy Kawviille's Boast. Kansas City Journal, Tie Owana k is of the opiuion that in 1090 that city will have 500,000 more people than Kausas City. Wy, bless you, iong be- fore that period Kansas City will have an- nexed Omaha. Our Mod st Copners, St. Joseph News, An Omaha policeman was discoverod asleop in a silk-lined coach at the exvosition the othier night. The onlysurprising thing about this s thai tho policeman did not hustle around until he found a coach lined with satin, It has been a long time now since the roseate blush of modesty has been discovered i tho vicinity of an Omaha policemen’s cheek. The tastis £ x Washington Post, Nathan Shelton, of Omaha, has just bought afarm in Anvo Arandel county, Maryland, and & number of other capitalists from Omuha and elsewhero out west are negotiat- ing for property i the same vicinity. Lhe old rule scems to bo reversed. Is the west coming east to grow up with the country. Mrs. Wiseley's Want of Wisdom, Chicago Herald, A Nebraska woman named Mrs. Wiscloy has cloped with a Topeka drummer, Like many other woman she loved not Wiseley. What to Do With the Mashers, New York Telegram. The “mashers” have become such n pest in Omaha that one citizen offers to contribute £25 and secure other contributions to a fund for the founding of a physical culture elub for young women. This is the right course. A human reptile that has had a knock-down blow from the woman be insulted is apt to be more cautious thereafter, The Modest Barglar. New York Warld. The burglars who robbed the postoftice at Stapleton, S. L,on Saturday night took away everything of value excepting a two-cent stamp. 1t was doubtless a stamp of the pro- valing green variety. Alstheticism is not often u characteristic of criminals, but since two burglars entered a house in Omaha and took nothing but a bath nobody 18 suprised at the peculiar frenis of their brothernood. T COUNTRY BREEZES. No Apolozics to Make. Bertrand Herald, t Saturday a girl whom we had men- tioned in an uncomplimentary light regard- ing her actions at a_aance, ete, called to in terview us about it. When we told her sowetning of the reputation sho had gotten here by her scandalous conduct, she got mad and threatened to “paste” us. We then showed her the door and told her to git. We bave no apologies to make What We “mect’ at the Fair. Gretna Democrat, The blind was there, the hand organ, the wheel of fortune, and thiugs 100 numerous to mention; we noticed several dudes with cigars 1o thewr mouth, and others making gum suffer; also half baked attorneys with plug hats that a fly wouid break his neck on, and thinking every one had their eyes on them alone, and 80 on; we even see the editor of the Times thero—at the fair, we mean. A Mighty Mein Man, Burnelt Blade., A man who takes n newspaper for three yoars and never pays a cent and then discov- ors that ke does not want it because it is a dirty sheot, containg no news, and the editor is a rascal, is just the man that would cheat his great-grandfather out of his eye-teeth, A Raidroad's Ingratitude, Palmyra Items, Mr, Thomas McCoy, the most faithful and devoted servant the B. & M. ever had or will have, during whose control of the section here, twelve years, not an accident has hap- pened, though the iron on it is the worst worn on the road, in fact bas been patened by the discarded rails of other sections, whom everybody respocts, was summarily dismissed on ‘Thursday. This is queer reward for faithful service, Ungallant Mr. Squire, Seneca News, A. L. Squire, of the Thedford Herald, was in Seueca Thursday. We spent a few mo- ments very pleasantly with him at the resi- dence of Miss Ong, and learned that there are ten organized 00l districts in Thomas county, the schoolsof which are taught by “widows, old muids, old married men, and ola married women,” and he would greatly rejoice if some one would import an invoice of young ludy school ma'ams into Thomas county. Miss Ong raised her cro- quet mallet ouce or twice during the story, but she controlled herseif and he escaped punishment, Decidedly a Boat, Hartington Nonparell-Democrat, The Revublican maxes mention that a cer- tain lady in this town bas put up & lot of plums this year, Tuis one item of news alone is worth tho subscription price to that sheet. Sirange that none of our reporters caught onto the item. Finally Did the square Thing. orfolk News, The streot car driver is really aocommo dating after te flads out that something is wanted of him. This morning @ traveling wun bailed tue car 88 it was Jogging along Main stroet, but the driver failed to recog. nizo his grand hailing sign of distross. As the oar prased on the traveling man kept yeliing at the top of his voice for the driver to stop, but the latter heeded him not, Finally everybody on the street bogan yell ing, in aympathy with the traveling man, This finally woke up the driver, and he stopped the car, switched his mules to the other end, pullod back, picked up his passen- ger, ohanged the mules o the other ond of tho car, and went on his way rejoicing. — - ON THE SIDE. Smokeloss powder isn’t an entirely now invention. Women of this country have been using it for a long time now. Wanamaker is the member of the cabinot who suits most people. He is also supposed to stand olothes to the administration, Tt s unfortenate that the coming eclipse of the sun will cover west Africa. Things in that country are dark enough alrcady, The emperor of Japan has just moved fnto a four-million-d ollar palace. Their desire to imitate our Jeffersonian simpli is yot in a crude state. The woman's rights party is domg all it can to eatch the public oye, Better go back 10 the old plan, girls, of carryingan umbralla along & crowded streot. 1t China refuses to have any further coms mercial interconrse with this country, our favorite cup of tea will become a thing of the past. So long, Oolopg! President Harrison's stampede to the mountains of Virginia has been exvlaned. Fall house-cleaning has been inaugurated ab the presidential mansion. The “dead’ elcetrio wires continue to put everyone who comes in contact with them in a similar condition. A great many shocking accdents are reported from this source. A beautirul young lady of West Virginia has been stealing horses. She is said to be uncommonly protty, and has such a talang manner that even a horse when wanted, could not say neigh. Some people thin k it would bea sad com mentary on ourinstitutions if Sullivan should o from the penitentiary to congress. It is & muck sadder commentary, however, that more men do not go from congress to the peni- tentiary. A man in Marona, Tilinois, offers to bet any sum that he can sleen longer at a time than any other man in the world. Horo's a chance for the members of the Chicago pos lice force to make some extra money for Christmas, The Salvation ‘army, the English sparrow and the Canada thistlo arc threo things which Great Britain and hor provinces have bequeuathed to this country. Isn't it about time to engage ia another war with the motherlund ? Someone has initiated the China into the mysteries of that popuiar game kuown as “tit for tat.” He is going to play it on the Americuns at once, und will quite likely demand their expulsion from his kingdom at an early dato. A Denver bank cashier has stolen what money he wanted, and departed to Mexico, If the g eat Cunadinn industry of receiving banl cashiers is to be turned” into another channel, that province will no longer have an object in refusing to annex. Just now wh the head of the family scans the bill for his winter's coal is wnen he most heartily wishes he had bought fewer boxes of strawberries last spring. The season for fire-flics is past, but firo- bugs are still in active operation in various localities. emperor of The autumnal house cleaning days are at hand, when the dust arising from the whip- ping of carpets gives the air a hazy Anpears ance, romantically spoken of as Indian sume mer. The Methodist conferences are now boing held and for the next few weeks the min- isters of that church will ba kept busy m settling up with their old congregutions and seutling down with the nc Now that the summer resorts are aban doned, the sca serpent is beginning to look for winter quarters. Another pretty young woman 18 charged with poisoning her uncongenial husband and donning his wealth with her widow's weeds, Tho mawkish sentiment expended on Mrs, Maybrick is bearing fruit. Now that the Omaha and Council Bluffs Motor company is threatened with a rival lme over the Union Pacific bridge, it may see a fair profit in a five cont fare after all. Joff Dawis is arranzing some war articles for the mugazines. Jeff writes ouly on tho south side of the paper, It is time for Tascott to quit wandering and come home and lecture, 1t begins to look very much as if Chicago bus decided to let New York have the league oall pennant and keep the world's fair for herseif. The public will be glad when the noisy buzzing variety of cleciric motor cars are classed among the things that “whire,” President Harrison should put the pension commissionership on ice and arrange & schen:e to raflle it off. The destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven i Pekin will seriously blockade the Celestial route to salvation, Agents of rival roads should take advantuge of the calamity by offering excursion rate The Temple of Heaven, st Pekin,' con= taining the dragon throune, has been de- stroyed by fire. Holy smoke! A soap trust has been orgauized at Clove- Jand. 'This has no doubt been dono to pro- wote anarchy. A couple were united in marriage in the speed ring at the Holt county fuir. ILis to hoped that the span will trot togethor until life's race is won, and nover ontertain a de- sire to balk or kick out of the traces, The news columns of the press are con- tinually recountng the fearful accidents which befall parachute jumpers. 1t Is time to shoot the parachute. —— THE DEATH OF THE MIST, Ella Wh eler Wileo. High over the clouds a Sunbeam shone, While far down under * With a subtie clarm that was il her own, “The Mist gleamed, fair and dim, He looked on ber with his burning eyes And longed to fall at ner feet Of ull sweet things thore under the skies Ho thought her the thing most sweet. He had wooed oft, as a Sunbeamn muy, Wave and blosom and flow | 13ut never before had he felt the sway Of a great love's sudden power, Tall cloud mountains and vast space seas, Wind and tempest and fire— Whiat are obstaclos such as the “To a hieart that's filled with desiret The Mist grew palo with a vague, strange fright, As fond yet florce he can He was %0 strong and he was 50 bright, And bis breath was a breath of flame, Boldly he trod over cloud ana star, 1oldly he swam through space: She caught the glow of bis eyes afar And veiled ber delicate face. Close 10 his heart she was clasped and kissed She swooned with love’s alarms; And dead lay the besutiful pale-faced Miss In the Sunbeam's passionate arms