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Tun weekly bin k statement shows the
reserve htw decreased $2,707,000. The
bunk * ) now liold $3,817,000 In excess of
legal requirements.
"WITH the admission of Idaho and "Wy
oming : , sUvto building will bo suspended
for tin imloilnilo period.
MATMKON county's intentions were all
right , hut tlioro tire oijfhty-aovon coun
ties which nro not ready to pronounce
forim honest assessed valuation of prop
erty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
At/nioiroii the colleger of the country
have increased to nlno hundred and
ninety-oiffht , there is a iiotlccablo reduc
tion in the number of base ball gradu
ates.
SlN-cn retiring to private life Bls-
murck IMS reduced his weight forty-five
poundH. In Btato affairs , however , he
continues distressingly heavy for the
comfort of his successors.
THIS financial condition of the Argon-
line republic Illustrates the folly of un
limited flat money. Nations , like indi
viduals can not oponito on tlio wildcat
plan without drifting dangerously near
the precipice of bankruptcy.
Itour.KV.AUDS nro an essential part of
n complete park system , mid their value
to adjacent property equals that accru
ing from parks. The property owner
who opposes boulevards or demands ox-
L-osslvo compensation is an enemy of his
own intorcstH.
THE olTort to infuse rapid transit into
the sluggish veins of Cleveland is pro
ducing1 disastrous results. A local paper
estimates that the motors maim or kill an
average of ono person a day. The resi
dents insist on going slow , if it costs a
limb.
ClIAIIIMAN BlllKIIA.USEU'8 batch Of
Inspectors nro u superb collection of un-
knows. "Want they lack in competency -
potency and experience is counter
balanced by tliolr close relationship to
the Tammany club and the distinguished
firm of We , Us & Co.
THE supposition that government sur
veyors know all that is worth knowing
about the hubinoss does not prevail
among the Sioux Indians. The follow
ers of Sitting Bull furnished thorosor-
tmthn surveyors with several valuable
pointers nnd added sufficient pressure to
insure Ihoir acceptance.
THK BKK devotes several columns this
morning to the debate on prohibition at
the Bontrico Chautauciua , yesterday , and
t > o ask for it careful perusal. There Is
Bo subject for the present consideration
of the people of Nebraska of equal im
portance , nnd its discussion should ro-
colvo from our citizens that thor
ough attention which its grave ,
character , in relation to their interests
and welfare , merits. The debate at
Beatrice will bo found exceedingly in-1
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Btruetlvo and interesting , and rcay bo
accepted as sounding the Icoynolo of.
both sides in the pending contest , which
will bo fought out with great earnest
ness and vigor.
OODKN furnishes an example of enter
prise nnd liberality that larger cities
might copy with profit. The Junction
City Is the first in the north to imitate
the Now Orleans carnival in all its
splendor , mingling the ancient with the
modern phases of life in the west. Nor
did the city trust Itself to carry out the
plans for crownlg Rex junior. The
senior king and court wore brought from
the Crescent city to give the ceremony
the proper tone of royalty , And for
three days the festivities con
tinued , bringing1 thousands from
far and near to wltnos.s to the
pomp and clrcumstanco of kings and
courts beneath the shadows of the Wah-
eatch range. The cost of the carnival
amounted to thousands of dollars , but
for every dollar laid out in providing
the entertainment scores were returned
In actual cash to the business of the
city. In addition the enterprise of the
city was advertised throughout the coun
try and the novelty of the entertainment
attracted attention whore ordinary
moana would fall. On the whole the
carnival reflects credit on the energy
and liberality of the people of Ogdcq ,
and deserved the success whiuu their ef
forts attained.
mi ; altowTit or a DKC.IDK.
The growth of Omnlm from a strug
gling , flhapolosft vlllngo of thirty thou
sand jxioplo In 1830 to iv strong , firmly
built metropolitan city of ono hundred
and thirty-four thousand people in 1800
Is an example of western onterprlso nnd
push that challenges admiration nnd
comparison. Kvon these who have
been active factors in the up-bulldlng of
the city , who nro the vital forces driv
ing it to its grand destiny as the me
tropolis of the west , cannot realize tlio
full significance of the work with
out comparing the results with
the conditions existing ton
years ago. The marvelous growth
In population briefly tolls the story , yet
it is but tlio index of the glowing chap
ters which record the development of a
powerful inland city.
Ton years ago Omaha had not fully
recovered from the depressing effect of
the financial crlsla of 1878 , which was
prolonged and rendered acute by the
disastrous effect of the grasshopper
plngito on the growth of Nebraska. The
first faint waves of returning confidence
were manifested in 1870 in discussion
of plans for public works. Water
works were talked of. Pavements
nnd sewers were then a dream. The
mule and the bobtailcd street car circu
lated over a few miles of track. Elec
tricity as a motor was unthought of and
the Industrial and jobbing interests of
the city were scarcely worthy of the
name.
In the census tlecado just passed the
city has advanced from the rank of sixty-
fourth among American cities to twenty-
third. Sixty miles of pa-vcd streets ,
nearly eighty.miles of main and lateral
sewers and ono hundred and live miles
of graded htrools are an evidence of the
activity in public works. In this depart
ment alone the city has expended
seven million dollars In a fraction over
sovnn years. The frnnchised corpora
tions have boon equally lavish in mootIng -
Ing the puKIc demands. A llvo million ,
dollar waterworks plant , with ono hun
dred and twenty mlles of mains nnd
cloven hundred lire hydrants , is n con
spicuous monument to the growth of the
ductulo. Five miles of horse car lines
have grown to eighty-six miles of cable
and electric motor road with firat class
equipment , representing an investment
of three million dollars and forming ono of
the most complete systems of rapid trail-
Bit in the country. This wonderful expan
sion oxtcnds to other corporations and is
particularly prominent in the statistics
of private enterprise. In 1879 ono mil
lion nnd sixty-four thousand dollars were
invested in buildings. In 1880 the total
reached the magnificent sum of cloven
million eight hundred thousand dollars.
Commercially , Omaha has kept pace
with the development of the surround
ing country. Ton years ago the
jobbing trade was confined to fifty-nine
firms , with an annual business of
cloven million dollars. Now there are
two hundred firms with an aggregate
capital of ten million dollars and doing
n business amounting to nearly fifty mil
lions a year. From oighty-throo manu
facturing firms employing seven hun
dred men , the industries of the city have
trebled , employing eleven thousand
mon , producing last year products val
ued tit twenty-three and a half million
dollars.
Ton years ago the city had no standing
as a stock market. In the last five years
it has become the third stock market
and packing cantor of the country and is
steadily enlarging its usefulness.
Financially the city ranks seventeenth
In the list of clearing house cities , and
its wealth in ready cash is shown by de
posits aggregating twenty million dollars
lars , distributed among fifteen banks ,
seven of which have Invested one nnd a
half million dollars in bank buildings.
The growth in school facilities has
been equally great , but not sufllcicnt
to moot the demands. In 18SO
there were nine public schools and
fifty teachers employed. Now there are
flfty-thrco school buildings and two hun
dred and seventy teachers employed.
In addition there are twenty-three pri
vate and denominational schools , and a
total school population of twenty-one
thousand.
These facts forcibly demonstrate tlio
progress of Omaha , and present a picture
of what intelligent enterprise and pluck
have accomplished in a decade.
COST OF UWllCll KDUC.ITIOX.
The institutions for higher education
in this country have had an unprece
dented growth during the past quarter
of a century. Never before in the his
tory of the world have a people poured
out wealth so liberally in building up
great educational plants. The Increase
in college endowments and gifts of build
ings continues unabated , and is only
equalled by the interest which the great
mass of the American people takes In
the work of higher education.
Returns from nearly ono hundred col
leges and universities in all parts of the
country , giving the increase in their en
dowments during the past college year ,
. show that over three million six hun
dred thousand dollars were received by
* those institutions in the form of endow
ments , or an average of thirty-six thou
sand dollars each. The total productive
funds of these institutions now aggre
gate over forty-eight million
dollars or nearly half a mill
ion on an average for each
of them. Many of the number , of course ,
have only a few thousand dollars in pro
ductive investments , the grand average
being brought up by such endowments as
that of Harvard with six million eight
hundred and fifty thousand , Columbia
with seven million , and Johns Hopkins
with throe million dollars. The rate of
increase shown by these returns is eight
per cent , or nearly twice that of the an
nual increase in the wealth of the coun
try. Remarkable as this showing is It
Is yet incomplete. In does not include -
cludo the largo gifts to Yale , nor the
million dollar endowment of the now
Imptlst university at Chicago. Neither
Is any account taken of the gifts of
buildings in most cases. It is fair to as
sume that the total amount given to
higher education during the past year
was over five million dollars , and may
amount to six millions. This inunlfl-
cent sura has boon pretty well dis
tributed , although such institu
tions 03 Johns Hopkins , Princeton ,
Wcsloynn , and the university of Penn
sylvania load the list with aqauartorof
million or more each , while Har
vard , Columbia , Iltieknoss , Now York ,
Syracuse and the Western Itosorvo uni
versity follow with glf ta of ono hundred
thousand dollars or inoro. In the pre
vious year the gifts to the colleges and
universities of the country amounted to
nearly six million dollars. Reports to
the bureau of education show that the
value of the property and endowment
of the nearly ono thousand in
stitutions of inoro or less promi
nence devoted to the work of higher
education in tills country was in 1887-8
nearly ninety-eight million dollars , is
now considerably over ono hundred mil
lion , and is increasing one-half faster
than the total wealth of the country.
These facts may not bo a conclusive
answer to the question whether higher
education pays , but they are at any rate
very gratifying as an evidence of the
Interest which the people of the United
States take In the cause of higher edu
cation , and which is growing from year
to year. There Is nothing more credita
ble to the American people than their
liberality toward the educational insti
tutions of the country.
oun inn emits.
Ills an interesting fact , nattering to
our national pride , that this country
now has as many millionaire ) cities as
Europe. London , Paris and Berlin are
the European cities with sovon-ligurod
populations , our throe bolng Now York ,
Philadelphia and Chicago. While wo
can now boast of as many millionaire
cities ti3 Europe , there is , however , a
very wide disparity between the figures
of our largest city and these of London ,
whoso population Is over four mil
lion , more people by half a million than
are in our three cities put together.
Europe is still ahead , too , In the size
and density of the population of her second
end inid third rate cities. AVe need not
trouble ourselves about this , however ,
or fcol any impatience to eclipse Eu
rope , for undoubtedly it would bo bettor
for us if wo never succeeded in putting
as many people into as small a space as
the European nations have done. It is
not in the largest and most crowded
centers of population that the bast social
conditions are attained. Our big cities
our people are proud of as evidences
of American energy and enterprise , but
the inlluonce they exert upon the moral
and social lifo of the country is not alto
gether wholesome and elevating. The
highest patriotism is not found in the
great cities , while it Is there that polit
ical chicanery and corrupt practices in
public life nro developed. There must
bo cities , and it would bo ab
surd to claim that they are not of great
service , but the feverish anxiety common
In this country to build up cities can
hardly bo regarded as wise , from either
a material or moral point of view. Wo
do not want in this country such con
gested conditions of lifo as exists in the
European capitals , but wo are beginning
to have them in some of our larger
cities. Tltoro is nothing of this kind
in Now York nearly so bad as exists in
London , yet that city is gettingJto
bo so crowded that for a considerable
part of its population lifo is almost un
bearable. Our big cities are growing
rapidly enough for the general good ,
and it would perhaps bo quite as well if
their future progress should bo Some
what slower , if they should draw less
extensively from the rural population
than has bocn the caso.
TUB SCIIOLAH AND TllK STATE.
An address which has attracted more
attention than any other of the college
discourses of the year was that of Bishop
Potter before the Phi Beta Kappa ,
society of Harvard. It was n plea for a
larger interest on the part of scholars In
political affairs. Conceding that the
mechanism of the government of the
United States is as nearly perfect as
human Ingenuity could make it , Bishop
Potter declared that its very excel
lence and delicacy rendered it tlio more
important that these who oparatad it
should bo mon of the highest intelli
gence , prudence and rovoranco. But ,
ho contended , the executive depart
ments of the government are not filled
with suiih mon , and that no system can
bo devised wliloh would more oll'oatually
disparage the work and degrade into
pusillanimous and enfeebled citixonship
the workman than that of the
civil service , "which , " ho said ,
"for the last fifty years
and never more Insistently than of Into ,
has been trying to establish itself among
the people. A policy of favoritism ,
which makes partisan service the sub
stantial basis for politic.il preferment ,
and a line disdain for the element of per
sonal fitness , whatever the place or task ,
which exacts only so much competency
as can rescue the placeholder from ab
solute disgrace , this has come to bo the
war cry which treats every political con
test as simply a scramble for political
preferment. "
Bishop Potter evidently considers that
the general sympathy with civil service
reform , the operation of the civil service
reform law , have boon without oiroct ;
that the reform has gone backward , not
forward. This is not the common be
lief. It Is true there are glaring and
not entirely Isolated cases of the ap
pointment of unlit man to public olllco ,
'but ' as a rule public senti
ment in favor of the elevation
of the civil service has re
ceived the recognition of political lead
ers In the civil service law. It lias also
been clearly recognized in the nicer and
more rigorous discrimination commonly
shown by the executive In the making
of appointments. It is unquestionably
true that the standard of comintonuy
has baoti on the whole elevated , and the
generally olllclent administration of
public business proves that , though par
tisan service Is not disregarded , neither
Is personal fitness. Very likely a major
ity of the politicians of both parties
would prefer It otherwise , but they have
not the courage to bravo public opinion
by abandoning the law or Interfering
with its administration , as was shown in
the present congress.
Bishop Potter's contention Is that the
higher the scholastic attainments of the
eltl/oii the greater is his duty to
the state , that no preoccupation
tion can excuse his neglect of
that duty , or that "it is
Impossible iu > Mo own that in such it
trained foreoUMehotiirn , If once it tthould
arouse Itself to the opportunity , the
highest Inlet-Mis of the nation might
rightly took to luultholrbost defenders. "
Nobody will iqiiostlon the Roundness of
this vlow. I'lm men of Intellect and
conscience are needed in every field of
American development , and qtillo as
much In Unit of politics as in any other.
Perhaps them has never boon a time
slnco the , lrth ) ( of the republic
when there wait Creator need than now
for the scholar in politics , because there
has never beeti it tlmo when politics was
so barren of great patriotic principles ns
It Is now. It Is certainly desirable that
in a popular government the wisest and
best citizens should control the opera
tions of the machinery of the state , but
the very condition of things in politics
which makes a demand for the scholar
and man of consclonco has the olTect to
repel Hitch. Scholarly and conscien
tious men inny keenly .deplore the fact
that politics is becoming nioro and inoro
a trade for the material gains there nro
in it , but they are not willing to under
take the hard and thankless task of en
deavoring to reform It. There is in
American politics little that is congen
ial to the scholar , and , unfortunate
though it may bo , it is n fact that that
class are having lesa to do from year to
year with politics.
TIIKRH Is very llttlo prospect that the
Panama canal scheme will bo revived in
Franco. The report of the Investigat
ing committee produced no great en
thusiasm among the thousand of sub
scribers to the Do Losseps fund. Even
the name of the great engineer is no
longer capable of inspiring confidence
and securing the necessary cash to
carry on the work on which two hundred
million dollars has already boon squan
dered. On the other hand , the Ameri
can company constructing the Nica
ragua canal is pushing the work with
all possible spued. The route Is superior
to that at Panama , as Intervening lakes
are utilized. The total cost will bo far
loss than the amount already sunk in the
Do Lossops ditch , and climatic condi
tions are decidedly favorable for the
steady prosecution of the work. The
builders are confident that in loss than
seven years the two oceans will bo
united and an important highway of
commerce opened to tlio shipping of the
world.
THK stalwart Twenty-eight , whoso
chief aim in lifo is to oust republicans
from oillco for the benefit of mugwumps ,
are sparing no expense to manipulate
the party in the county for selfish ends.
Of honor and honesty they have none.
Olllco by any means is their solo motive.
But the republicans of Douglas county
will not compromise with traitors , a fact
which the stalwarts will soon realize.
Here's AVlinre IV o Grow 'Em.
t/iffrt(7o ' / ( JleraM.
Explorer Stanley was once nn Oinuha. re
porter. Truly , tall oaks from Httlo acorns
grow. _ _
Still Ilns Culcha and Sullivan.
Cifraj.IntcrOciciii. / .
It Boston Is n llttlo olt in population , it
still hia : ciilclia' iind" Sullivan , and sits down
in a chair like a 'little man when itvants to
got "tljjutly slight. "
Must Tiiko I'hulr iHcdicii ) > .
St..out * aiu'ie-fJuiincrat.
Federal control of elections is bitter medi
cine for the democrats , but they might as
well swallow It gracefully , sluco no amount
of gagging will niiiko It any sweetor.
A Notable II iiclluhu-y.
Twenty-six years ago Andrew Camcglo
was worth loss tluin § 100. IIo now enjoys
elogiitit leisure on the income of over $50,000-
000 aud writes eloquently of "Triumphant
Democracy. "
AVouliln't Suit tlio .Democrats.
Cltkagn 1'rllnine.
Congressman Burrows facetiously ob
served that if It were proposed to ro-cnnct
the commandment , "Thou shalt not steal , "
some democrat would rise up and declare It
unconstitutional.
Our. In tlio Cold World.
A'eio York Cammmtnl Advertiser.
These are tlio happy days when wo see
valedictorians and Crook salutatoiinns and
other commencement orators hustling around
earning and earning well their $ ' ) , $5 and ,
in some Instances , 510 n weolc.
Ijot the City Follow tlicSIilp.
l'hllinMihla ) llcfonl.
Tlio fastest warship la the world h named
"Tho Philadelphia. " Shu w.is built in Phila
delphia. There Is no reason why Philadel
phia should not put on more sto.im and become -
come the first city in the country.
Golnj : to tin ; Front.
JViw 1'iiili .Sun.
"Woman Is coining to the front In a most
unmistakable way , " says the Lowell Citizen.
Wo are gla d to hear it. It did scorn at onetime
time as if woman would never learn to go to
the front , and leave the rear scats of the open
cars for the smokers.
The Ponnlty of Patriotism.
Chlfago Ttinu.
The rattlc-de-bang of childhood must bo
tolerated. It Is our punishment for having
ancestors who rebelled against that amiable
old tyrannical imbecile , the geol ; King
Ocorgo , third of the Hanoverian1 ? , who long
Hiiica wont to lib reward in u gold-mounted
conln. ' '
Don't J/ot Him Do It.
Tlitliulfljihlti A'uitti Amerltan.
The application of a California grape-
grower for ponnhson } to erect at the world's
fair a fountain wlftcli will throw a column of
wino nfty feet , jufthe air ought to bo most
emphatically refused. To let him go ahead
would bo muntniYi'All Chicago would gather
on the leeward sttjo bf that fountain to catch
the spray , and Uihtiuamls of people would bo
killed in the crush. .
CI 1
Kepiiblloaii lenders.
llaU'tyniire ' American.
Wo nro not snrftrlicil that the democrats
nro disgusted with ( liclrp.irty leadership In
thohousoof ropiwoutatives. Wo doubt If
over a great party was so badly handled. It
Is u mighty good thing for the republicans
that Samuel J , Kumlall , with his old tlmo
vigor and pugnacity , Is not alive to glvo them
kittle , although wo believe that Randall
would find his match in either Hood , McKia-
ley or Cannon ,
1'olltiunl Crimea.
.Ifenip/its / lleiiuUlcan Unult ,
The Ignorant man often commits crime because -
cause ho Is Ignorant Ignorant of the cer
tainty of his being discovered and punished.
Ignorunco Is the paramount cause of much
crlino. The great ballot boic crimes la the
south nro committed by tliowlucatoa whites ,
ulilod by t no uneducated whites , ami tliolr
crimes are wlnUod at or pardoned by the
exemplars in religion. The southern pupils
are profoundly silent on democratic election
frnmt/i. / These political crlnicfl nro rampant ,
not only beciuiMO the doom nro educated in
letter * , In tlio Hclence.t and nrtu , but because
of Inhurltoil r.u-o prejudice * j because of the
Ignorance of the negro , upon whom they nro
iwrpotvntctl , and the consoqutnt probability
of escaping puitlsluiiciit ; nnd , also , bocnuso o'f
no education in the home , the school , or the
church , that the stealing of ballots Is stealing.
A Word to I lie Wise.
iVcic I'orfc Tcttomm ,
Gentlemen whoso wives nro out of town
should carefully Inspect the "personal" col
umns of newspapers they sentl to tliclr bettor
halves. Tlio Washington Star recently con-
tnlncd a ' 'personal" stating that a gentleman
whose wife was away for the summer wished
to meet n discreet , lively younu lady to ac
company him to places of amusement. The
result was the midden return of at least llvo
Washington ladles whoso husbands had boon
loft behind ,
Good Politics.
lltiffaln Kjrpieu.
It Is good politics , moreover , for the repub
lican party to admit these intelligent western
territories. The free air of the west develops
republicanism , and in the growth of the great
northwest lies the certainty of the mainte
nance of republican supremacy. It Is fitting
that these territories should owe their admittance
tanceto the party of progress and Intelli
gence. As the other territories become suffi
ciently developed they should bo granted ad
mittance without delay. The next llvo ycara
should witness the admission of the remain-
ng territories , with possibly two exceptions.
Utah Is cursed with polygamy and priest
craft , and the safety of her people for the
pro-sent depends on the the continuance of
federal control. The population of Now Mexico
ice scorns to bo unfitted for self-government ,
owing to the preponderance of Mexican influ
ence nnd the great number of Spanish speak-
ng people In the territory.
ValHO INS lies.
Joint State llcaMcr.
Why don't the democrats In congress stop
beating around the bush and frankly loll why
they arc opposed to the pending election bill.
They don't liaro do It. They would have to
confess , If they did , that they were opposed
to this bill because It proposed to secure
honest elections In the south. They might ns
well admit the truth. Everybody knows the
real reason of tliolr opposition. They can
call the bill what they please. It is a bill to
seeuro honest elections , and they don't want
It. They may bring up alleged constitutional
objections to the bill , but it Is a bill for hon
est elections and they don't want it. They
may tails about the expense of its enforce
ment , and magnify it beyond all reason , but
the fact remains that the bill is for honest
elections and they don't ' want it. Why not
bo houcst nnd say so ?
A IfaselnntliiK Proposal.
Xew Ynrli JfcraU.
The proposal to vote a bounty of $ T 00 to
every emancipated negro , which , If the will
of some republican congressmen has its way ,
will bo part of our financial system , has many
arguments In Its favor. If wo nro to vote a
service pension to every volunteer in the late
war , even if for ninety days , ' -/hy not recog
nize the sufferings of the four millions of ne
groes who spent their lives iaslavcryi A life
time of servitude deserves some considera
tion. If the bill Is passed the addition to the
national debt will bo two thousand millions of
dollars. The money given to the emancipated
negroes would Increase the trailo la ralsons ,
razors and illuminated wearing apparel. It
would put money into circulation. The pen
sion agent business would have an Immense
stimulate. After the emancipated negro
bounty bill became n law there would be room
for a service bill , so much a day to every
negro for the period of his slavery. Wo know
of no more fascinating proposal for the relief
of a congested treasury.
HlglltCOlIS
HennaUejnMtean. .
Mr. Robert Graham is the man who first
conceived the Idea of holding the national
temperance congress which recently met In
the city of New i'orlc. Mr. Graham is a tem
perance advocate , but ho Is not a prohibition
finatlo. Ho was disgusted with the proceed
ing' ) of the congress , in which un extreme
prohibition sentiment prevailed.
In a letter to the New York Times In re
gard to the congress Mr. Graham expressed
his disgust at the action of the prohibition
fanatics in the following language : "Tho
wildest and most vociferous applause was
showered upon a soml-limatlo from Dakota ,
Henry Clay Bascomo , who proposed 'to spit
on the constitution nml stop on it ; ' a wild
stump orator from Nebraska , who mixed his
metaphors in an alarming way , and a varied
assortment of others who oxprossoil their
readiness to shoulder their muskets and
face the fee on tlio shortest notice. "
Mr. Graham thought that ho had scon all
that could bo seen of temperance congresses ;
but the ono that was held in New York was a
revelation to him. It convinced him that it
would bo a dangerous thing if legislative
authority were to fall into the hands of men
liku these who constituted the controlling
clement in that uongraas. Ho was so
heartily ashamed of the rcsultof the congress ,
that ho Raid : "I tender my profound apology
to the do/ou gentlemen whom I induced to
take part In it. "
DTho spirit which controlled that congress
and filled Mr. Graham with disgust bocnuso
of its intemperate zo.il is that extreme spirit
which has boon notlcoanlo In the prohibition
party from the beginning. It Is n spirit
which is seen In every party which la formed
of men who have adopted a certain theory
and are determined to bond everything else ,
to It. The prohibitionists think that the
particular Idea upon which they have or
ganized their party is the moit Important
ono that could occupy the attention of the
American people. They are not willing to
admit that there are evils and dangers moro
serious than those of the liquor tradlo. They
would sacrifice the liberty of the people in
order to crush the liquor trafllc.
Hilt fortunately nn extreme , radical spirit
like this is not likely to do much harm In this
day and country. That it Is not likely to do
much harm is shown by the f.iut that tlio extreme -
tremo prohibitionists liavu been unublo to en
list the sympathy of a very largo number of
the American people. It Isono of the greatest
obstacles In the way of the successor the pro
hibition movement. Prohibition was the
nearest to success when , about five or six
years ago , there were many poopto Inclined to
favor It on the ground of expediency , who
had noneof that uxtromo spirit which charac
terizes the uncompromising prohibitionists.
Dorsoy anil Kiiikalil.
Some of the Uoraoy organs nro chuckling
till their pap-ftittcned Jowls shako because It
lias been rumored that Judgu Ivincatd Intuiuli
to withdraw from the congressional race. It
may bo so. The Judga knows his own busi
ness lC3t ; but It will not bo welcome news to
n largo and very flattering following ho has
In the rank and lilo of the party outaldo of
tlio pap-suckers and manipulators of the po
litical machinery. Thcao ravenous leeches
who are crazy for nutriment need not chuckle ,
for Mr. 1C 's withdrawal , If such Is the case ,
will not enhance CJeorgo W. Kmory's chaucca
a whit. There Is a largo body of republicans
who will not support him , even though ho
gets the nomination. It will bo n bitter pill
for n largo number of republican papers to
support him , and some wo bcllovo will not do
It. As for ourselves wo Intend to cast our
lot with the paoplo rather than with a lot of
rlugntcrs , pap-suckora and machine politi
cians ,
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Interested In from the first word nml that
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Have you over felt a pressing anxlotyoto
know nil about some subject "right awayl"
Don't you find puzzling references In your
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Ctiamplnn.
Bald-headed men who will persist
In saying "Darn the flies I"
Can never read their titles clear
To mansions In the skies.
A ChaiiRo of Diet Wanted.
H'ent Union Gazelle.
Wo want n moss of radishes. Wo are get
ting tired of old potatoes.
An Oratorical Mill tor.
Denntna HcgMcr.
Yo editor received an invitation to "paw
the air and make , a nolsu" at Browster on the
Fourth , so If anybody should happen to hear
us practicing for the occasion in the brush
down tbo river don't mistake our soul-stirring
oratory for tbo melodious musings of a coyota
and fill our anatomy with bird shot.
An Anatomical Catastrophe.
A'c/uwAii / Alltanee ,
Owing to our foreman meeting with a severe -
vero accident by slipping on the sidewalk mid
dislocating the wrist Joint and fracturing tlio
first pulango bono of the right hand thumb ,
has caused several days delay of this Issue ;
hereafter if no preventing accident occurs wo
will endeavor to have tlio Nebraska Alljatico
out on tlmo.
A Slirewil Sclioolniii'aiu.
S'cwlfir Jtcmtil.
Tlio lady who teaches the school near Shop-
hard's farm has a great presence of mind.
These hot days , In the morning , she places
lior scholars In a row on the west side of the
school house , In the shade , and bears the les
sons. In tlio afternoon the young idea is
moved to the cast side , nnd the exercises
continued. Thus she avoids the heat of the
school room , nnd makes comfort for herself
and hoc charges. Wo don't know whether
she Is married or not.
Port incut 1'arjigrnjiIiH.
Went Vntnn ( lazctte.
The man who stole our croquet ball , which
was boiled in oil , is a d d thief. Ho Is an
abortion on common decency. He Is n headless -
less wonder. Thuro is nothing above his
shoulders to Indicate a head but u wart and
a small wart nt that.
For God's sake , the loveof the American
flag , honor to yourself and and the relief of
the Gazette , bring us u few dimes so our
wife can buy Homo Fourth of July lltx1- .
crackcra to snap at us so we may bo enabled
to not neglect our patriotism.
Jinny TliiinkH , Maude , Hut
( Jtnrcii llriiultltraii.
Maude MIUs returned Friday from an extended -
tended visit with friends in Klwood , Kan.
Maude forgot not the editor , but plucked a
rlpo poach from u sclcctoJ troj ami carefully
preserved it until she prjjontaj It to us.
Our other half and woa onoi looked long
Ingly at the beauty and wo were compelled to
hand It over while great dropi of water
hunted their way through tha wrinkles of
our chin and droppid mournfully through
dense columns of mosqultoci to the sand
burrs hanging to our toej. Wo extend the
usual thanks , but warn others to bo careful
who Is present when presentations are made-
in the future.
VOICE OF TIII3STATI3 PUESS.
Iiuleprndcnt ,
The Omaha Uopublican U by odds the
poorest dully paper In Omaha , but it was
probably the boat the prohibitionists could
get with funds available.
A lioinb In lln Own Camp.
llitncdl Quaver ,
The New York Volco thow a bomb Into
Its own camp with too Turner letter. The
( tlftrcputnblo practice It making VoUM again *
prohibition In moro qtmrtrr * tlmn ono.
A Tom ( torn ry lOv
Nelirafia ( 'IIIXt ten.
The Omaha llopubllcniiM \ Joined tin
ranks of the prohibitionist * , itVM n flop
that will enable It to wlgglo along until
Wllcox can unload the paper to sotna
"sucker. "
Cola Water Wont Ucvlvo It.
Mini/lcr / Qnl/1 / ( J'/u/il/ ' / / ) . )
The Onmhn HupuMlcmi has ( lopped ntij
como out fur prohibition. It was a rampant'
high 1 Icon so shoot , but money will do iui.\
thing. Editorial opinions twiignt with moiu < v
have little weight. The Republican nt InM
Is a Journalistic corpse and even ndosooj
cold water will not revive It.
For .Jnok HIM ! Dick.
llatllno * AV/m < Min ,
.lack MeColl from tlio west for governor ,
and Ulclc Berlin from Hie c.wt for lieutenant
govor , would bo n hnppy political combina
tlon. Both nro bachelor * and very ixipuljn
with the iniuscs. .luck and Dick would Iw ; i
campaign slogan lrresUtll > lo In Its olTect , nn > l
when elected "tho boys" votild all fool ul
home inthocapltol.
They Ought to tin Kalr.
llantlnux Xclnvtlxtn ,
The prohibition campaign of all otlu-rs
ought to bo carried out in good fooling I-
Is demonstrated that men opposed to the tlu >
ory of prohibition arc M sincere nml hoiuM
In their convictions i their opponent * uiv
If this point was ns fairly conceded by th. >
prohibitionists as It Is to them , It would help
their own cuuso and wo might preserve a
irood temper at least on both sides , It wo ii >
get pretty warm under the collar while de
bating the points of difference.
It'n a Venal Kraud.
York Ttmti ( I'ronlh. )
These letter * [ to Turner ] were all obtained
by lying and prnctlcinc u fraud , mid tlio
Volco was a party to the lies and to the fraud.
Would you do such a thing ) Uo you think
the Voice , or any ono cUe , could do Hand bo
honest. If tlio Volco will sloop to a fraud of
this kind do you not tlunlc it dishonest and
not worthy of your confidence ? To our mind
that ono act h proof Unit tbo Volco , with all
Us assumed zeal fora good cuiso , Is a venal
fraud ; that It prates and blows for the
money there Is In It , and for money ulono.
Nobody Owns the Alliance.
( fnni'l Wciiut liutcpiniltnt.
Burroughs Intimates that bo carries nt -
least two-thirds of the nlUnnco vote in hl.s
little vest pocket , to bo cast at his pleasure
on the prohibition question. 1'crhap.s ho
does , nnd then , again , perhaps inoro than a
third of the nlllauco men will tlrcUlo to do
their own voting upon questions not in.ulo an
issuoln the platform of tbo alliance party.
Wo have a right to Infer Jlr. Hurroughs Is
qnito mistaken in regard to'tho proportion of
prohibition cranks In the alliance party , and
wo bollovo tbo UilloU : when counted out will
sustain our infcrciico and show that Mr.
Uurroughs by no moans owns the alliance.
TH73 SOMMKU GIRL.
Kiln Whccltr ll'lloor InChitnyt Ti-tlnme.
She's tlio jauntiest of cieaturcw , Hhu's the
daintiest of misses ,
With her pretty patent leathers , or her al
ligator tics ,
With her eyes inviting glances , and her lips
inviting kisses ,
As she wanders by tlifl oecan or strolls un
der country skies.
She's a captivating dresser and lier parasols
uro stunning ;
Her fads will tnlto your breath away ; lier .
hats nro dreams of stylo.
She is not so very bookish , but with repartee
nnd punning
She can set her servants laughing and niako
oven dudeletssmilo.
She has no attacks of talent ; slio Is not a
stnpo-struck maiden V
She Is wholly free from hobbles and she V
dreams of no "career. "
She Is mostly gay mid happy never dad or
care boladen
Though Hbo sometimes sighs a little if a
gentleman is near.
She's a sturdy llttlo walker , and she braves
nil kinds of weather.
And when the rain or fog or mist drlvo
rival crimps a wreck ,
Her Huffy hair goes curling like a klnkod-up
ostrich feather ,
Around lior ears and forehead , and the
wlilto nape of her neck.
She Is like a fish in water , she can hamllo
reins and racket ,
From head to too and finger tips she's thor
oughly nllvo ;
When sbo goes promenading In n most dis
tracting Jacket ,
Tlio rustic "round her feet suggests how
laundresses may thrive.
Shu can dare the wind and s nslilno in tha
most bravado manner ,
And after bours of nulling she has morelyj
checks of rose ; *
Old Soil himself seems smitten , and nt most
will only tan her ,
Though to everybody clita lie gives a dan
ger signal nose.
Sho's n trillo sentimental , and she's fond of
admiration.
And she sometime. } flirts a llttlo in the sea
son's giddy whirl ;
Dut win lior ifyou can. sir , she may provo
your life's salvation ,
For an nngel masquerading , oft1 is nho
tlio summer gui.
M'liA.'XKli A JOKK OX It.iDU.
Xow York'w llncnnlor Rovitrnor Iladly
Fooled with u I'lmnojfraplilo Doll.
Nuw Yoniv , July 5 , [ Special Telegram to
Tun QBE. ] Bachelor Governor David 31.
illll had a surprise Thursday evening when
10 went to his room In the Hotel Norinandlo
jy the sea , Hardly had he gotten In tbo room
, vhon ho heard a small voiuo coming from tlio
jcil : _
"I want mamma ; I want tnammn. "
The good bachelor was astounded , and look
ing nt the bed saw them , in the dim light ,
jj-lmt ho supposed was a child's ' faco. Sure
inoufih a little thing was tucked nicely under
the clothes.
"I want mamma ; I want mamma , " was the
cry kept up.
The various possible scandals which might
ruin his presidential aspirations came boforu
the governor nnd ho rushed to the bed , pulled
lown the clothes nnd discovered n. beautifully
Iresscd phonoRraphlo doll. Just then n
friend , General Karle , brake Into thq rftQ . - -
with a friend und the Joke was ended with a
alg dinner given by the governor , whoio
nerves needed relaxing after the strain ,
i Will Not Pay Tribute.
July 5. [ Siwcinl Cablegram to
Tin : Ur.ii.Tlio ] Tagblatt says that Bul
garia Is not satisfied with the porte's reply
und declines to nay tribute.
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