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Subscribed in my preseirn and sworn to
before me thW 30th day of September, A. 1.
M. II. IUWCJATI3,
Sul) Notary Public.
ItnowM-k (lay In Otnaliu today.
Miif.Miclntsctt.s (loiuocrats lmv u
1'ayni- lii'tore fleet Ion whltli will lie a
hiiuhiii later In November.
When it wines to levying forced trib
ute on ollleeliolderH the Douglas county
fusion nnuiiliiu Is entitled to the prize.
With reference to that auditorium
fund neat okk. every one hereabouts, will
Mib.-uTlbe to the doctrine of cxjmiiHiou.
Hvwi popocrats admit that Governor
Koom volt's tour of Nebraska is n ureut
HticcehS. It must come bard for tbein
to do bo, however.
The luesfuine of Kmperor William to
the emperor of China Ih nut couched in
the usual diplomatic phrases, but It Is
to the point, Just the same.
Koosevelt will carry the news buck to
the Kit plre state that the Nebraska
prairies are alive with republicans and
that piitriotlsin here overshadows poli
tics every time.
Hryan has started out to prove to the
Wisconsin dairymen that they are not
dolns so well as they were four years
iiro. The market quotations are sadly
at variance with his assertions.
The heaviest frost of the season Is
recorded at Indianapolis. The expected
great gathering of democratic clans from
nil over the conutry fizzled out so that
ou opening ly barely 1,000 were
present.
Omaha never undertook nuy great pro
Ject or public enterprise that Involved an
Addition to the bonded dobt or an In
crease of taxation which did not en
counter protests from the heavy prop
erty owners,
Juht to show that they have no appre
hension about the mid-road movement
thu fuslou populists are still trying to
keep the nild-roaders olt the ticket. This
Is another case where actions speak
louder than words.
Count von Whldcrsee nnnouiicea that
lie will occupy ono of the palaces In the
Forbidden City on his arrival at Pekin.
What has become of the knockdown
house which was taken along when the
count left Germany?
I'rlnco Tumi has mi equity In a large
collection of peacock fenthurn.and yellow
shirts which liu will doubtless sell cheap.
The goods are slightly damaged, but
will probably be serviceable again as
1 soon us the allies are out of Clilna.
Attorney General Nmviii i mu lirtnn
uungcu io uacK out and start again In
his Staudard Oil case, through an over
Bight lu drawing up the papers. The
great trust-smasher should be more
careful to get the correct range before
ho llrcs his big guns.
It now turns out tnat the stories about
tho defection of ex-l'resldent Harrison
' from the republican vause ure pure popo
! crntlc fakes. This falsehood Is branded
by ox-l'resldent Harrison himself, who
will bo heard from lu the campaign ad
vocating the re-election of President Mo
Kin ley.
Mr. Uryan will be the guest of Croker
whllo In Now York as a special compli
ment to the Tninmmiy hall reformers.
How do the sincere and honest popu
lists, who like to hear themselves re
ferred to as members of the reform
forces, like this Indication of the coming
reform?
Tho latest bntclt of captured Filipino
correspondence Indicates that the sole
reliance and tho sole object of the na
tives Is to coutiuuo the tight against
American authority In the hope that
Uryun may bo elected. On which side
do the loyal voters of this country pro
pose to align themselves with the
United Htatcs or under the banner of
Insurrection?
THU STltlMl StTUATlOX.
There Is some coal being mined In
the anthruclte region, but nearly nil thu
miners are now Involved In the strike
mid the lenders have not abated their
efforts to Induce others to Join. In this
they mny not bo successful, though per
haps a good deal depends on the future
action of the operators. The oiler made
by some of them of a 10 per cent In
crease lu wages would doubtless bo ac
cepted by the men If accompanied by
other concessions, particularly the rec
ognition of the union, but this none of
the operators appear disponed to do and
If they ndhere to this position tho ton
test may be a prolonged one.
The most promising fact In the situa
tion Is the movement for holding a con
vention of the miners to cousldcr the
wage proposition of the operators and
other matters connected with the strike.
It cannot be eouildontly predicted that
anything practical will result from this,
but the fact that action has been taken
by local lodges lu this direction indi
cates that a part of tin1 miners are dis
poned to adopt a conciliatory course and
while these are doubtless a minority
their Influence may be important. .Mean
while the miners are showing commend
able Judgment I" conducting themselves
lu a quiet and orderly way anil giving
the authorities no trouble. There is no
question that public sympathy gener
ally Is with them, that the almost uni
versal leellng Is that they have Just
grievances which ought to be remedied
and they will retain this sympathy so
long as they urge their demands peuce
ably. Thern has been more or less mis
representation as to their condition,
manifestly made for a partisan purpose,
but it is tie vert heless true that their com
plaints lire lu the main Just and that
they are fully warranted In noting for
a removal of the causea.
.is ru vutmt mu).
That the pretended fears for the fu
ture of the people of Porto Klco dis
played by Uryaulle orators are entirely
without foothold among the people of
that Island Is the gist of every reliable
report that comes from that direction.
Speaking of the Porto Hlcaii tariff, Dr.
.1. II. Hollander, formerly one of the
professors of political economy at Johns
Hopkins university und now on a visit
home after nearly a year lu our new
possession, where he Is serving as treas
urer lor the government and has special
facilities for observation, Is quoted as
Miylng:
I can Imagine nothing more uncalled for
than thu wuvu of nniotlouullmu that bttepi
iliu L'ulted Stateu over thu l'oriu Utctwi
Uilfl measure. The tuousuro aa u od
huud to thu pi.oplu of thu Island aud tho cry
Hfilnst it in thu United Statin fouuU tiu
cclio lu l'orto Klco. It has been the means
of helping the natives to gut upon their
feet, go to tpcalt, and has done all thai
tliuae who advocated It In congress claltutd
11 would do. Had It not passed, cue kjI IWj
things would havu teen b Inevitable re
sult u burdensome internal tax on tliu
people or a subsidy from the Un.tcd Su.cs.
Thu first would have been loo heavy to
carry; the other alternative would havo
mude the Inlanders wards of charity and
would have further encouraged them In
Idleness. From practical demonstration of
tho operations of thu act, I am more than
convinced of the wisdom of tho r.ieuFiiro
As to thu finances pf the Island, I wou d
say that In thu place of a deficiency wu
havu now a surplus of about $350,000, a
most encouraging omen. My budgut this
year will net about 2. 000,000, realized as
follows: Customs In l'orto Klco, $1,000,000;
I'crto Illcau customs In thu United States,
jr.00,000, and from tho internal rovenue of
the Island, J&00,000.
The facts about Porto Hlco all point
to a wonderful Improvement of condi
tions In the island since thu transfer
from Spain to the United States, and the
peoplu of Porto Hlco, far from com
plaining of their treatment, would not
go back voluntarily to old conditions
any more than the people of the United
States vyouhl exchange their present
prosperity again for the hard times
that preceded the election of McKlitley.
NOT AIiAHMHl) II V lilVEMAUSM.
The Democratic Honest Money league
of Maryland Is not alarmed by the cry of
Imperialism. It regards the danger of a
panic, In the event of the success of thu
free silver party, as a vastly more seri
ous matter to the American people than
thu question of Philippine1 policy. A
late publication of the league Bays: "It
would tako years to make a material
change lu our government, but a panic,
with all Its horrors, may be brought on
in a day. We refune to treat a panto
as a cheap price to pay for stopping thu
false cry of Imperialism until we are as
sured that our form of government Is
In serious danger. Wo will not make
that bargain In haste. Wo must have
stronger evidence than has yet been fur
nished that the cry of imperialism has
some better basis than the partisan ob
ject to be obtained by raising it. Any
form of government It may bu desired
to establish lu the new possessions, by
either the llrynnltes or by the so-called
Imperialists, cannot be completed lu one
presidential term, nor even advanced be
yond recall. Hut Mr. Hryan, lu one day
of his term, Pan destroy our present
lliianclal system, bring on a panic, ruin
our credit and stop the march of Indus
trial progress, now halted, merely await
ing notice of his defeat."
This Is tho view of substantial busi
ness mid professional men mid It is
well founded. Urynn's election would
be Immediately followed by a general
and severe contraction of credits and
business and If he should direct tile pay
ment of coin obligations of the govern
ment In silver paule would certainly
ensue. Already, In anticipation of the
possible success of the Hryanlte party,
there Is caution lu tlnanclal ami busi
ness circles. While ou the one hand
tho success of the republican party
means that thu present commercial de
velopment of the eouutry will continue
along clear and stnble lines, It Is recog
nized that the triumph of liryaulsui
means commercial and tiuauclal dis
aster, thu extent of widen would be In
calculable. All of the upbuilding, the
progress and tho tlnanclal and conuuor
clal rehabilitation of the past four years
would be undermined to nu extent that
would threaten it collapse from which
It would take tho country years to
emerge. Leading manufacturers through
out the country express the opinion
that n republican victory In November
will be followed by Industrial aud com
mercial activity greater than thu coun
try has ever known, whereas If the re
port on the morning after election tells
of the success of the other party there
will come for a tlmu something like
paralysis, certainly stagnation, and there
will be no attempt made greatly to in
vest capital lit Important enterprises un
til It shall be discovered what the per
manent effect of u change of administra
tion Is to be.
These are considerations which should
command the thoughtful attention of
every cltlzeu. Imperialism Is a false
and empty cry, made to divert attention
from the real purposes of the Hrymilte
party, chief among which Is the over
throw of thu gold standard. No man
who has coulldeiicc In the Intelligence
and the patriotism of the American peo
ple can seriously believe there is any
danger of Imperialism. Hut all men of
practical experience and Judgment can
understand the peril Involved lu the suc
cess of n party which proposes to de
stroy our present liiiancial system and
revolutionize established Institutions.
Mil. Ml VAX'S CUL'XSl;lA)llS.
Senator Hoar Miys that if Mr. Hryan
should be elected the one most powerful
force in his counsel at the south will
be Tillman, as In New York It will be
Hlchard Croker, "the political despot of
the empire state." There Is no doubt
about this, or that Altgeld and Towne
mid George 1'rcd Williams and Stilzer,
not to mention other exponents of re
pudiation and socialism, would be In his
counsel. l'or as president Hryan
would 'have to have counselors aud
wheru would he gut them unless among
men 6f this kind? In order to carry out
his policies he must havu as advisers
men who are in full liccord with those
policies and he cannot llud them among
the old-lliiu democrats. Such of these
as are supporting him do not agree with
all thu principles he stands for.
Mr. Hryan has said thnt he has made
no promises to Croker or any one elbo
lu regard to cabinet positions. Hut
everybody must understand that If
elected he could not Ignore Croker, par
ticularly If he should get the electoral
vote of New York. The demands of
the Tammany boss would have to be
considered and at least lit par com
piled with, and we may be sure they
would not be modest demands.
The fact that Mr. Hryan would hnvc
to bolect such men for his counselors
may well command the serious consid
eration of conservative citizens. Who
that Is rational would entrust the credit,
honor and welfare of the country to
Croker, Tlllniuu and Altgeld?
TUK STATL'ij OF SOUTH OMAHA.
The Increase, lu the census population
of South Uuiaha raising It above the
'J.'.OOO mark will without doubt even
tually lift the city Into another classi
fication for purposes of municipal gov
ernment. Under the present law there
is a division ami a distinction in the.
charter applying to cities having more
than Zi.OOO Inhabitants from that ap
plying to those having less than 125,000
Inhabitants.
The charter enacted, however, to gov
ern cities of the first class, with more
than jr,0(MJ Inhabitants, was made par
ticularly with reference to the city of
Lincoln and coiitnluu many provisions
entirely uutltted to and out of place
for South Omaha. Any attempt to
force upon South Omaha tho uxpcnslve
and Inappropriate government Imposed
by the Llncolu charter would therefore
be not only an unnecessary burden upon
the taxpayers, but a decided detriment
to the growth and progress of thu city.
South Omaha with Its peculiar coudl
Hons of business nnd population Is en
titled to a charter framed with a view
to Its neeils and requirements. With
the legislature only n few mouths off,
capable of responding to this demand,
It would be unwise, to use a mild term,
to attempt to reorganize the city gov
ernment at the present time.
As a matter of fact there Is no neces
sity for linmcdlute reorganization be
cause the statutes are not self-operative
and nothing is to be lost by a few
months' delay. On the contrary, the in
termeddling of outsldu parties with
South Omaha Is prompted purely by po
litical motives with the evident purposu
of making political capital for the pend
ing campaign by precipitating confusion
among the peoplu of South Omulin as,
to the status of their city.
Tho supreme court of Michigan has
handed down an opinion declaring un
constitutional the sugar bounty law
pussed by tho legislature three years
ago offering inducements by which suv
eral beet sugar factories were secured
for the statu. Michigan has secured the
factories, which cannot be taken away,
but much ou thu samu plan that Ne
braska secured two of Its Btignr facto
ries, by enacting legislation which was
soon repealed. These experiments, how
ever, fully prove that beet sugar can be
successfully manufactured lu thu agri
cultural belt of the United States.
While the Industry needs protection
while In the experimental stage, It has
been brought to a self-sustaining basis
In Nebraska and can also he inndo self
sustaining lu Michigan.
Another negro burned nt the stake
Just to show that the black man has no
rights which thu white man ueeds to
respect In the southern states, where
democracy has uot only disfranchised
the negroes but deprived them of civil
and legnl rights as well. The guaran
ties of thu constitution could not bo
overridden any further by the sultan of
Kulu.
The coiuplalut entered by popocrats
against Governor Hoosevelt's speeches
Is that they "appeal to the baser pas-
Roosevelt's
Kar.sns City
"Strenuous" is the word that describes
Governor Koosevelt better than any other.
The energy of tho man Is nothing less than
explosive. Tho words come frdni his mouth
as with tho force of dynamite. In talking
he uses his hands, his nrma and his slioul
ders as effectively as his tongue. His ges
ticulation could not be more active If he
were a Frenchman. It is the same, whether
he Is discoursing on politics or speaking
of a book or a picture. Ho has what might
ho called the habit of pounding what he
says into his hearers. Ho Is earnest to a
phenomenal degree. His mannerisms aro
clearly the expressions of a nature that is
sharply aggressive. The interruptions nnd
Interrogations with which he constantly
meets on tho stump and which would
greatly annoy most speakers ho kcunly en
Joys. It wns a manifest pleasure to Koose
velt to beat the Armuurdalc cavilors Into
subjection and to compel thulr attention.
If thuro wore anything morbid In tho
makeup of Koosevelt his life would be
a perpetual tragedy. Ho Is, happily, re
deemed from that curso by a naturo which,
though extremely positive, is completely
wholesome. Ho Is dlrposcit (o look upon
llfo as a proposition in which tho good
greatly overbalances thu evil. He haB high
Ideals, but he is uot of the class of traui.-
Roosevelt
Selections from tho writings of Theodoro Koosevelt.
A peaceful and commercial civilization is
always in danger of sintering tht- loss of
the virile, fighting qualitieii walnut which
no nation, howover cultured, however re
lined, however thrifty and prosperous, can
ever amount to anything.
It Is a good thing to appcu! to citizens to
work for good government, because It will
bettor their estato materially, but It Is a
far hotter thing to appeal to them to work
fur good government, because it Is tho
right thing to do.
Tho worut offense that can bo committed
against thu republic is the otiense of tho
public man who betrays his trust; but sec
ond only comes thu ollense of thu man who
trleB to persuade others that un honest
and elllcleiit public man is dishonest or
unworthy. This Is a wrong that can bo
committed in a great muuy dllfcrcnt ways.
Downright foul abuse nuiy be, after all,
less dangerous than Incessant misstate
ments, sneers nnd those half-truths lhat
aro tho meanest, lies.
Our nation Is that ono among nil tho
nations of the earth which liolda In Its
hands the fato of thu coming years. Wu
enjoy exceptional advantages, aud are
menaced by exceptional dangers, and all
signs tndlcato that wu shall either fail
greatly or Bucceed greatly. I Drmly bo
llevo that wo shall succeed, hut wo must
not foolishly blink at tho dangers by whlcn
wo aro threatened, for that Is thu way to
fall. On tho contrury, wo must soberly
set to work to find out all we can about
tho existence and extent of every evil, must
nckuowlcdgo It to ho such, and musi then
attack It with unyielding resolution. There
uru many such evils, and each must be
fought after n separate fashion, yet thero
Is ono quality which wo must bring to tho
solution of every problem, that Is, an in
tense and fervid Americanism. Wo shall
never he successful over tho dangers which
confront us, wo shall never aculovu truo
greatness, nor reach tho lofty Ideal which
tho founders and preservers of our mighty
federal republic have set before us, unless
wo aro Americans lu heart aud soul, lu
spirit aud purpose, keenly allvo to tho
responsibility in tho very namo of Ameri
can, and proud ''beyond measure of tho
glorious privilege of bearing It.
To decent, upright citizens it is hardly
necessary to preach tho doctrine of moral
ity as applied to the affairs of public Ufa.
It Is an even graver offenso to sin against
tho commonwealth than to sin against un
Individual. Thu man who debauches our
public llfo, whether by malversation of
funda In ofllco, by tho actual bribery of
voters or of legislators, or by the corrupt
use of offices as spoils wherewith to reward
the unworthy and vicious for thulr noxious
nnd Interested activity In tho baser walks
of political life this man is a greater too
to our well bolng ns a nation than is even
the defaulting cashier of a bank, or tho
betrayer of a private trust.
Wo rightfully valuo success, but some
times wo ovorvaluo It, for wo tend to for
get that success may bo obtained by means
which should malio It abhorrrcd and do
sptsed by every honorable man.
Tho prlmo thing that evory man who tnkoa
an Interest lu politics should remember Is
that ho must act nnd not merely criticise tho
actions of others, It la not tho man who
sits by his flrcsido reading his evening
paper and saying how bad our politics and
politicians aro who will ever do anything to
savu us; It is thu man who goes out Into tho
rough hurly-burly of the caucus, tho pri
mary and the political meeting and thero
J&cca his fellows on equal terms. Tho roal
servioo is rendered not by tho critic, who
stands aloof from tho contest, but by tho
man who onters into It aud bears his part
as a man should, undeterred by tho blood
and tho sweat. It Is a plcasunt but a dan
gorous thing to associate merely with culti
vated, refined men of high Ideals und sin
cero purposo to do right aud to think that
ono has done all one's duty by discussing
politics with such associates. It Is a good
thing to inoct men of this stamp; iudeod,
it is a necessary thing, for wu thcruby
brighten our ideals and keep in touch with
the pcoplo who are unselfish In their pur
poses; but If we associate with such men
exclusively wo can accomplish nothing.
Tho peoplo that do harm In the end are
not tho wrongdoers whom all execrate; they
aro tho men who do not do quite as much
wrong, bul who aro applauded Instead of
being execrated. Tho career of Iloncdlct
Arnold has done us no harm as a nation
bocauso of the universal horror It Inspired.
Tho men who havo done us harm are those
who havo advocated disunion, but have done
It so that they havu bcon enabled to keep
their political position; who have advocated
repudiation of debts or other financial dis
honesty, hut havo kept their standing lu tho
community; who preach the doctrine of an
archy, hut refrain from jetton that will
bring them within the palo of tho law; for
slons." This is decidedly rich coining
from the friends of Hryan, who has been
doing nothing but appealing to passion
und stirring up prejudice since liu be
came a public tlgure.
Governor I'oynter need uot get ex
cited because Ids reference to tho sol
diers In the Philippines as "$ir-n-mouth
hlrellugs" has naturally aroused the In
dlgnatlou of all who served In tho war
or hnd friends In the service. Any apol
ogies called for should come from Gov
ernor I'oynter.
Tlif Hlnlit Thrill-'.
lirooklyn Kagle.
JtUEsIa ugrees with us that China should
punish her own offenders. That Is tho right
theory. Some of our police Justices havo
Personality
Star (Ind.-rep,)
cendeutnllsts who cannot consent to tht
adaptation of means to ends. Ho Is a be
llcver In the use of such practical agendo
as ho can command for the achievement o
nurnoses which contemplate right results
He understands that party organizations
arc not without serious faults and limita
tions, but he holds them a necessary
tho American scheme of government.
It In lb linture of Governor Koosevelt
to
to
keep something going on. His whole
character Is an Illustration of Indefatigable
industry. Ho works like a steam cnglno.
Ho offsets the strain of this ceaseless
activity ny n rigid adherence to tho most
careful habits. Ho is abstemious and
nthlotie. liu knuws tho value of nlr exercise
ntwt llmnlv rent. This elves him a Blilcndltl
physical reinforcement for his tireless brain.
It Is not easy to think of him as n man who
would break up or collapse under any normal
pressure. Ho Is robust nnd intense at every
point. His strong, whlto touth nnd his
rugged features nro tho outward hnd vislblo
signs of qualities within tho man which ex
in nil thnt tin Iiur achieved, and which
glvo tho public a ciuo to his singular power
on tho stump.
There Is no hotter i.implc of a fine, strong
and symmetrical American In public life
today than Theodoro Koosevolt.
Sentiments
those men lead thousands astray by the fact
that they go unpunished or even rowarded
for their misdeeds.
To men of a certain kind trado and prop
erty are far more sacred than Ufu or honor,
of fnr more consequence than thu great
thoughts aud lofty emotions, which ulono
inako a nation mighty. They bcllevo, with
a faith ulmoat touching lu Us utter feeble
ness, that thu "Angel of I'cucc, draped In
a garment of untaxed calico," has given her
llnal messugo to men when cho Iiab Implored
them to dovoto all their energies to produc
ing oleomargarine at a quarter of a cent less
n flrklu, or to Importing woolens tor u frac
tion less than they cuu bu muile at homo.
Theso solemn prattlers strive after an Ideal
In which they can happily uulto thu Imag
ination of u groou grocer with tho heart of
lleugkleo baboo. They are utterly Incapa
ble of feeling ono thrill of generous emotion
or tho slightest throb of that pulso which
gives to tho world statesmen, warriors and
poets, nnd which makes a nation other than
a cunibcrcr of the world's surface.
Kvery man who wishes well to bis country
Is In honor bound to tako an uctlvo part In
political Iiro. ( If he does his duty and takes
that active part ho will be suro occasionally
to make mistakes and to bo guilty of short
comings. For theso mistakes und shortcom
ings ho will rccolvo the unmeasured denun
ciation of tho critics, who commit uolthnr
becauso they nover do anything. Neverthe
less ho will have the satisfaction of know
ing that tho snlvation of tho country ulti
mately lies, not In the hands of his critics,
but In tho hands of those who, however lm
porfectly, actually do tho work of tho na
tion. Wo need fearless criticism of our public
men and public parties; wo need unsparing
condemnation of all portions and nil prin
ciples that count for evil lu our public llfo;
but It behooves overy man to remember
that tho work of the critic, important
though it Is, is of altogether secondary Im
portance and that, In the end, progress Is
accomplished by the man who does tho
things and not by tho man who talks about
how they ought or ought not to bo dono.
Yet another thing tqbe remebcred by the
man who wishes to mnko his Influence felt
for good lu our politics is that he must
act purely as an American. If ho Is not
docply Imbued with the American spirit
ho cannot succeed. Any organization which
tries to work along tho line of casto or
creed, which fails to treat all American
citizens on their merits as men, will fall,
and will deserve to fail. Whore our politi
cal llfo is healthy there is and can be no
room for any movement organized to
help or antagonize men because they do
or do not profess a certain religious, or
boeause they were or were not born hero
or abroad. We have a right to ask that
thoso with whom wo associate, and those
for whom wo vote, shall bo themselves
good Americans in heart and spirit, and
acting without regard to the national nnd
religious fyrojudlces of Europoan coun
tries, but if they nro really good Ameri
cans in spirit and thought and purpose,
that Is all that we have any right to
consider in regard to them. In the same
way there must be no discrimination for
or against nny man becauso of bis social
standing.
Another thing that must not bo forgotten
by tho man desirous of doing good politi
cal work Is the need of tho rougher, man
lier virtues, and above all tho virtue of
personal courage, physical as well ns
moral.
Tho foes of order harm quite as much
by example us by what they actually uc
eomplish. So It Is with tho equally danger
ous crimnals of the wealthy classeB.
Their conscienceless stook speculator, who
ncqulres wealth by swindling his fellows,
by debauching Judges and corrupting legis
latures aud who ends his days with the
reputation of being among the richest men
in Amorica, oxcrts over thu mind of tho
riBlng generation an influence worse than
that of tho average murderer or bandit,
betausu his career is oven moro daszllng
In Its success and even more dangerous In
its effects upon tho community.
There Is not In the world a more ignohlo
character than tho mere mouey-gcttlng
American, insensible to every duly, regard
less of every principle, bent only on
amassing a fortune and putting his for
tuno only to tho basest uses whether these
uses bo to speculate in stocks and wreck
railroads himself, or to allow hh son to
lead a life of foolish nnd expensive Idle
ness and gross debauchery, or to purchase
scmo scoundrel of high social posltlcn, for
eign or native, for his daughter. Such a
man Is only the moro dangerous as ho oc
casionally does some deed like founding a
collego or endowing a church, which causes
those good people, wbovaro also foolish to
forgot his roal Iniquity. These men aro
equally careless nf the worklngmen, whom
they oppress, and of the state, whose ex
istence they imperil.
suspended sentence on bad boys when their
parents consented to spank them In view
of tho court. Thon it was sure that they
wero spankt-d. Tho principle of this Judg
mcnt may apply In China.
Think of Mic '! l'lirtli-n,
Haltlmoro American.
Tho man who plays golf all th0 afternoon
often does moro work than If he sawtd
half a cord of wood In tho shed at home,
but ho does uot think so.
.-icorchlim Truth Avnldnl.
Uutrolt Journal.
Any nnd overy attempt to haul down one
of Mark Hanna's dcllborato statements of
fact is attended by a painful collapso of thu
party that mukes the attempt.
.Mimh1 of ("iiiittnl Miivrm.
Washington I'ost.
It may be that Oom Paul lost confidence
lu Webster Davis aud decided to trek after
hearing Irom Vermont and M.iluc, but
Agtlinuldo Is determined to wait for tho
performance In tho big tent.
'lite Dallnr nnrt Hie Man,
New York Tribune.
Mr. Uryan says that ho places tho man
above the dollar. So ho proposes to mako
tho dollar so cheap that It would bo hard
for tho cheapest Bort of a man to get
below It.
Pnvliirt Some AiiitiiMutllcin,
Chicago News.
For the benellt, as ho says, of "those re
publican papurs which pitch Into me as If
they thought this was their last chanoo,"
Mr. Hryan begs to Inform them that ho li
a youug man nnd lu tho course of nature
will be hero for several years ynt. Tho hint
is opportune Papers should not say all the
bad things they can say about a candidate.
Ho may run again and It is not well to ex
haust tho ammunition.
A O'luiMniKr lo KiiRliirrri.
Philadelphia Ledger
French engineers are challenging their
American brethren to match tho rapidity
with which tho underground road from
Viuconnes to tho Ilols dc Houlojtno has been
built, it Is about ten miles long, and was
put In operation sixteen months after
ground Was broken for it. That was quick
work, but perhaps Mr. Ycrkcs will tako up
thu gauntlet when ho starts his under
ground roud In London. Meanwhile thu
Americans content themselves with calling
attention to the way they are taking tho
brldgc-bullding work of tho world away
from nil competitors.
Acreime of I'ublle I.hiiiIn,
Philadelphia Ledger.
According to tho general land ofllco figures
tho new insular possessions of tho United
States havo addod 1)7,900,600 aoros to tho
area of tho republic and of this area a con
siderable proportion may he purchased in
duo timo from tho United Htatcs or acquired
under tho federal homuuteml law. Within
tho territory proper of tho Ktates and tho
territories there remain less than 670,000,000
aoros of non-approprlatrd public land, most
of which Is unsuitable and worthless for ag
ricultural purposes. Tho Intending home
steader of thu next century will be likely to
find his pathwuy blocked everywhere except
in tho Philippines.
I'llltSO.VAL I'OI vn;ii!.
Sidney Grundy is one of the most pro
ductive of dramatic authors. In ono year
he has been known to proip.ico flvo plays.
He began to wrlto at 24 and is now 12.
II. L, Wlnchell, the new president of the
Fort Scott & .Memphis railway, entered the
employ of that company twenty years ago
as a clork In tho pnsscngor department.
The statomont of Mrs. Emma P. Kwlng, of
cooking school fame, that "tho average
American man is a saint" may bu takot.
with a few grains of allowance, even when
she explains that her belief Is due to the
patlont way in which tho man accepts
badly cooked food.
Kmperor William of Germany has
dropped that famous curl to his moustache
and now wears It brushed straight out.
Whothor this has any connection with the
future of China- Is not known, but the
photographers nro rejoicing that all the
kalsor s pictures will huvo to bo taken over
again.
Tho Nevcrnod Press of Bonne. In., an
nounces the publication of an edition do
luxe of the Fltigornld version of tho Ku
biiljat of Omar Khuyyam. There are to
be only 2W copies a win ure oetiivo with
wlrto margins, printed on the hcnvlect und
finest Kngllsh had-mado deckel-edge pa
per, with uncut edges, und Illuminated tltlo
page und Initials.
llollef prevails that the pathetic appeal
of poor old Isabella of Spain that shu bo
now permitted to return to the land from
which she has been banished for twenty-
three years will be granted. The old lady
Is no'- over 70 years old and sndly broken
nt last, after all her gaiety, In health nnd
spirit. She wants to dlo on her native soil.
Tho belief, prevalent and persistant, lu
Ireland that Charles Stewart I'arnell is not
dead and that he is now In Africa and
nono other than tho Uoer soldier who has
been known to tho world ns Christian I)u
Wet Is ono of tho curiosities of modern
history. Tho thing Is all explaluod by
those who believe It and the strong re
semblance between I'arnell and De Wet Is
pointed out.
Thn will of tho late Dr. Jncoh M. Dn
Costa of Philadelphia contains bequests of
$D,000 ouch to the Pennsylvania hospital,
the Children's hospital tu Philadelphia, the
College of Physicians and tho University of
Pennsylvania and Jl.OOO to the Sunday
Hreakfast association of that city. Dr.
Da Costa devised his medical musoum to
the Jefferson Medical collego lu Phila
delphia and his medical library to the
College of Physicians.
.MONEY Olt I)MU I1UH1XESS.
Kotnblr RfTrot of Prosperity In Klnan-
clul IllvlKlou or tlir I'lMtoflU'C.
Haltlmoro American.
Tho I'ostofflce department reports that
during tho last fiscal year over 33,000,000
postofTice orders wore Issued In this ooun
try. Tho average amount of these orders
was $7.70, bo that the business amounted (o
over ioi.uuu.uuu. i no incrcaso over tho
previous year In tho receipts waa $02,30(5,-
'.HO, or over 14 per cent. This Is thu larg
est Increase in receipts and In parcentago
that has ever been known In the postal
service. PostofTice orders aro an excellent
index of prosperity nnd they aro especially
slguitlcant to the worklngman, particularly
If ho be a foreigner who has como lo thlH
country to better his condition. Tho in
crease in International postofllce orders
lias been very marked. Among tho first'
thing a foreigner, who has been successful
In this country, doe3 is to Bend tnonoy bnck
home in order to bring over his relatives.
Democrats havo tnlkcd considerable non
sense about the German element in this I
"VES -
Vstum is a reversible fancv vest. rlnuMi. krict4 .
side, single on the reverse, with a different pattern on either side,
each in pleasant contrast to the other.
I hey arc made of silk, silk and worsted, and Tattersall ef
fects, in a great variety of patterns. They are suitable for wear
on every occasion when a fancy vest may be worn. They com
bine taste with utility, variety with economy. We sell them
from $4.00 to $6.50.
Would be pleased to have you see the assortment.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omahn'j Oaly Exclusive Clothiers for Men aatl Bvya,
country voting ogalnst the republican
ticket. Tho (lermati-Amerirans arc among
tho most prosperous people In thu fulled
Slates. They srnd a great deal of money
to tho mother country to their rulatlvcn
and induco theiu to come to the states. It
would bo impossible for them to do this
unless times worq good and there was plenty
of employment for everybody. The last
four years of republican administration
havo been very profitable yi-ars for our
newly naturalized citizens and thoy tako
caro to let their friends In the old country
know It. Tho laboring man owes every
thing to tho republican party aud It ths
democrats think he In f0i enough to voto
to rob his pockot they will find out differ
ently In a little over a month.
iuti;i:7,v i.i.mjs.
Indiiinupolln Journa!: "Krbcrca Jones U
older than sho looks." ta JonM
"How do you know?"
"Shu says sho remember when soda
water used to ninko your none tingle,"
Chicago I'ost; "I have here," juld th
contributor, "a few burning thoughts
"Tuko 'em away! Tnke 'em nwiiyr cried
tho editor excitedly. "Thu building isn t
Insured."
Detroit Free Press: "You mu.lclnns
ought to lead a vory happy life." ald
Teiu-pot to a cotnotist.
"I don't sec why?"
pluy"" ' 0UT XVhy' 0Ur nork ls
Philadelphia Press; Mrs. llrowno Ho
certainly docs 1 vo high. It seems to in a
his whole thought Is of his victuals.
Mrs. Mnluprop That's ro. lie s what you
might call a regular Ipecac.
I'lttsburg Chronlelo: "t have a oollictlon
"f e-anumlgn npteohuH that I wish to hav.
a 'itk'!!!0014' SM'1 Mr- Nor,hslt"
ulblndcrV.'"r"P"Cd 11,0 IUtU'ri "lhU '
Clovrland Plain Dcnlct : "They nay that
fho,i,M.llo,, or namwi ir wenk in
JLLZV1',1 bUmo 'Jl1" for 'K- H always
seemed to mo as it a man must feol like a
fn?.i ritr u out In thu open and
talk to himself with all thosu folks listen
lug down In front."
siinM01 Vfo: "AnJ,V.u "V." lemnrkeil
Satan, "that you really like tho placet I
m.IK',?' .J!1 smoko !uul tm-
Oh, no, ' ropltod the late urrlvnl from
Chicago; "1 haven't noticed the smoke
It tho population that you linve here thai
Infill res mo."
Chicago Tribune; ""TherB Is n story," tho
doctor said, "of a mini who was s.ied for
debt not long ugo. The case went ngnlnst
ii, 1 i,n1 Ul t;,"rt K'u'" Judgment for J.'tnC
Ills lawyer told lilm ho would have to pay
if., ? i ,wa8 , ,ml unmarried man. liu
hUKtled out and In u few hours came hack
with ii wife and n plea n duo mrm that hn
needed his salary for tho support of his
anilly. He got ofT free."
I don t bcllevo thnt was constitutional."
said thu professor, after a moment's re
flection. "Why not?"
"XiucaiiHu It wns annex post facto."
.SO.MiS Wr. THY TO MM!.
llaltinuiru Amorkan.
Tho (ongs wo try to sine! Tho songs that
haunt us through tho dny
The melodies that rise and full nnd softly
fado away.
The Hongs that come a-drenmlng In the twi
light, hushed and dim,
And break to crooning nothlugncHS, like
sonui forgotten hymn.
They'd havu the Hweotuit cadonco yet, tf
wo could only bring
To form tho words tti.it whisper In tho
songs wo try to sing.
Tho songs wo try to sing! The lilt of henrt-
brujght melodies
That Hotter leto being with the sighing of
a brrnizu.
That stumlilo with a word or two, or vim-
isn witn a Minnie
Tho songs thut end lu shadowed glints of
fancy's mellow huze.
If wo could mil) utler them, the strains
would thrill nnd rlnr
In chords of richest harmony tho iong.l
wo try to slug.
Tho songF we try to slug! The notes that
sure nnd softly blend
With words that null the melody before wo
reach tho and.
Tho half-HUlig songs -the pongs thut comn
as HomotlmoA comes n drrani
Which lures uh out upon the wuy with
lingers white, that gleam
And beckon uu to struggle on, yet fade be-
foru thoy brills
Tho words that give a chuerlnc to the
Bongs wo try to sins.
Tho songs wr try to sing! The sweetest
carols ever sung
They lilt and laugh along the lightest ca
dence ever rung!
If thoy could but complete themselves, with
ilashlnsr form and Mir,
What murv ol-mebidlos W'liild seem to ever
linger there!
Aye, sweeter far than any song of any
fashioning
Aro nil the druumy lyrlco In -tho songs wo
try to sing.
Three Cardinal
Virtues in
the Optical
Business
Wo nttributu tho success of our op
tical department to throe things.
A completo factory, Intelligent, ex
amination aud reajouabioncss of price,
and It Is theso threo essential wo
combine most pleasantly and success
fully. If your eyos aro giving you any
trouble, come In. Woil examine them
free of charge, nnd if you need glosses
we'll furnish them at prices you aro
pleaHed to pay.
Spectacles ns low as $1.00.
J. C. Huteson & Co.
Consulting Opticians
1520 Douglas Street
TWO."
