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OMAHA makes no vain boust wlion aho
inalsta this morning that no city in the
west la us prosperous , us handsome or as
promising. Omalia Is all right.
IF Till ! : sticks put into Chicago drinks
boar any relation to the strength , length
and toughness of the California stick
which is to bo used as a counter in onoof
the world's fair saloons , there is tobo n
vast amount of paralysis among the
visitors in 1S1KJ.
TIIK Univorsalists of Omaha and the
state are to bo congratulated upon the
handsome now church which ia to be
dedicated today. It is an evidence of the
remarkable growth of this denomina
tion which three years ago had neither
pastor nor society in Omaha.
AMONG other matters upon which the
Sunday meditations shall turn , Omaha
citlzons should devote seine thought to
the fact that there is a fair probability
of winning the republican national con
vention if wo develop interest enough in
the enterprise to apply for It and work
to secure it.
it.L
L observers cannot fail to have
discovered that Omaha is fast becoming
n great religious as well as commercial
contor. The eleventh annual session of
the Nebraska Univorsalist conference Is
merely one evidence of the fact , the
latest of a dozen Important religious con
ventions hold hero within a year.
WITH a demand for 500 men to work
In the boot sugar Holds at Norfolk there
is no excuse for idlone . An institu
tion which can glvo employment to HO
largo a force of men oven for a portion
of the year is of great value to an enter
prising little city like Norfolk ; indeed
it would bo worth a vast deal of money
to a metropolis like Omaha.
AGAINST the tremendous census fig-
iros showing the extent to which tlio
lumber interests of Michigan , Wiscon
sin and Minnesota have boon developed
within the past 10 .years must bo placed
the deplorable fact that our inngnlflcnnt
eastern pine forests are rapidly disap
pearing. It Is only a question of time
when the great northwest will bo fur
nishing nearly all the lumbar used in
America.
IF Till ! roiulor gives any thought what
ever to worldly business matters this
morning , lot him take comfort in the
fact that within 10 days the warehouse
act will bo the law of the common
wealth. With this fact as a basis for
speculating as to the future it will take
no spociul gift of prophecy to forsoo immense -
monso warehouses , elevators , ( louring
inlllp , malt houses and similar establish
ments and a busy grain produce market ,
making Omaha the greatest grain pro
ducing center west of Chicago.
IT is not surprising to read in Wash
ington dispatches that laelows of ox-
Governor Forakor and Congressman
Grosvonor are diametrically opposed to
onch other as to the probable olTect upon
national politics of the election of Will-
lam McKiuloy , jr. , as governor of Ohio.
Those eminent politicians are personal
onomlo.- ' . What the one dislikes the
other likes. They have both boon gl von
back scats partly on account of the Ill-
will each boars to the other and the ox-
congressman is to bo sent abroad as a
world's full- boomer largely to keep his
tongue from slashing across the stum ] )
from which the ox-governor will address
hla follow republicans.
Du. TKST , superintendent of thollust-
Inga asylum for the chronic insane , is
from Norfolk , and J. W. Llvorlnghouso ,
the steward , is from Grand Island. In
view of those two fuels , it Is not at all
likely Hustings people will regard the
proposed Investigation of the asylum
management as In any sense a reflection
upon the beautiful city itself , or any of
its excellent citizens. Hastings is as
much interested in thohouso-oleunlngiis
any other collection of tax-payers , and
is aa much ushatrodof the crooked work
done in the old building. The olTort of
a contemptible competitor to involve
TIIK BKK in n controversy with iU )
frlonda in Hastings , or to array them on
the nido of the Inofllcior management
of the asylum , will bo a duad failure.
; M nVKST Kxcunsmxs.
If the railways are Induced to restore
the system of harvest excursions In No-
brnska , lo the city of Kearney and hot
newspapers the state must glvo n vor >
fair part of the glory. The enterprising
citizens of that city have steadfastly
argued with the railway people that the
companies and the state will bo mutually
bonolltod by this restoration. The board
of trade of Kearney has kept the matter
constantly before the public and thr
railway oDlcIals , until finally under date
of Juno 15 Mr. John Francis , gotioral
passenger and ticket agent of the I ) . A
M. , advises that body Unit the question
Is still open and will bo settled in the
July meetings.
There is hope In this information.
The question of low rates west of the
Missouri river for harvest excursions
rests solely with the Nebraska linos. If
they are earnestly In favor of them there
will bo no diniculty about the matter
whatever. The Iowa lines will cheer
fully join in a through rate upon an
eqjitablo basis , and the whole east will
b'o Hooded with circulars announcing the
excursion. Thousands of people will
embrace the opportunity of visiting
Nebraska , and many of them will bo-
comu citizens of the state. The rail
ways will bo moro than repaid for their
concession , and the reputation of
Nebraska , somewhat blackened by evil
report for a year or two , will bo vastly
Improved.
If over any good reason existed for
land rates and other concessions from
regular faros to visitors to Nebraska it
exists in greater strength today than
over before. The state never looked so
attractive and its farms never promised
handsomer returns to the agriculturists.
The years of adversity , the unwisdom
of calamity peddlers , and the exaggera
tions of stump orators have loft a wholly
erroneous impression of Nebraska in
many portions of the east. Thousands
of intending settlers have boon deterred
from Immigrating to this state by the
reports of crop failures and financial
distress which have been so freely circu
lated. These and others coming to the
state in this year of grace will see for
themselves that Nebraska soil under fair
conditions will do for the careful farmer.
It is of the utmost importance that the
damaging stories growing out of events
which are likely to occur in any state in
the union bo corrected. Nothing is so
convincing as a fact and wo have in this
state this year a fact which wo want
lodged in the minds of thousands. Every
board of trade and agricultural society
in Nebraska should forward a brief
resolution to the railway companies re
questing them to put on sale harvest ex
cursion tickets for the months of August ,
September and October.
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ATT.lCKtXO H'BSI'BK.V Itfl'KSTMEXTS.
The concerted movement of rival life
assurance associations against the Now
York Life company is not begun in en
tire good faith. The alleged defalca
tions oC two trusted agents of the com
pany is made the occasion of the attack
upon its credit and its securities. The
olllcial Investigation now being made
will probably determine the truth as to
the allegations Involving the foreign
management. The purpose of its ono-
mlos is not solely to injure Its standing
with the people and thus to reap bene
fits to themselves. There is a covert at
tempt being made to discourage the Now
York Life company's policy of western
investments.
The allegation that Its western prop
erty has depreciated in vitluo by $2,000-
000 is so palpable a falsehood as to bo
hardly worthy of sorlous consideration.
If eastern people wore as familiar with
the business conditions prevailing in
Minneapolis , Omaha and Kansas City as
those who reside west of Chicago the lie
would fall to the ground of its own
weight. The fact is , so far oa Omaha
is concerned , that the site upon which
the great Now York Life build ing stands
is worth today probably 8175,000 , or
more than twice the sum paid for it loss
than five years ago. The i building and
its income from rents speivk for thorn-
solves. The probabilities are that the
Minneapolis and Kansas City properties
were equally as good investments.
The Now York Life company
wisely foresaw the growth and
prosperity of the west. It has
taken mcnoy from the east and made
permanent Investments hero , it has recently -
contly loaned the city of Portland , Ore. ,
$500,000 with which to erect- chamber
of commerce building. The transfer of
those largo sums from the interest lov
ing money centers of the Atlantic slope
is largely the cause of complaint among
the money lenders thoro. and the real
milk in the cocoanut of the present at
tempt Jo Injure the company. The west
hopes the New York Life can vindicate
its reputation , and it will experience no
diniculty whatever in proving the wis
dom of its financial management if all
its investments are as unassailable and
promising as these made in the three
leading cities west of the Mississippi.
37/K DISHOXKST COXTItAOTOIl.
A few years ago when bids were
opened for a state institution It was
found that three contractors had sub
mitted proposals. Two of those were
only about $1,000 apart , while the third
was $2 ,000 lower than his lowest com
petitor. That contractor stated to an
intimate friend that he made $16,000 out
of his contract. The natural inference
is that the other two supposed they were
the solo bidders and expected to divide
profits on the job.
In the early days of Nebraska when
the fatato institutions were constructed ,
the frauds perpetrated were so gross
that accepted gossip has long since es
tablished the belief that it was neces
sary to burn down the first insane hos
pital in order to conceal the corruption
which entered into its construction.
The first t > tuto house and the first peni
tentiary were also monuments to the
greed of contractors.
It ib not necessary to go back into an
cient history or go out oj Douglas county
to find other examples- similar disre
gard of the commonest principles of bus
iness honesty in the expenditure of pub
lic funds upon public buildings erected
under contract , The Douglas county
hospital in not a particularly grateful
proof of the integrity of the Douglas
county contractor. The Hastings in-
bane asylum is u building in which
no honest builder takes professional
pride. According .to the informiitlor
given to the public it was botched from
the start and the state expended 31U.OOC
moro than the contract price for the ex
tras supposed to have boon included it :
the original contract. It is now a dta
grace to Iho state. Other public build
ings of recent construction might nlsc
furnish examples of similar inolllcioncj
and corruption.
The state Inn voted $38.1,050 for now
construction , improvements and repairs
at the various state institutions for the
next two years. Now buildings otttrlghl
are to bo erected at Geneva , IJoatricc
and Lincoln and extensive additions in
volving largo contracts are provided for
at Lincoln and Hastings. Most of this
largo sum of money will bo expended
under contract. If past experience is
any criterion by which to judge
a very largo. percentage of it
will be misapplied unless the
parties charged with the superintend
ence of the work and the auditing ol
the accounts are especially vigilant.
Will it bo possible to have all this work
done in a businoss-liko manner , hon
estly , olliciontly and satisfactorily ?
With the board of public lands and
buildings the answer to this question
must chiefly rest. Lot that body see to
it that no further scandals grow out of
the contract building business com
mitted to Its supervision. The taxpay
ers are tired of enriching dishonest con
tractors through the inetllctoncy and cor
ruption of state employos.
I'OSTAL SAVIXOS 11.1XKS.
It is understood that the postmaster
general will , in his next annual report ,
again recommend the establishment of
postal savings banks. His argument in
favor of such a system , presented to the
last congress and referred to the senate
committee on postolllcos and post roads ,
has recently been published , and is a
vigorous plea for this method of encour
aging thrift and economy among the
people. The question Is not a now one ,
having boon first brought forward in
the lower branch of congress
by Mr. Maynard of Tennessee ,
who afterward , in 18SO , was
postmaster general. The chief
opposition to the project at that time
was on the ground that there was no
apparent way in which the enormous
sums expected from depositors could bo
disposed of in the absence of a permanent
national debt , but that form of opposi
tion has boon abandoned and the chief
obstructions now urged against it are
that it would introduce a new element ol
paternalism into local matters , increase
the number of potty olllco holders and
Interfere with the business of reputable
and long-established private banks. As
to the last objection it is mot by the fact
that in all the European countries
in which postal savings banks have
been established the business of
private banks of the same class has not
boon diminished nor otherwise inter
fered with. With regard to the other
objections , while they merit considera
tion , it is sufficient to say that they
should not bo permitted to prevent the
trial of a policy if it can bo shown that
it would probably bo a great national
benefit. The greatest good to the great
est number is the principle which must
control in this as in all other matters
with which the government may prop
erly have anything to do.
The practical argument in support of
the project of postal savings banks is
that it would give incentive and op
portunity for the exercise of thrift
to every farmer and hired man , to every
industrious , self-supporting woman , and
to every child in the neighborhood of
the smallest postollico in the country.
It would bo a standlngappoal that would
bo conducive to prudence and economy
among thousands who make no effort to
save anything , though they might do so
without depriving themselves of any
reasonable comfort. They would under
stand that the security against fraud
would bo as nearly absolute as is possible
in human affairs , and these who
might hesitate to entrust any
jiirt of their earnings to a
private banking institution , and
there are many such , would place it with
the government , knowing that it would
bo safe in that keeping.
Thirty years ago the British parlia
ment passed an act establishing postal
savings banks , and prior to that time
the English working classes were re
garded as the most improvident and un
thrifty in Europe. According to the re
port of the British postofllco department
the number of postal savings banks in
the United * Kingdom in March , 18)0 ! ,
was 0,353 , and the total amount standIng -
Ing to the credit of depositors was $300-
808M , ! ) . That the ostablisluno.it of this
system did not interfere with the
private banks would seem to bo amply
shown by the fact that in 1C years
the latter increased their capital by'
moro than JCIO.000,000. With a popula
tion nearly twice that of Great Uritain ,
and our industrial classes hav
ing far greater opportunities for
small economics , there would seem
to bo no reason why u sys
tem of postal savings banks In the United
States should not bo a great success and
productive of immense , benefits to the
people.
FltKK T1I.13N AXD HKOil'HUCITr.
During the discussion of the reci
procity clause of the tariff law in the lust
congress it was common for democrats
to declare that reciprocity is synonymous
with free trade. The democratic press
is doing the same thing now , not because
the editors are ignorant of the differ
ence , but In order to mlsluiid these who
are and If possible put the party ro.spon-
slblo for reciprocity in a fuli < o position.
There is no danger that persons who
have given some Intelligent reflection to
the matter will bo deceived , while the
difference between free trade and reci
procity is so easy of explanation , and
the illustrations furnished by the reci
procity arrangements already ulTactod
are BO clear , that nobody who cares to
understand the dljTorcnco can have any
dlfllculty In doing so.
Webster defines reciprocity as "recip
rocal advantages , obligations or rights , "
and a reciprocity treaty as "a treaty
concluded between two countries con
ferring , equal privileges r.s regards cus
toms or charges on import * , or in other
respects. " The same high authority
defines free trade as "commerce unre
stricted by duties or tariff regulations. "
In the one case the nations or
countries ontnrlng into a reciprocity
treaty agree that the interchange
of all commodities between these
countries shall bo on equivalent
terms. In the case of free trade the
simple operation is that ono country ro-
colvos the commodities of other coun
tries free from rjfttrlctton or the Imposi
tion of any import Vttty or charge , and
without reciprocal advantages , obliga
tions or rights , lloclprocily is In olTect
barter , the trading of commodities upon
terms mutually satisfactory to the con
tracting countries , and such an arrange
ment may allow ono country free access
to the markets of another for a part of
its products whllo It lovlos duties on the
products of the other , or there moy bo
free trade as to some commodltios and
not as to others , or the o may bo such
an agreement as to customs charges as
it ia believed will promote inter
national trade and bo mu
tually advantageous. Brazil has not
wholly abandoned import duties on
American products under the reciprocity
agreement with the United States , but
simply modified them as a concession to
the continued free admission of her cof
fee into this country , and Spain will
continue to collect duties on American
commodities roing into Cuba after the
reciprocity treaty goes into olTect ,
though they will bo much loss than now.
Free trade , however , imposes no condi
tions , exacts no obligations and involves
no rights. It proposes to buy from other
countries whatever they have to soil
and pay for It in whatever way
they may demand. It would allow
the colToo of Brazil and the
sugar of Cuba to como into
our markets free and ask nothing in
return. Reciprocity , or at any rate the
policy which Iho United States is promoting
meting , demands such reasonable con
cessions to our manufacturers and pro
ducers as will enable them to got a
larger share of their markets than they
have heretofore been able to socuro. It
is thus seen that both in the literal sense ,
as defined by the highest authority , and
in the practical import , as illustrated in
the agreements entered into between the
United States and other countries , there
is a very wide difference between frco
trade and reciprocity , and there can bo
no doubt as to which of the two policies
the majority of- the 'American ' people
regard as the moro'dostrablo.
No OLD citizen of , Nebraska can visit
the city of Lincoln . without u fooling of
pride in the prosperous and pretty capi
tal. These who recall its unfenced raw
prairie 2-3 yearslrigo , its hurriedly built
wooden buildingapj two years later and
its black , muddy streets of five years
since are moro thitn astonished at the
results of the last few years. Great ave
nues of beautiful trees load out at right
angles from tho'businoss thoroughfares ,
and elegant homos and grounds mark
the spaces over which the cow paths ran
indiscriminately within the recollection
of very young men. . In its business blocks ,
its private homos , its public buildings ,
its great charitable , educational
and corrective institutions , its
splendid churches , , ifs miles of
paved streets , its long lines of
electric railways and numerous
railroads are gathered the marvelous
results of 2-3 years of intelligent business
activity , public spirit and private en
terprise. Every true citizen of Ne
braska is proud of the capital of the
stato. It is moro attractive in some
respects thnn our own Omaha and there
is an air of conscious prosperity and
abiding faith in the future about its
business men and citizens generally
which speaks louder than sot phrases of
praise In behalf of ono of the most delightful -
lightful seats of , government in this
country. It is a small mind which
would refer slightingly to the achieve
ments of the second city of the stale , the
coming Indianapolis of the group of
states surrounding Nebraska.
Tinc Plttsbttrg United Presbyterian
clergymen at their recent mooting dis
cussed the elements of the strength of
Dr. T. Dowltt Talmago , the great
Brooklyn preacher. The consensus of
opinion was that Dr. Talmtigo is not an
orator. lie violates all the rules nf ges
ticulation , control of the voice and oven
these of rhetoric. Ho was hold to bo
erratic and eccentric and yet the fact
that ho preaches to and interests the
whole English speaking world was ad
mitted. The preachers concluded
finally that what the world wants is not
elegant clothes , gracaful movement and
fine rhetoric , but common nonso , clear
diction and ideas. These will knock the
former out of the pulpit quicker than
Sullivan knocked Kllraln against the
ropes and into his corner. That is
pretty quick , too.
No Use tor Ills Cliln.
.
John P. St. John cloclaros thru he U not In
sympathy with ttio third party probable because -
cause ho la not In tit- ! the usual rate par night.
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Too Mttoli N'
.
So Millionaire' ' 'jljgokofollor has nervous
prostration ! It vy'iv nl ways thought ttiut ttio
nerve cf that man Avould seine day prove too
much for tilai. ' '
TlioVn i > viiiiiiin'H Cinch.
WfiuJcty/ilu / Iteennt.
Ono hundred tb .ijgana . laundry women will
go on u strika for shorter hours today , Jn
the present unus a y laro wash of soiled
Unon iu the I > rjlt. U capital thu strlUur.i
should readily coijjrxyind the situation.
A I'rrtspTjrous Year.
The Dubllo ilobV'fnWoaso ' for the month of
May was $ tU > . ! , Oir > , 'This Is n moro Imgutalla
compared with the public debt decrease of
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SUW.OOO.UOU since the bairlnnliiK ot tho'lUcal
year. Ttio scream of the calamity frauds
moans nothing. Our country Is In ono of Its
most prosperous yours ,
V yy Coiiifiit-tulln.
Jim lui'jlun Umchei/e ,
Tins O.MUU HEKaavs that eastern iiooplu
should give a wldo berth to all solicitor * for
aid for Nobnukn HufTorers. Investigation
will , in nearly every case , oxnosa these self-
nppolntod alms Kiitherars 03 impostors. No-
brasUit is in a vcrv comfortable condition Just
now. Very few people noadald frouiatiroud.
Import -lit KoDii'ly KvcutH.
Two Important pieces of uoclal news are
cabled from Kuropc. Mabel Jordan , lata ot
tbls city , walloped HowcllOsboruoou a Paris
racetrack Iho other day , nml Mrs.
MrearlnR a pair of black eyes presented to ho
by her jealous lover , ono John Halrd , n Seotcl
mllllonalro with a taste foriloRs , prizefighter
mid faded nntrosscv Wo are pleased to so
that the cables nro belnij kept warm will
these Important reports of society doings ,
I'remain re Prod let Ions ,
/Jc'rolt ' Fire l'r .
Senator Manderson of Nebraska savi then
Is no doubt that the Nebraska republican'
would bo for ttlalno If ho wai a candidate fo
the presidential nomination , but that Is no
regarded us among the possibilities. A.fto
lUalno , Harrison Is mostly favored , thoutfl
Algor has n very nsprosslvo following , prln
clpally confined to the .soldier clement , Ii
his opinion Cleveland Is the democratic favor
Ho.
I'lilIntlolplilu'H Nnpolooiis.
Xcw 1'orh .lilt-ci.vr.
They do some things on a magnificent scale
in Philadelphia , among them the dofalcatloi
business. No other city In the union eai
produce such impressive mid absolutely awe
Inspiring thieves. In the case against 13aril
sloy It U a bagatelle to unearth some nov
Item of peculation amounting to $300,000 o
$100,000. People do not even stop on tin
street to gossip about it ,
Now York In Mno.
Tom I'Mt in Xcw I'm Ii Itf.rnrdcr.
Now York Is a republican state on natlona
Issues. Of that t nm convinced. Our state
hns too largo manufacturing Interests to be
anything else. The same reasons should
mnko New York surely republican this fal
nnd I bollevo thov will.
Thin Is tlio Talk.
Kearney Hub.
Every particle of western pressure possible
should bo brought to bear to hovotno next re
publican national convention held at Omaha
There should bo no western Jealousies In thh
matter , not even a Uttlo bit.
J'ASSIXG JESTS.
Iliisoliall umpires are princely sports. Thoj
carry counters.
The approach of Icebergs to Now York liar
no poruvptlblo olfect on the local inorcnry. 11
Is out of sight ,
"Yon soont dnoply absorbed In that book ,
Miss Nowloru. "
"Yes. it Is a charming story of 'Tho Man
with the I run Jaw. ' "
ot a councilman , oh ? "
The prlcoof lee has reached an altitude In
Denver that the mercury cannot bo kept at
the summer resort notch.
KOMKO A LA MODE.
Aciw Yitrlt Jlf.mld.
Maid of summer , ere I pop.
Ere I down before yon Hop ,
I be/ Unit through that open door
You'll Illrt wllli other chaps no moro ;
That , you'll my slslor bo t know ,
lint , swt'ot one. give mo half a show.
According toHlaolc Hills papers "Truth la
at a premium" In that section. The natives
seem to havesulllclont "tin" to reach It occa
sionally.
As a summer resort Chicago has reached
the prostration purlod.
The lookout on the tower of the now Madi
son yquaro ( Now York ) pardon will ho SO feet
from the ground. This will enable the swol-
terlnit residents to roach the altitude of the
thermometer.
After all It must bo admitted that In cap
turing ( Jhylesa , Elaine secured a Slouxtublo
husband.
The pnbllcitlon of 114 p.igos of delinquent
tax sales In the Chicago Times Is not intended
: ia a Kiiarantco of great faith ID tbo world's
fair burg.
TAKING IIRU DIP.
Xcw I'm It I'raw.
With charming smiles on her rosy lips ,
Hho pinnies into the wavelets white.
Anil the people who watch her tiiklin ; her dips
Declare that her costume's "out of sight. "
Munsoy's Weekly : "Why do you want to
got married ? "
"O. heredity haa something to do with It , I
suppose. "
Now York Heralds Wool What makes Mrs.
Hicks watch hnr husband so closely ?
Van I'olt A few nightsslnco : she .started to
grieve for her first husb.ind and lllcks sympa-
thi/.od with her.
NowYorlc _ Toloirram : MlstresJ Were you
discharged from your last situation ?
Applicant In lailo , I was not. The lady of
thi ) bouse pave mo notice , and In a moment of
anger and forgotf ulnoss Ol accepted It.
Philadelphia Record : Ho thought hH stow
would ho 15 cents. Instead the waiter put a
2.coiit - chock beside hH plate. "Stc'W.s huvo
sono up , ain't they ? " ho asked angrily. The
wnlteninlotly snld no. The customer got hot ,
however , nml talked lonulv for a mlnntu. At
last ho said : "Alt right ! I kin pay fur It.
I'm not the man to holliirmnrdor for IU cents. "
ItVttS.
New York llernW ,
She talks with tours about her mates and
n i lot us from ancient lore :
She .says the 1'ast Is left behind , the Future l.s
before ;
Her gown Is Hlmply stunning , hut her man
ner's very sid ,
O , what an awful humbug Is the SweetGirl
Girl
GirlUrad
Urad !
The girl with white shoes Is a now feature of
the year.
When a girl turns up her nose It Isn't gen
erally In order that you may kiss her lips
moro easily.
Ho hud stayed and stayed the night before
until the girl was mad enough to say any
thing , and she did the next day when bhu met
him. " 1 hail a perfectly delightful tlmo at
your boiiso last night , " ho murmured when he
met her. "Time ? " she bald curtly , "It was
moro llko eternity. "
Among the many now ornaments of Iho sea
sons ono Intended for youn { ladles will cer
tainly Milt their taste. It Is a pietly gold or
silver chain ending In a ring , from whleh hang
all sorts ot trllles , a llacon. a tiny mirror ,
watch , penknife , powder box , etc.
Among those who will make tholr formal
entrance Into the social world of Now York
lurliK Ihecoming season are .Misses Notta
Taylor of ( irameroy I'ark. Kmlly Morris ,
LJoraldlnn Kltrrcrald , Kll/.ahoth Nicholas ,
l-'raiicosTownsonil. Annie Morgan , daughter
of Mrs , I'leriiont Morgan ; Ourrlu Morgan , her
cousin , and possibly Miss Mary Cutting.
Daughters of the Itevolutlon ought to bo far
more numerous In Contr.il and South America
than In Iho United Status ,
Seminary commencement times are gal-a
lay a.
JKUTIXil JUWl'Il.
The following poem was written by an Irish
illlcor. Lieutenant Arthur , In the ling-
Ish .service , wlillu on duty In'.i city In Kast
India In which thu plague was doing Its terrl-
ih ) work. The tnh.ibltant.s , particularly the
rorolgn residents , worn living urury day by
liumlroilH , whim twenty olllcors of the Ktnillsli
irmy. without a shadow of hope of over.seii-
ng their country or friends , formed uc-lnb
ind bouuht to drown their simies In thu wlnn
cup. and by jest and son , ; to divert their
.hnughts from the terrible and Irrevocable
'atn which uach linew awaited him. The
iiithor of this poem died tilmost before thu
Dchoos of "Hurrah for tlio NoxtThat Dies"
lad ceased to lovorburato , and In lusa than a
wuokoMiry member of theulnh hail eroded
.he "siible shore. "
We meet 'neatb the sou ml in n rafters.
And the walls armnH uru bure ;
AH they euhi ) nnr peals nf latightur ,
It seems that the dead art ) there ,
llntht.ind by your glassi-s hlu.uly ,
Wn drink toour eomrades' eyes ;
Qualt a cup to thu dead ulreidy ,
And hurrah for the next th.it dies.
Not huro In thn goblets llowlni ; .
Not here In the vlntago sweet ;
' rls as fold as our hearts are glowing ,
And us dar. < as thu ihiiim wu must moot ,
Hut st mil t < > your glas-itis steady ,
And soon shall imr puloOi rlso ;
A cup to the duad already
Hurrah for tln < next that dies.
Not a aU'h for thu lot that darltliM ,
Not a tear for thu friends that sink ;
We'll fall mid Iho wine cup's sn.irklcj
As mute UN tin- wine uo drhik.
So stand to your glussus Htuady ,
'TIs this thr I tin ) respite buyaj
A "up to the Heid already
Hurrah for the nu.\t that dlus.
Time was when wo frowned on others ,
Wu thiHUht uo wuru wiser then !
Ha ! Ha ! lot Ilium drink to their mothers ,
Who nxpeut In see them avaln ,
No ! Htimd lo your K'aisiM ' steady !
Thu Ihoiitfhtless are bore thu wl.so ;
A cup to thu du id ulruady
llurr uh fur the next that die * .
Tin : A s \ t. v.n sc.t xit.t r
Ita.stlngsHopiiblleant TiiROviAliA HUB Imi
Ktlrrod up a good slzod butIn the llastlngi
asylum ,
Itcatrlco Democrat ! The llnstlnzs niyluni
Is a rotten alTalr , and the fact that u now
paper has taken the lo.ld In crowding the rav
calt out. In no way mitigates thn olTonso of the
republican ring tint did the robbing. Apolo
gies aru not In order. Turn the rascals out.
Sohuylor Quill : TIIK IIKK Is stirring up the
Hastings tninnn asylum olllclala and nay ?
they havu practiced a Hystom of robbing tne
stato. Well It makes little dltToriimro ; lliost
statiUnstltuttonsaru a not of robbers nf thu
public funds at best and It makes Ittllo dif
ference to the taxpayers who gun It , as lung
as It miint go.
l-'iirmurs Alliance ! TUB HKR shows up frauds
by .1. \ \ . IilvurmglioiiHo , Nluniird of thu hos
pital tor thu Incurable limno. This Is no sur
prise to the Alliance. Thu surprising thing Is
that J. W. U should ever have boon appointed
ntoward. when the mosteasu.it Inquiry would
haru shown bis undlnuss. Tim * teal dis
covered amounts to * uJI , but this la probably
only a hint.
York Times : There are serious charges
iiglii6t the mnnagnmentof the Hastings lu
natic asylum. A special tn Tnr. llm ; charges
guns mismanagement and startling venality.
An Investigation Is to bo demanded whlch.lt
Is char mlwill n > veal a very rntttm condition.
The matter should be thoroughly sifted nml
If there U any foundation for the charges
made thu utility parties should nut be
screened. Men should bo taught honesty In
nubile affairs. If they taue an otllco ihoy
should ho satisfied with thu n.ilnrv , and If that
Is not largo enough for them they ought to
hunt a morn lucrative Job.
Nebraska City Nuw.s ; The ll-istlugs asvlum
for Im'iirablo Insane Is the last stat * Institu
tion to liu uut on the rack and Its olllcors an-
cuscil of dufraudlng the st.ito. Superintend
ent Test ami Htuward Uvorliighonsi ) sui'iu to
havu managed alfalrs to suit themselves and
no doubt are a good many dollars ahead.
Their plan of proceoduru was to duplicate
vouchers , tliey putting the monuy thus re
ceived Into their pockets. When thn asylum
WAS built then ) wore accusations of rottenness
and thu management seiiiuo to have IH-HII lol-
( en OVPIsince. . Thu hoard of puhllu lands nml
buildings should begin criminal action aunlnst
lost and Mvorlnglimisu at ouuu. It l.s tlmoa
llttlrt honesty was practiced In the manage
ment of our state Institutions.
Uriind Island Independent ; The frauds of
which thu administration of the Hustings In
sane asylum , and especially Stow.ird l.lver-
InshouNo and the superintendent , Dr. Test ,
arc accused , are of such an ontiagcoits nature
and probably so extensive that the strictest
Investigation , and If the charges should prove
onnoi't , thn severest punishment , l.s requited.
Whitewashing reports , excusing criminals
with ullugud mistakes , uro entirely too com
mon In our country and decidedly hurtful lo
thu community and to the pally which
makes usu of them. They ought to
bo abandoned In the Interests of the
S'tato ' , the people and general morality.
A truatment llko that the umboz/.llng law
yer of Mncolu rceelved when he was sent lo
thu penitentiary Is In order. It will oltmr the
atmosphere of a far too lenient public opinion
In regard to swindles and steals.
Tll'S I < 'OH MIIHOKS TO 11 K.
Path ton anil Mine/ ) .
The most sensible wedding presents are cor-
tllled checks.
It Is not so much the custom to glvo wed
ding presents In Kraiicu as In America , lint
uvoryonu Invited to thu wedding sends the
bride n bouquet.
Shower bouquets are ono of the latest bridal
novelties. 'Ihoy cover pretty nearly tlio
whale front , of the die.ss , swaying gracefully
with every movement.
The gown of white duchcsso satin , full
sluuvosof chllTon , bodice fastened down the
slilo with a spray of oraugu blossoms ; bouquet
of orange blossoms and e.xotlcs.
Bridal robe of white silk 'China crepe ,
trimmed with or.ineo blossoms and lace , and
a tulle veil fastened with puar ! plus. Kx-
uulslto bouquet of roses , lilies , and other
llowurs.
Home of the prnttlcst bridesmaids' posies
weru composed of delicate pink .Souvenir d'un
Ami roses , with long tr.ills of thu samu ar
ranged on thu pale green ribbons that Unlshod
oil thu handles.
The hrlde'H dress was of rich Ivory corded
Hllk. festooned with embroidered chlll'on , and
trimmed with ostrich feathers and or.ingo
bloFSiims , her tulle veil being fattened by
three diamond starJL
An uxqiilslto dross of Ivory satin , otn-
hroldored with pearls. In a design of true
lover's knots ; thu bodice was trlmmod with
folds of chiffon and oearls , and feathers cdsoil
thu hem of the petticoat ; thu full court train
was of brocade In n design of feathers , and
true lover's knots.
The now wedding stationery Is very pretty.
The styles are legion , and the vury latest Is in
the form of a triptych folded ovur. On thu
centre portion Is thu announcement of tlio
marrlagu and Invitation , on the loft-hand side
Is announced the hour of thu ceremony at thu
church , ami on the right-hand that of the re
ception nt tlie hiuisu. Outside , when thu
triple card Is folded , appear the pretty silver
monograms of the bride's and bridegroom's
Initials.
Ono of the handsomest dresses seen this sea
son had a petticoat of satin duchesso , fes
tooned round the hum with old llrussols laep.
caught with sllvur hews ; thu court train nnd
I.ouls XV. coat hod Ice were of white and sllvur
brocade. In a design of true lover's knots , the
former helm : bordered down ono side with thu
same uxqnlslU ) lace and silver bows , ami the
latter edged all round with narrow passemen
terie and finished with rullles and cravat of
old lacu ; sprays of real orange blossoms wuru
worn In thu hair , with a tulle veil attached by
three diamond .stars , her other jewels belir-
pearls , llurhouquutof cholcuuxollcs also had
petulant horseshoes of ( lowers ,
TliIS (111EAT CltVXTltV OF OUH8.
The United States navy has a paper boat.
There Is JCOl , OOO.O.X ) In thn United States
treasury.
In llfty-slx years Chesapeake bay has
yielded 40JOQO , ( > 00 bushels of oysters.
The aggregate wheat crop of Kansas this
year Is estimated at & 9,000,000 bushels.
Tlio railroads of this country have received
ISl.OUO.OOO acres of land .since the year I Mil.
In the nast eight years 23 , 1.10,000 persons
used the piomenade of thu Brooklyn bildgo.
The expenses of the city and county govoi n-
meiit jf New York for lu'jj Is estimated at
Thn product of gold In the United States thu
last sixteen years has aggregated the enor
mous amount of W" : ! , ! ) W.UUO.
Thu total valuation of lloston as published
by the assessors Is fn'il,180 ) ; ' ! ) , of which iMi-
.Vt ) . HIT Is taxable. Thu la to of taxation will
huii.iUpurluw. : :
Thn total amount of money In ciieiilailon In ,
the United States on Juno 1 was Jl.r > OI.j7s.W.i. :
against $1 , 4'll , IKMVil a year ago , an Increase
durlni : t lie year of * 7.IMH.T ( > .
Of the estimated wheat crop of 1 91 of 000-
000,100 bushels Uncle Sam's folks will need at
least : i'Xil)0) ' ) ' ) ( ) ) for homo use and will have but
IJO.i.OO.OM ) bushels for export.
The downward tendency of beer Is on thn
Increase. Kur thu yuar ending April 'ill last
MJIi ( ) > 7'J barrels wont to wa st , a marked In
crease ovur thu pi deeding twulvo montlis.
Montana Is larger than the empire of Tur-
Kuy. Texas Is larger than thu whole A nstrlan
empire by III , 00) ) square miles , and New Mexico
Is larger than Great Britain and I re hind to-
guther.
Thu following presidents wore b jrn at regu
lar Intervening periods of ulght years and in-
ll red ftom ofllcu at samu regular period * :
John Adams , born 17.C > . retired , Iriili JolTurson ,
horn 174i : , retired ISO' ' ) ; Madison , born 1751. ru-
Ilicd 1817 ; Monroe , born 17.7J. retired lti'3 ; J.
Q. Adams , horn 1707. hut nerved only four
yuars ,
Kvory day there arn manufactured in the
United Mates 10,000. ' Oil wimdon toothpicks ;
every day O.MO.OOi ) of tneni am broken wlillu
wedged bet \voen homebody's teeth. On r > , Y- )
OUUof these occasions thu victim swears on an
averavo ' . ' . ; ) oaths. The attention of iuli | > hiiis
bodies Is respectfully called to the wooden
toothpick.
XOTKD MKN.
President Oitrnot of Kraneo roonlves JIM.OOO
as salary and AS much moro for honio rent
and travoting oxpeiuoi.
Wizard Kdlsun has boon sued for a quarter
of n million dollars , but ho ought tobo ablate
to Invent some way out of It ,
Andrew Carnegie was mica n messenger hoy.
This gave him leisure to nit down and lliliitr
out n way to make a great big lortuiiu.
In the opinion of the New York World John
I ) . Itouketullor. now on the slok list at Cleve
land , O. , U worth no much as Jl'5,000,000.
Bill Arp , thn licorgla humorist , whoso jokes
have aroused appreciative smiles north of
Mason and Dlxon'.s line , Is sixty years old and
thu father of nine children.
Hon. J. J. l ) . Abbort , who Is named as the lllR
now premier of Canada. U seventy years of '
age. and one-half his life has been spent In 'orlt
public life though not very ovontfiilly. /oro
W. J. Kloruiico Is fishing on thu Itcstl- thu
gouchn river , Canada , and sends home an
eighty-pound salmon , not necessarily for pub mil-
lication , but as u guarantee of goud faith ,
In his youthful days Senator Unrmnn was
the left Mulder of the'National baseball club
of Washington , with an unerring oyu for Illos.
Nowadays he watchus with morn Interest for
presidential bees.
John London Macadam , the Inventor of thn
ro-id that bears his nninu. labored for years to
perfect his Ideas , and , although thu English
parliament voted him J.K.OiW ) It hardly covered
his outlay. "HU monument Is the roads of
Knglaml. "
Ill nornl Wolseloy , who Is In command of the
British forces In Ireland. Is llfty-ulglit years
old ami prolmhlr thu best soldier In England ,
Hu Is a native Irishman and the .son of a
so dler. Hu entered the service at eighteen
as an ensign.
Justin .McCarthy , the youneor. Is already n
rival of his father In literary productiveness
If nut In literary merit. Hu possesses the trim
Irish copiousness nf vocabulary , and can ho.ist .
at thirty that ho Is the author of cloven bonus
and seven plays.
Bill Nye Is enlovlng himself In a country vil
lage of high altitude In North Carolina. Hu
di Ives a spanking team of horses , and when ho
bus spare time he puts It In on the new play
which hu Is writing for Stuart Kobsoii. In a
letter to a friend William says that bo can
now Imagine how Khakuspeaiu usuil to feel
about thu time he was giving birth to a new
play.
Piotmhly the most modest and utmssuml/
of all the emnloyoos of thu Pennsylvania rn
load Is Mr. ( icorgu 11. Itoborts. I no presldi
of that great corporation. Ho has cllm"
up thn ladder of promotion from the h
position of tollman In thu engineering i-oBrP * .
and Is a plain , uulut and conservative m/oii of
business. .Mr. Roberts Is a tall and slf'uder
mun of llfly-suvun yuars , with a few stfroaka '
of gray In his hair.
The health of o\-uuator McDonald h , lla ' > "
como so Impaired as to cause coiisldi Srnblo
apprehension among his friends. Ills n , Jll ( dy
Is an direction of thu stomach and kli""yn
thatllrst manlfoMod Itself wlillu hu.'was In
Washington last winter , ami thu vun'crtiblo
senator acknowledge * himself tbatv ' " > Is a
* dry sick man. Nevertheless his ml11.1 Is as
keen and his spirits as bright as In tin. ' days of
his vigorous health. j
Wlillu Uhauncuy M. Depew Is 0110" ( ) f " "
| ) luasante9l-mun tolnturvlnw , It has/ruiuont- (
ly buen noticed that ho nuver uncoiif'1 08 ' u
Interviewer to stay tn his presence Vor any
length of tlmo by Inviting him lo * ( ' ; down.
Mr. Depow's desk stands pretty near the cen
ter of his largo otllce , and never Is any vacant
chair found within twenty fcut of It. .vir Du-
pew will lean back In his comfortable arm
chair , and pour out anocdotu , story and witti
cism without end. Blithe nuver Invites his
listener to sit down. After the latter hl.s .
shifted his weight from one foot ; to Iho other '
a ( lorun times and hoL'Ins to fuel tired , ho
looks around In vain for a chair. There Is
none near enough to reach without Interrupt
ing Mr. DC pen's How of talk and as this would
bo Impolite and possibly followed by grave
consequences , thu Inturvluwur feels compelled
to stand patiently through It all. Whether
this Is thu result of accident or design , Mr.
Dopow has nuver boon known to maku an ex
ception.
SOME 01 ? OVK HOI'S. <
Toronto'sPrnseott , Iho now president of ( ho
IiitornatlonalTypogranhlual Union , N only L'7.
The young innii are coming to the front all
along the lino.
" \Voll , my son , which would you rather do. 'n
Hludy | RW or co to a medical collo-suV" "I - -
think , father , I'd hotter studr law. I may
want to contest your will , you know. "
The son of Mrs. Julia Ward IIowo. Mr. H. M.
Howe , has won a prl/o of.fil)1 ) francs , 11 warded
1)V the national society for thuoncouragumcnt
of Industries at. I'.iris , for a treatise on the
metallurgy of stool.
Foreign papers sav that an American nainod
Iloftlng won SM.MiO frannsat Monte O.irlo on
May 14. Tim fortunate man. It Is added , was
Intoxicated at tne tlmo. ' 1'liu success , how-
nver , brought him to his senses , as ho departed
for 1'arls on the .same day , to the great lo rot
of the croupiers.
Thorn Is Hot' Lincoln and 1'rcd Orant and
Webb llnyes mid Alan Arthur and KiHinll
Harrison , all sons of pieslduuts , anil not oiin
ofthunihasto l > o duiinud for long-ovnrdiin
tailors' ami urocer.s' bills , r.or has the name of
any ono of them over been associated with a
scandal. Undo Sam can well afford to bo
proud of his hoys.
Time Is tick ug rlsht along toward tliosn ul-
tlmato days In .lime , says the Detroit Kreo
Press , when the young in.in will step conll-
dently forward on the school pint form and
boldly assort that "wo are standing on the
threshold of a now era , " after which ho will go
forth upon the big , round , slippery world anil
( lovoto his time and Clients to ra'Blmj a thin
Htreak of pain fur/u across his nppor ll | > .
Bernard Wlttmer.Ir. was employed for flvo
years as a typewriter by a Now York business
llrni. at a salary of $15 a we > k Unu morning
last Kohrunry ho awoke to Hud himself heir tea
a fortune of * . ' .OIW.OOU ami a gioat castle Irr
Germany coutalnlii ; ; not lcssthm : I'M nx > ms.
lie wont to ( iormany , established his Identity
ami bis claim , and last month came all the
way back to tsow York for the purpose of re
signing honorably a UIS a week position. Ho
has now returned to Germany , and with his
wife ami two children , has taken up his resi
dence In his o.iRile.
A young man recently wont to dine at the
housuof a frlnnd ( says the Now York Sun ) .
This you ir. : man .says the only way ho can
lull whether there are bonus In his shad Is by
gutting them Into his mouth. Ami so when
the tlsh came , he pluimed It Into his month ,
without regard to Its bony structure , and
when a bone reviMiIoil Itspiesoneiilnhlsmouth
ho look It out. lie Ilkus shall very much and
h > ! hud set. his heal ton Having a bocond piece ,
Nut ho was not asked to have any. After dln-
mir was ever his hostess eamo and sat down
by him. "Did you want some mnro of that
llsb very miR'h/ " hint asked , 'Well. I do llko
shad very much , " he admitted. "I saw you
wanted some mnru , " she said , "but 1 didn't
ilaio give It to yju. 1 was afraid you'd die oil
the premises. " _
it.tM'H
It nnvur pays to play with a rat trap ,
A lie Is the blackest thing In the world.
No miin'H religion Is worth any more than It
L'osts him.
No man nets snuh great pay as the one who
ilous ( joil's work ,
Tlie devil Is always after the man who never
? oth discouraged.
Thu religion tint costs nothing la not the
kind that lifts people Into boavon.
The bust friend the nation htiH Is the mother
who teache.s her children to prav.
Clod never ealls a rasual lo preach the gos
pel , hut the devil frequently does.
It Is poor policy to hire a man to watch a
liauk who belloveH that stealing chickens In
right.
How much easier It Is to Hit by thu Urn mid
resolve to do u'ood than It Is to go out In the
. old and do It.
Tim preacher who gets a big salary conor-
illy has a hard time In getting the blhlu oloar
jpon when ho pioaehos , ,
The devil never gels moro tl.nn Iliroo feel
iw.iv from the man who Is trying to load n ro-
llgluus life without giving.
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Lemon , Vanilla , Orange , etc. , that
have stood the test of a quarter of
v a century , than adulterated , unhealthy
extracts because they arc cheaper ?
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