Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1894, Page 4

i i b e e e gy T OwamA_ DAy Bee ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISI ——— - TERMS OF SUNSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (witho nday), One Yent Daily Tee and One Year £ix Monih o "Three Months. Hunday Dee, One Baturday T, On Weekly Hee, One D EVERY MORNING. ANl commun ing to news torlal matter should be addrcased: To t 88 LETTRRS, nd remittances should be lishiinie ANl business lotiers addressed (o The fta, checks nand r of the ¢ THE BRE LISHING ¢ STATEM George . Trv Yishing company the actual numb il and compl of The Dally Morning, Fvening and Su printed during the month of August ay follows CIRCUL tary of Th belng duly ~sworn, f o 3, 1 . Totai Less_deductions for unsild and returned Total wold 67,801 Daily .average net elreutat D267 * Sunday. GEORGE R Sworn 10 before me and b Presence this ith day of Septe: (Heal.) X When I am elected I propose to dis- charge my duty to the best of my ability. ¥ will do everything that can be ne to bring about n safe, economieal and conserva- tive administration of affairs of our state government and see to It that the faith and credit of the state are malntained Judge Holcomb at Exposition hall, September 11. One Boss Croker scems to be lying very fow and keeping rather quiet just at present, but he will be heard from again befors the New York campalign atlains its heignt. No one needs to walt for Senator Jones' formal reply to the request of the Nevada republicans for his resignation of his seat in the senate t) know what his answer will be. Think of rejecting an applicant for the position of registrar because his handwriting 15 fllegible! As if a l:gible handwriting were any part of the qualifications for public office. Look out for the political gre:n goods man ‘who Is trying to play a confidence game on you by talking calamity while he is setting up the pins for Tom Majors and the railroad contingent. Keep your eye on the democratic pie-biters for the next forty-cight hours. They are dolng some very cute work to capture the democratic primaries. They are all for Bryan of course, but— It must nevertheless be & cause of melan- choly reflection that nearly one-half of the democratic voters ¢f the Ashland district cast their ballots to keep the unsavory Breck- dnridge in congress. Those Louistana sugar planters cught to . have known what to expect of a democratic administration before the last presidential election. They know n-w, however, and they do not_propose to have their fingers singed twice. Tobe Castor brought a satchelful of blank B. & M. passes and blank commissions for anything: you want from postal clerk to deputy United States marshal. All you have . 1o do is to vote the pie-biters' ticket at the democratic primaries Thursday. What possible excuse can a policeman give for asking permission to have pockets in his " overcoat? Outside pockets always present great temptations to the light-fingered gentry. The police ought mot to encourage pickpockets in the slightest degree. - Chauncey Depew knew what he was doing when he deciined to become a candidate for the republican gubernatorial nomination in New York. Chauncey has a wonderful fac- ulty of scenting the direction cf the wind from afar and of spreading his salls In time to cateh it. Judge Holcomb promptly and emphatically _ denles the story that he ever has been an attorney for the B, & M. rall- road. If Czar Holdrege was confident that he could use him as a Burlington retainer he would not be making such frantic efforts 1o prevent his election. 3 The’ order of Mayor Johuston of South Omaha revoking all the permits #o carry concealed weapons during the recent strike . leaves the people of that city with only the \ ordiary defenses against strikers. As politi- cal strikers are now the only kind in the " fleld, a further resort to weapons would searcely be necessary. Senator Hill made a remark in one of his speeches the other day calculated to convey the Impression that he was confirmed In his bachelor ways. We suppose this will be brought up against Mr. Hill the next time he aspires to another office. How fortunate for him that w man suffrage did not carry in the New York const utional convention! If all the democrats who have been prom- " ised postal clerkships and postal carrier . places for helping Tobe Castor and the rafl- " road administration democratic combine were ~ to meet in Exposition hall i be & seat vacant. But the dupes are not all ~ dead yet, and a few more places on the fed- © eral payroll will always be held open for any {: gry democrat who is green enough to swallow the bait. It will be a matter of gratification to the ople of the United States to know that the nment is at last making preparations to fil its promises made as inducements to e certailn of the most valuable exhibits were sent from Europe to the World's The Columbus relics sent to this coun- “try by the Spanish court and by the pope at jome were sent with the distinet understand- L Ing that our government would be respousi- & blo for their koeping and that they would b L returned promptly by means of an American & man-of-war. The administration, under the v that mo war vessel was free for this B duty, bas neglected now for nearly a yar to o what was expected of it. Its tnaction has - s A us to considerable adverse critl- . It is 1o be hoped that mo further uu- » delay will be permitted. B there would not | AN AMERICAN MONETARY UNION. President Diaz, In his message to the Mexican congress, just assembled, refers to the proposed monetary conference of Ameri- L countries with a view to effecting & unfon among them in the Interest of llver The Mexican president states that “‘in order to diminish the eftects of the Auctuation of silver the government at the beginning of the year o invitation to a mon- conference of the American and prin- cipal Asiatic nations, The realization of this idea has been postponed on account of the war between the two nations whose par- tictpation is considered most necessary.’’ The Mexican government has shown itself to be heartily In favor of such a conference, and likely the other silver countries are equally so, though they have not manifested the same interest in the marter. There s etrong probability that at some time in the fu ture the proposed conference will be held. There is a considerable number of people in the United States who believe that a union of American countries to promote the cause of silver would have good results, and peclally (hat it would exert a decided in- fluence in inducing Buropean countries to give more triendly consideration to the white metal. It is reasoned that such an arrange- with the United States as a party to it, would particularly profitable this country in bringingl to it a great part of the aggregate which the silver countries of hemisphere Burope, and would be magnificent alliance between these countries of the greatest mu- tual benefit, the United States being, of course, the largest sharer in the advantage It is urged that with such a union this country could be indifferent European trade, since the American markets acqubred would afford an ample outlet for our sur- plus production. It is not very difficult to give a plausible aspect to this plan, and when it is remem- bered that more than ordinarily intelligent men have seriously urged a poliey of tarift discrimination as a ot compelling other countries to adopt a more liberal policy regarding there need be no surpris that -intelligent men should readily fall in with the idea that there are great pos: bilities in a monetary union of American countries. But what of the practicability of the scheme? It is to be considered that every one of these countries is a debtor to Europe. Their government securities are held there, as well the stocks of their railroads and other corporations. These are payable, principal and interest, in gold. Would it be a part of the plan to pay these gold obligations in silve It not, of value be the to these tries very long ago there was talk in one or of the countries of paying the interest their securities held in Europe with silver. but they thought better of the proposition and settled with gold. They did this to save their credit and avoid national bankruptey, and the same reason would con- tinue to prevail with them. They must pay what they owe to Europe in gold, and in order to get gold they must sell their pro- duets to countries that pay gold for what they buy. As to the United States, it is manifestly absurd to talk about its severing commerclal relations with Burope. There is our great market for the surplus products of agriculture, and we must continue to look to it until we have & population large enough to consume what we produce, if that time shall ever come. Our manufacturing indus- tries must continue to depend largely upon the home market, though a gradual increase in our exports of manufactured products to the countries south of us is to be sought and expected. This would not necessarily be promoted, however, by such a union as Is proposed, for European manufacturers would not thereby be deprived of the advantage they now have in cheaper production, more favorable facilities of transportation and the ability to give long credits. A union of American countries with the object of raising the value of sliver and of enlarging its use in the world’s currency is not practicable. So far as the United States is concerned the scheme ought not to re- ceive the slightest consideration, and it is safe to say it will never receive a very ex- tensive or influential popular approval cepted an etary very es- ment be to trade this that commercial enormous standard now with created do there to means siiver as what would scheme Not two coun- on REDISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY It was freely predicted in certain quarters at the time the federal trocps were called out to suppress rioting during the Chicago strike and to prevent the threatened inter- ruption of interstate commerce that it would not be long before a redistribution of the army would be made, with a special vew to future service of this character. There was at that time a loud call cn the part of the railroad managers and those in sympathy with them *for the permanent location of soldiers at the juncticn points of the great railroads, where they could be most useful in the event of further {rouble with the employes. The latest orders given, under direction cf the secretary of war, for the concentration of the army so fir as possible in or near the larger clties of the country are apparently a verification of these predicticzs. But it is apparent only. It Is difficult to believe that the secretary of war would grcund his policy upon a theory which would so tend to subvert government by clvil authority. Such a purpose would be consistent only with the theory that the civil authorities are notori- ously unable to perform the duties rcasonably to be expected of them, and that they antici- pate calling upon the military for at frequent and regular intervals, The theory would, moreover, indicate that the government proposes to enact no legislation to prevent the recurrence of labor troubles similar to those of this summer, that the only remedy promised is the strong arm of the soldier. Covgress and the administration cannot well entirely overlook the recent great strike and refuse to devise messures that will Temove the roct of the evil Nor is it necessary to explain the new movement of the (rcops solely on this ground. There has been constant com- plaint on the part of the people of the south and cast that the massing of the army on the western frontier left them with too little pratection ag:inst the emergencies of domes- tlc viclence and forelgn Invasion. The economic advantage, too, which goes with the location of the troops in the way of supplies consumed by them and their individual ex- penditures in var'ous directions has been regarded as sccruing unequally to different secticns of the country and has been the cause cf no little dissatisfection, Above all the eficlency of the army itself is weakened by the necessity of scattering it in small detachments In so many different garrisons and the expense of maintalning the troops greatly increased. These were doubtless the peineipal points considered by the department in arriving at its conclusion to the forthe:ming changes. There are still good reisons why the bulk of the army should remain at western posts. Tha danger from future Indian outbreaks i by no means entirely past. Again the on ssistance make open land boundaties of (he United States are those between this country and Mexico and between this country and British Cclum- bla. The eastern and scuthern states have need rather of the navy and of harbor forti- flcatlons than ot crtillery, cavalry and in- fantry. With railroads extending into every part of the country will be neither AiMeuity nor delay In getting troops (o any city that may require their services. Such the situation there is no Immediate necessity for still further material iltera- tions in the distribution of the army ere being no THE 1IN FLATE INDUSTRY. Tt was apprehended that the reduction of duty on tin plate by the new tarift law would result In destroying the tin plate industry in this country, the, developmént of which under the MeKinley law had been very rapid, but the promise is that this fear will not be realized. The report is that there is a re- vival of activity in the industry, that plants which have heen closed are resuming opera- tions, and that others are to be constructed. A leading trade journal says that the increase in the pnsumption of block plates for tin- ning has latterly been much greater than the increase in the domestic supply, and that there is evidently room for a great ex- pansion in the block plate trade, since it is certaln that the American tin plate industry will not alone hold its own, but that it is bound to expand so long as it enjoys the advantage of starting with cheap steel. New plants at Chicago, Chattanooga and other points are projected and there is noted considerable eagerness to in- vest money in this direction A leading British trade journal recently warned the Welch tin plate manufacturers that if they were still under the impression that the change in the American tarift would glve them back their old market in this coun- try it was time for them to give up that flattering delusion. It said the American manufacturers had gone into the business on & basis which will cause the loss at no distant date of the American market to the manufacturers of tin plate in South Wales. Noting the fact of improvements in chinery and processes in this ccuntry, giving the American manufacturer an advantage over his Welch competitor, who adheres to old-fashioned methods, the British journal sald that under these circumstances it would be worse than foolish to flatter the tin plate makers with idea that they can hope to retain their former hold on the American market. In this there is of the republican very s0 Pittsburg, s ma- the most complete vindication claim, pirsistently denfed by the opponents of protection, that the McKinley law the tin industry had made rapid progress in the United States, and that a continuance of that policy would ¢nable us in time to produce sufficlent tin plate to meet the demand for home consumption. It Is now conceded abroad that a great deal of the tin plate made here is fully equal to the Weleh product and “the British journal al- ready quoted remarks that this is only an- other line of the iron trade in which American industry at some day in the near future bids fair to become a keen competitor in the mar- kets of the world. “We should be much better pleased,” says that journal, “it we could honestly entertain the impression that we ean still keep our hold in the United States, but facts will not admit of that con- clusion.” The new tariff still ‘allows some protection to this industry, but the chief reli- ance for its further development must be on our improved and superior methods of manufacture, under THE UNION DEPOT ORDINANCE. The pressure brought upon the council to pass the union depot ordinance, by which it is proposed to release the Union Pacific raflroad company from compliance with the conditions under which the depot grounds were originally donated to that corporation, comes from parties who are willing to sacri- fice the Interests of the city for temporary advantage, The prime mover in this scheme is the contractor, whose sole obfect is to complete the structure which even President Clark of the Union Pacific has pronounced an abortion from the practical rallroad stan point. The contractor, of course, would make a handsome profit out of the shrinkage in the cost of labor and material which has taken place Within the last three years since he began the work. Then there is Ernest Stuht and & few property owners in the im- mediate neighborhood who imagine that their property will be enhanced in value enor- mously by having the depot building com- pleted. These people are willing to sacrifice the material interests of Omaha and cripple her for all time to come. They don't appear to realize that all the property owners of Omaha were taxed heavily and are now being taxed for the $200,000 of bonds lssued in 1872 to pay for the depot grounds and the $250,000 in county bonds voted at the same time as a subsidy to secure a perpetual transfer of passengers and freight on the grounds do- nated by the city. The $150,000, with Inter- est pald thereon since 1872, is equal to $1,600,000 by this time Arte we now to cancel the most vital por- tion of the contract in order to get a station built that would neither accommodate the public nor tho railroads that center in Omaha? The terminal facilities of the Union Pacific in Omaha were appraised by their own officers in the United States circuit court at its session last spring at $15,000,000. Suppose their actual value is only $5,000,000, would it be advisable for the citizens of Omaha to give that company a quit claim for $5,000,000 worth of property for no other advantage than the construction of a depot by an inside corporation that proposes to bulld a union depot as a speculation? It Is sald by a local paper that the Union Pacific, Burlington, Milwaukee and Rock Island rail- roads already have contracts to occupy the { Tenth street union depot. If that was true why did President Cable of the Rock Island and President Miller of the Milwaukee file a protest with the mayor and council against the proposed union depot ordinance? In that protest they called attention to the vital de- fect of the odinance, which makes no pro- vision for guaranteeing to the roads that want to use the depot and terminal facilities reasonable rates under arbitration in which the clty and the companies interested should have representation. On the other hand, if it is not the design of the Union Depol company o put an ex- travagant valuation upon the terminal facili- tles, why does It want the city of Omaha to vote & release from all restrictions imposed by the contract with the Union Pacific? Why don’t the company go ahead and finish the depot? There Is nothing to hinder the com- pletion of the building if the company were s0 disposed. There certainly will be no valid exeuse for the council to submit any proposition o the voters of Omaha that does not embody a guaranty that all roads that shall desire to avail themselves of the terminal facllities of the depot and depot grounds shall enjoy equal rights at reasonable rates, and, furthermore, that (n case of disagreement the rates shall be fixed by wrhitration, fa which the ity and the respective eomds must have a volce. The manifgsp of Mr. which he virtsally Breckinridge, in gives up the contest, would be m#fe creditible to him if he had trankly acknowledzed defeat (nstead of claiming that it was brought about by fraud. Whatever ptur#fity his _competitor, Mr. Owens, shall fillly be found to the fact is that Breekinridge was beaten by over 3,000 votes, for the third man In the A Settle, cannot properly eliminated WHEN the expression of the sen- timent of the” dfstrict is considered. Tt is safe to say that if Settle had not candidate nearly il of the votes he received would have been given to Owens, so that it is falr to estimate that in a straight contest between Owens and Breckinridge the latter would have been beaten by fully 3,000, That is by no means what the verdict ought to have been, but, none the less, it is a val- uable vietory for public morality. There ought to be no doubt regarding the decision of the district committee, which it seems has the power to declare who s the nominee. A majority of its members were favorable to Breokinridge, but it is to be hoped that none of them will defy public opinion by any further efforts in his behalf. have, fueihe votes cast be been a now An individual who is forced to reduce the his household usually cuts off the last extravagance that was added. The same principle might hold good with regard to public bodies. The last innovation of the Board of Education was the institution of the Kkindergarten system. The kindergarten may have many thirgs to commend it, but our schools managed to get along nicely without it for many years. Now, when the school finances demand the most rigid retrench- ment, the kindergarten Is not only con- tinued, but enlarged. The result is an un- expected crowding of children in the graded classes, an increase in the number of paid fustructors, the creation of a new office of supervisor of the kindergarten, If the board will but canvass its financial outlook we be- lieve it will be forced to question seriously the advisability of extending the school sys- tem field expenses of into new at the present time., In a before the Sixth ward club Tom Majors declared with his usual brazen effrontery: “My fellow citizens, it was the pleasure of my fellow republicans of this state to place me in nomiuation for the high office of governor.” As a matter of fact It was not the pleasure of the republican party, but the pleasure of the raijroaders, who want a tool in the governor's office, the impeached officials who hankered after another vindi- cation, and the boodlemen from all parts of the state, who expegt to do a profitable busi- ness at the state house by the aid of their old comrade and associate. speech The South Omaha division of the American Federation of Labor has added its denuncia- tion of Majors as a candidate for governor and characterizes him as “‘a tool of corpor- ate power and ‘the ¢nemy of labor and the laboring people.” It is a diicult thing to attempt to pose as a laborer's friend while constantly playing fnto the hands of the raiiroads. Abler and more skillful men than Majors have tried 4o do this, and without exception have failed, Analyziug. the Maioe Verdict. New York Sun. Clevelandism, “legislative fraud, political and hambug were'bbaten, but not ol Tho 1'ace of the Age. Paul Ploneer Press. The race track is certainly holding its own as a demonstrator of the progressive- ness of the age we live I, - — Avolding the Ris Globe-Democr It will be observed that the men who had most to do with (he framing of the “perfily and_ dishonor tariff law are having least to do with the task of defending it before the people, =L taagEu Boomiug General McCook. Denver News. The friends of General McCook in many parts of the country are urging his ap- pointment to the vacant major generalship which will be caused by the retirement of Major General Howard in November. In this effort all the people of Denver join, whether they are personally acquainted with General McCook or not.” They would regret to lose him from Denver, but they appreciate that his appointment would be a just end fitting recognition of his long service in the army. Politics und the lown Stato Falr. ux City Tribune. For several years the lowa State Agricul- tural soclety has had a good deal of politics in its management, and its officers gnd di- rectors have in many cases striven harder to promote their political prospects than to advance the interests of the fair. Its di- rectory has been a favorite training ground for aspirants for state office. Directors, anxious to get friends in all parts of thé state, the distribution of pusses has been one of the favorite methods adopted. The state fair will hardly be a success until this sort of thing A A Contitutional Keform, An_excellent and practical reform is pro- posed by the adoption of the amendment by the constitutional convention striking out the limitation of $5,000 as the maximum amount to be recovered in cases of acci- dent. The overwhelming vote by which this amendment was carried is a complete refu- tation of the charge that the convention is controlled by corporations. For obyious reasons railroads and corporations employ- ing large forces of workmen have been op- posed to the removal of the statutory lim- itation, but the convention has respouded to the public demand, expressed by jouruals of all parties, for the exercise of jury dis- cretion without restraint in cases of acei- dental death. The present statutory lim- itation has been generally condemned as too low. Its removal will increase the re- sponsibility of railroads, corporations, con- tractors and employers, and will be o safe- guard for the protection of human life. The Path to New York Sufi, The development “of the paper during the:lasyi fifty years more e peclally has done ymoye for public enlight- enment generally than any other means of diffusing knowledje, Jt has occurred sim- ultancously with 'th¢!'spread of education *to which it owes /Its fmpulse. The readers of newspapers HOW. comprise practically the whole population, for illiteracy, propor- tionately tritling In_ fthis country, is fast passing away togethér. Henc tunity for advertisiig busin by a great v spaper is one valuable features «0f our advanced ization. It enables the trader to mak name and his wares familiar to the who public far and near, As a Onsequencs ¢ mercantile houfes In New York di tinguished for their ge and persistent advertising in such Neéwspapers are as well known to people i#f all¥parts of the union the most conspicuous of the public build- ings of the town.(They have made their | names famous by thygt means, and have | won_for themselyes a distinction as wide as that of men the Most prominent in pub- lic life. They are yésognized everywhere as leaders in their tradi That Is a great opportunity, and it is be- fore_every enterprising dealer. Because of it many houses whose name were un- known a few years ago outside of a small circle of customers who sought their little $hops, are now trade, celebrated throughout-the union, modern news- Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, 8. Gov't Report oYal VEZTHS POLITICAL POTPOURRL The democracy of Douglas county seems to be decidedly unanimous on being divided. The campaign is stiil wide open in Fre- mont, and from the appearance of the papers it will not close until long after the ides of November, The outcome of the box car meeting be- tween Majors and Castor a few days ago Is a new secret political order. The badge 1s a coupling pin. Church Howe's barn burned, and so he was not on hand to help Judge Strode open his campatgn the First district Business before politics”™ is Mr. Howe's motto. Frank Reed, editor of the Shelton Clipper, is a republican candidate for the legislature from Buffalo county. He expects to secure the votes of all his delinquent subscribers, and that will be enough to give him a hand some plurality The rush of demceratic patriots for legis- lative nominations in Douglas county will begin just as soon as the county delegate convention dec'des which way the sforesaid candidates should jump. In_the meantime it 1s a still hunt, with the Willow Springs still the favorite. The opposition to Meiklejohn in the Third district is trying to persuade Devine and Thomas to withdraw, so that John Thom- sen of Fremont can make race #s a free silver democrat, with decided populistic ten- dencies. At latest accounts Devine had nct shown symptoms of being that kind of a patriot Matt Daugherty reached Omaha yesterday, after having visited seven of the counties of his district. There are only thirty-three more for him to make, and he says he will do them all before the night of the bth of November. It takes a hustler to get over 45,000 miles of territory, but that's the kind of a man Matt is. Crete Democrat: It Is understood that now generally Secretary Morton is setting up the pins for another effort to win the senatorial prize next winter. We sheuld think,” after being taken for a sucker and caught ¢n a pin hook two years ago by the republican anglers, that he would lose confi- denca in republicsn promises. The straight democrats will probably con- trol the Sixth district congressional conven- tion which meets at Broken Bow next Mon- day, and a candidate will be put in the field against Daugherty and Kem. Four of the faithful of the district are hustling for the empty honor—Oldham of Kearney, Dickson of Broken Bow, Crites of Chadron and Mc- Intosh of Sidney. Tlere was a hurried consultation of the faitbful at Fremont Sunday morning, and it was decided that a few Elkhorn passes would have to be offered to several parties who had suddenly grown frigid towasds the tattooed talkmaker. General Thayer was called in to look over the fleld, and he decided that the proper thing would be to distribute a few more circular copies of his interview in the Chicago Tribune. Wade Hampton of South Carolina has a relative running for the Nebraska legisla- ture on the populist ticket in the person of W. §. Hampton of Grant. Mr. Hampton, when not engaged in politics, preaches the gospel on Congregational lines to the people of Grant, Ogalalla and a few other suburban resorts. If he sometimes forgets and mixes his religion with politics the populists of his congregation do not complain. Bennett News: Whenever a_man before the people who is completely under the control of corporation influence—wh barters away his vote agsinst the best in- terests of the people, who makes merchan- dise of his ballot, and whose opinion on every question is nieasured by the amount cf money he receives for his vote—no amount of endorsement can make him & republican and no man can be accused of unfaithfulness to his party who refuses to support such a man, Silver Creek Times: We observe that the Fremont Tribune and some other papers of the railroad brigade are writing some very interesting obituary nctices of Edward Rose- water. These will make valuable additions to Mr. Resewater’s scrap book. For dur- ing his somewhat stormy career he must have a voluminous collection of that sort of literature. But for all that Rosewater with all his faults lives and grows, and The Beo will live to publish genuine obituary notices of all of Resewater's traducers, Fremont Herald: Speaking of calamity howlers, just listen to the disciples of the “Tattoced Man” when they proclaim the slanderous doctrine that the election of Holcomb will ruin the credit of the state. The little atter of “‘sneaking” §$236,000 from the taxpsyers of the commonwealth d:es not seem to bother these political hypocrites, since the same was lcst while in the custody of one of the republicans who tremble for our credit among the shylocks of the east who loan our people their cwn money after extracting it by a mikd process of robbel with the assistance of the unimerican leg lation that takes the ‘cash from the millions for the exclusive benefit of the dozens. Several years ago Webb Eaton and “Col- onel” Russell went to Chadron on business Russell sat in the hotel office after supper, while Eaton went up the street. A cowboy became involved in a political discussion with Eaton, and a row seemed imminent ‘The cowboy left, with the remark that he was golng after some of his friends, and that they would come and make the tender- foot dance. Eaton rushed to the hotel and going up to Russell exclaimed: ‘Russell, loan me your hat for a few minutes, “What do you want with my hat?’ asked the doughty ‘“colonel.” “Well, there are two or three cowboys coming down here to have some fun with me, and I want to look as much like a — —— —— — — —— as pos- sible.”” comes ——— MIRTH ON THE HALF Fliegende Blaetter: Lieutenant (admiring his image in the mirror)—And yet they call women the fair sex. SHRLL, Philadelphia Tim While 4 man may smile and smile and be a villain, woman may do it merely because she has new teeth. Boston Transcript: A shoe stoye ought to be a_delightful place to work in. There's so much going on there all the time, you know. Philadelphia Record: The better times are starting a boom in weddings. Evidently the tallors’ strike has not prevented the young men from pressing their suits “There Is one good Indianapolis Journal: He s thing to be said about Tompkins. ectly truthful.” ) course he is. He is too stingy to make an extravagant statement.” Cincinnati Tribune: “Ah,” said the casual caller, seeing the poet at work In the ad Joining room, “the fire of genius is burnin anTL Y "'sald the poet's practical wifs “I guess It is his cigarette that smells so Town Topies: Miss Vanderwhack—Do you tike the mountains? De Bwaggerly—Very much stand so high, you know, and e n crest, soclally. They h one has New York P interest In the d ; she is 80 much taken up with t his of woman that she forgets men have “Your wife takes s eat woman question." ‘She Chicago Tribune: Ow I chal- lenge that man's vot Breckinridge Heeler—Hold on, boys! Put up your guns nsured his life for $10 000 yesterday, and he ain’t wuth it. Washington Star: Miss Wheeler—Lend you a quarter? Why, certainly. Pan de Bicycle—Thanks, awfully. It was dreadfully stupid of me, but I came away this morning and left ail my small change in my other bloomers, THE SE Kansas City Journal “Why that worried, troubled face, ctty maid, may' I Inquire Has affiiction left 'its trace— Some sad news by mall or wir ¥ shook the golden head; *tearfully she sald— red my pneumatic tire.” :ns Heeler- Baking owder ABSOLUTELY PURE TAK PASSING OF RRECKINRIDGE. Kansas City Star: mony with everywhere. Chicago Record: Such another dose of nauseating politics (his country has never had plumped under its ncstrils Denver Republican: The world does move A Jittle, and the time is fast approaching when n5 man will dare to seek politeal pre- ferment unless his political record will bear the keenest scrutiny Chicago nineteen The verdiet is In har- wholesome public sentiment Journal: Twelve out of every demccratic voters have repudiated Breckinridge and his erime of lust and hy- pocrisy. Let him be dropped into the obliv- fon that has too long yawned for him Chicago Pcst To the women of the Sev- enth Kentucky district we make our lowest bow. We assure them of our most distin guished consideration. They have wrought patiently and well. They may be content Minneapolls Tribune: Had Breckinridge represented any Minnesota district there would mever f:r one moment have besn any question of the result. He would have been overwhelmingly and ignominiously beaten from the start Minneapolis Times: The won tucky have accomplished a nobl work in the assistance they have rendered in this campalgn for sccial purity and the condemna- tion of the vile doctrine proclaimed by Breck- inridge with such brutal frankness. Detroit Free Press The selection of the young and able William C. Owens over the older and abler, but morally diseredited, W C. P. Breckinridge, is a triumph for the better element of the people of the district, and will be heartily applauded throughout the nation. St. Paul Ploneer Press: His enforeed re- tirement from public life is the merited po- litical penalty of his offenses, and he will have leisure, in the seclusion of the private life to which he has been sentenced, to cul- tivate a more adequate comprehension of their nature and extent. hicago Tribune: There can be but one feeling among all decent people, and that will be one of disgust that such a campaign could have been made in the United States. The records of politics (n any civilized coun- try will be searched in vain for a parallel case. Never before has a candidate unblush- ingly asked for the votes of his c:nstituents upon an lssue of gross and flagrant immor- ality. That he should have reczived so many votes 1s simply astonishing. - NEBRASKA AND of Ken- EBRASKANS. There are 1,270 children schocls of Kearney The democratic county central committee of Boone county has endorsed F. M. Stew- art for pcstmaster at Cedar Rapid John Bradford has branched out again as the editor of the Virginia Times, a n2w pub- leaticn, in a lively little Gage county town Rev. C. M. McCurdy, pastor of the Chris- tion church at Hebron, has resigned, and Rev, W. T. Hacker has been called to suc ceed him. A cat with two pe and three eyes Fairbury, but it and when the was dead. An appeal for help has been issued by some of the residents of Custer county in the neighborhcod of Merna, as they say they cannot_pull through the winter without aid from the outside. The eldest daughter of C. Van Buskirk of Hazard, while suffering from mental aberra- tion, disappeared from home without having on shoes or stockings, ‘and it is feared that she has drowned herself, as no trace of her can be discovered. Fairbury Is becoming quite The other morning an found on the steps of the residence of a well known man, and the next afterncon a young woman administered a thrashing to a young man who bad insulted her. Willlam Wiygent, a Valley county farmer, has fed a good deal of wheat to his horses and hogs, at one time and another, and has learned that it should be fed sparingly. It fs a strong feed, and if given to the stock in genercus quantities they will not chew it properly, and loss of grain and injury to the stock are the consequences. Back in Mich- igan he had learned that hogs turned on to wheat stubble did well, and when he came to Nebraska and found corn high priced and wheat plenteous he went to feeding it, and shoveled the grain out b-untifully, just as he would corn. But his hogs did not do well. By and by the supply of wheat got low and he began to be more sparing, and his hogs picked up amazingly. So now when he foeds wheat to hogs he sows it around so they raust work for it. Sometimes he makes them, hunt for it among cld stalks and litter in the yards. By getting only a little at a time they chew it well and the best of re- sults follow. A little wheat goes a long way in feeding, says Mr. Wiygent. g Where 15 the Fool Killer ? Washington Post One of the few foolhardy men for a time at least, has completed a e from New York to England in a small boat, which no one, save its builde and proprietor, supposed’ could be vigated across the fc. The voy arkable affair the daring man—who hail W Milwaukee > vovage really cc vill _doubtless be and may make out of venture by exhibiting himself and his little craft. But the voyage proved nothing, ~discovered nothing, = established no principle, uncovered no mystery. It wi mere foolishness in every = respect, un- worthy of encouragement. attending the fect mouths, two noses was born the other day at failed to have nine lives, curiosity was discovered it metropolitan. unknown baby was who suc- and that PROPLE AND THINGS, Returns from Kentucky show that the Blue Grass eaters are loug on bluster and short on blood. It Is 16 to 1 the Nebraska white wings will be divested of their feathers in the coming tussle. As soon as the army reach a tion of th for, It the pace, Li well s feathers A Tennessee paper has nailed this flag te the masthead: “For President—Adlal B Stevenson of [llinois. For Vice President— Willlam €. Whitney of New York." Urban A. Woodbury, governor-elect of Ver- mont, and Z. M. Mansur, lieutenant-governor clect of the same state, are both war veter- ans, and cach lost o right arm in the serve fce. To B remnants of the Chinesa haven of safety a contradics Japanese victory may be looked Japs keep up the present leking Hung Chang will lose his hide as his yellow jacket and peacock & M., or not Tobe%s That's the qQuestion. Whetlier “tis nobler to breast the shafts of envy, or, ignoring them, dispenss the pie so that majorities will do the bidding. AR, there's the rul Pittsburg and Allegheny Cf selves provd in putting their houses in or- der for the veterans of the Grand Army. Two hundred and thirty thousand dollars were spent in decorstions alene, . Erastus Wiman, since he gave bail and o out of the Tombs, has been kept busy attending to his many enterprises. He is Just as active and energetic as formerly, and his friends say that he will yet work out of all financial trouble Ex-Commodore Gerry's efforts to establish a press censorship at Newport pan out poorly. It fs the opinion of the Newport press that it he wants to put a stop to the printing of scandalous stories he should form a sociely for the prevention of scandalous actions. A small colired boy attended school for the first time the other day in Des Mvines. When the teacher asked him to stand up and glve his name he did so. With a proud ringd in his voice he said his neme was Harry Arthur Lewelling Benjamin Franklin Harri- son Bachman. History s nowadays. 1t Sherman, Sheridan did them- receiving some any hard knocks one believes that Grant, Meade, Hancock, Thomas, Garfleld, and other immortals had a hand in_preserving the union, let him haste to a rally and hear the vallant Majors tell ““How I Put Down the Rebeliion James Campbell of Pittsburg leads the opposition to Mr. Sovereign for the position of general master workman of the Knights of Labor. Campbell is said to be one of the brainiest men in the organization. The general asscmbly, which meets in New Orleans next November, will determine the question. Senator Warren’s Wyoming ranch - is 100 miles and is stocked with 2,000 15,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. The are divided into bunches of 8,000 to and driven from place to place, or her herded for a short time in one piece, the herders living in movable hcuses bullt on wagoms When beycles were something of a novelty the Sultan of Moroceo used them as a meam of punishing his wives. A number of the whe:ls were presented 1o him by a French officor. The offending wemen of the harem were placed upen the machines and bidden 10 ride around a tr:ck in the palace grounds. They fcll tedly, a proceeding which greatly amused the sultan The recent celebration of the establishment f Fort McHenry as a military post has aroused a general senti- ment in favor of the erection in Baltimore of a monument (o the author of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The city whose defense was the Inspiration of the famous anthem has been heedless of the memory ¢f Francls Scott Key, and left to a Californian the patriotic duty of first honoring him with a monument in San Francisco. The promoters of the monument in Baltimore propose to erect a tall shaft in Patterson park. It will overlook the Pat:psco and Fort Mc- Henry, the scene of the stirring events of the month of September, 1814, as well as the battlefield of Patapses’ Neck, which has, somewhat strangely, gene into history as the battle of Nort Point, and would stand upon the very ground where the defenders of the city threw up bresstworks on what was then known as Loudenslager's Hill to repel the invaders. of the centennial THE RETURNS SROM MAINE. New York Sun. Come they now from far Aroostook, Where the tiver Wool-as-took rolls Wool as took no duty on it, Northward to the lake Cheaplawgani Southward come th Penobscot, To Mattawamks st from N Westward through by Andri All along the shore, indent By a thousand b and inlets, Come they; com G. 0. Pt With retu ce gum chew of comfort Comes to Cleveland or to Wilson; Not a saw log rolls in glory Of the tariff they have fur Us to scoop the voters in with. Gods and little fishes help us If this Maine boom once gets startea, If the people get the notion at our doing is dishonor, And perfidious Is our action, By the spruce gum oozing slowly, By the saw logs in the riv By the g undoing of us last time, 1 the thing should prove contaglons, will be our final atness? YOUR MONE look at it. WHAT FASHION A streak of hard luck is often the best thing that can happen to a person or a people. greatest teacher, and many a man has learned to save a neat little sum because he had to economize. wiio used to think that $35 to $50 was proper caper for a business suit. get a smashing good suit at the factory [that's us] and for $20 or $25 a real fine suit can be had of the makers [that's us again] worth $40 to $50. Prosperity comes from saving money. Did you see the corn at our corner? Take FANCIIS WE FURNISHY Browning, King & Co., RKcliable Clothiers, S. W, Cor, 15th and Douglas. S WORTH OR YOUR MO Experience is the There are people about the Now $15 will