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V" THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 13 , 1803-StXTEEN PAGES. HE DAILY BEE. R. UOaKWATKK. Editor I'UIlMftllKtt EVEUV MOIININO. Dally IlMitwI.liout Sunday ) Ono Ynar. . 19 00 Hallr and Hunday. Ono Yuar. . , . 10 00 HIxSTonthn. . . . . . < * > T.hrco Months . , . 2 f > 0 Rnmlny Hex , UmiYt-nr . 2 OO Bhturcliiy Ilco. Uno Year . 160 Wcokly ilep , Ono Vcar . 100 on'iuns. Omhhn.Tho Itcu llullcllmr. HoiilhOinntm , corner X and 20th Street * . Council llliiffH2 IVarl Street. t'hlciiBo OfllCP < 317 Chamber of Comninrcp. Nuw York , Rooms 13 , 14 and IB , Trlbunn Hulldlng. Washington , fin Knurtovnth Street , COHUKSI'ONnnNCK. All communications relating to nowi nnd fdltorlnl mtU tor should bo addressed ! To tlio Editor. Allbuslnpis lot tors and remittances should liumldwsspil to The lion I'ulillsliInK Company , Onmlm , Drafts , checks nnd iimtolllcn outers 1o bo inndo payable to tliu orUor of llio com pany. Parties Ir-avlni ; the city for the summer can Imvo TUB IIKK iw'iit to tliulr address by leaving nn order nt t his , cifllce. Tin : nr.E I'lniusniNo 'COMPANY. The Hen THR DAILY nnd Kt'NitAY HKK li on i\lo In Clilcngo ut tlio following places : I'ltlinor house. Or.i nil I'neltlc hotol. Aiidltorluni ImtPl. ( iri'iit Nnrllinrnliutcl. ( ! oru Imlol. 1 , clu ml hotel , , 1'llos of Tun HER can ho noon at the No- littiftUa hutldlntt nnd the Administration build Hlg , Kximsltloii grounds. _ SWOHN STATKMKNT OF CIHCULATIOtf. Blalo ( it Nobrnnlc.i. I Coinilyof DoiiKlns. ( Grot-Roll. Tritclmch. nrprctnry of THE DKK Pub- ll-lilnjr romimtir , iloiw Holpmnlvuvi'ar that llio actual circulation o ( TIIK DAILY HKK for tlie week rnillng Aumint 1 - ' , 1BU.I , was ilH follows : Sunday , Antrim ! < l . 211.010 Monday , AuiruHt 7 . 23.7H4 Tiicmlnv. AtieURt 8 . ' 'll nil Vrpilncwiny , AUffiMttl . > . . IM.HftO Tlim-Mlay , Aucimt 10 . SRI.77B Frl.lav. . Aiiijustll . iKl.mil Saturday , August m . . . Blui : Gronoi : II T/.scmcK. fr i SWOUN to lipforti nin ami mibHcrlbPil In i.HKAI.f my vircHoncetlilH I'Jlhilaynf AileUMt , IH'.M , ' ' , ' N. 1' . FKII. . Notary I'nbllo. Circulation for .July , 1HII3 , 24,258 Tills country is to bo congratulated ifpon havinp Burvivotl the llrst week of coiifjross. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WATCH tlio mil ways in their efforts to Iccop the maximum freight riita law in its present stnto of suspended animation. IN SUCH times as these the principle of homo patronage stands most In need of exemplification. Buy Nebraska-made goods. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ISN'T it strange how these personal letters written by public men to private correspondents so quickly find tlieir way into the now3 columns of the daily proas ? "PANICKY" scorns to bo a now word coined on the impulse of the hour. It is BO expressive , however , that its permanence - nonce In the language will scarcely be threatened. TIIK dispatches announce that brood- lligovor a defeat has "nearly broken the heart" of a prize fighter of some notori ety : Bettor a broken heart than a br.okon head in this caso. CHICAGO feels elated because it hai boon able to- import gold direct fron Europe. If it can import Algerian vil Ittges. Irish castles and Egyptian streets why not also British gold ? Dn. KKEMSY now claims that the golt cure prevents the development of insan ity. Perhaps ifc will soon bo the prope : thing to become Inebriated In order t < toke the gold cure for the purpose o avoiding insanity. RKPUHLICAN postmasters of the presi dcntlal cluss are assured that so long a they are oflieiont they will ho permittoi to servo out their whole four years. Bti the slaughter of the fourth-class post masters goes merrily on. EVEHY day shows that Americans ar eminently practical. The latest ovl donco of this Is the formation of a com pany to tnko advantage of the short ha crop abroad by direct shipments of ha from the northwest to London nn Liverpool. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ACCORTHNO to Mr. Bland all that j required to keep gold and silver on parity at 1 to 10 IB for congress to say s ( If the market ratio has BO llttlo connoc tlon with the mint ratio , might wo in suggest that 1 to 10 is a much simple combination. RUMORS are rife of wholesale nopi tlsin in state Institution * . So flngrui lias the practice hocomo in cortal localities that it bids fair to cam trouble If not checked. Tun BIE is i position to glvo a bill of particulars i tlib matter , but refrains lost It 1 charged with sensationalism. Tl abuse , however , must bo sti'.mpod out < it will Bcar.iUihzo the stalo. WHILE the customs receipts arc fal ing oil it is agreeable to note that tl percentage of Import duties paid in gel is increasing. During tha first ton da ; in July not a dollar in gold was include in the collections at Now York ; durii tlio ilrst ton days of August the go has amounted to $21.00 in every $1C The gold reserve of $100,000,000 has al Iwon restored. Those are onoouragii indications. A NUMHr.ll of the best business men this city have recently been victimized 1 confidence men who told of the merits Biiro-thing advertising fakes th promised to return dollar for dolh Now those inivelmnts know they wo swindled. It is hoped the lesson w touch thorn to place all their udvortisli contracts with old established , rqputal newspapers of known circulation su as THE BEK. ISN'T it about tinm the seaslon laws htho late legislature were Issued and d mbutod ? There are printing olllcos the ututo that are doing a pretty go business in the sale of copies of theme Important now lawn. Perhaps this in in u measure explain the delay in t issue of the books. But there are aba ninety county attorneys and judges , say nothing of judges in the high courts and lawyers throughout the sta who ought to havu been enabled to i cure the session laws thirty days ago. K\-ourRttKon ijAnnAiir.E off IIMV nA'tBs. The work announced some time ngo ai about to bo issued by ox-Govornor Larrabco of Iowa , embodying his ideas upon the railroad question , has appeared from the press and , despite many points whore It invltos criticism , it justifies n claim to a place among tha standard books upon the railway problem. It is particularly In those portions of the work which deal with the relations of the government to the railroads and the solution of the difllcuUiea that have arisen between the railways and the people that the experience of the author , both in guiding and executing the rail way legislation of Iowa , comes into prominent play. His views upon the rate question are 83 suggestive that they deserve a widespread and careful consideration. Governor Larrabeo recognizes at once the complication o ! forces that mus t be taken into account before any determi nation of reasonable rates can bo arrived at. He says that it Is much easier to say what rates are unreasonable than what rates are reasonable , an unrea sonable tarilT being one "that brings in an income in excess of aulltcicnt to keep the road in proper condition , to pay operating - orating expenses , including taxas. and a fair rate of Inloroat on the amount , not Including donations , actually Invested in _ the road. ' ' The doctrine laid down by Judge Browcr , that reasonable rates Imply throe things cost of service , interest - torost on bands and then some dividends is subjected to a destructive criticism. A road , says Governor Larraboo , may bo bonded for several tlmos its cost or its real value , It may b3 managed with such recklessness or extravagance that Its operating expenses may bo twice what they would ba under a careful and economical management , yet under this rule the shipper must pay the premium which bond-watering and bad manage ment command. The enforcement of such a rule would place the public at the mercy of scheming railroad manipula tors. And ho comes to the conclusion that "the better judgment seem } to bo that to determine what are reasonable rates -is not a question for judicial adjudication. " The contention then is that all efforts of the courts to solve the rate question have proven fruitless and must continue to prove so. An inclination to lean to ward the system employed In Iowa loads him further to say that the question of railroad rates will never ha satlsfac- tjrily settled until it Is definitely ro- feVrod to export administrative state and national boards empowered and prepared - pared to moot the many contingencies that will always arise in the transporta tion business. The arguments to sup port this proposition are clearly and concisely stated. A court has no abso lute basis to guide its deliberations. While the cost of the service must betaken taken into consideration , it is not the only factor to bo considered , nor even the essential factor. Rate tariffs are in practice the result of experimentation , and to this a court cannot resort because the complaining companies will novel ngrco to give the objectionable rates t fair trial. Wherever the railroads arc forced to give a proscribed tariff a tria' it is Uniformly their' policy to mnnip uluto the conduct of their business so a ; to render the regulating statutes or com missio us as obnoxious as possible to tin people , and thereby to endeavor to so euro another period of uncontrolled high rates of charges for their services , The proverbial slowness with whicl : courts move Is another argument against judicial determination of reasonable rates oven If the courts wore In a posl tion to make a proper determination , Says Governor Larraboo : "So lotig as railroad companies are permitted to re sort to injunctions and olToct other delays lays rendnrod possible through the machinery chinory of the courts to prevent foi years the enforcement of tariffs pre scribed by administrative authorities so long will the public bo at thoi mercy. " The claim made by railroad men tha they should bo allowed to make thol own tariffs is indignantly rejected. However over Intricate the subject , and howovo export the rate makers must bo , tin same men stand ready for the service o the government. Tlio technicality c the process makes it all the more un fitted for judicial determination since tti courts must rely on the testimony at duccd before it. An administrutlv board has the same sources of informt tion nnd has the further advantage c familiarity with all parties concornoc of devoting itself exclusively to the sol tlomont of railway disputes , of quic and speedy action. A change in tin tariff policy of the railways Is not to b hoped for because history has taught u that reforms in this connection mm come from without. The plan proposed by Governor Lam boo amounts substantially to this : Max mum rates should bo absolutely fixed b administrative boards , state and m tional. Before promulgation the tatil bhould be mibmittud to the railwu officials , and any Improvements su < gested should be given careful conside utlon. If , after a fair trial , any rate a ] pears unreasonable they should be a lowed to complain and the wrong righto From decisions of the board upon coi plaints of this kind , both railway ai shipper should have the right to appe to the regularly constituted judiclar Any reduction below the official tar : Bhould bo allowed only with duo noli to the board , This ut least has tl merits of definiteness and compreho bivenoss. Any one who will compare with what lias actually boon adopted I recent legislative bodies will bee th Governor Larraboo is well In line wl the course of modern legislation. Hi much further this development will pr ccoil will depend largely on the attitui taken by the courts where btututo of regulation Is contested by the railway s- sIn RAII.IIOADS leading Into Nebraska a InHi Hi arranging for the usual harvest oxcti re siotia which have heretofore beonsoboii flciul to the atuto. This year , above i 10 others , the success of these incuraiu at Bhould bo by thld time assured. Thu to are thousands of men in the east whu or highoat ambition U to own a farm in IS brusku. The fume of this state has go out to all the world , The wonderful pi duotlvouoBu of our soil , the uniform c < talnty of nbupdantcropsourproximity , to good live stock markets , a most delight ful climate , conspire to attract agri culturists to locate within our borders. It behooves the people of this state to make known to those prospective immi grants the virtues of favored localities to the end that the state may profit by the addition of a thrifty and industrious class of people. TIIK VXKMPLOl'BD. Everybody must deplore the fact that largo numbers of people have boon thrown out of employment within the last few months in all parts of the coun try. Such a state of affairs moans re stricted consumption of nil classes of commodities and if long continued the result must bo great hardship nnd pri vation to hundreds of thousands of our pooplo. Nobody can contemplate with complacency the possibility of a consid erable proportion of our people , who have made no provision for the future , being in enforced idle ness during the coming winter , nnd compelled to rely upon the uncertain and generally inadequate benefactions of charity. Every American citizen will feel that such a situation ought not to oxlst In this country of unlimited re sources , and will justifiably reason that It can bo duo only to the mistakes and follies of human judgment which are not irremediable. The true policy In such an exigency as now confronts the country Is for the people to consider with deliberation and patience what shall bo done to remove the difficulties that obstruct the way to prosperity. It is not an occasion for demonstrations of class hostility , for arraying labor against capital , or for engendering sectional animosity. All interests are equally involved in the financial and industrial problem. Labor and capital must both suffer in the con flict. How they shall arrange their con duct so that each shall do its duty witli reference to the general good Is the question that ought to commend itscll to the general consideration , alt is proposed to hold In Now Yorli this week a parade of the unemployed , The idea is that such an exhibition ol the number of people who are idle will make an impression upon the coun try and will help toward some action tnat will give the unemployed ployed a chance * to work. It ii a mistaken idea. The parade of a hun dred thousand men or more in Now Yorli City who are without employment will not have the effect of putting a single man to work who is not now needed. 11 can do no possible good , but it rmvy have the olToct of inciting a feeling among the working classes that maj do a great deal of harm , nnd for this reason the project Is to bo doprojatod , It would , perhaps , bo loss objoctlonabli If there was a certainty that only logltl mate worklngmen out of employmon would bo represented In the projectoi parade , but it will bo impossible to keo ] out of it thousands of men who neve : labor and who never Intend to labor. Wo cannot conceive of any good offec to bo produced by the proposed parad of unemployed labor , but wo can sei how It may have consequences inimica to both the interests of labor and of th public. The natural and inovltabl tendency of such demonstrations is t , intensify antagonisms which it ought t bo the common policy to avert. Th projected parade of the unemployed i Now York will undoubtedly bo a strifc ing object lesson , but there is the dango thdt it may incite passions which wil bo inimical to the general welfare. A QltUWlKQ PltOULKM. That the time will como when th Amori can people will bo compelled t consider , with much greater earnestnes than they have yet done , the question < the future of the negro race on this coi tinont , is not to bo doubted. It is u or * bl em which has already engaged tli attention of statesmen , and thus far tl weight of opinion has been that tl : negro should and will remain hero , bet because ho has the right to remain an because there is no practicable wt of removing him. It was unque tlonably the view of the distil guishod statesmen of the emuncipatic period that every consideration of rlgl and justice demanded that the ra ( which had boon brought in slavery this continent , and after more than t\i centuries of servitude had obtained fro dom through the rebellion of the slav holding element , was entitled to all tt prerogatives of free Institutions. It wi In this spirit that all the legislation the reconstruction period was framed ar passed. It was a recognition by the mt of that time of the bentlmcnt onunc atod in the Declaration of Indopon once , that all men are oreak equal and endowed by the Creati with the right to life , liberty and tl pursuit cf happiness. The men wl wore contemporary with Lincoln ni who had argued and fought again slavery profoundly believed that it w one of the highest and most sacred dull of this government to place the nog population of the republic upon a plui of political and civil oquallty with tl white population. Constitutional amen incuts nnd btututo law wore adopted wl this end in view. The latter was eve thrown by u decision of the mi pro mo ti bunal , while the former have always boi Inoperative , and so far us now appoa are likely always to remain BO. Meanwhile the negro population steadily increasing in mimlwrs , and the nature of things the problem i gurding their future grows in imp ( tunco and urgency. This is not purtic larly realized and appreciated in t states of the north , but It is fully und ( stood in the southern section of t union and it is there that the quostl of the future of the negro race on tl continent is even now being serlout and earnestly considered. There t ! white people can realize how rapidly t negro race is growing numerically , a o they foresee that the time cannot r- very remote when that race , udvanci rti ti in numbers and in intelligence , will i till ll sort with formidable energy the politic it ) and civil rights which are now doni o it. It ia because the white population oo > o the bouth regards this us a menace B- their continued supremacy that they u Bie ie manifesting Buch eagerness to attri ieo o- immigration to that section , while t or r- brutal and lawless treatment of t negroes of thoflonth ; ts nt once nn expression of"itho hatred of the whites and a' fqUeo to the black race that it is rognnled as being outside the palo of the \nvr \ in all cases where the Interests of dfo white people nro in volved. Howovpr much law-respecting citizens may deplore * nnd deprecate this condition of aflnlfsj It must bo admitted that there seems | nnll probability of n change for the hotter BO long as the rela tions and status c'f the two races con tinue as nt present , , / It would bo Idle to hope for moro stringent legislation than has already been adopted to secure the negro in his righis nnd the failure of what has been tlcllio'wnrrants the belief that no future oliAdtmonts will have bet tor results. Such being the situation regarding the negro race In this country , the question of the future of that race Is manifestly one of Importance. What can bo done with the negro is n practical question which may well command the serious attention of statesmen. It has boon urged that the wisest thing to do wquld bo to deport the race to Africa , and this view has the support of one of the ablest members of the race , ln this country , Bishop Turner of the Methodist Epis copal church , wlioso contribution to the discussion will bo found elsewhere In our columns. It cannot bo denied that Mr. Tumor makes n most plausible argument , but on the other side are such able representatives of the race as Prof. Langston and Bishop Tay lor , who take the position that the negro has an equal right on this continent with the white man and that every .con sideration of humanity and justice de mands that ho bo permitted to remain hero and work out his destiny. Un doubtedly the general Impression will bo that Bishop Turner takes a rather too pessimistic view of the situation and that ho does not fully appreciate the practical difficulties in the way of carry ing out the plan he proposes. LVTTEUlKli IN Attention is invited to nn article in another column detailing the operations of financial concerns commonly known as bond inVostincnt companies. The arrest in Denver of the promoters of one of these wildcat financial -ventures on charges of using the mails to defraud and violating the federal law prohibit ing lotteries loaves no'doubt as to their character and purpose. The bond investment craze is of recent origin. It Is the offspring of a number of "get rich quick" financial bubbles which have flourished for a brief period in the east and passed away , leaving thousands of wage workers and people of moderate means ' 'stranded on the barren sands of siiatlSred hope. Tlio plan of operation In the west overshadows the gigaritlc swindles of en dowment societies in Uie east and sur passes the scandalous frauds of the in famous Iron Hall Tire former afforded some compensatioli' iri'that ' investors had the pledge of life Jnsuranco in event ol death while the associations lived. The bond investment companies assume no risk , bat on the contrary pluck tholt victims of from 10 to 25 per cent of all receipts .foe the jjpriyjloge ofuhandling 'the money of the gullible , nnd in return promise - profitswhiclraro as uncortair of realization as if gambled on the turi of a card. The only certainty ubou' them is the certainty that the managon will win. ' The /act / that the authorities at Wash ington , on the representation of federal authorities in Denver , authorized tin arrest of two promoters of band schemes in that city , is sufficient warrant for like action in this vicinity , whore similar 5 concerns are , daily violating the law 3 prohibiting lotteries and the use of thi 3f mails to defraud. They not only violate f federal law , but also under flimsy dis guises evade state laws and prey upon i class of people oaslly deluded by lurid promises and false representations. Thoj borrow the livery of legitimate enter prise to pluck the uninitiated. Chanci appeals to man's cupidity. The method : of life insurance companies are laudoi as a principal hitherto unapplied to in vestment companies and the improssioi is sought to bo convoyed that they affon the protection of the former , whorea ; they seek patronage on success of tin former without assuming the risk. Acraii they pretend to surpass honest buildin ; and loan associations without guaranteeing toeing any return in event of failure t meet monthly duos. Failure to moo one month's iuos moans confiscation o all payments made. No matter who misfortune befalls the holder of bond If sickness comes to his family If In stringent times ho loses hi situation and Is unable to moot hi monthly duos , all payments hlthortt made are of no avail. Ills payment are confiscated by the manager and hi Is loft without romody. The saving ; and economies of years mayhap ai swallowed in ono monthly failure. Am it this system of confiscation without , rial is paraded as a great source of profit t these who poraist in paying monthl ; duos. A system of profit dependent o e tlio misfortune of others deserves th ° condemnation of honest men. It IB manifestly the duty of the fodori authorities in Nebraska .and Iowa I proceed against theso' ' fraudulent coi corns and wlpo th m'cj'ut of oxistonci n When the law is violated in Colorad 8 and proceedings an ! had to vindicate and protect the po.oplQ.1rom swindles , Is is equally the dutyoi the ofllcera hoi in to hood the lesson -and not only to u Qr - hold the law , but vigorously to pros r- cute these who sySlijm'atlcally violate for gain. In addition , , it IB clearly tl 10 duty of the banking'department of N r10 braska to prosecul'o 'tnpso who attem 10 to do business undof ! legally sanction < principles und at tha Aiuno time evac the plain provlslonlfiftf 'iho law. iy 10 Tins current issue of 7/urj > er'.t Week 10 lays open to the public gaze the filtl id condition of the Now York postofll JO building and the inadequate laciliti from which the postal employes are si foring. It declares that the clerks al both general and 'branch ' postofllc ald alof are being housed in places unfit I of human beings to work in , and I hat whi to the buildings may not tumble in , tin re are killing clerks just as effectual ! ct All this must bo attributed to thocheot to paring policy of the democratic co 10 gross of late years to "llolraanlbm" the U'ecM.terms . ! it. The substance of the whole complftlnt IB that a larger ap propriation must bo made for the con' duct of the postal business In the largest and most important office In the country. The remarks that have been made will apply in a lessor degree to postofilccs with few excoptlons throughout the United States. Excluding Washington and a few of the most recently built structures , nearly every postofllco build ing is inadequate to the business trans acted within iU It has been erected without regard to the prospective1 increase in worK and the appropriations for its maintenance are BO small that needed repairs and renovation must bo neglected , while the health of the em ployes Is allowed no consideration what ever. A moro liberal policy in respect to postofllco facilities is demanded by considerations of both humanity and efficient service. A damper should bo placed upon "Uolmanlsm" without delay. - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' l * nla . I'uiioturo the MotiRar * l-htladtlpMii Time * . It Tould bo a grout relief to the public mind If a few calamity-howlers were gently- but firmly taken out nnd shot. Koonomy nnd Igitoranoo. PMUclclpMa Prat. Secretary Morton has stopped the scientific work in the wonthor bureau and elsewhere in the Agricultural department. It was doubtless this sort of organized oHl- clnl ignorntico and contempt of science which led the Atnherat colloRO professors to cast their voice niul vote for President Cleveland in tha campaign a year ngo. < fe > J'omnuul to CongroM. liuffaln Commtrclnl , Thomas JolTorson said tow.ml the close of his useful life : "I served with General Washington In the legislature of Virginia before tlio revolution and durinp it with Dr. Franklin in congress. 1 never hoard either of them speak ten minutes nt n time , nor to nny but the main point which waa to decide the question. They laid their shoul ders to the great points , knowing that the Httlo ones would follow of themselves. " I'auiifr l.nlxir I'mroa Coitly. San FYniiclsco C > inmtcf& The movement now in progress In Penn sylvania to dispense with cheap Hungarian labor seams to bo the result of observation of the fact that low priced Is not always cheap labor. If the manufacturers have suf fered severely as claimed from the inot- llcienuy of ttieir hell ) no one will sympathize with them , for It Is notorious that tlioy violated lated the law to Import low priced. Ignorant labor and would not avail themselves of the bolter and more skilled help at their com mand , because to do so would have clipped their competitive wings. JILAHTS fllUM HA.M'8 JIOKft. A bad habit is a chain. "Birds with bright feathers nro not always fat. fat.If If our eyes were bettor the stars would give us moro light. The wounds made by a frlond are the ones that smart the most. The trouble with the man. who knows nothing is that it takes nun so long to flnd it out. There are church members who call keeping - ing the ten commandments going to ex tremes. There are communities m which Solomon would not huvo received any credit for nis wisdom. If sunshine had to DO paid for , there nrc people who would declare that candle light could beat it. Only three rich men are referred to as such in the ISiovr Testament , and two ol them were lost. The man has to flgbt for his life who un , dcrtakos to toll other men great truths thai , they do not know. Every time a stone is thrown straight nl the devil it is sure to , hit some prominent man square in tlio face. There is not much drawing power in the Christianity of people who go through lif < shaking hands with two flngers. TIIK JOLLY Boston Herald : After all , the boat closuri rule Is the golden one , j Washington Star : "A Irlss for a blow , " sail the girl who loved a cornet pltiyor. Philadelphia Record : The old saying "Where thorn's a will there's a way , " doosn always hold good. In these clays of slot machines chinos It takes a nickel to get a wulgh. Troy Press : If you irunt to inako sure you advice will bo takun have It engraved on you umbiella bundle. Indianapolis Journal : "It's funny nbou bridal pain. They are not HUe other ponria all. " "Why not ? " "They're softest when thoy'ro green. " Philadelphia Tlinos : The great danger o looking too much upon the wlno when It's rot is that onu may begin using It for paint. Washington Star : She What makes Gharlo IIICKlus wunr thut string to his now utraw hat Ho To koup It ( rum blowing uway when h talks through it. Philadelphia Lodger : The now dnorkoopo of tliu houiu la Hurt , of Tonnciioo. "icomun Turner , whom hu dufuatvd , feels a good den thut way , too. Indianapolis Journal : Ilogob , If Ol hit yc wanuo yei won't know your best frlnda. Urugun An' If Ol tok wan good crack o you your frlnds won't know you. Truth : A man may clothe himself I righteousness , but ho will havu to wear ah some moro modern style of upuarel If ho soul * u well-paying Job. Washington Star : "Miss Loftypoio U vor chilly in her munnor , " uuld ono young nun. "Yi'S , " rnpllod tlie other , "I go around an call on her now whunnver I want to pass cotnfoi la u lo ovonlng. " AM. THINGS COME TO HIM WHO WAITS. Ktw York 1'ieit. Iv'o Iain on my bed , I know not how long , Hut i can't go to sloop at all , For a Hoimui uoxt door Is cruochtnx a song , And the lust line U "After the Bail. " Kho IIUR Mulshed at lust , and over rny uyoi Thu lasluw begin to fall ; I cuaso my curiln : ; und groans arid sighs , For poauo comiM after the Imwl , A HINT . Ewopean Kdtllon Ar.iv York Herald. VOII A I'KOIIENADE. Street drcis of beige clotb , double fating A water preen silk edged with a ribbon in itch. Fluted skirt , full sleeves , tmdli vrith a volant ( flounce or fall ) of the san material ever cloio fitting NATURE SMILED ON OREGON And Lavished There a Wealth of Eosouroes , Olimato and Sconory. FIGURES ILLUSTRATING THE DEVELOPMENT I'orJIaml , Enthroned Amlil Ktornnl IIIIU , the Mart Wherein tlio IttoliK * of tlio m to Are ( intlicrcil nnd IHUrlbnted Omahn Men nt tlio 1'eml. POUTLAND , Aug. 3. [ lldltorlal Correspond- enco. ] From the tower of the Orogonlan building n magnificent panoramic vlovv cap tivates the eye and holds ono spellbound lu admiration. At your foot spreads the hlll- crownpd metropolis of Oregon , with Its great business buildings , warehouses anil docks , lining both banks of a bro.ul aud deep water way piled by tlshlug smacks , tugs , ferry boats , schooners , and river and ocean steamers. Beyond the city the ptoturos < iuo valley of the Willamette , dotted with vil lages aud fringed by Riant ( Irs ami tall pines mid cedars , and still boyoud the famous val ley of the Columbia , Looming up In the dis tance nnd forming a most hnprosstvo back ground to this mntchlos.j landscape lire the jascado moontalns , streaked with snow , and owerlug above them , In clear outlhio , Tour peaks robed In pcrpotu.il , dazzling vhlto. The largest and most majestic of these Is Mount Hood. Within the range of vision are Mount Adams , Tacoma aud St. "lelcns. These snow-capped mountains are 'roni flfty to nluoty miles distant , but they appear to bo no farther aw.iy than do the ilulTs above Florence from the Omaha High school grounds. With no attempt nt booming Portland has , ivithln twelve years , quadrupled her popula- .ion. . In 1SSO she had u fraction over 20,000 ; today she aggregates about ( Ui.X ) people within her city limits. This growth Is hlelly duo to the fact that she has bccomo a great trafllo center , by the construction of our trunk line railroads , of which she Is the ; ormiuus. The Union P.iclllc , or Oregon Short Line , the Northern P.xclllc , the Great Northern , or Jim Hill system , aud the Southern P.iclllc , together with the stc.nn- shlp HUBS which each of these systems maintain as feeders , afford utirivatcd facil ities to the Portland merchants and manu facturers for reaching out for trafllo In every direction. It goes without saying that Portland , with nearly one-third of the population ot the stato. Is the commercial mart of Orjgon.and that fact in itself assures her future groat- ness. The Stnto of Orccon has a total area of 'JO.ODO square miles , of which ptobably 40,00 > ) square miles are mountains and hardly lit for cultivation. Ten thousand square miles are heavily tim bered. Lapping the Cascade mountains there are on each side distinct and different regions. The eastern seemingly arid portion , with ! 20,000 or moro square miles of treeless country , is rich in soil and highly productive under irrigation. Western Oregon is humid and has 80,000 square miles of agricultural land of the greatest value. The climate oC the slate varies , according to the location , from that of Maine to that of Florida , perpetual - potual snow In the mountains , tlio usual four seasons cast of the Cascades , but two sea sons , wet and dry west of the range and perpetual summer In the Pacific coast val leys.Tho The now settler in Oregon needs a much larger capital in money to secure .1 substan tial foothold than ho does in any of tlio prairie states west of the Missouri. Gov ernment lauds and railroad , lauds are com paratively cheap and'abundant , but it takes about foO an acre in labor to bring the land under cultivation. Timbered lands that are near enough to rivers or railroads will return nearly or quite all the cost of clearing if the owner has capital sullluicnt to handle it. Land under cultivation is held , nnd when sold brings the amount of this iirst cost of clearing , say from { SO to $100 per acre , ex cept in locations remote from waterways or railroads. Fortuity of the Soil. The fertility of western Oregon is unsur passed by any section of this country. Re liable parties tell mo that winter wheat av erages thirty bushels to the ncro , oats 350 to 200 bushels. There is no corn grown , the nights uro too cold. Oregon is a great fruit ' growing state , surpassed only , I a'm told , by the neighboring state of Washington. Small fruits are a sure crop , and npi les , peaches pears and prunes are cultivated on a lanro scalo. Prunes prow to perfection and yield abundantly. Fruit lands near Portland bring $200 and 8300 per acre and are evi dently worth it , for the saleable value of each year's crop Is said to exceed tlio cost of the land. But grain nnd fruit are by no means the only products of Oregon. Her annual experts - ports , besides $8,000,000 worth of wheat and Hour , Include wool , § : i,000,000 ; salmon , from * 2GOO.OOO to ? 3,000,000 ; lumber , $1,1)00,000 , and other products valued at ever SD.OOO.OOO. Her lumber Industry is destined to assume largo proportions , nnrt her foal flouts' n4 Iron mines will contribute largely toward making Portland n manufacturing city of the ilrst maitnltudo. The first stops toward uttlUlns the products of the forest nnd mine * Invo already been taken. llnriieiulnc n ( Ircnt rower. The great falls of \Vlllamotto river , thirteen miles above this city , nro being con verted Into electric pbtvor , a d this power will soon bo at the disposal of Portland for turning the wheels of Industry. This It no visionary scheme , but Almost nn accomplished fact. A personal Inspec tion of the plant now under construction by the Portland tJonorAl Klefetrio company , of which Mr. Charles P , There ot San Fran cisco is manager , was convincing , Ttio com pany , composed of California and Oregon capitalists , has already oxponilod several hundred thousand dollars , aud o.vpocts to Invest altogether about $ .3.000,000. The power was , of course , ready to bo harnessed. A number of turbine wheels have already bcou placed lu position In connection with ulocii'lu motors , and the whole city pf Port land Is bolng olootrj-llghtoit fwm this plant. Several of the street railway lines also ro- I'elvo their motor power from the falls. The chief engineer of the ulootric company has designed a plant that will h.vvo a capacity of power distribution for 'j,0H-horso ( jwwcr when the worlrs are In lull operation. When 1 Informed him that Omaha oxpocta to secure IW.OOO-horso power through the Piatto rlvor canal , ho expressed great surprise. . "If Omaha c , u gol'Jo.OM-horso powur , " said ho , "sho will have as much power as any other city in the coutitryoxc6pllng Huffalo. " .Municipal tHvnrrnlilp. Portland owns bur own waterworks , and she Is just about chancing licr base of sup ply from the Willamette to Hull Run , a pure stream that courses down the flanks of' ' Mount Hood from a height of 1U,003 foot. The distance of this striMtn Is forty mile * from this city , and the estimated cost of the undertaking is over W.OO'J.Uilo. ' Llko Omah.i , Portland Is a city of wago- worlcors' homes. Its working people and in dustrial population live mainly fn their own homes , which average far hotter than the houses of poop o of the snmn means any where in the .states east of the llooklos. Building material is so cheap und the climate so mild that $500 will build as handsome and commodious a house as can bo built for $1,2 : > 0 In the Missouri valley. Tlio Industries of Portland nro , however , only In their Infancy. The i-ountry tributary to the city Is underlaid throughout with coal and minerals , and with cheap coal , lumber ami Iron , ami cheap power , thoro. will spring up mills and factories to convert raw pro ducts Into articles of commerce. , Thu job bing tr.ido of Portland Is already computed at ever 1100,000,000 per annum , and San Francisco has long slnco found a formidable . rival in the leading city of the north Paoillo coast. I'olltlcnl Uurloi. Politically Oregon Is republican , but here people like those of other western states are disposed to kick occasionally. That ac counts for the freak who now liils the chair i of governor. There Is a manifest tendency * \ to keep the reins of fiovmimuntln the hands " of old settlors. The city charter of Port land requires a residence of at least seven years as a qualification for membership in the city council. Another singular thing is the constitutional prohibition of state banks. If congicss should carry out the democratic wildcat Bchomo to foster state banks Oregon cannot avail herself of the privilege without amending bur constitution. livery city has Its drawbacks. Portland Is no exception. Many of her streets are narrow , irregular and unpavod. Nearly all the sidewalks are plankud and sadly dllapl- 4 dated. Fully 5.0JO Chinamen constitute - * - part of her population. There Is a division of opinion among residents about the Chinese. Ono man. who has abun dant opportunity for observing tha Mongolians , declared that they are Indispensable. They are excellent substitutes for servant girls aud do nearly all the garbage work and mmilal labor which white men cannot be hired to Dorlorm. Another man , who has boon a resident of Portland twnnty years , was equally positive that the Chinese are a curse and great drawback. They consume Httlo , import nearly all they need , contribute nothing toward improvements and crowd out white men who would help build up the town. The Onmhn Colony , c I cannot close this letter without acknowl edging the courtesies and hospitality en joyed "by tno at the hands of former roil- dents ot Omaha and Nebraska who have made their homos in this city and vicinity. Foremost among these ox-Nobraskans was Mr. D II. Stearns , who for two years had been associated with mo in the business de partment ot Tnu Hun in its infancy. Mr. Stearns is now ono of the oldest aud most prominent citizens of Portland , interested in various enterprises , chiefly In building homos for work- In ? men and extensively in fruit culture In Orosron and Washington states. Next in order was Mr. Alfred Sorcnson , formerly managing editor of Tim UKE and now city editor of the Orcgonian. Incident * ally [ mustmako acknowledgment of cour tesies by Mr. W. II. Hurlbut , well known In Omalia railway circles in the early days back in 1872 und now manager of the Oregon Short Line for this division. Kx-CounolU man Fred Bchni Is doing the concrete worU for an asphalt paving company , but still keeps his eve on Omaha. Judge A , Hay of Holt county Is practicing law here. Henry Hustlu is electrical engineer and superin tendent for ono of the street railway com panies. Ex-Countv Clerk Mike Uoach ! proprietor of the Holtoii homo. Drake O'HIloy and Nick O'Brien occupy Important positions in the railway service and William Cuddy is employed in the Orogonlun onlce. E. IlOSBWATHrt. ca Munufaoturors an 1 Hotullor * ol Ololulus In tha World. Cur-tailed The our-tailing hero depicted was probably done by a boy , a"nd the curtailing" that we do this week is done for the benefit of a boy. We are not cur tailing expenses , but curtailing- boys' suits. We start the greatest mark down sale of the ago in our children's department , curtailing the price of about 150 boys' 2-pieoo suits down to $2 , and a lot of others down to $3.50 that are all wool and in ages 4 to 14. Boys' long-pant school suits , 13 to 18 years , cur tailed down to $5 , $6.50 and $7.50. Some others for more money , but these three are the dandies. School caps curtailed to 50c and up , and shirt'waists the same price. Wo done a whole lot of curtailing in the price of our boys' underwear , hosiery and neckwear ; in fact , we have curtailed the price on every single thing in the boys' department to get room for other goods. Now , boys , now is your chance to get a cheap outfit while the prioo is curtailed. t , BROWNING , KING & CO. , lo | S < ( JM <
