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If not, you will hnvo nnothcr clinnco next Friday, Oc tober '.'(J. Mnrk It down on your cal endnr. llourke Cockrau pretends to sec great changes for Ilrynn. Mr. Cockrnn ban simply been looking Into a multiplex mirror reflecting his own soincrsault. Tho auditorium project in Oninba hits reached the Incorporation etngo. That Is one of tho very necessary preliminary steps Unit ninkes It look more like busi ness. Carl Scliurz offered to resign as presi dent of tho Civil Service Reform league. As thoro Is no money In the office, how ever, and no aspirants for the place, the resignation was not accepted. Tho sample, ballot will be out In a short time. Every voter should study It In advanco of tho election to make sure that ho marks his ballot so ns to express his real choice between the vari ous candidates. Mr. Bryan shifts handily from the black to tho brown man,, but cannot And any place In his well rounded periods where a denunciation, of tho disfranchisement of the black men In tho south will fit Tho women aro coming to the front In tho support of the auditorium. We toko It fcr granted that their contribu tions aro entirely separate and distinct from any subscriptions that may come out of their husbands' pocketbooks, It Is a chilly day In which the demo cratlc national committee docs not carry some state which has been considered safely anchored In the McKlnlcy column. When election day rolls around It will be found that the anchor still holds. The next thing we know Police Judge Gordon will be claiming that ho Is neither a city officer, a county officer nor a state officer, but that ho Is a federal officer holding a life tenure tho amo aa the judges of the United States supremo court Chairman Jones Is Issuing a dally bul letln to tho effect that ho Is confident of Bryan's election. Should he by chanco let any day go past without a proclamation he would bo subjecting himself to tho grave charge of having had his confidence shaken. Tho fact that tho World-Herald' Washington correspondent also acts In tho same capacity for other nuncrs does not in any way Impair his deliberately formed and. publicly expressed Judg ment that McKlnlcy's election is as urcd. Tluit bo also represents other papers Is simply so much to his credit If tho record of Governor Poyntor Is "above reproach," as claimed by his, newspaper organ, with all the etato In stitution scandals, questionable pardons and railroad subserviency, what pralso would bo duo to a governor who really stood up for tho people and gavo the stato an honest and economical admin litraUoB? England baa always been cited ns a shining example of what free trade could do toward making a great manu factoring country. Just at present tho government of that country is forced to adopt the most offensive method of pro tcctlon to avoid tho letting of contracts for .government work to American manufacturers simply Ignoring the dif ferenctt In cost between the home and the American product. If democratic orators really sym pathlro with tho striking .miners in Pennsylvania they should ccaso ob tructlng the settlement of the difficulty by Intemperate language and poor ad vice. Even the operators concedo the men are entitled to more wages and they will get it and in addition speedily return to work, unless demagogues, for the sake of an apparent political ad vantage, keep up, their mcddllo. WHICH I'AttTl' CAN YOU THVSTt In a speech nt Concord a few days ago Senator Hoar, referring to tho Phil ippine question, said: "Which party can you trust In this mutter the party that 1ms done everything that has' been accomplished for liberty in the past, or tho party which has resisted everything that has been accomplished for liberty; the party that sustained slavery, or the party thut nbollshed It; tho party that made war upon tho union, or the party that put down the rebellion; the party that adopted tho threo great amend ments which mado every slave n free man and every citizen a voter, or the party that filibustered for days and nights ugalust the adoption of tho thirteenth amendment which was car ried by a single vote?" These aro questions which every iVmerlcnii cltlr.cn should ask himself nt this time. Tho republican party was culled Into llfo by tho voice of liberty and every hour of Its life has been de voted to tho maintenance and the ad vancement of liberty. To say that this party, which freed the slave and niudc him a citizen, Is now capable of doing Injustice to any people is to utter u gratuitous slaudcr. To say that the democratic party, with Its policy of negro disfranchisement wherever It Is ablo to put that policy Into effect, Is worthy to bo trusted to promote the cause of liberty anywhere, is to make a claim for It for which there Is 110 warrant In Its history. Tho republican party can be trusted to deal Justly and honorably with the Filipinos and to glvo them such measure of self-government as they arc capable of. Nothing In the record of the dem ocratic "party entitles It to such confi dence. DELICATE TASK JN CVIiA. General Fltzhugh Lee had n confer ence with President McKlnlcy a few duys ago, at which It is understood the coinlug meeting of tho constitutional convention nt Havana was discussed and also the general situation In Cuba. It Is said General Leo Informed the president that there Is a great deal of hostility In tho Island to tho United States, a nmjciiiy of the delegates elected to the constitutional convention being enemies of this country. These men, when they come together to frame a constitution for an Independent gov ernment are expected to demand the immediate withdrawal of all American troops from Cuba and tho abandonment of all authority exercised there by this government The constitutional convention meets tho first week In November and If It shall be controlled by the men opposed to the United States a delicate and dim cult state of affairs may result If the Immediate cvucuutlon of the Island by our troops and the surrender of their offices by all the civil officers shall be demanded, it will becomo a serious question as to tho duty of our govern ment A strict compllanco with the resolution of congress pledging Inde pendence to Cuba as soon as pacification was accomplished would require our withdrawal from the island, but could this be dono with safety to the people there before a government has been es tablished? It would seem to be the duty of our government to consider this and unless It can be fully assured that all the peoplo will bo secure, In the event of our withdrawal, then to con tinue the occupation until a government is firmly established. One report from Wushlngtou states that the American troops will not retlro nt the behest of tho junta that may obtain possession of tho government, but will remain un til tho new Cuban republic has shown Itself fitted for self-government That, however, is a matter which congress may determine, rather than the execu tlve department of tho government WILL HE IlEXUUNCE IT ALTOGETHER Mr. Bryan Ignored silver In his New York speeches. In his letter accepting the silver republican nomination he re fcrred only in un incidental way to the silver question. The chairman of tho New Tork democratic state executive committee, James K. McGuire, said 'In an Interview a few days ago that Bryan's refusal to discuss tho silver question was because silver has been eliminated from tho campaign as an Issue. A correspondent of tho Now York Sun notes 11 conversation between a henchman of Croker and a sound money democrat, In which the former declared that Mr. Bryun had told tho Tammany leader that as president he would not disturb tho gold standard, It Is snld thut this Is being extensively clrculuted by Croker emissaries. Is Mr. Bryan preparing to renounce the silver questlou altogether before the close of the campulgn? It Is pos slble. He bus ubsoluto faith In tho un- ulterablo allcglanco of his free silver, populist and southern democratic nd herents. Ho believes they would re main loyal to him no matter what he might say. Ho is sure of eleven south ern states. Ho counts with equal cor talnty upou several In tho west. But theso cannot elect him. To win ho must have states In tho cast and middle sec tion. Tlic fear of a serious finunclal and business disturbance in the event of Bryan's election is telling ugalust hlin In those states. He cannot carry any of them under existing conditions, It is possible thut somo of them would go for him If he should renounce sil ver. Such a courso might considerably lucreaso his support in Now York, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana and Illinois, Is Mr. Bryan capable of thus stultify' lng himself? His free sliver adherents will stoutly assert that he Is not. They will InslBt that ho Is too honest autl sincere a man to take such a course, that his. devotion to principle Is so strong that ho would not renouueo a position ho has takcu even for tho pr'es ldeucy. But Mr. Bryan ignored silver in New York, at the bidding of Croker, and If tho chairman of the democratic executive committee of that state Is good authority there was an understand ing that silver should be eliminated from tho campaign. It Is a very short step from this to renouncing silver alto gether and we do not doubt that if Bryan could bo .persuaded that such a course would assure him New York he would take It His desire to be presi dent amounts to a mania. No other man ever manifested so Inordinate an atubltlou to reach that grcut office. Mr. Bryan has shown himself cupablo of being all things to all men. While posing ns the friend of tho plain people ho makes nn alliance with Croker and the most corrupt political organization on earth. While abusing wealth he consorts with the beneficiaries of the most extortionate combination ever or ganized. In Michigan he declared that he stood now on tho currency .question where he did four years ago, but he entirely ignored that question In New York. In view of tho shifty course of W. J. Bryan throughout tho campulgn, It would not be nt all surprising If ho should yet, ns n political expedient, re nounce silver altogether. OMAHA'S MATEUIAJj INTEREST, Whatever differences of opinion may exist on other subjects It will bo con ceded by every fair-minded person that Omaha has enjoyed more substantial prosperity since President McKlnley was elected than ever before during tho same period. Four years ago tho city hnd not yet emerged from the slough of financial depression and commercial stagnation; hundreds of Its houses were empty and scores of store buildings unoccupied; its factories and shops wcro running with half force on half time, If not closed altogether. Self-respecting men unable to obtain employment were forced to accept public assistance In order to keep themselves and their families from ac tual suffering. Belief fuuds were started to which contributions were In vited to purchase coal und clothing for the needy, while doubt ns to the future produced an exodus of population, the disastrous effects of which are still re flected in our census. Since the advent of McKlnlcy und the inauguration! of republican policies Omaha has been steadily on tho up grade. It curried through to successful completion un exposition which was the marvel of mankind nnd which from u financlnl stundpolnt wus un unprece dented success. It has added muny new Industrial und mercantile establishments to its still growing list of business en terprises, chief among them an immense pucking plant at South Omaha, while Its revived commercial activity has at tracted to the city a new trunk line to Chicago, to. say nothing of tho exten sions and Improvements of railway fa cilities already converging at this point. Notwithstanding the erection of hun dreds of new dwellings and store build ings desirable accommodations fall far below the demand and empty buildings of any kind are a scarcity In this city. Tho public treasuries, county and city, formerly dragging under a load of de linquent taxes, show the effects of tho chauge which has "put money Into tho pockets of the people and enabled them to pay their private and public obliga tions. We venture to say that in no city In the country Is the contrast so sharp as it is in Omaha nor the forward strides in a short four years so striking. The question which every citizen of Orouhu must ask hlmsulf, In performing his duty at the impending election, is: Will a change be good or bad for Omaha? Will Omaha gain or lose from a continu ance of tho conditions which have brought about Its present prosperity? Do the people of Omaha want to take tho risk of going back to the days of 1800? It looks as if the controversy over the school board ticket were simply a squab ble as to whether the school board treas ury or the country treasury should pay for the printing of tho school board bal lot. The school board election has al ways been conducted In the past by tho board and there is no reason why a change should be Instituted at the pres ent time. If the coming election were a special election for the choice qf school board members only, the entire election machinery would bo in the bauds of the school authorities. Tho fact that the school election Is held coincident with the general election nnd by the same election officers cannot make it any less distinct as a municipal clectlou. The administration Is' bending till Us energies townrd peace In every part of the world where this country has In terests. In the Philippines this is re tarded by the position of the democratic party nnd in China the same party has hampered the ncgotlations'by Its covert criticism, though it could find no peg on which to hung actlvo opposition. There aro two sides to the question of assaulting tho soldiers who ure In the, Philippines. Tho fathers, brothers and friends of those In the army and those who have died fighting against the In surgents do not take kindly to having them called murderers and supporters through tho forcb of bayonets of nn unholy cause. Unless they ure reminded from heud quarters, fusion orators are llkoly to forget who their candidate for governor is. Whenever the namo of Poyutcr Is mentioned to any of thnn they look like n person who thinks ho has heard It before but Is not exactly able to re member where. Jobu Sherman, who has just died, was probably tho most maligned of public men in all the history of this country. Tho uioBt vindictive abuse heaped upou him was. that poured forth by tho Bry unites In the campaign of 1800. That It was all undeserved goes without saying, Tosses DUnltr to the Wlatfa. Chicago Times-Herald. In one of bis recent speeches Mr. Bryan said: "A wise man gets an. idea lato bis head. A foolish nun gets It In tho neck." But Mr. Bryan never did seem to consider dignity a necossarr part of a presidential candidate's equipment. That Twelve-Hollar Pill. Chicago Tribune. When I look at tho tollers In this largo and attcnttvo crowd before me, fellow countrymen, my heart aches to think how few of you over sat down to a $12-a-plate banquet with Boss Crokorl W. J. B. Wake Up nnd Itnstle, Brooklyn Kngle. England Is angry that South Africa should bo buying steel rails from the United States; It England will mako as good rails for less money, sho can liavo the market. Sho pays less to tho men who mako them than we do. Chirm's Greatest Manner. New York World. China's greatest danger arlteJ from the cir cumstances that each of tho offended powers protest that It Is opposed to any annexation of Chlncso territory unless the action of somo other power should rendor It neces sary. Indemnity Uemituds. Philadelphia North American. Once moro the United States has pre sented Its damand for tho payment of nn Indemnity for tho murdor of an American citizen In Morocco la such terms, It Is re ported, as to admit of no reply save pay ment. Only $0,000 Is Involved. In thecase of Turkey ten times that sum Is at stake, but American ultimatums have failed to touch tho sultan's heart or pockot. In China tho United States does not know yot how much, or bow, It wants to be In demnified, Kicking AncnlnNt the Inevitable. Louisville Courier-Journal. It Is said that tho Ironmasters of England aro moving to prevent tho award to Ameri cans of contracts tor tho cxtenslvo railway nnd bridgo construction proposed In South Africa. It Is even reported that organized pressuro Is to be brought to bear upon tho government to Induce It to favor English manufacturers, though tho Americans should underbid them. But what would this amount to? Even it tho government could ho led to mako such a radical dopart- uro from nrltlsh policy, It cpuld not dlctato to tho prlvato corporations which are to build these South African roads and bridges. They will buy their supplies where thoy can get them cheapest, and picas of the baby act will havo no forco with them. Henntor Lindsay Score llryanUin. Now York Sun. That life-long democrat, Senator Lind say ot Kentucky, In declaring himself for McKlnlcy and for YerkcB at Loulnvlllo on Friday mado this terrific arraignment cf Bryan. "If tho people of tho country have come to regard the courts of Kentucky as moro or Ichs governed by political considera tions In tho. administration of tho law wc arc as much Indebted to Mr. Bryan for that unfortunate fact as to any other man. Ken tucky ought to repudiate both Beckham and Bryan and with a fair and freo election and an honest count v,lll repudiate both." The enemy of the honest dollar, the enemy ot the nation's honor, the enemy of the Impartial court of justicel Bryan's Fitness an Isane. Baltimore American. Tho predominant, tho controlling, the absorbing issue- Is the fitness ot Bryan for tho presidency, tho safety of tho nation under such an 'administration as ho would afford it. Everything else yields to that. Intelligent observers of public affairs saw that It must be so when the democratic national convention was held. The democrat's wcro warned against nomi nating Bryan,, Thoy would havo It so. They ore now reaping the consequences of their action, They find tho result ot the presidential contest settled, so bb to be ap parent even to the most obtuso observers, weeks and months before tho elcctloA Is held, and with tho prospect that is not only to elect McKlnley, but to carry him Into offlco again on a landslide of votes In his favor. 1 Yellow Jack's Potrer Curbed, Phlladolshla Record. Now that yellow fever has becomo fairly epidemic at ifavana, finding lodgment In streets and localities whero sanitary pre cautions bavo been most sedulously ob served, the doctors thereabouts, as reported by General Fltzhugh Lee, aro beginning to say that there Is nothing In sanitation, after all. What tho medical experts really mean, In alt probability, Is that no city without sowerago can hope to bo free from epidemic disease, no matter how carefully tho outside ot tha cup and platter may bo cleaned. Santiago de Cuba bad been a pest hole of yellow fevor for threo centuries; but General Wood drained the town and established and enforced modern sanitary regulations, and the pestilence disappeared. In Havana, too tha prevailing typo ot yellow fever Is far lesB virulent than it was under the old Span ish regime. "ANOTHER TIIUST OUTRAGE!." Principle of Co-Operatlon I'nt In Force by One Company. Now York Mail and Express. While William Jennings Bryan Is going up and down tho country telling tho peo plo how he would annlhllato tho trusts It he were president thoro la In progress In the city ot Pittsburg a development of the trust idea which deserves his thoughtful attention. The American Window Glass company Is known as a trust. It controls a large majority ot tho window glass plants In tho United States and Its employes, num bering many thousands ot men, receive higher wages than those engaged In sim ilar Industries anywhere else in tho world. These employes havo a labpr union ot their own. It Ib called tha American Win dow Glass Workers' association, through which a fow days ago they submitted to their employers a scale of wages for the ensuing year. Can Bryan guess how it was received? Why, It was not only proratly accepted, but tho workers wore Invited to dcalgnato ono or their number to servo aa a member of tho board of di rectors of tha American Window Glass company! In other words, this trust which, accord ing to Calamity Bryan, in common with tho others, Is oppressing tbo worklngmun, Is 'voluntarily taking ono ot its employes Into Its directorate, whero ho can havo a band and voice lu controlling the vast affairs of tha cntlro concern! Ho will know how much bulsnesa It Is doing, how much profit it la making and whether it is paying n fair rato of wages to its men. One of tho factories controlled by the win dow glass trust was built partly with 150,000 loaned to the owner from tho treas ury of the Window Glass workers' nsso elation. That loan established the prin ciple of co-operation between employer and employe in that factory. The man who founded that establishment lu now presi dent of the window glass trust and the principle which ha introduced when be was an individual manufacturer baa simply been still further extended by taking an employe into tho board ot dlroctors ot the trust organization. This step is explained by an officer of the trust as an effort to give practical effect to the co-operative principle. It Is heartily approved by the trust managers, as well as by the glass workers themselves, and it Is about as broad a recognition ot the common Interests of employer and em ploye as anybody could ask. The whole proceeding, however, Is an other trust outrage. But on whom 7 We think It is on Bryan. -1 Bryanism New York Tribune. Earlier In tho campaign thoso former op- Spangled Banner.' What can they sing! poncnts of BryanlBtn who have "a deep- seated prejudtco" against tho republican party and administration and wero anxious to find some plausible excuse for supporting tho democratlo candidate were pretty veil agreed among themselves, at least for pub- Mention, that Mr. Bryan bad undergone a remarkable change. They said that four years ngo ho was undoubtedly n crude, Ignorant, demagogic sort of man, whom It uas Imposstbto to trust, but that study, travel and reflection bad enlarged his views, sobered his temper, reiined bis judgment and converted him Into an enlightened patriot and statesman, somo of theso credulous npologlsts have done themselves credit by acknowledging their mistake, but others still cling to the convenient assump- tlon with which they hope to mask a coming act of perfidy. Wo havo already Invited special attention to various extracts from tho speocheo which Mr. Bryan mado In this city last woek as characteristic specimens of tho sophistry which flows so easily from his lips. Hera nro others which reveal a dirforent and a moro distasteful, If not, perhaps, bo danger- ous, a quality In a man aspiring to bo presl- dent of the United States: "Tho republican party assumes that the laboring man is Ilka a hog that squeals distorted perception of what Is due to blm when It is hungry and sleeps when It Is self and to tho peoplo from a man In bis full." placo and In tho place be hopes to occupy. 'Solomon has given us a proverb: 'The wlso man forcsccth tho evil and hldeth htm- self, but tho foolish pass on and aro pun- lshcd.' This proverb condensed reads like this: Tho wlso man gets tho Idea Into his head, the foolish man gets It In tho neck." Republicans say; Hooray for a president who doesn't lot a little thing lllto a code ot morality stand In the way of progress." "What would you think of a God who would creato tho Filipinos and then leave thorn for thousands of years helpless until Mr. Hanna found them and throw his' pro- tectlng arras around them?" 'Tho Filipinos can't sing 'Tho Star PItOSriillOL'S HANK ACCOUNT. Wisdom of Thinking Before Voting for u CIiiiiikp. Sun Francisco Chronicle. In the days beforo tho populist party brought on Indigestion by swallowing the democrats a favorite enemy of populist orators was tho "banks, against whom boma of their most vigorous and vaguest oratorical bombardments were directed, but thero was certainly never ono among them who could have objected to their owing the peoplo money, especially when, aa now, they aro abundantly able to pay It ou demand. Tho report of tho controller ot tho currency Just mado public shows that on tho 5th day ot last month the national banks ot tho country owed tho peoplo of tho country tho tremendous sum of 12,007,243,557, and that It was ready whenovcr the owners should ask for It. This was $49,156,709 more than tho de posits only two months and six days previous and indicates the rate at which tho people of the United States aro getting rich under tho fiscal policies of tho re publican administration. If any ono Imagines that this money all belongs to "rich men" and that while tho rich aro getting richer the poor aro getting poorer, ho wU bo confronted by the statement that on Juno 30, 1000, the poor" people of tho country had on de posit in tho mutual savings banks tha sum ot $2,131,471,130, an lncreaso of $ 173. 262,099 over the amount on deposit in thoso banks In 1899. Thero was also an Increase In the number of depositors from 5,075,742 to 5,370,109, nnd an Increase In the average amount to the credit ot each depositor from the modest sum ot $385.91) to the modest sum ot $397.47. The num ber of depositors In savings banks and tho average amount to their credit do not Increase at that .rate when the country Is not In a most prosperous condition. When wo are in a condition of prosperity and somo one proposes that we changu; It is -wlso to stop and 'think what It is proposed 'to change to. We must not for get what ono unfortunato said ot himself. It was this: "I was well; would be better: took to physic; and here I am." And these words were chiseled on tho stone which stood over his gravo. conx in launoPE. Great Cereal Monarch Taking Hoot In Iloumanla. Louisville Courier-Journal. According to a report ot the British secrotary of legation In Iloumanla "tho produco'of tho country Is maize, which Is sown in large quantities and used as the staple food ot the peasants, tho residue being employed In manufacture of spirits and as food for swine." This will be news to most peoplo In the United States, who have been under tho impression that Europo knows lltllo or nothing ot corn except what our missionaries have taught thorn. It explains tho obaervatlons ot Mr. Charles H. Leo of Wisconsin, who says: "1 have traveled on tbo Roumanian rail ways through hundreds ot miles ot grow ing maize, single fields often exceeding In area anything, I have ever seon in Illinois and one who goes by the Oanublan Etoamcr from Vienna to Buda Pest In the summer or early autumn will pass countless Hun garian fields ot tho same staplo. In tho native restaurants in Buda Pest one of tho most p6pular dishes Is a polcnto of corn meal liberally sauced with molted butter, topped with poached eggs and gratod cheese. I can not speak with chemical accuracy ot its food value, but enn testify tbAt It Is exceedingly palatable and much called for. Furthermore, on every sum mer day at noontime tho streets nre fall of gypsies and peasant women bearing on their heads woodon trenches filled with steaming cars of boiled corn, sold at 2 and 3 banl apiece (about one-half a cent ot our money), and which, while not equtl to our sugar corn are not at all bad eat ing even for a city which has at least two as good hotols as can be found In eastorn Europe." It seems that there Is at least ouu coun try In Europe, to say nothing of the corn districts on the Mediterranean, which does not need the services of cur "corn kitchens." FIGUBES ON Till! COAL STItf KB. Price Pnalied Up VI While Miners Seek a liaise of IS! Cents 11 Ton. ,Now York World. Tho annual output of anthracite coal Is In round numbers 50,000,000 tons. The miners employed in producing It number about 140,000. Tho average yearly wages of theso miners amount to less than $400 for somo 200 days ot work. A 10 per cent lucreaso In wages would give each miner an additional $40 a year, or $5,600,000 to tho total wage paymont. This would mean an advanco of less than 12 cents a ton In tho cost to the operator. It would not involve an Increase of one cent In any other element ot the cost ot coal. But The price of coal to the consumer bas been advanced a full dollar a ton, and It Is said to be the Intention ot the operators to keep It there. The new scale ot prices Is here to stay. ( , This would mean an Increase of $50,000,000 to tbo public. It the advance Is only 50 cents It would mnn an increase of $25,000,000 collected from tho public by the coal trust at an expense ot about $5,000,000, This may explain the continuance of the strike. Revealed 'There'll Bo a Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight.' " "I have seen republicans going up and down the land idling what God wanted, what God's plans wcro. when thoso who knew tho republicans knew that God would never havo lot tho republicans know Ills plans In advance for fear that they would go out and forestall tho markets and try to defeat them." When Mr. Bryan said: "Great Is Tarn- many and Croker Is Its prophet," be mado a degrading proclamation of aratltude and devotion. When ho pitied the farmers bc- cause their share of tho nation's wealth Is relatively smaller than It once was, before commerce and manufactures flourished, ho revealed either bis Ignorance or his duplicity. When he said bo belloved that one ot the reasons why republicans wanted a larger standing army was that they might build a fort In this city and crush by forco the discontent that ought to be cured by legislation bo showed himself a full blown demagogue. Tho quality hlch bo disclosed In tho foregoing extracts Is vulgarity. No Intelligent, serious, right-minded citizen who Justly appreciates tho dignity of tho presi dent's offlco can read them without rcallt- lng that their author has only a feeblo and Jf he does not see that these expressions are low and offensive, so much tho worse for him and tor the nation, should It make htm Its chief magistrate. We do not, Indeed, suppose that Mr. Bryan Intended to dobaso htmsolt for applauso. On the contrary, bo knew that while be was In New York, "the enemy's country," bo would bo closely watched, and doubtless ho meant to be an cautious in all respocls as ha was with regard to the financial question. It would seem to havo been Instinct that prompted tho sayings we havo quoted, and therein lies their chief significance puts siiiYEii Asinn. Striking Feature of llrjnn'i Last Let ter of Acceptance. Philadelphia Kccord (Ind. dcm.) Mr. Bryan's letter of acceptance of tho Lincoln silver republicans' nomination for tho presidency shows that there Is n limit to everything even to tho number of strings that can bo worked by tho iuoeI adept ot political wirepullers. Having exhausted his topics, 'he mueh nominated candidate Incorporates In his letter to tho Lincoln silver republicans copies of his Indianapolis speech to tho democratic notification committee, his formal acceptance ot tho democratic nomi nation, his speech accepting tho populist nomination and his speech of September J.5 at St. LouIb. A snippet from a spocch de livered by Lincoln In 185S concludes tho epistle, which Is remarkable (for a letter addressed to n free silver party) In that It says nothing in favor of silver. Indeed, the only original passage In tho letter pi' Is the money question aside with tho remark that In 189G It "was" the issuo of para mount importance, but that now-tho re publican party by its advocacy ot policies repugnant to tho principles of self-govern-ment and by Its fostering of monopolies has compelled all lovers of tho Declaration of Independence and tho constitution to rally to tho defense ot those sacred Inheritances and forced tho trust question to tho front. It seems bard on tho republican sllvtr Ites to have their supremo Issuo thus dep recated; but what Is a caudidato to do who Is embarrassed by tho excess of "para mount" questions which have been thrust upon him by bis motley political follow- lng? PKHSONAIt roi.VIKHS. A California paper says that the men ho live on the ranges are notable for their remarkably rctentlvo memories. According to General Joe Wheeler's ex planation, ho Is still a democrat, but not doing much at tho business at present. Sir Thomas Ltplon's new boat will bo the Shemrock II. That leaves room for one more chance, tho Shamrock being a trefoil. Mark Twalu thinks London one ot the best of cities In which ono may write, be cause thero Is thero' ho thinks, nothing new to distract one. G. W. Bell, United States consul at Syd ney, N, S. W., upon leaving that city the other day, was called to a farewell meeting at which 10,000 persons wcro present to pay him their respects. Ambassador Chelate's reputation for scholarship appears to bo Impressing Eng land, where tho newspapers report that ho always goes about with a, volume of some classical author In his pocket. James P. McDonald, the New Yorker who planned the great railroad across the An des and who Is now building tho 300 miles of road from Guayaquil to .Quito, Is a southerner by blrthtand graduated from the University of Tennessee. The people of Halifax, N. S., aro prepar ing to glvo the Canadian soldiers returning from tho South African war a tumultuous and Joyful welcome. There aro to be pa rades, torchlight processions, ship illu minations, and a big banquot, and the women will give each soldier a gold maple- irai pin. The family of a government .inspector of meats and live cattle in the Chicago stock yards, who died during tho Spanish-American war from dlseaso contracted In tho yards, are about to apply to tho govern ment for a pension of $100 a month, alleg ing that ho died through his zeal In pro tecting American soldiers from the danger of eating meats unfit for consumption. "20th Century Apparel" Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Oaab'i 0ly xclulv Cletklerg Itr Jit a4 Ik BttlTISH l.YTKHESTS IN PBnil,. Progress of America' industrial In vasion of ftontlt Africa. Chicago Times-Herald. Having taken a good portion of the Brit ish war loan, much to the amazement ot London financiers, and having supplied the provisions to keep Tommy Atkins from starring to death on tho barren kopjes ot South Africa, America may now be called, upon to supply the material tor rebuilding tho railways destroyed In the conflict with the Boers. It will be remembered that when Lord Roberts was In command In India British manufacturers were thrown Into a fit ot consternation by the news that Americans had captured many ot tho orders for loco motives, railway supplies and steel bridges. One ot the reasons assigned for giving thesa valuable contracts to American manufac turers was the urgent need for quick de livery and the Britishers could not compete with Americans whero tho element ot tlino was Involved. 'Americans wero awarded the contracts because ot their ability to fill them in ono-thlrd tho tlmo that would have been required by English mills. But British Indignation over tho con tracts for railway material In India and In Egypt Is mild compared to the storm of anger that has been provoked by the report that Major Glrouard, General Rob erts' director of 8outh Africa railways, In tends to glvo Americans "the lnsldo track" over British manufacturers In the matter of supplying locomotives, rolling stock, bridge materials and machinery necessary to reconstruct tho railroads destroyed In tho Boor war. l( Is not forgotten by the British that Major OlreAiard Is tho man who stirred up their Ire by awarding to Americans tbo contract for the Atbara bridgo In the Soudan. Hrltloh apprehension Is also Intensified by tho news that tho Capo Parliament Is about to nuthorizo tbo Capo government to expend $7,500,000 In reconstructing and ex tending the railways of tho colony. It Is feared that American competition will ato havo to be met In supplying tho material for this enterprise. If Amoricans capture any ot theso con tracts It will not be due to nny. favoritism on the part of Major Glrouard, but be cause of tho acknowledged superiority ot tho American over tho British product and because of the ability of Americans to sup ply them In n shorter time. LIGHT AND LIVELY. Detroit Journnl: "You would hardly rank him a major poet." "No, 11 general nuisance." Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Goodc You are the sixth man who has asked mc for something to rnt today. Tho Tramp (sadly) I n'poso so. If do competition in dls lino get any wuss, somo of us'll have to go to work. Indianapolis Journal: "Jack, you ought to HtralKliten up your writing table." "Lemma alone, Julia; If 1 were to straighten up this table I couldn't llnd n. thing on It until It pot all mussed up again." Pittsburg Chronicle: "I suffer dreadfully from Insomnia, doctor." nntl tho patient. "Indeed," replied tho physician; "well soon correct thut." And ha Cld, for this particular phyfdcl.iu was aula to procure for his patient a sltut tlon as night watchman. Somcrvllle Journal: Hicks I v?ns held up and robbed onco when I wan In Chicago. Vlcks Well, I never had that happen to mo anywhere, but 1 paid 11 coal bill yesterday. Chicago Tribune: "Don't yvu bollev.?," asked the girl In thd pliik shirt waist, "that It makes 11 pathetic, xoloctlon still more pathetic to rorlte It in dialect?" "I do, dear," answered tho Rlrl In pale blue. "It always makes nw foel like cry ing In hear you do anything nt all in dialect." Philadelphia Pross: "How d'y do!" said the busy man. "Will you marry meY" "Or-er," she.KasrxxJ.. .."Thls.fs so eud,en; I must have tlmo to think. I "Hay, don't keep ma watting too long, or I won c have enough money left to buy a ring. I camo In an auto-cab, and they charge by the minute, you know." A COUNTRY ROAD. Mary M. McCarthy In Boston Transcript. A dusty, stony wuy, whosa bord'rlnp sod Is thick with blackberries and goldenrod; Abrupt, bare IiIUh on ono side looking down, And from the other you can soo the town Follow tho river's course through meadows green, O'er which thick woods and marble ledgeu lean. A little further, where the road descends, A brook's soft tlnklo with some bird song blends (Gone from Its edge the dear old dome's small cot Half hidden by quaint flowers); lush bergs, mot Makes sweet Its banks, Its depths tha boys till swim. Or watch the minnows from some willow limb. Upon Its bridge how often T have stood Watching tho west, whoso glcry seemed to flood With tendcrest light the poorhouse and the graves Beside It turn to gold the brooklet's waves Till fro mtho hill, O dearest aight of all I I saw my father and I heard him call. He came with sturdy atrldo and swinging pall My hand In his. 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