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Tins weekly haul : shtomoiit shows
the reserve Ins lucre isod $2tlOOOJO.
The banks now hold $8,960,000 in excess
of lejfiil requirements.
lies the olficial hond that
rc ts on u ilomocuitle commiisioii.
Tun now combine on colloo , "to Sc-
cute stability o ( pr'cos ' , " fuinlslies good
fjiounds for public anxiety.
AnrH yuan of limitation , the work
of clo-iln the railroad gap between
Ormilu and Yankton has uommcncud in
c.u nest.
Trri' Nelnaskv Central bridges and the
now postolllco iiro 1111111111 } ; a node and
neck nice for a place in the list of nio-
jccts of thonc.xt conlury.
Nm'Yoitic CITY Is gaspinp forbrcuh
in a tcmpcmturo of onohundroddofjices
and o\or. To add to the nilsory of llfu ,
the pilco of ice nnd fans keep ; p ice with
the rlto of the mercury.
BALTOUK'S ndnilmtlon for tlio " .snap
of Amoricaii viiteis" is not altoffollior
voluntary. The iwrsislont and vigor
ous prodding of American writers
liou'lit , homo to the light honor.ible
gentleman the folly of coercion.
THE dependent pension act has caused
such a iush of applicants for pensions
that nt least a thousand now cletks
must bo employed to handle the busi
ness. If a mnn cannot got a pension ho
fctands some show of a soft job in the
pension bureau.
Tni : assesbcd valuation of Minneapolis
jnopcity reaches the magnificent sum of
Due hundrotl and thhty-clglit million
[ our hundred nnd ninety-six thousand
flollais. Whllo Omaha's total in not
pltoas largo , the list of taxshitkora
makes up the deficiency.
Tun July public debt statement shows
6 maiked falling oil in the monthly re-
fluctlon the ninoiint boin loss than
four hundiod thousand dollars. Thh is
flue to the heavy drain on the treasury
lo meet bemi-tmnml intortat payments ,
pension * and othci- obligations
A > 'ix-couNriiof ) the Seventh Mis-
Eoui'l Infantry has oileicd to the repub
lic of Guitomila to mho tliroo thoihind
iccrults for thirty thousand dollars It
lias been said Unit tlio avor.i o Mis-
Eourlim voiildnojaloopto the dignity of
uork so tongas there was a coon traok
In sljjht , BO it must bo tnKon that the
coon crop is short this year.
Tin : Burlingtons'.Tuno statement shows
that its gioss g.iiii of earnings wore
but flftj'-six thoiibind five hundred and
thirty-two dollam , and an increase o (
opoiating oxponsei amounting to three
liundred and three dollars and twenty
Eovcn cents. These operating ovpenses
nro bolng prepared to pull on the gran
ger legibiatuio.
DintocitA'iic piporaaromaMng much
ndoo over the fact tint I'losldentllai-
rlson has not registered unilor the ne\\ \
law in Iiuliaiiapolis , nnd consequently
rtoes not IMVO for the sucoc s of the party
Ja Indiana this joar. There in some
ilignlty in a pre-iidont who ilood not go
\vild over a vard light , and General llai-
lison is to bo congi.ilulated over his
couiso. Kvcn if his vote were badly
needed , It is not expected of him to go u
couple of thousand miles to register his
name. The democratic jupois aio pro-
\orblally haul up for political thunder ,
KDISOX it , potfectlng a
machine which ill increase his fauio
and foftuno and lontrlbuto to the pence
nnd profit of a largo class of people
uflllctod wit'li a Hurplim of hindsight. It
Is called a "far bight" machino. The
wizard as > orts that it will enable n man
In Now YorK to explore Sun Francisco
or take a Ltrd's eye view of the oontl-
nent at slight oxponse. If Mr , Edison's '
claims nro roalUcd , pollt hms can MO
from thioe to six months Into the future
nnd thus sa > o thomsoh os and the public
n Mist amount of men til strain and
profitless hustling for \otoa. An iijsort-
mont of those "far-sight" machines
would piovoku apolitical resolution in
KobrasKn at the present tlmo by giving
ambitious candidates an early gllmp&o
pf the yawning touujard. ahead.
The intor-statc cotninoroo commission
has promulgated an order reducing
transportation rales on food products
from Nebraska , Kansas , lown aad Mis-
tourl lo Chicago , St. Louis and the
Mississippi rl\or. \ The rates iiioscilbed
by the commission nio in accordance
with the opinion oppressed In Its report
made early In June In response to n
resolution of the senate , vhcn the com
mission hold that the charge of twenty
cent oii the hundicd pounds of corn and
oats from the Missouri river to Chicago ,
nnd flvo cents less to the .Mississippi
liver , is excessive , and to bo reasoniblo
should not exceed seventeen cents to
Chicago and twcho to the Mlisslppl
river , east side ; nnd nlso that the rates
on corn nnd oils in foico fiom stations
In Kansis and Is'obra'ka to the Missis
sippi rl\er , east side , and to Chicago ,
are two cents in excess of reasonable
rates. This opinion v.is the rimilt of a
thoiough In vest ! gallon prosecuted by the
commission nndcr a icsolution pissed
by the senate lastTebiuary , nnd the re
port submitted to tlio senile picscnted
verj fullj and convincingly the reasons
for the opinion.
In the early pait of last month the
railoads ( were summoned before the
commission at Washington to ho\v
cause why the rates should not l > o re
duced , and they weio represented in
force at the appointed time by their at
torneys , the ptiiulpal argument for the
roads having been rrndo by Chaiiman
Walker of the interstate ) commerce
railway assentation. Their contention
was , besides the claim that the
transposition i.ites were as low
as the roids could alToid , that
to order the proposed reduc
tion would in otlect bo tikiiif , ' piivato
property for public use without com-
peiiSiition , and theiefore tin uncon-
btitutlonal pioeoedinjr , and they holt' '
nlso that the commission had no juris
diction under thocircumst mem to make
such an ordoi. The Interests of the pro
ducers \vore also loprcsentod before the
commission , by far the ablest argument
In their behalf having boon made b )
Hon. G. M. Limliertson of Kobi.ibka , the
first half nfwhich is pilntcd inTiinUKH
of this inoinlng , to which wo ask
the attention of all intoiested in
this vciy Important matlcr. The
action now taken Lj the coniinls&ion
shows that the argument of the rail
roads legaidlng its juiisdictlon was
without elTect.
The justice of the icduction the com
mission has ordeied is unquestionable ,
but It is hardly to be supposed the rail
roads vlll submit without a struggle.
They will piobably appeal to HIP courts
on one or both of the grounds presented
in their argument bufoto the cnntnis-
Bion , namol.i , that the reduction of r.itos
by order of the commission would , In
effect , botaLIngprlvatopiopeity for pub
lic two without toinpensatlon , and that
in Issuing the order the commission has
gene beyond its authoiity and juris
diction , The high character of tlio
laujors who compose the 'commission ,
and paiticulnrlj of its chairmin , Judge
Cooley , and the fact that the policy of
the commission has bton uniformlj
consor\ativc , win rants a fooling of con
fidence that the com so taken in this
matter will bo sustained , by the coarts if
the railroads nuke it a bubject of
judicial contest.
GLADSTONE O II'OUA 'S EDUCATIOX.
Perhaps nothinjr that has been said
this year on the subject of educ ition ,
whether in the old 01 now \voihl , Ins at
tracted moio attention than the address
delivered by Mr. Gladstone to the pupils
of the famous Burlington school forgiils
in London. The occasion was the pio-
sonlation of prircs to the successful com
petitors by Mrs. Gladstone. It has been
remarked of tlio greatest of living
English statesmen that -while on his in
tellectual eido a liberal among lib-
oials , ho is a consouatho among con
servatives on his emotional side , and
ills a mingling of the&ochninetcrlstin ,
though the latter prodomimtes , which
marks his deliverance on the higher
education of women
Mr. Gladstone icoognl/.ed with ap-
piovnl the changes that had liken plaio
not only In the actual but prospaetlve
position of wo'neii as mambert ) of so
ciety , lie remarked tint it is r.itlier
painful to look luck upon the "lito of
women sixty yeirs ago , upon the man
ner in which they wore then viewed by
the law , and the scanty provision that
wis tlien made for tlmir woUaie , and the
gioss Injustice , flagiant , crjlng , shame
ful injustice , liudly credible to modem
cars , to which inceitainpirticuluro they
were subjected. Oioat chinges have
taken place and still greater are discussed -
-cussed , and with respect to the o in an
ticipation Mr. Gladstone was not pro-
piredto say whether they would all bo
fo'-gond. ' "I will onlj say , " observed
Mr. Gladstone , and herein was tlio spirit
that pervaded all ho said , "that Ibelicvo
that anything- which attempts or aiVects
to alter the fundamental lelutlon
which the Almighty has ostlb-
llshed , and the dL' igns which Ho
liis iimriced out in our constitutions and
capacities , to draw woman out of her
own sphcio and to ospcit her either lo
exchange 11 forthespheio of mnn , or tenet
net in both , with the presumption that
she can act in both with ofililencj that
Mhoines that Involve changes of that
ltladformy own part I contemplate
neither with approval nor with a snn-
t'ulno expectation of happy icsults. "
This ddlveunco of Mr. Gladstone
his subjected him to the criticism
of not being f.wor.iblp to the
efforts making to extend the
education of woman and expand
her sphere \isefulneia , nnd standing
by itself it might fairly bo subjei-ted to
such a construction , but considered vlth
what followed , In Avhli'h all the Ubeial
( ondcncicsof Nr. C.ladstono'iilnt'llectu'il
side worobhovn , it was simply the care
ful and safe utterance of a man who Iris
never permitted his emotlo'is to take an
extravagant "direction. Ho lofeiied
with evident gratification totho splendid
distinctions won by women at Oxford and
Cambridge , the most notable in the his
tory of these universities having bran
achieved by nvvonna this jear , iu > ticir-
aimstnnco of inestimable vnluo and
promlso for the future of English society.
The gi eat statesman left no doubt that
ho was in full sympathy not only with
the changes that had taken place for tlio
betterment and adx-nncomont ol woman's '
position , but that ho wns also ready to
accept nil that should follow having like
results. Nothing was inoro Interesting
and perhaps significant In what
Mr. Gladstone said tlmn his
vlitual advocacy of coeducation ,
of tlio opening of the colleges
to women , nnd the influence of his opin
ion in this particular cannot but bo
gicat towaid settling n question which
has long been in discussion In England
as well as inllili country , but which Is
in bettor way of afllnuntlvo settlement
hero than there. There can bo no ques
tion tint the causoofwoman's educa
tional advancement has a very earnest
friend In Mr. Gladstone , nor any doubt
tliat what ho lecontly slid In that TJO-
half will do the cause good service.
XCC/OKA'f.l L.
An elcctiical journal has recently
reported that n man cama in con
tact vllh an cloctilcnl wira and was
tcmpoiarily par.ily/cd , but after 10-
covorj he accidentally discovered that
ho could Inndlo "llvo" whos almost
with impunity. This opens up abroad
field for speculation. Hub flr.st lot us
note sonic of the accidental discoveries
of the past.
Isaac Now ton Is credited with the dis
covery of the law of gravitation , but ho
was moved to thq Investigation by the
fact tint while lying under a tieo an
apple fellfioni It tnd hit him on the
huid. Ilobert Watts discovered the
power of steam while as a boy watching
the steam lifting the lid of his mother's
tei-kctlle. Benjamin Fr.mklin dis
covered electricity while flying a kite ,
the stilng-of which he had fastened ton
key , holding the latter in his hand and
rfonlng asmart shoclc from u passing
cloud.
The delicacy of least pig issud. to
hive been discovered in China , vihoroa
mm's house binned down and pcifoctly
roistcda munbor of joung pigs in it.
Seeing this after the file , the burned
out citi/on tasted one , and was so do-
llghted that ho called his neighbors to a
feast. The memory of that ftast lingeied
and when these noi hbois duslreJ moio.
roibt pig , 0110 after the other burned ,
their houses in order toioast thcli pigs ,
not comprehending that pigs could bo
loastcd in any other way. Fin illy It
became iieccds iry for the authorities to
stop the ju.ctice.
The famous Scotch snuff is the result
of an accident. A snult manufactory
burned down. The pioprlolor consid-
cicd himself ruined , but while poking-
about among the ruins ho found a lot of
snufl' and from foieo of habit tested it.
IIu was suiprised and delighted at its
11 ivor , Ho toiled it f ui ther and the 10-
sult the - that the
Avas disco-scry applica
tion of heat wholly changed the flavor
ol the snulT. lie rebuilt his woiks ,
made a gie it fortune , and at tlio same
tlmo gave to the woild a quality of snult
that was previously unknown. An In
cident in our own history is connected
with that same stiulf. More than sixty
vearsago , whllo Justice Bushrod Wash
ington sat on the supreme bench , Ilemy
Clay stopped one diy in an argument ,
nnd advancing to the bench , took a
pinch of snuft fiora Jiidgo "Washington's
boK and piescnlly slid , after icili'/lng
its titilluting etroets , with that in imi-
tablograto st ) poculiaily his own : ' 'I
perccivo that your honor sticks to the
Scotch , " and then proceeded with his ar
gument. Chief .Justice Story said after-
vv.irds : "I do not believe there Is a man
In the "United States who could have
done that but Mr. Clay. "
Outpouvt , however , in speaking of
these few out of way accidental dibcov-
eiicsls , to ask if an linpoitant result
inaj * not follow the dlscovciy of which
the electrical journal spsaks. This may
be clurtutorl/cil as the electrical age.
Wo have had the iron age , the steam
ago , and now wo aio surely in the elec
trical ago. Look nt the uses of oloc-
triclty today. Our stieets and houses
are lighted by It ; our city cars aio driven
by it ; our restaurants are fanned by it ;
our sowing machines aio run by it , nnd
jot wo are just on the throshhold of
elcctilclty. Uut llko steam , it has Its
dangers. Wires bioak , and falling , kill
passing horses by the pair. ! Men who
got up on poles to repair bioaks come in
contact with "live'iies , \ und are
toasted In the proaoneo of horilflod
sppcl.itois who aie unable to give relief ,
lictni'enhoiuoii nnd oirth thonir Is so
full of whes that birds can haidly fly in
our towns ant ! cities. "Wo are passing
under tlmusintls of heavily chaiged
wires every day. A who miy Lreakaiid
kill a pissing citizen as readily as a
passing horse.
Now , as Jonner discovered that ho
could prevent small-pox bylnnoculatlon ,
and as Pasteur claims that ho can prevent -
vent hydrophobia by the same means ,
whj should not science bo able to rob
these deadly wires of their terrors by the
iidministiation tooach of us of a mild
dooeof olcctilcitj ? It could bo tried
first on the men -whoso duty it is
could "possibly bo discovered just how
much electricity a man could stand with
out its killing him , and if he
could thereafter go among loaded
wires und handle them with im
punity , think of the saving
of human life th.it would result. Of
couiso , temperament and many other
things characteristic of cich IndUldunl
would liave to bo studied , but medical
science should bo equal to the determin
ing of these problems.
"When the woikors among the wires
ha\o been innoculatcd with just enough
electricity to save them fiom luum in
the handling of those wires , then let the
people at huge who are dally ctpov.d to
thoH.imo whes , joungand oldtnuloniid ,
female , bo vaccinated , as it wore , by
electricity , to that ivhen they coma in
contact withbroKoii wires , as they may
do any diy , their lives might bo spared.
Tills is not mere Bpaculiition , If only
one man who has been btilckon down by
electricity nnd afterwards found that ho
could handle o..a godwiios without in
jury , others may bo enabled to do so.
Human beings are much alike In geji-
oral characteristics. Ono miy endure
much , another little , but those differ
ences aio su&eoptlule of eouipiehension
to skillful physicians. Ixt iiinoculntlon
by electricity , thciofoio , bo tried ,
When the Kommlor cuso became celo-
brutod vro studied the contiovorsy be
tween the dlllercnt clecttlcal companies
until wo got dizy. The pilnclpal
feature of it wag ohms and volts. Wo
do not know ono from the other , but wo
would suggest thvil each bo tried , and wo
are confident that success would follow
the lilal , "Who Wit bo the first to ex
periment ? _ _ _ _
A VL.KA.mn
In the Aupfi tyZiiMmlHl7iboth \ Stuart
1'help ' * , in an artlblo Imvlng the o < c-
picsslvo little "Thopecolloto in Modern
Life , " mnkes a ylgofous arinlgnment of
the fashions of the day as denioralirlng
to her sov , and presents a plea for more
modesty and delicacy among women
whlclidcorvcs ? l < | bo widely road by
them. Ill the liroforenco which young
girls show for the o plays in which the
billet h prominent , in the prevailing -
vailing fashions of dress , in the
latitude of speech , and In fa
miliarity with the customs and prac
tices which would oiico have lopelled
pure women , Miss I'helns sees influences
under which the delicacy anil modesty
of wonnnklr.d Is steadily deteriorating1.
Referring to the attitude of the present
iaco of young ladles toward the indeli
cacies of the stage , nho icmaiks that
"thcio isasatigfrold , nil case in the pres
ence of atioelous scenes , which is amaz
ing. The dropped oyclld , the mounting
blu-jh , the protest of million mod
esty against sights and suggestions
fiom which any pure gill ought to
lovolt vdiendovo see these signs of
outiagcd womanly nature ? " The in-
doscilbnblo expression of the 030 which
distinguishes a modest girl from a
mution ISBO often mlbslng and "loplaced
by another so unvolcome , fco worldly-
wise , so unpleasantly c\pcilcnced , that
wo shrink with a sense of having lost
the most precious thing in girlhood , "
The piomiseuous dances "favored by
what wo call society , " como In for a
shaio of the condemnation of Miss
Phclps. She admits that much may bo
said for the beaut.v , Innocence nnd grace
of the dance , but still the liberties of the
ball loom arc enough to staitle any dis
interested obier\er. "Any fashion , "
says this critic , "which gives to a louo
the light lo clasp n puiowoman in his
nrnis and nold her for the length of an
Intoxicating piece of music Is below
nioiid defense. ' ' " "
"Bluntly , bho siys ,
"to one who knows the facts behind our
gajest social scenes hov- far do vv e socm
to lu\o advanced beyond the Congo idea
of n social cutnrlatumcnt ? " 1'ho ' free
dom , or rather latitude of speech
In .society Miss Phelps finds
to bo deplouible , and she
observes that "in the old times a modest
wife haidly converged with her own hus
band as joung women may bd ktiouu to
today with young man of their acquain
tance. " llegnrdln , ; the piovalont &tjlos
of undress Jliss I'helps is unsparing.
" "What Is tlio evening dross of a fashion
able woman , "slit- says , "but a burlesque
on civilisation ? It oxposoq the body
with an Indifference which nothing seems
to abash , " And Miss Phclps talks in
this blunt and vigorous way : "An im
modest tiroes does not cover a modest
woman. If jour costume is coarse and
vulgar , jou can blame no voice or pen
which Cidlb jou coarao and -vulgar too.
If the diess is div'i'aceful , thovvcuvor is
dihgiaccd. Thcwouiaa who die bos indecently -
decently , never mlud who , nevermind
wbcie , never mind why Is indecoiit.
The woman wlio dresses without ohamo
Is shameless. "
Of course oierjbody will concede that
these &tilcturct > are hugely ju = t , but un-
foitunutely there are verj few who will
take them seilously to mind and
profit by them. The mandate of
fashion is so potent that the great
majority of women will dare any
thing inthor tlmn disregard It , while
with regard to the social customs and
practices so destructho of female
modesty and delicacy , they are the out
growth of conditions which aio respon
sible for many other faults and defects
in our modern life , and which must run
their course. However , it Is well to
have these matters occasionally urged
upon our attention and cousideiation ,
and no pen could be better qualified to
do this than that of Elizabeth Stuait
Phelps , or as she is now , Mrs. Herbert
D.Wutd.
Kommlor , the New York miudorcr ,
who has leeii ) billed to make his edt
from this world for somotlino past , but
who has enjoyed the benefit of the law's
delay , will bo executed without fail dur
ing the present month by the new and
improved electrical machine. Amateur
ncologl-ts Have dubbed this lightning
piocess "electiocutlon. " riiilanthio-
plbts have introduced electricity to take
thoplnco of the gallows , supposing that
the system would give the cilmimil the
minimum of phjeical agony. It is fail-
to presume , hovoer , that after a man Is
sentenced to bo put to death ,
and realises the a-wful fact
tliat there Is no escaping the pun
ishment , his mental sulTeinig cannot bo
materially diminished by the substitution
of olccli icitv for the horaneii necktie.
The gallows Is doubtless the least ails-
tocrntlc mode of judicial execution , and
has accordingly been adopted by our
dcmociatic government as best in keep
ing with its general principles.
The Persians llrbl adopted beheading
us a inodo of execution and it was looked
upon In Gieeco as the leastdogiading
capital punishment. It was nftcivvaida
adopted for executing the British nobil
ity. In the early ages the blow was
given with an axe , but as good taste
advanced the BWOU ! vas substituted.
In Scotland , In the early ages , an
edged Instiumont was used , called the
miiden , which was introduced into Eng
land ly ) the regent Morton , who became
\lctlm of his O\MI invention , as Dr.
CuIUoltii was. bubscquontly , in 1'ranco ,
of his. Since the Invention of the gull-
lollng , beheading is the only mode of
capital punishment Inoguo In Trance ,
vhllo formerly only the nobility was en
titled to such distinction.
New Yoik state wns the first to adopt
electricity for legal killing , and there Is
a difference of opinion as to whether It
is preferable , to the victim , of the old
vny. Yet It occurs to us that sentiment
und sympathy have no part In the mat
ter. This old law , vvhuiolii Moses pro
scribed as the means of punishment for
corporal Injuries , "un ejo for an eye , a
tooth for a tooth , nnd allfo for a life , "
was not so much for \ongeanco upon the
particular evil-doer as It was the cer
tainty and severity of punishment as a
protection ( o society. Tor Instance , a
man llko Koiuinlor , who wantonly nnd
wickedly butchered a womiin , nnd
gloated over the murder , Is entitled tone
no porbonnl consideration when It comes1
to disposing of him. If the gallows 1ms
lost its teiror and science has per
fected nn apparatus that Is more to bo
dreaded than the 'hangman's ' knot , It
should bo adopted. The one object is to
tenorlo the man who pi amcdl tales
murdeij to let him know th'it ' the law
will say to him , "Vengeance Is inliio I
win repay. " If this now process is to
bo considered more humane than the
old way , the hope then lies In the
thought tliat juries will bo more apt to
convict murderers' . If this will bo the
result , then the now way cannot como
too soon. Society must bo piotcctcd
from thp wild beasts In human form , nnd
the death penalty , no matter how ap
plied , cannot bo too soveio.
THE Boston genius who recently
staitied the natives with a lurid dc cilp-
1 lou of "tho Juno rise of the Mlssouil , "
and the havoc wrought In his mind "ho-
tvveen Omaha and Jefferson City , " has
biokenloosoin a fresh spot. Ho soars
above facts and conditions with the ease
and grace of a Munchauseii , and unrolls
a picture ol devastation and blight for
the edification of tendeifcet. Shaking
Missouri mud fiom his mental biognns
ho moves westward and collides with
wind "a slinging , scorching wind , "
but his capacity for stor
ing nnd emitting the article
prevented dangerous results. "The winds
btriko the face In stinging particles , as
if It were a hot blizzard. The sun devours -
vours fiom above , the air bites hotly as
it passes , and tlio ground sends up re
flected rays of heat that scorn to pied
one's flesh as if It weio pitchforks In the
hands of those imps of an overheated
future. There Is no lellef from it. The
sun sots in a sea of molten copper every
night. It rises from a llko loseivoirof
heat inthcmornlngaudiidesoii through
unclouded caloric cftulgonco all day. "
But enough of such Idiotic lot. If
Boston cult Is entertained or Instructed
by the oVeiheated vapoiings of an iuo-
sponsiblo lunatic , the mental calibre of
the residents isoveii.ited. It is surpils-
ing that a responsible Boston paper
should gho character in its cdltonal
columns to a mass of stuff that Insults
the intelligence of a ton-jeai-old school
boy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun Iron and stool inanufac'tuiers of
America aio not satisfied with the pio-
tcctivo fa-sors of the government. IIiv-
ing accumulated cnoimous foitunes ,
they seek now worlds to conquer audin-
cioaso their stores. To this end , nil in
ternational organization is piojected
and a con-\ontion will bo held in Isovv
York In October for that purpose. As
an evidence of the btiength of the move
ment , it is stated four hundtud leaders
of the trade in England , Fiance , Ger
many and Spain , will attend , It is given
out with the usual tiust assurance , that
the gatliPiing is purely social , a return
feast for favors showered upon Ameii-
can manufictuiors in Europe two years
ago. But Amciican trusts huvo never
boon , known to squander a quarter of a
million dollars in hospitality without a
coitainty of the return of the pilnclpal
with liberal interest. An inteinational
iion nnd steel tuistwillbo a notable nnd
dangerous feature of modem industilal
combination.
THE supreme couit of Montana has
just decided a case in connection with
the Australian balloting sjstem which
is novel. A candidate failed to notify
the clerk of thocouit ol his candidacy ,
as the law provides , and whllo Ills oppo
nent received n great many less votes ,
the court held that there was but ono
man in the field. The decision is quite
lengthy , but the main point is that the
Austialian ballot law is mandatory , nnd
not directory In itschaiacter , and all Its
pi o visions must bo carried out. The
Nebraska republicans have very sensibly
dcclaied for the Australian system only
in cities , nnd if adopted in this way its
complications will not ombarraao those
i mining for minor olllces In ruial dis
tricts.
Tnn complaints of the employes of
the smelling works were motlnalib-
ouil spirit by the management and amic
ably adjusted. 1'ho Incident forcibly
illustrates the value of employes and
employois getting together and consid
ering their ditTcieiiccs calmly. Such
confeioncea raielyfailto result satisfac
torily when the complaints of the men
are just nnd reasonable.
for parmanent quart
ers In the new poor house should bo
filed promptly to avoid the rush. Knch
applicant should furnish details o ! the
finish and furnishings icqulicd , and
thus materially assist the county board
In disposing of that seventy-live thous
and dollar suiplus recently unearthed ,
Tnn discovery of two now comols at
this criticaLjuncturo in the world's af
fairs vv ill have an elevating tendency in
astronomical circles at least.
A Gic.itcr .Man Tlinii the Czar ,
Udctiti'i Tilliitne.
The title "Czar Keep" doss the speaker of
the house of representatives an Injustice.
Mr. Ueedis really n much greater man than
the czar.
Ion to tlio T\\lns.
A'ciu Yuils Sun.
Let St. Paul and Minneapolis unite nnil
then nt the next census each will be the
boomer of the other's ' population with avlow
to the grand toUl.
Uliey Oc > the Other Way.
Jknver HeimliUetin
The population of the aUUiof Kansas will
probiblybo found to ba but little , If any ,
( jroater than It was In lStf. There Is not tlio
least doubt that the growth of tuo state has
boon checked by prohibition.
"Wig'In * anil tlio IVcatlioi * .
Chteufin .Veuw
AstronomerWlffKlim , tlio Canadian weather
prophet , has nifuln nttricted public notice
ullli a theory , vvh.ch ho says U susocpilblo
of proof , that the world will never como to
an end Ono tlilui ; Is certain there Is no
end to
ICivvvilln'H bilinear.
.Vln ncapultii Jutn ml.
The Katibas City Star complains about t ho
unwholesome growth of politics iu tliat aU } .
It It the constant lament of the ICiivvtovvn
people tint tlio crop of drippers anil polltl *
c.il corruption Is so largewhllo the popula
tion U ouacurod by the koalthy growth of
Oniuha.
1'OMTIOA.Ij 01IOW-OIIOW ,
A. J. Oust In of Kearney did not catch on
for this full. Ho lias been an aspirant for the
stnto auditor-ship nnd undo n melancholy I'll- '
primage to the Independent convention.
About S o'clock Itr the morning , Just in nomi
nations for auditor were closing , ho con-
eluded to have hlsnamo iiroscntctl. Some
onaaioioand noinlimtod "Gustln of Ivo.ir-
noy. " lut la tire contusion tils inrmo wns
not hoard Allan Hoot , the neeonrpllshcd
parlimctiruinn who preslilcil , did not entth
the tmino Chesterfield could not hnvo
caught It. Accordingly Gustltr was loft out
bo did not , rcnlly , romobofoio the con
vention. Mr , ( lustlu H unoxpert i.illroid
accountnnt. At end tlmo ho was la the
wholesale saddlery nnd harness business In
Lincoln. IIo ( jot Intoa lawsuit with tlio
Uurllngton road over a matter of it II cent
ovorchtuge , ranging the matter totho supreme -
promo court , dually winning his rise.
There li a vignostory nlloU In the Third
district to the effect that .Tuck MacColl Is n
candidate for congress Mr. MacColl's onl-
cial organ , the Kearney Kntorpilsc , denies
this story and siys MacUoll is ut home , doing
choies and taking cira of his elevator. The
congressional light nny bo snld to bo bo-
tvvccn Hairison , Hatner anil Metklejotm.
When it comes to a showdown Juelc Mac-
Cell vvill keen his place , and thcro bus been
no combinationyot named that can keep him
out ot it ,
1'ho Lancaster county fight presents no
now complte.ittons Courtnay , for county
attorney , Inshts tint ho vv.vs the choice of
the ueoplo , and explains bis campaign with
K. U. Mooio as a natural sequence
oC lirdHTcicuco on the put of
the nntN , and sajs that ho
Is cunning for ofHco anil that if his friends
do not c.no lo thresh their own oils ho
will thresh thorn for the catito crowd.
There h something reullj painful In the
fact tlmt the editor of the double-decked con-
tpmporaiv tries , for lovenue , to bo a poli
tic ! in , When ho supports MolCoiglmn nnd
Hr.vnn. both ded-ln-tho-vvool democrats , and
leaves Kcmnr and Van \Vyck \ to wrestle for
themselves , ns it were , ho exhibits a bit of
demagogic inconsistency that ho .will have ;
trouble to explain la his weekly edition. 7
The Kearney Enterprise Is of the opinion
that In the Second district the contest is bo-
tvvcen the character and brains of Hurlanl
and the vv ind of iMcICeiglmn , but the Enterprise -
priso falls to remember that rainier Mo-
Kclp'litin Is tilso atauipautgrecnbackor. A
candidate foe congress who c.m offer his fel
low couutrynicir bushels of grocnb icks nnd
two per cent loans Is riot to bj despised
In this j car's carnpiign
Mijor Watson , chairman of tlio state cen
tral committee , -will oo in Omaha Tuesday ,
and on tint date there vvill bo n grind scrum-
bio as to the choice ot thoseciotiriy. Mr
Wult Secley , on a coiipact ot lust yeir ,
agreed not to cntci the r.iee again Hut Mr
Sceloy has witched his breid and the bide
upon which It win buttered , and It is undei-
stood that be is to have some votes for- re
election It isundcistood that CA-Clmlrniuii
UlchirUs , nominee for governor , vvill insist
upon A. II Agorsocretnty of the board of
transportation. A gentleman of the name of
iVllicns Is also an applicant , but his where
abouts aio unknown to these who are familiar
vvrth the politics and politichns of the state.
No matter who U selected , a vet } lively
scumble is ptoillrtcd , , md these who know
about tlio pins which hrvo been sot say tint
WaltSccloy is in advance of'all otherat this
date.rlho committee meets Tuesday ,
In being called to prcsido at the Hastings
coiiposslotial convention , Captiln J. II ,
Stickles was ceitalnly honored. Captain
Stickles Is one of the old-time anti-monopo
lists of this state , and jet onoof the men who
Is Interested In republican victor } thh fall.
Out in Clay county there Is a little fight on
betvveen Colonel J W. Johnson and Henry
Grosuans Two jcirs ago Johnson boomed
Groshaus for auditor of state , and this yeir
Johnson wanted to bo secretary of state nnd
Groshans , whohcideeltue delegation , refused
to iccognlzo his foimcrfriond. 15ut Gioshins
may bo excused on the ground that ho know
wlnthowas doing However , Mr. Johnson
and Mr. Grojuatis no longer speak in deafen
ing voice when they piss by.
0 E. Hall , who claims to bo giaiitl master
ofthosfito Rrango , is generally supposed to
bo scuttling Dan Uutler's ship. Wo have not
been able to discover who elected Mr. Hill
master ot the state giango. The last master
was Chuicb Howe. As far as vvo can ascer
tain , the state grange at present Is composed
pilncipllly of O. U Hall.
One of thoaminlnglncidents atthopeoplo's
independent con vontton was when a gentle
man named Cottilght had been nominated
and voted upon as state superintendent of
public instruction. Cortiight received , on
tlioiln.il ballot , the largest number ot votes.
A reporter sought him and had
him como upon the stage , so that
ho might Intel view him and pet n
brief biographical sketch. U'liilo tlio inter
viewing process was in motion the audience
commenced to call for Cortiight. The 10-
poiter , Innocently but sincerely , told him that
ho had been nominated , "ho guessed , " and
they weio calling upon him to make a speech.
Coitrlght Jumped up bofoio the footlights
nnd thanked the convention for the honor
Itlmd confened upon him , and promised , It
elected , to carry out his pait of the pio-
Rrimnic. A few feeble cheers , assisted by
tlio repot tor In question , followed this an
nouncement I3ut lo and behold delegations
commenced changing their votes , und D"Al "
mend of ITurtms county carried the conven
tion by stoun on the next ballot. Up to the
hour of adjournment , and maybe up to this
time , Mr Cortrilit ; Is at u loss to understand
bow H came about that ho was not nomi
nated.
A I'iilrmi Saint of China.
.TWw Voi/k / JlcnM
Nevada Jones , the champion of the silver
bill und lira jpostlo of universal prosperity ,
was no doubt delighted the other day whoa
the Iloiald infoiium ! him of the happy effect
of bis legislation upon the national credit of
.Mexico and agricultural pilccs In England.
AVe are now h ippy to Inform him that It
proves a blessing to China. "Tea has advanced -
vanced ton par cent , " all through the silver
Mil The Uhinoio are no doubt prop iring
tablets In memory of llio npostlo's nncc'stors ,
to bo suspended from their temples. Alinuly
the te i hongs of Too Chow and Nlngpo buzz
vvith the bummed prabos of Nevada Jonu.i.
Uloiytotho npostioof universal proipjr-
ity. Dngland , > joxlcoaad China Join In his
pnilsos Hut whore , oh where doea Arneiica
come lul
Only iluirtlio Truth.
J'lillitttelplitii Iltfunl
Socivtaiy Noblo's gratuitous defense of
the rnlsuliicvous policy of the Union Paclllo
railwdv company In guariutcelni ; bonds of
tilbutary lines will deceive no ono. Mr.
Noble tolls the henato that tliU policy lurs
beeuapprovotl by tha olllcorsof the govern
ment after frequent liivMtlgatlons. This Is
but a half truth The report of the Pacific
railway Investigating committee donotiiiced
thlft prootlco iu df truotlvo of the vast pub-
lie iutctiwts In tha I'aeille rallvvaj s It U , in
iftect , onoof thofuvorito mctliodi bv which
the govoniinent has steadily boon rohboj bv
both the Uulou and the Central Paclllc cor-
It appears now that the Marquis do
vllle fell In love with Mrs. 1'riuilf
feet Instead of the lady herself. Mrs
at least , trios to cnrty this- Impression , and
her account of the matter leads ono to accept
the story without allowance , bho was a
widow , deeply veiled , Ono day she stepped
from a cab and the marquis , who wns pass 9
ing , saw n sin till nnd daintily shaped fool
cmcrgo from her skills when she alighted ,
Ho was wild. Ho found the owner of UK
feet In a suiglng crowd ; ho sought an Intro *
ductlon mid told his lovo. Ho did not let con <
continent , like n worm in the bud , feed on lu
damaged cheeks , llut the fair possessor of
the dainty fret refused him with scorn -hu
second hand tltlo and all , and s wet o that if
ever she loved one again ahowould allow only
a newspaper man to pour out his soul to her ,
and If thcro win a responsive throb In her
heart , or feet , she would be hU huckleberry
This Is a story of love and scoia that Is c.il
dilated to fill with woe the hcait * of all tlm
second hand Jukes and luunuiises la tht
country round about.
Since the sad fate that bo foil Colonel Me-
Clint } thcio has been but little heaul of him
or his w hereabouts , The fashion just now h
to sing Atuilo Hoonoy , Italians with ban
anas for s ilo and queens of draw Ing rooms
may bo heard humming fiom morn till night
She's my sweetheart ,
I'm her
Joe-
Little Annie Rooney.
Just how long this fad will hist Is haul to
tell. McGmtj was short-lived , nnd Ann to
IJooncy oonnot long survive the scandal
Mr. J. M. Leach of Iliavvathr , Kan. , semis
Tiir. BIK : the following elaborate "poem"
which ho wants printed.Ve eomplj with
Mr. LcMch's rcquc-lvvlth pleasure :
' Tin : "Ktchnt. "
I know n matt who Is never content ,
IVen when fortune her smile his lent ;
And if In heaven jou sco him sll ,
Just watch him ; his face will wear a fiovvn ,
Anil when on his head ho presses his crown
Ho will bvvear It does not III.
Anil if by "kicking" ho losoi heaven
And meets the doom to sinners given ,
And falls as low us Lucifer fell ;
He' il have n chill at his toes burnt brown ,
Anil his luce would wear tlio same old frown ,
Arid he'd complain of cold In hell
The results of the Spanish ecnsm of 1SS7
have not jet been entirely published and tin
total enumeration Is not known Accordingly
there Iris been no Wood shod over the result
nor no lecounts ordeicd la this particular
Spain has Hie advantage of this country
The Law retire , .Muss , cyclone has given
cist < > iii pipers an opportunitv to gtasp tlio
electrical disturbance bj the tall and dissect
It at short range. The pioposlttoti that It ro
gation and vegetation would picvent cyclones
Ispiovca-a faUo theory from the fact that
llio Day state" has ample vegetation. The
witulblovvethliuio it listeth , and tills is till
the explanation that can bo couslderol au
thentic. _
The cultivation of Jupuneio bamboo N to ho
Introduced itr Louisiana 13ut tliU vvill not
bamboo/Lottie lottoij sharks.
A ICansas man wasariestedfor
an ongiiial package.
The statement Is nrnile , as stnitllng , that
Itichmoml , Va , a city of almost ono hundred
thomind people , husnocltyhospit.il Omaha ,
a city of UVHX ) , Is > also la the sumo unfor
tunate dilemma.
_
The number Of different languages spoken
In Huiopols fS7. This does not include the
Missouri language.
Two women In Ottawa had atmtblo encounter -
counter with a bear tlio other daj , and ono
of them was almost hugged to death. And
now all the single women around Ottawa aio
out looking fet bears
Ij\po'liijc n IVand.
Atlinta Coiititiition.
The state of ICansns for some J-CJD has
been under the dctully curse of moial r-eform
not the genuine article , hut the luaien and
fraudulent reform that is for revenue only.
A corrupt combination terror izes thostato ,
nnd shamelessly traffics in the public ofllces
These so called refotincrs arc many of them
seciet drunkards and notoilously Immoral
moti , but they have otilj 0110 test la their po
htleal crusade , and that test Is prohibition.
They do not scruple to ilcitouticu good men ,
nnd oven ministers of the gospel who hon
estly differ with them. These fellows whenever
never hav o n virtuous thought once n j cur
would put thousands of decent men , the supreme
premo couit and the ministry under the bun
because they w ill not bo bulldozed into currj-
Ing out their scheme of sham reform and
robbery.
Naturallv the good people of Kansas have
little patience with thcso frauds half robbers - '
bers and all hj poerltos , and they have kept
an cjo on their loaders for some tlmo past.
The other day the biggest man In the gang ,
General A IJ Gnmnboll , spent two nights In
Kansas City in disgusting dunikcn orgies
The police made a laid on a gilded pahoo of
sltr and npturotl the general , who promptly
gav o boti 1 and continued to paint the town
red until moinlng.
Under ordinary plrcumstancoi , when n
well-meaning but weak man iiiiikcH a sllii ,
very few now s papers raic to expose his folh
Hut Campbell's case Is an otcoptlon The
gonctal Is a con apt polltlcluu Ills solo stout
in trade has been to talk about God and
morality IIo oignul/cd the tompeiauco
union , IIo led atpiaycr meeting and abused
the null iirolilbltlontsU with gieat power
IIo gathered a band of weak sisters and
weaker brctbten about him and wagcdmer-
elloss warfuio upon sober , honest citizens
who did not believe in his sehcmo of political
prohibition.
'I ho exposure of such a fraud wns n publlt
duty , nnd the prcis of the country will scrva
thucausoof morality and true rofotttr by
showing him up in his true colors ,
TllUlMj/VINS.
ClirMl ma tallmtnt LlilJcU.
The tnountiiln peaks have singers cvory day
ThislsCiOd's hill , whereon ho loves , said
one.
To dwell foiovor. Hut the plain hath none ,
Wheto open couutiy stretches for away ,
And the muo heaven onvlrons ovoiv way
'llio stiatige , round world , until the fudlnfT
tone- ,
Of dim blno diitnncos loses at Clod's thcono
IlcrmUtj features Yet the r ushcs v , ay
Musli-nl , soughing to the sniuiuci wind
jlnsidu the silver st i earn Hint , moving slow ,
Minors the thirsty castles us they itu
ICnco-dccp among forgut-rno noli , And kind
Smiles down the full face of Uio BUM , vvluro
red
Itlpcn the popples In a waning bod.
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