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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDVY , ITHMIWR 18 , 1802-TWENTY PAGES.
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ence thin IHli tlnjr of fentember. 18l"2.
K. I' . UOiIK.V , .Notnry 1'ubllo.
AroniKo C'lrciilatliiii for AiiRiint ! ilino
THKY Hllll occnsloniilly blow out Iho
ens , even in Oiimlio.
BOSTON 1ms glvoti Corbott nn ovntlon.
Now , in trutli , tlio iron has entered Sul
livan's soul.
WK Aur. pained lo observe Unit Uio
Itiilinn IcjjHlion nt WnshinQton is ngnln
out of Fnvn.
Tliu Ilninhurg-Amorlcnn Pnclcot com
pany are entitled to nil the execrations
uml curses leveled nt It.
DIL TAI.MAOI : gels $ . ' ! 00 per weak for
his nymlieuto sorinotiR , which is pretty
liUR-o pay nnd ought to fcocuro good sor-
mona
PitAYiits nro uscomllug nipht nnd
day from every community in Ihls Innd
that the life of Mrs. Harrison may bo
spared. _
Tun Connecticut democrats have evi
dently never road the revised version of
the democratic platform , prepared
under the supervision of Ilonri Walter-
son , esq.
TIIK Mutual Life Assurance company
of Now York has given to thn nnll-
cholera fund of Now York $20.000. Now
it is in order for the New York and the
Equitable companies to go that ono
bolter.
CHICAGO has already bojrun the dis
play of a quality found moat abundant
in the stock yards. The boarding
housoH have raised the price of board
because the landlords , they say , have
raised the rent.
GKOKOI : TICKNOH CUKTIS , the emi
nent author and student , has been a
democrat , but ho has repudiated the
frco trade platform for reasons which
ho states boldly and clearly. And there
are many more to follow.
Tun credit which General Boynton
dives General Thomns for the victory at
Ghicnmnuga is entirely wall placed.
The people 1mvo always regarded
Thomas as the "rock of Chicamauga"
nnd military criticism has never shaken
that belief.
TIIK BKK is informed that some of the
republicans in Sarpy and Washington
counties have confounded the names of
Dnvo Mercer nnd Dr. S. D. Mercer of
this city. The candldiiiyof Dave Mercer
cor who aspires to a scat in congress
has boon freely discussed in TIIK Bnn ,
but no reference has been made to Dr.
Mercer in that connection.
WOULD it not bo well for the members
of lh people's p-irty to think a moment
about the man Weaver , for whom they
nro expected to vote ? No voter who
exorcises ordinary prounutloiiH and in
telligence will fail to repudiate such a
man , whoso political character and rec
ord are open to investigation and will
bo always found unworthy.
Tliu death of George William Curtis
makes vacant many honorary positions.
among them that of vice president of
the Egypt Exploration fund , and Iho
mnltorof his successor is now being dis-
cussod. Charles Dudley Warner's nnmo
is mentioned and also that of Dr.
Charles H. S. Davis of Connecticut ,
who is the " "
publisher of "Biblla" and an
Egyptian student of profundity nnd
breadth. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TURKU is nothing vnry original about
the plan by which the health and police
authorities propose to itiuuro the clean
ing of the city at slight expense , but U
is n treed plan and ought to have boon
triad long ago. The police are to report -
port all pot-bons maintaining nuisances
and they are to ho arrested if they do
not clean up their premises within
twenty-four hours after notice Is served
upon them. If the city is to bo kept
porinnnonlly ( Moan and free from ills-
onso this perfectly regular method
should bo practiced r.ll the time , and
nol merely upon occasions like the
present when a particular scare pro-
TIIK porconlngo of reduction in the
number of buslnoan fiillurop in this coun
try holds about the B'lino from week
to week. During the past week there
have boon 182 failures as compared with
UliO during the corresponding week last
your. Considering the largo Increase
in the number of industrial and mer-
cantllo enterprises during the past year
theuo figures are very slgnllicaut ,
This Is a point to bo kept constantly in
mind In estimating the condition of the
country's business interests. Kvon if
the number of failures were us great
this year us lust , their proportion to the
total number of luislnoss outorprlecs in
oxistuuco would bo fur buiallur than lust
voar.
ff.ilI0fl.il , Qt'AHAfiTlfiK ,
There N a vnry gomirnl public opinion
fnvctrnlila to tlio proposition that tlio na
tional government should hnvo mipromo
control of qunrantliio nt nil frontiers.
Whatever opposition there Into it comes
mainly from the Btlel < lorn for stnlo
rights , on Iho ground Unit MB Iho constl *
lutlon does not dolognto to the United
Slates the power to establish iiiinrnti *
line it Is reserved to the Ftatos , but the
power oonforrod on congress to provldo
for the gonornt walfiiro of the IT nit ml
States it would Boom might properly bo
construi'd in comprehending the authority -
ity to provldo against the Invasion of a
contagious dlsoaso which might spread
ever Ilio ontlro country. It IH true Unit
the general government can establish a
policy of non-intorcotirao and suspend
immigration altogether , Mid it Is not
questionable that this would bo the most
olToctuiil way of excluding cholera. Hut
that is a radical remedy to bo applied
only In an extreme exigency.
The practical arguments In favor of
a national system of quarantine are
conclusive. ItA \ thn testimony of these
who nro familiar with the .stato quar
antine establishments that thuy are in-
aticqualo and that their ndmlnislrnlion
is oflunlimo ? faulty. Ono writer on this
subject says that Iho ridiculously anti
quated , obsolete and Inmlcauato perma
nent establishments atmost of our
martlima qunrnntmo stations , and the
npparanl Impossibility , except perhaps
when confronted with emergencies such
tin the present , of obtaining upr > roprla-
tioiifl from local authorities of stilllclnnt
sums of money for Iho erection of oxton-
slvo and commodious quarantine estab
lishments in accordance with modern sci
ence and accurate Knowledge ) of Iho nil-
lure , mode of spread and means of pre
vention ofoholorn , nro incontrovertible
reasons why' the general public cannot
rulyupon independent local quarantines
for the defence of the who'lo country
against the introduction of the common
epidemic diseases , much loss of epi
demics of cholera.
Rival political and commercial inter
ests are inimical to the perfect protec
tion of the general public of the whole
United States by independent and local
quarantines. Another suggestion is
that it is but natural that municipal
organizations should , in looking after
their own interests , pay little regard to
the welfare of distant communitieH.
Notwithstanding the frequent p'hrn-
mount interest of inland communities in
the olllciency of the establishment and
administration of quarantine at the sea
board , the local authorities of the latter
frequently evince tin unreasonable jeal
ousy of any sort of investigation or sug
gestion looking to the general welfare.
The country has just witnessed an ex
ample of this jealousy in the conduct of
the health olllcor at Now York , who ar
rogated to himself the authority to dis
regard the order of the president pre
scribing the period of quarantine at
that port.
The arguments in favor of national
supremacy of maritime quarantine are :
It is only in this way that the necessary
protection iig.iinst the importation of
epidemic diso.isos in all our ports can bo
continuously secured. It is the only
practical mode by which uniformity ol
establishment and administration can bo
assured. The benefits of quarantine in
ure to the welfare of the whole country
and therefore should bo paid for by till
the people , instead of imposing the en
tire expense on these of the seaboard.
A national quarantine , properly admin
istered and conducted by trained of
ficials , accustomed to deal with con
tagious and infectious diseases , would
tend to prevent panic , to allay undun
anxiety , and to favor a reasonable sense
of security. Finally , a national system
would secure advantages not attainable
by independent local quarantine estab
lishments , however complo o. There
are still other cogent reasons in favor of
government control of quarantine , but
these cited ought to bo sufficient to sat
isfy all intelligent people of the neces
sity of such a system. This matter will
undoubtedly receive the attention of
congress at the next session and it is
highly probable that there will bo legis
lation looking to giving the government
a larger if not tho. supreme control of
muritiins and frontier quarantine
OMAHA'AllT SCHOOL.
The Western Art association of
Omaha , which has mot with a fair
measure of success , has docldcd to con
tinue the art school for another year.
The proposal of Mr. Liningor , the
president , to incorporate the associa
tion with a capital of $2.r.000 has boon
adopted and a committee has boon ap
pointed to arrange the details. It is
but a year since the school was or
ganized , but Iho art association has soon
four years of hard work , which is now
beginning to boar fruit. If a proper
degree of interest is shown by these
upon whom the success of the school-
depends it is expected that it will soon
bo solf-sustiiinlng. II is utatod that the
Chicago art school is earning $10.000
above expenses and it is liopoil that
Omaha will eventually attain an equally
good financial footing.
The work of the Omaha art school
during the past year has greatly olo-
valod the cause of art in this commu
nity. Throughout the state of Nebraska
there is a growing Interest in art which
is largely traceable to the work of our
local school. In no other city west of
the Missouri hiu so wide an interest In
art matters boon created among the pee
plo. Kansas City , St. Paul and Denver
are learning art from Omaha , and among
the cilics of the east there are few that
have made more rapid advancement in
art than we have dune. Many students
from all parts of the state are In attend
ance , and their work will stimulate In
terest In art throughout tno great state
of Nobraska.
If it should chance that ono student
oul of Iho many who enjoy the advant
ages of the Omaha art school should prove
to bo a genius , which Is by no means Improbable -
probable , Iho school would immediately
become famous
The instructor of the school , J. Lawrlo
Wallace , wiio comes from the Phlla-
dolphin Academy of Flue Arts , and may
Ihoroforo l > o mipposod ' lo bo an export ,
is doing ovoryt'hlng possible lo promote
the advancement of the pupils In art.
The work of the school embraces all
brunches of urt , Including drawing and
in od ol Ing , and deserves the support ot
nil classes of poonlo. The prospect for
the present year is exceedingly brlijliti
nnd it Is to bo hoped that It will bo
made yet brighter by the patronage of
many Omaha people who have as yet
paid little attention to the school , It is
not enough that this city should make
progress upon the llnoa of material
prosperity ; the rofintng Inlluunces of art
should nol bo neglected ,
rni : .iwrr/c nx
Limitunnnl Ponry's A nil to expedition ,
In which a deep Interest has been felt by
nil who are curious as to the results of
the yet mytitorlous northern lnlitudc %
has safely escaped the dangers of the icy
region and has reached St. Johns , New
foundland , on the return trip. The
fltoamor ICllo.ln which Lieutenant Ponry
and his lltilo company of ndvonlurotiH
Bctonllsts ombnrkoil from Philadelphia
In Iho sprlngof 1801 , succeeded In reaching -
ing I.ockwood , the northernmost point
attained by Lieutenant Grooloy's parly
In 1882 , the latlludo of which Is 8lt.2l
This is supposed to bo the nearest approach
preach to tlio polo ever made by man.
It wan the purpose of the Poary party lo
push on farther norlh. hut no reports
thus far received Indicate thai thny did
BO. Although only ono man was losl , il
Is to ho assumed that the history of the
expedition , like these Hint have preceded -
ceded U , will bo chiclly made up of nc-
counts of hardships endured.
Arctic exploration has nol thus far
vloldod any rosulls of great value to
mankind. The various expeditions that
have sought the norlh polo have in the
aggregate cosl many lives , and Iholr
contributions to the sum of human
knowledge have boon rather moagor.
They have proven Unit the polar re
gions are covered with ice , thai Ihoyaro
intniisuly frigid , that the sun stays
below the horlxon for months at a time ,
and Dial the north pole Is inaccessible.
The origin and manner of formation of
the great icebergs which como down
into the Allaulic have boon explained
by thooxplorors'and some oilier mailers ,
rather of curious interest than of real
value lo the world ; have boon made
known by moans of Ihcso periodical
polar expeditions. Possibly Lieutenant
Poary may have soniQthlng now to coti-
tribulo lo Iho fund of Iho world's in-
fonnalion concerning polar matters. At
all events , his report will bo awaited
with interest by all who love tales of ad
venture in the forbidding nnd mys
terious region visited by the irallanl
Kite and her courageous company.
.M1XD AXll IIAXD.
' While wo continue to boast , and not
without reason , of our public school
system and the very excellent arrange
ments wo enjoy for Iho dissemination of
knowledge , thinking people must
admit that in many respects the educa
tion of American youth at the expense
of the slate falls far short of the objocD
aimed at. Especially is this true of Iho
public school as il exists today , so
nearly approximating in its line of edu
cational work the academic course of
a few years ago. This is not said in
disparagement of the idea of giving the
young folks free of charge Iho insight
inlo wrillon knowledge that a very few
years ago was denied to these whoso cir
cumstances wore such as precluded for
financial reasons their taking an ad
vanced coiirso of study. The advance in
public school methods has boon very
rapid , so much to , indeed , that it may
not he too much to say that it has over
shot the mark.
Ono of the things Hint seem to have
been overlooked in the plans of Iho
modern public schools is Iho moms of
instilling in the minds of Iho pupils Iho
practical application of the knowledge
taught them. A certain dojrroo of familiarity
with Iho "classics" and
miliarity an ac
quaintance wilh Iho polilo information
of modern society is nol to bs lightly
sot asido.for Iho reason lhat such knowl
edge servos to soften the rough places in
life's journey and enables Iho possessor
thereof to more fully enjoy whatever of
amenity may fall to his or her lot , yet
the superficial smattering of knowledge
gained at a public school must not , as
it too oflon is , bo mistaken for "educa
tion. " No matter how extensive Iho
curriculum , or wilh what. lidolily to detail -
tail it has boon pursued by the pupil ,
Uioro yet remains the solemn fact that
"education" is a matter of life. or. as
Tennyson puts it , ' 'knowledge comes ,
but wisidom lingers , and ho boars a
laden breast full of sad experience. "
This , then , should bo the aim of the
public schools , not alone to give tlio
young lips a stinted draught from the
Pierian spring , but to so train the mind
of the youth that when the time comes
for laying aside school work and taking
up the active duties of life unassisted
by thn guiding hand of the loichor , the
hey or girl may go forth possodsod of a
confidence- born of careful instruction in
tlio ways of life.
How shall this bo accomplished ? is a
question to which the answer is not
readily apparent. Ono thing is oortain ;
in thin respect wo have much to learn
from Iho people of Europo. It Is only
necessary to clto the existence of a sin
gle Gorman Institution lo show the force
ol this. In the turnvoroiu the Germans
have a factor whoso v.iluo in the growth
of Iho nation in every rjjpact can
scarcely bo estiiiialod. Certain it Is
that wherever thuro are Germans there
is found Iho tumor society , aud In the
lurno halle the youth of the new race
keep up thu liMilllloiiH of llielr fathers ,
and in their nlhlollu1 putvuill * are in
spired by tin ) Idea that when their coun
try needs their services Ihoy will ba
able lo olTur a H'jund mind In a well
trained body. To bo sure , America has
never had a Turn valor .Tuhn , nor has
she over known thu Irritating presence
of the eagles of a conciuoring Nii | > oloon ,
sucii as inspired Iho patriotic old Ba
varian schoolmaster when ho added the
training of the bcholara In his euro In
feats of physical skill and endurance as
well as in the three It's , looking forward
to the time when the Fatherland would
noodlTtroiig , active young limbs , accom
panied by vigorous minds , to aid in rid
ding the country of the conqueror. Ger
many is no longer menaced by a. con
queror , but thu idea of Turnvator Jalin
nourishes as the patriotic old man never
dreamed It would. It Is this coupling of
mental with manual training , however ,
thai mukes oduuullon valuable. The
Idea of propiirlug pupils lo bo of use in
the world la the o < n thnl nhntilil bo up-
pormojl in the tou hji-V mind. It is
not enough Uml a 1/jy / glrt'cnn fool nt
homo wilh ll'o mi/lout writers or the
modern essayists , tfi jy should also bo at
homo wilh thu notion that this ' * u bmy
world , and that noirlyall the soft places
wore picked out itifprj they uaun on the
scone of notion. 4'f > oy should ktriw Ih it
In life , as In Hch-iblC UM w.iy to loi"n : In
to bojrin at th j b ty Inning , and thai the 'o
Is no mo o dls rauj in performing Iho
apprentice's dtiM j while learning a
trade than Ihonj wla in lo irnlng Iho A
H O's when llrsl Ihoy sol foot on Ui3 bol-
lorn round of loirulng's laddor. II is
nol uouossary lo sink solf-rospaol In in-
culcaltng Ihls notion , nor is it necessary
to hold out the idcix thai Iho .votiw spsnl
in school are was toil ; only prove to the
young people that the school Is merely
the threshold of life and show thorn
Unit they are holng filled to begin
rather than finish their education.
Then will It como to pass that the
mechanic who soils his hands and there
by earns 920 to $ , t ( ) par week Is of as
much value to society m the young man
whoso h inds are al wnys clo.in and whoso
linen Is alwiys Imaiiculato and who
earns from $10 to SUJ per month In a
store or an olllco.
oim AuniuiiU'iinAi , uxrottrs.
No ether class of people in the United
States has so deep an Interest in our
foreign trade as the agricultural class.
During the past fiscal year , according to
the roconl report of Statistician Dodge
of the Department of Agriculture ,
nearly 80 per cent of Iho exports from
Ibis country to foreign lands consisted
of agricultural products. The exported
products of our farms amounted in
value lo $703,717,070 , exceeding by more
than $160,000,000 the value ot our ship
ments of these products in any previous
year.
It is true Ihal Iho conditions which
caused such extensive exports of farm
producls during Iho past fiscal year are
subject to changes , and the foreign de
mand cannot bo expected to bo uniform ;
but it is novorllioloss certain Unit it is
increasing and Unit it must become
greater year by year. There is a pros-
poet that the farmers of Europe will bo
able this year lo more nearly meet Iho
homo demand than was nulicipalod a
few months ago , but there will still bo a
great market abroad for the products of
the American farms. In respect to ani
mals and animal producls Iho foreign
demand Ibis year will.be far greater
than it was last xpar and may bo suffi
cient to of.'sot tinyjfalllng off that may
take place in llKpdxportation of bruad-
slulTs. It will bo romdmbored lhal Iho
removal of Ihe embargo upon American
'
pork in Kuropo.'b'y which our sales in
several countries Imd boon suspended ,
came lee lalo lo have n greal ofToct
upon the year's exports , though our
sales abroad vorgquorjnously ) > increased
thereby toward the close of the year.
It took a little limo for Iho removal of
Ihe embargo lo produce Us olToct upon
Iho markol , but the European demand
for American moats is now far greater
than ever boforo. Our foreign sales of
animals and animal products-will in
crease with greater rapidity from this
time forth than our sales of broadstulTs ,
Iho superiority and cheapness of Ameri
can meals having placed Ihom almost
beyond competition in Europo. An
illusttation of the good that has boon
accomplished by the enforcement of our
slrict meal inspection laws is found in
the fact that our exports of fresh boot
in the last yo.ir aggregated $18,053,732
as against 311,481,801 in 1880 , while our
oxporls of live cattle incroabod from
$10,010,917 ton,0)9,095. : ! )
It is evident th.it the farmers of the
United States are of some consequence
in the world and thai Iho importance of
fostering every interest of agrioulluro
in this country cannot bo overestimated.
To the furmar more than to any other
man Iwo tilings accomplished by the
present federal adralnlstralion are preg
nant wilh significance. Reciprocity
has opened the way to enlarged foreign
markets and will do yet more in the
same direction ; diplomacy has caused
the removal of the barrier Unit kept
American pork out of Europe and has
thus Increased by many millions of dollars
lars a foreign trade that directly touches
the farmers of this country.
The exports of farm products fiom
this country may not again approach 80
per cent of Iho total exports , for the
rapid growth of manufacturing indus
tries in ihu United States , under n pro
tective policy that is not to bo soon
abandoned , will inevitably result In Iho
building up of an increased foreign
trade in the products of our factories ;
but the aggregate of our exports of
farm produotu must increase , notwlth-
standing the growth of the homo de
mand. A vasl extent of rich territory
yet uulillod in Ihu west will continue to
invite the farmer to turn its generous
soil and the agricultural states will
maintain their supremacy as producers
of individual and national wealth.
THK I'UJILIC DOMAIX.
The report of , ttio commissioner of
the gonornl landofllce for the fiscal year
ended Juno HO , ISjt' ' gh'os the total area
of vacant lands iiulho public land states
and territories It being 507,580,78. !
acres. This is exclusive of Ohio , In
diana and Illlnols.'in which , if any pub
lic land remains , "U consists of a few
Hinall isolated lriq'r ) ( > II is exclublvo of
Alaska , conlainingSC9,52JiOO : ( acres. It
is also exclusive oj'mililary ' and Indian
reservations and Jyrulft subject to sale for
the benefit of corUiin Indian tribes , and
exclusive of resomilr Hltos , limber ros-
orvalions and tracts' covered by selec
tions , filings , railroad grants and claims
'
as yet uimdjudloiit'f l , n purl of which in
future may bu added to the public do
main. Nebraska has 10,074,1)312 ) acres of
surveyed public land and 125,000 unsur-
voyod.
It will bo seen thai Iho publlu domal n
is Htill oxlonslvo , but agrout deal of this
land l not available for SQlllomotil.
Much of il is arid and some of il is nol
available for agricultural purposes for
ether reasons , so thai perhaps nol to
exceed ono-lhlrd of It would under
present conditions support population.
Assuming lhat to bo Iho case , and lhal
the annual disposition of the public
lands will bo about what It was during
the last fiscal your , a lltilo less than
M.OOO.OUU acres , within the next ( if-
loen years , or Iwonly al Iho furthest ,
the public domain ouUldo of Iho arid
rc'trlon will nil have passed Inlo private
ownoishlp and persons seeking agricul
tural limit will have to look ulsowhoro
Ihun to.Ilio government fa-It. In Iho
meanwhile , however , il Is to bo expected
lhal Ilia woi k of reclaiming Iho arid
hinds will make rapid progress nnd lhat
thu demand will bo mot from this
cource. The fact Unit irrigated land Is
very much more doslr.ablo than llinl
which depends on natural molstviro
wlllcnuso il to bo preferred whenever II
comes into competition with the latter
In Iho markol , and It Is highly probable
lhal wllhln a few years largo areas of
now arid liuitli will command the at-
tontlon of Bottlers. There IB some good
land yet In the public domain , but , the
quantity Is not largo , and It Is inevita
ble thill all sunh will bo taken up before
half the lifo of Iho present generation
hits passed away.
Very nearly half Ihe land In Iho pub
lic domain IH uiisurvoyod , and Iho com
missioner urges a liberal policy in refer
ence to surveys of public lands as dic
tated , not only by a duo respect for the
Interests of Iho United Slates , but by
the unwritten obligation which rests
ui > ot\ the government toward these who
have boon induced by the terms of Iho
homestead and pre-emption laws to become
como pioneer settlers upon the public
domain. Ho states that the land office
is In constant receipt of letters from
Botllors who complain bitterly of the
burden they are forced lo boar because
of Iho nousurvoy of Iholr lands and Iho
consequent/ uncertainty of their loca
tions , to say nothing of various nlhor
difllcullius and annoyances which neces
sarily follow.
The noglccl of congress in Ibis ro-
spool is not in harmony wilh the generous -
orous policy of the government regard
ing Iho settlement of the publlu lands. A
matter of perennial interest in connec
tion with the public domain relates to
the forosls , and Iho record of depreda
tions last year shows a loss of timber
valued at protly nearly half a million
dollars. This1 has boon oxcecdod , but
it is evident thai greater care in pro
tecting the public timber would bo found
prolilablo. The commissioner slates
Unit what is imperatively needed is n
permanent force of not less than
twonly special agoiils lo dovolo
their ontlro time and attention to
the work of explaining the law and
the regulalions Ihoroundor rolalinp
to Iho cutting of timber from the public
forests. Ho suggests that a gonornl
law on Ilio subject of public forests is
demanded which shall make adequate
provision in respecl to both forest res
ervation and the culling and removal
of limber lo supply the public necessi
ties. Ho believes the passage of such
an act would effectually dispose of all
material questions rolaling lo Ihese
mailers nnd render further logislnlion
.on Iho subject unnecessary. In view
of the fact thai Ibis matter has boon
regularly urged upon the attention of
congress for years , there is not much
encouragement lo hope thai Iho present
congress will lake practical action regarding
it.
garding _ _ _ _ _
Tun Apollo club ib admittedly Ihe
best musical organi/alion Omaha has
ever had , and Iho ono of all others lhat
has contributed most to the cullivntion
of local musical lasto. Its aims have
always been elevated and it has never
failed to achieve gratifying results in
whatever it has undertaken. Such nn
organization reflects credit upon the
community , and it goes without saying
that it should receive generous encour
agement and support. The club has in
contemplation some highly intorosling
plans for Ihu coming musical season ,
which if carried out , as there is every
reason lo'oxpoctthoy will be , cannot fail
to give it a still stronger claim to popu
lar regard. Omaha should take pride
in the Apollo club. It is doing a most
excellent work in behalf of musical cul-
lure , and this is a service Iho value of
which lo Iho educational and social lifo
of the community cannot easily bo over
estimated. It should hardly bo possible
for Ibis admirable organization to make
any demand upon our citizens that would
not meet with a prompt , hearty and
generous response.
OMAHA is now prepared lo contribute
to the world's supply of lawyers and
ministers , n law school and a theological
seminary having booii successfully es
tablished hero. In regard to the taller ,
il is pleasant to note lhal allhough it is
called a Presbyterian institution its
doors are open to students of other de
nominations , so time it fully meets the
needs of Ibis community. As matto'rs
now sland il ia possible for young men
lo graduate at Iho University of Omaha ,
the law school or Iho theological semin
ary and begin tholr lifo work well
equipped. II IB often said lhal there
are more lawyers than clients , bul there
IB al least no complaint of an oversupply
of ministers. The llmo may not bo far
distant when men of eminence in these
professions will point with pride to the
fuel that they graduated from Iho law
school or Iho theological seminary of
Omaha. Now lot the public-spirited
men of wealth in this community sec to
it lhal these useful institutions are prop
erly sustained.
THU western people , and especially
those of Nebraska , have reason to be
proud of the rapid growth of Iho Chan-
tauqua work during the past yo.ir or
Iwo. Ildoos nol by any moans take Iho
plnco of our school nystnin , which Is doIng -
Ing wonderfully well , bul il supplements
the hitler and given educational advan
tages to many who would not otherwise
have thorn. It Is a good sign of the
times that education IB so thoroughly
appreciated in the west.Vilh a far
lower percentage of illiteracy than the
old slates of Iho east c.m show , the now
west Is steadily progressing upon lines
which will surely load to the highest
and noblest development of American
citizenship.
IT is not easy to account for the pios-
enl low prices of domestic truits , consid
ering Iho short crop throughout the
country of many standard fruits which
are always supposed lo influence Ilio gun-
oral markol. The September report
from Iho Dopartmonl of Agriculture
shows that Iho apple crop of Iho country
is extremely light , being almost u total
failure in some localities extensively do-
voted to this fruit In Now York the
co-llllon of Iho crop Is rolurnod al 01 ;
Pennsylvania , 61 ; Virginia , HO ; Ohio ,
IWj Michigan , 45 ; Indiana , SM ; Illinois ,
22. These tflguros show that npplus can
not bo plotillful this year , and yet they
are soiling slowly nnd al very moderate
prices In Now York oily , while mosl
oilier domestic fruits nro in very light
demand and bring low prices. There
has boon a falling off in Iho importation
of foreign fruits on account ot the chol
era excitement , and this should hull ) Iho
market for domestic fruits , even If no
account is taken of the short apple crop.
Tin : burglar and the high waymnn run
dangerous risks In prosccullng Iholr 10-
Hpeollvo irados In Omaha. The hon
orable discharge of Isnno Montgomery ,
who shot Burglar Grtnin dead in his
tracks with n musket the ether night In
defending his properly , shows lhal
our local authorities are not disposed to
bo at all scnllmonlal In dealing with
such 011809. If Molorman Gohoo had
shot Ihe highwaymen who boarded his
car on Thursday night , Instead of fright
ening Ihom otr by holding a revolver nl
their heads , ho- would no doubt have
boon exonerated. The arrest anil pun
ishment of desperadoes by Iho regular
coin-so of law ia Iho proper molhod in
all cases whore It is practicable , but In
some situations the citizen is justified
in taking the law into his own bauds.
The villains who iirey upon society will
do well to boar HUB in mind.
Tin : county fairs hold In Nebraska
this year have awakened great interest
and have boon attended by many thou
sands of people. The reports indicate
tlia' Iho exhibits Have boon unusually
largo and excellent. The friendly ri
valry created among the fartnor.s by
Ihcso annual oxhibllioiiH has n whole
some effect in stimulating thoin to re-
nowbd endeavors to improve the pro
ducts of tliuir lands and increase their
variety , while a valuable educational in-
llucnco is exerted by intercourse and in-
lorchango of ideas. The county fair is
a useful institution in many ways nnd
deserves encouragement.
Foil years , centuries even , Paris has
boon fashion queoii and no garment
was orthodox unless "Worth" was
stumped thereon. But , alasl Vienna is
aroused and has made a declaration of
independence nnd proposes to run tilings
in foshiondom to suit itsolf. From UIH !
biltor strife , wo are forced to conclude
that the slandards of fashion are to bo
henceforth rendered doubtful and sub-
jecl to Ihe sumo fieklo fancies as ihoso
of law and medicine.
rnili-il to Prolll liy It.
KiiiKitM Cltu Star.
Cium-ia wants to bo frco and Indopondont.
The United States showed her Iho proper
method to adout 110 yours ago.
H ill Artomti * .
1'lillail li > lila li < qiitrir.
Those Long Islnnu kickers agrco thor
oughly with ArtomusVnrd in his assertion
that only ralehty menu mnn objected to lot-
tiiiB tlioir wivos1 relations all co to war.
They nro convinced that the liniicrilcd cnbln
passoncors should bo removed , but they
seem lo think thnt they oupht to bo removed
to Kuropo or some oluor suouro.
Mumilni ; thi ! ConsiimurN.
Tlio hard conl tru t must bo making hoavv
mollts these UUVH. Tno ordinary sizes o'f
coal used In stove ! and ranges are from 73
cents to ? 1 liluhor now than they wore n year
ape , nnd they do not cost any moro to the
producers than they did then. Hard coal ,
However , Is not dutiable , nnd tbo trust can
not bo attacked at lha custom tiouso.
of Aiuurio.in Pools.
IJintfoiil Cnuraiit.
It is rofroshlntr to bo able to point In our
own country to these modern cxnmplnra
( Whlttlor , Lowell , Lonefollow and Ilolmoi ) .
IS'o ether modern country can parallel them
In tills respect. And It Is pleasant proof
that wo have reached a time when the con
ception of the poet us a rovinir , Bohemian
sort of individual , short , lived In the nnturo
of ibo case , Irregular in liU habits and hardly
amonnblo to the lows and usages of society ,
must bo retired as being opposed to the facts.
A Great KrHpoiiHlli
Sfiv l'ilt Snn.
Thnra rests on the nhouliiors of Dr. Wil
liam T. Jenkins , health olllcor nt the port of
New Vork , a bunion of roipoiisibllity heavier
than that which uny ether man on the fuco
of the earth is bcarinc at this time. 'Ho
stands between the people of the United
States nnit the cholera pestilence. Unon Ills
personal Judgment , self-rcllnnco. bis linn- |
ness in resisting the pressure of nrlvnto and i '
minor Intoresto. depends the issue of thu
nrotont wtnipRlo npnlnU nn mrftilor n hun
dred times moro JniiKorout to Now York nnd
to the country than a hoUllo ( loot ot Iron-
clnils.
ju.u'.t * n .w/vs.
The in mo wind thnt ruins thn clmff otoant
the whont.
Nobody ever blnmes n peed npplo for linv.
IMC como from n twlstod tree.
Itvltie for self U the smallest business nny
ono can bo ongiiK'oil hi m this lifo.
There nro so miuiv people in the church
who wnnt to bo the nickel plnllng on the ma
chinery.
A long fnco In church nuin short mo.isuru
In trade nro two things that never help the
causn of God : t bit.
The dovll will not wnsto much powder ou
the man who ballovos thnt ho uau got to
lionvon without Joining church.
The dovll would wilier atari n fnis between
a couploof Coil's ) Mcoplo than la soil a drunk ,
ard n barrel of WliisUy.
When the devil socs church mcmhcri
wrangling with ono another , ho knows it
will bo sufo far hint tp Ml down and rest.
If wo only had n nillllonnlro's nnmo fix oil
to the promises of tlio bible , how many of us
would lei > worryhnr nhoul the troubles wa
expect lo have tomorrow.
.S 11111,1 III .SJ'fC'tt
AVnshlinton Slurs Mr. Hill cMos noovldom'S
of Ititundlnir tnoomtifLfwiird with the contrlto
runmrk , "I
Chlenizo Inter Oconnj Dohhs This Is rather
nn o.ximnstve nmbrnllu for you to curry. Did
you pick It up nt a bargain counter ?
Dnmpor Kol osactly. I picked it up at u
bl ? rocepllon.
lloitoii Olobo : Thu editor who will print u
.lost on "hiimnn lives at staKo-Hiimlmnt
steak" ilovirvos to have thn cholcr.i Himself
or t'lso biMiinr.intliio ] 1 for life.
Now York Sun : Mrs. lli'iiodlct I've noticed
( hut utdlnmtr your hushaiid soonis to lioln
you with a cro.it dual nt dollboratloi.
Mrs. Mutton Yi > s. my donr. I'liafs luwiusn
ho always ploks out the bust nnd of the iiio.it
for himself.
Alchlson Olobo : Tlio comfort a man Iliidi
in u itood cussing spell , a woman II mis In u
wood cry.
Washington Slur : "I'amo Is u Uirinu
tlilnir. slid tboyoiint ; iirin ardently.
"I should s'iy so , " rejoined .Mr. C'umrov ,
"Thoro'H nothln' Hue ndvertlsln' for any
bllslllL'HS. "
ClilciiKo Tribune : Itlvors The cholur.i
bacillus , Ittooiiis. Is shaped IIUu u comma.
llanlis Then why don't the luithorlllo *
unock Its lull olT and bring It to u full stop ?
Now Vork Sun : .lacss How was It thnt you
roprosotitod yourself us holiu u poor man ?
' SMIIIBKS Hi .t WUH only hi tin lulvortlsomont
for "iiiiio money 1 lost In tlio sln-et.
Katn rieid's WushliiRtoti : Hob Stayer-
Well , I hulluvo I must bo 4oiiiR.
Mlsi Wi'iirv I'urhnpsyoii hud bettor. The
slciial sorvlco preiliuts r.iln for tomorrow.
ItliiKhamton Uopulillouii : In a sprint ; .1
woman shoos the lions out of tliu ( 'iirdon , and
In the fall u mtiii shoos the boys out.
II iltlmoro Amorlonn : The siiiiimor islrl will
soon lieoomo u far less Importml considera
tion than the muldun vole.
Ohlcauo Tribune : "I'apu will bo so sur
prised. " murmured Kv inirolliio , as Koilorlclc
sllnppil tin ) jowol-h'spiin loil clrolol on her
faliy tlnjor. " but you nil I Invo to usU his con
sent. Don't shrink from the onli'.il , doir' '
Uemoiubor ttiat the fondosthopi-s ot vouro-Mi
Kvaiizulliic will ire with von. l think you will
HIKI papa In the Ubr.ir.v. "
* * * * *
"Well , youns ; man. " said Tana MellliinN ,
with some Impatience , us Kodorlrk .Mi iub
timidly onturril the parlor , "sooms to mo It's
tnkou you and lvo ! a denied loii llmo lo sol-
tlo iiiattors , I've been uniting here moro'n
an hour ! "
i
ins OM : OUIAT :
) Afe.
Quito happy am I , as happr imn be.
Wltb onusurlouscHiiau for Crowns ,
He's the man who s.iys ipilto fri'iiiently | :
"Your life Is all tips and downs. "
Iln luiiuhs and chia-Mos In sluu-spllttliu gloa.
That to mo Is torrluly drear ;
It's a good enough joke , but It's sprung upon
ino
Three thousand times a yo.ir.
.1 HIM FllOJl 1'Alllti. v
Ewo\mn \ Kill'ioi A'cic I'm' ; Herald-
rou A I.AWN r-vntr.
The coUumo'Uo plngu consists of a blouse
and skirt In ono piece of nny becoming liglit
shndo of surah. At the w.ilsl is a gold em
broidered bolt. The velvet Turkish Jacitot
is trimmed with gold ombroldorcu ribbons.
The crown of tbo straw hat Is encircled with
roses and the brim edged with guinuro laco.
Largest Mnniifncturorn nnd Dealers
ofClolhlnx In the World.
r
Come down -Hr
. -
And sec our stacks upon stacks of light overcoats ,
made of ail the different fabrics ,
meltons , tweeds , etc. , in brown ,
y , tan and black ; some half
and some full box coats. We
have them at all prices ranging
from $10 to $30. These cool
nights and lrotv mornings arc
not only the time of year when
light overcoats come in handy ,
but medium weight underwear
is awfully nice , too. We have
IJIfliln all grades at $1.00 a suit up as
high as you want. Our overcoats arc made up by us I
after the leading tailoring designs for the season of ' 92
and ' 93 , and when you buy of us you can rely upon \
having the latest proper styles. Anyway , come down.
BrowningKing&Co
Our u > rocoso ) < ti't 0:33 : p. in. , oxooia S.iturI I C . W , fnr fC | | , f.
duyn , when wo close ul ID p. HI. | O. II UH I Jill a