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posted on the progress of the campaign
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PRKIIAPS the press correspondents do
not retilixo how little the public cares
whether Vera Avrt is Dis Debarr or
Borne ot.her crank.
Tun sumo old European war cloud has
blown around into sight. Of course its
fihadow rests upon Constantinople. No
European war cloud for a half century
lias over failed to lie between Constanti
nople and the sun.
SILVKU minors at Pribram , Bohemia ,
working eight hours a day in the gov
ernment mines are paid from -10 to Go
cents a day. It will bo remembered in
this connection that Austria of which
Bohemia is a province , is making about
the longest and loudest Europnan protest
against Mr. McKinloy's tafia bill.
Tun democratic orators who are to
make a speaking tour of the northwest
tire called a party of political peda
gogues and they nro said to bo on a
mission to teach the people. This is
probably a typographical error and
should rend a party of political dema
gogues whoso mission it is to mislead
the people.
THK Douglas county independents
have nominated a ticket wh'.ch ' is above
the shadow of n suspicion that they want
to fuse with either of the old parties.
Not only so but they have distinctly
warned the gentlemen on the ticket to
keep out of the old party cnmps and
liavo unreservedly announced that they
propose to go it alone.
THK State Board of Transportation is
inviting the severest sort of treatment
from the state conventions by its inexcusable -
cusablo delay in the matter of fixing a
maximum rate of freight charges for
the railroads of Nebraska. The republi
can state convention will bo obliged to
express its distrust of the board and to
denounce the subterfuges to which it
lias resorted to avoid its plain duty.
THK one faimliar name on the inde
pendent county ticket is that of Dan
Burr , the nominee for county commis
sioner. Ton and twelve years ago Daniel
was a candidate for olllco on the green
back tiiikot. IIo lias a faculty of getting
nomination upon tickets which nro
Bnowod under at elections and yet the
genial Seventh warder is not n hoodoo.
It is merely a fad with Dan to associate
himself with weak parties. lie likes to
bo the under dog.
Mil. ROSISWATKU writes from Bo
hemia that in the vicinity of Prague
nearly every town of 5,000 people boasts
of a boot-sugar rollnory. This may
suggest some idea of the future of the
boot-sugar industry in this section of
America. Within 250 miles of Omaha
time will see moro sugar boots grown
nnd moro sugar manufactured from
them than in any other part of the
world possibly moro than in nil the
world beside. The sugar boot Industry
Jn this country is in its very youngest
infancy.
THK Superior Times thinks Omaha is
wasting time in "talking up a railroad
scheme from that city tO'Duluth" nnd
suggests that instead slio induce the
Northwestern to roach down into Kan-
ana nnd the Santa Fo to build intoOmaha.
The TOiies is hall right and half wrong.
The Duluth connection is important ,
and it is no waste of limo to dis
cuss it. The southwestern connection
Is likewise important , and TIIK BKK
has frequently called attention to
the advantages which such n line
would ntTurd the Omaha market ,
These connections will all come sooner
or inter , but it is to bo hoped the Super
ior 2Ymcunnd nil the south western nows-
pnpors will help TUB HKK to bring the
changes which may load to the early
construction of the extensions irnined.
pusinxa TIIK nmir
TIIK BKB has boon greatly grntlflcc
by the endorsement given ita olTorta t <
uwukon Internal in local industries am
to encourage n homo market for houit
products. It has entered upon n "cam
pnlgn of education" in this matter , am
finds its patrons apt and willing pupils
The homo manufacturers have boot
stimulated by our efforts to orgnnizo nt
association , and they look to the futun
with renewed interest and hope. Tin
BKK is the only newspaper in Omnlu
making n. campaign on bolinlf of Oinnht
industry , but the enthusiasm and patriot
ism which have thus far resulted fron
Its earnest advocacy of the principle o
patronizing homo industry is a Bailsfnc
lory proof of its influence upon the com
mutiity and a reward for services alreadj
rendered.
The investigations made by out
special reporter are revealing to the
people of Omaha the presence of indus
tries which havci been hitherto practl
cnlly unknown. The sentiment is raj ) '
idly growing up in Omaha that bonuses
and extraordinary Inducements are nol
so potent or necessary in building uj
factories hero as patriotism and
thoughtfulncss. Most of our citizens
are patriotic enough to make personal
sacrifices if necessary for the general
good of the city. They may not bo HE
thoughtful of their duty in this partievv
lar as circumstances demand , but once
their attention is directed to their duty
they rocognix.o it upon sight and cheer
fully enter upon its performance. This
fact has been illustrated time nnd again
in THK BKK'S reports of the progress ol
this "campaign of education' ' by the
statements of manufacturers who have
directly felt the bonollts of the agitation
now botng carried on. The number ol
citizens who have quietly given orders
to their grocers and others to supply
them with Omaha goods can only bo
known in a general way , " but that the
intetcst is spreading is admitted by
every local manufacturer of articles in
steady and common use.
The good work must go on. The indi
vidual citizen must second the efforts of
THK BKE to educate the Omaha public
to its duty. The manufacturers must
BOO to it that our citizens are informed
us to what articles can bo purchased in
Omaha which are of Omaha manufac
ture. The association , when organized ,
can do much toward informing the people
ple whore Omaha goods are sold and
what varieties can bo procured. It will
also establish an exhibit which nhall bo
open to the public and will assist in edu
cating the people The secretary , if ho
proves to bo the right man in the right
place , will bo a host in himself in this
line of duty.
We must nil work together , having in
mind constantly the fact that there are
10S factories in Omaha now employing
12,000 wngo earners nnd directly sup
porting 00,000 people. Wo are striving
to give these factories the entire trade
of Omaha in the lines they represent ,
knowing that if this bo done they can
add not less than 0,000 employes inside
of eighteen months and thus increase
the population of Omaha by not less than
. " 0,000 souls. The retail trade and all
lines of business will bo stimulated ,
empty housos'will bo filled , now ones will
bo erected and a general prosperity will
certainly follow the success of our under
taking. Wo have the matter in our
hands and Omaha can bo a , city of 200-
000 in eighteen months without a boom
if we will simply and persistently do our
duty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KANSAS MOlt'lGAUUS.
The census bureau has just completed
the compilation of the facts obtained
rogardingjno amount of the real estate
mortgages of Kansas , its investigation
including both farms and city lots , ana
the result is something of a rebuke to
the people who have boon representing
that Kansas was hopelessly in debt. At
the tmo { the statistics wore gathered
the real estate mortgages in that state
amounted , in round numbers , to$23o,000-
000. The assessed valuation in 1S)0 ! ) was
$290,000,000 , excluding railroad property
valued at $57,000,000. By this showing
it appears that the mortgages on real
estate amount to within S65,000,000 of
the total assessment oh real estate and
personal property of the state , but when
it is borne in mind that the assessed val
uation is hardly moro than one-fourth
of the real , the condition of affairs does
not wear so bad an aspect. The
census officials think it fair to say that
the land mortgage debt of Kansas is
about 27 per cent of the estimated true
value of nil taxed real estate , and they
put the average amount of debt per
mortgaged acre at 80.03. Kansas is un
questionably heavily in debt , but the
condition of her people in this respect is
by no means so desperate or so nearly
hopeless as the calamity criers have
boon proclaiming. According ti the
superintendent of the census , the
largest debt exists In the
section whcro there is the
greatest prosperity , and whore there
has been an advance in improvements.
The great crops of Kansas this year will
enable her people to make a material
reduction of their mortgaged indebted
ness , and a few years of prosperity
would relievo-them of n Irrge part of
this burden. Meantime the ollicinl facts ,
which refute the misrepresentations
regarding the condition , of nffiilrd in
Kansas , ought to bo of considerable
service to the atato in restoring confi
dence in Its future.
s/.oir mtoaituss AGAINST TRUSTS.
Reports coming from Washington in
dicate that the United States district
attorneys nro not making very rapid
progress in preparing o.isod against the
trusts. Ono correspondent who a few
days ngo interviewed the attorney general -
oral learned that two or three district
attorneys had written that theybollovod
they had cases which would stand the
scrutiny of the grand jury , and that
sthors were still making investigations ,
Init on the whole the information which
the Department of Justice was enabled
to give was not altogether reassuring.
Still there is reason to expect that
jome of the trusts will bo arraigned
tvhon the October terms of the United
States district courts begin. The at-
lornoy general said the. law will present
many now nnd different points , which us
| rot he has not examine 1 ,
One of the important questions which
irises in obtaining testimony from
officials of the trusts la tin
power of the government to compo
them to testify under the sectloi
of the revised statutes which provide :
that "no pleading of n party , nor nuj
discovery of evidence obtained * from i
party or witness by mentis of n judicial
proceeding in this or any foreign coun
try , shall bo given in evidence , or it
any manner used against him or his
property or estate , in nny court of the
United States in nny criminal proceed
ing , or for the enforcement ot any pen
alty or forfeiture. " The question of tin
effect of this statute will bo before tin
supreme court next month , when it li
expected a decision will bo rendered in
to whether or not the statute sufficiently
protects n witness to ttoprlvo him of the
privilege of refusing to testify grnntci
by the constitution whore testimony
may bo used against him. It has boot
decided in the lower courts thnt the wit
ness was obliged to testify , and i
these decisions are sustained bj
the supreme court , the officer !
of the trusts will have U
choose between the alternatives of giv
ing their testimony or going to prison ,
But if , on the other hand , the suprouu
court overrules the decisions of tlu
lower courts , a very great obstacle will
bo put in the way of a successful prose
cutlon of the trusts and of all combina
tions of that nature existing in vlolatior
of the law.
Tin : KK\V \ YOHK it
The republicans of New York have
good reason to bo confident of vlctor.v
this year. They have a strong ticket ,
their platform has not a single weak o
faulty plank in it , and nil the condition
are favorable to them. The ticket ap
peals especially to the young voters o
the state ! nearly all of the men on i
being comparatively young men , while
the high character of the candidate
merits the respect and confidence of tin.
older class of votori The nomination
of Mr. Pussott for governor is seen to be
the best sole'ctlon the party coult
have made , and this regardless ol
the question whether or not it was done
upon the counsel of Mr. Platt. The
moro candid newspapers in opposltioi
to the republicans admit that Fassett is
an able and honest man , well equipped by
experience in public affairs to perform
the duties of chief executive of the state
and a man whose public and private rec
ords are without a stain. Sucl
a man is not likely to bo
the creature of any one and cannot bo
condemned because ho happens to have
the friendship and support of men whoso
political methods have caused them to
bo distrusted. Mr. Fussett is an earnest
and aggressive man , who will doubtless
give the republicans of Now York amore
moro vigorous campaign than they have
known for many years. He has already
indicated what the eharactorof the lighten
on his part is to bo. IIo intends that it
shall bo a campaign of educa-
cntiou and organization. Having
nothing to conceal ho demands thnt the
lights shall bo turned on. "No personal
detraction , " says the republican candi
date , "no personal abuse , no holding
up the light of false -issues , no tolera
tion of falsehoods and misrepresenta
tions. There is enough for every earn
est American citizen to think about and
to come to conclusions about without
sensational falsehoods and personal de
tractions of any name or nature what
ever. " With a campaign conducted
on this high plane the republi
cans of Now York will at least deserve
success. The platform does justice to
the administration of President Harri
son , which every day grows stronger in
the confidence and respect of the Ameri
can people. It is straightforward in
commending the revenue legislation
of the last congress , which has already
been productive of very gror t benefits
to the country. It speaks with
no doubtful or equivocal voice
on the silver question , declaring in
savor of the policy of maintaining gold
and silver at a parity , the treasury notes
paid for silver to bo kept at par with
gold. "Tho voice of New York. " says
this plank of the platform , "is emphatic
against any degradation of the currency
and demands , with President Harrison ,
that 'every dollar issued by the govern
ment , whether paper or coin , shall bo as
good as every other dollar. ' " It is all
through a manly and earnest dec
laration of principles which the
republicans of New York have made ,
and it ought to have , with candidates
who can bo depended upon to fitllil every
promise it contains , n strong inlluenco
favorable to the party making it.
The republicans of Now York are har
monious , while in the ranks of the dem
ocracy there is factional conllict and dis
affection. With thorough organization
the republican party of the Empire state
ought to win -a splendid victory in No
vember.
OKATOIIS in the independent ranks
must bo greatly in demand , otherwise
Isaac Iltiscall would not bo trotted out
to harangue an independent convention
in Omaha and Paul Vandorvoort would
bo permitted to enjoy the quiet of his
east front porch out in Hnnscom Place
instead ol prancing about the state
making speeches. A party whicji can
iippluiKl these two old time barnacles ,
ward bummers and corporation roust
abouts and opens Its arms to welcome
renegades of their UK is n good party to
retire from public business and keep in
the back yard of political Impotonoy.
BAVAIUANS have always boon nn out
spoken race and It is thornforo not sur
prising to find a Munich newspaper noti
fying the emperor that if ho desires to
bo loved instead of detested ho must
shoapon food and abide by n policy of
pence. The Bavarians are intensely
prautlcul.
EnoKHTON is not n strong candidate
by any moans and it would bo a calam
ity to have him elected associate justice
3f the supreme court , but he is Btroncr
mough to boat Judge Cobb or any rail-
fond candidate nominated ,
COMMISSIONKU TIMMK frankly admits
that the business methods of the county
board are vicious in their tendency nnd
can bo nnd should bo vastly improved.
JtMOK Coitn knows that the man who
Jannot draw back to their allegiance
ipiuo of the independents who have loft
; tlio republicanjpyty and who cnnno
' (
poll the a ll inq'iioioly | republican vet
will prove n wonU'cnndldnto in the com
ing campaign. .JJo may not know thn
ho will not ro0t5lvo independent vole
nnd thnt tha nntt-Tilonopoly republican !
will repudiate * fiji ( [ at the polls , bul
some good frlond , should whisper tin
truth In his cnr and thus save him fron
humiliation lu his , , old nge. TUB Bm
has nothing but tlio kindest regnrds fo
the venerable blilot justice personally
nnd it oheorfulljf 'agrees that ho has hai
a career in the'"army ' , in congress nm
on the bench ' "in which ho ma ;
take just pride. This papo
knows however that Judge Cobl
cannot bo ro-oloctod to the supronn
bench this year for reasons already
given nt length in these columns. L
also believes that the railroad supper
which the judge counts upon Is now being
ing brought into line to encompass hi ;
defeat In the convention in favor of r
younger man from ono of the contra
judicial districts who is thought to ho i
fair compromise between the rallroai
and the anti-monopoly wings of the con
vention , and whoso election might be
used as a lover for lifting Judge Max
well from the bench in two years. Judgt
Cobb will bo sacrificed either at the
convention or nt the polls. IIo is act
ing very unwisely in permitting' ' his
name to bo used as a canditlito for the
nomination. Let him retire gracofullj
nnd not wait for the convention or the
people to kick him out of the way.
IlKNUY T. OXXAltn , the sugar manu
facturer who built the establishments at
Grand Island and Norfolk , announces
that Ids company will build no manufac
tories in Nebraska until the state bounty
is restored. That the legislature did
not keep faith with Mr. Oxnard must be
admitted , but the fact that Nebraska it
the best sugar boot country in America
will probably bring ether sugar compa
nies into the state and is worth moro
to legitimate enterprises for making
sugar than bonuses or bounties. It
would bo wise for Nebraska people to
negotiate with Sprockols of San Fran
cisco and ether sugar men , and take Mr.
Oxnard at his word.
TIIK American Waterworks com
pany has forced the issue between itself
and the city of Omaha by refusing to
lay mains and mike : connections on
North Twentieth street and the city
will perform the work. The opportu
nity is thus presented for making a test
case and it is to be , hoped the city au
thorities will make it solve as many
questions ns possible. Wo are all espe
cially anxious to li'nd out whether the
waterworks owns ( pie city entirely or
merely part of its municipal machinery.
IHON booths -wi'l\ \ last longer than
these made of wood , but they cost too
much and willtuko.a good deal of money
away from Omaha which is needed hero.
Wooden election booths nt $137 each
would bo very serviceable. The iron
ones will cost probably $300 each before
they are ready for occupation.
SOMK of the gentlemen who consider
themselves candidates for county offices
this fall will feel very lonesome when
the conventions are over , and others
will experience isolation after the elec
tion.
tion.A
A AVOIIKINO woman's union upon the
basis proposed by the ladies who mot to
organize Friday evening is capable of
doing a great deal of good and deserves
encouragement.
PuitLio sentiment will eventually
force the street car company to establish
a moro liberal system of transfers , but
public sentiment is so dreadfully delib
erate.
Mil. TIMSIE thinks no money has been
stolen from the county , but there has
boon culpable negligence on the part of
some officials which is almost as bad.
THK deeper the Real Estate Owners'
committee delves into county affairs the
more apparent it becomes that reform is
necessary. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK reorganization of the ward clubs
is a positive proof that the fall cam
paign is upon us.
THE brick men nro in a fair way to
have their inning.
CliiuicH ;
Once upon a time C ! rover Cleveland was
the apple of the democracy's oyo. Now ho
Is the npplo of their discord.
Prodding ilio Animals.
New Yuri : Hectirtlfr.
The participation of Senator Allison in the
lowu campaign with ovou moro than his
accustomed vliror mid eloquence is to bo re
garded ns making certain un old-timo roinio-
.icau victory in that great republican stato.
AVorltiinj Ijllco n Benvor.
Omaha is working Hko a beaver to capture
the republican national convention , and Wy
oming endorses her claims. No atato in the
union Is moro in need of poHtlcal rehabilita
tion than Nebraska , 'hhd the big convention
would do much towtvrt restoring her to old-
, imo assured republican supremacy ,
A Treat Prom Texas.
Knnws ijttu Star.
"Ono hundred thousand Texans protest
against the closing , jjf tlioVorll's : fair on
Sunday.11 is the dl patph which has boon received -
coivod at Chicago from Woathorford , the
loadquartnrs of tblii'l'oxaa State Fair asso
ciation. Texas Is-golng to help along the
Columbian oxhibitloijvlth an appropriation
of $300,000. Colonyl Klliott P. Sheppard Is
irotty handy wit h ! is touguo , but mouoy
alks , too. I
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Canada and t fo United Stulen.
Too Canadian cotiii/J Just completed is very
disappointing to the pcoplo. Tlio population
af Caaada in 1SSI was V-M.SIO , having in-
uroased 18 per cent during the previous
lecndo. Today it Is 4,825,000 , nn increase of
oss than 13 per cent during the decade ,
L'hU is ono-third loss than during the prov-
ous decade , less than half that of tno United
Stales , and no moro rapid than ijugland's ' ,
an old country , whence there Is larco mid
continuous cmlg. atlo/i.
The cause of this extraordinary showing
s ndii'lttculy tuo United States , The Ctuiu-
Jlan calculation is that l-tOO,000 people have
migrated from Canada to the United States
luring the last decade , or moro than all the
mralgrants arriving In that country , added
o the national Increase of population during
ho saiBo period. This argues strongly for
innovation us an event of the near future , n
oncluslon to which the ( Jaaadlan prim is
generally tending. This scorns to bo the nn-
tlonal and easiest solution of the political
crisis which overhangs the Dominion , and
Inevitable under present conditions.
Kxliorbltnnt Insurance.
Scilt l tlst Tints.
TUB O.M.UU BEE declares that the Insur
ance premiums paid in that city amount to
double the losses Incurred thero. It behoves
thnt rates nro too high nnd has Inaugurated
a campaign for a reduction. The claim Is
made ihnt the protection afforded Is so offco-
tlvo thnt n reduction should bo mado. The
same claim might also bo made for Salt Lnko
City. The flro losses hero nro certainly very
light , and the city should hnvo all the benefit
to which It Is entitled by reason of the effec
tiveness of Its flro department. It Is possi
ble that rates hero are ns low as would bo
warranted but It scarcely seems so. If nny
reduction would bo consistent with good bus
iness principles , the people would npproclnto
It and the companies would bo moro than
compensated for It In Increased business.
A Faithful 1'ublle Servant.
fl'cio J'urft Tribune.
Judge Cooley's resignation from the Inter
state Commerce commission U an occasion
for national regret. IIo has been chairman
of the commission since its organization In
1SS7 and has performed his duties with dis
tinguished ability , bringing to bear upon
them n ripe judgment , a well trained mind
and uncommon readiness In solving compli
cated nnd Knotty problems. Judge Cooley Is
constrained to rotlro from active lauor by
reason of continued ill health. Ills numer
ous frlonds nnJ the country nt largo will
heartily hope that rollof Irom the cares of
public oflico will speedily improve his phys
ical condition.
I'ASSIXtl
There Is some consolation In knowing that
Minnie will bo u xl.stcr to tit. 1'aul.
D.un Hong Is the name of tlio Siamese prlnco
lately arrived In London. Tlio naino Insures
an unrly call utTrnnbycroft.
Now York Sun : Hunker Tlio rain Inducing
business Is a now thine entirely , I bollovo ?
llloolmmpcr Nonsunsn ! I could always
bring on a nniart sliowor by KoinR out without
nn umbrella and with my boots nicely
blacked.
I.lfo : "Miss Ilyart Is realistic oven to her
stocKlims. "
"What do yon moan ? "
"Tlio clocks upon them nro striking. "
Itrandon llnrksaw : A prominent member
of tlio Herman noblllt.y Is very Intimate with
n well known actress , notwithstanding ho Is
nnirrlod ton young timl ubarmlng wlfo- Not
lonir since llerr Von Striibolllz , which Is hN
name , guvo bis servant a note and u bouquet
to cmrry to the actress with bis compliments.
"I rn.y. Johann , on your secrecy , " suld tlio
nobleman.
"You tuny well do so , " replied the faithful
servant , "for f novorillvulgo any dl.sropnttblo :
transactions I may manage for my employ era.
Ask your wlfo If I am not to bo relied on In
altulrs of this character. "
HUOTHEHI.Y AFKKCTION' .
1'hihulclplila I'nas.
"And you will bo my sister ?
Is that all you've to say
Now thnt the days of summer
Have Hod and passed away ? "
"Woll , yes , you BOP , dear Charley"
"And can yon call mo duar ? "
"Why , certainly a sistur
Will take that rlsht , no'or fear. "
Then In tils arms be seized her ,
And rained upon bur lips
Such kisses that her blushes
Wont to her flncer tips.
"How dare yon , sir ? How dare you ? "
"Oil , tbut Is just my way ;
My brotherly atrootlon
Must bo allowed full plav. "
Now York Herald : Jasper lirown Is very
prompt In bis payments Is ho not ?
.Tumpnppn I should say lie Is. Ho Is so
prompt thnt his friends do not dare to toll
him that ho owes a debt to nature for fear he
will commit suicide.
11111 Nye : I also want my boys to learn to
love the farm. So I got them to put Into crop
a small piece of ground and agreed to pay
them a hlsh price for their vegetables. Ilulng
a busy man i have not paid much attention
to tin ) processor their farming , but I have
boii'-'bt from them SK'i worth of true ! * which I
coud ! have gotten of tlio neighbors for $31.50 ,
nnd which my yoniii ; agriculturists , I am told ,
did buy ut even less thiin that.
New York Weekly : Stranger-How are tlio
crops ?
Knrmer Not wet they oujht to bo. Too
much rain.
Stransi'r Hotn ! The owner of tlio farm
iiR\t to yours complains of not enough rain
farmer Well , bo's got a durn sisut bigger
farm than I have.
llnlTaloKxpress : "You want a pension for
nmiiKO to your iwoslirht. do you ? " "Yrs. sir ;
I strained my eyes trying toseo a battle from
a safe distance.
Now York Telegram : Enthusiastic Art
Lover That Is n picture of Venus and Adonis.
Ills I'rlend But whore Is Venus ?
Enthusiastic Art Lever Ah , my friend , that
s tlio true beauty of that picture. Venus Is
tiding behind thiit trco yonder.
COXOlSItyiSO ttOMM I'OLKS.
Albert Itlielmv 1'iiln ? ( n Kpoclt.
Some folks is allors gruuiblm1 , no matter
what they've got ,
A-lindin' fault with what they have and
wantin * what they've not ;
And you'd think , to hour 'otn Itiokin' an1
'
c'ussin1 of their luck ,
That the world's a bad Investment an' the
Lord's KOttiu' stuck ;
An' it riles mo up to hoar 'om n-complainin1
all the time ,
With their measly misconception of the
works o' the sublime ,
\n' It sots mo to rolloctin' on the merits of
the case ,
Vn1 a drawin'of conclusions apportainm' to
the race ,
Till 1'vo sorter got to thlnUin' that it's sinful
to complain ;
Chat there's just as much of pleasure as
there over was of pain ;
That there ain't no moro to cuss about than
what there is to bless ,
An" things are pretty okally divided up , I
guess ; .
For when you strike a balance 'twixt the
shad dor an' thcsun ,
The two will allcrs okallizo when all Is said
and done ;
An * the world U balanced oven , or it wouldn't
spin nrouu1 ,
For the hills Ml fill the hollers when the thing
is leveled down.
Thoro's another old-time doctriuo , an1 I'vo
found it mighty true ,
That you never got n thing without n-losln'
somethln' too ;
That there never was n gain without a cor-
rospondln' loss ;
Thatyou'ro notiifjoln' to wear a crown unless
you bear the cross.
An' when you see a pint In life , the whore
you'd Ilka to got ,
You may make It soon or later , hut you'll
pay fur it , I hot.
A man may got the larnin' of the sciences
an' slcli ,
An1 another deals In futures an1 may strlko
It sudden rich ;
Hut tbo lirst has lost the peace of tnlnd that
once ho used to feel ,
An' the last has lost the relish of the hard-
earned , honest meat.
An'whon you see a feller's got things oxtrn
nice ,
You can gatnblo that for alt bo's got bo's
paid the market price.
An1 If vour llfo was llgured out , I'll toll you
what , my friend ,
You'd Hud it balanced lust the same as his'n '
at the end.
Thou quit your foolcomplnlnln * an' a study In *
how to sblrlc.
For the time you spend in cussm * you can
better spend In work.
Things do take on a ollllous look at tlmos , I
must admit ,
Dut a klckin' an' uomplalnln' won't help tbo
thing a bit.
An' the clouds that como a drlUIn' by'll van
ish ono by ono ,
An' a-pcorin' from behind 'cm Is the glory of
the sun.
Thoro'f. as much of sun a * shaddor In OYcr.v
drnp o' dew ,
Tbora's us much of day as darkness when
you take thn year all through ;
Thoro's as much of suu as suadder In every
human heart.
An' of day an1 night In every llfo you'll flnd
an ckal part.
An1 should tit ore bg a roslduo a stan'tn *
either way ,
The l.ord'11 make it okal on t'otbor sldo ,
some Jay.
COXy Ull tAT.l TJK9 ,
A girl dooi not necessarily loose her grip
when she gives tier hand away In marriage.
Hereafter weddings nro to bo noslgned by
their colors. Golden will always bo very
popular.
Ilov. Francis } J. Schneider , n Now York
minister , married l'J,333 couples slneo 18TJ ,
and look In 100,000 la fee * .
Mvergreon I wonder why old Ctosoflt
married that fearfully fat glrll Urlghtly
liccauso there wai so httlo waist to her , I
suppose.
A clergyman In Now South \VnIos com
plains that out of 117 marriages which ho has
celebrated In the lastycnr twontv-nlno called
him out of bed between It at night and U In
the morning.
There have been stories about newspapermen
mon falling heir to fortunes , but an English
editor has beaten that by marrying n hand *
some Wyoming widow with a cool hall mil
lion of her own.
A pretty wedding was celebrated nt St.
James' Lutheran church , Now York , when
K. F , Kllort , editor of the Lutheran Kovlow ,
was married to .Miss Kmlllo M. Meyer ,
daughter of Mr. John Moycr.
A Georgia boy nnd girl , ngod respectively
15 and M years , were married the ether day ,
but the pnronts arrived on the scene Imme
diately after the ceremony , trounced the
wedded pair , and toott them homo sorrowing.
The announcement of the marriage of John
Ernest MeCnnn , the poet nnd playwright , to
Miss Mnrinnnn Jones , was a great surprise
to many In Now York City , wboro ho is well
known in Wall street , newspaper nnd drn-
iniitlc circles.
The prospective wedding of a father nnd
son in Now York society to two slslors gives
promise of a relationship tangle which will
compote fora time very disastrously with the
puzzle columns , Tlio fact that the son gets
the older of the two ulrls nnd the father the
younger , docs not complicate the matter , but
it does add n certain amount of Interest to It.
Ono engagement has boon announced in the
last weeic , that of Miss Beatrix Chapman , n
daughter of Mrs. Henry Chapman nnd n
granddaughter of the venerable statesman ,
John Jay , to Gcorgo Lfarclny , ono of the sec
retaries of the .British legation at Washing
ton. Miss Chapman was ono of the brides
maids at the wedding of Miss Willing to John
Jacob Astor.
Another intellectual phenomena has ap
peared. John W. Tumor of Minneapolis has
assumed n new character before the public.
Ho has sued a prottv brunette of the same
city , Miss Ella Tcrwilligor , for $5,000 dam
ages. The telegraph , in Its torso , cold
blooded way , says that ho bases his claim to
thnt amount "on the ground that the young
lady is n common flirt. "
Father Young man , you may hnvo my
daughter. Young man ( joyously ) 1 assure
you , Mr. Dadd , that I will do my oest t-7sup
port your daughter in the style she has boon
accustomed to. Father ( interrupting ) I
can't support nor anv longer. She has beg
gared mo and Younc mnn ( his ardor
dampened ) Dut i am not prepared to do so
yot. Goodby , sir.
A wedding which came as n surprise to
must pcoplo tool : place on Thursday of last
week at the homo of Mrs. Alfred "Honshaw
Jones , who was formerly Miss Sara Post
Anthon , and who became on that day Mrs.
Lewis Quciitln Jones , marrying a brother of
her former husband. The emulating clergy
man was the Kov. Dr. D. Parker Morgan.
The brldo was given away by her father , the
Kov. Edward Anthon.
IK snni' wixnutra.
White suede kid gauntlets.
Long boas of peacocks' oyos.
Toques of embroidered cloth.
A few bordered droas patterns.
Japanese silk fans , hand-painted.
Pheasant boas , muffs' and toques.
Black not veils covered with line lots.
Sun hats of French percale for babies.
Irish friezes for rough-and-ready cloaks.
Black Japanese crepe fans for mourning.
Nickel traveling cloaks in a leather caso.
Side combs of plain or gold-tipped shell.
Biarritz gloves having n clasp at the wrist.
Armuro silk portieres for handsome rooms.
Flower doylies workea in white and yellow.
Yellow nnd rose luncneon sets of damask.
Elegant lace fans outlined with Hlilne-
stones.
Oxford ties of black ooze calf for all house
gowns.
Hose suede ties trimmed with patent
leather.
Swivel handles of buckthorn for ladies'
umbrellas.
Yellow ( bright ut that ) ties , foxed with
patent loatber.
Umbrella handles of carved horn or natural
wood , gold tipped.
Black net veils spotted with stars.croscoDts
nnd moons of velvet.
Towels finished with ga hemstitched hem
and drawn work border.
Large and modi um-sizod slllc cords for the
nocks and sleeves of drosses.
Crepe do Chmo , for deep mourning , worn
with a lustreless surah luting.
Flno Jotumbrotdery passomonterio In open
patterns and branching designs.
Moro cream colored laoo for evening toilets
nnd less of black for this purpose.
White felt sailor hats trimmed with satin
ribbon bows , alrgrottos and wings.
Occasional tables of teakwood. bamboo and
the carved wood Cairo is famous for.
ChilTon and chiffon , plain and embroidered ,
of every width , color and combination.
Sprays of orange blossoms for brides in
preference to a wreath for the coiffuro.
Luncheon sots of damask , showing yellow ,
old rose , ciol blue and palo green figures.
Silk hose , having bootees of alternate
stripes of open work and hemstitched bars.
Linen handkerchiefs finished with three to
live very narrow tucks and scallopsd edges.
Hobos do chiimbres of Inco striped nain
seek , wltn n trimming of Valenciennes laco.
Nl.VO UL.lltlTlKS ,
A court house was sold ono day last week
in Georgia for f-ir .
Arizona has a wob-footod boy. Ho will
doubtless bo "in the swim. "
A meteorological station is to bo established
at Tiboria , Palonino , H place ( IS'i foot below
tbo level of the Mediterranean sou.
Defiance , la. , claims a living skeleton In
the person of a man wno is 5 feet 8 inches in
height , and weighs but slxty-llvo pounds.
There are two bearing nnplo trees in In
diana county , Pennsylvania , that were
planted In 170 : } , Ono of thorn is ton foot In
circumference.
A J crsoy cow owno in Greenville , Miss. ,
gave birth to four calves the ether day.
Mother nature seems to share in the record-
breaking of this extraordinary year.
T. C. IConnclloy of Lebanon , b , D. , sold his
eight-logged calf to a Chicago museum man
for § 1,000. The monstrosity is the proud
owner of two heads , two tails and eight logs.
Dr. I'inol of Paris has found that hypnotic
patients obey tbo phonograph ns readily us
they do a living.speaker. He Ihorofore ills-
cards the whole theory of animal magnetism.
There Is n man In Chinatown , San Fran
cisco , who has not lain down for twenty
years. And it isn't very probable thnt ho
will over Ho down again until death compels
him to.
While a wildcat was attacking n doctor in
Connecticut the other day ha lore open a
medicine chest and smashed n bottle of chloroform
reform , The fu'iios stupollod the uiiliiml.und
it was easily kilted.
A curious white fro has boon on exhibi
tion in London this stmmor. It U n full
grown specimen of n pure white colflr , its
ruby eyes fringed with n golden huo.strungoly
contrasting with Its pink ins and tnlluy
cuticle.
i
rM > .n/.v.vr .i/r.v.
Blackburn , Knott nnd Ihicknor , thrca
eminent Kcntucklnna sinoko the corncob
plpo.
plpo.Gonornl
Gonornl Whlchcots , the last surviving
ofllcer of the bnttlo of Wntorloo.dlod recently X
In London ,
Atthorlpo ngo of 31 Sonutor Morrlll ot
Vermont plavs sklttlos tin , nun In hand ,
roams the hills for small game.
Congressman Ocorgo D. Tlllnmn of South
Carolina boasts thnt ho has never worn nn
overcoat nnd that'ho were undergarments
only for ono day In his llfo.
Poffer nnd Hlmpion , the nlllanco leador.i ,
nro of Pennsylvania descent , their llnoagn
extending back to the old German settlers in
ttio eastern part of Ilio stato.
O car Wlldo frankly entitles his newest
hook a study of "Christianity from the Out
side. " oomo who consider themselves in It
could give only a roar vloxv of the .subject.
Tolstoi , who bitterly opposes nil marriages
except what ho calls "angel-marriages , " Is
the father of sixteen children , only nlnoot
whom nro now living. The youngest Is thrco
yeiu's old.
Colonel Woliatcr Flanagan , the Texas gen
tleman who Immortalized himself by the
query , "What nro wo hero forl" Is nt last
to get a satisfactory solution of his question.
Ho U to bo appointed collector of customs at
El Puso.
That coed old man , Ncal Unw , would bo
glad to sco the whipping post erected for
rum sellers , but ho doesn't see nuvthing
wrong In n prohibitionist Instructing his
architect to put a trood-sized wine collar Into
thn basement of the house ho is building.
The late S. C. Pomoroy occupied the seat
In iho United States senate vacated by Jef
ferson Davis in 1S0. ( ! Ho found in the desk
tlio manuscript of the last address made to
the senate by the future president of the
southern confederacy and retained it as a
memento.
The emperor of China rises every morning
at U , nnd , after a light meal , goes to tlio pal
ace temple for prnyor and meditation.
Breakfast is served nt 7 and dinner nt 'I in
thonfwrnoon. Ho RODS hard at woik again
after tbls meal , nnd at sunset his majesty re
tires to the laud of sotnuus.
Ono of the conspicuous people at Newport
Is Bishop Spalding of the I'eorla ( III. ) dio-
coso. Though n bishop ho Is as fond of n
good horse ns any layman Is , and nny bright
day ho may bo scon driving a spanking team
down Bellevue nvcinto. Ho handles the ribbons
bens In n truly scientific manner.
Adolph Sutro , the man who made a liuga
fortune out of tunnels , is trying to rival tno
ancient Komans with tlio magnillconco of hid
bath. Acres of sea nro to bo inclosed wiib
granite walls , paved nnd tiled and covered
with glass , the tldos being admitted through
suitable channels in tlio living stono.
Jndgo John Martin of Kansas , once ot
twice an unsuccessful candidate for gover
nor on Iho democratic ticket ami n loading
lawyer of that state , u as much addicted to
wearing a buttonhole bouquet as is General
Butler ; and his courteous manners have won
for him the tilloof "Tho ChostorJIold of
Kansas. "
Kute Field relates in a way that admits of
a suspicion tltat uho was the young lady in
question n bon mot of Walter Savage Lan-
dor. Ho having dropped his spectacles otm
day , nn American girl picked them up for
him , whereupon ho exclaimed with much
grace , "Oh , this Is not the first time jou
have caupht mv eyes I"
Oliver Wendell Holmes takes inllnito care
of himself , and is particularly watchful
ugainst the approach ofan ; attack of pneti.
monia. The rooms of his house nro equipped
with thormomctersbnroiaotcrs , nnd aremoni-
otprs , nnd ho never rises In the morning
without knowing the temperature of bis
bedroom or takes his bath until the water lias
boon accurately tested. Ho Uvos by inllox.
iblo rules , and trios to avoid ttio slightest ;
risk of taking cold Ills time Is scrupuously
divided , and his meals are studios of pru
dence. The doctor views the approach of
death with philosophic fortitude , but is snld
to have nn eager curiosity to see how long ho
can live by vigorously following the laws ho
has prescribed for himself.
A pair us rKFT. '
. Mrs. Miller of St. Uharlos , 111. , Is 101.
Dr. A. M. Salmon of Cambridge , England ,
born in the spring of 1790 , Is looked upon as
the oldest surgeon in Europe.
Mrs. Sarah Ellonwood is ono of tlio vonor-
nblos of Now Hampshire. She has soon I Oil
years and now does her own housework nnd
sows without glasses.
Mrs. Nanoy Kennedy of ICennobcc. Is the
oldest woman in Maine. She is HSyoar.sof
ngo. Her health Is oed nnd her recollection
of the leading events of the country is ro-
markablo.
Air. nnd Mrs. Stephen Osborno of Knoxville -
villo , Tcnn. , nro soon to celcbrato tlio
seventy-second anniversary of their marriage.
They are respectfully 101 nnd OJ yours of ago
nnd have iiOO descentlands.
Thomas Nugent of Hoxbury , Mass. , is
Hearing the century mark. Ho was born in
170ii. His oyoslsht is as good , ns over and ho
reads without glasses. His hearing is per
fect nnd , as ho himself expresses It , ho hn-j
never in his llfo had occasion to bo attended
by a doctor.
Two remarkable old ladies are Mrs. Hannah
Eustis and Miss Sarah Barr of Wakollold ,
Mass. They nro twin sisters , born In 1K ! ) ( ) ,
nnd are still bright and In active health. So
great Is their resemblance in figure , volco
nnd manner that one is frequently mistaken
for the othor.
The married llfo of Mr. nnd Mrs. Dnvld ,
Fauts of Peru , Inct. , has been such as would
inspire a Chicago dlvorco lawver with pro
found disgust. It has lasted sixty-eight
years nnd brought happiness and content ,
mont to them bnth. Air. Fnuts is now tit
years old and his wife 83.
Mrs. Fannlo McGregor of Whitcllold , N.
H. , is ono. Sun was born in Newport , Octo
ber 11 , 1875 , and will bo Oil years old in Octo
ber next. She retains her faculties am ] is as
uctivo as many women twcitty-llvo yours
younger. Tntll within two years she could
thread her needly and read her blblo without
glasses.
Benjamin Thompson of IConnobunkport ,
Mo. , who Is 03 years of ago , owns and man
ages n largo farm. Ho has raked after every
load of hav on his farm this summer , nnd
pitched off two loads. His health has novur
been broken by any sickness , and ho retains
his mental faculties to a remarkable dogrco.
Ho Is an early riser , relishes his food and
sleeps well.
Showered with flowers nnd congratulations
and surrounded by a host of daughters ,
granddaughters , nephews , nieces mm all.
Mrs. Fannlo Fnlkonburg , 11(1 ( Third nvoni'o ,
Now York.colobratod the centenary of her
llfo , Aucust 139. Born in Bavaria on August
U9 , 1791 , the year Franco became n republic ,
she hn been for forty years a resident of
Now York.
Nathaniel Witherell , who ( Mod at Glens
Falls , N , Y. , always regarded himself a liv
ing oddity. Ho was tno thirteenth child and
tlio .seventh son of his parents and the
youngest child In the family. Mrs. Wlthoroll ,
who still survives her husband , occupies the
janio relative position In her father's ' family ,
being the thirteenth and youngest child and
the seventh daughter of her parents.
Mrs. Hobncca Hooper , n Ui-yoar-old lady
living in Linn county , Kansas , has made
some Interesting personal memories of thu
lation's early duys. Her maiden name was
Wood , and film was born In Maryland , Ooto-
jor 7 , 17JS. Her family removed to Wash-
ngton and Mm was n clerk In her father' : !
itoro when the British troops sucked nnd
jurncd the capitnl In 181-1. She was carried
mt of ttio store In the arms of n British sol-
llcr on that occasion. In August , IH'il , when
.afayotto revisited thn United Stains , she
opro.sonted Maryfmid In the committee of
ronng ladles who escorted Lnfayotto from bis
: arrlato ; to the hotel , nnd wtio spread tbulr
Hit , Mower embroidered shawls in hi ) p.ith
or him to walk upon. Mrs. Hooper Is Klill
n very good health and spirits.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't ' Report.