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Btato and Iowa nn opportunity to keep
posted on the progress of the campaign
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af this year for twonty-flvo cunts. Send
In your orders early. Two dollars will
bo accepted for a club of ten names.
Tun BKE PUIIUSIIING Co. ,
Omaha , Neb.
Wnr.N it comes to the cats-paw act
with corporation chestnuts in the fire ,
the venerable Neater of the Nebraska
b.ir Indignantly gets up and walks away
Jrom the fireplace.
TIIK Nebraska hop grower will not for
got that it was the reciprocity clause in
the MoKinloy bill which made it possible
to compel Germany to remove the embargo
barge from American porK.
INSTRUCTIONS Imvo been given Minister -
tor Egan to rocogni/.o the congressional
government of Chili. Curiosity now prevails -
vails as to whether or not the now gov
ernment will rocogni/.o Mr.
HIPI'OLYTK Is again on the anxious
' .oat , and no wonder. The insurrection
vhich threatens his power is under the
leadership of General Blot. Ilippolyto
and his on tire public career give Indica
tion that a general blot Is exactly what
Elaytl needs to robtoro her to respecta
bility.
OENKRAL RUSSKLI. A. ALOKU need
not take the trouble to give the lie to
the fake special which an Omaha con
temporary gtivo to the public yeatorduy
under a four slug liond. It is merely
proof that mental dry rot is gradually
'getting in its deadly work on its half-
baked editor.
FitANCK is entitled to the congratula
tions of the people of the world upon at
taining her majority as a republic. For
twonty-ono years the French republic
has survived , txnd IB stronger today than
over , giving promise that monarchical
rule is gone from the French forever.
Vivo la Franco.
OMAHA'S municipal pay roll , exclusive
of inspectors and employes who work by
the day , aggregates 821,80100 per
month , $ t-i2,7H0.05 ( ; per year. This is an
enormous regular drain upon the city
treasury. It is largo enough to oxclto
the suspicion that it needs reorganiza
tion , pruning and reduction.
TIIKIIK can bo no question about the
ability of Judges Wakoloy , Doano and
IIopowoll , and it is a reflection upon the
intelligence of the voters to imagine
they cannot see the difference between
thorn and Magnoy , Mlnahan and Os-
berne , whom the independents pick out
from tbo bcoroi of able attorneys in the
district to supplant them.
Gnvr.itxoK THAYKII made several
good speeches at Grand Island among
the number being an especially grace
ful response at 11 reception tendered him
by the Woman's Relief Corps. The
governor was as much at homo in the
role of cavalier at Grand Island as In
that of Bold lor and statesman. The
press are touching him lightly.
SHOULD Stephen B. Elkina bo ap
pointed as secretary of war , it will bo
entirely sufo to give the lie direct to all
btorios hitherto published stating that
the president and secretary of state are
not on t3nns of cordial intimacy. If
any man in America admlroa James G.
Blulno more than our own John M.
Thuratoii admires liiui , that man is Steve
Elkina.
JUST about the time Iho thrifty farmer
gota ready to make a fortune cultivating
a now vegetable or fruit a damaging In-
Boct comes Into existence to reduce his
proflta ami discourage his ontorprisa
The beet sugar industry of California
was about to sUind firmly on Its feet and
promised immense profits. A pest has
begun its drotid work , however , and the
ugar boot growers at WntsoiivlUo rtro
orlouflly alurmod for the future of tholr
Infant industry.
Tin ? BIK : has become so fntnlllnr with
( lullbornto and shtunoloss fnlslllcatlon
and mlsroprosontatlon on the part of the
advocates of prohibition th : t it Is never
surprised at anything of the kind coin
ing from that sourca. The prohibition
propagandist scorns Incapable of fulrnoss
und honesty , ami while claiming that
the cause ho lights for IH iv moral cause
ho will nothosltiito to resort to falsehood
and slander in support of it. This was
conspicuously shown In the prohibition
campaign in Nebraska , and the sumo
doplorublo disregard of truth and fair-
no 9 is bojng manifested by the advocates
of prohibition in Iowa.
Evidence of this is found in the edi
torial columns of a recent Issue of the
Ottumwn Daily Courier. In mi article
opposing the licensing of saloons the
editor remarks that "last fall it
was tacitly understood that the
OMAHA BUB was remunerated hand
somely for lighting prohibition"
in this state , and this is followed by a
quotation from an alleged statement of
Mr. Hosowntor to the cIToct that high
license is not a success in Omaha , IB not
properly enforced , and has been produc
tive of u number of ovils.
There is not n HoinUllu of truth in
these allegations. They are pure and
unmitigated fabrications. The first ono ,
regaiding remuneration received by
Tin : BKK , or by its editor personally , was
mndo by the prohibitionists of this
state , and at the time mm mot and fully
disposed of by Mr. Kosowator himself.
It was also denied and denounced by
aomo of the most prominent bankers and
business men of Onvilm who hud full
knowledge of the facts. The truth Is
that the prohibition campaign in Ne
braska cost the editor of THK Bui : not
only a great deal of valuable time and
very hard work , but a considerable sum
of money. At different times the
Bunkers' and Business Men's associa
tion , and not an association of liquor
dealers , for tliero was none such
In existence , purcha-sod quantities
of THK Bui : for special cir
culation , paying thorofor the regular
price , and except in the way of this en
tirely legitimate business transaction
this paper received no remuneration for
opposing prohibition , and did not ask or
expect any. The editor of THK BKK
fought prohibition because ho believed
the adoption of that policy would do for
Nebraska what it has done for Iowa and
Kansas in chocking their progress and
prosperity , and ho ncoded no other incentive -
centivo to his course than the patriotic
desire to save this state from the blight
of prohibition.
Regarding the statement that Mr.
Rosewater has said that high license is
not a success in Omaha , but that on the
contrary it is not enforced and has boon
productive of numerous evils , wo have
no hesitation in pronouncing it false in
every particular. Mr. Rosewater could
not make such assertions without stulti
fying himself , and ho would not
make them because they are not true.
Nowhere in thiseountry has high license
boon more successful than hero in
Omaha , nowhere is it better enforced ,
and nowhere are the evils incident to
the liquor trulllc less numerous than in
this city. Tliero is more drunkenness
in some of the cities of Iowa having one-
third the population of Omaha than
there is hero , and ttie same is true of
Kansas towns. Mr. Rosewater was
largely instrumental in scouring the
adoption of the high license and local
option law of this state , and wo apeak
from a thorough knowledge of his views
when wo say that ho regards it with as
great favor today as at any time since its
enactment , and that ho is satisfied with
its results so far , at least , as Omaha is
concerned.
THB Biu : has said nothing about the
prohibition issue in connection with the
Iowa campaign for reasons which scorn
to its editor to bo valid. It
has expressed a desire for the
success of the republican party
in the election of this year , bocaueo It
thinks it would be extremely unfor
tunate to allow the democratic party to
obtain full control , or oven retain what
it now has , at this timo. Such a result
would render Iowa a doubtful state in
the presidential election , and might load
to a permanent break in the hitherto
solid republican west. A demo
cratic victory this year would
probably , indeed almost certainly ,
mean a gerrymander of the con
gressional districts and provision for the
choice of presidential electors by dis
tricts , thereby insuring a part of the
electoral vote of that state for the dem
ocratic candidatii for the presidency
next year. While wo know that pro
hibition hus been a damugo to the ma
terial interests of Iowa and believe it
must continue to bu , and therefore
should bo abandoned as soon us it is
practicable to do so , wo do not doubt
that it' is moro important to save
the state from democratic rule at this
time than. that the prohibition law
Hhould bo repealed. This we say as a
republican paper , believing republican
success in the nation to bo necessary to
the progress and prosperity of the coun
try. Bu' ' we cannot permit to pass un
noticed the falsehoods and misrepresen
tations of prohibition advocates , oven
though their exposure should operate
against the political party whose suc
cess wo hope for.
1'ATHOMZK 0.1M1U INDUS CHI' ,
The efforts of TIIK BKK to awaken
local patriotism among our citi/ens
which shall induce them to give Omaha
manufacturers preference wherever pos
sible , are bearing good fruit The people
ple with ono accord second the proposi
tion. The only thing they ask now is to
bo informed oa to what articles of Omaha
manufacture may bo had in milllciont
quantities. The manufacturers are
greatly encouraged , and n number of
languishing Industries have already
taken now life and give promtfo of im
portant future development.
AH uuggcstod in Tim BKB of one week
ago , stops have been taken looking to
an organization of local manufacturers
to help on the good work , A mooting
has been called for the 21st of Septem
ber , and it Is proposed to enlist every
local manufacturer In Omaha in the as
sociation. Its purpose la very briefly
outlined in the formal call and it is
probable no definite plan of operations
liaa been carefully thought out at this
time. Iii ttio course of the next few
li ) 8 , however , the ideas of Iho manu
facturers will have been crystallt/od ,
nnd when they got together It will bo a
comparatively simple matter to consti
tute a compact , useful nnd readily man
aged orgnnt/.ntlon.
The manufacturers should secure
ample hoadquartoisnml an clllclont sec
retary. The rooms of the association
should contain samples of every article
manufactured In the oily attractively
displayed so Unit citizens would bo de
lighted to show visitors what Is done
hero In the way of manufacturing. The
secretary should bo not only genial , ac
complished and Industrious , but thor
oughly nequalnto.1 with the business
community. Ho should bo a man of good
address who can keep Omaha wares before
fore the rotsill trade and awauon Inter
est in the city generally. He should bo
backed by li stroncr executive committee
which will give the association
all the time necessary to make
a success of the united ef
forts of its members. The secretary
and the executive committee should bo
strong enough to compel respect and be
sure of Its position. The other members
of the association must bo loyal and nil
work together for the upbuilding of
Omaha manufactories.
Such an organl/atlon properly man
aged can induce the retail dealers to
assist them in their efforts. It can , at
small expense , inform every citizen of
Omaha exactly what household and
other articles can bo obtained in this
city. It can so stimulate the Industries
of its members as to compel them to in
crease their capacity and consequently
the number of wafre-oarnlnir employes.
It can within a brief period be strong
enough to guarantee remunerative local
support to factories looking hither for n
location. This is far bettor than a bonus.
It can in short tnuke of itself an invalu
able element in the growth of Omaha
and a profitable Institution to its mem
bership. It is a good move from every
point of view and deserves to bo encour
aged.
' PARKS.
The Board of Park Commissioners
has invited proposals for the sale of
lands to the city for parks in lots of from
twenty to eighty acres each. The board
has wisely abandoned for the present all
idea of buying u largo body of land a
long distance from the city for an exten
sive park and will attempt to secure
smaller tracts inside the city limits ,
tuns giving to all sections of the city
suitable breathing places and adding
greatly to the attractiveness of Omaha.
Later it may bo possible to connect the
system by boulevards and , squares in the
central part of the city and so ultimately
create hero an arrangement of parks and
park boulevards which will be the pride
of Omaha nnd oxclto the admiration of
the entire country.
The great danger to the proposition
is that pcoplo owning land will put so
high a price upon what they offer as to
prevent the commissioners from pur
chasing. This will bo very short
sighted on the part of proprietors , espe
cially of proprietors with largo tracts
unimproved. In Minneapolis the fine
system of parks is the result of liberal
donations from public spirited citizens.
The owner of eighty acres of land any-
wlicro in Omaha can help the city
greatly nnd make money for himself by
donating a twenty-acre tract for park
purposes. At all events gentle1 MI who
submit proposals should understand that
extortionate prices will not bo accepted
by the hoard , and if the people regard
the prices toj high when bonds are
asked they will vote them down. It
will bo the part of wisdom , therefore ,
for bidders to offer their land below its
market value.
The progress of the plan of village
farming , wfiich Mr. John W. Book-
walter , a wealthy citizen of Ohio , pro
poses to introduce in Nebraska , will bo
watched with general und acute inter
est. That gentleman presents his the
ory of what is necessary to be done to
remedy the isolation of the farmers in a
most interesting way , and as a practi
cal man ho intends to demon
strate that such a plan us ho
suggests can be successfully carried
out. Indeed ho feels entirely secure in
his position for the reason that there
are muny examples of successful village
farming throughout Franco , Germany ,
Switzerland and other old countries ,
though ho does not expect that a like
system hero will yit > ld as great benelits.
Still , ho observes , as the lamentable
fact exists that our great agricultural
interests are , to a great degree , in a
state of unstable adjustment with
the ether factors and elements of
our lifo that make up the in
dustrial , commercial and social body of
our people , and as it is evident that just
and stable adjustment therewith would
result in vast nnd permanent benefits to
our country , the trial ol any scheme ,
having for its purpose this great object ,
oven if it should result in partial or com
plete failure , would bo limply justified in
the patriotic endeavor to aid in the ac
complishment of so great and desirable u
work.
Mr. Bookwnltor has evidently studied
the situation of the farmers with respect
particularly to the disadvantages of
their isolation , most thoroughly. lie
was Iwrn on n farm and pas.sod his boy
hood and early manhood under condi
tions similar to those which are fully as
operative today in driving young men
to the towns and cities na they wore
when ho loft the farm in obedience to
the same impulse. Mr. Bookwaltcr has
achieved marked success in the business
world , but ho has kept in touch
with the farmers and has fol
lowed the progress of events closely , so
that ho has now , ho bnlloves , a reason
ably accurate conception of the course
of the present discontent and of the un
satisfactory condition of the farmers
which this discontent evidences. His
view is that the source of many of the
farmers' burdens is nls Isolation , the
lack of association and co-oporntlon , the
lack of united effort , the dif
fusion rather than the concentra
tion of energy. This he declares to
bo the dominant and conspicuous
cause of the disadvantage at which the ,
farmers are in the gro it industrial con
test , and ho thinks it by no mo ins neces
sarily incurable or permanent. Mr.
Bookwaltor In abundantly able to make
ft thorough test of hU plan of vlllngo
farming , nnd If o sucr-codf ) In demon
strating the bijni8 ho hopes from it ho
will have noMiipllshod something of
very greit importance. If It almll 1x3
shown , as Mr. Bookwaltor bellovoa
will bo , that without any sncrlllco of
lndopondonccv.hjit by voluntary cooperation
ation , u niim cj' of Important advan
tages may be gained by each farmer ,
resulting in reduced cost of crops to
ouch , to say nothing of all thn social
nnd ether benofffo to bo gained by living
In close touclt vlth each ether , vlllngo
fanning may In wine become general in
this country. Doubtlcos there are prac
tical dinleultles in the way , but it can
not bo said these are Insurmountable.
TIM .sr.m ; uximnsirr.
The Nebraska State university should
be ono of the great institutions of learn
ing In this country. Its endowment is
generous and the people of the state
cheerfully vote it all the funds neces
sary to success. The attendance
has increased year by year , the
force of instructors has been
enlarged with the growth of the
attendance nnd n moro ambitious
course of study has boon outlined as the
great school has added numbers and In
fluence. Although not yet provided
with all the appliances nnd advantages
of the modern university , it is moving
forward to the position which every
loyal citizen hopes to see it attain within
n few years. It is a noble monument to
the intelligence of Nebraska , a grand
promise for the youth of the future and
grows nearer and dearer to the great
heart of the people.
Already the university has given to
the state and nation men whoso attain
ments have won for them reputations of
'which any state In the union might
justly bo proud. Notably .imong these
are Prof. A. G. Warner , now of Wash
ington , where he was called by the pres
ident to the responsible duty of superin
tendent of charities and correction , and
Pi of. Gcorgo E. Howard , whoso talents
as nn educator secured him an appoint
ment to a chair in Lolninl Stanford , jr. ,
university. All over Nebraska are men
prominent in all the professions and
leaders in every community who cherish
the Nebraska university as their alma
mater.
The present year under the efficient
direction of Chancellor Can field prom
ises especially gratifying results. Al
ready the widening culture which his
eminent abilities have guaranteed are
perceived in the opening of the law de
partment under , authority of the original
'
charter of 'iho institution. The
medical college1 was opened some
years airo. This last departure
very nearly cwnj Ietos the original plan
of the foundeVs of the university. It
makes a university indeed. Whatever
may bo the oiiinjon of the reader upon
the mooted question of the propriety of
conducting professional schools at pub
lic expense , thojljict remains that other
states have built up just such institutions
nnd Nebraska cannot allord to bo loft
'n ' the rear of th,5 procession of educa
tional progross.H | Her people will not
haggle over the principle ; they are sit-
isfied with the facts as they are , and will
in the futuio , as in the past , cheerfully
endorse every forward movement made
by the regents of the university. Chan
cellor Canfiold can bo assured that the
people of this great state stand behind
him with their sympathy in his com
mendable efforts to make the Nebraska
university hotter than over before and
bettor than any ether young educational
institution in America. Nebraska will
bo satisfied with nothing loss than the
best her agu , population and wealth can
secure , and this moans a really great
college of learning.
PROF. IIVJ/tAfi/t 1.W * TIIK RAILROADS.
When Prof. A. G. Warner was ap
pointed superintendent of charities and
corrections for the District of Columbia
by President Harrison , it will bo remembered -
momberod that the Nebraska senatorial
delegation disowned him and insisted
that ho was from Maryland and should
not be accredited to this stato. The
senatorial delegation had novoi heard
of him and having recommended
an old-time politician and ollico-
holdcr for the place , were not a little in
dignant to find that , this unknown
college professor should have boon se
lected. Mr. Warner grow up in Ne
braska , graduated at the Nebraska uni
versity and hud uchiyvod some reputa
tion as a writer upon scientific and
economic topics before ho was called to
an important chair in Johns Hopkins
university at Baltimore. Ho w.is a pro
fessor in the State university at the time
of his appointment and had done some
political writing over his own signature.
Nevertheless to the Nebraska senators
ho was u stranger and they were there
fore displeased that he should have been
chosen to the position , notwithstanding
, ho tvits eminently fitted by education and
experience.
Mr Warner may have boon an utter
stranger to all the politicians of the
state , but judging from an article in last
week's Now Xp.tjk Jndeiiemlcnt entitled
' The Rai'.roadpmnd the F.irmors of Ne
braska , " ho Is nriitty well informed upon
the politics of , tbis state. Ho reviews
with the skill uoft ) positive information
the relations * jrjilch | have existed be
tween the rail wa.MjCompanlos and the people
ple of NobraskitKitd comes so near telling
the exact truth"i | { regard to the situa
tion as to provojW'yond tv doubt that ho
has boon a ctrUful and constant reader
of Tin : BKK fo ljorles of years. The
article is voryjciwnprohotisivo ami occu
pies three of tHoiowldo columns of the
great Now YojfJ , Weekly. It sketches
very briolly fcithe conditions which
brought the pcOftlo and the railroads of
' '
the state Inlo'ilq'llumta commercial ro
tations and shcnys what a tremendous
engine of good qr of ppprossion the cor
porate power in Nebraska is where
no town "owes its existence to any spe
cial natural advantages connected with
Its location , " but is wholly depend
ent upon the railroad facilities and
advantages It may , bo able to sociu'0
through the Creed will of the railroads.
The farmer is likewise at the mercy of
the corporations , and when crops are
poor or prices low ho keenly realizes
this dependence.
In the opinion of Mr. Warner
the railroads hnvo not boon candid
In doAltng with the people of the
state. Not satisfied with subsidizing
the host attorneys of the state to defend
them nnd aid them In political manipu
lation ? they have resorted to nil the
tricks and Intricacies of the law to bol
ster up their earnings. In splto of the
interstate commerce liuv , discriminations
have prevailed and the roads have pre
fer roil to ignore publlu opinion nnd the
rights of patrons. When it suited them
to condemn n right of way they were
domestic corporations. When sued by
the people they fell back upon congres
sional charters or organizations with
out the state in order that they might
wear out the complainant citizen in the
United States courts.
The writer then discusses the Immense
wealth of the corporations and the fact
that they all with ono exception extend
through ono or more ether status than
Nebraska and 00 per cent of their
business is Interstate tralllc. A resident
general manager is paid a salary'of
$20,000 and the governor $2GOO. Tholr
annual gross income Is over $00,000,000 ,
while the state revenues reach only to
$1,000,000 or $2,000,000. The dllllculty
of state control is touched upon espe
cially in view of their Interference with
the legislation and state government.
In referring to this feature of the
cnso Mr. Warner , while perhaps not
justifiable in his reflections upon the
personnel of the state government , shows
himself to be well posted upon the
manuMivors of the corporations who by
barefaced interference with the state
convention of two years ago discredited
the supreme court. Without attempt
ing to justify Iho extremists of the oppo
sition in tnoir demagogic utterances
and want of accurate knowledge of the
relations actually existing between the
carrier nnd the producer , Mr. Warner
sums up his conclusions in the following
temperate and convincing language :
A further consideration that , lu n measure ,
explains the radicalism of both sides is , ttmt
the problems are so intricate and the equities
of the cua : a ro so him ! to dotoriulno , that
onch sldo considers It snfost to "claim every
thing , ' ' and to socura the largest possible
stiaro of what Is claimed. Out , In splto of all
the demagogy and solf-seoHlng displayed by
the combatants on cither side , the situation ,
when carefully examined , tends to brlni ; to
mind a conclusion reached by Justin McCar
thy , in reviewing the history chartUm :
"Political agitation exists aid is formidable
only by virtue of what Is jjst In its demands. "
An Improved condition of affairs wouU re
sult if the resident managers of the railways
could bring themselves to accept frankly of
quasi-public servants , and defend the rights
of tholr companies in a manly and straight
forward way. Heretofore their policy has
been so tortuous , and their spe
cial pleading so disingenuous , that
oven those who wished them well
could not but rcjoico whenever the farmers
contrived to frighten them into beinc candid.
A second remedial force would boa tliorougn-
golntr revision of our .system of corporation
law ; but that is along way off , for as yet
the lawyers seem to thinK Unit their inter
ests are furthered by a progressive onsnurl-
moat of such law. The most hopeful sign of
the times , however , is the improved organ
ization of the farmer ) So long as they am a
disorderly mass of aggrieved Individuals
they are bound to do Ill-considered and hurt
ful tliliiL's. So long as they roimtin a politi
cal mob , the legislative counterpart of mob
violence must bo expected from thorn. But
with improved organization comes power ,
followed bv responsibility nnd conservatism.
Only when they are thoroughly nnd wisely
organized can they defend their great inter
ests with fairness , dignity and success.
IKSURANCB companies in Omaha
have sustained in the last year
losses aggregating not to exceed
$200,000 It is stated on good authority
that Omaha paid in premiums
during that period $400,000. This city
has a very cflicicnt fire department and
in consequence the risk is greatly re
duced. When the water facilities were
improved it was confidently expected
upon assurances from local underwriters
that insurance r.itos would bo reduced
very perceptibly. In this hope wo have
been disappointed. Tut : But : expects
within .1 few days to publish facts and
figures which will open the eyes of our
people to the fact that this city is pay
ing higher rates of insurance than cir
cumstances warrant.
ATTOHNKY DICK is in no danger of
disbarment. The Douglas county law-
yors'havo never organized u disbar asso
ciation. They have a bar association ,
but it is intended chiefly to influence
the election of judges of the district
court and puss resolutions of regret and
esteem when its members pass over the
dark river. When they cross the dead
line of respectability and integrity they
are safe from resolutions and attack.
The bar association is of very little con
sequence. Shysters are as eligible to
membership as reputable attorneys. A
man can obtain money from a-dcfonso-
IOPS woman upon false pretenses nnd yet
remain in good standing in the Doug'.as
county bar.
As TIIUKK is no early probability of
real lighting on the continent the great
standing armies of Germany , Austria
und Prance are playing soldier to show
tholr strength nnd waste their powder.
The maneuvers are very interesting but
in those , days of terrific explosions ,
smokeless powder and tremendous ar
tillery , sham battles nro almost ns ox-
pcntivo us the genulno article except
that no lives are sacrificed and private
property is not disturbed.
COLONEI. PIHKHU COUSINS having
boon rather unceremoniously removed
from olllco in Chicago and being inelig
ible in St. Louis , should hie herself
away to Now Zealand. There the sex Is
appreciated and a bill has just boon
passed qualifying the fair residents of
the antipodes for election to the local
parliament. Phmbo has endured enough
indignities in this country to warrant
her in expatriating herself and heading
for Now Zealand.
JAMKS KNIIIIIS , inventor of a relief
valve on Bttmm lire engine pumps has
just won a suit against New York city
for infringement and if the decision of
iho court is sustained will bo entitled to
something over $ : t,000,000 as damages.
There are 500 ether cases ponding. If
ho wins In every case nnd collects his
judgments ho will gather In about $15-
000,000 and will have fairly earned the
title of Hid Roval Knlbbs.
Mu. KI.UAH HAi.roiU ) , the president's
prhuto secretary , hurried forward the
ir rinatlon that the removal of the pork
restriction by Gcrmrny has nothing to
do with reciprocity. The information
Is gratuitous of course , but as It is of no
possible consequence the public naturally
wonders why it was nocoswiry for the
private secretary to give out the terms
of the arirrocinont with so much particu
larity of detail.
the Itlglit Slogan.
Ktarnni H"h-
TIIK HEK krotisup UtKooil work for Oinnhix
Institution * . A town Is never tooinmll nor A
flly lee largo til sound this slogan to ixdvan-
tngc. TIIK IIRK Is the first paper to sound It
forOimilm , and It applies just as wall In
Koarnuy. _ _
Nortli NoliriiHlcit Tor Itnnse.
Judge M. 11. ItcoHU will umlonlitoilly Imvo a
solid north Nebraska dolosatUm nf republican
delegates tn HID itnta convention to work for
lilt nomination forsnpromo judge , und If ho Is
gl\un the nomination ho will hu eluctad with
hands down.
Keep llio Dollnr llnn ! iu
A'tliraikti ( My I'KH.
Editor llosuwati-r writing from Vlonna shows
the tleinonillrlni ! ulTucts of cheap or flat
money. The country N Hooded with currency
while gold cotmimmlH.1 premium. It hohooves
the Ahu'rtouns to guiird against thojo foreign
Me. is ami sue that tholr unit of value Is an
honest ono.
VclcrniiH Appreciate ! ! It.
Ctetc Cliniiitcte ,
TUB OMAHA llir. : Issued a very attractlTo
and Intorcstlngcdltlon lasthunday , in connec
tion with tlio annual Cirand Army reunion lit
Grand Island this week. .Many pages of valu
able matter lot thu veterans XTHH puhllnhed ,
and It is safe to say thut they apurt-aialud this
stop by Nebraska's leading uapor.
Not In It.
Itlalr 1'IM ,
L. W. Oshorn Informs us that he cannot and
will not he the candidate of the third party
Independents for district judKo. This Is a t-om-
mendnhlo attitude. No mini can afford to
throw awiv a life-long republican record for
the doubtful honors of a still more doubtful
candidacy UUo the one tnnhlch hu was naniud
through sheer audacity.
Fllitln | < * All Along the Mno.
Kana Cltu SdrfiVm ) .
Governor Hill seems to be adhering to his
"rule or ruin" policy In Now York , nnd Just
now It has the appearance of ruin. In the
contest hotweon Hill and 1'lowor and Jones
there Is not the faintest pretence of patriot
ism or party good , but merely a ntrucglo for
personal advancement. It Is this stito of af
fairs that renders more deplorable the un
happy circumstance that New York U so Im
portant In a national election.
The Turn of tlio Tide.
Kew Yoi * ir.if/d. /
The refluent wavoof gold from nuroposooms
to have begun , and as the crop surplus goes
out the gold will doubtless continue to come
In. Them Is some satisfaction In the reflection
that It has not been greatly missed , but It Is
also pleasant to find that Europe U ready to
pay for uur grain In gold Instead of remitting
In our own ttccurillos. It points to u decidedly
more cheerful financial outlook than tliero
was any reason to uxpuctslx months ago.
tliu Oothniii Bonn.
Ctilcaw lleraW.
The deputation from Gotham , headed by
rdltorShopard und I'rosecutor 1'atton. to tell
the fair directors that they must not break
the Hubbuth during the fair ought to go buck
forthwith and stop breaking It at homo. Are
they unaware that the Metropolitan Museum
Is open Sunday ? Do they not know tint
the authorities of It were compelled to open
It In response to an overwhelming demand by
the people ? Are they Ignorant of this dread
ful violation of religions propriety ? Why do
not they stop It ? They are Now Yorkers. So
long as they do not correct tire iking of the
Sabbath In their o\ui tonu they on : ht not
have the bad taste to attack other towns for
something of which they are themselves
guilty.
Intrrprclliif ; u Drcnin.
There Is < iulto a sermon lu this one , told tuo
by an old Scotchman who happened to bo
seated In the same carriage with mo , says a
writer in Frank Leslie's. A Dundee narvy ,
on awakening one morning , told bis wife of a
curious dream that he hud during thu night ,
He dreamed that ho saw a big fat rat coming
toward him followed by two loan ones ,
und In the roar one blind one. Ho
was greatly worried over It , and swore
that some great uvll was about to full upon
him. Ho hud hoard that to dream of rats
foreboded some dire calamity. In vain did hu
appeal to his wlfo , but she could not relieve
him. His son , who. by the way was a bright
lad , hearing the dream told , volunteered to
Interpret It , and ho did so with nit the wisdom
of u Joseph , Said hu : "Tho fat rat Is the man
who keeps thu public house where yo gang to
sao aftun. and the two. loan anos uru mo and
me nilther , and the blind ono is yersol ,
father. "
i'nifAnRKi'JirA'n inxzr winiir. .
Winter boards are sprouting.
Gum chewing Is dccllnlii g.
Champagne goes on watermelons.
Itlcjclcs nave reached the pawn shop.
Some topois use hot milk us a .substitute for
beer ,
A parrot up town whistles hymns and swuars
u.tcrnately
A Norrls street cat catches two sparrows
overv niurnlnir.
Fat reducing remedies are In demand among
women about town.
The pipe IH ijulto a tuvorlte among Chestnut
streut promonudois.
A Spruce tieoi sport 1ms u pair of shoos
made from elephant bide. .
lleer saloons along Iho river front are
termed life hiving stations.
A kitten down town bus Its oars pierced and
decorated with muill pink bows.
A young woman on Chestnut street yester
day were a sealskin ji.cket ovur A white dress.
Not n few of the girls about town are at
work studying the Kenua.oglcal trees of their
families.
THK 1H > I.KVVI. IWMIfilO.Y.
Now York World : Canada Is loMnir popula
tion by emigration Into the United .Stairs.
Uniealralnod commerce between a fuw poor
provinces linen not olFor to enterprising men
tlio temptations that are to bo found In the
free Intercourse between forty-four republics
on whose many boundary lines there Is not a
HliiKlu custom noose.
Now York Tribune : Patriotic Canadians
uio profoundly humiliated by the results of
tholr recent census Inquiry , I ho population
of their country Is found lobe Mill under
, r > , OOO.UOO. wherein , Recording to thu ordinary
luw of lucreno nnd In vluw of thuSiu.wo Immi
grants lucently come Into thu Dominion , It
hhoulu have been fully T.oW.OIi.
Chicago Herald : What makes the figures
thu more disappointing to our neighbor * I a
the fact that the report of the dominion de
partment of agriculture shows that during
the decitdo 881.171 immlrants miltled In thu
1-ountry. It appears , thereforo. that. Irre
spective of liiiiulitratlon. the nopii.ullon of
the dominion IK uutually IMi > J7 lesu now than
It was ton years ugo.
AND TIIKItK Af/.l//i ItK I.KIHT.
ilattlc Ilnnnrr In I'litladcliiMa Ltduer.
O dark , HO dark may hang the night ;
0 dark , so dark without u star ;
Nogluam upon thy longliiK sight
To toll Ihee morning comes afar ,
Look up then , heart , und crush thy faar ,
At darkest time the dawn U near.
The wuy of Ufa for then may neom
An endless ruce from dawn till dusk ;
I'or then to wake while others dream ,
And yet the harvest barren husU.
Toll on , bravo heurt , though others jeer ,
At darkest time tnu dawn Is noar.
At darkest time when courage dloi
And tcuis unto the eyelids well.
When frowning sorrow silent tiles
To ring fur hopn the pmlnx knell ,
Then shall thu wondrous light appear
At darkest lime thu dawn Is nuar ,
Wo do not look Tor golden grain
When wu commit the Hcod to eurth ,
Ah. no * wo wait till sun and rain
To mystlo Ufa IIUYO given birth ,
I.uurn then to smile through toll and tear
At darken time the dawn U iionr.
Tor In my heart's philosophy
1 hold that coiiHelenlloiiB strife
Must bring rowurd to you and me ,
lloth now und In n higher life.
Though yuura may p IMS ore fruit appear ,
At darken time thu dawn U near.
AC/UM.IM r.v.iwjur .
ltam' Ifarn.
The devil worku twolrn months In thn your.
Thnlpss wohavu the moro Itooits 111 toho
proud.
Whenever loru gives , truaiuro Is laid up lu
hnnvnn.
The heart , nut tlm lio.ul , Is tha real muster
of the man ,
Conviction moms nothing until It exprosiof
Itself in conduct.
Thortovll lovoi to hear a stluxy man tutU
about his religion ,
I'.xerv star lu the sky was put. tliero to toll
something about ( Itid ,
The hardest battles wn have to fight are
thuiti wo light with ourselves.
Somehow thn devil net or seems to bo far
away when men tr.iiln burses.
If you want to ha\o truthful children , ho
sure nut toll white lies yourself.
There Is no preaching that suits some ueoplo
so well as that which lilts other folks.
.lolnlus a church with a tall tonplo Is hut
alnayn the right way to start far hi'uvun.
You urn not helping your own crops any by
llndlng fault with your neighbor's plowing.
Oed tells thu annuls to elotti heaven's windows
dews whenever u merciless man undertakes to
pray.
When the devil can't whip the preacher lu
any other way hn veiy often does It hv getting
Into the choir.
_
/ , ; ; ; : .
Htiilie.
The nhiiroh Is just Ilko a man : It has Its
faults.
In nno respect \\ouro \ all Godllkoo : all
love cheerful gl\ers.
When you llnd a man who agrees with you ,
what a smart man ho Is.
Deforu things will come your way , you must
start them In your direction.
Many of thu sheep you sen lighting , are
really woUes In sheep's clothing ,
Why Is It Ihat people generally are proud
of knowing u olreus man or an aator ?
N > mo women ought to be well preserved :
they put enough paint on their faces.
The red haul thnt slapped you as a ehlld ,
was the llttlii white hand that your father
raved about ,
It not unfrcuoutly ( ] Is the casn that ono
friend makes a man moio trouble than two
enemies cause him.
When you are In trouble nothing that your
friends can say will help yon. 1 1. Is what your
friends do that tirlngs relief.
When u man discovers that ho is halil
headed , ho feels very mueh like the man who
hours for the first time that ho Is a griind-
fulhor.
The dinicnlty with the causa of religion
making any advance- that the world hears
too little f rum the people who llnd It a com
fort. and too much from those who hiaku It u
HIS ItOV.tl , H'llIiiKKItli.
New York Recorder : The 10-day-old hotird
of the kulsor seems to bo the biggest thing In
Kuropo.au politics just now.
Washington Blur : The German nmneror's
whiskers I raved alonx with Speaker Heed's
sash and Mr. Springer's buttonhole bominot In
public attention.
Iloston 1'ost : I'M peror William Is so proud
of bis new beard that hu has oidered all ex
isting photographs of himself to bu Blip-
pressed. Ha evidently doesn't Intend to yield
Ills authority.
lloaton ( Hobo : When the young kal--orr
comes forth from his retirement with u full
Imperial growth around the chin the peace of
Kuropn will again bo secured. Ills mustache
Is already perfect , his eyebrows aru shapely ,
and If growth eanonly bo quickened a llttlu
further up William will bu a pcjfcct young
man ,
Philadelphia Times : The Kmperor Will-
lam's command that none of Ills pictures bo
sold save those that showed htm w lib whisker. * ]
Is an apparent contradiction In terms. Thu
man wlio raises whiskers to that ex tent ceases
shaving , und , of course , thu less shaving the
less Interest taken In one's mug.
New York Sun : If the German kaiser has
heard of I'eller of Kansas , and deslre.s to ralsu
a beard that will throw 1'elTor's Into the shade.
let him boware. 1'elTer will not be trilled with
and cannot be ontrlvullod , 1'efTer's beard
comes doHii to his waist , but It will take tno
kulser nt lu st ton years to rulsu a board nf
thut length , or until IHOI. and bv that tltnu
I'elloi's board will probubly come down to his
knees.
_
JMWS/.VO .IK.tTH.
Omaha Is doing considerable business with
Itlalr lu jag lots.
Soul packers nro scrambling out of Ilohrlng
sea.
Thu Washington Post Insinuates that tha
state department has faith In Minister Kguu
At least It stands I'at.
SUE (1OT TIIK.un.
Plnhiileliilita Pi CM. >
"Its awfully umuslng
To see you women try
To llnd yniirhlilden pockets. "
Said John with humor sly.
"Well , vos , It's rather funny. "
Said Maud , his summer icltl ,
With a smile on lips half pouting
And slight sarcastic curl.
"Tho queerent of diseases
Must huvo the best of euros ,
Though wo can't find our porkots ,
Wo always can find yours. "
Epoch : She I'ooplo get very well ao-
iinainted with each ether at the seaside wnllo
Imthlnu .
lie Yes ; they see so much of each ether
then , you know ,
Wnshlngton Star : No , Wilbur : the Canto
ref ened to In the Chilian dispatches U mili
tary , not poetic. He has no relation to Dante's
Inferno notwithstanding thu warmth thut hus
boon engendered for llnlmaeuda'H bonellt ,
She wears n veil to protect Iho rose
Of her chock , but I don't take it 111 ,
For It only reaches the end of her nose ,
And her lips uro gotutuhlo still.
Now York Telegiam : 1'hyslclan ( leaving
cureless patient- ) Now you must remain In
absolute repose temporarily.
I'urlunt Supposing I don't ?
I'hyslolniiThou you will re lain In absolute
reuosu perni'inontiyV
I'uck : "This , IH a very wet country. What
do you rulse here chlollyV"
"umbrellas. "
tilts. Muni'iiv K.xrr.Ai.NH.
Four tolniH did ol refuse him.
When I'athrlcl ; uiimo to woo ,
Hut mo heart kent goin' pity I'at ,
bo phwut else could ol do ?
Scrlhnor'BMiigarlne : Knowlcs The rhlnoc-
eroiis Is a inilUo of England , Isn't It ?
Towels A oath e of 1'ngland ! Why. man
nllvo. whatever put such an Idea Into your - < -
head ? *
Knowles Why , just look how his clothes ( U
him.
_
Ifato Field's WtiHlilnirloii : Hhe-Bho Is only
: . * ? , but bur hair Is us white as the driven snow
prematurely so.
Mo Sornu irrunt trouble I prcMinio. What
was Itsrolor liufom ?
MioJust the hue that Titian loved.
HoOh , I see , Thut while her > o superstition
must huvj preyed on her mind ,
It Is stated by aiithorltlos that royal In
fants should Invariably bu baptized In reign-
water ,
llnltlmoro American : The era re of the
souvenir Hpoon seoma to huvo made ijintu n
Hllr.
Columbus I'ost : "I'm dun ! " as thn pool
fellow said when hu opened thu iiusluost
letter.
Dallas News : Cloves on the breath In a plea
of gullly.
_
Philadelphia I.edeon Kven thn dully news
papers have been riinnln ? cereal Htorlcj
lately Keep your ryu on the market In the
word.
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla - Of perfect purity.
LemonI
Lemon - of rent etronsth.
Aim Econ ° my'n ' tri ° lruoa
a i
Rose etc.r ) Flavor ns delicately -y"'ir w
nnd dellclously na the fresh frulU