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FOUUTII OV JUIA" KU.M'IHIKS.
THE OMAIIASUWD\Y BEB.
FOt'HTII OF .lUIAM
FOUUTII 0V JULY POETIIY.
FOUHT1I OF JULY ADVICE.
FOUHTII OF JULY FICTION.
The Sunday Uee will be full of timely
and apiiropuato special Fourth of July
features.
TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE *
IU3 SUUI'J TO KKAD IT.
AVlio snitl Nebraska was in tlio ilrottth
district ?
Tliere will be some interesting con
tests at Chicago , too.
llrnlper Covbett need not explain. Tlio
public will prefer to waive tlmt after-
fornmlily.
The national convention that fails In
coinu lo Omaha In 1S9S will regret its
luck of foresight.
The dark horse may possibly have
fiomu show nt Chicago , at least lo poke
Ills head out of the stable.
Bolh parties in Ohio pin their faith
to the Macs the republicans to McKln-
ley and the democrats to McLean.
Senator PelTer's Topeka organ says the
situation is perilous. No doubt of it
particularly from the free silver stand
point.
Any one who wants to tamper with a
Douglas county jury should first take
the precaution of securing admission to
the bar.
The farmer who moved away from
Nebraska because ho 'mil ' one or two
Reasons of poor crops will bo sorry he
went when he gets the returns of this
year's harvest.
What has become of those wildcat
state bank note planks In the recently
adopted democratic slate platforms ? No
democratic platform can bo considered
complete that does not demand the Im
mediate return lo shlnplaster paper cur-
rou-'y.
Senator I'effer still adheres to h's
choice of Governor Ilolcomb for head
of tlio populist national ticket , ns ex
pressed some months ago. The gov
ernor , however , lias not yet reciprocated
the compliment by , suggesting the Kan
sas senator's name for the place.
The St. Louis Globp-Dcmoeral ventures
to print a cabinet slate , which starts off
with Thomas 1 ! . Ueed as secretary of
state and ends with John M. Thur.ston
as secretary of agriculture. "We appre
hend Senator Tlmrston has no ambition
to be transplanted from the senate to
the congressional posey anil garden
truck department.
Why shouldn't ' Colorado send < o Chicago
cage the Name delegation which It sent
to St. Loulu ? And if It doesn't succeed
In making Teller the democratic nominee
tlie delegation might as well go on to
attend the populist convention. If the
delegation represents , as Is claimed , the
entire people of Colorado , it might as
well be used to represent this state In all
the different national conventions.
Senator Pettlgrew IH not receiving thu
warm endorsement at home for his
action In bolting the St. Louis conven
tion which ho anticipated. Tlio re
publicans of South Dakota Bent what
they thought was a sound money delegation -
gation to the national convention. They
are for sound money and for the re
publican presidential ticket , and Mr ,
,1'ettlgrew cannot got much encourage
ment from them.
Already the advertising fakir Is turn
ing his footsteps toward Omaha in hopes
of 11 rich harvest during the exposition.
There will bo a thousand and one ad
vertising schemes which the exposition
people will bo asked to endorse olllclally
nnd patronlzo liberally. There Is not
much likelihood , however , that any sane
business man will permit himself to In-
duped by these "snap" fakirs. 10very
dollar npent In advertising Incident to
the exposition should be given to repu
table newspapers In this and neighbor
ing states whence people will come to
see our great show , It Is a mistake to
Klvo transient fakirs any encourage
ment when It coined to placing advertis
ing mutter.
TJIU
The eastern democrats make n prnvc
mistake In d Mnnmlliig the redemption
nnd c.v.ici'ilaMon of tlio I'til toil States
b'gal tender notes. The New York
democratic platform < uiys : "The United
States notes and treasury notes , being
In fnct debts of Ihp government , should
bo gradually paid off , retired nnd can
celled. " This should bo done , however ,
In a manner that will cause no contrac
tion of the currency of the country.
There Is but one way In which these
notes , amounting to about ? r > 00,000,000 ,
can bo redeemed and retired without
contracting the currency and that Is
by borrowing gold with which to pay
them off. Tlmt would mean a largo
addition to the burden of Interest on
the nation and any party responsible
for such n policy would he driven from
power by the people at the llrst oppor
tunity.
The pastern democrats , or a large pro
portion of them , have become thor
oughly Impregnated with the Cleveland
Idea on this subject and seem blind
to the fact that a very large majority of
this American people do not desire the
destruction of llio legal tender not of ,
which perform perfectly the functions
of money and cost tlio people very little.
It Is trite that they constitute a debt
of the government , but It is a non-inter
est bearing debt , except as to the gold
reserve for the redemption of the notes
and It Is only since the democratic
party came into power that this has be
come at nil burdensome. The only argu
ment worthy of consideration for re
tiring the legal tender notes Is that they
nro employed to drain the treasury of
goli ( , but this Is a trouble dating back
only three years and Is duo to demo
cratic policy. For thirteen years fol
lowing the resumption of specie pay
ments in 1870 there was never the least
dllltculty in maintaining the gold re
serve. During all thai period , while
republican policy prevailed , the reve
nues of the government wore ample and
there was no distrust of the credit of
the government , the average annual redemption -
demption of legal tender notes was only
about $ . " ,000 nno nnd it was not uncom
mon for gold to be exchanged at the
treasury for greenbacks. Not until the
advent of the democratic party to
power , threatening revolutionary tariff
and financial legislation , was there a
demand for the redemption of legal
tender notes that menaced tlio mainte
nance of the gold reserve. As to tills
there Is good democratic testimony , if
any were needed , Senator Gorman of
Maryland having admitted In n speech
In the senate that so long as the govern
ment was receiving sulllcient revenue
there was no trouble experienced from
a demand for the redemption of legal
tender notes , while the report of the
democratic United States treasurer ,
showing the amount of redemptions
annually since the resumption of specie
payments , supports tills statement.
The greenbacks and treasury notes
arc perfectly satisfactory to the people
ns currency. They cannot bo retired
without contracting the currency except
by borrowing gold for the purpose and
thus adding to tlio interest burden of
the peoplo. They will cense to be a
menace to the gold reserve as soon as
the revenues of the government are
equal to expenditures. That will come
as soon as possible after the republican
party is restored to power.
A'O TIMK TO ] IH LOST.
It the TraiismlsKlssippI exposition Is
to l > c licld during tlio summer of IS'JS ' as
contemplated by the act of congress
granting it recognition no tlino should
bo lost in the preparatory work which
( Involves upon its managers. Only
twenty-three inontlis remain before the
opening of the exposition and every day
and every hour of tlmt lime will be
precious.
1'lie most essential thing to the suc
cess of the exposition is the financing
of the enterprise. In that respect the
public spirit of Atlanta was exhibited
in marked contrast with that of Omalia.
The first suggestion of tlie Atlanta ex
position was made in the middle of
IVeoiiiber , IS ! ) : ; , and within three
weeks from that time the permanent
organisation of ( lie project was oU'ecled
and work wa.s commenced upon n
guaranteed subscription of a halt' mil
lion dollars , with an authorized capital
of ! ? r.,000KX ) . Tlie Atlanta exposition
was designed to embrace only the cot
ton states , but finally Included
exhibits from New York , Mas
sachusetts , Connecticut , Illinois and
California , while of the cot
ton states , Georgia , Alabama ,
North and South Carolina , Florida and
Arkansas -made special appropriations
for their own buildings. The foreign
exhibits at Atlanta comprised those
from ( ! reiit Uritaln , Franco , Germany ,
Italy , Ilelglum , Hussla , Mexico , Vene
zuela , Argentine , Salvador , Chile , Hon
duras , Nicaragua and Costa Itlca. It
will thus be pen that the managers of
the Atlanta exposition were in n great
measure successful In milking their ex
position not only interstate , but Inter
national , This success was duo to the
fact that tlie llnanees of the enterprise
were promptly arranged anil placed
upon a sound basis and thus enabled
them to direct and concentrate their ener
gies early to the great task of enlisting
tlio co-operation of other states and
foreign countries.
In view of the fact that the plan of
tlie Transmltislsslppl exposition must bo
on a more extensive scale It becomes
Imperative upon our citizens to delay no
longer In coming to the front with tlielr
llnancial support. "We can not Invite
foreign nations to participate until after
the president shall have Issued nls
proclamation announcing dmt thti t.Sp0.
sltlon Is to he hold and that it will be
accorded all the privilege's that have
pertained to International expositions.
The president's proclamation will not
bu forthcoming until the llrsr. $ i0.000 !
of stock subscriptions or donations have
buon secured.
With more than twenty months nt
their disposal after the guarantee of
the llrst ? r,00,00rt hud been secured , with
the enthusiastic backing of the southern
people and with the most energetic
work , the managers were compelled to
open the Atlanta exposition with several -
eral of the buildings unfinished nnd
many exhlblta uot yet lu place , Tlio
Trnnsmlsslsslppl exposition fill icqulro
not only larger rcHonrccs In money nnd
labor , but also more tlmo for the work
of preparation. If we nre to obtain
the fullest possible benefits from this
great undertaking , the principal bureaus
nnd departments should be orgnnlz'-'l
Immediately and set In motion. That
they can not be set In motion without
money goes without snylng. Tli way to
put them In motion Is to complete llio
stock subscription list nt once.
Tin : nKcttinixa itKSKitrK.
Hut three more business days remnlu
of tlie current llscnl yenr and It will
close with the treasury gold reserve ,
ns now apponrs probable , a little above
the $100.000.000. It will not stand there ,
however , a great while. On July 1
about $7.000.000 will bo paid on account
of quarterly Interest on the -1 per cent
bonds nnd the semi-annual Intercut on
the I'nclfic railroad debt. These pay
ments will compel an Invasion of Un
reserve , but not to any dnngeroiw extent -
tent , and if tlie opening of the new
fiscal yenr does not develop any con
siderable export demand for gold tliero
will be reason to regard the situation
hopefully. An eastern paper suggests
that since the adoption of a gold plank
at St. Louis tlie tendency to hoard gold ,
or export it , may be expected to dimin
ish and this seems a rational view.
Certainly the excellent prospect of re
publican success ought to put an end
to the hoarding of gold , but tliero will
continue some demand for export so
long ns tlie balance in International ex
changes is against us. It is posa
slblc , however , that under the clr
cumstnnces the banks will be more dis
posed to supply at least a part of this
demand. Tlio withdrawals of gold from
the treasury during tlie last six months
have aggregated over $77,000,000 , about
$ ; i.,0K,000 ( ) of which was for export.
The remainder was withdrawn to pay
for the last bonds.
A HKACTinX IX JIliA
The great woolen manufacturing dis-
trlst of Urudford , England , Is experi
encing a reaction from the great activity
which followed the enactment of our
present tariff law. For several years
before the passage of that law manu
facturing in tlie Bradford district had
been dull and depressed. Tliere was a
great deal of unemployed labor and
much Impoverishment among tlie workIng -
Ing classes. The Bradford manufactur
ers were sending u comparatively
small amount of their goods to the
American market. As soon ns tlio Wil
son-Gorman tariff went into effect , how
ever , the situation tliero changed. The
mills and factories were put into ac
tive operation and worked day and
night In making goods for tills market.
There was employment for all the avail
able labor. Tlie district experienced an
extraordinary revival and the demo
cratic tariff was lauded by all the pee
ple. In a brief time the exports of
Bradford goods to the United , States *
were quadrupled. That portion of Kn-
gland had never before known quite so
great a boom.
It is now reported that there Is an
unprecedented falling off in the cloth
trade t with the United States , that mills
are closedor working on short time
and that great numbers of workmen
have been thrown out of employment.
The I democratic tariff is still in oper
ation , but the trouble is that the Brad
ford manufacturers overdid the thing.
Long hungry for trade , whnn tlio opportunity
. ,
portunity came they carried their greed
to j excess. They Hooded the American
market , with their goods and piled up
stocks here which are not yet disposed
of. In their anxiety to capture 1he
American trade and bring disaster to
American manufacturers they over
leaped the boundaries of discreet busi
ness. They succeeded in severely dam
aging our Industries in the same line ,
but they invited the Inevitable reaction
that has come and from which they are
not likely to recover before ( hero will
be a change in our tariff tlmt will en
able American manufacturers to get
on their feet again and maintain a hold
upon the home market.
There will bo no sympathy here for
the Bradford manufacturers. They
have enjoyed a brief period of prosperity
at the expense of American manufac
turers anil our people will not feel sorry
( hat their greed has brought its iegiti-
mate reward.
There may be nothing In a name , but
there is something In a title. That Is
specially true where the title Is pre
sumed to carry with it. a salary com
mensurate with its dignity. During
loom limes when the rapid'increase
of school population had created n ne
cessity for the erection of new school
houses the Board of Kducatlon created
the ollice of superintendent of buildings.
To support tlio title of the ollico the.
salary was fixed at $1,800 a year. This
might have been proper enough wiillo
construction of new buildings was In
progress If tlio superintendent was competent -
potent and olllcieiit. Now that thu
board Is compelled by Its reduced re
sources to retrench and economize , it
becomes n question whether there is
really any necessity for a superintend-
cut of buildings and whether the board
should not revive the position of fore
man of repairs , which does not carry
with It so much dignity that has to be
paid for. Possibly the present superin
tendent would bo willing to servo under
tlie revised title and at a corresponding
salary.
Tliero Is no reason why The Itee
should take up the defeiiHo of .ludgu
Gordon , for it did not share In the re
sponsibility for his election , lint when
the police board talks of trying to im
peach him because ho falls to Impose
lines upon disorderly persons in all cases
and seeks to lix upon him the responsi
bility for diminished revenues from
fines It Is qul | i time tlmt something be
said on the subject. Ono of the first
things done b ' .Qie present police board
was to reverHivrthe old practice of
lining keepers tlml Inmntes of disorderly
resorts , by 'h/ph ' / the revenues of the
city were greatly reduced nnd to no
purpose. WlKt'lrf'to blame for decreased
revenues ? SJifj'eXy llot * Ml > police judge.
The Innpprqrateness | ) | of utilizing thn
commencement exercises of the pub
lic schools f < n * till attack upon the city
council mnyg'uotj be apparent to the
members of tltc Hoard of Education , but
It | , Is nppnroilt to the parents of the
public , school pupils.
(
Srcond-llniid ( ioiMln.
I < oulsvlllp Courier-Journal diem. ) .
It seems fashionable amons the democrats
this year to wear the old clothes of popu
lism. Hut It may OB well be understood
now as In November that a policy that will
win one populist vote will drive oft two
democratic votes.
TIu Trntli In ! < > AVonlii.
New Vork World diem. ) .
The elmlrmnu ot the Altgeld conclave in
Illinois said : "When our national conven
tion declares for Ifi to 1 bimetallism , what
will bo the result ? God only knows. " Oh.
yes ! Every man of sense east ot the Mis
sissippi knows that the result would bo the
worst llckliiK that the democratic party
has experienced slnco 1ST2 ,
China SiirurliiK U | > .
ChleiiKO Trlbunv.
China was trounced by Japan ns few na
tions have ever been before , and China ,
through Its aroused government. Is bent on
one set purpose of trying to wipe out that
dlsKracc. There Is no reason why China
should not have a million trained fighters
and twenty-live or thirty modern war ships ,
and that goal Is the aim of LI Hung Chung ,
When It Is reached , and it may be sooner
than might be commonly expected , It will
bo well for Japan and Russia lo treat the
new condition with respectful consideration.
Tin1 llnroMM Icry Trllititi- .
riillailelpliln Ilpcoi.l.
The production of anthracite coal Is a
natural monopoly. It Is made so by the
limited area In which It Is found , the limited
proprietorship of the mines , and the com
bination ot the railway companies that transport -
port It. IJut there is a limit also to public
endurance. The monopolists should be satis-
lied to enjoy their monopoly without too
greedy an assertion ot their powers. The
proposition to advance prices in July Is not
based upon any other consideration than
ability to enforce an extortion. It would be
better In the long run to go slow and go
sate.
Ton Mncli of ii Imill.
lloston Advertiser.
It will ho well to let the proposal for an
Increase In the salary of the vlco president
wait until the treasury deficit has been
wiped out. As matters stand now , the vlco
president might feel , Ini case ot an Increase
In his salary , ns did the country clergyman
we do not know whether It was Grover
Cleveland's brother or not who staggered
into the presence , of his wife nnd hurst into
tears , explaining , his grief , when he sufll-
clt'ntly recovered , by the statement that the
deacons had voted' an Increase of $100 a
year In his sa'Ia'ry.1 "It was more than I
could do , " he sobbed , "to collect my salary
before and this additional burden will
kill me. " ,
TinSoiitiil ' > lom y Victory.
Hhrpo'r's Weekly.
The rcpubllcaiY'party has pledged Itself to
the ! maintenance of the gold standard. This
Is i a great preliminary victory for those
who have madq coilstant nnd vigorous war
upon the silver heresy , and who have at
last aroused such ( a strong and Insistent
public sentiment against it that the poli
ticians : of the .republican party have been
forced at last . to listen and heed. The
adoption by tlig national convention at fat.
Louis of a gold jljlatforni Is an augury of
the ; coming supcoss of sound money at thu
polls. It is a victory for Intelligence and
hour-sty gained over greed , ignorance , dis
couragement and all the causes of discon
tent t < nnd the eagerness for n change. What
ever else shall come out of thu political
contest of this year , tlio country is to be
congratulated that Us monetary system Is
doubtless < ] safe , for the maintenance of the
gold standard for the next four years ought
Xll ho a much easier task than ilr. Cleve
land's has been , while before another presl
dentlal campaign the movement for the free i
and Independent coinage of sliver by this
country ought to have passed Into history
along with the greenback craze as one of
the dead political insanities of our century.
A ITIIMC ivn , .
DlMtriliutlim of It all ronil I'MMSOM
AiiioiiK OMiufliolilrr.s.
Chicago Itecril.
The LaSallo County grange , In session at
Waltham , Illroc'ently , adopted the follow
ing ' resolution's , tj
Whereas , It Is ffcricnilly poncfcVd to bo n
.serious t > vil that the rmjmbors of legislative
bodies nml thn juds"3'lnour courts should
be placed under obligation to the railroad
companion by tiniweptlon of flee pauses.
Hesolvcd , That we. the members of In-
Siillo County I'omona grange No. til. de
mand that ctmdldnti'H for the legislature
Hhnll plfilKO themselves that It they are
elected they will not nrcept frro pasneo
from any railroad company. And further
more , we ask the Illinois HtuU- grange lo
indorse our action. And we nlmi iiRk our
follow votorn outside of Die grangu to join
u.i in tinMIUK" ; demand.
Iti'solved , Tlmt we appoint a committee
to lay this matter before cnndldntea luu ]
report their replies to the subordinate
granges.
The lavish distribution of passes among
public officials by railroad companies Is a
great evil. It 111 accords with the Ideas of
democracy for the representatives of the
people to receive such favors nt the hands
of corporations whoso Intcieats in matters
of legislation are often In opposition to the
public welfaro. It la especially Inconsistent
that legislators who ride on free passes
should receive mileage from the public
treasury. The abuse is widespread , how
ever. The plan suggested by the LaSallc
County grange may ho productive of nome
good , but It Is more Important to sccuru the
election to the Inglslatnro of mou who will
work for legislation against Indiscriminate
paBS-glvlnij , when public sentiment can bo
prevailed upon to demand thu enforcement
of n law to this effect.
The patrons of husbandry In Canada sot a
good example In this regard , showing what
can bo done by waging a determined light
against the payment of mileage to members
of Parliament who traveled upon free passes.
They compelled the passage of a law under
which railway tickets purchased with gov
ernment funds -are furnished Instead of a
cosh mlleago allowance ) to such members
as apply for them. This provision is emi
nently sensible nnd Just and should Ixi the
rule In American states su long as pastes
are allowed to bu.glven at all ,
THIS I'OMTIC&Ij .SITIJATIO.Y.
Stilton Which ATe lloilHonahly GVrtiilu
St , l lls UIobc-Deniocrat.
Wo observe jfhat none of the prominent
republican nowsijaijcra , In their estimates
of the electorar Vo o for each party In No
vember , are putting the republican majority
at a largo dgnfa' . Jho Globe-Democrat In a
table published .a u y after thu close of the
convention , placed eighteen states the New
England group , with New York , New Jersey -
soy , 1'cunnylwuila , Delaware , Maryland ,
Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , Wisconsin ,
Minnesota and Idwa In the republican
column. This would glvo the republicans
238 electoral votes , or fourteen wore than
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
the 221 necessary to elect , nntl It plncos In
llio democratic , populist niul doubtful col
umn 209 votes.
Tlio divisions and estimates made by the
oilier republican papers do not differ ma
terially from this. AH tlio papers which we
have scon except n. very few put the states
hero nnmed In the republican division.
These few omit Delaware. Maryland or
Indiana , while claiming West Virginia , Kan
sas or Nebraska , or nil three of them. None
of these forecasts makes the majority large.
All the estimates , democratic ns well ns re
publican , made four or flvo months nno. put
the probable republican majority at a miieh
higher figure than this. It Is conceded on
nil sides that the silver bolt has altered the
situation and has made half n dozen states
popllllstlc. democratic or doubtful which
were deemed sure for the republicans until
the St. Louis convention.
It Is well to understand , however , that
no states ore being claimed by the Olohe-
Democrat and the other tepubllcan papers
except those reasonably sure to bo carried
by the party. Rvery OHO of the eighteen
states put In the republican list by this
Journal will. It Is entirely safe to say , bo
found there when the election Is endde. Re
publican chances nro also favorable In West
Virginia , In which state the protection nnd
sound money sentiment Is strong. Kansas ,
too , Is cured of Its popullstlc folly , and will
probably roll up a L'0,000 or 30,000 republican
plurality this year. Nebraska stnrk to the
republicans In 1802 when many other west
ern states were lost , nnd It Is likely to'llio
true to the party In 1SOG. Still , It Is well
to take the cliaimed conditions Into the ac
count. This canvass will not be a repetition
of that of 1S72. The republicans will win ,
for the 100c dollar Is bound to bent the C > 0c
dollar when there Is ns In 1S06 , n square
contest between thorn , but In order to make
victory sure every republican must go to
the polls.
1)HMOCH. % : VS DOOM.
Kri-i * Silver llei-lni'Mllon MUciieri to
n DoTilli Wnrriiiit.
I'hllnilrlpliln Time * ( drm. )
The democracy 1ms not a record or n tra
dition prior to the present silver craze that
docs not record heroic devotion to honest
money. For the sixty years before Its de
moralization by civil war It was the one
party of the country that taught and main
tained the gold standard ot value , and gold
as the money of the country , to which uvcry
other form of circulating medium must be
subordinated. It yielded largely to the
greenback crnze , and later has been swept
from Its moorings In the south and west by
the frco silver fanaticism that Is today or
ganized against honest values , against the
rights of property , and that embraces In Its
slimy ranks every shade of dcstrnctlonlsts
and revolutionists down to anarchists.
Tills Is the Issue that must ho met and
determined at Chicago. Today the chances
seem largely against the success of the
right , but courage vanquished cowardice at
St. Louis and gave the republicans an honest
money deliverance that none can misunder
stand , and like courage and earnest effort
May halt the tide of repudiation that Is now
surging against the democratic battlements.
With a declaration In favor of the gold
standard nt Chicago , the money question
would bo entirely eliminated from the great
battle of 1S9G , and the patriotic citizens of
every faith v ould be free to follow their own
judgment In deciding the Important economic
questions which arc so directly involved.
If Chicago shall falter In the support of
honest money , there will be but one party In
the Held that the friends of national honor
and national credit can turn to , and all
other questions must be subordinated to the
supreme Issue of maintaining public and
1'i'lvnto credit , thus assuring our commercial
and industrial prosperity. There are great
Issues which should be considered In tills
struggle , but which must be entirely over
looked until the credit of the nation shall be
so securely established at home and abroad
that It will command the absolute trust of
every civilization.
I et the democratic leaders look the fact
in the face that the Chicago battle is one of
life or death for the democratic party. It
eannot survive the degradation and shame
of submission to repudlatlonlsts and destruc-
tlonlsts , nnd It needs but to take a brave
Htiiml , and declare its faith in the clear
terms of Jefferson and Jackson , who are its
confessed apostles , to change the aspect of
the national contest in an hour , and assure
an honored and successful future for the
party. The crossroads have been reached
for democracy the roads which point to
dishonor and death , and to honor and power ,
nnd the highest tribunal of the democratic
party must choose between them.
Ilt'lt.T l.'Oll l-M \ .
liullnrmiioll.i .inttriml : Tommy t'.iw ,
what Is ft "man of ntm\v ? "
Mr. Klge Grass wlilowpr , I swpponf.
Philadelphia North Atncrlcnn : Jim Scnn
Why do they rail money llui "long
preen ? " .loo Cose Negatively , 1 mittnoRu ;
uecausu without It you arc short ana blue.
Detroit V'ree 1'rens : She And will you
buy me n pony , dement , when wo nro mar
ried ?
He ( nbsently ) Wouldn't you mthcr Imvo
a schooner ?
Cincinnati Knqulrer : "Maud Is studying
elocution now. "
"doing on the Hinge ? "
"No. Hut she thinks shemny bo nble
to more easily make the editor * discern tlio
beauties or her poems.
Chicago Post : "How pretty ! " she ex
claimed. "It's to bo worn at the seashore ,
I presume. "
"Oh , no ; on the singe.
Hut I doubt If you'll be allowed to np-
pear that way on the singe. "
Somervlllo Journal : HuslncsH Mnnngor
Wbnt does this hist paragraph of yours
menu. Whlttlcus ? I cun't see nny point to
It whatever.
Whltllcus ( bowing Thanks Tor the Im
plied compliment.
Yonkers Statesman : Yeast DM you ever
notice how busy the bees arc nnd how In
dolent the wnsp.s appeal' to ho7 Crltnson-
beak Well. I can't say Hint I ever noticed
It , but I have often heard of the "busy
boo" and of the "wasp-liko waste. "
Indlnnnpolla Journal : 1'ontse-l Who Is thn
fnt tigun < that Uncle Sam la jumping on in
this sketch ?
Urushes Dttnno ; haven't sold It yet. It'll
do either for Murk Ilanim or a Hrltlsh
manufacturer , according to the campaign
club Unit buys 11.
Truth : "Say , II was a great Idea to put
the district inefsonser boys on wheels. 1
saw one going like the wind lodny. "
"Huh ! He probably struck n good blc.yclo
road and was trying1 to complete a century
run before delivering his message. "
Life : Perry Patettlo N'ow , this hero pa
per say.M that the production of beer In the
United States Is tlttecli gallons for every
Inhabitant and that's where the prohibi
tion party in a good thing.
Wayworn Watson Fer why ?
Perry Patottle Hccnuse every fifteen gnl-
lonn the iirohlli's don't drink Is Hint much
more for us liberal people.
WAIL OF TlIK WAV13S.
Unrpcr's MnRazlno.
What nro the wild waves saying
As over the sands they sigh ?
Why do they groan and grumble ?
Is It 'caliso they're tied to high ?
My child , the wild waves murmur ,
And angry passions show ,
Uecause some cureless wader
Una stepped on their undor-tou.
LAY OK A liAUOII.
Ororuo Newell I-nveJoy In Judge.
Here I am , perched at my open casement ,
Knjoylng the laugh of some unseen miss ,
That conies rippling up from a room In the
basement
Just below this.
Morning , noon and night T can hear her
Uabbllng away with her chatter and
chair.
And It seems ns If nil creation near her
Was just one laugh.
Picture her ! Isn't her face Just made
for It ?
Crinkled and curved for the laughing fit.
Could she bo solemn , do you think , It paid
for It ?
Devil a bit !
I can fancy the dimples Her checks' Im
printing ,
And see the mouth corners upward run ;
I can catch her eyes with the frolic glint
ing
Hrlmful ot fun.
She must bo pretty to Intigh so prettily-
Such a laugh couldn't belong to a frump !
Humorous , too , to sec things wittily
Probably plump !
There now she's olT again ! Peal upon peal
of It !
Clear as a clarion , soft ns a bell !
Why , It's infectious ! I'm catching the feel
of It !
Chuckling ns well !
What was I dreaming ? That musical
melody
Trips up the scale arpeggio !
So like a voice that was hushed ah ! well-
a-day
Long , long ago !
Heigh-ho ! To think of what llttlo straws
llckle us !
Just a girl's laugh and my laughing one
lies
Silent and I well , now , this Is ridiculous-
Tears in my eyes !
UC.MUXO XPKPIAh PKATUIUSS ,
HE OMAHA SUNDAY BKR if *
STONK ,
UKM1NISCKNCR OK TI1H MtNCl ,
HY A. CONAN IIOYLK :
A new ftcri.il stoiy begun Unster Sun
day to contlmtn for seventeen weeks
The talc Is lold by the hero himself. ft
retired imvnl oiilerr. and he recalls the
Incidents of his career when a boy
J'ho story baa been pronounced l > y com
petent riltlcs to be one written In L > r.
1'oyle's very best Htyle.
PAST linMOCUATIC CONVHNTinNS !
The ntory of each national convention
of the democratic p.irty , beginning with
1S. , graphically told , with apnroprlnto
comment , by n distinguished participant
Of particular litteicsl Just at this tlmo
In view of the near approach of tha
coming democrutlo national convention.
CILOOMY FOURTH OF & :
Vivid picture of Independence day
forty years ORO , when good American *
wondered If thc-ra would evur bo another
It was the llrst Fourth of July of the
rcmibllrnn party- one of the largest
celebrations wat held nt Princeton , III. ,
\\hcro Lincoln was the oralor of tin )
day Abstract of his speech.
f
WAH TIME T
llohlnd the scenes with Lincoln In thn
War lUpartmont telegraph olllce Im
portant stnto secrets transmitted In
cipher Stories about the president nnd
hlM ablest commn ndin-s while watting
for the tick of the Instrument from the
ImlHefleld Ono of Carpentor's best lot-
tors.
WITH THE WHIUHIXO WHHHL :
Political candidates who are devotees
ot tlic whpptAmerican bicycles on Iho
foreign markets Medical ndvlcn on the
usti of the wheel by men and women
The fad for handsomely decorated bi
cycles Story of iho pneumatic tire
What Is going on In local wheeling
circles.
THE COMING C-13NKHAT1ON :
"Tho High School Pennant. " A
Fourth of July story about Ned Lar-
klns' lesson to the Warren boys Fourth
of July llroworks and how to iniika
them effective Literary firecrackers for
Young America A youth's department
unexcelled for entertaining and wholesome -
some reading.
IN WOMAN'S DOMAIN :
Light negliges the thins for summer
housewear Luxurious lounging gowns
brought out by the season Archery
teas as hot weather diversions Summer
needlework Women at the great St.
Louis convention Latest fashion notes
from the fashion editors Gossip about
well known women at homo and abroad.
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY :
The Crofoot-Nnsh wedding the
social event of the week Still other
notable weddings on the list for tlio
near future Moro people going away
for summer vacations A few out-of-
town visitors Htlll here Friendly gossip
about Omaha society folks ,
IN THE FIELD OF SPOUT :
Newsy gossip on current sporting
topics about events past , present nnd to
conic Latest In the base ball situation
Chatty review of college aquatics
Gleanings from the horsemen and the
turf A page of reading that will make
the cyos of the Bcnulno sport glisten.
UNEXCELLED NEWS SERVICE :
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and domestic telegraph service The
New York World's special foreign cor
respondence Unrivalled special newo
service from Nebraska , Iowa and the
western states Well written and nccu-
ralo local news reports.
Tim OMAHA SUNDAY BE&
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