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THE OMAHA DAILY Jllfijjj SUNDAY , NOVimilltUt 531 , 1805. Tun OMAIIA SUNDAY B. nouBWATKtt. njuor. ! _ L "livtTnY xioiiNim _ I TKIUIB OK BUHSrlUPTtON. Dully lle ( Without 8und r ) . On Yfur . II * > Dally > ! < nnd Hunday , On T ir. . . . . . IJ J * > RU Momln . JM Thrre Mnntli * . J Jj NumUr ! On Y r . J J ftiturtlnllec , On Y ir . ' J * W rt.ljr lift , One Yrnr. . . . . . > . B * OKPICK8. Onnlia , The lie" llulldlng. . . . . . . . Biutli OT.nlm. Flngtr Ilk ! , Corner N nnd Hth St * Council IHiiCr * . 13 IVorl Street. Chleoiro Omcc. SI7 Chnmbtr if Commerce. N w York , noninn 13. 1 and li. Trllrjne Itulldlns. \V 8tnr > kl-n , im I" Street , N. W. conni-flpoN nxcii All communication * MMIng l > nw anil Ml torlnl matter nhoulit lie addrtfn > * ill To Hi n-lllor. uusixnss MST-roiia. All bimlntM ltli nml i mllinnce ! ' " ' L ? ddrwirt tn The Itee PuMUliln * Company , Omaha. Dtnfln. chk Atrl panlotllM Mil" * Iw bo made jn > nbl lo Urn order f J'1 ' 'J1. " ' . " ! ? ! 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Why should Hie Milwaukee nnd Hock Island rallrnnds stand out upiliiHt the new metropolitan union ilupot project ? Why ? _ It lioKhiH to look ns If no one can nflplru to bo clerk of the national hbuso of rcpiT.suntatlvi's unless he IH an ex- member of An nstranomur announces * a new comet In the llnnniiient. Hut It doesn't take an astronomer to distinguish the new titars In the political firmament. Senator Chandler says the presidents' trunk line agreement Is only another name for pool. Wo believe the presi dents themselves will admit that. Only nineteen men have already been mentioned for the republican nomina tion for governor Of Indiana and not half the counties have been heard from. Fewer railroad employes were killed or Injured In the United States during the year just past 'than during the pre ceding year. Hut there were also fewer men employed on the railroads. Kate Field Is out In Utah helping the people of that prospective state select the men who are to represent them in congress. This Is for Kate the next best thing to being one of the honored men. Make the delegates to the Tranmnis- sIsBlppl congress who spend this week In Omaha leave- with the dot ) I re to come a aln and often. That Is the real test of the success of entertaining out-of- ' town visitors. We notice that representative hall In the state house is being used for private "social hop's. " IJut hops must be tame in comparison with the somersaults that members of the legislature have performed in the same hall. A whole week without the discovery of a new gold Held In Nebraska. The farmers must be too busy with other and more profitable ventures to waste their time hunting for scattered grains of. sand among the cornstalks. One thing that bothered the last con gress will not bother this congress. It Is the Income tax. The income tax was settled for practically all time to come by the supreme court and time devoted to it In congress would be simply time wasted. Senator Sherman says lie has been writing history and nothing else. That Is probably what Is creating so much uneasiness In some political quarters. It Is the precise happenings of history that they would much prefer to have remain forever untold. Ex-Congressman Joe Slliley , ho who was nominated for the presidency by the Free Silver league last summer , Is lying conspicuously low these days. lie has probably come to the conclusion that a nomination on a free silver platform will not he worth so much as he thought It would. Charley .Mosher appears by his signa ture In the remonstrance proceedings against suit of the state to recover the state money lost In the Capital National bank collapse from ex-Treasurer Hill. Moshcr would gladly have appeared In person , but he is unavoidably detained tn the vicinity of Sioux Falls , S. D. An intimate friend of the duke of Marlborough takes the American public Into his confidence by asserting that the duke declined to touch a penny of his wife's money or to accept a settlement for his own use. This may be true. If ajt Is true , however , the duke does not ' " "possess the business acumen with which 'ho Is generally credited. As The lleo predicted would happen , a crop of Imitators of the alleged Denver dlvlnu healer lnts sprung up , cadi new wonder claiming to perform minifies that would put those of the original to shame. The newcomers want to share the glory of the Denver healer and most of them woidtl not object to gaining a little material wealth in addition. The attorney general's force has sud denly become very anxious to recover for thu state that part of the Nebraska World's fair appropriation which is said to have been unaccounted for by the commission. The money which ex-Oil Inspector Hilton Is accused of embe/- zllng from the state , however , docs not seem t < Mvorry ( ho attorney general very much. While about the matter of recovering - covering money due the state , why not- Btlr things up nil uloug the \\no'i \ \ .1 T The coiiKlriiclloii of HIP traiipfonllncn- tat nillromU gave the llrst powerful Impetus ID the development of the trans- mlsslsslppl country. Twenty-live years ago the population of the states and ter ritories west of the Mississippi was fl-ii5li" ; ( and the states and territories ] west of the Missouri were credited by the national census with a population of. 1-l -S il. In IS ! * ) the transml < < sl slppl slates contained a population of lii.lTO.-j . ' ( ! , ' , while the population of the stales j and territories wrst of the Missouri aggregated - [ gregated fi.l7.Kt. ! ) ! In INHi there were j j only tweiity-one miles of railroad In the j j coiunry w.st of the Mississippi. Today the nil I run d mileage lu the same region weeds < r > ,000 miles , of which . ' ! 7 , < X)0 ) miles arc boasted by the country west of the Missouri. The marvelous re.ioiirces of this vast empire were only In a measure dis played at the World's Columbian expo sition. In fact the exhibits of the west ern stales and territories were to a , great extent overshadowed by the In ternational exhibits made at Chicago. Of the hundreds of thousands of people who viewed the World's fair compara tively few carried away with them a distinct Impression of the productive In dustries of the traiiHinlsslsslppI states. Kvun people who live In this section and who have contributed to Its growth do not grasp their extent and magni tude. Tlu > Inspiration for the Cotton States' exposition now being held In Atlanta doubtless , lay In the conviction that an Interstate exposition would go further toward promoting the development of the south than any other single agency. That the judgment of.the projectors of the Cotton Slates' exposition was emi nently sound Is attested by the success that has attended this great undertak ing as regards both the number and variety of the exhibits and the financial management of the venture. Not only have the people of the cotton states displayed commendable zeal In contributing toward Its success with their displays , but several of the Atlantic states , notably New York and Pennsylvania , are creditably represented. The Atlanta exposition has drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors from every section of the coun try and will be the agency by which a vast amount of new capital will' be transplanted Into the south. What has been accomplished for the south by the Atlanta exposition can he accomplished for the west by a trans- mlsslsslppl exposition. With a popula tion of 15,000,000 to draw on and a country prolific in material wealth , a transmlssisslppl exposition would be an assured success from its very Inception. Such an exposition would give the Im petus to the westward trend of popula tion and capital for which the people of this section have been striving. It would make known to all the world the capa bilities of the great west and revive activity In every branch of industry and production. The Transmlssisslppl congress , which convenes In this city during the present week , is the proper body to take the initiative in formulating the plan for a transmlssisslppl exposition. Its recom- hi this matter would have- great weight with both the state and national legislatures. Without disparag ing any other city ambitions to secure the location of such an Interstate expo sition , The Uee believes that the claims of Omaha are far superior to those of all other transmlssisslppl points. Its loca tion In the heart of the continent , mid way between New York and San Fran cisco , makes It alike accessible to people ple east and west. Its railroad facilities In every direction are as perfect as those of any city in the Mississippi val ley north of St. I onls. It Is the center of the great agricultural belt and within a day's reach by rail of the mining re gion of Colorado , Wyoming and South Dakota , and within two days' reach of the great mining states west of the Rockies. Omaha Is as near to the Puget sound country as Is St. Paul , and nearer by 500 miles to San Francisco and southern California. It Is hardly necessary to add that whatever' is required of Omaha or pledged for Omaha to make the trans- mlsslssippl exposition a success , the business men of this city will carry out to the letter. A n'Aii ox MONOPOLY. Much interest Is being manifested In thu proceeding that has been Instituted by the attorney general of New York to restrain the American Tobacco company from doing business In that state , he.- cause It Is clearly perceived that If the action shall bo sustained by the courts and the company be driven out of the state it will doom every trust and com bination having Its headquarters in New York to a like fate. As the .lour- nal of Commerce says , the methods of tlu > tobacco company are similar to those of the other great monopolistic combinations organized In another state and doing business In New York under a certificate granted by the secretary of state In virtue of the comity usually recognized In the case of foreign com binations , and If the tobacco company's way of doing business Is In contraven tion of the laws of the state , so Is that of the Sugar trust and other more or less despotic monopolies similarly or- ganlxed ami conducted. This gives the action Instituted by the attorney general of New York national Importance , for If thu certificate pro cured by one trust from the secretary of stale be vacated , annulled and set aside as contravening the laws of the state , the same action must follow In the case of the others doing business In the same Illegal manner , under like authorization. "That would mean , " says the Journal of Commerce , -which 1ms made a most vig orous and persistent fight against the trusts , "not only an end to trust meth ods In the state of New York , but would seal their doom throughout the United States , for apart from the certainty that the action of this state would be fol lowed In all the commercial common wealths of thu union , exclusion from Now York would bu fatal to the exist ence of any of the great manufacturing and trading monopolies. " In view of this the business Interests of the whole country will watch with greut Interest I U conifHi of Ui < action which the at torney general of New York In about lo Institute. The supreme court of the t ultcd Slates han pointed out that the suppression of this form of monopoly largely depends upon the states , The proceeding against the tobacco company j In New York may demonstrate the wis dom of this judgment , . J ] ffl.1l/M7M77rW AKIIVJ I It Is passing strange that people who j live In glass houses persist lu throwing I stones. The other day The Hee gave pultllclty to n rumor cnhletl from Solln liy way of Merlin to the Associated press lo the effect that Abdul Hnmhl , sultan of Turkey , had heen poisoned. This dispatch was published with due caution lu headlines which could not possihly have misled any Intelligent reader , namely. "Sultau Said to lie Dead I'olson Supposed to He thu Means of Ills Taking Off. " The ru mored poisoning of the sultan was within the realm of probability. The dispatch was received as a rumor and puhllshed as sui-h. lint our enterpris ing rontemporary. the World-Herald , Which htiH achieved notoriety as a fakir of bogus dispatches , has the temerity to make an editorial display card out of this Associated press cablegram , as If The Hee had been guilty of a terrible offense and Its telegraph service proved to be unrellnble Mini worthless. Comparisons are odious , but they must ha made sometimes. It may not bo generally known , because The Hoe Is not In thu habit of bragging nbout Its enterprise , but prefers to let Its works speak for themselves , that the telegraphic news service of The lice Is more extensive nnd more expensive than that of any paper this side of Chicago cage and north of SI. Louis. The great est contrast between The Hee and its pretended rivals IH hi the telegraphic columns devoted to cable dispatches nnd domestic news from all sections of the country. This is particularly notice able In a comparison of commercial news. The lice has the exclusive use of the full Associated press service , day and night , In the state of Nebraska. The World-Herald has had no Asso ciated press dispatches for more than two years. It prints only an abridged I'mted press report , reinforced by clip pings and home made spurious tele grams. These bogus dispatches have become so common and clumsy that few people believe anything they see In that sheet unless verified in The Bee. Not long since the World-Herald published an aunouucemejit of the death of Queen Victoria and an extra containing this fake was hawked about the streets of Omaha as genuine goods. The Associated press day telegraphic service which The Ilee recleves and pays for averages from 8.000 to 10,000 words daily , and the night service from 13,000 to 23,000. The World-Herald's tiny telegraphic service is from 1,500 to 2,500 words , and Us night service rarely exceeds 7,500 words. The press service and special telegrams of The Bee cost an average of $1SOO a month ; those of the World-Herald do not , ex ceed $800 a month. The proof of the pudding Is in the eating. Those who have access to both papers this morning are urged to com pare the contents and note the differ ence , especially in the quality and quan tity of press and special telegrams. The contrast will impress them forcibly with the fact that under the circumstances It is not only unbecoming , but very Impudent for the W.-H , to make faces at The Bee and the Associated press. X OK During the coming week Colonel Henry Watterson , the able and brilliant editor of the1 Louisville Courier-Journal , will deliver In this city his famous ad dress on Abraham Lincoln. We be speak for Colonel Watterson a cordial welcome and we feel confident that he will receive It. Distinguished as a journalist and an orator , ho has a stronger claim to popular attention , es pecially on the part of the northern people , for the great service he has done In inculcating the sentiment of loyalty to the union and love of the llag among the people of the south. Colonel Watterson fought for the con federate cause and made an enviable record for bravery In support of what he believed to bo right , but when that cause was lost ho accepted the result and at once addressed himself to ( ho task of harmonizing thu sections and creating fraternal relations between the people of the north and south. No southern man has accomplished more in this direction than Henry Watterson and none Is entitled to greater credit for the creation of that spirit which has elevated the new south. It was Colonel Walterson's eloquence that induced the Grand Army of the Republic to hold its first encampment on southern soil and It was his efforts which largely contrib uted to make it perhaps the most mem. orahle encampment ever held. Colonel Watterson Is a brilliant orator , lu pome respects without a peer among contemporary orators. In his address on Lincoln , for whoso character he has the highest admiration , Colonel Watter- tion Is at his best and the effort has everywhere received unqualified com mendation. The citizens of Omaha should avail themselves of the oppor tunity that will bo offered to hear It. Uf A'llDHASKA. The Importance of the decision handed down last week by the supreme court of Nebraska , affirming the valid ity of the Irrigation act passed by the last legislature , is probably not fully ap preciated by the people of this state. The court declared the act to be con stitutional , and Inasmuch as the Ne braska law Is essentially the same as that of California , whose law was ju dicially declared to bu unconstitutional , the decision of our highest court Is of great Interest. Of course the question may bo taken to the federal courts , but the probabilities are In favor of thu de cision being sustained , In the event of an appeal being taken to thu United States courts. There Is no question , perhaps , affect ing the Interests of Nebraska more Im portant that that of Irrigation and It should receive from all our people the most earnest consideration. There Is a vast area In our state , which If It bhall bi > reclrtlmpil yr Irrigation will he capa ble of supilorfmg a population an large as that wo IIU\K have and of contribut ing nunuiiUy almost as much to ( ho , wealth nniHpnippcrlly of our people as Is dot Ivi'tl Trout our present resources. I A great deal of the soil In the portion of Nebraska requiring Irrigation to make It productive Is of the finest quality , needing onl.tvidoilualo moisture to make It yield In grdftt abundance. Those who ' have given tls ! mutter careful and thor ough InvesHftatlon attest that nowhere , In this country are the Irrigable lands j superior tn those of Nebraska , and con- sequeutly they offer the most favorable Inducements to thu Investment of cap tal In Irrigation. The upbuilding of Nebraska depend In no small degree upon the roclamatlo and development of the large extent o Its territory requiring Irrigation In 01 dor to Insure annual crops. The do clslon of the supreme court of the stat makes Investment In Irrigation entei prises practically secure. It Is n rca sonablo expectation , therefore , tha there will bo rapid progress.made lu extending tending thu work of Irrigation in thl state. .i.v .WHiiB.ssm ; ro.iMiwwMi , TOMCI American statesmanship should ad dress Itself to the work of promoting thu foreign commerce of the nation am not expend thought and time In ds } cussing schemes of territorial acqulsl lion. In his speech at the banquet o the Now York Chamber of Commorc hist week Senator Burrows of Mlchlgai expressed the hope that the time Is no far distant when the llag of our com merce shall bo unfurled In every per of trade In Central and South America when the feeble barrier between the twc oceans shall give way to American en terprlse and American capital and i new highway of commerce shall open 01 the sea ; when even an Intorcontinenta railway shall penetrate to the verj centers of South American trade , bind lug the republics of the western heml sphere In Indissoluble bonds of commer clal interest and unity. "When tha time comes , " said Senator Burrows "the republic will enter upon a new am unexampled era of Industrial prosperity and commercial prowess. " Hero is suggested a policy , entlrelj practicable and Involving no devlatloi from the principles which have guided the republic from Its foundation , thai ough't to appeal , to the best wisdom nut the highest .patriotism . of Americans It contemplates a peaceful contest foi a larger share o ? that great and grow ing commorrfe ollfthe Southern continent which we hjive Joe long neglected , per mitting it to hermetically monopolized by our European commercial rivals. II proposes a 'policy of material -nchlevc- meut In which thercNWonld be no dan ger of troublesome foreign complica tions and entanglements and which would add Jo the Influence and prestige of the United StTites In that quarter of the world where It may properly and safely seekf'"fdilnerease its influence and whore , there' Is every reason to hc- IJovc , the gfforjs of the/American .peo ple -flilstUixfctloir'woittd bo most/cor- dially and heartily , welcomed. The re public does not need more territory , with all the possible danger and dllll- cnltles its acquisition would involve , but a greater "and more rapid develop ment of the resources It already pos sesses , and this will be accomplished by the enlargement of Its markets , par ticularly In this hemisphere. It was the beneficent purpose of the policy of commercial reciprocity to accomplish this and that plan of trade conquest must and will bo resumed as soon as the party which originated and Insti tuted It Is again in control of the gov ernment. lu order that the flag of our commerce- shall be unfurled In every portrof trade hi Central and South America there must bo legislation that will permit the revival of the merchant marine. This it not less Important than reci procity and is essential to the full success of that policy. It has been abundantly demonstrated that we can not hope to secure such share of the trade of the countries to the south of us as wo ought to have so long as wo are dependent for the transportation of our products jipon foreign ship owners. rlhat * dependence not only places us at a disadvantage in our dealings with other countries , but it takes a vast sum of money annually out of the country which if kept and expended at homo would add materially to the general prosperity. An aggressive commercial policy , lookIng - Ing to the extension of our trade in every quarter of the world where there Is promise of a profitable return , Is what should engage the attention of American statesmen , because that will bring development , prosperity and power , without any danger to our peace or to the maintenance of friendly rela tions with all thoVorld. The suit of State Treasurer Bartley against the rocolvi > r of the defunct Cap ital National 'Wiiik'-for ' the amount of the state doposlLJiJ taken up as the basis for a supplemontiil answer In the case to recover the ityst money from the bondsmen ofcTVeasuror Hill. When Mr. Bartley ilgan > this suit after a delay of ovotvitwo years in Instituting It , It was supposed that there was some ulterior motUl" Mb bringing It at that particular | ( , ' " ' now answer In the Hill casiid < cxi > lalns several things that were previously obscure. Wo ought (9ifft ( \ \ a new Justice of the supreme eourtjiist as soon as the new senate meet.Hia jr rganlzes. President Cleveland has delayed appointing a suc cessor to the late Justice Jackson ap parently for the reason that ho wanted his appolntoo to bo confirmed by the Semite before entering upon the duties of the olllce. The business before the supreme court is of such Importance as to require a full bench and the president will have no excuse for delaying filling the vacancy after congress shall have convened. Candidates for tjie minor elective posi tions In the house , such as clerk , door- Tieepor , postmaster and sergeant-al arms , arc setting out to prosecute their campaigns on thu same plan as men who seek high elective otlices. They ntv I'HlabllMhlng headquarters nml cor- ' railing members ns they make their ap- , pearancc In Washington ami offcrlnc : Inducements of all kinds for vop. | . The plnreH held by these house otllclals are to bo fought for as energetically as plac > v on the floor Itself. Why do rational ami clever people persist In going Into the counterfeiting busliiessV According to the report of the chief of the Treasury department secret service , SOU arrests were made hist ( year , nearly all of them for violating the j statutes against counterfeiting , and of 1 those who underwent trial only eighty- four were acquitted , while 181 were con- vlcted and 1111 pleaded guilty. The counterfeiter Is almost foredoomed to conviction and that before he has pur sued his business very long. In the face of these facts the ranks of the counter feiters are regularly recruited , so that their numbers remain practically steady. A local preacher complains that the . ' { . " ,000 lawyers In the rutted States re ceive five times as much money In fees and salaries as do the JI'.OIH ) clergymen In the United States. 'TIs sad if true. But It must not bo overlooked that every one of the clergymen expects to receive an additional reward of Incal culable value In another world , while every lawyer knows that all'tho pay he will get for his professional services must bo collected on this earth or not at all. The superintendent of foreign malls reports to his superior that the foreign mall service during the past year has been excellent In every particular. This Is gratifying , but It Is the domestic mall service In which by far thu greater num ber of our people are Interested. If one of thu two services must bo better than the other the service which affects all the matter mailed from one point to another In the United States Is the one that should be given the greatest atten tion. An American consul located lu Swit zerland reports to the State department that a man cannot get a respectable shine on his shoes abroad. As thu most accomplished bootblacks in the larger cities of this country arc almost all Italians this statement seems a trifle disjointed. Europe ought to re-Import a few of Its sous who have been edu cated in the American bootblacklng art. Secretary Morton boldly says that ho thinks an efficient and satisfactory president should bo re-elected as long as ho is willing to serve. Why 110 elect a president for life during goot behavior and have done with It ? Impartiality 1'crnonlflctl. ClilcaKO Press , "Death nnd taxes" "may " " be "sure , as the old saying puts It , but death Is a great d a" more Impartial. An KxpcnHlvc Luxury. Globe-Democrat. The extra cost of coal when steam Is kept up on the British fleet In the neighborhood ot Contitantlnople Is $35,000 a day. 'ihirkey Is an expensive luxury to all the powers , and will be eliminated as a matter of economy , . _ - . . , , ! _ R. _ , T/i , Cut Down the Price. Minneapolis Tribune. The railroads should push the movement to : ompel Pullman to reduce the price of upper isrths In sleeping earn. An upper berth isn't forth as much money as a lower one at east , people won't pay ns much for an upper f they can help It. At CO cents less It Is liilte probable that the uppers In any partic ular car would be sold out as quickly as the owers. _ A Miicli-AbiiHutl I xiircNHl ii. New Yorl : Sun. "In the name of civilization" the European lowers Interfere In the affairs of Turkey , nnd Kgypt , and China , and Slam , and Ashantee , and Abyssinia , and Morocco , and Corea , and ots of other countries. The American gov ernment has not a word to say In the- name of civilization when the Spanish masters of 3uba slaughter the unhappy natives whom hey have so long oppressed. The Knfllr Siini-enc. New York World. With a shrinkage In the value of Kafilr tccks estimated by th& London Economist at 390,000,000 since last September , English In vestors are likely to return to American se- urltles with Increased respect. The Kaffir raze will probably bs followed by a long de- ircsslon in English speculative business , but t Is not likely to have more than a tem- orary effect on legitimate trade. IIlN KrnccM. " Glebe-Democrat. Sherman relates In his book that In July , S7t ) , he visited his farm near Manslleld , and here gave ulterancs to nn expression which las since become n common term In politics. n answer to a serenade from his neighbors 10 said that he had coma home "purely on uslness to repair my fences and. look after cglected propsrty. " His reference was to ho fences on his farm , which be bad found n a sadly dilapidated state , but the news- apers eave It a political significance , nd since then , as he says , "every politician pgaged In f..reugtlienliiK his position is said o bo 'mending Ills fences. ' " At Home in Dundee. 1'illlnilclphla I'less. Ambassador Dayard was again the recipient ecently of high British honors In the frco- om of the city of Dundee. In no other city f Its sizeIn Great Britain was he entitled o a warmer welcome. Dundee Is a manti acturlng center for burlaps , bagging , etc. itr. Bayard's party gave a great boom to > undee , no will bo seen by the treasury sta- stlcs , showing an increase for nine months f about $1,500,000 In the Imports of the ; oed Dunde makes. Mr. Bayard talked of International comity and free trade , and , of courw ) , Dundee rejoiced. The ambassador Is highly successful in truckling to the Bilt- The 1'nnMlniv of tin"Drj'H. . " I'hlliulellihln. Times. The fanatical "Drys" have signally failed In disturbing political conditions In Iowa this year , and their duy for controlling the legis lature U evidently very much past if the vote at the late state election Is any criterion. Complete olllclal returns this year glvo Drake , republican , for governor , 20S11 votes ; Babb , democrat , 147,110 ; Crane , populist , 28,011 , anil BJCOII , dry , 9.CS4. General Drake runs behind his ticket 14,000 votes , but his plu rallty la 61,401. The vote of 1S93 was tbe first under the local option law , nnd In a total cast of 416,810 the cirys had 10,349. They lose CG5 votes in two years , and It is a problem whether the two old parties will ever again take them into consideration ns a factor in tbe politics of the state. 'H Hopeful Vlctr. Hilladclphlu Tlmei. Secretary Morton , In his annual report , makes the clever.nnd . agreeable state ment tbat better times for the farmer nre just ahead , and the values of land will In crease. Tbe farmers will be happy to learn all this and take the secretary at his word. They have been waiting for a turn In the tide for years something that would bring wheat up to the dollar mark and their broad acres to a figure outside the e met with at a sheriff's sale , and the chance for Improve ment is evidently Justified by fact. The In crease of millions to the population and tha demand in foreign markets nre the factors In this Held of promise for the fanner * . Secretary Morton has nlso set a lesson In economy In expenditures In hit department. Out of J5,102,023 appropriated during the pail two fiscal years $1,126,268 have been returned to the treasury as the unexpended batance. IH.\jcr.s rittMt tt.XM'M uoiiv. Wh n vrc glvo Krudmngly. we do not glv at All , Holf Hi'Meo'imK-js u as hml to curr n cancer. The man who believe * nothing iicvo amount. to much , Labor \ drudgery only when \\c do not pu heart la our \\ork. A stingy mm cm get religion , but be can' ( ( row In grace nnd stay that ny. No ninn cnn bo n loader nho ha < not th courage to noinptlmos stand lonr. No Mml hand would be willing to do n millionaire' ? nork for the pay lie gets. Convince some people thut It pay ? ti belong to church , and you cnn't keep them out. Nobody can tell what a man will do In n liorsc trndo by the noUo ho makes In uhtirch All the scienceIn the world can't nnUp a bad man feel at home In the company < > ( the righteous. The ninnlio sits down tovnlt for a goMei opportunity to Unock nt his door , will need a thick cushion on his chair. Job found plenty of time to offer turn offering ! ? for each one of his U-n children , be he went nt It early In the morning. I'KHSO.V.M. AM ) ( TIIitlAVISK. Count Caitellane Is said to have dropped n snug roll of Anna Gould's money li Kalllr speculation. "Come easy , go easy. ' Ex-Governor Jnmes U. Campbell nnd ex- Congressman I'aul Sorg , a pair of Ohio lefts , threaten to Increase the democratic retired list In Now York. The tone of the Pall Mall Gazette toward everything American shows that Astor Is determined to break into royal circles re gardless of cost or country. A brother ot a party to a suit being tried In nn Indiana court attempted to Inltueiico the Judge by mean ! ) of Masonic Blgns , nml falling to heed an admonition was committed for contempt. The birth of a girl heir to the Husslan throne Is said to be a source of great dls- nppolntment to the rmpcror. The czar , It seems , harbored hopes common to most fathers , wherefore nature delighted to Josh 'om. After thirty years /if litigation Samuel Holloday ot San Francisco has won his light against that city for possession of n ( Uty- acre lot forming the highest part ot Lafay ette park , ono of San Francisco's most beauti ful pleasure grounds. Ex-President Harrison chatted with the newspaper In New York the other day rt a variety of topics , but emulated the obscure clam when the subject of politics came up. Thorn IR n rhnrrn nhmit thp Rilpnrp nf thn Indiana statesman that Is Inexplicable to the sages ot Mnlno and Ohio. Ono of the prize winners nt the New York horse show was ridden" by a prominent society womnn whose husband Is n notorious burglar Just rout to the penitentiary In Massachusetts. She did not know' he was n professlonnl cracksman , but had a decidedly swell time on the proceeds of his toll. The arrest of the editor of a "counterfeit detector" on a chnrge of "shoving the queer" illustrates the truth of the well known lines : Vice Is a monster of such frightful mien As to be hntcil needs but to be Been. Hut seen too oft , iwilllar with ber face , Wo first endure , tntS pity , then embrace. Edward Simmons , the artist who designed the decorations for the new criminal court building In Now York , rejects the Idea of blind Justice , and has depicted that deity with both eyes open , holdlng'lier scales In ono hand and the American flag In the other. Ho is quite right. Justice can no longer afford to ba blind In New York or elsewhere. "Thurman's most noticeable characteristic In the senate , " says ex-Senator Edmunds , "was his command of pure , strong English. Ho was powerful In debate , never mincing matter ? , but calling things by what he con sidered their right names. Ho was brave In his convictions nnd was always working for what he thought the good of his country and not for hire. " There Is much ado about ths attempted robbery of an xpress car In Now Jersey , and "tho'lmprcsslon Is-sought to bo conveyed that the attempt was unusual. It WHS. because projected by amateurs. It takes the genteel speculator to do the handsome ill holding up not only cars but railroads. Numerous speci mens of his artistic work are in the- bands of receivers. Justin McCarthy tells how the duke of Wellington was once accused In the House of Lords of not understanding the bill under discussion. The iron duke got up , nnd , thumping the table , answered : "My lords , I read this bill once , I read It twice , I read It three times , nnd If nfter nil that I don't un derstand It , " why , then , my lords , I must ba a d d stupid fellow. Hev. Madison Swadener of Cincinnati Is a man difficult to provoke to anger , but when aroused a buzzsaw isn't In It with him. The other day this man ot peace caught a bur glar in his house , knocked him down and politely kicked him out. Later the burglar returned to get his hat. Mr. Swadener reached for It. The burglar reached for him. Then he threw temper to the winds and sailed In. His arms worked with the- speed of a windmill In a gale and by the time his storage battery was exhausted the burglar described a somersault down the front steps and landed on a picket fence. It Is pre- sumc-d the riled man of pcaco Indulged In a few pleatant expletives during the contro- very , but these should not affect his claim to the championship belt. Mt : iflAlt JUIOT.I AT THU IMH.IMT , Nrw York Sun ! F th r lUslor. the llom n CMhollo prlc t of KAnmis1 , who rode on hofff. tinck ICO mlloa over the prairie * In twenty- one bourn , In crdtr to administer th ? ex treme unctlnn to n. dying nomiui , Mtiiig nothing diirinn Iho ( Imp , mndo ono ot tli most rctnaiknbln of record rules. K nn.i ' nlso one of the most striking of recorded Instance * of religious fultli. Assuredly 1'ntlicr Ileglpy believes th ( > tcAChlngs of the church , Verily , ho Is of great faith. Sioux City Times : The trustees of n Con gregational church nt Flint , Mich. , have de- termlncd tn go Into competition with thn Rftloons and other resorts of the city In one rc p t. They have Riven the pastor the authority to open the church doors on Saturday nfternoon ami Invlln farmers * nd nil others who come to the city to trndf to enter nnd wirm themselves nnd spend n l ple.tsnnt hour. Music nnd reading will bo )1 ) furnished , and An effort wilt be made ) to " make the place popular , so as to prevent the- gatherings In other places In the city nlierp tbo visitors nro Induced to spend their money. Buffalo Express : Members of ths congre gation which Worships In tht Brooklyn lisp- list tcmplo may comp to service on bicycles without offending tlielr pastor , Hev. Cortland Myers. Ho referred to tbo matter on Sun day. naylng that "stipert'tltlous heathen have Imagined that the bicycle Is the devil's own vehicle. " Mr. Myers until ho thought the whnel was all right , nnd should not ba bold responsible for the p.trt some people mike It Inkc In rvery-day nffnlrs. Ho an nounced thnt a place for keeping their bi cycles during services would soon bo pro vided In tbe temple for members of thr congregation nnd visitors , DOMKSTIO IDYI.S. Somcrvlllc Journal : She Have you ever loved iinybody else. HnroM ? Ho ( npoloKetlcnlly ) Well you know how It IS .MMU'St'lf. Truth : Snndford Sny. Wheeler's pretty badly gone on Miss Bloomer , I Juit saw 111 in putting a ring on lu-r nngcr. Morton What of 117 A ninn linn a right to ring his bicycle belle , hasn't he ? Chicago Heoord : "Mrs. Dash seonii devoted - voted ti > her dead husband's memory. " "She Is Indeed ; she won't even touch a burkwbcut cake unlefs It Is turned blnck around the edges. " . Washington Star : "When yoh liynhs er young mini stiyln' lie's ncbber gwlne ter nit rr.nrrled , " smld Uncle Kben , "je ' look 'round nn' notice cf dnr ain't ome special young lady dut ho' tryln' tor git Interested In do statement. " Indianapolis Journnl : "tin , woman ! " he exulalmml. Hitting up suddenly In bed , "I Imve found yon out ! " Shu mulled , nml continued nccumulatlng Ills cluinpe. "Oh. no , dear , " said she , "yon nro the one that's out. " Detroit Free Press : "Oh , " she sftlil , ns she W B seelnxr him out the front door , "would you mlml giving mo the bow In your bat ? 1 am milking n collection. " "The bean goes with the lint , " bo said , and she seconded the motion. Judge : Ilnzel I tell yon , It's a great thins to have a quarrel oncp In a while. My best gltl nnd I haven't spoken for three weeks. Nutte I don't see why you should feel so gnod about It. Hazel Just think of nil the money I've saved. Detroit Tribune : See the young woman. Is the younjr woman being suddenly and un expectedly kissed ? Ah , yes. And does the young woman raise a hue anil cry ? . . . . . . . . The young woman raises a slight hue , but no cry. , No. Life : "I do not understand It , " said the ? philosopher. "What Is bothering- you now ? " Inquired the other. x "If a man Is two hours late arriving at home his wife raises a row , , while If he Is gone two 'Vears ' she wll'- Rive , him a royal welcome. Women are peculiar.1 Washington Star : "Byklns' wife thinks ho Is n. wonderfully smart man , " remarked a friend of the family. "Yes ; It is a very bnppy arrangement. . She thinks he Is a wonderfully smart mnn and he thinks she must bo a very smnrt I , j woman to realize bow smart he Is , and they ' \Lj _ get along beautifully. " " - ? " "JKST KKISP MV1NO AI.OXO. " F. K Rtnntnn In the Atlnnln Constitution. Some fo'.lts they keep liuntln' for sorrow Tbey Mull If they're light , or they'ra | wrong , ; But this day's as peed ns tomorrow. So I jest keep llvln' along ! I Jest keep a-llvln1 along ; I jC'K keep a-hlnrln' a Bong ; There's no use tc > Fish While tbe fun's In the eky ; So I Jest Icccp a-llvln' along ! * When the Lord made this world , was I In It To give him directions ? Ho knowed I wouldn't know how to begin It Beln' nothln' but dust by the road ! So I Jest keep a-llvln' along. ' ' Lord's work Is An' I can't say the wrong ; I never will sigh r While He's running the sky ; I jest keep a-Ilvin' along ! I'm thankful for sun an' for showers : The Lord makes the winter nn' May : An' he'd hldn nil the graves with His llowcri If folks didn't weed 'om away ! So I Jest keep n-llvln' nlonp- , - J Still tlmnkful for sunlight un' song ; ' I know when It's snowln' God's roses arc growln' . So I Jest keep a-llvln' along ! There's not a man in ten. that the average well stocked clothing store can't fit just as correctly as the high grade mer chant tailor b u t the trouble's not with the fit It's the staying quality of the fit that's hard to get , You can only get that feature in the high grade wools wools that have length and strength of fibre , and that are built into elastic , firm resident cloths. Suits con structed of these superior grades of ma terials are the sort we've built our repu tation on All prices from $8,50 to $25. To take the rough edges off the corners of business life we're having an amusing guess ing contest this week In the corner window we've placed a dressed pig. The purchaser who guesses nearest the pig's weight gets the pig , next nearest guess gets a large turkey the next nearest a goose. Prizes awarded Wednes day eve at 7:30 : , when pig will-be weighed. Browning , King & Co. Southwest Corner Fifteenth uuU Douglas , OMAHA.