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THE OMAHA DAILY 11E.E : SATUKDAr. CK"TO1 2IE 204 1894. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. IlOBKXVATllIt , ttlltor. jviitv : : MOHNINO. TRRK8 OP BMMCIUPTION'I Tlw ( wlltivut flunday ) . One Year . $ t 60 nf iitnl Sunday. Ono Year . 19 M Blic tl.uilM. . . . . * M Jttwtiilm . * * > . lv. , One Vcnr Weekly Ilw. One Y ir Om h . Th | ] n Ilnllillnir , Houtn OtiMlm. CiirnT N nitl n. m.-ii iiiurr * , 12 r.ni stti-ct. I'hloiiKi Orlliv , 117 Olinmlxr r.r Commerce. No r Turk. Itnoinx 13 , II Mid IS , Tribune IllJe. "IVaslilt'stin , lli > 7 > ' Street. N. W. counnsi'CM.nKXCB. All ( vuniminleatlonit ri-lallnc to news nn't ll- Torlal tnaiur ahuuM l > o tulilnwiwd : To the EJ1 lor. ntsiNisH ; : ircTTtns. : All Imslmjj IMtm nn'l rcmltMtiCM ihoultl \ > f KddiFNirtl lo Th HMI PuMlnlilnic company. Omaha. Iinfl . clicrks nn.l | Mmto1llce orders t t * nmdc t ivil > li > ti > tlio onli-r if tlm rompnny. Tin : STATIIitrNT Of CIltCl'I.ATlON' . O < " > rijf II. Tjctiutk. secretary of Tlie H rub- Imlilnu rnnii.inv | , lirlnir dul ) sworn , ray * that th ai'tUHl unrulier of full iitvl oiniplptf cr.pli-H .f The IiIIMornlnir. . Ilvonlnic nnd riunilay Hf" prtntr < l ilitriittf the month oC ticptnmber. 1194 , vai m Joll'nu ' : i si in * . < n.4 17 S 2I.4M 1J 21.06- JI.JM 19 21,012 E 2IH s si..ni 21 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! " wii . T 8I.SH 22 Il.li : . . 21.427 23 23.275 21 21 , W 21i , II 2I , I ? i2f , 20.JK7 , J : i.2M 27 21.071 Ji.ni 2S . . , . SO.R1' ! * H 21.1 ) 23 31.731 II S1.271 30. . . . . ' 21,0 ; : . Tul.il . CI7OM I.fm -fltirlona ( for unnolJ nml returned cop'ej ' . .t . 6.M.1 Total rnlil . 64'U.1 Dully nvrrniri * net circulation . 21.317 fuml.iy. oKonoi : ii. Tzs'-MiiTcu. Sworn In Ijcfora mo nml imlwcrlbccl ' In my jvrmrnec tills 1st of Octolier , IS3I. ( S-nl. ) N. P. FKII. , , .Votary I'ulilli- . AVIn > lilrcil SHIi T. Culii In niiiiluct Sen- ntui' Tiivliir out "f III" ntatnrlillo tlio Xi'W- lirrry hill IIIIM itciulln V Olllrliilx of Ilin Iliirllngtnii rallrnail. \Vlio pulil Scth T. Cole for "lnylnc ili ! Tnjrlor to Hr that hn fiilllllfil liln coiitrurt Mitli tlm < ll room Ijfiodlrrn ? ' 1 h IliirlliiKton rallrniiil. Mini lie ( H tlin Nriiitto 111 ilritdluclc wlille Tuylur U'HH lii'lriK xplrllcil invuy/ Tliiiiiiiis .f. Miijora. Mho rrrtllU'il lo a fliiiullilcut vnticlu-r for Tiijlnr'A ! < < ) ufti-r lip hull Ix'ou ulxluctcil ? 1 limiiHH J. niiijorn. > Vlio drew tlio K llvlili li vm puld nut of tlio IriMKiii'jr on tlin fr itilulcnt vnucher ? Blujorn * prlviito MfcrotiirjValt M , Scvly. 1 1ll-no ur i Httilihorn fiiiMM nnd no niuount of cuttlullHliliii ; run Ix-fni ; ti ) ] iuoul . If you have nosloclod to rcKislcr do nut Tail to iitloml lo Unit important duty oti Tluutiilay , October li."i. The ppojile of tlio Unllod Slates aiv ving iitiollii'i' foiribli1 KC'hoollng In tin- n of iMlucntion. Ciiniural Wciivui' In ull prohulillit.v \vlll not ( hid time to spcjiU In Nobraslu. HL Is luiviu all Jio ciin do to attend to his own fi-nces In tlio Ninth Iowa eon- illslrli't. I'lt"initivi'y ] spcnkliiK. the lion. Puto Stunlcvjinl Is suspended by the bosom of his pants to the halyard of the state house' dome , while Tobu Castor , forlorn nnd illsi'onsolnle , Is weeping for Ab- Holoin at IlnrlliiKlon bfiicli. The gas manufacturers In attendance UJMIU tlie minimi meeting of the Ameri can Gaslight association at Washington ouuht lo throw a Hood of light upon all tlu > questions that are agitating the people ( if this country today. I lias our distinguished fellow towns man , the lion. Kuclld Martin , heard the latest news from the supreme court ? There is lint one hope left to him and his bewildered followers and that Is to fuse with Hie prohibition party. It ' fldiigressiuiiu Kem has dually taken to roasting The Hee In Ids campaign speeches In the Sixth district. The Hee hrfs weathered the opposition of other congressmen before Kem and hopes to tie able to survive the attacks of the. brilliant nonenlty from the Sixth. f Perhaps Kuclld Martin will now have time to devise additional ways of sub scribing himself on the Uailroad Itusi- IH-SS Men's association that already con tains the names Purlin. OrendoriT & Martin , and Parlln. Orc-ndorff & Martin Co. These names can be arranged In n great many more Interesting com V binations. I Chicago Is again moving against the smoke nuisance evil. Chicago Is ap parently troubled as much and more than Omaha by the violation of city or dinances In relation to this subject , but $ she Is ahead of Omaha in one respect , namely , that her authorities are not al lowed to relax their efforts to enforce their provisions. The Pullman Palace. Car company has been able to declare Its regular < nmr- < terly dividend of U per cent for the last ( | imrter , as well an to add a couple of $ millions to the neat surplus that has been accumulated In previous years. AH this , notwithstanding the large num ber of Pullman passes outstanding. The only iuestlon ] Is , what would the Pullman surplus have been by this tlmu If hard times iiad not Intervened. The women are displaying unusual in terest In political matters this year , If their attendance upon political meetings Is to be taken as ti criterion. Whether this Interest goes further than merely listening to the discussion of public men nnd measures and extends to actual ex ertion in behalf of better government will be more accurately Indicated by the number of women who avail themselves of their limited franchise to participate In the election of school otlleerM. How Had It Is that Mr. Euclid Martin's Dickering political light has been mm ( Ted out forever. Ills contemporaries did uot or would not recognize bin com manding ability nor concede the wis dom of bis leadership. In the fullness of hope he bun been cunt down. Per- ( Imps future generations of men will rend on history's page of the virtues nnd prowess of this great statesman nnd accord to him u place on the top shelf of Immortal fame. Hut people of thin de generate ago won't _ , _ , _ . _ , . T//O.SB FiFTKRN nvxnnKn fifteen hundred representative firms at Oiinha have 1ion enrolled In the lluslnes * M-n's a.iioclAtiun , organized ( or ( tic purpose at defeating the election of Holcomb. The I.IOH engagsO In IfllB inovenient represent mtlllone ol cjpltnl ; mnnrot them hnve always j tlio democratic ticket and arc democrat * | , but when the credit of the state Is at I j stalp ; they ar pntrlots enough to rise above publics antl da uliat they can to keep out of tli * state liotife party that has. driven capital from Kxurns , raised the rate ot In- anrl almost deslroycd the credit of the itntr. Norfolk Xews. Fifteen hundred firms , Indeed ! There are Ju.st HIS names of alleged nnns on ilit > published list. Mnny of these nnmus nre duplicates nnd others tin not re present - " sent linn * or oven Iiidlvldtnil business ini-ii. There nre railroad lawyers nnd professional petitioners. There life mimes of moil who never saw the list and names of linns that nre not In nc- curd with the manifesto. Tlie National Hank of Commerce , for Instance , ap pcnrs on tlie list : is one of tin.1 combina tion of calamity foreboders. Its presi dent , vt'-i ! president and several di m-tors are pronounced llolcomb men and make no seciet of their preference. True , there are several millionaires on the list , but they either have railroad attachments or other corporate Inter ests that are closely bound up with the railroads nnd compel them lo cooperate ate with tile Hiirllnglon czar. Other moneyed men on this list are bondsmen for Hie late state treas urer or the present state treasurer , ami their interest In getting : i gov ernor who would help them lo avert the calamity of paying the bond rises sev eral degiees above their patriotism or I heir pretended dread of the with drawal of eastern capital and much- feared raise of the Interest rate. One of the most prominent factors In getting up this terrible scare has a near rela tive who holds n contract for lX)0.pon ( ) railroad ties on.tlie Iturlington road , out of which he is reputed to have already made a cool ? ir,0)00 , ( ) for himself : and his frightened associates in the calamity rus.-ule. It Is perfectly natural for this class of patriots to feel deeply con- rned over the prospective election of Judge Tlolcoinli. As a matter of fact , less than twenty- live of the 'US linns and business men have joined In this movement of their own free will and accord. The others were either dragooned , bidldoxed or threatened into signing. .The whole movement was conceived at Hiirlliigttm headquarters and pushed to the front by the linrltngton Journal and the railroad organdies that play any tune like so many phonograph boxes. Tlie. manifesto has fallen tlat In Omaha nnd does not seriously alarm anybody that under stands the mainspring of the movement. FHHK fl.lir MATKIttArS. Ill : i speech to his constituents n few days ago Kepresontatlve Wilson of West Virginia reiterated the declaration made in congress and again nt the time of his renoinlnatlon that the work of tlie tariff reformers hud not stopped and that it was still their purpose lo put what they call raw materials on the free list. Tills leader of tile tariff re formers In congress asserts , in common with Mr. Cleveland and other demo cratic leaders , thai with free raw inn- lerluls American manufactnrors will have no dilllcnliy In securing a share of tlie markets of tlie world. Mr. Wil son told his llritish free trade admirers that It wan in tltisvay that American tiirlir reformers proposed lo enable our manufacturers to successfully compete with those of Croat Hrltnln In the world's markets. It was all a. very sim ple and easy matter , according to the view of the West Virginia congress man. ( "Jive the American manufacturer free raw materials and lie would do tlie rest. rest.A A most Important part of the prodno- Mons and the commerce oC this country Is raw cotton. It Is in tlio broadest sense free raw material. Wo sell n large ( ] imutlty of it annually to Great Britain and wo use a great deal of it In our own mills. As it Is produced here our cotton manufacturers. It would seem , ought to have a very decided ad vantage over the British manufacturers In the markets of the world. Hut as a matter of fact they do not have , and not only do we not control the markets of the world by reason of having tills free raw material , hut foreign manu factured cotton is freely sold in our own markets , The statistics show that In 1S7U we exported $ U.85i.a ) : 0 of cot ton manufactures and that in 1SIK ! we hail been aide to increase tlie exports of cotton goods only to the extent of WM , 105 , notwithstanding the fact that wo had the free raw material nil the. time. During tlie saint' period of four teen years , on tlie other hand , the In a crease in the imports of cotton manufac tures was from ! fl.r ( 70 , r .1 to $ ll.oil.- ) : > : ; < . ) , or over $1.000,000 ! In Increase of imports , its compared witli less than $1.0(10,000 ( Increase In exports , The dif ference would doubtless have been inucli greater but for the decline In prices , Can anybody mistake the plain : : teaching of these tlgures ? With tlie free : raw material at our hands the foreign : nvinnfactnrers , who hail to buy tills i-Miterial of us , were not only nhle to keep us out of the world's markets , ex cept to a very limited extent , but to bring tlu > manufactured cotton back to our own market and sell more of it hero than we sold abroad. In Hie. meantime , however , we were steadily developing our cotton manufac tures and ( hiding a market nt home for nearly the entire product. In 180 ( ! the value of the cotton manufacturers of the 1'nlted States was $115.000.000. while In 18M it had Increased to ? 'JI17.- 000,000. The exports of cotton goods In IS'.Kt were less In value than In 1881 , with free raw material till tlie time. Could then1 be any better test than tills f the theory that free raw materials will enable the American manufacturer to capture the world's markets , or any more conclusive evidence of the fallacy of that theory , standing by Itself ? ilven free raw materials , Improved fa cilities of production , our own means of transportation and n reduction of Amor lean wngos to the forofgn level , nml we shall bo able lo successfully compete with European manufacturers for the markets of the world , but uot other- wise. The great fnctor la not free tnvf materials , but tlie price of labor , nnd until this Is brought down to the stand ard of the labor employed by our com petitors in the markets ot the world we shall continue to be nt a tllsiutviintngc I' In any effort we may make to got eon * trol ' ' of those markets. There Is reason to believe that a large majority of the American people are not anxious to en ter ' Into a struggle for foreign markets at the cost of degrading American labor and living to the Kuvopcnn standard. AMtlTIIKll t.lK KAll.KD. FONTANRM.E. Neb. , Oct. IS. To the 1'Mltor of Tlio lice1 At Ihc republican meet ing held hero Tuesday evening the Hon. Thomas J. Majors declared that the only rcajon why Kdwnrd Uosewater was spending his money to .defeat him and .why The Hee trumped up so many lies against Jiltn was that twelve years ago lloscwnter had sent ono of his emissaries to him and ashed him to subscribe fir $1,000 ot stock In The Hee , which he refused to do , nnd because he re- fused to do so he had been hounded ex-cr since. since.What What have yon tti gay to this ? Answer through your pa.t | > r If you see nt to con- tradlct tlila. AN' OLD SOLDIEH. There Is an adage that nil Is fair In war. In love amf In polities , and the hickory shirt warrior evidently In light ing the campaign on that line. lie takes It for granted that lie Is privi leged to fabricate falsehoods to com bat the ( ruth , even when his own state ments are contradicted by himself , The lirst explanation Mnjoixattempted con cerning the hostility of Uosewater nml The Hee to his candidacy was nt the state convention on the ii'd ! of August , He declared then and there that for lif- teen years he had been hounded by l ose- waler and The lice because he would not do the bidding of the "little dle- tutor. " At that time the $1.000 stock story had not malerlally.cd in ills fertile Imagination. It would not stand to reason that Hosewater would solicit a $1.000 stock subscription from a man whom he had been hounding for three years. An ordinary liar has a good memory , but Majors' memory Is notori ously defective even in matters that are of public record. Within less than a month after he was nominated he contradicted himself and knocked the flfteen-yenr hostility story In the head at a public meeting in Fremont by call- Ing attention to tlie fact that Hose- water was not hostile to him np to within the past four years , and that The Hee supported him in 1SIM ) when lie ran the lirst time for lieutenant gov ernor. He might also have called at tention to another fact , that in during tlie contest over the governor ship , The Hee had taken the position that If Hoyd was ineligible the lieuten ant governor. Majors , was the legitimate successor to till the vacancy , and not Governor Thayer. The truth is. and Majors knows it. that tlie opposition of The Heo to his nomination and election for governor was brought about by his disreputable conduct while holding the position of lieutenant governor during the sessions of the legislature In 1S01 and 1SK ! ! . Tlie $1,000 stock story which Majors has concocted as a counter charge to his own idol ted record is a barefaced false hood. Majors began to circulate this story < luring his tour among the wholej sale jobbers of Omaha three weeks ago , but wo did not deem it worth notice , so long as he refrained from repeating it in public speeches. The Iee ! Publishing company was or ganized February 1 , 1S7S. Kdward Hosewater. wlio has always hold a con trolling interest , and two of ids brut bora at Cleveland , O. , who had advanced him money in the lirst six years of Its pub lication , were the only persons , when the company was organized , that owned more than a single share of stock. The only parties outside of Omaha In Ne braska that were solicited to subscribe were personal and political friends at the state capital. None of these were asked to subscribe for more than a sin gle share of $ -0 face value , and If Majors had been either a personal or political friend he would not have been asked to subscribe for more than one share. 1Cven ( Jeneral Van Wycl ; , who was : i warm personal and political friend , never subscribed for a share. Does it stand to reason that 'Majors , who was then identitied with the Union Pacllle railroad faction and held no ollk'e at that time , should be asked lo sub scribe for $1.000. or any other sum ? As already stated , the story is an Im pudent He , but it Is only on a par witli the denials which Majors has made in the present campaign concerning Ids conduct In the Taylor abduction and Ids relations to the railroads nnd state house boodlers. The in mi has no self- respect and would not tell the truth If falsehood would serve the smnc pur pose. A Jtr.i < : i { KYK TO UAL.431TTY. riiilnclelnliln LedKcr. Oct. 16. 1801. Some Kansas mortgages are evl- tdentiy pretty good , notwithstanding : the reign of the populists. A largo : number sold In lids city yesterday nt : auction brought over tKi per cent of : their face value at maturity. : THK nVMOCltATIC Sl'HI.H ItKCUlW. Some of the ilomocratk' newspapers are presenting to their readers the very Interesting ligures of postolllco appoint ments under the throe latest presiden tial administrations. Their object ap pears to be to boast of the prowess of tlio present postollire authorities in de capitating the republican appointees of President Harrison's administration and to claim for President Cleveland nnd Ids associates tlio credit of boating all previous records. The lignres are , In substance , these ; From March I , 1BS5 , to March 'M , ISXil. there were appointed I 1,185 presidential postmasters ; from March , IKS ! ) , to March till , IS'.IO , 1,705 presidential postmnwlers were appointed ; and from March 4 , I81W , to March 'M , ' IS',11 , 1S H ! were appointed. Tinier the first sixteen months of Iho lirst Cleve land administration : > oKSI fourth-class postmasters were appointed ; under tin1 lirst sixteen months of the Harrison ad ministration -O.ciri , anil under the lirst twelve months of the present adminis tration ± iol'J fourth-class otllcoH passed Into the control of democrats. Tlie aver- ngo nppolnrfniTfls per month are : Stevenson - onson , J.JOSi chirkson , 1,510 ; Mnswcll , 1.S3J. Tito comparison In both classes Is. ot cours , j ) favor of the democratic lioaOsinen. , In tlio corresponding time Prcshlont Cleveland lias during his prosn put term njmnlntod 001 more postmas ters than hu dhl during bis first term In tlio white InniHo , nnd forty-one more than President tlarrlson appointed , The present iKVd.smnn for the fourth-class olllces in ay KW point to a greater work than any ofTJilsjpredecessors. It will bu , ix'iuombered that when republican . postniuslor4 were being appointed ( o ptu'cocd the democrats In nlllco. during Mr. Cleveland's lirst otevallon to the presidency the democrats wore loud In their . doiiniu'lalloii of the changes. They claimed that the spoils pystem was \ being practiced to n greater extent than ever before n nil objected to it most strenuously. Now they are taking pride in their smross in going much further and they are holding up the record of spoils distribution to commend them selves to democratic support. It was only lo be expected that so long ! is the Iirtstoltleo remains outside of the civil service the democrats would not hesi tate ( i to laUo the fullest advantage of their opportunity. Hut It was hardly to tlb tlh oxpcctod that while profos-dng ad- heivni'o to tlie cause of civil service re form . they would glory In tlio. achieve ment. The city council will sit for two weeks as a board of equalization to correct er rors < In the valuations put upon property by the different assessors. Tile errors which It can correct , however , are only technical errors , it being beyond Its legal power , tt > raise or lower the total valua tion. IC < piali/.atIon remedies many lu- o < iUililios ! , but It does not" roach the root of * the evil , which Is the absurdly low assessments , placed upon the property uf the great corporations , particularly those that enjoy valuable privileges at the hands of the city. A complete reor ganisation of our assessment system can alone remove these glaring abuses. No more Important subject awaits the ac tion of the chartof revision , committee. A just apportionment of the burdens of taxation is lo bp obtained only by hav ing the assessment made on tin honest and equitable basis. Judge Ilolcomb is to spend the two weeks Just preceding election in Omaha and Douglas county. The business men of tliis city will have ample opportunity to lioeomo acquainted with their candi date for governor'and to judge for them selves whether Ji is a man who would do or permit1 tti be done the slightest thing Hint might . .redound to Ihu injury of the state's crrdit. 1 A thing that will give the calamity masqneraders little comfort Is the re port from ItrndHtroct's that Omaha's business is biMtor'-tban at this time last year. In the bank clearings the increase Is. 2.1 per cent. Hinall , lint still an In crease and tin Indication of what might be If the bank'parlor ' crusaders would let up oir'thelr'pressure ' : , A lllil for lrlilc cl'licc. IniIUnaiollH | NVws. If Hon. William J. Hryan and Hon. John J. Infills . who are tmKaned In pyrotechnic dtenluya | 1" udJolnliiK states , could et to gether in Joint debate therwould be eiiouRli Iridescence uncl scintillations to form it coroiui anil a rainbow. AVIiut If 1'luiy Mioulil Dlo ? NPIV Votk Tillmnp. One of the Massachusetts llussells Wil liam B. has lion droiic | [ < l ihroiiRli the wide- open slot of innocuous desuetude Into the deep , cool Hhatles of political retirement , while the other Kusaell John K. has licen thrust Into uncomfortable publicity ti.s a well-tullorecl apology for Hie discredited party of pcrlldy nnd dishonor. All things considered , younp William Ilussell seems to have got decidedly the lietter end of the deal. Jnillnn laniil Well 1'jilil For. Kun 'iH City Tlmea. Some Idea of how much It costs to keep a family of able-bodied Indians may be gained from a perusal of- the depredation claims paid and to lie paid by the United States government. In addition to the vnst sums applied for this purpose since the act of 17U3 nnd entitled by various nets of congress that time. It Is somewhat surprising to learn that ll.MH ) c-lntms have been tiled .since 1891. fiBtfivKatlm ; in value about $10,000,000. All thlnss considered , the lands taken from Hie Indiana in one way and another since Columbus landed , arid about which so many tears have been shed , have been pretty well paid lor. None So J'unr tu On irini Kovcrcnco. X ' " Voik Tilliune. President Cleveland Is politically the most lonely man on earth. In his own .state his party unanimously nominates his most bit ter enemy for governor. He Is heartily de tested throughout the east for his free trade notions , ntid tbii'itghout ' the west nnd Hoiith for Ills opposition lo free silver colnaKe. Everywhere the taint of I he sugar ami whisky monopolies clings to his administra tion , largely because he had not the nerve to veto the bill which the trusts bought through the senate. In favoring an Income tax he made a host of enemies at all com mercial centers , and his demand for free ori and conl liaft klndlt > d the hatred of miners. The wool Krowors everywhere re member that Ills wool mcssaRe started the crusade against their industry. So It comes lo pass that he can probably help his party most by refusing- help it at all. Philadelphia Ueconl : Jngwell How much does a dollar welsh ? llanlup You can't raise- one of them with a derrick. Truth : The Wouimi I'll be readv In Just one second , dean-1'-The Husband Then I'll have time to run down town uml get shaved before we start.Jovp/ Plain Healer : 'H'lili ? , " paid the bichelor , a * he | ) : ikl for sewitiK ilti a button , "Is what Is meant by a single < titx. " . ' . . -O Harper's Ilazar ; "it must l > e strange for the Spaniards t'j ' feel that they are ruled over by a mere ' ( tirant. " "Why ? " "It's FO uncommon. " "liuiriph ! It's plain you never had nn infunt. " ' > : ' [ t K. W Indlanniiollfl Jatirnul : "fH Tlmmlns to > vote for you/ u "Well. IIP said JIR yaH. nnd the next min ute he asked me " 'hut business 1 pxpecUil to jni Into after1 tile election , " replied the candidate. | > - -j Chicago IleconU 'Wrst ' Political MnnaRer You H'Comm < Tidr.'l 1hls mnn lo act an tlu > party's rvprewntaityii nt the polls ? Han he the proper ( iiiallfUinilons ? Booontl PolltleM1 Ma tinKcr Well. I sueas yes. Why , tluit 'man's ' n trained prlza tlRhter. ' ' Philadelphia Itorortl : "Mnra sIsnalliiR- to the earth , " said tlu hey on Arch utrect HH hla mother pHpp * * ! on n banana peel. Chicago Tribune : "Thin , I suppose , " said Kentlmenliil initlden. leanim , " pensively hark In the little boat , "la one of the last raws of summer. " Hut th uiirewpoimlve VDUIIK man went uway from the wate-rliiR place next day und left her bloomlnK alone. New York Weekly : Practical Father If lie nay he loves you I suppose lie duoH , hut can he tuipport you ? DauKhler Why , papa ! You must Knnw that It wasn't hU Ttult that tlm cttatr hrohe. iisi'AknKHiTi/rs. Imllnn.iIHplls Journal. Younir Mother Hnhhard Went to the cupboard To Ret the poor tnimp n pie ; Quite toothsome he found II , And rapidly downed It , Then erawUKl In a boxcar to die. r. i.v/w T/M.V wits , For rears Afghanistan has been considered by Great Hrltaln , and ( or Hint matter by the wliolo world , as the key to India. Htissln lias steadily advanced In Central Asia , until now she lins an nhnost unbroken line i\ possessions until v-lthln a few miles of the Kates of Herat ; and it has only b cn by Great Britain's threats , by her constant watchfulness ngalnst Intrigues nnd the ex istence of ft strong force that uctual wnr has been averted. It is one of the strangest fncts In the history of territorial nsRrandlzemcnt that nutocratlo Husal.i. more than any other European power , has succeeded wherever she lias fione In winning conquered peoples to her side. Slio seems to have the faculty of read ily luslmllatltiK them , and today the nomadic and warlike tribes of Central Asia are ns obedient to her ns If they had always formed part of her empire. She has always had her emissaries at work In Afghanistan secretly and effectively , and the death of the nmcer would give opportunity for Incllli.r . Jlvll war. Such an act would be looked upon by Great llrltnlti as n crusade against India which would be resented by nil the force nt tlie command of the Imperial government. Add to thla the possibility of n revival of the old hatred of tlia KngHsh throughout India and It can be seen what great events hang upon the death of nn Asiatic ruler. All sorts of experiments are being tried In Austria with a view to finding some effective antidote to socialism. The latent of these Is a plan for the establishment of a Catholic worklnginan'a society , which Is to Include agricultural laborers. The mnmbcrs In each parish arc to appoint olllcors , to act In con cert with the local clergy , and a newspaper Is to be Issued lo advocate the views of the as sociation. The professed objects of the new body are to forward the enlightenment and education In a Christian spirit of all the working classes , as well as to a.lvnnco their material welfare ; further , to spread among them n knowledge of their constitutional rights nnd liberties and how to use them legally , to encourage Catholic feeling , to de fend Christian morals , to strengthen the at tachment of the people tu I lie monarch and the throne , and to assist all works of true patriotism. The laboring classes arc called upon to unite for the purpose of agitating In favor of general suffrage for all male citi zens over 21 anil In certain cases 30 years of age , on the basis of class representation , for a Just wage "calculated on Christian principles. " which shall ciuhlc Hie average worker , "without too great an expenditure of time and strength , " to earn a livelihood for himself and eventually for a family , and also permit of his laying by something for a rainy day , the regulation of the hours of labor and the leg.il prohibition of work on Sundays and holidays , together with an extension - tension and reform of the laws for the pro tection of worltltigmen In the direction of Insurance against Illness , accident , old age and death. " * The situation of tlie Armenian people has for many centuries exposed them to the per- Bccutlon of their fanatical Mahometan neigh bors of Turkey anil Persia , and the history of : tliB sect , the easternmost ot the Christian family ot nations , is one of continued strug gle , and , until c. comparatively recent pe riod , of continued , unsparing persecution and oppression. ; The tale of pillage and torture and massacre which the sect has endured runs through Its entire history , and Its sur vival amid such conditions of unchanging nnd implacable hostility , n handful In the midst { { of a myriml of foes , justifies its con fidence In the supporting power of the faith which has been its staff and lod. But the Armenians have not always taken oppression meekly nor made the precepts of humility and sufferance their solo guides ot conduct. News now comes from Erzcroum , a city of that territory on the Turco-Uusslan frontier , 0ll a Christian uprising. In which several hundred Turkish and Koordlsh soldiers were slain. Whether I he Incident was Inspired by religious or political zeal , or by a prejudice of ! nationality , is not yet reported , but ex planations nre Hkely lo bo forthcoming In a few ( days , and perhaps in the Interval another - other massacre will have taken place as a correction of the former , after the manner customary In those regions. Of such occur rences there It Is to' bo remarked that while they arc quite likely to bo religious In their origin , they are enacted In a strictly secular manner , an equal degree of piety , zeal and ferocity animating both sides. This time It Is not the Armenians who have suffered , and their co-rcllglonists have no occasion to sym pathize with them , but , on the other hand , may be compelled to regard them as the ag gressors , bettering the example of violence and fanaticism which has so long been set to them. The political history of Madagascar is brief , dating from the early years of the present century , and is not particularly thrilling , though the founder of its present policy and dynasty , Radama I , appears to have been a chieftain lit to rank among the builders of states and to have worn line lineaments , of deliberation and authority. He drew the scattered and discordant tribes of the Island Into a tolerably harmonious copfiileracy , with himself as suzerain , and gave to the state thus created , the form and presence it has since worn. It has not been Inhospitable nor churlish In Its intercourse with other , na tions , though it naturally resenla the attempt , of I'Yanco to supersede Its authority and $ denly become a strategic point of the high est Importance , and In the possession of a naval power of the first class would threaten the entire commerce of the eastern seas and the Integrity of all existing European au thority In the eastern lands. The questions Involved will very likely be settled In coun cil , though they are Important enough to fight for , It it worn necessary. * * The missionary In China Is always In bad case In time of war or civil commotion , and bis position now Is less favorable than that of Ills predecessors tlireo and a half centuries ago. They followed the return of Jenghts Khan's western wars of invasion , and during the continuance of his dynasty were pretty well treated and their work on the whole en couraged , Carplnl and William of Hubruk. Franciscan friars , visited the country as early as 1250 , and both have left records of it which are yet extant , describing the habits arnl social customs of the people. Fifty years later came Friar John of Monte Corrlno , also IiB Iia . Franciscan , and after much obscure prop agandist labor among these interesting pa gans obtained a following and was appointed by Pope Benedict XII archbishop of Cainba- luo , known to later gazetteers as Peking. Afterward , as the fulth spread , numbers of suffragan bishops and priests of hl& own order wcro sent out , and missions were es tablished all over the country. They were favored and protected by the great Ktmns , who succeeded Jenghls , Kublal among them , lord of tlio pleasure dome of Xanadu , as well as many others ; but with the downfall o the line of Jenghls the old national hostil ity to foreigners revived , the work of the missionaries was entirely blotted out , and only resumed after the accession of the Manchu emperor two centuries later. This tlmo is was the Jenults and the Dominicans who came , and they have maintained a foot ing in Iho country with varying fortune- and favor ever since , their power and Influence being greatest in the early period of their oc cupancy there. The policy of the govern ment Is to extend protection to all mission aries , whom tt cordially despis.cs neverthe less , but they are not always safe from local outbreaks of fanaticism. It was tlio advice of U Hung Chang that they should be as inconspicuous as possible during th present troublen , and thereIs no doubt that it was sagacious counsel. * * * The British admiralty Is of ohstlnato con servatism and distrustful of outside devices In nrms and armor until It Is forc/"l In Its own defence to adopt them , when It sets about the business with remarkable vigor. It opposed the theory of the ptiBumatlc gun with Its usual stubbornness , but has finally adopted 11 and will boon have batteries of thivjo lormMablo Instruments distributed among England's coast defenses. It Is prob ably spurred to tills work by the success of the recent experiments at Sandy Hook , In which projectiles were thrown with accurate aim to a distance of several miles , a slnglo ono of which would shatter Into fragments In an Instant the proudest Ilrlllah wanhtp afloat. It la quite tlmo. for the admiralty to taUo heed of a service so Important , anil to atone lor Its delay nnd negligence by hurry ing up Itn pneumatic batteries. U la now busy In tba work. \ ll Combined CorporationsIr * i > ecttvo of Party Seeking His Election. , HAVE DESTROYED PARTY ORGANIZATIONS An Omulm IMItor Touches Up tin' .tMiicln- llon formed < < ro I'rtilvct tlio Mint- nr < * Intvn-MH or Oiniitm" nnd \Vi llVoli'l.t to Urn me. Tlie Onuli.i rulll\ntpr. When Hon. William McKlnIo ? of Ohio gave ,1 political address In UuialM recently he truulo the rather striking : i < ucrtlon : "Business Is politics , and politics la busi ness. " Whether this remark gave nn In spiration to certain business men of this city or whether ( ho said acute business men Inspired the rrmnrk wo know not. What xvo do know Is that certain business men ofPC tills city , for the time being , nre making politics business. There has been organized her o an as sociation to protect the "business Interests of Omaha , " The organization was effected by a combination of national bunkers , rail road managers. llu > stock yards company , the Lumber Dealers' association and the Standard Oil company. The association pro poses to protect the business Interests of Omaha at the polls on election day , and the metlioil of protection Is not to fcou that we have a "free lullot and n fair count. " but to use all means \\lthin their power to secure the election of particular candi dates to the oHlces of the state government. To believe In and to work fur the elec tion of particular candidates for olllce Is a privilege which belongs to every American citizen. But when the president of the stock yards company , n lifelong democrat ; when the president of the Nebraska National bank , a dyed-tn-the-wool democrat ( the II. & M. railroad docs Its banking through the Nebraska .National ) ; when the cashier of the Merchants National bank ( the i'remont , Klkhorn & Missouri Valley rallroid does its banking through the Merchants National ) ; when William A. Paxton , a democrat lit to be made n "colonel" of ex-Q6veinor Hoyd's . atatf ( Mr , Pa.xton Is a large sliareowncr In the ' slock yards ) ; when those men and others of like association combine to "pro tect the business Interests of Omaha" by electing ' to the governorship of this state a republican of the most ultra views , we cannot escape the belief th.it the business Interests of the people of Nebraska demand tlie election of some- other man. The publisher of the Cultivator believes that there Is only one Issue In Nebraska politics. That Issue U to protect the people from the extortion of money lenders , the railroads and the slock yards. Those in terests which libel the city of Omaha by arrogating to themselves tlie title , "the busi ness Interests of Omaha. " have obliterated partisan prejudice and have destroyed party organization to compass one object , viz : The- perpetuatlon of the privilege to extort money from the people by excessive charges where- they enjoy a monopoly of the avenues of commerce , The publisher of the Cultivator Is not in politics. Ho does not profess to mold pub lic opinion on matters of party creed or iparty discipline. He does not hold the personal character of this or that candidate for otllco up to- public view , nor plead the cause of any clique or clasa. llut he feels It a sacred duty to advise and warn the peopla of Nebraska that the forces of ex tortion and monopoly In this state , Irre spective of party associations , have com bined to secure the election of Thomas J. Majors , the republican nominee for governor. No Calamity In Colorado. Denver News. Perhaps no more baseless assertion has been made In this campaign than that the populist administration has blighted the busi ness of the state. In common with all other states , Colorado Is suffering from the depression of the silver In dustry , It having had an es pecially disastrous effect upon all of the mining states and territories. Colorado Is rapidly recovering from the effects of the panic which resulted from tlio closing of the Indian mints. The bank exchanges , _ which are everywhere accepted as an Index ot business , show large and steady gains. Our people have transferred their attention from the production of silver to the produc tion of gold , and tlie value of the output of the yellow metal will not fall short of $12.000,000. The crops were never more abundant ; the cattle Industry Is in excellent condition , nn'l no slntc Is blc tf > show mt > r promising commcrciM conditions That tradela Increasing la dcnmnsir&tcd not aljno by tlie bank exchanger , but the ex tension of 'Dullness of Hudi > ; rrul liousos as Danlelt & Kleher , the Miy nul : other large firms , and by the tranir < , n the ltu > Or.uiile and Rulf lines. The flgui'M every where show that tlio Mats nn-1 uty , and adjoining cities like Colurndo Springs nut I'tttblo , are rapidly rcnuinlng1 their normal condition. Within the past fuw weeks mrh rnbld republican organs as the Pueblo Chief tain and tlif Colorado Springs Uazette have noted the brightening prospects , the Litter making -pedal note of the price * of real estate as Improving. The News has already directed attention to the beneficial result * ot the laws passed by the special session of the Ninth general assembly In regard to attachments and tax penalties and trust deeds. There arc hun dreds of merchant * now doing business , and who will come out of their financial dif ficulties all right , who would have been closed up and ruined If those laws had not been parsed. The advertisements of money loanom show that money can bo had In this city the- sumo as usti.il If the would-be bor rower has tlio collateral. There Is not n.-single fact to sustain tlio calamity howl set up by the- republican press und speakers. The state 1s slowly but surely regaining Its prosperity , and will continue to Improve In Its Industrial anil social conditions , no matter wlilch parly Is victorious. I'J'.OI't.K . ! . > / > TlllffflS , Corporal James T.umer of Washington , 1) . C. , has been elected national commander of thu Union Veteran Legion of the United States. Ux-Oovcrnor Curtln's will fllh less than one sldo of a sheet of legal cap. Ha be- cuuathed everything to his vlfe. The es tate U valued at nearly $1.000,000. Justice J , M. Marian , who Is "mentioned" for the republican presidential nomination In IKStl , Is a phynlrul giant , being the largest and next to firay tlie tallcat man on the supreme bench. Ho Is f l years old , bald nnd In line health. _ He Is bluff , hearty and'very popular and greatly In demand at dinner parting. The Pennsylvania state commissioner ap pointed to secure possession of the Volley Forgo property for a stale pnrlc ts making favorable progress. The site of Washington's famous winter camp comprises 200 acres1 , which the Jury appraised at J28.B32. The state appropriated $25.000 for Iho purchase , and the difference must bo made up by public contributions In order to secure Im mediate possession , The largest plow In the world , perhaps , Is owned by Ulchard Gird of San Ucrnardlno county , C. l. This Immense sod turner stands eighteen feet high and weighs 30,000 pounds. It runs by ste-im. Is provided with twelve twelve-Inch plowshares , and Is ca pable of plowing fifty acres ot land per day. It consumes from one to one nnd a half tons of coal per day. and usually travels nt the rate of four miles an hour. WcNliim Mini nr Hint. .SI. IUK | llri'iiMlc. Hut whatever the New York democrats do or leave undone , western and southern dem ocrats will not have a tremor every time New Vork gets frightened. If our New York friends win we shall be glad. If they lose It Is tliclr loan. For In 1HH > we are lo have a western man or bust. .t HOOKItft JIKICO. U'/nliliiRlon Htnr. Timid an' shy young feller. Timid nn1 shy an' Queer ; An' the boys sorter laughed when any ona spolci- Of Jim ez nn , engineer. Never snld notbln' ter no one ; AIlus refused a drink. Jes' saved 'Is cash Wnd o' spiritless like An' wanted ter sit an' think. Never could Kit excited ; Fur even the night we heard Tbet the forest tire wus a-ragln * ugln He didn't remark a wont. An' ole Ike Slathers , he says ter mo , "Thel Jim hez a heart like clay. It's cold let him hear ; I'm dunicd ef I keer. " But Jim simply sauntered awny. An' the leaping flames seemed ter tell us They wus hungry fur human llve.s : An' we knowcd thet victims wus In thob track llothers , children an' wives. No nnp could possibly save 'cm LeastwayH , llu-t's what we said- Fur the sparks blew high through a rcd- denin sky , Ter warn us of death ahead. The railroad ! Hut who was tor try It ? The chanre wus too all-fired idini ; Fur all o * the- hands who weie loatln' there. Fur all of. 'em 'coptln' Jim. Thar ain't much ter tell. He Jes' done It. He rode through the sparks an' ( lame. An' the women tbet owes him their lives declare Thet lie couldn't liev cone more game , Wliut't * that you Inciulred ? Where's he burled ? Say. stranger , you ketch on slow. Jlm'H ncllu' these days at live hundred a. wi'ek , An' I'm ' a-boomln' the show. 1'UUll MOXKV'S irUHTIl Oil YOUIt .VO.Vttl" Il.tVIC. How We See. Some say that with Bryan he wiped up the floor , and he hoaperl on. FOR CONGRESS. his body the facts by the score. While others The vote In this ( the Second are certain that Thurs- district ) ut tlio lust election was us below : on was thrashed , and o'er the arena was mangled MEUCCK , ( Kep. , ) 11,483 DOANU , ( Dem. , ) 10tS3 , : gled and mashed. It lt , ( Pop. , ) 3ir/2 , ull depends on how you look at it. Everyone will judge according- his previous opinions. Good judges are those ihat investigate for themselves- Thai's all we ask oi the American votor. Its a good rule to believe nothing you hear and only about half what you see. We'll have a sale of suits Saturday that will be as interesting as any you'll find in the town on that day. We meet any of 'em on prices' quality and style considered. Suits from $7.50 up. Browning , King & Co HcUublu Clothiers , S.V. . Cur. lath utiJ DnujKi