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TliGBccPnlilisliirtnipaiiy , Proprietors , _ BWOHN STATKMKNT W C1UCIM.ATION Ktiitpof Nobrnska , I- , fount v of Dnilclns. I ( Icntao It. Tsclinck , secretary of Tlio lln I'ubllshitis company , rioci Roluintilv sworn Unit Ilin nvtunl circulation of TIIK DAILY HKI for tlm wuoU ending iMuy SI , IfcO. , was us fol- Iowa : Hiindny. May IS . 28.0.V Mondny. May 1(1 ( . SI.WX Tuesday , Mtiy 17 . 24.nl ! Wcdnrsdny. Miiy 18 . KI.W Thiir.silnv.Miiy 1 ! ) . 2.I.W Krldny , MnySU . ZlKX Kuturday. Mny 21 . SI.Kt UKOIIOK II. T/.SUIIUOK. Hworn to hnforo tno null Riibscrlbcd In 111 } incscnuo IhlHl'Ist dny of MIIX , A , " IR - fcKAI. N. I' . l.'Kir. . Notary Public. ( 'lrriiliitliii tor April. ; M-ltfl , N muv bo a success , but thtit word is a ( load failure. It should bo olectrot notion. Dlt. RUKUIS' frioiids suy tlio Portlnnd jonvotilion will bo a Diet of Worms for him. Wormwood , rather. IK n irmn la loved for tlio cnnmios ho has nmilo , President Harrison ought tc bo very much cherished bccauso of tlio hostility of "tho FRIDAY wis : the day sot for trying the ruin-making apparatus in SouMi Dakota. But a long-EUITcring public would have hanecd the inventor if ho had tried it. AT the risk of being accused of tlio spirit of levity , \vo wish to earnestly Inquire if Omaha lias her street sprink ler in good condition for the season just opening. Tins Now York legislature has at last unshackled si married woman's right to nrnlco contracts. It was about time for that state to bo only just. In this matter - tor it was 1,000 years behind the times. MIL JAMICS ANTHONY FROUDK has resigned the chair of rogius professor of history at Oxford. A great many por- Bens have thought , since the appear ance of Carlylo'a Uominisconccs , that Mr. Proudo isn't much of a historian. saiAx KII.CIORK of Texas , who acquired his fume by kicking down a door in tlio capitol , has again immor talized himself"this time by postponing nnd probably defeating n , bill to erect a Btntuo to General W. T. Sherman at Washington. Kilg re isadaraco ! , even to Texas. REV. HOWARD McQDKAUYinust have some terrific theological tenets. Ho was too agnostic for the Upiscopnlians nnd now the Univerbalists , with whom ho lias boon laboring , pronounce him too heterodox for thorn oven. Wo fear that the rovorand gentleman is drifting to tlio Salvation Armv. NK\VS comes from his homo in Klaino thatrRov. Elijah Kellogg is reduced al most to penury. Mr. Kellogg haa writ ten n great ninny slot-ion , but his masterpiece - piece is "Spartnoiis to tlio Gladiators. " If every boy and man wlio lias shouted that speech Rhould contribute a dollar to the author's support ho would bo liv ing in a steam yacht and clipping coupons for recreation. Tim editorial page of last Sunday's Courier-Journal was devoted to Napoleon Bonaparte and Nathaniel Hawthorne. If this is the way Uonry Wattoi-son is now trying to drive his thoughts away from polities' cankering cares , after Die Chicago convention wo may look for pages of matter on the Genealogy of Cain , the History of the Man with the Iron Musk , or the Search for the Last Dauphin. THK propositions submitted to the voters of Douglas county and to the cit- i/.otiB of Omuhu in aid of the Nebraska Central Railroad company are published in this issue of Tun Hun in full , nnd cltixons and taxpayers are invited to carefully peruse and digest them so that they may understand fully the con ditions under which the bonds nro to bo votou and the obligation * which the company assumes toward Iho city and county in case the people vote the sub sidy asked for. Tim World's mil * investigating com mittee of the hoaso of representatives yosterdiiy reported in favor of abolish ing the foreign department and recom mend a reduction of the salaries of em ployes of the World's fair company. The fact that these recommendations are made "in the most frioiully spirit" will hivully console those who will bo alToctod by them. Undoubtedly a great many people who had made up their minds to look to the World's fair as a moans of support will bo doomed to dis appointment , THIUTY years ago this month Henry D. Thoreau passed quietly to the un knowable beyond , Now , at last , wo hoar that a monument is to bo erected at Concord to his memory. It will bo sim ple , as boflUiug the simple nature-lover who rests beneath it. Kvory reader of "Wnldon" would bo glad to contribute to it and to fool that somehow ho had shown his appreciation for that great man. There never will bo again such n man as Thoreau , the hntor of nhatr-s , the unohorito , Iho soul n perfect harmony with the imislo of the woods and the rongs of the birds. A beautiful life , n btMiitlful memory. n , O/'MMTM / h itu.in.-nt Under this title Till : Hr.r. present the third of a series of articles on tin history , growth ami practical value o loan and building associations. Thc i nrlic'oB ' have boon prepared with grcu care and present in small compass a mas of information of particular value t ( wtigO'Cnrnors. The growth of loan and building nsso clattotis is one of the moil instructive economic movements of our time. Thoi equal the savings batiks as doposUorlc' for the working classes , with tlio nddci advantage of contributing directly U the upbuilding of communities. Spring ing into life scarcely half a century ago they survived the industrial paralysis o civil war and the subsequent spoculativ * fever. Today they represent the busl and most successful application of tin principles of co-operation in the Unltoi States. According to the census of 180ft , Phil adelphia ranks third in population , being surpassed by Now York and Chi cago. Hut in the number of homes the taker City far excited * her superiors In population. This proud dislinctioi is largely duo to the development of loin and building associations. I'lillti- dolphin was the lirst c'ty to apply the principle , nnd the splendid results arc illustrated in the claim that over 00,001 working men have built themselves homes through those agencies. Outstdo of Philadelphia their growtli is equally notable , lu the state of Ohic 750,000 pcoplo nro interested in those associations , representing over $ -50,000 , 000 capital actually employed. In the great Empire state the business of lo.iti and building associations exceeds the ! lkr ' fgnto local business of savings banks and trust companies. In thrifty Massachusetts they represent an aggre gate capital of 3112,000.000. Their growth and bonollccnt influence in Indiana maybe bo measured by the statement that in Indianapolis 3'i.UOO pcoplo nro inter ested. Their payments last year amounted to $1.000,000 , and the total amount of money paid in during a period of less than four years was $ -1,1210,001. Various causes tended to retard the development of the.ao associations in tratiHinissouri states. That they tire rap idly expanding and becoming important elements of material progress is attested by the record in Nebraska. Although Iho record is incomplete , it shows thai forty-eight out of a total of lifty-livo local associations approved by the state board huvo an actual capital in round numbers of $2,000,000. Of this amount four associations in Omaha had $548,324 employed at the close of IS)1. ! The record is a gratifying surprise. Nebraska has hitherto boon the prey of speculative foreign associations which were neither restricted by law nor troubled with the common elements of honesty. Under the fostering euro of the present law , which provides tho'es sential safeguards of state regulation and stnto examination , there is every reason to believe that legitimate loan and building associations will become mighty helps in the upbuilding of the state" . No other agency equals the principles they embody in aiding workingmen to secure homos at a minimum of cost. AS TO AMKltlU.lN The American people , imbued with democratic ideas of equality and of the social obligations of the rich , do not pay homage to wealth for its own siko. : Tlio possession of a great fortune may gratify the vanity of its possessor , but it does not carry with it positions of honor ana trust or assurance of high social distinction. Our people as a ivhole do not like to see fortunes grow to jnmontio proportions , and when they . ontemplnto an' estate that crowds a iiumlrcd millions and seems likely to jo on growing they naturally display a ittloof the communistic sentiment that icoins to bo ingrained in the nature of nun Id ml. To place a limitation upon the concen- .ration of wealth has long boon the Iroam of ideal economists. Every gon- n-ation produces n new crop of wise men vlio deem themselves com potent to deal vith the problem , It is creditable to .ho American pcoplo that they do not lot themselves against the money > rincos merely because they are such , it is possible for a man to bo rich in this iountry and yet bo popular with Iho nass-os. The millionalro who o.Uab- ishoH great enterprises which in various vays bonollt the people at largo by 'urnishing ' employment to them will ilways escape the savage criticism that s leveled at the man who hoards his nonoy and whoso Bole ambition is toile ) ilo million upon million by the ignoble > rocessi > f hoarding. This country has inoro iuUUonalro.s Jinn any other in the world , but owing , o the circnmsUncos and conditions indor which great fortunes have in n majority of cases boon made hero this 'net does not signify tin inequitable division of the country's w.oalth. Dis covery and invention , both boneh'einl to iiankiiul at largo , have boon the source > f wealth of many of our millionaires. In both of those Holds of activity nonopollcs more or loss burdensome lave sprang up , but the fact remains , hat the public has protitod by the great mturprisos which have boon established n the process of fo'tune-building in the Jnited States. The marvelous industrial revolution s largely responsible for the advent of .ho millionaire. The appliance of itoain to transportation by r.iil , river mil ooonn , the telegraph , telephone and ilootrico motor , the sowing miohim , .ypowritor and parfooting pros * , tha uirvo.stor , reaper and mower and scores if other groit : labor a ivlngdovloos h ivo multiplied wealth and made scores of niltionaircs. There is a widespread and growing sentiment to chock the undue accumula- lon of wealth. In England , for oxain- ) lo , the sentiment of opposition to the iccumulatlon of largo fortunes Is 30 ; roat among the common people that a novomont is now on foot looking to the mposition of a lixod porcentugo tax on ill great estates , to bj collected when -ho wills of the ducodunU are presonto.l or prnh ite. The omuilmont of such a tw would bo a radical Htop indeed , but ho fact that it is being seriously ugl- ated shows the tendency of popular oollng there on this subject. No doubt horoaro cases in which the application of such a law might bo jitflt. H woul bring some of tlio aristocrats of tha country to a xnnso of their moral ohlign lions to society. And thc-re are1 a tm conspicuously wealthy men In tins rotm try who need to bosubjcclod to a slmlla pressure. This is the year of calamity , there i no doubt of It. Dismal waitings of wo have been poured forth by seers all eve the earth , and dire disaster lias beoi foretold. It Is the calamity prophets jubilee year. Those calamity prophet have toUl us that this Is to bo a torrlbli year for ilrcs , floods , fnm'.nc , cyolonci and carthqinkus. If they haven't men tioned that the world will come to ai end this year it was certainly an over sight. It may bo urged by scolllng skop tii-s that such predictions have boot made time and niraln for years. Tha wore an Idle and irreverent jest. Whatever over errors these diviners of calamity huvo nmdo.tholr forebodings are comlnj to pass with almost uusoluto cortalnt ; tills year. Please ob < orvi ! the great vlndicatloi * of the prophets since the year 189U wa ushered in. Watch the tidings o calamities and visitations of diststo : which have fallen upon the earth They predicted earthquakes , and Call fornia nhook. They predicted hurrl canes , and right on our table lies a ills patch of the disastrous typhoon a Mauritius. They told of llrcs , and Nov Orleans was almost swept elY the eartl by ( lame , while O.swogo is still burning They .spoke of Hoods , and Hood news ii remarkable. ' for its quantity. Floods li every part of the earth except China wlioro an annual inundation buries i million souls , but that will come later , Look at England , she has lost tin heir U the tlirono. Look at Russia with hoi millions of starving peasants. Look a' ' Germany with her emperor asking sonu one to hold him from declaring wai against all the belligerent powers o Hurope. The heathen still rage it : India and Africa South America is torn with civil war from end to end. Mexico nnd Editor Gar/a nro still at war , and there is a possibility that the democrats will elect the president of. the United States ! Isn't that a picture o : awful distress to which history can present - sent no parallel sincn No.ih's time ? In fact , it has seemed that wo were almost to have a repetition of the elolugc method of extinction instead of the reg ular 0110 presented by Malachi. Again , there is abundant evidence that the times are out of joint. Hero is sixteen inches of snow in Wisconsin in May. Floods in the dry districts ol Dakota und the northwest. Rains in Texas where General Dryonfurth and his crowd exploded bombs for weeks with little or no success. The Baptists hold a convention in the south and ad journed without a shower , while the Methodists in conference at Omaha are immersed in rain every day. They say that Vesuvius is ready for another erup tion and HoclaTJlna and a few thou sand other presumably extinct vol canoes can have a busy day if necessary. The Gulf stream is changing its course and in-iy disappear some duy. A hot wind is sweeping over Africa and the railroads are having a wreck daily. And please bear in mind that not one- half of the year has pussou and the future probably contains horrors tc which the preceding uveu Is are only as faint shadows. There is ample time for the grand smashup to occur and the world como to an end with red lights and a slow curtain. The only way wo can judge the future is by the past , ac cording to Dan Webster , and judging by the past wo would say that wo are noing to havn inoro rain and more her rors. And if tbo end dooa not como this year it will certainly arrive in ' 03 or ' 04. Those of our readers who wish to bo forearmed and prepared , TIIK BKK seri- ausly advises to adjust their worldly : i flairs , put on their ascension robes and lilco the Millorites mount some lofty 3ininonco and wait patiently for day light. _ THK CHUUCIIl.YJ TIIK KKnilO. The action of the Methodist Episcopal ; oaforencc in relation to the treatment } f the colored people of the semth has ittracted almost as much attention as my other of the important matters ictod upon by the conference , and it will [ > robably have an inlluenco in Inducing Hlfor Protestant denominations to take i similar stand. It. will bo romombor3il ay those who are nooning themselves 'amilinr with the proceedings that the report of the committee on the state of Lho church assorted that the negroes in -ho south dro not only treated shumo- ully in hotels and on railroad trains , : ) ul are shot down llico dogs out of sheer -aco hatred. The report , which was idoptod unanimously by a rising vote , : allod upon the general government , the date ollicinls , the Method 1st churoti and ill good citizens "to arise in their might md abolish the indignities and outrages -hat are lumped upon the colored people , mil upon all white poplo who dare to .vork for the elevation of the colored ace in the southo/n states. " It was a iravo and honor.iblo stun 1 on the part if n great church In the interest of a olatlvoly weak and almost dofonsolojs leoplo , and upan no ooc.ision has the ; oiforonco ; exhibited groatar interest mil enthusiasm. The colored race und the Mothodlst [ Opiscopul church are alike to 1)3 con gratulated upon this action. It glvos to , ho former the powerful support of the itrongost Protestant denomination in .ho country , atul It attests the coin- igoous Christian spirit of the latter. It ioinos , too. at a time when the abuses ivhich it denounces appa.ir to bo ln- : roasing. Hardly a day passes that lees not chronicle somj lawlessness xmtmitlod atrainst nu roj.in the south. Within the pist two weeks no loss than i do/on of tlioso pjople have beun rau-- ; lorod by mobs , and there are asiiwsln- ttloas going on all the thin of which .ho world knows nothing. In Alabuna mil Georgia during the pisl ivoalc six lolorod paoplo wjro lynuhoJ , not after ionviction of orimaj , bu' in jroly on BUS- licion , and outrages of tlm Ic ni are bo- lotr.lng extremely common. It need i.r.-dly bo said that word a like state of UYuirs to exist in any other country Iho \morican pruss would denounce it with. ) ut Btlnt , and th-j Ch/istUia chyicti wotil.l maUo anrrittiislontappeal for ml * fllonarles ami mo.ms to suppress sue ! barbarism The MothodNt Episcopal churolt 1m sot a im > st meritorious example In thl- matter , nnd it ought not to bo allowoi to waeo ulono the light for bettor troit mont of tlm colored rnco tn the south Kvorv church siiffuld join" with It In do nounoing the aQusos and outrage ? U which this Inrgoj > mly of Amorle.in cltl /.on ? nro subjortftl uy reason of tliol color , and In Instituting moans that will insure to the negro the same protec-tioi of lawaul : the sfmo ; nnasure of justice thnl are accorded to white men. The friends of Rov. Dr. Charles A Briggs of Union Theological seminar ; ur awaiting with considerable intoros the result of his nppoaranco before th Presbyterian general assembly at Port land , whore the soundness of his theological logical views will bo determined by thj highest authority of the church. Th strength of Dr. Hriggs' hold upon tin famous old institution with which ho is connected is shown by the fact that UK directors , alumni and students are will him in his light for liberty of thought Ho has won a largo following in the Presbyterian church and has conducted hla campaign with such wisdom and dls crotion that oven those who do not ye see their way to the conclusions whlcl ho has reached are disposed to treat hin with rospooi and consideration. It I believed by his supporters that ho will come out of the ordeal at Portland will Hying colors. Dr. Hriggs is now on his way to tin general assembly , where ho will spoal in his own bjhaH. His defense of the advanced views which ho has onuncl ated is expected to bo the olTort of hli Ufo and will undoubtedly bo an import' ant contribution to the theological liter ature of the time. Tlio result ot the action taken upon his case will have i decided influence Upon tin policy of the church. A ST.im : TO SHKIIMAX. Representative Kilgoro of Texas ha ; made another bid for unenviable notori ety by antagonizing , on a more tcchni cality , a proposed appropriation for the erection in the city of Washington of n statue to the late General Sherman. II need hardly bo said that the Texas con gressman did service in tlio confederate army , and whether or not ho over at tained to the rank of a "brigadier , " it is curtain that ho retains all the dislike of union soldiers which is or.Unarily ascribed - cribod to that class. Kilgoro has made himself notorious byhis persistent oppo sition to every proposition ' for the benefit or the honor of the men who preserved the union , and ho never loses an opportunity ao show that in spirit ho is still in the list of the un- recon structed. Whether this congress votes an ap propriation for a statue to General Sher man or not , such a statue will bo erected at the scat of government. The illus trious so ) ilior whose achievements shed imporislmbla.glofy' hiS .tsountry - whoso march' to tho-sca supplied n chapter - tor to the military history ot the repub lic which will constitute ono of Us great est attractions for nil future generations will not lack a memorial worthy ol his achievements , and which will fit tingly symbolixo the affection and ad miration of his countrymen. So far a his fame is concerned , thai will stand without monuments or statues. It is safe against all the shafts of enmity and all the devices of envy. In the list of the world's great patriot soldiers the name of William Tocutnsoh Sherman is enrolled among tlio foremost , and time will but adel to its lustro. But it is proper that his countrymen attest In substantial form , in the way approved by all mankind for honoring a nation's horocs , their appreciation of the great services of General Sherman as ti com mander , and this they will do at no dis tant day. _ states have hold demo cratic conventions , and it is now in nrdor to figure on the chances of Mr. Cleveland securing the nomination. That ho is largely in the load in the number of instructed delegates is un questionable , and , assuming a fair pro portion of the uninstrue'ted delegates us likely to bo favorable to him , ho now has not far from a majority of the votes in the convention , with eighteen stales to be board from. If Jin does as well in the states yet to choose delegates as ho has done in those which havocho-on ho will certainly go into the national convention with a clear majority , and may lack loss than 100 votes of the two-thirds necessary - sary to nominate. Then would arise the [ juostion whether the principle adopted by the democratic convention of 1850 should prevail , namely , that the candi date having n clear majority is entitled to the nomination. Manifestly the pros pects of Mr. Cleveland are looking brighter , but the New York factional sontlict roni-iin ' Iho groit stumbling block to bis Mucc6ss , . and unless this can bo sotthid , which ifpw appears altogether improb.iblo , oruho ' | convention can bj persuaded that-'Jio can oaivy Now York In spite of the cohllict , which is equally unlikely , it ih tUIHcult to bsllovo that ho will rccolvo the nomination. As to the ; Hhor possible L ndiilatos Holes is the snly ono whonppsirs to ba g lining. U'j ports rognrJi'rtg the intondoil with- Jrawal of MivOlovolnnd have boon re ceived with gnmifnl Incredulity. io lMl'UACTiCAitus | | the formation of a I'lituminous coal trust may appear , owing In tlio wldo distribution of this kind ot j.ial , there in the authority of a loading jommarclal p.-ipor of Now York that such a combination is being formed , 1'liu dilllcultics in the way of such a pro ject would bu very much greater than in Lho case of the anthracite combine , but , 10 ono is wa'rratjtod in assuming that these will bo found insurmountable , rim skill with' whioli industrial and apltallstic cnrnbiiv-itionH arJ now 'n-111011 , so as to enable them to balllo ir.isucutlon , suggoit.s. that no ohiluolo is , o ) great for them to overuutm. The ) IToe'l of A bituminous coal trust , oporat- ngunon tha p : > loy ! adoptjj by the an- .hracito monopoly , would bo far more ipp-osiivo than Iho hit tor , because a imcli g outer number of p.H > pl < i use the orm r. The opjrulions of such a trust would roach to nearly every hoiuolioli tn the land , nnd to thousands of home any increase in the cost of bllumlnoui coal would bo seriously felt. Of coursi if in the face of the law such a comblna lion is formed , and the law shouli bo found unequal to its suppression sion , thnro must bo audillona legislation. Under no clrcum stances will there bo a surrender t ( those combines for plundering the poo1 pie , and It Is not to bo doubted that the people are strong enough to protoci themselves when they are brought to i full realization , as seems not yet to be the case , of the necessity of doing so. THK Haptist denomination through out the country will bo Interested it the anniversary meetings to bo hold it Philadelphia this wook. The Haptis congress will bo in session hi that city at the same time , this- being a boJj which moots solely for the purpose ol free dis.ousslon of social and religious questions and is composed of the load ing scholars nnd preachers of the do nomination. The latest statistics foi the United States show the Baptists to have ; i5.8')0 ' ) churches , with 2.I.SOU ordained dainod ministers , ntrl an nggrogatn membership of ; t,12l.t,800. ! ) The Sunday schools iinmbar 18.82 ! ) , with IM.Oj'J ollf- curs and teachers , and l , ! " , ! ! : ! ' } schol ars. The value of church p-oparty Is sot down at $ S7iU/OJ ( ( , and the total amount of contributions , so far as re ported , is $11,830,5 5S. The educational institutions unelor denominational man agement number Io7 , which were at tended during Iho past year by 2-i,237 pupils. The value of the property con nected with these institutions is 32i,72 ! < i- 215. It will bo soon from tlioso facts that the Uaptist cliurch is in a Nourish * ing condition and that it is nu impor tant and inlluonltal factor in the Intel lectual and moral forces of the ago. THK St. Lotus Glnbe-Dfinocml ventures the opinion that when this country sots out in the business of bulUllmr ocean greyhounds she will boat the world. There Is not the slightest doubt of it. The American clipper ship of fifty years ago was the wonder and admiration of the m-irithno nations. The American yacht , after an unbroken series of con quests over the English yacht , extending over forty years , still maintains its su premacy. Ocean greyhounds will bo built in American ship yards some day , und they will reduce Iho timu between New York and Liverpool to such an extent - tent that transatlantic cable stock will not bo worth ton cents on the dollar. Uniting lit till ! Itont. rhtlmlrlvhl i lleenrd. The slang word "corkor1 * is said to bo derived - rived from the Greek "itarna , " which slgnl- tlos "incomparable ) ono. " A Flolil lor ( inning. l'Iiilndct ) > hlii Times. Tlm United States Is famed all over tbo world for Inventions which lesson labor , In crease production , bonotit mankind and ratio humanity to a hljihor scale of mtolligonco and honor. Perhaps , in the fuluoss of time , wo shall invent a jury system which is uot a century and a half in the roar of these adopted by less favored countries , and which will not bo n prumlum unoa iuibocility and corruption. Tlm ' - . I'l-iipur Cuprr. st. t.oni * ic ) > iitiitc. The project of converting Columbus day into an American school festival will bo heartily commended by thoughtful minds. The dudicution of the exposition buildings nnd grounds will bo a national event ot crowning importance ; but in orJer to em phasize the slsnillcanco of tbo discovery of the now world aim to render it mtelliglblo throuRhout tno loncrtb nnd breadth of the land U is proposed to muko every school- bouse a local center for commomorutivo ex orcises. OrnoUy of a Sun Z'Vrinc H&I Hr imtner. An Oregon shorlit has seized a Southern Pacillo locomotive , the pretext for this heart less act beinu that Mr. Huntiogton's com pany has refused to pay its taxes. Hero is an excellent opportunity for the railway mnijniuo to lay another Rrlovanco before hfs collective friend , tbo sonnto. If tbo South ern Pacltlc is to bo bold responsible for its tlobt In this instance , the dancnrous cbar- actor of the precedent is easily scon , and from the Iluiitiugtou standpoint must bo very distrussinn. I''r o Ti-uilu Folly. Clilcaut Inter Ocain. Lord Salisbury , w-iinu ininUtor and loader of Iho tory party of Great Britain , struck a cruel blow nt tbo Amorlrin free trader * yesterday. Ho admitted that the frco trade policy had crippled England and snid'in so tnnuy words that free trade was o grand thing as a sentiment , but was a failure from a business point of view. After these many years of experiment mid experience lOnghiih statesmen are coming to the platform of tbo American protectionists. According to Lord Salisbury frco trade is not good ovoa for a nation lilco England. HI ory ot tlm CoiiHi-iiiiiRo Fund. Kcw I'nrlt TrlliHiif. 11 the history of tbo "conscionco fund" could bo written in full a pathetic nnd in teresting chapter would bo supplied by tlio experience of the man who sent $1,000 to Postmaster General Wanamakor the other day , with a note saying tlml It was tlio balance of intcrou duo on the hum which ho took from iho government in 1S(1. ( > . The writer stated that ho haa puiil in alt $17,500 nnd added : "No man lias suffered more for his crime than I have , and 1 now pr.iy the Lord's ' forgiveness for mv sin. " In the hands of a master , like Ha'vttiorno , how effectively such mi incident could bo tro.itod. Diiiln-il oir.lt4ir Dlriiuir. Atlnnt.i . I'liixtilntlini. If Adam had the struwbi'rrv In ita season bo must have felt that the cordon from which ho linu boon outluwoii nold no liner t ru it and thorn was a world of consolation In the thought. At the proper soiison thuro is m everybody's mind tbo norms of a straw berry craiio. All that Is nocui-tary to pjt that cruzo into operation U n glimpse of some fairly representative specimens of Ho fruit Usolf , There U money in thts craze fcr Iho man who Imows how to manage tlio mat ter , The shriveled and siukl.v spaclmotij winch form tlio bulk and average of the fruit In this market ara more vugue suggestions of the strawberry , They nro tolerated for their nutno'.H nuke and for the faint llavor which recldosi and curolO ) ? cultivation bun bcon iniablo to strip them of , ltd ( Jliii'l < * nn u * u Traitor. Sf'JtU' I'ltu Jinmuil ireji. ) . Tlio intoi view of Acting ( Jhatrman Clark- ion ot the republican national committee , is reported , wlille oitonslblo neutral , U really un oxprosilon of hostility to General HiuTlscm'.i renoinlnation. It is precisely men a doclara'.mn as tliu loader ) who are .rymg by all moan * to com past Uenoral Harrison's defeat , are uuoruUod to have > romulgnt < 3d in this manner. H attempts jy indirection and exaggeration to maUo < every po lulo point iiR.tlmt the proMdout , It docs not oorroolty stnto the numlior of delegates which nro pledged to him , It stutllou'ly strive * to magnify nnd to cronto Joubt of tlio notion of the convention , when the party at largo hm accoptoil nnd do- nmniU'il General Ilnrrhon's nomination. It U safe to say that It thn lown republican convention had Imagined that Mr. ClarUson vvoulii vote ngnlnst Gonor.\l Harrison ho would have boon overwhelmingly rojootod ns n dclcg.itc-at-lnrgo. I'Ol'lt "IlKHHlMKn" /WIVI/.K'.I.VA. Mjrat HnUtcad recounts la Frank Losho's Weekly Interesting facts regarding the ox- ropubllcans who nro poking ns the presiden tial "big four" of the democratic party. "Nothing In our poUtlcnl history , " ho says , "ixjiinU in pathos the privations of the dem ocratic party that ewe their orlglh to the scarcity of presidential timber. It is to this form of fninlno wo ara tndobtod for the tile- lurovnio Mpojtnclo of a quudrilatoral of old western ropubllcntis walking In procession with lIuhtnliiR rods elevated , tn sllnnt but L'lo < ) nont oxpcctanoy of receiving the oleo- trlclty ot destiny nt Chicago. " With the ox- coptlon of Clovelatul and Hill thcro ti not , la HaUlcad's opinion , n dlsllncttvo democrat of sulllcipul inomont to attract Iho party. Gov ernor Flower Is bllchtod. General Slocnin and Governor Abbott of Now .Inrsoy have not , the support of the bosses. Gorman and Carllslo nro barred by reason of their geographical position. Governor Uussell Is too young nnd bis democracy lee par Icutnr. Look In nnv direction nnd there is "no : n tree In sight , to brcul' the monotony of the dead lovol. It Is n great American deport ot democracy. To nominate cither Cleveland or U 111 U to Invite disinter. It Is therefore apparent that four distinguished citizens huvo about cornoro.l thojdcmocrntlo nomina tion , and they describe tbonijolvos as "ro- formcd republicans. " "The democracy of Governor Botos of Iowa Is of recent growth , " says Halstond. "Tho baric or the twig of his democracy , sprouting from the gnarled old trunk of his republican period , Is still green. Its frojhnoss shows that It never cniiuraa a sharp fron. It Is not n decade since Governor Boles was n blooming Blalno man. His greatness lias sprung from a soil fertilized for a democratic crop by the prohibitionists , and Iho governor knows only the political economy of free liquor and raising corn at n loss. " "Senator I'almor of Illinois U a very old man and a very young democrat. His uroat net as u democrat was to denounce and resent the use of Uuitod States troops to protect from pillage the ruins of Chicago. Ho could not bear to have state rights slabbed In that , way with federal buyonols. Uut ho Is the man who laid the hand of violence upon slavery In ICuntuckj- , which was exempted in Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation , ns il was within our military linos. In the llrst Hash of Andy Johnson's tury against the south alter the murder of Lincoln , General I'almor abolished slavery in Kentucky something Lincoln had not thought ot doing save after compensation of the stave owners. 1'aimer was the most practical of nbolltlon- ists nftor.Tohn Drown , mm was saved irom hanging because ho happened to have the army on his side and under his orders. "Campbell of Ohio was a warm republican up to the time of the Groeloy presidential campaign , and among tbo last of the old gilard of democratic protectionists In tno house , fighting the Morrison bill , as ono of his lulmirint- republican culloaguos , General Grosvonor , said , with the light of battle In his oyc. It would bo hard to provo by his speeches that ho is a democrat -indood , his partisan position could only bo inferred from a wild aud frivolous inaccuracy of assertion. "Lhst and largest wo strike ox-Governor Gray of Indiana , n citizen whoso rulings when bo was the republican speaker of the Indiana sonata were In oxccss of those of Speaker Heed of the house of representa tives. Gray had the doors locked nnd couutod , against their boisterous nnd threat ening protests , the democrats who wore In- sldo nnd would uot voto. Tnls was for foro- int ; the suffrage of the blacks upon the people of the south through the constitu tion. " As an illustration of Gray's nbilltv to fill Iho exalted position as president , Halstcnd fiiotcs ) the correspondence of Gray nnd J , B. Maynard in April , 1SS7. Mayuard presented Ills bill for "valuable services,1' which are itemized as follows : I wrote for you an address on the great Irish patriot , Kobort , ICimnet J r.J t wrote for you un address 011 the uout Itobort Itiirns 50 [ wrote for yon : i letter to tno Tammany society. New York : 10 t wrote for you n letter to the dignitaries of Savann-ili , ( < : i. , tin ) occasion liclng ; i cutitunnlul anniversary 10 I wrote for you your Grant proclamation , on the occ.ision of the death of that great soldier 10 Total $1110 The bill was paid nftor much haggling. VO3131KXT U.THK COXl'HUKXVK. St. Paul Pioneer Press : Two spick ana ipan now words bavo been coined in the big Methodist conference bv Uov. Dr. Duckloy. i'hoy nro "episcopopbobia" anil "opiscopo- nania. " Now if the gentleman will corral .honi both nnd kocp them out of the diction aries , ho may yet bo forgiven. Fremont Flail : The Mothodlst conference it Troy sends greeting to Omaha con Toronto uid'prays for dancing to bo admitted on tno jill of faro. Dancing Is good enough lu its iluco , but as a church dlot it Is generally a 'allnro. It , should bo taken in homeopathic ] uantitics in the church. But really there is 10 harm in dancing. Kansas City Star : A resolution was intro- iuciid in the general Mothodlst Episcopal ; onforonco at Omaha expressing the satUtau- lon of that body upon the effort winch is } cingmadeto obliterate the sectional line which divides the MoUiri'llU ' ohm-oil botwocn thn north nnil noutli. Uniolullniift nro nil rlnht so f.ir ns they go. but to jmrnphrn < o fnnioini nphorlsm of the Into lloraco ( irocloy the wny to tintto U to unlto. Now York Trluuno : The mon nDlictcil with want Dr. lluukloy tortnoil cpiscoho ninnln" will not badollghtod with the dem Ion of the Molhodlst conference ymtorda/ not to oronto nny inoro bishops. Tlioro nro ns many buliop.s now ns thcro wcro when the number had boon Increased four yours aio , nnd thougti HOIIIO of thorn are growing oi , | ' none nro yet ilUablod. The Ronornl srnti' mont of the MothoJIst church will urobauly npprovo tha decision. Dead wood PioneerVo ; dosirn to bo cpuntcil on the sldo of the coining generation i'horo In no reason why religion should bi > either sombre or gloomy. It is not hctorodoi to enjoy n spnsin of ho.irty Inuglitcr or to lot one's foal slip g.iyly over 'tho floor In mcrrv jnood. If dancing is the worst otToiuo a br-v coiiunits the church innv xvolt afford to e < \ tend Its hand nnd bid him to bo choortm ns long ns lin can , for the hardships of ilfo wni sober him quite soon enough , Chicago Advnnco : Tlio past week was slg. iiAllzcd by a request of colored doloatos that n colored bishop bo appointed. This slrnuM us as n curious way to obliterate the color lino. To appoint n colored bishop siinpn- because ho wns colorou would bo to oinpha- stzo the color distinction. If , however a brother of dark complexion Is llttod above' all ethers for episcopal distinction hli MM should not bar him from the ofllco. And wo do not think it would. But these ronrosnntn- tivos hnvo not put forward n uandidato but merely roquustoil that the dilToruiico of IMCO bo recognized In the episcopacy. Uocky Mountain News : Tlio loader of thu old fogy element , which Is still willing t , utilize women In recruiting the church's llnnnco * nnd In the performance of p.iticnt and nrduons work without nccordlng thom nny volco in legislation , Is Or. Blirklov ol Now York. Tlio slightest hint of oxtotuhnii to womnn rights that they nvo poi-uliarlv qunlllled to exorcise Judiciously brings Dr Buckley to his foot like a Hash and ciiK-or fet the fray. The doctor's zeal for the inviol ability of masculine legislation in church alTutrs Is sovorf 1 degrees nbovo thu normni point , and thereby hangs n tale. 1)- Buckley cannot forcot bis narrow escape from dofcat for ro-olection to hH jour nnllhtio pusltlon In the hut gei.oml conference once , when his nlmost sticcc.ssfni opiinnoni wns Miss Frances Wlllard , his poor Intel lectually anil inoro than his equal in all tha admirable qualities that grace an nnnablo and gifted Christian character. It w , s a dreadful humiliation for a D.I ) . , whu IH stulTod with suporanniiatod social iuons , t'i have to malto n nice , and almost a IOMI i- race , ngalnst u woman for a position cai ! , < v ' ' for n wldo soopo of'rlpo kno'wloileo and . > hlch order of literary ability. Four vonri of reflection nnd Christian meditation 'hiiv not sulllcod to smooth the good dortnr't rnlllod temper or warm into action a spirit of forglvonnoss. Hence his bolligorant irrilu lion nt the more sucgoation of thn Chrlstlau equality of the sexes in church affairs. Mlnno.-ipolU Jonrnul : The trnvol-slatnnil strawberry that visits ns thuso iluys has nut bad time to not the cinder out of Its eye suii-o Its loni ; Journoy. Coliunbii ! ) I'ost : Some mon nnvur try to sinllo only when Hltllii ! ; for a portrait an 1 even then make : i illsm U failure. SumurvlIIo Jiiiirinil : It Is very ainnslni ; al ways to bo sarcastic , but nlmn thu snhi-i-t | of your Knrcasin Is bl Kcr than von are mid Im a run bonded disposition. Il Is Kiinornllv wlsu to save the sarcasm for tulnnlionic USD. llovlow : Douin Aru yon golns t ) wonr your rod and whlto lilii/ur at thu sea shore again this summer ? lottlo No liiiiootl. I hadn't boon there u week last your before I was proposud to by throe barbors. Columbus I'ost : Doomlnz 'wants to "wrllo his life and leave It to a friend , " lint tliu Jhorlir will probably illsjioso of It ; I'hllndelphi.i Times : Unman natnro In sonio ways never changes. Tlio Innocent boy In thu roiuotu recesses of tlio burlcu past , nseil to llku to play horse , and older grown but not so Innocent nocont he plays the races , Philadelphia Times : The man who Invests In slmrt ir.ay have his monoy's worth In tha meat , but. bo's stuck with the bonus. Washington Htiir : " 1 tell yon , " said Ho MIJIIO. "this thins of trylnii to rusnluto thu iHloof oigarotlos by law Is all wrong. " "Why , " s.'ilil his wlfo , "I thought it a very Oed Idea. " "U Isn't. Tlioro Is no reason why un IIM ihonlil bo put uudur the protection ot tliu ; ovurnniunt. " Somorvlllo Journal : AVhyto Fannlmansavi Im wurkcil a mlr.iclo yesterday. Hiowno How soV Whylo A blind man saw the point of ono of ikjokes. llrownu llo worked two mlraclosthun. Why to How so ? Jtrowno lly maklnir a Joke with a point to It , aud by making a blind man sue. 1'OCKKT WISDOM. Kale fr'lcM's H'atlitnutnn. A liorso show the uvurago : iiniteiir ; rlilor. Thon-o'clock tea is tliu imib which manes be butterlly ot fashion. Time Is money : tlm man who has plenty of nonoy can Kutull the time ho wants. ] A now broom sweeps clean In politics HH ilsowheze. The dust Is not auuuinultitu < l until liter. Truth crushed to earth will rise aaln , and . mustaebo cnoo down Is not necessarily down orovor. It til : c- > two wood mon tn make a bargain , nit ono mean man con break one. Chicago Tilbiino : "If I mistake not , nolo- lul. you WITH a niombor of the last conxrodsV" "No , .sir ! I was not. Hlr ! " "I hoi ; a billion pardons ! You are u member if the present congress ? " "You havu mixed mo up with some olhor nlonel , sir. I am not a member uf the present , onsruss olthor , sir ! " " 1 bug a billion and a half p'irdoiif. " * & CO. Largest Mannfuelnrers and Hetallors . of ( Jlothing la thu World. It's the Gospel Truth That we sold every one of those $18 Suits for $7.50 long- before' night , Satur day , and so many were disappointed that we're going to .give them another show. We've taken jall the broken lots , 105 suits in all , about 30 different kinds , U and from 1 to 15 suits of a kind , compris ing every popular fabric , size , color and style , and made 5 lots on the front counter at $7.50 , $8.50$1 ( ) , $12.50 and $15. These suits are worth and have always hereto I fore been sold by us for just twice the price asked. Saturday's rush should get \ you out early for one of these , p Browning , King & Co k c j II . , To Ivooiii-oinployoh thnlri'venlna * . wu closu | 0 ur i : | | K Dfinillic Cfc . _ atuu : : p in , uxc'upl Saiuriluyi. . at U p. in , | ' ' " ' 1Jl11 UUllgldb Oli.
