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The man who
THE DEAD stands for some-
THAT LIVE , thing , whoso name
is over mentioned
in connection with some great cause or
movement , never fails to benefit the
world during life , and leave self-reared
monuments behind him when he comes
to die.
Particularly is our attention called to
this fact by the passing of that great
soul at Lake Forest. After the death of
the Father of Arbor Day his works have
been summed up and in them the people
find much to commend , little to even
slightly questionand absolutely nothing
to condemn. Useful as was his life to
his fellownien , his very death was no
less so , inasmuch as it furnishes an ob
ject lesson to the youth of the country.
Brilliant but vacillating characters
may rise , and for the time being over
shadow the real worker in the public
eye ; not because they are held in higher
esteem , but because in their erratic
journey through life they cross every
one's path , and attract everyone's at
tention , to be forgotten , however , as
soon as a turn in the way hides them
from view. They set no milestones to
mark the road they have traveled.
The really great man starts from
somewhere to go somewhere , plodding
straight down the center of the path ,
and refusing to be led into the alleged
short cuts and by-ways seen on every
hand. Such a man never walks far
until he is recognized as a safe guide ,
and thousands confidently follow in his
wake.
And lo ! When at lost his journey's
end has been reached , and the hour of
eternal rest is nigh , he may look back
along the trail he has trod and see
there a broad highway marked by the
footprints of the thousands who have
followed him ; so plainly marked that
posterity need not go astray. And when
his life's ending has been recorded , his
history written , his very death will call
attention to the works he has performed ,
and imbue many a youth with an un
dying ambition to emulate the good
and great man , and a deep determina
tion to follow where he has blazed the
way.
Be it understood
PLACE THE that the individual
BLAME. who condemns the
army , congress or
the President for the unfortunate oc
currences in the Philippines , is as
blind to reason as a man who would
condemn a father to suffer for the
rash act of an erring and disobedient
sou.
sou.In
In order to bolifive that the army
is responsible for the crimes which
may have been committed , it must
be believed that a blue coat with
brass buttons immediately transforms
a steady going American boy into a
fiend incarnate , and that the rollick
ing , whole-souled graduates of West
Point and Annapolis , don piratical
manners with their service and uni
forms.
The most effective way of remov
ing the stigma attached to the army
is to effectually disprove the allega
tions of its enemies , or punish the
guilty to the 1'ullest extent possible.
To cover up evidence , or condone
irregular warfare , is to place the
nation upon a level with the crimi
nal it shieldsfor neither a man nor a
nation is better than the fugitive ho
protects.
Meanwhile the army as a whole
should be acquitted of all blame , for
it would be as sensible to electrocute
all the inhabitants of Buffalo for the
crime of one fanatic , as to damn the
best army that God's sun ever shone
upon , for the misdoings of a few overzealous -
zealous commanders.
All credit to. the brave boys who do
their duty ; all the more credit if that
duty is an unpleasant one. . The
soldier's first and only law is to obey
orders , to know no right no wrong ,
110 good no bad , for his commander is
his King and "the King can do no
' '
wrong.
Besides the fail-
ASSESSORS ings of Nebraska as-
A6AIN. sessors' previously
noted bv The Con
servative , their defiant attitude with
regard to the collection of statistics
invites censure.
Nebraska is entitled to more respect
as a manufacturing state than has
ever been given her , and the assessor
who neglects to report even the
minor industries of his precinct , is
alone responsible for this state of
affairs.
It is perfectly useless for an en
terprising citizen of a Nebraska city
to attempt to convince an easterner
that important industries are carried
on within the confines of his city , if
the reports compiled and published
by the Bureau of Animal Industry
and Labor Statistics do not corrobo
rate his claims.
The supreme court has decided that
the assessor must perform this duty
without extra compensation , and he
should be compelled to do so by
mandamus , or by protesting the pay
ment of his salary until he has fully
performed his duties.
If he does all that the law requires
he will not be underpaid.
The Madison
THE NEW ( Nob. ) Star informs
OCTOPUS. the public that the
threshers of that
vicinity have organized and agreed
upon rates. As soon as Attorney
General Kuox has shackled the rail
road merger and the beef trust , ho
might organize an expedition against
the natives of the pueblo of Madison ,
and with the aid of Attornoy-Outgeii-
oralled Smythn , who is now at
leisure , weld a few irons upon the
tentacles of this now vampire. By
the way , it has not yet been classi
fied ; is it an octopus , or only a com
mon , every-day troglodyte ?
Nearly every ox-
POPULAR. change which
roaches this office
has commented favorably upon the
proposed Post check currency , though
some of the commendation loses
force on account of the obvious fact
that the editors of a few of the
papers have not even a dim , hazy
idea of what the currency is like.
However , not one word of adverse
criticism has made its appearance in
any newspaper , which should warmly
recommend the hill to congress , for
if there is a defect in a proposed
measure you may easily trust the
press to puzzle it out , as surely as
water finds the hole in a wash boiler.
Like the man who
SWEET CHARITY , spent such a great
portion of his time
sympathizing with the Boers that his
own family starved to death , the
fusionists have given so much of
their time to discussing the morale of
the republican state ticket that their
own bids fair to be a conglomerate
mixture of corporation lawyers and
unappreciated prairie politicians.
Without questioii-
PLEASE SPECIFY , ing the veracity of
those who insist
that Abraham Lincoln issued orders to
his soldiers nearly exactly like those
promulgated by General Smith of the
army in Samar , wo ask Secretary Root ,
the great vindicator , to point out the
kill-all-over-ten paragraph in Lincoln's
order.
The Lincoln Jour-
CASE REOPENED , nal quotes Admiral
Schloy as having
said of Admiral Sampson : " 1 re-
. ' '
grertl reefmwmylypmodbgkgiffl.
Of course this reopens the entire
case , and if Admiral Sohloy expects
to retain his position in the navy lie
must either take that back or
prove it.
Either gout o r
TO RETIRE. public sentiment
prompts Lord Paun-
cefote to declare his intention of returning - r
turning to the land of his nativity ,
the former being his explanation ,
the latter , ours.