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vrcstbounU , which makes it practicable for
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complete newspaper. Heretofore wo have
boon compelled to go to press ut a much
earlier hour than is now done under the new
arrangement.
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news la conceded throughout , the west. Its
special cable- news , unnvnlnU Dross dis
patches and its special telegraphic- service
from every important point have trained for
this paper an enviable reputation not alone
confined to this state.
With Improved facilities for reaching the
people at a seasonable hour by Tun Bun spe
cial newspaper train , there uau bo no doubt
that our patrons will continue to show their
appreciation of newspaper enterprise.
BUFFALO BILL hails from Nebraska ,
and not from Kentucky. Colonul Cody
owes no nlloginuco to the dueling : 'code.
THK-smllos of the World's fair direct
ors are expanding with tlio incrouso
in paid admissions to the exposition
grounds.
IOWA democrats ovidrmtly have no ro-
Rard for the views entertained by "tho
masses of all our people" in opposition
to third term olllcors.
THE .omission of any reference to
proxies in the deliberations of the re
publican state central committee may
or may not bo significant.
WILL the county attorney please toll
us how a person must proceed to call his
attention to the operations of the bogus
bond swindled in this city ?
APPLICANTS for the position of minister -
tor to Hawaii now hold by Mr. Blount
may now withhold their endorsements
until the place becomes vacated.
PREPARATIONS for the state encamp
ment at Grand Island are going merrily
on. The veterans are bound to have an
enjoyable mooting at least once each
year.
ISN'T ' it peculiar how far from ono
another newspapers will drift when they
are given an opportunity to spoil the
names of visiting foreign potentates in
various different ways.
THEIIK Booms to bo an opening for sev
eral of Uio old-tlmo hangers-on at the
state lioiibo. Several building contracts
have been lot but as yet no "miporin-
tendonta" have boon appointed.
THE sentiment that third terms are
extremely undemocratic , while wido-
eproad and popular , has no more affect
upon the Iowa democrats than it has
had upon their democratic friends in
Massachusetts.
WITH ono exception there have boon
no bank failures in Nebraska for several
weeks. It seems pretty certain that the
wave of depression has passed entirely
over the state. Thii next bank call will
doubtless ravoul a satisfactory condition
of attain ) .
POSTMASTER GHNUHALBISSELLIS ox-
IKJotod to visit Kansas City about September -
tembor 19. Perhaps it would bo a good
idea to invite him to Omaha to view the
beautiful watering place whlcli the gov
ernment is improving as a summer re-
eort for federal olllcluls.
THE oftjcers of the Whisky trust are
certainly not lacking in nerve. While
doing business hi direct opposition to the
lawa on the federal statute bjoks , which
presume to legislate against all trusts ,
they apply tokoongross for a remission ol
the 0 per cent penalty upon their unpaid
taxes.
THE country will anxiously a\valt a
motion from Senator Polfer to make
Mexican silver dollars legal tender in
the United States. The Idea is rapidly
becoming a favorita ono in Kansas and
it's about the only crazy financial scheme
that seeing to have escaped Potter's t-
Nutioa.
VonDICIAltr.
DICIAltr.
It is now pronoaed ihtvt the members
of the bar of this district who huvo been
called together for llio purpose of Initi
ating a movement for a lionparttsan ju
diciary should resolve thcnuolvos into a
incro unauthorized suggestion committee -
too for nil the great political parties.
And the ndvlco U gratuitously given
that what the bar meeting should do is
to name HX or nine men at competent to
administer justlco upon the dlstrlut
bench , and to leave it to thu party con
ventions to act as they may choose upon
such recommendations. The object ot
thirt proposal , vlaiblo upon its very lace ,
is lo defeat the purpose fof which the
bar mooting has bcon called. If acted
upon it will moan that the principle of
nonpartkmnship on the district bench
has bGcil entirely abandoned.
Suppose once that tlio assembled nt-
tornoys recommend six Or nine men to
the political conventions and suppose
further that these conventions accept
the men recommended , what is the re
sult ? There nro then two or moro par
tisan tickets in the field , and whichever
is elected is elected solely and strictly
upon party linos. The successful candi
dates will owe their election not to a
nonpartisan constituency but to the
party whoso convention nominated
them. They will all be elected as demo
crats or us republicans , and will bo no
less partisan than if their names wore
first mentioned on the lloor of the party
convention.
But suppose ono or moro of the party
conventions refuse to act upon the
recommendation of the bar mooting.
There would then bo a straight party
contest in which partisanship would bo
the &olo test applied by the voter. No
candidates who could in any way bo
termed mmpartiBan would bo in the
Hold. The purpose of the present move
ment is to take , the judiciary out of
politics. If the party oonvinitlons can
bo imluocHl ttf co-operate in the plan1
iuch assistance will bo most welcome.
But to rely upon them to complete
ho work of the bar meeting endangers
lie success of the whole proceeding.
Wo nro told that the desire of the bar
a on the whole solely to secure good
utlgcs. But that dcsiro is not solely to
secure good judges in the sense that
ihoy shall bo competent lawyers. There
.8 something necessary in addition to
more competency. The judge must feel
: iis independence of political party ho
may profess a political faith , but ho
must not fool that his place pp. the bench
ha1 } boon secured on 'account of his po
litical faith. The only way to secure
such judges is to have a nonpartisan
nomination , which shall bo made purely
upon grounds of ability and fitness , with
out reference to politics.
TUB /Oir.l DH3lOCnA.110
Tlio declaration of principles upon
which the democracy of Iowa will make
this year's campaign does not invite
very extended comment. It is essentially
perfunctory in character , as n matter of
course endorsing the administration of
Governor Boies and declaring confidence
in that of Mr. Cleveland , and equally as
a matter of course charging responsi
bility for all the financial and business
ills the country is now suffering to the
republican party. Time is wasted in
combating the opinions of people who
wantonly ignore indisputable facts.
This country never attained a
higher degree of prosperity than was
reached under the last republican admin
istration. Both its external and its in
ternal commerce wore largely increased ,
its industries were steadily expanded ,
labor was well employed and well paid ,
and financial and business confidence
was never seriously disturbed down to
the day when it became known that a
majority of the voters of the country
hod decreed that the legislative and
executive departments of the govern
ment should be turned over to the con
trol of the democratic parly. Then it
was that distrust and doubt and fear be
gan to bo manifested. A party was
coming into powpr which " hud
declared that protectio.ii to American in
dustries is a violation of the constitu
tion and had pledged itself to strike
down that policy and substitute for it
what would practically a system of
free trade ; a party the majority of which
was \varfantably believed , upon the
record of Its utterances and its votes in
congress , to bo favorable to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver ; a party that
demanded in its national platform the
repeal of the tax on stutu bunk issues ,
for no other purpose than to restore u
currency system which until driven out
by the imposition of the tax hud boon u
reproach to the country and u source of
immeasurable injury and loss to millions
of our people. As BOOH as it was fully
realized that this party , with its reac
tionary principles and purposes , was to
order and administer the financial and
economic policies of the nation a gen
eral feeling of apprehension and alarm
began to grow , resulting in widespread
loss of confidence and depression in every
interest.
This condition continues because
the people still distrust the domo-
cratlo party. They doubt Its ability , its
integrity and its patriotism. Its dis
tinguished loader in the executive of
fice cannot control the party. lie is
opposed on the supreme issue of the horn-
by u formidable faction of the
party in congress , which proposes
to omit no effort to defeat his
financial policy. There is good rea
son to 'believe that Mr. Cleveland
does not doslro the absolute abandon
ment of protection to American in
dustries , but nobody can say whether ho
will bo able to bring the party to his
view. There is a very strong element
that believes in the doctrine of the na
tional platform and it will demand con
cessions in tno revision of the tariff
which the president may be compelled
to allow. Haw far these may go in
destroying protection and how many or
what interests they may strlko no ono is
authorized to say or is wise enough to
foresee. Such are the influences which ,
appropriating the language of the
Iowa democratic platform , "havo com
bined to shako credit , to foment distrust -
trust , to paralyze business , and to create
panic. " Under republican policy and itt
wise and olllcient administration the
country was splendidly prosperous. The
era of prosperity ended with the success
of the domocratio party last November.
As to the tariff and silver the demo
crats of Iowa plant themselves on the
national platform , and therefore , with
regard to the former , are not In accord
with the president , while it is very ques
tionable whether they nro in harmoily
with tho.vlows of Mr. Cleveland as to the
latter. There is an impression that If ho
could have his way ho would discontinue
all use of silver except as a subsidiary
currency. The liquor plank of the plat
form is in line with the previous de
clarations of the party on this question ,
and the utterances regarding railroad
regulation and opposition to trusts and
monopolies will bo approved by men of
nil parties This is not a good ydar for
democracy , and the dohiocrnts of Iowa ,
with n third-term candidate for gov
ernor \yho stultified his conscience , it
his declaration of only throe weeks ago
bo regarded as sincere , to accepttho
nomination , have small reason for confi
dence in the result of the contest on
which they are entering.
THK I'HRSIDKXT'S UKALTlt.
The contradictory reports regarding
the health of Proditloiit Cleveland are
perplexing" to these whotuko a serious
interest in the matter from a kdon sense
of its importance , but thoroaro ono or
two considerations which go to support
the statement that the president's physi
cal condition is not such as to warrant
him in returning to his official duties nt
Washington at present. Mr. Cleveland
is deservedly credited with being an ox-
loptionally industrious man. IIo is not
fraid of work and his practice during
ils first administration was to
glvo prompt attention to every do-
: nand upon him in the line of his official
.titles. . It is to bo presumed that no-
iody realizes moro fully than the presl-
cut the transuoiulant importance of the
luty that is devolved upon his admlnis-
i-ation In connection with the financial
uostion. and this being so ho must also
'col that his presoueo in Washington at
.his . time would be highly useful. IIo
. annot exert through others the inllu-
inco which personal contact with son-
itors and representatives might reason
ably bo expected to produce , and as a
onsclentious executive , earnestly de
siring the accomplishment of what ho
las asked congress to do , it seems por-
'ectly reasonable * to assume that Mr.
Involnnd would not remain away from
ho scat of government at this juncture
.f ho felt that , ho could go there without
serious risk to his health.
It is biiid that the president wont to
Buzzard's Bay simply to obtain needed
rest and recuperation , that ho was worn
out with the arduous labors imposed on
him. But ho worked no harder than
during the first four or five modths of
his first administration , if so hard , for
it is to bo remembered that several
months ago he shut the doors of the
white house to applicants for olllco ,
which ho did not do when he
was first president , and there wore
no unusual ollicial demands upon
him before congress mot. Besides ,
Mr. Cleveland has been away from
Washington for several weeks , certainly
time enough for a perfectly healthy
man to bacomo rested , however tired
when ho entered upon the vacation.
Moreover , the president has not been
absolutely resting. He has bcon doing
some ollicial work , and oven going about
fishing requires some exertion. Is it
not just possible that what Mr. Cleveland -
land -really needed , in the opinion of
his physician , was sea air and a dif
ferent temperature from that of Wash
ington , neither absolutely necessary to
relieve mere weariness ?
Tlio country is familiar with contra
dictory reports respecting the health of
distinguished public men and it is a fact
that the reports of their ill health have
been verified. A conspicuous case which
everybody will remember was that of
Mr. Blaine , wnoso physical condition
was for a year or more before his death
a subject of conflicting statements sent
out almost daily to the country. In
view of the considerations wo have
suggested there is reason to ap
prehend that Mr. Cleveland is far
from being in robust bodily health ,
though ho may bo , and probably is ,
in no immccliato danger of being
entirely disabled for the performance of
his official duties. Nobody will object
to the president taking as long n vaca
tion as ho may desire , but it is hardly
credible that ho is staying away from
his post of duty , at u time when his per
sonal influence there is much needed ,
simply because ho is "tired. " That is
not compatible with the character of
Mr. Cleveland , nor is it consistent with
the idea of his solicitude for the success
of the financial policy of his adminis
tration.
TIIK GIUXHSK
CASKS.
It is currently reported that an effort
will bo made in the near future to secure
on rehearing another decision of the
United States supreme court upon the
constitutionality of the Chinese exclu
sion law. The motion for a rehearing
was denied when made immediately
after the opinion of the court was handed
down , but now that the personnel of that
tribunal is somewhat altered it is hoped
that a persistence in such a motion will
result in having It granted. The rote upon
the question of upholding the Geary law
was , it will bo remembered , 0 to U ,
Justice Ilurlan being absent from the
bench , The throe dissenting justices
were all democrats , while the majority
Included the late Justice Blutchford ,
whoso successor will no doubt bo up-
pointed before the court convenes for its
next term. The attorneys for the Six
Companies argue that his successor will
bo a democrat and will bo most likely tc
associate himself with thu dissenting
justices. That would raukotho court
stand evenly divided , with the balance
of power in the hands of Justice Ilarlun ,
whom they hope to win over to tholi
side.
Whatever stand a parson may fake as
to the justice of , the decision which BUS
talncd the constitutionality of the Gear )
law , the granting of a-mot ion for a re
hearing can scarcely bo regarded in any
light other than , that of u duucroro'us
precedent. The purpo a of such pro
cedure is clearly to induce the court t <
retreat from the position first taken an <
practically to reverse Ita own decision
This would bo most unfoctunato In its
results , oven though the Immediate ef
fect might bo'Killed ' by Bomo as highly
commendable /in the first place It
would tend tottnuottlo the binding force
of legal proc6d n't and give some justifi
cation to the &fVrior courts to refuse to
follow the lavtfaiclald down by the court
of last resort. , H a trial judge can expect -
poct the hIghwtribunal to reverse Its
own decision HWiwtll bo tempted to dis
regard the prjj ont wherever his per
sonal views may como Into conlllot
with It. m"
Another deplorable tendency which
the promiscuous granting of rohoarlnga
would entail would bo the disposition ot
litigants to refuse to glvo up the fight
when a final decision is reached. The
defeated party would never cease In his
endeavor to secure a rehearing , and liti
gation would virtually bo without end.
Again , the temptation to manipulate
the membership of a court in the Inter
ests of seine particular legal interpreta
tion would bo greatly strengthened and ,
If successful , would * : bring our whole
judiciary Into disrepute. If the changes
in the personnel of a court are to bo ro
lled on to secure a different judgment
upon a case once decided , the judges
will come to bo selected not upon
the strength of their legal learning , but
because they are known to entertain
certain views upon matters to bo
brought before them. It was charged
that this was the euso in the mutter of
the legal tender decisions , where a
rehearing was granted and original de
cision reversed , and It Is still doubted
by many whether that proceeding did
not weaken the popular respect for the
federal supreme court. A rehearing
may at times bo necessary where now
evidence is secured , but where n case
has been determined after full argu
monta rehearing and a reversal of the
judgment involves questions of expe
diency that demand most serious con
sideration.
THE republican stuto central commit-
tcosustaincd its reputation for bungling.
The ratio of representation given for
the state convention will , it is said , call
for nearly 1,000 delegates. Just why
such a move was deemed necessary in an
off year when money is scarce and walk
ing not good is not apparent to the
naked oyo. If the committee had put
up the bars against proxy representa
tion the blunder would not havo- boon
so suggestive of prospective trickery. .
Under conditions that will exist at the
convention , WalfSoeley can do more
skullduggery in.tin , hour than can bo
detected in a year. The work of the
committee is simply an invitation for
some railroad cupp'or to again stuil the
list of delegates and vote country dele
gations without .regard to numbers , ai
was done two ypars ago. Republicans
throughout theJ's'ftvto must not permit
the next convention to be dominated by
proxy delegates if ! they expect to suc
ceed in Nebraska '
IT is not alwaysbest to take the state
ment of railwrtyo officials - concerning
earnings and 'ej fjnsc ; of 'their lines.
The Elkhorjipopplp , farjinstanco , have
ibcon giving'it outtfor a year that the
road , was not inakjn < jv cent that it
could not pay its operating expenses and
interest on its mortgage debt. This maybe
bo true , but the mortgage debt was not
placed there by consent of the people of
Nebraska , who are by no means respon
sible for it. With the water squeezed
out of the stack the not earnings in Ne
braska would provide u 20 per cent an
nual dividend.
THE great silver debate closes today
and the house will vote on the propo
sition to repeal the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act on Monday , ft is to bo
doubted whether the lengthy debate has
changed a single vote , but at any rate
the published reports , oj' the speeches
have boon the means -of furnishing a
great deal of Valuable information to the
people. The masses are better informed
on the question , oven if they have not
been benefited by the debate.
WE ARE informed that the republi
cans of the Nebraska delegation in con
gress have decided to refrain from in-
ilicting any of their wisdom upon the
public and their constituents during the
present silver debate. All must admit
that in this they are commencing their
congressional careers with a proper re
gard for their constituents which ought
to bo duly appreciated by them.
SOME people may bo surprised that
Senator Mundorsoivhas bcon found sup
porting a resolution drawn up and intro
duced by Senator Poffor. PelTor's In
quiry was based on a statement made by
Mandorson during his reply to Allen
the other day-and Senator Mandorson , of
course , had to stand by his own asser
tion.
Olvu it Tlniu lei hnttle.
Ifcw Yorli fl'orld ,
When Mr. Bryan's oratory becomes a llt-
tlo older it will Know bettor than to oxer-
oiso itself in the interqst of a debased dollar ,
Thu Driimnil UreiUf/r tlnin tlio
Kiinmli Cttu Journal.
GoW continues toj > ou/- Into this country
from Knginml , Franco , unJ Germany. It can
pour a Rood wtiilo yln , 'howover. bufore people -
plo on this side will nmler nuff I"
l&li tlort.ilii.
lh\cr \ Ocean.
Congress may roM.-al to do any thing to
rttUoru tin. lost coutldenco of the people.
Hut Just wait until tlio people begin to talk
through the ballot box. The nation is too
rich nnil the itcoploHUib plucky to IIo down
and squeal. The thing to ilo Is to inuko tlio
boit of every tiling and nap the nrst oppor
tunity that is offered l
All over the country ifthc banks are be-
ginuing to show ivdj5posUloii to afford' a
llttlo moro aid to business inon than they
have recently given. ' The banks are en
tirely safe In taking this stop. They are
stronger now than they have been for two
months past , and as the danger of "runs"
is over thuy are consulting their own-in
terests as well as tljut of the community
tributary to thorn in lending inouoy freely
ou safe security.
That Mute Appeal ,
iMUttvlUi Courfcr-Jcurfiot ,
Mr. Bryan uttered an inipassloiiod plea for
the "workers , worn nnd dual-begrimed , who
uiako their mute appeals' * to tha democratic
party for free silverAcoinaRO. "Muto ap
peals" iswell put. Certainly the workingmen -
men are not making very -vociferous appeals
for a law which would reduce their savings
by nearly half and pay them their wages in
*
a dollar which would buy but llttlo moro
than HO cents' worth of anything la this or
any other country.
STATKH.11KH IS A
Chlcnfrollocord : Mr. William Sprlnpor
says h" feels put out. Well , ho was.
No\r York Worlds The speaker hm
orpMit.xxi tlio house \TolU It Is organized
for oHoctlvo irork In the Interest ot all
the people. '
Chicago Record : It would bo Interesting
to know with what emotions Mr. Holmnn
gives up the oftlco of chairman ot the appro
priations committee. It would bo Interest
ing but It wouldira cruel to expose them.
St. Louis Kcpublic : Headers of the Ho-
publio are familiar with Congressman Wil
son's mastery of the tariff question. The
west is as well pleased with the now chair
man of the ways and moans committee as it
ho wore from the great valley.
Chicago Tribune : Now that the smoke of
battle has cleared away wo clearly dis
tinguish the towering form of Hon. Hill
Springer next the spot whore the carnage
was the thickest. Ho Is somewhat dis
figured , but his Jaw is still working.
( jlobo-Domocrat : Springer ought not to
mourn much at his removal from the head
of the ways and mqan * committee. It will
bo the Wilson bill now and not Uio Springer
bill that the people will ' 'cuss" next ywir ,
and that Will lay out his party In the elec
tions ,
Minneapolis Times ; Mr. Springer of Illi
nois took n jump down from the leadership
of the house , but ho limited on his foot , as an
Illinois man usually does. Banking and cur
rency , whloh Mr. Springer now loads , is ono
of the most * Important committees In the
house.
Kansas Glty Journal : Springer and Hoi-
man have been sot back In the distribution
of committee chairmanships , but Bland
maintains his nlaco of honor at the head of
coinage , weights and measures. The de
position ot Bland at the present time would
have boon a moro unpopular action than
Speaker Crisp cared to hocomo responsible
for.
Philadelphia Ledger : It islnovltnbloth.it
there shall bo bitterness and disappointment
among the members of congress over the
choice made by the speaker , and for a few
days ho will bo the subject of severe criti
cism , but In the end his judgment will bo
measured by the work ot the committees ,
not by his treatment of individual claims lo
preferment.
St. Paul Glebe : Mr. Springer might console -
solo himself by recalling history. Ulalno
placed Gnrllold at the head of the banking
auJ currency committee when the ways and
means was his duo. IIo made that commlt-
tee prominent for the first timo. and became
president instead of the man who sought to
shelve him. Possibly Mr. Springer may bo
willing to have history repeat itself , with
the assassination incident omitted.
Globo-Dctnocvat : "Watch-dog" Holman
stops down from the chairmanship of the
appropriations committee , aiul Sayros of
Texas atups up in his placo. Holman cots
the chairmanship of the Indian affairs com
mittee , but tlio gaining of u fourth-class
, > est affords poor consolation for the loss of
i first-class one. Tills is hard on a man
who is serving his fifteenth term In the
iouso , as the Indiana statesman is.
ItOUfil * AllsUl TIIK F.lIIl.
The roller chair company has reduced
prices to 50 cents an hour.
Allowing three minutes to each exhibit , it
would tuko twenty-three years to see the
World's fair.
The total paid attendance at the fair last
week , from August 14 to 10 inclusive , six
days , v ns 775,032 , an average of 120.175 a
day. This week started off Monday with an
attendance of nearly 130.000.
The fair Is now enjoying a net revenue oi
about S O.OOO a day. With the present pa
tronage this will yield about $4.000,000 by
the time the exposition closes. But with
the coming of the autumn days the attend
ance will greatly increase , and the not daily
profits will roach higher figures.
The servant girls who wont to the World's
fair are tcported to ho returning to their
former homes. They thought they saw ox
cesslvely largo wages in Chicago while the
fair was bning held , but they have not real
ized this expectation , and many of them
have been unable to got employment.
A pitiful sight at the fair is to see n num
ber of blind people there everyday. The
music and laughter and gay talk must cheer
them , but it is doubly unfortunate that they
can't see when everything around them is
so beautiful. Even the sense of learning
anything by touching is denied them ; there
Is a sign , of "Hands oil" on everything at tlio
fair.
fair.Tho
The battalion of West Point cadets at the
fair is ono of its most attractive and in
struativo exhibits. The young soldiers are
well drilled and disciplined and are under
the same regulations as at their school
Their uniforms are always clean and wclij
fitting , and are worn with a style which pre
vails only among themselves ; their arms and
equipments are in the host order aud there
is no app < > aranco of shabbitiess or neglect
among them. The Fifth Ohio regiment also
makes au excellent appearance and its mem
bers nro line amatnur soldiers. The drills
and dress parades of the soldiers are rare
sights in these peaceful days and throngs of
interested spectators are uniformly present.
A chart in thn Government building tolls
of the amount of land taken by homesteaders
for agricultural purposes during the year
ending Juno 30 , 180.J. Them were OO.IiSO
claims approved , and 15,020,800 acres were
pivcn to the applicants for'homes. E\ch
person received a tract of 1110 acres. Near
by is a fac-similo of a homestead cortificatb.
It is an engrossed copy of the certificate
given to Iticliard Loyshorn when the gov
ernment cave into his possession 171.01 acres
of land in Louisiana. In a conspicuous place
Is a table laden down with governmental
literature concerning the Department of the
Interior. Small tracts are being offered to
World's fair visitors which will toll them
how to proceed should they desire to take
up any of the agricultural , timber , stone or
coal lands which the government has to give
to loyal subjects who nro in need of a home.
VKUl'KK AND TH\n3.
As the days shorten , the Ice blocks
lenghtcn
Thn copious liiuidationsof | the unemployed
in Now York naturally produced much
verbal froth.
The cranberry crop promises to bo an
enormous one. And yet people wonder why
liussla hunifora for a slice of Turkey.
The main objection to cutting Kansas Into
two states Is tlio fear that the whisker crop
is iuiuQlcient'for purposes of statesmanship.
It Is worthy of note that when congress
men secured their mileage tlioro was an im
mediate Improvement in the circulation of
chin music.
Bostonlan dignity hns Invaded congress.
A representative of Beauvillo. fearing rome
crude westerner would "put him in a hole , "
pleaded inexperience against being "do-
posited in a cavity. "
The land olllco 1ms decided to make the
sovcn now towns In the Cherokee Strip as
attractive as possible. They will bo laid out
with eighty-foot streets and twcnty-foot
sidewalks , and uiijlity acres in each will ho
reserved for parks and county court houses.
Hmttomatic medals wore yesterday pinned
on the breasts of Marshal Murphy , Lieuten
ants Barker and Miller and Huns Hchfelilt ,
the four heroes of the cold storage ware
house jlro In Chicago. The tokens of es
teem were well earned , and bestowed with
graceful comi'limeijts.
An Indianapolis woman has awakened
from u sleep of two years , but I * not ex
pected to live. During her prolonged sneeze ,
ilfo was sustained by moans of milk fed
through a tube. Her present condition is u
source o' rcgrot In the Hoosicr capital , Dis
cussion of Jicr condition kept thu rest of the
town partially awake for twenty months.
Mrs. U , S. Grant has declined an extremely
courteous invitation lo attend tlio reunion of
the confederate veterans to bo held in Bir
mingham , Ala. , In September , pleading that
Mio is not able to endure the fatigue of such
occasions , the reason she gives for having
systematically declined all such invitations
that have boon received from their brothers
of the northern armies.
Yico President Steven on Is described by
au eastern paper as "thn Coquelln of hand
shaking. " Ho looks the visitor lair iu the
eve , repeats the imtno In a manner that in
dicates that ho has often hoard It before and
will remember it ns long as ho lives , grasps
his now ac < iuaintanco firmly by the hand ,
shakes U rigorously twice , beams again and
the ceremony Is at an end. The visitor feels
that thu vlco president is especially im
pressed with him and goes away happy.
The nearest living relative of George
Washington U Ebenczcr Burgess Dull , who
keeps u llttlo cigar stand In thu rotunda of
the pension oQiuo. Thu Sons of the Atneri-
ran Revolution hare Invovttgfitod his clnlms
horouRhly , and their rercilot goes to sup-
wrt them. Ho Is said to rcsomWo Washing--
on's portraits much moro closely than any
other parson claiming relationship , nnil plo-
urea tlmt have been taken ot him drcsnod
n the continental uniform hnvo bcon mis-
aken by many for roprosontntlons of Wash-
ngton himself. Mr. Hall is TO your * old , but
* halo nnd hearty.
The Xcbrniku Weftthor Record and
Monthly Crop Review Is the copious tltlo
of n now publication In Omaha. To these
who desire to got the oar of the weather
clerk , or secure accurate information on
atmospheric phenomena , the Record Is Invaluable -
valuable , and will , If stored away for refer
ence , enable thoio who tlolight to talk about
the woiuhar to demolish the obsjrvntiom of
; hn oldest inhabitant , George K. Hunt ,
Jnltud States forooan ofttvlnl for Nebraska.
s the editor nnd publUhor , nnil U assisted
by a corps of expert cloud readers.
Senator Gorman ! pachydermatous so fai
ns newspaper attacks are concerned , The
correspondent of n KB\T York paper , who
Imagined tlmt ho hail fairly tla.\cd the Mary-
liniler ullvo for Ids views respecting the all-
vcr question , called upon him lo ask if ho
had nnythlng to say In roply. "lU'.Mty , "
said Mr. Gorman , smiling sweetly , " 1 very
seldom see your paper nnd have not hoard of
the article referred to. Ucsldoi , the matter
Is of no Importance , I assure you.1 Aud
then the com pendent went out nnd com
muned with nature for an hour or so.
. ,1 TlMKFOn 1911'ltOrji.WRATS.
N , Nob. , Aug. 21. To the Editor
ofTiiBUicn : Did It over occur to you that
now , while wo hoar so many cries from the
working people , nnd , In fact , from all classes ,
tnnt they can find nothing to do , Is the time
for our government state , county and
municipal to make public Improvements
and employ these people who nro crying for
work nnd who must hnvo work or starve or
bo supported nt publio expense ? It U a mistaken -
taken idea some of us have that when wo
are prosperous wo will Issue bonds and make
our improvements aud have the bonds come
duo , no doubt , at such a time as this when
it is almost impossible to got money to pay
these bands. Instead ot this , if wo would
issue our bonds aud make our improvements
In panicky times wo would greatly Improve
the condition of things , give employment to
the poor and thus receive value for what
It will become necessary to supply them to
hvo on during the winter months that
are to como. Hather than have
thcso people idle nnd roaming
around the country and perhaps getting into
habits that are not kin to them nnd thereby
lllllns our jails , would it not bo bettor for
our government to employ them nt nnytliing !
Incroasy the army and the marine service ,
the latter of which couldono doubt employ
moro medical men and could no doubt got
them if the harrier which malcs U'J '
years the oldest that can got in , no
matter how proficient , was broken down
and madoMO years. Such is the case In many
other branches of our government which in
their red tape and oxclusivcness make
them n sort of an aristocracy. If you will
follow the history of Franco you will find
that she always elves employment to her
poor during panicky times by giving thorn
work on public Improvements nnd increasing
her army and navy. I think if wo would do
this it would help matters considerably.
L.
A Gould huliLMiiu thill Fulled.
Cincinnati Uoinmciclal.
Soir.o years ago Jay Gould , in noticing the
tendency of our government to pay oil the
national debt , and n consociuent scarcity of
bonds ns security for bank circulation , sug
gested the idea of receiving railroad bonds
whicn were interest-paying. The sugges
tions wore not adopted. A gentleman of
financial ability and wide experience trom
Now York called attention to this item nnd
nsiccd what the consequences would bo if
the bonds issued by the Northern Pacific
railroad nnd its branches had boon accepted
as security for bank circulation. Ho an
swered it by saying the financial disturbance
now experienced would ho a trillo as com
pared with that. Now , there is no distrust
in the currency : in that case the bank panics
of the ' 50's would have boon overshadowed.
This is a lesson that the advocates of state
bank currency should profit bv : they cer
tainly should not forgot it.
Tlie Hum < if Improvement.
.l/fimeaion ; ( Tribune.
Factories that were firing out a short time
since are firing up again. In i'lttsburg alone
no fewer than 15,000 men who were idle and
despondent last week are at work and con-
tcntrd again. The backbone of tho" financial
winter is almost broken.
Till : T < tMll JtlSI'JbKD.
IMrnlt Vice 1'irts.
That "Mary hml u llttlo lamb"
Wo'ro willing to allow ,
Hut. that was years and years ago.
It must bo mutton now.
"Its flecco was wlilto as snow , " of course.
Tills , too , wo will allow ,
Hut , Kuntlo render , don't you think
It must bo wlilbliurs now ?
And "ovory place that Mary went"
Tlio liunli wont , too allow
That this was so , once on u time ;
It must 1m dllTuruiit now.
"It followed her to school ono day. "
lso this allow ;
Thn teacher tiiniL-d It out. of courso-
wherols that touchur now ?
"What innkos the lamb love JIary M > ? "
Tlio rhlldriMi cry n I low
aiilstobo ti no tlio-,0 children must
Jlu very old folks now.
And Mary ? Well , she lived ono time ,
That aUo wo ullow ;
Hut u have wndH or wealth to bet
ftljo Isn't living now ,
RUGBY AND ARNOLD.
Dr. lii > rnnl It I c ' ' } ' ' lltilfrtnlnlne l.eclnrs
UollTiTMl l.mt KTfiilnsr.
"Hugby ami Arnold , " names profoundly
familiar to literary lover * the world over , : V
and partloulavly entrancing to the youth of
Hnglatid anil Amorlca , wns the tltlo of a
most entertaining looturo given last evening
nt the Kir.st Methoilhl church by Dr. Ber
nard HijT by of Detroit , Mich.
It lint boon a vary long time since Qmnh.i
pconle were privileged to hear o omlnont a
light In the literary vrorld upon n tncmo .so
Interesting nnd withal no charmingly In
structive.
Having spent nlno history-making years nt -J *
Hugby when Dr. Avuol.l was Its headmaster ,
Dr. Ulpsby brought an unthuslasm to hla
subject that ma'lo the two hours ho talked
upon these two famous names scorn Ilka Us
many minutes. A tall , handsome looking
man with n Him Intoll0iitii.il face , tin scorned
HUoa llosh nnil blood master of Kugby him *
self , somewhat softened by his contact with
thn world of which ho li so bright n part.
Ho profaci'd his lecture with praphlo pic
tures of the school nt AVinuhonter where Dr.
Arnold received Ills rulucnilon. Ha spoke o'
the playground , every foot of which Is
moulded Into the hUtorv of the Kngllsh na
tion. Ho trnct'd rapidly the rlso of the
school , anil In these ancient days It played in
Cromwell's Ilfo unit the Iloundiioads. Ot
the gates , shutting the school within Its own
atmosphere , studded with horseshoes ho
told nil Interesting story , each horse shoa
representing since tlio time of that very
pious King Henry VIII. , n visit from a-
kingly personaeo.
Then , as only the student of Uugby ran ,
ha told of the boys a ml their labors with
hero nnil there nn amusing reference to 1-ord
Tom Noddlo brushing thif boots belonging to
some sixth form boy and being compelled to
sleep In htilf n dozen beds l < y : ts many Of thu
big boys to take the chill oil the shouts.
Incidentally ho talked of the educational
advantages afforded by the fag system
which ho thought of Incalculable tionolU In
assisting to mould the character of thu
school boy.
Passing to Rugby ho palntctl In well
chosen words the school and the master's
house , urging onpassant the adoutton of the
academic cap in all schools or hlgli degree.
Of the master of Uughy , Dr. Arnold , thu
lecturer spoke glowingly , humorously ru-
marking that while his salary was only
1,000 u year , hla porciutsltles were onor-
uious.
The library also came In for generous
praise , .many of the great minds of past
centuries having contributed thutr writings
to llio ilno.colluution , which Is uneiiu.ilod In
some respects. Then ho told of thu shields
about thu nssomhlago room nt Wlnoho.stoc
and of tlio immortal thoughts written
thereon by mon famous in arts and letter * .
Two ho recalled , ono by Roger Aspham :
When I'liuls Jin gene nnd tummy .spoilt ,
Thun learning Is must oxci'lloiit ,
ami the other by Carlyle ,
Clront mon nro punctuation marks'iln the
to.xtof llfu.
Ho told of the story of its founding bv
"William of Wylcohnni for the poor boys ol
Winchester and paid a glowing tribute to
the memory of ono of the early Christians ,
Throughout the lecture was interspersed
with bright bits of humor told ( tollghtfully
by a past master in tlio art of story tolling.
o
Voncriitlni ; Dm llnllut.
Ktw link Tilbuuc.
When Frenchmen went to the polls Sun
day to cast their votes for members of tha
Chamber of Deputies , they took oft their
hats as n token of their mvcrcnco for tha
snored chnr.ictcr of clti/onship ami suffrage.
With such a feeling widespread among thu
people ho would bo a daring man who would
by fraud attempt to defeat the verdict of
the ballot box. It might bo well If In this
country universal suffra-jo were personified
rather moro and worshipped with a rever
ence that made a crime against the ballot u
sacrilege.
Minneapolis Trllmno : That Nebraska farmer
who trailed on * * MUO for u "sold brick" cnlU
himself a buymetnlllst now.
HosUm Glebe : When the dealers put down
the prices on pouches llio minimi put thorn u i
Chicago Inter Ocean : "What iimdo yon
order voul when you never out It nt homo'/ ' '
IIo It takes so long tor tlio will tor to ( III mi
order that It lull Lo beuf when It. guu lioio.
Brooklyn Life : What have you renlly
lournod nt college , . .that U ireful teat
you ? " " 1 learned th at 1 did nt know how to
play poker. "
Philadelphia Itornrd : An old hayseed went
In thu surf ut Atlantic City llio other day
ui > nrlmn heavy immiiy bolt filled with coin.
The grunt MolKfit uarrlod him under , and ho
nearly ilro\wteil. This might , bo properly
called a slnlilns fund.
Chicago TrllHino : "Tho assignment. " said
the reporter In thu whlto illicit trousers , who
had buon hent to write no n llro In a coal yara.
"JustHoots mo. "
Harper's Hn/ar : "Conlhleiieols the mainstay
of n hapiiy nmrrli'd | | f ( ) . My Wf0 | considers
mo thn most absolutely truthful man in the
world , "bald lluwklns.
"Duar mu , Hawkins ! " returned Ilarlow :
' how you have deceived her ! "
NuwYoik Herald : Wllllo Wlltr-Hut , guv.
'nali , hur fiithur Is a mover In thu very bust no-
C wilt. Sr. How Is that ?
WIlllu Wilt-Ho drives a swell furnlturo van.
AM. sumciiiNT.
.
Oh , Susan , tnliu the meat away
Ami lutltbii iint.'isteil ;
Ami. Mury. do not ln-inK that plo
I earn not If It'H wasted ;
Thu hruiiil nhil uuko , thu clieesn and all ,
hueh things , IJD banished , Hulun ;
Wliiitiiuuil liavu HO forHliitr IIUo that ?
1 vu liouKhtii watermelon.
largest Mamif.inturars in I
olUlotUlnxlutUo World.
Hopkins Hats.
The new fall styles of the Hopkins hats are
now in. These are the hats
that are knocking- out the
at one time leading- and all
the time fancy priced head
gears , whoso styles have
r M f VS ? lately b000mo so oulra-
gGOUS that n ° ° n0 wiU
iri"iiiHiSVv/II\xW/Ui r
wear them. The Hopkins
is neat , nobby and modest
in style and at $1 below
other hard hats. The now
tourist hats with wide and narrow brim come in
several good colors now. All the Stetson hats wo
show , including their original Fedora. We can
sell you a stiff hat as low as $1.50 , A now hat and
a fall overcoat will make that summer suit last a
long time yet. Our new fall overcoats are beauties
and come in very handily these cool nights and
mornings. All colors , grades , sizes and prices from.
$10 up.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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