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Council Illiin , 15 I'cnrl Htrcct.
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New York , llonran 18 , II n < l 15. Trlbuno Iliilldlnj.
VTMhlnnton , (13 Kourtpentli Street.
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fdltorlnltnaltpr i lioulrt to nrtrtrosscd to llio I. l-
Hotlal IKpnitnicnt.
lll.'HISr.Sfl I.KTTKIH.
HAIIIiii'lrr'K Irtlptu nnrt rptnlllnnfo Minnlil lie
ddir.rrd to 1 Iin llpnl'iiMlihlnefumpiinr. Oninhn.
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TIIE KKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
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lUlilnKCOnninny. < lom nelvmnlr fotonr tliivl lliu
nctnal rlrcntntlon ot Tin : DAII.V IIK.K for tlm week
rndlnit Kclntcr 15 , 18W Pxi-ci'tliiK ' lliu extra 3
o'clock cilltlmi. nnn 119 follows :
Riinrtny.OclnI.erli . . 5fi.OI5
Wcdnoirtnr. t'd'ibpr 12 . SUliO
ThiiMilaT.iTtnl.pr IS . 31. ; ? . ;
Frld j , Ortiilii-r II . 2I.2IU
Bnturdaj , October li . It.'A.i'S
A vcnic P . 2 1 , . ) fill
tiKour.i ; a TJMCHWK.
K nrn to ticforcino nnd mibsrrllieil In mr tuci-
enro Oils loth itnr of October , 1W3. N. I1. KKU , .
Notary 1'ubllo.
Clroulrttliin fur .Sc-ptrinlirr , UI
WHAT lias bocoiuo of tlio oraxy aub-
Iroasury sohctiJoV It cortninly cannot
bo too nonsensical for its parents to UBO
in
OHIO people huvo to lie rcinlntlcil
every oilier wcolc Hint llioy huvo t wo
nonnlora imtl Hint the othur onu is Mr.
C. S. Hrirc of Now York.
WllKN npnpor Unit hns boon Bollciting
boodle for tlio olootioti of Grovcr Clovo-
Inutl tull < H nliotit , "tlio otliics of corrup
tion" wo nro forcibly reminded of StUtin
rebuking sin.
R. G. DUN'S commercial report for
the past wcolc Blinwd only i21.r failures ,
ngnlnat2o9 * for the corresponding week
of Inflt , year. These are grievous ligurcs
for the ciilnmity folks.
Sioux CITY papers have commenced
the erection of u now bridio across the
Missouri nt that point. Htiilding
iridTc8 | is n delightful diversion nnd wo
indulge in it hero In Omaha every few
weeks.
MiTCHKU. , S. D. , hns done n , great
donl of ndvortiHing for that Btato by its
mngniflcant corn pnluco. 13ut all the
good done in that'wny will bo over
turned if tlmt state allows its voters tc
return n calamity party majority.
TIIEUK are stories set afloat by demo
cratic papers of the coloni/.atlon o :
negroes in Iowa , Kansas and Missouri ,
This is simply the old cry of "wolf.1
Look out for a similar gaino being projected
jectod just now by the democrats o
these BUUos.
TlTK Canadian people nro still quarrel
ing among themselves about atinoxtition
Over hero in the United States the sub
jcct is seldom mentioned. Our friend :
across the border are at liberty to come
in orstny out. Wo have plenty of terri
tory for the present.
IT IS n innttor of grntifiealionto know
that Iho i'otmg Men's Christinnassocin
tlon of this city is in such a prosperous
condition. Thcro is no bettor work it
this world than the divortintr of younj.
men's attention to the moans of growtl
and improvement mentally , morally ani
physically. _
A FEATUHK of Omaha street improve
wont that surprises strangers ia the extraordinary
traordinary si/o of the stouo block usot
lor curbing. They are often six inoho :
in thickness , two foot in width nnt
twelve foot in length. Tlio curbing ii
laid to stay , but the pavements uro toi
often laid to bo renewed.
TIIK recent oncnmpnicnt of the slat
militia of Georgia wns held at an expense
penso 20 per cent below the estimate o
the legislature. This is the llrst tim
that iv leglblntlvo estimate was eve
known to lie too high. The usunl plai
v IB to make a low estimate and then appropriate
propriato money forthodullcioncyaftur
wards.
Il'THK "reform" legislature of 189
exceeded tlio republican legislature c
1889 in appropriations to the amount o
a hnlf million dollars , how much woul
the same crowd , If elected this fall , ben
their record of two years ago V This i
n question in mathematics which th
people cun best solve by voting agalne
these legislators in every instance.
Tins petticoat paper of thcso part ? i
chocked ever the oxccrablo Knglls
which tlio editor of Tun HKK ladles ot
to his patrons. This is indeed lamonl
nblo , but the editor of TIIK 13KB hi
never ladled out such execrable rnbbls
and stupid fakes as are ladled out over
day by thu petticoat org.in to a foi
bearing If not credulous community.
Till- : efforts of democratic corrcspoui
onts to predict a republican defeat i
Iowa thld year are most ridlculoui
Thoto has not been a democratic victor
in Iowa on iv presidential year for ov <
Ihirty-Hvo years. Anti-prohibition wv
vied the Btato twice and will carry it i
uuy time , but U is not a question th
year nnd republicans , who espouse
und Incidentally vote the democrat
ticket to do so , will vote as ropublicai
this year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin ? speculative fever that a few yon :
ago , caused Iho building of 8,000 mil
of rnllroad in the United States in
single year has abated to such u dogn
that lust year's railroad nulldlng wi
not moro than one-fourth UH _ grcu
" \VhUo so grout n falling oil'rotluces i
important Hold of employment for lube
Jt is Btlll nu encouraging sign oMl
times. It proves that business is.'go
ting down to a solid bi-.sle , nnd th
Wildcat schemes for the suddou ncquli
tlon of wealth tire no longer popula
Rail road are now built whou they a
cooded.
IIKXCI ; TIIOSK STKhllS *
The last joint debate between Crounpo
nnd Van Wyck was held at Fremont
Saturday. Llkanll' the other joint dls-
cusslons botwRon these candidates for
the governorship It was moro of n hij > -
podromo thnn tv debate of political Is
sues. Threo-fourths of Gonor.il Van
Wyck's time was taken up In explaining
how ho got his wealth , why ho voted
for the creation of national banks nnd
why ho wants them abolished tuw nnd
many equally glaring contrasts between
the doctrines Vo is now mlvocvling' ' and
his own acts ns a congressman nnd ben-
at or.
or.A filling' climax of thu debate was
Van Wyck's attempt to hold the repub
lican party responsible for thu decline
In the price ct etiUlo. "Tho cattle busi
ness , " oxclniinoil Van Wyck , in a pas
sion , "has grown steadily worse for six
years and last year was the worst of the
six. " And turning to the assembled
muUitmln he shouted : "Ain't Unit so ?
Would it not have boon bettor for us to
have turned our steers out to grass and
to liuvo hauled our corn lo market':1" :
Now wo candidly admit thai wo do not
know us union about farming ns Horace
Grcoley did. and for the stiko of har
mony wo will concede that those steers
ought lo have boon sold oil the graas in
stead of feeding : thorn on10cent cor.i.
\Vo also renlix.o that the republican
party ought to have bulled the price of
steers in the market and Harrison
should huvo issued his proclamation
commanding- catllo buyers to keep
up high prices under penalty of being
court mat'tlulctl ! In default of such
action it might possibly have been good
policy for Iho republican party to
keep tlown the price of corn , so
that General Van Wyck would hive
been saved from mortgaging ono of his
farms in trying to fatten those steers.
Hut how about hogs ? The price of
hogs has been steadily going up. Does
not that fact olTsot Iho iriovanue that
Jenernl Van Wyck harbors against the
opubllcan party on account of his
tears ? A majority of our farmers can-
ot tilTord the luxury of raising stoei-s ,
ut the poorest among thorn 1ms a ply or
wo. The hog market bus boon booming
vor since corn wont up. Ain't that so ?
It would seem to us that it forehanded
[ inner like General Van Wyck who
cents calamity from afar might have
oresecn that the iniqultious republican
nnncinl policy and tlio bounty on sugar
voro sure to depress the price of steers
nd make Jersey cattle raising nn ox-
icnsivo luxury. -
Crounso seems to have had the tip
rom Washington. Ho sold his higli
> riccd steers four years ago and put hit
nonoy into hog and hominy. That ex
) lains why Crounso exhibits .such faitli
n Nebraska farming. Those steers
iiiglit to have been turned out to grass
ix years ago , general.
TIIK miKA'f I'ltUttl.KM.
The phenomenal movement of wheal
rom the west to the markets of the east
s a fruitful theme of discussion among
peculators nnd dealers In this cereal ,
ind the best authorities are entirely
inablo to account for it. The crop it
below the average and both foreign and
domestic demand has thus far been light
nnd yet the shipments surpass these o
my previous year at this season. The
New York Commercial ISttHctin discusses
ho subject , exhaustively in all its ns
)0ets and linully acknowledges that ii
cannot solve the riddle. Speaking o
Iho shipments of last week nnd tlio wooli
before that journal says : "In tlio t\v <
iveoks together tjio aggregate hns boot
"
; ioarly 18,000,000"bushels , but it ha :
never been moro than 10,000,000 bushel
n any two consecutive' weeks before. '
During the ton weeks ending on Octoboi
the receipts of wheat at the principa
western ports were about 77,000,001
bushels. Lust year , during the same
weokB , with an immense crop to be dis
> osod ot and n good European murko
to supply , tbo receipts were only 07,000 ,
000 busbols.- 1890 about 2(1,000,00' '
bushels , in 18S9 about 'MCOO,000 bushel
and in 1S8S loss than 3-1,000,000 bushels
"It is something quite beyond ordi
nary comprehension , " says the journn
quoted above , "that wheat should con
tlnuo to como forward in exceptional ! ;
largo quantities but from a oompara
lively small crop , to meet the lowos
prices ever known. Nor can it bo suli
that an urgent foreign demand holpci
to Htlmulato the movement , The oxpoi1
demand line been light , and the export
in Soptumbor much smaller than a yea
ago. The supposition tlmt a domosti
demand wns the moving force Is inadmissible
missiblo , for the stock in visible suppl
increased during the month of Soptorn
her about. 10,000,000 bushels , nnd rose t
the unusual aggregate -17,900,000 Octc
her 1 , exceeding lust year's visibl
supply by 20,003,000 bushels. To all ii |
pourancos there was nothing to dnvi
wheat forward into the stores of con
morelnl cities in such quantities. "
The problem does not appear lo bo a
easy ono to solve , but two theories tlm
may liavo some vnltio are advanced b
Omaha dealers who are usually we
Informed concerning crop , movement :
Ono i.i Unit the farmers'of Iho woi
were caught lust year by heeding th
mlvIco ol the alliance to hold thai
wheat. They followed this ndvico t
such nn extent that they linully sold
great deal of wheat on a fulling markol
realizing los * than they might hav
dono. Again the general disposition t
farmers Is to hold their wheat when th
market Is rising and to sell It who
there Is a downward tendency , and liu
year's experience may have increase
their inclination to get rid of their t > tou
this year buforo prices should fall lowi
than they are at present Anotlu
theory Is that the remarkably dry an
pleasant weather tlmt has prevailed 1
the west this fall has led the farmers l
got their wheat all' thnir hands us soc
us it was ready in order to escape tl
risk always involved by wet wputho
The western farmer as a rule has r
place to etoro his crops. Ho throsln
hla wheat from the stuck , puts it
sacks and gets it lo market when U
wealhor is favorable. L-ist year U
threshing was delayed in many local
lies by rains , ns it usually is. Per ha
this theory Is the best that can 1
olTorod In explanation of the romurkab
wheul movement ut present
What will bo the olToct upon the ma
UutV That IB the Important quostlo
\
Whont Is so low that it hnnlly scams
possible for It lo fall lower , but It the
foreign demand does not ImmcdiiUely
"Increase it is not easy to sao how eVen
the present prices can bo maintained
with such enormous shipments flowing
from west to onst. Thcro Is promise of
n good Ktnwpcnn demnnd but It lias not
yet begun. It will huvo to bo patiently
waited for.
nsn/.vr ? ron OKKJI.UV VOTES.
A llttlo junta of Oornmn mugwumps
In Now York city lias tukoti upon It
self the responsibility of dictating the
course that should bo pursued by the
Gormnn-AmorltMii oloiuont of this coun
try in the present political crisis. Soiuo
of the men who have united in nn. up-
poil : lo Gurmnn-Aniarlcnns to support
Grover Cleveland tire connected with
hirgo corporations which h\vo nskcd
favors of the Harrison administration
and have ucou disappointed. The point
which they attempt to malco is that
Cleveland Is a friend of the poor labor
ing man. They are not laboring men
themselves , because they are rich , but
they nevertheless assume to bo very
solidtous for the welfare of the laboring
Germans of this country. But another
Germ in-American , Louis Schado , owner
and imbllshor of the Washington Senti-
ir/ / , who hns always boon a strong aomo-
crat , did not take the same view of the
cnso when ho declared before the Chicago
cage convention : "Tho Knights of
Labor and kindred associations are in
tensely hostile to Mr. Cleveland for rea
sons which they consider justified by
his course ns president. ' ' lie also said
that the soldiers were strongly opposed
to Cleveland on account of his pension
vetoes ; that they voted polldly against
him in 1SSS and would surely do so again.
It happens that a very largo portion
of the worklngmon of this country are
Germans , and It is also true that the
crimm element in the union army was
irtro. Thousands of men who now wear
l.o bud go of the Grand Army of the
Republic are numbered among the
bravo faons of Germany. They must
iharo in the general resentment of the
derails against the pension record ol
ho ox-prcaident , whom they are now
slvCd to support for rc-olcction. The
mint which uhlolly deserves attention ,
owcvur , is the appeal to Germans tc
upport Cleveland on the ground thai
o is a friend of the laboring man.
:3y : what act of his admlnistralioi :
did ho show any solicitude for the Inter-
sts of the wage earner ? Ilo was always
in enemy to the policy by which the in-
orcsts of American industries have
boon protected and promoted and the
'agcs of laboring men maintained. Hi
lands today upon a platform that do-
3lnros unmistakably for frees trade. II (
s the special favorite of the men whc
: iavo for years sought to destroy tin
protective principle. Ho has plainlj
proclaimed his enmity to the tariff laws
inder which industries of great tnngni-
ude huvo been built up in this country
ind by which our workingmen luivc
been protected from the competition o
'oreign pauper labor.
The idea that the 'democratic candi
date is deserving of German sunpori
because no is a friend of labor is ab
urd , and it is an insult to the intelli
gence of this important element of oui
population to appeal to them upon thai
round. Among those who have in
. 'cstcd capital in the various Industrie :
of the country , particularly in tin
low west , a considerable proportior
: ire Germans. Are they anxious foi
reo trade and the ruinous compotitioi
with Europe that would cortninly fol
owV Amo.ig the wageoarnors of tin
west tnoro are also many thousands o
oriuans , and their number is con
stantly increased by immigration. D <
they favor a policy by which wage
would inevitably bo reduced to tin
European levolV If they are inindfu
of the condition of the working classo
in free trndo England at present , tlio ;
need no argument upon this subject.
It will hardly do for the democracy t
: ip eal to the Gorman-American citizen
of this country in behalf of Grove
Cleveland. The fact that the appeal i
signed by o few Gorman mugwump
ind millionaires will not add to its pot
siuxsivonesH.
Af < OV1-HKFVTRn CllAHGE.
The charge that the legislation c
1873 , under which the coinage of th
silver dollnv was discontinued , wn
passed hastily and without duo consii
oration has been so often shown to li
utterly groundless tlmt it Is surprisin
anyone having ruspcct for popular ir
tolligenco will continue to make it. Th
history of the matter conclusively chow
that the discontinuance of the coiiiau'
of the silver dollar was rccomraonde
by the secretary of the treasury Severn
years before the act of 18"t ; was passoc
and the matter was considered in tw
congresses. Several reports were mad
on the Hubjout , and if any member i
congress at that period was not familhi
with it it was because of inattention t
what was going on.
General Van Wyck r.sKod in a receti :
speech why the colnago of the sllvc
dollar was slopped in 18711 and wh
wanted it stopped. It is hardly possible
siblo that the pouulist candidate ) fc
governor does not know that it ha
been practically stopppd for years , fc
the reason that the commercial price i
silver was so high that no one wnntu
it coined into dollars. At the tlmo i
thu passage of the act of 187'J the Hilv <
in a dollar was worth 1UI ! uonU , and tl :
producers of silver consequently took
Into the * market instead of to the inln
They were entirely williiiL' then to ri
gard and treat it as a commodity , bi
now when thu same amount of silver
worth in the market loss than 70 con
they demand that it shall bo given ai
other character. Thcro was visual !
no opposition to the legislation of 187
BO that it is essentially corruot to sc
that everybody wanted it.
The populist advocacy of the free or
unlimited coinage of silver la romirl
able in view of the fact that the olussi
who make up the largo majority of th :
party would bo the greatest sulToro
from the adoption of that policy. A d
based uurronoy works groitor hardshi
to the produuor and tlio wage oarui
than to anybody else. This ! la the uu
versal and uniform experience , at
must in the nature of things continue
bo. Furthermore , why should the fn
V7t
mor and tlio wKjra earner dcslro the
government to poyitho silver producer
" 0 cents more tlttiltu his commodity U
worth when It c.1n show no such consid
eration to them ? ' . 'What peculiar claim
has the producer f'Illver to such favor
from the government ? Why should
inoro bo paid for ftUypr than Its market
price , and the whjali ) people taxed , for
such would bo tho-effect , for the bonnllt
of a few owners of silver mines ? With
free coinage anyWan could lake 371 }
grains of pure silvo ] } ' lo the mint and do-
maud a dollar. Iii other words , wo offer
to buy silver of the world and wo ofTor
lo pay a dollar for what is sold in tho-
markets of the world for considerably
loss at present about 07 cents. The in
evitable result of such a policy would bo
to reduce the standard value of out- dollars
lars down to 07 cents , and every practi
cal man knows what effect this would
have. Gold would bo driven out of cir
culation and the whole business of the
country would have lo bo readjusted lo
Iho single silver standard. In this oper
ation and In all the consequences
of Iho change It would not bo
capital that would suitor , because
capital always can and always
will protect itself in such circumstances.
The loss and hardships of the change
would fall upon the producers and labor
ers of the country , who are not In a po
sition to discount the future and pro
vide safeguards against the ovlls ol a
debased and depreciating currency.
Harrison administration has a
cry strong claim upon the farmers of
ho country for what it has done in be-
alf of their interests , in this respect
ontrasting very strongly with the last
omocratic administration. The single
act of securing the removal of the pro-
libilion against the admission of our
writ into the markets of Germany ,
' 'ranee , and other countries of Europe ,
y which our moat exports have been
argeiy increased and their value
Milinni'od , ought to commend the pros-
nt administration to tlio support of
every farmer in the country who raises
logs for the market. The work of the
Agricultural department in eradicating
ontagious plouro-pnouinonia , in oslab-
ishing regulations for the treatment of
jattlo on board ship by which cruelty
ind avoidable looses are prevented , and
n obtaining and publishing valuable
uforination for the use of the practical
'annul1 , should command the hearty
appreciation of every man engaged in
'arming. Not the Ipust of the valuable
things done by tlifs administration is
-ho introduction- Indian corn as
luinun food in the loading countries of
Kurope , an undertaking that was dis
couraged by Cleveland's commissioner
onoral at the Paris exposition. There
ire most encouraging reports of the
growth of the Eui-ppoau demand for
jorn , and Ihoro is every reason lo ox-
; > ect that within a , , , few years the export
of this cereal will constitute ono of the
nest extensive and' profitable parts of
our foreign commerce. In a number ol
other ways the Harrison administra
tion has | : bonofUqil' , the , agricultural
interests of the country and shown-u
concern for it that was wholly absent
roui the preceding administration.
IT is not fair to judge Nebraska's
present prosperity by the number ol
mortgages filed , because in many cases
millions of dollars have boon paid on
these mortgages which do not appear
on the records , and the bulk of the
loans represents purchase money. The
condition of agricultural Nebraska will
compare favorably with that of nnj
other state in the union.
Tim ICnrord Unassailable.
( jlob'-Dcinncmt.
It is a significant fact that tlio roorct o
the present administration is not nssallot
by Uie democratic speakers. They practi
cally admit , tbut is lo say , that it is unobjoo
tloimblo.Vhy. . then , should any change b <
made ?
An Imported Yawp.
Clilcauo A'eu'n lleeord.
A Now Vork clergyman thinks tlm
Columbus , so for from being a great hero
was , in fact , a rather cheap and dojplcabli
person. The clergyman noes not scorn li
appreciate- the privilege ) of having boon hon
iti America.
A Kimiin : > < > lliillot.
L'liicfnnntf Commercial *
Pennsylvania always casts a biff volo. bu
with a kangaroo ballot this year nearly twi
feet wide- and more- than tour feet long , 1
is tlio biggest thing of the season. Patriot :
in that stnto will present the appearance o
slutting the ballot box with horse blankets.
Disposing ! ' Our .Surplus.
JiidfunajwI/tf Joiinidl.
Ills a matter of surprise that wheat experts
ports from the United States have actual ! ,
been heavier during the post fortnight thin
in the corresponding weeks of 1891 , amount
Ing -1,000,000 bushels a wcelc. This expert
port indicates that Europe needs Iho surplu
iu this country , as it did a year ago.
Anything lor Olllco.
Clile.d'jn Mall.
Democrats and sore-head populists are fua
me on Iho legislative ) tickets in Minnesota
Those instances and similar ones elsowhor
should bo hoot In view constantly by the re
publicans everywhere. The democrats ani
people's party crowiflibpo to gain by trlckor
and subterfuge whitt'iHoy ' know the Amor
can people will nov'or clvo them in a fal
standup light. " "
iH t Hit Kli-ctrd ,
Huston Atlv.ititir.
The announccmn'nt that Mr , Clovelan
has contributed $10,0pftjto his own oampmg
might warrant the inffironuo that the recun
"appeal" of Chuirmii i.llarrlty nnd Ulouli :
son had bc'on most potent worn it not nil-can
'
Known that the ox-pnii'idont puvo the mono
before the "appeal" win issued. Kroin th
sizu uf bis contribution , howovor. It is cv
dent enough that Mr. Cloveliiud is iuito an }
lous to be elected ,
I'lrty anilI'liniiry ,
Atcliii ntGlcl > e.
"Tho moro money ! you put in a bank ,
says a religious oxchanpo , "the loss troasur
you lay up In heavoU/if Wo uon'l believe I
If this is true , all the shiftless paoplo in th
world will occupy front seats in heavoi
wbilu tun hard working pjoplo that inlu
their own affairs and try to amount to semi
ihlnc , will not Rot their at all , This U pu
ting a premium on proiUgullly , laziuoss un
improvidence.
A Ciiliiinlty Tlmt Can Un Avoided ,
Gretlt'i I It rail ( dem. ) .
The election of the people's party ttckot l
this itato would be a dliuitor to our youn
und KrowlnR commonwealth. It would ba
bauKwnrd turn la the wuocl of iirojro < sffoi
the evil effects of which It would IUKO yoai
to recover. Oapllulists would withdraw thoi
money from this Btato , as they have largel
from the atato of Kansas , uud the fariuoi
who iuu now borrow monor on real ostal
security at from 7 to 8 par cent would bo r
i ] n I rod to pay 10. Men wiio nro in del
would bo the greatest sufferers from tbo in
nairment of our credit. Npt a milo of ral
road would bo built in our state for years I
coiuo , L.ct uot nuub u iliro calamity
ROYAL WINCHESTER SCHOOL
Prototype and I xemplar of All Prepr.\tory
Schools in EnglUh-Spsaking Lands ,
WILLIAM OF WYCKHAM'S ' WORTHIEST WORK
Ouroir of nu Kttrnnrillmtry Mnit of Sturily
VlMIIII-lll Itlllllll WIlO ItlKO tO ItO
Cliniicrllor ol KiiRlitnil TrcaMirps
of the Did Schools Arvlitvr.i.
[ Cunjrrlxhlcd ISM. )
Wt.scitr.STF.il , Ktig , Oct. a. [ Correspond
ence of TIIK UKI : . ] There U n very rich ntul
ouilnnni man of my txcqunlutiuico wtio In mo
ments ot Moncst confulaiieo otton confesses to
me tlmt his nostrils are never issailca by tbo
vigorous aroraaof boiling caubacoand cornet )
buof that ho is uot Instantly possessed of an
almost uucciitrollablo Impulse to bodily as
sault nnd drlvo out lib many sorvnut masters -
tors , soil his house and belongings , froa himself -
self from tuo iibjoct slavery ot Ills prosout
aristocratic surrouiutlnps , lling social dis
tinction and honors to tlio winds , nnd nt a
plunto return to the caro-freo , zestful anil
humble habits , appotltcs , KrailllcnUous nnd
ways of the old farm homo in which ho was
born ,
Similarly with men , when the shadows be
gin to lengthen , uu almost overwhelming
hoart-hutiKor comas \vhenovur thu ayes ,
turning from thu sterner aiTalrs of hfo , ( all
upon thu faded walls of souio old school , It
docs not matter wholhor it oa a historic soot
\Vlncti04tcr , a treasure house of moin-
ot'los nnd associations verily Inturwovon
With the best of civilization's umkliii ; ; some
modest villngo samltmry , whcro liuts nnd
mlisos have built their day drcaun together ,
or tlio llttlo old red country school house
you and 1 used to know , with its tiny hlaclc-
Doard ana shoot iron stove , and roundabout
ground worn brown uud smooth by tlio
coining und going of barefoot children. One
is fossilized quite it tliolioart U not strangely
stirred wlicru all these budding hopes have
been and nro , If tlio eyes Uo not mist us the
boy you were talto.s your hauu in his nnd
leads you back with him line thu sweet
young paths again.
Mother at Kngllsh School * .
All this contlo lullticuco will roach and
ouch j-ou ut Wluclioitcr college. There la
i grave and stirring chavm besides. Its
great antiquity aloau Illls you with rever
ence , for In reality old \ \ Incheator Is the
mother school of all preparatory schools in
all English-apeaUlng lands. Harrow , Kugby ,
and ovoii old Eton under thu snndmv of
Windsor castle , uro all modern in compari
son wltn \ \ inchcster. l vcu Morton college ,
Oxford , Is structually only about 101) years
olaor , whllo Now college , Oxford , whoso
founding was the real blrlh of the English
university iu Its broad sense , was stlil an
afterthought In the inception of the mind
which gave England her great university
and college system , for Wyokliam the
founder of both , sltnuly built the university
at Oxford tlmt be miibt send to It these
who should bo prepared for it at royal
Winchester.
This William \Vycttham was nu extra
ordinary man. ttis career was ono of many
examples of sturdy plobciau blood having the
iroa iu it to carry Its possessor past all
bounds of castb or class to the lasting fame
ot personal achievement. He was born iu
1JJ24 in the vtllngo of Wyeithain , near Faro-
hum. HIS lather's name wns John , and be
cause of hlsstnture ho was nicknamed "Long
John. " Ilo was as tall nnd huge a man as
the late "Long John" Wcntwortn ot Chi
cago. The gigantic liguro of bis son Will-
lam looms throuch the mystery of the time
grandly. Tlio lad was educated at thn then
royul city of Winchester at the expense of
Sir John Scuros ; iu 13415 entered tlio house
hold of Ulsnop Kdyngton , urelato of Win
chester : the latter turned him over to King
Edward III , and by tbut , Ithig bo was at
once employed iu architectural art. It was
Wyckbam who built the creat tower or
"Round Table" of Windsor , which was to be
the meeting place ot thouowly foundeu order
of tuo Garter.
Wlllliliii of VVyfklmm'H VTnrlc.
In lliOI he was made keeper of the privy
seal , then in 1:507 : bishop of Winchester , anil
the same year IIP was appointed chancellor
of Enalmid. Ilo was for n second tlmo ap
pointed chancellor , from KIS'J to U'.ll , and tbo
plowboy of Wyckham had become virtual
ruler of England. Whatever bis political or
strictly ecclesiastical ability and power , his
fame will chlully rust upon his architectural
skill aud his educational foundations. Ho
transformed Winchester cathedral and was
national in genius , feeling and uurposo. Ho
is regarded ns the father of the perpsndicu-
lar btyloof architecture , and bis own chantry
In Iho cathedral hero , built by himself , is ono
of tbr most matchlessly boautlful croatious
in stone to bo found In all Britain. It stands
between two pillars In the nave of the cathe
dral , in the south tier , and curiously enough
the great prelate placed his owa monument
on tbut purl of the cruciform plan of the ca
thedral which originally corresponded with
the pierced side of the Savior on the crois.
There Is no doubt of Wyckham's piety.
Ho was determined to improve the intellec
tual and social condition of the clergy. Ills
college was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Solemn processional entrance was tnadti into
the structure at U o'clock on the morning ol
March ' , ' 0 , 1BW , a few months less than 50C
years ago. The uamo of every ofllcor , fellow
and scholar who took part in that historic
ceremony , carefully registered in a vollun :
book , is still preserved. And the school thnt
"Wycubam's seventy nooru scholars" then
entered Is standing hero today Just as IJlshor
Wycitham built It , apparently bravu anu
stout euouch to Bholttr "Wyclthainitcs" a *
its alumni are proudly calledlor another hull
a thousand years. '
\Vrll Worn WinvliUHtcr.
Winchester 13 not only an old school town
but it. is an ancient cathedral cltv and pot-
naps tbo oldest city in England , It wai
"royal Winchester" 1,000 years , traditlot
says , before London wns more than a ninrshj
lls'hlng village huddloa about the gate o
Colin. LuOor Hous Hudibras founded it BO :
B.U. So there U antiquity hero outsldo ol
the flinty walU of the quaint old school
King Kufus was burled hero and hero St
Swlthiu lies. Cerdio was erowneu In tbi
boatbon torcplo which preceded the nathu
dral , and the bonus of Canute , Wtuti , Alwln
ijtlgnn and 10minn , who trod the hoatei
plowshares unscathed , are gathered ii
mortuary chests over the sldo screens of tin
cathedral choir. Hut the real Winchester
dear to the hearts of Englishmen , is not UK
Hrivon or Korimn Winchester , but the clt ;
which Is rnprcsonted by the square Konimi
tower and tbu rldgo of the mighty nave ris
Ing above broad umwo.s of folluge and scatui
by the graceful tower and turrets of Wyck
hiirn collogu to thn doulb.
The shiny roaches of the Itchon stroan
show hero and t tie re ontranclngly. ( Split ui
wltn numerous crystallite thread Ings , yoi
coma upon their vagarous wanderings uu
expeotodly und always with a eensoofsur
prise uni'i dolluht. In the bystreets ar
many curious olu nests of homns , iiuiuMon
pens with tiny windows , heavy ovorhunglni
gables , chimneys u fourth as largo as th
houses , strangely curved casements , low am
narrow doors strong enough to withstand
ulego ; all covered b ; masses of Ivy HO paclcui
and donna that they seem litso habitation
cut oat of verdure-matted rock.
SmouKuil J.oiit * unil CnHr o llcinn ,
Again Iho ancient city is given color am
interest tn the utraucor by thu presence u
all times , as In all English provincial town
or jleupy old cathedral oltlo * , of sturdy coun
trv folk from roundabout. U u ns though
fair or u market had lust bcon huld or wn
about to open , lioavy-jowlod stock buyer
are hero , FrocKodyoornoulook wondering ) ,
into lllllo shop windows as though llioy hoii
the marvels of Hegent street or the Strand
Bmoukcd loau from ucar hnmloU duwdl
about the slreots , snappy oyud furmora
wives have come , and bust of all there ar
bo vies ot countryside lassos with ull tlio ra
dlanco of English roses in their flaming
paachy cheeks.
In and out of this motley crowd gild
cl'jakcd musters , pass deans und deiicons
dart brlgh : faced WycKham boys , or pranc
the military ; for Winchester Is not only
cathedral town , a college towu , mid tb
London of Wiltshire for all Its thrlvin
country folk und farmers , but It it ono a
tuo important , military centers of England
being about equidistant from Aldersuot , U
greatest military station , nnd 1'orumoutt
Its greatest naval station. It is especially
stallou for recruits , u depot for ton rug
montft. Vour nro of rifles , called the Kind's
KoyfU Ulflo , four from the HUlo brlK do ,
Mllod the Pnncoiionsort's Own , \thllotwo
nro the Thlrtv-sovonth anil Sixty -seventh
territorial troops. Hooruits are constantly
beiilct ittaftod Into servlco nt the different
stations In Kneland nnd to the distant com
mands In South America , Africa and
India.
Unlit for ITPtty MIMrc Nrll ,
The building now used M barracks at
Winchester was originally Intended for a
palace by Charles II. , who unlit It for Nell
Uwyniio , with whom ho lived at Winchester ,
but Charles tiled before the palace was
llnlshod , When the king brought "pretty
Noll" to Winchester ho bogged Kou , then n
dignitary hi the cathiulral and nltorwards
known ns Uisho ; > Ken , to nccopt the fair
orange girl ns Ills guest ivt i house nt the
cathedral close , but ho pcrcaii.orlly refused ,
So the king wns obliged toiiuta lodging * for
Null in St , I'otor street , Charles , however ,
showed no ro.-cutment to Ken , but after
wards promoted htm to bo bishop of Wells.
The gray old mass of college buildings la
rcnchoit through the close alongside the ca
thedral , then co passing Into Cotlcgo street
under the archway of SU Bwithm's church.
The outer cato opens directly Into the quad-
ratielo , on Iho cast sldo ut which Is the war *
den's residence , from thlstnrough another
gateway , called "middle gate , " ubjvo which
Is "cloction chambor. " the groit quulranglo :
is oatorod. Hero the whole of the principal
ofllcos form ono longtti of nbout ICO foot.
Tbo southern side is formed by the chapel
and hall , and the western side chlolly by the
kitchen. Hcncatti the hall , adjoinlnc the
tirciit hall staircase , Is n tussiigo called "sev
enth chamber pa.ss.vge. " This leads Into a
lesser quadrangle known as "school court. "
School Surroundings.
On the south sldo of this Is the school , and
the chapel cloisters uxtend along the eastern
side. At the western side nro the bulldlims
of the "commoners. " These are scholars ,
not foundation ur free sclmlurs. A passage
bolwcen the school nnd the cloister xvalls
leads to "the iuo.\ds. " THOSO are the winy-
grounds of thu college. To the west of the
mends nnd divided from It by AU ancient
wall is the "sick house" or hospital , and
about this are plonsunl grounds locally
known as "sick house meads. " The school
can in no dogrcohavo tlm same interest from
a modern standpoint ns ample Harrow , huge
aud most venerable Eton , or that most beau
tiful nnd perfect of all English public schools
( thu term "public" .schools having an en
tirely different application hero from that la
our country ) , the Hugby of Hughes' doll-
clous "Tom nrown , " and ono inst'lietlvoly
seeks the odd , antiquated and curious within
thcso undent walls.
lu the college bursary Is nn ancient vellum
pedlcrcc tracing the descent of King Henry
IV. from Adam , and the old college plate
contains u very line specimen of a "loving
cup" and a curious and very largo antique
salt cellar , while in the college library wro
soinu Saxon charters , aud charters from the
Conquest to the roigu of Charles II , Ono of
the curiosities of the library is Ilalelgh's
"Urlofo Ooscriptlon of the Nowe Foundo
Laudoof Virginia. " Above the sacristy , at
the northeast of the chapel , is us quaint a
muniment room as that made famous by
Chattel-ton at. Bristol. The original window
shutters are uncased iu iron , and the oaken
iroiibouml chests still contain thu ancient
deeds and charters pf the college , llore also
are tbo traveling cases for the niltor of Wil
liam of Wy en hamthe , worm-eaten lockers for
the copes and the curious drawers lu which
the title deeds and bulls wore placed , nil re
maining as they were lu the fourteenth cen
tury.
CarvingH ol * Homely Allegory *
Pcrhapi the most grotnsquo carvlngi are
to bo found In the inner or great quadrangle
above thfl windows. They refer to the uses
of the several uDartineuts. On the hull and
kitchen entrance are the bagoipo and psal
tery. Over the kitchen window Excess Is
represented by a head voraltmc. Opposite ,
as frugality , Is a bursar with his Ironbound
money chest. And ever the masters' windows
dews are the i'ndagocuo and the Listless
Scholar. Some of the largest tiroplaces to ba
found in England are still in use in the rooms
ol 'collegers" and "commoners. " The creat
hall is as odd nn old jumble of stone , carved
oak and colored glass as tno undent guild
hall of Coventry ; the cryptliko beer cellar is
still devoted to Us old Inspiring uses , and
"fagging , " that relic of medieval college day
barbarism , still flourishes in this vonoraDle
school.
Thorn are nearly 500 boys nt Winchester
collogo. 1 have scon them "in hall , " ut
chnpol , In cloisters , in a "hot" In football ,
and in nrarly nil their various moods and
duties of everyday college life ; but the time
whnn their forms , faces and voices most
thrill my own old hoy's heart is when , thu
year's work all done , they gather in the
pleasant meads and pour forth their home
longings iu that sweetest of all songs of
home Koine nnd college parting , "Dulco
Domum , " whoso tender strains will remain
long after these old v.-ulls nro mingled with
the dust of their builders :
Hlni ; with a sweat muloillims measure ,
Waft eneliaiitliu lays around
Home , a thumu replete with pleasure !
Hume , a grateful thomerosound !
Home , sweut homo , nn ample treasure !
Iluinu. with holy blosslmrs erown'd !
Homo , porpottml source of pleasure !
Homo , u noble strain resonii'l.
KDOAII L , WAKHMAV.
AMUbKMKSTS.
Uarnoy Ferguson and "McCarthy's Mis
haps" did the banner business of the season
at the farnain Street theater yesterday , and
lost night people were turned away. The
play is a wild and rolliol u farce , with a
sprinkling of specialties , nero in not much
art in it , but its extravagant absurdities are
amusing to u large class of theater goers.
Marguerite Ferguson introduces several
taking novelties. In the course of n skirt
dance she turns a handspring and a Ilin-llnp ,
and Inter she does u creditable contortio.i act.
IN THE CHINESE LEGATION *
Translator Ho Arrostocl for Threatening to
Publish Official Secrets.
NOT PERMITTED TO SEE ANYONE
Ilo U'lll Ilo ItntuniPil to Chlnn li.v tlio Mill-
I it or lit tlio 1'lrst Opportunity Aln ,
> n' Condition not
tmprmcd ,
WASHINGTON Hi'iitm * OF Tin : Unit , i
5111 FouitTRKNrii STIIKBT , >
WASIIINUTO.V , D. C ! , , OoU 10 |
The trouble tu the Chinese legation grow
ing out ot Iho Shnpara-Mltklowla. nltulr har
cultniimtca In the arrest of Mr. lie , tk
translator ot the location , who has boon
locked in his room nt the location by th *
minister preparatory to sending htm back U
Chlnn. Slncu the publication ot thu devel
opments In the Mltklowtcz matter It ha
been almost Imposslblo to got beyond Inn
outer iloor of the legation. The minister and
his first secretary have been denied to all
comers. Thls.it would appear , is tecatiso
Mr. Ho has boea suspected ut tlm Intention
of writing n letter to the new-simpers eon-
corning the Chinese concessions. Ho wnt
also susuoiUcd of giving information abou\
tin1 minister to the people lu Now York , who
are now stiolng .Mltluowlez. Mr Ho has uo
resource.
The following western pensions granted
are reported by TIIK Hr.u and Kxiuulner
liureuii of Claims :
Nebraska Original PaulV. . Wolford ,
Daniel P. White , Francis M. Clay. Adill-
tlonal- William W. Frazlor , Ocorgo IV ,
Sabln , , lohn Wolfe , William .1. Oliver ,
Supplemental human K Amos. Increase
Andrew M. Uurrolt. Kenewnl and la-
crease Franklin Taylor. Original widows ,
etc. Jonn Hcith ( mother ) .
Iowa Original John It Marker , Sntmiol
St. Clatr , Thomas A. Forgus > on , Londorou
F. Owens , Thomas M. Kogcrs , Moro Web
ster , William P. 1'aco , Charles K Otire ,
William Auan , John A. Cross , .lames CSlbbs ,
William F. Scott , Joseph Fuller. Kit
Harris. Additional -Otto 1C , Htieiie , Jnsoph
P. bcollold , KdWard L. Lomert , William
Kirk , Lenilel M. ICiusey , James Onllngor ,
Hobor U. lloluomb. Supploinentiirv Albert
11. Southwlck. Increase Sanford lloule ,
John P. Cnmnboll , Moses K. Craford ( ( . 'raw-
ford , ) John \j. \ Wolfe. lie-Issue-HenJainln
P. Crocker , ( deceased , ) Jefferson Stanley.
Original widows , nte. Mary K. ( . 'rooKor ,
Joannah K. Owen , Kuty Ann Ary , ( mother , )
minor ot William 1) . Moore , Hannah K. Doty ,
Marv J. lloobe , MnrgtiRrlto 0. Uoason.
Mexican survivors John M. Holt.
South Dakota : Original John Fraukmau ,
Pony C. Dewoy.
.Mr * . Harrison's roiiilltlnn ,
Mrs. Harrison's condition Is much the
same. She rested well last night ami passed
a quiet , restful day , but U can not be said
that , her condition shows any improvement.
Tho' president spout the greater part ol the
dtiy with her. Ho received no visitors. In
the afternoon ho wont for a ( short walk. It
is possible that Mrs , Harrison's serious con-
Ulliou will disarrange some of the plans for
the partv going to Chicago to attend the
World's fair dodlsatlnn. The occasion is
ono which domanas ofllclal representation ,
but it Is possible that many members of thu
cabinet and others who , under ordinary con
ditions would attend the ceremonial , will
not go , out of respect and sympathy for th o
president. P. S. H.
Atcnlsoii Cilnho : Von can't ? o out , on a lark
at night , und rNu with tl thu next inorniua.
MIlwniikuQ Jourunl : l'uulo | who nrn always
looUlii for trouble generally run when It
looks for them.
Chicago News : "Johnny , whv doesn't your
mother put u patoli ever that hole In your
' 'I'uuaea patch "ml wear out , an'the liolu'll
last long'H I want tuvuar It. "
Indl.-iiiapolls Journal : W.-itts Were you
Lver allllcted with Insomnia ?
liiishforth Once. It's firuat. Isn't. II ? I al
low can so ahead and drink two ilo on hours
out of the twenty-four.
Clilcauo Inter Ocean : Mr. llarily 1 hoar
your tvlfo la an uxcullenlcimvoraatlonnlisi ?
.Mr. llelllcr nxuollent ? I should say sol
Why , that woman can talk all nl lit , sir.
Truth : There Is a youns man In Chic ago nn
careful that In iHilllin ; ho always Uiioeics for
foartlr.il it he came with u rliiB sliu mlKht
consider It a proposal.
Washington Star : "l)3ii't ) you Km ! yout
profession very tiresome ? " asked tlio patient ,
of thodentlsl.
"Not especially. Why did you ask'- "
"llstruuk ing as ono continual srlml.
TO MY H'tXTKIt
Kcw Yoili llfmlil.
Yon llcil from mo In eiirly spring
To outer on your siinitniir's rol
lint now tlio Hiimiiuir's past and
Dear ono come back to inn
I risk not whore you've hueu thpso inonlhi
That In tlio ulty 1 have tolled.
llow iniiiiv men you'vo Illrlod with ,
How iiiiiny hearts yon have dusjiollcd.
1 iiravo no rcckoiilnc with you. swnut.
tfomo L'ralna of conBtaiK'y 1 laek ;
Hut now IhQ air Is gottlni ; crisp ,
I only say , "Como back , como back.
Fohcnd thoo. speed thou , Time lilts by :
All summer limi : I've surlmpixl for thoe.
My c.ish nwalls thy winning smile ,
Sly winter Klili como back to mo.
Larpcst Manufacturers anil Do.UerJ
In thu World.
In your eye
This talk about summer going to last all winter.
Reports arc coming in
now of snow blocadcs ,
snow 5 feet deep , ulsters ,
iff heavy ones we've
got 'cm when wanted. In
the meantime , while the
ftl selection is creamy , it
would be just as well to
lay in your fall suit. $10
to $20. White shirts , laiiivlercd or not are as service
able now as ever and neckties of all sorts ani descrip.
tions at 25c up , are not to be found in as goo 1 qualities
. Fall un.lerwear and
as we carry. Always in style.
hosiery in endless variety awaits your inspection. If we
sold hats at hat store prices and sold as many as we do ,
we'd get rich fast , but as it is , we sell a good service -
able stiff Int for $1.65 and others better for more money
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