Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OMAHA DAir.Y BEE : SUNDAY. AUGUST 19.
E. KOBBWATEIt. Editor.
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The courts will bo called upon before Ions
to appoint receivers to gather up the frag
ments of several failed political booms.
Urecklnrldse of Kentucky will , If he suc
ceeds In securing a rcnotnlnatlon to congress ,
ba the first man who will have ridden Into
public office upon a breach of promise suit.
China never knew what a high financial
standing she held until she intimated that
she might soon have some C or 6 per cent
bonds for sale upon European money mar
kets.
The woman suffragists have been once
more sat down upon In New York. But the
woman suffragists have been sat down upon
so often that they have ceased to mind It
any more. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The rain coming now without the assistance
of the rainmakers would bo conferring some
benefit upon the people If It did nothing else
than cast discredit upon the business of bom
barding the heavens.
President Cleveland took his own tlmo to
4to the Bland seigniorage bill. We may be
sure , too , that he will take his own time to
reach a determination as to his action on the
tariff bill just passed.
China and Japan ought to tnko a few
lessons from the more civilized nations upon
how to carry on a war with a rush. This
Inactivity at the seat of hostilities is be
coming ! decidedly monotonous.
It is perhaps well for the new president
of Franco that ho docs not smoke. Ho might
Hherwlso accidentally get hold of a cigar
orao day that would prove to be a miniature
lObstltuto for an anarchist's bomb.
A Chicago paper announces the reopening
of one of the local theaters "with a burlesque
company newly painted and decorated. " It
is to bo Inferred that the paint and the deco
rations arc to bo the drawing feature.
According to the New York Sun there are
; ut six real democrats In tUo house and but
ono In the senate. The members of a mi
nority party of such small dimensions must
fool dreadfully lonesome amid so many of
different opinions.
It Is natural to suppose that the offer of
seventy young men residing In Cleveland to
go to Japan and enlist against China will
bave been exaggerated to 700 by the tlmo It
reaches San Francisco , and will look some
thing llko 7,000 when received in Toklo.
When foot ball becomes a purely profes
sional game the public will no longer bo
concerned with modifying the rules BO as
to make It loss brutal and less dangerous.
The professional foot ball player will not
get much sympathy when ho Is hurt.
The order of the secretary of the treasury
for the printing of 3,000 copies of the new
tariff bill for the use of olllclals In his de
partment of the government must convey the
Impression that the secretary has no serious
doubts that the president will sign the bill.
Perhaps the waiter girls who are striking
against the order requiring them to wear
uniforms might ba mollified by permitting
them to vote on the kind of uniform they
must wear. We ure euro they would not
vote for bloomers , notwithstanding the close
proximity of the woman suffrage atmosphere
of Wyoming nnd Colorado.
The base ball players who assisted In ex
tinguishing a fire that was burning the
buildings on their grounds nro being slowly
restored to their accustomed condition of
idleness. The rude shock of being summoned
to actually perform a little work came near
being a serious matter In more than ono In
stance. It Is only by carefully avoiding such
f
oxertlou In the future that they hope to es
cape without any lasting 111 effects.
There must Inevitably bo a great deal of
experimenting under every now tariff that
lowers the previously prevailing duties.
Manufacturers cannot tell just how their
business U affected until they try It for a
whllo and apply the test to their profits.
Some of them will gain , but many must
necessarily lese at least during the period ol
experimentation. Fur this reason people who
expect an Immediate 'revival of business the
moment the now tariff law goes Into effect
uro apt to be grievously disappointed.
At the meeting of the Society for the Ad
vancement of Science In Urooklyn last week ,
Prof. J , W. Spencer assorted that the Nortli
American continent was slowly but gradually
sinking. Experiments along the Gulf ol
Mexico have convinced him that the shore
line is several thousand feet lower than II
originally was , There l no Immediate danger -
of the submersion of ( bo
ger , however , con
tinent. In fact , the occasion docs not even
warrant the appointment of a congressional
committee to devise i eiuurea to prevent the
* * wlng catastrophe.
KJf THE F1HST I.IEN ,
Judge Caldwcll'i order In response to com
plaints on the part , of Atchtson 'mploves ,
commanding the receiver * of that road to
see to It that Wages bo promptly paid not
later than the IGtb of each month , will cer
tainly be hailed as an Important precedent
In the development of receivership law.
Tlicro seems to have been some delay In the
payment of wngcn on the Atchlson railroad.
The receivers not being Inclined to glvo the
matter duo attention , It was brought by the
employes directly to the notice of the cir
cuit Judge by whom the receivership had
been Instituted , and the remedy was Im
mediately applied. Under the order of
Julga Caldwcll the employe * must be reg
ularly paid bcforo the designated tlmo. If
the earnings of the road are not sufficient
to pay the wages of the men as directed ,
the receivers are not only authorized but
required to borrow from tlmo to time , as
occasion may demand , a sufficient cum of
money for that purpose. No pretense what
ever will bo accepted as an excuse for fail
ure to carry out the order to the letter , and
that the receivers may bo better able to do
as directed by the court their obligations
for money borrowed to pay wages are-made
a lien upon the property of the trust prior
and superior to nil liens thereon.
Wo have In this order a recognition of the
fact that It Is only through the assistance
of the men who put their dally labor Into
the conduct of bankrupt railroads that the
object of the receivership , namely , the con
tinued operation of the road pending reor
ganization , can bo accomplished. The em
ployes therefore have a first claim upon the
earnings of the business , and , more than
that , have a first claim upon the property
Itself In case the earnings of the busi
ness are for the tlmo being Inadequate.
From this will necessarily arise a now kind
of railway security , the receiver's labor
lien certificate , a certificate that will take
precedence of the ordinary rec3lver's certi
ficate , which Is now taken to bo the highest
claim against a bankruiA railroad. A rail
road , of course , cannot long continue with
an increasing amount of such outstanding
certificates , beausc they denote that the
road Is actually running at a loss and that
tlu deficit of operating expenses Is gradu
ally eating up the road Itself. Receivers
who are compelled to resort to labor lien
certificates must be In desperate straits in
deed.
Judge Caldwcll's order Is also evidence of
a growing disposition of employes of rail
roads In the hands of receivers to take their
differences with' the latter aircctly to court
for adjustment. It cannot but tend to con
firm the confidence' of aggrieved employes
In the superiority of this method of secur
ing relief over that of Inaugurating strikes
and boycotts. They see that In some courts ,
at any rate , where they have a Just com
plaint , their interests will have a fair hear
ing. If we had more Judges like Judge Caldwell -
well on the bench the antagonism too often
found between employer and employes would
soon give way to more amicable relations
and lead to a better appreciation of the
mutual dependency of each upon the other.
INDEPENDENT IIA1LWAY AUDITORS.
The disclosures made In the case of the
Atchlson railroad by which the earnings of
the road had been systematically overstated
by something like $7,000,000 disclosures
which have no parallel In any other country
of the world have naturally led many people
to examine Into the arrangements elsewhere
In vogue by which Investors are protected
against the misrepresentations of directors
and ofilcers. Under the system of railway
management which prevails In the United
States the directors have absolute control
over all employes , the auditors among
others , and the control of the directors Is
usually , as It was with the Atchlson , com
pletely handed over to the officers. In fact
the directors of the Atchlson have been
scrambling over ono another , figuratively
speaking. In their haste to disclaim any
knowledge of the transactions ot their presi
dent. The auditors who make up the
financial statements upon which the public
and Investors generally have to rely are
appointed by the officers of the company
and hold during their pleasure. Their relations
are with the officers exclusively , so that
the- public information Is only what the
officers agree to make public.
In England , on the other hand , for up
wards of fifty years stockholders have been
protected against manipulated bookkeeping
and misleading statements by a system of
Independent auditors that has given almost
perfect satisfaction. It consists In the
supervision of the accounts by expert
auditors representing the shareholders , nnd
Is applied not alone to railroads , to bankIng -
Ing companies , to all companies Incorpor
ated by special act of Parliament , to water
works companies and to all companies de
scribed as friendly societies or as Indus
trial or provident societies , where the Inde
pendent accounta.it Is required by law , but
also to almost all other companies doing
business of a public nature , which , with
scarcely an exception , voluntarily submit to
auditorial supervision the same as If It
were legally demanded. The auditor Is
absolutely Independent of officers and di
rectors , and makes his reports to the share
holders , by whom ho Is employed. The
duties of such an auditor are to ascertain
that the funds of the company have properly
bean accounted for and the money has been
expended In the way stated In the accounts ,
and that the accounts are put forward by the
directors for the shareholders' approval are
accurate In every respect. The Kngllsh law
requires no dividend shall bo declared by a
company until the auditor certifies that the
half yearly accounts proponed to bo Issued
contain a full and true statement of the
financial condition ot the company. No di
rectors would go to the shareholders with
out ii certificate from the auditor , and so
Important Is the latter lu the view of
the law that when a vacancy occurs
It becomes the duty of the
directors to forthwith call an extraordinary
general meeting of th ? shuruholdera to elect
a now auditor , whllo In many cases , should
the shareholders fall to elect , the govern
ment , through the Hoard of Trade , la au
thorized to appoint ono for the current year
upon application of a designated number
of shareholders , and to fix the remuneration
to bo paid him by the company. Another
feature Intended to preserve the Independ
ence of the auditor U the limitation of his
term to very short Intervals , usually one
year , although the Incumbent In eligible to
re-election , and It faithful and competent ,
may confidently expect re-election.
A similar system could easily bo Intro
duced Into the United States did It seem
desirable , In fact , U has been Introduced by
one railroad , the New York , Ontario &
Western , a railroad representing English
capital chiefly. Hut It Is Idle to expect the
railroads to Introduce It of their own free
will. They will undertake no reform In their
methods until they are forced to do so by
legislation. There might , furthermore , bo
some difficulty In thin country in keeping
the auditors free from the Influence of ill-
-tor * aud officer * unleu thvy are sur
rounded with the safeguards ot ft public
office. If the work of auditing wore confided
to a corps of auditors under the supervision
of the Interstate Commerce commission , and
the cost assemed against the railroads
whoio books are audited , the accounts of
th railroads of the country might bo kept
constantly of public record , and the danger
of misrepresentation reduced to n minimum.
Thcro Is certainly need for some kind of a
system of Independent railway auditors ,
A'O MUIIE TAltlFF TINKERING.
The resolution offered in the sonata yester
day by Senator Murphy of New York , nnd
adopted by a vote of 27 to 16 , declaring
that no further tariff legislation should be
considered at this session , will doubtless put
an end for the present to efforts to secure
action by the senate on the several sup
plemental bills passed by the house. There
U nothing surprising In this expression , of
the senate , because It has been apparent
from the first that even wcro there an as
sured majority favorable to these free raw
material measures It would be Impossible to
pass them at this session. The minority
could so load them with amendments , and
was prepared to do this , and could have so
prolonged discussion , as to prevent action
on them for an Indefinite time. This being
the case , It would have been more than fool
ish to mak a fight for the passage of any
of these measures. As a matter of fact ,
however , whllo there may bo a majority of
the senate favorable to free sugar , If that
policy could bo adopted without danger to
the treasury , there Is not a majority In favor
of free coal or free Iron ore , and thcso meas <
urcs are no less certain to fall at the next
session than at the present one. It might
bo otherwise If the house of representatives
to be chosen In November should bo demo
cratic , but It Is a foregone conclusion that It
will bo republican.
Yesterday's action of the senate Is notice
to the industrial and business Interests of
the country that they may dismiss all fear
of further tariff tinkering by this congress
and proceed to adjust themselves to the new
conditions. It was a proper thing to do
under the circumstances and will bo gen
erally welcomed and commended.
THE ACQUITTAL OF MAJUll WOHTH.
The acquittal ot Major Worth , the officer
who gave tbe offensive order 111 the Cedar-
quiet case , from charges of violating the
order Issued by President Lincoln In 1862
enjoining the orderly observance of the Sab
bath , will not In itself create much stir In
army circles , because It was to bo expected
by all who were at all familiar with the
facts In the case. The friends ot Cedarqulst
who made the findings In his case a political
issue hoped for a measure ot vindication In
the verdict in the Worth trial. In this they
are doubtless disappointed , although It Is
quite possible that they may carry the ques
tion up to the higher authorities and en
deavor to have the latter set aside the find
ings of not guilty and to order another court
martial.
In reviewing and approving the findings
In the case of Major Worth the commanding
general of the Department of the Platte ,
General Drookc , calls attention to the real
ground upon which the verdict Is based. It
Is not that the order of President Lincoln
of 1862 Is no longer In force because of the
later publication of army orders omitting
It and purporting to be all the orders that
apply at the present day. For an orderly
observance of the Sabbath Is an established
custom af the rgular army dating back from
Its very time of origin and being merely
called to mind by President Lincoln In order
that It might not be entirely forgotten In
the din of war and civil strife that pre
vailed at that time. It Is not that target
practice on Sunday is a necessity or was a
necessity under the circumstances In ques
tion. Into this the court martial did not
deem It necessary to go , and. this point re
mains still undecided. It Is that "Where
an officer of the army Is vested by law or
orders with a discretion In the performance
of an official duty , and ho honestly and with
reason exercises that discretion , he Is not
to be held criminally responsible for any
errors ot Judgment he may have committed. "
In other words , although target practice on
Sunday under the particular circumstances
might in the judgment of his superior ofllcera
be unnecessary , It was for Major Worth to
decide at the time , and In so deciding with
honest Intent 1 o Is not violating any order
to which he owes obedience. This is a fixed
principle of civil law. Wherever a civil of
ficer performs a duty In nature Judicial and
performs It upon a correct theory of law
and without mallco or fraudulent Intention ,
no court will review It because of alleged
mistakes of Judgment. For the first time ,
however , this principle Is plainly enunciated
as equally applicable to military officers who
have a discretionary power entrusted to
them. The Importance of this ruling Is not
to bo undervalued. If It should bo approved
by the president at Washington army offi
cers everywhere will have a better under
standing of their authority In cases where
they must exercise their Judgment , and
knowing that Us honest exercise will not
entail upon them a liability to trial and pun
ishment , will exercise It more Independently
and more fearlessly.
StljK CVI.TVllK IN T1IK UNITED STATES.
A bill before congress provides for an as
sistant chief of the division of entomology ,
who Is to devote himself to the study ot
silk worms , and for the establishment of
five experiment stations , at an annual ex
penditure of | 25,000 , where tests are to bo
mado. If silk culture can be made a success
In the United States there will be no objec
tion to expending a great deal more money
than is proposed to be appropriated by this
measure , but there appears to bo strong
reason to doubt whether It could bo made
successful. The Now York Commercial Bul
letin says In regard to It that for two and a
half centuries off and on governmental
efforts have been made to establish silk rais
ing In this country. liountles have been paid ,
duties Imposed and Innumerable essays and
speeches have been published and delivered
in aid ot the cause , and yet our people do
not raluo silk enough to bo worth mention
ing. In every way efforts .have been made
to stimulate and promote the Industry , and
whllo something has been accomplished , the
results have fallen far short ot expectation.
American silk Is produced , but It does not
appear that the Industry Is profitable , for If
It were It ls reasonable to asxuma that It
would have grown more rapidly , In view ot
the great encouragement that silk raising
has received and the comparatively small
results that have been achieved. It Is hardly
possible to feel enthusiastic regarding the
future.
The cost of labor in thli : country la a prin
cipal reason why silk culture has not suc
ceeded better. The raising of the silk worm
has not yielded the returns that other agri
cultural activities have. Effort ! to eitabllih
the silk worm Industry in Australia failed because -
cause ot the high price of labor , and Its suc
cess In China , Japan and Hair ' " > been la
uo small part duo to the fact that the labor
necessary In U can far tail In those countries
at a very low prlcl.f Tlia peasants of Ru-
rope andAda who raise ullk worms do It ns
a business and not ai an amusement. They
are content with rnrjjlnga on which the
American farmer's ) family would starve. It
Is said that they move out doors In the spring
and give up their houses to the worms. They
have time , for want t < jfsomethlng ] else to do ,
to pick the leaves and feed them to the
worms , and study the temperature nnd re
move the sick. Tlfei' 'flave time to reel the
silk by hand nnd HVd satisfied with the pit
tance they got for 'sucli' work.
Tills Is the soft ! "of competition which
Americans must meet In order to make silk
culture In this country a success , and It Is
obvious that It will bo n long time bcforo
the conditions here are such as to enable us
to meet this competition so as to make silk
culture profitable. Still , It Is perhaps well
to have the proposed experiments , since only
by such means can there bo obtained a prac
tical demonstration that will settle contro
versy as to the practicability ot making this
Industry a success.
TUG irottijD's aou ) PttonuoT.
It appears that the estimates ot Increased
gold production throughout the world , made
by the director of the mint , are being more
than verified by the returns. U Is stated
that the first six months of 1891 have shown
an Increase In the production of the United
States , as compared with the same period of
1893 , of nearly $3,000,000. Usually the first
six months are less productive In this coun
try than the second six months , for ob
vious reasons , and this being the case , It Is
reasonably assumed that If the second six
months of 1S91 should show only the saino
Increase as the first six months tha product
for the year would advance to more than
$41,000,000 , an Increase of nearly $5,000,000
over 1893. According to a dispatch from
Washington , the reasonable presumption Is
that the increase will be proportional to the
gross product and that the yield of American
mines for 1894 will reach $13,000,000 , which
would bo the largest production of gold In
the United States since 187S , when the prod
uct was $51,200,000.
The world's gold product in 1893 was ,
In round figures , $155,000,000. The director
of the mint estimated the production
of 1894 at $168,000,000. An Increase of ? 7,000-
000 In the product of this country would
more than half bridge the gap between the
actual production of last year and the es
timated production for this year. It Is stated
that the returns already reaching the mint
bureau fully bear out the estimated increase
In South Africa and In Australia , and it is
thought to be by no means impossible that
the world's product for 1894 will approximate
closely to $175,000,000 , or about $20,000,000
In excess of that of 1893. This Is more than
the average annual value of the output of
both gold and silver from 1861 to 1865 , and
only $16,000,000 less than the average an
nual value In the years of great silver pro
duction from I860 to 1873. The following
statement regarding gofd production is very
Interesting : "The josttniated gold production
of $13,000,000 for tha United States during
the present year was- several times surpassed
during the bonanza'Deal's ' ' following the openIng -
Ing of the California , mines , but the produc
tion of the mines of .thje entire world never
reached , even In that period , the figures of
$165,000,000 attalne'd In 1893 , or $175,000,000
likely to be attaint ; ! in 1894. The average
gold production for the1 five years , 1856 to
1860 , the highest average up to the present
five-year period , was $131,000,000. " The es
timate for the present , year Is from $35,000-
000 to $40,000,000 lit' excess of this average.
The recent reports of now gold discoveries
In Colorado , Western Australia , French
Guiana and Mashonaland seem to Justify
the estimates of this year's yield of the yel
low metal. The indications are that the new
African gold fields will prove to be enor
mously rich and the production In that quarter
Is quite as likely to exceed the estimates as
anything else , for the rush to these fields
Insures a vigorous development. The gold
finds In French Guiana , near the Brazilian
frontier , and on the Venezuelan frontier
promise great results , and the reports from
Western Australia are of a nature to war
rant the highest expectations. At any rate
the estimates of a very considerable Increase
In the gold product for the current year will
probably bo verified by results. As the New
York Sun says , mankind needs all the gold
that can bo got hold of. It Is not likely
that wo shall have more of it than can be
put to good use. It may also bo remarked
that with an Increasing supply of gold there
will be less necessity for silver as currency ,
and one of the arguments chiefly rolled upon
by the advocates of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver , that the supply of gold
was diminishing , will bo effectually disposed
of. The prospect of an Increase In the
world's supply of gold is ono that everybody
can view without apprehension.
It will bo Interesting to watch for the ef
fect of the new law subjecting greenbacks
to taxation on the tax returns of rich men
and corporations who are known to have re
sorted to the greenback exemption law in
order to evade the payment of Uielr Just
share of taxes. The corporations which have
benefited most from this exemption have
naturally been the banks , which have re
ported that the greater part of their re
serves and other cash on hand consists of
the original United States legal tender notes.
In this and many other states It will bo
nearly a full year before another tax return
Is made , and the danger Is that the provisions
of the now law will by that time bo over
looked , If not forgotten , whllo the assessment
ot the tax shirkers Is fixed no higher than
ordinarily. The tnx officials everywhere
should make an Indelible memorandum of the
change wrought by , the now law , and Insist
upon finding all the greenbacks that have
hitherto been exempted1 from taxation ,
That Is a rather negative endorsement
which President Cleveland received at the
hands of the Lancaster county democrats.
They kindly and condescendingly recognize
Qrover Cleveland as an able statesman , en
dorse his administration , except where It
disagrees with the majority ot the demo
cratic wembers of congress , and there they
believe that the Utter are right and he Is
wrong. Great is Driver Cleveland ! Hut
Dryan Is creator , itlrdat Is the democratic
administration where It agrees with Itryan !
Hut condemned bo.tjia democratic adtnlnlstra-
tiou where It disagrees with Bryan. And
nlast The points upon which JJryan and
Cleveland agree can only bo neon with the
aid of a microscope.
The efforts of Judge Bellinger of the fed
eral district court out in Oregon to put a
atop to the bringing of petty criminal actions
under the federal laws for no other reason
than to make up a big coat bill for the pro
fessional Jurora nd witnesses , to say nothing
of the clerks and the raarshali , deserve
commendation. These practices have become
a dlugraco to the federal courts throughout
the country. They are not confined to petty
cases of selllne liquor to Indians , but various
other federal regulations that are technically
violated are iclzcd upon AS a pretext for
prosecutions , Involving heavy costs. These
abuses , perhaps , owe their origin to the lax-
nesi of federal Judges , but that they still
exlit Is due ( o the neglect of coiiRrctn to
enact legislation that will put an end to them ,
Abolishing the fco ( yotcm would be one
great step In this direction , which should
uomo without much further delay.
A private In the state mllltla writes The
Dee to protest against the 111 treatment ac
corded the boys at the state encampment.
Ho alleges that they are served with half
rations , spoiled meats , water unfit to drink
and not enough water with which to do the
cooking. He asserts that yesterday fifty-four
men wcro on the sick list as a direct result
of the sorry condition ot things. Under such
circumstances It may be difficult to popularize
the annual encampments. The complaints
call for an official investigation.
If the tattooed candidate has any friends In
Douglas county they failed to make their
presence known yesterday.
And Mum's the 1'lty.
OnlvrMon New * .
A great many kind words are never
spoken. _
The rirtnrri > iiiii | In 1'lctlon.
riillntleliililn Hccord.
Students of the nrt of systematic nnd picturesque - .
turosque lying will hnvc an opportunity to
miislcr nil the Intricacies of deceptive de
tail by cloRo rending of the wnr Imllvtltm
from Corea. Kxcept for meru outline , we
shall know nothing at all about the actu
alities of the war until the wnr shall be
over. All the parties to the quarrel can He
like diplomats.
Itcicrvu Wraith cif the ( lolilrn licit.
Kansas City Star.
The people ot Nebraska are to be com
mended for promptly repudiating the sug
gestion of otllcloiis eaHtein puiwrs that con
tribution * be called for for the heat suf
ferers. 'Ihe ctny has pnsssd for the follclttng
of outBlde charity for any portion of the
great Golden Holt of the United Btntes.
Hnch state In that section IB amply able
to care for Its own unfortunate.
of the I'ritc * iiiut < cr.
The Legal Adviser.
If one Interferes with two dogs that are
fighting and Is bitten , be cannot recover
damages unless he show that lie was In the
exercise of due cure. The full bench of the
Massachusetts supreme court so held In
the easp of Artcmus Hodgson against
Charles II. Hodci-on and William T. Tap-
ley. Tliu parties live In Ucdham. The
plaintiff rushed up to the flslitern , and
seized one by the tall and pulled It away
from the other. As the doss became sep
arated one bit the plaintiff's hand , which
held to Its tall. The full court says : "Tho
plaintiff voluntarily submitted himself to
danger ; and we have no doubt that the rul
ing of the court below was right. "
Self Intercut In Concrex * .
Denver News.
Senator Allen of Nebraska has Introduced
a bill prohibiting any senator or repre
sentative , during hla term of olllce , from
owning or being1 concerned directly or In
directly In owning or In any manner deal
ing In speculative stocks , the value of which
may depend upon a vote of congress.
Senator Allen B bill la In the line of prac
tical reform and tends toward a higher
standard of morals In public life. There Is
no laclc of material in the history of con
gress to Justify the enactment of the pro
posed law. Since It Is the mission of the
people's party to undo vicious and corrupt
legislation , It Is appropriate that a measure
which seeks to remove the motive for many
bad laws should emanate from one of Its
most gifted exponents.
For Ktnto Tromiiror.
Nebraska City Press.
In looking1 over tbe state papers the Press
has noticed that among the probabilities
and possibilities for nomination for state
ofllccs no one is mentioned for the oflice of
t.tate treasurer , now Oiled by Joseph S.
Unrtley.
In this connection tbe Press rises to a
privilege and asks permission to submit
for this trustworthy position the name of
one , who , comliiK to the state In the early
days , and undergoing nil the hardships of
a pioneer , has by strict attention to busi
ness , unswerving integrity and fair and Im
partial treatment to all , won a place In the
hearts of all with whom he has come In
contact. The Press speaks of Mr. Anton
Kltnmorer.
Mr. Xlmmerer has been Identified with
the best interests of Nebraska , Is a straight
forward , successful man of business , al
ways a loyal republican and entirely and
especially qualified for the high olllce of
treasurer of the state of Nebraska.
The nomination of Mr. Xlmmerer on the
state ticket would be a step in the right
direction. Of German descent , but strictly
an American , he has for years past been
Identified as a leader In the republican
ranks of the German-American element ,
and his counsels are sought not only by a
large class of German-Americana , but by
native born citizens ns well.
The placing of his name upon the repub
lican ticket would give It a tone and weight
that Is bound to carry It tlirouRh to suc
cess. Honest , scrupulous and self-denying ,
he possesses those traits so essential to a
a good olllclal , and It Is therefore with a
Just pride and great pleasuic that the Press
presents to the people the name of Anton
y.lmmerer for the office of state treasurer
for the consideration and acceptance of the
republican state convention , which meets
at Omaha on Wednesday , August 22.
1'F.OVLK ANH TIIINQS.
The volco of Gorman follows Cleveland to
Gray Gables "Unconditional Surrender. "
In view of the general spread of the blues
In the ranks , the national league of colored
democrats evidently comprehends the entire
party.
The Chadron find of prehistoric skeletons
would not be such a severe strain on public
credence if the discovery was deferred until
the election was over.
The success of ono of the popgun , bills Is a
matter of llttlo consequence to democrats
In congress. Ex-Speaker Kccd furnishes an
abundance of free iron-y.
Sarah Bernhardt no longer sleeps In a
coffin , but she manages to work up a perspir
ation by enveloping herself In a sealskin
sacque on a summer's day.
After a prolonged fight with the gas com
pany In Minneapolis , the nklermanlc back
bone won by a neck. The company Imitated
Day Crockett's coon and came down to $1.30.
The projectors of the Wollman expedition
to the North Pole might engage the striking
New York ballet girls to lend a picturesque-
ness to their pedal movement when the Ice
bill comes In.
The New York constitutional convention , by
a vote of 95 to 59 , rejected the proposed
woman suffrage amendment. Bo not down
cast , ladles. Coma west and grow up with
Colorado and Wyoming.
Democrats display commendable self-re
straint In checking enthusiasm over the pass
age ot the tariff bill until the November re
turns are In. It Is s.ito to bank on a snow
storm about that tlmo.
Judge Holt was not the last surviving mem
ber of the military commission that tried
President Lincoln's assassins. John A. Blng-
liani , who was for years In congress , and af
terwards served as minister to Japan , Is still
living at his homo In Ohio.
Kate Field's Washington gallantly apolo
gizes for giving currency to a story reflecting
on the courage ot Marshal Brlgham ot Utah ,
During the late strike n report was circu
lated that the strikers led the marshal around
Ogden by the ear. Despite her knowledge
of western fibre , Miss Field took the grotesque -
tesquo yarn seriously and penned n few burn
ing reflections thereon. Hence the retrac
tion.
Maine has produced men of astonlihlng
vigor and longevity , but none moro notable
In this way than Ir. Westbronk Farrcr of
Blddeford. If the stories told of him are tine.
Ho Is said to be a physician In active prac
tice , though 'J3 years old , and , still moro re
markable , to be In the habit of visiting his
patients regularly on a bicycle. Ho attrib
utes hla exceptional vigor at this advanced
ago to the USD of wlntcrirecn ; tea , ot which
he Is Bald to 1)3 an ardent advocate.
George Inness , the landscape painter ,
whose death was recently announcud , was of
Celtic descent , though born In this country ,
and seemed moro like a Frenchman than an
American. Dark and swarthy in coloring ,
lithe and slender In figure , restless and
vlvaclou * In manner , ho revealed his nervous
and excitable temperament to the least ob
servant , Mr. InnesR'a InsatUblo love of
movement and Intensity ot mood led htm to
have many pictures under way at the same
tlmo. flying from one to the other for fewer
or many minutes ot work , as the Impulse
seized him ,
iiivvin \ SHUT. ! A T run
New York World : Uov. Mr. Wallace of
Portland , Ore. , who attacked Kyrle Dellew
nnd Mrs. Potter from the pulpit , should
devolo hli time to elevating his sermons.
Oliilw-Ufniocrnt : llcv. Dr. C ve , the elo
quent p.mtor of the Church of the Holy
Helreaters , has returned to thp city , and
| h > rhnps can be persuaded to lecture on
"Thrco MIMakpa of the Almighty Vlckv
burg. Gettysburg and Appomattox. "
NVw York Tribune ; The secession of
3,000 members of a Catholic congregation
In Baltimore and their determination to
establish an Independent church , appointing
their own pastor nnd reposing the direction
of Its affairs In the hands of a committee ,
nuy turn nut to be a religious movement
of great Importance nnd the precursor of
otliom of like sort.
New York Sun ; Those despatches that
passed between the chancellor of the sum
mer schools at Cliaulauqu.i and the president
of the Catholic summer school at Plattsburg ,
were truly pleasant. In the name of the
Clmutaiiqun Institution the Methodist bishop.
John H. Vincent , sent greeting nnd good
wishes to the Catholic Institution ; and the
president of the latter body , Uov. Dr. Connty ,
( mediately replied , expressing deep gratitude ,
nnd sending best wishes to Uhautnuqun , Wo
say that this was a pleasant exchange. Wo
do not recall another Incident of the kind.
Bishop Vincent and Father Conaty ( poke
not for themselves alone. They spoke for
their respective organizations , one of which
Is Protestant , while the other 1s assuredly
Catholic. There Is bigotry In the land , wo
arc sorry to say ; far too much of It , wo must
confess. Yet It seems that eminent leaders
of the two great divisions of Christendom
can take each other's hand In good faith
and exchange greetings In mutual good will.
Hasten the day when bigotry nnd nil malice
shall disappear from our country , and from
all Christendom , and from the whole worldl
Jt > UUATW.\.lf. .
Johns Hopkins university has a $10,000
thermometer.
The scheme to stop the employment of
married women as school teachers In Mil
waukee has failed. The school board has
decided that married women ought to know
Just us much about the management of chil
dren as If they were old maids.
A curious return has been made concern
ing some 1'89 Instances of Biilcldo by school
children In the German empire during six
years. The Interest of the return centers In
the motives assigned for these extraordi
nary acts. The largest proportion appear to
have been attributable to fear of punish
ment. This might have been expected ; nor
Is It altogether surprising that such ex
treme terror should be chiefly exhibited
among pupils of the elementary schools.
The fact that 20 per cent of the cases fall
Into this particular class should , however ,
afford food for reflection.
The school savings bank system has been
demonstrated to bo a success by the experi
ence of Norrlstown , Pottstown. Chester nnd
other cities of Pennsylvania. In Chester the
money nt Interest from school savings is
nearly $32,000 , the bulk of which was de
posited In pennies , nickels nnd dimes. One
pupil alone Is reported to have accumulated
$100. Flourishing school banks have been es
tablished , after the Pennsylvania precedent.
In Colorado , Kansas and North Dakota , and
there are now 400 such banka in the country.
But Pennsylvania still has the honor of be
ing In the lead of all the states in the num
ber of these Institutions.
Amsrlca will soon be able to boa t another
great national seat of learning In the mag
nificent Methodist university , the first
ground for which will bo broken at Wash
ington during the coming fall. With ninety
acres of campus overlooking the beautiful
Potomac , with $700.000 endowment already
secured and $1,000,000 promised by the
women of the church through Mrs. John A.
Logan , and with munificently endowed Lin
coln , Epworth and Asbury halls In view , the
original hope of a $5,000,000 university seems
not far from being realized. The 4,500,000
Methodists of the United States support even
now 20,000 schools and academies and seven
universities.
OUT OF rilK OltlHNAlll' .
Franco taxes bicycles.
Chicago has twenty-flvo negro lawyers.
Uncle Sam consumes half the world's
quinine.
No one has becn , within 460 miles ot the
north pole.
Electric shocks are used to overcome the
effects of alcoholic drinks.
Mrs. Annlo Kenney , whllo asleep , leaped
from the fifth-story window of her home
In New York to the ground below , and when
picked up was found to be badly shaken up ,
but otherwise uninjured.
Sir Walter Italclgh was the first white
man to use mahogany lumber. In the year
1595 , whllo at Trlnadad , he repaired ono of
his ships with a mahogany plank. That In
cident caused its introduction into England
and Into the commerce of the world.
A Damascus sword is made ot alternate
layers of Iron and steel , tempered BO nicely
that the point can bo bent back to the hilt ,
the edge so keen that It will penetrate a coat
of mail , and so line a poll&h that the Moslem
can USD U as a looking glass to arrange hla
turban.
The world's tunnels are estimated to num
ber about l,142wlth a total length of 514 mlli s.
Thcro are about 1,000 railroad tunnels , UO
canal tunnels , 40 conduit tunnels and 12
subaqueous tunnels , having an aggregate
length of about 350 miles , 70 miles , 85 miles
and 9 miles respectively.
nrAnr.t most HAWS KUK.V.
A high opinion ot self Implies Ignorance ol
RClf.
"Money talks , " but It often falls to tell the
truth.
The man who would bo strong In mind
must feed on facts.
tt Is hard to please the man who never
known what he want * . .
How quick some people backslide when
their Income Is doubled ,
No tears nre shed wlion the man dies wli
has lived only for himself.
A thousand pcoplu want to live long to
where one wants to live well.
Truth nlwnys travels In the middle of the
road , no matter whom It meets ,
Ono reaton why moro mountains nro not
being moved by faith Is tint to few people
are willing to begin with mole hills.
No matter wlmt a mnn may ray In church ,
you know what kind of religion ho ImR when
you know what kind of company ho keeps ,
t.n : i-oit i.oxu AKK.I
Atcblson Globe : When a woman has .10
diamonds of her own she Hays It Is vulgar
for other women to wear them In the day
time.
Indlnnnpolls Journal : "Anyway , old
Gotiox can't cnriy his money with him
when lie leaves thli earth. "
"HUH , It would be no uphill Job If he
could. "
Chicago Journal : "There never won a
huxtmnd , " exclaimed Mrs. Strongmlnd ,
"that was woith Ills salt. "
"And only one wife. " meekly replied the
hURliand. "Her name , my dear , I think ,
was Mrs. Lot. "
Washington Star : The good old times
have paired away ; n plenmint custom's
Konu ; men once said "howdy" or "good
day , " but now they say , "move on. "
Chicago Ilecord : The PlaywrlKht The
theater manager won't take my play. He
Bavs It IM too Bloomy.
Thu Critic That's all right , old man.
Your fortune's made. Get a manager to
start tt out on the road ns n farce comedy.
Kate Field's Washington : Millionaire
Gliders Is n good deal of a wag.
A tramp accented him as he wivn on his
way down town the other morning , and
Gliders said , reprovingly : "Herf. don't you
Interfere. I'm working this Bide of the
street. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : When we saw
the Kood man standing with the twins In
his arms and sltmliiK "Let Cares Like a
Wild DeluKO Come , " we knew the great
religious convention was a spiritual success.
Indianapolis Journal" "I see you have not
yet discharged that tailor's bill , " remarked
the senior partner.
"No , " remarked the Junior partner , "but
I fired the man who came around to collect
It. "
Washington Star : "It Isn't the coat that
makes the man , " said the Chinese philoso
pher.
"No , " replied LI Hung Chang , sadly ; "Its
the yellow Jacket. "
Washington Star : He had hurt his kncp
on a bicycle nnd had been limping around
for a week on a cane. "Hollo , exclaimed
a friend , meeting him one day on the street ,
"what aia you limping about ? " "About
town , " he replied weakly , nnd the friend
passed on unsympathlzlnnly.
Doston Courier : "It's all up with me , "
Rroaned Skyllte , ns he sunk on the eighth
stairway , endeavoring to roach his flat
after a hard day's labor.
AUTUMN SONG.
Indlnnapollii Journal ,
The mnn will stand the greatest chanci
I'or saving of his soul
Who lets his wife bring up the kids ,
While lie brings up the coal.
THE nor 'ANI > inn
Clilcngo Tribune.
For questions dark and eerie , let mo rec
ommend my boy ,
Who , though he IH his father's pet , doth
none the less annoy ,
By putting problems every day that no
man living here
Upon this earth can answer with a con
science that Is clear.
It'a "Papa , tell me why It Is that granite In
no hard ? "
And "What's the sllpp'rlest thing alive , a
cake of Ice or lard ? "
And "Why don't lions learn to roar In Enir-
llBh , so that we
Can understand 'cm ? " And again "Just
how wet Is the sea ? "
"If It should snow In summer time , how
Ions bcforo 'twould melt ? "
And "If felt Is the past for feel , why Isn't
squealed spelt Hquclt ? "
"If horses had live legs , how fast could
ponies I tin a mile ? "
And "Why do snakes In fairy tales so
often gnaw a file ? "
"If you were ma , and she were me , who
do you think I'd be ? "
"Who WUH It first discovered that four
minus one In three ? "
"When nil those Philistines were by Sam
son overthrown ,
What was that peed Jackass' name who
let him have the bone ? "
From morn till night ho keeps It up , until
I sometimes think
If I am not aulto crazy , I'm nt least upon
the brink ;
And when I ask htm why he does not for
one moment pause ,
Ho answers me convincingly ; "Why don't
IT O because I"
And were It not that when he sleeps he
Huems so Innocent ,
I think I'd sell him to sonic man across
the continent.
Although I'm very certain If I sold him
once that I
Would move the earth to get him back and
have him ask me "Why ? "
The Fall of
Pompeii
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V iii < V VK'V AX'T *
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3a8 plete than the Fall of
&V/r * rV.X
Prices pronounced
half-pri-cos i n o u r
men's suits $25 suits
$12.50 $20 ones $10
$17 ones $8.50 $15
ones $7.50 sacks cutaways light or dark cheviots
cassimoros worsteds elegant goods Boy's suits
$2.50 all wool cheviot 6 to 14 years all colors
another $3 neat checks latest out double breasted
and $3.50 nice quiet patterns same quality-
another $4 little bettor But best of all combin
ation suit $4.50 extra pants oap to match neat
little Scotch cheviot chocks guaranteed all wool all
2-piooo suits straw hats at cost nicest waists-
lowest prioes
Browning , King & Co. ,
Kcllahlc Clothiers , SV. . Cor. 15th anil