Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1895, Page 4

TERMS OF SUD! Dally Bes (Without Sunday), One Year Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year tx Months hree Month junday Toe, aturdny Tew, One Year Weekly Ties, One Year oF Omaa, The Tes Building. Eouth Omana, Binger Bik., Cornor N and 21th Sta. Counoll Hluita, 1§ Pearl Bire | Chamber 13, 14 and 1 W07 F Street, CORRESPONDENC All commanications relating to forlal matter should be addressed SINESS LITTERS. Al business letters and femiitances should be adiressed o, The Dea Publisiing Company, 6 Baude_paviiin 10 e compnny. e Do ails 10 the ardcr of (ha compnny. AHE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY. Washington, wa And el 2 the Editor. ULATIO f The Boe Pub Y Jmplete coples of forning, ind Sunday Boe Ing the month of August, 1565, Was as cin the the Daily rinted A follows 19,12 1 19,083 AT 19,071 © 10,086 1 19,109 180 19,052 Total Losn deduct coples ot males . ally aver Sworn o before presence this al.) THE THE DEE RECEPTION ROOM. For the accommodation of out-of- town patrons of The Dee 4 nd particu- larly newspaper men and women who | will be in attendance upon the state . fair in Omaha, The Bec has established { & reception room and writing room, of which all are invited to availl them- v The room 18 on the ground floor Bee build is reached am siree writin The other conveniences. in which A visitors' register guests will be expected to inscribe their names. All newspaper people, their friends and patrons of The Dee > come to the state fair will be cordially welcome and will be expected to drop in as often and as long as they find it convenient, without waiting for a more formal Invitation. SPECIAL VISITORS' HOURS. Visitors to the falr will also be glven an_opportunity to Inspect the unex- celled newspaper facilitios of The Bee. In order, however, that there may be no confusion, they will be asked to ac- i .commodate themselves to the following hours: The press room on the ground floor of The Bee building and opening upon the west side of the court will bo open to the public between the hours ob B30 and each afternoon. The composing room, on the sixth floor, entered through room 600, will be open to the public each afternoon from 4:00 to 5. No one who visits the state fair should go away without secing the finest newspaper plant In the country. , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TO STAT! FAIR VISITORS. Now for four days more weather as good as this! The Nebraska rmer prefers to gather his corn crop on the hoof. Chauncey Depew and his arrived simultaneously from interview Europe. Now let us be content without more international sporting contests for a Nttle while. There is still plenty of time for the hatehing of several broods of presi- dential booms. No one who mes to Omaha to visit the fair and take in the fair week festivities will go home disappointed. Do not miss the art exhibit at the state fair. It will prove one of the chief attractions of the biggest show Nebraska ever put upon the boards. If Cuba supported 100,000 indus- trious workingmen instead of 100,000 soldiers it would get along the road to prosperity much Dbetter than it does now. A Cleveland Bieycle club has made an assignment for the benefit of its ‘ereditors. Apparently it will not be long before we see a receivership on Wwheels. Now if Secretary Morton will only sece that his weather bureau does the right thing by Omaba and Nebraska during the present week all will be forgiven if not forgotten. . Senator Peffer's repudiation plan fails to meet the approval which the sena- tor expected for it. Repudiation is no $eager popular even in those states whose history Is stained by disowned debts. The American minister to the Swiss Republic has resigned his $5,000 posi- tlon. This will give President Cleve- land another fat office for distribution. We are sure there are some noisy free silver democrats who already wish they dldn't. The National Guard encampment at ‘Hastings cost the taxpayers over $5 less than the National Guard encamp- ment at Lincoln the preceding year. If the next encampment is located in a still smaller town, centrally situated, the state may be a still greater gainer. Senator Mills had declared loudly for sound mone The Texas senator is now in a position to his requests for presidential patronage with a sub- stantial showing, and his chances of getting what he wants in the way of appointments are materially improved. When the new boundary commission finishes its work of adjusting the boundary between Nebraska and South Dakota its services ought to be called In to determine the boundaries be- tween the office of governor and those of attorney general and comumissioner of public lands. The Goddess of Justice on the eourt house dowme is receiving a diadem of rare electric jewels. She will look down upon the noble Kuights of Ak- Sar-Ben with the smiling approval which she has been compelled to with- hold from the eriminal division of the district court for wany woons. that | RUSSELL'S LATEST JOB. Land Commissioner Russell, as chalr- man of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings, s publishing an advertise- ment over his name calling for pro- posals for the installation of a complete incandescent and arc electric lighting | plant at the Grand Island Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, The advertisement specifies a few of the materlals and machinery. The bidders are told that all material must be first class and all work done in a good workman-like manner, No extras will be allowed and the contractor will be expected to furnish without extra cha “any- thing found necessary to finish the work complete up to the standard of today not mentioned In the bid.” But ench bidder is to furnish his own plans on the condition only that they provide for 250 1G-candle power incandescent lamps and two outside arc lamps of nominal 2,000-candle power. When eh contractor makes his proposal upon his own plans and bids for dif- ent things it will be very easy for Russell and hi; ng to give the work to the favorite who stands in with them. There is absolutely no chance for competition. But that is not all. Neither Com- | missioner Rtussell nor the Board of Public Lands and Buildings has any legal authority to let any contract for the installation of an electric lighting plant at the Grand Island Soldier: and Sailors’ Home. There was only ona appropriation made by the last legis- lature for the current expenses of this institution. The item reads “For elec- trie light connection and the expense of maintaining the same, 't hundred dollar The intention legislature and what the leg did do was to provide the money necessary to connect the Institution with an already isting electrie light- ing plant and payment for the lights furnished by it. That appropriation can by no manner or means be con- strued to authorize the Board of Publie Lands and Buildings to invest $3,500 or any part of it in dynamos and founda- tions. Russell and his gang evidently think they see a chance for a job and they do not intend to let it go by un- heeded. AN ALLIANCE, NOT A UNION. A federal union between the states of Central America is still a question of the future, and whether the difficulties in the way of sach a consummation can be overcome remains a matter of doubt. An agreement between Hondura ragua and Salvador has been effected, but it is simply of the nature of an alli- ance intended for mutual protection against a foreign enemy. Guatemala and Costa Rica have not accepted the agreement and it is by no means as- sured that they will, although the ad- vices indicate that they may do so. The ambition of Barrios, the president of Guatemala, is one of the most serious obstacles in the way of union. He is not opposed to union, but he wants Gua- temala to dominate it, and this the peo- ple of the other states, with the possi- Dble exception of Costa Rica, are not pre- pared to concede. But for the attitude of Barrios, which is probably prompted more by self-intergst that by patriotism, it is likely the proposed union would now be an established fact, and there is reason to apprehend. that if he persists in his position the movement for a fed- eral unfon will fail. It is possible that Mexican influence has something to do with the attitude of Harrios, and if so nothing but failure Is to be expected, because that influence can doubtless keep him in power. The three states which have entered into an alliance are electin egates to the congress which the compact between them provides for. This body will be composed of one representative from the legislature of each state and one mem- ber-at-large from each. It will hold an- nual sessions, meeting In each of the capitals successively. The congress will have nothing to do with the internal af- fairs of the states, as to which each will remain entirely independent. Its powers are confined to the direction of foreign affairs, the appointment of ministers and consuls, the negotiation of freaties, and the consideration of all questions as to the relations of the allied states to for- elgn powers. This shows the real char- acter of the alliance. There seems to be no doubt that popu- lar sentiment in the Central American states is largely in favor of a union modeled after that of the United States, but popular sentiment there does not count for much if it is not in accord with the ambitions of the leaders, who are constantly intriguing for their per- sonal aggrandizement and whose policy it is to foster jealousy between the sev- eral republics. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. An attempt seems to be making In certain quarters to cripple the Omaha I"ublie libeary and to fmpair the useful- ness of that valuable institution by ¢ir culating stories to the effect that the books drawn out of it for home reading subject the borrowers to unnecessary risk of infection of contaglous discase. The occasion for this rumor is the much regretted death of the late librarian from consumption, and the idea sought to be impressed upon the public is that T disease was contracted directly from contact with germ-carrying books. perts are unanimous in asserting there is no basis whatever for 1 apprehension of contagion from the circulation of public library books. The orvigin of the particular case of conswmption referred to could be ex- plained in a dozen different wa The theory of contracting the disease from the books is a theory onmly. It Is pure guesswork, and neither in the Omaha Publie library nor in any other library have there been any unwmistakable and authentic instances that support it. So fmprobable is the theory that the best authorities say it Is next to an impos- sibitity. As a matter of fact there Is no more danger of a library spreading disease through a community than there is in any other public place in which people congregate, Physicians are divided on the question of the distribution of dis- ease-breeding bacilll, one set seeing wmenacing ~germs always and every- where, the other lnsisting that they are THE OMAHA DAILY Lig: TU propagated only under unusual condi- tions. But be that as it may it is in- disputable that there is no more danger from this source in taking books from a publie library than in taking a ride in a dtreet car or a meal in a public restaurant. If there is any danger at all it is far greater in receiving letters transmitted through the postoffice or accepting money that has been in gen- eral circulation than in patronizing a publie library. WAYS AND MEANS COMMITT] The most important committee of the house of representatives is that of ways and means, but its importance will be somewhat diminished in the Fifty- fourth congress by reason of the fact that nothing it may do will be likely to become law. None the less the honor of Dbeing chhirman of the ways and means committee, which carries with it the leadership of the majority in the house, will be eagerly sought, and there appears to be a probability that the matter of designating the chairman of this committee may cause Mr. Reed— whose election to the speakership is, of course, a foregone conclus ofne per- plexity. The ranking republican mem- ber of the committee in the last con- gress was Representative Payne of New York, and according to the usual, though not the uniform, practice this gives him priority of claim to the chair- manship in a republican house. But there is a demand that Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who stands second on the repubican list, be placed at the head of the committee, it being urged in his behalf that he is thoroughly familiar with the details of the tariff and is an able speaker and parliamentarian. The friends of Dalzell, however, have, it appears, encountered an, obstacle. It is said that Senator Quay is opposed to him and may endeavor to influence Mr. Reed against appointing him to the ways and means chairmanship. How far Mr. Reed will be disposed to con- sider the wishes of anybody in this mat- ter no one ean assume to say. It is to be presumed that in making up the house committees, and especially in des- ignating the chairmen, he will do what he thinks best in the interest of legisla- tion, while at the samg time aiming to satisfy all republicans, as far as possible. It would seem to be per- fectly safe to say that neither Mr. Quay nor anybody else will be able to influence Mr. Reed to the extent of inducing him to turn down any man who has a good claim to consideration. Thomas B. Reed cannot be used to inflict punishment for somebody else's grievance. A HUMILIATING SITUATION. Whatever may be said of the value of the service which the bond syndicate has rendered In protecting the treasury gold reserve, and it is not to be doubted that but for this protection amnother issue of bonds would have been neces- sary & month or two ago, the fact that this great government is compelled to depend upon a combination of bankers to maintain its credit is a most humili- ating situation. Whenever there is a large demand upon the treasury for gold, as was the case last week, the country is told that there is no anxiety on the part of treasury officials be- cause they are confident that the syndi- cate will make good any loss of gold the treasury may suffer, It Is an un- precedented experience for the finan- cial department of this government to be thus placed absolutely at the merey of a few powerful banking establish- ments. dven during the civil war the government was not forced into any such dependent and humiliating posi- tion as this, for while it did in that period of terrible stress require the sup- port and assistance of the baunking in- terests of the country, at no time was the national treas: virtually in the control of half a dozen banking firms, as is now the case, and some of these foreign firms, Grant that the syndicate has thus far justified the confidence of the treasury officials, the fact that it may withdraw its protection at any time, either volun- tarily or because compelled by circum- stances to do so, leaving the treasury helpless to meet a raid upon its gold, keeps ive a feeling of uncertainty not only inimical to the credit of the government, but also to the business of the country. It has been generally understood that there was an agreement on the part of the syndicate to protect the gold reserve until October 1, but it now appears from the statement of members of the syndicate that there was nothing of the kind. Its obliga- tions to the government were fulfilled in June last and it has not since been bound in any way to the treasury. Al the syndicate has done since last June in providing the treasury with gold has been voluntarily done, and while it promises to contine to deposit gold “if existing conditions make it feasible to do so,” there is no obligation to in- terfere with its abandoning this course at any moment. Thus the obvious fact is that the only thing which prevents the government from being forced to negotiate another loan at a high rate of interest is the voluntary action of a few bankers, who, it is unnecessary to say, will not continue it an hour beyond the time when they find their interests are being unfaverably affected by it. Upon what an uncertain basis the credit of the government thus rests. What a position for the richest nation of the earth to be in. The solvency of the treasury and the safety of the cur- rency of 70,000,000 of people dependent upon the action of a syndicate of half a dozen banking establishments, which may be dissolved at an hour's notice. It is a perilous as well as a humilia- ting situation. It cannot be necessary to point out the responsibility for this state of affairs. It is explained by the simple state- ment that the revenues of the gove ment are not equal to its expenditures and that the country i every day In- creasing its indebtedness to Kurope. We are importing millions under the operation of the democratic tariff, and exporting only thousands. American securities are coming home faster than they are going abroad. The balance of trade against us Is steadily grow- ing. We are realizing the logical and Inevitablo cffedfs of the economle poliey of the democratic party. Rev. Frank (frane wants a dally go- liglous newspajier established in every community which will discuss men and measurby’ from a truly Christian standpoint, gofidemn (what s wrong and cnmmvff what is right. We can not speak for other communities, but in Omaha there can be no call for the establishment of such a dally news- paper so long as The Bee Is published with its unexcelled and unbiased pres- entation of all the news and with the high standard of public morals by which it fearlessly judges public men. Why invest a huge amount of capital in a field already fully covered? What need of another Christian newspaper when The Bee freely, without favor and without.price, opens its columns to Mr. Crane's weekly pulpit editorials? The Bee fiulfills all the conditions of Mr. Crane's ideal newspaper. Let everyone who believes with Mr. Crane in the improvement of public morals by the co-operation of pulpit and press accord us his hearty support. For fifteen years the Central Pacific railroad has hampered the Union Pa- dific in handling through Dusiness at Ogden and has diverted business from the old line to its southern line to the east. The construction of the Oregon Short Line was designed to checkmate the Central Pacific and for a number of years served its purpose well. Un- able to compete by fair means the Cen- tral Pacific now proposes to abandon its principal trains connecting with the Union Pacific at Ogden. Against such high-handed business Senator Thurston will have an opportunity to protest in the hall of congress, which, as Govern- ment Director Coombs recently said, originally subsidized the Pacific roads on condition that a continuous line be operated from Omaha to the Pacific coast, The Bee has had numerous Inquiries as to the correctness of this item, which appeared In the Chicago Inter Ocean August 23: J. Sterling Morton has recently been prominently named as the democratic can. didate for president in 1896. It was just nineteen years ago that he was a candidate on the greenback ticket. He was then 44 years old and in his prime. He is now fluent in denouncing the men who first hon- ored him as “cranks and ignoramuses.” His name, “Sterling,” will please the English, you know. The statement of the Inter Ocean is incorrect in its leading feature, namely, that Secretary Morton once ran for office as’ the nominee of the greenback party. Mr. Morton was never the can- didate of the greenbackers during his residence in Nebraska. The Business Men's League of St. Louis s boasting of having been in- strumental in recently securing the es- tablishment of three new factories in its city. That is all very well. But our Commercial ¢lub secured the re- location of the gtate fair at Omabha and its membersgincorporated into a state fair as: n"‘l?;hm have Drought about the completion of the finest state fair grounds and buildings in the United States. If any boasting is to be done Omaha is entitled to a share. Houscholders are warned to provide against burglars in the early evening during the festival parades. If houses are left without guards all valuables should be put in the safe. A little preeaution will save citizens and police much trouble. The Moral of It. Chicago Record. Senator Thurston of Nebraska took a bath, ate green corn and watermelon and nearly died of cholera morbus day before yesterday. The moral of all this teaches that Nebraska statesmen should be exceedingly cautious about taking baths. —— Restrictions on Registration. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The South Carolina election cases are to 0 to th supreme court of the United States for final decision. Theso are the cases in which Judge Goft decided that the election and registration laws of that state are unconsti- tutional, and granted an injunction forbidding any further registrations under them. Judge Goft was overruled by the court of appeals, and from this last decision an appeal has been granted to the supreme court. It is to be hoped that the court will take occasion to indicate plainly what restrictions on the ex- ercise of the right of suffrage the constitu- tion permits. Tarning Pipes Into Skimmers. Philadelphia Record. The bondholders of the Omaha Water com- pany have filed a damage suit in the United States district court against the Omaha Street Railway company for injurles to the water mains arising from the escape of elec- tricity from the motor wires used for the propulsion of the electric cars. Suit is brought for $250,000. Some of the water mains have been £0 injured by electric action as to require replacement. This is a phase of the introduction and extended use of un- derground electric appliances that will soon force itself ugon consideration. There Is great danger both to gas and water mains from electrolization. —e A Veritable Hummer, Cleveland World. The Omaha Bee is, well entitled to its name, for, though' it may not ‘‘Improve each shining hour,” Tt makes a marked im- provement from year to year and has a goo: hot sting for those awho attack it. It Is published in what hsed to be the jump- ing-off place of western immigration. It is now in the center 'of“a rich and prosperous community. Its editor, Mr. Rosewater, has great faith in the future of his environment and not long sincei delivered an_ elaborate, eloquent and _forcible address before the Young Men's Christian assoclation, in which he set forth inisplendid style the latent capacities and Tesources of the tran: mississippi _country.® «(Under the protective sugar tarlff, Nebraska has already estab- lished a beet sugar industry of national im- portance. Naturaljy the farmers of Ne- braska, who have' {dffied their attention to this product are’in favor of making the tarift an issue, it Which they will have the ardent support of, [he Bee, which is a “hummer" in every respect. ———— Working Up an Indiam War Sea ‘Washington Star, Somebody out in the vicinity of the more or less thriving settlement of Valentine, Neb. must have a lot of forage to sell. There hi been no direct advertisement of such a condi- tion, but the alleged information which h it that the Indians at Rosebud agency preparing to go on the warpath would be con- clusive evidence to these who know the mod- ern frontiersman that there is a possibility of a special effort to bring about the pres- ence of a large force of United States troops in that region. Most of the far western com- munities would be fairly well satisfied it they had a garrison as near them as Fort Nicbrara is near Valentine, but Valenti is ambitious and would be exceedingly pro perous If such a thing were possible. There- fore seven companies of infantry and an oc- caslonal troop of cavalry are not sufficient for the purpose of those Who find in warfare ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, Indlans muoh more of financial advantage than can possibly be secured in times of absolute peace; they desire the incom- ing of 1,000 or more additional soldlers, called into the field for the apparent purpose of oxterminating the nolsy Brules who are fol- lowing the leadership of that groatest of In- dlan populists, Hollow Horn Bear, but who are really in the fleld for no other purpose than to provide employment for teamsters who just now are out of a job, and to bring about the speedy consumption of vast quanti- ties of horsefeed. This may seem very rl- diculous to those eastern people who are without Intimate knowledge of the western way, but it is nevertheless true that these forage wars are quite common fn that great region beyond the Missourl. There was one In the Jackson Hole country a little while ago, and there have been others preceding it, and so far back that the memory of man run- neth not tg the contrary. And there will come others. —_——— Privon Contract a Private Snap. 8t. Paul Phonograph. The state penitentiary muddle has assumed a new phase. After the state has donated Bill Dorgan $35,000 for the privilege of get- ting back a worthless contract and half a dozeén rotten boilers the republican major- ity of the Board of Public Lands and Build- ings re-let the prison contract to another private individual, Mr. Beemer, the ex- warden. And this in the face of the fact that such a contract will cost the state $1,000 per month more than the state’s adminisiras tion of the prison has cost during the past few months while it has been trying the experiment. Under advice of Governor Hol- mb Warden Leldigh has refused to turn over the pen to Contractor Beemer. In his denunciation of Governor Holcomb Commis- sioner Russell shows an unbecoming degree of partisan prejudice. It is a lamentable fact that politics should be mixed with the vital interests of the tax payers. There is no good reason to advance why the state should donate $12,000 per annum to a private beneficlary. i Inflating a Defunct Ditch. New York Tribune. From Colon, Colombla, it is reported that 500 laborers have been engaged in Jamaica for the Panama canal and that the work is going on under old auspices, Senor Vantard, the hopeful and optimistic director, superin- tending the burial of new capital in that hopeless, engulfing trench which has already swallowed up so much. But another report comes from New Brunswick, N. J., to the effect that a syndicate has beeh formed in that state with a capital of $100,000,000 to take over the work and prosecute it to com- pletion. The old grants and privileges of the Panama ccmpany expire in about eighteen months and the syndicate surmises that hav- ing made some satisfactory arrangements for their extension it will then have plain sailing. The old chimerica) project of De Lesseps and Wyse Bonaparte dies rather hard with enor- mous ante-mortem expenditure, but it will perish all the same under any treatment that may be applied to it. The Nicaragua route is the one marked out by nature and destiny, and that will go through. The other is good for nothing except a breeding place for the isthmian alligator, till it fills up and is again overspread with jungle, when it may perform a like service for the isthmian monkey and anaconda, as of old. —_—————— A Country of Homes. Globe-Democrat. “The greatest thing for a country,” ex- claims Colonel Ingersoll, ““is for all of its citizens to have a home;” and in this re- spect our own country is to be regarded as the greatest in the world. Our people have what may be called the fireside in- stinct in a larger degree than those of any other nation. They are pre-eminently home- makers, and the proportion of those who own homes is in excess of that known else- where. The history of the country from the first is the story of a constant struggle for the ownership of land and the multiplica- tion of family hearthstones. This pui- pose has been the controlling one In the work of subduing the wilderness and ex- tending the sway of ctvilization between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The log cabins of the earliest settlers represented the inspira- tion which was to insure the development of our unprecedcnted resources and the winning of a surpassing order of prosperity. Wherever American courage, industry and fortitude have been manifested, there have homes been established and the domestic virtues nourished and encouraged. It |is true, as Colonel Ingersoll says, that pa- triotism of the best sort Is always found where such conditions exist. Those who are part proprietors of a country are sure to love it and to hasten to its defense in a time of perl, as has been so grandly il- lustrated in our own case. THE PAS G SHow., It is to be hoped the America’s cup will not degenerate Into a growler. New York's educational scheme has been reduced to two R's—Roosevelt and Reform. 1t St. Paul has tho wisdom of its years it will defer that census recount until the Grand Army encampment moets next year. For a country that pretended to have no Interest whatever In the outcome of the yacht race, the British press is absurdly voluble and Indignant. Mr. Antonfo Mora, for whom the govern- ment collected a snug sum from Spaln, has been permitted to take $700,000 of the total by the lawyers. The assertion of the National Burial Casket company that an advance in the price of wooden overcoats 1s a sign of prosperity Is open to grave suspiclon, Mr. Jim Corbett boldly declares that Dun. raven is not a thoroughbred sport. True for you, Jeems. The earl refuses to talk for pub- iication or tile purposes. It the Chlcago Chronicle hung democratic speech with every Richard Socrates Bibb at Lincoln will fill the bill completely. Another large batch of troops are on the way to Cuba. These troops are not expectel to take a hand in the fight, because the tele graph Is ruthlessly uprooting the insurrection on all sides. So say Havanua reporis. It Is presumed the last expedition is one in search of recreation, Strange things are happening nowadays. The new city hall of Jersey City, which has cost the taxpayers $1,000,000, gives evidence of bad workmanship, poor material and cheap construction, and yet the city author- ities hesitate about accepting the building. When Jersey City harbors symptoms of an aroused consclence the country is safe. From official statistics collected In Balti- more it appears that only one perzon in every ten who die leaves property, and that two- thirds of the property ownirs hold oniy 6 per cent of the property. In the same con nection the Boston Herald notes the fact that in Massachusetts savings banks four-fitths of the depositors have on'y a quarter of the de- posits. Mrs. Frances B. Benedict of Philadelphia, who has Just died at the age of 60, was for years ‘a well known newspaper writer. She was one of the first to make a business of writing advertisements for the big dry good houses. ~ She was a member of the famous '76 club of Philadelphia, and gave valuable assistance to the directors of the Centennial exposition. It takes a lawyer to make Ingenious pleas —that they are always ineffective is of small moment. One of the most curious of this class of pleas was one made in New York on_ Wednesday in_ behalf of a client who had been convicted of assault. The lawyer claimed that his client could not help his act; that his case was similar to that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; that he had periodical ‘“‘sprees,” so to speak, of flendishness. John Sherman, an admirer notes, came near going to the front in the winter of '61- While senator from Ohlo he becime impatient | at the seeming s'own:ss with whizh the troops were being raised and resolved to go into the fleld himself. According’y, he recruited a brigade, but before it went Into act've service he was persuaded by President Lin- coln and others to serve his couniry by slay- ing in the senate —— NEDRASKA, MY NEBRASKA. Written for The Bee, The land of the golden, glorious corn Nebraska, my Nebraska As smiling and fair as a summer morn, Nebraska, my Nebraska. Thy plains are clothed with corn and grain, Nebraska, my Nebraska; Thy fields are flooded with silver rain, Nebraska, my Nebraska, Thy prairies gleam with golden-rod, Nebraska, my Nebraska; It gilds with gold thy emerald sod, Nebraska, my Nebraska. The king of plenty reigns o'er all, Nebraska, my Nebraski; From the low sod house to the palace wiil, Nebraska, my Nebraska. There's a song of joy In every mouth, Nebraska, ‘my Nebraska; A song of triumph over drouth, Nebraska, my Nebraska. Hall! thou land of the glorious corn Nebraska, my Nebraska; As smiling and fair as & summer morn, Nebraska, my Nebraska. —WILLIAM REED DUNROY. for a | syllable a key- | note and_every sentence a slogan, that of | | THE DUNRAVEN FIASCO, Chorus of Fxchanges: Quoth Dunravent N me Chicago Record: John Bull can take his revenge by scooping up some large dippers fuls of the American gold reserve. Globe-Democrat: — Vale, Valkyrie! The great roligious daily will'waste no more of its Cleeronian Latin on you. You are n, g Minneapoll Jour Maybe Dunraven has’ weakened on that promise to pension his crew if thev won the race. tut he seems to have been perfectly fe. Washington Star: Lord Dunraven should red that the loss of the race s bad enough without a loss of temper along with it Detroit Free Press: an in Come to think of it snglish cup seeker has never t American waters, 8 to mak t his yacht d 50 the great contest fot America’'s cup in 189 goes into hise Philadelph 2 Ledg ple would athor The Amerlcan peo- the America’s cup through a gallant struggle to hold it than stain it as the result of technicalities. There fs no sport or glory in the latter, New York Sun: Meanwhile it 1s some tisfaction to have had the demonstration already afforded of Defender's incons fe superiority, o far as tested: and, add, to Nave had an exhibition of il which the American owners agers of Defender h met fous questions raised by aceldents h they, certainly, were not respon- the vex for whic ble. Philadelph can be found to sance, or the a Record: Unless some method obate the steamboat nui- locus of future contests can be laid at wnt from n larg clty, it is very m foared that last 'of the challenge or the America’s cup has been trophy will be- come a negle pl which no- body will tf For, wnd thus s chief value incentive to international sport will o forever Chicago Record sin ©0, Misther Pathrick Quinn, ¥ ways wilcome whin Yo care to try ver hoats upon our wathersy Wid ony kind av yacht kin kape the name or not wilcome, but plaze fetch along yer aughther Misther Quinn, re ye ought'er win, lways game an ye' think ye've got A betther build av yacht, We ce it ye'll bring daughthers!’ —_————— SNAPPY SNORTS, ready for close along yer “I surely do ned the leg of mutton. ted, and, as If that were row they will cut me feel adelphia Record: Youngster. remember losing y e in ba eteran—Only once, my son, and that was when a bullet knocked an aching tooth out of my jaw Do you Washington Star: “Decorations well in dah way,” sald Uncle ain’ allus de ma ishes inter 'is handwrite det does ness when he signs er check.” Life: The Bitter One—I tell you, a man changes his mind about his friends and ene- mies. “How so, old man?' “His enemies stop hitting him when he's down, but it's then that his friends begin.” Indianapolis Journal: *I have been almost a_hermit,” sighed the s “Now that my fortune is made, avi a little time of my own, I find it almost impossible to get in touch with the world.” “You ought to get a bicycle,” suggested his friend. Washington Star: *“What's become of the platfarm?” asked the voter. “Of the what?"" inquired the candidate. “Of the platform. You adopted a plat- form at the convention, didn't you?" “Yes—oh, yes. We adopted one. But we've disinherited it.” Detroit Free Press: “Binx and his wife are a very loving couple. “You can't always judge by appearances.’ *“I don't."” How do_you know, then?" “They always eat onions on the same day.” TWO KINDS OF L Chicago Record, Jones lost a dollar and he felt so bad That at once he began to pinch, and whow He'd quite recovered, he found he had In that time saved a crisp new ten. Brown wasn't 80 lucky—he fourd the bill That Jones had lost in the rush and rou And when he was done with drinking his fil He found he was just five dollars out. K. Your Money's Worth or Get It Back. 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