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18 the Nebraska Stnto Development
association tlovolophifr ?
THE hardware- trust should be
promptly nailed on the head.
Tin : fonato commission invoatipntiiiR
the dressed beef question is now at
-Kiuisns City. Omaha's turn comes next.
DOUGLAS county is not behind her
neighbors in making iv good showing
of her agricultural products at the state
fair.
CHICAGO has mined ft6,000,000 for the
world's fair site. Thus far New York
has devoted all its energies to raisin ?
committees.
* cable and horse car lines in Mil
waukee are to bo converted into electric
lines. All the cities are following- the
example sot by Omaha.
TUB railroads .should give the harvest
excursionista from the east a ohnnco to
inspect Omaha. It is an injustice to
whisk thorn out of the city a half hour
after their arrival.
K Sioux City corn palace is rapidly
maturing , and will bo fully ripened at
the time sot for its opening. North
western 'Nebraska will bo well repre
sented in the structuro.
WIND and water played sad havoc
with Allan tic coast summer resorts Tuos-
day. The absence of storms and danger
ously high tides is another argument in
favor of Omaha as a summer resort.
A I'ASSKNGKit rate war is now being
waged by several railroads carrying
passengers between Now York and the
northwest. When railroad corporations
fall out the public can afford to travel.
TIIK motor and consolidated street
, . railways have had another round and
the latter wont to grass. J.f the oflicors of
the consolidated need a physician Dr.
Mercer , although not In active practice ,
will doubtless bo nlcuscd to prescribe a
little electrical treatment.
NuniiASKA'8 enviable standing with
the weather department is again dem
onstrated by the manner in which it
has favored the state fair management
at Lincoln this week. Nebraska is a
general , all-around favorite.
TIIK 2Hh ( of this month the marriage
of Eininons Blnino and Miss McCor-
rmiok , of Chicago , will occur at IMch-
ilold Springs , Now York. As the last
marriage in the Blalno family was
rather disastrous , thn forthcoming cor-
omoiiy will bo watched with interest.
Tin : good order and moral aspect of
Omaha during fair week is being com
mented upon by the Nebraska press.
Omaha knows how to behave herself
when nho hub company , but does some
queer things at times when slio thinks
none of the neighbors are looking.
K , latest report trom over Iho water
is that llvo ditto re tit European powers
will meet and request Queen Victoria
to abdicate in favor of the Prince of
Wales. So long as Victoria has so
numerous a family to provide for it is
useless to urge her to throw uu so good
a job us the one she now holds.
Coi.oitADO had a bureau ot Immigra
tion and statistics which is doing good
work in advertising the resources of
that stato. It has collected and is now
displaying at the Chicago exposition a
wonderful exhibit of the resources of the
Centennial state. There are grains and
grasses displayed which would do credit
to any agricultural ututo. There nro
minerals on display Illustrating Cole
rado's remarkable wealth of silver ,
load , coaliron , pntroloum , asplmUum ,
granite , marble and the like taken
from her vast natural store house. It
Is quite apparent that Colorado under
stands how to show olT her resources to
the best advantage and to attract at
tention.
TAXXER.
The reported retirement ot Corporal
Tannbr frptn the office of commissioner
of pensions will not proato general sur
prise. A combination of circumstances
has seemed to make it absolutely neces
sary that the administration should un
load the corporal , nnd recent statements
from Washington had prepared the
public to expect his retirement , volun
tarily or by Invitation , at any tlmo.
The question of what to do with
Tanner has undoubtedly boon a
serious and perplexing ono with
the administration. To retain him
at the head of the pension bureau
would bo to condone his numerous mis
takes to the certain Injury of the ad
ministration and the republican party
in publio confidence , while to remove
him would offend liis frlondaof which
ho undoubtedly still tins n numerous
body. It would appear that as the
easiest way out of the unfortunate and
annoying dllomtnft. Tanner has been
suspended pending the result of
the investigation of rorating in
progress , but it Is hardly to bo
presumed that in any event ho
will rcsumo the duties of the ofllco. Of
course ho will not if the result of the
investigation is unfavorable to him ,
and if favorable ho will doubtless re
sign rather than continue to subject
the administration to criticism on his
account. Moreover there is reason to
believe that the rotations of the com
missioner with other ofHcials of the
pension bureau , and with Secretary
Noble , are somewhat strained , so that
his remaining in the olllco would com
pel others to rotlre against whom
there Is no publio complaint.
Having , regard for all the
features of the situation , therefore , the
probability is that the withdrawn !
of Tanner from the performance of the
duties of commissioner of pensions will
bo final. Ho maintains that ho has
kept strictly within the law , and if this
shall bo shown , ho will bo allowed to
retire to private life with whatever ad
vantages a vindication may bring him.
It has been mndo apparent that the ap
pointment of Tanner was unfortunate ,
not because of his grout interest and zeal
in behalf of a generous pension
policy , for in this doubtless a majority
of the people are in sympathy with
him. but for the reason that ho has not
the qualifications to judiciously admin
ister so proiit a trust us that devolved
upon the commissioner of pensions.
Wo do not believe that any candid and
unprejudiced man thinks Tanner dis
honest or venal. If ho has done any
thing outsldo the law it is because ho
did not understand the law , and
ho is a man very llkoly to act
upoa his own judgment rather
than to pursue the more pru
dent course of seeking enlightenment
from others. It is not to bo doubted ,
however , that he has intended to net
within the law as ho understood it.
With preconceived notions of what a
pension service ought to be , formed
upon sentiment rather than from prac
tical ideas , when Tanner found himself
in the possession of a prodigious power
of which ho could have had but the
slightest conception , with eighty mil
lion dollars at his command , ho
lost whatever discretion he may nat
urally have. Without experience in
practical affairs , nnd very likely with
little faculty for such alTairs , it is not
difficult to understand why Tanner pro
ceeded as ho has done. His other de
fect , that of talking too much , bus dnnn
Its full share to draw upon him popular
ridicule and detract from the confidence
which was felt in him when ho was ap
pointed.
But whether or not the retirement of
Tanner shall bb final , there is every
reason to expect good results from the
ncritation of pension olllco af
fairs. Congress will find it necessary
to make same radical changes in the
pension laws.-which evidently now con
fer too .great a power on the commis
sioner , nnd probably to give an inter
pretation to some so that future commis
sioners need not rely upon their own
construction of what was meant or
intended. Thcro has also been a public
sentiment formed regarding certain
phases of the pension question which
can hardly fall to have an inlluoneo in
shaping further legislation. It may
thus happen that the experience with
Tanner will prove to be not wholly
without useful results.
MUST 1)E HELD TO THE LAW.
The complications of the railroad
situation in the northwest do not di
minish , and the prospect of an equit
able and permanent adjustment of the
difficulties do not improve. The fail
ure of the effort of the chairman of the
Western Freight association to secure
the co-operation of the trunk lines and
Central TralUu association in establish
ing through rales to St. Paul having
left matters in the shape they
wore before the ovorluros wore
made , the managers nro show
ing n disposition to renew the
tactics which were so summarily
checked by Judge Cooley , chairman of
the intor-stato commerce commission ,
when ho told them that they would bo
compelled lo conform lo the law. The
Burlington ft Northern continues to bo
the troublesome factor in the situation ,
and if Iho attitude of Unit company has
boon correctly reported the time maybe
bo near when the inter-slalo commerce
commission will have lo lake ll in hand
and brin ? lo a tosl Iho authority of the
commission.
There Is very likely something moro
in this railroad strife than Is apparent
on the Hurfaco. The basic trouble , of
course , is the Canadian competition ,
and It would seem to be the policy of
certain roads to do nothing to remedy
Iho trouble , if it can bo remedied , in
order that they may bo enabled lo de
mand protoolion from congress. This
Is Iho only inference lo bo drawn from
Iho slatomonta regarding the attitude
of roads known /to bo most solicitous to
secure legislation destgnod to shutout
the competition of Canadian roads.
Meanwhile Iho chief concern of the
publio is that all Iho roads shall be
compelled , to comply with the law. The
railroad managers uncragod in the
strife are fully informed as to what is
required for such compliance. The
chairman of the inter-stutu commerce
commission has stated very plainly
what they may and may not do , and If
they refuse to bo guided thereby , as
some of thorn have manifested a thspo *
filtlon to do , they should bo uromptly
called to account. As Judge Cooley
told Iho managers about a weak or two
ago , the law was made to bo obeyed
ana It must bo obeyed. This is the
principle which the public desires shall
bo adhered to and enforced.
AN EPIDEMIC OF GRIME.
A Chicago judge in instructing the
grand Jury stated that the reports of
the press showed that there was an opl-
domlo of crime swooping over the city ,
and suggested that if such were the
case there should bo on epidemic of
justice , too. For some time past justice
in Chicago has boon very laniont , and a
marked increase in lawlessness is Iho
natural result.
It may bo remarked , however , that
this experience is not peculiar to. Chica
go. In most of the larger cities of the
cast crimes of ovnry degree have been
very numerous within the past two
months , nnd the explanation of this is
not everywhere to bo found in the
failure of justice : Criminal statistics
show that as n rttlo crimes increase * at
this season of the year , though why
such should bo the case the statisticians
do not attempt to show. The facl ,
however , certainly is that crlmo
has boon very active in a
largo portion of the country for
a month or two past , and ap
pears to bo on the increase.
Fortunately Omaha has boon ono of
the localities oxomplod from anything
like an epidemic of crlmo , or indeed
any unusual development of criminality.
The record of the past two months per
haps maintains thq average.of potty of-
lOiisos against the law , but there have
boon no very serious crimes , and wo
venture to say that no city of
equal population in the coun
try , nnd which is constantly
visited by so many slrangors ,
can show a moro fnvorablo criminal
record than Omaha. Other cities may
find hero an example of good order ,
careful government , nnd faithful ad
ministration of justice worthy of their
emulation.
TIIK BKE is in receipt of a circular
from the Corn Palace association , of
Sioux City , in which are enumerated
some of the features to bo carried out
for the benefit of visitors during the
continuance of the exposition. There
is no doubt but that many excellent and
original ideas have boon elaborated
upon in the preparation of the Corn
palace exhibits , and in the design of
the buil'ling itself considerable money
has boon expended to make it both at
tractive and pleasing to the eye. Such
enterprise is commendable , and since
the organization of the affair Tins BKK
has taken the utmost pains to gra
tuitously advertise it throughout
the west. Our disposition towards
Sioux City docs not at least appear to
bo reciprocated by the papers of that
city. Of course but litllo notice should
bo taken of the papers , on account of
their obscurity and limited circulation.
The opinions nnd utterances of a
newspaper , however , are generally un
derstood to bo al least a partial rolloxof
the opinion of the plnco in which it is
printed. The Sioux City papers , dur
ing Omaha's Merchant week , with no
exception , took especial pains to run
down our exhibition , and it was evi
dently for Iho purpose of keeping vis-
ilors from northern Nebraska away
from Omaha. If the people of Sioux
"City expect favors from the Omaha
press it would bo a wise idea for them
to muzzle the small-bore editors who
manage their daily papers.
TnK senatorial investigation eom-
mittoo on dressed beef is finding a bet
tor field in Kansas City than in Chicago.
Not alone are the witnesses moro wil
ling to testify but the testimony is of
such a character as to bring out the
real grievances in the beef packing
and entile industries. The general
burden of complaint is to the effect that
a combination of packers exists in Chicago
cage which prevents competition and
fixes the price of live stock not alone nt
Chicago but at all the loading cattle
markets of the country. The result of
this policy is to depreciate the value of
the caltlo in Iho hands of the shippers
fully thirty or forty per cent. On the
other hand , the beef packers of Kansas
City assert that the dressed hoof indus
try is likewise depressed and in no bet
tor condition than the cattle business.
The unbiased judge , however , is likely
to take these latter statements with a
pinch of salt. At all events the inquiry
is assuming a most interesting phase
and it is to bo hoped that , the vexed
question will now bo probed to Iho bet
tom.
TIIK mining interests of the woslorn
states have suffered severely in the
past from the manipulations of wildcat
schemes and companies , The result is
that mining too often has degenerated
into speculation , to the detriment of the
legitimate business. There is now a
well defined movement , particularly in
Idaho , lo abolish the mining exchanges
and slock boards in the lerrilory , with
n view of chocking the inflation which
has so often proven disastrous to the
best interests of that industry. The
mines nro now attracting capital and
are being worked on Iholr Iruo merit ,
The result has boon highly satisfac
tory. But so long us their slock is
quolod dally on Iho stock boards , there
in the constant danger of inflation ,
which has more lhan once given Idaho
a setback through the ouonitlona of gi
gantic swindles.
A KKOKNT osllmalo places Iho wheat
crop at 655,000,000 bushels , or 60,000,000
moro than the August estimate of the
department of agriculture figured it. If
this estimate bo cor rout , and there is
no reason to bellevo it otherwise , it puts
the crop for this year within 8,000,000
bushels of that of 1831 , will oh was the
largest the country ever produced , It
is probable , lee , that whou the harvest
has boon completed in all sections the
difference now existing in the oslimates
will bo overcome , and 1830 may become
the beat your in Iho record of the United
Stales. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
BoirANcmH Is considerably dis
figured , but it Usllll on Iho inner sldo
of the circle , , The politicians of Franco
who , two \rcelcs ago , gave it as their
opinion tHnl 'Boulanglsm was on the
wnno , and Ihnl'tho republic would hnvo
no trouble in holding Its own against
it , are now Winning to hedge In their
estimates of its strength. The recent
quarrels in. the French cabinet hnvo
weakened tJd | bppostllon lo Boulangor
and Rochofort , and they will bo candi
dates In Morttrnarlro and Bollovlllo at
the cominp'jb\9ollon. \ It Is difficult lo
foretell whnt.mday may bring forth In
the spcclaculth1 and pyrotechnic kaleid
oscope of French politics.
An Attraction Tor the Ifalr.
Chteaao Tlmtf.
Ttio Cronln case promises lo bo ono of the
attractions in Ib93.
The Boat Diifllltic Ground.
Chtcaoo Ilcralil.
Messrs. Huff nnd Patterson chose Sul
phur SorluRS M an appropriate' place for
tholr duel. Dig Hun Crock would have boon
more lllto it.
Tlioy Oljoct to Ilolnc Cornered.
Chicago Trtbvne *
What's limit A diuio museum trust ? A
corner on freaks ! It Is tin outrage , sirl
George Frnucls Train.
Dem's my zcr.dlmcnds , by ShorRol VenDer
Dor Aho.
I subscribe to the abovo. Senator Vest.
So do ( lilo ) so do I. HlddloborBOr.
If tlioy ever get up such a thing in this
country , I'm going across to Canada. Nia
gara Grahntn ,
Mo , too. Brodlc.
My. friend Dr. Drown-Soquard Joins mo in
denouncing It. Dr. Hammond.
Anntlior ChlcnuolConrcssIoti.
Chtcaoo Inlcr-OctAn.
At this tlmo the bcof interest Is so far con-
ccntrntod as to bo the next thing to an abso
lute monopoly. It is , In fact , ono hand with
four lingers. This , the biggest of all the big
four of the period , is centered In Chicago ,
but by no means confined lo it. Ono of these
big four , Mr. Hammond , has his works just
across the stnto line In Indiana In a town
nnmcdln his honor , anil Messrs. Arnlour nnd
Morris , nro the eroatcst cattle buyers and
dtcssers of Kiuisus City and Omaha. The
real cause of complaint on the part of cattle
raisers Is not that thotr beeves uro not killed
and dressed nt homo , but that the markets
are few and these few almost wholly con
trolled by four buyers , It Is a matter of sur
prise that the fombltmtlon between the big
four is not closer nnd the bearing of the cattle
tlo market , coupled with the hoof bulling of
the market , moro extreme. Anil the chances
are that unless the statesmanship of congress
devises some way to choctt this tondonoy , the
evil will increase with time , and the tiglta-
ttou of the BUD ) eel do harm rather thun good.
Sober AVoriin.to the Beef Combine.
Clitraua Aetrs.
The Klnedom of Hccf has set at defiance
the government of the United States. Philip
D. Armour and the other barons of butchers'
incut hnvo refused to recognize tbo right of
a committee of 'tho ' national scnato to order
them to appear 'us witnesses nnd testify in
regard to their' business.
It Is true that Mr. Armour nnd his con
freres did not make their millions by tolling
the public all they know about buying steers
and selling bcof. " It Is true that they are
busy men , with little tirao to spare from
their largo interests. But it is also true
that they are citizens of' the United States
and amcnnbln to its laws. They have no
moro publio , riglits 'than the humblest day-
laborer wiio works for thorn. It was their
duty to appear before the committee when
summoned. If they carry on their business
by lawful methods it was to their interest to
say so publicly nud sot nt rest the ugly
charges which have boon brought against
them by exasperated cattle-raisers. Their
refusal to speak on tbo subject adds great
weight to the cause of their ouomles.
Wo bcllovo that the drosscd-bccf industry
na now carried on by the great Chicago
houses Is of material benefit to consumers in
nearly every part of the United States.
Still , if tbo biggest thing on this continent
is a dressed-beaf trust , the world should bo
made aware of it.
The Second District Situation.
J/tstl 0a Ifcliraikan. .
Tbo work of the congressional committee
at its session in this city last evening was
disposed of quietly und oxpoditlously without
the oxhibltion of any fooling of heated rival
ry or angry contention. The moro active
and zealous friends in the interest of Mr.
Laws were in fuvor of setting an early con
vention nt McCook , nnd the selection of
Hastings at a late data may bo construed as
ovidcnco that his strength Is not so great as
his moro sunirumo supporters had oUImatod
it , though all are willing to couccdo that ho is
u strong favorite in the raco.
It was a conference mooting , nnd a pre
liminary skirmish to ascortuin the relative
strength of each candidate , and to gain , if
possible , some Idea of the second choice ten
dencies in order to form n conception of
whore lightning would finally strike. If anyone
ono was wlso enough to solve this problem
ho is much wiser than his fellows. The con
gressional situation is decidedly mixed. The
avowed candidates present wore Messrs.
Laws , Harlan , Hastings , Norval , Jensen ,
McPhcoloy and Gilham , and these , with the
addition of 13 , S. Dakar , of Fatrbury , may bo
considered the number -who have fairly and
unequivocally entered tlio Hold nt this time.
The action of the mooting and the Interchange -
change of ideas hotxvcon tbo friends of the
rospcotivo candidates has really .shod no
now light on the situation. It was practi
cally as well understood before the moating
was hold.
THIS AND THAT.
Ono of the largest distilleries in Louisville
Is said to bo financially embarrassed. This
results from u doorcase In business caused
by the ubsencd' ' of several of Kentucky's
first fuuillios , who'aro spending the summer
ut mineral springs'in ' the north.
'
Nebraska's corn crop is developing
a-tnalzo-lngly.
A $3,000,000 .BU ar plant burned in Mow
York oil Saturday. Tint sugar consumers
will have to make tbo loss good In the sweol
buy und buy.
To the Oniaha.ball team : The pennant's
mightier than tjjo .sword.
The American ns'soclatlou of professors of
dancing , after fou- | sessions In the city of
Now York , has adopted two now steps. And
yet some people say that life Is n failure.
A gentleman batnod Uhirk writes to THE
HUB from Harvard , Nob. , that the spirits toll
him the earth will bo Jostled out of its orbit
on April 15 , 1S03 , by n big , burly comet. If
Mr. Clark will got us a tip from this same
spirit on tbo location of the world's fair In
1&93 wo'll take our uhnnces on thu llttlo dis
turbance of April 15 , 1893.
"i'OMTlOAU
The chances for republican success In Vir
ginia grow moro promising every day , Kid'
dlebergor has taken the stump for the demo
crats. The wonder is that a rnrm of Mr ,
Uiddlohort'or'4 convivial habits ever re
mained outside of the democratic party as
long as he did.
Kdltor Dana's ton thousand-dollar check
must bo getting awfully lonesomo.
The ovidcnco in increasing that Uroillo' *
alleged trip over the falls was a fnko. Por-
linps Urodlo Isn't such a fool na ho seems ,
nfusr all
General Mahono claims that his friends
nro socially ostracized nt the watering places
of the two Virginia * . As Mr. Hlddloborgor
ahvn.va takes his xtralght ho can never bo
subjected to a similar humiliation.
THE AFXErtNOON TEA.
Most of my dreams seem disarranged ;
Of course I'm happy , only Hfo
Looks nltorcd now the world Is changed
I can't believe I'm Harry's wife.
And yet I know I am , for hero
( What liny thorns ono's wronth may
mar. )
I'm ' sitting quite alone , my dear ,
And ho is In the smoking-car.
Mrs. A. "What a pleasant parson Mrs.
Greene Is to visit 1 She always receives ono
no courteously , you know. " Mrs. U. "Why ,
that's the only reason that I do not call upon
her. It is a sign of vulgarity , don't you
know , to appear so pleaded to see visitors.
It looks us though you were iiot In the habit
of receiving company. "
A society lady In Chicago hai Iwuod cards
on birchen bark Inviting her friends to meat
at her house to celebrate Iho fifth anni
versary of the attainment of her spinster-
hood. It will bo the first event of the kind
ever celebrated , but when the news roaches
New England there will bo such a girdling
of birch trcos that homo mndo root boor will
bo forced out of the market.
Mrs. Nowmarrind "Which ono of your
friends has had triplets born to html"
Mr. Novvmarrled "Nono of tuum , my
dear. Why ! "
Mrs. Newmnrrlod "Nothing , only 1 hoard
you say in your sloop , 'Got three of a kind ,
hnvo you ) Well , that beats mo. ' "
The formation of an orange trust In Bos
ton is announced. The nuuibor of spinsters
in that city leads to the suspicion that an
orange blossom trust has loiig existed thoro.
Miss Yollowloaf I con not understand
why you call Air. Sheighman bashful. I
talked with him ever nn hour last evening ,
and ho seemed perfectly at case. Miss
FJ.yppo I'm sure I nov.or said ho wna bash
ful. In fnct I have often heard that in the
socloty of old ladies ho was a most charming
talker.
The marquis of Lorno has written n vol
ume of poems entitled "Who is the Hap-
plost ! " When his nnsworeomcs along , It will
probably be , The Man wbo has not Married
into the Hoyul Family.
There was a young girl in a school ,
Who tlghtcnod her corsets by rule ;
From Rhortncss of breath she came to bar
death ,
And that was the nnd of a fool.
English society is maklncr an attempt to in
troduce n new dance , on this plan : Four
paces nro made at though a tnaroh were in
tended , and then each gentleman embraces
his lady , nnd waltzes with her for four bars ,
than resuming pacing. Hcpeat.
Man may have seven ages , but a woman ,
after she reaches a certain point has but
ono. She sticks to that for the remainder of
her life.
The explanation of Queen Victoria's ap
parently inexhaustible nupply of Indian
shawls , ono of which Is her regular wedding
present , is that curly in her majesty's reign
ono of the Indian princes , in consideration of
bis having a largo and valuable territory
ceded to him , bound himself to pay nn annual
tribute , which included three pairs of Iho
finest cashmere shawls and twclvo perfect
shawl goats.
Wibblo Of all the nervy men , I think
young Waswell takes the cako.
Wabble What's the m'atter with Wftg-
welU
Wibblo Ho proposed to n deaf and dumb
girl some tlmo ago , and now bo Is suing for a
broach of promise on the ground that silence
glvos consent.
"How does it happen that the couple over
the way live so happily together ! They
havebeen married now twenty-two years
and have never .yet bad a dispute. "
"No wonder ; she goes out teaching muslo
all day long away from homo and ho IB a
night editor on u dally paper. "
Ethel ( entering parlor ) Oh , Aggie , so glad
to see you. [ They kiss. ] Why , you are engaged -
gaged to bo married.
AgRio How do you know ?
"I can tell by the way you kiss. "
Klssablo girl ( suddenly ) Toke care , someone
ono will see you.
Good-looking but bashful beau What am
I doing :
Kissable girl ( scornfully ) Nothing.
Miss Helen ( Jould always believed she hod
a mission to teach , und even now instructs
four muslo pupils , members of her church , at
her homo.
A careless female resortor , who was
aroused In her room at the Arlington hotel ,
In Pctoslccy , Mich. , the other night by an
ularm of fire , took tlmo to dress and paclc
her trank before sbo ran down stairs , but
forgot to wako up her husband.
"How Long Girls Should be Courted , " is
tbo title of an article in a Texas paper. Much
the same as short girls , wo should say.
FAIifc FRIVOI/CIES.
Chicago Intor-Ocean : A night aniline
craft Courtship.
Texas Sittings : A Chicago paper says the
danger line is passedas regards the corn
crop. Not at ull. The danger line will only
bo reached when the corals manufactured
Into whisky.
Now York Sun : Miss Porlodo ( ut thoraces
races ) "I shall buy the horse whoso driver
wears blue,1' ' Miss Discreet "I wouldn't.
Hluo Is not a fast color , you know. "
Now York Sun : Mrs. Lumklns "Joshua ,
lamp.olng to the dentist's to have a tooth
pulled out. You mind the baby while I1 m
gono. " Mr. L. ( Jumping for his hat ) "Say ,
you mind the baby and I'll go and got a tooth
pulled , you Know. "
Terre Hanto Express : Mrs. N. Pock
"Thoy had an awful Umo ever across the
way this afternoon , Nathan. The man came
homo drunk und ItiolioJ his wife out of the
house Into the middle of the street. " Mr. N.
Pock "Is that so I I woudor whore ho got
"
that kind of whiskyl"
Merchant Traveler : Hydrophobia Itself is
u sort of dog dazo.
ToxasSIftings : The Iowa choose factories
talk of organizing into a corporation and
want a name. Wo suggest the MIte socloty.
Harper's Bazar ; Wo do not credit the
rumor that u tragedian kept himself from
starving in the west by eating all of his
Shakespearean roles.
Chicago News : The prlzo pumpkin at the
county fair may counldcr itself handsome
and popular , but it Is not so strong a favorite
as the prlzo onion on the next shelf.
Clothier nnd Furnisher : "No , Gooree , "
she uiuttorod , us the miserable youth knelt
In u passionate frenzy ut her foot , " 1 can
never be yours. " "Well , Clara , " he au-
Bwercd bitterly , as ho rose quickly , "you
might ut least have told mo so before , nud
saved mo from bulging these trousers.1' '
Lawrence American : Director "Tho
cashier is on embezzler to the tune of $100-
000 , oh ! Why , ho gets u good salary and
never frlvcs any signs of living beyond his
means. " Hank president "Ho spent a
good deal lasl whiter , nevertheless , "
Director "On what ! " President "Wulor
pipes in his house burst twice , and ho had to
call n plumber In each tltno. "
Terre Hntito Express i Thebes * barber
ImpiwnoA to IOOK toward Iho tiow man and
behold tears ns big as gooseberries rolling
down Uic check * of IhoToulonlo individual.
"What's the matter , Gust" nskcd the boss.
"Fcllor I yoost schnfoil vits peon catlo' Urn-
jmrgor , und I got mo to t'lukln' of homo , "
was the tearful answer.
Hnrpor'a Baiari "Aro you still at Vnssar ,
Miss Johklnsl" "Yos. " "And what in
your favorite course ! " "O , dessert , by all
means. "
Plok-Mo-Up ! "Tnon , my dear sir , wo
will agree to differ. " "No , sir , wo won't do
any such thing , because you're wrong. "
8TATK AND TKHUITOIIY.
Nclirnskn Jottlngfl.
A now Industry at Falrbury Is bottling
works.
Buildings costing $303,000 have been
erected In Ulyssci the past your.
Tramps broke into Hlckman'n drug store
nt Craig nnd got away with about $20 worth
of goods.
The Broken Bow cchool board hai re-
s olvcd to enforce the stnto compulsory edu
cation law.
O'Fallows , n station on the Union PaolDo
In Lincoln county , is being moved tliroo
mllrs cast of Us present location.
The Beatrice Express will have a tent nt
the military encampment \ > htch will bo the
hcadminrturs of visiting newspaper men.
A Holdrc o girl poured n pitcher of paso-
llno into n kettle of preserves cooking on the
stovo. The ilro department prevented much
damage.
The Hastings city council has passed nn
ordinance for the suppression of opium joints
nnd tbo police will raid a number which now
exist in that city.
October 8 will bo observed by tlio Gormnn
citizens of Nebraska City ua memorial day to
celebrate the anniversary of the lauding of
the first Gorman colony in America.
The recent Hoods In Johnson county
wushod away thirty largo bridges nnd about
two hundred small ones and the commis
sioners are figurine how to replace thorn.
The Custor county supervisors hnvo called
an election for October 113 to vote on a prop-
osltion to issue * 3TOJJ In bonds to aid the
Missouri Ulver , North Platte & Denver rail
road.
Columbus Is likely to have park , Lcandor
Gerrard having offered to donate ten neros
of ground to the city for that mirposo if 5250
would bo expended in Improvements on the
sumo onch year for ton years.
Great preparations hnvo boon mndo for the
third annual fair of Choycniio county at Sidney -
noy , September IS , 19 nnd ! 3J , und the indica
tions nro that the exhibition will bo the most
successful ever held in the county.
Mrs. Julia Pottit , of Kearney , whoso hus-
baad wan murdered some three niontlis ago ,
has been arrested for complicity in thocrinio.
Her son , George Pottit. was arrested for the
murder at the tluio and Is In jail awaiting
trial.
The North Plntto schools are without n ,
principal , Prof. W. II. Alhvyno having been
Instructed by n portion of the school board
to act and an Injunction restraining linn
from doing so having boon secured by other
members.
Fred Pochon , of Kearney , gave R. G. Par
ker u chattel mortgage on a lot of garden
truck , nnd when the latter attempted to foreclose -
close on the vegetables the former protected
them with a shotgun , wounding Parker in
the arm. Poohon was arrested.
Iowa Itoirs.
Milford is having a oulldlng boom ,
Kcokuk merchants want a free bridge
across the Mississippi.
The fainons horse Axtoll was named after
a school teacher at Independence.
Ackloy has paid $10,000 for a 2,000 foot bole
which refuses to become an artesian well.
The Staudar. ' Oil company's mitio nt
Angus is exhausted and has been abandoned.
A burglar In jail utWapollo escaped on the
sheriff's best horse , but rolous&d the an i mill
when at a safe distance und allowed it to re
turn to its owner.
Samuel D. Hollis , city marshal of Wiota
nnd possesor of a good wife and seven chil
dren , skipped out last week with tbo wife
of a neighbor , who is ale tbo mother of live
children , tbo youngest of whom she took
with hor.
Swindlers are working a now scheme on
the unsuspecting farmer. They ask per
mission to store a quantity of pitchforks in
the farmer's barn und in
a guileless way re
quest a receipt to show their employers
where the goods nro stored merely for
form's sake , you know. If the farmer gives
the receipt lie soon finds out that ho has con
tracted to buy some very poor pitchforks at
a very high prlco.
A man named Edward Hoom , after par
taking of a little too much "bug juice , " im
agined himself at homo nnd wont to bad on
the railroadtrack , about two miles south of
Bode ono night last weok. A passenger
train came along and lifted Mr. Hoom oft
tbo track and deposited him in a ditch about
fifteen feet away. When the train stopped
ho asked in a sleepy way if breakfast was
ready , and when informed that it was not ,
cursed tbo engineer for waking him.
Royond the Kockieii.
The Fresno county. California , wheat crop
will amount to .1,000,000 bass.
The Good Templars' grand ledge will con
vene at Fresuo , Cal. , October 8.
The first mien mining company in Montana
has boon formed to work the claims near
Dillon.
A Latah ( Idaho ) county farmer has
threshed 5,010 * bushels ol wheat from 100
acres.
Mr. and Mrs. Pollock , strangnrs In Seat
tle , wont boating , and as they did not return ,
it is believed they were drowned.
There is u loago of gold-bearing quart ; ! of
unknown width eu ttio summit of Mount
Gibbs , Nov. , nearly 12,000 fcot above the
sea.
sea.Tno
Tno United States district attorney at
Portland , Ore. , has Illed In thn United States
circuit court twcnty-ono voluminous com
plaints in suits brought to secure the for
feiture of wagon roud grants in Oregon.
James A. Murray , of Butte , Mont. , says lie
will sue the Bluebird Mining company for
$2,000,000. Ho owns the Darling and Little
Darling claims adjoining the Bluebird , ami
claims that the Bluebird company has boon
for two yer.rs taking ore from his ground.
The Bluebird clulrns lo have simply followed
Its own voiu on its dip , according to the law
of apex.
A crlaclal remnant is said to have been dis
covered In Pine Creek canyon , botwccn Big
Dear and Texas ridges , in Latah county ,
Idaho , 2,000 foot tibovo ( tea lovol. Attention
was attracted by a current of cold ntr rash *
ing from the earth's mirfncu from beneath n
moss bed several Inches In thlckncs * . The
adjacent surface wa * covered with verdure.
The moss was pushed usldo , n few boulders
removed , disclosing nn ice vein several
Inches In thickness. Alternate layers of
graii and gravel were found to a donth of
several feet , the cold current uf nlr still ris
ing therefrom. >
A dispatch from Shoshone , Idaho , says the
neon Is looking up fraudulent land nnd water
right entries uru mitklng Important discover
ies , The upper Blnrk foot river has boon
found to hnvo line natural meadows , covered
by dosurt entries. On ono tract of 11,000
ncros clnlmoil by prominent Utnh Mormons
were found ton mowing machines cutting
thousands of tons of liny. Prosecutions nro
promised to place these lauds back In the
inibllo domain , while examples will llltoly
bo mnde of some offenders charged with
perlury.
Gabo Hill , of this city , wbo Is camping out
at Craig mountain , Idaho , had a romarlcnblo
advontura a few nights ago while out hunt
ing , says the Portland Urogonlani Ho lost
his way nnd mndo n camp nt the foot of n
pine tree. During tbo nliht ho was attacked
by n Hock of largo nwls , numbering nt least a
dozen , which plied their bonks nnd clnws on
him vigorously. It being too dark to use bin
gun , ho seized n rlub nnd laid about him
with snob good will that in ten minutes ho
had killed seven of the birds , nnd next morn *
ing ho brought tholr wings Into camp as
trophies.
A curious discovery connected with the ro-
cout disastrous conflagration Is reported by
n Spoki.no paper. The safe of Mason , Smith
& Co. became cracked by thn Intense beat ,
and their books were charred nnd baked to u
blackened crisp.though they remained Intact.
Not a ilguro could bo dlEtlngtilshcd. Ono of
the bookkeepers , while turning ever ttio
leaves , noticed where his linger , which was
wet , touched ttio page the llgurcs nppcnrod
legible through the moisture. He procured
n paint brush , dipped It in water and damp ,
ened the whole p. ( { o , nnd was gratified to BOO
all the figures dimly outlined. Two book
keepers then went to work , nnd by wetting
the pngp.snnd carefully tumlng the leaves
succeeded in u few days in transferring nil
the accounts to a now sot of books. The
books are ns black ns Ink nnd the leaves
cruuibo ! to nieces when touched ,
NI3VMAN ON 1M3IIU11A1 ION.
A Chicago Ncwspupor Takes the
Illation to Tank.
Is it not oxtraorJhmry , says tbo Chicago
Times , that n Christian bishop should evoke
long and loud applause from u mooting of
Christian ministers by remarking that "I
look forward to tbo time , dear brethren , and
I hope it wilt bo no distant day , when n for
eigner will no longer bo allowed n place in
any legislative assembly In our laud ? "
Christ's scheme of salvation comprehended
the whole world. Though his own labors
were confined to Judea ho Invested his apoa-
tlcs with the gift of tonnucs that they inli bt
go forth to all hinds with the. tidings of the
gospel. Tno God who created mankind was
not the proponent of u particular ruoa or a
particular nationality. . And it hardly be
comes any of his professed followers , men
claiming commission from on high , to create
prejudice m this new laud , u Christian land ,
nimlnsl the people of any nation orany clime.
The remark quoted was Bishop Newman's ,
The applauding audiunco was n gath
ering of Methodist clergymen. Lot us
take thought u moment. The founder
of Methodism was John Wesley ,
n man of austere virtue , whoso first thought
was of the kingdom of God. John Wesley
was borji an Kncllsbman. Applying to him ,
implying to any emigrant Methodist , thu
narrow-spirited nnd , the Times Is bound to
suy , the contemptible policy of Newman , a
bishop of his churclr , and neither ho nor the
follower of his discipline , -.vhatovor his pro
fession of devotion to the republic , would bo
entitled to u neat In any assembly In this
great republic whoso original is entirely
European. Moro than a century URO John
Wesley cauio to America to labor among Its
people. If Bishop 'Newman would not have
had him treated with contumely as'a lor-
oigucr , ho would have forbidden him any
participation in the gnx'urnment. The for
eigner bus been a potent force in shaping
the affairs of thu republic which ho helped
to create. But for the assistance of France
where would the republic be ! But for thu
unceasing tide of emigrants from Europe ,
all of them , or nearly njl of thorn , urrlvnd
here with motives as reputable us animated
Bishop Newman's ancestors or thu ances
tors of any christlati minister who
applauded him , If would not bo in
Iho power of the republic to boast its
tremendous progress nnd achieve
ment. Was it well to cstublUh a republic !
Foreign olood wua spilled freely that it
might bo accomplished. Was it a goodly
thing to wipe out slavery and preserve the
Integrity of the republic threatened in arma
almost exclusively by natives 1 How many
Germans and Irish gave up their lives for its
accomplishment )
If BUhop Newman will take thought u
moment bo will note that Chicago , with Its
vast cosmopolitan population , la a poor tonn
in which to preacb nutlvlstlc oxcluslvunois.
The bono and sinew and largo part , of tbo
wealth of Chicago is either foreign or butonu
generation removed. This usldo , however.
Are not the Germans , thu English , the Slav ,
the Scandinavian , all and Ringulur peoples of
ol Europe , who help to make this mighty re
public , wno aid ' , t ° discharge the burdens it
imposes , and to light Its battles are not
these men and brethren ! To deny them any
slmrojas Ainoriconsin legislation would bo the
rankest know-nothing-Ism. It Is not domed
by the constitutltlon or the lawn. Anil that
it should come ua a proposition from a Chris
tian bishop und bo applauded by Christian
ministers i.s nn Indication Unit in their opin
ion nationality Is greater than Christianity.
A. Cnlcbrntnd iMiirkmmm Demi.
ICapt/rloht JRS9 tiu Jainti ( lnr.lnn liinit'J\ \
PARIS , Sept. 11 | Now York Herald Cable
Snecinl to TUB line. \ Irn P.ilno , the
celebrated American mnrkstnan , unequalled
with a shotgun , rillo , pistol or revolver , dlod
\pstcrdayntthuHotoldcrHrcsll in the line
Itergoro , Ho was taken ill on Saturday
evening with strangulation of the bowoU
nnd expired after lorty-two houra of Intense
suffering.
At the time of his death Pnlno was filling
nn engagement ut tljo Folecs Burgeres ,
where ho had been shooting before largo
audiences for three WOCKS. His wife und
brotlior-ln-luw were with hltn. At tbo request -
quest of the deceased his body will bo om-
bu'mcd ' and taken to America for Interment
at Providence It. I.
Soiln wutor with MihnlovitchV Hun-
blackberry juice IB delicious.
Have you a
Soiled Blazer
or Flannel Shirt
Then wash it with Fearline
and it will comcout like new ;
not shrunk but as large and
long as ever with colors
bright at a cost of less than
one penny and with very
little labor.
Follow the directions for
washing flannels , which you
will find on back of every package. No rubbing , twist
ing or wrenching necessary. Use Pearline on finest
laces or linens and right down the line of things washi
able to the kitchen floor ; in other words , use Pearline
in place of soap it's better purer gives more satis
faction saves labor saves time , and is harmless.
These facts account for its rapid and general adoption
by economical and thrifty women. They number mill
ions who now use Pearline.
f > Peddlers nnd some unscrupulous proccrs nro offering
l-C CiXXT'O f / * imitations which they claim to bo Tcarllnc , or "thu
JLX3 W C\ > \ . i / wmo M I'earliae. " IT'S 1'AJ.SB-they are not.
. - " JASIliS I'YLJJ.New Vmlc .
and besides are d iB oiu. itt