Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 5, 1892, Page 4

I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JU THE / BEE F ROSEWATER, Emiron, PUBLISHED b TEVERY MORNING. " OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE BITY, TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. Dally Boe (without Bunday) One Year. Dnily and Sanday. One Ve 8ix Months v Three Months. Sunday Beo. O Baturday Do onr Weckiy Hee, One Year OFFIC Omatia, The Bee Bullding v N and 2th Stroets, commerce. 15, Tribune Bullding. Stroot CORM NDENCE. All_communieations relating to news —and editorinl matter should be addressed to the Ed- itorial Department. BUSINESS LWTTERS. nitta ag Company, Omaha, orders 1o b made payable to the ¢ cOmpAny. THE BEE PUBLISHING l‘()M["\E or . Washington. 513 Fo BWORN STATEV Btate of oretary of The Bee Pub solemuly swear that the act- for tho weck * ending June 4, | Sunday, Moy 2. Monday, May %, Thursday: Friday, June 3. Bntiurdny, June 4. Average Eworn to hofaro this ith day o KL, BhA Notary Pubi for April, 24,416, e i o ity Ttk “special master” side cut must go. THERE ave reports of a violent storm about 800 miles northeast of this city. has had a revolution; but who cares for Honduras? Twenty men any day can take the country, —_—— A MATATMA, according to the Theoso- phists, is a being who knows éverything. There are lots of Mabatmasin Omaha. WiseLy have the Omaha public schools decided to observe Columbus day, October 12. "It never harms chil- dren to be taught the lessons of patriot- ism. AND now the news comes that Ken- tucky is holding n prohibition conven- tion, These are strange times. We may at any time expect to hear of a THOMAS ( growled out, **Eng- land has 80,000,000 of people, mostly fools.” We hope a paraphrase on Omaha of this sorv cannot be made on the evening of June 16. WiTH both the industrial exhibit and the interstate drill on hands, the aver- nge citizen of Omaha has nothing else to aslk for next week, except respectable weather to enable visitors to enjoy them- selves. SoME jokes that are ve morning newspaper die of inanition or Indignation before night. The Bun- thorne business of a morning contempo- rary yesterday brings this painful fact to mind. ¢ killing in a ReporTs from all farming districts are surprisingly encouraging. Nebr espocially, has good prospects, outlook and condition of trade are fair and will become first-class with fine weather. THIS e much *elixir y needs nothing just now so us o hypodermic injection of of life. The Nebraska Central enterprise is just the medicine required pand it is to be applied exactly where it will do the most good. boet called on the gentlemen with loose legs in the Fifth ward. ‘Some nuisances are intolerable and the little coterie who meot to swap wind under the name of the Filth Ward Citizons club should not forget it. Ty has long sines TueIowa colleges huve just held their Intercollegiate athletic contest and the victors are explaining to their proud paronts how much more honor it is to win in pole vaulting than in carrying off the honors on commencement day. OMAHA business men and property owners should not forget that Denver braced herself for a new leaso of life by encouraging the Denver & Fort Worth railroad just at the time when her pros- pect for continued prosperity was most gloomy. JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, the musical di- rector of the Marine band, will resign his position in August and go to Chi- cago. Now the iron has entered the heart of the enst and New York started .o cannrd that Anson, the base ball cap- tain, is going to New York. —_— Darraourn college, the school where Daniel Webster graduatea, has a pro- vision in its charter by which the col- loge goes to piecos any year in which no cluss graduates. The seniors in Dart- mouth have a royal time. If thoy are punished by the faculty they threaten to rosign and the faculty is compelled to give in, SouTH OMAHA received 66, hogs atthoe yards last week and killed nearly 54,000 of them. South Omaha lust year pucked 84 per cent of the hogs received, Kunsas City 78 per cont and Chicago 65 per cont, These figures tell very plainly tho story of the phenomenal growth of the packing industry of Omuhu's prinoi- pal suburb, MERCANTILE ag ave not al- ways hitherto treated Omaha business Interosts with absolute fuirness, and we are therefore the more gratified to note ihe special report made by R G. Dun & Co. upon the local business situation as wn indication that this great institution hus come to a butter upvreciation of Omaha and ¢ S matters, © Tux state press should not fo the industrial exhibit which opens in this ¢ity on Friday next is something more than o show of Nebrasks manufuc- turad products. It is u conelusive argu- mit in fuvor of tho time honored prin- ¢lplo of patronizing homs industry. On this nocount as well us for its intrinsic morits the oxbibit deserves kindly trontment from all the newspapers of Nob wska MR. BLAINE'S ASTONISHING ACTION. The most profound sensation has been created by the sudden resignation of James G. Blaine from the cabinet. The renson nssigned by the late secrotary of state leaves the country in doubt as re- gards the impelling motive. The ondition of Mr. Blaine’s health is well known. For the past two years he has been at times mentally and physically incapacitated for public ser- vice, and very recently Mr. Blaine has been unable to give the important af- fairs of international policy that close attention which they absolutely require at the hands of the head of the State de- partment. That {s doubtless the view taken by President Harrison in accept- ing Mr. Blaine's request for immediate relief. Had Mr. Blaine asked to be permitted to retire six months ago, the country would not have been surprised. His re- tirement would have been taken as the natural sequence of protracted physical disability. Thero could have then been no suggestion or even suspicion of political intrigue. But Mr. Blaine has seen fit to tender his peremptory resig- nation four days before the meeting of the presidentinl nominating con- vention, and in the midst of a heated contention between his own political friends and the enemies of his late chief. Coupled with his letter of renunciation this action of Mr. Blaine naturally will subject him to charges of insincerity and bad faith. Some of the enemies of Mr. Harrison claim that the step Mr. Blaine has just taken should be interproted as a revoca- tion of his former letters declining to allow his name to go before the conven- tion. Others assert that Mr. Blaine is not a candidate himself, but desires to throw his influence against Mr. Harri- son and for some other candidate. In either case his position 1s not enviable. If Mr. Blaine desires to be the stand- ard bearer of the republican party, he has taken an indefensible method to achieve that end. The republicans of Americn were called upon nearly six months ago to select delegates to the national convention, each of the ro- spective states was directed to choose its delegates at least thirty days before the national convention assembled. The manifest object of the call was to give ample time for full and free ex- pression for the rank and file. 1f Mr. Blaine desired the nomination, he should have withdrawn from the cabi- net and recalled his letter of renuncia- tion months ago avnd in a manly, open way placed himself squarely on the race’ track, Had he done so Mr. Harrison might not hwve allowed his friends to present his name for renomination, and Mr. Blaine could possibly have been nominated by acclamation. Such a { nomination would have harmonized all factions und secured for him the undi- vided support of the party. But Mr. Blaine is now placed in a false light by his most ardent political sup- porters. They claim that his former declination was made with a mental res- ervation, and their course will place Mr. Blaine and the party on the defensive in the coming campaign if his nomination is forced as the outcome of a bitter factional fight. The repub- lican party is on the eve of a campaign that cannot be won without harmony, and Mr. Blaine must realize that hiscan- didacy under the peculiar circumstances that would surround it is bound to foment discord and will seriously imperil hisown and the party’s success. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. The favorite project of Postmaster General Wanamaker is still the estab- lishment of postal savings banks. He believes that the people of the country would be glad of an opportunity to de- posit their hoarded cash in the hands of the government. Before two congresses he hus urged adoption of the plans. Respecting the details as he has formu- lated them, he says: One reason why postal savings banks have not hitherto been established in the United States is that private banks have opposed the scheme. They have feared that their business would be interfered with. As a matter of fact there is no foundation for such an apprehension, inasmuch as postal savings banks dopositories would not antagonize nor take away business from private concerns, The govern- ment would always pay a smaller rate of interest to depositors, and its customers would be a different class from those of the private savings banks. Whereas the latter handle large sums for busi- ness men and have the custody of ostates, trusts and the like, the govern- ment would only deal with the compara- tively insignificant savings of the work- ing people. Another obstacle has been the lack of interest bearing securities of the govern- ment in which to invest the enormous sums that would be received on deposit. A conservative estimate has placed the amount which would come into postal savings depositorios if they were estublished in this country at $300,000, 000, which sum would probably ba reached in less than two years. This i money, of course, could not be locked up in vaults and thus withdrawn from eir- culation. It must be made to pay its way, 80 to speak, to earn nterest for depositors and also to compensate post- oftice employes in wuges for work they would do in connection with havdling it and keeping records of it, The most natural and secure way of disposing of these deposits would be to invest thew in goverument bonds, but these bonds are rapidly aisappearing. The last of them will mature in about sixteen years and some other plan than investmont in these securities will be vecossary. The postmaster general suggests a system that will adapt itself to the wants of the people. His plan is to use carde with spuces for postage stamps to be affixed to them, the cards with stamps to be received in lieu of cash as deposits. ' In the absence of government secur- ities for the investment of the cash he suggests that the money be kept in cir- culation and made to earn a low rate of interest by lending the deposits received n each state to the national banks of the same state. The presumption is that the latter would be glad to pay a low rato of interest to the government. The savings deposits would be made pre- terred ciaims against tho assets of the banks. This matter is one which interests the whole people, and especially those in rural communities whore savings banks are few and far bstween. The system has been very successful in Europe, and thevre is no resson why it should not bo s0 in this country. THE BUSINESS SITUATION. Mercantile agency reports err, when they err at all, on the side of conserva- tism. It is therefore gratifying to find in R. G. Dun & Co.’s brief summary of the situation, published elsewhere, so encouraging a tons. The banks have more money than they know what to do with. The savings institutions show thav our people have nearly $3,500,000 laid by for a rainy day. Several of the banks show a remarkable growth in the last year and at least one proposes a very large increase of capital. In the jobbing trade the reports for the last four months are not so bright hued, but it is stated that the sombre shade was put into this branch of our commercial lifo by the last two months of inexcusably depressing weather. The remarkable fact is that all our jobbers held their own while many enjoyed alarge increase in trade over the corresponding period of 1891, Retail trade iu Omaha has suffered a great deal in the past two years and tho five months just ended have seen no im- provement. The complaint of dullness, especially in the larger establishments, is very general. Nevertheless, our job- bing houses report collections exception- ally good and the banks say that the re- tailers are not borrowing much money. These two facts taken together are of considerable consequence. When retail dealers are losing money their cred- itors are pretty certain to discover it and either their bankers or their job- bers or both will feel the pressure very early. There is therefore promise of better things even for the retail trade when the dealers hug the shore so closely as to be almost entirely out of danger. For the state at large the mercantile agency shows that there were but forty- nine failures during March, April and May of this year with net loss of but $76,833, as against 102 failures last year and an aggregate of net losses of $187,- 769. This is a very important fact as showing the renvwed confidence of the community at largé and the revival of trade in the farming districts. It is not surprising, therefore, to read in the same connection the further information that reports from the towns and villages of the state ali point to a better feeling in all lines of local retail trade. WHAT OMAHA NEEDS. There is one aspect of the Nebraska Central project that should not be lost sight of in estimating the advantages which it offers to the city of Omaha, and that is the influence which it will have upon the courage and enterprise of busi- ness men in all branches of activity. If the project were to be considered merely from this point of view it would be seen that its success would in the nature of things produce the most important and far reaching results, Omaha is no exception to the rule that cities thrive by the impetus which minor industries and enterprises receive from great ones. The man who looks upon the Nebraska Central enterprise a8 one that stands apart by itself with- out relation to hundreds of others upon which it will exert a powerful influence must be very shortsighted. This city needs the renewal of energy and cour- age that will come to its business men and capitalists the moment that this .great project bocomes ‘an assured fact. There is unlimited capital in Omaha and elsowhere that would quickly seek in- vestment in this community as soon as the new current of lifs began to course through its veins. The city has for some time been waiting for just such an impetus as this enterprise could give. Capital, of which there is an abundance in our banks, ought to be invested in ways thav would benefit the city. The croukers who are trying to undermine public confidence ought to be silenced by evidences of prosperity that even they could not deny. Real estate transactions have lately been small in comparison with what they should be, and the growth of in- dustrial and trade enterprises has not come up to the mark which it should have reached. This does not mean that Omaha is not prospering; it simply means that cupitalists have been apa- thetic und that business men in general have been slow to push their opportuni- ties. 1t isto be hoped that they will see that the Nebraska Central move- ment, an important one in itself, is yet more important in the stimulatinginflu- ence which it will exert upon business here. This broud view of the question should be the view of every man inter- ested in the future of Omaha. The eity needs the impetus which will come with a renewal of courage and enthusiasm on the part of business men, THE PACKING CENTER. This newspaper has frequently called the attention of its readers in special editorial articles to South Omaha, and yet we are convinced that not one citi- zen in a hundred in the city properly appreciates the importance of this busy, growing suburb, They huave learned from the newspapers and through other sources that it is the third packing city in the union, and has become an import- ant railroad center, but its roal merits are very little understood. Itis the backbone of Omaha’s prosperity. The clearings of the South Omaha backs if shown separately would startle some of our conservative citizens. Exchanges aggrogating $1,000,000 in a single day through a single one of the three banks scarcely arouse comment smoug the bank clerks. The enormous transac- tions which go on at that busy seven- year-old commercial suburb can only be understood and appreciated by persons who are on the ground and partisipating in them. The stock yards company, with an en- terprise which is commendable, keeps just a litlle ahead of the growth of business and therefore is expending this year between $100,000 and $200,000 in enlarging the facilities for handling stock. The packers/ already on the ground are all making additions to their plants and by’ ‘the close of the building season will have added from 65 to 75 per cent to the“ocapacity of last year. They will then have facilities for killing 4,750,000 hogs, 1,150,000 cat- tle and a proportionate number of sheep. It does not follow of course that these new houses can in a single year be run to their full capneity, but it does follow that the great puckers foresee a groat future for this packing center. It is not surprising, therefore, that other large packing house owners are looking toward Omaha. In fact, it is merely a question of'a livtle time when both Armour and Morris will fiad it necessary to place @ fow millions in South Omaha. The steady and rapid growth of business is shown in another column as far as figures can make this clear, but the citizen, of Omaha who does not visit the yardsand packing houses is wofully ignorant of facts which would drive a great deal of pessimism out of the most obstinate of mossbacks. ALL FIELDS OPEN T0 WOMEN. The rapidity with which the domain of the modern woman is being extended finds illustration in the case of Miss Marin Morgan, who died a few days ago at Jersey City, Women have in recent years entered almost every vrofession and pursuit in which men are engaged, and they have very often shown them- selves able to cope on equal terms with their masculine competitors. The call- ing into which Miss Morgan’s tastes led her was unique, and it was one in which few women could haye achieved the suc- cess which she won. She was an author- ity upon horses and cattle, and her whole life was devoted to this subject. For many years sho was a regular writer on live stock matters for the New York imes and was widely known among tho newspaper men of the metropolis as a “‘cattle reporter.” She was a vegular contributor to maay journals upon sub- jects relating to hosses and cattle, and her opinions were always held in the highest esteem. Her earnest devotion to a field of work which no other woman had ever entered made Miss Morgan a peculiar figure amphg ‘the members of her sex who arb steivilg for recognition in the various deeupations hitherto monopolized by man. ' { Miss Morgan wag baen in Ireland and was the daughter of i woalthy country gentleman who liv= [ fiear Cork. While she was yet a you £l her futher was taken i1l and sh? naged his stock R farm suceessfullys: héc . maturer years she was ol oxtensive traveler, and among the distipguished person- ages with whom she becime acquainted was Victor Emanuel; king' of 1taly, who commussioned her to. purchage - horses for his horse guurdsund gave her su- pervision of his stables. After her ar- rival in this country she bacame ac- quainted with Horaca,Greeley, James Gordon Bennett and Henry J. Ray- mond and became a contributor to the Tribune, Herald and Times of New York upon subjects connected with horses and cattle. She was an able writer and possessed all the qualifications which o man would require to fit him for repor- torial work in New York City. As a proof that she was thoroughly compe- tent to make her way in life against the obstacles which women always find when they are thrown upon their own resources, it may be stated that she left a fortune of about $100,000, which rep- resents her profits from newspaper work. Few women are endowed by nature with qualities which would fit them for the work which Miss Morgan found so profitable, but the example of her re- markable career ought to be sufficient proof that women who are obliged to rely upon their own resources will find no occupation closed to them. Ability and energy will always win. STANDING IN THEIR OWN LIGHT. Sympathy for the colored people of the south on account of the treatment which they receive atthe hands of the whites is not entirely misplaced, but sympathy for the south in general on account of the disadvantages under which it labors by reason of the senti- ment which upholds mob law is entirely in order. Every day bringsnew reports of mob violence. There seems to be an epidemic of lynching raging in many of the southern states and it is assuming proportions that ought to alarm all lovers of law and order, In some por- tions of the south almost the entire white population has given up legiti- mate occupations to engage in a general crusade against colored offenders. It is reported that in some localities the farmers have left their fields to shoulder the shotgun und that the women only are loft to plant the'seed for the harvest that must stand ;between them and starvation next fall, © ! The pooplo of the north who depre- cate such o state of affuirs do not there- by place themselvas in the attitude of apologizing for the, offenders against whom this lynching »thovement is di- rected. The crime of brutal assault upon women is one,that arouses indigoa- tlon everywhere, sud'the severity of the punishment provided'by law shows how strong the feelingy iss in every state agalnst it, but the: Vcrj fact that the law is adequate and sure’of enforcement by regular methods of procedure is a suf- fleient argumeut aainst the course now pursued by mobs. When such a feverish state of feeling exists innocent men are sure to suffer with the guilty. In many casez, no doubt, innocent men will fall victims to the rage of the mobs, for under such conditions as' now prevail in the south an accusation of gullt is all that is required to insure the summary execution of the accused, There is no excuse for the extraordi- nary course which the southern whites ure pursuing. They are doing a wrong to themselves by proclaiming thelr dis- regard of law to the world, The law 1892—TWENTY PAGES is as effoctive an instrument in the wouth ns elsewhere for the punishment of erime. The men who are encourag- ing such proceedings as those which are now daily reportad from the south are Inflicting injury upon thomselves and upon the whole countey. Steadfast ob- servance of law and order is the only safe course for any community. NO ESCAPE Not very long ago Mr. Cleveland sald to Senator Carlisle: *‘I am not a candi- date and shall not be, and if my name causes a wrangle among democrats I hall not permit it to be used.” Since then the democrats of several states have wrangled over Mr. Cleveland’s candidacy, and in his own state the wrangling has assumed the proportions of an open and avowed war between the supporters and the opponents of the ex- president. But instead of prohibiting the use of his name in the interest of harmony Mr. Cleveland has encouraged his supporters to make a vigorous and uncompromising fight for the control of the Chicago convention. Not a single word has he said in the interest of peace, nor has he in any way indicated to his lisutenants that he does nov approve of tho aggressivé methods which they are employing to force his nomination, § The Chieago convention will decide the political fate of Mr. Cleveland for all time. He has thrice entered the lists for the presifency, and whether he wins or loses this time in the struggle for the nomination he will never aghin be acon- spicuous figuro in American politics, It is his last chance, and it is évident that he appreciates the fact that he must win the nomination and the election this year or be forever out of the race for the highest honors that can bo bestowed by the people. No person acquainted with Mr. Cleveland’s career will beliove that he will relinquish his ambition while there is a fighting chance left. He will be a candidate before the Chicago convention and his forces will be arrayed for battlo there. If he gains the nomi- nation his enemies will put him to death at the polls. 1f he loses it the successful candidate will receive at the most an 1ndifferent support from the followers of Cleveland. Whichever way they turn the democrats find that Grover Cleve- land is a factor in the problem that con— fronts them. He is a condition and not a theory. —_— SHOULD BEGIN EARLY. The public school celebration ‘of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, which will take place ali pver the country on October 12, is a matter that deserves to receive attention before thoe summer vacation begins, in order that tho work may not be all crowded into the short time that will remain after the sohools are opened for the fall term. If the celebration is to be made as imposing and success- ful as the occasion demands it will be necessary to begin preparations for it before vacation. - To do all that will be required aftor the pupils assemble again in September will interfere with their regular work and result in more or less confusion. That the whole country looks forward to this part of the Columbian celebra- tion with intorest isshown by the fact that the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic throughout the United States have been ordered by the commander- in-chief to co-operate with the schools in their respective towns. This will add to the impressiveness and dignity of the exercises and will tend to stimu- late the patriotic feelings of the chil- dren. The Grand Army men in Omaha have already begun to discuss the sub- jeet. THE great public fetes which will be- gin in the French town of Nancy today have been looked forward to with appre- hensive interest by all Europe on ac- count of the disturbing influence which the popular demonstration there may have upon the relations between France and Germany, Owing to the boundary changes which resulted from the Franco-Prussian war the city of Nancy uow lies close to the German border. The French feeling naturally runs high in Nancy, and consequently German students there have recently been ostra- cised by the youth of the town, who look upon the recovery of the French pro- vinces as a thing to be desired and ex- pected. It is arranged that President Carnot shall visit the fetes, and this will undoubtedly inflame the old antagonism between the two countries, The French are excitable, but the Germans are cool and slow to anger. It is to be hoped that coolness will prevail on both sides, and that the celebration at Nancy will not intensify the old antagonism. ——— THE editor of Harper's Weekly has been in the past anardent supporter of Mr, Cleveland, but it haus changed its tone and now warns the followers of the prophet that they are courting defeat. George William Curtis not only believes that the nomination of Cleveland would be fatal, but he also believes that the February convention against which the Syracuse demongtration was aimed was perfectly regular and must beallowed to stand as a convention representative of the democracy of New York, This isa serious blow to the anti-Hill men. They have counted too confidently upon their mugwumpallies, THE Manufacturers and Consumers Association of Nebraska has passed res- olutions ravoring the voting of the Ne- braska Central bonds. That action of this representative organization isan expression which ought to have great weight. All business men see.this mat- ter in the proper light. —_— A Delinition of Heresy. Bob Ingersoll's Last Lecture, Horesy is the opinion of a last year's leaf of a this year's bud. Heresy is what tno coffin says to the cradle. e S Articulating Without Thinking, K city Star. President Eliot of Harvard college has made a speech reflecting upon the common school system of America. That is not at all surprising as coming from a man who apolowizes for polygamy and who talks about the “waves of uninformed opinion In the wost.” ———e—— Gieneral Porter's Services to New York, Chieago Post. Gooeral Horace Porter, president of the Grant Monument assoolation of New York, | makas the very agreeablo aunouncement that | the §500,000 required for tho completion of that work has all been subscribed. Sixty days ago there still romained, after seven yoars of Impotent striving, 350,700 to be raised. This sum General Porter by an ox- traordinary appeal to ths patriotism and the self respect of his fellow citizons has boen Able to raise. All but $22,000 was givon or pledged by the citizens of New York. About $240,000 18 In cash and the romainder in sub- seriptions on which tho gonoral cheerfully hopes to realize in full, ‘Wa voloe the sentiment of the entice coun- try when we oxpress the hope that all of Genoral Porter's anticipations mway be roalized, even to the sorions undertaking of work upon the actual monument. In such caso & national disgrace will have boen ro- moved and, 8o far as it can bs atoned for, atonement made for a great wrong done to the memory of (Genoral Grant. It matters nothing now that, since New York veceived the hero's bones in custody under solemn pleage to honor thom ns thoy desorved, mou- uments to Grant have sprung up in balf a score of cities, whilo the world pointed the finger of reproach at the shabby grave on the bauks of the Hudson. Let that all pass, At a late day the honor of New York was given nto the keoping of & man possessed of sufficlont energy and patriotsm to save it from lasting dishonor, Ho has done his work well and his bs the credit. New York owes 8 boundloss dobu of gratitude to General Horace Porter, The Mint Mitlenniam, St. Paul Pioneer Press, How good and pleasant it would be under the benignant saloon arrangement of Rev. Dr. Rainsford, when tho day was hot and tho sermon dry, to touch a button in the pew and have the sexton bob up seranely fro.n below with zwei beor or a julep as the exigencies of the case might require, or the servitor's kaowledge of the worshiper's habits sug- gestod. Insuch a beatific state of thines it wouldn't make much difference whether the miilennium ever got here or not. polleiiaie S oy A Great Reform, Philadelphia Record, The action of the Methodist Protestant conference in striking the word “obey’’ from the marriage service s not exactly equiv- alent to admittiug the enfranchised sex to the status of conference delegates, but it may mean quite as much, if not more, for tho sex in other respects. The vonference, by making mental reservation unnecessary, has certainly acted in the interests of a higher morality, -— New Arm of War, hilad=lphia Times. The bieyelo will become a valuable adjunct t0 the equipment of rival armies when their respective commanders agreo to fight their battles on vastlovel plains; when the roads are good; when the weather 1s fino; when ench sido will tonder the courtesies of their ropair shops to their friends the enomy; and when they promise not to hurt & man whose whoel has broken down, T Omaha is going to try the experiment of allowing gambling houses to run under the supervision of the chief of police, This seems to be an imitation of Mayor Washburne's policy in dealing with the gambling ostab- lishmont at Garfleld park. The Chicago sys- tem, however, involves tho friendly super- vision of the chief of police. RARE AS JUNE DAYS, Chicago Tribune: outlook?" *From a democ thing to beat LIl “Two to one on Anything:" “What's the political ratio polut of view it's Any- Philadeiphin Times: The Georzla water- melon may not be ripe just vet, but the cholera medicine men are rips for it, Mabel—Sky blue is my it is vours? do of an upplo tree. New York Horald: “L saw you throwing n kiss at my husband, you hussy!" eried Mrs. Hicks, ~I know you did, Fiirto, calmiy. *Tt w o take tp you for mi Dotroit Free Press f de. W dear,” roplie ono lie had . pr Miss sad ‘Washington Star: four summers. ald. “Yos," replied Billy Bilven, tmpulsively and without mafice. “bat then you know you are quite nearsighted.” 1 have scen Just'twenty- ANGEL, (PTOMS, Boston Courier. “Phis oughter be ealied angel cake," Sald Teddy witnagrin, wnining a chunk that had clous raisins in, " queried Sister Kate, & glance Of doubting In her eyes. “lecause,” suid od, “It Tooks as 1¢ Tt hus some wings and flies.” Washington Star: There is no middle course for the average man during housecleaning time. He must be either a poltroon or a hero. Toxas Siftings: ma'am,” a8 the burglar the house caught him sf ST am at your service afd when the lady of lng hersllver. “How oan I prove my de He asked in accents d Then suid she, with much “Give me a chanco o sleep.” Lowoll Courler: A local dealer who adver- | | | tisos ro to distanc race. mongt his stook will have to hustle the snloons i the competitive Ringhamton Republiean: When the woman of the house gives a tramp the cold cat he doesn’t foel put out. Columbus 1% “You, ovory man has his prica,” buthe can't make his grocer agree with hio, Washington Star: Thoy wore dlstussing the DPrOsnocts of women's suffrage. It T wero oandidate for nominntion." sald tho woman with aubugn tresses, “I would o on the dark horse plan.” “It would not do," sald her nelghbor, quiotly but firmly. “The white horse wouid be far more anpropriate.” Now Orlonns Plonguno: 0. H. Waddlo ta tho name of a delegate to the Chleago convention. but he will got there ail the same. pagickb ' Mrbrkiviy BITS OF OMAHA LIFE. Misery was coming down Sixteenth stroet walking to save oar fare. The dust way blowing into Misery's ayes and her rusty old shawl was snhapping and flapping in the broeeze like a cold wave flag. She had come from a bargain store and had & bolt of mu: lin to make the baby some olothes, and some things for Johuny and Mary and Lizzie and the old man, 1In othor parcels she had some cheap hats, a dozen tomato plants and a lot of other stuff which made up in bulk what it lacked in value, Tho baby's head hung over her ghoulder and ho was putting the whole force of his healthy lungs into his soreaming, Johnny was tugging at hor dress behina with his round face allstreaked with mol- Iasses candy, and wailing “Mama, my foot hurts| Mama, my shoe hurts!" Isery staggered along and no doubt wishea she were out in the country somewhoro so that she might sit down by the roadside and rest, Happy 1ay on ono of the settoes in Joffer son square sunning himself. Happy's face was as black as midnight and he came by hir blackness honostly, His blaok legs iwere bave to the knee: his hat was bell shaped and the color of tho sidewalk, and his oclothes wero soldior clothes pared down to fit his juvenile proportions. He was gnawing at tho rail of the sotteo with his stroug, whito eoth keepiug his bright black eyes rollng about on tne wa'ch for a policeman when he saw Misery coming along toward him. She secemed to interest him and ho kopt his oye on her until sho had passed with a longing look at the settoe. Then he took from his pocket a little forked stick with a loop of india rubber attacbed to it. He put a little pobblo in the rubber, drew it back to his oyo und lot go. Johnny sprang into the air with an earpioroing yell. His foot did not hurt any more, but his ear did, Poor Misery was stariied and she put her bundles down ou the sidewalk to comfort Johnny. hen she had wiped his tears away and turned to pick them up again the paper of bananas she was taking home to_tne other children had van- ished. So had Happy. According to all accounts A. B, Roeder had gumption enough to know when the tide in his affairs was at tho flood and sense onough to take it. He is well known in Omaha, hav- ng been connected with the insurance busi- ness now managed by his brothor, M. L. RRoedor, and also for his connection with the Coliseum during a portion of the checkered career of that capital-eating whito clephiant. Some time ago he went to Denver, took visks and wrole policies in that city with varying successes, meantime reading the papers and keeping his ears and eyos wido open, Won- derful silver discoveries were roported and a pligrimage to the now Kldorado began, He was shrewd, quick witted, youth- ful and felt’ himself capabie of moving the, world if he haa the necessary lover—dollars and cents. Ho had enough in his pocket to make a boxcar tourist feel like a bloated bondholder, but his ideas were large. He had a friend with him who was a South American mining ex- portand through his oyes he looked down 1nto the bowels of tho earth and saw dollars galore, to be had for the digging, but then it takes money to buy spades and other mining machinery, He returned ro Denver, s0ld out his wmsurance business, and enlistiug the vote and influence of David H. Moffat formed a gigantic company, to MAnage thirty-five mines stocked for €5,000,000. It wae called the Rico-Aspen company &nd it went with a whoo ow they are shipping ore at the rate of $100,000 & mouth. “Now look at that !’ said tho max who fur- nished the information. “I'hat’s what a waa gots by boing—ah—well, by being Roeder. I tell you it is industry and economy and that sort of thing that counts. Be industrious, be economical, and if you live and retain .your health for a fow centuries you may Save enough to buy out this Rico corporation and have all that incomo yourself.” —— JUNE A Outing. dding sky in June!— inz It swee When the yachtsof God ure all abrond, Ten million in the flect: Nor mightiest hand in ali the land Cun stay one snowy sheet! Osing of a He who c: The oriole and the bobolink Fling challenge to tho quail; The clover nods to the milkweed pods, And the dalsies dot sho awal The soul of the rose on light Wing goes And sweetens all the gale. Ab! fuir Is tho green world underneatht But O for the blus abo To lenve the grass and lightly pues, Ag the pinion of a dove, To the snowy boat that seems to float To the huven of my love! Then hey for a scudding day {n June, When the world 1s fresh and sweet; When the yachts of God are all abrond, p milllon in the fleot: Nor mightiest hund in all the land Can furl one flying sheet! e 4BROWNING, KINGE &3 urers and Retallors of in the World. Largest Manufa Clothir That is to say, rain We're Damaged by Water--- water, which has kept up an almost constanttatoo since March 1, has dam- aged the sale of our spring and summer goods to such an extent that we've become overstocked. So this week we be- gin a -clearing sale in all parts of the store;; men's and boys’ clothing, hats and farnishing goods, all brand new goods, go at damaged by water prices. Not a thing in the store is reserved. Browning,King&Co To give our ewaployes thelr evenings, we elose aL0:30 p. m., excopt Saturduys. a1 p. . 15.W. Cor. 15th & Douglas Sts