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A\crnin Circulation lor Juno , IHIIM , 94,810
EAST bound tourist niloa from Colorado
rado Boom to liavo gotio down to bed
rock.
IT is only a question of time when the
city hnll ia to bo finally accepted and
formally thrown open to the public.
Tin : pntos of the World's fair ware
closed Sunday. But this in no assur
ance that the dobnto on Sunday opening
IB closed.
WOUD comoa from Lincoln that a now
Bowing inaohinu factory will soon bo in
tull blast in that city. That'a the way
to discount hard times.
ANAUCHISTS have obtained a foothold
In Spain. Internationalism is the trend
of all modern movement' ) and anarchy
decs not propose to bo loft in the rear.
IN THU absence of political competi
tors iu the Ohio gubernatorial race
Governor McKinley is still running
against time witli u fair prospect of boatIng -
Ing tlio record.
Tuntiu is entirely too much of the
dramatic in the conduct of the fellows
Who are so vociferously declaiming
hgainat the new maximum ruto law. It
hasn't gene into olloct yet. ( iio
THE nationalists are circulating peti
tions urging congress to pass laws estab
lishing a government telegraph and tele
phone service. Some good may como
from the Uollamyito agitation after all.
THE distressing news comes from
South America that another revolution
lias broken out in Brazil. These South
American revolutions are becoming
almost as exciting as a chess tourna
ment.
IT MAY not now bo out of place to intimate -
timato to our representatives in congress
that tlio early bill gets into the com
mittee llrst. The additional appropria
tion for our federal building can bo
secured only by commencing early and
lighting long.
Govr.itNoit CuouNbK's proclamation
calling an oxtia session of the Nebraska
legislature to repeal the now maximum
rate law exists only in tha disordered
Imaginations of the railroad Editors.
The proposition is as preposterous as it
is ridiculous.
Tim Maharajah of Kopurthala has
arrived in this country. lie assures us
that his visit to the World's ' fair is to bo
purely a pleasure trip and that lie has
no intentions of increasing the revenue
of his principality by accepting a lucra
tive position on the Midway plaisancu.
IT TUANSi'iuus that all the talk about
Emperor William visiting the World's
fair was more idle talk. If the Infanta
Kulalia would only treat the emperor
with the story of her adventures on our
shores v.o doubt whether a fear of
broken rules of etiquette would bo able
to hold him buck.
LATKST announcements reduce tlio
period of several months which railway
i olllolal.s assorted to bo necessary in
order to prepare the now freight rate
tariffs to a period of several weeks. By
the tlmo August 1 comes around wo may
oxpeet to hoar that the industry of the
computing clerks has
exceeded all an
ticipation and that the now tariff will bo
ready for immediate enforcement.
Pr.OPi.iHho are making the numer
ous complaints over the provisions of the
proposed ton year garbage collection
contract should not bo backward in giv
ing voice to their views. The mayor is
undoubtedly ullliiif. ' to make use of his
veto power whenever ho is assured that
the best intoiosta of the community de
mand such action. Protest * addressed
to him wilt go fur toward advising him
of the triii ) state of popular opinion on
thid mibjuot.
mon continue to speak of "tho
crime of 187U. " . What they mean by 10A
oritno ia quito incomprehensible. A
orliiiu is ordinarily a violation of the
law. Where any law was violated by
dropping the silver dollar from the list
of American coins it is ditlleult to see.
If anything that offends against JO.he
Ideas concerning advisability or justice
of n particular individual is to bo called
a crime , the word loses all Bignlilcunco
tud may us wall bo entirely discarded.
d
SU.UESK l ' .l CtiOVtiS.
Slnm'fl refusal to nccctlo uncondttlon-
fttly to tlio ultimatum of Frnnco hns
raised Jv war cloud which seriously
throntotiB the peace of Kuropo. So bold
has Frnnco boon In her persistent de
mand for territorial nbqulsltlon In the
east that It Is now almost Impossible for
her to rcce < lo and to compromise upon a
llnoof.torrltorlal dl vision. Should Slam
refuse to bo cajoled Into modifying the
answer which has been given , only the
Interference of outside powers will bo
able to prevent a resort to open hostil
ities.
The notion of France from the begin
ning of the Siamese trouble appears to
have been arbitrary and planned with a
view to coerce her weaker enemy Into a
cession of a largo portion of his domin
ions or to compel him to glvo her an
opportunity to help herself by main
force. If this was the program of thJ
French government , the outrages said
to have been committed upon French
citizens In Slum wore merely a pretext
to enable the ministry to begin action
upon the Hold of foreign diplomacy In
order to divert the attention of the
French people from the Internal Issues
of the day and then to secure In the
forthcoming parliamentary elections the
support of nil who desired to have
French honor maintained abroad un-
impaiiod. As a diversion for the people -
plo the move Is proving eminently suc
cessful. The great danger Is that it
may become more costly than at lirst
anticipated.
However nntcn Franco may resent
the so-called foreign interference , the
interests of the European powers are
so bound together that the solution of
the question cannot bo confined to
Franco and Slam. It was not once nor
twice only that the European war cloud
has swept up from the east and history
will only bo repeating itself If the
present complication results in a war
in which all the leading European
powers range thomaelvos upon one sldo
or the other. Already England has
been lending countenance to the Siamese
cause , while China has openly otlorod
assistance. Russia and Franco are said
to bo acting In unison and Gorman war
ships have boon dispatched to Siamese
waters to injure the safety of the
empire's interests. The withdrawal
of the French minister from
13aiigkok and the orders of the
French licet to blockade the Siamese
ports are almost equivalent to a decla
ration of war. Nothing but sidllful di
plomacy can now tide over the strained
relations without resort to force.
A European war at the present tlmo
would bo ol momentous importance to the
United Stales. American commerce
would receive an impetus of no small
proportions. Army supplies and muni
tions of war would bo sought in our
markets by all the powers concerned ,
and the renewed activity in thee indus
trial branches would soon bo communi
cated to industries throughout the
country , while all who have the inter
est of humanity at heart must depre
cate war and hope for a peaceful settle
ment of the Siamese dispute , yet if war
must come , the United Stales is in a
position to make the best of its opportu
nities.
A DECblXK Iff IMMHUI.ITION.
The statistics of immigration just
issued show the number of immigrants
landing on our shores for the llbcal year
ending Juno I10 was a little over 121,000
less than for the previous year. This
is a notable decrease , but still the addi
tion to our population from Europe
during the year was not fur from 500,000.
The falling off was duo to a more
.
thorough and efllciont enforcement of
the immigration laws , which has had
the olTect to make steamship companies
more careful as to the character of the
emigrants taking passage to this coun
try. Doubtless this is not the solo cause
of the decrease , but the now legal 1
restrictions are suiliciont , if properly
enforced , to keep out the classes whoso
entrance the laws prohibited , and it ap
pears that they have accomplished this.
There has bjon m complaint for a year
or two past that the laws wore being
violated to any extent and if the olllcinls
continue vigilant there Is reason to be
lieve that there will bo no cause of com
plaint hereafter and that it may bo some
years before immigration will ugiiin got
beyond the half million point.
But the demand for still further re
strictions is still heard. Objection is
made to oartaln clawos of the poo-
plo who figure largely In the im-
migration returns , notably the Ital 1-
ians , who como in largo num
bers. Opposition to these immigrants
has lieon pronounced in the east for several -
oral years and does not show any abate
ment. They are regarded aa a most un-
donlrable acquisition , being for tlio most
part of the lower class of the Italian people -
plo , with habits and customs of living1
that are very objectionable. It is not
apparent , however , that anything moro
can bo done to chuck the coming of those
people which will not operate also to
keep out thojo who are regarded as
moro desirable. Wo cannot make any
law or regulation discriminating between -
twoon the nationalities of Kuropo , and
while the right of the govcrment to Bay
whether it will permit any immigration
or not is admitted , it would unquestion
ably not be good policy from any point nof
view to establish restrictions that did
not apply equally to the people of all
Kurojhjan countries. This in so clear
that there can lw no controversy about
it. Another reason for further restric
tions is urged on the ground that some
portions of the United Status are get
ting to be a little crowded now , and itvo
are likely to need the thinly settled portions
tions for the natural increase of our pop
ulation to overflow in. It i.s true that
portions of the country are crowded and
unfortunately a very largo number udof
the people who catno from abroad re
main in these portions , hut the idea oof
cutting oIT immigration for the purpose
of retaining the thinly settled parts of
the country /or / thu natural increase ofof
our population contemplates a slower
velopment than mobt practical and . fl
gressive Americans would be ed
with. The United States Is capable edof
sustaining a population of several hun
dred millions and the curious can 11 guro
how much tlmo would bo required teat
roach this development with a natural
increuboof a little jovor. 2 per cent ata
yonr. The result will hardly bo assur
ing to the patriotic aspiration for the
financial and commercial supremacy of
this republic.
There Is a suggestion put forward in
connection with this subject derived
from recent legislation by Franco. That
country has just adopted a law by which
every foreigner who settles in Franco ,
including artists who go there to
exorcise their trade or profession
permanently , must obtain a permit from
the authorities of the city or town whore
they sottlo. Foreigners already settled
in Franco must within a specified tlmo
take out a permit. Provision Is made
for the expulsion of aliens who fall to
register and for the punishment of those
who employ uncertified aliens. It Is
doubtless entirely practicable to enforce
legrslatlon of this kind in a country like
Franco , but it would bo utterly futllo to
attempt It in the United States , and be
sides it is legislation that savors of the
monavchial rather than the republican
system of government and therefore
would not bo approved by the American
people. No expedient of this kind is
likely to receive serious consideration.
The existing financial and Industrial
conditions In the United States are very
likely to operate as a check upon Immi
gration during the next twelve months ,
so that the number of immigrants for the
current fiscal year will probably bo loss
than last year.
AN
The so-called bimetallic congress held
at Topeka last week resolved against
the repeal of the silver purchase not , ex
cept upon tlio condition that congress
adopt a law "placing silver where it
was prior to its demonetization in 1873. "
If the Topeka gathering stmnly meant
by this that congress should restore the
free coinage of silver this can bo done ,
but no legislation can place silver where
it was before the passage of the act of
1873 , which uld not actually demonetize
silver , but merely put a stop to the
coinage of the standard dollar , sub
stituting the trade dollar for use abroad.
When this was done silver was worth
more than golu at the ratio of 10 to 1 ,
and the owners of the white metal were
not asking to have it coined. It was
more prolltablo to thorn to dispose of it '
as bullion , and nearly the entire
silver production of the country .
at that time was thus disposed of
and wont abroad. This had boon
the situation for years. As every
body knows , who is at all familiar with
the subject , the whole number of silver
dollars coined between 1793 and 1873 was
only 8,04.,838 , and these dollars were not
in circulation. The number of silver
dollars coined Hinco 1878 has been over
419,000,000. Thus in the last fifteen
years the mints of the United States
have turned out moro than fifty-two times
as many silver dollars as were coined
during the eighty years prior to 1873 ,
Und yet silver has not boon placed where
it was before that year.
It is manifestly incorrect to say that
tlm legislation of twenty years ago do-
monoti/.od silver. It simply recognized
the fact that the silver dollar in our
tlci
currency was practically obsolete and
there was no objection made by the sil
ver producers to this recognition. They
did not then take their silver to the
mints , but to the markets , and hence
when . , the legislation was proposed which
they now characterize as a conspiracy
there . was no voice representing the
silver interest raised in opposition to it.
The subsequent efforts to restore silver
to ( its former value have failed for reasons -
sons so well understood that it is unnoc-
SIo
OBsary to elaborate them. A steadily
increasing production of the white metal
for a number of years has had most to do
with its decline in value. No aqt of
congress can change the conditions
which have brought silver to its present
position and those who look to legisla-
Pd Pt Pt by the United States alone to place
that metal where it was before 1873 are
deluding themselves. An international
ils
agreement that would reopen the mints ;
of the world to silver might effect that
result , but congress is powerless to do it ,
and there is little prospect of such an
agreement In the near future. It may
bo reached in time , but it will not bo
hastened 1 by the adoption of such recom
mendations as were made by the no -
called blmotallists who mot at Topoka.
Those people are ,1- ,
really mono-motal-
lists 1 , for their obvious desire is to estab
lish 1 the single silver standard. Thia bis
what they mean when they denounce it
us . inconsistent with Bound public policy
l.i to con for or advise , directly or indirectly
IIat
rectly i , with any foreign nation as to what
the t money or currency of the United )
States should l > o. They do not want an
international agreement , but demand
that the United States shall declare its
financial independence of the rest of the
world , making silver , of course , the
corner stone of lts monetary Htniotiiro .
The idea may bo patriotic , but it is not
practicable , unless the United States
is prepared to stop doing business with
countries which prefer the gold standard.
It scorns hardly necessary , however , to
discuss a proposition of this kind , for it
makes no appeal to the serious consideration i -
ation of intelligent and unprejudiced
men. .
TiiK Ohio democratic convention will
be hold early next month , and meanwhile
the party ia sorely perplexed to find a
suitable candidate for governor. Ex-
Governor Campbell would probably have .
by far the bust chance of securing the
nomination if ho signified a willingness
to accept it , but ho law not done so ,
though it la bollovod he will bu heard
from before the convention moots. Law
rence Neal , the author of the anti-pro
tection plank in the democratic national
platform , id understood to aspire to the
governorship , but ho has not formerly
announced his desire to bo a candidate.
There are , perhaps , u do/.cn other gnu-
tlomon , of moro or loss prominence , who
are willing to be nominated , borne hoof
whom are actively at work. Tlio indi
cations are that a very interesting fight :
will bo developed In the convention , the .
tendency of which will not bo favorable
to party harmony. Tbo republican pros-
poets in Ohio are thought to bo very
good and steadily improving.
A PAUTY of intelligent worklngmon
"
"from Scotland came to this country
to investigate the condition of American :
workingmen. They have boon talking
about the results qtj their Inquiries and
they say that \vorklngmon of this
country are bolter housed , live bettor
and receive bolter wages than do the
worklngmon of GrMt Britain. Abund
ant statistics havo'botfn presented from
tlmo to time showing the superior con
dition of the working classes In this
country , but they have always boon de
nounced by a certain class of politicians
as untrustworthy. "Perhaps these poli
ticians will refuse1'to" accept the state
ments of the forofg'n 'Visitors , but they
will not bo i ejected by'tho unprejudiced ,
who dcslro to know the truth regarding
the relative condition European and
American workingmen. It is not to bo
questioned that in all branches of skilled
mechanical labor our workers have a
great advantage over those of Europe in
wages and in all the conditions of com
fortable living.
CONGRESSMAN JKIIKY SIMPSON wants
the United Stales to buy out the British
possessions in America. Why stop
hero ? Great Britain itself might bo a
profitable Investment and whonsulHcicnt
returns are secured from that enterprise
it is only a short distance across the
channel to the unconquered lands of
continental Europe. A good thing
ought to bo good Iho whole world over.
GOVKIINOK Li\VKrT : \ < iNO of Kansas
struck the keynote of the situation of
the coal minors strike when he said that
this was an unfortunate time for Iho
laborers to make demands of their em
ployers. Besides the inopportuneness of
the strike , the loaders are alienating
the public by counseling u further re
sort to violence. If the strikers cannot
win by lawful methods thoii their cause
must bo a desperate ono.
reports of government bureaus
got into circulation only after a sojourn
for a year or moro in Iho government
printing olllce It has become- highly ad
visable to initiate some reform that will
expedite these volumes on their journey
to the people. Reports of public otllcials
lose their value after they "have become
of certain airo. Between tardy delivery
and tolal abolition there ia very little
choice.
Tun duke of Voragua is willing to
accept the sympathy of the American
people as a balm to his financial em
barrassmont. Whether that sympathy
would bo most attractive in the form of
a money contribution , the duke hesitates
to say in so many words. The duke ,
like the celebrated Pooh Bah , Is evidently -
dently anxious to bo insulted.
Tun notorious Governor Ponnoyor oi
Oregon has condescended to receive
Vice President Stofceus u when ho calls
at tho-btato house. . The vice president
would pay a merited rebuke to the man
who told the president ! 'to attend to his
own business by refusing to take any
notice of him whatejyorl
IP THE Sandwich islanders are tired
of their experimental fcovornmont they
might induce John Boyd Thatcher to
como there and sef'up ' , bno of his little
autocracies for which his conduct in the
mailer of Iho WorfdV , fair aw aids has
made him so justlyfamous.
ANOTHER ruined city has been dis
covered in Arizona. That is not a cir
cumstance to the number of ruined men
and women who can bo discovered much
nearer homo.
Ono Vlnw of It.
A'orfolk Jcttrnat.
The republican party will invite detent if
it docs not ronominato Samuel Maxwell for
supreme Judge.
Corn mill silver.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Corn is mightier thnn sliver , and even corn
is not king. Nebraska's corn crop tUis year
is valued at 550,000,000.
I.ovo Him Tor lilt Knoinlei.
tichuyler Herald.
The fight on Judge Maxwell is still boinp
kept up by iho republican press of the coun
try , but tbo people still love the Judge for
the enemies ho tins ni.ulo.
Colorado's > io iul 1 h
Qlubc-DciHocrat.
"Whon Colorado's resources as a grain-pro
ducing state are fully utilized she will won
der why she over permitted herself to bo
hysterical on the silver question.
shot tlio
IforfnVt
The humane society should turn its atten
tion to the police department of Omnba. An
intoxicated man wn : found on the street
guarded by his faithful dog. 13oth wore
taken to the police station. In the morning
the man was discharged and the dog shot.
There is BomothlliL' inhuman in the treat
ment of a dog in sueh a case.
Got Whnt They Vntoil For.
ClitMon Inter Uc'an.
The people in November last voted for lla
change" and they got it. The wisest thing
tnoy can do now is to make the best of It.
The duty of the patriotic cltl/.cn Is llrst It.to
his country , regardless of the party in
power. Stand loyally by the cowtry's Inu
torcsts and truit to the Intelligence of the
ballot to correct any mistakes of the past.
III * Knur *
Young-Mati-Afr.ild-of-Hls-Horsos suffered (
In reputation from an inexpressive nnme.
Ho wan a good Indliu , not nfralii of his
hoisos or of anything else. His name was
intended to express ono of ills gooil quail ties.
Ho was afraid for his Uorson ; that Is to say ,
ho took good caro''bf His stock. Ho was ,
moreover , a friend of'tUoKOVornmout ' , whoso }
loss may bo sovorly fot. ( > , i
Why AooiuWoltl Coinrailei.
Is it not rather latq , ! u.tho day for demo-
crats and assistant duniocrats to denounce
and decry the populists 'ami hold them ro-
sponstblo for all th'i.llla ' the country has
fallen heir to ) Thq populists have . .1rtn ed
m nothing slnro thlrtinlo a yo&r ago , en
tlio domoc'rtvts in ICausas , Colorado and other
sutoa , acting uudur thtxulvieo of the party
lutluni , thought thoui good enough to sur
render to. Then wby.-tic'pd them witli
probium uow {
. - !
Certuln Tliliiz 'Alliiilt Itoporteri.
Hov. Dr. Albert O.llill,1 a Congregational
inlnUtor of Mulrosd ( Mass , says that role -
jxirtors aru a CUTJO. lr. Ball ia rlijht. Ho-
portora are a curse to silly Hons.itional lend
sickly sontiinontal preachers who are often
rostialnod from idiotlo and maudlin whoop
ing and wooplng by the fear of typo. Thov
are n curse , to mon who long to indulga in
evil prillitieoa , and would if they could , keep !
their Indulgences secret. They are a curse
to men who are dUhouost in Intention and
desire to but dare not ba dishonest , in fact ,
bix'nuso they know they will suruly be
found out and brought to justice. They are
a curse to mon who want to boat their wires
and children , who want to elope with their
neighbors' wives , who wunt to awlnUlu their
neighbors' widows , who want to give thu
loose to their lower natures , who want to
prey upon society. They are also a curse i to
the uiou who actually do all those things and
a hundred others.
Tills .tl I HI.IK / {
Springfield Hopublloan , The TVonrh do
rnfliiii for Indemnity from Slain U a repotl
tlou of thodomnmlof the wolf on the Iamb
for reparation frr troubling the stream from
which both were drinking , the lamb nearer
the mouth than the wolf.
Kansas City Times : Ttio nuropcan war
situation Is prowlni ? In Interest. Str.uigoly
enough , too , the present cmbrogllo h is tnd
Its origin in a quirter where an uprising was
the least expected , wh'lo botwcoti ( lermaov
and Uussia , where a war xv.is doomed most
likely , no now complications have arisen
Philadelphia Ledger : U wilt Ixi well to
keep an eye on the Sl.itn episode , llle wars
got started by Just such disputes as this.
China Is reported to bo backlmr up Slnm and
Uussl.i stipxtting | Franco , while Knglamt
has an o.\e on the contestants , because of
threatened encroachments on her teiritory
New York Commercial : Conditions are
ripening in Slam for a conIIlet. Already four
powers have tentathclvassertcd themsehcs
Kussia intimating that Franco ni.iy call
upon her for assistance , Chin i oxprevmij
sympitby with tlio browbeaten Siamese ,
and Knuland , by cabinet meetings anil pop
ular discussion , giving evidence of growing
unwillingness that France should absorb
this territory which now so conveniently
acts as "buffer" to British India.
Philadelphia Kocord : The method adopted
by Franco of wresting from a we.ik Asiatic
kingdom an Immense turrltor.v the sovereignty
eignty over which is at least disputable is
unworthy of that great republic. To siy
nothing of iior manner of extorting an in-
Humility llxed hy hoisulf , without awaitim ;
the result of an Inquiry , the demand for the
cession of a region nearly as large as the
whole of her present possessions in the east ,
with only forty-eight hours grace and under
threat of bombardment , is contnrv to all
precedent , oven under the somowh.it bar
barous code of the laws of nations.
Washington Post : Franco being In dead
cat nest and Uussia ready to co operate un
reservedly , it would sroin safe to prophesy
that Kngl.ind will .stand aside and let the
deal proceed without Interference. ISnglaiw
Is irottiug ready to bluster Just now because
theio Is still a possibility that Franco may
not bo willing to piocood to extremities. It
costs nothim ? to fume and bluff. That Is a
game at which England is expert , Much
has been accomplished iu that w.iy hereto
fore and much moro may bo accomplished in
the future. Hut in our opinion England will
stop at fuming and blurting if she lltuls that
Franco is tcsoiuto and Kussia ready to sus
tain her , it nil poor little Si.im will bo di
vided up at the discretion of her Invaders.
Now York Sun : A glance at the map will
show mat tbo territory whoso sun under
Franco Is aiming to t > xtort by a throat of
bombardment , Is sc.ircolv smaller than tlio
whole of the Atumlto empire proper , ex
clusive of the French possessions iu Ton-
quin. Cochin China and Cambodi i. Spacious
as It is , this region , to which geogr.iphois
glvp tlio uamo of Laos , is oven moio dis
tinguished for fertility. It has in former
times been Iho so.it of DOW err ul and aggies-
si\o kingdoms ; and even now it contains
populous and prosperous cities , of whioh
Ijti.iug I'luabang is the best known , The
notion that so vast and valuable a country
can , without tbo preceding negotiulons and
adjudications needed to make good the
French title , bo w rested by force fiom its
historical and actti il possessors , is a notion
moro worthy of a pirate than of a civilized
power. If tills preposterous dom.iud be , as
the Figaro asserts , included in the ultima
tum , Franco need not expect tlio sympathy
of any well informed and fair-minded person
in the United States.
AMt I'll IS CIH.
The conviction is growing in Wyoming
that the clouds of crickets thereabouts are
gold bugs iu disguise
The discovery in California of two tails to
the comet dtspro\os the siory that the vint
age of thu Golden stuto u.is a dismal failuio
The maharajah of Kapurthala v. ill soon
land on our shores. In tendcrinti the usual
greeting homo brown mahar.ijabs will get iu
their \\orlt.
Speaker Crisp is wise enough , in view of
the approaching session , to seal his mouth
and lot others agitate themselves about
rules and chairmanships.
Solon PothoiT , duke Dismuko , Al'o '
Slupsky and other genial couir.ides of weary
paragr.iphers , are toiujKiranly eclipsed by
the calorie sons of Colorado.
Buffalo's now directory has 100,000 names.
The Chicago ratio of 1 to i would show a
population of 400,000 , but , Buffalo is not a
porker , and is content with 300,000.
The Kansas wail of anguish piocodes
now calamity , uhicli deprives populist
ofllcials of frco passes on railroads. Put up
or walk is the rule. Truly those are troub
lous times.
Miss Kate Field is ono of the Judges of
wines at the World's fair. She is not re
quired to sample the exhibits. Her male
admirers sonorously agreed to relieve her
from that duty.
General Bragg may bo a caudidato forgov
crnor of Wisconsin on the democratic ticicot
The numerous enemies ho has made will bo
glad of the opportunity to get a whack.a
tbo doughty general.
The modern boarding Iiouso keeper is
nothing if not up witli the times. A pro
gressive Omaha bouso has ordered a sot of
Ilarnoyized steel plates for the accommoda
tion of buscuit shooters. '
It is claimed the closing of the World's fair
on Sunday clinches the assertion that this is
a Christian nation. Yet there is no visible
slackening of speed in the chase for "the
root of evil" of the legal tender variety.
Ex- Vice President Morton has been inter
viewed with regard to tlio recent commercial
depression and advanced a now theory , to
the effect that the business phenomena of
lust month were merely a late result of the
Barings' failure.
The Sail Francisco Kxmniiier announces
that M. H. Do Young , publisher of tlio San
From isco Chronicle , may succeed I.ol.iml
Stanford in the United States senate. Air.
Do Young , besides being a millionaire , has
many admirable qualifications for tbo ex
alted position.
An eastern factory has constructed for ex
hibition at the fair a needle twenty-eight
feet long , with an eye 10x4. After all , the
tich man's prospects of hoavou are not as
hopeless as tbo bible suggests. The man
who cannot squeeze through a 10x1 eye
ought to bo doomed.
The go-as-you-ploaso along tlio highways
loading from the Rockies to the east is a
discouraging spectacle , yet It has a bright
side It is possible for the democrats of
Ohio to liiul among the pilgrims ono suftl-
cicntly inuiod to hardship to loud a forlorn
hope against McKiuloy.
LizMo and nnima Borden have voluntarily
transferred about $1,000 of propoity which
belonged to their murdered stepmother to
Mrs. Whltoheau of Fall River and Mrs Fisti
of Hartford , who were half-slaters of Mrs.
Bordon. The two Borden girls h ivo made
up their minds to leave the old homestead
011 account of its unpleasant associations.
They may go to Boston.
Prof. Alfonso Carpoutlorl , the famous
gynecologist of the University of Naples , ho-
came suddenly insane a law d.ivs ago. Ho
imagined that ho was flying from starvation
and thirst , and entering a restaurant drank
four cups of coffoa , a bottle of wlno , n bottle
of cognac and ate iificnn sandwiches and
moro than atlozen eggs. When the proprie
tor declined to servo anything else the pro
fessor sprang on the table and crlod , with
the voice of Stuntor : "Eggs , cgcsl give mo
eggs and keep mo from starving ! " When lie
began to brt-ak rhairs and tables ho was
ovcipouorod and placed in a hospital , do Is
ono of the most famous physicians iu Italy ,
AKH/M.N/vM . .IAA'tSltUAHKAKS. .
The boot and shoa stock of * H. MoL/ood of
Chadron has been seized by creditors ,
Tnoro uro saiu to be thirty-two residents
of Fairhury who aaplru to ba sheriff of Jef
ferson county.
The Hastings county Indoponlonta will
hold their annual picnic the second Saturday
In September.
Thu Nebraska Telephone company now
has Its line extended to Aurora and isatlll
pushing west.
U. II. McGrow has retired from the Craw
ford ( iazotto and has boon succeeded by
Frank Wiugllold.
Five mluutos after being taken with a so-
vein pain in the back of her head , Mr * . Hod-
oliuo aipd at Fairbury.
Hamilton county democrats und Independ
ents Imvo already begun to ilguru on fusion
during the coming campaign ,
Sajs the Norfolk Nev/a : A. Battler con
tinue * to add to hi * corn collection , the
latest specimen being a stalk which stands
tea foot high , bearing six ear * . Very fovr
After thirteen \ciMBbscnfMn
wlch l hmK Mrs fllla M UuWdlt U
tor old homo In ( Injo count }
Mrs .1. S Kllintt of Illuo Spilncs win
'omul dead In bed Sumlaj morning She was
01oirs of ago and had previously boon In
good health
Henry Hnino. aVnj no county farmer , was
killed by Jumping from n stick ami alighting
on the handle nf a pitchfork that pierced
its bowels Ho leau's .1 wlfo luut fourchll
lien
countiloswin produce half a dozen ear * of
corn i > or stalk , luit o\on that undertaking Is
not too great for the tU-b sod of Nebraska.
John Shlpm in of rrvinont has pone to
Miller , HulTilo comity , to close a do.il on
woral line farms In 0110 body a few miles
lorthof tint village. His aggregate purchases -
chases amount to $ II.VH ) . Ho h is a herd of
the llnest bioed of c-.ittlo to put on his ranch
itonco. The nttmctivencss of tlio Wood
river valley Is becoming known
Small boj s started n lire no ir some stables
lust back of the mills at CSordon , and. but
tor the fact tli.it the wind was from iho
soutli and not strong ami tlio mills had i
peed well and hose , thu mill and thu west
side of Main stieot would soon have been
destroyed As It was oulj the stables and
some sheds were binned , the whole loss be
ing about MOO.
H. H. Warren , a well-known resident of
Nelson , died last week at Colorado Springs
His body was taken to Nelson , where it was
inteircd under the auspices of U II Thomas
iwst , Grand Ai-mv of the Ho-
public. Deceased served during the
war iu thu Twelfth regiment from Wiscon
sin. Ho was a native of Now York , born hi
Ho lea\os to mourn for him his idow ,
three daughters and two sons and their fam
ilies.
it.iii.itu n > s . .iait.trn.i. .
Norfolk Journal : The rallroaJs have fi
nally decided not to ilcht the maximum rate
law Now If they will withdraw their hog-
traln passenger son ice on branch lines , there
will bo no necessity for calling a special ses
sion of the legislature.
Tlldoii Citizen : The recent determination
of the railroads to glvo * thc maximum i.ito
law a fair tilal is undoubtedly the proper
tiling to do. Tlio people as n rule tire not In
clined to wantonly persecute tlio i.illroads ,
and if the present law nrtnes unduly burden
some to them , it can bo easily modified.
Schuylcr Quill ; At n recent meeting In
Chicago of the presidents and general man
agers of the railroads tt was decided to com-
plj with the now maximum rate law In this
state Hut what n difference in the howll
Now the roads claim that the bill reduces
freight rates ! ) > < per cent on the average
and but n short time ago the report was ili.it
it leally raised the rate. It Is ditlleult to ob
tain the truth from
a railroad man or u
favoied shipper concerning the matter.
Time will telltho tale.
Faiibury Oazotto : The now freight law
goes Into olloct next month and the freight
agents of the various lines interested aio
busy arraiiiL'ini ; their laiiff sheets One
important question to be settled has been
the tquestlon o * rates for long and short
hauls from competing points. It is reported
that tlio conclusion arilvcd at is to lot the
road with the shortest milelire do the
business. If this policy is pursued the
Kansas City and Omaha \\illabandouits
Omaha business to the Rock Island and
make St. Joseph and Kansas City its ship-
pirn ; points for .stock , the two roads compet
ing for St , Joseph business , the distance
being about the simc. As the Rock Island
will have by far tlio shortest line from this
county to South Omaha , it bliould help this
place materially as a market for stock.
CU.1lIV.tL VHVCRLKS.
Now York Tribune : It was a popular drug
gist who excliilnu'd yi-sti'iday. "lot mo draw
the soil.iator or a nation and I care not who
in.ikes Its
r.linlm Oarotto : Jap on says helms no ob
jection to a foreign ulr If It Is dlstnfoctod.
Harper's 1) izar : "How Is the tahlo nt the
Beach this summer , llli'ks ? "
"S uno as U was last year. 1'act Is , Judging
from Urn lire.ul , 1 liiKiKmu some of It was Joft
m or from last year. "
Troy 1'ress : Seine inon noMir cut much of
n lUiiro until they have boon made an exam
ple of.
Lotvoll Courier : It IsMniriilar thnt so many
nostorn banks should bo hwampcd nhen the I
people have so thoroughly drained thorn.
WashliiRton Star : "lirackons Is \ery con-
sbtnnt man , " said the banltor.
"What inaUos you tlilnk so ? "
"Whenever ho guts short ho talks in moiioy-
syllnblea. "
Texas Sittings : Teacher Now. Tommy , If
you were a man and had J'-J.OOO , and you
wanted to buy u Iiouso worth 1 10,000lut
would you i\oi \ Tommy f guess I'd try and
marry bomo woman with $8,000.
I'lilliulllphla Record : Careful nmmina
Have you a really respectable no\ul that I
can lot my diitiKhtor road ? Shopman Yes ,
ma'am , ono of thee In that big pile thoro.
Hut you Imvo so many that they can't bo pop
ular. No , ma'am , they're not. They're
highly respoctablo.
Imllana ] > ells Journal : IIo ( maliciously ) It
Is only the female
mosquito that annoys ueo-
plo.feho
feho ( musingly ) I notice that you take a
great delight in mashing thorn.
I.OW SIIOVKI. SNOW.
When thn summer HUH Is binning then liow
deeply are woyoarnlng
For a chance to take a shovel and to cloau the
walks of HIIOW ;
Wliun the winter snows are llylmt then wo sit
In M.ulnons , Hlglilng
For n HUnstroko on subscription
, as wo had
long months ago.
\KIIH.4.1KA < ; < ( ! ' JWmC.1 , S
Cherrv County Itulopemlcnl Wo tire In.
formed thai nearly all Ihn ry In the count )
Is In the shock and a good deal of the ortts.
llealrlco Kxpre < s Krom oxory qttirtei
comes the encouraulnp report of the groai
good tnc coin rcalUed from the reoout rains ,
llr.iyton U.Mincn Some ot Hid corn tint !
was Injured by hall a week niro looks n lines I
as though nothing had o\or iuturfcrod with
rapid growth
Prnmont Tribune ; The Hinder Twlni
cointi.uiylll commcticn cutting Its I in.
nii'iiso crop of about 3.000 acres of hemp this
\\eok The crop Is said to bu the best ever
grown here and will furnish nmtetIM for n
vast amount of tulnoto bo inanufactiirod
during the nevtear ,
Ha\onnri NewsDr. . Hontloy's winter
wheat , raised on hl % farm north of town ,
was threshed jcstunla ) , and a slold of ton
bushels per acre is reported Hasa very
poor pleco of M heat and bofoio threshinp tt
was pstlmated that the yield would not ex
ceed tlvoorsK bushels par aero ,
liandolph Times Hy the simple multipli
cation of in with 1,000 , iho flist representing
bushels per aero and the second acreage , no
imfoicseen circumstance ocounhig , will bo
the amount of whcatlu Inisliel.s M , G. I.iv-
luiistou expects from Ills farms this yoir.
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't'hreo huii'iied ' acres of corn will also make
si good \oiago. .
IMitor of Alliance ludcpomlnnt on Huffalo
count } crop 1 had n peed opportunity to
observe tlio condition of the crops. During
the p.ist six weeks this section has had plen
tiful ralus Thu prospect for a crop of corn
is excellent. If the weathereontlmtes favor
able the fanners ot this section ot the coun
try will hi vo an immense ciop of coin. A
fcoiisideraulonoroagoof winter wheat was
put out last fall It is mostly in shock now
mut the crop Is excellent Some Holds will
go thirty bushels per acre. Spilng wheat
am ) oats aio looking well.
Seward Reporter : Last Thursday after
noon tlio diouth was broken and such a
shower fell las made glad the hearts of
everybody. Tlio windows of hea\cii were
opened piotty wide and people laughed to
son the way In which the rain 0.11110 down.
Saturday another rood rain ciuno and the
iMith in this \iclnlly was thoroughly soaked.
The rains were not very general , but the
01,0 of Saturday covered a wider scope of
tenItory than the other. The corn crop Is
pretty well assuied now , and faimciH and
business men are in much better spit its than
they were a weolt ago.
Norfolk News : Much has been said lately
about the glowing prospects for coin in
this country , every word of which Is true.
Hut corn is not all tliat is having a phenom
enal growth this \cir by any moans , wheat ,
oats and vegetables being equally prodig
ious , While the sugar beet crop is the most
promising ou > r glow ii J'ho ono advantage
of raising beets is that the in too Is
ll\od before the seed is put in the ground ,
and tlio irroater the crop the moro a
fanner makes off his laud , while too often
when theie Is a huge \ieltl of com or small
grain the price is so low that only about a
coi tain amount is rcillrcd upon an acio in
anj event. Sugar beets will withstand
either more drouth or moro rain than any
other crop , and with the pilco Hxod are cor-
tnlnly st for and moro prolltablo than any
other product of the farm.
The Sloilcrn HUIIHIHT School ,
Ac IP Yoilc 3V'iun ( ' < ! .
One of the lemarkahlo signs of the times
is the growth of sumi"or schools , under
which name may tie included all summer as
semblies , religious , sociological or educa
tional. Whether1 or not they are to bo a per
manent fe-atuni of civiii/atioa may bo open
to question ; but it cannot bo denied that for
the time at least they have legitimate reason
for being. In ancient ( itceco and Ibune
nearly nil the schools of philosophy weto
L-soteiic. They neither expected nor desired
to make comerts among the multitude , who
were regarded as Incapable of understand
ing the questions discussed. This was also
substantially true Of the mediaeval schools
of philosophy ; and oven the philosophers of
the eighteenth century weio content to ap-
j > eal only to the small inner circle of kindled
spirits , who by education or intelligence
were qualllled to take part In their specula
tions.
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' TIIK F
, ' Jlarper' * llmnr.
I Hocii'sn advertisement. In a city
Of fliinlo now patent modlcino , tlioy called It
.i Tired I no.
Ah' said a quirt ten doses was tlio surest
kind o'curo
for thorn whoso Inclinations for to work was
ruthurpbor.
Itsooins tome that that's thostulT formula go
nn' buy , ,
Tor that young son o' mlno to take an' sort o'
make him spry.
Ho need s a tliuror braeln' up when liny tlmo
coinns mound.
UltlmiiKh whun IHh Is runnln' good ho's urotty
illicit an' sound.
I dun'nu' why It U that boy can take n heavy
An' walk from ton to twenty miles , an' think
liu's luoln' fun ,
Hut when tlioro'h suthln' for to do that a In the
ploti'jliln' line ,
Iloaousn'toton seem to have the symptonof
lupine.
Ho'll take In all tlio ulciilon , an' he'll work lllto
all possessed , ,
At piihhln'soups for country snls , but never
hits no rlii'st.
Whun'l iiumes U > tossln' up the hay. or gathor-
In' In thu wheat
The very Idea of that seems U ) knock him otT
his feet.
An'so I think I'll go to toiMian1 snmplo that
there HlulT ,
An' niolibo buy a lot for Tom ono bottle ain't
onoUKh ,
Ton doses maysufllco to put nn average man
But Tom t think I'll liaftorgot adoronijuarU
for him.
DOWNING.
Largest Muniifuoturnrs anil Retailers
thu World.
A Seasonable Suit.
Looks like it might be cool. It's in style , too ,
"cause there's hoops on it. A
follow could have a staving
good time \vith.a rig like that
over at Courtland Beach or
Manawa Not changing- the
subject of seasonable suits wo
want to give it out real cold
and chilly that next Wednes
day will see tlio greatest
hacking up in prices of sea
sonable suits that has boon
seen during this entire panicky -
ky season But wait a bit , we most forgot to say
that there'll be a line of odd pants in with the
circus.
Watch for Announcement.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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