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Bay of June, 1900. M. ',.UN"iTiI,i(V
(Senl ) Notary Public.
I'AliriES I.EAVIMi I OII MMUI2K
Thi-IIck IrntliiK Hie !( for
1Iip Hiiiiinier limy Imvr Tin- Hff
nil to tlicin reniilnrly ly
nollfyliiK Tin- lire- lluslness
a nice, In person or ly mull.
Ilic nililri-sM Mill lie HnuiKtMl
as often nn ileslrc.l.
There tnnv be n slate trust, nut it win
in i ""'i' I
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never be able to control the output 01
1,1 I
political SlalC. .
a .!n,.ri Hmvih seems to be
-i.u..i.,0nr n.n f..,.t that the local mm
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iwiue uuoi vu.-i ".-v....
Tlewev savs ho Is reallv glad be Is
,it r it... nriiHlileiitlal race. Dewey
Hiniply has a belief that he was ever
j.
Ch rago s census will onij sngmij e.-
ceed 1,8(K,(KM. 'Hint 12,000,000 club will
have to take out an extension on lis
nrtlcles of incorporation.
T. Sterling Morton has led many a
forlorn hopu In Nebraska politics and
will not lie deterred from leading the
gold democrats through rear 01 ueieat.
A new bug Is said to bo causing un
easiness among wheat growers in the
western part of Nebraska. Perhaps It
Is one of the jMipullst vagaries which
has escaped.
It Is cheaper to put up straw bonds
nnd appeal the case than It Is to pay
flues assessed In police court, and those
who get mulcted In thnt court are not
slow to lltiil It out.
Whllo looking around for vice pres
idential candidate. democracy might
take up Fred White of Iowa, lie has
been defeated so often that once more
would not hurt him.
How long would the postmasters have
had to wait for higher salaries based on
increased postal business If the demo
cratic administration of four years ago
had been continued In power?
The chances nre good thnt the Chinese
war will piny a heavier role In the com-
Ing presidential campaign than the war
In South Africa or even the war In the
Philippines. It Is the war that Is In
progress thnt counts.
The people of this section of country
hnvo passed through many trying times
and have como out all right, but tho
threatened calamity of closing all the
haloons In South Omnha Ik too much.
They might never recover from tho
shock.
The best way to settle the contests
over delegations from southern states
In republican conventions Is to adopt a
rule for representation according to the
republican vote. Ity removing tho pre
mium on democratic districts this source
of contention would be done away with.
Four years ago nearly a dozen entries
were made lu the presidential tourna
ment at the republican national con
ventlon held lu St. Louis, This year
only one name Is mentioned nt l'hlladel
phla. What greater tribute could be
paid to the high character of the ad
ministration of President McKlnley?
Fuslonlsts over the stato are still en
pnged In the harmless pastime of boom
lug candidates for state otllees. 'They
Will discover sooner or later that those
who promise to be dangerous to the
stato house machine will he sidetracked
and those of smaller caliber will simply
bo Ignored. The machine does not
propose to let a little thing like per
sonal ambition stand In the way of Its
complete control of the party.
If the troubles In China should un
fortunately lead to a Joint military
demonstration of tho powers against
tho celestials It would all'ord a good op
portunlty to get u Hue on tho effective
ness of the military forces of the dif
ferent countries. No one In this coun
try? f eourse, wishes to see such a
conflict, but If It conies Undo Sain has
supremo coulidence lu tho men who
wear his uniform to hold up their end
Wherever they are put.
THK PHKSS IX Tllr. CAMl'AMX.
Tlic oponliu; of miotliiT presidential
oainpii Inn lirliiKH out with striking force
the prominent pint played in American
politics Ity tho pros. It is stiff to suy
thitt In tho work of mundiallm; thu
forces In battle lino under tho standard
lieurcrM of the respective pintles no one
factor exerts nil Inlluenco In nny way
coinpiirnlile lor potency with Hint of the
picfs.
According to the latest statistics the
linnilier of newspapers and periodicals
published at stated Intervals In the
fulled States exceeds 'JO.WO. While a
Inrjjo proportion of these devote them
selves exclusively to particular llelds of
literature, science, art nnd Industry, few
of them will fall to reflect tho political
contllct in progress around thuin. The
relations of the Issues and candidates to
tho special Interests which these differ
ent newspapers and periodicals repre
sent are sure to be discussed for the ben
ollt of their readers before the election
rolls around.
The point where the public Is most
vitally touched on political (juostlons Is
of course through the dally newspapers
which In these days of rast trains and
Improved mall facilities reach almost
every household lu tho land. From day
to day they carry to thu masses Informa
tion as to the progress of the campaign
and discussions, brought down to the
level of tho iivernjre citizen, of tho differ-
tnt subjects lu controversy between the
Imos'" pnrtlsans.
Although so pronounced tho juent
strides made by the press In overshad-
owing tho campaign orator and stump
t)I,t'a,u'r "K 11 political agency arc
scarcely realized by the general public.
Where 11 speech Is delivered orally to
imiidreds It Is distributed by the news-
papers In print for leisurely reading and
study to tiiousnnils and inimireas or
thousands.
In bis hook reviewing tlie Inst presi
dential campaign, Mr. Bryan, explaining
the reason why he determined to read
his opening speech In New York City,
rather than to deliver It extemporane
ously, said that ho was compelled to
choose between disappointing the nutll-
enco and disappointing tho people -who
Would read the speech In the newspa
pers. "I knew," says he, "that In order
to secure the publication of an accurate
report of tho speech in the dally papers
It would be necessary to furnish a copy
111 lltll'fltlpn fit llnllvnrv mill 1 I.'tintv 1 11,1 r
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If ilitllviti'iul fi'im inninfiri If TT'niilil lut
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ttil'mt ilitWM In ulinWlin ml mill inmnni-ml
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ArttT weighing tno relative advantages
of "'"l objections to the two modes of
delivery I concluded that It was the
pan ii wisooni to uisappoiui uie lew
thousands who would be in the hall In
order to reach tno Hundreds or thousand
who would read It in print."
And so all through the coming cam
paign every great speech delivered hy
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,,n,s's ni.uk ,,y ,,nrty nmat;er(4 wn i)0
,.!m.fUUy praml in advance and dls
trlbuted to the nubile through the
medium of tho nress. If all tho news-
.,,., Niim,i,i M1H,w,(i ,,i,ii,.no.i In
t.(l m.iKt nf (, (..llimc onnillil.ites
... . n.,lllni:..,.M WOuld 11ml themselves
i,0neles.slv adrift
With such trying duties devolving
upon It, reaching down to the very
foundation of free government, the
necessity for a free and untraminelcd
press, conducted with a consciousness
of its grave responsibility, must be
realized by all. Without a free press
the public would be at tho mercy of de
signing politicians and forced to choose
between ambitious candidates of oppos
Ing parties In ignorance of the facts es
seutlal to enlightened citizenship.
OUtl FOliKHiX ItELA'ClOXS
In a recent address Senator Davis of
Minnesota, chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, said that the re
latlons of the United Slates with other
nations sire in every respect nusplcious
for peace. He declared that no portent
Is seen that can cause any reasonable
fear of war. " e were never more
friendly with all nations than we nre
today. There Is not now and there
never was any secret alliance, compact
or understanding between tho Lnlted
States and tiroat Itritaln. (.ermauy
docs not purpose any enterprlseMn de
llnnco of the Monroe doctrine, nor Is
there nny controversy between thnt
empire anil this government which in
tho least degree warrants the uppre
benslon of anything more serious than
vigorous and benellclal negotiations
This United States Is tho great armed
neutral of the world. It will have
peace, not ns (lie boon of a suppliant
non-combatant, but as the right of
peace-loving, urniored, puissant nation
whose rights are secured by Its man
Ifest ability to cause other nations to
respect them."
Senator Davis spoke with the high
est authority lu stating that there Is
not and has never been any secret al
liance between this government and
lireat itritaln, yet It Is to be expected
t,mt , ()U)()m,n(s of thp ll(mlnlstra
tion will refuse to accept his state
ment anil will continue to make tlie
preposterous allegation, unsupported by
a scintilla of evidence, that such nn
alliance exists. No one who has made
this charge has offered anything to sup
port or substantiate it. When the
malignant I'ettlgrew asserted on tho
Moor of the senate his belief that n se
cret alliance exists he was asked to
give a reason lor this belief and could
offer none. The only ground for the
a,,sm.a tlsMmill0 is the fact that the
administration has declined to adopt a
course which would be distinctly of
fensive to a friendly nation and has
In proper recognition of the Interna
tional 'obligations of this government
maintained strict neutrality respecting
tlie South African contllct. As to Ger-
- many, there Is no doubt that tho Idea
f that government contemplating any
enterprise hostile to tho Monroe doc
trine was entirely groundless.
Under the present administration tho
Fnlted Staten will continue to cultl-
vate friendly relations with the rest of plained that there Is no feeling of bos
the world. Duty to ourselves, the i tlllty lo tills country, but Japan wants
conservation of our own Interests, the
extension of our Inlluenco In the work
of civilization, dictate this. Being, as
I was said by Seuator Davis, "tho great
itrmed neutral of the world," the t'nlted j twenty-six years, which, under the lm
States will adhere strictly to its tradi- 1 proved conditions that have taken place
tloital policy of Keeping aloof from the in .lapan lu that time. Is not a healthy
entanglements 01 ioioigo power. n
Is manifesting this purpose lu China.
While It has been necesary to the pro
tection of American Interests to send
war ships there and to laud an armed
force on Chinese soil, in common with
other powers, there Is no alliance with
any power. If other nations unite to
make war on the Chinese government
the t'nlted .States will go with them
only so far as Is demanded for the pro
tection of the lives ami property of
American citizens. Tills republic, If
It expects to be fairly and Justly treated
by other nations, must Itself bo fair
and Jiit to all. lu our International
. . A A.I . ,
relations we should not permit prejudice
or passion to Inlluence us and It Is
most unfortunate that there are among
our people very many who do not un
derstand this. Washington earnestly
admonished his countrymen against
Inveterate antipathies against par
ticular nations and passionate attach
ment for others," nnd the counsel is
pilte as necessary today as when he
tittered It.
There Is nothing In the record of the
present administration more creditable
and honorable thnu the management
of our foreign relations. Hvcry inter
national duty and obligation has been
faithfully observed in a. way that has
given tho fulled States a higher and
tinner place in tho respect and eon
lldenco of the world than It ever before
enjoyed.
TUX TUUTH ABOUT CVllA.
General Ludlow, former military gov
ernor of Havana, has made a statement
In reply to the criticisms of the sanitary
and other military departments lu the
Cuban city which In vigorous terms
points out the Injustice of the accusa
tions. He says the conduct of affairs In
the city nnd In the department of
Havana since the American occupation
has no dark corners or concealments and
ha.t nothing to fear from the most
searching Investigation. "For every dol
lar of expenditure," says General I.itd
low, "there are estimates, vouchers, ae
counts and reports of record, showing
clearly their purpose, their validity and
their value." As to what has been ac
complished, he declares that Havana
has been made cleaner than Washing
ton or any city he knows of; that there
has been a great decrease In the death
rato of Havana and there has been ef
footed a practically complete removal
of the dread of yellow fever as an
obscure and uncontrollable epidemic dls
ease.
General Ludlow very properly regards
the results achieved In so short a time
as in the highest degree creditable to the
military administration in Cuba and
should be the legitimate cause of pride
and congratulation to every patriotic
American. He thinks It almost in
credible, In the light of the facts, that
"Americans should be found willing to
prostitute their journalistic privileges
and responsibilities by seeking to con
vert n honorable chapter of American
history into a disgraceful and scan
dalous record, the falsity of which Is
susceptible of Immediate and conclusive
demonstration." It should be needless
to say that the criticisms and accusa
tions come from the political opponents
of the natlonnl administration, who in
their desire to make party capital are
quite Indifferent to the truth ns well ns
to the good name and honor of the coun
try.
VKACF. WITH IXUKl'RXHEXiJt:.
There Is no doubt that many of the
Itoers are t'red of war, but the report
that President Kruger Is prepared to
accept peace at any price and that ho
has only been restrained from propos
ing to surrender by Mr. Steyn must
be regarded as tho pure Invention of
an Kngllsh correspondent. It Is safe
to say that "Oom Paul" will be
found among the very last to agree to
surrender or to seek pence upon any
other terms than Independence, which
means that so long as ho Is able to
exert any Inlluence with his country
men it will be for resistance to the
Itritish purpose to destroy the republics
and absorb their territory.
A very Intelligent American cone
spondeut, writing from Pretoria before
the capitulation of that city, said that
unquestionably the lioers desired peace,
but the condition of that pence is their
national Independence and he expressed
the opinion thnt this would remain the
condition whether they nre conquerors
or conquered. It Is true that events
since then have gone steadily against
tho defenders of their country. Hut
ns yet they give no Indications of a
desire to surrender and appear to be
carrying on operations as resolutely
anil determinedly as ever, their move
ments showing tho same remarkable
mobility that has characterized them
from the beginning. While their forces
are not concentrated, they seem to be
still quite numerous and nre being
handled with marked skill.
They will tlnally be overcome. No
one doubts this and perhaps they ex
pect It, but It looks now as If very few
will be left to surrender that the prom
ise to light to the last man will be ful-
lllled. How much longer they will be
able to hold out against tho overwhelm
ing forces of tho Itritish It Is Impossible
to say, but the world must admire
their Indomltablo courage and persist
ence, which splendidly attest the lloer
love of independence.
.1 UAXUF.It AVKHTF.li.
The danger of an extensive Immigra
tion of Japanese Into this country, which
threatened to become a troublesome
matter, has been averted and this by
the action of the Japanese government.
That government has Issued a decree In
tended to prevent the emigration to tlie
Cnlted States of more than live persons
a month from any of tlie forty-seven
prefectures of tlie empire nnd our gov
ernment has been asked to assist In car
rying out the decree, which of course It
will readily consent to do. It Is ex-
to keep her people at home. The state
ment is made that owing to the large
emigration tho population of the Island
empire has only Increased U.OOO.OOO in
growth. Another motive for the action
of the mikado's government is perhaps
to be found in the fact that the growing
danger of war makes It desirable to keep
all the able-bodied men possible at home.
for In the event of u contllct with Itus-
sia they will be needed. At the same
time It Is iiiite probable that the Japa
nese government was Inlltieiiced by a
desire to avoid any controversy with the
United States over this Immigration.
At all events a practicable solution of
the problem has been found and those
who were prepared to start an agltution
for Japanese exclusion may drop tho
subject, since such agitation would have
no effect If not more than -T0 persons
are permitted to emigrate from .lapan
to the United States per month. The
probability Is that the number will be
even less thnu this, for undoubtedly the
mikado's decree will be very rigidly en
forced. The check placed upon this emi
gration will Interfere somewhat with
the .Tnpnnese steamship lines, which
have been chlelly Instrumental In pro
noting it, but this Is a matter of no con
sequence save to them. Tho action of
the Japanese government Is very favor
ably regarded at Washington.
mallKll CUMMbltCIAh KDUUATIOX.
The University of Wisconsin has given
notice of a new departure In collegiate
work which It will take up at its next
university year In the form of a school
of commerce planned to give an educa
tion especially designed to lit young men
for business careers. Several American
universities have maintained schools
covering part of this ground under the
names; of schools of political science and
schools of llnance, but the new school
Is to be founded on still broader lines.
It is not so long ago that young men
thought It unnecessary to attend college i
unless thev expected to enter Into one
of the three learned professions of law,
medicine or theology, and the number of
college graduates found lu the com
mercial walks of life were compara
tively few. The Industrial evolution
constantly sharpening the contllct of
commerce has emphasized more and
more the necessity for thorough educa
tional groundwork for the leaders of our
business forces. The self-made Hum Is
still to be found at the top of the ladder,
but he admits that he labors under dis
advantages. if our Institutions of higher learning
can adnpt their courses of study more
closely to the requirements of young
men expecting to enter Into channels
of commercial enterprise they will cer
tainly be responding to a popular de
mand for practical Instruction that can
be utilized to the best advantage in the
business community. If u course of
study In practical economics, com
mercial law, science as applied to
tlie Industrial arts, economic geography,
political and legislative history and cog
nate subjects, together with the modern
languages used lu current business rela
tions, will furnish a training useful In
business careers our colleges and tin-
versltles could serve no better object
than by expnndlnp; their facilities In
these directions.
From this point of view tlie school of
commerce projected by the University
of Wisconsin will be watched with inter
est by tlie friends of collegiate educa
tion.
A South American congress is to be
held in Madrid next October for the
purpose of reinforcing cordial reliitlous
of Spain with Its former colonial pos
sessions, so rudely shaken by the lute
war with the United States. Spain
might as well give up all expectation,
however, of building up Its Inlluence
again us of old lu the South American
republics, which must naturally look to
the United States as the leading nation
of the two Americas. If Spain wants to
go Into the colonial business It will have
to follow in the wake of the other Ku
ropean nations that are grabbing for
land In South Africa and the Orient.
Note the difference between the con.
volitions at Sioux Fnlls and at Philadel
phia. At Sioux Falls Hryan sent In
Htritctlons as to his preference with re.
sped to the vice presidency, but the con.
ventlon refused to heed them. At Phila
delphia all the delegates profess eager
ness to 1111 the vice presidential nomina
tion with a man satisfactory to Presl
dent McKlnley and would feel relieved
If the president would but indicate his
desires.
If tho popocratle administration enn
extract any comfort from the disgrace
ful occurrences at the Heatrice asylum
It is welcome to It. When men will
go to such lengths either to secure or
keep a comparatively small otilco It Is
time for them to take the "cure." It
would he Impossible for any state to
satisfy so many ami such abnorwnl
appetites.
When Colouel Towno visits Colonel
Hryan at the llshlng resort the head of
the ticket should show the tail that
little memoranda prepnred for use of
the delegates to the Sioux Falls con
vention. A few lessons lu the Ne
braska art of yielding everything "for
Hrynn's sake" are expected to make the
Minnesota man tradable.
One Thhiir OfUcliilly Settled.
Chlcnso Tribune.
It is officially decided, nt any rate, that
Schley was In tho light. This corroborates
the popular impression
At-tlvlly of Amerlenii lliiern.
Philadelphia Press.
quitTso many Wet.m. Z ,h, in ChCTl
-VI. A,.tl.nhn Il...i.H n.. nn l.inntilni.
iIipv nro work In ir iteadllv
they nre working steauuy.
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riinrofeNftlnnitl 4 ouiluet.
"nn Frnncleo Call
Tho Nebraska train robber who forced a
Pullman porter to help him rob tho passen -
gers showed very little professional courtesy
u'hnn tin n n 11 A r rwl t f illv i.in ii,,, Kwno- with
him
Miiootli I'Iiiiim nf CliliHiiiii-n.
Chltnso News.
Fourteen thoutanl residents of Snn Fran
cisco's Chinatown are shut In by quarantine,
nnd as a retaliatory measure the Chlnreo
merchants havo decided to pay no moro rent
nr hllla nf nnv kind until tho blnckndo 1
remoTcd. If they can help It, they do not
intend to subject their crsdltoM to the risk
of contracting the plague through handling I
their money. This Is a conclusion worthy!
the celcatlnl, who often sees more with nu
almond squint than his neighbors Rive him i
credit for.
I'ltet't of Too Mucli Monrj.
Wnshltmton Post.
A Nebraska bank president Is the latest
purchaser of n gold brick. Now that the
farmers are so prosperous the gold brick
operators nre compelled to turn to other
walks of life for their victims.
IIiinc liiolmiittloii,
St. Paul IMoncor Pits.
A woman census etiumeratoress In Omaha
wo tho first to complete her work, ami There Is no true human fraternity with
9omo people will doubtless be menu enough ui tho divine fatherhood,
to hint that, being a woman, she knew nil ; It 1 poNdble to be a glass-eye Chtlstian,
about the affairs of many of the enumerators
and tilled out her lists at home.
Ahc of CoIIckc Miiili'iil.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Figures reported front Princeton are to
tho effect that the averngo eollcgo student
is live mouths older than ho wan twenty
yeara ago. This agrees with many people's
observation, that parents nowadays rather
hold their children back than push them
forward, no longer desiring Infant prodigies;
truly n moat praiseworthy tendency. An
other thing that one would hardly have
foreseen Is that tho average student's ex
penditures have decreased 10 per cent lu tho
same length of time,
higher prices.
despite gencrnlly '.
leu Truxl Ilrimulil lo Titiiin,
Springfield llcpubllcnn.
No trust ever started out to fleece the
public with more, unfortuuulo results than
tho Tammany Ice trust, lta troubles nro
not confined to tho various legal nsaaults.
Its market Is threatened by tho Independent
producers who havo sprung up on e co
hand elnco tho agitation against tho trust
began. It started out by lifting prices to GO
cents a hundred, and hr. now reduced them
to 40 cents nomlnnl, while a rate In quoted
on tho streets of some 23 cents In the
scramblo of the wagons of tho trust to hold
Its trade against tho Inroads of competi
tion. Xiitlvm mill I'orrlKiK'rM In ('Itlcn,
Alnsleo's Matra'.lne.
Tho foreigners cling to tho great cltle,
though In none of them do they outnumber
the natives. In New York, however, and
some outer or tlie larger eltun, tho foreign
ers and those of foreign parents unques
tionably outnumber those of American par
ents of two generations' standing. Here li
it table of natives and foreigners In some of
the cities in 1890:
Cltv.
Native. Foreign,
New York
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hlcauo
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450.6SI)
Philadelphia ..
Ilrooklyn
L'lil.TW
St. Louis
' '
C0.001
120.M2
Hoston
Baltimore
San Francisco
Cincinnati
This shows that of the cities of the first
class Philadelphia Is tho most American,
whllo Now York and Chicago run a raco
with each other ns to which Is tho most
foreign.
MYTHICAL I'OH'KHlX USTATKS.
llovr Amorlrnn (inileon Arc lliiltcil
ly 1'ori-lniicrfi.
Philadelphia. Iteeord.
Thero Is no form of swindling so alluring
to the posslblo victim as thnt In which the
oxlstenco of mythical foreign estates Is the
bait. The warning recently Issued from the
State department to tho effect that nothing
Is known officially of large estates In 12ng
Innd awaiting American claimants was very
timely.
Thero nre few methods of swindling In
which so much Ingenuity Is exercised as In
this particular form. Tho proportion of
peoplo In tho United States whoso foreign
origin dates hack but ono or two genera
tions Is very lnrge. Such people, m a rule,
havo' many relatives on tho other side of tho
ocean. When, therefore, John Smith re
ceives a letter from seemingly rcputablo
foreign attorneys stating that his great-'
undo Johann Schmidt, having died In Ger
many, had left him n fortuno of several
thousand dollars, and that all that Is neces
sary to secure It Is to send n power of at
torney and certain advance costs, tho cred
ulity of tho recipient of tho letter Is leadlly
Imposed upon. In many cases tho money
Is sent. That, of course, Is the last ever
hoard of either tho money sent or tho sup
posed fortuno unless, Indeed, ns sometimes
happens, thu swindlers nre bold enough to
try to bleed tho victim a second time.
Every United States consular officer who
Is stationed In a country which has con
tributed largely to tho population of the
United States knows how- audacious aud fte-
quent such swindling efforts are. It some
times happens, to bo sure, that genuine
legacies nro left to peoplo In this country
by foreign relatives. In tho case, however,
of tho arrival of Information of an unex
pected windfall of this kind, with u request
for advanco costs, confirmation of Its au
thenticity should ho demanded. Tho sup
posed lagatee mould communicate with tho
United States consul nearest tho place
whero the supposed fortuno is alleged to
exist, Tho name nnd address of tho proper
offlclal will be cheerfully supplied by the
Stato department.
Tiii-HtK's Tin; mm.
Will Our A in I it 111 o Cluli Women Mvrr
Hi Cluluililof
Hoston Transcript.
Hocent developments In women's clubs
do lead tho thoughtful observer to feel
Justified In saying that tho club women
tako their clubs too seriously. They saw
that men enjoyed their clubs and simply
followed their example in founding whnt
havo proved to bo very dissimilar bodies.
They organized on high principles, whereas
thoy should havo understood that sociabil
ity and good fellowship aro really tho
whole aim of the mon'o clubs. Somo way
a woman may "frivol personally to a con
slderablo extent and know that sho Is tho
mental nnd physical galnor thoroby, but
for the llto of her she can't ns yet seo her
way clear to ha conscientiously a party to
an organization whoso main purposo It Is
to frivol. This Is why women tako their
club Ufa i-o seriously
Why rannot tho club women do as tho
men do at their clubs and tacitly agree to
glvo soul-stirring, hair-raUIng questions
the go-by? Let them taboo all lectures of
any bort, glvo up "current events" classes
and let great national questions go undls
cussed except formally? Let them kop
their club rooms and keep them opon
for purpewjs of sociability only. Let them
servo ns places for dropping In to got n
cup of tea. and a hit of good fellowship,
oven gossip, when household affairs havo
become n bit strenuous, somewhat as a
man after a perplexing day at tho offlco
finds his little stop at thu club on tho way
homo a real rejuvenntor.
Just u llttlo of this uplrlt In your club
mcsdnnifs, for ono year nnd seo what tho
I . '"'"mat.on on
1 ' iuim. i n' j uw inu lumo sources
,mt BUpply ynur mother's minds. They
Keep fair y wei pested, you will admit. Go
. , . . . .. m ....... wu
I to lectures to your heart's content, but go
, l0, 1,10 samo "n '"'H they do. And don't
I mlx ,0 many thing Thoy smiled, you
'remember on hearing your Ideals of club
' work." Uut you rnthcr took tho bit bs-
b.n-i-ii juu- luiTiii uuu ii-iv ii ii v ui juur emu
a good many of tho real things that mako
your men acquaintances keep up their club 1
dues, no matter what other matters they
havo to slight. Tho well wishers of wo
men's clubs bollovo that In duo evolution- ,
nry course much parliamentary pother and
1 conscious culture of public conscience will 1
be rooted nut. or thinned out rather, to let. i
tho moro natural and leally lareer Ideas
have a chanco to grow, But w shall mb. j
II LASTS KIIO.1l HAM'S UOnX.
Prayer meeting piety needs odlco practlc.
The counterfeit Is often better looking
than the genuine.
H Is only external
shower on Sunday.
piety that fears n
Richer) on the heart are u burden; under
tho feet, a hleaulng.
Woru nnd battered gold Is better than
tiewly-pollHhcd brnrs.
Prosperity tests chnraeter as a heavy liar-
i vct tcetfi tho granary.
Much of the music of life depends on your
tollel1 u,lJ 'our ,lnu'
a dead member Is u living body.
Clod neither nKH for more than we can do
nor expeetr, less than tho miost.
The grenteu mlstako In life Is seeking to
Improve tho clreumstuucitt without regard
to the character.
To the aged saint heaven looms up brighter
overy step and amid a chorus of hosantias
nng'ls euoort him to n conqueror's crowning.
PEHSO.VAI, AMI (ITIIi:ilVlSI.
Connecticut lawyers found n thirteen-foot
will as easy to break as a llttlo one.
At tho rate of $13,000 apiece gold hrlcki
nro not likely to tccomc opular for butldliw
purposes.
North Carolina wPI cast straw on the
political current August J. when the election
fcr Mute officers takes tilac!.
The safest plan for tho lloxera Is to re
turn to their old practice of hitting the pipe.
The concert cf tho powers Is not a pipe
dream.
Murk Twain claims to have written 4t5
dramas and lo havo refrained from publish
ing nny of them. Such consldcra lou tn sjh
Mark in public tstecm.
An eastern Judge rules that tho sale of
soda water docs not violate tho Sunday
law. holding that It is a necessity of life."
Probably n ftzzlcnl necessity.
St. Louis politicians nro nccut-lng each
other of all kinds of crimes In connection
with the strike. Thoy know all about It
and thu public Is safe In accepting their
nccufatlons an true.
The Salvation urniy women arc Rtlcklng
long hatpins into the bay window of tho
Chicago ico trust by selling live pounds of
Ice for n cent. And tho tonnjerature of the
trust Is warm enough to melt l(n cukes.
A holcmnly hiiperlnr London organ re
marks on the swiping of the Derbyshho reg
iment: "Wo can only surmise that as usual
thero happened what ought not to have
happened, anil that our troopa were sur
prised by n superior forco in clrcumstnnccs
which made furthor resistance hopelesa."
Kansas City lies a pnllco Judgo who Is
entitle! to a snlute and a smllo from every
working girl in the land. Last week he
had a male masher heforo him charged with
ogling and annoying telephone glib going
to and from work. He wan shown to be
nn old offender, but had escaped punishment
because his victims did not de,?iro police
court notoriety. The telephono company
took tho matter up, trapped tho masher
und furnished wltnctsrs lo his Infamy. Tho
court Imposed a line of $:00 nnd in doing so
made these pointed remarks; "TheBo girls
aro hard working women with no Influential
friends to protect them. They havo no so
cial standing except what they make for
themwlves. For theio reasons they havo
a special claim on the protection nf the
court and nro entitled to all of the con
sideration that can bo accorded. They
have conducted themselves modestly nnd
havo a right to resent Insult by an nppeal
to the courts."
Tho democrats of Tennessee aro urging as
a reacon for the election of their state can
didates the argument that when Governor
McMillln (after nearly thirty-live years of
democratic rulo at Nashville) took hold of
the stato government Tenncssco was heavily
. . . , . l. ... ... In.
terest had to be borrowed. To remedy this
ho aw that the pruning knife must bo
used and vigorously set hlmrclt tn the task.
During his tenure of office some of tho re-
suits effected have been: A million dollars
havo been paid on the slnto dobt; a (linking
fn,i hill has heon nnssed ficttlnc aside 10
r,c: ,,. ,P ..
inii. iu i" o.v " .... ........ .v.
purpose of retiring the outstanding uoniw.
a re-dlstrlctlng bill has been pnssed which
fcaven the stnte J30.000 per nnnum; tho aboli
tion of tho coal oil sinecures, which brings
$25,000 nnnually into the treasury; a bill has
been pnssed providing for a tax on chartors
of Incorporation which nets tho stnte $45,
000 a year. In addition tho penitentiary,
which a few years ago was costing the state
$100,000 per annum, was operated last year
at a net profit of $S3,000.
IMtOl'llKCIKf: I'll AT I-'AlLKll.
Sitiiiiilc- IiiKtiuiiM- of tin- AVI III Month-
Imkh of llryiin.
J. Sterllns Morton's Conservative.
In his speech at Klclvmond, Va., Septem
ber 19, 1896, found In volumo 1 of tho
Prophecies ef liryan, ("First Untile"), the
18 to 1 candldato thus Interpreted economic
law:
'We apply the law of supply and demand
to money. We say that the value of a dol
lar depends upon tho number of dollars nnd
that you can rnlso the value of dollars by
making tho dollars (scarce. And we chargo
that our opponents nro in favor of making
money ncarco hocauso they nro controlled
by tuoye who want money dear."
Ho warns tho peoplo of a conspiracy to
corner all the gold In tho world nnd innkc It
dear. He charges his opponents with tho
diabolical Intent of mnklng money scarce.
Four years havo elarod dnco Prophet
Hryan made this startling discovery and
courageously proclaimed It to tho world.
How havo these four years borne out the
prediction of tho exponent of calamity?
When ho charged his opponents of plotting
to mako money senrce tho per capita circu
lation was $22.06. Today it is $26. Further
comment Is useless.
From Now
Until July 1st
We shall have a variety of bargains to offer you.
On July I we shall begin to take stock, and mean
time there are lots of odds and ends' in men's and
children's suits that we would like to sell. When
lines of goods are broken, some sizes missing, and
sometimes when goods do not go off as were ex
pected, we find, as every other trustworthy house
finds, that it pays to cut off a good piece of the price
and sell them quickly. For the remaining days of
this month, therefore, you may find just what you
want for much less than the usual price.
Browning, King & Co.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omahu'a Only Kxcluslvo Clothiers for .Ucu uud Hoy.
suet Lin shots at tin: piumt.
Minneapolis Times A Lu'avillc pnwtor
who though: Ilrleu Oould wnn In the con
gregation, intimated lu h! prayer thnt n
million dollais for a certain college would
bo highly acceptable. It happened that MU
(otild had changed her mind at the last mo
ment and ntlondcd another church, so the
prayer was not unswernl.
Springfield Itrpubllcnn- The economics of
tho late .Methodlflt general conference left
out of work a good many veteran minister?,
who had been corresponding secretaries nnd
so cu In missionary bodUM and publishing
lines nnd held editorship of Christian Ad
vocates (the generic name of tho church or
gans). For tho present these doctors of
divinity have Joined the army of tho unem
ployed. Thus we see tho Inexorable tendency
toward consolidation working In church or
ganization) as in other trusts.
New York Independent: We nre heartily
glad thnt by an overwhelming vote the
Methodist (lencral Conferenco has refused
to adopt the report of Its temperance com
mittee condemning President McKlnley per
sonally for his failure to suppress tho can
teen. It was quite too much a political at
tempt, in tho Interest of tho prohibition
party, of which the chairman of that com
mittee to tlie most active member. The con
ferenco recognized tho purpose nnd It had a
glimpso of tho truth thnt It Is not tho
province of u religious body to glvo nn nu
thorltntlvo Judgment on n legal fiuestlon.
such ns tho proper Interpretation of the antl-
ennteen law.
nOMIJSTIC IM.K tMA.VI'IIIKN.
Iliooklya Life: "Youngling Is going to
marry tho widow Henpeck."
"Why. slip's twice ns old us ho Is."
9V wr"' ,10'" "K fst enough after tho
weddln-. "
Chicago Tribune: "That plain little Miss
Ilulllon made n queer match. She married
n man nearly dx feet und n hnlf tall."
"He must have been thu highest bidder."
Hoston Transcript: She You tell me vou
lovo me. but 1 suppose you have told 'tho
same thing to fifty other girls. nt least
lie -What of thnt? You wouldn't want to
marry ii freak, would you?
Chicago Record: "Our bookkeeper seems
to ho stepping high thto morning."
"Yes; some girl has cither accepted him
or gone back on him."
ludlnnnnolls Journal: "Daughter. I
notice that Harry Isn't n bit gallant to
other women."
"No, Indeed, inn; I broke him of that
right after wo were mnrrled."
Harlem Life: He I may as well confess
It, dear, I nm not happy ono moment with
out you.
She AVhnt on earth will you do nftcr wo
nro married?
Plttshtirs Chronicle: "No. Mr. Home
wood," said MIhs llpuchwood, llrnilv but
kindly, "t cannot bo your wife, but I will
bo a sister to you."
"Very well." said the young man, re
signedly, "will yon assume my name or
shall I take yours?"
ChlcnKo Tribune: "One nf tho notes In
my cabinet orgHti Is n trllln flat. I wonder
If thero Is nny way to have It fixed."
"f should think n good organ grinder
might bo able to do something with It."
Detroit Journal : "With thy stronc mm
about me," she whispered, "I fear noth
Inc!" "My darling!" murmured he, rapturously.
"Hut what If somebody v.-i-n to see us!"
sho suddenly exclaimed, n look of extreme
terror Investing her glorious countenance.
Harper's Hazar: Miss Kummlt What a
lot of old china .Miss Spindle has! And sho
says It was handed down In her family.
MIhm Palisade Then It Is Just ns I ex
pected. "What Is?"
"That her ancestors never kept servants."
Chicago Tribune: "I've no time tn bother
with you." said the busy merchant. "f5o
to my houso nnd ask for my daughter."
Tho young man who bad Just started nut
lo canvass for "How to Make H'ome
Happy," In two octavo volumes, turned
polo and wiped tho cold inspiration from
his brow.
"I I can't do that," he gasped. "T am
married already."
nJTrei ffi
they're well equipped for mnrrled'llfe?
Thingumbob Admirably. They nro both
V.,'" 'vv lmt hr7h h... .
I Vlth It?
'Hilngumbob-Why, they can quarrel at
" ,' .r make comments about the
" i" v'l.. ,axin?.l"e R,rl " te kitchen
, Dvi-rni-iir lllf'm III nil.
IMIIAI, I'IIII,(niHI0lt.
Roy Farrell Orccno in Detroit Free Press.
"I've knowed," said Undo Hiram, "lots o'
fellers lu my tlmo
That had somo right good theories, vc
never had a dime.
They talked qulto hlfalutin' an' they made
t ft heap n' spread,
An rnlkerlttted somehow on n Fomethln'
Js ahead!
A feller ynu aro knowln' tolls you confi
dentially Of a scheme fer makln' money Jos' hand
over fist, you see,
Hut tho, situation tizln' up, although in
Workln nrlmo
j lie Isn't doln' nnything nt Jes1 tho presci ;
"Ho's nllers goln' f do It, an' bo's mennln'
well, no doubt,
ThniiKh good nt theorlzln' ain't wuth
shucks f work It out.
A crnnlc you couldn't call him, cranks per-
slstently'll drenm
Of Je.s' ono thing This feller passes on from
scheinp t' scheme.
Then thero's tho other feller, close related
t tho ono
I'vo mentioned-he's tho feller nllers tellln
what he's done,
Onco he was rich an' honored, had his
. Praises sung In rhyme
Hut ho lsn t doln' nnything nt JeV tho pres
ent tlmo.
"They'ro nnver doln' nothln', fur ns any on
can see,
An' UmCs ins' why their tnlkln' ain't of in-
ti'TTst t me
I d rather with u feller thnt was busy keep
In touch,
I can learn a heap morn from him though
he doesn't talk ns much.
An so." said Uncle Hiram, "JeV observe
now fer yourself,
iou'll llnd thes two I've mentioned in
your strugglo after pelf.
Tho one s been t' tho top an' one's pre-
parln' fer f climb
nut they ain't n doln' anything at Jc.V the
liresent time.
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