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Notnry Public.
IN tlio language of the street , Andor-
Bon "wasn't in It. "
UviJASV lies the head tluit lias a na
tional census to account , for.
No\V lot the lopubllcans prepare to'
profit bj the ( jluilng- blunders of their
Tin : Snndnj novvspaiwr is the ) ) eo ] > lo's
linolc and the { jieatcst of popu
lar
Tins democratic "whit is It" gives the
republicans the oppoitunity of u lifo
tiino to sweep the county.
Gtrinii ) by ordinary intelligence the
republican convention will achieve faue-
cusslf the right men rvro nominated.
IN substituting regular snlailcs for
foes Fremont sots nn example which may
lo followed -with pioflt by every town In
the state. "
EAUUIOS died too soon for the neaco
nnd prosperity of Guatemala. H.arilhis
lacks oven tlio genius to stay whipped.
His specialty lies in provoking wars
which lie cannot win.
something- a name after
nil. A Mr. Tootltt is driving- lively
business as n mounted btioot commis
sioner In a Kansas town , while a 3Ur.
Breathitt discounts his niirao by sliout-
iiie against corpoiate rapacity in Alis-
touil.
INUuiON UAKLAND is a descendant of
Captain Colin Smith , which is another
reason why tlio woild should bo giatoful
to Poealiontns. Except for her- timely
intcivontlon Captain Smith\vould luuo
had no descendants and wo should have
had no Marion Unrlnnd.
ij things somotlmcs change the
vvholo course of a man's ' life. But for
the failure of a business arrangement in
his early lifo , Senator Stanford of Cali
fornia would have boon the editor of a
weekly piper Instead of railroad baron ,
and Ihoro are people who think the pub-
lie would have boon bettor off.
atAYOit GRANT lias been again nomi
nated by Tammany Hall in Now York ,
which thus serves notice that It fools
strong enough to defy the organized
decency of the great metropolis. If the
proposed annexation of surrounding' ' tor-
ritoiy will give the honest and capable
a chance to overcome the venal and in
competent elements in that el ty , then
uunoAtitlon , cannot como too 6oon.
I'm : flist pruetlc.il stop towaid har
nessing the power of Nlngauv was taken
last week , "Work was begun on a tunnel ,
the completion ot which , should the
hopes of the projectors bo realized , will
change tlio Falls fiom ahackmau'bpara-
dibo Into a drholioel of industry , The
possibilities of the suhemo uro incalcuK
able , yet in this day of daring enterprise
nnd development it will not bo surpris
ing if moans and uuibclo Intelligently ap
plied , turns the enormous wasted power
Df the Falls into useful channels.
1'liR aiguniont of Mr. Charles Q.
Davves before the supreme court of Ne
braska , In the important casoof tlio state
ngniimt the Atohibou & Nobuvska rail-
roiul , Is ol such importance to the people
that Tin : BKI : presents it in full this
morning. It Is a plain , stralghtforwiud
tatomont of a popular gilovanco against
the greed of n corporation. The people
In southern Nebraska voted subsidies
amounting to three hundred and ninety-
Boven thousand dollars loan Independent
company mul for tv time otijojod the bun-
ulltsof reasonable freight rates , result
ing from honest competition. Suddenly
the Atchlson & Nebraska became the
property of the Burlington & Missouri
through a loubo for nine hundred
nnd iilnoty-nlno years. Then up
wont the rates and away wont the bone-
Ills for which thopcoplo hud voted the
mngnUlceiit subsidy of three hundred
nnd ninoty-sovoa thousand dollars. The
btato now claims the right to declare the
forfeiture of the f rnnohiso of that p-irt of
the Atehlson Ic Nebraska IjIng1 within
the commonwealth , The testimony and
the argument aio tillko convincing ,
Why should not the su promo cou it grant
the prayer of the people and take away
from the corporation what they liavo ob
tained in dofhmco of the law nml tlio
niKal obligations under which the
princely subsidies wore voted ?
4
TitsAnd
And now the buicau o ( forgery and
jtorjury organized by llio prohibition
lenders hai given publicity to n letter
from Iho president of the whisky trust.
This latter is kald tobo nn tuisvvor to a
forged letter vrltten to the bogus Lucius
Hodman , lu response to n remonstrance
against the trust's indifference about
prohibition in Nebraska. President
Grctnhut of the trust is icprosoiited ns
enylng that the \\hlsky trust has con *
tribulcd more toward the legiti
mate expenses of the anti-prohibition
campaign In Nebraska than any other
agency or association.
If this letter Is genuine the president
of the whisky tiust simply told what ho
know to bo a bilJ-faced lie. lliohlsky
trust hits not contributed ono dollar in
money to defray the anll-orohlbl-
lion campaign expenses In Ne
braska so far as anybody can
learn. It did ship nnd mall a lot
of stnlo documents and circulars uhlcli
hud boon loft over from the Iowa aud
Kansas campaigns years ago They
might as well liavo been dumped
Into the Nlssouil liver for all
llio good they have dono. The
only object the whisky trust managers
had In shipping this Irashvw to impose
on its pattons In Nebraska , and miiko
them believe that It - vvasworking to
defeat prohibition.
As a matter of fact the whisky trust
would prefer to luuo prohibition inNo-
braskn. It could hive had prohibition
lepealod Last winter by the Iowa legisla
ture If its inlluenco had boon legiti
mately e.xorted. The truth is that pro
hibition Increases the consumption
of cheap-grade whiskies and decreases -
creases the copsumptlon of beer.
It is easy enough for boot-lcggera and
their patrons tocarrj and conceal small
bottles of vvhibkybutlt is very inconven
ient to cany or conceal bottles of beer
about the poison. Hence the -whisky
ti list had just as lief , if not rather , have
prohibition in Nobtaska ns high license
and local option. It owns the Ne
braska distilleiies nnd has been anx
ious to close them over since it bought
them in. It has centered its dis
tilling interest in Peoiia nnd would
prefer to supply all this section from
that point
The president of the whisky trust will
not tear his shirt if prohibition carries
In Nebraska , and all the howl about
the \vhlskv trust contiibutlng1 thousands
of dollars to defeat prohibition in Ne-
biaslcais the vcilestiot.
111K SKKD or AKH
"In these dcgenciato days , " sajs a
current iiovvspapor pu-agiaph , "you can
find almost anybody In the land of the
pilgrim except the pllgiim. "
Tlieio is a measure of tiuth In the re-
mark. Now and sti.uigo currents are
flowing into the life of the litllo group
of noithoastern states \vlilch , from the
earliest hours of American history , have
shared in over national event and Imvo
jet lomainod a land apart. Thirty
years ngo the cotton mills of Now England -
land wore filled with young1 men and
women who spuing from the best of
pilgrim stock. The mill hand , the law-
jor , the mcichant and the minister catno
fiotu a common ancestry and met upon n.
piano that lacked little of perfect equal
ity. But the native Now England mill
hand has gone. A swaun of Ficnch
Canadian operatives lills his place. It
is the pensmt that comes boisterously
fiom the door of the mill at night
novvadvys , and ho speaks n , foreign
tongue. The peasant may ho as good as
the native hohind the spindle , but as an
clement of the population of JS'ovv Eng
land ho is avery different character
fiom his predecessor. Ho can not ap
preciate the past nor enrich the f tituro
of a land on ono hand full of pioud tra
ditions , and on the other , presenting in
its temper and environment the best pos
sible conditions for woiklng out the
pioblcins offaociety.
The decadence which began in the
quality of Now England labor with the
advent of the Canadian mill hnnd boon ,
made Itself manifest In the politics of
the larger cities. The encroachments of
the recently imported foreigner and the
elimination of the native was hoio a
slower process , but it has become in the
end nearly as complete. The Boston of
Abbott "Lawronco , to choose a name
coeval with the cotton indubliy in its
best estate , has become the Boston
of Hugh O'Hiicn , 1st. JI. Cun-
iilff nnd Patiielc McGulro. This is
notsaj ing that government Is uttorlj bad
there , but i.ither that the pilgrim has
given away bofoio the oncoming of now
and fotolgn elements la the citizenship
of the larger cities. And now the lost
bulwailc of the pilgrim has fallen. The
Now England farmhouse is invaded.
The ploiibant face of the Swedish house
wife bends over the anccstuvl hearth of
the pilgrim raeo. The Swedish 1ms-
bandnma tills , the soil over which
Eivthau Allen and his men swept to
Uilvo the enemy back acioss the 1101 th
orn bonier. Voimont , New Hitupshlro
and Maine have found tenants for the
farms that the natives have loft de
serted. J3y special inducements nnd
liberal advertising these stiles are fuse
filling up the vacant places In their agrl-
cultuial districts. And they could at
tract no bettor or moio industiious chibs
than the Swedos. But these \Ital
changes in the character of the farming-
population well-nigh complete the
tr.uisfortuntlon of Now England. Her
people still have left their woudeiful
history , the gieat names of tholr
literature , their splendid insti
tutions of leaiuing , and they still
have loft some of the old blood
nnd the old spirit in their public 111011 ,
tholr poets and tholr orators. But the
Now England of old , which to a very
largo degree dominated by sheer force
of its greatness the social lifo , public
affairs and lltcratuio of this country ,
has passed away. What has becoiuo
of It ?
The seed of that superb civilization
has been scattered broadcast all over
this union. Long ago .somo of It was
planted In the western reserve of Ohio ,
where It has borne abundant fruit , It
has stimulated the lifo of Illinois nnd Its
gtoat city bojond measure. It has
quickened the pulse of the southern
states , and Is today flowing there in a
torrent that promises nn extraordi
nary lovival of industilal activity ,
and , ultimately , relaxation of the
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linnl lines of rnoo prejudice , But , moro
than nil else , the seed of Now linglnml
haslahcn deep root In the ( front nnil
hopeful cmplro tlint lies west of tlio Mis
souri rhor. It has como vllli llscnpl *
tal tind culluro to develop the marvel
ous resources of plain ntid mountnlii niul
vnlloy In this Boctton of tlio United
St.itcs. Its blood nnd Us liraln , ionic-
sontod by thousands of its best sons ,
have como hence to build cities ami
Btntcs tbat shall unlto the virtues and
high spirit of the pllgtlms' ' land with
the freift1 conditions nnd broader Ideals
of this western country In this pioccss
of transformation all sections luivo grown
stiongcr. Is'ovv England has exchanged
her provincialism for a cosmopolitan
character. The middle states , the south
nnd the west ha\o gained the elements
which they needed.
The pilgrim wns never the ccluslvo
possession of any locality. Now England
held him in trust. The south nnd the
west have now elnlincd their share ol
his personality. And the vvust , being
the bljjRost imd most congenial of tlio
sections , succeeded In getting the larycst
pleiu of It.
TllK JUDGES AXtt CLERKS.
' The selection of judges and clciks for
the ensuing election is one of the most
important duties devolving on the
county commissioners. The giavo Issues
to bo determined at the ballot boi no
less than the ncfo&sity of ri prompt and
accurate count demand that the commis
sioners abandon the beaten path and
procure the sorvkes o ( liist class ac
countants and penmen.
This is no time for granting favors to
political friends. The vast interests at
stake call for the best t.ilont available.
Wo must a\ old incompetents nnd
disioputibles and enlist the &ci-
vices of mcnvvho o names arc n gum-
unty oT an honest billotand a faircount ,
12 very mustbodonoopcnnndnboAO
bo.uil , the dl raccful sciamblos at foi-
nier elections avoided , and oveiy precaution -
caution lilcontoohcumvcnt the schemes
of the enemies of the city and county.
The cominis ioncis must hoop in view
the fact that the slightest flaw in the
conduct of the election will provoke a
content , mid should the vote of Douglas
county tin n the so.ilo on the prohibition
i&suo that vote -\\ill bo fought in the
couits if a pretext can ho found. livery
tiling depends on the sclcetionof compe
tent , reputable men. There will bo no
difficulty in securing the light moil If
the coimnifasioiieis c crt themselves.
Election day beluga legal hohdaj , the
seiviccsof Tunis clerks , accoimtantb in
stoics tind factories and business men
can bo mocuicd , and the election con
ducted in an , exemplary manner.
The importance ol this woilc need not
bo 1 enlarged , /upon. The conmu&sionois
arotuvmoof it. Lot thorn consult with
business 1 men and seenro for judges nnd
cleiks men of known piobity , who will
in stito nn honest election and a ptoinnt
and fair count , lot tho.icbu.lt . bo what it
mav.
OXE CEAF POSTAGE.
One of the objects which it is uiidei
stood oPostmastor Geiior.ilVanamakei -
hopes to accomplish dining his admin
istiation is tlio reduction of letter postage
ago to one cent. A bill for this putposo
was introduced into the hou o of roprc
sontatives duiing the late session , and
although not much considoiation was
given it , the mutter is very likely to re
ceive moio attention at the no\t session ,
It is baid that facts and liguios mo now
beiiifj piopaicd for presentation to congress
gross showing the effect upon the postal
revenue when lottcrpostngo was reduced
from thtco cents to two , ostiiniting the
ofTect of a further reduction to ono cent ,
and calculating the period of time thai
would elapse before the iimnodiulo loss
of the icvonuo could bo recovered
through a freer use of the mails.
That one-cent postage will eventually
come , and will bo in opciation through
out the country ; cannot bo doubted.
Fifty 3 oars ago the postage
on a letter composed of a single
sheet was six cents if carried
less than thirty miles , ten cents between
thiity and eighty miles , twelve and a
half cents between eighty and ono hun
dred nnd fifty miles , eighteen and throe-
fouiths cents between ono hundred and
fifty and four hundied miles , and twenty-
five cents over four hundicd miles. The
first great re foi m came with the act of
ISJo ; which reduced the late tolivoconts
for loss than , throe hundred miles and to
tencontbfor any gioator distmco. Six
years later c.uno another great reduction
to thioc cents for less than tlneo thous
and miles and six cents for any gicator
distance. In iccont yoais wohavo been
the rate reduced to two cents , postal
cards at ono < ciit introduced , nnd the
weight allowed for single i.vto letters
doubled. The tondoncj , in short , has
uniformly boon to iiuiko letter poitngo
cheaper , and Its reduction to one cent
can only bo a question of time.
The ide v is to at first establish ono
cent postage for local letters in cities
having the cantor svstom , and undoubt
edly this lias something in its favor. To
begin with , it would make the immedi
ate reduction of postal lovenuos smaller
than itwould by applying the one-cent t
rate to nil letters throughout the coun
try. Then , as transportation by rail and
boat over long distinces is ono great
souice of postal expense , it may seem
umicccs&aiy to charge as much for
taking a letter from the postolllco
in Now Yoik ono block ns for
can j Ing it to Tacoma or Galveston ,
Still another consideration is that the
surplus of earnings over expenditures in
the delivery cities is now enough to equal
the loss of revenue vrhlch would bo caused
by icducing the postage on local letters
to one cent. There is to bo sot against
these considerations the disadvantage
of establishing two rates of letter
tagc , this objection being urged us in
fact a return , in some degree , to the old
system of dividing up distances for dif
ferent rates of postage , which \vaa a
great nuisance.
But these and other objections -will bo
In tlmo overcome. Three and n hall
years ago Postmaster General Vilas
spoke of this time as "ptobably not fai
distant"and the increase in the busi
ness of the portofllces would go far to-
waid making up the falling oil in rev
enues duo to the roductionof the postage
rate. There are few wayj invvh'chtho
surplus revenues of the government can
bo moro judiciously returned to the people
ple , because all citizens to a gicntor or
less degree ahwo In its benefits.
STA. TE.
Prohibition agitators nnd tholr deluded -
luded follower openly urge the adop
tion of the amendment to "puntoU.
Omalm , " They boast that a bTow at the
prosperity ol the chief city of the Btato
Mill not bo felb-bj the people tit Imgo.
This narrow uiiuflod sentiment serves to
show to what desperate stialts the ad
vocates of prohibition are reduced. They
would array neighbor against neighbor ,
country against city , nnd sow stilfo and
persecution on the ruins of prosperity ,
enterprise and contentment.
The truth is that the ptospcrlty of
Omaln Is a matter ol vital concern to
every taxpajor In the state , as the sta-
tlctlcs demonstrate. IVom 1SS1 to 1800
inclusive , Douglas county paid into the
state treasuiy taxes amounting tolT ( > 2- ,
120.-12 , or one-ninth of the entire lovonuo
of the state. The report of the state
tieasuior for eight voars ending -with
J8SS , shows the total lecelnls vvero
$7,017,110.21. , Of this amount Douglas
county paid $ S12 , 120.70. Nearly foity-
nine thousand dollars wore paid to waul
the erection of the state capitolS , 12,572
to maintain the state university , and
3101,270 to suppoit the schools of the
state.
state.While
While the proportion of ta cs paid by
other counties in the state have boon 10-
ducod or lomained stationary , Douglas
county's pioportlon has increased. In
] 8Sl the total rovonuoof the &tato was
3573,00051 , of which Douglas county
paid SIOG10.5) . In 1SSS , the taxes paid
into thobtnto treasury swelled to $1,32-3-
887.70 , and Douglas county's ' sliaio was
8176,021.70 , an increase of two bundled
and sevcntnlno per cent in eight ycius.
Let us analyse these figures and see
how lavlshlj Douglas count } contilbutcs
to the ovponses of the state government
In 1881 the piopoition juidbv tliocounty
was in lound numbers ono-twelfth of the
\vholo. The assessed valuation vas then
eight and n half millions. Duiing. the
succeeding eight j ems the assessed vil-
uilion trebled , but the proportion jnid
the state increased despite Hie increase
in values. &o that in 16SS Douglas county
p ild a , fi action over ono-sovonth of the
totil taxes piid into the state tic.isuiy.
Lancaster , G.igo , Adams and Otoo coun
ties , ranking next to Douglas in ascscd >
valuation , piid to the state dining the
same .voirSl'j,01771 ' ) , exceeding Douglas
county by a want $19,000.
Taking' the thirty-two lowest taxpaying -
ing counties in the stito , in ISbS , wo
find tlio following ( iguics :
HI line . $ lie > iirotvii . . . . tr.r.u 12
ioHuiio ( : t ( ,7 > in C li iso 2 , ! ) I ! IJ
Cliury . . ( i.luis Diwi-s 7,113'UJ
Dumly . . . . , ( ) ) ) ) I'rilliUlIn H.OU.'OO
Krontlor 7,711,1 , GirlioIU l.Lddl
4ilUt C7ruit
Ortolt > \ i. " " Dsl'K ' )
lllti-huoik : , . ( . ,11 U\TUl".I 5' IliTS
Kija I'ill.i , . . . . . . , . KIIO-C 0.711 lij
i > ( ixin J.u : u "
INlliCO. . . . . . 8l)7IM& ) I'nklns "ill ! " ! > ! .Jil27
1'lcreo . ' ,
' ' O.M'IM
iiuiVniovv. \ . i , ; ( ) Sliuldan ( ir > Hlsi
Sliuin.in H.4MJ -llll\ II.I.MIJ
Stanton 7 , VI W Tlioni.is L''jNlKl
viiioy . . . . , oics SMaolor l.JUT.X )
TiitaltiNcslo the state b > ' tliltty-
tuoioiiiitin iu 1A8 . . .31TlOOi31
'lol.il piitl by Douglas county ,
3 imu ) car 1'fl.OJI 7 %
It will bo seen that Douglas county
pajs moio state tn\cs than thlity-tno
counties and ncaily as much as the four
next richest counties. The city of Omaha
pivs four-fifths o ( the taxes of Douglas
county. Of the amount paid the stile
in 1888 , Omnha'b piopoition was $110-
817.10 , or a fiaction over SI per capita ,
as shown by the census of Ib'JO. Tigui-
ingontho same * , iatio for other cities in
the state we have the following icsulls
in lound numbers :
Onnlii 8HOCCO
Ijlninlti MJ,0X ( )
llustliiRS 340UU
Iluti-lco 3400J
Nulr.isKaUIti 3i',0 0
South Oiniliu 11011) )
ariiul Island HOOO
Kroinont 7.0IU
Uoliiinhiis 4,000
NorfolU 4030
Kcirnur 0,000
Noitli IMatto 4.0JO
Total for olcvoiicltlos $ i70,000
Oriiioiotliaiionu-lirth of the wholo.
Theseiigutes cloirlydomonstrato that
the prosperity of Omalm and ovoiy city
in life state is a imttor of vital concoin
to the farmois.The ndoptloa of prohi
bition means an instant diop In city
pioperty values of fully thiitv-thtco pnr
cent. In Out ilia , this moans a falling off
of at least &ix million dollars in assessed
valuation , and in other cities in like
pioportiou. How is this depreciation
tobo mule up ? By iiicioabing the v.il
nations la the country and iiii&lngtho
lovj. How then aio iho fanners to ho
benefited by btulcing "a blow at
Omaha ? " It is manifestly to their int
orcst and to the intoiest of ovoiy tax.
pajor to sustain the cities , not only to
avoid increased taxation but to increase
the demand for the products of the fai in
which invariably lo-jults from the multi
plication of industries in , the cities.
Fiom amoral andmatcilal standpoint ,
it Is the duty of evorj' taxpiyor to 10
pudlatotho Imported advocates o ( pio-
hibltionnnd uphold the present onllght-
onod internal poilei , which has assisted
in making Omaha the metropolis of the
tiMiib-Mlsbouil rogjon and contributed to
tlio development of every oil ) and
county In the Btatu.
MIT IX 031.111 A.
The nssoclntlon of several prominent
and wealthy citizens of Omaha \\ith the
object in view of-establishing hero a
pouimnont public art " gallery is a pio-
joct which merits "the heartiest appre
ciation and oncouiagonioat of out poo'
pie. The tlmo has porno fora vvoll di
rected ollort to gh'o ' Omaha this most
valuable aid to jiopular culture and
thoio ought to bo/ojuoatlon ( that what-
aver public supportinight bo necessary
to sustain such rttja institution nnd to
steadily onlaigo'fe value , would bo
promptly given. This city is not behind
any other of Us rank in the number of
its people who hu\o a taste for ait , and
while in my ol those are In n position to
indulge that taste and cultivate It , a
much larger number cannot and to thesi
a public art gallery would bo an almcs
inestimable boon. The ontlomcn who
ha\o associated theinbolvos together
with this most commendable pur
poioin vlotvmo thoroughly In earnest
and by May ol stimulating interest In the
matter thoj- are arranging for thooxhl
bltlon in Omaha to continue during the
month of November , of the spondld exhibit
' hibit of foreign paintings now in Mlnno
aj)3lls. A satisfactory arrangement cai
tuloubtcilly boofToclod , anil the people
f tills city ho given nn opportunity to
oo collection which husbeondoscrlbcd
oqiuil to any o\er oxhlbltcil In the
Jnltod Stntos.
Moauwhllo tlio "Western Art assocln-
ion of this c It } is not Inactive. At Its
oconl meeting , which was largely at-
ended by lending artists nnd teachers ol
rt , llwna decided to hold an exhibition
f thowoiks of local artists beginning
ovomborlO and continuing-two Aveoks.
'his association has ilono excellent
orvlco in stimulating nnddlssomimtlng
n Interest lu mt , and It U gratifying to
mow that It Is now moro than over bo-
ere linbuoil with the spirit of progress
nd of devotion to the puiposo for
vhlchit wns organized.
It cannot bo nocessiry to argue the des
irability ot a publie art galliry , or to
tointotib Itq value as an educational
orco , These , It must bo presumed , are
ibvlous to all intolUgont people. Omaha
night to Invo such an Institution. She
ins a population capiblo of appreciating
uid sustaining It , and it Is to bo hoped
ho public-spirited gentlemen , who pro-
) ese that the city sliill hi-o a public
irt gallery -vvlll ciicounlor no insur-
nouiitablo obstacle to tlio consumiiia-
, lon of the project.
THE iui..ic/7s OP rimi msr. ;
The palace his become tlio symbol of
vostoin development , not the palnco of
ho inbobor the ruler , but the palace of
igrieulture , of industry and of natural
irotlucts of the earth. "U'o have in full
iloom this autumn the corn palace of
Sioux City , the coal p ilnco of Ottumwn ,
, ho blue grass palace of Crcston nnd ,
nest unique of all , the sugar boot jnlaco
of Giand Wand.
All of these enterprises reflect credit
upon the eiiergj of the western people
and nnrk a nowora of pride in our prod
ucts which Is suio to hasten thodo\elop-
neiit of the country's resources and lend
: homtho Impulse that couesof compe
tition. JThoso palaces aio something
more than glonftecl county fails. They
are oven of moio signlflcinco nnd value
than the average state fair , for they
concentrate the attention of all who
see oricadof tticm on some ono product
of the west. They ad'vcrtibo our su
per lot Ity not , onlj in agriculture in the
abstrict , but in the cultivation of the
world's ' great staples upon the supply
and pi ice of which everybody's prosper
ity ina nieasuio depends llio sugar
boot pilaco , for Instmco , will do moro
in a je.ir toappiise the world of the ad
vent of a now- and hopeful crop and iii-
dubtrj than the old form of exhibition
would do in a decade.
The modern westcin palace stands for
the rojaltyofvvcstoin resources.
Trin conflicts and struggles that pre
ceded the achievement of Gorman unity ,
that long-deferred hope of Geiman
statesmen , which hud its icalization at
last in the humiliation of Franco , were
not , without value to the United States.
They borved to develop and hiing into
action a dais of men who , whllo thor
oughly putiiotic hi their dcsiio to pro
mote the caiiboof union , aspired also to
placethoircountry ona high plane , with
icfercnco to the rights and privileges of
the people , th-in was agieoablo to the
Hilors. These men were therefore
marked out for poiseculion and thou
sands suffered it , but many found their
way to foreign lands , and of these the
United States received some of the wisest
and best. Such eminent scholaisand pub
licists as Fiancis Licbor , Chailcs IJeck
and Charles Pollen were among these
who left their nitivo land to become
Amciican citizens , nnd vvhosocontiibu-
tions to the intellectual piogross of this
couiitiy have been of the highest merit
and value. Elsevvheio in this issue of
THIS I5nc Mill ho found a mostinteicst-
in < j icviow of the carocr of these and
other distinguished nitivesof Germany
who as citizens of the United States
have contributed largely to the honor
and fame of the eountiy. It contributes
apiece of histoiy which cannot fall to
interest ovoiy thoughtful American citi
zen.
zen.A.
A. iti CKNII.Y appointed consul to Yora
Ciuz , Hon. Chniles D. "Wcaro of Cedar
lUplds , la. , is homo again fiom his
field of diplomatic labors , and his resig
nation of the olllco ho holds is in the
hands of President Harrison. Mr.
AVearo is a v cry successful business man
and ho was a voij prominent member of
the Iowa jobbeia association , which eo
persistently fought the inilroads for
jobbois rales to the wholes ilo dcalois in
the stato. Such prominence , no 4oubt ,
secured him the political preferment
and honors ho so lustily returns with
thanks. Ilo icturns homo with a
"stomach in awful condition" and a
mouthful 01 two of maledictions to heap
upon the heads of the people of that
cpuntiy , the food they eat and the
ITuids they drink.
THIS forestry division of the depart
ment of agriculture will soon undertake
an interesting experiment. Congress
appropiiatcd two thousand dollars for
the puiposoot testing the nrtillclal pio-
ductlon of rainfall. It Is a demon
strated fact that rain usually follows
heavy cannonading on abittleflold or
after a Fourth of July celebration. IX-
porlments will , therefore , bo mule \vlth
lie.ivy explosives , which will bocartkd
high Into the air by moans of toy bil-
loons and exploded. ThoiinulHot this
ingenious motliod of agitating the ele
ments will bo witched with interest In
the west. _ _
Tt'ins
f/ifcnji / Inter Ocean
The bullet argument still prevails m Texas
Tbnt state ul.vnys goes ilunocraUc.
A oiKllty UHcors.
'i linen.
LonJon'H great cUltonrecoIjosalirlos run-
nliiB from $10,000 to 823,000 , a year , rThclr
liroductlona scorn to bo snlil by the puud ,
\Vliitor
It Is rcportoa that General Houlnnscr will
jiiiss tlio winter in Maltn , but wo arolaulmud
tobelievo that ho will spend it la Coventry.
.An IlnnoHt Ballot.
Tin : UfB uis made an lionoiublo propoil-
tlon toward ieuirini ; u frco and fair ballot In
the comliifj election. It ilcmuiida a froa
count nnd i roH | > ses to put only reputable and
iciponsiblo citUciia on the election l > oiul ,
a fair representative fui each party , allowing
ouu proUibitlouUt oil oath Liard , If this
plun la. honestly mul carefully carried out , It
will raise TUB DEB In the estimation of It *
opponent * , no matter how the election nny
go. Anhoncit ballot Is the first ileslilcra-
tum ntid every voter should tovllllng to
aljltlo the result.
As the Ooiirboa's View It.
. Joiiriut.
It worries the ilctaocrnllo press that ft
wblto population ofW.OOJlnVjomlng should
elect ono congressman , but they consider
tint number of whlto pcoplo In a southern
stito tobo rntltled to elect flvoor six. It 1
i illlTcrcnco of locality and oC politics ,
loiisoUvtlou In Tills.
An oxelmngo 1ms been Indulging In some
tnrtlliigrcllcctloiHoa towhnt would bo the
raluo of a single potato if that tuber were the
nly one In the world. It estimates the
worth of that ona votato , with its iios lblll-
lc ? for ten v pars at $10,000,000,000. , This
reconciles us In a measure to the inniltot price
f potatoes In the jcar li'JO.
'llio American ( Jirl In Her Olury ,
If Mine , A dun re illy wishes to study llio
iV.morlc.an girl , eltlior inanlod or unmanleil ,
should visit her In her own eountiy
Tliosovvhom she uimuctln IJuropo ftio rich ,
mid are to bo studied only when on horse
back or In the drav\I K or the bill room , 'llio
self-reliance , the equlnolso , tlio strength of
clnrai-ter , tlio loyalty , tliocndmuncit or the
.ruo American woman cannot bo seen nrlght
usucUsuiroumUtigs They must bo looked
'or here among the girls who novir KO to
Europe among tlio great army of workers
, vlio have an Ideal beyond mere position In
society , who are the true leaven of our new
hlllziuiou and who niako conjugil Ufoln
Fiance as far lomov oil riomthatoC Amciica
nstho light of the glovv-vvoiin is from that of
the star.
dOSSll ? OK 1'OL.ITIOS.
An ndventiiro which befell young Mr.
Bijan recently on the Missouil 1'aclllo whllo
traveling la the ptilso of an mitl-nionop , Is
related In n I'lattsmouth newspaper. 'Iho
conductor accosted the aspiring statesman
.vlth a demand for bis pass , iud vvas ten-
ilercd in ictuin the price of the faro In peed ,
' .mid cash. "Oh , no , I want jour piss , " 10-
.rtlcil the wlclted railroad iran. "What have
you done with that ! " The historian goes oa
to say tint "Bijaii , with evident ombirrass-
mcnt , remarked that ho had no pass nnd
) ald his fure. Ho admitted , liowovu , to the
bystanders that ho had formcrlj had one , but
; iad turned It In since the campaign opined "
The spectacle of the young attorney piymg
"ills faro all over the district Is painful to con-
ernphto , but It Is comforting to know that
: io will not bo called upon to squander his
substance la Imjingaticltct to Washington
Tint is 3Ir. Coauell's affair.
General L. AV. Colby ia himself again. Hems
ms eutlrdy iccovcrcd from the chill con
tracted at Lincoln -\\bllo icstiiiR in the cold ,
damp snadow of popular dlsappioval In which
10 was thrown on tlio fateful night of July
20 , and is shouting to his heart's ' content on
the stump Buttlicro is one mystery fioia
which the general hasnovcr lifted thovoll. It
relates to what he vould luivo said after the
Blnlno yollhltliliu if the convention Had per
mitted him to say an j thing 'Ihat bit of unuttered -
uttered cloiiucnco is Ulod avvaj with the lost
arts.
_
3Uo Lnnsinp , Is painting beautiful trhnson
sunsets In the political atmosphere nt the
western cna of the stxtc. It is reported that
he UcartjitiK everything toforohis wave of
fervid oratory. Ho sa\s Hlchuids is all right
out west. _
Paul Scliinmko is hotly denounced by the
NebiasUa City News as a dictator and tyrant.
Tbospccticlo of Paul in the act of perform
hiK his acts of tjranny must remind bo-
loldcrs of Peter Stuyvcsant of rs'cw Am-
steidaia In thohlstouo act of uttering scrip
tural texts to Ills council.
The interesting st igo of the canvass lias
been readied in Gaiflcld county , vvhero the
Quaver alludes to tlio senatorial candidate of
the other side as "a man no moro fit to repre
sent an intelligent people la the 3s'cbrasla
legislature than an inmate of tbo Institute
for feeble-minded. "
_
The democrat * have a gonulno railroad
man as a candidate fcr senator in the person
of I1. P. Bonncll of buparior. Ilo is u pro
fessional encouragcr of county bonds hi tto
interest of coy corporations , But betting ; on
his election is not heavy.
The rural press is domanahig that James
E. Boyd shall furnish the public with a dia
gram of his war record , but the democratic
standard boaicr can hardly spare time from
the present battle to dilate on ancient his
tory. _
Tbero Is some disposition to fight over the
war of the rebellion In the present campaign
Ever ) thing was going along nicely and the
people vvtro deep to the discussion of live
st.ito and national Issues until Candidate
Dech dropped the remark that "Jeff Davis
was a hotter man than tlio present he.ad of
tliegovcininont , " or words to that effect.
Then catno the boom of the artillery , the sharp
rattloof the musketry and the wild jell of
cavalrymen in full tilt , tt furnished a lively
cplsodo out on the \ti lines
John L. Webster his become so popular on
the stump as t.o bo made tuo icdplont oE n
regular and unfailing stream of mild abuse
Mr. Webster accepts the compliment with
pride nnd satisfaction.
I = \ACT& AND .FiaUlUSS.
Kansas has two driuUug places to Nebras
ka' soao.
Pennsylvania defeated constitutional pio-
hibltlou by 100,000 majority
Salaries paid town aud country school
teachers in Nebraska avcrago considerably
abovotho o paid In Iowa and Kansas.
High license v\uit Into effect In Nebraska
In 1M1 , and closed up many divot Irrcspon
slblomen could not ralso the license money
and hence shut up shop.
In June , 1SS8 , the ilist month of high ! !
cousola Philadelphia , the number of atrests
for diuukcnncss was 1,170 , , as against 2..5G7
nuosts the month Just preceding.
Wholesale liquor dealers claim that they
sell much more liquor In Jowa and Kansas
now tliiiu before prohibition lawa were passed
lu those states. Tlioy sell peeler grides at
lait trpiollts than in high licoiiso Nebraska
When the high license law we it into effect
In Pennsylvania in IbS-i there wcro MfiVJ sa
loons In that stato. Uho enforcement of the
law cut this number down at ono blow to
7,7 1-a little more thaa ono half And thcro
has since been u steady reduction from year
to year.
In 1RS3. when tbo high Ilconso law wont
Into effect , tlio number of liceusoil drliiicing
places in Philadelphia was 5,77.1. , Ith.vlbotiii
higher than that In previous ycais. In loi'j
It was 5U93 and the number had been over
ste thousand Hut tlio now license boaul dc <
nlodllucnscs to all but ltl : ? of thcso and in n
shiKlo day over fourteen hundred saloons in
IMilli'lolphli ' v\tro wiped out of cxistenco ,
NowtUoroaio only 1,101 saloons In that city ,
The Clioloia iri
VIE-.VA , Oct. 11. [ SpccUl CabloKram to
TIIK HKK.I OvvhiR to tlio piovnlouco of
cliolcra at ports along the Mtdltorunoan
coast between Alexander and Tilpoll , th )
Aubtilun tfovorninunthis cxtondoa by seven
unj-s , tbo poriol of observation to which
vessels from tlioio jxjrts arusubjuted.
SIiiKloton- Are all typewriters nrcttyt
Uontdlet Wull.ev-frj . marrsvvifo ttilulti that
her husband's is , aaytvuy 1
1 Mtno" lljr Pinlolt ! > . -
Cntsoll Publishing t'onipuiy. clvorU
'Of making boolts theio U no end , ' s vd
the t wise man , nml 1U triithfutnesa Is c m.
ttnntlrscon upon the nous stands of tlw
country. In the book shop ! mid on the rail.
roa U , But of tha many books Hint from tlm
boglniiltignro I dooniod to failure , ' 'Voiigeatuo
Mlao , " Is a notable oxcoptlon. It
stiililnglylntoiestlng story , that I" ? told by >
ono who knows full well the merit of strong /
situations , This now book o\ight to hnv o a f
big succcs'becauso Ills deserving.
"Tho Now South"- v llciuvV. . Oratly ,
Kobort llonncr's ons NcwVork. SI
When Henry Wood tin Orndy died thij
nonsou i tli lost ono of Its ablest exponent *
and i lopreiontntlvos Xo man lu nil tlu
country ( south of Mmon nml Dlxon'a line \vn
so ! partlouhily llttcctto wilto of the future of
the II I south land than the litnuntcd odltnrof
the II I Atlmili Constitution , A southi'rtui-
himself I , Iwrn In Oeotgla In tbo cnrlv W ) \
whoso father fill lighting under thollai nf
the confedornty , ho nevoitlieless , whlln
honoring- father's conctiut. could not liolp
but sco tlio hand of nnovciiullng provhli'iuo
and giacefully accented tlio ISSUM du-iili I
by the civ 11 war. And tt is this man , oi.itoi ,
stiitcsinan , novv9pajcrnian , who vviitea thu
excellent history of the now south.
"Woniloll Phillips : The Agitator" lly
Ouilos Mm 1 vn , I > . 1) . . { ormfiiit * * > " \ 1 nf
"Ainoilem IlefortiioM , " : i ' .IM-ICH of ttttlru
hlivrapiiks , edited by Oatlos Jlartrn , 1 > 1) )
ISino , ( j > 0pp , doth , flSO.
This book traces Phillips' ' cmwr fiom hli
boyhood , on through his bdiool nnd iiillfgn
days , when ho was a Icidei of thuuristoi rmv
In Ihrvnrd to tlio time when ho rououm od
all bis ilattci ing prospects and betumeono of
Iho much despiscil nbolishlonsts It tells of
his pait In llio great stiugglo midof tlio lead-
crs lonneclcci with lilm In It. No ono can
load this book without being Rieatly Intoi-
tstodund bcnolltted by the rucoiJ ofsiu-ii i
life.
'Horifo Orooli'j : The rditotllj Prnn
els Xlcoll.tilirlslclo I'ornilni ; V > l II of
"AmoiliMii UiforiiuN , " n erli-tof IM-IMI
IMo.TapliUs , IMIii-d by t'ailos Jluitj n , 1) . I ) ,
IJnio IJltipp , cloth , i\jQ. \
In view of the recent unveiling of Hor.ii-o
( iiuclcv's monument In front uf the liibuno
building , Is'cw Yoilc , Interest in the llfo of
this gio.it reformer will cijst , Ii70 and his
hlstoij talked over in literal j ciules and the
ilubs The above Is a very ires hand icada
bio aicountof tholtfo of this cicontiie and
ronmrknblo man Tlio poor boy on thostonj
Now Hiunpslitro farm , sitting vvitli biotlu-H
and sUtei's around one milk pan on the llooi
each dipping out his pen idgo with his OVMI
spoon ; residing by the llieliglit. bltutchcil out
In thothlinnev lorncr , "oblivions of thos > o
who putpsoly or iimdvertoutlj btuinmoil
o'ver him ; " becoming a printei's iippuniln ]
at llf teen ; throv\ on tbo vv oild vvlthonlv 1m
binds , his head and Ills trade at t\\outv \ \ on
tetingKow Vorkvvitlia coarse shirt , oiu n in
front , shott pants , rough shoes nnd noMo. li
Ings , with a pack on his should * i
nnd ( H ) in his pocket , ami fnuinl
Ing the might ) New York Tiibumi
His methods , hisotlditks. his tireless Indus
tiy moso widolj iKirtiaycdnt to give us i
stiililng picture of this lofoimer of the mm
ttcnth . It is ubook
century. vvhiih thob > i
cm reul vvitli greit prollt
'Ono Man's btruupln" ly ! Itcv GLO \ \
( .all i her IL'ini ) , Kit ) ) ip , clolli , SlUO.
In thls volume the vaiious types of tcmpnr-
nnco belleveis and woikets aio vvoll ivpri'
seated Thostorv is gtaphlcally told imd is
slid tobo foundedou dels. It , Is tbo old
story of the via uncis , the vvav of the cross ,
and bhowa now one man multiplied lu tUo
tnd.
"hifo of H.iwtlionic" Hy Noiuinio I )
Uoinviy , bolnn uuu of thu Guit wilii n
surhs Demy ave , cloth $1. faoilbiior iol
ford , Now Vurlt ,
Mr. Cou way , who ranks among the famous
Hlctnn lights of two continents , himlotio
great bonoi by Kathanlal Ilivvtliomo Intliii
little volutne It bus evidently bcai a laboi
oflovo with him , for the authoi ol "I'lio
Scarlet bettor,11 'Twice Told Inles , "
"Morses ITiom an Old Munse , " puts on a now
seeming under this pleis.mt tieiitnient It n
a book for the libiarj" , for the u > iUitiblu
and written in Mr. ( Jonway's puiuL dktioa.
LITTL15
The Sibyl Jolimtono bathing eoituuio will
bo with us about novt so won
A pollcoinin is on duty every Smithy In
the l'iR > t Congrepitlonil chui-jh , Sail TI.IU.
Usco , to prevent Iliitinj ; duiing tlio senieos.
Mrs Nuvcil You shouldn't bo so haul on
old maids \\lio appear anxious to get tmiiriod.
M-iud llovvUluil or yon tosjiniuthi/ovutfi
them , but I Bunposu you should , Knowing ull
tlio difficulties they have to contend iItu
MlssTublottoTho wiotili1 nndso holmi
been pioposlug to both of us. ! Miss liicnton
It seems so. Miss Tablette I wish wo
could thinlc of some horrible way ti imn su.
him. Miss Hrentoii I have ti. Miss Tab-
lolo- What U it I Miss Uroiitou You nui ry
him , dear.
In a loading dry BOoJsstoro : Olit in blua
todittoiu piecii Why did jou make him
haul all those goods troni the top bholt if you
haven't ' vour pocketbook nloufel Girl in
green Why , the moan follow \\w hi a car
jcsterdiy and novur olTeroil muhls se.it.
though I looked right athlinaiul , Iv.as bound
to got even.
I saw them hero ono ycir airo ,
O'er the slshitii ; waves I hoard
Ills constant pleading voice , while she
Blushed rod but spalcono word.
They're here again. Ills eye secmoa dulled
And worried it his biow.
She's with him. but it isn't ho
That tlocs thu talkin K now ,
When girls aio ugly bibles then their mam
mas quito insist ,
That they by us airamst out- wills bo
Kissed , .
Kissed ,
Kiuod ;
But vhon the Rirls are sweet sixteen then
their lunminaasay wo shan't ,
And though we'd Hlcu to Uiijs them then , wo
Can't ,
Can't ,
Can't 1
Temper moo Oolclirntiou in Cork ,
Coitk , Oct. 11. ] Spcciil CiWcsiain to lim
Jin : . I The TiithcrMatthew teinpcr.iiici i "I-
cbrution was continued yesterday. A nio-
cession composed of dulrgatcs from the total
abstincnco societies from nil tineo kingdoms ,
the unyors and inunltipal councils of
tlio pimclinl titles of fielniul , truto
anil other societies , miicliccl thiough the
stieots The pioctssloii , which was two
miles in length , stopped at the junction of
the South Mail mill ( 'i.uid p.irula , where ,
fiom the plnttorm , Sir POIJO nenijesseyde-
llvoioilau oritiou on tholifu and characterotv . .
Ji'.ithci Miitthuw. L , i4t nvoiilng thoclty win
illuinlintod. Tbo utmost enthusiasm pro-
viillou.
OHIIUUI
CAIHO , Ott 11. [ Special Cnblcratn to
Tin : Uur J Advices from Suakim state that ,
El gher.i ? , tlio notcu Bcnlaman chief , hiw es
caped from Osman Digna's camp lit Tokar
and arrived nt that place. Horej > oiU Osimia
Uigna'sforcolms been VirokiMiup by the Utgo
number of dcsortions from his army ,
, Mitnn must Co.
Dni.niKm ; , Oct. 11. [ SpoUal Cahlo/ram
to Tun Ilin. : J TQo Servian goveriiinent llnd
ing the presence of ex-King Milan in the
country Intolerable , has resolved to ask the
Hkuptschlmt to pass a bill foi his exclusion
fiom Scrvin. < v
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Bulisorlbcd and Guarantied Capital . . $500000
raid lu Capital JMOOO
Iliiya and solli atocKn anil beniN ; negotiates
commorulal iiapor , rocolvun and execute *
trusts ; actsju transfer oitont iinU trui > t mof
corporetloim , UUo churKu " ' property , ool-
lucU tuios.
Omah a Loa n&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 16th nnd Douglas Sts.
I'nlcl In Capital . . . -8 51,003
Hulncrlboil amlOunrantcril Capital . . . 100,001
Liability of StooWbolclorH ' . ' 00,000
C L'uContIntonst I'altl ' onDopoMtH.
I'UAMC J I.A.NCK. L'ualilor ,
Officers \ II , Wj'inan. vrcHldtnt. J. J Ill-own ,
vloo-prualdont , W.T. VVyiniin troaturcr
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