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THE Nf OK FOLK NEWS : FKIDAY , SEPTEMBER G , 11)01. ) A democratic contemporary nays the irauoH of the liint canipalfnilaro tliu only IHHUCH of today in INt branlm. Ho iiuiHt lw preparing his renders for another defeat of hln party this full. Hull of lown IH eon- evinced tlmt the I'hlllpplncH nra fall of opportunities for the yotniK Hum and ho would probably jmt lllonumj Greeley'H ndvli'o : Cio went to the fur t'UHt , young It will probably take sometime for the tmiall-boro funion papers to learn that hartley's parole ] bus suddenly tormi tinted. That material for campaign purposes was too Rood to give up all at ouco. If the Globe-Democrat continues to llg up diHcropaiiclt'H in the accounts of JUihsouri's auditors people will M > OU bo Kin to wonder how cash enough was kept on hand to settle with the htati olllcors. A mlhor with bank deposits amount Ing to ! ? 7,0 < K ) recently starved to deal ) dn Now York. Ills appetite for money wan probably al o unsatisfied. Ho should hnvo been punished for cruelty to animals. The contoht for the noniination for juBtico of the bupromo court in the re publican convention was a IIOSH rnco. There were llvo UH pretty heatH a were over trotted and they were all nwift. .Fremont Tribune. Those who hnvo boon to thu state fair ut Lincoln aHBort that the display of agricultural productH is one of the bcHt ever got together in Nebraska. It IH 'evident that the people were yelling a Jong time before they were hurt. Those who have feared tlmt Nebrnbka wan disastrously in the clutches of a drouth may have their oyeH popped wide opeu by attending any county fair or the state fair. What Nebraska IIIIH tliiH year is mostly prize KtutV. Admiral Schloy's friends are talking BO much and BO vehemently tlmt home people are beginning to have doubts on the question. If his position was ini- j-jp-egnablo it would not require HO muoh argument and arraignment to sustain it. Fifty yoara ago there were but 0,021 .miles of railway in the United States. 3u I'.IOO there were 10Ut-15 , ! miles of traok. This is but ono of the mighty industrial strides of the country. Other industries hnvo been keeping pace with the railroads. It will bo noticed that the Nebraska Topublicans did not stutter around for something to say in tholr platform as .has boon done by the democratic con- -volitions hold this year. They know where they "woro at" and were not ashamed of their position. The fusioniBts will bo more disnp pointed than anyone now that Bartley hns been returned to the penitentiary. They were bent on malting his release the strong point in the coming cam paign amt their disappointment at the removal of the issue must bo keen in deed. A Virginia groom didn't propose to share his wedded bliss with the olllciat- ing clergyman and when the reverend gentleman , as was the custom , kissed TUO brute , ttio young man's UPt biiot out and laid the minister low. This may ervo to discourage the practice in that particular locality. V It is said that the oil of the Beaumont , Texas , well is selling there for SO cents n barrel and that it is producing at the rate of 550,1X10,000 barrels a year. Such competition would make the Standard Oil company look sick but for the fact that it has control of the transportation liues and the Beaumont oil is refused shipping facilities. The belief that consumptives can be cured by out-of-door life has led to the establishment of a consumptive camp nt Boston. The patients will live in I teuts with plenty of warm clothing and substantial food. The experiment will i ! bo watched with interest and if effect ive will bo a most pleasant cure to take. A Undoubtedly it would greatly benefit modern humanity at largo if the people would live more out of doors. The stuffy house is undoubtedly responsible for numerous ailments. Surrenders continue to come to the \ u Americans in the Philippines and it is t 1 considered that the days of tranquility for those islands is sure to come at an early date. The rebellion which has long since censed to bo of any strength or organization is gradually and firmly being overcome. It first dropped from an organized insurrection into A guer rilla warfare and from that the next stop was to scattered bauds of bandits and robbers and these are now being I disintegrated. A wise student of nature is convinced tbat the preservation and propagation of certain desirable birds will answer the mosquito problem. The night hawk , swallow and other birds , feed almost wholly on mesquites and will keep that insect pebt down without the aid of coal oil , or other questionable and nndeHirablo mothodHif they are given a fair chaneo , If the insectivorous birds are unmolested they will handle many of the lnnect problems with which M'loni'O IH struggling with no great degree of Hum-no. Hov. Sam , ) OHCH given the following opinloii regarding the position of the democratic party : ' ! feel sorry for the democrats. The republicans have let thorn down in a well and pulled up the ladder. AH long u tlio democratic1 party IIIIH leaders like Tillnmn and Altgold they will have to take deck passage on the ship of state. There ain't a state room in any decent ship that would give thorn quartern. They have got to put the brains in front andcouplo the month of the party or tho'republicans have a oinch on thlH government for a hun dred yoarH. " Dictator Bryan has issued an ukase to the oll'et't that no democrats are to be chosen UH delegates to the next national convention who are not in favor of the Ohieago and Kansas City platforms in every clause. Ho thereby indicates his intention oi tying the free silver millstone - stone about the neck of the party und sinking it still deeper in oblivion. It will bo impossible for the republicans to boat the party ; much worse than has boon done but they will probably see to it that a few moro cartloads of votes are dumped over theHoorpso , ifiMr. Bryan is to continue an dictator. Mr. Bryan wlll"pleaHo stop talking against trusts inJNebraska or any other farming state. $ . IIo says that farmers can stand the encroachments of the triiBtH bettor than the laboring men. That when trustjprices become too high ho farmer can eat the products of his own industry. This "acknowledgement hat the farmer liable tojwithstand the attacks of the trusts makes it appear hat ho was wasting his time and energy when ho was warning them to jowaro the trusts during the campaign of 11)00. ) 'This nowJleavcH the trusts but ono class of victims , the laboring men. It is not improbable that in his next speech the colonel will prove tlmt the aboring men are [ not the victims of : ho trusts and thus the trust record will bo clear. President Havomeyer of the sugar trust says : "What wo want above all things is free raw sugar , and wo are go ing to got it. " Naturally ho will de pend on the democratic frco traders to get it for him , but ho is evidently count ing his chickens without considering that there are a number of beet sugar factories in the country that have a number of people in many communities interested in their welfare , who will pro ceed to put blocks in the wny of Mr. Havomoyor's scheme. The farmer who raises beets , the man who receives em ployment in the beet field and the fac tory , and the merchant benefited by the increased trade made possible by the greater money circulation , will make a lighting force that President I lavomoyer and his free trade friends will find fcomo dilliculty to overcome. The defeated candidate for president says that if the laboring mou wcro active on election day they would wi * ld n force that would right the evils that besot them. They have been quite active on two recent election days , which Mr. Bryan may learn from the election returns if ho has forgotten. They registered their votes emphati cally against commonweal armies and free soup houses and it must bo ad mitted that they were a power in restor ing a season of business activity.with an abundance of work at fair wages. Be- ; auso ho wasn't elected is no reason to suppose that the working men were in active on the contrary it is just the reason that he was defeated. Mr. Bryan's "trusts" are composed of very few votes and some of them favored him. Therefore it is a foregone con- lusion that not a few laboring men and farmers supported President McKinloy. If a person employed a man and made but 10 cents a day profit on his work it would bo a losing business venture but if ho could keep 1000 men employed at the same profit per day ho would have an income of $100 a day besides giving wages to more men. This is the secret of the wealth of a great many million aires. They do not depend so much on a largo business , and this is where the trust gets in its work. It aims to cut down expenses and may come a long ways from doing a robbing business with its patrons and still the income to its promoters may bo very large. A trust requires about as many men after it is organized as the separate concern ! did before organization but there are many expenses that may be reduced. The buying and selling in largo quan tities is ouo of their methods of profit and this may bo done with injury to no one. The trusts are not all bad and the politician who endeavors to make them appear so is more or less demagogic. Farmers are ordinarily supposed to bo honest and upright in their business transactions , and popular notion has it that they are the made to order victims of the city chap with his gold brick scheme and other flimilamp , However this may bo at other places it is not so in Omaha. There the tables arc re versed , The former turns swindler ami the city people are the gullible innocents. According to Inspector of Weights and MCHIItires Mahommitt of that city about one-fifth of the baskets used by farmers and peddlers are novcn-cighths baskets made especially for the trade and the council will probably make it a misdemeanor meaner for any person to Bell from a basket purporting to contain moro than its real capacity. This is a noticeable feature in other localities. "When a person makes a dicker to purchase a quart or a peck or a bushel of fruit , po tatoes or other produce ho very seldom gets what ho bargains for and it is not altogether the fault of the farmer either the popular demand for something cheap is partially responsible The person who first used the short measure undoubtedly did so that he might bo able to reduce the price a few cents olow that of a competitor and it took 10 well that the standard of measure- lout has finally been quite generally educed. This is especially true in the mall fruit lino. People will pass a good ouest measure at a reasonable price and urchiiM ) at a lesser price ono contain- ng a great deal less fruit and imagine hat ho has scoured a bargain when the ligher priced but honest measure H in reality the cheaper , and many who would now prefer the honest meas ure at a fair profit are denied it because ho short measure is so generally used. of Home Patronage. Pertinent to the homo patronage lucstion are these suggestions from the Jolumbus Telegram which are just as Applicable to Norfolk or any other city as they are to Columbus : If all the smokers in Columbus would smoke Columbus cigars this town would bo the homo of fifty or moro cigar makers. "If all the beer drinkers in Columbus would drink Columbus beer this town would bo the homo of fifty expert brew ery workers. If every houbowifo in Columbus would use Hour made in our home city , our mills would bo compelled to double their present capacity. "If all the men who are putting up buildings would let contracts for plans and construction to homo contractors , then these contractors could provide homes in Columbus for five men for ouo now employed. If the wives and daughters of Col umbus business and professional men would buy their dress goods hero at homo instead of sending to Omahn or Chicago for them , our Conmbus mer chants could give employment to double the number of. clerks now on their pay rolls. "If all business men would give the homo printers a chance to do their job printing , perhaps the Telegram might employ eight printers , instead of four , and the other city printers in proper tion. "These suggestions are freo. Per haps we all might help Columbus if wo should adopt some of them. Think it over , friends. Keep some of those sug gestions in your mind or in your hat. Take a look at them next time you are mailing an order to some eastern house , and paying moro money than some Columbus dealer would ask you for the same article. " "When Ilrynn is Silent. "I would rather lot the grass grow in the streets of Jerome , " says William A. Clark , "than grant my men an eight- hour day. " Accordingly ho has closed the United Verde copper mines. "Those who know Clark" says the dispatch an nouncing the shut down , "know he will Keep uie mines cioseu a year ratner tuau surrender. " The United Verde mines , according to the latest statistics , produced 22,000 tons of copper annually. They produce moro now , for when these figures were given out now smelters were building. They have paid dividends as high as 13,5 per cent. They are estimated to add $12,000,000 a year to Clark's private fortuuo. The number of men employed is not stated , but comparison of their product with that of similar mines shows that it is from 1,500 to 2,000. , Yet rather than diminish in the least his enormous gains by granting an eight-hour day their owner shuts them down and coolly announces his inten tion of making a desert of the town where they are situated. Hero is certainly an excellent oppor tunity for Mr. Bryan to stand forth as "tho champion of labor. " That Mr. Bryan should fill at least a page of his next Commoner with eloquent deuunci atious of Clark as a "despot , " a "dicta tor , " an "oppressor. " would seem abso lutely certain. But there are times , contrary to the general belief , when even Mr. Bryan can bo silent. This is ouo of the times. William Andrews Clark is not only the owner of the United Verde mines , whoso peculiar methods of obtaining i Montana seat in the United States senate ate attracted world-wide attention. Ho is also the person who footed the bills of that famous "champagne night" at the last democratic national convention and contributed $2,10,000 toward the ex peiises of Mr. Bryan's second attempt to gain the presidency. When a republican employer declines to yield to his employes' demands Mr Bryan is always indignantlyvociferous But when a democrat ice trust oppresses the poor of Now York when a demo cratio miuo owner desolates a town- then Mr. Bryan imitates the discretion of the clam , Chicago Inter-Ocean. Senator Geo. W. Vest of Missouri thinks that President McKinley has never had a superior as a political leader and classes him above Jefferson , Van Bnren and Lincoln in that particular. The opinion IK strong , coming aa it does from a leader of the opposition. The Lyons Mirror thinks that the farmer who invebts in a corn binder is squandering his money. They cost $125 each are of no UBO in ordinary years of fair crops and the Mirror man expects to see the machines lying around in fence corners going to ruin after the present season , Virginia has a republican state ticket ieforo the people for the firbt time in many years. The people of the south re beginning to realize that northern opnblicans are not half bad as states nou and realize that to have a hand in ho honors they will be compelled to get n the right side of the fence. Those who are working and praying 'or a return of democratic rule and hard hues could cheerfully be accommodated f the people who enjoy republican rule Mid prosperity and they seem to bo juito numerous could bo exempt from heir share of the discomforts and suf- 'oring ucouipanying the change. Europeans are finding that no other shoo is so cheap and good for the money as the American-made shoo. The time was when Americans were compelled to patronize European manufacturers if they want anything particularly gooc and it is probably no more than fair that ho tables should now bo reversed. Democratic newspapers are prepared to make the most of the Sampson-Schley controvorsy.regardless of the decision ol the court. They have already dotoriu ned that the trial will bo unfair if the Schley side of the case is not sustained and if it is sustained their abuse of the administration will be continued. It is a matter of course that the fu sionists should now abuse Governor Savage for his action in the Bartley matter. He had uo business wbateve to act without consulting them and in so doing rob them of the choicest cam pnigu slogan. IIo used very poor judg uieut from a fusion standpoint , to b surd. The Black Hills News is a new dem ocrfltio daily at Deadwood , S. D. , th first uumboa of which was issued Mon day. It is a seven-column folio , al homo print and is devoted largely to th mining interests of the Hills. It is ro handsome in make up or general ap pearauce but appears to be well suppliec with news. Farmers in some parts of the state ar discovering that their wheat crops wil be unfit for Hour , as the keruals ar shrivelled and contain little of the ma terial necessary for Hour. It will mak excellent feed , either ground or whole and while the price of Hour may go u there will be additional cause for thank fulness on the part of the hogs and cat tie. It will probably be news to many t learn that a prohibition state conveutio : was held in Lincoln yesterday. Th cold water men go about doing moment ous things so quietly that people forge from one year to another that they are iu existence. If the prohibition party continues to grow it may win 10 or 15 years ago. It is growing in that direc tion. A Maryland "joker" who rocked the boat he was iu which also contained wo girl companions , his object being o make them bcrearn , was charged with willful murder by the coroner's jury because one of the girls was irowned , The accusation is probably none too severe and if the penalty is im posed for his crime it will perhaps serve to discourage that sort of "fun" in the future. Edgar Howard is one democratic writer , broad-minded enough to recog nize and commend a good act , even on the part of a political enemy , and he commends the republican state conven tion in unstinted terms for its action on the Bartley matter. A politician can do that without injuring his party in the least and he gains much greater con sideratiou from the opposition. There is some uneasiness among the big guns who have started out to kill off the octopuses and tojget rid of the trusts , because the people don't get scared and join in the howl says the Hastings Tri buuo. The fact is , the people are not sure but that the combinations of cap ital are good things for the country. It seems they think these great industrial combines are doing much to boom all kinds of work. Even the commercial combines do not frighten the people Somehow the people imagine things are uo dearer than under a different regime Mr. Bryau has again expressed him self as satisfied with his two recent do fonts , with the exception that it should have been done "honorably. " It is a genuine shame tbat all dishonorable actions should bo hogged by the repub licans against the pure and spotless dem ocratic party a party that would not stoop to trickery even to save ite be loved idol from defeat. If the republi cans had wanted to do tilings right honorably they would have given the democrats a monopoly on dishonorable practices and they would , of course , have virtuously ignored the advantage. The World-Herald is very anxious for Treasurer Stenffer to tell where the state money is deposited. If that paper is so determined to have the people know where the money is on deposit , vliy didn't it begin its campaign two cr bur years ago , when .T B. Meservo was reasuror ? It was very silent then. It niagiuoB it is making campaign mater- al uow. It is not so anxious to have he people know where the money is do ) ositcd at all times as it is to mannfact ure campaign uiaterial when it imagines ho opportunity offers. Its action is irobably good politics , but can it lay luinis to being always the firm friend if the people ? The republican central committee has called the convention to nominate can ilidates for county ofllces to be held at Battle Creek on September 21. The , vard and precinct voters should now sec to it that their caucuses and primar , os are called in ample time for the iir formation of the voters so that there may bo no excuse for non-attendance and that the preliminary work may be egally and thoroughly transacted. Too frequently the work of the caucus and primary are given scant attention and the voters are then to blame if the con volition proceedings are not satisfactory. With a good , clean ticket the Madis county republicans can put up a win- ling fight this fall and the party workers should see that the preltrni naries are correct. The late census has disclosed another desirable attribute on the part of Ne braska and that is the very low death rate during the past 10 years , the state be.ng credited with a percentage of .7 which is considerably lower than the New England and eastern states , lower than the states of the middle west ant lower than several westeru states. By groups , six of the Trnus-Mississipp states have a percentage of 1.18 , Ohio Indiana and Illinois 1.10 , New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania 1 < ! 1 and the Now England states 1.77. Many of the southern states rank in health above the Now England and eastern states which is quite contrary to popular belief lief , that section of the country being deemed the most unhealthy. The lesson of the census is that to enjoy the best o health people should come west. COULDN'T CALL HIM CRAZY Just n Neivsnnnor Hendllnor Mnm- blliiK From Force nt Huliit. The young man with the liaggan : look sat In the rear ear of an clevatet train , staring and staring at ono of UK advertisements. "English beauty shoos , " he mumblei to his companion. "That's what Ji bays. " "Yes , " said the other , "but that's too Bhort. " "Ilin , hm , " the haggard man replied. "Beautiful shoes from England" "That won't fit. It's long , " was the curt reply. "Well , then , 'Beautiful English ' " shoes' "That's only three words. You've got to have four , you know. " "That's so , that's so. Ah , I have it ! " he cried so loud that all the other pas sengers in the car gave a jump. " 'Eng lish shoes of beauty , ' 23 letters and spaces nt last. " A compassionate old man looked up from liis newspaper. "What's the matter with your friend ? " ho asked. "Is the ctap suf fering from delirium tremens ? " "Oh , no , " the man addressed replied assurlngly. "You see , he's just through with his night's work on a morning newspaper. He's a headline writer , you know , and after a fellow has scrib bled off headlines of 23 letters and spaces for about eight hours steady he contracts that habit and can't get over It. Every advertisement , every scrap of paper he sees for several hours aft erward until his mind gets rested well , he begins to count the letters and spaces and turn the wording Into a headline that will fit. It isn't exactly delirium tremens. It's something worse. The headlines of 23 letters and spaces go wriggling around In that poor over worked brain much worse than snakes. " Chicago Chronicle. Couldn't RealM. An eccentric clergyman In Cornwall had been much annoyed by the way the members of the congregation had of looking around to see Into comers. After enduring It for some time he said on entering the reading desk one day : "Brethren , I regret to see that your attention is called away from your religious duties by your very natural desire to see who comes In behind you. I propose henceforth to save you the trouble by naming each person who may come late. " He then began , "Dearly beloved , " but paused half way to Interpolate , "Mr. S. , with his wife and daughter. " Mr. S. looked rather surprised , but the minister , with perfect gravity , re sumed. Presently lie again paused "Mr. 0. and William D. " The abashed congregation kept their eyes studiously bent on their books. The service proceeded in the most or derly manner , the parson Interrupting himself every now and then to name some newcomer. At hist he said , still with the some perfect gravity : "Mrs. B. In a new bonnet. " In a moment every feminine heud In the congregation had turned around. Millinery Trade Review. ' " A SONG OF LOVE'S COMINQ. Jf Love comes with silent feet Out of the mist of dreams. - * With roses U he crowned ; X He tears a swonl that gleams , * T Love comes with a red rose crown To where the sleeper llct , , And on the fast clo cd cycl Tlic red rose lea\c drill r They touch the sleeper's lips , And , sleeping still , he slKhs. Tlicy fall upon his heart ; ho wake * And looks into LCUC'B eyes. Oh , waking tilttcr sweet Of mingled Joy and pain I Turn , dreamer , ere that Lot c can Bpcak And close thine tei again. He neter more may sleep ' Who hears the magic word , For Love that Is with roses crowned Is girded with a ewonl.Pall -Pall Mall CUrctte. THE WILY WIDOW. And the VI0ltii in Her of Snltora mill Gilo. | The widow is a resident of Brooklyn. , Two of her friends are stockbrokers ! n Wall street and fellow club mem-1 ters , but they bad never spoken of hero - , o each other. And the widow was wary. While ; ! ier inlnd was undecided , she cncourl , ged both and arranged that they calli on different occasions. But one even- : , unfortunately , the two suitors met , , and the situation became embarrass- ng. Giles , who had entered first , beloved - > loved he had the right of possession. , Nlles was of opinion that the earlier callershould take his leave first. There fore both tarried. ( At length , as the hour was growing * ate , Nlles suggested that they depart1 together and discuss a matter of In-i terest to their club on their homeward ! , vay. Giles , unable to find a real ex-i cuse , agreed. \ Together they boarded a car and to gether reached the ferry fpr Manhattan ! borough. I At this juncture Nlles , somewhat un necessarily , It appeared to Giles , be came engaged in a controversy with a man who had jostled him , but the op portunity seemed heaven sent to Giles , and he embraced it to return the way he liad come. He had been on the point of asking a crucial question , and , being a man of resolution , ho determin ed not to risk another hour's delay. He stopped a moment in a cigar store to arrange his necktie. Arriving at the apartment house , he was Informed by the Imllboy tbat the elevator had just gone up for the last time. So near the object of bis adora tion , this seemed but a trivial Incon venience , and , like the ardent P. J. Beranger , "lightly he vaulted up four pair of stairs. " He stood at the door. He entered. There sat Nlles. Harper's Magazine. I'rnfcHHloiiH Not Ovcrcroirdcd. There is a dearth of thoroughly train ed men In all professions. The more exacting the conditions the greater the need. The thoroughly trained man nowadays must be a college man. The- universities are using every effort to train men along special lines for defi nite efficiency In something. The old Idea of college education as general culture Is passing away. The universi ty takes men as they are and makes the most out of what they can do. A man today In America Is foolish to bci "self made" when better means are at hand. It Is equally foolish to choose a self taught man as against other men * who have worked with cqunc zest and * force and with much better advan tages. Formerly a man of an executive turn , , n leader In business or politics , found In a college education little tbat could1 help him. Now he finds everything. ! In the future the college men will b the natural leaders in industrial ami' ' political affairs. The reason is that tha men born to lend cannot afford to out of college. Success. The Rending : Cnre , Reading aloud is recommended byj physicians as a benefit to persons af fected with any chest complaint. Tha recommendation Is made because In all ] cases of lung trouble It Is Important for the sufferer to Indulge In exerciser by which the chest Is In part filled by and emptied of air , for the exercise Is1 strengthening to the throat , lungs and1 muscles of the chest. Reading aloud can bo practiced by | nil and besides being a curative act can be a pleasure and profit to both reader and hearers. In this treatment It is recommended that an overdose of medicine be avoided , that the reading b6 deliberate , without being allowed to drag , that the enunciation be clear , the body be held In an easy , unstraln * cd upright position , so that the chest will have free play , and that the breathing be natural and as deep a3 possible without undue effort. . Throwing1 Illce. IIow many people know that the cus tom of throwing rice at a wedding pymbollxes not the expression of good luck , but it is a metaphorical flight of arrows shot at the bridegroom. In un civilized ages most nations were accustomed - ' tomed to the forcible capture of a bride' by her lover , and the attempts on the part of her male relatives to prevent her husband from carrying her away Is typified by a volley of rice Instead ol more fatal missiles. i The Interval of Effort. i "My man , you are a professional beg gar , aren't you ? " "No , sir. I'm a professional loafer. When I gits hungry , then 1 gits up and begs. " Chicago Herald. , Some people who talk n great deal nbout admiring art should show some evidence of It In their clothes. Atchl- Bon Globe. t | Gold coin loses 1 per cent of its weight in 50 years , silver the same amount In 10 yean.