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IT MAY bo tnkon us an ixbsoluto fact
Hint ono-liuU ot the Chicago combines
are untl-Omiilia combines In olTecU
TUB clomocratic press Is plnlnly
riiiq for wind wlion It attempts to draw
any consolation from tlio Vermont oleo-
tlon.
ii Tun ulioloni 1ms novoryot crossed tbo
Piiciflu ocean. But that is no sign that
It will not do so. for this is n record-
itnadllng era , and nothing is impossible.
I TIIK Lcngtio ol Uopuolican Clubs will
| . lutvo si monster nssombl.y at IJufT ilo this
U woclc. It will bo the most appropriate
. nnd onlj.usiu.stic opening of this bnolc-
war/1 i
TJIB election of RPV. A. T. Pierson of
Philadelphia to the pornmtiont pastorate
2 , of Spurgoon's church in London is a
f hijrh coinplimont not moruly to Mr.
i' ' Ploi'bon , but to thlb country.
TUB local sports who attended tlio
! , ' Now Orleans exhibition have not yet
returned to Omaha. Tbo late rains ,
which have seriously impeded highway
travel , have presumably caused this
del u v.
IONATIOS DoNNiriAr hns plunged
into the Minnesota campaign with the
/.oil which has its compcms.Uion in al
lowing Shakespeare to rcsumo writing
his own pliiys until u few woolen nftor
November 8.
TUB diHulostiros made by Deputy
Treasurer Fist at Hustings regarding
the alleged robbery of the funds by
Treasurer Paul , if they can be proven ,
will create a strong sentiment against
Paul's pirdon.
"COLON , " SCOTT complains that the
charcoal sketches of his checkered
career nro copies of portraits drawn by
unfriendly artists. The trouble with
tlio great "colonel" is chat his friends
nro as scare as hens' tooth wherever ho
lias lived.
THKIU : Is a good deal of nonsense
nbout the library and the city hull ele
vator. Tlio fact is that the patrons of
the library for three years have boon
Bijuoezed into a 2x4 elevator not half aa
largo ns the city hull elevator and twice
aa dangerous.
COMMODOKB PJJHUY'S victory on Lake
El-io eovonty-nino years ago yesterday
was quito a contest , yet the gallant com
modore must owe his immortality more
to his HontoncoVo have mot tuo
Diiomy nnd they are ours , " than to his
signal victory over the British.
TIIK contractor for tlio Douglas street
grade is creeping along at a snail's pace
with'his work. Unless he is spurred on
by tlio Board of Public Works to iinish
the job by thu 1st of October it will * be
impossible to do any paying on Douglas
and.tho cross streets between Sixteenth
und Twentieth this year.
Tun opening of the school year again
brings out tlio complaint of pressure in
the High school , with an urgent de
mand for relief. The superintendent of
schools suggests the removal of the
Sixth grade from the Central school to
some other building , and if 'this would
give the needed relief it would seem that
Hi ore should bo no delay in adopting
thu suggestion. This m-ittor of giving
relief to the High school has received so
much discussion that something practi
cal ought to boOono.
Tun total number of business failures
In the United Slates during the past
week wa MO , ngaiiibt 183 during the
con osponding week last year. About
the name falling oil in the number of
failures : him boon recorded each week
tills year , showing that the condition of
business lias greatly improved through
out the country. It has always been hold
that a national campaign has a ten
dency to disturb and injure bminoss ,
and if allowance is made for that it will
bo BOOH that the reduction in the number -
bor of failures is very nlfrnllkant.
WJIII.K tlio Board of Health him made
commendable efforts to improve the san
itary condition of this city , the work of
street mid house cleaning is by no means
us thorough and general as it should ho.
It teams us if the first alarm ovur
uholom in this country has uiibsldod ,
n > d therefore further ulToits to heid : elT
the Bcuurgo have been relaxed. This Is
precisely the reason why our city
authorities , und especially thu police , in
conjunction with the Board of Health ,
should adopt more stringoni aaJ uf-
feclivu measures to enforce a thorough
cleaning up of garbage and 11 cellar-to *
j/iirrot search after dlboaao-brecding
ruliblahuuil fllth.
WHAT OM.IH.l UlUlBXTbY A'L'BDS.
A Httlo more than n year r.po Tins
I3uiJ began a campaign in bohalfof homo
patronage which nt unco commanded the
approval of the oltl/.ons of Oinalia nnd
the surrounding colmtry , and produced
results that are yet plainly apparent in
the business lifo of this community. It
is acknowledged on all hands that the
homo patronage idea has greatly stimu
lated trade in this city. Its influence
has boon reciprocal , and both buyer and
Bolor have directly or Indirectly gained
by It. Within its nccobsnry limitations
the movement has produced excellent
results , and it is a modest statement to
say that there are today several hundred
men and women employed in Omaha
who could not have found work hero If it
had not boon for the cordial and earnest
support of the homo patronage plan by
the people at largo.
But experience haa shown that the
more hooping of Omaha money in
Omaha docs not by any means moot the
requirements of the time , though it does
n great deal of good in Us way. In this
city , as In all others , tlio pulse of busi
ness is quickened or slackened according
to the degree of activity shown in en
terprises which afford employment for
the working classes. It happens , very
unfortunately , ttiat the number of manu
facturing enterprises in this city is
much smallar than in other cities liav- ,
ing equally good opportunities. With
an immense tributary field in which the
demand for commodities of all kinds is
rapidly growing and must be mot from
homo source , this city is making too lit
tle advance as a manufacturing center.
The indllToronco and inactivity of the
capitalists of Omaha in this respect is
not merely a negative disadvantage
to the city ; it is a positive disadvantage
from every point of view. It can hardly
bo necessary to call the attention of any
thoughtful m'an to the self-ovidont fact
that every workman to whom employ-
incut is given must of necessity bo a con
stant contributor to the volume of trade
of every kind. The mechanic who earns
less than 81,000 a year' may bo a more
profitable patron of loc.il merchants
than the capitalist whoso incomelu
twenty times as groat.
It appears from interviews with many
local business men published in this
paper , that the need of enterprises
affording employment to workingmen is
generally recognized. Tlio jobbing trade
of Omaha is nourishing Hnuly. It ex
tends far into the nor-thwcst and does
does not stop this side of the Pacific. It
penetrates the Dominion of C.mad.i and
even roaches to distant Alaska. But a
great jobbing trade does not solve the
problem. Wo want industrial onter-
pribcs that will employ thoubands of
peoplo. Those which wo now have are
prosperous nnd growing , but they nro
too few in number. The great need of
the time' in tills city is the active em
ployment in productive industries of the
idle money of our capitalists. Omaha
ia the metropolis of a great and growing
region that must bu supplied from some
source with many articles of common
use that can be produced in this city as
well asclhowhero. All that is needed is
a little courage and energy. Tlio homo
patronage idea will bo applied in the
future ns in the recent past , and local
pride will stimulate the people to give n
warm support to any enterprise in which
business men of this city may embark.
The subject is one that should engage
the attention of those who are seeking
for profitable fields of in vestment.
ClllMK A V rilK hA "ii DELA.Y.
The daily record of crimes in the
United States goes far to justify what
was recently said by Hon. Andrew D.
White , minister to Russia , that this
country is today , among all the Chris
tian countries of the world , that in
.which the highest crimes are moat frequent -
quont nnd least punished. The start
ling statement ; was made by Mr. White
that the number of deaths by murdorH
is moro than double the average of the
most criminal country in Europe and is
increasing rapidly. Even Italy and Cor-
eicu fall before us. In 1890 there wore
4,000 murders in this country. In 1891
the number was 0,000and the indie i-
tions are that this year will show amore
moro terrible record of homicide than
last. Those are most unwelcome truths
for the law-abiding American citizen.
There is consensus of opinion among
those who have given this matter any
attention , that lax administration of the
In wand tlio delays which outworn logo , '
methods allow are largely responsible for
this condition of affairs , The greater
number of the persons who committed
the 0,000 murders in 1891 wore nut apprehended
prohondod , and st.itistics show that only
one murderer in fifty over receives cap
ital punishment. As was said by Mr.
White , the elementary principles of
common sense scorn quito forgotten in
modern trials. Jurors refuse to act upon
the evidence , so that what was instituted
in the fourteenth century as n protection
for honest men becomes in this a protec
tion for the criminal. It has boon said ,
with too much truth , that our people are
wont to gloify a lawyer who turns loojo
upon the world a murderer in the face
of all evidence ) . But the whole fault
must not bo laid upon the juries. Many
of thorn are honest ana disposed to do
their duty fearlessly and faithfully , us
they are given light to see their duty.
A p.irt of the responsibility rests with
courts and prosecuting olUoors , who are
often cither incompetent or indilToront ,
or both. Cases against criminals are
woauly made up. Instructions to juries
do not always instruct. Thou therenro
unnecessary delays , for which judicial
ofllcors are oliiolly responsible , the ten
dency of which is almost uniformly fa
vorable to the criminal. Tim culpable
abuse of the pardoning power ia also to
bo reckoned in with thoinlluoncos which
tend to encourage crime.
Tlio only real deterrent of crime ,
especially murder , is an early trial un-
delayed by appeals and legal jugglery ,
and a just punishment speedily meted
out. Butthoio will have to bo soruo
radical modlllcattons of the law und
homo reforms in judicial methods before -
fore this cun bo attained. Perhaps ,
also , there will have to bo a higher
standard observed in the selection of
judicial olllcora At any rate the sub
ject is one well worthy the attention of
the thoughtful und luw-rospcotlng oltl-
zon. The United States ought to have
fewer high crimes than any other coun
try In proportion to population. In no
other nation are the forces which op
erate v.gatnat vice nnd crime in stronger
array than hero. The school , the press
and the church are allpor-vading. The
chief trouble is manifestly in the lax
administration and the delays of the
law , and how to remedy this presents n
very serious problem.
TIIK coxannssiuA'.ih HACK.
A careful canvass of the delegates so-
looted in Friday night's caucuses for the
congressional district convention shows
thu following preferences : Mercer , -111 ;
Scott , ! I7 ; Bartlett , 9 ; Cornish , I ) . This
includes the delegations from Omaha
and South Omaha. There will doubt
less bo contests in several of the wards
at the primary election next Friday ,
and the complexion of the delegations
may bo materially changed.
The country precincts , which are entitled -
titled to sixty-five delegates , have Iteld
no caucuses. It is safe to predict , how
ever , that the country will bo most de
cidedly against Scott. His chances of
currying Douglas county have gene
glimmering. The "colonel's" strength
hns boon purposely inflated by the fake-
fuctoiy because the democrats are very
anxious to hnvo him nominated. . It is
now manifest that the uoininco will boa
dark horso.
FAHMINO IN NEHKAliKA.
A subject of deep interest to the
farmers of Nebraska , and one to which
they are now giving considerable at
tention , is the practicability of diversi
fying the products of their lands in
such a manner as to avoid the rlskii
always attendant upon singln crop farm
ing. Within the past thrco or four
years , but inoro especially this year ,
it has boon demonstrated that Ne
braska soil is not only capable
of producing other croos than corn , but
that it is especially adapted , in some lo
calities at least , to wheat , oats , barley ,
rye and all the staple cereals. Ono
farmer in Gage county has raised this
year fifty-one and one-third bushels of
red winter wheat to ttio aero oa a Hold
of 100 acres. So largo an average us
this on a field of such extent proves con
clusively that Nebraska is by no moans
dependent upon her corn crop , and
that diversified farming is as prac
ticable hero as elsewhere. Corn is king
in this state by reason of peculiarly favor
able conditions of soil and climate , but
any crop is liable to failure in any part
of the world. When the corn crop is
short the demand for wheat is strength
ened by the operation of an invariable
natural law , and heroin lies the reason-
why the farmer should not venture all
his treasure in a single ship. This view
of the case is now commanding moro attention -
tontion among the farmers of Nebraska
than ever before , and it will bo surpris
ing if the wheat product of this state is
not greatly increased with two years.
It is doubtful whether any single crop
can ever bo relied upon as a permanent
source of profit , even in localities espe
cially adapted to It. The whole of the
cottnn-gr owing region of the south is
suffering from a too implicit trust in cot
ton. The growers of that great staple
have for many years depended upon it
to the exclusion of other products to
which their lands are well suited. Last
year they made very little money , and
this year's crop is bringing them still
less. The south will learn sooner or
later that diversified agriculture alone
can avert the evils of overproduction of
cotton. The growers of fruits who suffer
alternately , from overproduction and
short crops will have to learn the same
lessen , and wo believe that the farmers
of the great corn bolt p.ro beginning to
learn it already. It will bo a matter for
general congratulation when Nebraska
shall become as famous for her wheat us
for her corn.
HKUOIOUH I'llOOllKSS UP TUB A'EORO.
Mr. H. 1C Carroll , the special agent
of the census in churches , boars testi
mony to the religious tendencies of the
negro race. * Ho says that worship
seems to bo a necessity of their nature.
That the negro has made rapid re
ligious progress in the United States ,
the census figures attest. Tlio negro
population numbered at the last census
about 7,470,000 , including not simply
puro-bloodod Africans , but all these ns
well who have a strain of Caucasian
mixed with the darker current of their
slave ancestry. Of this colored popula
tion 0,839,000 are in the old slave terri
tory , leaving not moro than 681,000 for
all the rest of the union. The relative
strength of the race in the south nnd
in all other parts oi the country is a
matter of importance in considering
the present condition of religious de
velopment , and how it has boon reached.
Before emancipation the colored people -
plo of the south naturally adopted the
religious faith o.f their masters. As a
largo majority of the whites wore
Methodists und Baptists , these de
nominations ombruco by far the largaf
number of the colored population. ' 'Tho
total number of colored Christians in
the United States , according to the
lust census , was 2,010,62o , and of those
1,2.10,000 wore U.iptists , and 1,180,00 ; )
Methodists , leaving loss than 193,000 for
oilier donominatlonu. The proportion
of communicants of all denominations
to the population of the country is believed -
liovod to bo about ono out of every
three ; that is , in our population of
02,500,000 , wo have about 20.800,000
communicants. This proportion is
moro than inuintainod among the
nogroos. On the b.isls of their populu-
of 7,470,000 , they should have 2,490,000
members. They go beyond this by
120,625 , , or with duo ullow.uico for the
colored congregations and members
scattered through the northern states ,
100,000.
Church organizations of negroes hnvo
established , since the cloao of the re
bellion , universities , colleges , academies -
omies , called thousands of men Into the
ministry and provided miay houses of
worship. The value of the propjrty In
church buildings and-lotd which colored
Christians liuyo acquired for public
worship Is estimated tit nearly or quito
$20,000.000. Mr. Carroll regards thU as
very substantial proof that religion Is
not a in ro camp mooting affair In the
thought and purpose of the negro.
While it is dou tloas true that with
many of the uucu there may bo the most
IntuiiBo religious fooling without exor
cising uny gro.it moral inlluonoa- upon
their conduct , yet Mr. Carroll Insists
that generally the [ ) ro ro3s has boon
moral as well jUEducational [ and that
there is a growing sense among them of
the lncongr ltjjfepf religion nnd im
morality , roforcgdu in this pirtlcular
being had to these whom nt the time of
emancipation w Jb iji the densest ignor
ance. The humanitirlnn , as well as the
student of raligiqusnnd social develop
ment , will IInd iVnrinlorcst in these facts
regarding u race which will bo forever
nn element of our population , which hns
been endowed with the full righto of
citizenship and * whoso interests and welfare -
faro the white people of this country
could not Ignore if they would.
A KouTiiunx n/ir ur TIIK
In the course of an article designed to
, ntlrnct attention to the south ns a field
for agricultural investments , the At
lanta Constitution says : ' 'Tho west has
boon over-bootnod. Too muoh has boon
attempted in a short tlmo , and the whole
section is mortgngo-blightod. "
Wo are not aw.iro that , the west onlor-
tains nny fooling of jealousy toward
the south or is dlsposjd to disparage it
in any way. The west is doing very
well indeed and is content to accept the
measure of prosperity that has boon
vouchsafed to it , strong in the belief
that the future will witness the fulflll-
mont of the bright auguries of the pres
ent us the past has fulfilled all the
hopes that the most sanguine had i&vor
entertained. When southern journals
say that the whole west Is mortgage-
blighted they utter what they ought to
know is false and foolish. Poverty of
of the distressful kind eo familiar to the
south is unknown in the wost. Tourists
who visit the southern states always
have muoh to Say of the squalor and
wretchedness which are to bo witnessed
there , but nothing of the sort is ever
said of the wost. This Is duo to many
causes which need not bo explained
hero , the chief of which is the fact that
the western people have something to
work for , and accordingly are always
applying themselves to the development
of the country and tho-building up of
their own fortunes. The incentive to
labor scorns to bo lacking in the south.
It appears to bo taken for granted that
it is impossible to got on any way in that
country , and so the task is not seriously
attempted by the masses. Some of the
southern people , notably in Georgia , nro
ind'jstrious , enterprising and progres
sive , and they nro said to bo doing well.
Perhaps they could do much bolter in
Nebraska or some other western state
that is free from the social drawbacks
which prevail in the old. south.
The west is glajhio-tnko note of any
sign of improvora | itti | { the soutli and
is too prosperous an\l \ , happy to bo
jealous of any state or'tllvislon ' of states
in this glorious union ) Lat the south
keep on trying to < J make headway
against the old andplayedout \ tra
ditions which have so long stood in the
path of progress and jfolnted backward.
Immigration will continue to bo toward
the west , as it ha/ibbon in the past.
Only an insignificant percentage of it
goes to the south , andjhoro is no pros
pect of a change in that rospoct. But
there are promising 'fields inviting de
velopment in some of the southern
states , and the present inhabitants of
these states can accomplish a great deal
if they will' take off their coats and
go to work.
I'ltKl'.UlB FUll COLVMllUS DAY.
The proclamation of the governor of
Nebraska , formally setting apart Fri
day , October 21 , to bo observed ns Co
lumbus day in this state , in conformity
with the proclamation of the president
of the United States , suggests that as
the public schools are to play the chief
part in the celebration it is time for
them to begin active preparations. Be
fore the close of the last term this paper
pointed out that an early beginning and
a gradual perfecting of the arrange
ments would obviate , thu confusion and
disturbance of the regular course of
school work which must Inevitably re
sult from procrastination. If the prepa
rations are put off until the holidav Is
close at hand they will then have to bo
made the special order to the exclusion
of much important work , from which the
attention of pupils cannot bo diverted
without harm.
Thus far no plans have been made in
our public schools for the observance of
Columbus day. Moro than two months
ago the Grand Army men of Omaha be
gan to discuss the subject , it having
been determined that this organization
throughout the United States should
co-oporato with the public schools in
the celebration of tbo day. Six weeks
yet remain for preparation , und if the
work is taken up soon it can ba carried
forward to a successful conclusion with
out any perceptible confusion of the or
dinary duties of the pupils.
It is to bo hoped that the importance
of this celebration as an instrumentality
of patriotic education will not bo under
estimated. It should bo made to teach
useful lessons that will ( bring- forth good
fruits in the future lives of the school
children , to whom it is especially dedi
cated. In no city of America should
Columbus day bo more impressively ob
served than in 'Omuha ; in no state
should it receive moroj attention at tlio
hands of parents , educators nnd pupils
than In Nebraska. " ' ' '
LIHHAIUKS.
Next to the school the most valuable
help to popular odjjqafjlon is the public
library , so that thor increase in those
institutions is a most interesting fact in
the record of thbprogress of oduca-
tionnf facilities. The formation of the
American ITiibraryrtB ( oclatlon , composed
of the loading libn vjitia | of the country ,
evidences the growing interest in
libraries lif this cdUhVy. It is intended
that the now association shall occupy
with reference to 'American ' libraries a
nearly similar position to that of the
French academy among the scholars of
France. Its work has not yet boon
fully defined , but there can bo no doubt
that it will exert a wholesome Influence
upon public sentiment in the direction
of its work , which will bo in part ,
doubtless , the encouragement of the
creation of public libraries.
Now England , with Massachusetts at
the head ot the states of that section ,
louds in the attention that has boon paid
to libraries. Massachusetts hus bvcn
oajMiolally progressive In this rospjot ,
the endowments of libraries by private
citizens amounting to millions of col
lars , while Connecticut also makes nn
excellent showing. The eastern states
outside of New England have not , it ap
pears , shown very muoh zeal in this re
spect , though , of course , there are extensive -
tonsivo public libraries in all the princl *
pnl cities. Moat commendable activity
and Interest in this matter is reported
in the west , where , indeed , all the
moans of popular education are being
developed as rapidly as In any other sec
tion ot the country. Nearly every largo
city of the west now possesses a public
library that will compare favorably with
these of the older eastern cltios of equal
population , nnd these libraries generally
have a larger number of readers than
those of the cities of the oast. Chicago
has , in this particular , made greater
progress than any other city in the
country. When the building now in
course of erection for the public library
Is completed Chicago will bo In the load
of all American cities , und on nn equal
ity with some of the larger European
cltios in respect of library facilities.
Thc'Nowhorry nnd Crugor libraries , for
which large bequests were made by the
wealthy men whoso memories will bo
thus perpetuated , will soon occupy
splendid edifices. It is said that
Chicago now has 1,500,000 books in
libraries accessible to the public.
There is no way in which men of
wealth , desiring to promote the educa
tional interests of the people , can do
this moro affectively than in providing
for public libraries. These institutions
afford a school for everybody , and these
who care to uvuil thomsalvos of their
advantages are free to select their own
line of study. Omaha has ono of the
best public libraries among cities of its
rank in the country , and it is steadily
growing.
THJB overcrowded condition of the
High school , which is now the occasion
of considornblo trouble , will bo relieved
when the now Central school building is
completed ; but it shows the importance
of keeping pace with the growing de
mand .for school accommodations in
Omaha by providing for the increase in
duo season. It is understood that there
are other school buildings in the city
which are moro than comfortably filled.
There can bo no doubt that the number
of children of school ago is increasing
very rapidly in Omaha , and it is impor
tant that suitable provision for their
accommodation be made without wait
ing for the pressure of Immediate nood.
Crowded schoolrooms and abnormally
lurgo classes should bo guarded against
for obvious reasons.
The .Suit ol thii Kurtli.
lioitnn ( lliilic.
America produced 10,000,030 barrels of salt
lost year , and yet the inlsmiidod Chilians
said they thought Araorlcn wa ? too fresh.
Cnuso anil Kll'ect.
A minister In delivering : a discourse on the
relntlons of capital and laborlays some stress
on the fnot that savuces never strike. In
view of the fact that they very rarely work ,
this Is not remarkable.
A Mlllldimlri ) as an lutrntor.
rtillaiUlplilu llccvnl.
John Jacob Aptor has Invented an nu-
tomatfc rona sweeper to blow the dust from
roadways Into convenient win rows for re
moval. As may bo Imagined , It works on
the pneumatic principle ; und for binooth
pavements , sjc'h as the asphalt. It should bo
especially useful though by a reversal of its
operations the dust could perhaps bo as
eislly accumulated In tbo machine for ro-
movnl ns blown nsido. The invention Is
creditable to the skill of Us author , who
could scarcely have found a moro promising
field for the exorcise of bis talents than that
of road betterment.
Harriers Against I'uHtlloiice.
iVcio Torts Sun.
Canada's closed immigrants
ports nro now against
migrants from Europe , executing those from
Great Britain and Scandinavia. It is not to
bo forgotten that a very largo proportion of
the Immigrants to this country from the in
fected regions of Russia take snip at the
British ports of Liverpool and Glasgow.
Thousands of these Russians have recently
gone to British ports on tuolr wuv to
America , and some of them have died by
cholera la Liverpool and Glasgow. Passen
gers from British ports nro about as danger
ous as these from any other port.
Tlio Oimkor I'oot.
llintun ( Jliittc.
It is not s trail go that the name and fame of
our great Now England poet snould bo
cherished wherever the Engfish language is
spoken. A life , simple , sincere , frank and
absolutely unaifccled a life marked by
earnest convictions , characterised by gentle
ness of spirit , save when a great wrong waste
to be assailed and freedom won for a race
enslaved this has been Whlttler's priceless
gift to the world. He has shown himself
loyal to the memory of these of nls own
gentle faith who wore wronged In bygone
times of intolerance , and yet no man has
manifested n keener appreciation for all that
was strong and noble in the rugged character
ol the Puritan.
a jtmiASca uv WIH-ITIKII'S LIFE.
Whlttlor's poem , "In School Days , " M ono
with which oven the school children are
familiar. Some xvay the sxveot verses are
very easy to learn by heart , and when they
aro' once committed to memory they have a
way of lingering there long after the school
children have become grown men and
womon. It IB said that the ono romance of
Whlttlor's llfo was woven about , the tangled-
haired girl who Ion ? year * ago had said she
loved him , and Wbittlor'4 bachelor llfo is
traced by those who love romances to his
love tor her. Iconoclasts take pleasure in
contradicting and ridiculing this story , but
these who believe In it nro much happier in
their belief than are those who deny it in
their historical accuracy.
IN HOHOOr , DAYS.
Still sits the school house by the road
A racked bositur sunnlnu1 :
Around It still the suniiiclia grow
And bluoltljorry vines lire running ;
Within the master's desk la scon ,
Deep Hourrcd by rupH olllelul ,
Thu wurpliiK floor , the ImlHirod soata ,
Thu Jack knife's carved Inltlul.
The charcoal frescoes on Its wall ;
Its door's worn Bill , betraying
Tim foot that , creeping slow to school ,
Wont storming out to playing.
Long years uco n winter aim
tiliono over It ut sottlnn ;
lilt up Its western window imncs
And low oaves' ley trntlng-
It touched thu tangloa troldon curia
And brown oyca full of grieving
Of line who still hur btepi doluyou
When all thesehool were leavlne.
I'or near her stood the little hey
Her chlldiBh fuvor singled ,
Ills oup nulled low upon u fuco
Whuro prldo and ihumu woremingled. .
I'nahlnir with restless feet thu snow
To right nnd left , he lingered ,
As restlessly luir tiny hands
Thu bluu-chuukod apron lingered ,
Hn suw her lift her eyes , ho full
Thu soft hands' ll.'iit oiireHnliii ; .
And hoard the trcmbliiiK ut hur voice ,
As If u fault coiifi'Hiln ; , ' .
"I'm sorry that I apolt the word !
I hate to no uuovu you ,
Ilucnuse , " the brown even lower fell
"lleciumo , you bee , I lovu you I"
Btlll iiioinoiy ton cray-hnlred man
That Hwoel ehllil-f.icu In nhowlng ,
Duurulrll tliugniHjuaon hur crave
Have forty yuan buun growing.
Ilo live * to lourn. In llfo'n hard ichool ,
How few who p its aliovu him
1/iximiut. thnlr triumph mid hi * lam
Like hur bucuuso they lo\o him ,
THEY MAY TAKE A VACATION
Attorney Qonornl Millar's Vlow of Cabinet
Officera' ' Dtitlos.
NO OBJECTIONS-TO SOME CAMPAIGN WORK
Ho Can See tut llniKimYliy Tlioy Should
Not llo rnrmlttcil to Mnko un
Occasional rollttciit
Speech.
WASHINGTON BtniKAU OK Tun Ilnn , )
r > I ! ( l'\ > uiirii'.Nin : STKHKT , \
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Sept. 10. |
This morning TUB llr.K correspondent
showed Attornov General Mlllor u statement
purporting to cotno from u bureau of tlio republican -
publican national commlttoo to the cfTcot
tlrnl nil of President Harrison's cabinet of
ficers would nrnlto speeches during tlio 1m-
pending campaign. "I have no knowledge
upon tlio subject , " sntu the nttornoy pen-
ornl , "nnd really ilo not know the president's
wishes or position In the matter. I do not
believe , however- that ttio stiuonient Is truo.
So far ns I am individually concerned I bo-
llovo n cabinet olllcur can boat , servo his
party by serving the government at his
desk. Juat us lent : ns ho has no work
certainly no prcsMnu oflk'inl business , nnd
desires to tnko n vacation which all govern
ment officials nro ontittod to , nnd wants to
spend that vacation lu spccchinaklnc , it Is
ail right.
' 1 have no criticisms to miiko of such
action. 1 fear that I will bo kept at my desk
during the tltno bulwccn this unit the Uav of
election. "
The general said ho had no ofllclal or pri
vate information concerning tlio cabled state
ment from Homo that Unltcu Slates Minister -
tor Porter had resigned. Cienerul Miller did
not. bollovo that Governor I'ortor Intended
to rotlro to private llfo at this time , nnd had
not hoard ttiat ho preferred llfo at Indian
apolis to that ho ivas seemingly onjovlng In
the capital of ll ly.
SntUMcd xvltli tlio Slluiitliin.
Ex-Unltod States Treasurer J. N. Huston
ot Coiuiollsvlllo , Ind. , is hero again on pri
vate business , llo leaves tomorrowmornlnR
for Boston nnd wJll stop a day or two In Now
York to respond to n summons Jrom the re
publican national committee , of which lie h
a member. It is very probable that Mr.
Huston will begin active nnd constant work
with the national committee. Ilo has been
askca to take charge of some Important work
in the oast. Mr. Huston expressed himself
today as pleased with the result of the decision
cision of one court in Indiana xvhieh hud de
clared the recent registration law unconsti
tutional , lie believes other courts of tlio
state will BO define , and that the result will
bu n more perfect election law ,
Mr. Huston regards thoroanportlomnontof
the state as a most Infamous ono. Politically
HDcnUIng , ho believe ? the outlooic to bo I
bright for the republican ticket. Ho thinks
the republicans have the votes and that it
will only bo necessary to got them out to the
polls. The wonderful prosperity of the
farmers , laborers and others everywhere ,
especially In Indiana , no regards as cx-
trumoly favorable toropuolicnn success.
Ailvlro to VotnriuiB.
It will bo decidedly the bettor part of wis
dom for all of those who como to vVnshlngton
during the Grand Army of the Hupubllo on-
canipment , week after next , to follow the nd-
vice of the local committee and not bring
ttieir trunks. There are no facilities here for
handling one-tenth ai many trunks ns nro
llKoly to come , and those who are hampered
with chocked baggage may bo kept half
their tlmo running after baggagemen. It
will bo wisest for all to live in hand satchels
nnd shawl straps.
AYull Up In III * I.lnn.
It develops that the follow who robDod Mr.
Fnrrish of Omaha in this city is an old crooi : .
A-alspatch this evening from Columbus , O. .
says : "Tho police believe the follow arrested
at Washington for attempting to rob J. ( . ' .
Fnrrish of Omaha of a diamond pin worth
J.1J5 and who gave his nnmo as Joseph Jlart
ot Columbus , is Gus Scblpley , ayounp thief
who has boon employed lately by Harry
Stevens , the well known score card man
whoso headquarters are now in Washington.
Schinloy was recently arrested hero lor
stealing a pair of shoes and at the tlmo ha
gave the name of Joseph Hart. Ho was ar
rested during the races hero two weeks ago
for stealing a suit of clothes , and hi * > case Is
now awaiting action of the grand jury here.
"Chief of Police Murphy this morning for
warded by mail to Washington a photograph
of Sclilplov. Ho Is about ID years old , smooth
face , brown hair , rather short , stoutly : built
nnd cultivates a bung. He has boon a train
butcher. "
Allsuullnnoous.
A. C. Haugland was today appointed post
master at Llttlo Turitey , Chlcknsaw countr ,
la. , vice F. W. Sanborn , resigned ; J. 11.
Thomason at Gallon , Cass county , la. , vice
J. T. Martin , resigned ; Julia A. Kitcbing at
Brannon , Washington couny , Idaho , vice P.
A. Cox , resigned.
Mra. Jane Brent is dead m this city at the
residence of nor daughter Mary C. IJoVsoy at
the ago of 87 years. Tnq funeral will take
place at the John Wesley church bore to
morrow afternoon.
C. Wright , postmaster .it Koclcport , S. D. ,
has resumed and recommended tno discon
tinuance of the postotHco. p. S. H.
NKtth roll TIIK AHJIV.
Complete 1.1st of Cluitigot In the Kcgular
Service.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Sent 10. [ Special
Telegram to TIIB Uni-Tlio ] following nrmy.
orders wore Issued yesterday i vw >
The following transfer * In the Fourth cav *
nlry are made : Second Lieutenant Thomas
Ht Slivons , from troop A to troop M ; Second
Lieutenant Gordon Voorhoo , from troop M X
to troop A. The leave of nb enco granted *
i''lrst ' Lieutenant KJwnrd A. Millar , Third
artillery , August ir > , la extended IIftcon days.
The extension ot ordinary linvn of absence
granted Captain Thomas J. Lloyd. High-
toonth infuntr ? , Decembers , 1SOI , Is changed
to lea/o of absence on account of sickness to
dnlo from August Ml. 1SU. . First Llntitonnnt
Kdmund L.-l > 'lotchor , Thirleonth Infantry ,
having neon found by an examining board
unlit for promotion on account of physical
disability , is granted lonvo of nbsonco until
further order , on account of disability.
A board of medical oftlcers , to consist of
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Alden , deputy
surgeon general ; Lleulonant Colonel George
iM.Sternborg , donut.v sutconn general ; Lieu
tenant Colonel William II. Norwood , deputy
surgeon general ; Captain \Vllllam F. Carter ,
assistant surgeon , is constituted to meet In
Now York city on October n for the exam.
Inatlon of candidates for admission Into the
medical corps ot the nrmy and for such othot
business ns the surgeon general may doslra
to bring before It ,
The following named ofllccrs , now unilor-
golnir Instructions in torpedo service nt WII-
lots point , nro relieved tioui dtitv at that
station to tnko effect October lf > ; First Lieu
tenant John A. Perry , Klghth Infantry ; Second
end Lieutenant Chnrlo O. D ivy or , Twenty-
llrst Infantry ; Honrv 1) . Humphro" ,
Twentieth Infantry ; Frederick A. Tnpp.
First Infantry ; John C. Gregg. Sixteenth
Infantry , and Kilwaru H. Chrlsmnii , Second
Infantry. Captain Joseph M. Hurst ,
Twelfth Infantry , will report lu person to
Colonel Ltins ! H. Thompklna. assistant qunr-
tcrmastor general , president of the nrmy
retiring board nt Governor island , for exam-
atiou by the board.
llliiKhnnitnn l.tvulur : Mm en down to th
sea In ships but they jjot over the bay In
schounurH ,
Harper's 11 irar : " \ our cousin Is wedded to
charity , Is she not ? "
"Oh no : she has only promised to ho a sister -
tor to it. "
Ph IhidoIplnaTI men : If women wore to cu tin-
to milltlcs generally it would ho fun in tlio
mhldloof a very lively cnnvasstoseo them try
to nail campaign lies.
Somcrvlllo Journal : When n man whlspnrj
to tlio box-olllce agent that he wimU a Heat
away up front at a variety show , mid the
agi'iit says under his hro un. "do up , thou
hahlhuttil , " us liu hands out the ticket , the
agent ought certainly to IOMI his job.
Kate 1'lold's Washlnzton : Qnlily | The
poor old buipnr took your < ] iitutur , "but ho *
\\oulil cladly have hoard himself refuse It ,
llrown How do you know ?
Qulply lie's a doiif-niute.
Washington Star : The tuna who conducts n
plnno waitou has boon iiolntud out as ono of
our conspicuous curt-tune-lsls ,
Dallas News : Whit the belated husband
needs Is u lieyholo as large as u Imryo collar. so
that Lit c.in stloK his head through It nnd call
his wife to come down and onan the door.
lllnahaintim Itopubllo in : I''or a man who
shows bo much push In his business , the follow
who trundles u wheelbarrow doesn't seem to
KctalotiE vciy well.
Washington Ktar : "Now. " said the jest ven
dor to the editor , " 1 prythco murk It well and
tell me If what I lm\u Riven yon Is not n most
ciMinlsltc s.unplu of merit and inurrlnutnU"
"In truth , " rODllod the editor. "I cannot
speedily sneak my mind. I must wnilder II
further , It Is a now ono to me. "
inn I.ASTSTUAW.
Clnllilcr dud rirnfc/r. ( / |
Ilo said his love for her wits such
That It would no'or grow dim ,
And so , believing what he salcl ,
'Iho maiden married him ,
lint when , her now suspender oft ,
She asked of him one day
If lie would HOW the button on ,
He gentlv sneaked away.
ni.\r
European Kilttlan Keto Toils Herald.
A STIUKINO AKTBHXOOX COSTUMB.
This distinguished locking costume foi
afternoon wear may bo made of striped silk ,
with short sleeves puffed at the shoulders.
A broad lace fichu , with novel or mentation
and long tight fitting sleeves , also of laco.
Hat of straw , broadening at the back and
adorned with ostrich tips.
.Largest Manufacturers and De.ilon
of Clothing In thi ) World.
ij i
Sports Return
"Please send me one of your $1.65 hats. I've got
got a stave-ing good suit , " was
one of many orders we received
yesterday from dead game sports ,
who backed old man Sullivan.
Our double-breasted suits in
1 checks and stripes that can talk
and modest checks anl stripes ,
and plain black goods are so far
ahead of anything heretofore
brought out that we name the
price and away they go. The
fine business sack suit or the
elegant cutaway will please the
most fastidious taste , not'only as to style , but also as to
fit , quality and price. A fall overcoat is about- the
\
nicest thing to own.just now. Our variety is endless.
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