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THE OMAHA BATLY BEE : TUESDAY , FKBRITART 1808. r THE DAILY BEE B. ItOSKWATKIt , Kdltor. PUBLISHED KVEUY MOltNINO. OK sunst'urioN. Pally lion ( without Hunilny ) Ouo Venr. . I B 00 Dully nml Sunday , Ono Your . 10 oo HU Months. . . . . BOO Thrro Montiia . . . . . . 2 J > O Hunrtny HOP , Ono Venr . ? OO Htiturcfny Ilep.Onn Year . . . . * * > SVfoklyico. One Year . 100 OKKIOK3. OninlinTlioHcoIIiilldliiK. . _ , Poiith Onmlin , corner N nml 20th Stroots. Council IMnlTn 13 I'rnrl Ktrcot. ChlcnjroOfHcp. B17 Chamber of Commerce. Now York , Ilooms 13 , 14 ami 15 , Trltmno Dtilldlnff. WashltiRloo , C13 Fourteenth Street. AH communications rnlalliiff to now * mid rdltorlnl matter flhoiild bo addressed to the Editorial Doimrtinvnt. IIUHINHSS LETTHUS. All huilne iii letters nnd remittances should tip nddrcwd to The Hee 1'ubllililiiB Company , Omnlm. Drafts , check * and postnmen onion to bo made payable to lljo order of the com pany. THE BKB PUnUSHING COMPANY. SWORN STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION Htnto of Nebraska , I County of Douglas , f Ocorco IJ. T/schuck , secretary of TUB Jim : Publlshlmt company , dors solemnly swour that the uctunlchdilation of TUB DAILY llr.K for ttio wi-ok ending I'obrimry 18 , 1803 , VIM us follow * : Riindny. J'ohrnnry 12 20,095 Monday. J-Vhrnnry 13 25,035 Tiieuliiv.Kobrunry 14 23,778 Wednesday , I'uliruary 15 * . . . . 23,770 Thursdiiv , I'obrimrvlO 23,781 Friday , I'clinmry ' 17 23,011 Saturday , I'cbrunry 18 21,184 onouoi : it. T/.sciitJi'K. ' Sworn to bnforo mo nn.l subsrrlbed 1n my prPM-noo this 18tli day of PubMiiiry , 1H03. IBonl ] E. N. U vit.u : Notary Public. AvornRo Olrc-uliitlnn liir .laiuiury , ' 'iil7 ! KANSAS Is making a reputation that Is as wldo as the world , and there is not n state In the union that envies her. Tun newspapers of Buffalo , N. Y. , are decidedly opposed to a ship canal. It would ruin the great elevator monopoly In that city. Tiir policy pursued hy Mr. Cleveland in announcing his cabinet appointments as fast as they are made is a good one. It saves many expectant democrats the misery of suspense. BOSTON has shipped two carloads of girls to Texas in response to the brisk demand for wives in that state. The Texan who takes a Boston girl for n wife will have to reform. TllU great Hoods now raging in Aus tralia uro probably no worse than will bo witnessed in this country when the deep snows In the north begin to melt and the thick ice in the rivers breaks up. A nir.L creating a now judicial dis trict has just been vetoed by Governor Hogg of Texas. Ills idea seems to bo that a state that has no enforcement of law does not need any now judicial dis tricts. IT is gratifying to know that the Read ing railroad company is In danger of los ing its financial backing. Capital is apt to bo timid wlion it is bolstering up an institution against which public senti ment is solidly arrayed. THE Canadians profess to regard American institutions nnd laws with contempt , but their whole ; tariff system is an imitation of ours and has been o } pied in its smallest details. Imitation is the sincerest ( lattery. THE government pays the enormous price of $050 a ton for the armor plate with which our now warships are pro vided , while stool in the form of rails is worth only about one-thirtieth of that sum. It is evident that a big profit must bo made by somebody. THE articles for exhibition in Ne braska's agricultural building at the World's fair are beginning to arrive at Chicago and the exhibit promises to bo ana of the best of its kind. Other states may eclipse us in many respects at the exposition , but in the line of agriculture wo ought not to fall behind. THE Toronto Empire sayo that Benja min Harrison "lias just two weeks more in which to act meanly , and ho may be expected to 1111 up his timo. " Those peppery organs of toryism will do wol 1 to bear in mind the fact that the whole American people are behind President Harrison nnd approve his Canadian policy. WHISK n paper that keeps standing in every number an assurance to adver tisers that it has the largpst circulation In the city of Omaha , county of Douglas and state of Nebraska positively declines to avail itself of the privilege which the Sloeuinb law confers upon the most widely circulated paper in every county , it shows a degree of rare disinterested ness and commendable benevolence. Such a thing has never before been known In the newspaper world , and probably never will bo again. TliK pastor of one of the Omaha churches preached yesterday on the wickedness of cities and took occasion to say that ho did not believe that Omaha is worse than other cities. This Is per fectly true , and ho might have gene further and said that there are few cities equal in size to ours in which there is less disorder or In which vice and crlma arc kept under bottir restraint. It Is sheer nonsense to bay that this city is notoriously wicked. Every man who has been about the world u little knows bettor. A LBTTKit from Goring , Neb. , pub lished in THK HICK , shows what has been uccompllshod by irrigation In the North Plutto valley , nnd ulTordu a glimpse of what may yet bo done by this means to muko the tvrld region of this state fruit ful and prosperous. A largo extent of territory that was formerly regarded as unsuitable for cultivation on account of a lack of rain Is now highly productive in consequence of the ivtltlclul water upply that lias boon distributed through it by moans of irrigation canals and dlU'h siinl the work Is still going on prosperously. Irrigation coats money but experience proves that it pays There Is a great dual of land in the western part of Nebraska that will soon bomndu productive by artificial water ing , and the agricultural resources o the state will thus bo increased far boyouc the Jiuilt that has heretofore seemed possible. TIIKMil' , Vonr full wcokfl have now elapsed alnco .ho collapse of the Capital National bank nnd the crush that brought rulrt to scoroi of citizens nnd loft the state treasury short over $ : T > 0,000 , The disclosures of embezzlement , forgery and fraudulent jookkcoplng tundo public through the voluntary confession of Mother .and the rpports of the Rational bank examiner cave no room for doubt that the grcator part of the so-called state deposit , amounting to Over $150,000 , was nppro- irlated by Moshor for private specula tions which werq carried on during n , period of years. In fact , It is almost certain that these peculations were M-'gun BOOH after Mother had secured the extension of the penitentiary con- , ract and It is equally certain that a largo portion of the missing quarter of a nllllon was paid out to political black mailers and bribe-takers whoso good will ) r support Moshcr found necessary in tils manipulations of legislatures and in its operations at the penitentiary. Mosher's release on $10,000 bail by the United States authorities in the face of thirty different counts of indictment , In- hiding perjury , forgery nnd grand lar- eony will scarcely satisfy the cuds of justice. The people of Nebraska have nore than an ordinary interest In this ; aso. Moshor has not merely violated lated the criminal code relating to offi cers of national banks , but ho has committed some of the gravest crimes nmishablo under the laws of the state of Nebraska. This is not all. Mr. Moshor's transactions vitally concern the people of this state , and they will justly hold the executive and legislative jrunchcs of state government responsi ble 11 they fall In their manifest duty to vindicate the majesty of the law. First and foremost it is the duty of the executive department to take active stops for the recovery of the embezzled funds belonging to the state and to em ploy the machinery of tho. courts to prosecute whoever is implicated , whctlier ho occupies a position high or low , .whether in office or out of office. The plpa that the state must wait until the national bank examiner gets through with his investigation is merely Pegging the case. What has the state to do with the national bank examiner and why should the state depend on him for ferreting out the swindling opera tions of the officers of the bank ? Sup pose the bank examiner should fall to got through before the legislature ad journs , and it was found that part of the embezzled funds was school money which the state is bound to replace , would the law officers of the state wait until the next legislature convenes ? Next In order will bo the more serious question as to what has becomo' of the state's money loaned to Moshcr. Who were his silent partners in the various speculative projects , and liow much-p btatomoney was invested and lost in those enterprises ? How much ' of the state money in Moshor's hands was borrowed rowed- not to be returned , or forgotten to bo returned , by men of influence in and out of office ? How much did Moshor pay for the penitentiary con- trac * . , and how much was he forced to contribute , or hold up for , in order not to lose it ? It is no use disguising the fact that Moshor wrecked himself and scuttled his bank through the constant drain created by political leeches and enter prises in which his partners and asso ciates wore deadheads and doadbeats. This is a lamentable state of affairs but it calls for action , and honest men of all parties must take a stand for good government and purge the state house and state institutions of corruption. DA3f.WIXa EFFECT OF LOI1' MEKT. In 1872 , when Omaha had about 15,000 , population , the aggregate taxable valua tion of property in this city was nearly $1:1,000,000. : In 1892 , with fully eight times as many people as wo had twenty years ago and fully ten times the solid improvements in the shape of business blocks , factories , mills , dwellings , street railway plants and public Improvements like water works , sewers , pavements , and viaducts not oven contemplated in 1872 , our aggregate taxable valuation was a fraotlbn over $20,000,000. Twenty years ago Omaha covered an area of about flvo square miles ; today she covers nearly twenty-live square miles. If the assessed valuation was pro ruta with that of 1872 , wo should have an aggregate of from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 , and that would if anything be below the assessed valuation of other cities of equal population and commercial stand ing.Tho The extremely low assessment has already had u damaging effect upon Omaha in more ways than one. It has kept away capitalists who were dis posed to Invest in Omaha real ostao by creating the impression that our prop erty values are Inllatcd out of all pro portion and our tax rate too high. It lias lowered Omaha's credit abroad. Within the past week City Treasurer Bolln has received two Jotters from eastern Investment concerns pointing to the marked contrast between Omaha and other cities of about the same popu lation in the matter of assessed valua tion. Ono of those firms goes so far as to dceluro that there would bo no dlfll- culty in disposing of Omaha bonds bear ing 41 per cent interest ut a round pre mium , If It were not for the extremely low valuation. The same Is doubtless true with regard to gilt-edge mortgage loans on Omaha real estate. It has become almost a matter of abso lute necessity to ralso the assessed valu ation and lower the tax rate. How It Is to bo done Is a mutter of detail. The mo-a effective way would bo to dispense with the present precinct assessors , create the office of county assessor , and ] have a periodic revision of the ta Istn. If the preolnol RH ossor8 nro to continue they should bo ol.vwlfled , and OMO employed In this city , South Ornnhn and East Omaha should bo up pointed by joint notion of the respective city and county authorities , with fluoh pay ns will procure the services of llrst- vlass appraisers. Tin : FOX. AND THE OHAVKS. A famished fox s.iw some clusters of rlno , t > lnck grapes hnnatng from a trolllsoJ vino. 3ho resorted to all her tricks to got at them , but worried herself In vain , forsho could not reach them. At last she turned away , beguiling guiling- herself of her disappointment and siiylni ; : "Tho gropes are sour and not rlpo ns I thought. " * n > ift FMe * . Poxy Mr. Hitchcock's efforts to roach after the license advertising Is u strik ing reminder of this fable. First ho tried to reach the grapes by forcing n light in South Omaha on a bogus circu lation claim. Beaten in court ho came up smiling before the Omaha police board with his extension ladder , but the ladder was still too short. Now ho comes before the legislature with a tricky bill for his own relief under the pretext of doing n great service for u largo class of people in Douglas county. That largo class consists principally of a few disgruntled druggists that deal In whisky as a beverage and a half-dozen saloon keepers who were duped by the Fraudulent guaranties and tricks To the famished fox of the W.-IL The foxy editor seeks to cre ate the impression that ho is inspired by pure benevolence. Ho tolls the legislature that while the World- Jleruhl now has the largest circulation in Douglas county it has no disposition lioi'cafter to monopolize this business. This paper [ the W.-IL } is willing to take Its chances on getting business without the aid of a monopoly created by law. To bo sure , the W.-IL has the largest circulation. But it scouts the idea of monopoly which the Slocumb law has created by requiring publicity in the paper of largest county circulation. While absolutely certain of the entire license advertising , foxy Mr. Hitchcock wants the low changed so ns to give everybody that can trump up a claim of 5,000 circulation a bito. This spasm of enorosity is highly commendable , but the average lawmaker can only see in it another case of famished fox and sour jrapes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A roiyr TO HE HKMEMUEHED. Secretary Rusk's explanation of the ncrcased cost of maintaining the De partment of Agriculture may not prove satisfactory to all critics , but it cannot be denied that ho makes a good point when ho says that "tho people of the United States must not forgot that the agricultural interests are really very close to all of them , whatever their line of business , the entire business of the country being dependent upon the well- being of our farmers. " It is worth while to remember this , not only In providing for the continuance of those branches of the work of the department which have boon shown to bo useful , but also in making laws that touch the agri cultural interests of the country. Per haps the importance of the farmer as a factor In the problem , of government is more appreciated in the west than in the east , but it docs not require a great deal of discernment to perceive that the pros perity of the whole country depends in great measure upon that of the largo class of producers who win their living from the soil. Without thorn the country would be an unproductive wilderness. They have made our commerce what it is , nnd have made possible all that has been achieved in the progress and de velopment of the country. It is impor tant for the prosperity of the whole people ple that the interests of the great agri cultural class should bo constantly pro tected. The corporation lawyers say that the farmer wants the universe and is never satisfied with any concessions that are made to him. That is doubtless true of oomo of the men who pose as representa tives of the agricultural class and make their living by talking politics , but the working farmers make few complaints and bear their burdens patiently. They are the men who should stand as the true representatives of their class , and the blatant demagogue who never did a day's work should not bo permitted to prejudice their interests. IT HAS never been the poHoy of the South Omaha meat packing firms to say much about their plans in advance of their execution , and therefore the pub lic has always been tnken by surprise when they have enlarged their facilities from time to timo. Last year the 6a- paclty of the stock yards and packing houses was nearly doubled , and it is now known that the present year will witness a similar growth. The Hammond com pany is about to begin work on flvo three-story brick smoke houses , Swift & Co. are preparing to erect another im mense building , and the Cudahy com pany will add largely to Its already largo plant. In addition to these improve ments , the stock yards company will expend - pond about $200,000 this year in extend ing its facilities for handling a rapidly growing business. The influence of this rapid growth in the meat packing busi ness will bo felt in every artery of trade in Omaha. SCARCELY less important than the car coupler bill now before congress is the bill that has boon introduced in the legislature of Indiana providing that no railroad company shall require any employ to work more than sixteen consecutive hours. This measure Is not only important to the overworked em ployes themselves , but it has a direct bearing upon the safety of the traveling public. Many fatal railroad disasters have been shown by investigation to have boon duo to t'io unfltnoss of over worked men to perform the duties im posed upon them. The reform proposed in Indiana is iloeilod all over the coun- A scitiqus drawback upon the grain buslno > 1n Omulm at present is the lack of cn'jS. Grain dealers are ufrnld to sell ' becu'so they are not sure of being able to ilolivor on tlmo. The western rnll- v4ad men Bay that the shortage of ours ila duo to the fact that the custom lines ' n"o holding the curs from the west , but this explanation docs not satisfy the They maintain that tt la the luwlr.osa of the * edhitmtilos to provide cars nml Unit tlty { u- famine lias now ' continued long OIJUUR'II to ilutnand uti 1m- mod Into remedy. Oho .local prnlh man declares that whl l'lfc ' wants 100 cars ho cnnnot count with any certainty upon securing more than live. Other western cities are lmvhip"a 'similar experience and there Is a gonornl duinand for re form i i Tut * . UKR 1ms not'hiihounccd ' Its full con version to the ii3pUlatialth ( | In usual formal manner , but it Is closing up ttio cliaunol over wnlch to make thufitul leap when the proper tlmo eoniosV Itoinemberlng the dis tinguished honor crfhfifrrod upsn him last summer , Ilo30wntcKi6cs | not care to sunder the tics that blnJ him to the republican ship with "what might bo called" unseemly hasto. Lincoln Journal. THE Bun was opposed to railroad domination under any party name as well as to ImdlorlBin and the plllago of taxpayers by dishonest olllcluls lonp before - fore the populist party was thought of. It will not have to cut a cnblo to got loose from the ship manned by the monopoly crow. It never was attached to it. Its Ideal republicanism is em bedded in the cardinal principles of the party founded upon the corner stone of free speech , free press , free man and free soil. To that republicanism it will continue ) to adhere , como what may. WHEN the democratic party came Into power in the general government eight years ago it was filled with the spirit of investigation. Republican thievery and mismanagement were to bo exposed and the people were to bo shown how the corruptionists had fattened upon them The Investigations that were instituted disclosed the fact that the nfTulrs of the government had been administered hon estly and the investigators retired from their task disappointed and discomfited. That experience taught a useful lesson. There is no talk of investigating the re publican administration that is now drawing to a close. Jtocalllni ; n I'rocrdunt. Ulol > c-Dcmocrat , The only precedent fcr the course of Gov ernor Lowelllng Is to bo found in the order Issued by Jefferson Davis as secretary of war In 185(5 ( for the dispersing of frho free state legislature of the territory of Kansas. I'nrtlully I'urldccl. /Causa * Ctlu Times. South Dakota has taken a step toward Im proving her reputation by extending the res idence period for divorce proceeding from three to six mouths. The reputation of the state will continue bad as long us Dakota is known to all the world as the haven of mis matched couples. Cost of the KaniuH lit volution. Kansas City Star. Conservative estimates place the cost of mobilizing the militia of. Kansas at Topeka at about $13,000. That amount of money is something to a now state llko Kansas , but it is a very slight consideration , after all , in comparison with thq outlay of reputation which tho. Imbecile and unnecessary row at Topeka has involved. . * . A Great Opportunity Loit. - _ ; > Mlniieaplpla Titbune. If General Clarhsqn , Jmd only been well what an ideal commander of the republican forces in Kansas ho wouldhavo mac'o ! There would have been no compromise with Clark- son in command , but a fight , short , sharp and decisive. The general has been spoiling for a light for many moons and it is a great pity that illness prevented his participation inthoTopeka festivities I'rciicli Melodrama. Kcw 1'onft Tribune. The account of the mooting of the cld'er and the younger do 'Lesseps ' reads like a passngo from n French pluy. The son , ac companied by detectives , Is allowed to spend the day with the father. The detectives are introduced as intimate friends and are invited to remain and dine with the family. The old diplomatist. Ignorant alike of his own sentence and of his son's imprisonment , entertains his guests with a senile exhibition of his own credulity respecting the Panama project. Father and son embrace each other , and the detectives take back their prisoner to his cell. It is melodrama .with a tragio pathos of its own. AVlll Greihnm String the Ax ? Washington News. Judge Grcsham will not bo subject to the charge of partisan purposes if ho gives a thorough shaking up to the consular service. There are a great many barnacles who have fastened themselves upon the service , whom Mr. Bayard did not ilnd time to remove dur ing the first administration of Mr. Cleveland. A secretary of state and an assistant secre tary who will scan the lists of consuls with a view to weeding out the Incompetent , will do a practical service to the country. They ought to retain men of both parties who are capable , but they can make plenty of vacan cies for capable now men by dismissing the lazy , incompetent and inofllcicnt. Anil ThU In Kiime. Lalteicood Dttpcttch ( o , Globe-Democrat. Senator J. II. Berry of Arkansas did not como by appointment with Mr. Cleveland , and it is supuosed that ho came in the inter est of some candidate for the Department of Agriculture. At any rate ho seemed to bo much dlsttppolntcd when ho heard that Mr. Cleveland had announced his selection for that onico. In reply to the question , "Who is J. Ster ling Morton ? " Senator Berry said : "Why 'or he's very well known , " and was ready to chance the subject. "Where docs ho live ? " " 'or In Nebraska " "Why , replied Senator Berry triumphantly. "But where in Nobraskal" "Oh , in Lincoln or Omaha , I think. " "Hns ho over hold any ofllco ? " "Well , I think ho was in .tho legislature , but I am not sure ; and ho has been mentioned for governor. " And that is the mostdollnllo information that can bo obtained hero to- nlglit about the next secretary of agricul ture. I'ollllral Drifting. Klolirara I'lonetr. The tendency of the ago Is to work on now lines. Old political parties have drifted Into now channels and divided on now issues. Wo see what the war accomplished In sustain ing oa nowa party , Icjvyiflg the obligated or unprogrcssivo in the democratic ranks. The democracy fell until Cleveland twice lifted it from oblivion. In < 6n own state It has taken a now party , to 4caoh the old ones their duty. At Washington Judge Grcsham is asked to become Cleveland's secretary of state. At Lincoln tlul legislature asked Judge Allen to bocpmn Hhu senator of Ne braska. Both have iMcft on the Hold of battlu in the ropublicMy rty. But in consequence - sequence of the monopolistic tendencies of ' both the old parttos.Je ] ; > eh sccuroi for him self now nssociatosMtjfltli wldo apart in principle , yet near togotbor In practice. Now how ( jueor thft GAchanges seem at this time. Thirteen'trfTS ago the party represented by BlalniTjiChrilcld and Harri son Avas the hnlf-broodjparty against Grant's 800 , of which Conkiiugud Grcsham were members. That was W 0 talwart party. In our state politics wo"fiha Judge Allen sup porting two extremes In conventions two years apart : Leeso. an anti-monopolist , for attorney general ; Kiehards , a monopolist , for governor two yean otter. Following which wo Ilnd Judge Allen ranting on issues as wild us the worst anarchist really playing with subjects as a demagogue to catch the populist vote for judge. Ho It said to his credit , however , J.hat as a ] udgo ho aimed higher than us a politi cian nursing 11 prejudice. Now wo take him up and iniiko a statesman of hlmlnndoy giving him an opportunity to drift still larthur. perhaps , but not Into such unwise 'follies as his anarchical speeches led the foolish to follow and tumble ovur. Ho will attempt to reform some abuses , and doubt less will succeed What independent mind will not do new things and take now sldost Good mcu and bad men have douu nobloucts , WILLIAM V. ALLEN. SENATOR-ELECT FROM NEBRASKA not always with the same motive , but reach- inp the saino end. The ago Is dealing more with Issues than with political parties. As organizations thcso parties rlso and fall , and , while up ono year and down another , the tendency Is to place In the hands of the government men who nro willing to bravo those issuesngnlnst the dictates of corporations and machlno politicians. Judge Grcsham as President Cleveland's first cabinet ofllccr Is a bold stop for the president-elect to take , fighting the very faction of his party that demands patronage and works the wires , whllo it is no less a peculiar position for Judge Gresham. Yet It Is nothing short of brayc action in which the nation will bo benclltcd. In our own polit ical situation as n state , wo send Judge Allen to do nioro than Senator Paddock has done , because ho is better educated , is bolder in debate and is apparently frco from mercenary obligation. How long that will remain so time alouo will toll. Ho is human , ambitious , tenacious , determined and aggressive all leading to serious mistakes. AtiH Till ! OHAXIt AttMF. FUEMOXT , Neb , , Feb. 30. To the Editor ofTuEBEE : The very complete reports m TUB BSE of the Grand Army encampment held in this city last week have beeon favorably - , ably commented upon by the members of the Grand Army of the Republic In this city , and all are unanimous in saying that no other paper In the state has for years shown as much interest in Grand Army matters , But there were ono or two interesting fea tures In regard to the encampment which your correspondent failed to notice , or if ho noticed them , failed to comment 'upon. Ono of these'features ' was the extraordinary dn- terost taken In the encampment by the rail roads and the unwarranted and disgraceful Interference with the deliberations oftho organization by the railroad strikers. All of the well known railroad manipulators of the state were there and there were many now ones whoso faces are not so familiar to the public. Railroad passes were moro plentiful than they have been at any political convention or session of the legislature for years These passes were peddled In the most brazen and open manner , and DO delegate or hanger-on was compelled to pay his faro cither to or from Fremont. There were 710 votes cast for department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic , and 4'M votes cast for president of the iWoman's Relief corps. This made a grand total of 1,155 delegates to both encampments , and out of this largo number It is believed that now moro than 2 per cent paid their railroad fare , and of the small numberjwho idid pay their transportation to Fremont It Is certain that most of them took receipts nnd 'had ' their money refunded afterwards. In ad dition to all this , the rules of the encamp- portunity. These visitors were also sup plied with passes , thus swelling the grand number of passes over the various roads teat at least 1,500 , and many are of the opinion that even moro than that number were given out on account of the encampment. The query naturally arises , why Is It that the railroads deemed It necessary to inter fere iu the deliberations of the encampment to so great nn extent ? It cannot bo believed that the railroad managers were nctu-ued by sentiments of pure affection for the veterans of the stato. They evidently have some sinister motives in view which will naturally develop In the course of the next year. When will an end bo put to the unblushing effrontery with which the railroads of Ne braska seelc to interfere with the regular business of state institutions and societies ? Isn't it about time that the pass nuisance bo abated la the Interests of good government ? GUANO AUMV. XE1IH.1SKA AS1 > XEHH.ISK.IX3. York will proba'bly nave an uptown tele graph ofllco soon. Stanton county's fair will bo held at Stanton - ton , October a to 0. n A Custor county farm which sold n year ago for $1,800 changed hands last week for A sunstroke received last summer resulted In the death of John Uclanoy of Avcst Point last week. John A. Kohoo of Platte Center Is said to bo an active candidate for Internal revenue collector of Nebraska. It is said that a populist paper Is about to bo started at Wayno. There are only three other journals occupying the field. The revival now in progress at Callaway Is attracting such audiences that ono church will not held the crowds wishing to attend. Norfolk 1ms a chnnco to secure the location of a wind mill factory If her citizens will agitate the financial atmosphere just a llttlo 'bit. 'bit.As As the result of racing horses on frozen ground , young Leo Clanton of Shclton Is NATURAL FRUIT FLAJ/ORS. / Vanilla Of perfect purity- Lemon Of great ctrength- Orange Economy In their ma. rO3O , lc. Flavor as delicately and dellciouely M the fresh fruit bruised up all over , ono of his lunicldes Is broken and his head and face are skinned iin an artistic manner. Factory " ( SpnoroBlty. " A'nifoUt JVciM. It U rather anmsliiK ( hat th lamn woolc the > orfnll < ( Nub. ) News said ( hut tliu World- llurnld Riivi ) "thion chuors nnd n tlpor every tlmoan American factory , mill or nilno Mints down , " the Wnrld-lliiinld should print a four- column wrlto-up of Noi folk's licet suttar In dustry a urlii'-iiii unsolicited nnd unpaid for. World-Herald. "Unsolicited and unpaid for" sounds rich. When the World-Herald starts out as a philanthropist by donating its advertising space frco of charge It will then bo time to parade its alleged generosity in advertising Norfolk and rsorfolk enterprise. When white blackbirds como to stay , then , and not until then , will the World-Herald open up its advertising columns frco of cost. The trouble with the double- barrelled organ is that it is af fected with a oad case of the big head. Philadelphia Times : Ifvo conclude to Rob- bio up Hawaii lot the band pluy "The ICIngof the Cannibal Islands. " Somorvlllo Journal : "Vlrtun Is Its own re ward , " just as II always was , but the virtuous con 11 mm to expect cnUu. and plu , and pudding , In addition , just as they always did. IndlnnnpolU Journal : Watts However much you may object to Klckliam's npiralnt- mont , you cannot buy anything ngnlnst his capacity. 1'otts No , Indeed. lie can hold moro offices than any other man of his size I over Know. Washington Star : "What I don't like about your schools , " said the boy wlio bad boon wlilppod. "Is that they mil too much to phys ical cultuio. " "It shows nn do fnon of It < lut ronlar .artors nln't In It wld us pugilists ; .seo ? wo can BO on do slngo and net whunovor wo feel llko It. lint yousedon'tseo " nouclors goln' In do prize ring , doyor ? K Indianapolis Journal : "Have you heard ot Thompson's now vlicmu ? " " .Vo. Tell us of It. " "Ho tolls every woman of his acquaintance that she looks mostBracoful when standlngup. Natural result : Not ono of thum will take his soutln a car uhun he oirors It. " "You won't have the nnrvo to put up the price of Ice next summer , will you ? asked the plain citizen. "My frlund , " ropllud the Ice dealer , "If your lienrt bled as mint ; does for the poor men who hnvo to work on the Ice ponds whllo tlm mer cury Is about zero , you would feel Justified la gutting the highest price poislblo ns u recom pense for their sufToi Ings. " Sotncrvlllo Journal : In the production of electricity wo waste now iibout.08 per cent of the energy omoloyod , but the man who gets hold of a live wlro by mistake seldom , if over , thlnus of that. HITTINO THE NAIL ON THE HKAD. ClnihtcraiKl Fttrndhcr. Within the onico dim ho tolled , Each night so very Into , Ilo told his wlfo It put bis ncrrci In g.ulto u fearful ututu. - 'Tor money you'ro too nnxlous , donr , " HIiH said , "that's ono thine sure ; Ana If you keep on you will bavo To tiy that now gold euro. " It * mljthtliij ; HIToct Upon the ( Irntul Old I'nrtjr. Stlrw Citttt Ttmtt. The auiilkhu'y of John M. Thurston foi unllwl States senator nnd li ! < i nomination by the republican caucus will work morn Injury to the party In Nebraska than the olootlon of the boat republican In the slate could iiosslbly hare douolt good. U U only nn mldltlounl proof that now , ns from the beginning , iho neck of the party Is beneath the heel of the railroads , I his thing places honest re-publicans In n very unpleasant predicament They f.innot leave the party , nnd It Is vorv dls- tasteful to them to roiualn Iu U and submit to this odious domination. U Is about time tliov look the railroads by the nape of the iiiflt mill llred them out bodily. If the rail roads had good sense they would rtro thorn- selves out. The rani ; nnd Illo of thu party ulsh them no harm , the people of thu sinto wish them no harm nnd they might ilnd that they could best subserve tholr own interests by trusting those Interests , as regards legls. lation , in thu hands of the people , counsel ing with them as reasonable men rather than attempting to buy and bulldoze them. They may some tlmo kill iho goosu that lays the golden egg. Hot Springs , S. D. , Herald : lion , John M. I Illusion U a great stntcsmtu. And ho Is , withal , a great republican , for ho has said so himself ( | iilto recently. Ilo has necom- lillshcd a great work. Hy pondstcnt effort ho lias siuvocdcd In so i-oducin republican ranks that a icpnbllcan can only bo elected governor of Nebraska b.v aid of n railroad democrat us a running mate. The iio.dOO inaloiityof a few years ago Is gone , the legislature Is In the hands of tlm opposition , a populist elected United States senator and the remnant of republicans In the legislature so reduced In number and dcmorallred In principle tnnt Thurstou could be Its caucus nominee for United States senator. Truly John s'lould feel proud of the result of his labors. Hut the notable thing about It all is that the party leaden do not seem to have the least Idea of what Is the matter with republicanism In Ne braska. It Is apparent to every ono clsa that It Is r.tltroguclsm. John has uccu quito busy for a year or two explaining to the national committee what thu trouble is , but in all his explaining never turn-licit the leal cause. The people of Nebraska hnvo grown tired of n republicanism that simply exists as the guardian of railroad Interests administered on most Infamously corrupt basis of robbery and extortion. There will have to be u radical change on the part of the leaders If the republican party over again controls Nebraska , or Is worthy to control It. .V/ ; IMAK.1'A CAIHXICT Ol'l'WKtt. Plattsmouth Journal , ( dem. ) : As secretary of agriculture Mr. Morton can do moro for himself nnd his country than ho would have done had ho been made United States sena tor at this tlmo. IJlalr Courier , ( dem. ) : The Oakland Times says that "J. Sterling Morton is a h 1 of a democrat. " Allow us to remark that the Times is a h 1 of a paper. J. Sterling Mor- tou Is the Hlalno of Nebraska. Hastings Nebraskan ( rep. ) : The presi dent-elect could scarcely Ilnd a man bettor fitted for the position , or ono who could till it with a moro intelligent understanding of the position and the duties ho would bo called UIKHI to perform. Lincoln Journal , ( rep. ) : J. Sterling Morton was never a calamity howler. Ho never could abide calamity howlers In Nebraska , because having lived and farmed hero for forty years ho knows from observation and experience that It Is a good place for farmers. He is a good western man all through , nnd will stand up for Nebraska on all occasions. Norfolk News ( rep. ) : J. Sterling Morton , that intensely patriotic Nebraska democrat , has been tendered the secretaryship of agri culture by President Cleveland , and accepted the same. This recognition of Nebraska in the portfolio of the new nUiOinlstratlon is a compliment that the west will not bo slow to appreciate , and democrats and republicans alike will rcjoico that the choice has fallen upon the sago of Arbor Ijodgo. - * S11L1.KNIUM OI > E. Hat r < wi.ompoon. . The voice that through Ta-ra-rn's halls Hns boom-do-ayed so lo ng , Hns gene to sen wlioro Annlo culls , And Joined JlcUlnty's throng. There by u long lost cord they're bound , It pulled I'nt Unity's cart. In cradles of the deop-rocked sound , Asleep , .Mover to part. Only u pansy to bedeck Tlio graves all kept sca-iiroon , Where Wllllo wandors'mld the wreck , And thinks what might hnvo been. "What ! such a doom my song befalls ? 1 well bollovo it , for The volco that through Ta-ra-ra's hulls Now boom-do-ayos no moro. " eonitltutti family medi cine chtit. Sir fc UtaH. ache , Wtak Btomath , latt of A ? nttltr , trtn and Tain in Hit Stomach , \Mnctt,8it > rlltn < } aflfrmealiIHinnf , Ttrowilncju , Cald < 3illU. Flushing * o/ I lltat , ShorlnfJH of Hrealh , Oratlvrntu , Intoleha on Iht Hkln. DUturbtd Strep , lantt alt nervnu * and trrtnbllng irnia- itloM are rellmetl by tiling that IHIli [ Covered with a Taileleu and Safubla Coating j Ofalldrnzcioti Prlc * cent box. Niitr York Depot. 3 VI Cnnnl Ht. DOWNING , KIN ! gtf COL Lai-gelt Minufaoturora an 1 flat illori . ot UlotUliiK la Uu WorlU. , ' ? "Agin" annexation. He'd rather go it alone , so ho formed himself into a committee of one to kick J on the proceeding's. Looks as if the majority had a walk away all to themselves. Do they want a walk away ? That's the question. For our selves we are in favor of annexation ; there's sugar in it for us , so wo are going to annex the double store south of us , now occupied by Mrs. Benson. We're letting the prices way down for the next few days. Want to get everything out of the way of the workman. Good , all wool , men's suits , our own make for $8.50. Boys' suits $2.50. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Etoroopen Saturday ovary till ovonlnj 10 till 0.31 SW , Cor , 15th and Douglas St
