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WITH it jjrnin anil produce crop worth
$100,000,000 Nobfiiska. may rightly call
1891 n boiiiin/u year.
BliUTAMTY has inasfitioratlod lone
onouph utidur the tiatuo oi sport and the
prize fighters must to.
A COUNKU In wtioat may bo profit
able to the farmers , but what will bo
the effect upon the other bread-winners
of America ?
ONK tiling at a timo. It will bo tirao
to investigate the Norfolk asylum after
the board of public lands and buildings
bus reported its findings upon Hastings.
HAD the board of trade arranged for
the business inons' excursion to Tlolona
early next month , the thinking people
of Omaha would enjoy their Sunday
rest bettor today.
JUDOK CilAl'MAN'S sober second
thought loads him to the conclusion
that , there should bo no nominations for
governor this fall. The judge's sober
second thought is his best.
MINNKAPOUS is taunting her twin
s'slor ' over the Hall-Fitzsimmons fiasco
and invites the athletic club of St. Pnul
to the Flour city to BOO mills , if it is
mills its members are after.
WIIKN General VunWyck gets the
Ilonnopin canal built across Iowa and
Nebraska to this summit of the Rockies
wo can all ship grain from our harvest
fields to Liverpool in "whaloback"
freighting vessels.
THE Columbus , O. , jury in tlio Elliot
trial IH ono after the heart of the most
technical of lawyers It hits not yet form-
odor expressed an opinion as to the guilt
or innocence of the accused although it
has patiently listened to thousands of
pages of tostlmony and has been delib
erating over it for three days.
TIIK waterworks company is soml-ofH-
cially notified by Judge Wakoloy from
the bench that the olty has rights which
the company is bound to respect. If
hereafter the mains do not go down in
the streets as ordered , and when or-
Jorod , the city mny put them in place
at the expense of the water company.
AMONG the citizens of Douglas county
there will bo a universal feeling of sym
pathy with County Commissioner Thnnio
in his sudden iUlllotion , and a general
hope that the slight stroke of paralysis
which overcame him yesterday will not
permanently dlsablo him. Mr. Timmo
has boon an active and useful member of
the county board and cannot well bo
Bparod from his important duties.
KX-CONOHKSSMAX OwK.v's ruling ad
mitting foreign skilled labor under con
tract to work in the now tin plato works
may not bo correct , but there are several
bureau oflk'ors in Washington who will
ndmiro him for declining to bo merely a
treasury clerk with the tltlo and salary
of superintendent of immigration. A
revolt of heads of bureaus all along the
line ngnlnst their reduction to the rank
ot chief of divisions is entirely probable
end excusable.
A HANQUKT and reception was tender
ed Chief .1 ustico Fuller nt Tneoma Friday
night. It is observed no presidential
boom was inaugurated. The chief jus-
lice has probably noticed that presiden
tial booms Htartod on the coast spend
themselves long before they roach the
white house and has profited by the ex
perience of General Miles , J ustico Flold
and Senator Stanford. Perhaps Grant's
third term canvass might have boon
luccossful if it had begun in Now York
Instead of San Francisco.
HUOKKN 13ow is n far west city In
Nebraska , in the very heart of the BOO
tiou which BiitTorod most keenly from
lust year's drouth. It is therefore most
gratifying to road in n dispatch from
tbo motroplois of Custor county that her
t dealers have sold this year 113 self-bind
ort , three headers , seven threshers and
68,000 pounds of binding twine. These
it figures tire easily explained by the In
formation that the acreage Is the larg
est over known and thut wheat yields 27
and oats 70 bushels per aero.
is AII , main ,
The evidence presented In TUB BKB
of two weeks niro of- the nmtcr.lal pros
perity of Nebraska , lias attracted wide
attention , nnd it has served the excellent
purpose of correcting the unfavorable
Impressions which had boon formed re
garding the condition of the state from
the misrepresentations of persons Interested -
estod , for ono reason or another , In de
faming Nebraska. The showing of bank
deposits exceeding fifty millions of dollars
lars conclusively proved that there was
no such general Impoverishment in
the stale as the alarmists had persis
tently proclaimed. A people having at
command capital amounting to $17 per
capita , witli all other conditions favor
able to prosperity and progress , are very
far from beggary or ruin. A small portion
tion of them , as was tlio case with thono
in the drouth-stricken region last year ,
may o.xpcrlenco some distress demand
ing relief at the hands ot tbolr follow-
cltr/ons , and others who failed to ro-
colvo a paying price for tholr product * ,
find dilliculty in meeting their
obligations , but tholr condi
tions are casual and have
boon greatly oxaggoratod. The ci oak-
ors and agitators had tholr opportunity
last year and made the most of it , un
questionably to the immediate injury of
the state , but the indisputable figures
which show that the aggrcgato pros
perity of the people of Nebraska will
compare favorably with the prosper
ity of the people of most ether
states , completely disposed of the
misrepresentations of these men. That
there has boon business depression
during the last two yours will not bo de
nied , but it htis boon general and no moro
severe in Nebraska than elsewhere. In
deed it is doubtless a fact that this state
has sull'orcd less from it than a majority
of the states , and certainly not moro
than any of the distinctively agricul
tural states.
The promise of the immediate future
is n higher measure of prosperity than
Nebraska has ever known. Conserva
tive estimates place the value of the
crops this year at not less than 8100-
000,000. Add to this the value of tlio
hogs and cattle , the dairy
products , and ether sources of
revenue to the producers , and tlio
sum total will reach figures greater
than have over boon realized in any
single year in the history of the state.
Tf the indications are trustworthy the
farmers will got bettor prices for their
grain than they have received for sev
eral years , and will thus be better pre
pared than for a long time to take care
of their obligations , it is unnecessary
to indicate the benefits that will result
to ail interests , and the vitalizing effect
upon business which the improved con
ditions will havo. A revival in all
departments of enterprise would seem
to bo inevitable. It will not
como in the nature of a
boom , nor is li , desirable that it should ,
but will have a steady , legitimate and
healthy growth. The next your ought
to witness , and doubtless will , a consid
erable addition to the population of Ne
braska and a largo Inflow of capital
seeking investment. No western state
offers moro inviting or favorable oppor
tunities. Nowhere is there greater cer
tainty of good crops to reward the indus
try of Iho farmer , and the country of
which the chief city of Nebraska is the
metropolis possesses boundless possibil
ities.
ities.As
As Till' ; HUE has conclusively shown ,
Nebraska is all right.
Tilt ;
In tlio acrimonious personal contro
versy between the commissioner of In
dian affairs and the officials of the C ith-
olic bureau of Indian missions at Wash
ington , THE BEE takes no interest. So
far as the country tit largo is concerned
it is a matter of no consequence whether
the commissioner contracts with the
Catholic bureau or with the teachers ot
the church schools. Naturally enough
the "Voador wonders why a bureau of
Catholic Indian missions should bo
maintained In Washington a thousand
miles from tlio nearest Indian tribe. He
apprehends , however , the institution Is
them for the purpose of securing gov
ernment aid for its mlnsions among tlio
Indians from congress and the Indian
department , and that so far this hu >
been legitimate. lie does not care to
go into the subject farther in connection
with tills particular bureau or lo inquire
why there should not also bo a Protest
ant bureau of Indian missions.
The great fact that tills government is
annually donating over half a million
dollars lo the several religious denomin
ation for sectarians purposes is the ono in
which every American is interested.
Whether Commissioner Morgan dis
criminates in favor of Protostanism or
Catholicism in tlio distribution of this
monny is of loss importance than the
knowledge that the United States gov
ernment is violating the principles of
the constitution In aw ardlng public
funds toolthor Protestnnts or Catholicsor
both. The government should en
courage missionary endeavor among the
savages as a part of the effort for their
civilization , but it should not pay ono
dollar toward tholr conversion tti any re
ligious dogma , Protestant or Catholic.
The ovtingolr/atlon of this race is the
business of the churches and they should
pay the cost of it. The government
should dovotu the money appropriated
for the oiviliztition of Indians to their
material and educational , not their religious
ligious advancement. The national
government has no more right to
toaoh nn Indian that ho must
believe in the Lord Jesus Christ or bo
damned than it has to huddle the chil
dren of the Hebrews who live in Ameri
ca into Christian churches and seek to
make them abandon Judaism , while in
structing thorn in reading , writing and
arithtmutlc. The government must at
tend to Its logiUmato business and relig
ious instruction is entirely out ot its
line
The appropriations for Indian educa
tion have increased from $20,000 in 1877
to $1,812,770 In the fiscal year 1801.
During this period , the Indian depart
ment in its anxiety to Imurovo the con
dition of the wards of the government ,
has encouraged the religious denomina
tions to co-oporato In tholr education.
A system ot contract schools has growp
up anil unquestionably has accomplished
much good among tbo Indians. The
government probably bad uo suspicion
that it would see the day when It should
regret its liberality to the warring
cccts of Christianity or that the
amounts demanded would roach
such enormous proportions in
eo brief a jieriod. Tlio following tnblo
shows the growth of tbo appropriations
for instruction in contract ilonomintv
tlonal. schools nnd the distribution of
the annual appropriations among noveral
of the sects engaged in aggressive mis
sionary work among the savages :
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As might readily bo supposed the
inutiilicont sums offered by the govern
ment were sought after by till the re
ligious denominations who are doing
extensive missionary work among tlio
Indians except the Baptists. They
huvo a largo number of missions , but
have steadfastly declined government
aid on the principle that the govern
ment has no constitutional right to ex
pend money for religious purposes.
As mi ht also have been antici
pated the distribution of these funds
lias aroused bitter antagonisms
and these antagonisms are responsible
for the present controversy over the
whole question. When creeds collide
and churches become involved in con
tests for cash or converts , the uvarico of
humanity , the ambition for power , and
the hatred of fanaticism are all likely
to manifest themselves. The fact that
some denominations received largo and
others small sums awakened jealousies
and brought upon congress a Hood of
discussion of the merits of religious or
ganizations which in this country was
never before experienced.
The Protestants were dissatisfied be
cause the Catholics were educating the
larger numbert > f Indian children and
receiving the greater part of the con
tract school fund from the gov
ernment , The Catholics , on the other
hand , were keenly alive to any sugges
tion of danger either in congress , the
Indian olllco or the field , to-tlio system
they had organised and the government
was helping them to maintain. The
secular world looked on with disgust
and marveled at the feeling which
Christians exhibited over the subject
and decided that the circumstances
were a conclusive proof and striking il
lustration of the evils of uniting church
and state oven in so small a degree.
The newspapers of the country partici
pated in the interest which the sects
had aroused , and Indian education be
came a topic of ovary day discussion
throughout the union. The sects were
temporarily successful at least , and
congress put a rider into the Indian ap
propriation bill directing the interior
department to expend no loss than
$ o.tr > ,000 of this year's appropriation in
the support of the contract or'sectarian
schools.
The community generally does not ap
prove of this olliuial endorsement of the
system. The religious denominations
which are not participating in its benefits
are publicly denouncing congress for its
action. The secular press of America is
almost a unit upon the proposition that
not a dollar of public money shall ho
donated to any religious organization
for sectarian instruction. Congress and
the government must sooner or later ,
and the sooner the hotter , fall hack upon
the time honored doctrine of absolute
independence of church and state.
TIIK MALKS t'Ahhlfill
Statistics ! show that the male-popula
tion of the civilr/od world is falling far
ther and farther behind the female.
According to the last British census the
excess of woman and girls over men and
boys in Great Britain is about ! )00,000 ) ,
an increase in 10 years of nearly 200,000.
The Gorman census of last December
places the number of females about
OCO.OOO above that of the males In the
kingdom of Prussia , or nearly throe
times the excess twenty years
ago. There are 1,000,000 more
females than males in the
whole Gorman empire. In Sweden and
Norway the "weaker sex" are in the ma
jority by 250,000 , in Austria-Hungary by
000,000 , in Denmark by 00,000 , and in
every European country they outnumber
the males. In the United States , Can
ada and Australia the males are in the
majority , though not largely so , the es
timated excess of males In thin country
being only 1,100,000 or 1,200.000. It is
plain that but for Immigration , which
furnishes a much greater number of
men than women , the latter would soon
bo In the majority hero. There
is n , largo preponderance now of
females in Now England and in some
other sections of the United States , and
If immigration were to materially do
orcase undoubtedly the surplus of males
would soon disappear In the whole coun
try. In loss civilized countries , where
women are lightly esteemed , it is otherwise -
. wise , India having about six million
more men than woman , while the males
largely preponderate In China. The
obvious deduction is that the higher civ
ilization is most favorable to the increase
of the fonmlo sex , and this suggests the
Interesting question whether civilization
Is doing the best thing for the world in
producing this result. A fact of hardly
loss Interest brought out by the British
census is the markad decline In the mar-
rlagu rate , which has boon almost stead
ily lending downward for nearly two
decades. MotmUmo there has boon an
own moro doeniod decline in the birth
rate , so that not only is marriage de
creasing , but inrfirlngo ! ) are becoming
li > ss prolific on the average. There Is
the same tomliiuy In this country , pre
vailing chlt'llyrnong the better classes.
An excess of fonillos in n country Is cer
tain to luivo tin imfavorablo Inlluenco on
the marriage rntq , and the moral consequences
quences of such a stale of tilTalrs can
easily bo ooncctvcil.
7'1/B ISSUN IS UK An.
Hon. John C. Watson finds upon fur
ther inquiry and conference with loading
.lawyers In the state the opinion very
generally prevailing that a governor
cannot legally bo elected in November
of this year. Judge Samuel M. Chap
man very clearly suggests In a letter to
Mr. Watson that the safer course Is to
abandon the idea of including the ofllce
of governor in the call for the state con
vention , and others agree upon the gen
eral proposition. It may therefore bo
announced that the project Is dead.
This is right. The republican party
cannot atTord to give assent to a prop o-
sltion which js clearly without warra nt
of law. It will not permit itself to l > o
drawn into the error of holding a fruit
less election and involving the state
In further legal entanglements over the
ofllco of chief executive. Ills perhaps
unfortunate in view of the complica
tions developed since last oleetioji that
there is no constitutional method for
correcting an error which makes it pos
sible for a man who was not a candidate
before the people at the election to bo
legally entitled to the ollico. Neverthe
less this is the situation in which our
organic law places the state , and it is
clearly the intent of the constitution
that no vacancy shall occur in the olllco
of governor through any technical over
sight on the part of the peoplo. To pre
vent such a mishap it is provided that
the governor shall hold ollico for two
years or until his successor is elected
and qualified.
Some republicans hollovo that the re
publicans should nominate a candidate
for governor because the loaders of the
independent party assort it to bo their
intention to place a name before the
people. Should they bo so foolish , their
candidate will have the empty distinc
tion of the nomination only. The repub
licans cannot alTord to ignore the ac
cepted interpretation of the law merely
to checkmate thrt opposition. It would
bo an antrmation on the part of repub
licans that Governor Boyd is an alien
and that GovernorThayor is not entitled
to the olllco. It would bo anticipating
the decision of'.tho supreme court of the
United States , which would bo Indelicate
and ridiculous , The accident will prob
ably never again pccur , and if it should'
a precedent has already boon established
which would have the effect of settling
a similar controversy without delay.
The issue is deitd. It need not bo dis
cussed further.
I'llOFITS Or K'niKKT HAIWATS.
The city of Tordh'to , Canada , owns
and operates its system of street car
transportation. Private corporations
have been invited to make propositions
for the leasing of the lines for a period
of thirty years on an agreed tasis of $800
per annum per milo rental , a percentage
of the gross receipts and the payment
of $1-100,000 for the road in addition to
assuming a mortgage indebtedness of
$000,000. The proposition also involves
a change to an electric system.
The most advantageous of three prop
ositions now being considered is that
known as the Kioly-Evorott tender. The
Toronto J/aiJ reduces the proposition to
figures and makes up a table computed
upon a track-ago of 80 miles for the first
21 years and 100 miles for the last nine
years. The company is to invest $2,000-
000 the first throe years , $ . ' ( ,000,000 dur
ing the next 18 years and $ .1fiOO,000
during the last nine years , or $8,500,000
during the term of the lease. It is cal
culated that 75 per cent of the receipts
will bo used as operating expenses dur
ing the first two years , 70 per cent during -
ing the third , 05 per cent during the
fourth and 55 per emit during the re
maining years.
According to the calculations of the
.Mail the estimated receipts will bo$750-
COO per annum the first three years and
will steadily increase until they reach
$2,750,000 the thirtieth year , the total
receipts for the thirty years amounting
to the enormous aggregate of10,500. . -
000. The city will receive as rental and
from its percentage upon the gross re
ceipts of the company $121,000 annually
the first three years and $ .182,500 the
thirtieth year , or $0,7111,100 for the
entire term. The total surplus
of earnings exclusive of operating
expenses , cost of management , interest
on investment and possible loss by con
version of the system of olootricityreal-
i/.od by the company under the proposed
lease is $10,071,500.
Toronto has an estimated population
of 180,000. It Would add to the value of
the estimate gl'vgp above to bo informed
upon what basis the growth of the city
Is calculated. ' ' " 'This is not at hand.
Nevertheless tiq } , figures reveal in a
most graphic manner the enormous val
ues of exclusive1 franchises to street rail
way corporations' , , It is probably safe to
assort that in 'growing cities of equal
population in vth'o United States the
franchises are fully as valuable as in
Toronto. Tlici-rihowing contains In Itself
a startling coinjn'ii ntary upon the gener
osity of wostorn.flittos in voting street
car franchises'Without ' reserving either
the right of rojpj lon , rental or a percentage -
contago of the receipts.
GoVKHNOU Dot KB has formally ac-
copied the nomination of the democratic
party for governor of Iowa , but has
nogluotod to npologlzo to the common
wealth for maligning her credit and
misrepresenting the condition of her
clilof Industry.
ATHLKTIU clubs with no bettor mission
in the world than that of arranging
slugging matches should bo disbanded
aud their managers 'informed by a self-
respecting public that the slugger is
neither a hero nor n , benefactor.
AT the mooting of the state board of
transportation next Thursday In con
junction with the grain dealers and
producers who may attend , the views of
the board charged with enforcing the
details of the law will bo duly , and It Is
hoped clearly , outlined.
Tin- ; board of public land * and build
ings Is a very patient public body , othin-
wise it would not have permitted the
Hastings asylum Investigation to drag
Its slow length along through so many
weeks of midsummer. The people are
growing quite weary of Its ronmrkablo
delay. They have read the tostlmony
brought out at the meetings held to ex
amine into the affairs of the institution.
They expected a prompt finding and a
positive recommendation to the gover
nor in the promises. They have no dis
position to wait the tedious pleasure of
nn expert accountant during an indefi
nite interval while the present olllcors
continue in charge of the asylum. They
do not hold the board entirely blameless
in connection with the irregularities
complained of , but are of the opinion
that there was carelessness In Lincoln
ns well nninolnVIoncy and corruption at
Hastings. The board owes it to itself as
well as the people to report its find
ings andmnko its recommendations to
the governor without further dolay.
A UTTM- : later in the season THK BEE
will attempt , to show the amount oi mort
gage indebtedness cancelled in this state.
It will make good ante-olcction muling.
The I'ost Mortem 1'olnt.
The Kiinsasiloiiioer.ita have so fur recovered
from last year's wreck us to niovo for a post
mortem Inquiry. _ _
Could Make a Great Kxhlblt.
iVor/oIfc Xeies.
Nebraska agriculturists should soctiro a big
crop of cancelled farm mortgages and exhibit
them at tlio world's fair.
Corn DctlirouoH Cotton.
Kt. Lnuls nlolif-Dcm'icnll.
Cotton Is king no longer. Corn bears tlio
scepter now , wlillo Imy and wheat. In addition
to corn , are ahead of cotlon In value of annual
yield In this country.
The Wlinlolmok Kyc-Ojioncr.
Itmlon Journal.
It Is within the bounds of possibility that the
"wlialobaok" may eventually rovoliillonl/.o
marine construction and restore tlio lost
ocean carrying business to American hands.
That Is what Captain Mcl'oiigall ' and his
friends are contldently predicting. lint what
will our Maine anil Massachusetts .shipbuild
ers say to learning lessons In their trade from
Minnesota ?
Cleveland In Ohio.
Plitlnilflphta I'rcfs ( rep ) .
So Orovor Cleveland Is to bo Invited to take
tin ) stump In Ohio by Governor Campbell .
Will It. bo for fruo trade , free silver or free
ruin , for all or for one ? Does Sir. Cleveland
expect to support ono and dodge the other
two , or will he straddle ? How about a graded
Income tax ? Thoio are all national questions.
They are all nt Issue in Ohio , and all vital to a
national contest.
No Ijonjjer an 1 < xperiiiient.
Sitrhiuftclil Monitor.
TIIK OMAHA HEE , knowing that the sugar In
dustry Is no longer an experiment In thl.s
state. Is trying to Impress the fact upon the
citizens of Omaha that they are Iti need of a
sugar refinery whore tlio smaller factories
throughout the state can send their raw
sugar and have It rcllned ; thus allowing them
to run with a smaller capital and at the same
time giving Omaha another Industry.
ZM.S.S/.V < ; JKSTS.
Rounder Mollrldo Just charge that to mo.
Harlccoper I iruess not , I don't know yon.
Houndor fllcllrldo Hut Murphy , yjur boss.
does. Just tell him Mullrlilo got a drink ,
llarkeeper ( ; it speaking tube ) Mr. Murphy ,
Is Mcllrldo good for a drink ?
Mr. Murphy lias bo It ?
Uarkooper Hn has.
Mr. Murphy Ho Is.
In a chop house : Waltah , btvlng mcah a cup
of coffee , woah black and woab hot.
Walthor. walthor , give mo a cup of coffee as
black as the dlvil and us hot us h - !
Chicago Tribune : Magistrate Wbnt Is the
charge against this old man ?
1'ollconian Stealing a lot.of brimstone , your
honor. Ho was caught In the act.
Magistrate ( to prisoner ) Jly aged friend.
couldn't you have walled a low years longer ?
IIKMK.MmSIt TIIK HAT.
Atlanta Constitution.
"Dear brethren. "said the minister ,
And mopped his thoughtful brow ,
"Heinombcr when the hat goes round
Wo want free silver now ! "
Denver Sun : Every Irishman ought to bo
fond of watermelons , for there Is a genuine
case of the green above the rud.
Washington Star : "Yasser , " said Uncle
Hilly as bo gazed at bis boy whlln he re
hearsed Mark Anthony's oiailim , "I reckon
dat boy's gwlno ter her or c g'saultcd place
on do stage , ylt. "
JONAH IIUVISKI ) ,
Iliixton Cintrtcr.
When Jonah floated that stir on the ship.
And his comrades concluded they'd llnish the
trip
Without him , and gtvo him , us 'twere , a
straight tip
Which they did In a very brief minute
And down in the hole of the whale ho was
dropped
Ho sudden he cracked all the ribs when ho
stopped ,
This speech from his labial portals out
cropped :
I'm In It ! Kxcccdlngly In It !
Hut when , with his tenement sorely dis
pleased ,
lie toro mid ho whooped and ho yawked and
ho sneezed
Till ho made the cetacean feel BO diseased ,
lie could no longer bear It anil itrln It.
The fish made a spurt for the shore there
about.
And ho nerved on his tenant a writ of cot out.
And landing him there did triumphantly
'Kb' Jonah ! old boy ! you're not In 1U"
National Tribune : Hlastlo Skin Man I
shall not palronlni the Karly lllrdbarhorshup
any moro. The barber Is dlspoNod to bo en
tirely too familiar.
Wild Man of lliirnon In phwat way. Sims ?
KliiMleSk n Man Well , yesterday while ho
was shaving me lit1 grabbed hold of my right
oar , .stretched It out a couple of feut , und
stropped his razor on It.
Mnnsnv's Weekly : Teacher Where Is the
state of Illinois ?
Smart Scholar Near the center of the olty
of ( Jlncii'o.
Jeweler's Weekly : Algy How did yo enjoy
thedawnco lawst night at the ho.ich ?
Uliollv llottwllilu ! Mo eyo-glawss came
otr and 1 actually saw mo jmwtnali with mo
nalcod eye.
tun CM/// > / / / : /.v. "
Jatnet ir/iltrowli / Ill'ci.
Ho called her In from mn and shut the door ,
After a long striiKglliii ; with my prldo and
A weary wlillo It scorned , In which the moro
I held myself from her the ( -roater fain
Was I to look upon her face again ;
At last at last half conscious whole my feet
Wore faring. I stood waist drop In IhoMveut
tireon grasses there , where she
I'lrst eamo to mo.
The very blossomy she had plucked that day ,
And. at her falhu..s voice , bad cast away ,
Around mo lay ,
Still brlnhx and blooming In these eyes of
mine ;
Anil as I gathered oarli one eagerly
I pressed It to my lips and drunk the wlno
Her kisses loft there for the honey bee.
Then , after I had laid them with the tress
Of her bright hair , with llnKerlng tondcr-
I , turning , crept on to the edge that bound
llnr pleasani-sponilng homo lint nil around
WIUH never men of her ! The windows all
Were blinded ; and 1 heard no rippling fall
Of her glad laugh , nor any hiiri.li voice cam
Hut. clutching t the tangled grusio , oanght
A bound at > lliuii h n strung mini bowed his
head . . . . .
And Mibbod alono-iiiiloved-iincumforted !
And then straight way before
My toarles.s eye . all vividly was wrought
A vision that Is with me over moro ;
A llttlo girl that llos auleep. norhoars.
Nor bonds not any voice , nor fall of tours ,
Ami I sit Hinging o'er and o'er and o or ,
Oed called her In from him and hut the
Uoorl'1
AlH'KNTlSttta MUlllASItA I'lMWI'WK/TV
Superior Tlmo.t ! TIIK OMAHA lime's report
of the lltmnelnl Matidlng of Nobra kaa laBod )
upon the tmnk deposits has created wide
spread comment. It was onn of the bent ad
vertisement * Nebraska over received.
Norto I'lntto Tribune' I'ooplo may find
fault with the politics of TIIK OMAHA \\KK \ \ , but
as an enterprising and proarosslvu newspaper
Ills all that could bo desired. It has done ,
and will continue to do , great work for the
state of Nebraska and the city of Omaha.
I'lorro Capital : Sunday TUB OMAHA HKI-
contained an elaborate write-up of the state
of Nebraska. Nebraska Is u great state. The
western part of the slate has su'.Torod ' from
drouth , but that Is only temporary , and llko
South Dakota. Nebraska has a great future.
Nellrh Advocate : TUB OMAHA HKK'S elab
orate exposition of Nebraska , her growth , re
sources and present condition otinht to bo
read not only by tlio calamity bowlers of our
own stale , but by everybody In the eastern
states who has been misled as to our condition
and prospects ,
Saratoga < \Vyo. ) Sun : Splen.lld work was
that dotio for Nebraska by Tin : O.MAIU Hisie.
In Its Issue of July I ! . ' , In making n compre
hensive exhibitor the financial condition of
that stato. Nebraskans may well take pride In
the showing thus made. They owe a debt of
gratitude to the enterprise which prompted a
real newspaper to do for the people at largo
what olllclals elected for that purpose failed
In doing. Why haven't some of our Wyoming
journals performed that labor of love ? If the
obligation remains for long unfulfilled the
Sun. the youngest newspaper In the state.wllt
have to do It.
Yoik Ucpuhllcati : THE OMAHA HKK'S two-
page resume of the resources of Nebraska was
not a glowing report written by Immigration
agents , but the actual facts concerning the
resources of each county , compiled by care
ful corrospodents who were actual residents.
The report Was a timely one. coming at a time
when the capital of tlio east was wavering bo-
tweou the conllletlng harraiigues of dema
gogues and moagro rcpo rts of tlio true condi
tion of things. To those who wish to Inform
their friends In other lands and states of the
actual condition of Nebraska tli Is edition of
Tim HII : : Is just what Is needed.
Philadelphia 1'ioss : Nebraska Is another
state over the depressed condition of whoso
people the cal unity proaehors have shed
oceans of tears. Hut TIIK OMUIAKC \ \ lias
complied some slat Is tics snow In ; the 'Inanclal '
situation In the state which dlsnrovo the
c'alms that llio state Is In a bankrupt condi
tion. Tlio st.uo and national banks have ilo-
posllsaggrogatlngJ'H.M)7Or.ort"foro ) ) very Inhabitant -
habitant of thostate , and very nearly enough
to pay off every farm mortgage In Nebraska.
Wl.th an estimated corn crop of i'JO.OOO.OOO , and
a conespundlng Increase In the wheat , oats
and fruit crops , the outlook for the slate was
never so bright. Thesamo evidence of com
ing prosperity Is heard from South D.ikota ,
where the Sioux Kails Press asks : "Will the
people of South Dakota and the great north
west , who are just on the eve of ono of the
most glorious harvests ever garnurod , appre
ciate tin ) source to which are duo the blessings
which they are about to enjoy ? "
Kremont Tribune : The HKK'H recent exhibit
of Noliraska's growth , resources and bank de
posits has given the calamity organs the belly
ache , all along the lino. The eternal fact Is
that bank deposits are money and nothing
else available cash represented by checks
perhaps , but which In turn must , bo repre
sented by gold or silver , somewhere back
of them , A baiiK deposit , too , Is tlio resi
due In the bank after all chocks against
It are counted out. That was precisely the
situation when on May 4 , at the close of busi
ness for the day , the deposits In the banks of
Dodge county were $ l,4UTtl ( ) , an average of
Tli.10 for every man , woman and child In the
county , or I.ISS for every famliyof live persons.
Tills showing Is one calculated to give some of
the demagogues a bad case of Jim-jams , but
It will have to stand as an unimpeachable
evidence of Dodge county's prosperity and
every man who lives In the county knows It Is
a good and faithful Index of the condition of
the people.
TIIK ll ( > UN KlIOl.l ) .
Dead gold combined with burnished gold Is
a distinct and strong feature in the finish of
now goods.
Ono of the most beautiful parlor suits Is
decorated with an exquisite Wattoau upon
the banks of various pieces.
A massively carved bull's head forms Iho
back of a curious hall chair. The polished
les and seat and carved legs closely resemble
tlio cloven hoof of the bovine.
An Ivgyptlan booth with elaborately design
ed fretwork top Is a striulng oddity for a hall
stand , and a full length mirror In the roar
rellects the fret to good elTect.
I'oldlng screen's art made with the loveliest
reproductions of Watteau upon tlio panels.
Fine mirrors are In some casoa upon one
panel , a beautifully painted subject upon the
other.
Ladles' decorated desks and secretaries are
made In the most novel varieties with numer
ous contnvanr-es and ingenious devices.
which are well calculated to please the fair
box with Irresistible decorations.
The hall clock , tlio tall grandfather's clock
of a century ago , Is agilnan established piece
of furniture , These clocks1 are sometimes
heirlooms In elegant houses , but the bo.st are
those of modern manufacture. Compara-
tlvoly few of the old cocks are worth tlio
price paid for thorn by cnrlo hunters. Some
of the old clocks made In Connecticut had
solid brass works , but the majority of thorn
bad , woollen works and were wound up by
means of weights ; and these iiatur.illy are so
worn out after a number of years that they
cannot keep time. It Is not uncommon , how
ever , for people possessing tbi'se worn-out
clocks to ehargo extravagant prices for them
$100 and f'-iW being ordinary prices asked for
them. An o.xcqllent tall hall clock , with a
ease of solid oak and metal works that ma v
bo run for thirty days , can be purchased for
$3)0 ) and sometimes less. With Westminster
chime * , or the How Hell chimes that U'hlt-
tlnglon hoard , they may cost t0j or ll.OOt ) .
.1 TCIllSOtf < ll. < Hliril-s.
Thought Is a treat tn'nsiressor. '
No man would bo willing to bo judged by
thoughts.
Hope Is recommended for as many Ills as a
patent medicine.
Is Misery a great society favor'.te ? It Is said
that she loves company.
Women can have good times and bo good-
natured afterwards , but a man can't.
Heforo doing wnmg.ll might provoof benellt
to remember that your punlsiimeiit will bo a
giant compared to your pleasure.
After a man passes forty , tbu greatest hen )
In the world to him Is the. man who became
famous after fifty.
Trials and tribulations are very essential to
making a man great. Von rirnly hear of a
great man who Is a bachelor.
If you wilt constantly look for It. you may
always Iliul a cloud somewhere In the sky.
The s.tino rule Is trim when. Inslend of looking
for clouds , you look for trouble.
Too many younx people depend on their
father's money taking them through this
world , and Iheir mother's prnyors making
everything ail rlijlit for them In the next ,
After a girl has been ongngo.J six months
she begins to llnil out Iliatshu enn't have a
good time unless her young man Is around.
and he begins to find out that he can't have a
n luu time If hh girl Is along.
It Is said of moro than half the men that
they resemble Napoleon ; It Is said of more
than half tlio women that they h.ivo Madnn
na-llke faces. Still , there watt only ono Napoleon
leon and only ono Madonna.
A MlKhty Illtf
flniiul lilanil I.
There nru a great many alliance papers In
Nebraska that tnko no stool ; In Jay llnrrown.
the dictator , and that believe that tha alliance
party should not bo a one-man party , but u
party of Iho people. They do not object to
Ilnrrows lining for the pmtv , but they do ob
ject to the party being for Ilurrow * .
Itlalno'n I'owcr.
JV ii > Vor/e / H'nilil ( clm (
The country receives with profound Interest
nvory uuthuntlo Item of Information concern
ing Mr. lllalnu. The fact that It deus so U
ovlclnnco enough of hli > extraordinary Import
ance In Iho politics of t.iu day.
StKXTltHf IT.
"When T. DoWItt Talmago wix * In Cole
rado. " xnlil Low Doi'knliidcr , the mtmt/l
klnir , while In Omaha the other Ony , "the emi
nent dlvlno was nlmwn the wonders of a min
eral exchange. The making of Ice was u
Hlartllngly now feature In the man tit cloth I -
and ho Inspected the machinery with Iho
minutest care. In the midst ( if his Investl y
Rations lie looked nrninid and siw an Indian
of t IIP Sioux nut Ion standing near him In open *
mouthed astonNhtnent. Ho was watching the
process with IntoiHcit Interest. After u pro
tracted silence , the Indian said to Talmagot
Mhr ) Heap great ! white man bigger than
tlod ; ( led make lee In winter , white man mnku
Ice In Mumnior. ' And tills Is one of Talmago' *
great storlej oh the lecture platform. "
Jnilgo I.oo Kslollo , while possessing a dig
nity In keopltu with the position he holds nn
the district bench , Is nevertheless ono of the
uoyswhen ho lays aside Iho ermine for the
garb of the Individual , lint the Judge forgot
himself the oilier day while holding court In
Sarpy county , and the lawyers at Paplllhm
are telling with delightful appreciation tills
story :
His honor was engaged In the trial of a ciuo
Involving several technicalities which the
court of last resort has not passed upon
The attorney for the plalnlllT endeav
ored to uut In evidence a certain
Instrument of writing which the judge would
nut permit , to the consternation of the bar
rister. The attorney for the defendant In the
action then endeavored to bamboo/.io the
bench by getting to the Jury a paper whu-h
,1 ml HI Kslollo proceeded to knock out In true
Sulllvano4iiio | fashion. Then the plaintiff's
counsel rose and said that ho thought It an
outrage that the court should take such a
view of the ease at bar. The court listened
attentively , In fact smiled now and then In a
fatherly sort of way as the lawyer warmed to
his words. When ho had finished Kstollo
leaned over the desk and In an Impressive.
manner said : <
"Von haven't any kick coming : you brokn
oven. "
Tliu Judge had expounded a legal principle
setting In the shade the utterances of HlacU-
stone , Coke and Littleton.
It li surety true that youth Is not so often
young as It used to be. The rising generation
may not bo born llko Kleh.inltlio orookbaek.
with tenth , hut It Is surely born with opinions.
There are mon who must ride up and down
town on a line of ears which tr.iverses a part
of the city where the children enjoy all Iho
advantages nf a molern forolng process In
tlio way of eduratlim and social life. Hoforo
they are In their teens they discuss theology
and Ihcosophy and before they reach that nun
which poets call "sweet , " they are to be found
running wild In the I'rench department of the
public IIlirary , whore there Is a very small
fence > iround the realistic books and the most
advanced Kronch writers are unchained.
Childhood seems to have been relegated to the
land of the mystics , U Is a question whether
there Issuch a thing any more. H Is a myth
like ( lie roc's egg and tlio gumbo tree. Time
was when the children were seen not hoard
To day the young people can give you
points. Heforo they turn tliolr hair up or let
their .skirts clown , they may he found posing
asskeiitlos and suffering from the chronic
ennui of knowing It all.
Two ten-year-old obits rode up In a Farnain
street ear the oilier day. They talked for
show , at the gallery , as the slang book would
put It. They Were too well dressed lo be unno
ticed. They talked In a fashionable tone of
voice and each evidently eared little what
the other said M > that they kept the ball of
talk going , llwassueha good Imitation of
tholr mam ma's society twaddle that every pas
senger became lutoroslcd and amused at th'
Impersonation , \
"Do yon know , " one child finally asked Iho
other , "what Mrs. Hlauk says about the now
city hall building. "
The other did not so the tlrst speaker wont
hn :
"Phe says that the dogs may bo Uomanesqun
but they are ad badly modeled they would
drive people to drink ; In fact give them a
taste of hydrophobia. "
Hero they botli laughed loudly as If the
Idea wan very funny. Tnen will- bar liead
turned critically to ono side , Iho speaker
looked at the building , which was just being
passed , anil said slowly :
' It. reminds me of an alTcctlonato pie- thereof
reef seems lo bo stuck on Iho foundation. "
Mr. I'rod Whitney's name seldom appears In
print , and for two very good reasons. Ho Is
opposed to the notoriety.
I was traveling In Texas , I had slept all
night In a Pullman. In tlio morning I reached
for my shoes. Hut there were none nndor Iho
liorth. T reached ahead. There were no shooi
there. I groped In the othordlroctlon. There
were no shoes there either. I rang tlio bell for
the porter. That liidlvldualcould not explain
the disappearance save by saying that
a geniman who had jus' got off ,
at the last station had pra'ps taken thtu-c'
There were no shoos there to tit mo and I was
Fitst Hearing my station. Every pair of shoos
n Iho oar was too small for me , and besides
mil boon pre-empted except tlio 'gnnboits'
[ of t by the follow who had appropriated mine.
I blessed the Innoc'in MI of my colored friend
and amid the sympathetic assurances of my
fellow passengers , loft the train In my 'stoek-
ngfeetl' As luck would have It there was a
lolo In lliu heel of one of my socks. Thostnp-
ilng place was a Junction with a nine shanty
ilg onoiuh to accommodate < i Newfoundland
IOL' , but. not a human , I had to stand around
.here and blister until the next train arrive I ,
Tins gave mo three hours to think of my mis
fortune an. ) my sins , and tos.ivo mo I could
not see what I had done to merit such punish
ment. Two or three Ignorant fellows made
me angry with their sympathy. Finally I
telegraphed the first station on the cross
mad , and when wo readied there I found tin
ordered pair of shoes awaiting me. I was four
lours almost abarefool. "
ir.r/.so.v .i.v/j inn VK.INK.
Kromont Trlbnno : chairman Watson )
iway off his base and the gray matter under
Ills bald spot Is needlessly and erroneously
igitatod. No election of governor can beheld
Ibis year.
( Jranil Island Inilopendeul : If Watson's po
sition bo true , Ihon llio woidsof Iho consll-
lutlim have little meaning , where It deelaies
that certain slalo olllrors , Including thogov
rnor , shall ho elected only In oven years.
I'loniont I'lall : The strongest legal oplnl.ms
are against Watson's position. It IH pnihaiiln
that the chairman's opinion Is t-nniowhat
bused on piojudlees against the sturdy old
governor for decapitating him from the pos'- '
lion Into which a democratic executive hinl
placed him.
Seward Koporlor : Mr Watson seemed to' ' ) ,
llsliossliis himself nnneci'ssailly. Tim p6- (
ile have accepted the derision of the suprenu )
. unit In the matter of Hie governorship , aud
t Is piohablo that If a governor Was to i o
e'oeted ' this yeaetbe court would have glv n
it least , an Intimation of It. Mr. Watson Is
halrman of Iho republican stnto comnuttio
mill the convention im.'cts. hut | m should r nt
iHsiiino to run the party The best Inwynii.
is far as we l.now. agree thut a governor ' -an
ml legally lie tile le-l until IK'X' .
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla - \ or porfoot purity.
LemonI
Lemon - Of great Btrongth.
AlmSnd I Economy In tholr use , '
RoseetC.TJ Flavor ns clollontoly
end dcllclously uo the fresh frulU
