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Soiiii' | H'oih | liavt- most peculiar Ideas
Df. I ho wiiy to BO about pri'si'i-vliif ? pcnco.
As u iwrty liurinoni/.i'f President
Cleveland IH meeting with unexiieoteil
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Tlio win- must bo delM.vefl at nil
lmr.imlH lonjj ennuuli to permit Kate
l > Meld to rotiirii safely from the Suml-
wieli IslnntlH.
11 Is to bu ( ireatly feared that thu
reputation of the United .States sonnto
us above all things a deliberative hotly
Is ht'liiK put Into serious Jeopardy.
If Senator I'elTor should die during his
ollli-'al ' Incumbency his fellow senators
will KOO to It that his funeral Is as
plain and Inexpensive as ho could wish.
1'resident Cleveland's Venezuela .mes
sage Is very popular In Chicago for the
reason that they have a street there
named after the author of the Monroe
doctrine.
As chairman of his old appropriation
committee. Senator Allison will have
new opportunities of proving his finan
cial consorvatlveness as a qualification
for a presidential nomination.
From tlie way 1'ennsylvaniaiis are
looking to Senator Quay to name the
successor to .Senator Cameron , one
would imagine that Mr. Quay had been
elected to twO'Scnatorships and had one
to spare. ,
One of the souvenhs recently added
lo the curiosity collection of the State
Dairymen's association is said to be a
woll-proorvod copy of the signs pro
scribed by the now oleomargarine law ,
"Imitation butter used here. "
General Coxey and General Kelly and
the other commonweal generals will
iio\v bu In position to come to the front
with an offer of their services in ex
change for commissions that will en
title them to stars on their shoulder
straps.
AVlilch party is the proposed nonpartisan -
partisan free sliver league to play for ?
Suppose tlie prohibitionists make the
highest bid with a plank In favor of un
qualified free coinage , will tlie free sil
ver republicans , democrats and popu-
llsfs swallow the cold water bait ?
That floating exposition .scheme is
helng heard from at all points of the
compass. It is possible that we may
yet get to tloatlng expositions , but Just
ftt present the Transmlssihsippl exposi
tion project on dry land and at Omaha
Is ( he only feasible plan In sight.
Now it is the cider vinegar manu
facturers wlio are moving for legisla
tion against tlie adulteration of the
product In which they deal. The man
Who makes elder vinegar out of wormy
apples must be brought to time for
tincturing the fluid with extract of
{ worms.
Thu sheriffs of Nebraska In annual
convention have resolved to endorse
President Cleveland's message on the
iTenex.uelan scrap. This was not done ,
we understand , In a partisan spirit , hut
Blmply from exuberance of patriotism
and a desire to uphold the Monroe dou-
Irlne , The sheriffs spoke as they would
fchoot.
T'lilll tlio war fever blown over nil tlie
.various pet measures of the different
congressmen wlio were about to work
wonders for tiielr eonstltiientH will luivo
j to be teuiorarlly | ) abandoned. This will
l' ' ' Bfford a plausible e.xi'iise for the failure
Of Ills bills -vlii'ii tlie congressman goes
lionu' to report progress to tlio people
who sent him to Wasliliigton.
Iowa next year passes the half eon-
1nry mark of .statehood and should cer
tainly commemorate the event by some
kind of an appropriate celebration.
Iowa has a right to he proud of the
progress It has made In Its fifty years
of statehood nml can confidently ex
pect the whole sisterhood of states to
extend congratulations on occasion of
the anniversary.
C'ongre.sB will he asked to give Koine
nttenllon to the. ( iiiestlon of Irrigation
legislation. The federal laws on this
subject are admittedly Incomplete aud
ilefectlvu. People Interested in re
claiming land for agricultural purposes
by means of Irrigation have a right to
pxpoct home encouragement from the
United States government In the way
pf experimentation and methods. Fed
eral aid at thin time , whim Irrigation
| s In Its Infancy , will mean twice what
| t would after the irrigation Held has
lcou ) well cultivated
THKASVlir tlKMKP.
The incAsnKo of the president regard
ing the flnnnclal situation and urging
legislation for the relief of the treasury
does not shed any new light upon the
question as to what Is necessary or ex
pedient to provide the required relief.
It shows Hint Mr. Cleveland can see hut
ono wny of solving the problem , Hint of
a radical change In the currency system
such as ho proposed in his annual mes
sage. Nothing short of the retirement
of the gieenhacks and treasury notes
will , In the opinion of the president ,
serve tlie purpose of relieving the treas
ury from periodical perplexity and prevent -
vent recurring Issues of bonds to main
tain the gold reserve. Ho Is totally
blind to the remedial effect which an Increate -
create In the revenues of the. govern
ment would have and he seems Indis
posed to think of anything else than the
ono method to which he has pinned his
faith and upon which lie lias deter
mined to rest his reputation for financial
statesmanship. Of course no one knows
butter than Mr. Cleveland that tlie pros-
out congress will not ndopt his recom
mendation of a complete change In our
financial scheme ami he ought to know
that the weight of popular sentiment is
not with him. Helng aware of this , the
very patriotism to which lie appeals and
the solicitude he expresses regarding the
solvency and credit of the government
should prompt him to Indicate a willing
ness to yield something to the Judgment
of the representatives of the people ,
whose highest duty It Is to provide for
the support of ( lie government and main
tain the national credit.
Tlio president has , however , done well
In addressing congress regarding tlie
financial situation and urging that some
thing be done at once looking to protec
tion of the treasury and to reassur
ing the country. The dangers of the
situation are obvious to everybody. A
depletion of tlie gold reserve below the
danger point is probable before the close
of the year , and , while the secretary of
the treasury may use the authority lie
already has to replenish it by tlie sale
of bonds , there is some reason to doubt
whether , under existing circumstances ,
he could dispose of bonds. European
dispatches indicate that it would he
very dllllcnlt if not impossible at this
time to sell them abroad and if our own
people took them the transaction would
speedily be followed by another with
drawal of the gold paid 'for them , again
In a short time putting the treasury in
as perplexing a condition as when tlie
bonds wore issued. There seems to bo
noticed of new legislation providing for
bonds , and authorising the secretary of
tlie treasury to Issue certificates of in
debtedness for current obligations would
not give tlie desired protection. What
congress can do except to provide more
revenue and perhaps require tlie pay
ment of customs duties , or a percentage
of them , in gold. It is not easy to see.
Hut unquestionably the matter is of
such urgent importance that congress
ought not to take a recess , as the presi
dent suggests , until it lias given serious
consideration to ( lie situation and if
possible done .something to afford at
'east ' temporary relief.
CANADIAN RAILWAYCOMPKTiriOK.
A hill has been introduced in con
gress to repeal those sections of the
revised statutes and the amendments
thereto which provide that goods im
ported into the United States can be
placed In sealed cars and transported
over American railways to the Dominion
of Canada , thence can-lot ! on the rail
roads of the Dominion across tlie conti
nent , and thence sent to any part of ( lie
I'l'.ltod States , the movement of freight
to bo subject to the regulations of the
Treasury department. These provisions
are bused upon tlie section of the treaty
of Washington relating to tlie trans
portation of merchandise In bond from
one pait of Hie United States to an
other part therein , over Canadian terri
tory by railroads and partly by water
unite. U is understood to be tlie in
tention to Introduce a bill declaring the
treaty section annulled and calling upon
the president to issue a proclamation to
that effect.
This Is a revival of efforts which have
been made for some years , chiefly at
the instigation of American railroads ,
to have the Canadian roads deprived
of the privilege they now enjoy from
Km1 government of carrying merchandise
In bond between points In the I'nitcd
States , which , it Is urged , operates to
the serious detriment of our own lines.
The Canadian roads derive a very large
revenue from this privilege. In fact , It
Is said they could not be maintained
without It , and it enables Hiem to make
very low rates of transportation In com
petition with American linos. An In
vestigation by the Treasury depart
ment several years ago showed that In
a single year tlie tralilc of the Canadian
toads obtained from the Tutted States
amounted to ? : iO , < > 00X ( ) ( ) , nil , or the
greater part , of which would have gone
to American roads hut for the privilege
accorded by our government to the
alien corporations. Tlio Canadian toads
not helng subject to Hie long and short
haul clause of the Interstate commerce
law , possess an unconquerable advan
tage over roads on tills side of the line.
The author of the bill Introduced In
the house said regarding the subject :
"The I'lilted States has now Invested In
ono line of railway from Omaha to
San Francisco over ) floO,0K,0K ( ) ( , he-
sides which there are three American
lines of railway across the continent
from the Mississippi to the Pacllle
coast. Why hhould the United States
permit goods transported between dif
ferent Kcctlons of its own territory to
be carried over foreign railways , when
we have railways of our own altogether
within our own country , which are
fully capable of doing the work ? " This
question has been propounded In every
congress for a number of years and
was earnestly discussed by tlie last re
publican administration.
The fact In that a very largo number
of our own people are strongly opposed
to any action that would Interfere with
the competition of Hie Canadian roads.
When , a few years ago , an Investiga
tion of this subject was made by a
senate committee It was found that the
very general sentiment In the northwest
nud lu New England was most do-
cMotlly ntlvorsc to tlic propoinl to do-
lirlve tin1 nllcti corporation * of any of
tlie privilege * they Imvc from this ROV
eminent , It bclnjr urged that their competition -
petition was a safeguard against ex
cessive charges by the American roads
and therefore of great Importance to
the producers of the northwest and .the
manufacturers of New Kngland. There
Is no reason to suppose that this senti
ment has undergone any change In. the
nicnntlme or that It will be asserted
less strongly now than heretofore , so
Unit the chance * of any legislation on
the subject are not likely to bo any
better In the present than In preceding
congresses which have had the matter
brought to their attention. AVIth Xo\v
England and the northwest united
iigaltwt any change It Is safe to say
none will be made.
LKT TllK JKn'-llAITHtt TALK.
When the bell In Independence hall
proclaimed liberty throughout the land
and unto all the Inhabitants thereof It
sounded the death knell of Intolerance
In the American republic. The right of
all men to worship according to the
dictates of their own consciences was
embedded'in the constitution , together
with the guaranty of. the freedom of
speech and the freedom of the press.
These sacred rights were accorded not
only to American citizens , but to men
of all creeds and all nations who may
happen to bo on American soil. The
highest attribute of American citizen
ship Is tlie duty to defend and uphold
these cardinal principles of liberty and
no man is worthy of American citizen
ship who would deny to any man. how
ever offensive , the right to discuss In
public any quest Ion so long as such dis
cussion does not disturb the peace or
tend lo Incite lawlessness.
The arrival in the United States of
Hen * Ahlwardt , the leader of the anti-
Semite party In Germany , with the an
nounced purpose of stimulating Jew-
balling In America naturally aroused
Intense feeling among the Jews of this
country. It was very unfortunate , how
ever , that this Indignation should have
taken the form of violence against the
obnoxious agitator. Instead of rebuking
the spirit of Intolerance which Ilerr
Ahlwai'dl was trying to transplant Into
this country the men who Bought to
prevent him from speaking were them
selves making an exhibition of intoler
ance no less reprehensible than that
against which they were protesting.
The true American spirit should have
prompted American Jews to let the Jew-
baiter talk without let or hindrance.
Nothing would have done so much to
break down whatever prejudice Ilerr
Ahlwardt and men of his stamp may
seek to excite as to have given him
every opportunity to vent his spleen and
demonstrate the folly of his malignant
mission.
Let Ahlwardt understand that in a
laud of freedom lie may enjoy the
widest liberty of speech , but will find
that creed hatreds and race distinctions
have no chance for gaining a foothold.
/8/jforiATo ciiAuaKs OF DESRHTIOA' .
During the past twenty years every
congress lias been Hooded with bills to
remove the charge of desertion from the
war records of men who enlisted in the
union forces , but failed to get honorable
discharges at the time the armies of the
union were disbanded. Hundreds upon
hundreds of such bills have been passed
by successive congresses. As a natural
consequence of this pernicious legisla
tion the pension roll has been increased
by additions from the ranks of desert
ers , who , under the laws of war , had
subjected themselves to .summary pun
ishment by court-martial.
' At the opening of the present con-
grc.ss another big batch of bills to re
move charges of desertion was intro
duced Into both houses. A greater In
sult to the brave and loyal veterans of
the union could scarcely be offered.
Thirty years have elapsed since the
close of the war. What excuse is there
for changing the otliclal records of the
rebellion by expunging the charge of de-
hurtlon from the muster rolls ? Every
man against whose name tlie charge of
desertion was recorded hail ample time
to have the record corrected within
live years after the close of the war ,
when the men who could justify Ills dis
appearance from ( he. ranks were still
living. A man who did not think of re
moving the stain upon his record
twenty-live years ago was In all proba
bility a bounty jumper , who enlisted
for the money lie could get and made
his way beyond thu union Hues at tlie
first opportunity. Why should congress
put n premium on cowardice , and what
is worse than cowardice , on mercenary
disloyalty ? If there were really any
merit In any of these delayed appeals
for the whitewashing of spotted army
records , why should congress pass spe
cial bills for each individual desertion ?
Suppose the United States should be
Involved In another great war that
called for hundreds of thousands of vol
unteers , what effect will tills policy of
condoning desertion have on the disci
pline of the army ? Is It not about high
time to put an end to this disgraceful
legislation for the benefit of men who
were missing from the battlefield and
can not explain why they were missing ?
CUSTOMS DUTIKK IN flOLD.
I'ntll a few years ago customs duties
were paid In gold and It has been urged
Hint It would lie wise to return to that
system , ex-Secretary of tlie Treasury
Hontwcll , among others , advocating It.
According to tlie Washington corre
spondent of the New York Commercial
Hulletln a measure providing for tlie
payment of customs duties In gold will
probably find Its way Into the commit-
Iiv of ways and means aud that Jour
nal refers to the matter as In a certain
scnso encouraging , "for It affords the
first Intimation yet forthcoming Unit
legislators nro beginning to understand
the nature of the chief dlfllculty with
which the treasury has to contend. " If
such legislation as Is said to be con
templated should be unacted there would
flow Into the treasury annually through
the customs houses between $173,000-
000 and ? ' _ > ( XlXX,00 , ( ) ( ) In gold , whereas
tit present thu amount Is comparatively
tjiuulL With uuch a steady supply of
the yellow JQt l there could never be
any concern nbjmt maintaining the re
serve , It holjf&TiRsmncd , of course , that
the treasury yvuld , as formerly , pottlo
Its debtor balances with the bank * at
Importing points In gold , so as to enable
the banks to/Jie at all tMnes prepared
to provide goja for customs. Under the
system that piWalled until a few years
ago the banks provided gold for cus
toms and It came back to them In set
tlements with the treasury , tlie result
being that the treasury was never seri
ously troubled by demands for gold ,
the operation of this system being for
years smooth and satisfactory.
It Is objected that to enforce the pay
ment of customs in gold would be a
discrimination against other forms of
money which Would have the effect to
produce u premium on gold , but there
seems to be no valid reason for such an
objection. All currency now redeem
able in gold would continue to be after
the proposed legislation had been
adopted and therefore would neces
sarily remain at a parity with gold , so
long as the icserve was suillclent to
maintain confidence In redemption , and
there probably would be no dllllculty
In keeping It large enough for this pur-
pove under the arrangement suggested.
If a like system followed for a number
of years did not produce the result now
apprehended , why should n return to
it do ho ? The subject Is interesting ,
especially for the consideration of prac
tical financiers , and ought to receive
intelligent public discussion.
The Implement dealers In annual con
vention have demonstrated that they
mean business when dealing with manu
facturers. It Is' proposed to put a stop
to the practice of the latter In listing
goods In catalogues aud fixing prices
upon goods below those offered by deal
ers. To enforce this principle the imple
ment men propone to form a league of
state associations and ultimately a dele
gate national convention and bring the
manufacturers to time. There Is noth
ing like organization.
Chicago Is seriously discussing the
intention whether It would be safe from
attack from the lake should hostilities
break out between the "United States
and ( Ireat Hritaln. In that event all
the lake cities would no doubt be in a
constantly precarious condition. In
point of safety from attack Omaha
would be about as secure as any Ameri
can city. When , the 'time comes Omaha
will extend'an ' invitation to Chicago
nou-helllgerijiits to come over aud keep
out of harntk way.
Tlio percnulaii petition Is on its way
to congress' ' , ' 'n's&lng ' for n reduction of
( lie. letter ppstrtge from 12 cents to 1
cent an rAiilce , notwithstanding the
startling deflclt'in postal revenues dis
closed in the report of tlie postmaster
general. If 'this petition -were at once
granted tin. ' bole In tlie postal receipt *
lor next year would be something ap
palling. Yytjiijslness men continue to
* lBii papers .demanding , u 1-ccnt letter
rate. ! „ . , , , ,
Since the organization of tlie State
Hoard of Irrigation , not six months ago.
between 800 and ! )00 ) claims to public
waters of the state have- been filed
with that body. This affords a fore
cast of the activity Unit is bound to
spring up in Irrigation work M > soon
as the season opens next spring. The
man who puts money iy the reclama
tion of arid and semi-arid lands will
not be lacking in returns to show for it.
Amid the excitement over the Vene
zuela question It must not be forgot
ten that the debt of the Pacific railroads
to the United States government is past
due and unpaid , and that the duty de
volves on iliis congress to provide for
the foreclosure of the mortgage and a
reorganization that will bring about the
operation of the Union and Central Pa-
clllc roads as a great transcontinental
railway under a single management.
Efforts to" raise funds for a soldiers'
and sailors' monument have met with
favor lu the community. The only way
to get such a fund Is by popular penny
contributions once or twice n year.
Formulate an Appeal and send a copy
to every school teacher In the country
with a request that It be read to the
pupils. Contributions might be received
on the anniversary of Grant's or Lin
coln's birthday.
Iowa lays claim to being the birth
place of live members of the present
congress , while not' ' n single member
was born In Nebraska. Hut Iowa is
nearly twice as old as Nebraska In
point of length of statehood. Aftei >
Nebraska shall have been settled as
long as Iowa has now been it , too , will
have n good representation In congress
of the sons of its own soil.
Tlie spirit of old President James
.Monroe , If | jn Ujrppens to have had his
attention culfed , , , to the United States
during tlie past few days , must have
been wonderfully/ / surprised to see what
a commotlon'i'has ! been created over the
little messugt'sent * to congress over Ills
name as fur bHi'k us ISi't.
rl
III Tlniew of
General Mllo's etrpriRly advocates the Intro
duction of th ; , bicycle Into tlie army , and
really there I'u'td'flttlo for the wldlDru to do
that they mlgh't fclll time In that way very
pleasantly. | j' _
.Mlinli lo Die.
Ullril4uVrmelIurald. ! .
It costs toi'irfUt'li ' to die In this country.
A man may tfell'hVsltate as lie trtands on the
brink of eternity before deciding to Indulge
In the luxury of 'a funeral. There U really
no Impropriety In. resisting the ghoulish
creed ft the undertaken , Much of the
funeral trappery that la utmally employed
would be an insult to the doceatttd If he could
tuddenly awake from IiU dreamless sleep and
wltncM the obsequies. There la need of re
form In funeral practices , and the man who
ha * the cool nerve lo make an ante-mortem
Ironclad contract for the economical Inter
ment of his boiiea will ot a good example to
others and save many a poor family from
Impoverishment by the exorbitant fees of
undertakers ,
Amrrtvii'H Muniiiil of Mli-rutiiru.
I'iilludtfptila I'rru.
Mr. Morley. one of England's literary lights ,
recently remarked that out of the. 40.000,000
people In Great Britain and Ireland , only
about 1,000,000 did any reading. Editor Stead
agreed with him , iut pointed out bow much
good the newspapers liml done tor UiU great
class of nonrcflders tlidt Is , tinnrfflders In n
lltomy icn e. What U true of Kndlh | news ,
papers Is doubly so of American Journal * ,
which at this time at the yc.ir are parUculnrly
noticeable , nnd in many wnys represent the
literature of the people. The people who ro
general readers in the United States will fur *
nlsh a greater number In proportion to popti-
latloa than Great Ilrltaln does , lint still for
three-fourths of readers some hold the news
paper AS the manual of literature. This Is
doubtless one Of the causes that go to make
the American so quick on his mental feet In
current matters. It Is to him an everyday
thing to be up to date.
Ilir AlnnUn IJrnli.
Mlnncnpolls Tribune ,
In the senate , yesterday , Senator Davis of
Minnesota Introduced and the senate agreed
to a resolution calling on the president for
Information and all correspondence respect
ing the encroachment- the Canadian or
British authorities upon Alaska.
This Is a proper move. According lo re
ports Canada has set up claims to valuable
Alaskan territory , and In order to lay the
foundation for a case has established a postil
route within the American boundary. The
attempt by Great Drltaln to groli a portion
of Alask.i certainly concerns the American
people qulto as much as an attempt to grab
a portion of Venezuela. If the president
sees It necessary to threaten war to drive
England out of Venezuela , Isn't U nbout time
that no also take steps to protect our onn
territory from seizure ?
Senator Davis has brought up the Ahslm
question at an opportune moment. The
peoplc > ot this country are now1 In a mood
to resent all attempts to curtail cither the
territory of the United States or Its power
its the dominating force upon this continent.
i I ii h if ill n ii I ( y.
New York Tribune.
The powers cannot stop Turkish deviltry
without lighting among themselves. The
concert of the powers Is a concert of self
ishness and Inhumanity. They havs agreed
together not to Interfere , but to let the
extermination of the Armenians go on un
checked. They have united upon n policy
of Infamy. The Impartial and dispassionate
historian will one day set iloun the- present
Turkish government as one ot the moU
cruel , wicked and Infamous that ever ex
isted ; and ho will set down the great powers ,
also , as participators In Its guilt , for they
have consented to Its crimes.
A GIviuii of Comfort.
Chicago Tilliunc.
U has been figured out that owing * to
the picssuro of the 'superincumbent atmoi < -
phcre the air at the bottom of a shaft
twenty mllea deep would be as dense as
water at the earth's surface , and that at
the depth of forty miles Its density would
equal that of quicksilver. As It would be
Impossible to llvo amid Mich conditions , this
statement may help to reconcile us to the
fact that wo have no < known means of at
taining any such depths bslow the surface
of the eaith.
SCHO.MllUlUilv AM ) IMS MMS.
Hunt of Uncslloii Which AroiiHcil the
.Mniiroe Doctrine.
Chicago Chronicle.
Sir Robert Herman Schomburgk was a
Russian born In 1SOI. While a young man
he was a resident of the United States and
a tobacco manufacturer In Virginia. His
onterprlfes were unfortunate and he went
to the \Vset Indies In 1830 nearly penniless.
In this condition he made some surveys of
tlit minor British Islands and published a
report on the Huhject.
Schomburgk's hook was received with
great favor. Ho was an expert botanist
and hi ? chapters on that subject were read
ivlth Interest. In 1S34 the English Geographical
graphical society and an association of botanists
anists provided him money to pay the ex
penses of exploring British Guiana and he re
mained In that country four years. He
printed two or three books on Guiana , ono
of which was In German and contained an
Introduction by Humboldt. He dlscovared In
South America and cultivated the gorgeous
Victoria Regla , the queen of water lilies.
Schomburgk's reports were the first au
thentic Information which Great Drltaln had
as to the exUnt and value of Its South
American colony. Great Drltaln , France and
Netherlands have held divided control In
Guiana for'nearly 300 years. Columbus first
approached the coast of the American con
tinent within this territory. Vlr Walter
Raleigh landed at some point on the coast
and took possession. Colonies were estab
lished , but were afterward abandoned.
During the war between the British , the-
Dutch and the French In the t3ventcenth
century the country was taken and retaken
several times. la 1C6D what Is now Dutch
Guiaca came- Into the possession of Great
Britain , but was ceded back to tbo Dutch
in exchange for the Dutch province of New
Amsterdam , now Now York. In North Amer
ica , la later wars Great Britain again ob
tained a foothold , and In 1814 a division of
that part of South America was made on
substantially the present lines. The- bound
ary botw'een ' Guiana and Vene-zusla and
Guiana and Drazll never had ben accu
rately established , and this fact caused the
dispute which la now in progress between
Great Britain and Venezuela , and between
Franco and Brazil.
In 1841 Schomburgk was sent by Great
Britain to survey a line between Britten
Guiana and Venezuela. The river Essequlbo
had been claimed by Venezuela as dividing
the two countries. Without authority he took
the mouth of the Orinoco Instead of the
Esiiequlbo as a starting pslnt and ran a
crooked line In a general southerly direction ,
giving to the British colony 20,000 or 30.000
square miles of territory and the Orinoco
delta on Its right or south bank.
Venezuela was not a party to this sur
vey -anJ protested vigorously ngalnet It.
Great Britain then knighted Schomburgk , but
toro up his stakes and disavowed his action
In fixing the line. A few years afterward
a nsw British line was run from a point on
the coaet east of Schomburgk's , leaving the
mouth of the Orinoco entirely In Venezuela ,
but deflecting far to the westward In the
Intsrior , so that the new claim covered much
more territory than the old.
Afterward and until 1887 new claims were
made by Great Britain as rumors of gold
In the interior reached the outer world. The
present British claim Includes all on the easter
or right bank of the Orinoco near Ita mouth
and Its course southerly 250 or 300 miles.
In the correspondence with this country
Great Drltaln now claims as beyond dlppute
all within Sir Robert Herman Schomburgk's
line , and has "nothing to arbitrate" there.
U will arbitrate Its claims west of that line.
This Is the .caso as It has been presented
to congress in the president's mesaiga on
the subject and In the correspondence between
the United States State department and the
British foreign office.
THIS AVI.VTKH UIIIIj.
Chicago l'o t.
Away with tbo girl who's so foi.d of the
wheel ;
Who bonatH of a century run.
Her bloomers and jackets i.o longer ap
peal
Who cares for the mctj she's won. '
The weather's suggestive ot lea und of
snow
It's been rather chilly of late
And homage we pay Just ot present , you
know ,
To maidens who krow how to skate.
Away with the girl who would Imltute
man
The eeanon'H not Bulled to her
And now we want girls of n different
For who would iniikc bloomers of fur ?
The bicycle Klrl was nil right for u while ,
But now the Is qulto out of date ;
The bicycle face la eclipsed by th pmlle
Of maidens who know how to ttkute.
Oh , here's to Hie girl whom In winter wo
prize ;
Whose cheeks are ns red HH tlui rose ,
Who raptlvaUs all with her bright , Bpurk-
llni ; eyes
As gracefully gliding flic goes.
Oh , here's to the girl who In winter holds
rway ,
Who hnvoo In hearts will create ,
Who dresses toduy In a womanly way
The maiden who knows how to skate.
IP wio HAD MVIII MHT.
I'lttiliurK Despatch.
If we had never met.
Hut like two stars In orblti chained ,
1'ursutMl divergent paths , ordained
liy unkind fate , would joy In gained
If we had never met ?
If we had never met.
But like two blnln , whoso client flight
Is contravened and In the night
Led us upart , would life noem bright
If we had never met ?
If we hod never met.
Hut groping as In hoodmun blind ,
Had pssned , would other heart or mind
Awult beyond for uu to find
If we had never met ?
SHri I.All SHOTS AT THU PL'MMT
ChlcnRo Tribune. Is It not mnrvclou
that In this day of llftht nnd knowledge an
sane person can cwAllow the Mapphcmou
flwtrtlun of n hypnotizing "McsMah" the
he holds a power from God to perform mlra
cles In curing sick persons ? But there doe
not seem to bo any limit to human credulity
New York Tribune ! The story ot nn oh
tnnn building a Pennsylvania church with hi
own hands and willing his unpaid wage
to the congregation suggests Middle Agt romance
manco morei than nlnetcjtith century com
mcrclallsm. There arc many Kr"crous mei
now , but when they want to build a churcl
they generally draw n check for the nmomi
and kt others do the work. The old man's
devotion recalls the stone carving of monks
and lie did not oven have n religious com
nuinlty to encourage him In his work.
New York Advertiser : The church iinmls
takahly needs more of the uplrlt of Its
founder. U needs to think less of Its own
merits and of Its antiquity as an organiza
tion , and to fix Its attention more stren
uously on the one great object for which It
was instituted upon this earth the cmancl-
nation nf mankind from thn pnal.ixptiiont nF
Iniquity and the degradation of sin , Dr.
Ralnsford Is right when he sayn : "Bulk
your most beautiful churches where the poor
llvo and give the best music nml the best
things where there are the most people. "
Buffalo Express : The town of Kddyvllle
Wapcllo county , la. , Is had , religiously. Tlu
Inhabitants , as a mas ; , do not believe In Got
or hell. Fully two-thirds of the business
men are pronounced unbelievers. City offi
cers have been known to refuse to lake the
ordinary oath because It contains the phrase
"so help mo God. " The people are ardent
adherents of Colonel IliRersoll , and when he
lectures the entire male population turns out
to hear him. Only a week or' two ago the
foreman of the grand jury adjourned It In
order that the members might attend. livan-
gellsts , as a rule , have not had the slightest
EUCCCFS In that town. Last summer one held
meetings there for a week , but not a canvert
was there to show for them. But the good
people of the vicinity are not going to lot the
sinners continue In their faithless condition.
Dwlght L. Moody nnd two other evangelists
have been engaged to go to Eddyvllle , and
tho. Intention Is not to let up on them until
tho'tnwn Is converted. U Is regarded as th :
hardest task they have yet undertaken.
PF.KSONAI , AM )
Owing to Traction Impediments , Phlladel-
phlans are walking mad.
Secretary Olnoy has achieved the distinction
of being the best dressed man In the cabinet.
If the shooting of guns was as harmless as
the shooting of mouths , the country would
welcome a war as an appetizer for breakfast.
President Cleveland lost Joe Pulitzer of the
New York World , hut converted Charley
Dana of the Sun. Truly , "peace hath her
victories no less renowned than war. "
Assurances are given that "Coin" Harvey's
"Patriots of America" arc neacefullv In-
cllnedr That ls > to-say , they will wear arms ,
but confln ? the shooting to nature's orifice.
The society head of St. Louis has returned
to the normal after a wojk'a repose. An ex
amination of the Itemized bills show an out
lay of $121,000 for the Busch-Von Gontard
nuptials.
Lord Dunrovcn fears that the excursion
steamers Interfere with British
may men-of-
war should they approach New York harbor.
Not at all. milord ; the Interference will bo
far more interesting , but the result will belike
like that of the Valkyrie.
Somebody hag discovered that Sir Thomas
Browne defines laughter as that "sweet con
traction of the zygomatlc muscles excited by
unexpected Jocundities. " Now , if we had
only known this sooner , how much happier
would wo not have been ?
The other day ai New York Judge rebuked
a mother tot chastising her eon on the cars.
Knowing a thing or two about the efflcacy
of hand raising , the Judge Intimated that
mothers should not , In applying the rod ,
Ignore the dictates of nature and custom.
The Infirmities of age do not Impede the
sprightly military step nor check the patriotic
heartbeats of Prof. Qilbschin. The dlstln-
tlngulshed sage f Saddle creek has not given
way to the war fever , but , If the worst
conies , he announces his readiness to march
to the music of Monroe If the talking patriots
give him a show to shoot.
The fact that sturdy patriotism heartily
responds to the country's call will go far
toward Insuring peace , yet complications are
liable to occur and operate like a spark In a
powder ! magazine. Ono such Is brewing In
Milwaukee , and there Is grave danger that
the arts of diplomacy will not avail. A
Scttlsh piper , in highland costum ? , marched
through the streets recently , piping that
martial lay : "The Campbells Are Coming. "
A high-pplrlted horse , with a delicate ear
for music , dropped dead at the sight and
sounds. His owner sued for damagjs. basing
hlo claim on the grounds that bagpipes are not
musical Instruments , and , therefore , danger
ous to the peace and happiness of the. com
munity. The Jury found for the defendant ,
declaring that the "horse was scared to
death by an unearthly noise , " and assessed
damages at $125. At this stage of the game
the verdict contains germs of an explosive
kind , and high grade tact will be required to
maintain International concord In Milwaukee.
ItfHoliitloiiH for tlu Opp
Chicago IlPcorO.
Meantlmo the suffering and oppressed
Armenians continue to he sustained and suc
cored by soothing and cordial resolutions of
sympathy and regret.
IlliST.S r HAM'S lllt\ ( .
God wnds tlnngcr only where he has first
f cnt courage.
The man who does not look nlioad will
won have to fall back.
The man who jerves the devil has l bosln
his day's work before breakfast.
One of the hardest thliiRs for conic men
to forgive Is n difference In creed.
Many n man has RtarUil out to reform tlio
world , and stopped at the first house ,
No man can grind down another without
first placing his own soul tinder the mill
stone.
Our money Is not doing us the god Oed
would have It do us , If It Is not doing any
body else any good.
If you are In the habit of going to sleep
In church , you do not help the preacher
any by occupying a front seat.
SPICI : or TIIH .su.vso.v
Chicago Tribune : "He-sMc , wouldn't you
like n Chilstmas present that would keep
M > nr linnilo nine nml wnrmV
"Yep. act mo n uTmoml ring , papa. "
Hnrpcr'rt Hound Tnlilol Sunday School
Teacher Cnn nliy little boy tell mo Whnt
man attained the girntc.it ngo In the
world ? Hobby ( holding up nil hand ) I
can. Tcnohi-r Well , who ? Hobby Santa
Cliius.
Judge : Cum o AH n genfrnt thing every
body Is liberal nt rhrlstmni tlmo. Cuwker
That i.t true. Nobody minces matters but
the plclmliacrs.
Philadelphia Record : A good way to pet
square with your enemy H lo give ills
youngster n drum us n Clulstmiis pres
ent.
Philadelphia Ledger : No. Mnudo , dear ,
there is no reason why a lama man pliould
not run Into debt. '
Cleveland Plain Denier : BubordliiAtp Sire ,
we Imvc Hucrenfully landed 3.1,000 reinforcements -
monts Spanish Oenernl In spite of tlio
Insurgent devils ? "In ppltn of them , sir
not n man nt the whiuf to oppose u "
"Urnvol flood ! Another victory ! Ah , this
H KlorlousI"
Harper's H.iznr : "I tell you whut , Shan' ,
marrying nn holri" " * has Its ilinwbackn. "
"JVes ; but think of the greenbacks , Bond. "
Philadelphia Times : Xmnn Ii n nhnrt way
of Indicating Clulstmns. Make a note of
the X ami obscrvo how It goes.
Indianapolis Journal : Tlu > Knther Yes.
Mrs. Brown. Willie still believes In Snnta
Sinus. 1 wouldn't undeceive him for the
Wlll'le Yes , fellers , the old man t'lnks I
Btlll believe tbo Snnta Clans fnko. I
wouldn't tell him different for ilo world.
Washington Star : "How splendidly things
are arranged In this life. fa Id Harold
Li'ncash ,
"Uo you think so ? "
"Certainly. First comes Christmas , when
a man p ] > Jnd every dint he. linn , and then
comes New Year , when lie sweais oft
from all his extravagance. "
Clnelnrmtl Knnulrer : "Thcio ! " she said ,
with a slKli of rollcf. "I've Rot n locomo ,
Ivo , n wagon , n mechanical nerobut nml
a hose reel. Thin ought to xntlsfy tlie dear
title nnccl , " , . . , , , . ,
"It ouclit to , but It won't. " nalil her hus
band. "Tho little villain will want a ham-
nor lo smash them with. "
Chicago Tribune : Visitor-Johnny , are you
nakhiK Kieat prcpira lions at your Sunday
chool for Clirlslmns ? "
Johnny I'm not Koln' to Sunday school
now. Ma'nm.
Visitor Not Kolnu lo Sunday school ?
Johnny Nome. I qull .last Sunday. I
lon't want folks to think I'm one of those
> oys that's only Rood tlurln1 the holidays ,
11 start analn after Christmas Is over.
'Si
SUTIE THING ,
riilliulclpliln Record.
Jfe Is but a gamp of chance ,
Full of ups and downs ,
Full of dlr e and full of dance ,
Full of smllca and frowns ;
Ono day full of gladsome cheer ,
Next day full of Ills ;
Christmas comes but once a year ,
Then the Christmas bills !
NEW York Recorder.
She's training- for the ring , but yet
No toushnesH 'round her hovers :
The Hind of rlim she's training for
Is lhal put on by loveia
J.V THE HOSIS KAIIDKN.
John liennett In Clmp Hook.
A hundred years from now , dear heart ,
\Ve will not care at nil ,
It will not matter then n whit ,
The honey or the Ball.
The summer day thai we have known
Will all forgotten he and flown ;
Thn garden will Its overgrown
Where now the roses fall.
A hundred years from now , dear heart ,
Wo will not mind the pain.
The Ihrobblng- crimson lido of life
Will not have left a stain.
Tim BOHR we Hlng together , dear ,
Will mean no more than means a lear
Amid a Bummer rain.
A hundred years from now , dear heart.
The giief will all be o'er :
The sen of care will surge In vain
Upon n careless shore.
The glasses we turn down today
H < > re nt the parting of the way ;
We will be wlnelean then i\a they.
And will not mind It more.
A hundred years from now , dear heart ,
We'll neither know nor care
What came oC all life's hlltprness ,
Or followed love's despair.
Then (111 ( the glassiest up again ,
And kiss mo through the rose leaf rain ;
Wo 11 build one castle more In Spain ,
And dream ono more dream there.
It's a Great Pleasure
To do holiday shopping whera the qmstion of
quality doosen't have to be considered you can al
ways get your money back if there should happen
to be'any defects at ANY TIME. Those elegant ties
at 50 cents , are the sort that would ordinarily sell
for75o to $1.00 The whole east window is Ailed
with them , and wo have thousands inside.
Remember this is a special sale of high grade
neckwear Choice for -SOc Teaks , imperil flowing
ends , bows , imperial locks , club ends , de joinvllles ,
and every late fashionable tie.
Special holiday articles. Turkish bath robas ,
lounging robes , smoking jackets , studying gowns
and house coats of every description. Handsome handkerchiefs -
kerchiefs embroidered silk suspenders mufflers
gloves night shirts hosiery umbrellas and
many other holiday gift articles.
In children's department thera ara big raduo-
tions to close out certain linea shildran's reefers
leggings ties hats caps and children's furnij h-
ings of every sort all on 2d floor.
Browning , King & Co.
Southwest Corner Fifteenth aud Douglas , OMAHA.
TOPKN EVENINGS TILL CHRISTMAS ,