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    THE OMAHA DAILY Blffi. THURSDAY. JULY 28 , 1892. f I
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tnto this Z3rJ day of July , IKll. N. I' . KIKU
Notary 1'ubllo.
Avrrncn Clrcitliitlon for .luno 2(5,802. (
LKAVKNWOKTII street will probsvbly
1)0 pavou at the 'lovonth liour.
THK most obnoxious Hard party is
the chaperone at it. summon resort.
CANADA evidently thinks American
roliillation is equivalent to another word
with the sumo ending.
As WK go to press the thermometer
wishes to announce that it is doing busi
ness at the same old stand.
IT KHALLY looks like paving this
week , but wo tire not doinc any whist
ling while in the underbrush.
IT MUST bo genuine zeal which in
spires an Omaha minister to resign his
ptiBtorato in midsummer to go to India ,
a hotter land than this.
THE republican state of Pennsylvania
has JG.000,000 in its treasury nnd the
democratic state of Kentucky cannot
oven pay its telegraph bills , That's a
pointed difToronco.
IP AVK have ever said harsh things of
Denver , wo hereby withdraw them and
express our honest sympathy in its
iflUction. Mrs. Lease and Weaver
wore there yesterday.
THE preat question now agitating the
big brains of Washington society is
whether Justice Shiras will shave off
those sideburns or agree with Fuller to
disgrace the bonah with the Ignominy
of a board. _
IT WOULD soora that the demand of
Mio Union Pacific telegraphers for a
regularly graded ecalo of wages and
provision for overtime work is just.
They deserve as much consideration as
nny other body of skilled wagonrorkers.
Foil the benefit of the people of Grand
Island , attention is called to .tho fact
that the weather clerk predicts rain in
that section within the next forty-eight
hours. This prediction was given with
out reference to that $2,000 contract
with an alleged rain ranker.
BKIBFLY summarized , the democratic
u.unpalgn promises are that if 'they get
into power the farmer will receive $1
per bushul for his wheat and the laborer
will pay 25 cents pot * sack for his flour.
There is nothing so elastic and con
venient as a democratic pledQo.
TJIK question that Loavonworth street
property owners ask themselves Is , Will
Hugh Murphy carry out the contract to
pave Loavonworth street with brick for
which ho is the lowest bidder ? If ho
declines to sign the contract will ho
forfeit the $1,000 chockon deposit with
iho Board of Public Works , or will
Chairman Birkhausor hand It back to
him ?
PKOPLI : who will take the trouble to
compare the tompornturo of Omaha dur
ing the past few days with that of other
cities whom great heat hus prevailed ,
nnd also the olTocts produced , will have
to udmi * that while the tompornturq ,
hero . has boon oxco ptionally high
and by reason of its long con
tinuance very oppressive , yet it has not
been so sovoru on humanity as the heat
at Chicago , St. Louis , Cincinnati and
other places. The mortality in those
cltlott , as the direct result of the torn-
peraturo , has boon great , while hero
there hus boon oho prostration from
liotit , and that was not fatal. Omaha
hus had Us share of hot weather , but it
hus brought only discomfort , making
no death record to bu remembered by.
SENATOR ALUKICII , In his speech on
the turitT in the senate Tiioadtiy , re
plied to the democratic assertion that
Iho protective system is responsible for
the labor troubles in the United States.
Ho produced the statistics of labor con
troversies in Great Britain und the
United States during the ton years from
1880 to 1890 , and showed that while the
number of strikes varied In this country
from 010 in 1880 to 708 in 16DO in Great
Prltain there worn 11,101) ) strikes during
J880 , four tunes as many as there were
In the United States during 1890. There
could certainly bo no inoro conclusive
answer than these figures glvo to the
claim that the tariff or the system of
protection , has anything whatever to do
with labor difficulties. On the con
trary , If the statistics prove anything by
way of establishing a rotation between
Ilbcal policies and labor disturbances It
is that free triulu is productive of such
dlflloultles. Either proposition , how
ever , is obviously untonublo und absurd ,
und an attempt to make political capital
out of it will certainly fail with intelli
gent pnoplo , and with none more
Buroly than Intelligent workin mun.
Discontent and dissatisfaction will pre
vail under any economic system , BO long
ui there are employers and employed.
FOR
There is a donmnd from the northwest
for help to gather the harvest. The
wheat ctop 13 ono of the largest over
prown , and in order to save It all more
hands will bonoodod thai ) can bo had in
that section. Announcement is made
that the railroads will offer facilities to
reach Cho sections whore man nro
wanted and are ready to co-oporato with
the farmers. The east should supply all
the hands needed. There la it consider
able number of Idle people In that sec
tion of the country nt this season of the
year , and , as an oaslorn paper suggests ,
here is an opportunity for some of them
to visit tlio northwest , study Its boundless -
loss resources and make a comfortable
sum In the bargain. A few months'
work In the Dakota wliont Holds would
fill up the gap and keep the savings in
the bank for a rainy day or to add to
the comforts every American laboring
man demand P.
It is to bo apprehended , however , that
the northwest will not bu able to got the
help it requires from the east Last
year there was a demand for farm hands
In Now England , and , although there
were thousands of idle people in the
largo cities , very few could bo induced
to accept farm work , oven at pay con
siderably above what that work usually
commands. The city Idlers preferred to
take their chances where they were to
going into the country. They would
suffer from the heat of the city and ere
to bed hungry rather than lovvo : the
bustle of city llfo for the qulot of the
country , with wholesome air , enough to
oat and fair pay for work. If men
would not accept farm work ono or two
hundred miles from the great cltlos
there Is small probability that they can
bo induced to go U,000 miles to the
harvest Holds of the northwest. There
is danger , therefore , that some of the
grout crop of wheat in that section will bo
lost , simply for the reason that of the
army of Idle people In the country a
sulllclont number cannot bo procured to
fully harvest it.
It is absurdly cliuhicd by a class of
politicians that there are millions of
idle men in the country and that this
fact enforces Iho necessity for a radical
change in economic c&ndillons. The
number of idle people is far loss than is
assumed by the political alarmists , and
If only these who are In enforced idle
ness are considered the number Is rela
tively small ; but at any rate , it is larger
than is to bo desired. Yet there is little
reason for sympathy with people who re
ject work rather than sacrifice , oven for
abriof time , the few enjoyments which
life in the city affords. How much hot
ter off would such people be If the cur
rency of the country should bo Increased
to $50 per capita , or double that amount ?
They would get a very small share of it ,
and it is a question whether the ultimata
effect would not bo to render their con
dition worse instead of bettor.
GOIIDKOT V/WirS OFT/IS WOKKIXOMKN.
There is a marked contrast between
the utterances of prominent members of
the Amalgamated association at Home
stead and these of the organ of the so
cialists in Now York regarding the
shooting of Manager Friclf. The Now
York organ referred to the tragic oc-
currnnco ns ono that ' 'can only cause
honest satisfaction in the hearts of all
worklngmon struggling for our great
cause. " The real worklngmon's friends
do not take that view. Secretary Mad
den of the Amalgamated association
said : "This is bad business. Wo nro
always ready to have a fair light by
legitimate means with these who maybe
bo contending against us , but wo cannot
too strongly reprobate an act of this
kind. " Thomas Warren , another leader
of the strikers , said : "Thoro is not a
mlllworkcr or laborer in this entire
section that does not deeply deplore the
shooting of Mr. Prick. " Mr. Woiho ,
the president of the association , said :
"I liopo the greatest punishment the
law allows will bo the reward of the
dastardly and cowardly assailant of Mr.
Prick. "
It is interesting to note how widely
the sentiments of the workingmun him
self differ from the sentiments of the
self-appointed champions and avengers
of the working-man , the anarchistic
crowd that is responsible for so much of
the unfortunate prejudice against cap
ital which prevails among the ignorant
and unthinking. The public is bound to
take MY. Warren at his word when ho
says that there Is not a mlllworkor or
laborer In Homestead who does not deplore -
ploro the shooting of Mr. Prick. The
expression of such sentiments as were
called forth from the loaders of the
strike by thp shooting will do moro to
make friends for the strikers nnd make
amends for what they have done that
was not lawful than anything else could
do. If the masses will bo influenced by
such utterances und pay no attention t.o >
the foolish and anarchistic vaoorlngs of
the socialistic press , it will bo a distinct
gain for the cause of organized labor.
The ono thing that the workingmun
needs llrst of nil is public syranathy , und
unlobs the public/can have confidence in
his self-restraint und law-abiding pur-
peso ho cannot oxpeot symp ithy. Such
men as the leadens whom wo have
quoted underfltand this perfectly nnd are
acting upon it.
NOT A D1PJMMATIO ISSUE.
Critics of the administration object to
the policy regarding Canada on the
ground that It Is a confession of inca
pacity on the part of our diplomatists ,
un admission that they cannot adjust by
negotiation a very simple disagreement
between us and our neighbor. "Aftor
the laudation , " says one of these critics ,
"of the great diplomatic achievements
of this administration with which the
country has boon regaled by its organs ,
this is rather u humiliating confession. "
It is u sadly perverted vision that sees
anything of the kind in the recommend
ation of the president und the action of
congress In this matter.
The Itwuo with Canada has passed
beyond the domain of diplomacy. For
yours the government of that country
has boon persistently violating its treaty
obligations , with great injury uud loss to
important American interests. Ita at
tention hus boon ropoutedly called to
this wrong , but it hus never oven pro
posed to remedy It. It .doos not now
show any disposition to correct the trou
ble which our government justly com-
plulus of , but , on the contrary , if there la
anything moro than moro bluster in the
talk of the organs of the Canadian pov-
ornmont , it is contemplating some policy
of retaliation , In which course It will bo
IWcsly to got all the oncounigomont
which American newspapers unfrlomriy
to the administration can give. The
snmo papers that could find nothing to
commend In the course of the president
in the Chilian mutter nro criticising the
course of the government In dealing
with the treaty violations of the Cana
dian government.
It looks very mucli , observes ono of
these pnpors , as though the diplomacy
In which the president has most faith
Is diplomacy with u club. The president
evidently believes in adopting firm
measures for securing and maintaining
the rights of thu American pooplo. Ho
lias shown throughout his administra
tion that while intending to do justice
toward nil ether countries ho proposed ,
to the extent of his authority , to require
of ether countries a just regard for
American rights and interests. It is
ono of the strong features of President
Harrison's character that ho bus the
courage to ask for the country all that
It may justly claim , ami wo do not bo-
llovo that tiny fair-minded American
citizen will think the loss ot him for
this. The persistent cou : so of Canada
in violating treaty or. llgatlons , continued
for many years , justified decisive action
for redress , nnd undoubtedly the grout
majority of the American people ap
prove the president's position.
/A' T1IK ILIXDH OF CO.VTrt.-lCTO/'S.
Mayor Boinls 1ms , after mature reflec
tion and thorough investigation , vetoed
the ordinances for asphalt paving on
Park avenue and ether streets. The
mayor's vote Is based on the ground that
the ordinance is at varlunco with the
advertisement of the Board of Public
Works , nnd its conditions virtually give
the contractors who handle Trinidad
lake asphalt the monopoly of asphalt
pavement In Otuahu at an exorbitant
figure.
The council , with ono dissenting vote ,
passed the ordinances over the mayor's
voto. The only tangible ground upon
which the council could justify its action
is u desire to prevent any further delay
of paving. On this ground tilono the
public and the property owners will sub
mit to the imposition.
It is nn open secret that paving would
have begun three months ago if the
contractor ' combine which with the
frunchisod corporations has for years
controlled our council had not constant
ly interfered. They did not want com
petition und they did not want specifica
tions that would compel thorn to furnish
the best material and do good worK.
This has been the whole trouble from
beginning up to now , and this is the
chief cause of nil the delay. If the board
hud allowed the contractors to dictate
the specifications nnd had omitted all
the conditions for maintenance that con
tractors regard us olTenbivo there would
have boon no delay In the paving.
There has been , of course , a good deal
of incompotenoy and favoritism on. , the
part of the chairman of the Board of
Public Works , but that'alono would not
have caused the tampering with peti
tions , changing of specifications and
turmoil. The moral of the experience
wo have had this year is that our charter -
tor must bo amended so as to prevent
even the very blightost change of pav
ing specifications after they bavo once
boon adopted by the Bo-.ird of Public
Works. It is not for contractors to say
how these specifications should bo
framed or what conditions the city
should exact. All they have a right to
ask is that there shall bo no favoritism
and that every contractor shall bo com
pelled to do exactly what ho has ttgrood
to do.
BUSINESS IMI'IIUVKS.
There was a decided improvement in
the business of the country last woo'c ' ,
and the excellent crop prospects indi
cate that the full trade , for which mer
chants nro already preparing , will bo
unusually largo and profitable. The
iron market hus boon considerably un-
bottled by the troubles In Pennsylvania ,
but u speedy recovery Is tintielpatcd.
The Philadelphia Jicconl says ; "In the
iron trade there has boon continued
dullness In pig , nnd sustained activity
in the demand for finished products
from the active mills. Uncort-ilnty as
to the duration of the suspension has
induced buyers in some instances to
place orders for advance deliveries.
Prices of structural material show
some advance from the rates ruling
curly in the month , and no concessions
uro obtuinnblo on uny kinds of finished
iron. The moderate increase in unsold
stocks of pig iron in the face of the
houvy production of the last half your
indicates that there has boon un un
usually largo consumption in spite of
the depressed condition of the trade.
The largest consumption on record was
in 1800 , whoa it reached a total of
8,059,079 tons ; yet for the half your
ended July 1 the approximate consump
tion had aggregated 4,025,000 tons , or , in
ether wordswus _ ut the rate of 9,250,000
tons a year. "
Business in general shows a steady
improvement. In Now York city the
loading business men predict renewed
activity and higher prices. Railroad
earnings continue to show gains. Of
fifty-seven roads making reports for the
first wool : in July an increase of about 7
par cent in their ournlngs is shown , nnd
for the soconu week seventy-eight roads
show a gain of ever 7 per cent. There
is nt present comparutivoly little con
struction of now roads and the dov.plop-
inont of the country along the lines of
the old roads is progressing steadily. An
encouraging outlook for n stronger
market is generally recognized by busi
ness men in the present conditions
governing trade and commerce.
The increase in our exports of wheat ,
corn und Hour from September 1 , 1891 ,
to July 10,1802 , was very largo. In wheat
iho increase was 7,300,000 bushels ; in corn
47,000,000 ; bushels ; in Hour , 3,000,000
barroli. it will bo soon by those' figures
that the Increase in our corn exports
was enormous. It Is confidently bollovod
by these best acquainted with the
market und the conditions by which it
is inlluuncod that the foreign demand
for American corn will continue to in
crease , nnd that our exports of this im
portant cereal especially important to
Nebraska und ether states in the west
ern corn bo'tWill bo fnrgrcator during
the present llsMl/Jcitr thm ; over before.
OXB would rwtMiiiiU to road the lov
ing missives bltuBon King Humbert of
Italy and President Harrison that It has
been hut a yo.iQ.rtco | these nations were
exchanging cnolograms which burned
the water In their fury.
PoiVDKHtA' cHnsuros the democratic
papoi or thofv cRnunontsnn the Homo-
sloud strike and Hugh O'Dontioll ' ad
vises the mniC&Ti'oturn to work. Now
the iron hus ajnturod the soul ot the
bourbon "donotinjoors * "
V.IMl'.tlUX Olt.lTTKK.
Broatch has boon a monomaniac on oftlco
for some years and has brolton out la n fresh
spot , llo now insists tint ho is cut out ns
the mott nvnllabio candidate for governor
when everybody In lown.Kiiows that ho would
bo snowed under in Douglas county by from
5,000 to 10,003 votos. As n mstlor of fact ho
wouldn't corns within 5,033 of carrying
Omaha for .Mayor , lot nlono governor. The
poor man is out of his head nnd It ho don't
quit his fooll > hnoss ttio boodle gang will
bleed him to death between now and con
vention day.
A star-chambor conference is said to have
boon hold last night at the courthouse be
tween certain county ortlcluls , BJltor Thomp
son and Broatch. In nil seriousness the
quoitlou was disuussod a to whether the
Douglas county delegation should bo thrown
to the hend-and-front of the old Tammany
gnng. What trn'isplrod is not Known , but it
is said that Broalch represented that ho Is
convinced that there Is n long-foil want to
hnvo him crowned govnrnor ot this stato.
After the Nctrmha county convention Tom
Majors clasped Church Hoxvo to his breast.
Aud Church wept. It Is said there will bo
no need ot the sorvlcas ot a ralnnwkor in
Auburn for several weeks , even should the
hot spell continue.
Although John C. Watson declined to run
for congress ho isn't out of politics by n tone
ways. Ho bonds tuo Otoo county delega
tions to both the state and congressional
conventions.
The Silver Croak Times ballovos Hon.
Lorenzo Crouuso "to bo nn able , sincere , upright -
right man. With him republicans could
malto an ngcressiva campaign , with nothing
lu his record , so far n : wo know , to excuse
or cover up. "
Tom Majors , according to reliable reports ,
has been doing a lot of farming since 'way '
early In tbo spring. As a result , it is said
that ho bas "farmed out" all the patronage
of tbo governor's ofllco in exchange for dele-
rates to the state convention. Every ofllco
bas beou filled In jiaynnco on the supposition
that ho will bo iidnlnntod ? and blcctod. The
"lucky men" who jinvo boon favored with
these political prdmllo3-lo-pay are located in
every part of the tale and they are putting
in u lot of bard work these days to earn
their salaries , or rather their jobs. The
governor bas quito a hlt of patronage to glvo
out , and tbo men Who have bcon promised an
ofllco Dy Majors fqrm qulto a small army.
The Clnttoror has1 prepared a list of ofllccs to
) o filled by the ctjiejexecutive } of tbo state
and the perquisite ; ! ) attached. Hero it is :
Governor's office : > w >
I'rlviitu secretary.f. $ 1,701
Chief clerk l.aw
Kirstassistantelorli 1,000
Mosbeiuer. . . . . . . .li--.j . . „ OOD
Lincoln hospital for Insane :
Suporlntoiident.- - " ' . -.4 2,300
( And llyjiiB for fainl.'y. )
Klrsta > slstnntsuporlntandunt. . . . . . . . 1,501
Second Assistant sdporlntemlont 1.50)
StuwarJ , i. . < . . . . ' . . . . , 1.211
Matron ' .ft 000
Norfolk hospital for Insane : *
Superintendent ' . 2.500
( And living for family. )
I'lrst assistant superintendent 1.500
Second mslaUmt superintendent l.i ! > 0
Htuwnrd , 1'JOH
Matron 001
Hnstlnus asylum for Incurables :
Superintendent „ 2,503
( And living for family. )
First assistant superintendent I..VW
Second assistant superintendent 1,500
hloward l.'iX )
Matro 1)00 )
Stito : penitentiary :
Warden 1.500
( And Hvln. for family. )
Deputy wnr.lon , l.COO
( And living for family. )
Physician 000
Ulmplntn COO
Soldiers homo :
Commandant. l.f.OO
( And living for family. )
Adjutant 000
Qiiiirterumstor. . .1 , 6JO
burgeon ' . . , COO
Matron , 4SO
Institution for the lllndf
.Superintendent / . . . / 1,5'JO
( And living for family. )
Matron 000
Oil Inspectors :
Chief Inspector 2,000
Six dountlea , each V-OJ
Labor bureau :
Coiiiinissloner 1,500
National uiird :
Adjutant cuiiprnl 1,000
Other departments :
Three members of State Hoard of
Transportation. , 2.V)0 )
Coiunilsslonorgenorul , World's fair. . . . 2.MO
Six directors Hun
Fish commission lion
llo.ird of Klro and Police commissioners.
The question which remains to bo settled
is , "Doos farming ( this kind ) pay } "
Mr. Li. Watson of Craig ( Burt county )
finds in his travels through Tburston , Dodge
nnd Burt counties that there is a strong
Crounsc sentiment among the farmers. Ho
says : " \Vhllo I have no particular Interest
in Judge Crounso any more than any ether
good republican , I am convinced ho can got
votes that no other republican will bo able
to control ; The farmers that are alliance
mon , in many cases , say they can support
Crounso and fool they nro getting a friend
to tbo farming class. My judgment Is tbo
republicans can elect Crounso , and bo Is the
man to defeat VanWyck. "
A Cast ) county politician prophesies the
nomination of Judge Field at Nebraska City
this evening at tbo JjMrst district republican
congressional convo'utlon. Ho bases this pre
diction on tbo aotlott'of two southern coun
tics of tbo distrl | 6gatnst which the best
republicans ot Cupfu county uro blttory pro
testing. < cr <
A prominent Bprflcounty republican said
last uvonlng as tlioi Dougias county delega
tion goes on governor so go Burt , Wash'
ington , Sarpy ana PASS. These counties will
bavo 141 votes in 'tile'convention. .
The Anit.'iMlo Honorable ,
Our respects to old Sol and wo beg leave to
talco it all back. TH'pro are neither vpccka ,
spots nor tiles on hloj.
Mldauiiiiiiur Mndnuii.
St.wl 1'lonctr I'rtis ,
According to tbo latest third party esti
mates they wilt carry thirteen states at the
presidential election , Asa sampln of < mld-
'
Bummo'r maanoss such prognostications are
diverting , but if they don't stone their
prophets after the result is Itnown tboy will
abow a singularly forgiving disposition.
Adliil'n HIIRO Contract.
Kew York A < lvtrll er ,
Adlat bas pledged himself to place thostato
of Illinois in tbo Clovotand column this year.
After the completion of this simple contract
bo may bo induced to complete the Panama
canal , finish thu Kooloy motor and pay olT
the French spoltaitqu claims. If Adlal will
Hoop bis native alula of Kentucky in line no
moro will bo asked of him ,
Hruir and Jlluir.
Jmile tin oilfd A'cics.
Canadian uowi | npo ) are oalllntr upon tbo
Dominion to glvo "u.ow for blow'1 to the
United States. That Is just the trouble ,
tboy hnvo bcon blowing too much. Our pov-
ornmont savs to Cnnadn , ' 'Lot us have nn
understanding thnt wo will treat your ves *
Rcls just ni yon tru.it ours , " nnd Canada de
clares that If wo do she will fight ; but she
won't , She will como to our terms. Wo cnn
jetnlong without tbo Dominion much moro
easily than it cnn without us , nnd when there
wixs no fltfbt over Bering Son It Is buidiy
[ > robabo ! tticro will bo ono ever the onnals.
, ' the U limns.
Tribune ,
Kansas nnd Nebraska farmers are advor-
liiR for harvest help and ottering from
$ i. . " > 0 to ? I.OO per dnr , aud the railroads stand
ready to transport harvest hands free , or ut
inniliml rates. And yet Messrs. Weaver ,
Donnelly ana their dumoor.ttlu collotiguos
itlU trot out In every spoach the saino "mil
lion nnd a half tramps" which some Imagi
native reformer Invented some twenty years
ago.
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A roRhnrn lor t'ntlilor.
7/ilJ Cllu ( U. 11. ) Tin .Winer.
The condition of politics In Nebraska
Ims caused tbo Omaha World-Horald to got.
ono of these wigelos on , that some great
newspapers rtnd necessary In order not
to get loft. But the W.-H. didn't get loft.
That paper is not an "organ" nny moro , but
a bass drum In the alliance band , and hangs
on the hind end ot the band wagon.
I'U.MSIIMKbT Of I'lltt'.lTK X.13M.
OMAHA , July 27. To the Editor of TUB
Hun : Nature usually does her worlt prop
erly , but once In a wiillo soamlngly she falls
to produce that which she lutonds , and , ns a
consequence , wo see born among mankind
monsters that belong to n lower order of
Doings. When such nn event happens then
mankind is aOHctoa with a Nero , n Dorgla
nr n Whitochapol ( lend. Such n monster it
.corns . has boon prod u cod In the state ot
Pennsylvania In our own tlmos. 1 rotor to
Lho cowardly brute , clothed with a llttlo
brief authority , Colonel Stroator , who dis-
Traced not only his own state but the whole
United Stutos. list Saturday , by ills brulnl
t rout men t of Prlv.ito lams , whom ho hud
tied up by the thumbs for thirty minutes
under the supervision of two doctors , until
the poor wretch fainted under the torturo. '
Not content with Mils , this fiend in human
shnpo disfigured the poor prlvato to tbo
greatest extent ho dared.
No ono will deny that the soldier
iiad committed u breach of dis
cipline and that ho ought to bo
punlsbcd , in order that proper discipline bo
maintained , hut uvory right thinking mind
cannot but condemn the brutal manner In
which ho was punished , uud every American
citizen ought to protest , against the baroar-
Ism enacted in Pennsylvania. This monster
Stroator should not bo allowed to occupy nny
position In which ho can civo vent to his
brutal nature , to the Injury of these placed
under the coward that such n being neces
sarily must bo. Brutality always co-exists
with cowardice. Hvory papjr In the United
States ought to crv out against the monster ,
and so far as in tbolr power lies wipe the
stain from the nation's peed name , put upon
it by this "what-U-it , " lest nil civilized
nations look upon us as havii.g retrograded
to the level of tlio dark HKOS , and nro h.\iten-
ing to rclntroduco the tortures of tUo inquisi
tion. H. P.
.vr ( jmnr.f
Dallas News : It N' worth two bits any diiy to
aoo botli nines slug the umpire ,
Philadelphia Inquirer : When lightning
billies to striking breweries It becomes evident
tlmt hops won't always carry us out of
d linger.
Chlcnio Times : Pon't. trr to hammer the
noad oir the Idiot who nsks if this Is hot
enough for you. The nltompt wl 1 overheat
your system and the Idiot Is not worth thu
effort.
Now York Herald : 1'onolopo Pshaw ! llo
liasn't any brains.
1'erdlt.i ( angrily ) Perhaps you don't know
Unit ho Is going to marry me.
PeneloDu Oil yas , I do that's about all I
know about him In fuct.
Iloslon Post : A poor old toper , who was In
the habit of Betting lost nn his way homo ,
was asked how ho could nlford tn keen the
dog that wns always with him. "That do ? . "
ho hiild , "not only bo.irdu liiumolf but llnds
mo. ! ' , -
Washington St-ir : If the officeholder would
study the avornuo domestic lie wouldn't feel
no.irly so humble when ho doulnres that he Is
the servant of the people.
MIDSUMMKIl LAY.
Atlanta CoM.ttdtUton.
The turpentine's u-slo.iniln' from the hot.
persplrln' trees ,
The liver , tiirnln' . burnln' , Is Jos' yoarnln' for
the hroe/e :
Thu sparrows with their twitches , In the
niches hide un' cling ,
An' the mockln' birds are silent for they're
ull too hot to ami : !
An' yet , for all thoblazln'of the white , un
clouded sun.
That burns the cattle grazln' till the beef
cooks .is they run.
The vampiiUn drums are beatln' , you hoar
the people yell ;
Red-hot , an' still a-hoatln' , an' hollorln' for
well !
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.Toilet NOWH : "There , " she said , standing on
her tiptoes. "I urn about your sl/o. " "On the
contrary , " said thu disconsolate lover , "my
sighs uro about you. "
Somervlllo Journal : Dinks What are you
doing nowadays ?
Jinks 1-ookinj for work.
ItlnkH Is tii.it what makes you look so
doleful ?
Jinks Yes ; you bee , I'm afraid I'll flnd It.
The days are warm , with scent of fruits and
( lowers the air Is laden ;
And in the hammock through the sunny
hours now dreams thu maiden.
Sometimes she with n pout and frown awakes
from dicams ambitious
To grumble nt the nolso her mother inukes
vrullo washing dishes.
Sittings : Ho Is n , miss-guided youth will
does everything his sweetheart aslis him
to do.
Philadelphia Lodger : Tho'prodiicorsof pig
silver will have to root just the same us other
people who huvo wares to sell.
Ilostnn Transurlpt : Itlook Island Is un
fortunate In having n smallpox scare right In
the midst of the season , lilock Island Is to bo
pitted.
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Illnghaiuton Itouuhllcan : Wo hare all foil
the lion heel of nuxrn domination when wo
have fulled to "tip" the colored waiter on
time.
Columbus Post : A western landlord com
plains of the story that his wife ran away
with a neighbor , ft was only a rumor.
IllK 3IliTHOl > IH IT.
Albert 2tluclow 1'iiiiic. tn Kansat City Star.
Wo were playln' u quiet game of draw ,
Muggins an' mo un' Looney lien ,
Queerest ' old chap you over saw ,
( Acclde'nt once , un1 Ills slnco then. )
Straight enough , though , when his head was
rl ht.
Hut Hlcuery , you bet. when hlsspcllxcamo on ;
Though things were ruiinln' on smooth tlmt
As the hands were dealt aud the cards wore
drawn.
Lucky old Mnislns had won n lot :
I was easy the loss wns Hen's ,
Mn' had Just opened n bin Jack pot ,
And 1 hud II I led un a pulr of tens ,
When all of n sudden lion gnvo n yell
That lifted our hair nnd raised the sweat ;
Then just what happened I couldn't toil ,
for Bun hud u lit , an * wo left , you bet
Deserted like cowards , nn' left uoor lion
Flow through thu window nnd toolc the sash
I reckon lion smiled fora inlnlt' , nn' then
Walked out , through the door nn' tcok the
catiU.
! In the family are more often the result of
aisirJtrtitJigtttttn\\anm.vA \ pcop'oknow.
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p.
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DUor.lrrnl J.lvcr , Cuiisllpullim mi j
i ull Illlluiii mill Xrrviiuei Ulsorilrr *
urUlns from Iliciu cilnirt.
Coicrtd nltli a Taittlrim & Soluble Coatlu ? .
Of all druL-Klstd. '
I'rlcii
2f > coins a box.
New York Depot , ; Canal lit.
RAILWAY COMMISSIONS.
12xlovornor ( T.nm\boo of IIMT.I l In 1'nvor
of CnmmUtlmton Klcotnd bjr the 1'coplo.
OLBIIMOXT , In. , .tuly 34. To the Kditor ut
Tits HER : Yours of the 20th Inst , with
reference to our railway commission at hand
nnd notod.
The object In bavins the railway commis
sion Is to protoot the people acntnst the
abuses of the railroad companies , mid lu
order to have nn olttolont commission it
should not bo made a rendezvous for re
pudiated or broken down politician * or
politicians of any ether Kindas It Is apt to bo
under iho appointive system , but the com
mission should bo composed of live nnd
practical mon and they should hnvo nmplo
powers placed In tholr hands.
Ot course , the printer the power led cod
with the commission the prontcr will bo the
efforts of the railroad companies to not con
trol of it , nnd this thov will endeavor to do
Whether It is elected or appointed ,
A commission , however , clectod b/ the
people will bo moro sensitive to public
oulnlon , which is ntlor nlltho erent lawmaking -
making power nnd it will feel more keenly
Us responsibility to thorn than it would if
appointed nnd tbo railroad companies will
even bo a llttlo more considerate in their de
mands upon the commission oti this account ,
Should the commission fall too much
under the Influence of the railroad companion
or should they become derelict In their duties
the pcoplo would soon make the dlscovory
nnd would apply iho proper remedy.
The people are ns cnpnblo and with n littto
experience will bo ns likely to elect men ns
well llttod for this ofllco ns they do for
judicial , executive uud othorofllcos.nnd unon
the whole I think It bettor to have them
elected. Yours truly ,
WILLIAM
Kansas City Times : Pmmsylvnnln mllltln
officers hnvo gene bade to the davs of cruel
nnd unusual punishments , The s poach ,
which was punished by a thumb hantine.
was bad , hut modern sensibilities nro shocked
nt. n penalty to which no criminal under uny
coda of American laws Is liable.
( Jhicngo News ; A Pennsylvania mllltln-
man , running ns liouUiimnl-colonol. ordorcd
ono of tuo soldiers at Homestead to bo tricod
up by tbo thumbs nnd otherwise severely
punished because ho cheered nt the news of
the shooting of Prick. Certainly the soldier
deserved punishment. But the ago of bnr-
barlty has passed nnd the citizens of Penn
sylvania nro ripht in malting written uro-
test. Torture us a penal agency is intolerable
whutber administered by n Hindoo prince era
a military popinjay in gilt buttons.
Chicago Post : The whole history of the
Homestead troubles has bcon n aeries of
brutalities. It botrnn with Carncplo's pi ton
pots and electric barhcd wlro. The impor
tation of the brutal Pinkcrtous was followed
by the brutal assault upon thorn by the
strikers. Then came Berltman , the anarch
ist brulo , attracted by n certain magnetism
to the center of brutnlltv. And now , when
iho tide of brutnlltv runs low , hero is nn of-
llcor of iho militia to cater to the unnuturnl
appetite forsavapery. When und where Is
it. to ondf
Minneapolis Tribune : 'iho poor victim of
Strontor's snvaccry deserved punishment
swift nud sovpro. Ho was n cownrdly dis
turber of discipline or at least tried to bo.
His conduct showed him lo bo neither a peed
soldier nor a peed citizen. Dut there nro
ether methods of punishment moro oftlca-
clous nnd inllnltcly less revolting to every
snnsa of humanity nud decency than the ono
Imposed. By this exhibition of the instincts
of a snvaqo Colonel Strcator Ims incurred
the hatred of tbo regiment mid tbo condem
nation of nil hutnnno persons. For Iho good
of Iho service ho should bo stripped of his
sword and spurs and sent to join lams in
disgrace.
THEIB PIjAOBS FILLED.
Strikers ut Pitxtun & Viorlliig'a Lose Tholr
roMtluiia unit 1'rollt Nothing.
Twonty-ono mon were putto workycstorduy
morning by Paxton & ViorlinR at the new
ICrut ; brewery In place of those who quit
because of dissatisfaction vrlth their pay.
Mr. Yiorling ronuincd there during the day
to scothut the strikers did not interfere with
them. HosnidthaLho bud many more applica
tions for work than he needed , nnd stated that
there was no question but that there were
too many men lyl.ip Idle to allow nny jobs to
go begging. Several of the old mon are baolc
in tbolr places. They salu that nil they
wanted was to bo assured of protection.
Stealing from u Itallroud.
Special Ofllcor Dave Miller of the Union
Pacific has been trying for n year to flnd the
rat bolo into which dropped .so many coup
ling pins , draw links and other portable rail
road property. Tuesday bo arrested a man
named Hamilton who was trying to dispose
ot n cart load of draw heads to the junk
dealer nt Twenty-second and Cumlng.
In the Junk dealer's ynrd Miller found
a bin lllled with enough of the missing
property to equip a small-sized railway.
Mr. Ciirncnu's 1'orcRs.
Mrs. John S. Brlggs has resigned from the
v/oman's auxiliary board to the Nebraska
Columbian commission and Mrs. Mollie Allan
BOOK bas been appointed to her piaoo , also
taking tbo position of president of tbo board.
Mrs. Van Wyclt has resigned the chairman
ship of tbo oxocutlvo committee und Mrs.
Lnngwortby has bcon designated to 11 U that
posittou. _
( Jetting tn llo n Full.
Gus Muttbows , a 'laboring man went to
sloop in the second story window of the Cun
ningham block , Thirteenth and Jackson
streets , and along toward morning loll out.
Beyond being awakened thcro was no damage -
ago done to Mr. Mnttbtiws1 frame.
A. xKir HIST rno.it
KAttton Kew York 7/em/il /
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ft.
rou COUNTHY wiun.
A costume of cream cropon , with trimming !
of whlto mouisollno do solo , spotted with
black , and black vclvot ribbon. The bottom
ot the sheath skirt is adorned with two on.
cralllngs of black velvet. The blouse cor
.sago , full back nnd front , has n sqiinra
docolldtnga opening on n llchu nrrmigomont
of moussolino do solo. The corsage is laced
up thu bacV nnd tightened nt the top nnd
nround the wnlst by onarmllngs of Ulnclc velvet -
vet ribbon , the ends ot which hung down
ever the back and skirt respectively.
ANOTHEU CHANCK TO SETTLE.
< ) uirrny & ISIrh .Mny Siiimro Thplr Troublai
Out of Court.
The nich-Joffroy controversy was duo In
Judge Scott's court ngnln yesurday , whora
Kdsoti Klcli wns cited to nppour nnd show
cnuso why ho was not In contempt for hav
ing dlsoboycd an order of the court.
The cnso was called , but un account ot
sotna of thn pnf-llcs being absent , n con
tinuance was granted until Saturday morn
ing.
According to the story tola by some ot the
Interested lawyers , this means n sottlomont.
When the case is culled Jeffrey will not ap
pear nnd the contempt prooooding will bo
dismissed.
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Windolph Bros. , dealers in boots and shoos
in Omulia , bavo aissolvod.
L. 11. Borland , proprietor of the llvory
stable nt Edgar , has boon succeeded by J.
Hnlo.
Miss Kato Wood & Co. , In the millinery
business at North Platte , are advertising to
sell out.
The two drug firms of 1 > . J. Pink and V.
A. Gannon , at Grant , have consolidated
under Iho IIrm name of fc'iiiK & Gannon.
H. B. Fisher has ope nod n drug store at
2.11:5 : N strcot , .South Omaha , having pur
chased n stock from the Ulchardson Drug
company.
itKi'unuc.ix .iTis uoxrnxriox.
The republican olootors of the state of Ne
braska are requested to send detonates from
their several counties to moot In convention
at tlio city of Lincoln , August 4 , 1312 , at 10
o'clock n. m. , for thu purpose of plaolni In
nomination candidates fur the following state
cilices :
Governor :
Lieutenant Governor ;
Secretary of state :
Auditor of public accounts :
Treasurer :
Superintendent of public Instruction ;
Attorney general ;
Cominlsslonorof public lands and bulldlnsi
Hlclit presidential electors :
And tn transact such other business ns may
coiiid before the convention. ' <
THE AI'POIITIONMB.NT.
The several counties nro entitled to repre
sentation as follows , beln'i basoj upon tho'
vote e.ist for George II. Hastings for nttornoy
general In ISlii , nlvliu one delegato-nt-laTCO
looach county and ono fur ouch 100 votes nud
the major fraction thereof :
It Is recommended that no proxies bu nd-
rnlttod to the convention und that the dele
gates present bo authorized to oust the full
vote of thu delegation.
H. D. MKUCBII. Chairman.
WAI.T M. SKKLV. I
U. It. HAI.COMIIK.Secretaries. { .
J. it. SuiimuAND , I
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Largest Manufaoturori ii'i 1
ofOlolliIngln tlio World.
Hold on
Till Monday , Au
for the greatest sale
ever heard of in this
neck of the woods.
Watch for Announcement.
Browning , King & Co
Our utoro closes , ut 0:30 : p. in. , except . Satur- . I < ; . W U.lOl tfli J& nniiitln-
-I days whan wuolosont 10 p. in. I O. 13111 & UOIlglin