THE OJV1AHA DAILY BJEJ r TUESDAY , AUGUST 11 , 1891 ,
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FINANCIAL lunacy anil "tho frenzied
Fortigoctj" of several isniH will go down
nndor the weight of 500,0(10,000 ( bushels
of whuat anil ether crops in proportion.
OMAHA'S clearings show nn increase
of 3.7 per cent for last woulc in spite of
{ ho strikes. Omaha would bo all right
from this time forward with half n
jhanco.
USUAT.I.Y the only.dilToronco between
ithroo round and n forty-four round prlzo
Bglit is in the degree of the brutality.
Tlio pri/.o light , with and without gloves ,
must go.
EX-CONClltKSSMAN NATHAN FRANK
thinks Missouri will go republican in
1892 owing to defections from demo-
Dratic ranks to the alliance. Nathan's
( aitb Is refreshing if not very assuring.
ROOKU Q. MILLS say.s if ho is not
elected to thosponkorship ho will resign
and go homo to Texas. The republicans
liopo ho will reconsider his determina
tion for of all the leaders in the house
Mills is least likely to vex us.
PAOB'S romantic tale as told
lo Boston reporters regarding the capt
ure of bimsolf and family by Ute Indians
ind the recovery in Dakota of his two
beautiful daughters after years of search ,
Is very readable , but geographically in
correct.
MOST men \vill agree Hint thirteen
hours work buforo the furnaces in tlio
Binoltiiicr works is very debilitating nnd
will hope that when the present dtfllcul-
ties nro adjusted the way will bo clear to
reduce those hours and still allow the
Workmen living wages :
OUOANI/.ATION is neouod In Iho re
publican ranks of Nebraska. The time
Is here when the work should begin. Mr.
I.V. . Lansing , president of the repub
lican leagues of the state , is striving to
nrouso enthusiasm in the local clubs ,
and ho should bo assisted by all loyal re
publicans. .
As mvrWKKN John M , Ryan , ox-rail
way attorney , ox-democrat and now the
loading candidate for judge of the Tenth
district , and .Tny Burrows , the dictator
and editor of the calamity organ , the
honest citi/on finds himself in the di
lemma of the unfortunate swlno in the
country of the Galllleans
WIIILH the labor agitation in Ne
braska continues , it is hardly fair to in
telligent readers to suppose they can bo
entirely satisfied with editorial comment
upon "Haliuacodas Barbarisms , " "Em-
bo7.vsleinont Discouraged in Persia , "
"Dross Reform at Chaiitauqun" and
similar topics , and no word of informa
tion , suggestion , advice or discussion of
tlio eight hour law and its incidents.
MILKS CITY Invites Omaha to cooper
ate with her in advocating an extension
of the Kromont , Klkhorn & Missouri
Valley line from Dead wood to that city.
Her board of trade sots out in strong
terms the advantages to accrue from
Bitch a railway connection , nnd the address -
dross deserves the attention of our citi
zens. Wo need nn outlet to Miles City
and the great region tributary thereto ,
and the Klkhorn line is thu feasible rail
route to that city.
WABIIINOTON' peopln must bestir
themselves and pl"co a few portraits of
union generals on the walls of the
Corcoran art gallery. It la a disgrace-
fill truth that whllo counterfeits of
Robert E. Lee , Stonewall Jackson and
ether confederates are to bo soon , there
are no great union generals. When the
Grand At my of the Republic readers
visit Washington next year they will
resent the slight to union heroes , unless
the art gallery Is roorganixod.
failed In their cowardly
attacks upon Hlaino's health the demo
crats are now pretending that the
Illnlno boom is being manipulated by
Senator Quay. Democrats and every
body else know that a Blalno boom in
this country Is a spontaneous thing. It
requires no start and no manipulation.
It conies nut of thu great heart of the
imoplo ; it feeds on the enthusiasm of
American patriotism and spreads because -
cause of Blaino'a honestly earned famo.
rnoonnna OF
Colonel Hlnton , chief of tlio irrljintlon
Inquiry ofllco , has juat returned from a
journey covering H.OOO miles , nml ho re
ports jirent ngrlculturnl progress In the
arid regions. Ho found the farmers of
the plains region from North Dakota to
Texas , whore the crops this year are
abundant , fully alive to the necessity of
obtaining the water supply , irrespective
of the rainfall , and irrigation will bo
pushed in that roglon. The ir
rigated lands of California have
shown marvelous development and
are the moat valuable in the state.
Splendid results are being obtained in
Washington , and there has been a sur
prising development of irrigation in
southwestern Idaho. Utah is getting
the most gratifying returns from irriga
tion , there being remarkable proirrcsi in
agriculture and in town building.
Colonel Hlnton also found great agri
cultural improvement in Colorado , Now
Mexico and Ari/onn. Hvorywhoro ho
found great interest in tbo
subject of irrigation and the
prevalence of moro intelligent
ideas regarding what Is necessary to bo
done. The whole question of irrlgatioii
appears to bo taking a practical form ,
and those Interested in it are putting
their shoulder to the wheel to find the
moans by which they may secure a
thorough water supply and its most ad
vantageous utilization. The attention
of capital is also being directed to the
question.
Tlio journey of Colonel Hlnton diet
not take in eastern Washington ,
Montana the Black Hills , and
part of Wyoming and Nebraska , in
all of which ho would have found addi
tional evidences of progress , but ho saw
stilllclont to provide ample material for
a strong argument in favor ol irrigation.
Then ! could bo no moro auspicious time
than the present for the discuas'on of
tills question , the importance of which
hns never been moro fully recognized
than now. Next month an interstate
irrigation convention is to behold in Salt
Lake City , and it should bo a body
thoroughly representative of the
states and territories interested in this
matter. In a time of prosporlty it js the
part of wisdom to provide against possi
ble adversity , and it is well to rolled
that it may bo some years before there
is a repetition of the exceptionally fav
orable conditions , even in much of the
semi-nrid territory , for agricultural pro
duction that have prevailed this year.
The progress of irrigation insures a
vast- addition to the resources and
wealth of the couutrv.
10 PHOIRCT A31K1UC.IN
The prompt action of the navy depart
ment , in ordering additional vessels to
China , where American citizens and
their interests are in danger from the
threatened revolution , is another ex
ample of the earnest purpose of this ad
ministration to protect the citizens of
tlio country in foreign lands whenever
they or their interests may bo imperilled.
According to the latest advices the sit
uation in China is of a character that
promises ono of the bloodiest ana most
destructive revolutions in the history of
mankind , and there is every reason td
apprehend that Europeans and Ameri
cans residing in that empire will have
to share in the common disaster if they
do not receive protection from their gov
ernments. The revolutionary move
ment , it scorns , is not confined to tlio
common people , but involves prominent
oflicials who are understood to bo dis
satisfied with the present dynasty ,
and who have no dilllculty in in
citing the starving and suffering people
to revolt. Having done this they will
hardly bo able to control them in their
course of murder , plunder and devas
tation , and the foreigner who is without
protection will not cheapo. The United
States Is miserably represented , so far
as a naval force is concerned in China.
The dispatches a few days ago stated
that the gunboat Pales was defending
American honor at Woo Sung , which
must have been very amusing' to naval
ollleors and others who know that the
Pales is n worn out little gunboat incapable -
capable of doing any very serious mis
chief , and has boon kept hugging
Chinese river wharves because she
could not bo trusted out at sen , Ttio
vessels available for service in Chinese
waters at this time arc not very much
bettor , perhaps , but they may bo abln to
afford some protection. At any rate the
administration is doing all it can do in
ordering them there , and the fact that
there is nothing bettor to send empha
sizes the necessity of a great nation like
tills , whoso citizens live and have in
terests in every portion of the world ,
having a navy equal to every exigency
likely to arise.
WILL OUR GOl.U U
Since it is certain that Europe will
make a larger demand upon this country
for bread during the ensuing year , than
perhaps over before , the question as to
.its ability to pay for what it needs , and
how it will pay , becomes one of interest.
Within the past six months the United
States has shipped to Europe about
seventy million dollars of gold. Will
this be sent back in part payment for
the wheat , rye and corn which Eu
ropean countries will bo compelled to
purchase of this country ? Ordinarily
there would bo no question as to the
ability of Europe 1o pay in cash for all
the grain Us people might require , but
the financial conditions abroad this year
are extraordinary. If this were not so
wo snoulil not have been forced to p trt
with so much of our gold. If the
European demand for our products shall
bo as largo as now expected It will take
Hoveral times the amount of specie taken
from this country to pay for them in cash ,
nnd It Is not probable this could bo
done without producing a very serious
financial disturbance in Europe , and
possibly the world over.
Hut Europe will have bread , and if it
camuit pay cash what other resources
hns it for supplying its wants. A very
largo amount of American securities is
still held In Europe and these will con
stitute an available rooourco. Bankers ,
merchants and others will sell tliobo as
their necessities require , nnd perhaps
there is enough of them abroad
with which to hottlo all commercial -
morcial balances , even if the Euro
pean purchas ) of brondBtufTs shall bo
very much greater than is now estimat
ed. Another thing Europe may do Is to
ship products to tlio American market
even thought no profit is realized on
them , or they must bo sold at a loss. In
such an exigency ns the enormous crop
deficit abroad presents , manufacturers
and merchants will not hcsltalo long
over tariff charges or the question of
profit and loss when it is necessary to
keen gold at homo in order to
avert panic. They will frond their
goods hero and take what they can get
for them , thereby helping to settle com
mercial balances which otherwise would
have to bo adjusted with gold. Another
practicable expedient is for European
bankers and merchants to borrow in this
country , but ns this would be costly it is
the last means likely to bo adopted. In
any ovotit. however , it is obvious that
Europe will have to pay roundly for
what it will have to buy of tills country
during tlio next year , but it will
endeavor to do so without mak
ing any drain upon its gold
reserve. The financial conditions are
such that any considerable withdrawal
of specie from the European money
markets would be at the risk of general
industrial prostration , and a crisis , the
possible disastrous results of which can
not easily bo foreseen. It is highly
probable , thi'rcforo , that wo shall not at
once got back the gold wo have sent to
Europe , but wo shall receive what will
bo just as valuable nnd American pro
ducers will lose nothing in the trans
action.
IJIK HAIIMOAI ) RRCllKTAUIKS.
On the 18th of this month , which is
ono week from today , the independent
state convention will moot in Hastings.
On that occasion a platform of princi
ples will doubtless bo adopted. . One of
llio planks will bo a denunciation of the
state board of transportation for its fail
ure to adopt a schedule of
maximum freight rales upon Ne
braska railways. That plank with
its incidents will bo the keynote
of the ensuing campaign. Unfortunate
ly for the republican party in this
state it cannot defend tbo state baard ,
although it created and controls it. The
simple truth of 'tho matter is that the
state board of transportation as an or
ganization to protect the people from
the avnrico and discrimination of the
corporations is now and has been from
its inception a total failure. It has
never attempted to perform its duty.
Aside from providing three citizens with
secretaryships at $12,000 per annum and
traveling expenses it has been absolute
ly useless to everybody.
Weeks ago THK Bicu pointed out a
course for tlio state board of transporta
tion which would have relieved the re
publican party in a great measure from
indilToronce to the demands of the people
for fair railway ratos. The republican
state central committee was also urged
to give expression to the sentiments of
the rank and iilo of the party in the
matter of transportation ratos. To the
central committee one of the secretaries
of the board convoyed the information
that preliminary stops had boon taken
to bring about a reform. Tbo secretaries
were alleged to bo very busy compiling
tables of rates nnd statistics from which
to make up intelligent conclusions and
it was expected that in a few days a
schedule would bo formulated and pt'3-
sontcd to the board for its action.
Time itself grow weary , but finally
the announcement wns made that the
tables were completed and then came a
call for three meetings with the people ,
ono at Lincoln , ono at Kearney and the
other at Norfolk to discuss the subject.
The last meeting occurs August 2-3 , ono
week after the adjournment of the inde
pendent convention. There was no need
of the meetings. Tlio schedules of the
railway companies are intelligible and
the state board should have long since
announced its honest conclusions. It
has simply frittered away its time to no
purpose , and before it can now possibly
announce a schedule of rates the early
crops will bo marketed.
However the republican state conven
tion will meet Septembers ! and the
slate board of transportation will learn
upon that' occasion what the party
thinks of its cowardly delay in perform
ing its sworn duty. Tlio party will not
be able to defend its ollieors but it can
condemn them and can demand imme
diate action in behalf of the producers.
What is more , it will do so. Unless the
board has declared itself prior to that
mooting there is nothing left the con
vention but to censure nnd repudiate the
board of transportation. Do tbo mem
bers of that board understand this and
appreciate its full import ?
TUB Real Estate Owners' association
is on llio right track. It can make itself
a potential force in this community by
strict attention to its legitimate business
as provided in its articles of incorpora
tion. It can siivo this city and county
thousands of dollars by following up tlio
public wont and investigating the ex
penditures of public ofilcinls. The people
ple are with the association in its efforts
to rid the co'mmunity of public plundor-
ers. There should bo no tlmo or olTort
spared in hunting them out , exposing
thorn and bringing them into court.
CONSinniti.vo the high temperature of
the circumambient atmosphere and the
high pressure under which the "board of
education hns lately worked , Its Satur
day night meeting was a very uninter
esting alTair. Aside from allowing the
now superintendent a secretary and
electing two principals , the mooting was
devoted to the Kellom school squabble
with Mr. Martin's' opinion of its merits
unchanged slnco last meeting ,
UNI.KSS something is done to provide
for the disposition of garbage this city
will suffer from an epidemic of filth dis
eases which will bo memorable for its
extent and fatalities. Tno board of
health has two salaried officials who have
no duties except these .connectod with
the health and sanitary condition of the
city. Can they not do something to
earn their pay ?
WHAT lias become of the sinking fund
from which tlio $ lo,000 ( ) In bonds which
fell duo July 1 , to the surprise of every
body , is a question well worth investl-
A CHICAGO newspaper attempt ing to
boar Chicago , Uurlington & Qulncy
slock hits upyn the northwestern exten
sion of the I ) ' , ; $ M. In Nebraska and
Wyoming a ivproof , of the mismanage
ment of tho1 company. That Chicago
nowspajwr shkws how little It knows of
the territory /"penetrated by the line In
question. ASftlo from the agricultural
section of mj'rytwostorn ' Nebraska with
its immense crops , this line taps the
Ulack Hills Wines , the Wyoming coal
fields and tho" best stock growing region
in the world ; ! When it is extended to
Helena nnd littyto , or to a connection
with those Celtics , It will control
the traffic of 'tli\i great state of Montana ,
and if It never carries a passenger to
Chicago or hauls a pound of freight east
of Omaha it will have a trnlllc which
will surprise its builders. Whatever
may bo said of other extensions of the
Burlington , this ono is wise , timely , and
will bo immediately profitable. The
Chicago newspapers must not forgot
that Nebraska , the Black Hills , north
ern Wyoming and Montana are the rich
est regions of the world in their special
ties. Nebraska is the most fertile agri
cultural commonwealth in the Union.
The Black Hills is the richest mineral
region in America , and northern Wyo
ming and Montana are unparalleled
stock regions , to say nothing of their
coal and other mineral wealth. The at
tempt to discredit this extension is in
spired by. Ihc knowledge It will benefit
Omaha more than Chicago.
POLIS newspapers nro circu
lating the untruth that Omaha has no
hall of sufficient capacity to accommo
date the republican national convention.
Minneapolis newspapers ought to be
moro truthful. Our coliseum building
will accommodate 12,000 in comfort. As
many as 15,000 can bo crowded into it if
necessary. Omaha is abundantly able
to entertain the convention and Minne
apolis ought to know it by this time.
.Tt'Dou WAKKLKY is a jurist in whom
everybody has confidence. Instead of
carrying the eight hour law to the
supreme court direct , lot the merits of
the act bo presented to him upon a
stipulation that his opinion shall govern
pending tbo decision of the supreme
court obtained in duo course several
months hence.
A CUKMVTii in the average attendance
at the Omnha soliools from 2,812 in 18S2
to 9,715 in 1801 , an increase of 2lo per
cent , is tin arithmetical proof that the
system has boon well managed.
MAYOR GUSHING will do well to
adopt the suggestion that ho should ap
point a republican to succeed Mnjor
Fumy on the board of public works.
GOVERNOR T IAYKR cannot afford to
ignore the . -findings of the board of
public lands and buildings in the Hast
ings asylum .Investigation.
MORAL cowardice in a newspaper is ns
base a quality aS moral cowardice in an
individual.
HONEST newspapers have opinions
and are manly enough to oxpipss ; them.
llio Fatal Water Policy.
/fcinstis Citu Journnt.
An Iowa editor was drowned the other day.
Another indictment against the cold water
policy of tnat stat'o.
More than n Kiglitfiig Ciinncc.
Cent'T A'ciw.
Omaha has a good ( Iphtlnpt chance for ob
taining the nest national republican conven
tion , and there nro many reasons for believing -
ing that the national committee is strongly
prejudiced in bee favor.
An IIoiiRKt Comparison.
3fnrat llrlsttctd.
The Now York Times has iho candor to
say that the Kentucky election shows of the
south "that the fanners In that section will
continue to support the democratic party in
both state and national politics. " Certainly ,
and nil the republican farmers that go into
the alliances in the northern states arc so
much clear gain for the democrats.
Tones Known It All In a Horn.
jYcic Yntlc Tim'f. '
The somewhat startling now ? comes In the
Omaha ( Neb. ) Bui : that "evorytning looks
favorable for Omaha's ambition to entertain
the republican national convention in iSii'J. "
The convention will not go to Omaha ; that's
certain. Half the eastern delegates would
bo lost trj'lntr lo find the place , and Iho rest
would probably insist on stopping olT in Chicago
cage and would get to Omaha Just In tiino to
hoar the benediction.
All , Tiicrc , Clinrtrs !
Kew Yurlt Ailccitlicr.
Charles Francis Adams , who was crowded
out of the Union Pacific railway presidency
by Gould when tbo stock was selling in the
neighborhood of r > 0 , is probably not weeping
copious tears on his own account at the dole
ful tale of the ticker , which now records it at
US. As for the stockholders but Mr. Gould's
indifference to the stockholders is not ex
celled even by the late W. H. Vnnaorbilt's
indifference to the general public.
Two Sldnn to Kaunas.
AVio I'oiVc Sun.
Mr. P ! tor Troutman of Victor , Kan. . 1ms
written n letter which the followers of Simp
son the sockless , and PelTer the collnrloss ,
ought to have prlptcu at the expense of the
alliance. Thoio lino-lipped heralds of pros
perity to be souurod by act of congress , are
rambling throtlch the country in the attempt
to persuade It thiit It has gone to the duvil ,
According to tfpm , Kansas in particular is
impoverished , piled high with mortgages
which It is unabjp to pay , and hopelessly
bankrupt unltm the government holp3 It.
According to M.pfll Troutman , nnd Ihcro are
plenty of Kansas , , observers who agree with
him , the state (3 ( rich in live stock , has im
mense is well.Tho
crops , any doing alli
ance , " snys Mrforoutman ; , "has tiono Kansas -
sas moro hnrnv than drought , grasshoppers
and nil the drawbacks combined. " This Is a
view which tnti 'numbers of the Kansas alli
ance will comojopgroo with In time.
JII.AT1IHHNK1TK AdlT.lTOltS ,
Pacts Tor Misguided Strl'foi-H lo I'on-
ilor OVPP.
C ! cargo 'Washington Childs of Philadelphia
Uonoof the slaunchost and most practical
friends of workingmen In the country. There
Is 'no mock phllanthrnphy In his methods.
Tbo mon In his employ on the Ledger are not
only paid bettor wages than Ilka work com
mands In other ofllces , but faithful acrvk-J Is
rewarded with a pension In old , old age.
When men of Ids charaotor ndvlso workingmen -
men against agitators , thoughtful wu go-
earners should puuso and take heed. The
following editorial from the Lodger of the
Oth lust , pertinently npnllos to the labor
troubles In Omaha : '
One of tbo recent despatches concerning
the Htriko at the great steel rail mills nt
Stoolton , near HnrriHhurg , Pa. referring to
the almost Immediate collapse of ttio strike
sny.s that the mon fool that they were dupoil
by the loaders , who , nftor the strike was on ,
abandoned thorn. Itl.sinnto Ilkoljr that U
true ; for there nro no moro tricky follow *
than "loaders" of tha kind the mon referred
to "walking delegates , " "executive committee -
too men , " and others , dressed In the llttla
brlof authority which enables them to do
great mischief.
It Is the role nnd habit of these
fellows to curry fr.vor with iho work
men by getting up "grievance ! "
whcro none really ojctst by oxngirorat-
Init these which really do have soina cnnso
by formulating "demands" and spouting
about ultimatums , until they pot Impressible
workmen excited up to the striking pitch-
when n strike wns not contamplaloJ nt the
start nnd was not justified bv ttic1 circum
stances. Than the blathcrskltlng "walking
delegate" or ' executive commltteoman , "
having uxcltod the men until they nro beyond
his control , because ho has talked too much
with his mouth. Is hauiod oft by some mem
ber of a "boiu-d" with sutxjrlor authority
and the workmen naturally "fcol that they
were duped by the loaders , " as In this
Stcclton case , where tlio strike collapsed
almost i\s soon as bosun.
Tliat Is tno history of many strikes with
ttils addition that after the collapse largo
numbers of competent workmen nro thrown
out of employment , bccausa It Is Impossible
to continue to cmnlov such unreliable work-
ini'ii , or to carry on business with successful
results In the face of such disturbances as
nro caused by frequent strikes , or to con
tinue threatening of strikes , kept up by the
' walking delegate" or the "executive corn-
mittcom.in , " or the district potentate. The
tires are drawn the works are shut down
until bolter sense prevails , and nobody can
toll how long It m.iy take that happy tlmo to
cotno nuout. It may take n mouth or throe
months , of half n year or moro ; and In the
meantime "tho man of the house" the
bread-winner Is lulu. To many hun
dreds of these the employment
never comes back. No wages are coming in ;
families sutler and are scattering from their
homes thousands and thousands of individ
uals because "the men have boon duped by
the leaders" as in this most recent instance-
nt Stcclton.
That is the history and coin-so of these strikes
oven in'which there Is no resort to violence.
Hut when the strikers are so excited by their
"walking delegates" anil talking agitators as
to run Into riot and attempt to step other
mon from working by assaulting thorn with
brute force and destructive attacks upon
the employers' property the course of ttio
strike has very often n most deplorable se
quel collision with the i.iw nutliorillos at
largo cost to the state great , money losses to
individuals In addition to the Immense sncrl-
llco of worltmon'.s wages bloodshed , Picon-
diarlsui , homicide and ttio penitentiary. Over
and above nil this is the bad blood engen
dered between employer and employed , where
the predominant feeling should be mutual
respect , good will anil co-operation.
Such nro the almost uniform results of both
kinds of strikes the strike with violence
and the strike without. The results should
bo patent to all clear and open to both the
workmen who nro "duped by the leaders"
nnd to the "loaders" who misled the "dupos. "
They should all remember the disastrous
cons-cquences of the "Southwest" railroad
strike , the Chicairo "stockyard" strike , the
Uisastrous "C. , H. & Q. " strike , the Now
York ' ' strike Iho
'longshoremen's , RoaUing
railroad boycott strike , the Heading nnd
Leliigh coal miners' strike , the recent "coko"
strike in southwestern Pennsylvania. All
of these had the same history all ran ttie
same disastrous course inevitable to strikes
without sufllclont reason , and to strikes sup
ported by violence. They failed or they wore
put down.
They fail or are put down , to the loss moro
or less destructive to the interests of em
ployers and to ttio dire distress and suffering
of workingmen and their families nil be
cause worklngmcn , with this disastrous ox-
pericuco well known to thora , still continue
to bo "duped by their loaders. "
Why is tnisf However it may bo with the
workinginpti who are duped , whether they
are tviliing dupes , self-helped nnd } , elf-do-
coivcd or simply inert or willing however it
may bo with them , the leaders they accuse of
duping them are , in largo proportion , gabby ,
incomontent , tricky or false. They are
worse than the Bourbons , of whom it is said
that "they learn nothing and forget nothing. "
The "leaders" belonging to these wnlkine
and lalking delegate tribes learn nothing aud
forgot everything.
Philadelphia Record : It Is accounted hasp
to fitoul , hut h.iso Ktualln : ; Is iipplnndod to iho
echo bv inconsiderate persons who ntlund
baseball games.
Harper's Razur : "What do you think of
Smith ? "
I think lie In a vprv bright follow. "
'Wall , you know ho doesn't sneak will of
yon. "
"What do von suppose I care what an as ; ,
like Smith thinks of me ? "
Somurvllle .Toiinrtl : Jinks That paperiavs
the court ha < i declared you n bankrupt. Illnks.
Illnks Uli , that's no nuvv.s. I knew that long
ago.
Judge : Miss LplTerts how nicely Miss I'ad-
dhmton llouts !
Miss Enveo Humph ! Her sawdust would
float anything.
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Tim AMATKUIt IIIU.IAIIDIST.
New I'ntl : t'rcfs.
Ho chalks Ills cue with nonchalance
Whim 'tis his turn to piny.
Then makes ; i draw nrcarom shot
In qullti a skillful w.iy ;
And , as admlrlm ; friends nround
Applauie on him bestow.
Ho says that's ncitlnni lo the gaino
Ho played some yoain a o.
Cork : "You dross that dear of yours too
londlv. " obMjrved the o.\clmii o editor , .scowl-
ins at thu animal.
"Yon mean , 1 suppose , " answoied the finan
cial editor , fiercely , "that ho nnzht not to
have that brass band mound his nock. "
"Nn , I don't , " lojnlned the exvliaiiRO odltor.
wnvlng nls shears , doUantly. "I niuuii that I
can hear his pants. "
Tlm I'arcnthosls said to the Comma :
"Yn'ir luck as a short Mop never aworvos ;
I'm afraid I'm nut In It inuiih loir.'er ,
Fur the Dash bus K < > ltin lo my curves. "
A Georgia odltor has this unique advertise
ment : "I'm Sulu UIID Wiishlngton pruss tlrit
never told a lie : ono subscription hook , eon-
Inlnlni a hopu of a hereafter , anil the peed
will of an Impoverished num. JiT'Call outly
nnd avoid the rush. "
ICato Field's Washington : DaPoy Why do
they call this column "General Washington
News ? "
Smiley O , on the principle of reverse. I
hiippoie. General Washington , you knou ,
never told a lie.
llrooklya Llfo : Sir. llllss Wo mustocono-
nil/e , my dear.
Mrs. Iitlss Thou I know where to begin.
Mr , Illlss WhnroV
Mrs. Illlss Thisro's ono Ihlnu wo can savo.
Tbere's no sense In your paylni : tUtO n year to
Keep fie-.li ( lowers on your llrst wife's grave
down In ( iieunwood.
Philadelphia Times : Windmills can ho ex-
jxiried fieo to reciprocity count lies. Theio is
11 chance to gut rid of our lonx-dlstunco prUu
lighters ,
Wostlluld Standard : The oratory of some
mon may not move mountains , yet It often
succeeds In inaMiii ! a big hlilll.
Rochester Post : An exeltod fisherman
comes pretty closn to lining a holne lunatic.
Clinton Scoll < i > < l In llmw' * Vomm JVojiIe.
All Iho world Is set to rliymo
Now it is vacation time ,
And a swelling flood of joy
Hrinn the heart of every boy.
No moro role and no morn rnlo ,
No moro staying after school
When the dreamy brain forgets
Tlrcsomo taks llio master sots ;
Nothing but to play and piny
Through an endless holiday.
Morn or afternoon may nil
Swing the bat and catch the bull ;
Nimble-tooled race and run
' 1 hrough the meadows in tlio sun ,
Chasing winged scraps of light ,
nnttcrfllcs in darting flight ;
Or , where willows loan and look
Down at others in tlio brook ,
frolic loud the stream within ,
Kvory arm a splashing fin.
Whcro the thornv thickets bar ,
Tliuro ttio sweetest berries uio ;
Whcro the shady banks made dim
1'obbly pools the shy trout swim ;
Whuro the boughs uro mossiest ,
Hullds the humming bird anust
These HID haunts thu rover ucoks ,
Touch ( if tan upon his cheeks ,
And within his heart the ] oy
Known to no onu but a boy ,
All It 11' tlit lire <
' it It rucalli n ( me.
JODCE MASON FATALLY ILL ,
Condition of tlio Eminent Nebraska Jurist
Growing Worse Dully.
MENTAL FACULTIES NOT AFFECTED ,
KrlcntlB of the Slrlckon Man No
lionuor Hopeful or a Change
Tor the Heller Ques
tion or Time.
Lixcot.x , Nob. , Aug. 10. iSpoclnl to Tuts
HHR.J Judge O. I' . Mnson Is In ndnngnrous
condition nnd there In scarcely any hoKJ | of
Ills surviving bis present pnyslcnl de
pression. Uvor slnco bis return from Hot
Springs , S. C. , bo has 000.11 gradually sinking
until now tbo most .saiuinlno of bis friends
have abandoned any liopo of his recovery.
Ills complaint is diabetes , an insidious disonso
of the kidneys that does not make Its pres
ence felt until the snlToror is In a dangerous
condition. The disease has caused nn ulccr-
ntlan mi'l dropsy that has ballad the skill of
the physicians and the virtue of thu healing
springs. The dropsy IB confined mainly leone
ono of his logs.
Tlm mind of the ox-Judge of tlio supreme
court lias risen nbovo tbo Infirmities of the
( lush and Is as bright and unimpaired as
when ho silt on the bunch.
Uver.vtnlmr that medical skill can dovlso Is
being used to prolonir his days , but bettor
than drugs Is- the Imiomltablo will that ro-
lusos to submit to the foil destroyer and may
prolong tils hfo a number of weeks.
. train srSTKIICK. .
The llrst victim of the hot wnvo Is John
Curry , the well known labor aultntor , who
was iiUiistrilUK shortly before noon todav.
Ho was unpaired with a gang of laborers on
a job of work on KlghU'onth slrcot
when ho was suddenly overcome wltb
the beat and dropped senseless.
Ho was carried by bis follow workmen to the
shade near uy mid the patrol wagon was
called for. The stricken man was then con
voyed to bis homo at Twentieth and J , whole
ho was given the best of medical attendance.
Ho Is In a precarious condition and doubts
uro entertained of his recovery.
Shortly before his attack ho hud been dis
cussing the labor strikes in Otnnh.t , and Iho
altaclc Is attributed lo mental excitement.
ODDS AND KNIIS.
The senate chamber at tbo state house Is
being arranged for the examination of ap
plicants for druggists' certificates on the
l.'lth.
It cost Mrs , John Olds SIS In Justice Fox-
worthy's court for giving a sound thrashing
to two children of n neighbor whom Mrs.
Olds believed were deserving of n good chas
tisement.
Harry Downs , deputy labor commissioner ;
returned yesterday from the national en
campment of the Grand Armv of iho
Republic.
Governor Tbayer Is expected bnck In Lin
coln this afternoon. Everyone is on the tiptoe -
too of expectation as to what ho will do with
Test and Livoringhotiso of the Hastings
asylum scandal. It is generally believed that
the governor , actuated by a sense of duty ,
will peremptorily dismisstho two despite all
ucrsonal feelings lie may entertain toward
them.
Hitman I'lir.i'AKisn roic Ticr.ir .
Making ; Heady HIH Onsc to He Prc-
Hcntcil to I'resbylery.
NKW Yo'tK ' , Aug. 10. Dr. Briggs is mak
ing ready for his trial for heresy. Horill \ |
return from his trip abroad in another month
prepared for the October meeting of the pres
bytery when the tri.il is to begin. A co m-
plete sut of newspaper clippings in the case
was recently sent him and these are now
ueing arranged. Dr. Francis Brown , pro
fessor of Hebrew at Union seminary , will
return with Dr. Briggs to assist in tbo de
fense. Some friends of Union seminary ex
press the bo lief that thu case of Dr. Uriggs
is to bo dropped. The categorical answers ,
they say , uro to bo taken as sutllcicnt proof
of Dr. 13riggs' orthodoxy. This Is improb
able. It would scorn that nothing but a point
blank retraction of the address and its
appendix by its author can now stop the trial
for heresv.
The mystery surrounding the resignation
of Director Uharlos A. Dicltoy of Union
seminary is not yet cleared away. One of
the board lias olllcmlly denied that there was
a resignation or that one was over thought of
by Dr. Dickey. Certain directors , including
Dr. Dickey himself , unaware of this denial ,
made no secret of the resignation. It was
explained in an ntT-hand way that the
director had changed his mind.
icu.i.ii > jiv A noiisK's
Snd Fate of a Father ami IIIn Ijitllo
Son.
Nnw YOIIK , Aug. 10. John Unlock , n
teamster in the employ of the Nassau gas
light company of Willmmsburg , was instantly
killed , and his little son was fatally injured
by the kick of a horse yesterday morning.
Unlack went in a stall to place the boy on a
horse. The annnalfpestorod by Hies , made n
forward kick with his left hind foot , and
stntcK the uoy , who screamed and tbo horse
kicked again. Unlack's skull was fractured.
The loft side of the hoy's head was crushed ,
it IH believed , with the sumo blow that killed
his fathor. The ho > % so is a bin bay pert-heron
weighing about 1,000 pounds. The stable
men say ho is quiet and used to fellow and
coma at Uniack's call.
KXOVKKIt OJT i\ < l/.ftil [ KVI'OHTH ,
That Is What the MuKinlry Law Has
LONDON. Aug. 10. The St. James Gazntto
this morning prints tlio following : "Judging
from the returns issued by the board of
trade , it looks as though wo have already
reached the end of good tiino-t , Tlio great
decline In exports fiom Great Britain uro
undoubtedly due to the opuration of the Me-
Ivinley law In the United States. Wo have
been told thut that act would eventually
prove a misfortune to the United States , but
its immediate object was to hit foreign man
ufacturers , especially that of IJreat Hrlttdn ,
and it Is plainly evident this object has boon
attained. "
Cyoluif ; on tlio Water.
Trscoi.v , 111. , Aug. 10.--On the Wabaf.h
river ne.ir hero a novel exhibition was given
last evening , which was probably the llrst of
Its kind. This was the trial of Prof. Claud
Bnuni's aquacyclo , which travels on the
water with almo- the xpood of the bicycle on
land. The race wns run on the river iiotwoun
tlio steamer Dauntless and 1'rof. Haunt's
water wheel , and the latter showed better
speed than the boat. The inventor will have
buiuo of his machines built to bo used on the
lake during the world's fair.
Kloulrlu Iilchi Holler
Iiu.tn.siai. , III. , Aug 10. An explosion of
the electric light works oiiirjiio occurred hero
at midnight , demolishing the electric light
liouso completely , and killing ICnglneer Van
Winkle and nn unknown man , supposed to
he n farm hand. Thu llrcinan loft the boiler
room ten minutes previous to the explosion
for his lunio , and wivs ho left eighty pounds
of steam on. The timbers of the building
were scattered over the oiitlro city , and the
shock was great.
.1.I.V fl.fM'.IDOK BKI7.RS A STH.13IKH-
\ Pacific ) Mull Hhtp Under Arrest nt
I in lillinrtatl.
Six SAI.VADOII ( vln dulvoston ) Aug. 10.
The Pacific Mall steamship company by Its
autocratic dealing with this country hat got
itself Into trouble. Its ships have the solo
control of all the tranic between the
American states and the United States ,
custom has been to load llioso steamers "t
night , so ns to ntnko quicker tlmi , lo meet
the terms of the subsidy for , carrying the
malls. The rates charged by. ' this company
nro excessive and the Central American
countries have boon much put out over tno
way they are treated. As matters stand they
can derive more bonolU by sending their Im
ports to Germany than to America. Uoci-
procity schemes will not do any good so long
ns things re m mil nt they nro at present , lira
Hermans have seen their chance to profit by
this state of nfTnlrs and already many of their
vessels nro loading in Central Amorirn.
As n result of the strained relations bo-
twccn the Pacific Mall steamship company
nnd thesn states , Guatemala , Nlcarnuga nnd
San Salvador parsed laws making It illegal
to employ natives nt nlirht. This proceeding
was resented by the company The climax
has been reached by thu conllscntlon by the
Salvadorlan authorities of the Pacific Mall
steamship City of Panama , Captain White.
She is tlio fastest of the licet and White is
senior captain. The selzurti took place nt
Ln Ltbortad. The cause of It was that tlio
City of Panama loft La Union without n per
mit from the captain of that port. It Is said
that Captain While , In his desire to louvo
Lit Union promptly so as to maintain his
tlmo schedule , weighed anchor nt dusk
There was n lot of irood.s on the dock and thu
authorities Insisted on their being shipped
Jn order to dodge this work , which would
delay him considerably , Captain White quit
the port without the necessary permit.
Ciliul She Inn't
NKW YOUK , Aug. 10. Superintendent II.
Bullay of the Pacific Mall steamship eom
pany said , when called upon in his homo In
Brooklyn last night : "This Is the llrst In
formation I have had as to the seizure of thu
City of Panama. I nm irlad t is no worse ,
i\s I feared she might have gone nshoro The
City of Panama loft Acapulco July 'A'l , reaching -
ing La Llbertad August 5 , nnd La Union ,
the next nort , on August 0. I presume that
Captain White had good roa oiis for leaving
the port. I'osslbly tlio Palvadorlan authori
ties wanted tlio ship to wait until some olll-
clal came down from up country to the
.shore. Captain White is a little Massachu
setts sea captain nnd is not likely to bo
bluffed. "
In concluding Mr. Bullay said : "Oh , it's
nothing serious nt nil. The cause Is prob
ably local and Is likely to have cotno from
the Jealousies existing between those ports.
Mr. Blame will settle the matter in short
order "
"Will they hold the vessel or make her cap
tain give bonds ! " was asked.
"Hold her * No , 1 think not , " was the
prompt reply. "They have no forts or cun ,
beats , and a'll Captain White would have to
do would bo to up anchor nnd leave. I'm '
glad she is not ashore , " concluded Mr. Bul
lay with a b Ifh ol rollof.
.y AXI > ii.i3tr.iy.
Colonel McClure GIvcH Nluolny n
linouk-Out lilow.
Piiu.uini.riiM , Aug. 10. The Times prints
a further contribution to llio controversy as
to Lincoln's wishes concerning his associ
ate upon the presidential ticket in 18 M. II
will bo remembered that this discussion be
gan with the publication in the Times of an
article written by Colonel A. K. McClure , its
editor , in which it was stated that Andrews
Johnson was Lincoln's choice for vice prosl- v
dent and that ho favored his nomination in- '
stead of the reuomination of Hannibal Huin-
lin.
lin.In
In the matter printed this morning Colonel
McClure "deems it a nubile duty to Huttlo
the issue by the direct testimony of the men
now living , or the preserved direct testi
mony of the dead , who wore in the con 11
donee of Mr. Lincoln and acted in accord
with his convictions of public duty. "
Continuing Colonel McUlura says : "Tho
following letters and authentic statements
from prominent actors In the nominations of
1SIH will bo cenor.dly accepted as conclusive.
When Mr. Hamliu himself confesses the cor
rectness of the statement of the Timus , the
folly of controversy on the question will bo
bo appreciated by all. "
Colonel McClure llrst prints a letter ho has
received from S. Newton Pottls of Mend *
vllle , Pa. , ox-congressman and ox-foreign
minister , who was a warm supporter of
Lincoln. In this letter Pottls says : "On the
morning of the meeting of the Baltimore con
vention in IbOl , which nominated Mr. Lin
coln and immediately before leaving for
Baltimore , I called upon Mr. Lincoln in ids
study nnd stutod that I called especially to
ask him whom lie desired to bo put on'thu
ticket with him as vice president. Ho leaned
forward , and in n low but distinct , tone o' '
voice said , "Governor Johnson of Tennosseo. " '
Judge Pcttls further says that when ho in
formed Mr. Hamlin of Mr. Lincoln's prefer
ence , the former said , ! am sorry you told
mo that.1
Later , however , The Times article shows ,
Mr. Hamlin wrote to Judge Pettls as follows -
lows : "Whon I met and conferred with you
in Washington and yon told me of your in
terview with Mr. Lincoln I had not the
slightest doubt of your correctness. Thu
remark that 1 made was caused wholly be
cause you miido certain statements of Mr.
Lincoln which I had seen but which 1 did
not believe until made positive by yon. I
was really sorry to bo disabused , hence 1 w.is
truly sorry at what , yon said acd the in
formation you gave mo. Mr. Lincoln evi
dently became somewhat alarmed about his
re-election nnd changed his position. "
Colonel McClure then presents several
letters , extracts from Interviews and mug-
a/.lno articles showing that Lincoln was
deeply interested in having placed upon thu
ticket with him n union democrat.
I'octor Churned with
HACINH , Wis. , Aug , 10. A profound sensa
tion was created hero Sunday bv the issuing
of a warrant for the arrest of Dr. C. N. P.il-
mcr of HaymonU on a charge of burglary.
Louts Christiansen , who conducts n general
store at Raymond Center , twelve miles from
hero , drove into the city and had a warrant
issued lor the doctor's arrest , claiming th.it
he ( Chm Hanson ) had caught Dr. Palmer in
the act of burglarizing his store. Dr. Palmer
was seen at the nfllco of Ids attorney , and
when asked about the trouble admitted that
ho was clmrui'il with burchiry. Ho
that lie was in the store playing card * until
about 11 o'clock Saturday night. Thou hu
wont homo nnd to bed , and was aroused hv
huuriiiK some ono running on the walk ; that
ho wont out and saw a young man running
down the strcnt That was 11:11) : ) , mid lit ! .
says that ) IIM111 have no tronblii In provTnir
lib whereabouts at the lime ho was charged
by Chrlstltinsnn with the crlmo. Dr. Palmer
bears a high reputation.
Appointed.
K \NBAB CITY , Mo. , Auc. 10. The Judge I
tlio United Slates district court this inurnlnH
appointed R B. Withers and Wilton II.
Holmes Joint receivers of tlm bridge and
terminal company and Chicago , Kansas t'lty
& Texas railroad company. The receivers
were appointed on the application of tlm
Central Trust company of New Yoric ,
trustees for the llrst mortgage bo.idholdun.
Hopes 1'or Ijowoll'M Hi-oovery.
Mass. , August 10. Although thert
Is no change In tlio condition of .lames
Hussull Lowell , his physician oxproisus hopu
of his speedy recovery.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
