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12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY , OCTOBER 22 , 1893-STXTEEN PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. K. UOSEWA.TEU , Editor. KVEKV MORNING , OP sunsonttTioN. Dally Boo ( without SnnUny ) Ono Yefir . t B 00 Dally nml Snwlny , Ono Year . 10 OO SIxMontlis . . . . . . ° " Three Months . . . . . . 2 SS Sunday lloo , Ono Yrar . . . . . . J "JJ Saturday Boo. Ono Year . . . J ° J Weekly Ilee. Oiw Vcrir . * OFFICES. OmMm. TIiplJocBnllillnirl , street * South Omnliii corner N ami TwenlyMxlli Council HliirtH. la 1'pnrl Blrcct. Cliteneo Oftlco. 817 Clinmlior of Commerce. Now York , rooms 13 , 14 nml IB. Tribune building Washington , ni : < Fourteenth street. COUUKSI'ONHENCi : . Alt commmilentlnnR relalinir to now * and , rdl- lorlal ninttur slmutrt bo nailrcH-wil : To the Fxlllor llttSINKSS LETTClia All tmMnefS ivttcr * nn < > rrmltt.incfts lionld bo nddrcssiil lo Tlio IJco I'nblUliliiif coipiMny.Oninlin. JJrnflH. choclis and iicmtofflco orders to bomiulo pnjrnblotolliaonli-rot Dm coinniiny. Parties leaving the city for tlto summer can liftVfl TiiKllKincnttn : their niiilrcvi by luavlne an order Tlio Hro In Vlilcitcn. Tim DAII.T utiil SUNDAY HRR Is on sMo In Chicago tit the following places : talnior IIOIKO. Grand I'ar.lllc hotel. Auditorium hotol. Oront Niirthurii hotol. Ooro hotel. Lolund hotel. , . . Flips of Tilt ! llr.c ran bo soon cit thnw } ) M8lci building mid the AdtnluUtratlon bu - Ing , KxposltlOn grounds. _ Hcl- rtWOHN STATKMKNT OP CltlCUI.ATION. Staid of Nebraska , I County of Doticlns. f Oooreo II. T/Hcliwlc. secretary of TUB nr.E Pub- llslilnc coinlinny , doim noli'iiinly nwcnr that the Botiml circulation of'TjtK luii.v Ilr.K fortho wccfc cudlne October ' 'It.lWia , wan as follows ! Siindny , October lf > . 2fi.fl : G Monday. October lit . . B3r,09 TucHilay. October 17. . . . . . M,7r > 0 Wednesday. October 18. , . . . . 2:1,734 : TliuriMlny. October 1U . 23.8H8 rrldav.dutolHTi.'O . 23,803 Saturday , October 21.4 . < . B4B&5 aroimit u. Tr.sciiocic. * i Sworn to before mo and subscribed fn my I 1 RitAr. ! rrcuonco this 'Jim dar ot October , 1H)3. 1 , I N. 1' . Fl.l L. Notary Public. Avcrnco Clrriiliitlim fur sept. . 1803 , 24,333 Pisoi'Li : in thla vicinity .ought not to compliiln of October wcnthor. October is doing ( inito nlooly , thtink you. THE senate rules will liavo to pass through the thickest flro they have over encountered If they finally como out of the present fight unscathed. VICE PKESIDUNT STEVENSON might imitate , with advantage , the back bone shown by President Palmer as the pro- Biding ollluof of the World's Fair National commission. OMAHA is willing to provide for any now assay ollices which the federal gov ernment in inclined' to dole out. You are doing well , Mr. Mercer. Ask for everything and y&u may succeed in get ting something. FEDERAL offices cut no figure in the distribution of Tammany spoils. The oomptrol let-ship of Now York City yields its occupant something like $30,000 an nually , while the district attornoyship Is worth $12,000 a year. Is it any won der that members of congress are willIng - Ing to retire from the national legisla ture to recoup their fortunes out of the New York City and county treasuries ? FtJRTHEB complications between the federal government and the Union Pu- clflc must bo expected as the result of the present receivership. Attorney General Olnqy is trying to shift the on- "tlro responsibility of untangling the knots upon congress. The first thing for congress to do is to secure a thorough understanding of the situation and of the status of the debt owing to the govern ment. THE ruling of the Postofllco depart ment that excludes from the benefit of Beooml-clasB postal rates the publica tions of fraternal Bocitios must work an inexcusable hardship upon those socie ties. The solo purpose of giving cost rates of postage upon becond-class mall matter is to promote the dissemination of information among the public. The educational .features ot fraternal society publications ought certainly to bo furthered rather than repressed by the government. VICTIMS of the operations of the Mil- waukco bank wrecker , Knotting , object strenuously to the freedom allowed the indicted man In passing from court to jail without handcuffs. Bank Wrecker Moahor , who was not only indicted , but convicted and sentenced , is allowed all the privileges ot a summer boarder of Sheriff Bennett's. Ono of the Milwaukee - waukoo victims Is said to have shouted : "Is there one law for the little thiei and unothor for the big one ? " People hero who have boon watching Bonnott'a unties In connection with Moshor , have boon asking themselves the Ramo question. . COUKTKSV to the foreign exhibitors ot the World's fair is vo'-y well in its way but the proposed rebate of fifty per cant of their import duties is noth ing more'nor loss than a gift pure and simple. It will bo just so much money put.Into the pockets of these ex hibitors and a inost rank discrimination against domestic importers. The goods will not bo marked down ono cent below the price ut which they would otherwise 6 H and the consumer cannot derive any possible benollt from the unwarranted generosity of congress. The World's fair has received princely aid from the government without objection on the part of the people. But favoritism tea a particular class of exhibitors la on tlroly uncalled for. WHKN THE BEE published an ox cluslvo account of the reasons for the delay lit erecting the proposed Omaha club hout > 0 u small utorm of apparon Indignation was raised in certain quar ters , where the publication of the fact tha there was a cloud on the title to the prop erty wua { > ooh-poohed as a malicious libel These people may now congratulate themselves , not on the fuot that there was no cloud on the title , but on the fuc that the cloud has been removed by a decision of the supreme court. Now , how avur , that the obutuclo 1ms been removed moved , there Is no further excuse for delay in proceeding with the construe tioa of the building. The members o the Omaha club have voted for a new olub house. U behooves the directors UBoo that the club houbo Is ready for eooupuuor bo fora the prosout rnombora way to the TITEXTT Two years ago an urgent appeal was niulo lo every man employed in the sorvfco of the railroads in this state to enroll himself in" the Unllway Employes association. Ostensibly , the object of his organization was mutual protection and co-opcratlon. In reality , the solo aim of Its promoters was political dotn- nation. It is the open boast of the rail road magnates that 20,000 votes are now at their command In Nebraska to bo massed for or against any candidate cr Ickut. All that is needed is a mandate rom the railroad rjzar issued through iln political eunuchs , who hold com missions as organizers of the Order of Hallway Serfs. Can this bo true ? Are there 20,000 non in the state of Nebraska so abject and fallen so low that they would play the part of political Plnkcrtons to shoot down honest men with ballots and help to rivet the chains of despotism upon this commonwealth ? .Can It bo possible that the men who hlro their mttbclo and Drain to ( t great corporation must also barter tholr souls away ? lias brea'd become - como so dear 'and huuinn blood so cheap Lhat inon would sacrifice the right of bolt-government , for which millions Imvo laid down their Jives in prison and on the battlefield , for the suko of u bare livelihood ? And whore Is the recom pense for converting the most precious boon of American citizenship , the elec tive franchise , into an engine of out lawry and oppression ? Surely , tlio men who toll in the railroad workshop ; the neri who risk life and limb in the train borvico ; the men who for a mere pit tance keep the roads In repair and the men who subject themselves to the close confinement of office work , each and 'all earn every penny they are credited with on the company's pay roll. Where uro these men to.bo benefited i > y playing the despicable and criminal role of political Hessians ? Are they BO jlind and stupid as not to kncm that their wages are gauged by the laws of supply and demand und not affected either ono way or another by the inci dent of politics ? They have been told by impostors that the reduction in the operating force and in the amount of wages is duo to unfavorable legislation , when as a matter of fact the railroad ' managers Imvo never obeyed any law that they have not been willing to obey. They are perpetual outlaws and anar chists. The interstate commerce law has been on the statute books of the nation for more than six years and It has never been enforced whore the railroads did not profit lay putting it into effect. The constitution of Nebraska absolutely prohibits the pooling of parallel lines , but Czar Holdrogo found no obstacle in consolidating the Burling ton with the Atchison & Nebraska road. Rebates and drawbacks are unlawful and yet _ the managers are constantly evading the law. The maximum rate bugbear has been played tor all it is worth as an excuse for reducing wages , but the law is still hung up in the courts and may remain a dead letter for years. But that fact will not restore the old wages to the serfs who are expected to vote by order. In Iowa the railroad serfs wore massed in favor of Governor Ijloios twieo by order , but wo have not heard yet-that a single railroad employe has been bene fited. fited.Moro Moro than ten years ago Herbert Spencer , the most eminent English philosopher , made the following com ment upon American free self-govern ment : You retain the forms of freedom ; but so far as I can gather there has been a consid erable loss of the substance. It la true that those who rule you do noi do It by moans of fctalucrs armed with uvrorda , but they do It through regiments of men armed with voting papers , who obey the word of commnr.d at loyally as did the dependents' the old fouual nobles , and who thus enable their leaders to override the general will and make tha community submit to tholr exac tion as effectually tis their prototypes of old. Manifestly thnso who framed tbo constitu tion never dreamed that 20,000 citizens would go to the polls led by a boss. How strikingly applicable this is. Twenty thousand railway men led by a boss marching to the polls with fixed voting papers to override the general will as effectually as did the regiments of armed mercenaries "under the com- raand'of the feudal robber knlghta who from tholr castles pounced down upon the wayfaring merchant traveler and hold him up by crying , "Your money 01 your life. " For our part we cannot and will not believe that the railway employes of our city und state have inortgagod-fcholr Boulsand abjured their political faith for a moss of railroad pottugo. It would almost bo sacrilege to assume that American breadwinners would bo driven to such toriblo straits. Wo prefer to bohovo that the unholy compact , if any has been made , will bo repudiated when the hour comes for thebo men todls chat-go the obligation that rests upon every conscientious American citizen. MAYOR GILROV of Now York , fn his roaponeo to Mayor Harrison's address o welcome at the World's fair yesterday , voiced what almost everybody has foli who hH8 visited the exposition when ho said it was a sad reflection that within u few weeks or mouths all of the magnifi cent apcoluiona of architectural art together with all that they contain o human groatnosa and civilization , wil have passed uwuy. Now York's iimyoi thought ( hat uuy outlay , however grout that would preserve the magnlficen buildings in monumental marble would bo an expenditure for whlcl the country would bo repaid an buudrod fold iu the liberal odu oatton which our people would receive n visiting thorn , and in the expansion of nind and olovatlon of thought which , hey would evolve. Of course no such hlng is practicable , und these splendid examples of architectural art will In the course of n short time disappear , icfhap9 , however , to bo reproduced at some period of the remote future for the nstruction and delight of a generation even more capable than this of fiflly ap preciating tholr magnificence and jcnttty , for of the nearly 20,000,000 people ple who have visited the exposition it is : > robablo that not to exceed one-tenth of [ .hem duly appreciated the -value of the jnlldlngs from the art point of view. Thoynro objects ot study in the highest dcgrco interesting and instructive. IKDtANS AS Sll.tIKRS. General Brooko's annual report as commander of the Department of the Platte , devotes considerable attention to the experiment which the government luis.boen making for the past two years with the enlistment of. Indians as soldiers In the regular army. General Brooke himself devotes but n paragraph to the subject , giving his own opinion , which he submits in conjunction with the reports of the various officers who htwo had direct personal buporvision over the Indian companies under the department. "Tho principle difficulty , " says General Brooke , ' 'BCOIUS to bo that the Indians do not speak English. Fiom my knowledge of the race I tie not think it proceeds from any other than n natural dread of ridicule on account of mistakes madoiu tholr attempts to speak our language , the Indian being peculiarly sensitive to ridicule. The experiment is receiving the attention of nil connected with it ; .Its ultimate suc cess now depends largely upon the Indian soldiers themselves. " Of the eight olllcora whoso reports Imvo been rendered , two only huvo como. to the conclusion that the experiment lint proven a failure. Ono or two of the remainder seem to bo still in doubt as to the success of the Indian as a soldier , while tbo others have been convinced that ho is doing us well , if not better , than could bo expected after so short a period. All agree that his deficient knowledge of the English laniruatro is urovimr a trreat obstacle to his discipline and efficiency , but in many other directions ho is said to display in a high degree these qualities which are desirable in military circles. The Indian , to bo sure , docs not easily adapt himself to life in military quar ters , but the improvement in habits and in a sense of his own responsibility ho has been noticeable and remarked upon by his commanding olficors. The Indian gives little trouble as regards the more serious offenses against military disci pline. Ho , like the white soldier , is strongly tempted to drink whenever pay day rolls around , but , unlike the white soldier , is incapable of withstanding the effects of moro than a small quantity of liquor. It is to this that the complaint of excessive drunkenness among the In dian soldiers must bo attributed. They do not drink , much , .but become intoxi cated after the first draughts. " Some of the officers grow quite enthusi- iastic over the prospects of the Indian soldiers and see in their discipline and instruction the salvation of the entire red race. That they have shown marked improvement is the universal opinion. The experience of the officers with the Indian soldiers certainly goes to confirm the views of General Brooke that the whole matter is in the experimental stage and deserves still further experi ment before any decision as to its success or failure should bo rendered. . ItECLAMATlON OF AK V LANDS. The address to the people of the United States issued by the interna tional irrigation congress recently hold at Los Angeles must bo regarded us expressing - pressing the matured and deliberate opinions of a majority of the advocates of reclaiming the arid lands of the pub lic domain. The address declares that the problem of conquering these arid deserts is notional in essence , and this is the keynote of the policy which the con gress approved and announced. It looks to the general government for a largo part of the work that must bo done in order to render this vast rainless region productive. In the first place , the ad dress declares that nothing must bo al lowed to jeopardize interstate streams , which must bo conserved and equitably divided under federal authority. As to the amount of land that may bo taken uu by settlers under systems of irriga tion , it is proposed to limit it to forty acres , and the prediction is made that iu the future it will bo found desirable to reduce tbo amount still further. It is also proposed to restrict the taking up of public lands to the citizens of > the United States , this having become necessary , the address says , with increase of popu lation and , la also desirable as rendering moro difficult the acquirement of lands for speculative purposes. The congress urged the Importance of an enlightened policy for the care and preservation of the forests and indorsed the policy ol forest and storage reservation covering the mountain watersheds of the west. The address says it is an act ol simple justice to ask the government to devote apportion of the money received from the Halo of lands in the gcml-urld region to the practical means for their reclama tion and urgoa speedy action by congress in this direction. It declares that the tlmo has como when the work of devel oping an arid land policy on broad na tional and state lines can no longer bo delayed , and to the end that harmony ot action may bo secured the national execu tive committee of the congress was authorized to appoint a commission for each state and territory iu the arid or semi-urld regions , such commissions to investigate the conditions oxlstjugr In their- respective states and territories and formulate plans looking to the adop tion of a national policy to bo supple mented by appropriate local laws. By this means it Is hoped that a satisfactory irrigation policy can bo attained. The congress advised all stages in the arid region to inuke provision for depart ments of irrigation , supervision and engineering , and vigorously prose cute the work of practical investi gation. "To deal with the arid rub le domain , " says Jh < address , "is ono of the mighty tij,3k of the future. It means not only the conquest of a now agricultural omplro and n tremendous contribution to the national wealth of the future , but ll nvolvos the develop ment of now foVm's of civilization nml will glvo now -Hfo to popular institu tions. " This wlty not bo regarded ns in the least degree exaggerated by these who have g'lvonThls question of reclaim * Ing the arid landV'thouglitful ' considera tion. These ami * the soml-arld lands which still boloYis.to the people of the United States 'and which arc divided among seventeen 'states and territories contain 542,000,000 acres. A consider able portion of this can never bo cultivated and will bo valuable only for range purposes or for fpr- est rcsorvf.tlons. but the area that can bo made productive by Irrigation Is suf ficient to supply farms , the production of which , it is believed , will ono day equal in value the product ralsed4undcr a natural rainfall. Just how much of the arid domain it is possible to reclaim cannot bo definitely stated , but It Is es timated that the area which may bo suc cessfully cultivated with irrigation will equal in extent the tillable lands of half n dozen states the slzg of Now York. At the same time , it is to bo remem bered , irrigated lands return a much larger yield than these tlopendon'j upon natural rainfall , and It is estimated that under Irrigation there is possible a pop ulation to the bqimro milo from ten to fifteen times that of the eastern states. Whoever will intelligently consider this subject cannot doubt that it is ono of very great importance. TIIK KTUDl' Of T11K C A most important and suggestive point was made by Charles A. Dana In his recent lecture on journalism before the students of Union college , when ho said that an indispensable element in the educational preparation of a news paper man consists in the serious , calm and persistent study of the constitution of the United States. But there Is no reason why the study of the constitution should bo confined to the men who ex- p6ct to enter journalism or kindred pur suits. Mr. Dana was speaking on that subject , and for this reason , probably , mentioned it in tlint mmnnnMnn nlmir. but ho would bo the lost to maintain that other peoulo had no use for a cor rect knowledge of the constitution. Upon a correct understanding of that invaluable instrument depends our just appreciation of .tho" principles that un- dorly the Amorldnn government. No ono'living1 in thoT inited States and ob serving the laws enacted for the guid ance of his conddctj should fall to study the federal constitution and the consti tutional law thatihas arisen upon it as a fr\n Vlj n ttn.t ' * The necessity for the general study of the constitution Was never moro forcibly illustrated than atj the present time Without roforringUo the silly assertion of the last democratic platform that the protective tariff [ unconstitutional , or to the fruitless contention of certain popu list members ol ! congress that silver is the money 'of tu'ojcpnstiiulion and its de monetization" consequently unconstitu tional , almost all the great public ques tions of today involve considerations of constitutional law. It will suffice to run over some of those that are now be fore congress in ono form or another. First wo have the Chlncao exclusion act amendment recently passed by the house of representatives. The orig inal Geary act was resisted on the ground of unconstitutloiiallty until it took a decision of the supreme court to lay at rest the claim that it deprived persons reaidcnt within the United States of their liberty without due process of law. The federal elec tions repeal bill turns on the question of enforcing the rights of American cit izens which have ' been guaranteed in the fourteenth ard fifteenth amendments to the constitution. Finally , the present silver debate has been transformed into a struggle for the right of tho'majority to rule , involving Incidentalv ! the nuns- tion of the constitutional quorum and the powers conferred upon tho.senate to enact Its own parliamentary rules and regulations. An intelligent understanding of the constitution should bo ono of the ambi tions of every law-abiding American citizen. It should bo un understanding deeper than is acquired in the ordinary public school courses. The latter are excellent and desirable for impressing an outline of our form of government upon the mind of the pupil , but to thor oughly understand the federal constitu tion and to comprehend the logic of the constitutional law that has been evolved from its Interpretation requires a inu- turo mind. Men should never become too old to study the constitution. THE OOU3iTlll"tS HACKING Bl'STKM. Two very interesting addresses wore delivered Thursday at the convention of bankers in Chicago relating to the bank ing system in the United States , in both of which it was urged that the system should bo reorganised. In ono of these addresses Mr. Huwico White of Now York discussed the nocosuity of having an elastic currcnuyr-and as this could not bo obtained frdlh the government , because the government cannot know when there Is an Increasing or diminishing - ing demand for wyuoy , 'it must bo pro vided by banlUH under a system which will ronjtal * the bank note as elastic asU.tho check. Mr. White explained that a currency to bo elastic must eve no limits placed upon it except ttliU demand for instru ments with which tdWchango consuma ble products and Imttorials , and that It must bo isbuablo uTiiiieo , as the demand for it arises , Such a currency cannot bo had under the national bank system or under any system which requires bond security for bank notes. Security is ob tained by the existing system , but not elasticity , and while Mr. White did not regard the latter as more important than the former the thing to bo accom plished is to get both. This Is attained , ho sutd , in the Scotch system by unlimited liability of the shareholders - holders of bank's for tholr bank note issues. Mr. White argued that if wo are to have a floxlbto currency the national banking act must bo changed so far as the requirement of bond ro- curlty is concerned and'either a safety fund , unlimited liability or bank consol idation provided tor a ? a substitute for the bond requirement. The other address , by lion. J. C. Hen * drlx of Now York , urged that the whole banking system of the country Is likely to bo reconstructed In the near future and presented some plausible reasons why this should bo dono. The existing system Is not adequate to the demands of such financial exigencies na the country has just experienced , and Mr. Hendrlx suggested that what Is needed Is a system that will enable the banks to safely rldo the storms of panic with out recourse to devices which disregard the law. No country should bo punished , ho said , by n system which in times of panic must find In Itself , through Us own devices , n .way to supply the deficiencies of law and in doing so to defy law. There is consensus of opinion among practical financiers , who hnvo given the subject intelligent attention that the national bank system , with nil Its morlts , chief among which Is the abso lute security of the currency Issued under it , does not satisfactorily meet the requirements of the country , and as the tlmo draws nearer when that sys tem will como to an end , so far , at least , us Issuing notes is concerned , by reason of the paying off of the last of the govern ment bonds , attention is being moro ear nestly d ircctcd to the question of devising some plan to take the place of that sys tem. Tho.demnnd Is for a plan that will glvo absolute security and abundant elasticity , that will make the notes ol the banks every whore good and at the same tlmo enable the banks to enlarge - largo or contract their Issues ac cording to the demands of busi ness. Whether the Scotch system or the Canadian system , both ol which have demonstrated tholr morlts , would answer equally well in this coun try , is of course n debatable question , but it is not to be doubted that some of the features of these systems could bo adopted advantageously , and perhaps from the two a plan could bo drawn that would meet every requirement. It would seem that with our own experi ence and that of other countries In this matter of provididg a bank currency there ought not to bo very great diffi culty in obtaining u-sound and satisfac tory system , but the trouble is that prac tical knowledge In this direction is not found to any great extent in con gress , while just now the demand of ono class of politicians that all the currency shall bo Issued by the govern- inent , and of another class that wo shall return to the old system of state bank issues , interferes with a clear and intelli gent consideration of sound and prac ticable plans by confusing the public mind on the subject. The question of a reconstructed banking system is less urgent than some other questions , but It is ono of very considetrble importance. IT REQUIRES an enlightened congress man from Kansas to Introduce a bill abolishing certain custom collections offices on the ground that the receipts at some particular port do not equal- the expenses. Pretty soon he will make some inquiries at the Treasury depart ment and ho will learn that the greater part of the force at most ports of entry have to bo maintained to guard against smuggling whether any imports are re ceived or not. Ho may possibly find that the additional expense necessitated by permitting the entrance of goods ex ceeds the collections. But what of that ? If the Postofllco department refused to open a new postoffico until the business at a particular point justified the expenditure our postal system would not haye been expanded nearly so rapidly as ithas been nor would the business have increased so fast as it has , The princi ple upon which our government is con ducted is th j greatest good to the great est number. The custom house , like the postoffice , should be viewed as a whole and from a broad standpoint. Stiver UockH ? 1'littailelphla Inquirer. The democratio party is fust going on the rocki. l'umo'8 Gruuil Ilulo. U'as'idiylon ' Star. Senator Allen will go down in history at1 the man wln > had the last word and plenty of it. lie dot UlA Anjwor. Globe-Democrat. Tweed once arrogantly tished the people of Now York. "What uro you RotiiR to do about ill" The silver rin ? is putting the same question to the country , and it will got the sort of au answer Tweed did. i < lotion uud fuot. Chtcnyo Herald. Notwithstanding Senator Oubols * declara tion that the pcoplo of Idaho uro starving to death because of the low price of ailvci\ is to bo noted that ton of tils constituents , who wore playing fnro at Cceur a'Alenu City Monday night , panned out $ t,500 in cush when three masked robbers held them uu. CotnpromUoi llruril Trouble. - CdiclnunfJMor. , From the day the Declaration of Inde pendence was signed dowu to the present time there uaver has been a political com promise that has not been a breeder of trouble. Tbo federation of Htntos com promise , every American knows , was pro lific of trouble ; the Missouri compromise only postponed the ovll diiy. To compromise the silver question is to suffer a conlinuuncu In the country of a financial pyunuiu which is doud sure , sooner or later , to break out iu financial sores. Dunce of OvorlumU Wlrei. irn8/in / > ) ( oii Star. The strongest urguuiunta against overhead oloctrlo wires are thu overhead eloctriu wires themsolvRs. Washington is gradually ridding Itself of the dangerous nuisances and will , within a few yours , bo entirely free from their entanglements. And the day of complete deliver-unco cannot comu too soon , Every heavy nind that blows disables telephone - phone und telegraph und ulectrio light serv ice on lines that uro exposed , and occasion ally the inconveniences uro accompanied by disaster of conflugrutivu variety. Immlcratluii Ilostrlotloui. Immigration is now at low tide , work is scarce , uud America has for a tltso lost its attractions for the poor of Europe , and now U the tiaio to study the problem und erect barrier * against the Hood which will como us soon us tbo workshops start ui > sguln and there is a dcmuud for labor. Surely con gress , which linn wastud so many weeks in fruitless debate , should get ready to deal with the question so closely ufiuuilog the welfare of millions of tollers. No relief that could t > o devised by the charitable would bo so great as that which would come from tuo announcement that the senate had passed the repent bill and congress had ad- journoil its extra session , leaving commit tees at work to prepare for early passage in the regular session a bankruptcy act and an act to put wholesome restraint upon such immigration us disturbs our labor market und either reduces the wanes of workers or limits their opportunities for employment , p HKiiiijn inii'ijuiiinj.iiii . . 'Hi'i ! : . ' Tnr nnmis. Editor McCluroof the J'hUndelphlii TJtncs i still prostrated by rheumatism and hU re covery h doubtful. The unoccupied 1,000,000 news ot Inntl In Kansas are melancholy , oyidenco of the drift of farmers into political ortleo. The tall sycnmoro U stunted find wonry. Nobler timber has pone down bo f ore galoiof loss duration and destructlvencss. Tills Is truly nn extraordinary session of congress. Think of Senator David 11. Illll ready to otttrulo Tom Heed In counting a quorum. The greatest travelers in Switzerland nro the Hnglisli , then como tlio Hermans , the Ainerleaiii , the French and the Italian * In the order given. Old English silverware Is much In demand In tlio united Stales Just now , and gcmilno Pieces , especially these of historic interest , bring high prices , The romutitlo and supposedly beautiful Mary "Queen of Scots" was crosseyed and had other physical blemishes that are not accounted attributes to beauty. The declaration of sorcnxl senators that they wcro fanners by profession doubtless accounts for the "itrccn goods" circulars with which the senate is being deluged. Uuttor oil is rondo by pressing the oil from American cottonseed. It Is pure , nutritious , vegetable oil , which Is used in small quantities to soften the texture of oleomargarine. Four billions nine h mired nml two mil lions nine hundred and twcnty.four thou- and ono hundred and twenty-one pounds of grain are annually put Into beer und liquor In the United States. Although Washington U something of n storm center , the town is not wholly given to wind. Permits for forty-four buildings , valued at $1,000,000 , have boon Issued during the past lour months. Among Crock rustics the brldo mid groom walk around between two consecutive circles composed ot the young men and wonum of their acijiinliitanco , who heartily kick und cult them as they pass. Mr. George W. Chllils Drexel , the now publisher of the Philadelphia Ledger , is but So i ears of ago. Ho is a son of the Into A. J. Drexel , who was long Mr. Child's associate In tlio ownership of the paper. The expression , "peanut politician , " ns" generally understood , applies to a vote-get ter of small caliber. This Is wrong. The genuine peanut produces au oil valuable for lubricating purposes. Hoiico n "peanut poli tician" is ono capable of dispensing or ab sorbing lubricants. Philadelphia possesses acollcctorof horse shoes , Boston u gatherer of bricks , Now Or leans a collector of sugar samples , Ixmisvillc a gatherer of sample flasks of whlslcv , but Nebraska beats them nil. She boasts of a man who takes locks of hair shaved from the heads of noted criminals , which ho labels and indexes with great care. Ismail Pasha , whoso bad luck is traced by many Egyptians to his net , while khcdivo. in letting Cleopatra's needle como to this coun try , Is not pprtnltlod to leave Constantinople ple without the surveillance of a medical man , who Is also a diplomatic spy. His con dition Is not so precarious as that of the creditors who advanced him $20,000,000. Joe Blackburn of Kentucky was once speaking on the stump with a hard-hcailcd opponent , who followed the man who is now senator of the United States. Blackburn had made a flowery speech of the true southern typo , when his oDjroncnt bcgah : "Tho swan is ono of the most graceful things in nature ; ho dips and glides anil circles with imposing grace , but , fellow citizens , ho only draws an inch of water I" Francis Bacon disagrees with Ignatius Donnelly. Francis was summoned from the -spirit , world at a Boston seance the other night and in answer to a question proniiuly and emphatically answered : "I did not write Shakespeare. So far as I know Wil liam did it himself. " This should settle the muttcr.although the communication received by a Denver medium not long ago irom Shakespeare himself declaring tnat the plays were written by u syndicate- has not yet received - ' coived proper consideration. A writer in the Now York Evening Post , who is acqainted wittt Mr. Van Alen , de clares the now $50,000 minister to Italy "had a fair education to start with , but he is not a mau of learning , of culture or of ability. HU intellectual attainments consist mainly of knowing how to dress according to the English standard , how to give a dinner and how to harness and drive a four-in-hand. Add to this n very superficial Icnowludgo of pictures and English architecture , an exten sive reading and Icnovi ledge of French novels and you have the sum total of his intellec tual resources. Everybody who has mot and talked with Van Alen ut his clubs , at dinner or iu society knows that a more ignorant man upon subjects connected with hla own country could hardly bo found in polite society ; and everybody who knows him would say so except the few of the "smart sot" whoso oycs have been dimmed and their mouths closed by his wines und his viands. A Declaration for Honoflty. Chicago Tribune. There are many citizens of Nebraska who lookup land , cultivated und built upon it , and made it valuable. Wishing to rest from labor or to go ut something else they have sold their farms to other Nebraskans , who hnvo paid down part of the price ns measured in 100-cent Collars , and have agreed to pay the rest In such 100-cont dollars lars in ono , two and three years. Congress man Bryan thinks these who have bought and arc occupying but have not paid for those farms nro "slaves , " and that those from whom they bought their farms are their harsh taskmasters , who should only bo paid DS cents on the dollar of what is duo. JIT ISM most nonifi Fntsn humility Is the dovll'i Tftrnlsh. It It tlmo wasted to argue with nttoubt. Kick it out. The whhpar of a slanderer can bo heard farther than thundor. Some ot the devil's best helpers nit closoto the pulpit in church. A moan man cnn cct religion , but ho cnti't stay incdnniid l < ecp It. Finding fnult with another 1 * only n round about way of bragirlngoti yourself. There Is no mansion being prepared In heaven for the mau who will not forgive. There are too many iMioplo In the chinch who can't bo religious hi cloudy wcalhor. If some inon hfut killed Goliath they would remind the I-onl of It every dny In the week. The maiv who Is afraid to look liU fan ts snunrcly In the fneo will never cot rid of them. It would puzzle ntiKcN to know what some men nioau when they plit a 3 cent pleco in the hat. Don't talk too much about giving the dovtl his duo until you aits sure If ho had It he would not have you. .ir Chicago Dispatch : Ilc.v. Morgan Dlx of Now \orlt city Is preaching a * orlos of ser mons ng.ilnst the great i-ongrcss ot religions recently hold here , which ho denominates n "maslci-pleco of SatanUs Ingenuity. " Even the Now York clergy Is beginning to rccc > - nuo tlio value of advertising. Minneapolis Tribune : A South Dakota minister iu-030 at n ninotlng of brother cler- trymcn und announced that his salary fortho past your had been exactly f 1T.MI. Instead of asking him to knock off the odd 50 cents on account of the stringency his brethren promptly raised n purse of $00 for him , mak ing his- rate of wage Income for the year JO.-10 per month. And yet wo wonder at sin I Detroit Free Press : At lenstli the Pros- bvlcrlnn authorities huvo deolilcd that Dr. Smith of Cincinnati Is 'guilty of heresy. This Is not surprising In view or the dlsposl , lion made of the Hnggs case , hut It appears to the uninitiated that the. church is driving out n good deal of tulont , after unlxlng Ita brand of horesoy. Dr. Smith is u very learned man , his standard of morality Is the highest , and it Is a slimlllcant fact that his most earnest defenders nro these members of the church who have known him longest and best , while his most uncompromising opponents riro these rural representatives whoso religion is largely u matter of tradi tion. l. TIUF1.KS. HiifTnlo Courier : When n man talks Into a telephone \ \ hat ho Riiyn goes. . Oiilvc-ton News : The toper devotes himself to ono absorbing topic , and that U hlmsolf. YonkoM Statesman : Thnio nro two things a woman fears a dog when it's loose and a man when hu's "tight. ' Cleveland I'laln Doiiler : Jones ( reading ! Snimtor Allen talked fourteen hours. Mrs. Jones ( musingly ) Indrcdl Must have uiot un old friend , Judge : "I way. old man , loud mo a fiver , -will you ? And I'll bo everlastingly Indebted to you. " Llfot Puubbcr You look blue , ; old mrm What's the matter ? Sorlbblo I'm trying to think of n rhyme for Valkyrie. Washington Stnr : "li this btilldlnz flre- proot ? " asked lliu man with blno la ars and a largo grlpsnck. "Not If you'rn n book agent , " ronllcd tlio jnnltor , conclusively. Topi-ku Journal : What u pity we can t hnvo yacht races In Kansas ; we 1m ve so much wind all going to wustu. Chicago Ilucord : Sir Edgard Fltz Wales You Amowlrans aw fie clmlimluptly thoughtful , yo know. Mr. Hobbles In what way ? SIcEd- Kant 1'ltr. Wnloji Why aw utter you've had your own summer , ye know , yon have nn In dian summer fob the pooah natives , I sup pose. THE IIACIIRI.OR. American Queen. Returning home at the close of day , Who Kuntly chlduH my long dolny Aiid by my side delights to stay ? " Who sets for mo my easy chair , Prepares the room with iicutustcaro And lays > ny hllppcrs ready there ? Who regulates thn evonlnir flro And lilies the blazliiR fuel hlulier And ulils"modi aw my chair tlll nlghcr ? When sickness comes to rack tny f ran.o , tllaturl.s my troubled Drain , pi'iiilriM with my pain ? Nobody. THIS . ! ! ' / t A'O. Iljalmcr tljnrlh JJojcson In Uppfncnft'a. My lever ho comes on t lie skcu , * un the ukue. And his stair o'or his head ho Is swinging. Thu Imwk In the ulr I * not lluulcr than ho , As ho scuds o'or thesnoiron thoskeo , on tha And tlio wind In his vralco Is singing. ' M v lover ho comas , the merry brown Ind _ , 1'roin thu cloud-land ho speeds lo our meet ing. I hour from the belRliU liU shout BO glad , And ii-hcliih und oho comes my merry * brown Ind , And the mountain peaks ring with his greet ing. Oh , hlo thec , my love , to the trjrst.to the tryst. Kro tlio nlcht quench her torchon uboro tboo ! LIUo aiuintlered door dost thouclouvo through the mist. Oh , hlo thee to mo , to tlio tryst , to the tryst , Kor I love thee , I love tlioo. 1 love theol Norwegian suowsbocs , I/arzoit Manufaaturors an 1 of Olothinz In ins Worl-L I'll tell you The time has gone by , father , when such men as you and I need blow ourselves for made - to - measure suits. Why , I can wear four new suits a year now and be dressed right up to the notch and cost me no moro than it used to for two suits that were not a bit better than those B. , K. & Co. sell. The fit , finish , fabric and fashion Is simply immense retailer tailor makes them better. Suits all the way frcm $10 ; $12.50 , $15 , $20 up to $25. Overcoats , $10 up to $35. The boys' department is'the largest in tli3 west and embraces every popular weave , made up just as carefully as the men's suits. Many noVe - ties hero that cannot bo shown 'elsewhere. Get a hat of us ; we'll save you money and give you ( he best hat in town. BROWNING , KING & GO. ,