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TF.HMK OP SUIISOntlTION.
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V'c lly llcf , Uno iVftr . 4 OO
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Council llltllT . 131'onrl Htreot ,
( 'Illrniru Olltco. : il7 Ulianibvr nt Cotntnorcn.
New Voik , Itooms 13 , It nnd 16. Tribune
Washington , f > IH I SlrcoU.
All cmiinmulcnlloiift mlatliiK to news and
rdltDrl.il matter nlinuM bo addrcssen : To tlio
Editor.
IH'FINKSS LETTKltfl.
All Imilrii s lot lorn and remittances should
Iw ndtlressinl loT'io ' line l'tihlhlu ! Company ,
Uinnhi. DniftH , check * nnil poMofflen orders
to 1 10 Hindi1 imyablo tu tlio order of tlm com-
pnny.
1'artlrs leaving DIP rlty for tlio summer cnn
ImtnTitft llr.usuni to tliclr address by leaving
an oi dor nt llil.i olllt't' .
TI1K HUB rUlIUSlll.NO COMPANY.
SWOtlN STATfiMCMT OK CIHCUkATION.
Stain of N < ilirn ka. I
County of DonitlAs. f
' Oconro 11.TrNrimclt.wwtinrof Tim nr.n Ptib-
llhhllitr coiiip.-IMV , ilix-H noliMiiulVHUrrnrtli.lt tlm
nctiinl rlrotilntliin of Till : D.Ml.v 1IKK for tlio week
nilltiir Julr VII , 18l > : i , was no follows :
finmi.-iv. jiiij-2-i 2 < i.nro
Monday Juiv.'i 2:1,7111 :
TtiFwItr.Jiilr . ' < ; . . i ' 'll.Tdll
Wi-dnifMlny. JitlfJl ) > : i.8Hl )
Thursday. July ' . ' 7 23.WIO
3'rldav. July''H l > : i,77/i /
SatunJny , July ' . .I , 34,113
Oroiinr. n. TVwmrnc ,
I " > 8WOHN to before Inc HIM ! Hiilmrrltx-it In
I AKAiifniy tmwncu lliln cmlijlavof July , lHiit. :
' , * N. P. Ft.ll. . Notary Public.
I'liH Urn 111 CIllniRO.
TnM DAII.V mid .SUNDAY DEI : Is on Bale In
Chicago ut lliu following place. ) :
I'nlinrr lniii ( > .
Oriind I'nrinc hotel ,
Atidltorhltn hotel.
rJrcat Not thorn hold.
Uoroliolol.
Inland hotul.
Kilns of Tin : HUB c n ho unon at tlio Nn-
ImisUubuildltij , ' nnd the AdnilnlNt ration build
ing , Exposition grounds.
A vei-ngn Clrriil.illon liir.Imir , 181)3 ) , 24,210
' "NVu thought tlio Rook Island was ono
Dl the oxoinpt roiulH.
i Tjli : Chinobo uro apt soholarH. A
Chinese eonjjreHsiotwl lobby is thu latest
flovelopmeiii.
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. IT vriiiTi bo Lo , tlio poor Iiulinn , If Mr.
Hlolman Is niiulo chairman of the house
committee on Iiullan nlTiiiro.
i Tun west contlnuoH to gain uion the
cast. The nmntour bicycle cluitnpion-
phip hus passed from Now Jersey to
'Wlbconsin. '
TUB HOWS from Washington would
Boom to indicate that Tobo Castor 1ms
"borrowed Headsman Maxwell's ax and
that ho la using it with frightful execu
tion.
TUB democratic nssnult upon the
jPoatofllco department is beginning to
toll. Now for a sortie into the concral
jlnnd Cilice. An attack scientifically
Jconductod ia more apt to give the host
results.
! MB. Si-niNGKit ia of the opinion that
congress will inako short work of the
Sherman net. What Mr. Springer prob
ably really means is that ho does not
( propose to make any extended remarks
on the question.
t :
SAM ALI.KUTON , complaining stock
holder in the Rock Island injunction
( proceeding , is the san.o Sam who was
iboaten by Carter Harrison in the last
nmyoralty contest in Chicago. Sam is
always complaining.
i DKNVEK will continue to food and
lodge her unemployed citizens for a while
lln spite of the cxponso , but she will
"doubtless bo greatly imposed upon by
jtho army of tramps and burnmors who
Will flock to her borders.
I
| Till ! dally press may bo expected to
jftmko the most of the fact that a banker
tiamcd Silvorinan has suspended in Now
/York. / Silver men have but little show
pn Wall Htroet , and the banker who is
handicapped by such a naino should emi
grate to Colorado.
, TIIK fact that greenbacks are wortlj.
were than gold in New York will un-
tloubtodly create intense enthusiasm in
thu ranks of the mon who wish to flood
the country with an unlimited issue of
the paper dollar bused solely upon the
llat of the government.
T.IIE public will not be inolinod to
sympathize with the employes of the
Loadvlllo Hineltor who inaugurated a
Btriko the other day because of iv reduc
tion in wages. A small loat is much
bettor than no bread at all in these dayo
when BO many men in the silver states
nro bolng thrown out of employment al-
togothor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT IS now hlntoil that the cold storage
holocaust at the World's fair was o
iucomllnry rlgin and the result of t
gigantic conspiracy. If investigatioi
nhould dibuloso any actual fouiulatioi :
for this uhnrgo the perpetrators should
not bo djsinlsscd until they shull have
] > aid the highest penalty which the lav
inflicts for crimes of so serious a nature
KVKUY city In the country teems to bi
trying to outdo its neighbors in milking
n showing of the unemployed within it
boundaries. The evident purpose o
thu.se dlhclosurea is to dibcimrugo puupo
immigrants from pouring into the grea
oltlott. The best thing for the unfortunate
tunato laborer to do ut thu present tlm
is to remain just where ho is. Ilia effort !
to better his condition by migrating uro
apt to end in speedy disappointment.
TltAUK , in mirrored in the clearing
house reports , shows little improvement ,
the tabulation given by Jtrtttlstrcet's in
dicating thut the contraction of business
is still general. But the reviews of the
week furnlaliud by both the Dun and
Urndstreot agencies warrant the con
clusion that the bottom of the hole 1ms
about heoin touched and that the recovery -
covory id near nt hand. Uradstroot con
servatively reviews the conditions and
biiggcnU thut better times are not far in
the future. The features of hist week
wuro the inward movement of gold
nnd the -outward movement of wheat.
There is now on passage gold to the
nmmnt of 813,500,000 , , und 40 per cent
more wheat than nt this period lust
year.
S 30 CUXVIDKNCK ,
The tool that the gold rcdorvo of the
treasury IH ngnln up to iMOO.OOO.OOO , that
jiconstdorablo amount of gold Is on the
way to this country , that our o.xports ot
grain have materially increased , that n
largo addition to the circulation Is
promised nt an early dny In the form of
national bank currency , and that most
of the bunks which have suspended dur
ing the past two or thrco months are
preparing to resume , make n combina
tion of strong incentives to financial con-
fldunco which plight to bo widely folt. ANew
Now York paper ot a few days ago printed
interviews with n number of prominent
financiers in that city , all of whom ex
pressed the opinion that the country
had experienced the worst of the crisis
nnd that thenceforward a steady im
provement was to bo expected , Events
which have slnno happened have gene
far to verify this judgment.
In a tlmoly artlclo suggesting that it
is time to brnco up the Philadelphia
Anicrkun observes , that it IB very much
to be desired that the American pcoplo
generally would fully realize and con
stantly bear in mind the important
fact that the enormous depression
which has tnkon place since the
IIrat of the year in the market ; price
of stocks nnd bonds does not represent
any corresponding shrinkage in the real
wealth of tlio country. "In all the es
sential elements of wealth , " says that
paper , "tho United States is richer
today than it was six months ago by the
product of six months' labor nnd devel
opment. There has boon no waste of
the national resources , nor any visible
impairment in the earning capacity of
the enterprises in which the capital of
the people is invested. " Anybody who
wilt consider the situation calmly and
without prejudice will concede that this
view is essential ly sound.
There is another consideration sug
gested by the Amcrlcun that is too little
thought of. That is that the re is noth
ing in any of the dangers by which the
country * is thought to ho threatened
which can compare with the experiences
through which it has safely passed. It
is more favorably situated , for example ,
thun it was twenty years ago , when the
war bill was still to pay , nnd the ox-
trnvagnncics of the yours immediately
following the war , when people lived
and spent and speculated as though
there never was to bo a day of reckoning ,
were still to bo settled for. Wo then
had a depreciated paper cur
rency no provision for whoso redemp
tion had yet begun to bo made and the
national debt amounted to $2.35 per
capita , whereas now it amounts toonly
about 30 cents per head of population.
Twenty years ago wo were enormously
in debt to Europe , having during the
ton years preceding 1873 boon depleted
of our gold to pay the balance of trade
that hud boon steadily piling up against
us , aggregating for that period of ex
traordinary speculation nnd overtrad
ing moro than a thousand million
dollars. Yet the country survived
all this , which put a vastly greater
strain upon its resources nnd 54 =
recuperative powers than they are now
experiencing , und having passed through
it the American people moved forward
to the resumption of specie payments
nnd to a subsequent era of almost unex
ampled prosperity.
Remembering the severer crises
through which the country has passed ,
when the conditions to recovery were
far loss favorable than now , nnd consid
ering the promise of largo crops , for
which A ready market is assured , there is
manifestly reason to look hopefully to
the future nnd give hoed to the admoni
tion that it is time to brace up.
JULY
The mortality report of the Board of
Health for the month of July is apt , on
its face , to give a wrong impression con
cerning the health Till ness of this city.
A person who roads that the number of
recorded deaths was 131 , an increase of
fifteen ever the highest number recorded
for nny previous period of similar length ,
might be tempted to infer thut the sani
tary condition of Omaha was rapidly de
teriorating. The figures given out by
the health officers , nowovor , may sig
nify so many different things that It is
altogether rash to accept an assumption
which may bo only apparent and not
real.
In the first place , mortality is moro
marked in the early auo periods. Of
157 burials , seventy were of children
under 1 year nnd olghty-nino of those
under 5 'years. A shifting of the ago
classification of the population may
inako remarkable differences in the uv-
orago death rate. The increase may ,
therefore , lw duo chiefly to an incrousod
birth rate or to'tho emigration of largo
numbers of the adult residents , or to
both. Then , again , violent deaths , oc
curring mainly among adults , were par
ticularly numerous in July , adding up a
total of sixteen.
The mortality record may give n oluo
to the relative hcalthfulnoss of different
portions of the city , but here , also , the
limitations must bo constantly borne In
mind. The number of deaths must
always bo considered in relation to tlio
population of the district. Tlio distri
bution by wards , us also the census re
turns for 1890 , uro shown in the follow
ing table :
Wards. 1'oimlntlon 1BOO. July Deaths.
Klr < .t , 11.008 41
fr-roml 17.53t 34
Third , 21,001 8
Kourtl , . , 10.001 11
Klfth ! 1&.017 14
.Sixth 1H.O&0 27
Sttrontli B.730 13
KlKlltl 17.U78 10
Ninth , H.731 0
The Booming inconsistencies nro
largely to bo explained by 'tho chur-
notor iuul thu ago classification of the
population. The greatest mortality un
doubtedly appears umong the poorest [ >
residence districts. The low number in
the Third wnrd is probably traceable
to the fact that its population is ulmost
exclusively adult. Then , too , the dis
tribution of the population may have
altered greatly since the federal census
WUB taken three years ago.
The health board wisely refrains from
giving the public a death ruto per
thousand. Such a figure would necessa
rily bo hypothetical , since it would have
to bo based upon an estimated population
schedule. Computations of this kind I
nro extremely hazardous and likely to
load to serious blunders. The figures
I given afford nmplo opportunity for com
parison so long as they nro derived from
similar data. These tot July , When
properly interpreted ) Rlvo no great
causa for" alarm.
ROT. 7JO/KV FAHKtyKLT ,
It was In September , 1700 , thnt George
Washington mndo public his fnrowoll
mhlrcss to the American peoplo. It 'Is
In August , 18)3 ! ) , that Horace U6lcs
issues his fnrowoll address to the pcoplo
of Iowa. The name of President Wash
ington had boon BO often mentioned in
connection with n nomination for pres
ident in the then approaching carapnign
thut ho was compelled to boliuvo it
proper to apprise the cltl'/.ons
of the resolution hohud' formed to
decline being considered among the
number of thodo out of wlioih , rt choice
was to be made. Only ft solicitude for
the welfare of the pcoplo urged him to
join to his declination an expression of
certain sentiments which to him scorned
all-Important to the permanency of the
felicity of the pcoplo of the United
States. '
Perhaps it is nothing ronlarkabliftliat
Governor Holes hns hoard his 11111116 BO
often mentioned in connection with a.ror .
nomination to his olllcoth'nt ho ,
too , is compelled to bolJovo that
anything loss than a formal dec
laration of his views would
be taken ay n tacit consent to quoh , xiso
of his nnmo. Governor Doles , more
over , lias nlso been induced by the
solemnity of the occasion to udd a little
parting advice which ho imagines will
result in the continued domimuico of his
party in Iowa. The solicitude of the
governor , however , Is not for the Amer
ican people nor oven for the people of
Iowa. His broud-mfnded
- patriotism ad
dresses itself solely to the chairman of
the democratic state control committee
nnd is given to the press merely
In order thnt it may roach
these voters who aubscribo to the demo
cratic faith. While Washington gave
iidvico looking toward the permanency of
the union , Governor Boies givoa advice
looking toward the pormunoiicy of par
tisan control.
Washington's words are acknowledged
to bo iv sincere nnd disinterested furo-
well ; Boies' letter heoms to bo n cunning
bid for further favors. The platitudes
in respect to a third term of ollico would
sound very commonplace were it not
for a slight innuendo which they may
appear to throw upon the possible
future aspirations cf the present
democratic president. Governor Boies' '
conscientious opposition to third
terms may bo intended as a gentle re
minder to his moro successful competitor
for political honors , Grover Cleveland.
As for Governor Boies himself , his
scruples are altogether gratuitous inas
much as the chances that a rcnomina-
tion would lead to a re-election are
such that ho does not care to sacrifice
himself further. Ho is still too wise
to decline the senator-ship before it
is olTered to him nnd the republican
legislature may bo rolled upon to relieve
him of any embarrassment in thnt direc
tion. In ono point Governor Boies has
improved upon Washington in the
brevity of his farewell address ; for this
wo should all be duly thankful.
T//B QUKSTHffi OP HATIO.
The platform of the free silverltes
adopted nt Chicago declares ' 'that the
only remedy for our metallic financial
troubles is to open the mints of the
nation to gold nnd silver on equal terms ,
at the old ratio of 10 of silver to 1 of
gold. " While tins reprosdnts the view
of a very largo majority of the free sil
ver men some of them are rational
enough to see and candid enough to
admit that in order to bring the two
metals to n purity a change of ratio will
bo necessary. The radical element pro
fess-to believe thut the free < k > inugo of
silver at the present ratio would
make 4123 ; grains of standard sil
ver worth 10Q cents , and that when
this was done in the United States thut
amount of silver would bo worth the
same everywhere else. Every jirnctica
financier will see at once , wo have no
doubt , thnt this is a preposterous as-
8nmptlon'witliout warrant in experience
nnd unsupported by anything in the re
lations of gold and silver as now estab
lished by the leading nations of the
world.
This country should not and will not
abandon bimetallism. It is not proposed
to give up silver as a part of our mone
tary system. That motul i will con
tinuo to do Borvlco as currency ,
but in. order that in that capac
ity it may not expel gold from
like service it is essential that the ratio
between the two metals shall bo
changed. At the present prtct > of sliver
bullion iho ruth ) is not fur from 30 to 1
so that the silver in a dollar is roall.
worth less than 00 cents. Probably none
ono would propose to establish tlio ratio
according to the prevailing price for M
vor bullion , though it could not b
claimed that to do so would bo Unfair o
unjust. A reasonable compromise wajtld
bo found in u ratio of 20 or 23 to 1
nnd it is to bo expected that n
proposition of this kind will bo
nmdo. Doubtless it will bo opposed
by the oxtrerao silver men who
urc in sympathy with the mine owners ,
und the rouHon for opposition on the "part1
of the latior is entirely obvious , but
such n proposition , if made , will bo very
llkoly to prevail , und if It should any
ratio between 20 and 25 to 1 thnt may bo
adopted will undoubtedly become the
world's ratio for gold and silver coinage ,
Wo uro not unmindful of the objec
I tions to uuch a change of ratio on the
grounds thut the silver dollar would
1i
have to bo very much larger in size und
therefore more inconvenient for circula
tion , nnd nlso that It would
entail u considerable loss to the
government on the silver it now owns
both us coin and bullion. As to the first
of these objections it IB porhnps bulli-
cient to say that a comparatively small
proportion of the silver dollars now
coined enters into general circulation ,
BO thut the change could not bo very
serious in this respect , while if the now
coinage were made available for bunk
reserves it would release enough of
other currency to more than take the
place of the silver dollars now in circu-
lutiou. Besides , there could bo no ob-
joction to coining half dollars of the
same standard of value nnd making them
a legal tender. As to the loss the gov
ernment would ntstnln , which would
bo considerable , it could hardly
bo greater than Itff'fl't inevitably suffer
it the present poll'AVliould bo continued
long enough to work out its certain con
sequences. . . . . .
The oxtromlslsjyi both sides of the
fill vor question maya be expected to nn-
tngonlzo nny proposal to change the
ratio between the Iwy metals , but there
is reason to belitvp that neither the
golditos nor the Tad leaf sllvorites will
have tholr way and ! that the rational
nnd practical frloi s f bimetallism will
finally bo successful in retaining silver
as n part of our currency on n basis that
will insure its parity with gold for years
to como , perhaps compel other nations
to adopt n Hko ratio , and thus nvort the
danger thnt now thrcatoni our financial
system. There is no more simple , di
rect nnd certain remedy for the mone
tary dllllciilty thnt confronts Us , and in
adopting It wo should show something
of that independence which the free sil
ver advocates so urgently counsel. .
THE Influence ot Nebraska In the east
has recently boon soon to assume nn al
together now phase. When n Jewish
paper announced to the llobrow resi
dents of the east sldo of Now York thnt
the "Neb. State bank" had suspended
they failed to understand the reference
and Immediately inferred thnt the bank
meant was the State bank of that city ,
in which their- savings were deposited ,
nnd thufc "Nob. " mount poor or bad.
The result was the precipitation
of a run on the bank which at ono
thno threatened to prove Borlous to that
institution. It was only with the
greatest diilloulty thut the bank officials
succeeded in explaining the source of
the mistake. Hero is an opportunity
for students to.truco the philology of
the nnmo of our great state. If "Nob. "
signifies poor , what does Nebraska sig
nify ?
MEN who witnessed the proceedings of
the populist national convention in this
city on July 4 , 18)2 ! ) , nnd who later saw
the session of the Bimetallic league in
Chicago this week , have hud dilliculty
in convincing themselves that they were
not attending a reconvened , assembly of
the earlier gathering. The loading
lights were largely the sumo in both
conventions and the chuructnr of the
utterances on the two occasions would
compare favorably with ono another.
Is there really anything moro thun a
distinction without n difference ?
IT is to bo hoped thnt the railroads ,
will not inako -further reduction in
their forces here. 'It * is not ] ust to visit
upon the people Qf Vihis city and state
the misfortunes of western states
through which the roads run. No-
bruslcu is all right jand the traffic of
this state is bound to tie the mainstay of
Nebraska roads thisJull.
THE trials of President Cleveland a'-o
but beginningHowas told the other
day that ho no bjngor represents the
democratic party. . > tNow the Virginia
populists denounce himnfor attempting
"to consummuto. the fraud of 1873. " The
president is still in'undisturbecl retire
ment nt BuzzarJd's Bay. . ,
BANK WUECKEH MOSHEH is now ex
ceedingly anxious to protect the deposi
tors of the bank-which ho helped to
destroy. Per the state ho has no such
tender feeling- . The taxpayers can easily
boar the burden of replacing ; the money
ho und his friends carried away.
LOCAL democrats 'havo resumed the
scramble for federal olllco. Our dis
patches indicate thut the citadel of the
customs surveyor will bo the first point
of attack. As fur as wo can learn no
ono save the restive candidate is crying
for a change in this case.
THE disgraceful rush of settlers to
pre-empt claims in Oklahoma is about
to bo re-enacted in the Cherokee Strip ,
lias the time not yet arrived when our
barbarous system of making land grants
to settlers is to bo reformed ?
Turn AlMint In l.iliitr. .
Qlolic-Denwerat.
Borrowers have been doing all the walking
for a few months past. Lenders will have
to turn peripatetics before long.
Deimnintr.Httt Ynur Siinlty.
Now that time has elapsed to recover
from thu unnecessary scare lot these people
wliudrow their mouoy from sound banks
tuko it bad ; .
A Cihunru til KlnUlt.
Luuiiivtlle Courier-Journal ,
Perhaps , after things quint down at Den
ver now , that lone individual in the recent
silver convention who tvas indignantly
howled down because ho started out by sa-
in , " .Lot us Tie roasonahlo , " may flud un
opportuulty to Jlnlsh his remarks.
The Hotter hlilo of It.
C/I'MBO Inter Oct'iii.
People may well bo profoundly thankful
that while the financial troubles nro hero it
is n time of general lioalth und the danger
from the dreaded scouragu In another month
will bo well ovor. The nation can easily
recover fromtiiianuliil losses , but the ravages
of the plague leave tlio people stricken and
sorrowful for the years to como.
Speak tint aiiil Ijiok I'lousuiit.
HimlonAilvtrttter.
Without departing n hair's hroadth from
truth , without abutting from sight any regrettable -
grottablo fact , without the least bit of
wnistling to keep ono's . .courage up , every
business man whoso viaws are sought on
the mmnclal outlook can legitimately speak
words of good chuor. Ho can point to grand
spaces of bright sky bo'yoint and above the
floating clouds. Ho can call attention to
the wonderful Amorlciui > harvests and in
creasing European demand for our broad-
stuffs. Ho can cite the heavy setting this
way of the tldo of cold Alilpmont , amounting
to no less than ) , Ouu.OOO for n single wo lc.
Ho cau strongthoii his argument by the de
clarations of many thigh authorities east ,
west and south , who afllnn their full belief
that the present stringruoy is only tem
porary.
(
An Krpludoil'i'uU ,
'
Chairman Warner , of the bimetallic con i-
vention at Chicago , begins bystatiugiau
old and long oo exploded ' falsehood to the
effect that members of congress , the speaker
of the house who signed iho act of 187 ; ) , ami
the president who unproved it , never know
that it demonetized silver , Mr Warner
said : "Thero was but ono man in the
United States senate who Know that the
act of 1HT8 demonetized silver , and yet lie
hat never been huug or shot for treason. "
This is utterly and completely false. The
bill was before congress and the country for
about four years , und It ) 18J the secretary
of the treasury reccommondod such altera
tions in the mint bill 'as would ' 'prohibit thu
colnaee of silver for circulation in this
country. " In carrying out this policy tuo
trade dollar was authorized. The Bimetallic
league will not accomplish much if U bases
' .ts work on falsehoods disproved by the
easily accessible reports of debates in con
gress.
OTIlttltl. \ / > .1 TIM.V OI7K&
If Franco profits by her eoursft in Slfttn ,
the theory that nil things right themselves
In this world will bo badly shattered. The
real origin of the quarrel Is French greed.
Ma ny years ngo , when the king of Annum
died , ho loft two sons , \vhodlsputod over the
succession. Annnm then ] > .iul tribute to
Siatn.w lilch possessed unquestioned Suzerain
rights. Ono of the sons entered into an in
trigue with Frnnco , whereby ho agreed to
cede territory In return for French ntd. Ho
got the aid , but Slam properly denied his
right to code the territory. Franco
was angered , but U dare not under
take then to enforce such an unjust claim ,
but It hns harbored designs which it is now
seeking to carry out by brute force. It
gees further now than It probably ever
dreamed of doing nt that time , nnd claims
territory over which the king of Annnm
never exorcised'authority , oven If ho matlo
claim to It. The way lit which the blockade
has boon established , without duo notlco to
England , scorns to furnish ground for the
charge thnt duplicity Is shown In Paris as
well as grcod , and the oxorclso of brute
force in Sinm. It Franco needed territory
for colonization purposes there might bo
some ground of sympathy with her , but she
does not want and will not use ttio territory
for any such put-peso. The French pcoplo
do not emigrate to any great extent , and
when they do they keep uway from the far
cast. Exclusive of the military , there is a
mere handful of Frenchmen in the territory
now hold by Franco In Asia. Deaths exceed
the births among the native population of
Franco. If it were not for Immigration tbo
population of Franco woulddecroaso. _ It Is
the ouo nation of Europe which does not
need any territory to provide for its growing
population.
*
*
In the ovcnt of tbo death of Queen Chris
tiua of Sualu , who is ill , the regency will de
volve upon the Infanta Isabella , cldost sister
of the late king nnd tlio widow of the ex-
king of Naples * epileptic brother , tbo count
of Gtrgcnti. The princess is diametrically
onposod to Queen Christina's liberal policy
and bus as great faith in the conservative
loader , Canovas , ns her royal sister-in-law
places In Satrasta. Twice during the last
seven years hns Canovas brought thu coun
try to the verge ot revolution by bis reac
tionary methods of government , and each
time the crisis has been averted at tbo last
moment by the queen regent dismissing him
in order to iruilco way for the advent to of-
11 co of the liberal loader , Sagnsta. Princess
Isabella's ' accession to the regency would on-
tall , therefore , tbo return to power of Cano
vas and the revival of all that republican
nnd Carlist agitation against the throne
which characterized his last administrations.
The people of Spain , and not alone the pco
plo , but also tliu parish clergy throughout
the land , are essentially democratic at heart ,
and , having been initiated by Sagasla into
liberal doctrines , will bo unwilling to permit
either the princess regent or Senor Canovas
to deprive them of their newly -won liberties
and prerogatives or to reduce them once
moro to that state of political nonentity
which used formerly to cause foreigners to
assert with some justice thnt Spain was at
least a century behind every other country
in Europe. Homarkably strong-minded ,
bigoted , und possessed of all tnat obstinacy
for which .tho members of tlio house of
Bourbon are celebrated , the Infanta Isabella
would soon llnd herself face to face with a
republican revolution , aud the only means
by which she might possibly bo able to save
her little nephew's turono would bo by sur
rendering the oftlce of regent of Sp.iiu to her
younger and infinitely moro popular , as well
ns more democratic ; sister , our recent charm
ing visitor , Dona Eulalla.
* *
Among the principal events of the past
month was the completion of the Corinth
canal , which was begun , in the flrst place ,
eighteen centuries ago , under the reign of
the KOIIKHI pmporor , Nero. Even 500 huu
drcd 3 oars previous o that era a scheme for
cutting a canal across the isthmus was put
forward by Pcriander , but was abandoned
on the advice of the Pythla or onicla of
Delphi , who declared that any such project
would outail the auger of the gods , since , if
Zeus had wished to make 1111 island of the
sou thorn * portion of Greece , ho would certainly -
tainly not luivo left intafct the strip of terri
tory that connects it with the main land. It
was not , however , until after the success
ful opening of the Suez caual thut
the work of piercing thu Isthmus was
resumed under tbo direction of the Hun
garian patriot and revolutionary leader ,
General Turr , married to u sister of that
lieutenant , Bonaparte Wyso , whoso name is
so closely associated with the unfortunate
Panama canal undertaking. General I'urr
began operations m 1882 , and ulthouch the
canal Is only about four miles in length , yet ,
owing to the failure of the llrst company
formed for its construction and to the dlfn-
culty of obtaining tbo necessary fund * , it
has taken ulevon years to bring the work to
completion. It was on July - thut the waters
of tbo Gulf of Lopanto lirst miuglou with
these of the Aegean sea , although the ofllcinl
opening of the canal did not take place until
moro than u fortnight Inter. The voyage
between Ccphiilonia and Athens is now re
duced nearly 200 miles by the now waterway ,
besides which ttio vessels will bo spared the
dangerous rounding of tbo southern head
lands of Greece , which from tlmo immemo
rial have enjoyed a most evil reputation
among mariners.
* #
Bulgaria has a population of 3,154,000 in a
territory of some 40,000 square tnllos ; its
chief cities are the capital , Sofia , with ! iO-
000 people ; Phllippopolis , with iJJ.ODO ; Huat-
chuclt , with 27,000 , nnd Vurna , on the Black
sea , with 25,000. The pcoplo are chiefly
rural more so than In Grocco , whcro Athens
alone has moro population than all these
Bulgarian cities to say nothing of Patras ,
Piraeus , etc. , that are larger than Bulgarian
towns. But there are 70,0X1 inhabitants
more in all Bulgaria than in the kingdom of
Grocco , The Dulgnriuu army is not only bet
ter drilled und armed tha n that of Greece , but
almost twuio as great ; for it is rated at nearly
' 10,000 men , while the Greek army , nlnco
the Into roduo'.ions , ( I less than " 15,000 oltoc-
tives. Thu Bulgarians are armed with the
Mnnnllchor rlile , said to bo the best of recent -
cent weapons , nnd.thoy have tlio name of
being vorv good soldiers , the opposite being
saiu of the Greeks. The Bulgarian receipts
and expenses are each about 1)3,000,00 ) , ! )
francs , or $18,000,000 a year , of which moru
thun a quarter is spent on thu army , The
national debt is only 130,000,000 francs say
$20,000,000 , ; tlm smallest debt in Europe , and
but a mcro fraction of the debt of Greece ,
with which that llulu kingdom is notr strug
gling in order to pay oven the interest. The
Bulgarian interest charge Is high , bocauun
it includes a yearly tribute to the sultan ,
from which the next European war will
probably sot the principality froo.
The tariff warfare that h&s boon declared
between Hussia and Germany VT ill tend to
anything but an iuiprovementof thopolitical
relations of those countries. It is probable
however , that this commercial war , so in- (
jurlous to both , will bo of short duration.
An increase of 50 per cent ou existing rales
sf duty will amount practically to an embargo
barge upou reciprocal trade. But neither
country Is generally dependent upon the
other , notwithstanding the propinquity
of their territories. Germany cau
draw her supplies of wheat from
the United States and India , and Hus
sia can trade with England aud
other countries for innttufncturcd eommodt-
lies. While ihU in true of the Rpnernl twdo
of the two co'Jtitvlcn , Gonnnny has lontf
bcrm a prontnblo market for the Agricultural
product * of tlio fertile Uuulun province *
lying next the Gorman borders. At the
same tlmo these * provinces hnto afforded n
convenient market for many manufac
tures of Germany. In this condition of
things It will not bo long until the embargo
upon trade shall bo keenly felt In all those
soottont of Germany nnd Russia lying con
tiguous to each other. From these provinces
the discontent will spread ever both em-
plrcs ; and there wilt bo a stronc demand
( in Germany , nt least ) for a reduction of
duties.
fl-illStl vLU nTH.llt' ,
Minneapolis Journal : This whole movement
of the silver uionomotalllsts is Incendiary aud
destructive.
Denver News : The resolutions adopted by
the Chicaco silver convention cover the sub.
ject in n forcible manner.
Cincinnati Commercial : The babble of
the silver lunatics nt Chicago Is ovldouco of
the fact that the heat on the west shore of
I-iko Michigan produces curious effects on
some men's powers of reason.
Kansas City Star : Senator Allen of Ne
braska wants it understood thnt ho did not
go to the silver convention nt Chicago to talk
politics , but merely to call the attention of
the meeting to the fact that the populists
are bowling 011 the right alloy.
Minneapolis Times : Now tint the silver
etninitlon is ever no doubt the congressional
mind has moro strongly converged to the
safety jKUiit. There Is a stronger proba
bility that the incendiary und nnarchlstto
proceedings at Chicago will warn congress of
the porll of temporizing with stlcu nn ulo-
in out.
Chicago Post : Wo nro glad these silver
cranks are cono. They wcro bettor never
mot unless tholr mooting may serve better to
ndvortlso the folly of their c.tuso. The wise ,
sober aud dignified men of the silver party
men Hko Wolcott , Teller , Stewart and
Bland did not como near thorn because
they know how irreswnslblo a gang was
coming. The rldlculouti Wnlto of Colorado
is about the measure of the crowd. What
matters it how such fellows talk ? Since
they saw fit to meat that was tlielr privi
lege , but wo are glad they're gone and can
only hope they have paid their board bills.
Kansas City Times : The real friends of
bimetallism hoped for something now from
this convention at least an honest proposi
tion to put 100 cents worth of silver into a
dollar some real ideas thnt would form n
basis for conlldenco in their proposals. Wo
did not get them , but instead , wo heard In-
llammatory speeches und threats and ancient
fallacies that were long since exploded. We
have the sainu old promises and theories and
prophesies that were urged by the allverltes
in behalf of the Sherman law , and that have
proven falso. Their counsels have brought
us to tlio verge of lluanclul ruin , and it is
time to call a halt.
In tlio 1'rncntslnn.
Kate Field' * H'di'i'nudm.
Philadelphia possesses a collector of horseshoes -
shoos , Boston a gatherer of bricks , No\v
Orleans a collector of sugar samples , .Louis-
villa a gatherer of sample Husks of whisky ,
but Nebraska boats them nil. Shu boasts of
a man who takes locks of hair shaved from
the heads of noted criminals , which ho
labels and indexes with great care.
J.lFlt'S
lloston Ilullotln : The nrin who "has tlio
null" at a picnic U generally tlio thoughtful
chap who has brought H Mask.
Buffalo Courier : Tlm man who pels uu a
rulllo llnuresoii a.suro thhix. At least ho sul-
dom or never takes any chances himself ,
Washington Stnr : "Well ! " exclaimed tlio
damsel who not free admission to the World's
fulr , "tilings have come to u pretty pass ! "
. Indianapolis Journal : Ho That Is what Is
called an imprcbHlontit picture , Is It ? I should
call It n moru excuse for u picture. It really
U not uorth a frame.
She Oh. yes , It Is. It Is allowable to frame
excuse.- , , you know.
I'htladulplilaHocord : "Miss Supnrllcoapoaks
French with an airy diction. " "Vos , also with
a dictionary. "
Dotiolt 1'ren Press : Wlthorby You haven't
seen my new boy , have you'/ They say ho
tukus nflur his father.
I'liinklngton If he takes the saino thing his
father takes I'm sorry for him , old man.
Iturlinglon Press : "Soled out , " ho murmured
to liliusuif , ns tlm father of his best girl gave
him a lift , ut'o'clock ! In the morning.
Uochoster Democrat : An austlonoor. oven
If ho docs nut HKO his occupation himself ,
wants to have otliur people follow his culling.
Indianapolis.lonru.il : Watts What do you
think of this Idea of putting a dollar's worth
of silver In u silver dollar ?
1'otts I don't believe In It' Leave tlio silver
dollar at the convenlot blzo It now has just
the stzo of a pokur chip.
Washington Star : "I hear that JagHtorV
widow lias huml tbo Tootonlan band for * 10-
"H'lii.Vbat for ? "
"Tboy played 'We'll Never Got Drunk Any
More * on the way back from Ids funeral. "
IN I inn NEW IMTIMNII HUtT.
New 1'inh I'r&if.
She sits bosldo thu sea today
A vision fair and.snuet ,
And inorry , laughing wavelets play
Aiound tier f cut.
Uncoil scions of the passers she
I'rotends to bo , 1 ween ;
Tliu inaldun Is not there to see ,
Jlut to be seen
IIK i. ' tytj ; t'liuM xrnn.imt.1 ,
C'ltr * MnritiM Dorm of CrM i VUIU
York In 5nn ( Irrcn tlnniti .Mon ,
NRW Yonx , AUR.I.Special ( Tolopram to
Tun HKK.J A vtavo of financial depression
swrpto\or Crete , Nob. , suvcral weeks ngn
unit i-AiisnU n scarcity of currouoy , J. A.
Dcros , city marshal of that town , who owns
n big store , whcro everything tlio country
folks usually rwiulra oM , win affected bj
the dearth of rash , Ho hail rvcolvod a type
written letter from n Now York firm ol
green goods morolmnU ami decided to conn
on and do up the metropolitan fakirs.
Ho arrived hero yesterday mornlntf and
put up At the Cosmopolitan hotel , paving for
his room In lutv.mce. llo "How light,1' which ,
in the vernacular of the hotel dorks , moans
ho had no b.iggago. In the afternoon hemet
mot two mon , one tall and muscu
lar looking , the other small nnd wiry. In
A saloon. The muscular man was the senior
partner of thn green cootls linn. Ho carried
n japanned box about twelve inches long ,
nine vrulo nnd six deep. The city marshal
ot Crotn vras permitted to look Into the box.
Ho saw thrco packages of what appeared to
bo < s > Aiul $1 bills. There were two & bills
nnd ouo $1 bill visible. The marshal did not
know It , but beneath the visible $11 wcro
slips of green paper just the slzo of the bills.
The Now Yorl : merchants seemed tp lw
convinced that they had a sucker la tow ,
nnd the country buyer from Crete , on his
part , felt pretty sure ho w.is coming out
ahead of the gamo. The nnil from Crete la
bit' and plucky , and ho h.ul n big -14-uallbor
pistol in his hip poclcot. Thn Now YorK
merchants said there were f. > ,0Xl ( in "good
money" in the japanned boxand the marshal
of Crete could have It for $1,000. The 111:111 :
from Crete grabbed for the box aim yelled
police. Ho got both , but when the box was
forced open at bo.uiiiuartor * the $5,000 ho ex
pected ho had found was Just f I.SS'J . short ot
that amount.
The marshal will have to pay $10 for car
rying conco.Uod weapons. The green gojds
men have lost * 11 and a tin box. The mar
shal has $ 'J1.07 to carry him foaok to Creto.
STltVCK 0AM .SI/AKICV HOCK.
Sevan l.uko Ooorijo rioasnro Sonkrrt Plnil
Drill h in tlio Winer * of thn l.uuv.
AI.IIANY , N. V. , Aug. 4. A steamer with
nn excursion party loft Fourteen Mile
island. I..ako George , for Pearl Point , this
morning. At Pearl Point landing tha
steamer struck n sunken rock nnd sunk ,
Seven lives were lost.
The namoof tlio steamer was the Hicbol
Sherman. She had an excursion party ol
twenty-nlno persons aboard from Fourteen
Mlle island. * The names of those drowned
nro as follows :
MISS OV1T.
MIKS 1HJUKR.
SUSP HAUj.
MISS WOUDEX.
MRS. MlT01IiU : ( AND SON.
AN UNKNOWN I1)V. .
All of tbo above named were from Trov ,
Brooklyn nnd Ilobokon. 'It is said the pnrtv
was composed mostly of New York and
Brooklyn excursionists.
Train Kohbrr-t I < 'oil < * t1.
ST. .Louis. " Aug. 4. News has boon ro.
colvcd of an almost successful attempt to
' wreck nnd rob a Wabash train tills morning
near Atlanta , Mo. A rail had been taken
from tbo track by the robbers , out the fact
was discovered by the son of the station
agent , who Hugged the train , preventing a
wreck and the intended robbery.
> Don't AVniit to Hit CrimiliMl.
1 GUTIIUIE , Old. , Aug. 4. The Osage Indians
refuse to treat with the government for thu |
! sale of their reservation of nearly 2,000,000
acres. They possess nearly 1,000 acres o.icii "
aud don't want to bo crowded by the whitus
11' * tlm tiiiinn Old Ilmvl.
I'lnttxinoiith Herall.
The howl scorns to bo that Judge Maxwell
is too old to hold the position bo now occu
pies. L.ot it bo understood that this is only
the cry of a rotten political ring nnd not tha
sentiment of the people whom ho hns so
faithfully served. It must bo admitted that
ho is quite old , but ho is strong and vigorous ;
and it is a fact that ho docs moro wortt than l
both of his associates put together. If tho. 1
pcoplo fail to elect him from this cause , it {
would bo a gross insult to the man who ,
above all others , has the interest of Ne
braska at heart.
rim < ; .i.i. B of uit.iii.
Tiny Times.
"Just as I am , without one pica ,
Hut please don't thump llfo out of mo
1'oor , wt > nk Slam's pathutlc cry
Is heard bucuuao no help I
Franco grabs her soil , John Hull her tradi
No Christian power gives her aid.
There's nut a heart thnt seems to feel
Tliu least response to her uppuul.
Is this thn lovn to brother ninn
Tamht when the Mitstur'x rolKii began ?
If BO , call homo the mission band
It has no place In Slam's land.
"TIs might inaKes rlirht. as nations hold ,
And justice Imsuly yields to gold.
The western powers cumiotHuy :
"Hero peace with honor lioldn Its sway. "
DOWNING , Klf
IviUiJost Muniif.ioturers : in 1 UoUllOM
olUlothluxlutha World.
Give it to Him.
That's what one of our clerk's said when we
offered one of our $6 suits for 4
to 14 year old boys for $2. On
account of culling1 out the odds
and ends after inventory , we
are now making some extra
ordinary reductions. Children's
2-pioee suits go at $2 , $2.50 ,
$3.50 , worth from' $3.50 to $6.
Boy's long pant suits go in the
general slash , In fact everything all over the store
must get out of the way , to make room for the
new fall goods soon to arrive. The special 'thing
that you want to watch our window for is the
"Pant Sale. " We have placed from 600 to 800
men's pants that sold for $3.50 , $4 , $5 , $6 on three
tables at $2 , $2.50 and $3.50. They are broken in
sizes , but then we can como very nearly fitting you
with a pair out of so many. There are stripes ,
plaids , checks and all colors till you can't rest.
Come over and look in the windows at the samples
and if you like , come in.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open jg ( W | ( Jor , 16ft M D0ull3 St3 ,
