THE OMAHA DA JAr JiifiJE1CDNKSDAY : \ , SI ITE HER 0 , 1801 ,
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In order to trivo every rcudor in this
etato nntl Iowa an opportunity to keep
po.stoil on the progress of the campaign
in both tlieso status wo have decided to
olTor Tin : WKKKI.Y 13Ki : for the balance
of this year for twenty-five conta. Send
in your orders early. Two dollars will
bo accepted for a club of ton names.
Tin : BKI : PuuT isiiiNo Co. ,
Omaha , Neb.
OMAHA and Duluth should shako
hinds across the narrow chasm within a
year.
RKNTKD apartments for public schools
are far hotter than no school ? or half-day
sessions.
WHAT excuse have the county com
missioners to olTor for neglecting to col
lect licenses within the two mile limit ?
TIIK exhibits at the state fnir this year
surprise everybody. They arc proof posi
tive that Nebraska is the greatest agri
cultural state in the union.
SOMK of the talent offering itself for
public use this fall will hardly bo recog
nized in the battered condition which
the November election will leave it.
Bi-cm.oiii ! > nof gold treatment might
prove bonellcial to at least ono member
of the Board of County Commissioners ,
whoso neglect of duly has become pro
verbial.
it is well to call public at
tention to the fact that there are not
cilice's enough to go around this fall in
Bpito of tlio other fact that there are
fifty-one olllcos to ho filled.
TIIK clearing house reports for last
week look bettor. The doorcase of 10 per
cent probably represents the business of
the banks not clearing this year which
wore included in returns for 1890.
"TiiKilKiiro only a few of us. Patron
ize Homo Industries and there will soon
bo 800" is too slp-nlflcant a placard to bo
forgotten. It might bo painted on ban
ners and exposed to view on nearly every
local manufactory in Omaha.
LKT the inunufaoturorH of Omaha pro
vide a room at a central point and keep
on exhibition there every article manti-
fncturod In this city. The exhibit
would bo as interesting to the people of
Omaha as it would bo to visitors.
TIIUK enough , the Douglas county fair
might have boon moro interesting. The
way to inako it a success i * to enlarge it
from a pumpkin show and horse trot to
an exposition with the earnest , enthusi
astic backing of Omaha city as well as
Douglas county.
instruction is almost
n necessity to modern systems of educa
tion and the Board of Education will bo
BUbtained in gradually adding a kinder
garten grade to the schools of Omaha.
The schools opened , however , should not
booxporlmontal. Klndorgartonlngis no
longoran experiment.
OMAHA'S Athletic club house on Ilar-
, noy street is fast approaching completion
nnd the membership of the club is in
creasing. The house will bo thrown
open the latter part of this month and
the Athlotio club will thereupon become
ono of the metropolitan features of the
city. It is worthy of the substantial sup
port of our citizens.
THE local newspaper which blows so
much about a circulation it does not
have should bo content with throwing
ono paper ouch into the yards of those
ho have not subscribed , and should
post its carriers as to the residences of
.employes . of TIIK BKE. Two copies wore
contributed lo each of twoBiJK employes
lost Sunday morning.
KANSAH Crrv will please note the pre
diction : The coming hog packing season
will relegate her to third place and give
Omaha occond. Ono year ago Omaha
was 377,000 hogs behind her down river
rival. In splto of the oil year for pork-
era this city comes up smiling at the
present time only 143,000 hogs behind , a
gain of 231,000 , hogs upon her neighbor
In the present packing season.
TIIK STATt : CM.M/MW.V. /
Two weeks from tomorrow the ropub
IIcan state convention will bo hold li
Lincoln. An associate justice of tin
mi promo court and two regents of tin
university nro to bo nominated. lion
Amnsiv Cobb 1 the retiring justice o
thu supreme court whoso successor is ti
bo elected. Tlio outgoing regent :
nro Charles II. Ooro of Laneastoi
county anil Leavltt Hrunhatn o
Douglas county. Whether Mr. Gen
will bo a candidate or not is unknown
I'robably ho will rest sntlsllcd with tin
emoluments of the Lincoln pogtofllct
nnd keenly recalling the fact that hi
fell over 1,000 behind his ticket six year :
ago will retire gracefully. This Is tin
more to bo expected because Hon. C. II
Merrill , formerly of Polk county , ha1
moved to Lincoln and can represent thn
city 1 the capacity of resident regent
The chances nro that if Mr. Gore slioult
Hccuro a nomination , which is not prob
able , that ho would bo defeated at tin
polls. Whether Hon. Leavttt Hurnhan
will seek a retiomlnation is not known a' '
tills writing. The objections growinj
out of Mr. Gore's active participation it
the politics of the stale and his gcnor
ally acknowledged obligations to tlu
corporations do not obtain in the case o
Mr. Burnham , and therefore whether he
bo nominated or Homo ether man fron
Douglas county to replace him , is a mat
lor of no especial interest to this discus
sion.
Honorable Amasa Cobb is expecting
a ronominalion. Ho appears oblivion !
to the fact that his career as a justice o :
the supreme court lias not won him pop
ulnrity. Promoted from a partnershii
with the chief attorney of the B. & M.
road to the supreme bench , naturall.v
enough the people have lacked confi'
donee in him. His actions last wintoi
in connection with the legislative dilll
cullies and later his decision in the
gubernatorial contest have created
further antagonism. The anti-monopoj
republicans will not support him bo-
caubo they consider him under corpo
ration influence. Ho would draw no
strength from the independent party
for the reason that they regarded
his rulings as partis.in to an ox-
Iromo degree when the legislature
was organized. Ho could not hope
for democratic 'votes because of his
action in the Boyd-Thayor con
test. Whether the suspicions of the
people at largo , and tha objections ol
the opposition are valid or otherwise
need not bo considered. They
exist , and they make Judge Cobb the
weakest man it would bo possible to
nominate for the supreme bench , Some
friend should explain the situation to
him candidly and if possible save him
the humiliation of prob.iblo defeat In
the nominating convention and certain
disaster at , the polls should ho bo nomi
nated. Ho is u man of dignity , of abil
ity and has onoblo , career back of him
which his best friends would grieve to
see embittered by Iho almost certain re
sults of an attempt to succeed himself
on the supreme bench of Nebraska.
The man whom the republicans should
nominate must bo free from the slightest
suspicion of corporation inlluonco. In
addition to being a thoroughly compe
tent man for the highe&t judicial posi
tion in tlio state , ho must have back of
him a character and career absolutely
unassailable. Wo are going Into the
coming campaign to win. Wo desire not
only to elect our own candidates for as
sociate justice of the suproino court and
regents of the university , but wo are
closing up the lines and cutting off the
stragglers , sullors and camp followers
for the moro important campaign in
1892. Under the circumstances repub
licans cannot permit solllsh interests ,
personal friendships or enmities 01
any ether incidental or extraneous -
ous conditions to prevent the con
vention this year from making the best
ticket possible nnd placing it upon n
platform which the people will recog
nize as candid , clear and conclusive.
Wo have 75,000 votes as the nucleus
with which to fight 70,000 independents
and 60,000 democrats. The remaining
20,000 votes arcs mostly ours if wo show
to them that the railroads are out of
politics so far as the republicans are
concerned and give to the pooulo a
clean , able man'with whom to defeat the
independent ignoramus. This is plain
talk but it is common sense and political
honesty. _ _ _ _ _
TIIK IllllHlATIUX COXdltKSS.
The congress to bo hold in Salt Lake
City next week , in the interest of irri
gation , will bo Iho lirst of n series In
tended to present this important ques
tion in all it phases moro fully and thor
oughly than has yet been done to the
attention of the public , and to evoke
such 11 discussion of it as will suggest
and load to judicious legislation. It is pre
sumed that tlio intelligent public is al
ready pretty well informed as to the main
question. There is a vast arid region u
considerable part of which can bo made
available for agriculture by irrigation.
There Is no doubt regarding the pro
ductiveness of Irrigated lands , because
it has boon widely demonstrated. There
is a very general sentiment in the west
that so much of the arid region as can
bo reclaimed should bo brought into the
market for Battlement as soon as
possible. But how this shall best
bo done , together with the ques
tions as to water rights , equities of land
owners , and others of equal importance ,
are matters regarding which public
sentiment has not crystallized and which
require to bo discussed. This Is what
the Unit Lake congress is called for , and
If It shall bo composed of representative
men of the states and territories most
interested in this subject its delibera
tions will command general attontlon
nnd exert a strong inlluonco.
There can bo no question regarding
the importance of the subject of reclaim
ing the arid regions. Whether or not
evidence be given to the opinions of the
statisticians who say that within live
yours the wheat-producing lands of the
United States will bo exhausted , and
that thereafter wo shall bo compelled to
Import wheat in order to supply the
homo demand , one thing seems
to bo almost certain. That is ,
thattho European demand upon
this country for breadstuffs will
never ho materially loss than now , with
the chances of its steadily growing with
the growth of population , so that in
order to provide for this demand and
also Iho growing requirements of < u
own country wo flhatl need to extend our
agricultural area. Of course only u
small part of the ruclaltnablo arid region
would probably grow wheat , but what
ever the amount It will bo soon needed ,
unless the Hlutlstlcs are very much at
fault , niul the work of reclamation can
not bo accomplished in a day.
It Is a mistake to suppose that this Is
a matter which Interests the west only.
It is of concern to vho cntiro country ,
because whatever benefits thn west
would derive from irrigation the arid
oin pi ro would bo shared In by every
ether section. The narrower view has
prevailed , but It Is losing ground , and
broad-minded men admit that the sub
ject Is of national character and Im
portance.
Tin ;
Tlio success that has attended the ef
forts of Hon. William Walter Pholpa , the
American minister to Gorinuny , for the
removal of the prohibition against our
pork , and the promise of a like success
from the negotiations so ably conducted
by Hon. Whltolaw Hold , the American
minister to Franco , suggests as timely a
reference to the high character and
superior services of the diplomatic
corps of the United States as n
whole. It must bo admitted by
all fair-minded men that the
profont administration lias been es
pecially fortunalo in its selection of for
eign ministers , and particularly of those
at the principal European courts.
lion. Hoborl Lincoln has made an
excellent record in Kngland. Ho has
performed his diplomatic duties with
care ana good judgment , and ho has ful-
tilled his social functions with intelli
gence anl dignity. It was alleged
against his predecessor , not without
good reasons , that ho was moro
in sympathy with British than with
American institutions. Ho courted tlio
favor of the English nobility and as a
rule was coldly formal in his treatment
of his own countrymen , Americans
visiting London and scoif ing courtesies
only to bo obtained through the minis
ter lonrned that they must have the
highest credentials of wealth and bocial
position at homo in order to receive any
consideration from Mr. Phelps , who
represented the government at the
court of St. James during tlio
Cleveland administration. In a pub
lic way ho manifested a hearty
liking , if not a preference , for English
instilutions , and it was largely for this
reason that ho became popular with
tlio ruling class there. There has been
a decided change since ' Mr. Lincoln
wont to London. Without over having
been in the slightest degree offensive to
British sentiment or feeling , ho has
never lost sight of tlio fact that ho is
an American minister , representing at
thn court of a monarchy republican
institutions. No citizen of the
United States having as such a
proper claim upon the attention
of tlio minister fulls to rocolvo duo con
sideration from Mr. Lincoln , and ho
finds none of that chilly conventionality
about the diplomatic headquarters which
a few years ago rendered them uncom
fortable and forbidding to the American
visitor.
Mr. Phelps , our minister to Germany ,
entered the diplomatic service well
equipped for its duties. In congress ho
was for u number of years a member of
tlio foreign relations committee , in which
capacity ho was enabled to very thor
oughly inforir h imself regarding the rela
tions of Iho United Stales with ether
governments. A gentleman of scholarly
attainments and extended experience
in public affairs , he promptly established
himself in the respect and confidence of
the Gorman government , and events
show that no American minister in
recent years has exerted so < great an
influence there. M.Whitolifw Reid ,
our minister to Franco , has shown n
degree of diplomatic ability -which per
haps his closest friends did not expect
him to dovi'lop so soon. Without pre
vious experience in public affairs , and
the greater part of his life having
boon devoted to journalism , which is not
the best of schools in which1 to fit a man
for diplomatic duties , Mr. Reid lias al
ready made a record of which ho may
justly be proud. His negotiations with
Lho French government have been char
acterized by signal good judgment and
ibility , and the success which appears
to bo assured will entitle him to high
rank among the most useful foreign
ministers the United States has over
uul.
uul.Tho
The diplomatic service of the country
was never , as a whole , nt a higher
slandard than it is at this time. Never
joforo were American interests abroad
nero carefully watched and guarded.
At no previous period of Its history was
the United States so strong in the 10-
spoct ot the great nations of Europe.
The credit for this belongs solely to the
republican party , and it appeals strongly
to every citizen to sustain that party in
order that so fortunate a condition of a I'
ll irs shall bo maintained.
Euitoi'i : Is hungry and this has helped
Vmorica to secure the removal of ro-
trictions upon American pork in Gor-
nany and Denmark , and will soon ! n-
luce Franco to accept our inspected and
certllied moats.
independents of Massachusetts
lave nominated a man for governor
mined Winn. Tlio Independents will
discover that there is nothing in n name
n the Mascauhusott's political struggle
his yoar.
GOVUHNOit BOIKS talks a great deal
about free whiskey in Iowa and says al-
nest nothing about free silver. The
governor knows what the average Iowa
iomocrat wants.
NKHKASKA being on the ground curly
ought to have and probably has selected
in excellent slto for her World's fair
building. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A HIOH school class numbering ! 17 ( )
Indents Is a fact to bo proud of in
Omaha or in any other city of llko pop
ulation. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Do NOT forgot to ndvtso eastern
rionds of the harvest excursion which
occurs on the 15th of this month.
The Omaha Street Railway company
ias resolved to buy supplies of Omaha
muntifacturoiH and In coso it needs at It
clcs not ndtlu in the city , orders will
bo placed with Omaha roprosontattvoa
of custom -rrmnufactorles. Employe ;
of Iho company have been requested
to buy Omaha made goods In
preference ton any other , and the
olllclals hntt/ Individually agreed
that horouftbr'c'aeli shall patronize home
Industry. TflW of Itself is of great im
portance to'/q ' ir homo manufacturers ,
and will encourage ether companies
employing lUP&o numborH of men to gc
and do llku > nso. Keep up the gootl
work , whlch'-lms ' only been fairly begun.
It will bring 'money Into Omaha , add to
her population , and result ultimately In
better wages being paid lo factory em
ployes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DKNMAUK has now agreed to remove
restrictions against Iho American hog
and lo allow frca admission into hoi
markets for him and his products. We
have not at hand any data lo show what
addition tills concession is likely to
make to our European trade in pork , but
It Is equally welcome , bo the amount
moro or loss. Every barrier that Is
broken down furnishes a cause for con
gratulation and hastens the tlmo when
every valuable market on the European
continent Will bo freely open to our
meats. The progress that is making in
this direction is all In the direct Interest
of the American farmer , nnd Is Iho re-
still of republican legislation intended lu
promolo his welfare.
ON'CK in four years the district ol
Columbia has a taste of an election when
the parties hold primaries for the selec
tion of Iho two doiegates to tlio national
conventions. At no ether tlmo and in
no ether degree can the resident partici
pate in the selection of the olllcora who
are to govern them. The republicans
generally polect ono white nnd ono black
man. The democrats two white men.
The independents , if they last until 1892 ,
can also honor two citizens of tlio
district.
MINXHAPOMS formally declines all
overtures from St. Paul for a. wedding.
The two cities have cooed and coaxed a
good deal and St. P.iul has boon posi
tively enthusiastic in pushing the court
ship. It will not go however. St. Paul
owes too much and Minneapolis has not
reached her full growth. The young
thing declines to wed a city forty or fifty
years older and over so much homelier
'than herself. The possible engagement
Is declared entirely off.
SHKMIY M. Cim.OM's modesty will
shortly ho p'royorbhil. Ho meekly in
forms a New "VJo k interviewer that if a
candidate for the presidency is required
ho may bo prevailed upon to accept the
nomination. Senator Cullora resembles
the great Abraham Lincoln in personal
appearance but- Ills innate modesty is
very different in both quality and quan
tity from that which distinguished the
martyred president.
CONGiti S3iAN MdvKiniiAX an
nounces that the independent party in
Webster county will poll 250 votes moro
this fall than hist. Ho forgot to add ,
however , IhhT the same' independent
party rebuked his attempt to control its
late convention and sent an anti-Ragan
delegation to the Tenth district judicial
convantion at Mindon.
Tlio CtilmlniiliiiK Achievement of the
KlOVCIltll CtMlKllH.
filntie-nfinnernt ,
[ From It. I' . I'ortur's llulletln No. 10X1
ASSES.
District of Columbia 1
Fnrm Prollts.
Denver MII. (
It is reported that hi Nebraska this your's
crops in many cases are paying for tbo forms
on which they \vcro raised. Thus tnoro
would sootn to bo seine profit in fiit-mlng lu
the west.
Hotter f/ito i han Never.
C/ifrdffii / Tiihuii' .
By the porsistnnt use of the editorial " 1"
In her Washington Miss Kato Field doubtless
seeks to convoy the Impression that shu is
fearless and independent , but , It only inakos
her seem lonesome. Marry somebody , ICato.
Piety : iiul 1'oIltU s.
Kanit Uitu Slur.
The Free Methodists of Kansas , In their
recent conference at Neosho Uapids , severely
condemned Mr. 1'olTor for asserting that the
alliance bad taken the plate of the uliuruli.
There are not as many Free Methodists In
Kansas as there are of tlio othnr kind , but
enough of them are sc.utored nrounil over the
state to make things intoroitlnp for the alli
ance in a uloso election.
Ilnttllnt ; llriiisrra.
Kent Ymk Itccortlcr.
Free fights between the "heelers" of Hill
and those of Cleveland wcro the rule in
Saturday's democratic assembly district con
ventions. At Albany nnd Albion the Hill
Lax-enters prevailed. At Amsterdam and
Jamestown there were bolts and rival con
ventions. At Woodsport , Moravia and Os-
ivcpo the Cleveland tou hi worsted the
Ilirhtcrs from the canals and prisons. The
Saratoga convention U likely to bo one of
Lho most discordant and turbulent in t.ho his
tory of Iho stato.
Ilullot Itulbrni in a Nntnlicll.
rtnturu.
linllot roformiliiwi has been passed as fol-
ows : , . .
i\rkan3iis . . . . . ISai Oootl
Jallfarnln . ( .1 . 1SBI Hud
Jonnuotli'iit. ' . ! . ' / . ms'i Poor
llu nwuru . Ifi'i-- . lw" Coiul
Illinois . ' . : . IhUl Cooil
Indiana . t\\ \ \ . , . IM'l ' ( imul
Mnlno . . . . 1W1 Hood
Maryland . ) rtO . * * ' l' ' h'
MiiHtuchusottH . . . . . . . IS 3 Oood
Mich U'lIM . , . IV1 ! ! ) ( iiioil
Minnesota . 188' ' ) ( food
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . ISM ) ( looil
Montana . i ) . , ? , . US' ' ) ( iond
liiraxn . . . j ( loud
S'cw llamishlru./ | . > . . . . . . IK'Jl ( iood
Vow .lur uy. . .j. . . . IK9U 1'oor
S'ow York . } . ' . ' . . MM Hail
S'orth D.iKota . IN'U ' Uood
Jhlo . Z' . 18'.U ( Jooil
Jri'K'on . t. . . . 1S91 ( Iood
I'omisylvanla . . .J . I . IMil Had
Ithodui Island. . . , I.ViT . lavj Uood
* < mtli Dakota. . , . I. J . . ; . isul Hood
I'oiinossoo. . , ( } . lt- > Cooit
Vermont . ' .ty.- . . IHll Oood
iVuslilnitton . l ' .IJ ( Iood
iVest Vh-Kliila . j . isn ( Jood
iVIsiMliialn . . ' . . IfHU Coed
tVyotiliiK . 18'JO Hood
iVhoIn millibar. . , . ' . 'J
I niicu'd ' In IMS . . . . . . t
? .naotiul In IHi ! ) . 10
Cnautod lu IKO ) . 4
InuutoJ In lt > l . . . it
j '
The Foreign 'Food Dollult.
/xiii'lim Ciiiile to Kew YoiH 2'lMM.
Eacb day's ncuring now increases tbo
hortago of food which ICuropo sees staring
i In the face. Uoughly * 3pcaklii ( , ' , tlio im-
ortlng nations of the earth need 500,000,000
mshels of wheat , and the exporting nations
lave u surplus of only 410,000,000 to meet
till demand. This Is Induoi ) a roseitto stulo-
iiont of the case , because it Is bused on last
oar's consumption This year both rye nnd
Kitatoca are crave failures , which throw a
. big added bunion on the world's whoa
supply. To say nothlmrof Russia , there wll
' bo nn additional wheat consumption In flor
many of some S.CHAl.UtX ) bushels from th
more fact of thu shifting of nrmy ration
from brown to whlto bread.
lee IMnuli Suiif I'or Him.
h'ennrli'eoiiniitf. .
farmer What nro you Oolng , young man
Clerk Waiting on you. Weighing on
your Migar :
l-'armor How much nro you glvlnit mol
Clerk A dollar's worth.
Farmer Yes , I know ; but how nmnj
pounds I
Clorit Twenty-four.
Farmer Twenty-four ! WhyIt used to b <
only fourteen.
Clerk-Yes , but McKlnloy did it.
Farmer Well , rim her back and glvo me
only fourteen pounds. If I took homo twenty
four pounds of sugar for n dollar , tlio oh
woman would make me vote the republluni
ticket , nud I'll bo hanged If 1 do that.
I'-UKTV O.V/J.
Anniversary of Calllbnila'H AtlintsNioi
n H a Si nt i' .
Tim state of California is forty-ono years
of ngo tod.iy , and ranks thirty-lint In tin
sisterhood of states.
The event Is ono of the feital dav.s of the
commonwealth. Last year the celebration
took place In Sm Franeisco. This yoat
Monterey Is with Joy enveloped In this
nnclont city , where Uov. .Tunlpcro Sorra
the missionary leader , II rat set foot on the
golden nssut nnd began the work of Christian
izlng nnd civill/.lng the aborigines , was holt
the llrst California constitutional convcn
tlon. H was composed of forty mumber.s , n
majority of whom could neither road nor
write n word of Uiigltsh , but In forty workIng -
Ing ilnys they nmdo u constitution that lasted
thirty year.s. This bodv had two chaplains
and their meetings woo opened with praver
lu Spanish and ICnplUh. It w.is in ITiill that
the Spanish , under ( Sas-pnr do Portalo , then
governor of soutl.crn California , with .sov-
oral nrloits , erected here u cross and a
year or two after the Catholio mission , which
Is now virtually n heap of ruins.
Monterey from that time oa to 1SU : ) wan the
largest shipping point on the coast. Today it
reminds us of llie old Spanish towns o ! Mexico
ice and its commercial Importance Is gonn ,
but It IHH many points of Interest that evi
dently will lust. It was In July 1S-10 , that
Commodore Slont took possession of this city ,
which was turned over to John C. Fremont
ns territorial governor lu January , 1817. In
this condition It remained until December ,
181 ! ) , when Peter li. Bnrnott , California's '
llrat governor , hero opened up his "executive
cliambors. " But Monterey was doomed.
The capital was soon on wueols and ut last
settled down nt Sacramento. The old head-
quurters of Lieutenant Fremont still remain ,
n low , story-und-ii-lmlf building , today being
much the worse forage. It was nt Monterey
that the old "boar ling" was llrst raised.
/M.S.SI.VU .IKSIii.
"My llfols full of upsaml down. " plaasant-
ly roiri'nrkud the elevator boy.
The now $2 bill U sold to bo a bo.iuty. I'or
real worth the tenner still holds Its Own.
'u TIIKHK.
Keio l"o fc 'lelcuram.
Va\\ \ \ many a clam serene and luscious lobster
jriern
The ( loop iiiifatlionied civns : of oconn boar ; .
A vaunt the race ornst.iuean and the blooming
tin croal lor .
I'or tliu inodost little oyster liath boon halocl
forth from his lair.
.lowolors' Wcoldy : Do Wngg Ilnro yon
heard of thu business rovursus of Uoldnmn ,
tlio who osalo.lowelor ?
II. l'"og ' No ! What has happened ?
De WII K Ills olllco boy pasted the stamps
ups do down on his letters.
Old Colomtl fil/7ard"My dear Miss Amy ,
1'vo lioen a wanderer on the face of the earth
for fifty years.
Ainv Why not try It below tlio surface now.
Colonel ?
Soiiimorvlllii Journal : Whlto That man
Ilrown is telling all sorts of soiuidiUousstorlos
about rtii' .
OrecnOh , I Wouldn't mind about that ,
White. NCIOIIO will bolluvn them , you know.
White Yes. but confound him , most of the
things ho tolls are true.
111:11 : I.ITTI.K I.AMII.
liullnnaiwttii Journal.
Shu took her son upon her knee
And klssod his curls , mid Maid : "lam
So glad my little boy loves mo ,
1 or mother loves nor little lamb. "
Shu look hm-Min across hotUnuo :
Alauk ! Who'd caiivht him In the jam !
And oftsoon much convinced was ho
That mother loved her littlelamm. .
Now York Herald : "llnrton , the publisher ,
Is nn enterprising fellow. "
"I never suspected It. "
"Well , he Is. llu mid I wont to a spirit
medium's hclunce last night , and Ittirion
called for the recoidliiB aiiKel , and olTuied
$73.00) ) fora cm'tllled oojiy of the records for
publication. "
Philadelphia Press : H was well for llulma-
ccdalhat lie hud the handy Andes to balll < )
his pursuers.
Ulnclnnatl Commercial : City Kdltor ( to
now rotiorutr ) Did you Interview the superin
tendent about that railroad Hmasli-iip ?
New Reporter Yes , but ho savs IIO'H waiting
fortlio p ipers to fomo out. so that ho can llnd
out something about It himself.
Washington sJtiir : "I wniit a U tlcklo on the
oy.slor. " snld thu managing editor to thu
funny man. "
"Hero , " responded tlioofileo boy , Imndlng
him thu shell.
Uhlcavo Herald : Lord LI In thu name of thu
ChlncM ] rom-CHuntatlvn In ToUla If there Is
anything In a iiiimu tliuv Uhlnaman Is a born
diplomat.
St. I.ouls ' suits
I'dst-Dlspiituli : Striped am
much worn by Philadelphia financiers this
huason.
PlttsburgDlKpateh : Thu last rows of sum
mer can now bo semi on the cool l\kusund :
rivers.
lloston Courier : Even the strictest vnRRtn-
rlan bullevi'.sthat Is meiit. that ho should oat.
Illnzlmmpton Republican : Thn cnopor can
"hoop'er up" with any of tlio boys.
.it'UK.v .1 u.uMnrs OHKII * .
/ { . J. llitnlctte.
A traveler on a pralrio road strewed acorns
on thu lea ;
The hungry pigs they followed him nnd
laughed with joy to HOO
The tonncrfoot throw poekou full of acorns
on the around ,
Which they devoured with niunchingj&wsas
fast ns they wore found.
lint one escaped their greedy search nnd
grow into a true
As high ns corn , and this year's corn was
very hiirli to ho !
It spread Us tiriinchus cast and west , nnd
whispered , ns It would
Have blessed the man whoso little dcoJ.had
grown to so gre.it good.
Loner years pass on , some western men scan
nil tno treeless plain ;
For something which they cannot see their
ungur oycs ttiov strain ;
They had thn rope , they naught the horao ,
they've got the man , llkcwUo ,
Now if they could but llnd a tree , complete
would bo their prl/e ,
Toy I Joy ! Thov laugh with gladsome hearts ;
far , fur away they see
And bless thu man that sowed for them tb.li
ncorn.plantod tree ,
rtio.v stand beneath its shadv boughs , they
tlx the one-lino swing
And when the plcnlu rode away the oak was
blossoming ,
Oh , lot us then , what o'ro we do , plant ncorns
while wo nmy ,
For ono of them may grow to bo a lusty tree
some day ;
And then , some pleasant morning , when
we've nothing else to do ,
That trco will bo a handy thin ? to hang a
podlor , book agent , proofreader , philan
thropist , poet , editor , worthy woman ,
lecturer , amateur pliotographor ,
baio ball crank , tennis ( lend ,
and several other poo-
ulu who need a
llttlo hang-
1 n g
too.
Two nrownnit nnd Ono Snvoil ,
Hi'iiK.NRCTAiir , N. Y. , Sept. 8. Arthur
Hunt and his two slaters were rowing on the
SlotiawK river vosturday when their boat
, va.i cutoljod , Hunt and ouo sister wai
Irowuod.
AN OLD SOLDIER'S TROUBLES ,
After Many Yean Ho Is Forced Into t' e
Dlvoroo Court ,
BELIEVED HIS FIRST WIFE DEAD.
Second Marriage Jleoontly
to llo Void by the A | > | ) niu-nnco
of IIlH llrlilo of AntK-Hcl-
titin Days.
Nob. , Sept. 8. [ Special to TIIR
The local divorce court has ravoatcd
n most remarkable story. Joseph Troop
asks for a permanent separation from his
wlfo for most docldud reasons , according to
the story. As Troop relates the Incident , ho
was married to Miss I'llzaboth Carter
in u town lu central Ohio in ISiiO. After a
few weens of mnri'led Hfo the husband responded -
ponded to the call of Abraham Lincoln for
( W,0)0 ( ) volunteers to go to the front to put
down the rebellion , .loo shouldered a mus
ket nnd mnrclfod to the front. For four
years ho remained in the service nnd tinnlly
received a robot bullet that ended his mili
tary career nnd sent him to the hospital. Ho
wns given up for dead but novortholcss re
covered.
When physically nblo ho returned to his
old homo to sock the bride wuotn he had left
nearly live years before. Hut the surprise
nnd joyful meeting that ho hud dreamed of
never occurred. Ills brldo had disappeared.
Years of waiting nnd inquiry revealed
nothing concerning her whereabouts and the
soldier Dually gnvo up all hopes of his wlfo
being allvo. Ono vague report was received
that she was dead.
In the course ot time young Troop mot an
other young lady with whom ho full In love
and , believing that ho wns free to wed , ho
made hur tits wlfo.
For nearly twontv-llvo years Joseph and
his second wife have enjoyed n life of marital
happiness until a few weeks ngo , when ho ac
cidentally learned that tils llrst wlfo was
living.
For a number of days the old soldier was
prostrated. Flnnllj ho tssurud his second
wife that after living with her a quarter of
u century that there was nothing on earth
that would part them , and ho wouM do all
In his power to legitimatize tlio noble young
sons ana daughters that had been
born to them. Ho ttioroforo decided to com
mence n suit for dlvorco from his llrst
wife on the grounds of desertion.
In case the dccroo is granted ho declares that
ho will again take In wedlock the faithful
woman who has boon the sharer of his Joys
nud woes for n quarter of a century ,
SflNIl SALOON MKX.
Mrs. Fanny Hnmund has commenced suit
ngalnst Saloonkeeper Charles Schwartz nnd
his oondsmon , John ICrump and Herman H.
Meyer , asking damages In the sum of $1,000
for selling liquor to her husband , at the tlmo
knowing him to bo n habitual drunkard
aim when ho was already Intoxicated ,
Mrs. Hammond sets forth that there are
seven children in the family. That formerly
Hammond received wages amounting to $12. ! >
per month , which kept the family In romfort
until the saloon men managed to got hold of
his wages by selling him liquor. Slnco Hammond
mend has acquired his convivial habits the
lady claims that the family is threatened
with starvation. Therefore in addition to
the f 1,000 damages she asks for nu income of
SW per week , so that she may oujoy her pris
tine prosperity.
IIKUXIOX AT M'COOK.
Judge J. S. LoIIow of McC'onk is now in
Lincoln booming the approaching sailors' and
soldiers' reunion at that placo. The event is
to bo an interstate affair , and efforts nro being
make It ono of the most notnulo over held In
the west. The reunion will bo hold from
October fi to 10 , and arrangements nro being
made for the accommodation of " 0,000 pcopln.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The state house is constantly thronged
with visitors who nro desirous of seeing thu
great men who manage the affairs of state.
In different parts of the state house are
piles of bound volumes of the annual report
of the Horticultural society with the placard
"take * ono. " Many of the visitors , particu
larly farmers and gardeners , avail themselves
of this opportunity to aad to their stock of
practical knowledge.
Mrs. Thayer , wife of the governor , has
lust , returned from Iho east greatly improved
in health. She enjoys a healthful condition
that she has not known for years.
The Omaha Silicon Wall Plaster and Manu
facturing company has filed articles of Incor
poration with the secretary of state. The
capital stock is ? i5,000. The Incorporate ! * : *
nro C. B. Babcock , Thomas F. Tuttlo. Guy
II. Doano. E. E. Urui-o , C. \Voodworth. .
Dcsplto all predictions the democrats of
jancnstor county will put a ticket in the
leld this campaign. Last night primaries
were hold In the First , Second , Third , Fifth
and Seventh wards , nnd In each delegates
vere chosen for the county oonvjntlou.
The Lincoln branch of tbo Irish National
eaguu will meet ut. Fitzgerald hall Friday
evening. At that meeting delegates will bo
selected to attend thu national convention ut
Chicago October 1 and 3.
Tom Qtiinn , alias J. H. McClnnd , says he
vlll wrestle again with Frank Desmond
Ylday night at Turner hall for the purse of
$300.
'
HOKUM the Soai-li-H Will Contort.
Su.r.M , Mass. , Sept. 8.E , T. Uurluy and
C\-Judgo Endlcott this morning filed notice
of intention to contest the will of Mary F.
Scarlcs of Mokruon , Mass. , on behnlf of her
dojited son , Timothy Hopkins , The ground
f contest is understood to be undue Influence
ml that the tostrntrlx was not of sound
mud. Tlio bearing wns fixed for September
Mcxionu .Minister Komul Short.
SvFitAXnsco , Cal. , Sept. S. K. Jacobs , a
apltnlist from the City of Mexico , savs the
ccounts of Mutiuul Dabln , Mexican minister
f lluance , who died recently , show deficits
f $100,000. Jacobs said there was talk in
tto.xico that President Diaz will recall Scnor
[ omnro , Mexican "minister ut Washington ,
and innko him minister of finance.
KtiluKlu of n AVhoIn Family.
1'mis , Sept. 8. A whole family of thli
city , numbering six persons , committed sul-
cido yesterday by hanging.
r/i/ : 7wj.vjr.vnm.nrx TIW : .
llrooklrn Union ; The coming of gold I )
tlio sign , nnd Indeed the assurance , of good
tlr.ios. U'ooxpootcdtt , but not so early In
the .
season. -v
Philadelphia Ledger : Ono swallow dooi
not make n .stimmor , but the order for the
shipment of * < V.O,000 gold from Kuropo to this
country given yesterday Is nrnbnbly tbo fore
rtinner of tunny ether such order * .
Hoston Herald : At last the return of gold
from the other sldo to this country 1ms not In.
1 lint mentis the dnwn of n bettor day for
Undo Sam and ills people. Lot us urooood
to felicitate oursolvo * and bo happy.
Philadelphia InijUlror : The fanners UM
making JI.IXW.OJO a day now by thoshlptnont
of wheat to Kuropo. wo have $7r > , ixxiit)0 ) at
gold to got baok from that country , nnd at
this rule It should nil bo homo long bu'oro
Christmas ,
Hoston Journal : The first shipments ol
gold to this country , though long deferred ,
nro nn nugtiry oC good nnd will greatly on-
coin-ago trado. They glvo nn assurance of
stable tlnaticlnl conditions , turn will promote
general confidence.
( llobc-ntftnocrat : A year of abundance In
ml that conduces to a country's prospoilty ,
comfort and material greatness has set In , ru
Is now assured , and thu people are not asKing
In what shape Kuropo's nocussltlos compel
her to contribute to tills agreeable condition
of things.
I'lttsburg OaottoiVhatovnr may have
influenced tbo Kuroponn financiers In piling
up gold , It Is Hvldont they will not bo nblo to
Keep tholr hoards very much longer. U is
estimated that before tbo close of the present
year not loss than $ r > ,000,000 In gold will bo
returned from abroad.
Denver Hun : Thus the roll.tx of gold from
Kuropo to this country has commenced
sooner tlmn was ovpoctod. And If It Inn
commenced so soon Is there not good reason
to believe that the whole amount of gild that
was not long ngo taken from hero across the
Atlantic will come baukt
Philadelphia Uccord : The tide has turned
Kvory channel of trade will quickly rosroml
to the Inflow of rotutnlng gold , and we may
fairly expoot that the drooping business of
tbo country will soon go forward again In
Hint incro.islug volume which answers to In
creased population and wealth.
Now York Herald : Notwithstanding the
enormous cfllux ot wheat , the exchanges have
not yet turned far enough In our favor to
admit of the Import of gold as an ordinary
business transaction. It remains to be seen
whether the Amount now coming has noon
sent for some special purpose or merely to
ufTcct speculative sentiment on the S'tock
exchange.
Phllndelnhln Press : Within n few days
the buying of American securities by London
has aided an improved speculative situation ,
and the result will bo oarlv imports of gold.
This fact h of great Importance , as It will
tend to quiet fears in regard to the future oC
Iho money market , 'I lie strength of the
uanks east and west and the prospect of gold
from abroad are assurances of casu during
tbo usual stringent poriod.
coui.nx'T At'.i/fi : ' / / : nK.tcnx. -
A Cluircili Oniuor Urly OIT n Molt ol
Saloon \VliitecipH.
MAsfofTAii , III. , Sapt. 8. The town ol
Okawavillo , In Washington county , fifteen
miles south of hero on thu Louisville & Nash
ville railroad , Is In a stntu of excitement , ov < r
n bitter fight botVcon the church nnd the sn-
loon keepers. Two weeks ngo the church
loaders determined to slop Sunday beer pit- 4
nics. Accordingly the following Sunday thu
law was enforced and every saloon in touu
was closed. The two factions are about
equally divided and each ouo has n strong
fol'owing. '
Sunday nlirht about fifty nnned mnn nn
liorsos rode up to tbo residence o ( Mr. A.
Morgan , a pillar of the ch'jrcli and one of the
wealthiest ctti/.cns In that part of i ho county.
Ono of tbc party had a high white cap on tils
head and a handkerchief over his face. Thu
wbito caps surrounded the house nnd called
to Morgan to coma out. The man they uallcd
for was at home nnd Iho gloaming barrels of
tliolr guns bad no terror for him. Ho waUcd
boldly out with u Winchester rillo In his
hand and opened lire upon his midnight vis
itor * . Throe shots wcro fired in quick suc
cession into the crowd and they Hod In hot
hasto. It is moro limn llkoly Unit , the whitecaps -
caps will steer clear of Uoucon Morgan In tUd
futuro.
Yesterday two strangers alighted from the
tram and stayed in Ok.iwavlllo nil day They
hired n hoi so and bugiry and drove about tint
town. They Hnally met John Loboali , a
church deacon nnd a prominent uitircn. They
had evidently been looking for him , nnd as
soon as they saw him both sprang to the
ground and pounced upon Iho dc.u-on. The
latter was badly beaten and may not recover.
The affairs have greatly embittered the feel
ing between the factions , and It is feared !
there will bo moro trogodlos enacted before
tbo war Is ended.
I'hoy liloct Some of Tlinlr CtiiKlldntos
lo tlio School llonrd.
CtiiiAit KAI'IDS , Mich. , Snpt. 8. Moro than
isual Interest wns manifested In the school
Section horoyostorday.owlng to the compllca-
: Ions growing out of the labor dlftloult'.es '
; arly in the season. After participating in
, ho labor parade , many of the workman want
M the polls with tliolr wives and daughters
ind voting became a family nfTair. The vote
; > ollod was the largest In years , but the chief
ntcrcst oonlorod in the wards where women
iiindidatos were In the field. In the Fourth
ho candidates were Fred L. Clark , who man- . " f * 4
*
igod the street car strike on behalf of the * n F
iompany nnd against whom the feeling was
, 'ory bitter -in labor circles. His opponent
van Mrs. Km ma .Coppons , and both sides
vorkod hard for votes. Clark was elected by
i plurality of over 100 In n total of liH , ! ! ) . In
ho Eighth Mrs. Goodrich was defeated by
ler male opponent , while In thu Ninth thu
vomen carried thu day. electing Mrs. An-
Irows by n plurality of H. Mrs. Andrews
vill bo the only woman on the board.
Brrri.K CIIKKK , Mich. , Sept. 8Tho oleo-
Ion hero was exciting. For the first tnnov ,
wo women wuro candidates and both wcro V V ( f
ilected by thu largest vote over polled. Hun-
I rods of the most prominent Indies In the city
'Isitcd the polls and cast tboir first ballots.
1'lrnt ItnlHliiH ol' I ho .
FIIKSNO , Cal. , Sept. S. The first carload of
aisliis wns shipped from hero yesterday ,
lolng billed to Now York. The raisins were
lacked by the Homo Packing company.
That Peculiar
Lightness and Flavor
Noticed in the finest biscuit , rolls , cake , > ,
etc. , is due to the absolute purity and
the accurate combination of the ingre
dients of the ROYAL BAKING POWDER.
' "he best things in cookery arc always'made
and can be made only with the ROYAL.
BAKING POWDER. Hence its use is
universal in the most celebrated res
taurants , in the homes of the people ,
wherever delicious , wholesome food is
appreciated and its sale is the largest
of any leavening agent in the world.
The ROYAL BAKING POWDER has stood all
w > - *
tests for a quarter of a century.
