Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 6, 1890, Page 4

DAITLY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Tdmr. PUBLISHED MORN TERMS 0 RIPTION, 1 Sunday, One Yeur T™H ING. Dally » Bix inonths Thtee nonths Bunday lee, One ¥ Weekly Bee, One ¥ T OFFICES Qnaha, The Boo Building 8. Omaha, Corn Stroots, f Commporce, It 1 and 1 ribune Batiding, nth street. e addressed to the 3 LETTERS. and remittances should be ad. @ Publishing C Omiha. Drafts, che and_postofic tobe made payable tothe order of the Com= pany. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors. The Bee B'1dIng. Farnam and Seventeenth Sts ditorin Editorial Al Business EWORN STATEMENT OF Btate of Nebraska, b County of Douglas, George B, Tzschy secrotary of The Bee Publishing Company, does solomnly swear that the actual elrevlation of Tk DALY Beg forth ck ending July 5 1500, was as fol- Tows: Sundny, J1in0 20 June 50 CIRCULATION 29,000 Friday, fuly4 Baturd Aver Eworn to Yetoro me and thls5th d Ai v tary Publia Auly sworn, de- etary of The Bos al averag :k for the for Augnst, r. 1880, 18710 onth of | 1840, eoples; for Octo venmber, 1550, 1 208 copies; for ] for Februi vy 188 20815 copies: f May, 150, copl Sworn to b ence thl 1] AU Ty April, 1500, for T K B, T oro me and sbscribed in-my nd ¢ 0180 copl hows the The 3 of Tie weekly banl statement reserve hos decreased hold #3,847,000 in legal requirements. banks now exce Wrri the admission of Idaho and Wy- oming, state building will bo suspended foran indefinite period. ount itions were all there are eighty-soven coun- not ready to pronounce st assessed valuation of prop- MADIEO right, ties which 1 hone hut are ALTHOUGH the collegesof the country have incressed to nine hundred and ninety-cight, th isa noticeable reduc- tion in the number of base ball gradu- ates, SINCE rotiving to private lifo Bis- marelk has reduced his weight forty-five pounds. In state affairs, however, he continues distressingly heoavy for the comfort of his successors, THE financial condition of the Argen- tine republic illustrates the folly of un- limited liat money. Nations, like indi- viduals can not operate on the wildeat plan without drifting dangerously near the precipice of bankrupt BOULEVARDS are an essentinl part of n complote park system, and their value to adjacent property equals that accrus ing from parks. The property owner who opposes boulevards or demands ex- cessive compensation Is an enemy of his ewn intel T effort to infuse rapid transit into thesluggish veins of Cleveland i3 pro- aucing disastrous results, A local paper estimates that the motors maim or killan average of one persona dny. The resi- dents insist on going slow, if it costs a limb, CHAIRMAN BIRKHAUSER'S batch of inspectors are a superb collection of un- knows. What they lack in com- petency and experience is counter- balanced by their close relationship to the Tammany cluband thedistinguished firm of We, Us & Co. THE supposition that government sur- veyors know all thatis worth knowing about the business does mnot prevail among the Sioux Indians, The follow- ersof Sitting Bull farnished the reser- ition surveyors with several valuable pointers and added sufficient pressure to insure their acceptance. Tie Ber devotes several columns this morning to the debate on prohibition at the Bentrice Chautaugua yesterday, and e ask for it caveful perusal. Thore is 20 subject for the prosent consideration of the peoplo of Nebraska of equal im- portance, and its discussion should ro- ceive from our citizens that thors ough attention which its grave character, in relation to their intorests and welfare, merits, The debate at Beatrice will bo found oxceedingly in-: structive and interesting, and may be accepted as sounding the keynote of | count v, giving the inc both sides in the pending contest, which will be fought out with great earnest- ness and vigor. - OGDEN furnishes an example of enter- prise and liberality that larger cities might copy with profit. The Junction City is the first in the north to imitate the New Orleans carnival in all its splendor, mingling the ancient with the modern phases of life in the west, Nor did the city trast itself to carry out the plans for crownig Rex junior. The senlor king and court were brought from the Crescent city to give the ceremony the proper tono of royalty, And for three days the festivities con- tinued, bringlng thousands from far and near to witness to the pomp and clreumstance of kings and courts beneath the shadows of the Wah- satch range, The cost of the carnival amounted to thousands of dollars, but for every dollar laid out in providing the entertainment scoves were returned in actual cash to the business of the city, Inaddition the enterprise of the city was advertised throughout the coun- try and the novelty of the entertainment attracted attention where ordinary means would fail, On the whole the carnival reflects credit on the energy and liberality of the people of Ogden, and descrved the success which their ef- forts attaized, | and sewers THE GROWTH OF A DECADE The growth of Omaha from a strug- gling, shapeless villygo of thirty thou- sand people in 1880 to o strong, firmly bullt metropolitan city of one hundred and thirty-four thousand people in 1890 is an example of western enterprise and push that challenges admiration and ;n those who have factors in tho up-building of ty, who are the vital forces d ingit to its grand destiny as the me- tropoiis of the west, ot realize the full significance of the work with- out comparing the results with tho conditions existing years ago, The marvelous growth in population briefly tells the st t it is but the index of the glowing chap- ters which record the development of u powertul inland city. Ton years ago Omaha had not fully recovered from the depressing effect of the financial crisis of 1873, which was prolonged and rendered acute by the disastrous cffoct of the grasshopper I e on the growth of Nebraska., The first faint waves of returning confidence were manifested in 1879 in discussion of plans for public works. Water- works weroe talked of. Pavements 'o then a dream. The and the bobtailed street car cireu- of Elec- mule lated over afew miles | tricity as a motor was unthought of and of the the industri the city name. and jobbing interests were scarcely worthy of T tho consus decads just passed tho | ivanced from the rank of sixty- fourth among American cities to twenty- xty miles of paved streets, ghty miles of main and lateral s and one hundred and five miles of graded stroots are an ovidence of the activity in publicworks. In this depart- ment alone the city has expended seven million dollars in a fraction over sevon years, The franchised corpora- tions have heen equally lavish in meot- ing the public demands. A five million dollar waterworks plant, v onoe hun- dred and twonty miles of mains and eleven hundred fire hydrants, is» con- spicuous monument to the growth of the I"ive miles of horse car lines rown to eighty miles of cable road with first class cquipment, re snting an investment of three million dollars and forming one of the most complete systems of rapid tran- sitin the country, This wonderful expan- sion extends to other corporations and is puarticularly prominent in the statistics of private enterprise. In 1879 one mil- lion and sixty-four thousand dollars were invested in building: In 1 the total reached the magniticent sum of eloven million eight hundred thousand dollars. Commercinlly, Omaha has kept pace with the development of the surround- ing country. Ten years ago the jobbing trade was confined to fifty-nine firms, with an annual business of eleven million dollars,. Now there ave two hundred firms with an aggregate capital of ten million dollars and doing a business amounting to nearly fifty mil- lions a yea From eighty-three manu- facturing firms omploying seven hun- dred men, the industries of the civy have trebled, employing eleven thousand men, producing last year products val- ued at twenty-three anda half million dollars. Ten years ago the city had no standing as a stock market, In the last five years it has become the third stock market and packing center of the country and is steadily enlarging its usefulness. Financially the city ranks seventeenth in the list of clearing house cities, and its wealth in ready cash is shown by de- posits aggregating twenty million dol- lars, distributed among fifteen banks, seven of which have invested one and a half million dollars in bank buildings. The growth in school facilities has been equally great, but not suflicient to meet the demands. In 1850 there were nine public schools and fifty teachers employed. Now there are fifty-three school buildings and two hun- dred and soventy teachers employed In addition there are twenty-three pri vate and denominational schools, and a total school population of twenty-one thousand. These :ts forcibly demonstrate the progress of Omaha, and presenta picturo of what intelligent enterprise and pluck have accomplished ina deeade. yrese COST OF HIGHER EDUC The institutions for higher education in this country have had an unprece- dented growth during the past quarter of acentury, Never beforein the his- tory of the world have a people poured out wealth so liberally in building up great educational plants. The increase in college endowmentsand gifts of build- ings continues unabated, and is only equalled by the interest which the gi mass of the American people takes in the work of higher education, Roturns from nearly one hundred col- leges and universities in all parts of the . o in their en- dowments during the past college year, show that over three million six hun- dred thousand dollars were rec d by institutions in the form of endow- oran average of thirty-six thou- sand dollars each, The votal productive funds of these institutions now agg gato over forty-eight million dollars or nearly half a mill- jon on an average for oach of them. Many of the number, of course, have only a few thousand dollars in pro- ductive investments, the grand average being brought up by such endowments as that of Harvard with six million eight hundred and fifty thousand, Columbia with seven million, and Johns Hopkins with three million dollars, The rate of increase shown by these returns is eight per cent, or nearly twice that of the an- nual inerease in the wealth of the coun- incomplete. In does not in- clude the large giftsto Yalo, nor the million dollar endowment of the new Baptist university at Chicago, Neither is any account taken of the gifts of buildings in most cases. It is fair to as- sume that the tfotal amourit given to higher education during the past year was over five million dollars, and may amount to six millions, This munifi- cont sum has been pretty well dis- tributed, although such institu- tious as Johns Hopkins, Princeton, ten | Woesleyan, and the university of Penn- sylvania lead the list with a qauarter of million or more each, while Har- vard, Columbin, Bucknoss, New York, | Syracuse and the Westorn Reserve uni- vorsity follow with gifts of one hundred thousand dollars or more. In the pre- vious year the gifts to the colleges and universitios of the country amounted to nearly six million dollars. Reports to the bureau of education show that the value of the property and endowment | of tho nearly one thousand in- stitutions of more or less promi- nence devoted to the work of higher in this country was in 1887-8 ight million dollars, is \bly over ono hundred mil- lion, and is increasing one-half faster than the total wealth of the country. These facts may not be a conclusive answor to the quostion whethor higher education pays, but they are at any rate | very gratifying as an evidence of the | interest which the people of the United States take in the cause of higher edu- cation, and which is growing from year to year. There is nothing more credita- ble to the American people than their liberality toward the educational insti- tutions of the country. OUR BIG CITIES. Ttis an interesting fact, fl our national pride, that this country now h many millionaire cities as Lurope. London, Paris and Berlin are the European cities with seven-figured populations, our three being New Yor lelpl and. While we cannow boast of as many millionaire ities there is, however, a wide disp: botween the figures of our la st city and those of London, whose population is over four mil- lion, more people by halfa million than arein our three cities put together. Burope is still ahead, too, in the size and density of the population of her sc ond #nd third rate citics, We need not trouble ourselves about this, however, or feel any impatience to eclipse Bu- rope, for undoubtedly it would be or for us if wo ne soded in putting as many people into as small o space as the uropean nations have done. It is not in tho largest and most crowded .centers of population that the best social conditions are attained. Our big ci our people proud of as evidences of American energy and enterprise, but the influence they exert upon the moval and social life of the country is not alto- gether wholesomoe and elevating. The highest patriotism is not found in the great , while it is there that polit- ical chicane rupt practices in public life are developed. There must be cities, and it would be ab- surd to claim that they ave not of great service, but the feverish anxiety common in this country to build up cities can hardly be regarded as wise, from either a material or moral point of view. We do not wantin this country such con- gested conditions of life as exists in the Buropean capitals, but we arc boginning to have them in some of our larger cities, Tlera is nothing of this kind in New York nearly so bad as exists in London, yet that city is getting to be so crowded that for a considerable part of its population life is almost un- bearable. Our big cities are growing rapidly enough for the general good, and it would perhaps be quite as well if their future progress should be some- what slower, if they should draw less xtensively from the rural population than has boen the case. tering to Chicago. s Burope, ost o8 are THE SCHOLAR AND THE An address which has attracted more attention than any other of the college discourses of the yoar was that of Bishop Potter before the Phi Bota Kappa society of Hurvard. It was aples for a larger interest on the part of scholars in political affairs. Conceding that the hanism of the government of the United States is as nearly perfect as human ingenuity could make it, Bishop Potter declared that its very excel- lence and delicacy rendered it the more important that those who operatad it should be men of the highest intelli- gence, prudence and roverence. But, he contended, tho executive depar ments of the government are not filled with such men, and that no system can be devised which would more effectually go the work and degrade into i and enfeeblod citizenship than that of the vil service, “which,” he said, “for the last fifty years and never move insistently than of late, has been trying to establish itself among the people. A policy of favoritism, which malkes partisan service the sub- stantial basis for political preferment, and a fine disdain for the element of por- sonal fitness, whatever the place or task. which exacts only s0 much competency as can vescue the placeholder from ab- solute disgrace, this has come to be the war ery which treats every political con- test as simply a scramblo for political preferment.” Bishop Potter evidently considers that the general sympathy with civil service reform, the operation of the civil service veform law, have baen without offeot; that the reform has gone backward, not forward. This isnot the common bo- lief. Ttis truo there are and not entirely isolated ecases of the ap- pointment of unfit mon to publie ‘but as a rule public ment in favor of the elevation of the civil servico has ceived the recognition of political 1 ers in the \1] servico law, It has al been clearly mized in the nicer and moro rigorous discrimination commonly shown by the executive in the mg of appointments. It is unquestionably truethat the standard of compstency has been on the whole elevated, and the generally efficient administration of public business proves that, though par- tisan service is not disregarded, neither is personal fitness. Very likely a major- ity of the politicians of both partios would prefer it otherwise, but they have not the courage to brave public opinion by abandoning the law or interfering with its administration, as was shown in the present congress. Bisnop Potf contention is that the higher the scholastic attainments of the citizen the greater is his duty to the state, that no pre-occupa- tion can excuse his neglect of that duty, or that it s TATE. the workman sen r|mpwm|hln n own that in such & trained foreo dtdoholars, if once it should arouse itself 1o the opportunity, the highest interests of the nation might rightly look to fthd thelr bost desonders. Nobody will qestion the soundnoss of this view. The men of intellect and conscionce ave yoodod in every field of American detolopmont, and quite as much in that of politics as in any other. Porhaps thers has never been a time nee the hirth of the republic when there was greator need than now for the scholar in politics, because there has never been o time when politics was 80 barren of gront patriotic principles as itis now. It is certainly desivable that in a popular government the wisest and best citizons should control the opera- tions of the machinery of the state, but the very condition of things in politics which makes o demand for the scholar and man of conscienco has the offect to repel such, Scholarly and conscien- tious men may keenly deplore the fact that politics is bscoming more and more a trade for the material gains there are init, but they are not willing to under- the hard and thankless task of en- deavoring to reform it. Theve is in American polities little that is congen- ial to the scholar, and, unfortunate though it may be, it is fact that that class are having less to do from year to yoar with politic THERE is very little prospect that the Panama eanal scheme will be re: d in France, The report of tho investigat- ing committos produced no great en- thusiasm among the thousand of sub- 510 the De Lesseps fund, on the name of the great enginear is no longer capablo of inspiring confidence ecuring the nocessary cash to ety on the work on which two hundred million dollars hus alveady boen squan- dered. Onthe other hand, the Amer can company constructing the Nici rua canal is pushing the work with all possible spoed. The route is superior to that at Panama, as intervening lakes ave utilized, The total cost will be far loss than the amount already sunk in the Del s ditch, and eclimatic condi- tions are decidedly favorable for the steady prosecution of the work. The builders are confident that in less than seven years the two oceans will be united and an important highway of commerce opencd to the shipping of the world., THE stalwart ght, whose chief aim inlife is to oust republic from office for the benefit of mugwumps, arosparing no expense to manipulate the party in the county for selfish ends. Of honor and honesty they have none. Oifice by any means is their sole motive. But the republicans of Douglas county will not compromise with traitors, a fact which the stalwarts will soon v Here's Where We Grow 'Em. Chicago Herald. Explorer Stanloy was once an Omaha re- porter. Truly, tall oaks from little acorns grow. ns ——— Still Has Cn a and Sullivan, Chicagn Inter-Ocean, It Boston is a little off in population, it still has culena and’ Sullivan, and sits down in achair like o little man when it wants to get “tightly slight.” e AU Must Take Their Medicin St. Louts Glube-Lemacrat. Federal control of eloctions is bitter medi- cine for the democrats, but they might as well swallow it gracefully, since no amount of gagging will make it any sweeter, s O A Notable B neficiary. Chicago N Twenty-six years ago was worth less thun $100. He now enjoys elegant leisure on the income of over £50,000,~ 000 and writes eloguently of “Triumphant Demoeracy.” S ) n't Suit the Democrats, Chicagn Tribune. Congressman Burrows facetiously ob- servod that if it were proposed to re-cnact the commaudment, *“Thou shalt not steal,” some democrat would rise up and declare it unconstitutional. Rl e Out in the Cold World. New York Commercial Advertiser. These are the hap n we see valedictori ns and round 5 and, Andrew Carnegie Wonld hustling ing well—their §3, in some instances, $10 a weck, - Lot the City Follow the Ship. Philadelphic Record. Tho fastest war ship in the world is named Tho Philadelphia? She was built in Phila- delphin. Thero is no reason why Philadel- phia should not put on mora stoam and be- come the fir in the count St oing to the Front, v York Sun, “Woman is coming to the front Ina most unmistakable way,” says the Lowell Citizen. Woare glad to hear it. Itdid scem at one time as if woman would never learn to goto the front, and leave the rear scats of the open cars for the smokers. S The Penalty of Patriotism, Chicago Times, The rattle-do-bang of childhood must be tolerated. It is our punishment for having ancestors who rebelled azainst that amiablo old tyrannical imbecile, the good KKing third of the Hanoverians, who long since went to his reward in o gold-mounted coftin, Don't Let Hin Phiiladetphia North Ame The application of u California grape- grower for permission to ex t the world's faira fountain which wiil throw a column of wine fifty feot ju.the uirought to be most emphatically refused. To let him go ahead would be murder. All Chicago would gather on the leeward sido bf that fountain to catch the sp! and thousands of people would be killed in the crush. L Republican Leaders, Baltémare American. ‘Wo are not surprjsed that the democrats are disgusted with their party leadership in the house of represontatives. Wo doubt if great party was so badly handl It ghty good thing for the republicans amuel J, Randall, with his old time vigor and pugnacity, is not alive to give them battle, although we believe that Randall would find his mateh in either Reed, McKin- ley or Cannon, Memphts Republican Eagle, he fgnorant man often commits crime be- 150 ho is ignorant—ignorant of the cer- tainty of his belng discovered and punished. Ignorance is the ‘amount cause of much crime. The great ballot box erimes in the south are committed by the educatod whites, sidod by tneuncducated whites, and their wes are winked at or pardoned by the exemplars in religion. The southern puplls | aro profoundly silent on democratic election frands, These political erimes ave rampant, not only becauso the doers are educated in To in the scicnces and arts, but booause of inhorited race prejudices; because of the | tgnorance of the negro, upon whom they ave porpotyated, and the consequbnt probability of escapiug punishment; and, also, bocause of sducation in the home school, or the church, that the stoall of ballots is stealing, - A Word to the Wise. New York Tewgram, (Gentlomen whose wives ave out of town should carefully fuspect the “personal’’ col- umns of newspapers they send to their better halves, The Washington Star recently con- tained a *‘personal” stating that a gentlema whose wifo was away for the summer wish to meet a discrect, lively young lady b company him to places of amusement. The result was the sudden roturn of at least five Washington ladios whose husbands had been left behind, S — Good Politic Ifat Express. Tt is good politics, moreover, for the repub- lican party to admit these intelligont western vies. The free air of tho west develops vepublicanism, and in tho growth of the great northwest lies the cetainty of the mainte- nauco of republican suprem Tt is fitting that these territorics should owe thelr admit- tance tothe party of progress and intelli- gence. As the other territories become sufii- ciently developed they should be granted ad- mittance without d The next five yoars should witness th ssion of the remain- ng torritories, with possibly two exceptions, is d with polygamy and priest- TR safety of her people for the nt depends on the the continuance of 1 control. The population of New Mex- ms to bo unfitted for self-government, owing to the preponderance of Mexican influ- ence and the great number of Spanish speak- ng people in the territory, - Rasing False I lowa State Revister, Why don’t the democrats in congress stop beating around the bush and frankly tell why they are opposed to the pending election bill. They don’t dare do it. They would have to confess, if they did, that they were opposed to this bili because it proposed (o secure | honest clections in the south. They might s 1mit the truth, Everybody knows the ason of their opposition, They can all the bill what they please. It is a bill to secure honest elections, and they don't want They may bring up alleged constitutional tions to the bill, but it is a bill for hon cctions and they don't want it. They may talk about the expense of its enforce- ment nd all reason, but > bill is for honest dow't want it. Why not sot = e Rt A Fascinating Proposal. New York Heralid, The proposal to voten bounty of 8300 to ¢ emancipated negro, which, it the will ublican con will be part of our financialsystem, has m arguments in its favor, Ifwoare to vote a pension to every volunteor in the late , wwhy not recog- ngs of the four millions of ne- #roes who spent their lives inslaveryl A life- time of servitude descrves some considera- tion, If the bill is passed the addition to the national debt will be two thousand millions of dollars, The money given to the emancipated negroes would increase the trade in raisons, razors and illuminated wearing apparel. It would put money into civculation. The pen- sion ugent business would have an immenso stimulatus. After the emancipated negro bounty bill beeame a law there would be room fora service bill, so much a day to every negro for the period of his slavery. We know of no more fascinating proposal for the relief of a congested treq Righteous Disgust. Denver Republican, Mr. Robert Graham is the man who first conceived the idea of holding the national temperanco congress which recently met in the city of New York. Mr. Graham is a tom- perance advocate, but ho is not a_prohibition finatic. He was disgusted with the proc ings of the congress, n which an extreme prohibition sentiment prevailed. Tu a letter to the New York Times in re- zard to the congress Mr. Grahum expr disgust at the action of the prohibition fanatics in the following language: “The wildest and most vociferous applause was showered upon & semi-lunatic from Dalota, Henry Clay Bascome, who proposed ‘o spit on the constitution and step on ity a wild stump orator from Nebraslka, who mixed his metaphors in an alarming way, and a_varied assortment of others who oxprossed their readiness to shoulder their muskets and faco the foe on the shortost notice. Mr. Graham thought that he had seen all that could be seen of temperance congresses; but the one that was held in New York was a e ion to him. It convinced him that it would be a dangerous thing if legislative authority were to fall into the hands of men tike those who constatuted the controlling clement in that congress. Ho was so amed of the result of the congro: I tender my profound apology to the dozen gentlemen whom I induced to take part in it.” @The spirit which controlled that congress and filled Mr. ¢ ith disgust bocau of its intempo is that extreme spirit which has been noticeanle in the prohibition party from the beginuing., It is a spirit which is seen in every party which is forme of men who have adopted a certain theory and are determined to bend everything else to it. The prohibitionists think that the particular idea upon which thoy have ganized their party is the most import one that could oecupy the attention of the American people, T not willing to admit that there are eviis and dangers more sorious than those of the liquor trafle, They would sacrifico the liborty of the people in ovder to crush the liquor trafic. But fortunately an extreme, radical spirit Like this Is not likely to do much harm in this day and countr, at it is not likely to do wuch harm is shown by the fact that the ex- me prohibitionists have been unable to en- the sympathy of a very larza number of the American people, It is one of the greatest obstactes in the way of the suceess of the pro- hibition movement. Prohibition was the to su , about five or six o, there were many people inclined to avor it on the ground of expediency, who had noueof that extreme spirit which charac- terizes the uncompromising prohibitionists, il U Dorsey and Kinkaid, Stuait Ledger, Some of the Dorsoy o are chuckling tll thefr pap-fattened jowls shake beeause it has been rumored that Judge Kineaid intends to withdraw from the congressioual race. It The Judgo knows his own b ness best; but it will n M2 news Lo a large and very flattering following he has in the rank and file of the party outside of | the pap-suckers and manipul . 1i 1 in These ravenous who are crazy for nutriment need not chuck! for Mr. K will not enhance CGeorge W. E wwhit. There is a large body of who will not support him, even though he gots the nomination. It will be a bitter pill for o large number of republican papers to support him, aud some we believe will not do it. 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He may want to know where the cou borough is, its population, the its indust its modern or jects of interest; but, these him, his interest is at an end. hand, when the question is of an state or city, he wants to know all It is to him what the English county or bur- rough is to the Englishman, and he needs to have it treated in an equally exhastive man- ner. The compilers of the Am zed eyclopardin Britanica have recognized this need, and, reducing the articles of exclus ively b interest within reasonable Lin its, they have utilized the space thus g forthe exhaustive treatment, by Ao experts, of specially American subj is this their only improvement nal Britanica is singularly s diographics. It oxcludes all mention of characters living at the date—now fifteen years past—of the compilation of its latest cdition. The American editors have remedied this defect by the insertion of a series of 3,000 biographical articles, in which the life of every living character is brought down to tve present yeu The Encyclopredia Britaunica, revised to date, improved by judicious pruning and copious additions,is furnished with a complete set of new maps and beautifully illustrated. Such is the Americ ‘lopedia Brit- anica. Andin s ngto every reader of Tuk Beg the opportunity for its possession on such reasonable terms we feel that we have taken a forward step in journalism and aided the progress of An things Ame bout it "The origi- deficient in e e COUNTRY BRI Whatney Champion. Bald-headed men who will pers In saying ““Darn the flics 1" Can never read their titles clear T'o mansions in the skies. A Change ot D West Union 3 ‘We want a mess of radishes. ting tived of old potatoes € Wanted. We are got- An Oratorical Editor. Denning Register. Ye editor reccived an invitation to ‘“‘paw the air and make a noise” at Browster on the Fourth, 50 if anybody should happen to hear us practicing for the occasion in the brush down theriver don't mistake our soul-sti oratory for the melodious musings of a o and fill our anatomy with bird shot. An Anatomiical Catastropho. Nebraska Alliance, Owing to our foreman mecting with a se- vere accident by slipping on the sidewalk and dislocating the wrist joint and fractuving the fiest pulango bone of tho right. and U, will endeavor to have the Nebrasko A\k:;.mcu out on time. A Sh cotia Herald, The lady who teaches the school near Shep- hard's farm has a great presence of mind These hot days, in the morning, she places her scholars in a row on the west side of the hool house, in the shade, and hears the le In the afternoon the young idea is moved to the cast side, and the exercises coutinued, Thus she avoids the heat of the school room, and makes comfort for herself and bee charg We don't know whether she is married or not. sons, Portinent Paragraphs. West Union The man who stole our eroquet ball, which vas boiled in oil, 150 d—d thiel. He is an mmon decency. Heis a head There is nothing above his ahead but a wart—and on on ¢ wonder. shoulders to indicat a small wart at th ke, the love of the American self and and the relief of o Gazette, bring us afew dimes so our » can buy some Fourth of July fire- | 13 to snap at us so we may be enabled to not neglect our patriotism, , honor to yo Many Thanks, Maulde, But— Geneva Republican. Maude Mills returncd y tended visit with frieads in Elwood, Maude forgot not. the editor, but. pluc! peach from a selectod tros and care od it until she prasentad it to us cother half and woa ones looked long v at the beauty and we wer pelled to hand it over while great drops of water hunted their w the wrinkles of our cl mournfully throush dense columins of to the sand burrs hauging to our toes, We extend the usual thanks, but warn others to bo caveful who is present when presentations ave mad e in the future. from an ex- Kan VOICE PRESS, Grand Island Independent, The Omaha Republican is by odds the poorest duily paperin Omaha, but it was the prohibitionists could ailable, get with fun; A Bomb in Its Own Can Burwell Quaver, The New York Voice thew a bomb fato On the other | Alsroputablo practice Is making votes agalne prohibition in more quarters than ono, A Temporary Expedient, Nebraska u N The Omalia Republican h ranks of the prohibitionists that will enablo it to wigs Wilcox can unload tho “sucker. Cold Water Wont Revive It Sehwyler Quill (Pronit.) The Omahn Ropublican has fopped como out for peohibition. It was & rampant high liconse shoet, but money will do a rial opinions bougnt with mo ht, Tho Republican at best is o journalistic corpso and even dosoof cold water will not revive it. For Jack and Dick. Hastings Nebradan, Jack MeColl from tho west for governor, and Dick Berin from the east for lieutonant govor, would bo a happy political combina tion. Both are bachelors and very poj with the masses. Jack and Dick would be a campaign slogan frresistiblo in its effect, and when elected “tho boys" would all feel s home in the capitol. They Ought to 1 Hastings Nebraskan The prohibition campaign of all otiors ought to be carried out in good feeling is demonstrated that men opposed to the ory of prohi sincere and hor in their convictions as their opponents are If this p falrly conceded by tho prohibitionists as it is to them, it would lelj their own cause and we might preserve o wood temper at least on both sides, if we get pretty warm under the collar Dbating the points of difference, It's a Venal York Times (F ) These lettors [to Turner] wereall obtained by Iying and practicing a fraud, and tho Voice was a party to the lies and to the fraud, Would you dosucha thing! Do you think the Voico, or any one else, could do it and bo honest. If the Voice will stoop o @ fraud of this kind do you not think it dishonest and not worthy of your confidence? o our mind that one act is proof that the Voice, with all its assumed zeal for a good cause, venal fraud; that it prates and blows for tho money there is in it, and for alone. while de- Nobody Owns the Alliance, Grand Island Independent, Burroughs intimates that he carries at least two-thirds of the alliance vote in his little vest pocket, to be cast at his pleasuro on the prohibition question. Perhaps ho and then, n, perha re than a vd of the alliance men will decide to do own voting upon questions not made an issue in the platform of the alliance party. We havea right to infer Mr. Burroughs is quite mistalcen in 0 to the proportion of prohibition « the allianco party, and we heliave the ballots when counted out will sustain our inforenco and show that Mr. Burroughs by no means owns the alliance. SUMMER GIRI. Ella Wheeler Wilcox: in Chicagn Tribune. She's the jauntiest of creatures, she's tho inticstof misses, * pretty patent leathers, or her al- iting glances, and her lips viting kisse As she wan( the ocean or strolls un- der countr i She's a captivating dresser and her are stunning; Her fads will take your breath away; hats are dreams of stylo, She s not so very bookish, but with ropa and punning She can set her servants laughing and mako even dudelets smile. parasols She has no attacks of talent; ro-struck maiden She is wholly fre m dreams of no “earcer.” She is mostly gay and bapy care beladen — Though she sometimes s gentleman is near, she is nota N\ lhobbics and y—never sad or salittle ifa She's a sturdy little w all kinds of weather, And when the rain or fog or mist dvivo rival crimps a wreck, Her fluffy hair goes curling like a kinked-ip ostrich feather, Around her cars’ and forehead, white nape of her neck alker, and she braves and the She Is like a fish in water, she can handlo reins and racket, From head to toe and finger tips she's thor- ougly alives lie goes promenading in o most dis- The rustle 'round 'her feet suggests how laundresses may thrive, She can dare the wind and senshine in tho most bravado manner, Aud after hours of sailing she cheeks of rose 01d Soll him: will onl; Though to ger signal nose, merely, s smitten, and at most e ho gives o dan- She's a trifle sentimental, and she's fond of admiration, And she sometimes flirts a little in the s son’s giddy whirly 0 she. may provo Foran an is she— the PLAYED A JOKE ON DAVID, New York's Ihu"wlul' Governor Badly aphic Doll. [Speclal Telegram. to lor Governor David B, d asurprise Thursday evening when he went to his room in_the Hotel Normandio by the sea, Hardly had e gotten in the toom n he heard a small voleo coming from lhu v Yo, Jul or want mamma ; T want mamma, The good bachelor was astounded, and look- ing at the bed saw there, inthe dim m.rm, fhat he supposed was a ch Tnough u little thing was tucked nicel clothes, I want mamma; [ want mamma,” wos the cry kept up. The various possiblo s ruin his presi piri governor and he rushed to 1 tho clothes and dis ressed phonog friend, under ndals which might ns came before the bed, pulled vered a beantifully doll. Just then o rle, broke into the racmee iend and the joko was ended with 4 3 by tho governor, whoso train, Bulgaria Will ) Virsxa, July 5 am- to that Bul- fled with the porte's reply and declix tribu ( LOAN AND TRUST C()MPANY Subseribed and Guarante ital Pald in Capital Buiys and sells stocks commercial papor; roc Lrusts; Aots as trans for corporations, takes o lects taxes. OmahaLoan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S.E. Corner 16th and Douglas Sts Pald in C; 950,000 Subseribe .r.m Liability of St sl ( 00,00 0,000 nd Do otlntes Ives gont arge of ranteed Cupltal uldors rost Pald on Deposits NK J, LANGE, Cashior an presid J, 3 Browa, Wymun, tevasurer “ Won 11, Ml Brown, Giy O Barton, B W, Nasl, its own camp with the Turner letter, The J. Klwba'l, Georgo b, Lake. - A her A l e L