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THE OMAHA DAILY BBEt SATURDAY. MAY 13 , 1893.
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Avcrnjfo Clriiiiliitloii ( or April , 181)3 , 81,981.
JUST what several Nebraska tlomo-
crats think of President Cleveland would
not look well in print.
WAT.TKII UAMHOSCH recognizes mus
ical cult wliuu ho SCCH it. Ho skips Kan-
mis City in ortlor to bring his orchestrate
to Omalia.
IT WIM' now bo in ortlor for the in
dicted asylum boodlera to make a few
complaints about tbo "alar chamber
f procoodln H * ' of the grand jury.
AUDITOR MOOUK and State Treasurer
Hartley are in a position to inaugurate
a bear raid on the stuto printing trust
and squco/.o the water out of it.
GKNBUAI * VIKQUAIN has received his
commission as minister to Panama. IIo
was one of the lucky two or three to got
inside bcforo the bars were put up.
THE investigation of the nmnagoment
of the Iowa ponitontiavy at Fort Madison
1ms unearthed a mass of corruption as
unsavory as any that has over existed in
Nebraska.
, CARTKK HAUUISON'S original inven
tion of firing ollico seeker's whiskers to
rid himself of their presence may prove
jus effectual as the quarrantino ordered
'by President Cleveland.
THE eleven trust companies affected
by the bear raid , on Wall street last
week were capitalized for $240,000,000. , ,
The raid wrung $70,000,000 , worth of
water out of the stocks.
CLEVELAND'S bull excommunicating
the oflico fceokorj ) will be about as effect
ive as the pope's famous bull against the
iioraot. Neither the oflico hunter nor
the comet can bo restrained.
TriE villainous outrages of the white
caps in Kentucky suggests that the
reputation of that state might bo en
hanced by the presence of some Spartan
judge of Iho Mississippi typo.
THE drouth in England has now con-
tinucd for oi ht weeks and crops are
Buffering greatly. In the meantime the
recent rains in Nebraska have dis-
'countcd all prospects of a crop failure.
, THE explanation of the State Journal
that it was compelled to charge high
prices for state printing this year in
order to recoup itself for losses sus
tained two years ago is decidedly thin.
THE celestial inhabitants of San Fran-
c.lsco are not obeying the Geary exclu
sion act with any degree of alacrity. Ol
the 30,000 Chinamen living in the coast
juotrojiolis but r > 00 have complied with
the law by registering.
Now that the state has practically
made its case , the people of Nebraska
will wait with breathless interest for
the testimony which in to prove that the
impeached olUcials were deserving ol
the trust ana confidence reposed In
them.
IT WILL bo impossible to toll wliothoi
the democracy of Nebraska is for free
Kilvor until it can bo ascertained which
of the distinguished gentlemen now
clamoring at the gates around the
white house is the democratic party of
this state.
THE evidences of the greed and
rapacity of the concessionaires on the
World's ' fair ground is becoming moro
apparent every day. The fair di
rectory will attempt ; to stop the oxtor-
tloimto charges. Siioh action should
Jmvo been taken long ago in the inter-
twt of decency and gate receipts.
DUN reports business at Omaha as
good , whllo the clearing house state
ment compiled by / Y ( kmlV ( shows the
total for the week ending Thursday to
bo greater by JO.ti per cent than during
the corresponding period In 1892. Man
ifestly Omaha has not been udvoraul )
inlluoncod by the failures of the last few
days.
THE rcnv over the silver question at
the next mvsioii of congress will bo
worth going to Washington to see
President Cleveland has Hot his hearten
on the repeal of the Shurnmn act and ho
\vlll bo opposed by a largo contingent o
Ills own party. The free silver demo
crats claim to have a working inuloritv
It of thirty.
I ? A3 IP keeping ; pace with the attain
| fl ? jnent in sroedy railroad travel the no\\
Cunnrilor Cuinj-nniu has beaten the
I- } " record for the eastward pasi-ago across
I ; the Atlantic. In hnr race with the
h , Paris Bhu made it in five days , seven
| | , teen hours , forty-two minutes. The bos
I ? previous time was two hours mid.llfteoi
ininutos longer.
A'OT A VINDICATIVE.
The attorneys who are defending the
mpcachcd state officials were a little
dilatory In coming forward with the
) lca that their clients are not guilty
) t the charge of carelessness for the
reason that they were "vindicated" by
heir ro-elcction last fall. The friends
of good government have been expect-
ng a defense of this kind and they are
not at all likely to become panic stricken
low that it has been made.
The argument will go for llttlo , cither
vlth the court or with the people. The
re-election of the tin poached ofllcints
vas in no sense a vindication of
ho charges against them. In the
Irst phico no attempt had been made to
connect the members of the Hoard of
'ubllc Lands and Uiilldings with the
rauds committed against the state in
ho matter of furnishing supplies to the
nsano hospital. The frauds connected
with Iho construction of the cell house
uul not been hinted at. On the other
mud , n-j prominent a leader of the in
dependent party as Hon. William Lceso
, ook occasion , not only on the stump ,
jut in published interviews , to defend
the members of the board from any im-
ititort connection with the frauds.
The success of the republican ticket
n Nebraska last fall wa made possible
> y the influences which always surround
a state ticket in a presidential year , by
an excellent state and local organization ,
> y the partial disintegration of the in
dependent party and demoralization in
ho democratic ranks. The names of
the impeached officials neither weakened
nor strengthened the ticket as far as the
charges now brought against them are
concerned.
It is a little late in the day to cite the
vote cast ut last yeav's election in sock
ing an expression of public opinion re
specting the suspended state ofllcials.
The voters of Nebraska spoke through
their representatives in the legislature
less than thirty days ago. It was the
force of popular condemnation that in
duced the legislature to Impeach the
men who are now on trial.
If the accused olllclals are so confident
of the "vindication of public approval"
lot them resign if they should bo ac
quitted and then come before the people
ple of the state again this fall for re
election.
1JIK LKAfiUR COXVKXTIOX.
The convention of the National Re
publican leagno at Louisville was fairly
well attended by delegates from the
clubs composing the league , but the con
vention was rendered loss significant and
impressive than was hoped for by the
fact that no prominent party leader was
in attendance. Those who were an
nounced to bo present and address the
league did not go , and most of them
sent no word to indicate that they felt
any interest in this first important gath
ering of republicans since the last provi
dential election. It would undoubtedly bo
most unjust to these leaders to assume
that they were indifferent or that they
are not most earnestly concerned for the
future welfare of the party. Doubtless
all of them could give , if required , en
tirely t-al isfactory reasons for ubjenting
themselves from this meeting of the
league and omitting to send any word of
counsel and encouragment. Each may
have concluded that in view of the
probability of a number of other leaders
being in attendance his pre&enco would
bo unnoccs.-iurj. But whatever may ba
the explanation of their absence and
their apparent lack of interest , it is cer
tain that the fact will bo used by the
opposition to the republican party as
an evidence of apathy and want
of confidence on tbo part ot these lead
ers , and it is to bo apprehended not
without effect. The opportunity to make
a brave and earnest appeal to the rank
and file of the republican party that
might have had a vitalizing and invig-
oraUng influence has been lost , and it is
possible that the leaders who failed to
improve this opportunity may sooner or
later discover that they made a mistake.
At any rate the foes of the republican
parly will not ignore the circumstance
nor fail to give it a significance advan-
tagc'nis to themselves.
The resolutions , adopted by the league
convention are in the main unobjection
able. It was well to express sympathy
with the interests of the wajfo earners ,
and a system of arbitration for the ad
justment of differences batwoon capital
and labm1 is t J bo desired if it iia practi
cable. AH to secret ballot lawn they
exist in most of the states and are ap
proved by men of all partio.J who doslro
elections that will express the will of
the people. A number of the states also
have lawrf to prevent corrupt practice. !
at elections and such legislation shouli
become general. The demand for the
abolition of Pinkortonirtin is t <
bo heartily common-led and equallj
sound is the demand for the sup-
proiislon of gambling in food prod
ucts. The unqualified oirJorjomont of
the foreign pulley of the hut adminis
tratlon will int ba approve. ! by all re
publicans , HJino of whom baliovo that a
mibtako wa < i made in the llavvailan mat-
tor. As tj the Mjnrou djetrino every
patriotic American olti-wu who under
stands the true meaning of that doctrine
believes that it ought t3 bjulhorel to
and enforced , but this does n > t require
that the government of thj Unite : !
States shall assume control of or annex
territory distant thousands of miles from
its b > undarios. The policy of preventing
European nations from imposing their
political systems upon independent coun
tries In this hemisphere , which in what
the Monroe dootrino signifies , does not
imply that it is ( ho right or the duty of
this government to Incorporate othoi
coun tried , under whatever clrcum
stances the opportunity to do so may ba
offered. No fair construction of this
doctrine can make it justify the course
of the last administration regarding Ha
wail. Inollglblllty of the president to i
second successive term and woman suf
frage are unimportant ; n question ? of
party polioy.
The league could have very greatly
strengthened its declaration of princi
ples by a vigorous denunciation of the
trusts and ano arnest demand for the en
forcement of the law njjalint those com
binations. Sympathy with the wage
earners can in no way bo shown with
greater bunollt to this clu d of the poo-
ulo than in destroying the monopolies
which check : production and arbitrarily
advauoo prices , uud there is UOBUIOI
way for the republican party to rehabil
itate itaolf In tlio popular confidence-
than by addressing Itself honestly to this
task. The declaration of principles
would have been further strengthened
by soimj expression 'that would have
shown a recognition of Uio danger to the
public interests in the growing power
of the railroad corporations and the dis
position they everywhere manifest to
disregard and defy the laws , national
and state. The omission of any direct
efcronco to those most important con-
litions , which affect every material in-
crest of the people and menace our po-
itical system of government , deprives
ho league canvcntloiOs enunciation of
irlnclplos of what would have given it
orco and influence with the masses of
the people and leaves it open to the
criticism of being little "more than a
wrfunotory declaration sincere , doubt-
ess , as far as it goes , but falling far
short of what is needed to enable tlio re-
jubllcan party to recover what has been
ost. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK .1/IWCM77.VB UUTR.UIK.
The outrage at Muscatino which re
sulted in the destruction of the residences
of three prominent citizens , and which
jeopardized the lives of fifteen women
ind children , is unparalleled in the his
tory of the state of Iowa and merits the
severest condemnation of all friends of
Humanity. The circumstances surround
ing the deplorable affair leave little
doubt that it was deliberately planned
and executed by an organized band of
wretches actuated by an atrocious
malignancy unconceivable in this
ago of enlightenment. The entire
country will applaud the prompt meas
ures taken by the authorities of Musca
tine to ferret out the perpetrators of the
crime , and justice should not relax an
effort until the guilty parties are pun
ished by the heaviest penalty fixed by
law.
law.Tho
The responsibility for the outrage has ,
in the first outburst of indignation , been
placed upon the saloon men. The three
men whoso homes were wrecked and
whoso families were attacked had been
prominently identified with the efforts
to enforce the prohibition laws. They
had commenced action in the district
court against the thirty-eight saloons of
Muscatine and had succeeded only the
day before in closing up six of them.
It is just such outrages as tho.so that
interfere with tlio success of the efforts
now being made by the business interests
of Iowa to wipe the obnoxious prohibi
tion laws from tlio statute books.
Whether the saloon men are actually
responsible for the outrage or not , the
fact remains that the friends of prohibi
tion have been materially assisted by
the news of the affair. If the saloon
men are guilty they should bo punished
as severely as the law allows and others
of their class should be made to feel that
the business men of Iowa are not light
ing prohibition in the personal Interests
of saloon keepers , but in the interests of
the prosperity of the state.
CAPTAIN DAN MAHHATTA , United
States marshal for the territory of Da
kota during President Cleveland's first
administration , does not seem to farewell
well in his political expectations. Dis
appointed in his ambition successively
to bo marshal for North Dakota , com
missioner of Indian affairs , or to have
charge of the land ollico , ho still
lingers at the national capital in a
Micawbor attitude. Now ho is an as
pirant for the collcctorshlp of the in
ternal revenue district of North and
and South Dakota and Nebraska. In
lieu of this ho would bo satisfied with a
lucrative foreign mission. But the fact
appears to bo that notwithstanding all
his excellent papers and endorsements ,
and his prominence as a former demo
cratic candidate for congress , the presi
dent has beojino annoyed at his per
sistent hanging about Washington. The
likelihood is , therefore , that the genial
captain will return to the banana bell
of his native state an exceedingly disap
pointed gentleman.
THE determination of the administra >
lion to appoint army officers as Indian
agents in lieu of the sixty or more civil
ians hitherto occupying these positions ,
will prove a sere disappointment to the
spoilsmen. But there is one phico loft
at these agencies that these follows will
try to work for all there is In it. Indian
leaderships are not government appoint
ments. Before a trader can do business ,
however , ho must first procure a license
from the Indian bureau , and there are ,
sometimes , several traders at the same
agency. Now the scheme is to induce
the commissioner of Indian affairs to
allow only one man a tradorship at each
agency. Influence has already boon
brought upon him to adopt this system
and some plausible arguments have been
submitted in its favor. But it is hardly
probable that Commissioner Browning
can bo brought to countenance this style
of potty monopoly.
THE statement that A. L. Now Is to 1)3
collector of internal rovoiiuo for tlio dis
trict of Colorado and Wyoming , John
Charles Thompson surveyor general of
Wyoming and John Carroll receiver o
the Cheyenne land ollico has raised i
royal American kick among the rank
and Illo of the Wyoming democracy. It
is true this apportionment of folocal
patronage has ml yet , as far as publicly
known , received the olllelal ondorsomunt
of Prealdont Cleveland , but all the
same the knowledge of the combination
of the quartet , u miplotod by the addi
tion of the name of Senator Bjokwlth ,
to control the government olHuos of the
state and p.-uvido thum elms with the
host places , 1ms produced pandemonium
among the upolls-sooking element of the
community.
TUB Now York Time * comments or
the new rule adopted by the superintendent
tendent of insurance of the state o
Kansas respecting foreign insurance
companies. The rule prevents any com
puny doing business In that state unless
it shall agree not to remove to the federal
oral courts any action against it in the
state courts , "tinlojj upon application
good and tmtllclent reasons can bo shown
for such removal to the federal courts,1
It Is uj.ight by this moans to p.-oren !
the reported practice of foreign insurance
anco companies resorting to dilatory
and costly proceedings iu the fedora
courts to force policy holders to ucccp
loss than tholr cnultablo duo. Whether
this i-ulo , Bays ] ! ( nt jrnpor , "Is just and
oxpodlcnldepotidh upon whether , ns a
matter of faetjHljb Kansas state courts
cart bo rolled on.to deal with this class
of cases fairly" . "If not the state will
suffer by the rityltygfor sonntl companies
will withdraw and tholr business will
bo taken by tlUJJio who can afford to
make moro ijaj'lorlnp ' terms because
they do not intcrid to fulfil tholr con
tracts. " l > < 1. ! _ _ _ _ _
UTltlllt / , ; } ! ? / > * Til A ft OVItti.
Prussia holds 'SsH out of the 397 seats in
the Uolchstae. Us political power hns
always oxclleJ Iho jealousy of UaMi-ia and
other Gorman stales ; and ibis foaling was
never slrongcr than It Is now , when public
opinion is massed in the southern stales
against the policy of Prussianizing Germany
nml depriving once autonomous kingdoms
nml duchies of their Independence. A can
vass In which sectional Issues will play an
Important part will bo fraught with evil for
nulled Germany. Hut lhat Is not the chief
source of danger. With Increased density of
population the number of urban dlslHols.onco
small in comparison with the districts with
out largo towns , Is constantly rising ; and
iu these strongholds of the working people
socialism has become a political gospel of
irresistible power. It Is uot Improbable thai
Iho government will have to face n group of
fifty social democrats In the next Reichstag ;
and with the increased prestige from a great
victory in the main' centers of population
this party of agltallon ami social discontent
will bo organized for moro effective cam
paigning in the future. With the victorious
liberalism of 18T1 a discredited cause in 181)3 ) ,
nnd with socialism looming up as the main
political force of Protestant Germany In tbo
next generation , there Is abundant evidence
that old things have passed away. Perhaps
the newest nnd most perplexing thing In Old
EuropeIs Germany , with a mysterious
leaven working in it and leavening Iho whole
lump.
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The lalcst incident ! ! ! connection with the
Itsputo between Sweden and Norway is a
proposal to refer tno case to the arbitration
of a commission , Ihe members of which are
to bo nominated by the presidents of the
United States , France and Switzerland , and
liy the German cmporor and the queen of
England. The project Is of Norwegian
origin , nnd It remains lo bo seen whether
ICing Oscar will regard it us consistent with
bis dignity ns monarch of the two countries
to call upon foreign powers to determine n
question which ho as sovereign might Justly
claim alone to bo entitled to decide. Yet
we-e lie to conscnl lo Ihc proposal ho would
find In U means of cscapo from one of
Iho most embarrassing ( situations which
ruler , hitherto renowned for his con
scientious compliance with the terms of the
constitutions of his two kingdoms , has over
been called upon to face. As the mailer
slands now , ho ha b.oen forced oy the resig
nation of tbo Steen or radical cabinet , and
by its refusal to Omllinue to administer the
government of Norway , to coutldo tbo con
duct of the affnirp of thai nation to a minis
try formed by ihe'c'tiuscrv.illve leader Slang.
The latter , howoror , enjoys the support of
only a small minority of the Norwegian
legislature , and'- has tenure of power is
therefore unconstittition.nl. But King Oscar
"
had no alternative. The radical ministers
refused to reinain'in > power , the constitution
docs not provide fjjf'a ' dissolution of Parlia
ment or for an appeal to the country unlil
Ihe Legislature HUB completed its full term
of existence it. lia's still two years to run
and the land conlrt'n'ot.bo'loft withoul a gov
ernment. \ T
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M. Stambulofl has been talking pretty
freely in Vienna about the chances of Bul
garia in Iho evcut'of a Russian advance. In
a published interview ho said that ho did
not think it likely thai the Russians would
go through the Dobrudscha , which would in
any case- require 400,000 men , one-half of
whom they would ho obliged to leave in that
country to secure their line of communica
tions , but thai any attack must bo from the
Black sea , when he thinks that England
would Intervene at once , and that , oven if
she did not , the Porte itself would side with
Bulgaria , as of course the Russian invasion
would bo made with a view to the conquest
of Constantinople. Me declared that If the
worst came to the worst , tbo Bulgarians
themselves would tight tlio Russians
single handed with 200,000 of tbo best
available troops , \vell armed , well equipped
and ready to die for their country. "Nothing
is more dangerous in politics than ignor
ance , " ho said , "and Russia is thoroughly
misinformed us to the spirit of our people.
The Russian government has been told by
its agents that it would only bo necessary
for a detachment of Cossacks to land at
Burgas or Varna in order lo provoke a rising
in favor of Russia , and lo bring about the
deposition of thu priuco and the hanging of
nil his ministers. This is , however , a gross
misrepresentation. II is Iho Cossacks and
their leaders whom the people would hang if
they ventured to sot foot in the principality.
Ills a mistake to imagine lhat our army lost
anything by the departure of the Russian
olllccrs. Wo should probably not have been
so successful In the Servian camp.iign if it
had taken place under their command. "
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The dofcal of Iho army bill in Germany
was a clear expression of popular opinion
against any further extension of the policy
of militarism which has proved such a drag
upon the financial prosperity of thu German
empire. In Italy the same sentiment iu op
position to thu enormous expenditures of
the army and navy has been noted. In
Austria the present "peace foaling , " so
costly and onerous to taxpayers , has only
been maintained because of the insistence of
Germany. In Franco the cost of military
operations in Africa ana naval expeditions
in Asia has not boon mot withoul a murmur.
In Ihu Balkan state only the fear of a possi
ble although needless w.ir serves to convince
taxpayers of the necessity of the present
scale of mllita-y akpenditura. Thu presence
of British troops iulgypl is sllll a causa of
dissatisfaction nmontf other European na
tions. In Russia tliu burden of military ex
penditure , including Iho amounts spent in
construction of strategic railways , boars se
verely upon the Impoyorishod peasants. The
action of thu Gorman Reichstag In refusing
to pass thu army l/jll. / has served to direct
anew thuattcntloh.f . European people la
the enormous cost vih'lch is annually entailed
by tlio present otTohU t ° insure the "peace
ot Europe , " ' $ * *
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There has beep jiix'iuch dry spring In Eng <
land us the pre3en"tf for the past thirty-five
years at all events , "This fact is proved fullj
by the figures of Mr. Symons , a prominenl
meteorologist. It appears from this authority
that in the neighborhood of I ndon , u |
to thu 17th of April , tbcro was an absolute
drouth for twenty-nine days. Then then
was an Insignificant shower , and after
this another dry period sot In , and a
tbo date of Mr. Symons1 report then
had been sixty days of uninterrupted
flue weather , except for two or throi
hours of light rains. The Iwonly-nlno days
absolute drouth was thu longest slnca IH..T
Khico then there have boon eleven Isdtunce !
of three weeks' absolutedrouih , but only one
case of four weeks. That siugli instance
was noted In what Is usually a dry season o
Iho year namely from the Otti of August l <
the Mb of September , 1830 and was shorUM
by n day than Iho one which occurred thi :
spring. As far , therefore , ns Mr. Hymens'
record Is conremtM , the present drouth 1ms
had no equal , As a natural con sequence of
tliU unwonted supply of sunshine , nil vege
tation nnd foliueo arc four or live weeks
ahead of their regular tlmo , but the farmers
are gloomy over the outlook for their grain
and li.iy crops ;
II. ml Thing to Do ,
1'rof. Wlsglns , the Canadian weather
prophet , declares that ho has solved the
jiroolcln of squaring tlio circle. Ho should
ilrst solve the problem of squaring himself.
Ui-udimlly Hut Surply.
CMraan Trttnuit.
Gradually but surely the railway companies
are learning that If they do not put down
their rates of faro to Chicago the people out
west will not put up their money to como
hero.
Will I'ruvn n I.lvnl.v C'orpio.
/uin.vw Cttu Jour-tint.
Democrats who are facetiously refei-rim ?
to tlio txjulsvllle convention ns a "republican
waUo" will find In duo time that republicans
are much too wldo-awako for dtiuoeratlo
comfort.
lorry Antnnlljr Sliorkcil.
M. J.oilfs HfpuMff.
.Terry Simpson Is much shocked at the
turpitude of certain Kansas spoilsmen. And
there are some who think that it takes a
peed deal of certain kinds of turpitude to
shock Jerry.
llnr Thorn front I IKTrough. .
The Nebraskan believes that the state
should pay u fair price for Its printing but
believes tlio state printing board should shut
out the competitors of hogging propensities
altogether In awarding the contract.
Now Joniiulcm Hooni Nrctlod ,
F/eimmt Flail.
It is claimed tnat the old city of Jerusalem
is now experiencing n grand boom and that
town lots lire rapidly on the "raise. " Hut
what concerns the people of this mundane
sphere far moro Is a boom for Iho Now Jeru
salem. If the people were ns anxious to
secure choice locations in the "Celestial
City" as they are to procure desirable corner
lots In terrestlal cities the hosts of heaven
would tune anew Iheir golden harps and Iho
sons of God would shout for joy.
I'KUSOXALITIKS.
The late duke of Sutherland made and
signed ninety-two wills.
The now Corean minister's ofllcial family
will include Yi Ilium , Chick and Chang Bong
Whang.
The golden wedding of the grand duke and
grand duchess of Mecklenburg Strclltz is to
bo celebrated at ICuw on Juno -S.
Tbo Athenicuni , a leading London literary
journal , recently made reference to "Parra-
gut , the great confederate general. "
William W. Thomas , who died in Elizabeth ,
N. .1. , last wock , was thu only survivor of
Now York's uolcitation in the convention
that nominated William Henry Harrison for
the presidency.
Charles Stewart Smith , who has jus't been
unanimously re-ulccted prcnident of the New
York Chamber of Commerce for the seventh
time , is expected to return home in .lune
next from an extended tour around the
world.
Mrs. John Taylor of Cleveland , O. , whoso
husband was at the head of one of the
largest dry goods .houses in the city , has inherited -
horitod his fortune and now carries on the
business in his stead , giving It her personal
supervision.
Some of the wealthy American women
who are now Londoners have in hand a pro
ject to endow in perpetuity a cot in the Vic
toria hospital in memory of young Abraham
Lincoln , whose death , following a painful
Illness , occurred during his father's resi
dence in London.
Mrs. J. B. Hairgin owns the flticst , ruby in
this country. It formerly belonged to Lola
Montez and was given to her by King Louis
of Havai-ia. When Ibo Mouloz effects were
sold in California about forty years ago Mrs.
Magpin secured this ruby , for which she
paid $1,000. It is worth today ten limes that
sum.
sum.Patriotic
Patriotic Tcnnessecans , inspired by Gen
eral Tom Clcburno of Nashville , are en
deavoring to raise a fund of $1,01)0 to cancel
a mortgage of lhat amount on the lute Gen
eral Kirby Smith's homestead at Sewaneo.
General Smith was not oven well-to-do
financially , and his estate is barely sutllcicnt
to support ills family.
The archbishop of Canlerhury receives a
salary of $75,000 a year. Next to the queen
bo occupies the position of the head of the
church. Tlio archbishop of Yorlc and the
bishop of London receive $ . " > 0,000 each ; tlio
bishop of Durham receives $15.000 and the
bishop of Winchester nearly as much , and
other salaries of the episcopal body range
from # 10,000 to $ > r. , < x ) : ) .
At an evening party it was remarked that
nobody could draw two things at once. Sir
Edwin Luudsecr replied that ho thought he
could , and , taking a pencil in cuch baud , ho
drew simultaneously and without hesitation
with the right hand the profile of a stag's
head and nil its antlers complete , and with
the loft hand a lovely horse's head. The acts
of draughtiiianship were strictly simul
taneous and not alternate , and the drawing
by the left hand was ns good as that by the
right.
Kcic Yuri : Atlvrrttstr.
Tlirou-flngcrrd Hilly
I his " ( inn to rest.
Thmu-li all Ills llfo
IIo ilono Ills lies I ,
Hut ut tliu Iii-a
IIo lint Ills grip ,
IIo IISIM ! to bold
"rill-mnmliliic'd rip ,
llut Mtmi'liow Hilly
Loil hlsKiiml ,
Jest imchorally
Tliruw up Ills hand ,
Andcro-.sud lint Ituuga
To Ilullali-Iaiid.
What nmdo him do it ?
1 cannot 'iy
FlMt Oil' It WHS
I'licu-ino-nl-a ;
Hul tluit don't suem
No reason why
Ilu should rcniiirk ,
"I'm glad to Ulo.1'
Somewhat- 'nothor
1'vo liporil II sod ,
Nnvuispniilc imtliln'
llutKood of thuilt'd ,
Thatr-ur.S'j U right ,
And I'll pursue It
Kvon If 1 luivo
To IIo to do It.
Therefore I Impn
Vou will not. laugh ,
ForthlslsllUly's
Kl'-l-TAI'H !
Tlireo-Hnsurod IHIIy
I. Irs ui rest ;
Of allKood men
Ho wus tliu host
llo'sgone lo heaven.
lly ri'iiuijst
I wrlto tills iipUaph for him.
Yours rospi-clfully , HllcU .Mm ,
of cod-liver
oil its use
was limited
those far
advanced in consumption.
Science soon discovered in
it the prevention and cure of
consumption.
of cod-liver oil with Hypo-
phosphites of lime and soda
has rendered the oil more
effective , easy of digestion
and pleasant to the taste.
Jlon , N.V. AlldrurcitU.
urn tninr rjKir.i o.v
WMioo Now Krn : The Impeached sUtn
oniclnls have opened headnnarters at the
Lincoln hotel , where they consult , console
nml dollboralo. It should be labeled "booil-
Icrs' rest. "
Nebraska City Press ! It Is fortunate for
the republican party that the impeachment
proceedings will not bo blocked for want of
money. Such a pretext for delay might
prove highly detrimental to the party nnd
leave the cloud of guilt where It rests now ,
to be a phantom of terror in other cam
paigns.
Wlusido Watchman : The impeachment
trial is still In progress nnd each d.iv brings
forth n moro rotten state of affairs than the
day bcforo. That such a wholesale steal
could have been carried on for so long seems
almost Impossible and If some of the 1m-
pcachcJ otllciAls do not servo a term la Ihe
pen It will certainly not bo because they do
not merit it.
Schuylor Herald : The impeachment pro
ceedings at Lincoln are going merrily on.
Those who stated a short lima airo that no
good. would bo accomplished are beginning
to wish they bad kept < utlot. The olllclals
that nro being tried , as well ns snnio that
nro not , are getting very uneasy. And well
enough they might , for already enough hns
been brought to light to show that a
wretched state of affairs has existed at the
slalo capilnl for many years ,
Doiliro County Trader : The trial of the
members of the State Hoard of Public Lands
nnd liulldlngs is bringing out some damag
ing testimony. The penitentiary crowd Is a
iwwerfiil Influence iu Lincoln Mud have con
trolled the stale legislation a long lime with
the assislanco of Iho B. & M. cappers , nnd
they make Ihcir power felt during this trial
In all places. Against thU Influence the
prosecution has had to contend , bnl they nro
hrlnging out very positive testimony , and It
would seem to the Loader that the board
cannot cscapo impeachment.
Tokamah Durionlau : The impeachment
trial of the cx-stato ofllccrs has begun In
earnest nnd the llurlouian hopes It will bo
honestly , wisely and thoroughly conducted
to the bitter end. All honor toTnr. OMAII.V
Ur.K for starting the ball to rolling. This
paper believes thai Iho stale has been
systematically robbed for years by the gang
thai have lived vullure like upon the spoils
of the Nebraska state house. While Iho
llurtouian is thoroughly republican iu nil
things with no side issues , it will not uphold
fraud in any form within Its folds and for
ever will contend for thu honor , Integrity
nnd faithfulness of the body politic.
In our fair state. If any olllclal or
his dupe has failed to do his duly
or by his neglccl In looking after
the interest of the slate -which he swore to
protect when taking the oath of ollico has
allowed the stale to suiTcr , no matter what
his party aflllla lions may be , lei him suffer
the Just and woeful consequences of his in
discretion. The republican party of Ne
braska is not dead by any means , reports to
the contrary notwithstanding , and when rid
of the leeches that are liable to Jltul their
way into any organization , then , and not lill
Ihon , will the party rise to her former prcs-
tlco for good and which is slill her privilege.
The Hurtoulan has a high regard for Iho tn-
Iclllgcnco and nonparlisanahip of the supreme
premo court and will abide by the decision
of that august body , fully believing that no
guilty man will escape.
Platlsmoulh Herald : The misappropria
tion of public monov by unscrupulous state
olllcials is ono of tbo basest crimes with
which the criminal coJo and the courts
of Justice have to deal. Mon
who are elected to these posts
of honor have posed as honorable ,
upright men , and the public , who see noth
ing but the honest exterior , must count
them us such , or they would never succeed
to such ) Ksitious by the popular vote of
their neighbors and friends. After they
have been elected to these ofllees , no mailer
by which parly. Ihe people , believing they
have choseu good men , pay litlle or uo al-
tcntion lo them. and. consequently , are en
tirely at their mercy ; if they discharge
their duties faithfully , all well nnd good , but
should they form rings for the purpose of
systematically robbing tbo state treasury ,
then the people have no other resource than
the criminal laws of the state governing
such things , which , in our estimation ,
are much to blame ; consequently , they
must resort to this mode of protect
ing their interests. Dishonesty of pub
lic officials is far too frequent for the
moral as well as the financial good of the
public , and should bo classed with the hich-
way robber , onlv thu punishment should bo
more severe. The old-fashioned stage coach
brigands are tbo more honorable of the two ,
for the simple reason thai they make bold
dashes to secure their booty , while in the
other case it is a slow but systematic.
draiuago of the public money by un
scrupulous confidence men who ought , by
monil righls , to have been bohiml the prison
bars bcforo they were ever elected lo office.
The simple accusalion docs not harm any
man's character , but if ho bo proven puilty
then let him suffer the consequences of his
iniquity. _
religion 1'ollcy of thu Ail nlniscratloii.
CMcagi Inter Oocitii.
The pension policy of the administration
seems to bo lo evade Iho execution of laws
legally enacted , and to send veteran pen
sioners to death under a cowardly spy sys
tem that would disgrace any civili/.ca nation
upon tbo globe. Every spy turned loose will
try to earn his salary , and lylmt will bo the
cheapest asset of the democratic party.
Nittlniml Hunk * .
Ut. Ismts Ululie-Onnnfrat.
Ofllcl.il figures show that 120 new national
banks were established in the past twelve
months , nml , ns bus been the case m all re
cent years , the west and the south secured
most of them. The democratic and populist
congressmen from these sections have boon
contending thai ono of the great harriers to
the country's prasp rlty ia the Rational
banking s\ stem , and that they have been
working night nnd dny to kill It. Their col
stltupnu , however , ximlorsUnd IhostlViiitltJ
bettor. They wnnt the system to llvt . nn
desire that means bo ndoptod to make ltp <
manont.
: "Why did slin inixrry that el
man ) "
"II lo remomliorcd her birthday nnd thren
cncd to lull when II was. "
Chlenco InterOornn : "Ml * * Cnrson hm
wonderful memory for faros , no matter luj
long sinoo tihe Immoen them.1
"How do you know ? "
" 1vns 1 with her yesterday shopping , nml sll
reco nl .ed thoemu t'oy when hu brought hi ]
ImlliinnpoU * Journnli "Wo nln't no Colut/S /
Inan robbers lierc/'hutd the country iMullon ]
eheorfully. "Vou ain't charged no HI con ]
for the UHII of n plain In this house. " _
The drummer tiaued nway sit his fried stoil
for two or thtvo minutes In Mlenoo. Then IJ
Hpakc. Said he : "Mubbn you don't clmrpc. fil
Ihemuof yourplutes , but I don't think nnl
man would hu justified In klcklmt U ynl
cliiirKt'il him for the wear and tear of youl
knives. " i
Indluiiiipoll.s Journal ! "Thero Is wan thlnl
01 nm tlmnlUnl for , " said Mr. tlroRnn ; " ( .I
won't liuvo UMMir-r-k for u llvln' ( win Ol'lj
dead. "
l > otroll Krco Prcw > : Jo s I tmdorstnnfl
cigarettes bnve nlTei'liMl llllllklnV biiiln , 1
lloss- that , so ? Then they inusl hiivo lm |
a search \\urrant ,
Chicago Tribune : "If I mluht venture.sail
thu guest , Iu low tone , us the ilUnllleil walt < f
assisted him In thnnmtlur of putt I UK on hlf
ovi-rcoal , "to give you a tip "
"Yes , sir , " Mild thu waller , rolaxlns couslil
cralily. I.
" 1 should ndvtso you lo try earnestly tl
break yourself of the linblt of HiiRerltig youl
mustaehii In nsuvere , abstracted manner \vhll |
you aii ; Inklnga dlnnurordur. .My hut , pleas
Thanks. "
Itrooklyn Times : fholly 1 Just bad somtJ
thing Ihihli across my brain.
llortenso. What was M _
( 'holly1 don't know. I mivcr evportoncoil
anvtlilnj ; like It before ,
llortenso Put Imps U was a thought.
Puck ! The Dimilly Parallol-Uallnmd trackul
when you'ru fool enough to walk on thorn.
Chicago Kecord : "How do you know ho's
millionaire'/ "
"Saw hlmnattng.i lunch with bis family t
the. World's fulr. "
"SI III , ho might bo only inoilcr.iloly rich. "
"Not much. I .saw him go then ) nguln Hid
next day. "
I Puck : An Overdeveloped Negative llopol
A mini will say thtit you are out of youn
depth ; you nro only out of his.
Washington Star : "Mike , " said ono triinilj
to another , "theoman that lives In thaa
house hut just linked a plo an'Mil It on tlu |
window .shelf. "
" ' ' , It ? "
"Hadn't wo better go un'ent
"I linn'l know. .MayIns that's whutsho putt \
there for. "
Arknnsaw Traveler : I'hlcugo thuss coini
plain lhat country visitors uro leuving tluslr
viiliiiibles lit bomn. Nothlnz worth takln- ; |
aftur paying for a "lunch" ut the fair.
Yankee libido : Sltistapha llun All-Miiloy. |
did you liny thai beautiful slave who .so took !
mv nival fancy Ihe other day. I
The " lord High Tivusurur Defender of the ]
faithful , II. Is Impo-i-dhli. ) ! Thu dog whoownsj
lier iviints 10,000 piastres. i
M. It. A. ( sudlyi-Ves , Mulcy , she conius highI
but 1 Mustuplui.
Puck ; .luck Vi'hern's Sam ? .
Tom Hi ) proposed four times to Miss Mnll-l
ton Inst night. Shercfmeil him , nml he loftl
town on the mtdnlKht. train. I
.luck--Doyou think hi ) Is going away on al
trip ? Did ho have u bug wllh him ? 1
Tom Yos. Two of thorn. Unuon each unco.I
Dotrolt 1'rce Press : JmlcoVou wt > n > bufotol
moilrunk KX ! months ago and promised moJ
that when you not bobur you would nuverl
touch nnothnr drop. I
llrlsoncr Thus yiho reason Judge , I hiiln'l got |
hhobcryut.
Indianapolis Journal : Mlnnlo You , she said I
you worn too utility to cnturtuln oven an Idnu.
Manila Anil what did you say to Unit ? 1
Minnie 1 lold her that It would not bo stln- j
Rlness thill would provenl you from ofTerlni ; 1
ontertalnmunt to an Idea , hut the fact Unit you J
had nuveryot be.cn InlroilncuU to one.
Dotrolt Trllmno ; lloo/.y Traveler How far I
K II from huro to.ho dopotV
Citizen About IIvo mfniUtis walk.
"Flvo mliiilius' walk for you or for mo ? "
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Purty Near Finished
We've been tied up this spring1 with our new
annex , but it's nearly finished
now. We've nothing- com
plain of , however , for you
know we're like the follow
who said he could lick them
all with both hands tied behind -
hind his back. But look out
when wo do cut loose , which
will bo very soon now. When
it's all done up in good shape we're goingto have
one of the grandest clothing- house opening1 sever
soon outside of New York. Watch out for it. The
unusual skill which our tailors have applied to our
suits this season , and the excellent quality of the
cloth and trimmings , give us an advantage over
other dealers that wearers of our goods are quick
to see.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
jrenr r.ln3tllHW , . j S , W , COF , 16th dUd DOllglaS StS