Conservative.
ORIENTAL ECONIn contrnst with
OMY OF WOOD , the iinmeiiso Coni-
morcial Mills of Puget Sound , sawing
logs of six or eight feet diameter nnd
sometimes a hundred feet in length , let
us see what the Japanese do.
We take a tcabox , light , but very
strong , capable of safely protecting its
contents on its ten thousand miles jour
ney. It is made of narrow pieces of
wood , often but two or three inches in
width , and very tliiu , doweled together
with care and precision , thus piecing
out the boards to a foot or more in
width , comprising the sides of a tea
chest.
The shrub or tiny tree from which
these boards are made can not bo more
than three or four inches through yet
they are economically sawed and built
into the form desired and are much
stronger than our American shipping
boxes which are manufactured from
largo trees , and contain four times as
much wood as the Oriental.
Our past and present wastefulness
may ere long require the same economy
as wo now see in the Japanese.
JOHN P. BROWN.
WHO ARE Does "General"
THE CUBANS ? Garcia represent
the Cubans ? All in authority , includ
ing the New York junta , say so. And
now it is openly confessed and pro
claimed that all the liberty which the vet
eran conspirator and revolutionist over
wanted was the license of power to di
rect a worthless gang of traitors to the
government of Spain in the work of
rapine , robbery and murder.
BRIDGE DISBURSEDlirillg tllO
MENTS IN OTOE year 1897 the
COUNTY. county Qf Qt
paid the bridge building firm of Hender
son Brothers twelve thousand tliree
hundred and seventy-six dollars and
ninety-four cents ( $12,370.94. )
This firm in that period received from
Otoe county for now bridges only
three thousand two hundred and ninety-
eight dollars and sixty-nine cents
( $8,298.69. )
But in the same time Henderson
Brothers got from Otoe county for re
pairing old bridges within its limits nine
thousand forty-three dollars and thirty-
five cents ( $9,048.85) ) !
Wo have a curiosity to learn whether
it would bo cheaper to burn the old
bridges and build now in their stead ?
Bridge repairing seems to be without
limitation in Otoe county. Will some
one itemize and publish all expenditures
in this line ?
IN A DISASTROUS Discontent , like
DROUTH. weeds , is difficult
of extermination. Nothing fertilizes
discontent and rejoices the demagogue
and political place hunter in an agricul
tural community so well as a disastrous
drouth. After crops have been de
stroyed , and the farmers have nothing
; o offer in exchange for money , the ex-
jlosivo oratory of communism is effec-
; ively torrid and crimson. Then the
injustice of the xmoqual distribution of
; he currency , the rainfall , the sunshine
and the crops is made as plain as stars
in the sky. Then plutocracy , the cap
italistic classes , the corporation cormor
ants and the venal vampires of the
money power are depicted as the real
conspirators who arc trying to bring
ruin to those who owe them and uni
versal disaster to the entire commerce
of the country.
MONROE This is the name by
DOCTRINE. which a famous maxim
of United States policy , enunciated
by James Monroe , president from
1817-1824 , is popiilarly known. Briefly
stated , it is "not to permit any
European power to interfere in re-
staining the progress of liberty
in North or South America by exercising
sovereignty on this continent. " The
foregoing sentiments were set forth in
his seventh annual message , Dec. 2,1828 ,
as follows : "The citizens of the United
States cherish sentiments the most
friendly in favor of the liberty and hap
piness of their fellowmen on that side of
the Atlantic. In the wars of the Euro
pean powers , in matters relating to them
selves , we have never taken any part ,
nor does it comport with our policy to
do so. It is only when our ights are in
vaded or seriously menaced that we re
sent injuries or make preparations for
our defence. With the movements of
this hemisphere wo are of uecesity more
immediately concerned , and by causes
which must be obvious to all enlightened
and impartial observers. The political
system of the allied powers is essentially
different in this respect from that of
America. Tin's difference proceeds from
that which exists in their respective gov
ernments. And to the defence of our
own , which has been achieved by the
loss of so much blood and treasure , and
matured by the wisdom of their most
enlightened citizens , and under which
we have enjoyed unexampled felicity ,
this whole nation is devoted. Wo owe
it , therefore , to candor , and to the ami
cable relations existing between the
United States and these powers , to de
clare that wo should consider any at
tempt on their part to extend their sys
tem to any portion of this hemisphere as
dangerous to our peace and safety.
With the existing colonies or dependen
cies of any European power wo have not
interfered , and shall not interfere. But
with the governments who have declared
their independence wo have , on great
consideration and on just principles , ac
knowledged wo could not view any in
terposition for the purpose of oppressing
them , or controlling in any other man
ner their destiny , by any European
power , in any other light than as the
manifestation of an unfriendly disposi
tion toward the United States. "
DISCRIMINATING To prOVCllt llU-
IIUMANITY. man suffering , and
to alleviate the agonies of sick and starv
ing Cubans , American authorities de
clared war against Spain. And now with
no defeats and with phenomenal victories
by land and sea the people of the United
States witness their peerless soldiers
stricken by fearful fevers in miasmatic
camps and beleaguered by hosts of re
fractory diseases on every hand. Gen
eral Shafter reports between four and
five thousand of his command in hos
pitals ; and a single regiment the 24th
regular infantry has lost every one of
its captains. In the front of facts like
these , when honorable peace may bo at
tainable , one mentally pictures to him
self the splendid youths who adorn our
fighting forces , the good mothers they
left at home , the affectionate solicitude
of those mothers , their tears for the
loved and the lost , their sobs for the
wounded sufferers , and sometlmig like
humanity wells up in the sympathiz
ing heart. Then ono wonders why
humanity should not lead us towards
speedy and honorable peace ; how can hu
manity discriminate and direct its sym
pathies so that they shall go out to aliens
and forget their own brothers ?
ECONOMY IN A late number
THE USE OF of TllO Lincoln
PUBLIC MONEY. Courier &eolmeB
that a Mr. Schwiud ( whoever he may
be ) drew pay from the state for eighty-
four days service , when ho worked only
seventy-four days.
Schwind likewise claimed 151 days
service as secretary of the senate , which
sat only eighty-four days.
Schwind did not omit to charge for
ten days out of that eighty-four while
the legislature was enjoying a vacation.
Schwind's bill was verified. He re
ceived from the state , upon the approval
of the auditor , $004. Schwind is an an
imated mustard plaster when it comes
to drawing salaries.
Accordiny to The Courier , Schwind
had two assistants who likewise re
ceived pay for 151 days each at $4
per day. Beside the two assistants ,
ho had a stenographer who cost $848.
Beside the stenographer , Schwind had a
messenger who cost $225. Beside the
messenger , Schwind had a custodian of
his office who cost $246. Schwind had
also a custodian of supplies for the sen
ate who cost $240. Beside the foregoing ,
Schwind indulged in the luxury of a
message clerk at $878. Schwind like
wise had another clerk at a cost of $888.
In addition to the above , Schwind re
ceived $1,800 for compiling a legislative
journal subsequent to the adjournment.
How many Schwinds are there in the
service of the state government ? Are
Schwinds a perennial crop in Nebraska ?
Are the Schwiuds as a clan or tribe in
any way responsible for the origin of
the word "Swindle ? "