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J.'Olt 'JIIK VAMl'AItlX.
In order to plvo every reader In this state
nnd Iowa nn opportunity to keep posted on
thn progress of the campaign In both these
states we ha < ro decided to offer Tun WKBKI.Y
JlKK for the brtlnnco of this year for TWENTY
CENTS , fund In your orders curly. Two
dollars will bo accepted for a club of ten
names. TIIK DEI : I'UHMSIIINO Co.
Omaha , Nob.
No known boodlora will bo elected at
Iho coming election.
BUT two registration days remain ,
Bo sure your nntno is on the list next
Friday or Snturdny.
THE furniture scandal will break the
backs of several very prominent candi
dates for city ofllcos.
CHICAGO does not need the national
convention. If she has peed luck the
World's fair will leave 8200,000,000 in
her exchequer.
GOVKIINOU BOIKS has boon on the de
fensive from the very beginning of the
campaign. Instead of a campaign of
education ho has mndo one of explana
tion.
WHAT sort of ti figure would Henry
OstolT it ns ni'iyor in a speech welcom
ing the general conference of the
Methodist Hplgcopal church to Omaha
next May ?
TUB two mile limit saloonkeepers
were duty arraigned on complaint of
the county attorney upon the charge of
Boiling liquor without license. The
partner of one of the assistants to the
county attorney will defend the erring
barkeepers.
CHICAGO is fast becoming noted for
monuments. Ono is now to bo erected
In honor of linns Christian Anderson to
cost $25,000. It Is barely possible Chi
cago's monumental onthuslaam is in
tended ns much to humiliate Now York
*
tis to beautify her public parks.
FitATs'OK has a national debt exceed
ing $0,000,000,000 and levies n tax of
6080,000,000 annually. Ilor debt per
capita is$1f > ! ) .75 and annual tax Is$17.80.
In America the per capita is $1-1 and the
annual tax $7.41. i/Vntmo / is not a good
country to draw parallels from In argu
ments to prove that America's financial
legislation Is wrong.
GUKAT BRITAIN levies a tax of $11.20
per capita for governmental expenses ;
Germany , $7.77 ; Franco , $17.80 ; the
United States , $7.-11. The debt of G rout
Britain is $87.0U per capita , nnd that of
America $11 The gentlemen who howl
BO fiercely about the burden of taxation
in this blessed land should" * look nt the
Jlguros of other countries.
OMAHA people are thoroughly aroused
in favor of the good old doctrine : Pat-
roni/.o Tlomo Industry. The olToctivo-
nosa of the campaign hero has awakened
nearly oxory city in the country. Wo
have sot a good example ; lot us keep It
Up , and by giving Omaha manufacturers
the preference stimulate Omaha facto
ries nnd build up Omaha commerce.
GRNKUAI , Miu-s : knows the Indian by
long experience , but ho disorodits the-
Indian's intelligence and his own skill
in suppressing Indian riots when ho de
liberately writes to the department that
there is a possibility of a general upris
ing of the Indians of the entire country.
There are too many whites In sight nnd
too many Indians who have soon whites
nt n distance from Ihelr tupoos to make
It likely that anything like a common
cause can now bo made by tno scattered
tribes against the whites.
" 0 , yes , wo have prohibition , " say * a Malno
mnu , "but the trouble U wo haven't got the
blamed thing ( uilto fixed BO that It wilt pro
hibit. " That appears to ku the weak point In
prohibition everywhere , OMAHA UKK ,
There seems to bo some dlfllculty juat now
In Omaha about making the law prohibiting
mob violence prohibit. Will Governor
Tha.yer ndvlso the legislature to repeal the
lawi Ktw York \'i > eeVu. . )
The parallels are not well drawn. The
law prohibiting mob violence has boon
net nt dullanco in Omahn , but once in
twenty yours. The law prohibiting the
rum trnlllc is being violated somewhere
In Maine every twenty seconds and poa-
jlbly even oftener ,
TIIK ShAttUBllS nKfVTKI ) .
The dastardly assault tipon the good
nnmo nnd roptitatfon of Judge Post hns
aroused intense indignation not only
among the poonlo of this stnto in which
ho hns boon known us ft man of ex
emplary moral character for moro than
fifteen years , but in the state
of Iowa , and ospqoiirtly in the town of
Loon , from which it was charged ho
had boon compelled to run away to es
cape the wrath of nn Incensed commun
ity. Kvory material charge made
against Judge Post now turns out to bo
n reckless fabrication. Judge Post was
not indicted by the grand jury. Ho
wiw not expelled from . the Masonic
order , and on the civil suit trumped up
ngnlnst him allowed himself to besmirched
smirched rather than to expose an in
discreet personal friend.
The following letter speaks for itself :
FJIION' , In. , Oct. ! M. A. M. Ularlt , osq. , ii17
Haruoy street , Omaha , Neb. : Dear Sir You
no doubt Imvo road the malicious assault inado
upon Judge A. M. I'ost by the World-Herald
of Omahn. As ho Is ono of my best nnd moit
esteemed friends , It U my doslro that all my
friends should know the truth In regard to
the matter. Judge I'oit'a statement In Tun
OMAHA IRI : Is fair and candid , nnd It U n
fact that ho was not expelled from tbo lodge ,
nor was ho Indicted by the grand
jury. Ho assumed the poiltlou ho teen to
screen the girl and a third party , who was
horsouucor. Ho did ovor.vthlnp In his power
to preserve the character of the girl , nnd took
all the bhimo upon himself ; and today ho
will not allow any reflection to bo cast upon
her character that would In the least benefit
himself , aud there Is much tlmt could bo
said. Judge Post is a man whom , if you
know , you could not help but ostootn. This
Is n sad blow to him , his wlfa und daughters ,
tmd no ono hut n felon would resurrect tbo
deeds of a young man who hart buried them
for twenty years by u character that Is be
yond reproach. If you can in the least assist
mo in vindicating my esteemed friend I shall
ever bo under obligations to you. Yours
truly , II. U , LVYTOX.
Mr. Laylon is ono of the oldest citizens
of Luon Do resided in the llttlo Iowa
city at the time of the incident which
the Omaha World-llcruld has sought to
use to the disadvantage of Judge Post in
his candidacy before the people for
judge of the supreme court. Ilo voices
a sentiment of disgust at the Edgorton
organ which prevails not only among
the intimuto friends of the victim of its
vile slander but among good people
generally.
But the most scathing rebuke to
Judge Post's slandorord is ad ministered
by the alliance organ of Leon , In. the
Leon 2ict , in its last issue of October 22.
Our oldest citizens who know the charges
made and mot and tbo general circumstances
surrounding thorn pronounce the article referred -
forrod to grossly false and malicious.1'
* * * * * * *
The ; % ontomptlblo measures of the nowspa-
ror referred to [ the World-IIoralaj Is shown
by Its sending n buudlo of the issue contain
ing the slanderous article hero for distribu
tion. Thcso papers were sent to members of
the party opposed to Mr. Post , but to their
credit bo it said they refused to handle thorn
nnd returned them to the publishers. " * *
\Vo can ovotlook or excuse a gro.it
deal In the heat of a political
campaign when used for political
purposes , but the sending of those Infamous
papers Into our midst oxnihits u malicious
ness ana meanness below the ordinary depths
of partisan polities. * * * The writer of
the nbovo uolonga to the party ot Judge
Post's political opponents but cannot repress
a foolltiL' of profound Indignation nt the un
warranted dragging into the cesspool of
partisan politics matters long ago buried in
oblivion and for a supposed partisan a4-
vantage traduce an upright judge and bring
suffering and shame upon estimable nnd
innocent women and children.
In the face of facts of record In the courts ,
the vindication of former citizen * , Its own
admissions thai Its original charges are false ,
the prompt nnd explicit denial of Judge Post ,
his upright , honorable reputation as a citizen ,
father and public olllcor for twenty years ,
the positive recollections of officials whoso
duties made thorn fathlliar with the facts nnd
the almost universal indignation which the
slander has aroused among decent people , the
contomptlhlo sheet goes ou revamping and
attempting to reinforce its libel day utter
dayl
KOT A IlKl'llKSKXT.U'll'K
When Henry OstholT was placed in
nomination for the olllco of mayor Mr.
Birkhausor , his chief sponsor on the
lloor of the democratic convention , de
clared that ho was to bo thus hon
ored because ho was a representa
tive Gorman. Mr. Birkhausor know , as
every well informed oitixcn o [ Omaha
knows , that this wns a reflection upon
the intelligence of our Gorman-Amer
icans. Henry OtithotI is in no sense n
representativeGormanAmerican. . Ilo
has neither the good brooding , social
standing , education or culture that
would entitle him to bo classed as a rep
resentative Gorman. Ilo has never
been so recognized by men of
his nationality. They Imvo never soon
lit to honor him with any position of
prominence within the gilt of their so
cieties or clubs. lie has never boon
called upon to preside over any Gorman-
American mooting and could not
do so with any degree of credit
to himwilf. There are represen
tative Gorman-Americans in Omaha
any ono of whom might nsplro to the
mayoralty. Such men as Henry Ptindt ,
Judge Benoko , lirnost Poycko , Dr.
Grossman , Henry Meyer , Charles Bur-
moister , Alfred Artiomnnn , Henry
Grebe , Frederic Mot/ , George Ilolmrod ,
Udo Bruchvogol and do/mis of others
wo might name would properly rank as
representative Germans.
The more fnct that Henry Osthoff has
served one term in the oily council would
scarcely warrant the claim that he must
bo looked upon and recognized ns a rep
resentative Gorman.
It would bo indued a humiliating ad
mission upon the part of Gorman Amor-
leans of Omaha that a man who scarcely
possesses the rudimontd of a German
education and lacks every qualification
which the mayor of a city like Omaha
Hhould po.ss > oss should bo p'ltlmod oil
upon our citizens as a representative
of the most enlightened people In all
Europe. It would bo an admission of
inferiority that would only tend to lower
the Germans of Omaha , in the estimation
of nil other classes of citizens.
THK HKI : certainly hns no disposition
to disparage or belittle the Gaminim ,
but they must not disparage nnd bollttlo
themselves by presenting suoli a man as
Henry OstholT for the position of mayor
on the ground that ho is a roprebontn-
tive German.
THK German-Americans of Omaha
are too intelligent uot to know that uo
man la fit to be mayor of Omaha unions
ho can command nnd inspire popular re *
BRoct. lie must bo a man capable of expressing -
pressing hltuself fairly in the language
of the country. Ho must be n man of
good address who can entertain the
guests of the city nnd impress them
favorably by his own presence with the
character and intelligence of the com
munity. In short , ho must bo a gentle
man in the broadest sense of the tot-in.
TIIK L\CllK.lSH OF S.\.t \ , < iniKS.
The city comptroller's report for 1690
ahows the total sum paid out by Omaha
in salaries for the yoir : to bo 8300,81)1.40. )
This sum does not include any expendi
tures paid out of special assessments by
citizens. In looking over the list of olll-
cora It IB found that there has bean a
very general increase of salaries
all along the line from mayor to city
scavenger. The mayor's salary Is in
creased $000 per annum. The salary of
each of the eighteen councilmen is raised
from ? (503 ( to $800 , involving an addition
of S1GOO to the total. An addition is
made to the salaries of clerks in the
comptroller's olllco aggregating $1-
070.07. In the ollico of superintendent
of buildings $313 is added to the
salary liat. The city physician's
salary Is reduced from $2.-100 to $2,000 ,
but a sanitar c onunisslonor is created tit
$1,200 per annum and health inspectors
are authorized to take up further funds.
In the city attorney's ofllco a city prosecutor
cuter is added at a salary of $1,200 per
annum. Several now clerks , stenograph
ers and typewriters are dropped in hero
and there and a largo inspection service
is maintained. Everywhere the increase
appears and only in two or three instances
is there any. reduction. In 1883 the city
attorney had a salary of $2,000 a year ,
now ho receives $ ; i)00and , ( ) hois allowed
also an assistant at $2,000 , a prosecutor
at $1,600 , and clerks amounting to at
lostst $1,000 moro In the county govern
ment the increase of t.xx eaters is also
apparent. A few years ago a prosecut
ing attorney at $1,500 transacted the
business of the district. Now the
county attorney draws $2,500 , has
two assistants at $900 a year each
and ono at $000 a year , besides
special sums occasionally for special
assistance. Ills ofllco rent , telephone
rent and cleric hire is also paid. There
is a tendency everywhere to multiply
tax eaters which the people should re
buke in a most effective manner at the
coining election by electing to city and
county ofticos men whoso business expe
rience clearly entitles them to confi
dence , and who will favor an economical
administration of public affairs.
IN TIIK 1XTKKKST OK COllN.
The transmississippi congress ap
pointed a committee of three from onch
of the otates represented in the congress
to adopt ways and moans to introduce
corn ns an article of food in the coun
tries of the world. Nothing which the
congress did is more promising
than this of good results , if the
gentlemen appointed give the matter -
tor the attention which its importance
merits , and it should bo safe to say that-
the representatives of the corn-growing
state ? will not fail to do this. THK BISK
has moro than once urged the expedi
ency of united action by the states in the
corn belt looking to the introduction of
corn into Europe as food for the people ,
nnd there .vill probably never bo a moro
auspicious time than the present for in
augurating this enterprise. It is as
clearly demonstrated ns can bo done by
figures that before the next crop year
Europe will have to find a substitute for
wheat and rye for the broad of the
masses of its people , and corn alone will
moot the requirement. It Will not be
wise , however , to wait for that exigency
to bo reached. It is rather the part of
wisdom to seek to avert it , and in order
to do this the task , of educating Euro
peans to oat corn bread should
bo entered upon as soon as practic
able. If a hundred million bushels
of corn should bo worked up into meal
for tlio use of Europeans during the next
ton months the problem of a supply of
broad for the millions who must stiller if
made dependent on ivheat and rye
would be solved. It is possible to do
this if the people of Europe are taught
that broad from corn is wholesome , nu
tritious and palatable far more so than
the coarse rye nnd wheat broad that is
eaten by the musses of the people.
An elTort to introduce corn to the
tables of Europeans has boon made for
two or three years , and it has been meas
urably successful. It was first instituted
at the last Paris exposition , and tit the
big food phew at Glasgow a couple of
years ago the state of Nebraska had an
agent preparing and serving Indian corn
for visitors in every possible variety ,
and with quite favorable results. A
short time ago this gentleman , Colonel
Murphy , was commissioned by Secretary
Rusk to go to Berlin and call the atten
tion of the Gorman government and
people to the merits of our great cereal.
He has the assistance of Minister Phelps
in presenting tlio matter , and it is re
ported that the Gorman govern
ment olllcinls have boon favor
ably impressed with what they Imvo
learned of the excellence of In
dian corn as human food. Once havlntr
overcome the prejudice that keeps this
cereal from the tables of the people and
corn will bo as generally used In Europj
as It Is here Obviously the first thing
to IK > done is to establish in half a
ilo/.ou uf the principal cities of Europe
Kitchens where corn can bo properly
prepared and served in the great
variety of ways in which it can bo
made palatable. Such a plan
is entirely prnotlcablo , and the cost of
putting it into otTout would bo utterly
insignificant in proportion to the value
of the results. But it will not be undertaken -
taken by iiiif ono state , and if a compre-
hoiwivo movement for introducing corn
Into Europe U to be carried to success it
must be backed by the united support of
all the corn-growing states.
emu TO nt : CM.I.KD 10
Advices from Washington indicate
that the administration him duclcod to
demand from the Chilian government
reparation for the outrages committed
upon American will or * . U is under
stood that the president has dispatched
instructions of this nature to Minister
Egnn , and it is in .limited to bo
the intention of this government
to tiriuly insist upon a prompt
nnd complete rtvuognlllon of its rigl'ls.
Investigation inado by the naval olllcors
of the Uniteifstntoa at Valparaiso
shows that thot ( ttitck mndo in that City
a short time qjffvby a mob on American
sailors , In which otlo of the sailors was
killed and a number moro or loss tie-
voroly injured , wns entirely without
provocation was an ebullition of the
popular hatred of American's , which has
become quito general In Chili and appears
to bo shared by the members of the now
government. The authorities have
made no olTort to apprehend the perpe
trators of the outrage , but as If to show
how bitter is their dislike of Americana
and to encourage the popular hatred ,
they Imprisoned a number of American
sailors , who were only released after a
very earnest , protest from our minister.
Of course no solf-roapccting govern
ment , able to protect its cltiznns nnd
enforce its rights * , would permit such
things to pass unnoticed. The now
Chilian government has on the .whole
behaved very badly toward the United
States. Thl's nation was tlio first to
recognize that government , having
done BO the moment it was ofllcially
advised that the revolution was
successful , but this fact appears to
count for nothing with the junta.
It has persistently manifested an
unfriendly spirit and has acted ns If it
desired to break ofT friendly relations
witli the United States. Our minister
has been annoyed and harrassod in
every possible way , oven to the extent
of having his residence put under police
surveillance , and rights which ho
claimed , in the matter of giving an
asylum and safe conduct to refugees ,
iiavo boon bluntly rejected. It is plain
from the whole course of the present
Chilian government that it is imbued
with the same feeling toward this coun
try that found brutal expression in the
attack of the mob on American sailors
in the streets of Valparaiso , and In the
circumstances the government of the
"United States would bo unworthy the
respect of other nations or of its own
people if it should fail to assort
its rights and to demand justice for
the wrongs committed against its citi
zens. It will bo sustained in this course
by the unqualified popular approval ,
whatever the consequences may bo.
However , no very serious roeults are to
bo apprehended. Although the mem
bers of the junta are doubtless some
what inflated with a sense of their
prowess , and the average Chilian feels
that his country Is capable of achieving
almost anything in a military way ,
it is hardly probable that the govern
ment would co.ro : to provoke a war with
the United States. Such a conflict
would , indeed , nbt bo so entirely one
sided , ns the dflTorenco in population ,
wealth and resources of the two coun
tries naturally suggests , for Chili has a
navy superior-to ours , but there could
be no uncertainty as to the outcome
of a war between that country and
" '
this. , ;
COST OF KLtJCTlONS.
The largely increased expense of an
election undo ? the Australian system
has been notch " 'by Nobraskans. The
general 3entimpit. .Is , of course , that a
pure ballot is chea. . at whatever cost.
In Omaha'wo Shall pay out for judges
and clerks alone over Sit.OOO. The
printing of tickets and stationary will
cost probably $5,000 mpro and the
booths for the city and county are to
involve nn outlay something near $25,000
to say nothing of furniture. It is very
safe to assume that the election next
month will cost Douglas county and
Omaha not far from $40,000. The ex
pense appears great by comparison , for
heretofore it has not boon to exceed
$10,000. There is comfort in the thought
too , that future elections will not cut so
deep into the public treasury unless wo
grow with remarkable rapidity , for the
booths purchased are substantial and
need not bo replaced for a long period of
yonrs.
Elections are expensive luxuries
everywhere. Probably they cost more
in Now York City than any where else
in the country. The machinery of elec
tions in that great city is very cumbor-
somo. It is oiit'.mated that every vote cast
in Now York City costs $1.75. Last
year's balloting required $ -104,7-1 : ! .
Under the old system $250,000
was the outside expenditure. Tlio
present year this will bo reduced ,
but $2013,800 is required for election inspectors
specters , poll clerics and ballot clerks ;
$108,000 for rent of polling places and
fitting them up ; $41,500 for advertising ;
88,000 for pay of the chief election olllcor
and his clerks ; $5,000 for contingencies ,
nnd $ ( iO,000 for printing the olllciiil bal
lots. There are 887 election districts.
It requires 7,000 oflioials to conduct the
elections.
These 7,000 election otllcors will per
form a v.ist amount of clerical work. In
an article In the Now York Sun the fol
lowing figures are given to show what ti
vast amount of stationery will bo re
quired in order that the will of the
voters ot that great metropolis may bo
accurately doturmined on a single day
In November : ' /
Five thousand live hundred bottles of
black ink,10,100V/id / ( : pencil' , , 2,000 pens ,
10,000 ponhold 'H,1 , ; 10,000 pieces blotting
paper , 5,500 bottles mucilage , ouoli la
belled and ha.\'Vl'ig \ a brush. Besides
this there will bo/required / 1K10 quires of
foolscap , 1)00 ) jifb/Jos of rod tape.Ill )
dozen uildiUohiij lead pencils , war
ranted to wrlto Italian , llu-
hpminu or | poriuim names with
out breaking. , )00,000 ) bound books
of election information , 1,000 telegraph
blanks , 7,200 rtl iRtra.tion blanks , 2,700
penholders ( in addition to those already
provided , and 'il/another / , kind ) , ( UKOI )
lions for the inripootors , 0,00) ) iron spin-
dlo.sfor USD as files , l'l,0)0 ( ) nrinlllu envel
opes , f,01H registry books , 7,000 pay-roll
blanks , 7,000 lUii'tlllcatcs uf nppotn.linont ,
10,01)0 ) straw envelopes for notifications
to olll corn , of uluullon , 1,000 printed
leases , 1,000 copies of the comptroller's
payroll , 2,700 printed receipts , 1,800
sticks of soullng wax , 1,000 printed
guides , and 10,000 plocun of Hiring to
hold pencils , so that tlm voters In their
excitement , groud or ab ont-mlndodno s
will not walk olT with them to the
Impoverishment of the ulty.
IT UAH been wisely miggostod Hint a
building Hhould ho provided at the
World's fair for an exhibit by the vurl in
status of their methods and principled
of public education. The National
UUronti of Education will hnvo an
exhibit in the government building , but
tills will not bo sufllciont to convoy
an adequate idea of popular educa
tion In the United States. Our system
is of great interest to all the
world , and there ought to bo the largest
possible opportunity glvon for its study
by foreign visitors. An educational
building , such as is desirable , should
contain statistics nnd schedules of
studies ot the great universities , the
methods of other successful institutions
of learning , and illustrations could bo
glvon of tlio modern mode of leaching
the deaf nnd dumb. An exhibition of
this kind would bo of very great
Interest to the thoughtful , whether or
not It would attract the merely curious ,
and as a moans of instruction it would
bo exceeded in value by uo other feature
of the fair. The commissioners will make
a serious mistake if they fall to provide
for a thorough educational exhibit ,
AccoitlHKO to the insurance commis
sioners of Mansachusetts , 50,000 persons
in that state have lost $ ; ! ,000,000 through
the operations of the swindling endow
ment orders. Doubtless .otnor slates
could show an oven worse record of rob
bery by those institutions , whicli have
nourished ns freely In Now York ,
Pennsylvania and Ohio as in Mas
sachusetts. Taking the whole country
together it is probably not an
exaggeration to estimate the losses
sulTorod through thesaswindling orders
at $25,000,000. They still exist and do
business in some of the states , but they
are being suppressed as rapidly as pos
sible. What is needed in every state is
moro stringent legislation against such
institutions , nnd meanwhile their ex
posure through the press is a duty to
the public. Such facts as those Irom
Massachusetts ought to teach people to
keep their money out of all endowment
orders.
MIL HENHY OSTHOKK'S paper , pub
lished in two languages , is fairly burst
ing with rage and wants the editor of
Tins BISK arraigned before the bar of
criminal justice. Nothing would please
us better. Just lot OsthotI come into
court and ho will bo furnished abundant
proof for all wo have charged and
more too.
AMONG candidates for ] ustieo ot the
ponce none tire bettor qualified for the
position than Mr. J. D. Pilchor. Mr.
Pilclior has resided in this city for more
than four years and is highly spoken of
by icombors of the profession.
SOUTH DAKOTA is not receiving much
favorable advertising on account of her
lux divorce laws , but she is redeeming
herself to a considerable extent by pros
ecuting the Louisiana lottery officials.
Canada's Wo.ak I'oint.
Ilaltimore American.
Canada will strengthen her coast
lint what needs bolstering up the most Is
her flnancns.
Where to fiialce Your Mark.
Teltninali Hur onlnn.
If yon wish to have on the bench a judge of
ability , ability of that broiul ami fair-minded
nature tnat will rccognUeno friend , nuonumy ,
noparty.no crcol , you should make your
mark ( X ) after the name of 0. K. Scott.
IVir Fitness.
Heuurr I'aUey Tr bune.
The national republican committee will
moot at Washington , 1) . ton November 3 to
select n place and time for Holding the na
tional republican convention In IS ! ) ? , Omaha
Iris been makln ? adotormlncd iilTort to secure
the prize , and In the eternal lllncs.M of things
xht to have It.
Too Much Orii.-imont.
I'liUniMiililti Ilcconl.
Uov. Hobor Nmvlon insists that the public
schools must bo "don ocrntlzcd.1' I.oss money
he thinks , should bo npcnt on the accomplish
ments of the few. mid mure on the necessities
ofthemaiiv. In this view wo think ilio rev
erend gentleman U rUlit. It sjmetlmet hap
pens that your Idealist Is delivered of a very
sane and sensible opinion.
Nature Demolishes Vagaries.
/CIIII.IIM Citu Jnnrmv.
The grain crousof IS'JI ' are worth fl per aero
moro than were those of 1S"U. Our exportable
sjr.iin Mil-plus will he more than ten times
greater than Iv was last year. And yet no
legislation of "relief , " no proat Increase of
circulation "per capltor" has tauen place to
put the farmer In this fine situation ! The
forces of iiMttire scum to have conspired to
overturn and show up as ridiculous the vas-
arles of the people's party ,
.Iiisr nnd HoiiornUlo
7J/dr / ( I'ilat ,
The people of this county have long rocog-
nl/.eil In Judge Ilupuwell the ptirsniilllcatlon
of an honorable man ami a Jmt Ju Ige. As the
representative of our sister county , Hurt , on
the bench of the district , in the trim spirit of
friendly restud for that county's wishes and
Intcro.slti. and In recognition of the honorable
record of the man anil JndKO , the people of
thin county , regardless of political iilllllatlon ,
should KIVO to Judo M IE. Hopowell an earn
est , enthusiastic support , anil wa bullevo they
will.
A I'rojjn-ssivo
Utcnrlcltii.
Over flfly years ago tlioro lived and taught
a certain profosor of physics. Ono day ho
explained to his class the experiments ot Dr.
Franklin with lilt I ; I to , by which ho estab
lished the Identity of lighting and frlctlonal
electricity. At the close of his lecture ho said
to his class ; "Voun ? men , you were horn too
Into to witness the development of this great
science. " If the shades of the departed are
alliiwi'il to visit this earth and know what Is
goln ; on. we can easily Ima .Ine tlm prolonged
state of astonishment that our ooU professor
lias been In during the years of h:3 : sojourn In
the l.uiil of shadim.s at what some of liU ptipllu
have lived to see.
A Onut .Nation ,
Wo are the mon prosperous people In the
world , and the farmer l.s the basU of our pros
perity. l''ir-e croHineni | : litr o Incomes for the
farmer and liirgu Incoino * moan largo expen
ditures with tin ) merchant and thu banker ,
All tliU moans a stimulus to lii'lu.slry and en-
terprl.ioauch as always follows n natural In
crease ) of wealth.
In lt > ! k ) the I'll ted Status Imported l.Vt : ) > 00
tons of sugar. i'iinlviilonttiU',7iWOJO,0'.iJ ' pound H ,
and produeod sulllclunt xngarln addition to
mal.0 the total : imsumptlon In this country
{ UJOO.IXW.OOI pounds , or at the rate of over llfty
pounds for uvury man , woman and child In
the ITnltol Statet. One quarter of
the world' * prolurtlon of sugar Is
consumed In UiU country. 'W < > Imported
lu t voitr nuiirlv 4.IXU , XHilm.C4 of uolTuu , mak
ing thin Iho laigcst I'lilTeti viiitoiuur In the
world. Over -MJ.OO ( ) pounds uf tobacco wuro
hriiujht In. We are consuming so much In
thosn prosperous times that the prices of com-
iiHKhtlDH for uxport have rlsun and will prob
ably cnnlinun to rldo.
Wo are also the great producers of the
world , l.ait year we sant abroad of cotton
iilonu t l.iWJOOJ worth ! to ill s wo ndilud
$ | , Vi,000. fl.l worth of broaiUtulK nnd M'Kl.OOJ.OOJ '
worth of provision * , besides tll.OOO.OM worth
df livooattlo und t l.UOJ.uoa worth of mineral
nils. When waeo.itomplato tho-io" llxnrus web
b Klii to Hpproi'luto him law and prosperom
thlso Hi ilry Is. mid wli/ . beyond any otln-r
land on ( h < fai-v uf Iho a u u. U cunt uuo * la
attract the luriio.-a luuuUrnllon.
Columbus I'ost ! TliU Is the son on of the
year when the young man CIKH to nil funeral
nnd pulls his gun ovorlho fence nftor him.
Now VorkTolecraim Mrs. Peek t was an
old fool when I married you.
llnnry I'ock Well , you certainly haven't
grown younger , iry dear.
Chicago Tribune : "ll.trolay , " tald ln | > wlfo
of thn sick man. "hire Is Uov. Mr. lloodman ,
who has count to talk to you. "
"Did ho brlnz ntiyhody to Identify him ? " In
quired the bank cashier , feebly ,
FIIOM IIKIU.S TO un.U ) .
JWttilt Vrte I'rtts.
Km womnn was emuiielp.ite ,
Mio knit with euro his sock.-ts but non ,
L\altetl to her higher state ,
She knits with care his manly brow.
New York Heruldi Ilrldges-You ilomocratt
have a big advantage over ns as regards thu
innnnfnotiirlnit of voters ,
llrooks i fall tosfii wherein.
llrldgns Why , Its no olTonso to start a Hour
mill , but anything In the faucet line rouulrus
n llct'nso ,
Hoston Transcript : Parent I etimo to In
quire nn behalf i.f my son about that situa
tion you ad vorllso. I don't know as ho will
suit yon. Ilo has Juft graduated from college
and "
Hlionkooppr-Oh , that doesn't signify. What
ho kpow before ho went there will probably
como back to him In time ,
Good News : Near-sighted lady The boy
who Is trying to tlo that tin can to that poor
dog's tall ought to Do thrashed within an Inch
Of his life the horrid little brute.
Maid it's your bov , mum.
" .My boy ? "
"Yes , mum. "
"Toll him , If ho'llslop , I'll give blm some
cake. "
THK TtniKKV'3 COUP.
,
The farmer hied li'm ' to the coop ,
And found no'tnrkoys there :
Ho forthwith loudly walled , and toro
Ills fragmentary hair.
"Where are my turlteys fair and fat
Which yesternight worn hero ?
Alas ! alas ! some thieving wight
Has stolen them , I fear. "
High overhead , what was that nolso
That Ilko a chuckle boomed ?
Some turkey-cock. It must have been ,
Was talking us he dreamed ,
The trees were tall , the branches high ,
And loaves were yet thereon :
So nothing there the farmer saw ,
. And hence he soon w.is gone.
The turkeys nestled ns ho went ,
And each one winked an eye ,
And said , ' t'hanksjlvln ; Day Is near ,
So wo are roosting high , "
WHY SUB'S CIIIIM'KR.
llnffd n / > / ) c. ,
She's as chipper as a nelioot-glrl
And Is several times as gay ,
She keeps simpering and glg'gllng
At everything you say ,
In splti ! of ptlnt : and wrinkles
Her heart seems full or bliss ,
Kor she's reached the agn of thirty
And has just had liorllrst , kiss.
Now York Herald : Charlie \Vhatmakes \ the
old rat howl so ?
Walter I cunss you'd make a nolso If you
was full of HddlestrliiK.s Inside.
A NATUIIAI. PACT.
They claim that llshos havn no speech ,
Hut 'tU a saying weak ,
For talking of the wondrous west
Don't all know that I'iko'a I'tiak ?
WASIUXOTOX Uuuiuunr Tun Hen ,
51l Poi'tiTRRXTn STIIKRT , V
WASHINGTON , 1) . C. , Oet. SI. I
It must have boon a great grntlllcfltlon to
Mr. Hlalno to sec so ninny familiar faces nt
the Pennsylvania railroad station to great
and welcome htm upon his return toVnsh -
Ington this afternoon. Ho must Imvo taken
notice , however , of the disappointment div
plcted upon every face Into which ho looked ns
each ono failed to sco any physical evidenced
that Improved condition of health which the
press dispatches had led them to expect. The
sccrotary of state looked at n glance era short
distance , much the same man physically that
ho was when ho loft hero early fast summer
for Ills vacation nnd rest , A closer Inspec
tion , however , showed tl.at though ho had
lost llosh ami was weary there were no traces
of disease or severe Illness nl hand. Uo
looked rather Ilko ono upon whom the decny
of ittno had fallen with moro than usual
weight In a short period. There was the
snmo keen eye nnd pleasant smile , but
It WM evident to the most casual
observer that Mr. lliaino Is soon Jaded.
The secretary did not slop to recogni/o any
of his friends , but with Mrs. Ulnlno on his
loft arm and his son Jnmcs G. at his right ho
walked through the station and directly to
his carriage without a piuiso. His brother ,
who Is considerably moro slight of build but
boars a strong resemblance to the distin
guished secretary , was nt the carriage door ,
and It wns observed that ho , Ilko nil others ,
was most Interested In the appearance of the
arrival und gazed Intently at 'him. AH Mr.
Hlauio walked up the long platform In the
station nnd through the waiting rooms and
past the largo crowd. ' there was n hushed sl-
lenco nnd never did men and women look
harder Into the face of any one. All were
keenly interested In gathering personal Im-
pro.sslons aud conclusions on the all-absorbing
subject. Mr. Ulnino did not pass through
the ladles' watting- room whore. In July , issi ,
the assassin's bullet foiled President ( Jar-
Held as the latter and the present secretary
of stnto were promenading. He went out at
aside door. It is understood that on Mon
day Mr. Hlalno will go to the stale depart
ment for his usr . .1 duties , but that ho will
write most of his annual report at his resi
dence , where ho cnn have absolute quiet.
A. Gorman , democrat , who has just re
turned from the Grady ceremonies nl Atlanta ,
says that the most marked feature of tno
occasion was the evident , collapse of the
proposed II111 boom.
"Governor Hill wont to Atlanta to revive
his drooping presidential boom , " said this
spectator , "but ho only succeeded In demon
strating Its weakness. There was no en
thusiasm In his behalf , only n p llto and
kindly reception. Every effort to give n
political turn to his presence there fell Hat ,
ami I am sure ho saw for himself that them
wns no clmnco for developing n Hill boom In
thd south. "
Assistant Soretnry of the Interior Chan
dler toilny nfllrmed the decision of the general
land ofllco In tlio timber culture contest of
Uomotrls A. Hnrd vs August Anderson from
the North 1'latto district. The von test la
dismissed.
The following postmasters were appointed
today : Nebraska Uyron , Thayer county ,
I ) . U'hltson , vlco IX Caldiyeil removed ;
Kramer , Lancaster county , J. IClcIn , vlcoV. .
W. Lewis resigned ; Haltillo , Lancaster
county , J. K. Knlclieloo , vice A. 7 . Reed re-
S '
Detroit Kreo Press : Somehow the girl who 'uJwa Lvnnvillo Jasnor countv M Drv
I" " ' ° d ° MU l aU ° ' " l ° 80t ° " d raytonP Vs. ' 1
? wo" at 8 At'oyol ! ° ' vice W . H.
" "
Elmlra Gazette : Yon cnn't estlmato n man's KU31A ! > VK VV 3'JIK tiK.t. ± . t *
liberality by what lie thinks you ought to "
Arrival til'nii Klimlii"
Molvoosport Times : The l.oy who begins
In early life to stay out into of nights and
smokocigarettes , oven though ho does noth
ing worse , hasn't long to .stay. Ilo .soon be
comes an angel.
When the curtain of a theater takes a drop
tbo majority ot the males In the audience go
out to follow stilt.
Chicago Times : In the gumo of life the
opera composer makes the most scores.
I'itlslmrg Dispatch : If the women of today
nowdured their hair It would bo easier to
bans.
Cloak Kovli-w : Wife Wo are going to dis
band our mowing society.
Husband Why , what Is the trouble ?
Wlfo All the women in the parish have
joined.
Detroit Kreo I'ress : "Please pass mo the
butter , " Hiild a guest nt the hotel table to a
pomuous Individual on the other side.
"I urn : i gentleman , sir. " ho replied with a
grand air , beckoning to the waiter.
"Th it's what I thought when I asked you , "
said the flr.st man quietly und Hie other
dropped out.
Philadelphia Times : A youth may .sit up
late with a girl and show exceeding gall , hut
the corset that goon around hur waist Is the
greatest stayer of all.
Hoston Transcript : It Is onnngh to make a
clear Indian snicker to sue some men that
their wives are Jealous of ,
New Orleans Picayune ; Moth oaten clothes
are out to air. making a holey .snow ot a
woman's wardrobe.
Itoche.ster Post : Horse sense Is a pretty good
thing to liavo at times. It teaches a fellow to
say neigh.
Ifato Field's Washington : Dramatic Critic
How ninny "sticks" Hhalt 1 give to the criti
cism of vhls new play ?
Kdltor The whole cast.
/ O/.VTVi O.HT.ITM
Tokamah lliirtonlan : Paul Vandorvoort Is
no mascot.
Crete Vldotto : Paul Viindorvoort Is travel
ing over tint state oll'erlng tuo peep < > a re
form doctrine Lot's see. Who was It that
oll'nrcd Christ a section ot the earth ?
York Times : Those farmers who sought re
lief fioni excessive taxation by voting the In
dependent ticket should remember that the
last legislature which was controlled by the
Independents , spent over if. iAl.OlM moro than
any preceding Ifglslatnio.
North Nebraska Eagle : Kvory political
shyster who In youri past has been llreil from
either the iepiibliein : or democratic parties
for nefarious ur.iutlcos o-in now be found In
tlio Imiopcirliiiit ranks , hoarse with shouting
for purity , honesty and refom. Ye gods , what
a spectacle.
( inind Island Independent : No court has
any right to decide any case on sympathy.
'I ho Judge should lie blind to all things except
the law. the evidence ami unbiased justice ,
and when a class cull for the election of a
man "because ho will bo moved uy sympathy'1
for that class , that In no reason for every
honest man to vote against that candidate.
We do not want our courts conducted on the
"sympathy" plan. Class courts are a curse to
any country.
Iliair 1'llot : The Edgorton campaign is In
the throes of despair and on the verge of a
grand collapse. Krom all over this broad
state comes the clu'orlug Intelligence that
democrats and Independents alike , by hun
dreds and by thousands , mo ononly declaring
that they cannot and will not aid In elevating
a sny-itor lnwyor an 1 political mountebank
to u position on the supreme lieneh of the
state. The sober worth , le.-al superiority and
moral Integrity of Jiuleu A. SI. I'ost In com
parison with Kdgerton oarrioj such convic
tion to tno public as to the dutv of the hour
tint by uli'utlnii day few will bo found outs -
s do of the most radical calamity sllriokori
who will notHuppurl the Incorruptible Judge
thn hunest man. rather than the shyster
attorney with a corrupt record ,
H.lM'fi IIUHXK'IH.
You can't toll how much a lion weighs by his
roar.
Ood'n llres never linrn up anything but the
ch itt. ,
A good talker Is one who never says too
much.
Harsh words to a child sometimes kill an
angel ,
When troubles are the farthest from us they
look the highest.
There Is no such hate a i religious hate , and
no such love as Christian love.
The laws which control IH most uru thine
which iiavo never boon written.
nt Now York.
New YORK , Oct. ! M. Ou the steerage dooli
of the White Star steamship Uritannic , when
she reached her pier yesterday stood a young
couple who wore regarded with more than
ordinary idtorost. They were on the pas
senger list ns Mr. and Mrs. Motram , but ao-
cording to n cablegram from Liverpool , just
after theBritnnnlo sailed , the young lady is ,
or was , Miss Harriett Ells , daughter of the
Kcv. Mr. Ellis , pastor of Christ church In
Uurnloy , Eug. , and Mr. Albert Edward
Motram , wno formerv ! lived in Wigan , Eng. ,
where it is iutd ho loft a wife and family to
cloiio to this country with Miss Ellis.
'J hey wore pointed out ns the same people
who tried to elope on the Oceanic on Octoocr
7 , but were prevented by Uov. Mr. Ellis , who
took his daughter ashoro. Ho was quoted
then in a cablegram as declaring that Motram
was a married man.
The couple managed to slip away nnd ob
tained passage ou the Ilritnnnic. They ro-
tnscd to give any account of tnomsolvo * yes
terday , except to declare that thov wcro mar
ried.
' My name is Albert Edward Motram , "
said tliu man , "and I have OIIQ wife ; she is
hero by my side. 1 bavo nothing further to
say. "
"What a slmino , Eddie , " exclaimed the
girl. "How could they tell such stories about
us ? How could they say that wo oloport and
that my father look mo off the Oceanic. "
Motram added that it was nobody's ' busi
ness where they came from or where they
were going. Ho would answer all local ques
tions at the bnrgo olllce , ho said. Ho proba
bly will.
_ _ _ _ _
C'IM/.VO.V OCCUIIHUXUIM.
Revolution in Central America of Not
Miioh .Account.
CuiCAfio , 111. , Oct. 21. Tlolnch Haifgotiian
n young merchant from Guatemala , who Is
nt the Auditorium , says the stories about the
urciitnuinturoC paipln killed in the rovoln-
tlon In his country are untrue , "It is a fuel
wo have a revolution every llttlo while , " ho
said , ' but they are no moro than largo sized
rlo'.s , unit thny create llttlo excitement. Oc
casionally u few people are killed , but , in my
oxpciienco In Guatemala , I never heard o (
any great slaughter , These revolutions will
alwavs occur u hen the presidents endeavor
to establish themselves ns dictators , and It
sfpms that all the pro-ddonts of thcso little
Central American republics are attempting
to perform the czar net. President Darlilai
in trying it , but I doubt whether no will suu
cccd' . "
IX bK UP VOXTKXTMISST.
[ IIOIIACK'S OI > K . III. |
; c c i'lc'tl ' tn C/iirilun / A'CIM.
I hate the common , vulgar herd !
Away they wiimper when I "booh" "oim
Hut pretty girls and nice yoiiir , ' men
Oliserve properslliiiico when
I choose to sing my lyrics to 'em.
The Kings of earth , whoso Hooting pow'r
Kxcltes our homai" ) and our wonder ,
Are prruloiw small beside old Jove ,
Thn father of us all , who drove
The giants out of sight , by thnnderl
This mnn loves farmln'- , thai man law ,
Willie this one follows p ithways martlal-
\Vh-il moots It whither mortal ttnn ?
( irlin fate from her mysterious urn
Doles out the lots with hands Impartial.
Nor riiimptitiniH foasttt nor studied nports
Dcllghi. the heart liy can ) toniumtedi
The mightiest monarch luiowiith not
The peace that to thn lowly cot
Sleep hrliuolli to the sw.iln contented.
fn him untouched of discontent
t'are sits n.s lightly as a fn.itlier ;
Ho does not growl about the uropi.
Or worry when thn market drop- ) .
Or fret about the chanceful weather.
.Not HO with him who. rich In fact ,
Still NceUs his fortune to redouble ;
Though dig ln > drop or build lie hlvh ,
Those licourges twain shall lurk anlgh
Itelentless Uare. relentless Trouble.
If neither palaces nor rebus
Monuments nor OVIMJIIHIVU toddy
Immio Uoiilonlinimt'Himolhlng bllns.
Why Hhould I build an edlllcu
Where Envy come.s to fiet a body ?
Nny , I'd not Hharu your.sumptuous cheer ,
lint rather hup my rustle piiltuge ,
While that HWeet boon ihu godn be.stow
Thn peacu your mansions oantiot know
Illessed my lowly Hablno cotlugo.
Highest of Ul in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report