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B1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEllULAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 1892. THE DAILY J3EE II XOSEWATKIl. Knirt n. PUBLISHED EVKRY MOKNING. OFFICIAL 1'APER OF THE CITY. TKIlM801'8Wn ClllI > T10N. r Hj Itee ( wltnont Ennclnr ) Olio V-ar . f J 00 DiillrnndSiinrlnjr , Ono r . 10 J HiMonlhB , . < . . . . . " ' 'VH Three Montii * . . . J J Mimlny llee. Onn 1 enr . r . ? M 8ntnrd r lcc ! , Ono Vonr. . . . . . . . . J JO Mteklr llci'.Ono Year . . . ' W omens. flmfilia , Ilie Pen nnlMlng. Bonth Omnhn , corner N nnd 2iHI Street * . Council llluITu , 19 1'enrl Street. Chlcngo union. S17 Chamber of rnmmorcR. New York , Iloiimn 13 , II nnil 15. Tribune lliilldlnt. Wmhlnglon. CU Fourteenth HtrccU COHHKSI'ONDKNCK. All coninnmlrnllons relating to ncwj Mid rmtnrlnlmMtor thould ba addressed to the r.U * llotlal Dppntliiicnt. 1IUHINKSB MSTTKIH. All bnslnp § loiter * nnd romUtnncos ihotild bo KldreMcO lo 1 lie lloo IMiblWitnR Compnnr. Omohn. Drnfii. cliucksnnil postonico onlors to bo m do pitjmblalo the ardor of tlio compftnjr. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY HWOHN bTATKMKXT OK C11ICUI.ATION. Male of Nebrnnkii , I Countrof Doujrlftn. f Ocoriro II. Tmcliuck , ocretnir of TUB HRK rub- llnhlnc comtmny , iloe * olomnlr nwpnr tbnl tha nctiiRl clrcMliUlon nf TUB IIAII.V HEK for tlio week ending AtiBii'lJT , IB'JJ. was M follows : htinilay , Aiitn ( l31 nnr. . . . TiiPKrtar , Au nstV3 . . . - ' ' > ! ( Wrdncidnr. Aintuiit2l . 23.MI Tlnifsdnr. AUS t > . Frlilnr , Aliciut 21 ] Katurday , Aunnil 27 OKI ) . II. T/SC1IUCK. Fworn lo l ) fore mo nnd inlirrrlboil In my pres ence tbli Z7th dnjr of Aiiniiiit , IbW. N. 1' . HEII * Nolnt7 1'ubllO. A\rrniji > Circulation f r July a4,310. THE Douglas county fair is a positive IUCCOSS. DAVID B. HILL hits announced where lie is at on the question of protection. Tun Sullivan fight may by this tlmo next week ho called a Corbott fight. Who knows ? Tim democratic Pock of Wloconsin Is moro popular with his party than the democratic Peck of Now York. Tun democrats of Nebraska should at least bo given the credit of the courage of tholr convictions in this campaign. WE bollovo this country is well pre pared to ward oil the p'agtios of cholera nnd free trade without serious damage year. TITE citi/.ons of Omaha are to bo com manded for their very prompt work In the direction of cleanliness. Let all join in this important work. BRING Nancy Hunks out hero and wo wll ) guarantee that with this fresh and bracing air aho will cut four or five moro sjconds off that trotting record. MK. GLADSTONE was knocked down by a hoi for the other day and escaped lurthor injury by hiding behind a tree. The heifer was afterwards shot , wo pro- Btuno , by jealous conservatives. IP THE cholera breaks out In this country it will nettle several vexed ques tions : Whether or not Brockonridgo will orate at the World's fair opening and whether the fair will bo closed on Sunday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WARM salt water is the most recant and simplest remedy for cholera , but it Eeoms to bo doing splendid service In Hamburg by reducing the mortality 60 per cent. It might bo well to remember this simple remedy. THE democrats of the Seventh Iowa district have nominated for congress a briefless barrister ot Des Moines named J. A. Dyer , whom Iowa college students of 1683 will remember as the author of an oration on the calamity plan. THE erection of another elevator and tbo starting of the roller mill nro good Indications of prosperity in Ansolmo. The Woavorites ought to tnko measures to atop this sort of thing. It hurts their cause and thus delays the millennium. MANY tof the merchants of this city have decided to grant their clerks a half holiday in order that they may see the attractions of the county fair. With the perfect woiithor that has fnllon to the lot of the fair managers the attendance will bo unusually largo. THE smell of burning garbage may not bo pleasant , and the Btnoko thereof may bo oven mnro porvnslvo and dis agreeable than the smoke of the cigarette - otto , but the community will cheerfully endure it for the sake of cleanliness. Lot the good wont go on. SENATOII ALTEON has , iw is his wont , set before the people a bill of faro composed of facts and figures which democrats cannot digest. There is no moro clear and cogontstatomont of pub lic affairs obtainable and it comes from nn eminent and invulnorabla source. CoitPOitAL TANNHH writes to a Ne braska friend to deny the report circu lated In thin sti > , to that ho had joined the people's party. Perhaps it was not ronlly necessary.If Corporal Tunncr should bccomo insane the disorder would not bo likely to lake that form. Kx-lNBt'KOTOU WILSON'S work was well done and his memoranda lilod with the mayor was ample justification for tlio annulment by the oily council of the lumbar contract. What is wanted Is u contract that will cover the various grades of lumber actually used by the city. NANOV HANKS has ngain lowered the trotting roi'ord. but it should not bo for gotten that Nebraska lias sotuo colts that huvo ttUo lowered the rucordn in their respective clussos und promise to keep right on achieving fame for thom- Bolvca and this great btato. Wo can grow fabt horsed as well ns corn , Tin : receipts at the Union stock yards in South Oumhtv for the month o August were -19,291 cattle , lllUil : ) hogs and 14 , 01 slioop. This is nn iii'ironso over thu Hgurca of August , IS'Jl ' , to the extent of 3,1)7-1 ) cuttlu and -10,010 hogs with sheep about ttio saran. Such com parisons tin this uro what puts BO much confldonca Iu all citizens of Ouiuhu , Wo " uro growing. I" .1 CIIOLCIIA lA The danger of tin Invasion of tills country by cholurn Is now generally recognized , nnd the demand for procnu- lonnry measures has become us earnest an tlio occasion ficorns urgent. The nr- Iviil in our waters of the cholcrn- nfrctod steamship Moravia , hns had the ilTect to nrouso tlio authorities to a Ivoly appreciation of their ro iwnsibll- ty , mid undoubtedly ovorythlng prne- ticablo will bo done , with the least pos sible dulny. in the way of providing safeguards against the introduction of the droitdoO. disease Intp this country. Tha authorities at Washington tvro alert and active , and will tlo everything n their power. It appears that they tire likaly to bo somewhat bumpered financially , the present congress having cut down the nppiopriation for the opl- lemii ! fund , but unloss'lho situation becomes - comes very muoh more serious than Is low apprehended , the supply of money ivnllablo for this use will probably bo bund to bo HUllloiont. The question of the extent to whloh the fcdonil govern- mcnt may go In establishing a national quarantine system Is being considered , nnd , while it Is understood to bo the ) ollcy to co-operate with the stales , the irovnlont belief is th.it the president las nmplo authority to establish a cotn- ) loto national quiiiantino. The states. lowovor , will bo urged to take the nitiutlvo In establishing quarantine ar rangements , to bo supplemented by such action on the part of the general gov ernment as may bo found necessary or expedient. There is no question as to the power of the states to make and en- 'orco qunr.-intlno laws. It is announced that the Treasury de partment will issue u circular ordering i twenty dnys' quarantine of vessels , or .ongor if necessary. Quarantining the Canadian and Mexican borders is also urged , und such Immediate precaution on our northern border ii manifestly to lo ) desired. It is doraotistuitcd that ehotonx follows the lines ot commerce and travel , and this being so the neces sity of providing precautions along our northern frontier is plain. Another suggestion is that the president should prohibit immigration , aiid if it.shall bo found that ho has the authority to do this there will bo a universal demand that ho shall exercise il. There is u natural feeling of alarm in the seaport cities , but the activity of the authorities will doubtless have the effect to allay the popular apprehension , and It is to be expected that within a very short time the precautions will bo so complete as to reduce the danger of a cholera invasion to the minimum. In the meantime the advice to everybody remains good to observe cleanliness in their persons and surroundings and to bo careful regarding their diet CLBAX Ul > PROMPTLY. The events of the last few days , which seem to render an invasion of thls-coun- try by cholera almost inevitable , should stimulate the authorities of all cities to the greatest activity in providing precautions - cautions for heading off the terrible plague. It is not wise to plnco any reliance - lianco for security upon remoteness from the seaboard. Communication is so rapid and general that the causes of in fection may bo scattered over a wide re gion of country , along the channels of transportation , in a very brief time , and there are numerous ways in which the seeds of cholera may bo spread. They may bo distributed through the mails , in clothingin freight , and in other ways. Distance from the seat of the disease does not necessarily furnish im munity. The most effective precaution against cholera , us against all other infectious diseases , is cleanliness. Cholera is pri marily a filth disease , duo to uncleanly surroundings or habits and fostered by imperfect and improper nutrition. It is mostvirulent in those localities in which these conditions are most pronounced. Wherever there Is a thorough system of sanitation it docs not make headway. It is presumed that the authorities of this city are giving this matter the at tention it manifestly merits and doing all they can with the facilities and moans at their command to put Omaha in as cleanly a condition as possible. If such is not the case there should bo no more time wasted in deliberation , but active and energetic work should bo begun at once and persistently followed up until nothing remains in sight which cholera might feed upon. The money for this vitally important work must bo found , and wo do not believe there will bo any dilllculty in finding it if the right effort is made. At any rate it ought to bo ap parent to everybody that the time for action of the most vigorous kind is at hand. TUB IIOaiKSEVKlNO VISITORS. Tho' harvest excursion soison hns opened and several thousands of people from eastern points nro now within the borders of Nebraska to BOO the countrv for themselves and judge of iU'uttrac- tlons and advantages by the evidence of their own senses. Tlioro is no other means by which those having no per sonal acquaintance with the region west of the Missouri can so satisfactorily do- lormino whether It units their purposes and needs aa by paying it a visit. The Benson chosen for the excursions id favorable for comfort in traveling and pleasure in High t-soolng , and nllhoueh the corntiolda have not yet tnkon on the hues of the harvest the imagination , ol the visitor will readily supply the golden oars. Most of the small grain 1ms ul- roudy been harvested , but the oxcur- siunlsl can at least see whore it stood , and if ircTIs of nn inquiring turn of mind , as it is to bo assumed ho Is , considering the object of hln visit , ho will easily learn whether the fields liuvo yielded well or otherwise. Thobo home-Booking excursionists will ho welcomed wherever they go , nol merely as | x > sslbo ) Investors who would bo a desirable acquisition to the popula tion of the state , but as visitors who have a claim upon the disintorcbtoi ! hospitality of our people. Nebraska long ago piissod that Btngo of develop ment during which now regions depend pond rather upon extravagant predlu tlons of future greatness than upon palp ublo proofs of p.ist tind present uoulo vo mont. The volco of the boomer la not hoard In the land mm the specultitoi docs uot eolzo upou the starts of the visitor nnd implore him to buy. But vo tire glad to have these excursionist ? , come nnd look upon our smiling Holds , nnd if wo show n llttlo prldo and enthu siasm In pointing out the ndvnntngos vhlch this country olTora to the home * -coker - It must bo accepted us nn cn- iiicly honest and sincere expression of our belief In the rich nnd vnrlod re- souwos of this slate. i\t any rate the homoscoklng excur sionists nro welcome , nnd M much of Nebraska ns It Is possihlo for thorn to see in the limited time which they Hive sot apart for the purpose will bo shown them gladly. They cannot sue t nil , for it is n big state ; but glimpses lore nnd there will give them some lotion of the whole. It is to bo hoped .lint . they will try to visit some of the thriving young cities of the stnto as well ns the rural regions , for Nebraska s bopoming very proud of her growing centers of trade and manufacture- They stand as indisputable proufa of ho prosperity nnd growth of the great agricultural Interoats upon which they chiotly depend. un Candidate Stevenson said in his : Bloomlngton speech , referring to the tariff with Its provision for reciprocity It is worse than Idle to speak of its jonollts to the American farmer. * * In no Instance has it opened up to the farmer an additional market for n pound of meat or n bushel of grain. lias it in n single instance glvon to the me chanic or laborer increased wages ? " Hero wo hnvo another ovidoncoof either the ignorance or the want of candor , to put it mildly , of the democratic candi date for vlco president. It is only very recently , but before Mr. Stevenson delivered his speech , that olHcial statistics of the foreign commerce of the country were pub lished , in which were embraced the re sults of reciprocity. As u whole , those statistics show , and their authenticity cannot fairly bo questioned , that the foreign commerce of the United States for the fiscal year ended Juno HO , 1892 , was very much greater than for any other year in our history , exceeding the nvorniro annual value of exports for the preceding ton years over $263,000,000. To this enormous commerce the farmers of the country contributed by far the largest sharo. The exports of breadstuffs - stuffs exceeded the nvorngo annual value of the preceding ton years by the sum of $131,200,224. The exports of cattle , sheep and hogs exceeded the nvcrngo pnnual value of the same ex ports for the preceding ten years by 820,283,071. The excess of the exports of pro visions over the annual average of the ton years prior to 1891 was 827,703,432. The combined value of exports of cotton , breadstuiTs , provisions , cattle , sheep and hogs , till classed as agricultural pro ducts , in the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , 1892 , exceeded the exports of 1890 by the sum of 3159,238,323 , and exceeded tlio av erage annual value of the ton years prior to 1891 by the sum of $215,9(35,039. ( As to reciprocity , it is credited with nn increase of exports to the countries with which reciprocity relations have boon established amounting to over $10,000.- OCO , but this is not all It has accom plished. It had a direct influence in inducing European governments to re move the long-mainluinod restrictions against the importation of our moat products , and thus this feature of the present tariff law opened additional markets for millions of pounds of Ameri can 'meats , the demand for which , there is every reason to expect , will steadily grow from year to year. Another thing the tariff aid was to reduce in 1802 by over 320,000,000 , as compared with the year 1890 , the importations of horses , sheep , cattle , barley , oats , oatmeal , rye , eggs , , vegetables , hops , fl.ixsood and tobacco , giving that much more homo market to our farmers. With regard to the effect of the tariff on wages , if Candidate Stevenson had con sulted , which it is charitable to suppose ho did not , the report ofn very careful nnd thorough investigation mtulo by a committee of the senate , consisting of thrco republicans and two democrats , all of whom signed the report , ho would have learned that since the present tariff law wont into ollect there hns been n slight advance in thu wages of labor , measured in money , in thirty occupa tions covering n wide rnngo of pro ductive industries. But if this testi mony Is not satisfactory to Mr. Steven son and his fellow democrats , there is moro nt hand , and from n demo cratic source , which they will perhaps not decline tqnccept. Wo refer to that of the Now York labor commissioner , just made public , which shows that in 76 per cent of the manufacturing indus tries of that state wages were higher In 1891 than in 1690. The immediate ) constituency of Mr. Adlni E. Stevenson may bo singularly Ill-informed and credulous. Tills would naturally bo Inferred from the character of his speech to them. But however this may bo , ho 1ms not helped the democratic cause at largo by assors tions nnd assumptions which uro readily overthrown by reference to indisputable - disputable facts. Mr. Stevenson hn supplied the texts for some of the mos forceful republican arguments thua fur in the campaign. ' FALSE , FUULlSll AND HUltTFUL. The opinions of trade journals upon subjects which do not come within tholr special doma'n are usually conservative nnd often valuable. In reply to n cor- rcspoiidont'who wishes to know whether It would bo enfo for him to invest money in the milling business in Iowa , Kansas or Nebraska , the Milling World says : It wo are to bollovo lUo crop figures and mortKugo-paylut : statistics published In tboo states , they ore prosperous common wealths , Invlilcli a inillor of means ought lo bo aulo to flucl muuy good uhnncea ( or In vestment , It wo uro to bollovo tbo Weavers , the Puffers , the Simpsons and others of tbul class of men known as "calamity Howlers , " then Kansas , Iowa und Nebraska uro in a lorrlblu ilx , mort a ud to death , tholr farm- era weeping nltibt and day over poor crop returns and low market values , and the mortgages piling up so rapidly. that the arithmetic can't Upop up with the tromqn- doun tlpuros , and those states uco coed one * for a miller , or unyoody else , to stay away from , If tho.so men are lylnc about those states , they ouuht to bo silenced , as thov are dolug lust us uiuoh to chuck Immigration AS thoaph every onetf 'thnlr catntnltr represen ' tations were wbgffy , correct. II Uioy nro tolling the truth , i qoutsider should Invest u dollar In either odlbpso status. This prosont'sl'iti ? aspect of the cnso not often nlludedT to , nnd ono thnt Is worthy of borlous-ntlontlon. The crop llguros and mof-j ngo pnylng statistics of thu states referred lo nro regarded jy the Millinynifo'orld ns proofs of > rosporlty , but nsilt Is unnblo to recon cile such evidence with the blatnnt declarations of tlio prophets of disaster , t is unwilling tb assume the rosponsi- ilUty of ndvising the correspondent na o the wisdom of taking the stop which ho contemplates. It Is by no means strange thnt outsiders should bo thus perplexed. The evidence seems to how conclusively that * lown , Kansas and Nebraska , are good slates In which to invest money , but the calamity poole - ) lo proclaim the contrary with such extravagance of rhetorical voclforntlon , hat these unncqunlnted with the fncta nro untiblo to reach nny conclusion whatever ns to the real merits of th'o case. "If these men are lying about Ihoso states , " says the Milling H'orM , "thoy ought to bo silenced , as they nro doing just us much to chock Immigra tion ns though ovnry one of tholr representations was wholly correct. " Well , they nro lying , and their men- ilacity will produce exactly the result predicted that is , It will tend to discourage - courage immigration and will cause In vestors to turn to other fields. If the plans of the calamity prophet ? had boon laid with the avowed purpose of inflict- "ng thn greatest possible harm upon the states in which they are working they uould not hnvo boon bettor calculated to nchiovo that ond. It cannot bo tnkon for granted that overboby will under stand that the calamity howl Is designed merely for political effect. Thousands ll beltevo that so much smoke must mllcnto firo. The case to' which wo imvo referred is probably only one of iun < * vds whore capitalists desiring to invest money in business enterprises in the west hnvo hesitated to do so because the apostles of alsastor and rum Imvo ivon the lie to statistic il proofs of pros perity and progress. It ought to bo easy for every intolli- ? ont man to see that no good can como to Nebraska or any other state by pro claiming to the world a condition of popular distress and disaster that does not exist. The cry ot the people's party is false , foolish nnd hurtful. OFFICIAL reports ns to the European wheat crop , whicharo ) the only ones to bo depended upon'ln these dnys of stock jobbing rumors , continue- indicate a shortage. The Hungarian minister of agriculture , In1' ' his estimate of the world's crops , jS'uVplusos , nnd require ments , states that- Europe will have to mport something over 170,000,000 bushels of wheat this year from America , Indiartfind ( Australia. This nffords ground i'fdr the belief thnt the European demands upon this year's American supply will fully justify pre vious predictions. < > u , . , , , Mas. LEASE'S ifog-horn voice is re sounding in Iowa .thoso dnys , reminding the people of that state that" t'hoy are miserable nnd downtrodden oven if they do have money in their banks , own their homes and are educating their children nt colleges. Fortunately for them , the farmers of Iowa tire not nt all nfllictod with acute aamphoolia. Dcniocrii'lc Aciiunlntmico with Truth , New 1'vrk Trllninc. McKlnley prosperity has ceased to bo a republican campaign hallucination. It (3 ( a reluctant and compulsory democratic-confes sion. Generosity iKii't Kplclemlc. UMie-Dsm tcrat. Thnt democratic western corruption fund grows slower than oven the Grant monument fund did. It may nrnount to something oy 1S9J , but it will be of DO use for 1803. The Co il Truit I'lpcil Thnt Way. St. I'aut Plonter-l'rat. Tbo managers of the now tissue paper trust decluru that tbo object of the combine is to do business moro economically , and that it is not proposed materially to aavauco prices. This is thinner even tnun the tissue that the trust will muico. The Cniiipilxii : .Hunt Walt. PlitlaileljMti Leiluer. It will hardly bo worth while for the politicians to attempt to start tholr campaign at this limo. They will bare to wait until Messrs , bullivan and Corbott have settled their differences if they want to engage pub- He attention. _ _ , JCuTuiicg en Kxplaln. A'cia Yiiilt Aih-crtleer. "General" Stevenson , in bis speech In Bloonuneton , III. , oatd no attention to the charges that ho was a , robot sympathizer during the war , but conlliiod hlmsoll lureoly to the "robbor tariff" und the terrible foreo Dill. Tbo public really does uot care what Adlal thinks , or thinks bo thinks , on this ( juostinn ; but jf ho was with the boys in blue during tbo war ho ouKht to ba malting ar rangements to establish that important fact. Throe Protection Arguments. Cincinnati commercial In 1857 a yard ol peed gingham cost from 20 to 25 cents. Now u yard of the satno quali ties brhiRB , at retail , from 8 to 10 cents. A pair of boots of modoruto quality cost $5 thirty-live years ago , In the good old free trndo times. A better pair can now bo Dought for3. . , ri In 1857 n dozen frui * cans cost 83. That was In tbo free trade times. Now a dozen cans of improved pattern oiin bo bought for 51) to 0 ! ) coats. > i Thn IillotVliu Korku till ) lio.it , A'tw 1'arH AdttirUtcr. If wo had statistics ooarlng on the casual ties resulting tratrd the idiot who roclis the boat , thu exhibit would bo appalling. Ho is ono of the most deadly enemies the human race has lo contend with. The imbecile who blows Into thutuuzcuf ) ; his gun to see If It Is loauou is a mend off manlilnd , for ho blows oft his own head bofora ho has time to point the same at bis sister , under the snttlod con viction that it Is ijih loaded. And yet In the matter of Intolltfcirtho mau who rocKu the boat und the inauRwho blows Into his gun rank about cqual-W oth ara several dogrooi below the wild lui's'ccoU and the Individual who luoks the requisite diacorumont to go In when it ram * . ' ' A 1'ittriotlo lluttnn. JVeio I'oiMm. . A man of ordinary appearance and fairly well dressed , looUlbg llko n downtown busi ness man , perhaps u merchant , or u manager , or a lawyer , or a steamship agent , or a manu facturer , came Into tbo countlngroora of the Sun yesterday on business , wearing In tbo upper buttonhole of the left-hand eldo of his light-colored summer coat a miniature Amor- lean lib ? , moasurlDR about an Inch ono wuy nnd n half Inch the other , lie had u manly look. There was American independence in his countenance and tylo. Ho was evidently proud pf his country aud its Hag , Ho gave evidence of this fact In his face when ho no- tloctl Hint thn pymbol which he were in bis buttonhole wa observed. 1'erbaps his wear ing of this dainty American symbol offered mi example that may no useful iu tbeso tiuioi. ' 4'ho man wan unknown to uj , but wo nro strongly disposed to frneu that ho is n ' .nio American patriot , whether ho wns bom n this country or any other. The American lag bas n meaning , nnd Ita monnlnp ought to beltnown tn every person who has the prtv- logo ol living under It. .Modern I'lilxu 1'ropliot * . ItortMiifi Oirpnnfdn. Senator Peffcr snvs thnt "tho people's unrty will cnrrv Nobnuka , Colorado , Ne vada , Alnntnnn , Wyoming nnd the two D.i- koius next November , nnd.vlthont the lenst doubt , Georgia , Alabama nnd Mississippi. Wo shnil como very near carrying Texas , nnd hnvo n largo vote in Arkansas nnd Mis souri. " The gentleman wit'i the nbbro- vmtod whiskers is too modest t > y fnr. Ha should nt least Imvo Included Oregon ns n victim of the political c.vclono ho U prophe sying ; for , has not GonoVnl Weaver declared his contldonci ) thnt nothing cnn proven ) the election of people's narty electors In tlili stnto this fall ! Mr. Weaver Is n competent Judge , too , for ho occupied nearly thrco days crossing the stnto by rail , and In a direct Una Somntlilng About Mirage. Xcw l' rh liun. For tbo odlllcntlon nnd In.itructlon .of cor- tnln misguided democrats nnd for tholr recla mation , If possible , to the tranquilpaths of political sanity , It will bo profitable to quota some part of a description which nn observer furnishes to the Ulobo-Uomocrnt of St. Louis , lie Is writing about the nitrate land of eastern Texas , where you can see \vhnt you want without asking for It nnd without gctt Ingit. In that portion of the staitcd plnln which stretches from the Pccoa river to the ljan- unndlo the atmosphere , this citizen reports , plays odd freak * nnd nmltcs strange revela tions. When the sun Is nt , tbo proper nnglo for the purpose It I * possible to see n bolt of timber whoio none exists. A ranch maybe lifted out of a vnlloy and sot on n hill. A sheep herder grows Into gigantic proportions nnti his lambs bccomo elephantine. A railroad train In thu dlstuncc looms up 100 feet high nnd appears to DO about tlvo mltos long. Thrco or four miles to the cast of the town of Mid land , If It bo about noon of a sunny dny , the stranger will see a line llitlo city iu the midst of a cllstonlng lake. The silvery water moves In contio ripples ns If before a gentle broczo. Auout 800 windmills are np- parcntiv In motion nbovo the city nnd It docs not seem that the tract they stand upon can oxcocd a mile square. Around this city and the lake is n frlnga of dark green timber. Boyoud the timber is a boundless expanse ol grcon grass. On the prairie cattle may bo been grazing. As the train comes nearer the cows appear to become mastodons. The sheep seem to bo wooiy horses. The build ings shoot up Into the heavens. The wind mills become Eiffel towers , standing on noth ing , The people walking across the street tread on air. There is a general repeal of the law of gravity. The lake hns suddenly disappeared ; tbo city vanishes ; the trees become mon and the man trees. Then the traveller stops upon n real wooden railway plntlorm and out Into the dusty , sandy thoroughfare of a Texas town. Ho experiences of a sudden nil tha dlsbcatt- onlng sensations with which the rainbow chaser is familiar on election night. To tbo overheated imagination of tbo polit ical uilratro hunters endless cavalcades of democratic recruits , deserters from the re publican camp are constantly marching to tbo strains of inspiring music toward tha democracy In Iowa , Illinois , Wisconsin , Ne braska no a Minnesota , These states are aflame with excitement nnd enthusiasm. The democratic vote is crowing like Jack's bean stnhr , and the republican vota is rapIdly - Idly shriveling Into nothingness. A tariff reform circular expands until It covers a whole state Ilka a panoply. A free trade speech , uttered la shrill and piping accents to aa audience of three dudes , a small boy and an unnaturallzod tourist from Canada , occomns a trumpet blast , In tones of thunder reverberating through valleys and hillsides , nnd calling myriads of political volunteers from forgo , loom , anvil , work bench nnd factory. Bv this mlrairo a mem ber of tba Now York Reform club appears to bo six feet high. Ills placid eyes dilate with the fury of baitlo. His splice-tail coal becomes sharpened to a point , and bo re sembles tha devil of n fellow , his bangs turned to horns and his crutch cnno a phan tom spade , with which ho burls the vvholo republican vote into thu bottomless pit of oblivion. At closer vision things change , and this Is what appears to the sober-minded citizen divested of his mirage phantasy : j Hopubllcan inajorltv , J894. . .1(1.773 ( I iionubllc.in majority. 188 $ . . j Republican majority ; 1881 . . 14.Y > 95 | Hcpubllcan majority , 1833. . .21.321 Nnhrnal-i. . J Kopubllcnii majority. 18S4. . ' JSobrasJa.-j iapu0llll | | | majority , 1838. . .27373 I Hopubllcan imilorlty , IR3I. . . 3.308 1 KeuuDllcau m.ijorlty , 1883. . .i.-J.Oia \r . , J Hopubllcan majority , 1834. . , ( U'J71 Kansas . . . -j itu , , , , ! , ! , , , , muOrlty ] , 1833. . .8J.159 No democrat should misuse valuable tuna und needed political ammunition by going on a mirage hunt In the west this year. JEHSKT AX1) Tllli COAL UttMlllfiJS. Chicago Inter Ocean : The decision made nsainst the scandalous coal combine by the chancellor of tha state of Now Jersey is as clear as can bo. Ho rules it to bo wholly il legal. Philadelphia Press : Coal quotations were low last year , abnormally low. A just mean would place the prica of coal somewhat high r than last year's quotations ; but tbo advance itiis summer bus bred a public Irrita tion wuicu It is Idle.to deny and foolish to disregard. Chicago Herald : The decision of Judge McUIll Is a swooping ono. It forbids the Pennsylvania and Heading und the Port Heading-railroads from operating the Jersey Central , and directs the latter to resume con trol of Its own property and franchises nnd the performanca of Us corporate duties. Chicago News : The decision Is plain common sensu. It is tha doctrine that the Btuto or the people have not nre-itoa nnd would not errata corporations having the right to form consolidated corporations that In one thing-Had another would exert , a power superior to tbo power ot the poopio them selves. Philadelphia Times : If the New Joraoy lease was Indispensable to the harmonious working ot the several railway lines em braced In the leases It would bo a serious net- back to tha progress of the Reading ; but the leases wcro not inspired by speculative In terests , but by the imperious cJomanas of common Interest , and the failure of ttio laasa will not in any practical way Impair tbo co operation of these linos. Chicago Tribune : The decision is sound in law. It is also sound In its Interpretation of the Inw , a * uuslyned nnd Intended to pro tect , the poopio from organized uttoniDts at wholesale Injustice , from contemplated robbery on a vast scale. It cannot be too blunly commended for the way In which It asserts the rights of the public , and probes lo tbo bottom the lalse pleas which have buon adduced to justify the action of the bard coal combine. New York Herald : If Chancellor McGIH's ruling is uphold by ttio court of appeals n very serious responsibility will ho placed upon Now Jersey to inout tbo Issue thus raised. Shu cannot nffnrd to huvo her lawn llairrnritly disobeyed oven for tbo inugnlllcont object of enabling a few gentlemen to got dividends on their investments. If tbo suit similar to that Chancellor McUIll decided , wuicQ Is now being pressed in Pennsylvania , should have a like result tbo governor of tbo state would bo authorized Iu counselling thu charters of tbo olfnadmg roads and bringing thorn to subjection uv force. It is not In conceivable that If tbo Reading persists Now Jersey will huvo to resort to equally radical mrasurcH to vindicate the authority und ofllcauy of her laws. Now York Commercial ! His nnma Is Peck and ho Is a democrat. Hut bo bos scored u p'lnt for tbo republicans. Indianapolis Journal : "What next ? " the domocratlo manager asks on reading the Peek report. Nothing worse for the democ racy Is possible. New York Recorder : Mr. Peek has told the truth aud itlsu disgrace to our polities that public men und public journalists uro beginning to abuse him bccuuso ho did not conceal the truth and send out a mass of lieu to deceive the people. Minneapolis Tribune : In Now York In JH'JO ' , according to Labor Commissioner Peck , only 7.03 of thostrlkoi. for Increase of wuguc failed and only 'J.'ii per cent of tbo strikes lor decrease of hours fnilod. The not gain In wages was &lrS33. ! . Commissioner Peek1 nlso states thnt strikes succeed only when Industrial conditions nro favorable to pros perous Industry. What become * , then , of the democratic tirudo on tha Und oltrict ot the tariff on strike * t Chicago News ( Ind. ) t Hecauso the report Is favorable to the McKlnley law , nnd therefore - fore unfavorable to Mr. Cleveland's tariff position , ttio conclusion Is jumped nt that Hill nnd Puck have juggled the llgtirot to make n showing thnt protection actually does protect the worklngman. Upon this far-fetched nssumptloh It Is argued by dome crnts thnt Hill Is trying to nssiwslnnto tbo chances of Cleveland. This Is nil very com forting to the republicans. Now York Advertiser : Wbon Air. Cleve land remarKed In Madison Square garden thnt tbo protective tariff wns adding to the wealth of the rich nnd.was robbing the farmer and the workingmnn bv stealth ho wns evidently not supplied with tna neces sary stntlstlcs. The report which hns Juit been mndo by Commissioner of Labor Peek boars directly on this subject ; nnd It shows thnt Mr. Clovolnnd , In making bis Mniihon Squnro statement , was the victim of dofco- tlvo knowledge , ns usual. Now York Tribune : Tcwtlmonv of real Importance regarding the effect of the uro- tootivo tariff on wages Is furnished by the report of the Now York ntnto bureau of stntlstlcs of labor , whlcK * is summarized elsewhere. Mr. Charles R Pock , the com missioner In charge of the bureau , li n demo crat and hns hold bU present olllco for nlno yonrs. Ho was originally appointed by Governor Cleveland in 1SSU The Investiga tion of this subject was doubtless begun with the expectation of obtaining democratic cam paign material , but thn result will not bo at nil to tbo free traders' tastes. Ttio Inquiry covered the year Immediately preceding the enactment of the McKlnloy law mid the year Immediately following It , nnd cmbricoil sixty-eight Industries , employingUSS.OOO per sons. What Commissioner Peck ascertained is thnt for the Intter year there wns n not Increase In wupcs of $ ( ( , : ! 77OIK ) ns compared with the preceding year , and nn increase of & ) l,315,00(1 ( In production. Thoio nro striking und instructive llgurcs , particularly m they uro the outcome of investigations carried on wholly under democratic auspices. "I called thco.to ourso mliio enemies , nnd , behold , thou bust altogether blessed them. " itAi's snuit .t.vj > sii.ua : I'htlndolphla Times : AH ho romls of the continual conlllots between Inuornttd capital there Isn't n trump In the country but says : "Cllvo cs u rest. " Washington 1'ost : Ono of the horrors of the ciinipnlL'ii Is the series of boileriilutoeartoons now running In the rural prcis. Imllnmiimlls Join mil : "Polities nrodceld- cdlv mixed In our family. " said Mr. . ) iinjc- Piipp. " .My wlfo Is n democrat. I urn u repub lican and the baby , ns nour as 1 can make out , Is a calnmlty-howlor. " lilto : "John , " she snld , as they loft the soda. fountain. "Wliutlslt ? " "Wasn't 15 cents a good deal to pay for a glass of Siii I'hlladolphla Record : If John Ii. Sullivan's book , which Is tn bo published today. Is any thing like Its distinguished author. It Is cur tain tomuko u powerful lilt. Now York World : Child Mntnma , I heard you say thnt u iiiun at 40 Is either u fool or puyslolan. rap. i Is 40 , sovhal Is lie ? Mamma Ho is uot a physician , clear. Philadelphia Lodger : , , A correspondent asks. "Can yon toll mo imythlne that is ? uod forcholoraV" Iced cnrumbers In liimo do < es , ar Immature or ovor-rlpo fruits , followed by lur'o clniiinlits of Ivo water , uro bolluvr-cl to lid good for ehoieia und mighty bud for the pti- tlont. Atohlson Cilobo : How u man bates to clvo awuy a 15-cont cigar. Itlnchnmton Lender : The predicted f.illnro oC this season's corn crauso worU'cd on the mind of u local chiropodist that ho has been on u toot for u wcolc. Capo Cod Horn : It does not Impair a stafro man.icer's usefulness to have an obliquity of vision , that U to say to Imvo u oust in his eye. Now > 'ork Herald : Jess I wont to .1 for- ttmo teller last nlsht and she told mo 1 was to innrry u Ilrltlsh peer. Iev3 ! How very un- rompllmoutiiry ! ? lie mint have mistaken you for a concert hall girl. Eowoll Courier : Kant attention tlio atti tude of the man who is hit with a policeman's billy , THE UEOVLE'S I'.lllTVL.VOH'A .IT. M. U. Bacon In ll'iJii/ifiiptnii / Post. Thrco times three nro sivty-slt. Straws not needed for limiting bricks , Urops depend un politics. And the people's party knows It. Plow and boo nro both plnycd nut ; The way to farm Is to run about To I' . I' , meetings und storm and .spout , And the people's party knows It. O , tbls will bo u elorlons In nil , And when tilings are done us wo have planned We'll Imvo prospot Itv fresh and canned , And the people's p trty knows It. When we've kicked tlio plutocrats downstairs And purged Wall street of HR bulls aud bears We're till u-aoln' to bo millionaires , And the people's party knows It. The loavcj of the trees 'II be dollar notes. And diamond rlnss around the heads of oats , And si vcr tips on the horns of the coats , And the pcoplo'a party knows It. The elieoso Ml bo silver and the butter ' 11 be cold , Tbo streams Ml run wblskv hot nnd cold , And the mugwumps forzottn hcolil , And tbo people's party known It. 80 hurrah , hurrah for the great 1 > . P. : 1 7 mid i' ' : u . A Is II nnd X Is Z. ' And the people's party knows It. McOooic. Nub. , August - ' . ' . inn AOT : TIIK rrnnk rnrklunn , thn i : onpr < l Murderer , Captured In Wyoming. CIIRTRXXE , Wyo. , Snpt. 1. [ Spoclnl Tele gram to TUB IKK. | frank H. I'urklsoti , who escaped from the county Jail uailor ro mnrkiiblc circumstances last September , wni brought hero yesterday by Deputy Shorlfl Mcllar of Hock Springs. Parklson \ vain n soldier nnd ho wns tried foi ho murder of n follow soldier nt KUHussol named Hey linker. The ovlilenci wns purely circumstantial but Pnrklson wni found gtilltv ot manslaughter nnd sentenced to olpht years tn the penitentiary. Out night In September there wns n knock on tht Iron door of the jail which li In the roar ol nnd forms part of the court house. Whch thu RUnnl opened tbo door ho found hlmscK looking down thu muzzle of n big six-shooter. The cuard wns bound hand nnd foot nnd then cngod. Parklson nnd Charley Millar , slnco hanged fern double murder , were both rolon ed. Thn latter was captured the next day , out Pnrklson made his wuy to Hook Springs nnd wont to work In n coal mlno Uiero. Ho has Hvod there over slnco. A few days ago hi wns recognized by n tnnn who hnd been nn Inmate of the county Jail nnd his arrest fol lowed. There was a reward of $ MO for the arrest of Pitrklion. K.I.Y J.VTO AX O/'JJA J Thrco 1'oonlu Killed by tlio Wreck of tilt Tust Mull. Nuwnuno , N. Y. , Sopt. 1. Tlio fast mnl ! tram on the Hudson Ulvor railroad mot wilt a disaster nt the Now Hamburg drntvbridga this morning. The draw had boon oponnd nnd was just being closed when the train dished on H. As the brldgo was nonrlj closed thu cnglno jumped the gap , but tin tender failed to cross. Engineer Joseph Owens and Fireman Ed ward Host were instantly killed. Mall dork J. H. ICano was nlso Instantly Iclllod. Half a dozen passengers were slightly tn > jurcd. The brldgotcndcr claims tbo signals \vera properly sot , The dead engineer was ono ol the best employes on the road. DOUJILK T11AUKIH' .12' JiSl' .ll. A Tiiro Dealer Kills Ills .Mistress unit Shoot ! ) Himself. DKN'vnit , Colo. , Sent. 1 Shortly after mla- nicht Henry D. Orm , n faro dealer , shot and instantly killed his mistress who wns known hero ns Dolly Hood , but whoso rein name wns Lavissa Hildoitlruo , who came hero from Huzlolon , O. Orm then shot himself and will probably die. Orm Is aboul 2. ) years of ago , while his mistress was 35. They had quarreled und she threatened to leave him , whereupon ho took her life nnd mndo whul will posslblv result in a successful attempt to end bis own. Stele l-ots of Government Timber. GuTiiitit : , Okl. , Sopt. 1. S. J. Moore , doputv United States marshal , has lust re turned from an extended trip through tha Kiowa , Comacoho nnd Apache country , whcro ho wont to arrest parties who have boon stealing timber off tbo government land tn that part of the territory. Ho reports thnt the settlers of Greor county , Texas , nro chopping nnd hnuling this timber to mnrkot nnd hnvo followed this Industry until tbo country has boon stripped of its wealth of timber. The marshal's posse brought back sixteen prisoners and committed thorn to jail , The government has ordered the soldiers at Fort Sill to arrest all cartlos hereafter de ' tected in cutting timber on the government land , ImlluiiH Dancing Again. CJuTimiK , Okl. , Sept. 1 , A number of dap- uty United Stutcs marshals are In the city and report that the Indians In all parts oi the territory are now dancing the sun nna tnesslah dances , Ono deputy states that tha Apache Indians huvo joined the Cboyennes , Comanchos , Klowns and Arapahoe tribes t d that the live tribes nro now traveling from ono reservation to another , duucing at each. While ho was at Auardnrks , the deputy bays , there wcro several hundred Indians ol these tribes Joined together In the dance , which was kept up from early In the evening until dayllirht. During this tlmo many old sculps wore resurrected and the pcrformanco looked much lllco a war dance. Solrnro ol Senior * CniiHcs 1'rotcntfl , VicTOiiiA , B. C. , Sopt. 1. The news of the seizure of ono San Francisco and three Victoria sealers by Russian gunboats has created n great sensation hero. Tlio Sealers association Is preparing to have n statement , telegraphed to the premier at Ottawa. The Board of Trade will also embody the facts In n memorial to Ottnwn nnd the Vancouver board will be requested to co-operate. * Convicts Itoturnoil to thn Minoi. NASIIVU.I.K , Tonn. , Sopt. 1. Eighty-eight convicts were sent back to Oliver Springs under n strong gunrd last nnrht. At Cliutqn a military detachment joined the nartv. Tlio convicts nro the ones who were driven from Oliver Springs by the minors. Two hundred I were sent to Tracy City today under guards , ! and 575 to Inman on Friday. Kqiml Hlghta In \ mreiilund. . Wiii.Li.voTo.v , Now Zealand , Sept , 1 , The house of representatives has again passed the bill oxtondlcg the elective franchise to woman which was rejected in IS'Jl by tbo legislative council. Largest Mannf.ietnrors and DcalOH of OloUilnslu ihu World. If I 'uz pa I'd buy myxboy a new suit of clothes before I sent him off to school , " is the height oi the average boy's am bition just no\v. \ . We are show ing the finest lines of fall suits for boys and children ever im ported. No old styles. New nov elties , new shades , in fancy anJ plain cheviots , cassimercs and worsted , checkeJ and striped cassimeres and everything new. Hoys' suits , ' ! to M$2 up-.M to 18 years$6 up. Full line of fall overcoats , the very latest , at special prices. Hoyj' hats and furnishing goods in en Hess variety. This sale is special in the children's department the coziest spot in town. Ladies who are out shopping will enjoy a rest in our easy chairs , to which they are equally welcome V whether they buy or not. Bro wningKing& Co Our store eo o < t at 0:30 : p. m. , except HaturI I QV . fnr 1 Sill & DniltJlK S t , . . days when wo closu at 10 p. in. | O. II vUl 1JIU IX UUIlgluo O I