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mesBlah. Mosslnhs n.ro tbick nowadays.
UIJN Bi'Tl.KK was called to order In a
Hoston court room for talking too loud.
Unfortunately the judge could not flno
him for looking too loutl.
A CIOAHKTTB trust hits boon formed.
If tbis trust puts tlio price ot cigarettes
beyond tlio small boy's roach , wo shall
actually 1mvo a popular trust.
Sioux CITY ought to bo hruipy. The
mayor says there are no saloons and is
lumpy in Ms knowledge of the fact ,
while the drinking men Lrot what they
want to drink.
"MILKMAID conventions" are all
the rage in Iowa now. We violate no
confidence when wo observe that the
maids are usually those who never
milked a cow.
THE English papers which feel BO
sorrowful over Mr. Harrison's ronom-
ination will plcaso accept the assurances
of our most distinguished consideration
and regret at their misery.
TIIBKB is great enjoyment just now in
reading the owl-liKO forecasts of the
Minneapolis convention's result by the
Now York papers. They ought to hoed
the old warninff , "Never predict unless
know. "
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A SiiAKKSi'iJAUKAN student has -Us-
c.ovored that Hamlet was the most tnlku- '
tivoofalllho Avon bard'a characters ,
his speeches amounting to 1,509 words.
This is evidence that Ilamlot know his
subject well when ho cried "Words ,
words. "
TIIK punishment provided by law for
the crirao of brutal assault upon women
should accord with popular sentiment ,
which is the basis of all law. It looks
now as if nothing- short of a death
penalty would moot the requirements of
the people.
Si'iNSTKHB need not despair. Cleopatra -
patra was 37 wnon Marc Anthony foil
into her power , Josephine was 83 when
flho was married to Napoleon , and when
Helen of Troy stirred up her great in
ternational row she was past ISO. It is
never too late to onsnaro.
TUB author of "Comrades" is Felix
McGlonnon , a Scotchman residing In
London. It Is a good thintr for Mr. Mc
Glonnon that this was not known six or
eight months ago. Hut at any rate his
song is sulliclent cause for strained' re
lations between this country and Great
Britain.
OMAHA is rapidly becoming the rival
of Hoston as a literary center. Only
.yesterady in a str-o car a young man
nal reading a volume of Sir William
Hamilton's ' philosophy. Wo expect very
HOOII to see children trudging along the
atroot burled in Newton's Princlpia and
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
MUCH nonsense is written of the decadence -
cadence of public taste in view of the
Inot that comedies and farces are taking
the place of melodrama on the Ameri
can stage. It is charged that wo are
becoming a suporliclul people by this
evident preference. Such a view Is
Buporllcl illly Itsolf. Ono ro mon for the
fihunnlnj of the tragic and dramatic U
that only the very greatest artists cun
satisfactorily present strong characters.
Hut the greater reason lies deepest.
Many persons cannot endure the pic
tures of Mildness and mlsury portrayed
by the stage. Thuro is enough , there
Is too muuli of the tragical , the heart
breaking and soul stirring in one's
uvory-day llfo and people go to the
thcntur to bo entertained and diverted.
AN AHTICU : on the condition of trade
published in another column presents
facts which speak' for the prosponts of
IrnOo in this city and throughout the
slate of Nebraska. 'llio prosperity of
the farmer Is BO closely related to that
of the tradesman , the manufacturer and
the man of business generally , whatever
may be his ( jailing , that none can look
with IndiuVronuo upon thu present
bright crop prospects , The farmers of
the stitto not only bold n great quantity
of corn last year at good pi-Ices , but they
hold buck nnd still retain a largo sur
plus , which , added to the expected
bountiful harvest this year , will enable
them to place an immense quantity of
this cereal upon a strong and prolltablo
market. In financial , jobbing txnd retail
circles the outlook is encouraging and
thu general bushics * outlook affords
ovury roaauu for conUdonco uud satisfac
tion.
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Tlio Nebraska Manufacturers exposi
tion opened hist night under most
favorabln auspices. There was a largo
crowd of visitors , who manifested a
hearty Interest in the really line dis
play , the exorcises woro- appropriate
and not too prolonged to bo appreci
ated , the machinery worked well , nnd
the only drawback was the high
temperature , the discomforts from
which were no greater at the exposition
than elsewhere.
There has boon a wonderful trans
formation In the npncurnnco of the
interior of the Coliseum within a week.
Whereas it seemed only a few days ago
Unit it would bo almost Impossible to
got anywhere near completeness ill the
preparations at the appointed tlmo of
opening , when that time arrived
comparatively little remained to bo
done to perfect the exhibition. The
practical brains of the mon who mnko
the display had boon working to some
purpose , and when they were ready to
move tholr machinery and goods to the
Coliseum the task of putting every
thing In place was neither dilllcult nor
prolonged. Consequently , the exposi
tion WAS so nearly complete last night
that what was lacking did not appre
ciably detract from the highly InterestIng -
Ing and instructive character of the
display.
As the first distinctively manufac
turers' exposition over hold in Nebraska
the beginning , lot it bo hoped , of reg
ular annual displays of the products of
the manufacturing industries of tins
state and the methods of manufacture
It is mojt gratifying to bo able to un
qualifiedly pronounce it. a success. A
detailed description elsewhere of what
is to oo sncn will give the reader u cor
rect understanding of the extent and
variety of the exhibition , but only by
careful inspection can a proper ap
preciation bo had of the great merits of
the display. Wo venture to say that it
will bo an instructive revelation to
everybody of the industries of Nebraska.
Hearty commendation Is duo to every
manufacturer who has contributed to
make the display u success , but special
praise should bo given manufacturers
from other cities whoso enterprise and
liberality are illustrated in their ex
hibits. There ought to bo no question
regarding the popular success of the ox-
position. It is worthy the attention of
everybody who is interested in learning
something of the extent of the manufac
turing industries of Nebraska ,
Till : 1'KOVl.K'S COSVKSTIOX.
The people's convention to bo held in
Omaha on July 4 will bo composed of
1,770 delegates a number that scorns
perfectly suited to Independence day
and lo the patriotic city in which the
people's party has chosen to hold its.
deliberations. But the number of dele
gates suggests something more than
patriotic thoughts ; it suggests that the
city will have a largo number of guests
to entertain nnd that it should make
suitable preparations to entertain them
in such a manner as to prove again what
has already boon proven , that this is a
good city in which to hold conventions.
In addition to the delegates there will
bo a swarm of visitors who are inter
ested in the work of this young and
vigorous party , and the throngs that
always come to town when there is
something in particular goingon will bo
present on this occasion as usual.
There will bo a crowd of people to take
care of , and they should bo shown that
Omaha knows how to meet such an
emergency. How long the coa volition
will lust cannot bo predicted , hut as it
will bo the first national nominating
convention of the puoplo's party and
there will bo a great deal of work to do
and many questions to discuss , it will
probably continue several days.
The various committees having the
work of preparation for this convention
in hand should bo careful to avoid the
mistake of underestimating its import
ance , and the extent of the provision for
entertainment that will bo required. If
they will keep this in mind and also remember -
member that the reputation of this city
isatstako in the matter , the visitors
will leave us with a favorable impression
of Omaha hospitality.
'I'llK COMMKA'CKMKNV SKASUN.
Omaha's institutions of learning , like
others throughout the land , are now in
the throes of commonuement , and will
soon contribute their quota to the army
of young mon and women who will go
forth this year from the environments
of school life to outer the various spheres
of activity lor which they are destined.
It is very borious business to those young
people , this savoring of school associa
tions and companionships , this depart
ure from a little world of many limita
tions into a great world where thuro is
an open Hold for achievement and for
tune. They will find themselves
dwarfed at Jho outset by the great men
and women who started ahead of them ,
and as the race is not a handicap they
cannot hope to overtake these loaders ;
but that id the way of the world , and
tmtjro provides the compensation when
she at length withdraws the spent run
ners from the contest anil loaves'a clear
trade for the younger ones. Tlio ilguro
Is a very old one , but it is as applicable
as over to the conditions of the com
mencement season. Perhaps llio young
graduate who is familiar with Dr.
Holmes' "Autourat of the Breakfast
Table" will remember his vivid picture
of the race of lifo and boar it in mind as
ho pockets his coveted sheepskin and
summons his energies for the start.
The graduates will rooalvc all the advice -
vice they can digest and a great deal
more than they will relish when they
say farownll to tholr halls of learning.
Hoary mottoes and mtixlns in foreign
languages will ba tired at them In vol
leys and they will bo loaded up with
good counsel until tholr heads swim , hut
they will httvo to outer the hard school
of practical oxporloneo as freshmen just
the uamo. There is no known system of
preliminary cramming by which they
can bj landed In the junior or oven In
the sophonoro chis * of that school at the
outset. Its lessons are Knotty , but they
aio r.ot CJordlan kiiots to ha solved and
forever disposed of by a stroke of tlu
sword of nonius. Don't think so.
Genius bus to learn the lessons by
patlout grubbing. Genius haa boon well
dofinoa tid a capacity for hard work , and
tia the world grows moro practical the
justice of this definition is more gen *
orally rcc'gni/.ed , This ago has no use
for clmttontons. It souds thorn to the
lunatic asylum and does not oven take
the trouble to spoil tholr names wrong
in the gazettes. Perhaps that is harsh
treatment ; perhaps genius that has a
wild look about the eyes ought to bo
moro gently dealt with ; but wo are not
npoaklng of what ought to be. The
world demands hard , honest work and is
not chary of its rewards when that do-
mnrnl is compiled with , Capacity and
industry will win every time.
oun MihtrAiir viisrwns.
Omaha will entertain this week bo-
txvocu 2,500 and . ' 1,000 citizen soldiers ,
who will bo accompanied by a consider
able number of tholr friends. They
como from all parts of the country , and '
are mon of Inlolligonco and character ,
occupying at their homos good business
and social positions , As gentlemen and
as representatives of the martial spirit
of thu American people they are worthy
of all the respect and consideration that
will bo shown tliom by our citizens.
The young mon who constitute this
body of citix.on soldiers , and who como
hero to engage In the annual competi
tive contest for prizes whoso greatest
value is in the stimulus they give to the
spirit of wholesome rivalry and emula-
ion , are a most important part of that
nrgo body of citizens upon whom the
epublio depends fpr the preservation of
) oaco at homo and for defense against a-
oroign foe. They are representative of
hat grand army of loyal and patriotic
oung Americans who at , the call of the
ovorninont for soldiers would put aside
everything In response to the demand
ipon tholr services , as tholr fathers did
i third of a century ago , and willingly
and cheerfully take up arms to maintain
the rights of the nation and the honor of
, ho Hag. It is not the policy of the
Jnitcd States to maintain a largo stand-
ng army , nor is one .necessary. The
security of the republic is in the loyalty ,
the courage and the patriotism of its
young men , and dependence upon this
las not failed in the past and will not
'ail in the future. The military organi
sations tvhich will bo in Omaha this
week c.ro doing n most important work ,
n keeping alive and stimulallng
the military spirit throughout the coun-
, ry and building up what will bo the
nucleus of an army whenever the ox-
gency shall arise for organizing a great
irmy.
But apart from this consideration
these military organizations have their
value. They supply useful instruction
.n many ways to the young mon who bo-
eng to them , nnd when rightly con
ducted all their influence is for good.
The companies that will bo in Omaha
Ma week are among the very best , in the
country , and tlio promise is that this
competitive drill will bo the greatest
over hold. The camp at the county fair
grounds will bo a center of attraction
during the ensuing week.
OMAHA NKKHS A TOXIC.
We cannot improve the business sltua-
, ion in Omaha by talk , by Board of
Trade resolutions or boom advertise
ments. The time has come when this
ity must ciUior make an opportunity
for eomraorcin ! activity or sink into in-
.inition and decay. Aside from thu in
dustries at South Omaha , this com
munity has no growing , prosperous ,
iiclpful industuitts. The smelting works ,
the shops and the load works are not en
larging their plants materially and
there is no early probability of such an
Incrtjascd demand for their products as
will induce their owners to invest further
sums in these enterprises. There are
over 100 small factories all deserving of
encouragement and many of them are
growing satisfactorily , but the fact re
mains that Omaha is today undertaking
nothing great in the line of commercial
enterprise outside of the stock yards
and packinghouses , and oven thesosufi'or
for want of ndditional railway facilities
and the keen competition which is on-
joycd by other packing centers and
which enables thc'luttor to obtain hotter
rates upon stock and products. The
Union depot project languishes.
The work upon the federal building
will hardly make itself felt as a business
force , and the city's public work drags
with a prospect for further delays.
Something must bo done and-done
immediately to quicken the pulse of trade
in this city or every property owner , wage
earner and man of business will fool tlio
evil eiTocts of u long period of future
business inactivity. Our people cannot
afford to permit this state of things to
continue. Our compotltors north , south
and west are pushing vigorously for
ward. Kansas City has within a faw
weeks put up a subsidy to &ocuro the
establishment of a packing house there
by Armour. A year or so ago she voted
S2r)00,00 ( ) In bonds for the construction of
a system of water works and n , little
later raised a largo gratuity for a cotton
mill. Danvor has boon likewise energetic
gotic and St. I'aul nnd Minneapolis have
paid out cash bonuses for harvester fac
lories. Sioux City eltl/.ons and the city
have recently entered upon the construc
tion of terminal depots , tracks , etc. ,
whiuh involve the inviHtiniuil ol
$12,000,000 , hut which will secure easy
entrance to the heart of the pushing
northwestern Iowa metropolis for every
railroad which may desire to compete
for Sioux City business. Salt Lake City
has made a strike of natural gas ami
Denver has enjoyed thu benefits of i
recent mining boom. All these facts
point unerringly to Omaha's duty to her
self. Shn must do something or ba out' '
stripped in thu race for commorciu
supremacy by enterprising rivals.
The opportunity to quicken thu vita'
circulation of the city and restore the
business health of Omaha la offered in
the Nebraska Central enterprise. The
bonds asked for , upon which wo are to
vote June 10 , promise to purchase for
this city an era of prosperity which will
bo lasting. In consideration of the sub
sidy the Nebraska Contrul Kullro.'u
company , which is composed of some o
our best citizens , whoso reputations for
honorable Ue.illng uro a guarantee o
good faith , proposes to undertake rail
road , bridge and depot Improvements li
this city , which cannot cost lobs thai
S5ODO,000 , and will probably involve at
expenditure ) throe times as largo. This
company proposes not only lo ox pom
largo sums in cash for right-of-way
material , labor , depots , mifktf , tunnels
bridge and other-facilities for transact
ing an oxtons ] o railroad business , but
lo place nil Ihcso [ acllltlcs at the sorv-
ice of any nndV olhor lines of railway
coking entrance , o Omiiba. The sub-
Idis sunjectcxMlo restrictions which
nnko it sure that not ono dollar of
jonds shall bo paid until the Nebraska
Central compatiy has expended enough
money In the ontorprlso to assure its
natcrinl completion along the lines out-
incdtn itn proposition. The city nnd
ounly would bo amply repaid for the
imposed bftmfirnvoro the Nebraska
Central the only linn of railway to bo
constructed , because just now It Is
vorth an immense sum of money to
mvo n corporation show Its faith in
Omaha by expending $5,000,000 or $10-
"M)0,000 ) in her niidst.
But the chief advantage comes from
ho" terminal facilities , trackage and
) rldge , which are to bo at. the service of
uiy and. all companies seeking
o enter Omaha. The Great Northern ,
, ho Illinois Central , the Maple Loaf , the
Winonn < k Southwestern , the Wnbash ,
ina other roads will not bo slow to take
advantage of these opportunities ! and
heir entrance to Omaha and South
Omaha , together wltii the cash invest-
nont of the Nebraska Central in labor ,
nnds and material , will bo worth moro
nlllions to Onmhli'tlian wo can conceive.
We have it in our power on the 10th of
Juno lo say whether Omaha shall llo still
ml sutler from business depression for
motlior Indefinite period , or awake , put
on her strength and enter with renewed
vigor upon a prolonged era of progress
ind prosperity.
Tlio duty of every loyal citizen Is on-
iroly plain.
THE TllUK CIVIMXIS0 AOHXCY.
Some curious results have followed
the otTorts that have lately boon made to
BOW the seeds of Christianity in East
Africa. A ship has been engaged in the
justness of carrying colored people
: rom this country to Liberia , where it
ivas proposed to establish an American
; olony , and a number of missionaries
liavo boon sent to this field for the pur
pose of uprooting the savagery and
licathcnism with which tbo emigrants
seeking homes there have como in con-
act. Among the missionaries was a
colored man from St. Paul , Minn. , Rev.
Sunday Washington , who has recently
oturncdto this country , thoroughly
convinced that the kind of heathenism
existing in East Africa is too much for
liim. Ho soon fdlind that the natives
did notnppreciatd his eloquent appeals
.o their intellect and conscienceswhich ,
by the way , doTiot appear to have been
very greatly developed , and accordingly
lie resorted to a species of bribery. By
presenting certain articles of apparel to
some of the loading heatticn ho made
them see llio error of their respective
ways temporarily , but this , of course ,
could not last. If ho had possessed an
unlimited quantity of plug hats , ho
might have convinced the people by
thousands , but ho ! was too poor to carry
on that kind .of a. . campaign against
licalhonism for 4iny great length of
time. Anothorcolorod missionary , Rev.
Abraham Boslwick.was sent to the same
field from Atlanta-Ga. , by the Liber-
hm missionary society , but ho succeeded
no bettor than the gentleman from St.
Paul , and has also returned. A white
missionary from St Paul him also tried his
hand at introducing Christianity in the
same portion of the dark continent , but
alter fifteen months of fruitless labor ho
has returned. Ho says that the colored
emigrants who have gone to Africa sot
themselves above the natives , and will
have nothing to do with them , and ho
also alleges that the highest ambition
of the emigrant is to drink rum and own
slaves. The owning of slaves in Africa
by American colored people in Africa is
a curious outcome of the colonization
scheme , and exhibits a propensity that
is hard to account for.
The failure of the olTorls of these well-
meaning missionaries is not nt all sur
prising. No attempt to introduce
civilization and Christianity among such
people as they are called upon to deal
with can bo expected lo succeed upon
such u plan of work. What the Africans
need first of all is u practical systematic
course of industrial leaching. They need
to bo taught the uses and benefits of
civilization , and to this end they must
bo patiently and slowly shown , by the
easiest and most simple methods , what
their own hands and brains are capable
of accomplishing. Civilization in tliolr
case is not a question of a few weeks ,
but rather a problem of years. The ex
hortation of the missionary is wasted on
such people in their present state of
barbarism. The experience of such
men as Rev. Sunday Washington is
really pathetic , This good colored
brother had to give up the struggle with
heathenism assoon as his supply of plug
hats gave out Others may try different
forms of bribary , but they will only
waste their time if they do not teach
the barbarians of Africa to work. Labor
is the true civilizing agency. It ennobles
ana uplifts mon hhd women every where ,
and without iti and the useful fruit it
yields neither Civilization nor Chris
tian lly can llourjsih.
, yJ2Y ? OAUSKS.
Students of the social problems of the
tlmo In this c.our\ty \ will bo interested in
tlio results of a/Uqrough and systematic
investigation into1 the causes of poverty
in London whlcjlT-Haa recently boon com
pleted by Charles Booth. The turbulent
currents of society in 1C u rope , and also
In this country. , tj > some extent , have
thrown to thusu'riaco in recent years all
sorts of roforln&rs and dreamers of
dreams who liVi'vo ' fancied themselves
.specially commfs.U'onod by the Almighty
to solve the problem of the relation be
tween poverty and rlchos , hot ween labor
and capital , between all of these classes
of society which natural conditions and
the mioqu-.il distribution of Fortune's
favoro have widely separated In the
social scale. In Europe moro than in
this countiy the relations of poverty
and wealth and the amelioration of the
hardships of llio poor liavo boon prob
lems of prime importance and Interest
to which many able mon huvo given the
study of ytars.
The investigations of Mr. Booth were
confined lo the eastern district of Lon
don , embracing u population of about
000,000. Ho has divided those people
into eight classes , represented 111 his
classification by the first eight letters of
the alphabet. Class A , made up of the
lowest kind of laborers , loafers and soml-
crlminals , numbers about 11,000 ; class
D , representing these who have casual
earnings , about 100,000 ; class C , having
intermittent earning ! ? , 75,000 ; class 1) ) ,
wllh small regular earnings , 120,000 ;
class E , having regular standard earn
ings , 377OnO ; classes F , G nnd II , con
sisting of the , holler paid artisans nnd
higher middle class , respectively , 121-
000 , ai.OOO . and -15,000. The first four
classes nro below the poverty line and
number in the aggregate 315,000 , or 35 }
per cent. The last four classes are
above the poverty line and number
577,000 , or 01 } per cent of the whole.
Mr. Booth deducts the first class , 11,000 , ,
as not requiring any other care than
ordinary police or workhouse discipline.
This loaves.301,000 persons , or about 34
or cent of the 1)011,000 ) , as constituting
the problem of poverty , ox elusive of
tbo largo number already under poor
law administration ,
Investigation of the causes of poverty
in this great body of people resulted in
the discovery thai about 00 per cent of
those who were classed as poor were so
by reason of a want of employment sufll-
clent for support. This is the familiar
ground upon which the socialist predi
cates Ills argument against the existing
social sysloni , nnd If It could bo riiewn
that so largo a percentage of the Indi
gent are really unable to obtain employ
ment his case would seem lo bo a good
one. The figures glvon by Mr. Booth
concerning London may bo taken , with
porno modifications , as representing the
condition ol the poor in Rome districts of
Now York and other , largo cities of this
country. The Charity Organization
society of Now York City has reported
as high ns15 per cent of its applicants
for aid in need of work rather than ro-
llof. The same ratio will hold good in
the largo cities everywhere.
Is it true that so largo a percentage of
the poor are unable to obtain employ
ment1 The experience of every em
ployer ol labor contradicts it. In
capacity or disinclination to work will
account for the poverty of a great num
ber who , when asked why they are
poor , reply that they cannot find em
ployment. In making up the statistics
which wo have quoted this question was
asked , and the nskcr had no moans of
knowing whether the answer was truth
ful or otherwise. IIchad to accept it
or abandon his undertaking. The
figures are usaful bacnuso they indicate
n state of things that should receive the
attention of the charitable , but they
need to bo taken with a great deal of al
lowance.
Statistics may provo that there is need
of-i more equitable adjustment of the
relations of capital and labor , but there
will always bo an army of unemployed
poor whoso destilution and misery will
bo the penalty of their own indolent and
vicious habits and tholr tendency to
swarm in the great centers of popu
lation.
nuitAi , M
The idea of a free delivery of mail
mailer in rural communities originated
with the present administration. It has
the approval of the republican party
and it will bo realized in practice when
ever that party returns to the full con
trol of the go Vermont. The dem-ind for
llio free delivery of-mails in rural com
munities comes from a very largo num
ber of people who are now being denied
ths facilities which Ihoy bcliovo
the Postolllco department should give
them.
There arc 4.750,000 farms in this couu-
Iry , said Representative O'Donuoll in
the house recently , and the owners and
lonmits appeal to congress for what they
feel is their duo that they shall bo
placed on the same footing as the people
of the cities and towns , that the postal
department shall exlend lo them the
same privileges that are accorded to the
urban residents of the nr.t.ion. They
hold lhat if the government delivers the
letters and mails to the doni/.ons of
cilies the same Iroatmont should be extended -
tended lo the farming community.
Thousands have potllionod for Ihis ac
tion on the part of congress. . The Na
tional Grangellio Patrons of Husbandry ,
every state grange , the National
Farmers' congress and the Notional and
Stale farmers' alliances have unilod in
asking llio national legislature to ox-
lenu free delivery facilities to the rural
communities. The demand of these
representative organizations of agricul
tural producers has boon supplemented
by petitions from thousands of farmers ,
not members of organizations , and thu
common fooling among them is thai
justice requires lhat Ihoy bo given llio
facilities they ask.
It is a fact thai , while one-third of the
population is engaged in farming pur
suits , and the farmers pay the same rate
of poslagp as others , rural communities
have about the same facilities , compara
lively , ns they did in early days. It is
stated that , for less expenditures , tlio
people of olhor countries have a posta
service for llio farmers infinitely super
ior lo ours. It is argued , and the posi
tion , Is certainly plausible , that us the
people of the whole country sustain the
Postolllco department there Is no reason
why all should notboHorvod alike , with
out regard lo" locality or conditlona
Tlio farmer , knowing that ho conlrib
utes to iho sustaining of the postal eer
vice , nalurally holds lhat thu facilities
of lhat branch of the people's government
mont should bo as good-in the rural dig
trlcts as in tlio largo towns. Ho ha
made a domund for his rights in this
direction , nnd undoubtedly ho will con
tinuo lo urtro it until something is done
It is doubtless true that free deliver , }
In rural communities would cost some
thing for n lime in. pxcess of the posta
revenue from such communities , but the
postmaster general and others who have
investigated the matter believe that in
the end the plan would bo solf-sustaln
ing. But It has never boon the polio }
lo make the question of needed postu
Improvements dependent upon tie !
chances of revenue , and there is no roil
son why such a policy should bo ailopUu
In the mailer of rural free delivery
The prime thing lo bo alluincd is lo
give betto'- mail service lo a largo claes
of Iho people 1'ian Ihoy now have ; amJ
which Ihoy reasonably believe they are
entitled to ; the question of revenue cube
bo discussed afterwards or may bo loft lo
tuio cure of itself. The history of the
Postoffico department Is that Iho ox ton *
ions and improvements have nt first ro-
ullod in loss to eventuate in largo gain ,
and It is by no moans Improbable that
uch would bo the outcome of free mall
lollvory among the farmers.
The monetary return , at any rate , islet
lot the only compensation to bo consid
ered. It has boon well wild In relation
o this plan of rural free delivery that
simply from the standpoint of popular
education the experiment would piy
nero than all it could possloly cost. It
s necessary to take a broad and generous -
ous view of tnls question , keeping In
nlnil that the mall service belongs to
ho people and w.is established for tholr
convenience and advantage.
AMKIIIOAX citizens generally , nnd es
pecially the American admirers of
.Tamos Ilussoll Lowell , will regret
Unit some of his injudicious friends
nro persevering in their efforts to
secure n inomorinl of some kind in
Westminster abbey to porpotuuto his
memory In Hngland. The refusal
of the doun of Westminster ought
to have settled the mutter without re
gard to the question of justice. It is
humiliating to think Hint , cortnln pro
fessed friends of the grant American
poet should bo willing to accept the
paltry concession Unit 'two windows
In n passage that forms no part of the
nbboy Itself should bo decorated at tholr
expense. Mr. Lowell's fame does not
need to bo
perpetuated by n momor-
alinWostminlstor Abbey. Longfellow
ishonorqd there , it Js true , but Scott ,
Burns , ITnwthorno uiul other gro-U
lights of English lltornluro are not.
It does not signify inuuli. Lowell will
bo remembered nnd honored long after
Westminister Abbey has crumbled into
dust.
JOHN D. 'KOCKKKKI.LKK lina given
$40,000 to Vnssnr college. The oil can
in his hotiso scorns never empty.
Dnpcsula on tlio Tniiipcriititrc.
llitl < t'.cli > liti lime * .
Would tbo commingling of the church nno
"aloon admit of the sorvliip of two masters ,
that Is , "schooners I"
A Foul Sliimlrr ,
Vtlea Oliterver ,
Tlio.stylo m polite focioty la Chicago and
the west Is to nut at the bottom of soaio In-
vitutions "II. S. V. P. D. Q. "
Distinction Without a Dllt'urnncu.
. Kew V > 'l ; Herald.
The dustructloa of the mining city of
3reodo ou Sunday was due , not to Iho kick
ing of a cow , ns In CaleftRo's casp , but to the
attempt of a jackass to tnalto a kitchen tire
burn bettor with coal oil tlmn with wood.
In Shining
A'einc'iis citu Journal.
The "wild wost" shines ns a law-abldincj
country la comparison with the oast. It Is
reported that the single county of Allegheny
in Pennsylvania had llfty-olght murders
in the last flvo years , with only ono execu
tion.
In the Hngiilitr Course ! of lluglnugft.
Itcntrtcs Dcmiin-at.
Tim BEU of yesterday contained a good
write-up of Gage county , tofjothor with
statistical information that is valuable not
only as an advertisement , hut as n shoot to
preserve for future reference ns woll. This
cumn in the regular cour.io of business ,
without pay , and has no connection with the
fake album , or "loudine cities11 dodge.
A Stiirtllntr Innovation.
Kew Y < nl ; Ciimmrrclnl.
The presence of Sioux Indians , cowboys ,
Mexicans and other wild westerners at mora
ine service was an exhibition unexpected by
the LonUonorj who.it tended morning service
recently at St. Paul's cathedral. The inno
cent curiosity of the noble red m.in to learn
where the sound came from when the hie
organ was played upon was too much for the
gravity of oven the stolid .London news
papers. _
The .MlRMtun nf Druilffury.
Otarae ' . Child * .
What , then , is the mission of drudgery }
To make men manly and women womanly ;
to develop within thorn the substantial vir
tues of industry , patience , preservation , fru
gality , independence , self-control ; to train
thorn in habits of attention , concentration ,
method ; to accustom them to endure with
fortitude , and to achieve with success. It Is
just the hard , monotonous work in every oc
cupation , teaching tlic.so lessons of self-con
trol , that enables the worker to triumph over
obstacles , nnd to rise from tlio lower and
more mechanical parts to higher and moro
responsible ) positions , Were it not for
drudgery no ono would cnrn his way to pro
motion or bocorao worthy of larger trusts.
MR. CUnUAN'S POLICY.
( ! ur < p Within Six Mliinlr * nt the llxnot
Tlmn cil' Nomination.
Some days bo fore the republican national
convention al Minneapolis Tin : liiii offered n
pnltt up policy for $1,000 In the National Llfa
Insurance company ot Vermont to the parson -
son who should name the nominee of the
convention nnd the tlmo of his nomination.
There \vcrni.l : ! guesses soul In , The range
of cntulldnto.'i Included Harrison , Ulalno ,
McIClnlnv , Shonnan , Allison , Algor , Lincoln
nnd lirosuani , nnd hours were llxod from
iho afternoon of Juno T to Monday after *
noon , .lutio 13.
The chairman of the Minneapolis conven
tion announced Mr. Harrison's nomination
at 4 : OJi'o'clock -p. m. on Friday , Juno 10.
The man who guessed nearest this dale wa
Mr. James Curran , general delivery , Ot.iaha.
Ho fixed the tlmo at 4:30 : o'clock , six and
ono-hnlf minutes ot the corroot.timo. Mr.
Curran can got his Insurance policy by call
ing for It ,
VC.W/.OVK.V.
They .Stonl from nn i\ir | < - Comimny nut !
Are Am-xtril ,
CIIICAOO , III , , Juno 11. Kor soma tlrao the
Adams Kxprcss company has boon missing
packages of Jewelry , money or valuables In
transit between the branch oftlco and thu
main ofllce.H nnd the depots nnd the main
oftlces. Detectives employed arrested two
of the company's omnloyos John O'Coiiiioll '
find Jerry Laughlln. The latter confessed
that O'Connell had endeavored to noMuruta
htm to assist nt the robbery. It is stun thai
tlio ' stolen property will aggregate ? U,000. )
b'onsatlonnt developments nro expected In u
few days.
S.lllll.l'fll * Ot..lVK ,
Knto Hold's Washington : " 1 thought T wa
orrliiuMin tlio safe sldt . " i\ld tlio burglar
sadly , when ho was convlctud of safe blowing.
Washington Star : "I.onst said soonest
mondod. " tmld thu doctor to the patlonl with
n fractured jawbone. ,
Sittings : The coat tall flirtation Is tha
latest , A wilnkled coat tall bearing thu
marks means " 1 liavo spoken to her father. "
Smith. Gray itOo.'s Monthly : Clerk I see
by thu paper that Mr. Pny in O'.Muro has ab-
soonduu sklppi'd. Ho owns u * tw.
"I''nshl3mblo" Hatter O , my heavens and
earth ! Tliuro's fi.'J dead l
Dotrnlt Kri'o Press : "I tnlnk I have thn
most tiMiiler-liciirtod htnbanu In the world , "
rumiirkud Mrs. Ollm. "llo can't boar lo bent
his children , even when they need It ever no
bail. "
"Tint's nothing. " ropUrd Mrs. Glanders
"my huihand Is so tondur-huartod 1 can't got
him to boat thu carnot. "
A rnr.cious HAND.
Oilcciyu Inter Ocean.
"This precious little hand , "
And hu iiressud It xvlth u blush ,
1'nr hu Haw at just a glance
That 11 was a diamond Hush.
TAI.Kl-.I ) TO DK.Vrll ,
C/icn/o / ( [ AV-iM.
Horn lies Iho boom of Henry Illalr ,
That lotl Us needful hualth
llv being talkud to uvorynhuru ,
Till It w > is talkud ludualh.
At n'ght Its iliosl lot Imunt.H this Hpnt
And nolthur howls norserem'lii'.s.
Hut simply kuups what hualtli it's got
Kor Ionpostmortem .speeches.
Sittings : Thu wise mini does not hosltatu tn
spend In advurtls'ng what a lawyer would
charge for supurintundlng his iiaslj-Mimout ,
I'hllndolphhi Ledger : A firm of Chicago
coopers will oxhlhlt ut thu fair "thu largint
Imrrol ever put tngulliur. " Until thu : IH
proaclung campaign Is concluded It would ba
safer to .stuvo oil that oxhlblt.
Washington Star : The wrltor who speaks of
a scarcity of duskns for small coins has prob
ably ovurlookod n great ninny of thu ponny-
In-thu-slot machines. .
Klmlr.'i CIii70tlo : Jaeson says that , as the
result of suvur.il snmniur'r observation , ho
concludes that the only niatuh for the eoun-
try girl's awkwardness In Ih'J city Is thu ulty
girl's awkwardness In thu country.
llhuhamton Republican : Thn dog that
loses his muster U without n friend , iviul so
nro homo men when they losu : i dux.
Itnston Courier : It Isn't tliu man whooftcn-
csl breaks his nonl who is the best authority
on p. ins of speech.
Chicago News : Many an obscure wcntorn
community now finds Itself right iu Iho swlut
: GllAIIUATK.
Sinncivlllc JourmiE.
I am a unulmite ;
And so with liuurt elate ,
llefuro yon ht-ro 1 stand
Upon thu pliitforui hlKii ,
Admired by nil , with my
Diploma In my hiinu ,
I do not know It nil ,
And yet. In this blc hall
Are few who know BO much.
Six liinsmiKua 1 Hpouk
I onlor lunch In ( irouk ,
Jly eloquence is such.
Wei' ' , now Unit I HM through.
Aa others have to do ,
Kmnloymont I must Book ,
And since that will ba HO ,
I'd nmlly Ilko to know
llow much I'll got u week.
I do not want thn earth.
And yet I think I'm worth
At least II vu tliou. n yoar.
Whit's that ? Did suiiio ono speak ?
Vim say ; "Six plimltH n wrnk/
llyjovu ! Vou'ru right , 1 fear.
Largest Manufacturers and Uotivllorj . of
Clothing In thu Wo = a.
Shoulder
Amrs
Ladies who wear our $1.00'and $1.50
blouse waists will appre
ciate our half price sale
of ladies' and children's
blouse waists tomorrow
They'll be 50c and 75c.
In order to give visitors
a chance to try our cloth
ing we continue the 33 % per cent off
sale on men's suits. Special prices will
also be made on hot weather neckties ,
underwear , etc. The best selections of
summer coats and vests , straw hats etc. ,
will always be shown by us at the most
reasonable prices.
Browning , King & Co
Kromnow till July . our sloro will he . onon . I tfV P/ir ( gill * Mnilil
cvny iliiy till"i.m | , Hutuiiliiys till 10i. | in. 1 * > vul' "i u
