Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 17, 1894, Page 12

THE OMAHUA e e oo E——r—erpe————rer——— — THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Editor, PECRIPTION. One Year......$ 800 veee 1000 ] 9 TERMS OF Daily Tiee (withiout Sunday). Tiafly and Runday, One Yea e Bix Months y . Threa Montiis Biinday e Baturdny B Weekly 1ee v i & OFFICES, The Tiee Muitding Omaa e N AN nmier of Commerce. i Trioune BIdg. W. to nows and edi- torial {2 "o the Bditor. 1 Twenty-tourth Sta. 13 ra and remittances should ""i Publishing company, , ohiocks and | ails 0 wiler LI PUBLISH All addre Omah be mad RCTTLATION. Geors of The 1ish Actunl number of full Dially Morning, Fvenin Auring the montl e et elrculntion THUCK. nawE in my pres- and subscribe Tu Bworn to hofore m ence this % day ) ®eal) 11, Notary Publie. The strike of sulphur miners tn Sielly can find a match in the coal miners’ strike in this country, * Seventy-five millions defi~it in one year, two- thirds of it covered by new bond issues, is the proud record of the first fiscal year of democratio control of the treasury. Senator Stewart's speech on free wool accidentally shifted on to free silver before the first sentence was completed. But free wool and free silver are all the same to Stewart. : People worrying over the selection \of this year's summer resort are quite gener- ally wishing that there was a perpetual World's fair for their instruction and { limb and nealth fnto his keeping amusement. It is almost time to hear from the school census for this year. The returns of the enuierators will again furnish data for some interesting computations upon the pop- ulation question. ‘When Senator McPherson reads the testi- mony of all his fellow senators, each deny- ing that he had participated in the slightest degree in the alleged speculation in Sugar certificates, how he will wi.h that he had not glven his precoclous servant away. Even the stald and conservative Phila- delphia Ledger has finally been compelled to surrender to the demand for a coupon de- partment. It presents its readers gratis with a coupon, which, accompanied by 6 cents, will bo accepted for a ride on any street car that rumbles through the sleepy city. Commencement flowers are out of place fn the graduation exercises of the public schools, In few large cities in this country are they still tolerated. Omaha should fall in line with the general practice by rele- gating such floral offerings to the homes of thelr recipients. The commencement au- dience should no longer be aMicted with them. The honorary degrees conferred upon Cap- taln Mahan of the Chicago by the Erghsh universitles are intended, of course, as a compliment to the United States, as well as a recognition of the commander of 1ts great war vessel. This episode in the entertain- ment of our naval officers is ane of the, best evidences of the friendly relations beiween the two countries. Omaha is one of the three large cities which were able to send in reports of im- proved business conditions to the mercantile agencies last week. - This must be gratify- ing to the merchants of this city. It shows that Omaha is keeping a trifie abead of most of its competitors. With timely rains and brightening crop prospects the improvement ought to continue steadily for some time to come. — e The hope of hearing Congressman Bland, 80 carefully cultivated for the benefit of the free silver demo- crats who are to assemble in conference i Omaha this week, has bean ruthlessly blasted by the announcement that Mr. Hland will be unable to attend. But Hryan will be there. What need, then, of othar stars | When he combines in himself the sun, nicon and entire firmament of the'free silver democ- Tacy? Even if Bland could come he would be able to play but second flddle o Let the delegates worship at an undivided + shrine. A Dbill has been Introduced into the house by Representative Stone of Pennsylvania to establish the units of electrical maasuzements in pursuance of the constitutional power of congress to fix the standard of weights ond measures. The proposed units are the same that have been adopted by electiiclars the world over and that are common use throughout the country. They will therefore entaill no Inconvenience by necessitating changes in the system employed. Several of the units have been named after famous electriclans, one of them, the [lenry, after Prof. Henry, former head of the Smithsonian institution, having been agreed upon us the unit of induction at the electrical congress held at Chicago last year. As there s no opposition to the establishment of these units, the bill may be expected to become a law after the, lapse of a sufficient length of t'me. Male opponents of woman suffr: the _ great moral issuo In Kansas, must run the rigk of personal Indignity and bodily violence as witness the treatment accorded the Wich- ita editor, who was seized on his return from the populist convention, forced to don & sunbonnot and mother-hubbard and com- pelled to march through the streets in front of & brass band. This is the way the woman suffragists want to contribute toward the better maintenance of law and order. A sim- flar outrage perpetrated upon one of their number would be heralded broadcast as in- disputable proof of the necessity of placing the ballot in the hands of women in order 0 prevent its recurrence. The woman suf- fragists will doubtless disavow the act, but the oceurrence will not tend to impress go, the people with the pecullar adaptibility of women for the suffrage. THE LAWYERS AND THE DOC There Is no ealling that upon confidence than that When employ a doctor RS, depends more | of a physielan. wo place lite, | As there medical i fix | the is at according his value of liberty to his own prescriptions, calls | e But in there Qoctors no law sorvicos is gulating overy doctor his schedule of fees of what to conception and surgical skill may spite of medical othics who take undue advantage of their patrons | by sharing the profits of thetr prescriptions | with the druggist. They not only druggist to make ex pills and potions, but scribe double doses when they are not neede their to follow Shakespeare's Injunction physic to worth. arn force the | sive charges for his | they often even pre- | vietims “Throw and thus compe doge." the The in gett ever, the upon Jica yer gots a that he will y practice on the part of doctors | ey from drug Is, how- | mstance as compared with | rank tions practiced by i clents fn connoction with legal pub- | It is prosumed that when a law- retainer and fees from a cliont him and honestly nc- sty not a im lawyers fons, protect | | count for all he has eollected and render a | led in connec- | | | | true bill for all he has exp: tion with his The pr. in these parts with rs, In fact with some of the most lawyers, srated into a system of legalized Whenever the law requires a publication of a foreclosure, divorce, partition of erty or any other notice to defendants the statute not only designates the number of publications, but also prescribes the charge for such publication. The object of fixing the rate by law is to obtain the widest pub- licity. The lawyers cvade the spirit, if not the letter, of the law by using for their publications the medium that can afford to give them the largest rakeoff. In other words, the paper that has the least circula- | tion and can afford to offer the heaviest bonus. Now if the lawyers would glve their clients tho benefit of the rebate which they get from readerless sheets they might justify them- selves by the plea that they have endeav- ored (o save money for their clients. As a matter of fact they have the bills for pub- lication made out at the full legal rate and pocket the rebate. This flagrant im- posture upon clients has been tolerated by the courts, when the courts are presumed to maintain the integrity of the bar and stop all frandulent practices that affect the in- terests and rights of litigants. . The demoralizing influence of this petit larceny upon clients can hardly be censured too severelv. It is mot only practiced by eminent lawyers but by county officials who would scorn a bribe, but are willing to pocket a few dollars every week for rebates when by so doing they deprive the widows and orphans and the owners of mortgaged homes and chattels of the benefit of the publicity which should be given to every announcement affecting estates in probate and properties to be sold under the hammer by the sheriff or master commissioner. Such malpractice Is certainly as discreditable to the profession of law as is the double dose and “whack up” of doctors. Integrity should be the cardinal principle to govern professional ethics, and every spe- cles of dishonesty, whether It is sugar- coated or concealed in legal quibble, must lower the standard of morals of the whole profession. case. ctice ost law degen- eminent las robbery. prop- PRODUCTION OF PRECIOUS METALS. ‘The annual report of the director of the mint for 1893 will not be reassuring to the advocates of the 'free and unlimited coinage of silver. According to this report the ap- proximate gold yield of the mines of this country for 1893 was in round numbers $36, 000,000, or about $3,000,000 more than for the previous year. This shows that the United States still holds the first place in the list of gold-producing countries. The output of the silver mines of this country in 1893 is stated to have been 60,000,000 ounces, of the colning value of a little over $77,000,000. This, according to the estimates of the pres- ent director of the mint, Is somewhat less than the output of 1892, though in this re- spect it disagrees slightly with the figures of his predecessor. The report shows that the output of.gold In 1893 was the largest in the world’s history, amounting to 16 per cent more than the annual average of the period of the greatest productiveness of the Californian and Australian gold mines, and that the value of the gold product of the world in 1893 was only 9 per cent less than that of the average aggregate gold and sil- ver production of the world in 1861-65. The report of the mint director also states the interesting fact that the value of the gold alone available, in 1893, for monetary pur- poses, was greater than the total value of both gold and silver available for monetary purposes In the years just preceding the be- ginning of the depreciation of silver. 1t will be observed that the production of silver in this country last year was a little more than double the production of gold and this has been the case for a number of years. The statistics show that in the ten years preceding the opening up of the gold dopos- its in California the weight of silver pro- duced in the world was 14.25 times the welght of gold. The California production of gold made the total production of silver only four and one-half times the weight of gold froni 1851 to 1860. Disregarding small fractions, the weight of silver was six times that of 0ld produced from 1861 to 1865, seven times that between 1866 and 1870, eleven times that botween 1871 and 1875, fourteen times that between 1876 and 1880, nineteen times that between 1880 and 1885. In 1500 the welght of silver was nearly twenty-two times that of gold. In 1892 a large increase In the production of gold reduced the ratio of welghts to a little more than twenty-one. The silver produced in 1890 was about three times as much as was produced annually from 1866 to 1870; the silver produced in 1893 was nearly double the averpge annual production from 1876 to 1880, and was more than 65 per cent greater than the annuat average from 1881 to 188: Commenting upon these facts, the New York Commercial Bulletin says that nothing would be more to be expected In view of such an enormous disproportion in the pro- duction of silver than that its value should full, and this must bo apparent to anybody who will study the statisties in a practical way. Applying the law of supply and de- mand to the problem it would seem that no one of ordinary intelligence could fail to ar- rive at the conclusion that the present rela- tive value of silver is wholly due to the fact that for many years its production has been far in excess of the production of gold, and that this fact alono has been all-powerful in determining its value. It ought to be equally apparent to the intelligent student of this subject that It is utterly impossible for the United States alone to restore silver to Its former value relatively to gold and that if this can be done at all 1 will be accom- plished only by an internationsl agreement 8o long as the production of sllver continues 10 bo as greatly in excess of the production of gold as it has been for many years it will be very difi. It to secure an agreement to among tho great commercial nations for the rehabllitation of the white metal INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ATHLETICS The completion of arvangements for send- ing a team of college athletes from Yals university abroad to te in fleld cone test with a stmilar team Oxford, the groat English university, proclaims the era of international college athletics. No longer content to excel In games participated fn by his tellow students only, nor to take honors in trinls of strongthi between the representa- tives of his own college and those of rival the college athlete of today yearns trophies, and neither the broad expanse of the Atlantio nor the ex- penses of an occan voyage to Kurope can restrain him from attempting to bring them comj from for international oc! to | home. it Is urged becoming In favor of this new departure that all competition s rapidly international in its scope. Tho college to which all rivals in the United States ara com. pelled to yield like Alexander, yearns for other to conquer. It is perhaps a patriotic desire to extond the fame of alma er the confines of her own country, to show that the American athlete is the equal of any the world can produ Increase the and we may possibly increase the incitement to the prace tice of athletic line of promotion to the Amerlean team stimulate wider partipation in even the class contests with the idea that the work of the victor may lead eventually to an international champlonship. On the other side, however, it is con- tended that the establishment of inters national athletic games must serve to intens sify the strain that is already too heavy on our college athletes. The tendency toward professionalism can only be accelerated by the new movement and with it comes the danger from overtraining, which in only the last few months has resulted fatally to sev- eral men well known in the world of col- lege athletics. If it is desirable, as President Eliot intimated in his last report to the Harvard overseers, that intercollegiate games bo for this reason prohibited and that con- tests be confined to the students of the same college, then the widening of the athletic field must be condemned for the same reason, Tho athletic side of college life is made al- together too prominent, to the detriment of its more studious side. It is simply a ques. tion whether our colleges are intended to turn out fast sprinters and high jumpers oy to graduate men who have a good ground- work for the serious affairs of their after caveers. Those who Incline to the latter view of the tunction of our colleges must look upon the advent of international college athletics as a questionable innovation in our educa. tional institutions. —_— SUMMER SUGGESTIONS. Over a large part of the country the tem- perature has been exceptionally high for this time of the year. The people in the cities of the Atlantic seaboard have already had an experience in suffering from the heat which does not usually come to them until a month later, the temperature during most of the past week having gome beyond the record for a number ol years. In the lake region, also, the heat has been Intense for the season, and the record of prostrations and death is already started. Very warm weather has prevailed in this latitude, but it has not been so oppressive as in localities where there=is more-humidity. Altogether the season has been remarkable as to_cli- matic. conditions, and if this is due, as some astronomers say, to extraordinary conditions in the sun, where a violent storm has pre- vailed over an area several times larger than the earth, there is reason to expect further remarkable meteorological develop- ments. At any rate it is entirely safe to say that the high temperature already ex- perienced will be exceeded as the summer advances, and it is timely to condfer how its 11l effects may be avoided or modified by those who cannot escape from it by going to the mountains or the seashore. Tho injunction to *keep cool” has a broader significance than is usually given to it. It applies as well to the mind as to the body. An important requisite to summer comfort is mental self-control. Persons who worry over the unavoidable ills of life and who constantly complain about ' the weather are pretty sure to suffer more from the heat than those who maintain an cquable and calm state of mind. The matter of diet Is all important. Heavy meats and rich dishes should be discarded and fruits, vegetables and fish given the preference. The best physicians recommend drinking freely in order that the natural method of cooling the skin and relieving the system of surplus heat by perspiration may have free play; but there is substantial unanimity among the highest authorities in advising abstinence from alcoholic beverages of all sorts during the heated term. Light clothing, preferably of wool, In order to obviate the danger of sudden chills, should be donned. Houses and apartments should have the most thorough ventilation, especlally in the morning and evening, when the air is coolest. With ordinary precautions and absti- nence from exposure to the direct action of the sun when the temperature s above 90 degrees in the shade, the great majority of all our people will be able to weather the tropical season at home With almost as much safety and comfort as those who migrate to the mountains and sea shore. WHY THE HEAVENS WEPT. Dispatches from varlous parts of the state and surrounding territory announce that the farmers have been blessed with a copi- ous fall of much needed rain, which had broken the spell of drouth and promised to g0 a long way toward restoring hopes of a plentiful crop. For this bounteous gift of Providence people everywhere are said to be refoicing. The fact of. the rain then Is undisputed. But why did it arrive at this opportune mo- ment? The rain makers who have been employed by one of the railroads running through Nobraska and whose operations have been described will without hesitation claim that the downpour is the direct result of their experiments. Rain makers' stock ought to go up with such convincing evi- dence of their success. But what will they say to the announcement from Wisconsin that the Winaebago Indians, fearing a fail- of the blueberry crop, have begun a three days' rain dance and are confident that rain will come if they but keep up. the dance long enough. We are not informed whether the Indians on the Nebraska reser- vation have been executing rain dances of late, but they must have been contemplat- Ing something of that kind. Who can tell that the rain in question does not at- the efficacy of the Indian rain dance, at any rate came to save the. Indians the necessity of resorting to this prac- Stll another dispatch a little town in the western part of the state tells how forty good people of the place as- sembled at the Congregational chruch supremacy, worlds m beyond honor exe; representative is ure but test or from tice? from on ses, aud by defining the | DATLY ;BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1394 Wednesday afterngon lo pray for rain, ana | again on Thursyny afterncon at 8 o'clock, | and rain et In at 6 o'clock | and continued wifit midnight. No elearer | statement of 1ogiyl cause and effect could | be destred. On the other hand, | we-read that the local base ball cranks have | been hoping that the dry weather might be | prolonged and ihgt the local ment has been - unnecessarily protra bocause of thel ufidesirable intcrference of | the wot weatldt, the coneluding sertes of | games being schiéduled subject to the con- | tingency of a_[favorable condition of the | grounds. The tennis flends. have been | wishing devoutly for dry weather even it they not far as to assemble in the Congregational church and offer up formal prayers r that how a leavy possibly tennls tourna- ted | have gone 80 purpoxe. 1f rain | has come upon them it must be as punish ment for their neglect to do this. An who eannot find a satisfactory ex¥planation of the recent ralns in these different accounts is at perfect liborty to frame one for himself. 1f it is not because of the rain bombardment of the heavens with explosives, nor of the good people’s bombardment of the leavens with nor of the neglect of the tennis players to pray for dry weather, nor of the rain dance of the Indians, it must be a freak of nature to be accepted with profuse thanks without inquiry into its source or investigation of its cause. CHA AUQUA IN THE WEST. Within a few wecks the season of summer Chautauqua assemblies will again be in full blast in both the east and the west. The western Chautaugua assembly, although taking its inspiration as well as its name from thie original institution in New York state, has nover up to this time consistently kept in view the objects for which that movement -was orgunized. While the origi- nal Chautauqua may in general have served them all as a model they have departed so far from its methods and system as to con- one makers’ prayers, stitute almost a new species. To its founders Chautauqua stands for popular education. Education is to be brought home to the peo- ple by a systematic course of reading and investigation under the guidance of compe- tent instructors who outline the work and verify or criticise the results. The summer assembly was commenced in order to supple- ment the home reading of those who are un- able to have the benefits of a Tollege course with a few weeks of popular lecture courses and class room exercises that would impart to them the groundwork of scientific methods in one or more branches, upon which they could themselves build further. The object of the assembly is then education. It is systematic education. Recreation and amusement is altegether incidental. The criticism directed against Chautauqua in the west has been and still is that it has made systematic &ducation incidental. There has been too much catering to schemes that are calculated to make the meeting a finan- clal success by attracting great crowds of people to the assembly grounds merely for the admission fee and without reference to thelr desire to Benbfit from the Chautauqua movement. So there have been everywhere a “G. A. R. day,” a “W. C. T. U. day,” a “Podunk day,” #nd this day ‘and that day, with programs that are expected to appeal to the members of some particular society or the residents~af some particular city. The real work of spreading popular education has, in many instances, been almost lost to view. As the natural consequence of this. the Chautauqua of the west has been prosti- tuted to political purposes on one side.and transformed into political rallies summonea to greet some prominent leader of one of the great political partics, and on the other it las been scized by city preachers as an opportunity for a cheap vacation, during which they may deliver disconnected, worn- out sermons, perhaps perfectly appropriate to their city churches, but without the slight- est bearing upon systematic education in any subject. These have been pointed out as the chief defects of the we:stern Chautauqua assemblies and they still exist to a limited extent. They have, moreover, done incalculable harm to the progress of the Chautauqua idea in the west. There Is, however, a marked improve- ment visible of late, the programs of a num- ber of assemblies showing less concession to crowd-drawing attractions and more in- Aucements for studen{s who want to work. It is not to be contended that Chautauqua should not offer sometning in the way of entertainment and amusement, but those features should appeal to people who will take advantage of the educational aspect of the movement. Progress is aiready being made in the direction of improvements and in a few years more bids fair to obliterate those parts of the program to which the most serious objections have been raised. A case of train selzure of the most atro- clous variety is reported from New Jersey in which the perpetrators have thus far es- caped without the punishment which their misdeeds merit. A Long Branch train crowdeds with passengers was intercepted by a swarm of seventeen-year locusts, which in- vaded the cars through the windows, fright- ening the occupants and driving many of them toward the doors. According to the pub- lished account women screamed and leaped wpon the seats as if the place had been overrun with mice. For several moments the locusts practically had possession of the train, and it was only by the aid of a favor- able wind that the trainmen were finally able to drive them out and regain control of the company’s property. Should such on- slaughts become frequent it is clear that serious measures will be necessary. Whether it 1s the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties to keep off the locusts or whether the courts should*he‘appealed to for an in- Junction restraining them from trespassing upon the company's property is a grave prob- lem that has mot yet been decided. ~ Un- fortunately the road In question is mot in the hands of receivers or else the federal courts might be diked to order the United States marshals to clte the intruders to ap- pear before them ("t contempt. The novel situation calls for nb¥el remedies, but it is a spocies of lawlessness that must be sup- (oressed at all hazards. =T The Springfeld Republican calls attention to the fact that' municipal bond issues marketed in the mopth of May amounted to $14,319,410—the largest amount reported in any month since the record of such issues has been kept. For May, 1893, the sales aggregated only about $4,000,000 and for May, 1892, §7,856,000. These facts are in- teresting and suggestive, but they do not in themselyes warrant the conclusion of the that cheap momey s the eftect . of stimulating work at the expense of the future tax lst. We ust first kuow the pur- poses for which these!bonds have been is. sued. It may be that a large part of them represent refunding bonds put out in order to call in other bouds that are drawing inter est at higher rates. In that case cheap money would be operating to reduce future Republican having munieipal ! tax lsta. 1t 1y quite probable that. both these factors are at work. is more with with con- The | world Rome law the than dermany her Leer quered it conquering effectually er loglons and York Tribune notes that according to report of ‘“an ftincrary aalt worm minfon of jolly old King Gambrinus,” who has just made a journey around the world to see how the beer trade is advancing, beer has penetrated almost everywhere except fnto interior India and China. German beer has invaded Parls and Is gradually getting the best of France in spite of her | resistance. Beer is at home In America, nd is manufactured fn Japan and Australia. Beer has become not only a mational bev- but an international beverage, f fast universal bever- th also becoming the erage, and is age. Senator Kyle right in stating that the populist senators did not hold the balance of power—at least in the vote on the wool schedule. The populist however, have been and will be needed to help tho democrats pass the bill. And when needed the prospects are that they will be at hand. t Debt. ournal votes, Collecting a Loulsville Courler- There scems no doubt that the $15,000,000 claimed are justly due to the government from the Stanford es Whether the government will get joney or not 1y another question, but certainly no effort should be spared’ to that Shadowing Barnum's Fame. Chicago Record. spectacle of Charles quetting with Bill Holman, lady of the congressiona hardly mare refreshing than of Dave Hill purring around old obelisk from Bloomington, enson. he A. Dana co- the bearded museum, |8 the spectacle that stately Adlai Stev- The Power of Arbitration. Cincinnati Enquirer. All hail the power of arbitration! miners' war, that for 8o many we kept the country excited, bids an end. Arbitration dfd it is this than killing, iltry. Peaee is ssing, and may she ever hover o heads in this goodly lan How maiming much and The Indian Problem. St. Paul Globe. The Indian problem presents innumera- Dle difficulties. If we sequester them upon reservations they retain all their old heathenish customs, If we permit them to mingle freely with the whites they be- come petty thieves and incorrigible vagn- bonds.” One condition seems to be as bad as the other. It will take a wise man to devise a plan by which their future may be improved, and when such a plan is dis- covered the ‘country will cheerfully canon- ize the inventor, = . Drift Against Prohibition. New York Evening Post. The platform adopted by the Kansas re- publican state convention last week shows the drift of the tide against prohibition. The prohibitory amendment to the consti- tution was adopted in 1530 by republicun Jotes, and the party has always hitherto endorsed the policy and demanded its en- forcement. There was the more reason for a positive dellverance this year, because there is a movement which scems to be gaining strength for a resubmission of the question to the voters, with the view of getting the amendment out of the con- stitution, The republicans were fmportuned to stand their ground, but the managers concluded that there were more votes to be gained by ignoring the subject, and for the” first time” a platform was ' ndopted which says not a word on the liquor ques- tion. Towa has virtually substituted a local option system_for the prohibitory law In that state, and it begins to look as though prohibition might be abolished In Kansas also — the only other state in the west where it has been adopted. —_— Lost Cause Nonsense. Loutsville Courier-Tournal. There is not a right enjoyed by Massachu- setts that is not enjoyed by Mississippi, There is not a star in the firmament of Aeaven which- does not shine equally upon Vermont and Texas; nor, for the matter of that, a star upon’ the flag of the union that does not do the same thing. What cause, therefore, has been lost that we ought to malintain and that time will re- store us? African slavery? Nonsense. No sane ‘man would recall it if he could. The right of secession? Let Colorado try it and see how quick the south will vote with the north men and money to whip her back. Surely, as individuals, we could not be better' off If the confederacy had succeeded, and there are those who think much worse, because the success of the confederacy meant the revival in America of all the problems which huns dreds of years of broil and battle have left unsettled in Europe, whilst the restoration of the union enables us to take up the old sweet tale of Iunker Hill and York town and pursue it under God's blessing to the end of time. ——— One on Bryan. Chicago Record. “I heard a good one on the brilliant Mr, Bryan of Nebraska this afternoon. An old warhorse who has led the democratic dra- goons In_every campalgn for forty years, and has always been admitted to the coun: cils of the sanhedrin of his party, was sit- ting in the gallery of the house of repre- sentatives listening to the debates, and a friend was pointing out to him the notable figures on the floor. *“There,” said he, ‘is Brvan of Nebraska. He has declined to accept a renomination, and is expecting to be the populist candi- date for the United States senate next winter." - I'm glad to see Bryan,' responded the veteran. ‘I have heard a good deal about him and have read several of his speeches.” “He's a bright fellow,’ sald the other, | people are willing to o ‘and very young: one of the youngest men in the house. He wasn't born when the war._broke out.” “Yes, he is young for a congressman,’ was thé reply, ‘and you can tell that by his speeches.i'have seen lots of such fei- lows; the younger they are the more they know. I have seen freshmen in college who knew more than all the members of the faculty combined. ——————— Unheeded Waraings, Chicago Record. Some time ago several physiclans of eminence were consulted on the subject and reported that kissing was a habit likely to spread microbes and impalr public health. Later & number of savants in- formed the world that money, whether silver, gold or paper, fairly swarmed with bacterla and was hardly fit to be handled with tongs. ~Now there comes a New York scientist who has been examining the transmitters of telephones and finds them covered with all sorts of disagreeable animalculae and other things, any one of which must be almost certain to doom a person who uses a transmitter to a com- plication of diseases, beginning with con- sumption and winding up with toothache. In fact, it would seem that the appurten- ances of modern civilization and the peo- ple thereof are besieged by unseen dan- gers. Taking into account all the liabllities of disasters which have been pointed out, it secems rather surprising that the people thus warned have not all died off. ~ They hang on somehow, however, and ‘the mi- crobe does not seem to worfy them. En- gaged couples retain the osculatory prac- tice as of yore, people accept money with- out visible reluctance, and people will probably continue to use telephones. No doubt they think that If all of life must be passed in observing and avolding the things that are bad for li lsn't worth while. ard o Butte Mine When Judge Scott of Omaha threw F itor Rosewater of The Bee into jail the Miner predicted that in the long run the judge would get the worst of it. We did believe that The Bee was weak to be suppressed or to re- from expressing its honest opin- 1 court by which tyrannical and wholly unwarranted conduct’ had invited the publication of such opinion. That we ere not mistaken is evidenced by the fol- )wing paragraph in a recent {ssue of The Bee: Scott he decision of Judge Scott on the anti- law only emphasizes the fact once that man with a pull can get off y easily in his court. In this Instance the man with the pull was the publisher of & newspaper, who has cringed the pregnant hinges of the k before the honorable judige that thrift may follow fawning.' That is pretty plain talk. What is Jud Scott going to do about it? Will he ‘a have the editor arrested for contempt? What has he gained thus far in a ws-catch-can with the press? Future ever will unswer and the answer will be inter- esting, not alone to the press of the coun- tr but to "the courts. Nothing would ba more satisfying than to know how far the courts can go in suppressing the honest truth about themselves, or how much of the truth must be suppressed in order that cditors may enjoy free air. It is to be hoped that the Omaha case will be fought to the bitter end on both sides, ge BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORY, 1t towbstonos were reliable the devil would soon be wearing mourning A man soon finds out how when a child begine to ask 1t you go to church the preacher the devil walk home with yon The only Tittle he knows him questions aying for very apt to withont witl be wilch wome K I8 that they may do it in the front window. Every preacher ought to r the only thing at can used square in the head {s truth. There I« the same relationsbip between faith and works that there Is between the fruit of a tree and its root ot Sl SECULARSHOTS AT TIE PULPIT. Journal: When David Swing of hicago revolted against orthodo: yoars | ago he found plenty of material for building @ church of his own. A similar refuge Prof. Smith and Dr. Briggs is now promised by the friends of those gentlemen. Thus does the lopping off of heresy provide room for more heretics. St. Paul Globe: One church, at least struck its proper gait, Grace church, New York, {9 now erecting a lot of buildings ad- Joining the church edifice which combine the features of homes for aged and infirm and training schools for the young, and cons templates a vigorons work along those line: This {s practical Christianity, and will b found to work more gond than tons of di dactical sermons. St. Paul Globe: A large number of the ('hi- | cago clergy, asked to give the reason wh people do not go to church, lay the bla ipon the Sunday newspapers, There {8 no doubt scme truth fn this contention. People prefer to be entertained rather than admon ished—to Do instructed rather than repri- | manded—and therefore they seek the un- tain of entertainment and instruction—the Sunduy newspaper. Springfield Republican: Two churches at Cleveland, 0., have split in two over the tem. perance question. From one of the Preshy. terian and one of the Methodist ch hes the prohibition party seceded. The Method- ist seceders have organized the “First Pro. hibition ehurch of Cleveland,” and the Pres byterians have made of themselves a Congre- gational church on. total abstinence and pro- hibition foundations. This is, we believe, the first movement of the kind precipitated by the rum question. Chicago Times: On the heels of the news of the adoption of individual communion cups by an ultra-fashionable Rochester church comes the announcement that an Alpena (S. D.) parson of the Presbyterian faith has invented a gelatin capsule, made in the form of a grape and containing a portion | of sacramentdl wine, which he proposes to use at the communion. Shades of Briggs and Preserved Smith, what a heresy is this! That inventive South Dakota preacher will surely be made the central figure of an auto de fo the like of which hasn't been scen since the reformation, unless the old-time virtue and spirit has utterly departed and gone out from Calvinism et POLITICAL POTPOURRI. Call: When Tom Cooke gets his oration committed to memory the political com- mencement season will be formally opened. Call: Many complimentary things are sald of Brad Slaughter these days, and he deserves them. If he would only wear a necktie—. Beatrice Express: The Lincoln Journal is- sued a picture of Governor Crcunse as a supplement yesterday. It is not known what the governor will do to get even. Beatrice Express: The republicans are greatly refreshed and enthused over the big meeting at Lincoln, but they should not forget the fact that it Is their duty this year to make the best possible nominations aud take no chances of winning with weak candi- dates. Nebraska Press: The honest, thinking voters hold the balance of power in Ne- braska, and they see plainly enough mow that their duty is to relegate to private life Bryan, Allen, McKeighan and Kem for their willingness to sacrifice a piomising young industry—that of sugar beet raising— to the demands of the egotistic souih. Kearney Journal: The race for the repub- lican congressional nomination in this dis- trict is becoming _interesting in the ex treme. Mallalieu, Daugherty and Kinkaid are all strong candidates, and peradventuro that a deadlock might result, Judge Wall of Loup City is very quietly keeping his weather eye on the situation. As a ‘‘dark horse” under such circumstances he is be- lieved to have racing powers excelled by none. Kearney Hub: The confession of Brother Edgar Howard of the Pappio Times that ho has been doped and surfeited with the Cleve- land brand of democracy is pathetic in the extreme, because Brother Howard has been as meek and humble and trusting a_follower of the poor old democracy as ever shed a tear for the memory of the democratic souls in paradise. But now he assumes the attl- tude of the worm too often trod upon, and it 1s plain to be seen that he is prepared for any act of bravery. He has not yet said that he Intends to cast his lot with the new brand of Bryanized democracy, bt indications point that way. —_———— Greatness Thrust Upon Him. Globe-Democrat, Tord Wolseley is now a field marshal, the sixty-seventh of the line, and as clever a courtier as ever let some other max set a squadron in the fleld. England 15 in great luck to have had no serious war dur- ing the last twenty years. condition that sin | omber w hit Courler | lessons in plety o | Croker. PROPLE AND THINGS, on Into the making of bogua tons (0 blow holes in the nogie, The Investign armor plates thre tone of Ca Mr. Lowell was perspiring roast wi rare as a day in The magazine poet who spoaks of “the amber flooded wost,” evidently mistook Mil- wankee for the Missouri It is now possible for an Inoffensive paet to live in Colorado after apostrophiaing “the den glow of tho west."” Mr. Croker is an ardent homeoputhie principle the mud baths at Lives of great Jerseymen remind us that we can lessen the cares of life by leaving bes hind a telegram and a judiclous valet, Ex-Speaker Grow, the oldest member of the house of representatives, I8 as frisky as a western member on a wedding tour, A son of Hon. Bill Springer, recently ors dained for the ministry, is taking preliminary clerk of a committee of evid n he wrote, June?” Iy provoked by a hat Is so believer in the He proposes sampling Carlsbad, the house The Lexow investigators lost a_ great op- tunity in failing to pursue Uncle Dick The ocean voyage is an invalus abie aid in drawing him out Allowing only thirty chews ten hours a day, & Kentucky statisticlan caloulates that (he ave gum chowos moves his or her Jaw 103 miles a year Tn view of the fact that the insidious elees tric power will paralyzo a castiron pipe, it I8 not surprising to municipal blowholes fuse in response to the insinuating current, Mr. Cleveland Js urged to tako a short outing as a for summer complaint, As the time will ho oceupled in fishing, it 1y e per minute, | expected the disease will yield to the spirit of the Dixon county, Nebraska, tenarian in the person of Emerson township. She was land in 1789, and remembers times of the rebellion of In former years the locust wings presaged war. Similar signs appear now, but they have lost thelr tor- rors. A liberal interpretation of their means ing is furninshed by the tariff debate. - LLVE FOR LONG SER. Galveston News A dead 1 never taiks until it scttles down on a fine bonnet, Yale Record: Tirst—There ix one sign that should be placed on every latter bex in the city, Second—What Is that? First—Post no bills becasion boasts of a_cens Mrs. O'Neill ot born in Ires the exciting ominous "W on ONS. Texas Siftings: So many people Imag- ine they have done their duty by their friends In trouble by promising to help them when they et rich. Yonkers Statesman: Croker briny dee Doesn't this look he were about to give up? Plain Dealer: When the judge spoke in broken sentences of course the culprit res garded it as the crack of doom. Buffalo Courier: “BIiffkins seems Jughly imbued with party spirit to- is on the as though “Humph! Don't see why he shouldn’t. I introduced him to five different candi- dates and every one of 'em bought the Lover, singing (?) les dre-a-m-ing, ete. Old Man—If you're addressing my darter Hannah you'll find her dreamin’ down to the dance with Si Perkins, Come round ’bout half-past 1. She and Si ought to get back about that Washington Star: a lively discussion mild-mannered man. ord “You don’t say s Yes. | She acknowledged it herself this morning. “How did_you manage it “Talked in my sleep.” Chicago Tribune: Banks—Rivers, would you mind giving me one of your cigars? Rivers—I shall be delighted, old fellow. h o request, coming from a man as fastidious as you are, 1s'a compliment. Banks—One “will do. Thanks. I want to smoke it when the assessor calls om me. ‘'ome where My wife and 1 had last “night,” said the “But T got the last KNEW THE OLD MAN. New York Journal. “Oh, here's a_check from father, seet" Ixultantly exclaimed the bride The bridegroom seized it eagerly “It has a string o It,” he sighed. “Why, pet, what do ydu mean,"” Y ean,” he moaned, “tain't e GOOD NIGHT. Martha McC. Willlams in Godey's, Palo in the amber-flooded west, A horned moon dips low; And soft through silver silences The rose winds faintly blow. Yet still the horned moon shall lend A lance of lingering light, To cross the wind, to cross the dusk, And give my love good night. The long lake, rippling through its ree Hath lilfes all ablow; bl At fall of dew each sleepy flower Folds up her leaves of snow. Yet one fair lily bud shall wake, To smile all virgin white, Across the dark, across the dew, And give my love good night. The light may fall, the llly fade, The lightning's lurid glow Flame in the sky, the rose winds rise To storms that' rudely blow. Yet constant still, as rose to June, This heart shall take delight, Across the dark, across the world', To glve my love good night. P ¥ of a kind, sometimes mo 04 Sults, been solling at 812.50, now 6 Sults, been selling at §18.50, now 79 Suits, beon solling at $15.00, now 84 Suits, been selling at 818,00, now 28 Sults, boen solling at $20.00, now 8 Sults, been selling at $22.50, now 11 Suits, been selling at §26.00, now 4 Sults, been selling at $25.00, now W. Corner 15th t hem before inventory—take your size at half price. 42 Sults, been selling at $10.00, now s 5.00 6.25 6.75 7.50 9.00 10.00 11.25 12.50 14.00 346 Suits at exactly half price co?fin[ed Monday- and Tuesday on account of the rain. the window and on front tables in the store. Browning, King & Co., Broken Sizes at Hall PriCe —esa Men'’s Suits, in size 33 to 44--sometimes one siz® re. We must get rid of 51 Boys' 2 Plece Suits $1.00 (6 to 14 yoars) Light colored. worth 83.00, Who ever hoard of B, K. & Co, ng boys' Bulla for $1 before? 4 See them in h and Douglas.