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THE OMAHA DAILY ] ) JBS : MONDAY , AUGUST 3 , 1891. TTIB DAILY BEE K. KOSKWATEH Unitoii. PIJBLJSHKU KVKHY MOIININO. TFIIMH OK Dnlly Her ( without HundnyJOno Yoar. . . . 0 1 > nlly ntid Holiday , Uno your . 1J < * > HI * months . . gl * > Tlm-o month . 252 Sunday HIT. UIIP t rnr . ; 00 "ntiiifinv lice. Onn Yf'iir . J M Wi-okly lite. Onu Vniir. . . . . . 1 00 OKVICKdt nrnnlin. Tlir Pro llullillnjf. Hnntli Oinnlin. Cornpr N nnd SClli Streets. Council IllulK 11 ! I'rurl Street. Chlenpo iiiHrc'tl7'IminlicTof : ( Commerce. New Vork. Itoonx III.14 nnd l.vrrllmnoliulldlng Washington , 6iJ ! Fourteenth a truck rrlMtl-SI'i'NDKNCi ' : Allrmnmnnfrntlons roltttlnjr to news onrt rdltnrlnl mnttor slum Id bo addressed tc the Ldltorl.il Drpiitlnii-nl. WSINKSH I.ETTKH3 Allbus'tii'Viloltors ' nnd ri-ml'tanrrsihoulrt bcnddrcc'rd lo Tim ( lee 1'iibllslilriB Cornnany , Otnnhli. Drift * . i-lii-rloi mill nostofllro ordun to i > o nmdc pnyublo to tliu order of the com puny. , Piwiclors Till : 11KK BWOHN frTATKMKNT U1HCULAT1ON. . Hutnof f > ol niskn. I . . Connly i.f IdiiiBlns. f" _ . nrortre ft. IVtHiiick , oc-rntnrv of The Ileo rnlillBlitntr eoiniiany. does fo'omniy ' wwoar 1lmt UK , ' nctnnl clrculiition of TllK lUlt.v lint * for tlio wi'ul.milling August 1 , UU1 , wns MS follows : _ _ , , Hnndiiy. July CO . a > .fi9fl Mondny. .Inly 87 . W5.M T.ipsdny. July ! . SB.-W Wcdnesdnv. .tnly 0. . W. " ThurMlnv.MulyliO . SMKI I rldny , .Iiilyiil. . ' - ' < > & butiinlny , August I . . .b.83a Average . UT.Olt ) OKOltUT- . T/.HCHUOK. ? worn to before mu nnd sut'xerllied In my prrsi-ncc tills 1st duy of August. A. I ) . . Ml. Ni.li iy 1'ubllc. ' Hnlnof Nnbrnskn , ) _ , ' ' . f " " County i'f I'nng'nq. f rorpo It. 'Jwliiii'K helm ? duly sworn , do- roM-s mill ws.vs thut lie l.sM-urotnry of TllK Hun J'nbll.-Oilngciimpiinv. Hint tin' iietiwl nvorimo rlnlly cln-iilat.on . of TUB DAILY 111 K for tlio month of .Inly. IHK ) . tP.WW copies ; for Aueiist , 1HW. SO'M rojili-H : for Piintf-inl-er. 1M < 0 , 20,870 IMII. .T-.UII - envies. ur.oiinr.ii. ly.Minn.K. Kworri to licforn mo nnd Milnerllied In mo , plCBCiit-o this Gth duy ut Juno , A. ! > . IMI. ) N I > . KIIIU N'otnry I'ublle. THK booiller must go. TIIK itnbocilo wno plays into the hand of tlio Iraodtor must KO. POUTICAL bedfellows are often Btraiifjoly unlitcb , and the amity and frlcndHliip of Utisjla and Franco ia an itiHtanco to point the paraphrased jn-ovorb. TIIK honest man in each branch of the city government must bo aroused to his duty and strt-iiffthoncd in his backbone tOHhiold the lax-payors from plunderers and IncompotontH. WILL the county commissioners now proceed to enforce the law nirmnst the road-houso Iceopors and collect $500 a year each from .such as continue in busi ness within the threo-milo limit ? THK Berlin university is on its mettle to discovnr a remedy for tuberculosis The partial failure of Prof. Koch'a lymph has stimulated the distinguished doctors to discover some specific , and the world ratlior expects them to suc ceed. MAHYLAXD is democratic by a major ity of not to exceed 7,000. There is dis satisfaction enough in democratic ranks to wipe out this narrow margin provided the republicans got together and make a harmonious , respectable and aggressive campaign. ADAMS county independents admin ister a stinging rebuke to the dictator at Lincoln for inserting his proboscis too Indiscriminately into alliance state poli tics. They also perform a queer sort of political hari-kari by endorsing the late attorney of the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad as their choice for dis trict judge. has celebrated the sixth centennial of tlio formation of the Swiss Confederation. Tlio little moun tain bound , rugged republic is a marvel of thrift , independence and solidity. For six hundred years tlio people of these Alpine mountains and vnlloys have boon the most conspicuous in Europe because they linvo in all these years enjoyed the utmost freedom from monarchial op pression and the caste of kingdoms. PKTEK'S PKNCJC have given not only the pope of Uomo trouble but they very nearly precipitated the failure of the bank of Homo in which $11,000,000 of these charity funds " 'ore deposited. It must bo gratifying to the participants In this bonovoloiico to know that so largo nn accumulation is available provided the bank managers are able to call in enough cash to honor the pope's call for tlio trust fund. TIIK district attorney has decided to indict all the Now York newspapers that published accounts of the recent electrocutions at Sing Sing. This is fair. Treat them all alike. It is too good an advertisement to bo confined tea a hinglo journal for a test case. Any enterprising - torprising newspaper in Now York would gladly take the place of scape goat In the prosecution , pay all the ex penses for the privilege and boar the consequences for the sake of the notor iety thia would Involve. TllK board of lira and police commis sioners , perhaps , miulo some inquiries in executive session into the conduct of the detective olllcor who recently be came the ally of a woman of the town , and by a bold falsehood secured the re lease of a prisoner charged with lar ceny. At all events nothing was said concerning this llagrant abuse of the conlldunce of the police juago or the disreputable , incidental circumstances in the open meeting. WASHINGTON , the capital of the na tion , and Lincoln , the capital of Ne braska , ( ire almost the only competitors for the next national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. In n , light between these two cities there should 116 no dllllculty in settling the question. Lincoln should bo .selected because she Is in the midst of the soldier population of the west and is the host monument to tlio martyred president thus fat * erected. IIIKV LOOK TO OMAHA. Otnnlia's reputation abroad for enter prise and business sagacity Is one of which to bo proud. It should bo main tained. It can only bo maintained by the active , intelligent nnd harmonious cooperation of the people , the pubic boillos and the prop * . The newspapers nro always nllvo to the opportunities which circumstances offer this city. The people nro no * , so onslly aroused nnd the board of trndo nnd blmilnr or ganizations nro too often wanting In staying qualities. Wo have our destiny In our hands. If wo nro equal to our opportunities this city will continue in the future us in the recent past to bo the marvel of each census docado. Our renders have been kept informed of the Interest which the discussion of a direct railway to Montana has aroused In that wealthy stock growing and min eral producing stato. It is clear to nil readers that the Montana people are fully alive to the importance of a rail road connecting Nebraska and Montana. Omaha people generally appreciate the situation , but the board of trade , after n week of enthusiasm , flattened into a failure so far as this particular enter prise is concerned. Till : l\KK \ has kept the subject fresh In the minds of the citly.ons of both states and of northern Wyoming , how over , and another your will fee the fruition of our hopes , In an article not m.iny days since the Importance of a direct line of railway to Duliilh was discussed. The newspapers of that city like those of 'Montana im mediately sei/.ed upon the subject as one of great importance to the trade ol the "metropolis of the nnsalted seas. " The Duluth Xfica in an editorial says among other sensible things upon the question : TIIK OMUIA HUB In n rei-ont issue said Unit Omaha -'needs n short route to Duluth , Minn. , and the prospects : ire Koott for such n lino. " It ts Im' natural that tlio business men ot Omaha should dostro n direct Hue to Du- lutli , bocauso.it is the natural tlirouRU. roiito between Omaha and tlio oast. Heretofore Omiiua business has largely passed , through Chicago , but the fact has been duo to tlio rail roads from the latter city having created that artilieial channel for trade. With the development of the northwest , trade is seek ing its natural channel , and ttiat channel leads from Omaha to Duluth. The time c.ia- not bo Ions delayed when , in addition to the present lines , a short and direct line bc- twcon these two points will bo n reality. Omaha is much nearer to Duluth than she ts to Chicago , and such n line would Rive thn merchants of that city lower freights from the east , while at the same time the farmers of Nubrnskn , Iowa and South Dakota would snvo money by shipping their corn and wheat to the Zonlth City. Omaha is attracting tlio attention of the now business centers of the entire west. Her strategic position with ref erence to the commercial empire which is growing up west of the great lakes and cast of the Sierra Nevada mountains is recognized by the business men of the country. If Omahii men are big enough in bond and wideawake enough in on- torprlsn to seize the opportunities which position , population and present pres tige alTord her future will surprise her most sanguine citizens. .1 110031 VOU UOltMAtf. Senator Arthur I' . Gorman of Mary land is still the unquestioned boss of the democracy of that stato. Two or throe years ago there wns a very strong move ment there to dethrone him , but now , as is attested by the action of the demo cratic state convention n low days ago , ho is stronger nnd more solid in the esteem and confidence of his constituents than over before. The resolutions unan imously adopted by the convention eulogizing the services of Gorman in the senate , particularly in connection with the contest over the elections uill , and nominating him for reelection , tire a tribute of which any man might feel proud , and especially so in the present case , pinco the resolutions wore olTorod and moat earnestly supported by men who had hitherto boon his most active opponents in the party. Senator Gorman has boon talked of as a possible presidential candidate , and it is just possible that this action of the Maryland democracy will give him something of a boom. Locality is not in his favor , but ho is popular in Now York , and in the event of the Cleveland- IIU1 factional fight in that state shutting out both of these aspirants , it is by no means improbable that the Now York democracy would prefer Gorman to any western man. IIo is a very adroit politician , thoroughly unscrupulous as to methods , and no one has greater in- lluenco in the councils of the party when the question of expedients is to ho con sidered. An administration with Gor man at the head ot it would have very little regard for civil service reform and whenever it was possible to reward partisan service } t would bo rewarded. During the last half of the Cleveland administration Gorman wts ; not favored with its confidence1 , and ho did not hesitate to lot it bo known that the fact did not trouble him. IIo is now , however - over , on good terms with the party gen erally , and it will not ho surprising if ho is heard of in the next national demo cratic convention. AfJAIXST UXltHS 'IllCriiH ' ItKC The action of the lower branch of the Canadian parliament , after a debate that lasted nearly a fortnight , in rejecting an amendment to the budget declaring that the government should forthwith reduce all duties on articles of prime necessity , and recommending that the negotiations to bo conducted In Wash ington next October t-lioulil bo on the basis of the most extended reciprocal freedom of trade between Canada and the United States in manufactured as well as natural products , bhows that the policy for whlith the con servative party of Canada stood In the last election , and which was siibtninod by the vote of the people , Is to bo ad hered to. It will bo remembered that the programme of Slr.lohn Mac Donald was for restricted reciprocity on the basis of the treaty of 1851 , which pro vided for the free exchange of natural products only , and It wae pretty clearly intimated at 'Washington then that it would bo useless to propose negotiations on such a basis. The correspondence subsequently made public showed this to be the sentiment'in administration circles , and undoubtedly there has been no change of feeling. It would seem plain , therefore , that nothing'but failure is to bo expected from the negotiations arranged to take place in Washington some two months hence , nnd It Is qulto probable that our govern ment tflll decline to seriously consider any proposition that may come from Canada on the lines now Indicated. The members . of the Canadian govern ment ought to fully understand that any scheme which does not include the manufactured products of the United States ? will not bo received with nny favor by the present adminis tration or by a majority of tlio American people. The plan of reciprocity which this country Is endeavoring to put Into olTect with other countries of the Amer ican continents contemplates giving no less consideration to our manufacturing Industries than to these of agriculture , and as this principle has boon ob served In the arrangements thus far consummated , there is no valid reason why there should bo a departure from It in the case of Canada.It is obviously absurd to ox- poet the United States to give a free market to the farmers of the Dominion and nt the same time allow that govern ment to close its markets to our manu facturers. There would bo no recipro city in such an arrangement. The apprehension of political union , as the result of unrestricted reciprocity , dominates the minds of the Canadian conservatives , and so long as this is the case and that party continues in power there Is small chances of closer trade rohitions with the United States. Tho. Canadian representatives who will go to Washington in October , if not notified before that time that their going will bo useless , will doubt less learn on arriving there that this government has no time to waste upon negotiations for a scheme of reciprocity limited to the natural products of the two countries. There has been onougli of one-sided trade with our northern neighbors. TIIK SUnSTITUTK M/POSf/JOA' . In his admirable address before the National Editorial association , Mr.V. . Frank Klchnrdson of Now York called attention to the abuse widely prevalent among dealers of foist.ing upon purchas ers substitutes for the articles they call for , this practice being most common with a class of druggists. It is an old device , but in reront years it has grown to such proportions iw to have become a serious evil , working a grave injustice to tlio manufacturers of standard and meritorious articles , and an imposition that is very much in the nature of a swindle upon buyers who allow them selves to bo taken in by it. A larjo number of medicinal and toilet articles that have attained popularity by reason of their merits and have boon liberally advertised are now cloaoly imitated , and these .substitutes for tlio genuine articles are urged upon buyers by unscrupulous dealers , who got a bettor profit from them , while by reason of their inferiority they can bo sold at a lower price than the genuine goods command. There are at Detroit and elsewhere manufacturers of sophisticated articles who do an extensive and profitable busi ness in thus imposing upon the public. They flood the country with base imita tions of every preparation of acknowl edged merit which are urged upon buy ers as precisely the same thing they call for , only cheaper. Such a representation ought to at once arouse the suspicion of every intelligent buyer , but the great majority of people are apt to have confidence in the statements of a dealer , and thus the unprincipled traders are enabled to work olT an enor mous amount of these comparatively worthless , and in some cases dangerous , preparations. Another practice no.t uncommon among druggists is to recom mend instead of some popular medicine or cosmetic an article of "our own make , " and this rarely fails to catch the purchaser , who naturally does not think that the dealer in drugs could by any possibility bo otherwise than honest and truthful in a matter involving so small a pecuniary consideration. Pity 'tis that ho should bo , but the fact is that thousands of them are. Tlie existence nnd growing proportions of this abuse or evil suggests that agon- oral law may become necessary that will compel the manufacturers of imitation articles to place them on the market for just what they are. Meanwhile the pub lic may do a great deal to protect itself from imposition in this matter if pur chasers will refuse to take anj thing except - copt what they call for. A dcalur who offers instead of an article ) of established reputation that is called for "something just as good at a cheaper price" fairly subjects himself to the suspicion of dis honesty , and it is always safe in such a case to look for the article wanted somewhere - where else. EX-CONOUKSSMAX OWKNS \ to 1)0 merely a chief clerk of immigration , lie is the author of the law which created - atod his olllco and defined his Unties , but the secretary of the treasury is his superior olllcor and he directs the siiper- intendenl of immigration to supervise the work of inspection olllcors and sub mit proposed rulings upon controverted points to the secretary or an assistant. To mauo the full force of this order entirely - tiroly clear to Air. Owen , ho is further informed that Assistant Secretary Not- tleton Is the immediate superior of tlio superintendent of immigration. However - over , as Mr. Owen was like Mr. I Myalls , left by the November prejudices of the people a "statesman without a job , " and the position of superintendent of immi gration pays a salary of $1,000 a year , Mr. Owen will probably accept the situ ation and perform his duties conscien tiously and ofllciontly. CllK'Aoo does not care whether Co lumbus wns born in Genoa or Corsica ; she will celebrate his discovery of America and not bis birth , ttually now , the antiquarians might as welt abandon the controversy ; tt Is a maltor of such small Importance compared with the event which immortalizes lib name ante to sink into iiiaignillcanco. QTwo JIII.UON jKjoplo are expected to visit Trier O.urlng the exhibition ot the holy coat , the bcamloMS tunic which the Savior Is presumed to have worn. The coal has boon exhibited but once during the present oiinturv. Whether the coat isgo.iulno or not , it attracts wide later- I cat and thn cmwtlH who rush to Trier to see It for the tuHJ4 part believe In Its sncrodness and honor It accordingly , Kovcrohco for objects believed to bo holy hits not died onkiipf the race , notwith standing Ingm-jioll and "Innocents ' Abroad. " So ion'g as the earth lasts mankind will worship a supernatural being 'and will bo ! Interested in objects around which religion casts the halo of sanctity. . SOMK of the rollers of this paragraph will live long dnixigh to see England , Spain , I'orlugaluGorinany and probably the Scandinavian kingdoms , the Noth- lands and Uolglum republics. The di vinity which doth hod go kings about is weakening on the hereditary Imbeciles so often placed on the thrones qf Europe. The aristocracy of birth finds alongside of itself an aristocracy of wealth , The lower classes are undermining both. Tin ? deputy city clerk , who has been acting as agent for the Boroa stone and interesting himself in securing city con tracts for that material , having been smoked out , will resign his public olllco and take the general agency for the ma terial. Now lot the smoke bo turned on other city olllcials who are working into the hands of citv contractors to their own pecuniary advantage. EvuitY business man In Omaha who has hud extensive experience in builuing realizes the fact that the architect who planned the work cannot usually find time for e.lo.so supervision nnd a super intendent is appointed and paid by the owner to watch both the builders and tlio architect. To A disinterested citizen the specifi cations for artificial sidewalk enforced by the board of public works appear to bo intended more for the benefit of qunr- rymen than taxpayers , and they prac tically shut out the host quality of arti ficial stone. UNnisit a law passed by the last legis lature for a complete record of mort gage indebtedness in each county , it will bo practicable at any time to strike a balance sheet which shall exhibit the financial condition of the land owners of Nebraska. MINNKAPOLIS at last realizes that Omaha is her only competitor in the race for the national convention which means that Omaha will outstrip her northern neighbor and como under the wire a full length ahead. TIIK superintendent of buildings , em ployed by the board of education at a salary of 81,800 per annum , should bo competent to superintend construc tion of the Kelkjm or any other school ' building. A PATKNT electric indicator which shall register'the ' temperature of each room may bo a Valuable contrivance for a school building , but It is wholly un necessary in the oity hall. K lias lone since been dis carded for guttorlng because it disinte grates. It should likewise bo discarded for sidewalks and' for the same reason. LKOITIMATB extras are almost un avoidable in the construction of the city hall , but costly experimental extras are unnecessary and extravagant. AUOUST 1 will bo a day loner to bo re membered because it marks the begin ning of operations under the warehouse and eight-hour laws. UNTIL a scoundrel or two are con victed of malfeasance in olllco , wo may expect the boodlor'to flourish. Campbell's Present nnd Future. Cntcaun Tribune. Oijvernor Cnrapboll of Ohio is reported as having said that ho is all vo to the situation. Ho'll bo dead to the world after the next election. Another View of It. IhMe ( Mont. ) Aimer. Omaha wants the republican national con vention in 1SD2 and THE UKI : says that if the city should ho selected "it would give Omaha n place in the eyes of the world. " No doubt of it. Omaha would tuea bo remembered ns the town where the worst defeated presiden tial ticket uvor placed in the Held was nomin ated. .Justice , rolltloil : nnd Poetic. Cilnlit'Demncrat. Gorman's nomination in ISO. ) , if It should take place , would , by tons of thousands of democrats bo looked at as an act of poetic Justice. In the canvass of 1SS3 Gorman did inoro for Cleveland than any other man in his place could have done , hut because he did not accomplish imposaibilitio ? Cleveland has treated him shabbily over slnco. A Profitable Investment. ticnvrr MIII. Slnco its purchase by the United States for the paltry sum of $7,200,000 , Alaslca has yielded products valued at fK,000,000. ( Dur ing the time covered by this statement the United States treasury has drawn $ . < il ) . > ! ir 3.'i , while on a largo proportion of the fur seal skins , which have been returned dressed and dved to this country a duty of 20 per cout has been received' . ' r Tb Indiana Otllco .lolibcrn. Mitirriltc Sentinel. If the republican editors In Indiana want to work tin a Ulaluu.or a Gresham movement because they tliliJc Secretary Ultimo or Imlfio GrcshaiuAta the man for president and is more llkujy to got there than any other man , it is , nobody's right to oITor advlcu , Hut if thcif movement has for its mainspring President Harrison's falluro to uivo inoro K'lvorujiiynt jobs to Indiana edi tors , It Is thu nujitof anybody to say that llto Iloosier editor . , who are hi this move ment aw a ( 'iiu&p.f spollnatiicn. who care ctilolly for Jobs. > , . Postal Telojii'ipliy. Copies of thofjTarls edition of the Now York Herald of July 19. containing the orig inal interview wltli Mr. K. Uosowuter , editor of TIIK IKK ) , tn ilio subject of coven > incnt control of the telegraph , have been received. Commenting editorially on the Intorvlo-.v tlio 1'arU Herald savs : ' In another column w pulilUh an Intor- viuw wltli Mr. Udw.u'd Koiowntur , vvlio has eomn over hoio from tlio Unluul Statoi to maku an invc-.stl utioM Into tlio desirability of thotele : r.ii.h wired of thu United Status ho- IntiKln to llui state , and not , us at present , to private compuiiUM. In a very prac tical manner Mr. Itosowntor points out that a government , with the postal rosourerun i.t Its command fan vnry naturallv Urini ; a toleKcaptdo servicu Into a district where a privuto company couIJ not nmUu it p.iy iu way. In conseiiin-'nu-o , the | H > itil toluunipti hi'rvlcu In Kntiland and F'-jm-u far oxculi in perfectIDU that of the United StaK's. Ho says that Ilio hleiv of the ' - ' - > bjco.uiii U'U-a'i-ui u JciurUiiCiH u political mnehlno is Impossible anil non.sonso. In reply to tlioso Interested persons who say that governments are naturally slow to aJont now Inventions , ho quotes the casoof the English govcritinunt , which uses u sextuple telegraph apparatus , which , although In vented in America , has never been used there ; and , secondly , the Hamlet printing tolosraphic apparatus , used Iu l-'ranco , which ho considers far excels anything In use In the United States. And bo It iiwloMtood that Mr. RosowiUor In u praetlcal business man. who has deeply studied the question of postal telegraphy from the common souse point ot vloxv. " t'.tnillX.TIXtt .l.1//J/7'/O.V. Washington Star. ' The orator who de clares that ho Is ready to devote his fortune of SI.'IU.UOO to the cause of pensioning ox- slaves may accomplish greater results by direct distribution. Philadelphia Record : Mr. W. It. Vaughn of Omaha Is big with a new pension scheme. Ho proposes that the government shall Issue lOO.OOO.OOO In bonds , and with the proceeds of their sale pension the ex-slaves. IIo advises the netroes to maUo It a condition of their support of political parties that this money shall bo voted for the purpose mimed , lie bus rcculvod letters from prominent ru- publicans Indorsing his proposition. The underlying idea is that former Mavcs should bo compensated for the work which tliuy did for their musters before the war. It does not seem to matter to Mr. Vaughn that those who not the benellt of slave labor would con tribute but a small proportion of the back pay. Morning Advertiser : \V. K. Vaughn , ox- inayur of Council Hluifs , la. , appear * to belaying laying the foundation for a fourth party , col ored. Mr. Vaughn made an address In Wash ington city last Sunday night , in which ho outlined a plan hu has for the government to pension all ex-slaves by Issuing bonds lo thu extent of flUli.uoti.OOU for their benellt. Ills contention l.s that the government owes them this much money for unrequited labor performed , and ho proposes to get It , for them If they will only stand close to him. Mr. Vaughn's address wns delivered to a largo audience of negroes , many of thorn ox-slaves , and It Is almost superfluous to say that it was frequently interrupted by loud and pro longed applause. The speaker said nothing about a1 fourth party ami a nomination for president , but our colored friends uro not going to forgot u real benefactor like Mr. Vaughn. For Political Hcnsons. The republicans of the United States will agree when they have once thought the sub ject through that for political reasons , if for no other , Omaha should bu selected as the place for holding the national republican convention iu Juno , 1S9J. Take a piece of cord to any map in the United States , and , after measuring the distance between Chicago and Omaha describe a circle with Omaha as a center and observe that within the circle will bo the commercial and political centers of cloven states , all of which , except one , nro naturally republican. These states are Illinois. Missouri , Kaunas , Nubraska , Colorado , Wyoming , South Dakota , North Dakota , Minnesota , Wisconsin and Iowa. Wyoming and. the two Dakota's were not admitted Into the union at the date of the last presidential election. Their vote for state ofllccrs at their first elections , however , proves them to have been republican at that timo. The following table , showing the repub lican votes In these states and the total num ber ot votes cast for 18SS and for 1SK ! ) . will bo a very significant hint to the republican man agers that the republican party must carry the stales of the central west or uo defeated. votti nt Klvon above IH for Uiu year IbS'J In atcuil of IS'.M ) . From the above table it appears that there were ilT-lt'll : votes less cast for the republi can tickets In these states In IS'.iOthan ' in IbSS. The total vote decreased but 2SO.OOO. The ro- publlcans have clearly -lost much ground. An utmlysls of the vote by states will reveal a loss to the republicans in each instance far in excess of the ratio of decrease in the total vote of each state. President Harrison's total vote in the union was .I.-HO.TOS. Add ing the republican vote of tlio states west of these includ-id in the above total ( Idaho , Washington and Montana cast no vote for president , but are included ) , the republicans had in the eighteen.states which nro covered in this discussion nearly l.'JOO.OOO votes or more than one-third , of the popular vote of tbo union , for Harrison. Iii the Pacillc coast anil mountain states the farm ers' revolt has not proved so disastrous to the republicans. In the cloven states men tioned in the above table the independent party has its greatest strength and can do and has already done the republicans the greatest damage. There is , however , a stay- at-home vote in tbo states uamcd which Is broucht out by presidential elections number , ing 280,000 votes. There are also a largo number of ox-soldiers and ox-republicans in the independent ranks on state and local issues who will not abandon the republican party at a national election. Tlio national convention ot Omaha would bo at a point most accessible to all thn granger states and the Pacillo roast. It would bo in the very center of the agricultural discontent. Us oftoct upon the republican party of the west would bo electrical ; its influence in the next cam paign potential. Without the support of these great states the republican party must face onevitablo defeat : with their support the republican party will bo victorious. Omaha Is abundantly i.blo and entirely will ing to entertain the convention. The politi cal situation demands that the west shall be roeogimed. Omaha is the hub of the central western republican wheel. No other city has the strategic position nor is so acccssiblo from every stuto nnd city of the union. Omaha wants the convention nnd the repub licans of the west are back of her ambition onthusiastlc'allv encouraging her to hope lor and demand It on their uelmlf. Two MiHslim GirlH. Stella and Eory Dalutafsica , sixteen and fourteen years old respectively , are missing from their homo nt the corner of Thirteenth and Hurnetto streets. Both girls were drosseU In black calico with white stripes and black straw bats. The parents of the missing girls say that their children have always been good to miiul anu they cannot account for their disappear ance unless they have been kidnapped. Tne younir ladies loft homo at 7 o'clock Saturday night to be gone a few minutes and up to Sunday evening had not been scon or heard from. The matter was reported to too police and a description sent out with Instructions to send the girls to pollco headquarters if found. < ! < > ( ) n MK.lSt'HK < > ! ' l.OI'K. Unli'it I. ' . Jo/ill / on III Si . XirlHiUlf. One twilight was there when It seemed Now stars beneath young eyelids gleamed ; In vain the warning clock would creep A-nt-ar the hour of beauty-sleep ; In vain the trundle yearned to hold Far-lC.ves and little Iloart-of-Uold ; And love that kisses aio tlio stun of At last for on co there was enough of , As though of all utTootion'.i round Tlio loud climacteric had boim found Kach childish fancy heaping more , hike .spendthrift from a miser store , Till stopped by hug and stayed by lihs The sweet contention ran tikotlns : "How much do 1 love you ) " ( I remember Im t purl Of thu wcrds of the troth of this loveri "I lovu you1' liu said "why I love you a heart Hrimlul and runnliitr over. "I love you u hundred ! " said ho with a "A thousand ! " said she as she nestlo'.l ; "A million ! " ho cried In triumphant o.iso , Whllu sin ) with the numbers ivramod. Aim ! I have found H ! " ahoaliouUxl. ' ( The red to thu suit cheeks mounting ) "I love youI I love von I love you , papa ; Over thu last uf the counting I1' ' TIII : , it' r. < ir 31 tn 1x1x1:11. An Hartlily . Professor Oeorgo M. Oratit , writing of Now /.ealand In Harper's Magazine , says : "Ono Is tempted to a < k , for what other spot has the Almighty ilouo so much J For nowhcro U there a fairer land. Nowhere h labor mo.ro sweet , or recreation more shared In by all ohusos. 1-Jvory township has Its Park , raco'course , am ! play-ground ; tha cities have these and everything else that can bo imagluod. Picnics nro universal. The long summers ami bracing winters make oi-on air amusements delightful , Hports are taken up overly , from coiirslng matches over rough ground anil pig-staluing , toerlekot , football and vol. unteerlng. From the beginning generous provision was made for schools and colleges , the people la South Island especially hav ing the spirit of the men who colonized New England. No one with eyes In his head can fall to see that the Now /.ealamler ot today Is laying thu foundation of a mighty state , though ho may not be able tn belluvo that ono of his descendants U likely to sit on u brokan arch of London bridgeami sketch the ruins of St. I'uul'B. " WaiMMIICC of Alimlciin Indian * . Dr. Victoria A. Heott and Himlv .1. Hryant are Joint authors of an entertaining sketch of life among the Indians of Alaska iu Frank Leslie's popular monthly. Among other pe culiar customs was thu Indian datieo , which is doicrlbcd as follows : "Wu were drawn to enter n largo , low build- I nu by the harsh sounds of native music pro ceeding thr-rofrom. After a cordial welcome wo were Informed that the Imiian war daneo would bo glvi-n for our entertainment , If we would pay for it. T ! > o muslt1 was produced on two drums made by strotehiug some kind of skin over wooden hoops. Those drums wore about eighteen inches In diameter , six inches deep , and open at ono end. I ho women seated on the lloor at ono end of of the room , did the singing. The- chief Is u man of line physique nnd swarthy complex ion. Surmounting his head ts a tuft of rod feathers , his face painted , and through the septum of his nee Is a gold ring ; u Chilcat embroidered blanket girdled his bmlv , with which his loggins matched , ami mocca-tliis cove-red his foot. Ills eoitumo will bo com pleted when wo mention a dark-colored blanket which wrapped his slioiiidiiM. "Tho dancing was n swwsslnn of clumsy Jumps mid j ! i-ks , wi'.lf sudden springing from a low.croiu'hlng position , and without aslnglo graceful movement in the entire parforinanco. "Hero wo lirst mot with the black Maiued faces of the women , whom wo found , lilto their civilized sisters , prollllc In tluiir reasons for such extravagant disllguring of nnUiro. Some indulged in this strange mode of orna mentation ID protect thi'lr faces from the burning sun while llshing : others , to show they are in mourn in ir , anil others again for tlio avowed purpose , in which they utterly failed , of cmhiucing their beauty while thu paint was used to drive away gnats and mos quitoes at Pyramid harbor , which wo must add is the only plao"o in the country where they exist. The Chinook language Is spoken by these Indians. When an Indian wishes to say hu is humble ho says Mi' ) has a high down heart. " A lady who has lived and worked among thorn some ten years gives us this original table blessing : 'O Lord , a few of us como tiuro to mvo some grub. Thank You. ' She also says that tlio girls , who sing only in Knglish , when asked to do so never complain of colds or show timidity , but respond simply and pleasantly. " Tiio < M'rmin : Kiupcror. The Century contains an instructive ro- vlow of the career of thu young emperor of Germany from the pen of Poultnuy IJigelow , who thus explains his great power and popu larity : William II. has been for thrco years em peror , and In ttila-timo has succeeded not only in winning the respuot of foreign cabinets but in strengthening himself at home. Ho succeeded a father Idolized by all who carne within the sphere of his gentle and generous nature ; his grandfather left behind a war like fame so great that only the ago of Fred erick II. can atl'ord n parallel. The present emperor has had , therefore , no easy tusk before fore him , for It has boon necessary for him both to remove prejudice and to give the country conlldcnco in his intentions as well us in his abilities. The secret of the emperor's power with his own people arises mainly from three causes : 1. IIo has courage. 2 , Ho is honest. I ) . Hois u thorough German. If the whole country had to vote tomorrow for a leader embodying the qualities they most desired , their choice would Tall unques tionably on their present constitutional ruler. Perhaps the virtues I Imvo specified appear commonplace , and bo taken for granted by the reader ; but nn emperor must bo i-ompared with others in the same trade. Ills honesty lias been the cause of nearly all the malevolent criticism that outside papers have accorded him , for ho has said Jrcelv what older or moro politic puoplo might have placed in a different way. Ho has nmdo many minor mistakes from acting upon the impulse of the moment , but these mistakes hf vo never betrayed to his people a want of sympathy with their dovolopmnnt. Ho has made his slmro of minor blunders In handling largo masses of troops nt the grand manmuvcrs , but the army would bo happy to sco him make a thousand times ns many rather thim to miss the active interest ho takes In keeping the military machine in working order. DccroiiHi ; in Native Hirtb-ItaU" . General Francis A. Walker , in the Forum , discusses the decrease in our natlvo birth rate. "Now , " ho says , "It is freely admitted that between 1S50 and IbTO the ratoof increase - crease in the pre-existing population of this country foil sharply olT ; and that between 1870 uiul 1MIO that Joe-lino has gene on at an , accelerated ratio. From the lirsi appearance of foreigners in largo numbers in the United States the into of increase among them has been greater than among these whom they found hero ; and this disproportion has tended continually , ever since , to increase. But has this result been duo to a decline in physical vitality nnd reproductive vigor in that part of the population which wo call , by comparison , American , or has It boon duo to other causes , perhaps to the appearance of the foreigners themselves I This is u qm-.stion which requires us to go back to thu bouin- ninir of the nation. The population of 171)0 ) may bo considered lo have been , In a high American. * * * For sense , forty years thu increase , substantially all out of tholoins of the -1,01)0,000 ) of our own pcoplo living in 17HO , amounted to almost nine millions , or 227 per cent. Such a rate of Increase was never known before or since among nny considera ble popu.ation over any extonslvo region w * * Hut as tlio foreigners began to como in larger numbers the natlvo population moro and moro withhold their own Increase. * * * Population showed no increase over the proportions established bolero Immigration set in like a Hood. * * * Surely , if this correspondence between the Increase of the foreign element and thu relative decline of the natlvo element is a mere coincidence , it. Is ono of thu most astonishing In human his tory. " Modern Immigration. "So broad and straight now Is the channel by which immigration Is being conducted to oiir shores , " snya General Frances A. Wallcor In the Forum , "that there is no reason why every stagnant pool of Kuropo.in population , representing the interest failures ot civiliza tion , thu worst dQfeels in the struggle for ox- istcnco , the lowest degradation of human nature , should not bo completely drained olV Into the United States. So long us any difference of economic conditions remains in our favor , so long as the least rodson appears for the miserable , the broken , the corrupt , the object , to think that they might bo butter - tor oft huro than there , If not in tlio work shop , than In the workhouse , tlu-so Huns , and' Poles , and Uohomlaiis , nnd Kusslau .lows , and South Italians will continue to como , null como by millions , For one , I bo- llovu that thu United States have , by a whole century of unrestricted hospitality , ami es pecially by taking In live and . \ quarter mil lions of foreigners during the piU ton yoari , fully o.irnoil the right to ay to all the world , Oivous a roit. ' " , ( A Plrix ( Vir Patriotism. i , Mary Rliznuoth IHako in Llpplucott'.s vlg- 1. . orou.sjy denounces the pyrotochnlo patriotism , of the country ami forcibly urges reforms , jj especially Iu the school * , so that young minds , /m may secure patriotic Impression * which afterjr . ward shall crystallize Into character.n \ f the ordinary school routine , " thu writer says.jF "beyond thu perfunctory study of history - which usually has as little relation to living usiioi In n child's mind as autopsy lo a non-professional there Is llttlo to roiuo attention to vital questions coiuiootcd with his country'spast and fu ture. Kvon the events which mark epoch * In her advance nro to him but dates for holidays. The Fourth of .luiy projects n vuguu spool rum of aDut-laratlonof Iniloiieud- cuco surrounded bv a splendid and outrane- ' Ing spoctn.-io i f ilroworks and Chinese crack-- OM ; Tli.inlcsitlvliig Is a tlnii > of plethora and dyspepsia ; F.utday has no ether meaning than feasting ; and' Fubruary 'I'i brings loss the memory of the gro.it and Jiist man It com- mi'innrato * , than di-light nt nn extra dav from school and the amenities which usuallv go therewith. If they ronu'inb-ir < ! i org. > Wash ington at all. beyond the Idlu spoakmg of his mime , It Is rather In connection with his dreadful llttlo link-hot than with Valley ' Forgo and thu llrst congress. "Thoro nro numberless methods by which this state of things might ho changed. Wo will c-tntcnt nursoivo.s bv looking at ono of thorn only. U is now 200 yearn since old An- ilrow Flotrhi'r , In an Immortal bit of quaint philosophy , wrote to the marquis of Mont- ro.so : M knew a very who man who bo- I Moved that If a man were permitted to nmkn J all the ballads lu < need not euro who xhouhl make the laws of a nation. ' Uo belong to a utilitarian age , whim ballads have not greatly the power to move the stmU of men although many of u romemtu-r what the Ilnttlo Hymn of the Kopiililh * ami Uiu Stirling strains that rang out on the marcher or around thu fiimp lliv.s meant , on the llcids of the war of the rebellion. Hut where are tho-rhool songs of the children ) Why HIM not they imuio the vehicle of patriotism , of pride , of love , of faith in the land ami insti tutions wnlch are and are to be their own forever I For once that surli n poem Is road or douliilmod , It would bo sung a hundred times , ami creep Into the life ami thought of youth as "Homo , Sweet Homo'1 nnd "Annlo Laiirlo" do lute the heart of thu man. Why do wo allow ourselves to lese sued a motive power in Intensifying the fealty of u poonlo to the land whirh g.ivo them birth , and which holds for them both hope and do-.lrof Tlii > Minn" , ol' Today. Charles A. Yale skoti-hiM In thn Overland Monthly the gold era of California , the prim itive life of the early days a-id UIMWH the following ploturo of tliu nrosoiit ooiiditmii : "Tho mining towns and coiiimiiiiiilosnf this state are , iu Iheso times , Just like towns and communities olsi-whoro. There nro plousutit homos , storo.schurches , schools , newspapers * hotels , ami all that go to m.iko up a town ; while the neoplo are hard working , stou ly In their habits , and ro < p-'clablu , as in nliu'ns where other occupations prevail. Most of the minors have -tiled down with thi-U' families In thu loo.ility which .suits tliDiu best. Thu old nomadic ways imvo disappeared , nnd ihov no longer roam from camp to camp in search of rii'linr * itu s \tjinv nf t.llnm linvn vvnt-lrnd for the same companies for years. Of r'oursoj" there are some who pro for to 'prospect' for themselves , working for wasje.s only wli-n no-'ossity compels them to. In almost any of the the 'old Mll-cr' mining towns - is found , who still lives in hopes of striking it ricii unit making a fortune. Ho will roam the hills , dig around the gulches and pick up a living in some manner known only to him self , but this class gets fewer and fewer as the years roll on. "Thero are others , again , who form small private companies of throe or four , and p.itt' will work tor wages , to keep the others going while prospecting in the Interests of all. There are hundreds of small claims nil over the country , being worked by these men. The prospector's wants nro few , and it does not take much money to keep him going. A lot of supplies will .bu pocked ever to the claim , and the moil will wont cheer fully for months , opening up the 'prospect,1 the partner in town who works for wat" " ) furnishing the necessary funds. Around all the larger niinc.s , settlonionts and towns have sprung up ; but there nro many isolated claims away off in the mountains , when- sup plies must bu packed on mule.s , and where the men live by thcmsuivcs for mouths at u timo. " Smith , dray .t Co.S Monlnly : First clup- p o-Oh. mv ilnuli boy ; ho ! ho ! ho ! I havii you now. Why \vts : Balaam an astronomer ? Ho ! ho ! Second olmuplo Give It up. mull doih : boy. First , chappio Why. buu.-iusii ho foim I h.d ho ! ho ! an ass lorold , don't yuh know : hu ! ho ! hu ! Kpoch : Pqnoors ( dying ! And Itottluton , old chap , I want you to I wiintyou to not as lio.ul pallbearer at my funeral , will you , lloltluton ? llottluton Why , certainly , queers , old man. I'll bu dullKhtuJ lo. UirOltK : AND AKTKIt. ( JlntMcrtinil furnlslt'r. Iluforo thu maiden married him And got him In her powur. To sow a button on his iott : Would iiiku her just an hour. Hut thliiL's nro vary ( IIITcront now ; I'or when hur aid ho stiuUs To s w that button on hlH coat , It takes liornuvoriil wuulis. Detroit I'roo 1'rt-ss : It was a hot night evur.ywhereuni I. was a particularly hotonu for u man In a I'lillman sleopor. "My. my. " oxi-lalined his wife us she faiinod herself , "I wonder why tliuy keep so many lights bunilii- Hi s oar. " "I iirosiimo. " ( in ropilud testily , "that Is to enable Ilium toseu their w.-iy elo nto eh n-u- Ini ! $2 iiploeu for their sliilfy old biiol.s , " and ho wont aft and missed the norlur - ' > vents' worth. Life : I'litorfiiinlhiiH My daughter Isonuof my trua-uies , yiiunnum. . Von iisk a ure.it deal ; and what will you ulvu mo In reiurn. oh ? Suitor ( from the west ) Oh , I'll givu you tlmu on hur dowry. ' IIKI'KNT\NUR. Ah ! moro than all I lovn the stolen kins - Whereat thu os.-nlnlud erles"Aliu-u ! " HoLaiistdetooltid , 'lln liuloml sm-h bliss , III deep rupoiitmico thuntogivo It bid ; . Yankee Illadu : Hu Von have only to com mand mo. 1 will doanythlng you say. Hut Anything ? lie Vos. I'll drive over that pruelplou into thu river. If you bill mu. She Then stop , please , and lot mu got out. rilneonilo Illnetter : "Why didn't you Ret mu up In tlinuV" "llecausu , " ansuvi-rud the proprietor , "you sa d In your sleep , -Don'l w.iKun me. my iillKul ; ' MI of eiiui'-.i.-1 couldn't I lilnl ; of rousing you under suuh plu.is.uit elroumstiinco. . " A IIOAllllEll'S OI'INKI.V , Clileniiit llri'iilit. IjriniUiullns' ways are smooth as ulllt : Thev'io not the truthful nunls they loom. Noiu how tliuy pass Ihu tlirli-o-.sklmi I milk And ask us : ' 'Won't ' you have somu i-ioiiiu. ' " f'lothlor iin-1 KnrnMior : Hlnso I wish y iu would tell lliuladv nu.vt door to bo eiu-ful : ai'iiut lier hens uoltln ' . In our biieU yard. Mrs llliiKoHadn't you butlur lull hur lius- Illiico Not much. Ho hasn't anything to any u round that lionsii. Mrs. IHiiKo How do you kno-.v hu Imsn'lV IlliiKo I milieu by their wash Hits iii.irnin thul hu wuaiH hoiiiu made shirts. Able homlcldu , William l-'lt - ur.tlil. sen tenced to hi ) handed at ( 'oluinbns. U. , Novem ber 1 ! ) . nays : "If it Is my tutu til bane I want it done ui In style , attired In a diuss suit and patent leathers. Thu warden will | m > sa tliu button and I'll do tliu run. " Washington 1'ost : l-'rmn thu wny our world fair eoiiiiiilHSlonur.s nru being wined ami dined abroad It would M-OIII that Ihu wond'd fuio HUM ) the renl question atNtuuk , Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report fii
