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r. up anil i to church lotl'iy. It
will do you
Wis I > UISIMK : that Springfield wns
painted critnsdii lust night , sitico Vtvlo
won. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TilKUK.nro rojiubllcnns unougli elected
lo the loglsliituro to warrant the cxpoo-
t\tlon ! that u liborul addition will bo
made lo Ibo World's fair tipproprittUon.
It * H. iTAY M1M.S has uonvorlcd 1,5(0
Kansas Citynnu , his coming to Omaha
will bo of unusual interest. It ia well
known that the Kansas City heart is
hard.
Tim victory of Yale over Harvard
yesterday was not unexpected. But the
tug of war will come at Now York next
Thursday when Yale and Princeton
moot.
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Uiir.A8 comet , which said farewell to
us In 18-jl ) , is with us again , and sci
entists are attempting to predict that it
will smash us this time. Wo don't bc-
llovc it.
TUB disbandraont of Gilinoro's band
shows how that great loader dominated
the public mind and how little interest
the people toolc in the musicians when
the great loader had gone.
IN OUU anguish of defeat wo can bear
the tin horn , but the introduction of the
dead and buried kazoo into the hands of
the jubilant tormenting democrats will
drive innny ordinarily calm and steady
republicans to drinking Missouri river
water.
Tin ; new city council will earn the
approval of good citizens every where if
it shall take hold or the public improve
ment question immediately after its
organization , and push the preliminary
work with ufllclunt vigor to put the
contractors into the Hold with their
workmen upon the opening of the work
ing HOIBOM : next spring.
TiiEappolntrnontof Governor John H.
Guar of Burlington , la. , to fill the
plaoo loft vacant by the resignation of
.Fudge Crounsa as assistant secretary of
the treasury , was a wise one , as Gear is
ono of the Htrongest men in the west and
ia capable of filling the position with
credit. His term of ofllco will bo brief ,
ns hla term us congressman begins
March 4.
blioukl bo done by Omaha
( iiti/ona toward securing such amend
ments to the revenue law as shall inalto
It possible to assess city property equita
bly , sensibly and in Kueh a way as shall 1
not force Omaha property owners to pay
more toward the expenses of the stale
tlinn their duo proportion. Some Doug
las county statesman can immortalize
himself by solving this intricate problem.
TIIISUK is a great deal of angry
wrangling going on between Iowa demo
crats on the silver question as the cause
of their late defeat. For the past three
years their Mate conventions have
placed a free silver plan ) ; in the plat
form simply to cateh voles and please
certain free bilver democratic editors.
At the Boies convention in May at
Council Blull.t they adopted n double-
ender silver plank , while at their state
convention at Davenport , held in Au
gust , they ignored the silver question
entirely. Tills is now said to have lost
them votes which wont to Weaver and
the silver papers are calling upon the
next convention to put , that fioo silver
plank back. Thin will meet the bitter
opposition of sensible and influential
papers like the Davenport Drmwrnl , and
the split on that question next year will
lese thorn moro votes th in the repub
licans will lese to the prohibitionists.
Tun present state of the general pub-
Ho conscience docs not 800111 to favor
absolute purity and freedom from guile
in the profession of the politician. In
the stale of New York they thought
they had fo over disposed of brlloryat
elections when they passed what is
known an the "corrupt practices act1
which tequires candidates to report
their election expenses under oath. It
scorns to ha easy enough to get arouna
the provisions of this law. Many of the
candidates aio known to have spent 10n
great deal moro inoijny than they have
sworn to and in bomo oases the reports
Clron nro absurdly low , L bt year Gov
ernor Flower reported that lie lind paid
Tor his election expanses only $6,000 , but
! t is believed by tlioso who ought to know
that his election cost him nearer 860,000.
He no doubt told the truth technically ,
ns many others huvo done , but violated
the spirit of the law. It soinohou' seems
to bo considered fair to do these things
in iiollticp. but that is bco.uuu conscience
does not oner into the case. The law
that will prevent the improper use of
money lu oloctloiia hits uot yet boon In-
tin tod.
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There need ho no oxoltr-inrnt over llio
proposed IngUlatlvo contest from Clay
countj. 'I'ho aUompV lo Invoke the
power of the supreme court lo scat members -
bors of the legislature on technical
grounds will undoubtedly full. The con
stitution ot Nebraska 'outers on Iho leg
islature the solo power to dotermlno the
election nnd qnaliliealioii ; < of lU mem-
bora. Section 7 of article II ut tlio eon-
fiUtulioii lays : "K.ioh house shall bi
Iho j'idgo ' of the election und qualifica
tions ot Hi own members. " The election
laws , sci'llon 08. nrovido that "the sen
ate and house of reprcfonlnlivos shall
Bovorally hoar and dctcrmitin contests
of the o'.ci'lion of their raspoclivo mem
bers1 nnd Iho molhod of doing thli is
fully prescribed. Tlio-se provisions of
I'oiistkiitliinnl and statutory luw maUo
itcnllri'ly plnin thut logislatlvocontests
innsthe decided by thnlogiflahtro alone ,
Justus hi I'oiitjro blonal conto.-t-J the nil-
thorlty of conjrre H Is ubolute. It is
not. to be dnitlilcd , therefore , that the
supreme court will Ueellno lo inlerfuro
in the I'luy county conloaN.
It In iniimrlant to icmombor In con
nection vvitn this matter , about which
thorp is i unity no serious' complication ,
Unit our courls have uniformly hold
that the inlunl of volor" , when ascer
tained , must bo icspocic'd us Iho ox-
lirossodillottlioiiiuiplo \ , oven where
voters fall lo conform to the regulations
ot the election l.xws. This sound prin
ciple ii K > well established that , any
effort lo violate U will ba con demand by
all good citi/oiH. No republican \vlio
bolluvos In n free ballot and an hoiiual
rotinl will countenntico tiny attempt to
defcnltliN prinuiple. To refuse lo count
votes cast by the pcoplo for their rowo-
centalves ! in the legiabiluio because of
a toehniuality ig a violation of the fuidti-
tnontal principle of govprr moat by
iniijoritK' ! ' , and the republicans of No-
bras-leu Ciiu better alkird lo lu-n.a United
StntOb s-enatorthaii tocoinmil a criiiiimil
absault of the ballot bov. If there is
logitlmtito ground of coiile. * ! ill Cliiy
county or elKuwhoro it is Iho duty of
tliOHc who believe that the popular will
in the choice of roprcscnlalive * i.s in
danger of defeat to b"ing n contest , but
they must do this in the uropor way ns
it is clearly nointcd out by the lawa.
.vy ; t.iii.n.i rrnt :
Action was taken \vsterdnv toward
the Hiipprcssion of a disroiilablo | ) busi
ness that has for a long time been car
ried on in the streets of this city with
out hindrance. ITivo boys engaged in
selling a disreputable sheet published
in Chicago and sent hero for circula
tion wore arrested and locked up by
virtue of an ordinance prohibiting the
sale , distribution , having in pos > essinn
or giving away of papers branded by the
authorities as immoral.
It is stated by the city prosecutor
that it has boon determined.that the
sale of such literature in this city shall
'be promptly and effectively stamped
out. It is lo bo said to the credit of
Omaha that the sheet in question is not
a local product , though it deals in
sensational and scandalous matter fur
nisbod to it from this city. The
scheme is by no monns a now one ; it
lias been practiced in almost eve y city
of Juiporlance in the country. Offensive ,
slorie ? , based usually upon nothing , are ,
worked up by a , local roproentaUvo of
the paper , and by using the names of
well known citizens attention is easily
attracted and sales elTeeteit by those
who hawk them about the streets. The
sellers of such literature , being usually
young and ignorant , are far losj to
bluino than the unprincipled men who
publish it , and it is a pity that the
latter cannot bo made to suffer instead 1
of the former. The com so taken by
' the authorities , however , is to bo com
mended , as it will certainly put a stoj >
lo the sale of such vile stuff under the
guise of a newspaper. All that is
necessary is that the vigilance of the
police shall not bo relaxed , and that
the present movement shall not prove
to bo ono of those temporary spasms o
virtue so often witnessed in every com
I munity.
I It is no excuse for the circulation o f
indecent and scandalous literature to
say that it would not bo offered for s'alo
if the people did not want it. Kvery
lorm of vice can bo defended upon Ilia t
old and exploded ploa. It is to bo re
gretted that huch stuff finds buyers , but
that doof not alter the case. It is duo to
I the good 11111110 of tlio city that it be sup- ,
I proved , not for a day , but for all time.
ni--iKnTuit .txi > ( in.niroit.
A subjcc ! that often engages the at
tention of business men is tlin responsi
bility resting upon creditors , and par
ticularly uiion banks , in cases whore
doblorti are in financial embarrassment
and are dependent upon the leniency of
those who hold their paper. A business
man , and especially ono who is engaged
in u manufacturing enterprise that has
been built up from small buginningsand
is in a L'cnoral way upon a wound basis ,
may often win his way out of financial
dilllcuHien if ho is treated with consid 1-
eration by those to whom ho Is under
money obligations. The banks moro
often than the private capitalist become
apprehensive nf loss when creditors of :
this class are unable to promptly moot
their obligation * , and in niui.y instances
begin proceedings to protect themselves
without much thought of the dihiutrous
consequence * to interests of farreaeli-
ing importance in the community. UJs
not to bo expected that there wilt be a
great deal of sentiment In transactions
of tins nature and it would not bo rer.-
uonahlo to nsk a lender of nionoy ,
whether a banking corporation or a pri-
vale individual , to unselfishly suhtain
loss In order that the interests of others'
might noi bo injured ; but it is undonin-
bio that a discreet leniency may ao
profitably exorcised in iusos ; whore uion
of conCQ'lod honesty and
ability are en
deavoring to flafoly pull through a busi
ness upon whldh many interests besides
their own are dependent. usm
Probably the banking institution
never existed whoso board of directors
could agree upon a policy to bo puisuod
In suuh cases. Certain Ilxcd principles
and mothcds are usually proscribed and
the officers act upon them , perhaps
poinctiinoi against their own judgment ,
when the necessity of summary stops is
by no immns urgent. This isof course ,
iuueliict bon u , u private matter ia
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which the public ) hits no right lo concern
Itself | , but in n broader and moro llbor.il
sense It affects Iho Interests of every
oomimmltv In which borrowed money
Is employed la largo and important en
terprises. Thus it may often happen
that manufacturing Industrie-1) ) will bo
closed up , their business roputntio'i do-
fitroyed after years of hono.stolTort to es
tablish It , their omidoyes thrown out of
work upon which llioy and their fami
lies are wholly dependant for a liveli
hood , and a plant that might become
vary valuable will bo rendered pra"
ticnllv worthless Such inst-incos are
not uncommon , and , unfortunately , they
are not liioly : lo become so. I'ublic
sympathy Is always aroused whoa a mini
has hoite lly failed In business , and
when it Is known that some single im
patient creditor forced him to the w.ill
without being compelled to do so for
safely Iho sympathy sometimes devel
ops into a stronger feo'lng.
It will have to be admitted that tlio
creditor is the only rightful jutlgo of
the enur-io required for his own safety.
Tlio money involved belongs to no ono
olo. Out it is nevertheless proper to
point out the fact , often demonstrated
by oxperioiiet' , that a great deal of
trouble and los might sometimes bo
saved If debtors who are honest and are
conducting their business upon pound
principles were given a ohanco to pull
out of dillk'ultles that tire only tem
porary , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
mi : rnnn hiM > i2in.itrux& !
The experimental kindergartens es
tablished in tlio nubile schools of the
pity have demonstrated to Iho superin
tendent and the Moaul of Kducation Iho
fcasPiilily of adopting this branch of
instruction as n grade. 1'iiblic
menl is unquestionably fuiornblo to Iho
movement and Tim Hii : : hopes the new
Hoard of Kdueatlou will press the good
work rapidly until this biibpriniary
coursr ; can bo enjoyed by tbo little ones
till over the city. Tbo now republican
members of the board were elected with
instructions to expend whatever funds
are necessary to establish kindergar
tens. Dr. Duryea is an enthusiastic
friend of this , form of child training ,
having witnessed its remarkable growth
and success in the Boston school- * . The
resolution adopted by the Insttepiib-
lican city convontlo'i , almost without
dissun ) , is , clear cut and strong ia itn
endorsement and by olecling four of llui
candidates of that convention the pco
plo have given their assent to Iho
proposition. Following is Hie resolu
tion in full :
Whereas , the kindergarten Is accepted r.s
mi important feature of elementary Instruc
tion by nil lending modern educators und wo
ucllevo the public school system of Omaha Is
Incomplete without it ; thorcforo ,
Resolved , ttint the republican party of the
city of Umuha approve * the notion of the
Board of Education In opening two public
kindergartens ; favors the adoption of the
Kindergarten ns u prado leading to the nres-
orit primary department for the bouollt of
pupils from : t to Ojoar-i or aso , and tnis con
voiuion expects ropubllc.iu members ol the
Board ol Education to u'h'O this resolution
'nil torco and effect at as curly u parlod us
practicable.
run cnui's or inn J K.IU ,
A synopsis of the November crop ro-
i port , issued from the Department of
I Agriculture , gives what the government
statistician regarus as n nractically com
plete and reliable estimate of the yield
of the m-iiicipil ataplos for Ilia present
i crop yo.ir , though a later review may re-
I suit in biirao changes. Last year the
November report on the corn yield wa
20.0 bushels per aero , and this was but
slightly altered by subsequent returns' .
This year it falls to ii ! 1 bushels , or only
2.o bushels moro than Iho yield of
which wan unusually light. The pecu
liar hicl in relation to this year's corn
crop is that the seven principal corn
stales ) , Nebraska. Kansas , Missouri
Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , and Ohio , pro
duce a largnr average per aero than any
of tbo olheis , while the area is cons id
ciably reduced , being only 89 per con
of thut of last year ; yet on tbo otho
hand the falling off in the whole country
is less than 5 per cent from last yoar.
In other words , the increase in acreage
is in those stales where the yield i
small , and the decrease IB in the con
belt , where the yield is large. As the
greater p.irt of the corn Ibat goes upon
the market , is produced In the K'vcn
states tibovo named , the general scarcity
or abundance depends gi tally upon their
piouuct. The lot-il estimated yio d , as
now given , which will not be much
changed in the final renorts , is 1,000-
(100,0(10 ( ( busholH for the whole country.
Last yc'ir it was 2,074,000,000 bushel's ,
lu tbo fiiuno report , the whont yield is
placed at 500,000,1 Ot ) bushels , or flo-
000,000 K-'S than last your.
Af-unjectof considerable interest lo
iho farmer is the comparative supnly of
oats and hay. The yield of oat ? is ro
ported to bo very short , bning four and
one-half bushels per aero less than it
was lust , yonr , while the average bus
never boon lower but once duilngtho
past Kjventoen yours. The quality is
1also deficient on account of light weight
and chnlly grain. It is therefore intor-
cstlncr to note that the hay crop Is equal
to the largo yield of 1S)1 ! ) , tlio bcttsoii
having been especially favouiblo for
giMss-cri on account of the unusually
abundant raiiiH of the uarly moiitlih.
Tlio abundance of hay and the scarcity
of oats will to fwno extent Influence the
prices of each in iho um-Kot. The
average of cmUpornoreln FOIIIO portions
of Nobraak i has boon largo this year ,
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according lo local reports , and tho'gen
eral yield in this state is undoubtedly
good.
The potato supply has an interest for
all classes nn'i conditions of poopio , and
' particularly for the poor , who usually
depend moro upon Ihis article of diet
than any other. The present price of
potatoes , ns everybody knows , lu extremely -
tromely high. Oirnhn consumers are
buying them at retail at about a dollar
a bushel as against 35 or111 cents last
yoar. There is little reason to expect
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that Ihoy will bo cheaper , in view of'lho
fchort orop ropo-tod all over the coun
try. The aver.igo yield per acre ills
placed til CSJ bushyls as against 1)11.0 )
bushels last year , The average yield
for tun years ending with 18S9 w.\u 80
bushels per acre. Nebraska has fared
Jio bolter in her potato yield this year
than most of the other states , and ns the
price In high everywhere and transpor-
I
t.itlon Is oxpcif i it Is only reasonable
to ox peel thn ) this n coil ful article ot
food will br c-Hly ? hero until th ni\t
crop Is tuarkolj
cnAiiri.i : .
The- attention which Tut : But : Ins
c.Ulcd to the urgent necessity for amending -
ing the Omtiivv charier has Induced n
great many of our leaning citizen * lo
take an earnest Interest In the subject ,
and wo now i'egard the prospect as
highly favorable fn.concerto - ! and In-
j-lolllgcnt public action on this highly
Important mailer before Iho meeting of
the nuvit legislature. It cannot but bo
manifest to every citizen who will Ink"
the trouble to look mlo the subject tint
thorn are numerous defects In the char-
tec wnich are .seriously Inimical lo the
Jntaiostsof Omahnand which will opnr-
ntoim a drawback to the growth of the
city us long ay they remain.
In order to more fully enlist pouular
interest In this matter and at the HIIIIO
tune enlighten the public tntnd us to
what Is needed , Tun Bin : has obtained
the views of a number of prominent cit-
i/cn.s familiar with municipal affaire ,
which arc printed elsewhere in this
issue. There is unity of opinion regard
ing the need of amending the charter ,
and the variety of views as to the
character of the changes desirable will
bo found very suggestive and in-
Hlruetivo. It. is moat satisfactorily
shown that as a metroplltan city Omaha
does not possess under its charter the
rights and privileges which properly
belong lo such n municipality and are
imperatively essential to it. It will
sui prise a g real nuiny to find that so
important tin instrument as nclty charter -
tor was adopted with so many defec
tive features , b'll ' experience was neces
sary to di-moiistnvto the weak poinls ,
and thi- , having been done there is no
longer o.xcnso for not corroelinir them.
This \\ill bo accomplished only by a
united and earnest effort on the part of
j tliu citizens of Omaha. A general and
hearty expression by our people of a desire -
sire for such charter amendments as can
be clearly shown to bo just and nceca-
Bary will not fail to receive the careful
consideration of tlio next legislature.
Wo invite the attention of our readers.
interested in this subject to Iho views
of citi/.ous to which reference is here
made.
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The New York Ktrmny I'oxt publishes
tin interesting' ' letter from Kluino
Uomlalo K.istmnn , dated at 1'ino Uidgo
A eni5y , S. D. , in which the writer dib-
eusscs the Indian situation : it that ) ) lace
nt considerable Ipngth and with iii.u-oia ]
knowledge of the facts. While she
denies that tliuroi-a any reason to appre
hend an uprising of the Indians she
betrays all through her letter the fact
that she rogirdt ) the bituation as very
far from vhal lie could wish it to be.
Mrs. Kastumn , it will bo remembered ,
was Klaina Uoodtxlo , the rising young
] > oetess , before she married an educated
Sioux Indiannnil resigned hut-self to
domestic cares uud'the ' interests of the
race with which she is now allied. Her
opportunities for" onsorvatlon could
hardly bo bettor tlum they are , and her
views are therefore of some consequence.
Much of Mrs. Eastman's loiter is
devoted to the Indian agent problem ,
which has boon discussed a great deal
during the pist : few years and which
wns Hie subject of legislation by congress
last winter. In her remarks upon this
feiibject bho says : "Dr. McGillycuddy ,
the famous cx-agonl of tlio Pine Ridge
Sioux , made us a visit not long ago and
soon after ho wont away TnuOMAUA
BIK : printed n long interview in which
bo was reported us iirophccying serious
trouble. 1 agrci ! with him only so far
tie to bo willing to admit that , as lie
says , the condition of affairs at Pine
Kidgo is far from satisfactory. "
The interview in question only repre
sented that the situation was unsatis
factory and that tlio Indians were re
turning to their old practice of gho t
dancing. Upon the latter point Mr ? .
Kuslmim bays the dancing does prevail
extensively and that "tho bchoming
and disaffected minority has grown
bolder , while among tlio bettor class
many tire profoundly di.ssalihfiod with
the local administration. "
Hul pulling aside the question of n
possible uuribing of the Indians in tlio
vicinity of Pine Uidgo , it is interesting
to uoto thsit there is opposition to the
employment of army ofllcor.s as Indian
agout . It is made to appear that bomo
of the rod men look upun thu appoint
ment , ol military agents as only a ntof
toward the full control of the Indians
by tlio War denirtmont. This idea , it
is held , docs not commend itself to tlio
nation's wards , bucauso it is suggestive
of control by armed foroo.
TUB UiiJ : has from the outset fnvoroi
Iho policy of putting tbo agonclos ii
charge of army olllcors as offering the
biirost means of a moro perfect contro
of the nation's wards , and whllo thie
policy cannot bo said to have advanced
beyond the experimental stigo U has
many features to [ j'o'inmend ' it. There is
no proof at hand which would argue
that under the old "system a hotter con
dilion of uff.iirsyoilld prevail at Pine
Uidgo.
Muny of the Iriljjlu collisions botwcor
tbo government and its wards have
been directly traceable to the duplicity
and folly of the agents. This has bcoi
no loss true inftliu case of the Sioux
than in that of- the Ghoyennca and
Arapahocs , and thli unoasiiiu-s now prevailing
vailing among tho'Jattcr ' on account o !
Ibo alleged lackiuf fulll'jlent provisions
is an element in Ujo problem of Indian
inanagomonl whic i , demands attention ,
TllK movement Inaugurated by Ohio
of Police Keavoy of this city to form an
association of the heads of police do
p.trlmonls throughout the United Stales
is on undertaking so practical and
sonsiblu that it is a wonder it lias boot
delayed so lung. Unlike many organ
i/ations of similar character , the one
proposed would bo , If rightly managed
conducive to the general public welfare
The olfectlvcnoss of the police depart
ments of the various cities , In which all 1
law-abiding poopio are Interested ,
would undoubtedly bo promoted by the
intoit.'hango of ideas and the compar
ison of methods and results which are
understood to bo among the principal
objects of the association. The suppres
sion of crime is only accomplished by
[ I Ihooflloloneyof Iho Instrumentalities em
ployed ) for thn enforcement , of law , mid
if l increased olToollvoncM is the object
.sought by thn ns-wlatlon , and not
! merely the social | leisures to bo do
j rived , iho movement deserves to pros
] per. , Many f.ivorahlo responses Imvo
already been rocolved from chiefs trt
po'.ico In other leading cities with
whom the head of the O.nahii dopart-
monI has communicated tipjn the sab-
Wn VTl'.VKlt may bo said of some of
the characteristics of Mrs. M : ry Kllon
I jraso it cannot be s'lid that she needs n
nerve tonic. I lor courageous attitude
In regard lo her right to bo a Mounter
from Kansas comtmnds the admiration
of the civilized world , though the civil-
l/.cd world is not. anxious to see her in
Iho senate.
Till' finding of forty-sovon Indictments
against undertaker.1) in Mississippi for
violating the nntl-triHt law shows the
tendency of the time against all com
binations for the ONlorllou ol money
from the pe-iple.
COMMISSION-UK PADDOCK is out ot
town , but that need not deter his con-
Ptituoats from noting the action ot Park
Commissioner Kilpitrick , who declined
lo accept Iho salary of his olfico for Iho
lime ho was absent in Kuropo.
Mm I'liK'O ill Honor mill l'tclillncs < .
l'li'la > tflJitti ) 7linc < .
No matter who muy socaro the lending
places In a chance of administration thu
TlinnkigivltiK turkey is sure of a goon luslda
position.
Tlin Mimtiina l.rclHl'itlirr.
lltlfiitt In lc > , nnlcnl , l' < Hi ,
U Is still a question whether the dotnocr.Ut
have a clear innjorlty on Joint h.illot , or the
I ) ilunco of power "rents wlln tlio populists.
Only the olllcinl count will settle It.
MHItoiitrt nl , i . mil I'riiplirl.
l/fniiriip'jf/ii / lixtnuil ,
( .tunornl UhirKsnn inuit contomnlnto his
column Anil n half or brilliant prodlcilna oC
romiblican success , Juit bcforo t'loction , with
intiiL'led Iczlliics. Ho ouulit Hi luivti it
framed und hung in his best parlor. It U a
curiosity worth nresorvlnp.
MiKgtMtliiK ii NtDrill. .
( Unlit Dtmncnil.
In the roiMbllcan national convention nf
IS'JIl an entire now sut of men will Ilituro.
Nona of the men who were prominent in the
conventions ot IbSS or 1M > 2 will Imvo any
chunco lo carry oft any of tha prizes four
ycnivt honco. M'ho conditions will bu differ-
unt from those prevailing Hitherto , and now
men will bo required to meet these condi
tions.
Oviiriloni : Humility.
CIltC'lD llfl\llll.
Hov. Hobcrt 1'roiullit of Iliu'hl.inds , X. .1. ,
has resigned his ministry becjilso ho objects
to tha tillo "reverend. " Mr. I'roudtlt seems
to huvo swallowed a camel wlillo straining at
a Kiiut. Ttio title "revorond" Is oxtromolv
anpropriiUe , nia : not objectionable in tiny
way. Ministers , oy the way , nro oxblbltlnir
moro Inponulty In "attruotinR publio atten
tion to themselves ttinu any other olass of
muu.
Iiibtiltcil liyThuir Own l.undors.
A'litiiiutC ! < ictte.
Tbo Now Era oxnlulus Dcch's doleat. It
win purchased with money distributed by
1'obu ( Jastor. Wo must defend the Indepen
dent voters from any such bnso and liis'ult-
IHR insinuations. Mr. Dcch was simply du-
fcatcd from a liiclt of votes ; not bocauto trie
independents sold their suffrairca ( or mon
opoly gold , as ttK < Now Km would Imvo us
believe , but because tboro was not ononuli
independent votes to cleat. Itidopandrntsaro
uot near so bad ns tbo Now KM would hnvo
us bcllova
iimu'rtiitiiunicut. .
St. 1'itiil I'uinrcr I'm * .
A creditor of the latoSJimiel.I. Haadnll re
cently filed petition in the probate court nt
Philadelphia to conaol an accounting. Ills
widow has just nindonnswor that when Ins
funeral expenses had been paid and the $ 'iOU
exemption allowed thu widow , not a penny
ot property remained. It is unfortunate for
the widow that such should bo Iho case , but
considering Itundull'a ' opportunities ir. con
gress for fealberinp his nest , ! t sponlis louder
for his honesty than u bron a tablet or a
tombstoncc could over do.
\Voinlnliil Itccnrd.
TUo are wth of Nebraska in population mid
wealth , since its organisation as u state , con
stitutes ono of the brightest chapters in the
wonderful history ot western progress. Few
slates show a moro romunniblo record of
urozrcftft durine tbojastauartcrof a century.
In 1870 Nebraska had a population of loss
than l'J3UOO. Now she 1ms nearly ton times
that number of people. Twonty-fivo years
nu'o thuro was in full operation in the stateless
loss than ! i ! ) miles of railroad ; now her rail
road ralloago is 5.400 , within loss than 1,01)0 )
miles of the totnl railway mileage of all the
Now Knglaiid states.
An OrKiinfreil Kulil lor Olllce.
The orjranizod r.ild for oflleo is formlnp.
Is the world ucaiu to witness the spectacle
of nearly half of the American nooplo de
manding public "recognition ) " Tna grcod
for olllco tins , within the recollection of the
youngest voter , caused the assassination of
ono president end HUB marred the admumtra-
lions of others. Hut all Ibis has not soboroJ
Iho victors. Democrats hero nro now pro-
puriii r tn send train loads of ofllcchuutcrs to
Now York and lilcoiiiluK'ton , III. , where
doubtless they hope to nmno f.ivorablo liu-
ptu sions upon the prosldent aim vice prusl
dcnt-oloct an advantage to ho lollowoa m
inter. It is u degrading spectacle.
Aluiiys iv I'ri'lcl" Ciir riiiiiliin.
Haunts f'Uu .liiurnad
iho wheat crop of ICunsns in soiuethlnir
onoimout uvary year , ana tboro is not a fall
mat thuro is not a cry of car sliortut-o nil
over the stalo. The mcre.isu of ucroiio Is
constant , and the Inurousu of crop crown
with ouch succeeding year , Why is it thut
the rallroid men , who uru noted for
do not inko the quustlon iu
Imnd und look forward In tlrao to provide for
Ilia crop of the next year and avoid tno an
nual car shortage } Next year the crop will
tie larger thr.n this , and each micccedini ;
year there will biinn incroaso. The time to
taku thu i'ouo.iii'.v . piocautlons IB now , ori
the railroads should bo taking tlmo by tno
forelock in the mutter.
thn
t/i / rii/o 'f i Inline
It roils with I lie railroads of the United
Ktalcs , und especially with these in this feu-
lion , lo suv wlintlmr the crrcnt fair of next
ycur Hhull no a wunnllk'imt succors or only n
tr.ndorate 0110 , Apparently the maunders
have resolved in favor of the In tier , Tno
pissoiiffer nRimts urn roporlod to hnyo dotor-
mlncd to pinch thnlurcost posslblo amount
ut inonoy for the least practical aervlcu to
the poopio who travel over their lines to and
from the fair. In cuhor words they have de
cided upon the policy nf ' 'hozcinK tha bus ) ,
ucss , " squeezing out of it tbo lust dollar thut
can bo realized , uud ttilu without rolunmco to
the daiiKor thut such n course would dumneu
the fair , restrict their own ruvuniuia , mid
call dowa upon them a universal conduuma
lion ns conscienceless grabber * .
Jllfi'Jii I'Olt l.l
West I'olnt HopubllcanVbalovor ! may
Lo thu bhortcnmlriKs of tbn uuporvuors syi
loin as In vo'/ua In NobrasUn , the law sbouh' '
bo amcndou this winter. The law u now ,
and by a favv cbunircs will make townnhln
orKanlzallon a method of Korcrulnf ; countioi
such as none will care to dispense with.
West I'olnt Hopubllcan : Ono of the firs ,
onicial acts accomplished by the next loglsm
turt : should bu to piss a law commilMnK th
election boards to have returns at the county
seat within twenty-four hours after tno polls
close , Tills could easily bo dope If elocllon
boards wuro allowed to make an hourly cnn
vuss of vote * cast In this wny it xvlll not hi
nocossarv to wait a week belora tha result o
a homo county is known.
Silver Creek Times : When the legisla
turn meats at Lincoln nuzt Juauury , the ro
publican * will llnd thomielvc * In n poMtlon
to control loRUMtlon. Their opportunity Is
, M > 1 Uiom onuct Rood railroad mw ,
slock yards law nnd a few other needed
laws , nnd then lot tnom rcfrnln from nil
sorts of Jobbery nnd inolois cxuondituro *
nnd two yean from now the republicans will
elect their cnllro stntotlcuot , evorv conKros-
" " " " " ovonvllclnll"K nuJorJty to the
Tramont Hall.Auionfc the important
inansurcs that should Do promptly placed before -
fore the NebruMm lORlilntuio nt Its comlnif
? n'ni < C ! * V10'1 "leal Ion of oxtRttn , ! Inws
"R'o road
Inilldinc
; compollluR nssos-
Mi0i l l'rnl'al'.v at Us nclual vnluo. nud
. ' . . 1p " < rtll1l'i ' > lo of rullrcud rate * lm.
vmfii" ? vcl)0 ( > Nowbn-ry bill , but moran
, I . arrn l > .l. These measures are
n .1
ii " "Vl1 ' " 'POflnntconsldcrntlons ' hop -
p ° ! ° loaiw' "lll Ul ° 'oRlslMor ' who
, ' " onR'ncf ' K cither of thorn
, w ! " wl" tuo "lai'dlts r.ot only of til- .
tuents , but of the state nt lutRo.
Journol : N'nxv llml thotnom-
i" ° , xtlciMsl"lllro , llro clcclc(1 ( tlluv'
. , l" ln lny ' 1lnl" for Ul ° uiincttiicat
avvstiiat will lend to forw ml thn IMUSO
ro.ul Improvement. This Is not u
party question. /.very porsoa in the
stole , ipcardluss of polllk-H nnd lopardlcns
of wnat business ho Is unpaged in , u vltiillv
interested in the Improvement of Nebraska
roads. 1'ortmus it mlpht bo well to huvo
lounty invoiin ihrouebout ihu stnto cnrlv
n Poeoinbcr for the tmruofo nf conMdorliiB
the road problem and for the purnoso ut ic-
a'CtliiK ( loloeatei ton stale convention that
tnlcht bo hold about the imdillo of Uceombur
< 0'0 ' convenient noltit. Will somebodv
/j/-t.vis j'jtu.M it i ir.s iiiit\ .
If you want to preach well , hvu right.
The troubles thnl Itlll are the 01101 wo
borrow.
I'ntlonco 11 the cold wo fiot by golm ?
Ihroilch the Urn of trial.
About the poorest man you c.ui flnd h the
rich nmn who never give. ' .
No mini who trios to nuuiunuhito n proat
fortune bus any mercy on himself.
Only about ono prayer In .1 thousand of-
civet in church has nny ronl inuaiihig In U.
If there were no sllney people In the
cliurch Iho dovll would Imvo to work n Ktuat
donl hiirdur.
The tiino when It tnaUot n nun the maddest
to cull him u liur [ 3 whoa ho Knows you lull
the truth.
The world is full of people who would Into
to ( jo to heaven without having to { jive up
unyll'lng on oarth.
The man who lie.it s Iho blgdruin In n I und
alwavs has nn Idon thnl Iho nilialc would bo
butler If no Unit moro to do.
1 oil loin pioplu to 111.1110
sunerlics is onuoflho besr. wavs the devil
tins ever connived for Uillinq u prayer meot-
inc.
inc.Tho
The farmer who undertakes to earn his
bread by thu sweat of a hlioil IIIIIU'H brow ,
had better m.inu up his mind that plo once u
month will no.
Tiiitr.r. r///.v.s r < ; / / / ; rn.t\i\.ri'i , rots.
Ornnd Island Intiopcnilont : Lornn/o
Oroimso xvlll miiUe as Rood a governor us Ne
braska has cvur had.
York Times : Konsns tins three kinds of
calamity uud each ono U worse limn both
the others , if you are looking lor prosperity
couio to Nebraska.
Hustings Ni'brasltan : Nobr.iska has en
tered upon n now em of nrnsiiority , thanks
to the loyally of the pcoplo to her best Inter
ests and wclfaro nt , the polls on November S.
CliloaRo Inter OL'OUI : Unller lluavons
111:111 : , wnatiu : you liurnln thtse rank wouila
horn In 3 on'.1 roiim fort
Hiishnnil ( tjilly ) I'm ( ryliie to bio.ilc my-
elf lu fortho eigitrt. my lfulll ilvo mo
Christmas.
Boston Courier : Whi'ii n disease Is well
seated it become : * n standing monucu against
hualth.
Truth : .Tae ! : t'rlsclllii hits made CoorRO
luippy for life.
Uiiiru I'm so glad to hour It ! When nro
thny to lie niiii'luilV ; :
Jiiuk Never. She has rofu'-cd him.
Wiishlnirtoii Slur : "t want to fceo one of
your lllcs" suld tlio visitor ill the newspaper
Ollli-O.
"i\ciiso ; me , sir. " ropllod the olllco hnjr ,
"luil you'll llnd a hanlwuiu stoio on tiiunchur
sldu of the street. "
Illnshnniton Leader : The niiin who lets
Ins child work thu jrnwlut maii.iKes to gut
lihnbolf oiuslile the ] iill.
n Olobc : S-tuiidliison oini's dignity
Is as uncerl tin wiy to ijol along In this oi Id
us walking on .stilts.
rhlliKlulphl.i Itpeord : "Meroy onus. Ilco , "
bald Alri. I'.iilliuton. "f hopu mid pray tno
demooi. as won't turn out to bo Miuh Inllduls
us the Now Vork lluralil t'il > os tlimn to be.
AbolNIi our inliihturs ! ' That -fluuld bo au
ovurlastlii'Bhuiue. "
.lonrnal : 1'lrst IvantticKtan
I s'poso Colonul Ulnild knows what. IIH'S nuir-
ryln1 thoeross-i-yoil Koynii gal fur , but I'll
swiih I Uon't.
Sc'conil Keiitiioklan I ha\o HII Idoii It's fur
excitement. He wants to git mixed Into tha
ltowiuisi.'i feud. HII alu't none of his own , you
BOO.
Now Vovk HfrnlJ : liuslmn l Is my liiun-
drv horoV
Wifo-Xo.
llnsb mil Then how lines tt Inippnn that
yon h ivoyonrtt ? Ain't bjth donu up nt thu
snino | ila < 1cV
\Vlfo--Ves : lint 1 fildn't Irix-o inonoy unouli
to piy foi iuith.
IjiiLn C'lly Tlino1) ) : " ( Jan you suigust and In
scription lo ui > over tliu gatus of Ihu now
ceuiutoij ? " Ihu iiri'Hlilont ahKud the cd.ior.
"I < ut mo HCI- . " luplliMl iho editor , "how uunld
this < io : 'Wo Invn coma tosfij. ' "
YonUois Statesman : A jndgo sliunld ho
ciroful in mnkln ? proml os. tt
tOcominltt others unit not Mioiolf ,
Truth ; Sim Who l < the most popular man
tn roar clubf
lie -I iim
thnl MmIMI'I ? it rithfr conceited of yon tonixr
lie -Oli. not ill *
merely rniilvnlrnt lo i\y-
Ins Unit
l lo o rnnrt )
inonuy nt iioicnr than nnir
of the
other nioinbrrs.
run COMISII oc i iiinstM .
Ili'liold Iho ninn with wrlnkluil brow I
Such clrcuti ) tnnpt < 4 try htm.
llliiKnlf ! > n Mlti tot h noiiiv now
Tli.it ho will | iiy , ho hnth n vow.
lfi\ hall buy him.
iDolls .Toiirnali "How many of thorn
rninp.ilaii iMirnn n thuru loftv iisVod thn
tohiid'onUt of hlsulerk.
"About llfloou thoiM mil. "
" .M'hm I i-eokon ymiM Imttnrcotn lonell
nnd in < fl > thu liiAiislorrv ( hrlstiuim Mhiht
lin n good ido i to tlu a bit uf ilbbon iiMiunil
'utn. loo. "
Itiilliiiiinbllft.Ioiirnnl : "U'linritlip nuttnr ? '
ihu arllM In the mcdlcul studunl lluuu
iiK ironbicV"
Vu4 ; siiinuho Iv h it stnlnn inv s uloton '
"I don't biiimo you for fcolliu Imdly.
Tlitiro " Is iiolliliiK moru unuoyln tlisia .i iiono-
fulon.
lloilon Transcript : I'hero U n younu Indy
siisinitu in hop nnrlU inshlu for Vnle ihul sha
persistently refuses to blush crimson nil it al
ways looks bliiu.
New Orle.ins I'li'nt IIIIP : tt'hon thnro l
notlilnu In a IIIUII'M sphniiiu It nrikos ii" dtlfur-
ence whiUhur or not thu bottom drops out.
n AIIKIII : MUIV.
.Kill ( I ' Klltfl ( ( < l.
rsu , niuiiriifiil fecllnvs to
Atfiilnst ill liiiiii.in iriluio.
Wu rcsiiriecl the uiiolonl Jolto
'
I'IHIM thu ItuiHlatiire.
And nru thu niunibors tulio thulrsuats ,
Or at Uirlr ik'iks enn dull.
The u lltor Ihiitety repi'iits :
"Uli , heii nill tni'y ndjiiilrn' "
AtohUoii lllnhu : ( inly men of ' .M mnrrr
minion older llrin thomsotvt 4 ; men ot (0 mill
TO yean ilunmnd u woman twenty or thirty
years younger.
Wnshlnetnii Stnr : "Vou nru from Chic IBO ? "
" \\Vll. I mint to nsl ; you If grivs widow *
could eoinu uiidui the ul.issltU'allon of grven
' "
goods'/
Sinllli. ( Tr.iy .t Co 'H Monthly : The Mlirrluil
Man -1 tell wlfo
inv oviiryllilnv. slr-ovury-
thlni ; . I'liu ll.iehulur llvui lull her n lie ?
Thu Murrl'd Mini Illdii't 1 H.I.V I lull bur
ovinvthliigt
rS IIKIMI.
She lililus her love nnd hur Unto conomiN
And iialu lli.c a stulu bui.is.
And iiilinlnillon ( "in nlw lys feign
for thu handsomer h.tt anil thu longer train
That unnllioi' woiii.in uours.
III TII n.toi. i.i KICTIO.V. .
Ili'xtond a 1 nlulit und Imllornd
And lie whooped 'em iii | : r'i\ln.
As ho liatriu'd to Iho oiiteoiuu of the vote ,
Hut now hn oven uluspurs
\VII h : ni ovhloni'u of p.iln.
And lit ) \nvirs n nlocu of ll.unio 'round lilt
lliionl.
Oilmen Tribune : "Thu ovldimcu ucaliiit
Vein In ths o si1. " siild tlm luilKo. "elo.irly
I'onvH'tsyon of thocrlinoiif lilirnny. Thu lury
hiissuntuneeil von to four yoirsln thn | ionl-
tt'iitlnry , unit 1 inn liiiiind to und th it I fully
concur In thn vuidlrt. . llavn you iiiiythlni ; to
hiy ; why sontiMii'o shiitilil mil mi jiissiid iiin | ) (
youV" "Nnililu' , JiidBi' . " iinsMOi'L'd tlio Dr.t-
uniT tienlleiitly. "Knur yo irs Is alxml unlit ,
1 ruuknn , I'vo Rot lour ivus. "
sense.
Ac ic V th I'irps.
My huart , usnd to III rob wlnni \ventout tn onll
On May. thu mo-.l uhnriiiliu : of misses
1'or [ Unow slut wiis walling for 1110 In tlio hall
With uords of iilTuulIon and kisses.
Mr hoirt It Is throblnz iniieh fnstpr tonight ,
lint It Is not with joy p ilpltntlnir.
I'or I know on the stairs. In her nlzht-robo of
\\hlto.
With thu poker for mo nlio Is
'J 111 ! UUXVKKT.
llatlte 1'iiu Towtileu.
The progr.nn was n churiulng one , nnd mailo
thn tlekots sell ,
IVoin tbosplundld ovarlura by Wunor , which
niitliliii could event ,
To the dainty llttltc guvotto und the mlntiot
And tha l.uost comic opera , which madohorj
lilno for wings.
Throughout thuGrlog coneurto huromotlon
wis Intense ,
At tlnicssh. . ro illy hold her breath , and voted
It "Iniinotisu. "
Shu r.ivod ovur llllljcrt nnd Sullivan , of Sohu-
borl , and of lls/t ,
Iluothoven. llnilun ? , und Mo/art , and othori
wlio e uaiues I inlssud ,
Hut then nt last thn oiirlulii fall and as [
holnod Inirdouii lliuslulr ,
I noticed that Bhusweutly linmiuod n oatohy
little : vlr
That \vis : not upon the program , being com-
mouplaco and g iv
I uioiio-ied that iil.-lit. for she caught me with
"Tii-rii-ra-buom-do-.iy. "
llKll
Knmtrellle Juiiinal
Thny sat honmth thu inrlor lump ,
Which shod iifoubluil hi ;
Bhu was u piiimp und buxom maid ,
And ho was out of tilnht.
Still munfnlly , as best ho could ,
lie huld heron his knee.
And both found luipplnuss meanwhile.
As lovers ulll
That day thu ( lorco uloctloustrife
Tliionglioiit thu nation hiiiiuiil ,
And MI. ijiilto iiulnrully , ut last
Tliclr talk ondllng umio.l ,
"It yon could vole , " s.ild ho at toiuth ,
"Toll me. wliul wonlil you do'/ "
"Why , what i < | nusllon' ' ehu i xclalmud.
"Of einase. r > i volu for you ! "
irgest Miiniifacliiror-i nnd Rut illun
of UIoihlugln.tno World.
Suckers
Arc about the only kind of fish worth while trying
to catch at this time of
the year ; at least the
ordinary observer
would think so to sec
the many Him flam
Barnes resorted to by
the a\crage \ seller of
. clothing. Our hook
is b.iitcd with quality ; price takes carp of itself. If there
is any virtue in quality i , c. garments that will wear
as long , look as well and are as goo.l as tailored goods
-the price cuts but mighty little figure. Our qualities
are guaranteed to be the best. You get nothing inferioi
from us , Overcoats , ulsters , suits , lowest $10 an 1 d.f.
ferent prices up to $35 and $10 , depending on the fabric ,
finish and style. Hut the price is for the best on earth.
BrowningKing&Co
= = 5 i Our store closed nt 0.31 p. in . nxcontPaturIVJ . . IV . Pnr jjjf'i ft
. VJ H.WH ui.au
|
/ " & I duyb. when woclosu lit IU p. in.