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CAIIINIT splinters seem to bo flying
quite freely on the other side of the At
lantic. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin : blue still hanps above the crim
son. Will it maintain its supremacy
over the orange nnd black ? is now the
burning question in the college world.
A DEFICIT la predicted in the coming
British budget. A deficit is assured in
the budget of the United States. The
dilToronco if merely ono between proba
bility and certainty.
ns well ns the United
States is having trouble with the unem
ployed in its great cities. The problem
of the unemployed is International In its
bearings. Local remedies can give only
local relief.
Tin : Now York Sun calls the income
tax ft populist tax because it was called
for during the last campaign by no
party platform but that ot the populists.
The democrats Boom determined to
shove Brynn Into the third party ranks.
THANKSGIVING day this wcok will be
made memorable in Omaha by the general -
oral distribution of charity. Loading
churches are actively at work to this
end , und all churitaUle organizations are
bonding their energies toward relieving
distress and suffering throughout the
city.
GUUAT preparations are making for
the celebration of the twenty-fifth anni
versary of the Nebraska State univer-
Bity next February , and it is proposed
to emphasize by this celebration the
fact that it is a state as in contradistinc
tion to a local institution of learning.
No ono who is really interested in the
advance of higher education in the west
can consistently withhold his support
and encouragement from this memorial
event.
Ir WE are to judge from the report of
the French state savings banks , showing
an excess of 34,000,000 francs in deposits
over withdrawals during the year 1892 ,
state savings banks are a success in
Prance. The postal savings bank has
been repeatedly recommended by post
masters general in this country , always
to remain unacted upon in the committees - ,
tees of congress. The postal savings
bank is ono of the crying needs of the
Postofllco department.
THE Fremont & Elkhorn organ is
distressing itself over the utter de
pravity of the Omaha press. The 2x4
brain of the organ-grinder cannot con
ceive of anything more disreputable
than the campaign canards put out by
the Omaha papers in the recent county
campaign. Ho clinches his remarks by
quoting the report of the federal grand
jury. In our opinion the loss said about
this vaunted report the bettor for all
immediately concerned.
EVEHYONB must regret the inability
ofthoLehigh managers nnd employers
to come to a Hpoody understanding and
adjustment of their dinicultios. The
public suitors from inadequate service
while the laborers are deprived of their
wages and the owners ot the capital in
vested in the rojiilloso the returns which
they have a right to expect. With all
those forces moving for a settlement of
the strike some schema of compromise
or arbitration ought to bo agreed upon
Avithout much further delay.
A I'OiviGH census of the unemployed
in Philadelphia shows that nearly 47,000 ,
persons who are usually orfgaged at re
munerative labor are at present without
work , These figures , while they do not
show how many idle persons there uro
in addition to the average number out
of work at this season of the year , are to
bo taken as a , basis for the relief move
ment which is in active preparation In
that city. Statistics , so far as they are
ut hand , show increased numbers of the
unemployed in all the great cities a
tact which bhould stimulate all charita
ble organizations to redoubled activity
to the extent of the funds at their com
mand ,
Tm : constitutionality of the supreme
court commission is to bo called once
more into question by the Missouri
rucifio railroad , this time before the
United States supreme court. Just how
the United States court is to obtain
jurisdiction over the matter has not yet
boon disclosed. The validity of the
commission must bo tested by the state
constitution. This question has been
raised before our state supreme court
and decided in favor of the right of the
legislature to create tlio commibsion ,
Jjiiwmuuh at > the federal courts are ac-
ciibtoincd to follow 'tho decisions of the
btttU ) courla in sulto resting upon the
jnUirprotation of atuto laws , the United
Stale * oujircmo court can scarcely bo ox-
j sctd to overrule the law as It now
suo.m
It is In bo hoped thnt the decision ot
the democratic members of the ways
and means committee , to retain raw
sugars on the frco list , reduce the duty
on refined , and not to abolish the bounty
nt once , will bo sustained by the house.
Thorc ought to bo no doubt thnt this
decision will bo concurred In by the re
publican members of the committee nnd
of both branches of congress , for it is nt.
once a concession to republican policy
and an nc of justice to an important in-
tero t which promises tO'bceomo in a
few years the source of generous pros
perity to a very largo . .number' our
people.
Tlio reduction of .the duty , on refined
sugar from one-half of n unit to one-
fourth of n cent per pound would not
make nny material ilHTcronco in the
revenue from this source. The proba
bility is that the imports of refined sugar
under the lower rate would bo consider
ably increased , and this could hardly
fall to bo the case unless the price of
sugar should bo reduced to n figure with
which the foreign producer could not
compote. In that ovcnt the whole body
of sugar oonsum/srs would bo benefited.
Reducing the duty on refined sugar nnd
retaining raw sugars on the frco list
would undoubtedly force the Sugar trust
to lower the price , and it Is to be pre
sumed that everybody not interested in
tlio trust would bo satisfied with such a
result. The policy of the present
tariff law regarding sugar has not
onorutcd to the benefit of consumers
to the extent that was expected. The
trust has been able to continue its
exactions and to make an inordinate
profit. Any legiblation which will de
prive tliis monopoly of the power to
plunder the public will bo universally
approved. If that proposed should fall
to accomplish thisanothcr congress may
11 ml it expedient to put all sugar on the
frco list.
As to the bounty it Would manifestly
bo 11 gross injustice to those who have
invested their capital in the business of
dcvnloping the sugar industry to at once
strike down this support to their enter
prise. They wore induced to embark
their capital in the business by the as
surance that the bounty would bo
continued for a eulllciont period to
demonstrate whether the production of
sugar , particularly beet sugar , could bo
developed to such an extent as to bucomo
a valuable national resource. A brief
experience with the industry under the
stimulating influence of the bounty
warrants the belief that this can bo done
and that before the expiration of ton
years the United States will produce , if
this industry bet properly fostered , a
very considerable proportion of the
sugar consumed by its people. In the"
meanwhile the development of the in
dustry must necessarily tend to prevent
any extreme rise in the # rico of susrar ,
either as the consequence of monopoly
or a diminished supply elsewhere. Of
course the true policy would bo
to leave the bounty as it is. It is
not a burden upon the people , amount
ing annually to not more than ono-
fourth of what is saved to the people by
having raw sugars on the free list. It
is the best method of encouraging the
development of thi | industry , if not ,
indeed. , the only sure method of doing
so. But the proposal to abolish the tax
gradually , reducing it at the rate of 2
mills a year , need not disturb these who
are engaged in the sugar Industry and
very likely will not. The decision of
the present congress in the matter will
not ncccbsarily stand for a longer period
than two years. As it is , there is rea
son for satisfaction with the plan re
ported to have been agreed on by the
democratic members of the ways and
menu * committee. It is better than waste
to have been expected.
Tlio conviction of three leading _ bond
investment promoters by a federal jury
in Chicago marks the beginning of the
end of u gjgantic swindle. The outcome
of the trial was a matter of supreme in
terest to the people of the west , and it is
cause for congratulation that both judge
and jury unltcd.in condemning the plun
dering Mjhemo.
The iudictrnonts * were procured at the
instance of the postoflico authorities
and wore very properly aimed nt the
ofllcers of the parent bond investment
company in the west. The concern , pos
sessing ample means , gathered from
50,000 victims , had frequently challenged
judicial investigation. When it came
in tlio form of criminal prosecution tire
managers sought to break the force
of the blow by ottering to conform with
the law as might bo determined by the
legal deportment. They wore ready to
reform if forgiven for past offenses. The
absurd proposition was spurned.
The charge of Judge Grossctip to the
jury is u forcible arraignment , of the
promoters. Ho did not mince hia words.
IIo dissected the echomo and exposed
its swindling possibilities. "Thoro is
no doubt , gentlemen , " said the court ,
"upon the face of it that it constitutes u
cheat1 The testimony disclosed the
fact that in two years the company col
lected over $500,000. Forty thousand
dollars was pocketed by agents ; $206- ,
000 was returned to stockholders. The
balance wont to the managers. In the
opinion of ttioeourt , "that is public plun
der. " To the mind of the court "tho wheel
of the lottery and the hat of tlio radio are
to the fortune hunter incomparably
fairer contrivances for the determina
tion of his chances. Ho IB not depend
ent in them upon the honesty or accti- '
racy of a § ccrotary , with whom it la as
easy to put ono application through the
registry as another. The whole scheme
disclosed by the proof is a cunning trick
to attract the cupidity and Ignorance of
men. "
The court also took Into consideration
the promised abandonment of the multi
ple bchomo. But the Bchorao , stripped
of the element of chance , did not faro
any better. The court denounced it as
a plan the success of which "depends
entirely on the gross insolvency of the
company so insolvent that in thu very
method o.f its organization no hope of its
carrying out its promises can bo enter
tained. "
The instructions of the court to the
jury cover not only the ihcgal lottery
feature the multiple scheme but are
BO far-reaching as to leuvo bogus bond
oornnuuloa without a chance of escaping
destruction. Promoters were confident
that a system of bond payment in numer
ical order would glvo the business the
mantle of honesty and satisfy the
.Authorities. Judge Grosscup's charge
clearly shows that the reformed scheme
will not bo tolerated by the courla If the
prompters use the mnib to further it.
This view is supplemented by the as
sistant attorney general in nn opinion
which applies to all roowrnnfzcd com-
pantcsi In effect bo dcelnrea the con
secutive number plan a scheme tb obtain
money by false pretense , and that , the
mails cannot bo employed to promote
fraud.
Bond promoters have reached the end
of their rope much sponcr thitti they ex
pected * Condemned by courts and public
opinion , their passing is n triumph of
honesty over fraud.
IKAVSP1CIOVS TIMK VOll SWlKs.
Strikes nnd rumors of strikes prevail
to an extent , which indicate * that Ameri
can worklngmon do not give that careful
attention to conditions which IB to be ex
pected of them in view of their general
Intelligence nnd their ample opportun
ities for obtaining information. For ton
months this country has been sulToring
from a severe business depression which
has attccted every interest. Mills and
factories have been closed , throwing tons
of thousands of people outof employment.
Transportation companies have found it
necessary to greatly reduce their force
of employes. In every department of in
dustry nnd trade enforced retrenchment
has been felt heavily by lauor , so that to
day there is n great army of idle rcoplo
In the United States , all of them willing
and anxious to work , but unable to fiml'
anything to do. Various cstiniates liiivo
been in ado of the number of persons out
of employment , but , of course , oven
approximately accurate figures cannot
be obtained. It Ts doubtless entirely
safe to say , however , that there nro
more unemployed people in the country
at this time than ever before.
The country is gradually recovering
from the depression. Mills and factories
that have been closed are resuming
operations and generally the outlook is
brightening. But the recovery is slow
and in all probability will continue to bo
slow. The largo accumulation of money
at tlio financial centers is evidence of the
caution and timidity of capital as well as
"of the depression of business. Money
is not being freely embarked in enter
prises of any kind , and especially these
which can bo affected by changes in the
tariff. The industrial interests of the
country understand that they will have
to readjust their affairs and they are
shaping their business for the immedi
ate future accordingly. Were they as
sured that the American market was
still to bo theirs the resumption of ac
tivity would bo rapid , but in the ab
sence of this assurance it will bo slow.
The tendency , however , is manifestly in
the right direction , and if nothing uu :
foreseen occurs to interfere with it
there is reason to believe that within
the next six months there will bo a
marked revival of business. It ought to
be plain to every intelligent workingman -
man that under existing circumstances
nothing could moro certainly retard the
attainment of this eagerly desired result
than labor conflicts , and at the same
time nothing else coujd so surely lead to
the demoralization of labor. If capital
is threatened with warfare it will take
the precautions to defend itself , and em
ployed labor that invites the competition
for work of the unemployed will , in most >
ca'es , battle at a disadvantage. There
are probably at least 1,000,000 idle men
in the country , among thorn thousands
who are skilled in their handicrafts.
Many of these have already suffered
privations and hardships and a long
winter is befo'-o them. Very few will
reject any opportunity that offers to
earn the means of subsistence for them
selves and their families. Hunger and
cold are conditions which swoop , aside
all theories nnd force men to make
every sacrifice for their alleviation.
Industrial peace is an indispensable
prerequisite to an early nnd full resto
ration of industrial and businos activity.
The question of maintaining the currency
on a sound and stable basis has been
settled , and there is no longer nny anxi
ety or uneasiness on that score. Tariff
revision , largely responsible .for the uo-
prcsslon , continues to bo a check upon
the revival of business , but the country
is promised an early knowledge of how
far the pai'ty _ in power proposes to go in
this direction , and when this information
is obtained the industrial interests may' '
begin preparing foi * the new conditions ,
which will possibly not bo found so diffi
cult a task as has been apprehended. , The
chief trouble , it is to bo feared ; In the
work of readjustment will bo-wlth labor ,
and it is therefore most necessary that
workingrnon shall study the conditions
carefully , intelligently and dispassion
ately. Anybody who nt this time ad
vises or encourages labor conflicts , except -
-copt for the redress of intolerable , gr ev-
ances , is not a friend of labor and is a
foe to the general prosperity.
Ti ) STUl > 'CHAIN
The frequency of daring train rob
beries during tlio past two or three
months has aroused a strong sentiment
in favor of congressional legislation for
the punishment of this crime , partloii-
Idrly among these engaged in the busi
ness of transportation. A bill for this
purpose was Introduced in the house of
reproientfvtlves at the extra session of
congress , the full text of which is
printed lu another part of this paper , together -
gother with the views of local express
and railroad managers. These heartily
approve the proposed legislation , and so
far as known all railroad and express
officials are favorable to it. It has
had the endorsement also of most
of the prominent newspapers of the
country. The advocates ot federal legis
lation for the punishment of train robbing
(
bing make a strong point of the fact
that the states do not provide the ma
chinery necessary to prevent this crime ,
and there is small probability that they
can generally bo Induced to do so. It Is
further urged that the power which has
the solo right lo regulate interstate
commerce ia the proper power to protect
that commerce.
There unquestionably is force in those
arguments. If the states do not and will
not provide such moans as they may for
the suppression ot train robbing it is
inniiUcslly necessaryto look to the fed
eral government. v' According to
the testimony ot express offi
cials vrhoso companies have Buf
fered at the linnd off robbers , they have
received little n-HiiHlnnco from local
authorities in liunWhg down the crim
inals , nnd there Is but ono instance ro-
incmborcd in whlftW the robbers en
countered any resistance Irom the local
authorities. The task and the expense
of bringing the crnninnls to justice has in
almost every casoj evolved on the ex
press companies , wljich have uniformly
shown a proper spirit in this matter
even when the cost was sure to bo
greater than the loss sustained. Such
laving been the experience , it is only
natural that express nnd railroad of
ficials should feel that the general gov
ernment ought to put out its heavy
land , and bring to justice the lawless
assailants of Instruments of interstate
commerce *
It iu not to be doubted , however , that
the proposed legislation will meet with
oroua opposition from those who hold
that this is a matter which should bo
rtealt with by the states alone and with
which the federal government can prop
erly have nothing to do. The name
political clement that fought the propo
sition to establish national quarantine
when there seemed to bo great danger
if un Invasion of cholera , for the reason
thnt it would deprive the states of n
ight which had always boon conceded
lo them , may bo expected to oppose
federal legislation lor the punishment of
train robbing on the ground that It IB pe
culiarly the right of the state to do tins ,
regardless of the fact that the states
have been conspicuously derelict in ex
orcising the right. But at any rate the
agitation of the subject may IHJ expected
to have some good results. Many of the
< itao legislatures will bo in * session in
little moro than a month , and those
most interested in the question ot more
drastic measures for the suppression and
punishment of train robbing should- bee
that the mutter is properly presented to
the attention of the legislatures. This
hus never yet been done , and until it is
it cannot bo assumed that legislation of
the character needed will not bo
enacted. Meanwhile the transportation
companies will undoubtedly continue to
exorcise extraordinary precautions.
FAltM aiOHTOAOB STATISTICS.
If the results of the census investiga
tion into the nuestlon'.pf'farm mortgages
are to bo acc6pted as truly representing
the situation of tljS. American farmer ,
ono of the most poftml political instru
ments which the populist party has been
brandishing has finully boon demolished
beyond recovery. U.'iio stock in trade of
the populist agita bf's has been the cry
of the debt-ridden furmor , the lamen
tation over the 'llidvitablo burial of
the farmer beneojft a mountain of
farm mortgages , nnd the spcctro of
foreclosure hovering1 over thousands
upon thousands ofarms mortgaged for
much moro than their values. These
time-worn but jnevjsr proven assertions
nave servcdjin. ijumerpus campaigns , .nud
it is idle to eontendithat they have been
entirely without influence. The forth
coming census , howeVer , is furnishing
the figures that show the utter baseless
ness of statements of this kind.
Returns have thus far been made from
thirty-three states only , but these have
been tabulated by Mr. George K.
Holmes , the special agent of farm mort
gage statistics , and are now pub
lished In tlio American Agriculturalist.
According to this compilation , throe-
fourths of all the farms in the United
States are owned free of incumbrnnce.
The average mortgage represents , not
the full value of the farm , but only one-
third of its value , and the total amount
of farm inortagos in the whole country
is loss than one-tenth of the total farm
values. In 1880 ono fifth of the total
real estate , debt rested upon farms , while
in 1800 the proportion had fallen to
ono-sovouth of the total. Of every
100 families upon American farms
in 1890 forty-seven owned their
farms free of mortgage , twenty owned
their farms burdened with a mortgage
Incumbranco , while thirty-two hired the
farms which they lived on and worked.
Four-fifths of the debt resting upon
farm property was incurred for the pur
pose of defraying a part of the
purchase price or for making im
provements. The mortga/es on farms
increased In amount 8350,000,000
in ten years , from $525,000,000 in
1880 to 8875,000,000 in 1890. but during
the same period the now farms created
In the west and south numbered 000,000 , ,
and the increase of debt upon city real
estate aggregated $2,700,000,000.
What the census figures show is
simply the fact that the farm mortgage
evil has been grossly exaggerated. Add
to this the certainty that the census re
turns have been exaggerated and have
failed to take into consideration partial
payments on mortgages which remain
recorded at their full amount , and it is
plain that the usually adopted state
ments hnvo boon very far from the
truth. The burden of farm mortgages
is undoubtedly great , partl'eularly in the
south and west , but it is by no means so
heavy as the populist speakers have
liked to assert.
IT is not at all MH'prislng that , the
Italian government should exert its in
fluence to keep ItsllS&bjects from mi
grating to the United States , und if the
economic condition { Prevailing Hero at
present affords it a plausible argument
for Its policy it mult bo oxpootpd to
make the most ( , the opportunity.
European governments have , as a rule ,
discouraged the departure of any but
undesirable emigrants from their terri
tory for the reason that each workingman -
man who leaves ta'kos just so much
wealth away from his native lund-und
adds it to the Htoro of the land of his
adoption. But so long us the United
States holds out a promise of bettor
economic conditions to the ambitious
toiler , so long will the tide of immigra
tion continue this way , the moral in
fluence of foreign governments notwith
standing , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A CIHCULAH of information , issued by
the Federal Bureau of Education , gives
fiomu Interesting statistics upon the
growth of public libraries in this coun
try. The Increase Jn the number of
sucli libraries having oyer 1,000 , vol-
utnos nt their disposal during the years
1885 to 1891 was 817 , the total number In
the latter year being 3,801. The average -
ago number of volumes has Increased
during the sumo period from 0,331 , to
8,104. The eastern slates , of course ,
head the list in the number
of frco libraries , but the showing of
the western elates U by no means bnO.
The public library has come to bo with
us ono of the most important and influ
ential educational Institutions supported
by the people. It draws no ago limit ,
but on the other hand continues Its work
for the render after ho 1ms loft school
and entered tho-actual pursuits of busi i
ness life. The public circulating library
is largely peculiar to the United States
and Is dally demonstrating its efficiency
ns a public' educator. Public libraries
have long ago established their claim
to popular support.
Tin : American growers of beef cattle
will find gratification in the report of
the committee of the British House of
Lords which has been Investigating
American and English beef. Till * ex
presses the belief that tlio Jargnr quan
tity of English meat is Inferior to tlio
American , which is it good deal of an ad
mission for Hiiuh n committee tb make.
There nro few things which the Eng
lishman is more boastful of than the su
periority of English grown bccCnml it is
very rarely that you will find ono of
them who will admit that It Is possible
to got n cut of beef in this country that
approaches the Kncrll.sh product in any of
the characteristics of good beef. The
report of tlio committee of the House of
Lords , however , settles all controversy ,
because it is presumed that no English
man would for a moment dispute that
opinion , and so wo have the pleasing
absurunce thnt bettor beef is grown
hero than in England , thus exploding
another claim of English superiority.
FKOM our Washington dispatches it is
to bo inferred that Cong'robsman Bryan
will have little to say in the bolcction of
u democratic postmaster nt Lincoln. In
these degenerate days it seems fitting
that Tobc Castor , the political right-of.
way man of the Burlington road , should
have moro influence with the appointing
power at Washington than has the bril
liant congressman from the Lincoln dis
trict. It is needless to add that republicans
licans can afford to view this condition
of things with complacency.
A MEMnnu of the supreme court com
mission has evolved the opinion thnt
where a railroad embankment operates
as a dam and consequent damage to ad
joining property by an overflow of water
the railroad is not unsworablo for such
damage. Wo trust this opinion was not
written in the office of the railway at
torney , and it is wrong to oven- intimate
tbnt it was.
"Thorn's Our ftoiitlinonts. "
Atlanta Constitution ,
Glvo us more factories and fewer court * I
Tonilcr Tribute to nit Editor.
I'Mlailelplila Itcamt.
AU classes and conditions of people
thrqutrhouf the country will rejoice to learn
that Colonel A. K. McCluro's recovery is
now absolutely assured , nnd if their con
gratulations could blossom into flowers the
esteemed invalid's bedside would bo cori-
verted into a veritable garden of roses.
Getting Down to U islnrgi.
Clnciiimid Commercial ,
Colorado is turning its attention to the
production of gold. Abandoned gold mines
aro.heincr reopened and put in order. The
silver smelters are discovering , too , that
gold can be profitably extracted from the
quartz lodes of the state. Meanwhile they
are mining silver steadily and talcing their
market chances on it , just as any other pro
ducer docs and must do.
The Folly ot It.
Globe-Democrat.
In its untiincllncBs and insanity the Lo-
high Valley railroad strike breaks the rec
ord among the labor disturbances of recent
years. The only grievance which the
strikers have is the failure of the road to
recognize one of their committees , which Is
a criminally silly thing to order a strike
upon right on the beginning of what
promises to Do the dullest winter known
slnco tlio panic period in the 70's. Two or
tlirco men stand ready to take every place
vacated by a striker.
nit.\as.
David Slnton , the richest man in Cincin
nati , is a twelve millionaire.
Ono woo treads upon another's heel.
Congress uicets within eight days.
With Fish at the head Now York republi
cans expect to faeulo the heights of Tam
many.
The punishment often fits the crime. An
eastern actor caught the smallpox while
playing Uncle Tom.
Why not settle the Hawaiian dlOlculty and
the participants at the same time , by organ
izing a foot ball game ]
Bourke Cockrau Is not in favor of ampu
tating tbo neck of his party , and therefore
opposes the income tux scheme.
The great lakes have been oBlclnlly pro
nounced high seas. The court doubtless
viewed them in a state of indignation.
There is consolation for the short-nockod
man ia the thought that the nii-to-dato bra-
cado necktie Is stuck on his nocond chin.
Minister Thurston cave convincing reasons
why he should not talk , and ttion flatly con
tradicted himself by uttering 4,000 words.
Nay , nay , Paulino. A change is unneces
sary. Although custom assigns Thanks
giving to Thursday , it Is really Chowsday.
A pair of live and healthy twins has been
found in a vahso in a railroad depot at Ht.
Louis. There seems little doubt that the
jmrents lost their grip designedly.
Servant girls in Chicago , according to the
Chicago Tribune , are a * 'drug on the mar-
not. " The market is overstocked and the
price has fallen from fS u week .to $2 and $3.
Through the efforts of the American inln-
later n' . Constantinople , diplomas have been
secured from the Turkish government tor a
numboroC American women physicians In
Turkey.
The record of college foot ball shows that
ono moro man is needed to complete the
equipment of a team. It needs a chapluin.
All men in danger ot death uro entitled to
tlio benefit of clergy.
Jules Verne , the famous author , is said to
have earned more money by his pea than
any other living author. IIo has taken up
his abode in plain apartments In the old
cathedral town of Amiens.
Clurenco M. Overman , presldunt of a Cin
cinnati bank , plugged the institution for $50-
000 and was sentenced to ten years impris
onment. Had ho trebled the amount of liia
thufta ho would itiuvu cut the sentence in
two.
two.Tho
The NIcthcroy , tlio lirazillan war vessel
purchased and outtlttod in Now Vork , has
stemmed for its destination. If its arma
ment came up to expectations ID a tight , it
will have a Mello-ing effect on the revolu
tion.
tion.William
William 0. Pox. lately charco d'affaires ia
Teheran , arrived In Washington a few days
vgo. When the cholera biokoout in 1'orsla
no was at hia post of duty , and was une of
the llrst to bo taken down with the disease.
When ho recovered ho worked to unite the
mUsiouarto to relieve the sick and became
mnimgor of the American hospital , where
3.000 cholera patient * were treated. At the
cloao of tiio'cpldemio the shah wrote Mr. Fox
alllattoriuK luttor , conYeylugtbo thuuks of
tuo government.
mOM UAH'S
Where hard work kills ono man , worry
uses up a dozcu.
The mistake ot a moment may bo the sorrow
row ot a lifetime.
The truth a bail man hates Is the truth
that hits him In the faco.
Mnn-nindo science 1 often found standing
with Us back to the light.
Moro people full from discouragement ,
than from real misfortune.
It happiness Is your mnln object la life ,
don't try too hard to sot rich.
Finding fault with others Is only a roundabout -
about way of bragging on yourself.
It must astonish tlio aneols to sco how few
people thcro are who get In earnest.
Generally when a man fools the need of
economy ho thinks it oiighl lo begin with his
wifo.
wifo.Vhv
\Vhv some people become so slcopv In
church la bocnuso the preacher Is not wldo
H churches were built without back sonts
It would bo next to Impossible to got a back
slider Into one.
The man whollvci with his head In the
clouds will generally bo found standing with
his foot on somebody's ncclc.
Ilio Hay htntn Ctnmpto.
rhttatMvliln Lttlgtr.
Massachusetts Is solving the road problem
In n practical way. The State lioad commis
sion has decided to build in every town or
tpxvnsiilp In that state ono peed road alone
the most used route. The design Is Iti build
from sovcn to ton miles of road yearly In
each county , and to spend about SSOO.OOO
annually In this work. It Is estimated that
In twenty years this will supply the stale
with as line roads as they have lu Kuropo.
SAltilATIl HOKA.CB.
. .Now York Herald : "ThU li where I draw
the line , " said the llshermnn , when nn eel had
Ritckoil the halt on" tlio hook for the eighteenth
timo.
Washington Post : Some shrewd brovrcr will
make u great hit by Invading the matket with
n brand of boor that didn't reecho the highest
aw aril nt the World's f nlr.
Buffalo Courier : "How Is JJIslov Ronr
nlonit with Una tunnel ho contracted lo linlld ?
Successfully * " "Kr tin ) last I hoard lit was
running the thing Into tho'ground as fast us ho
Now Orleans Tlincc : Major Smile Wonder
what that man cncr there Is limclne up Unit
post for ? Isthopojt looac ? Uenorul 1 , after
No ; man U tight.
I'tick : HolKon What illd your flanrco say
when you told hi-r you were dead uroko ?
Dobsoii ( iiidly ) Sliu Mild she wits fond of
consistency lu all tilings ; bo she broke the
engagement.
Now York Hor.ild : Insurance Agent You
need an all llfo policy limlly.
llarfoot 1 expect to if you talk to mo much
uioro.
Chicago Kocor < l : Jlamle Uncle Goorco Is
golnc to clvo SMur Etta away at the wodifinc.
Tommy Humplit lonvo her alouo un'shu'l
Washington Star : "It's wonderful , " re
marked the editor , "how proud a man acts
whpn ho Is going to have his picture published
nnd how humble ho Is af tor It has Impponod. "
Tld Hits : Examining Mrafcal Professor
Now , sir. tell mo how you would treat a case of
typhoid ta\or.
btudeut-WcIl , sir , I should Qrst I should
first
Examining Medical Professor ( impatiently )
Yes , yes ; goon.
Student ( sol7cd with a brilliant Idea ) I
should first cull you In for consultation.
Indianapolis Journal : Hungry Illgnlns
uco. but you've got a beautiful Jag. Where
did you git do prlcu ?
Weary Watklns-LHtlo whemo I got up. I
goes up to do dudrs an' bones "em for a dlmo to
Kit Home clsurottcs-souf It strikes deni right
In uclr sympathy spot , every timo.
rowKn or WEALTH.
ll < is/inuou / ( ( stir.
"I oft got sIcV , " ho murmured ,
"Hut the doctor says 'a cold , '
Or 'a touch of Indigestion , '
And the simple stoiy's told.
"But some day , when I'vo struggled
To the ranks of wealth or fame ,
I will rovcl In an Illness
With a stunning Latin naino. "
SO 'fi HJtUII" OLD.
A broken toy ; a task that hold away
A yearning child-heart from an hour of play ;
A UhrLstimiu that no Christmas Idols brouglu ;
A tangled lesson full of tunglod thought ;
A homesick boy : a senior gowned and wise ;
Agllmpsoof life , whoa lo ! the curtains rlso
Fold ox-er fold ,
And hangs the plot in o like a boundless sea
The world , nil action und reality
So wo grow old.
A wedding , and a tender wife's caress ;
A prattling liaDo tlio purent'rt llfu to bless ;
A home of joys and euros in equal part ;
Adronry watching with a heavy heart ,
And Death's dread angel knocking at the gate ,
And Ilonu and Uouingo bidding Sorrow wait
Or luosu her hold ;
A new-born grave , and then a bravo return
To where the II res of llfo tilumphant burn-
So wo gtowold.
A fortune and a gon'rotis meed of fame ,
Or direful ruin nnd a tarnished n.iino :
A slipping oIT of week and month midyear
Faster and fimtur as the close drawn near ;
A grief today , and with tomorrow's light ,
A pleasure that transforms the sullen night
From loud to gold ;
A chilling winter of unchanging storm !
A spring rculeto with dawns and sunsets
warm
Ho wo grow old.
Old to ourselves , but child ) on yet to bo
In the slraiigo cities of utorulty.
WORLD'S ' FAIR PHOTOGRAPHS
How tbo Pictorial Hcoonl of Exposition Will
Bo Frosomilt
WORK OF GOVERNMENT ARTIST
An Infinite Vnrloij- View * Which Hnv
Jlecn .Vrurcil-OrlRltml * ot Tliei *
to lie Kept In I ho Archive *
nt Washington.
For tlio exact reproduction of archltoo *
tural details there Is no means-or - method nt
nil comp.\rablo to photography ? The clover *
cat architect nuil draughtsman cannot
present Uio exterior nppctirnnco of his own
strucluro with hnf ! the precision and truth ,
fulness of the cheapest snap-shot prowler.
So , too. In the delineation of the human facts
and form. The most gifted artist cannot
approach the work or the camera In tha
hMidi ot skillful photographer.
With the possible exception of clcctrlcltj
there Is no brunch of endeavor In which ,
during lha last itoe.iUo , greater progress han
been mnilo than in photography. It li
claimed , Indued , that tlio Krotich have solved
the dchcnto problem of catching colors with
the camera. If true , the process has nolyct
become practical.
However , the instantaneous effects which
are possible by means of tbo dry plato have
enabled the nrllst tb catch and Incorporate
In his picture uu appearance of life and
movement truly remarkable.
What Held hus been presented for rich
and varied results to tbo World's fair sea
son 1 And how thoroughly mis field has
buen covered for the future delight and In
struction of man.
The views which the government artist
has obtained uro singularly comprehensive
and striking. Hardly n nook or corner in or
out of the big ouildlngs toward which ho
has not turned his camera , and the result
lias been an cmbarassmcnt of photographic
riches.
The best of tbcso nntl those most repre
sentative of the exposition as a whole have
been selected by ttio government for preser
vation ut Washington , and it is from this
ample pictorial store that Tin ; IJhK has been
allowed to draw for the 2r > 0 views which
form the mngiililccnt selection to bo dis
tributed among its readers during the next
four months.
The entire scries consist ot sixteen portfolios -
folios , cnchcoutalnlnicslxlocn pictures , llxlll
inches in size. They cover n great vaitcty
of subjects , grave und gay , architecture , ox-
tcriorund interior , booths , pavilions and ex
hibits , scenes In the park and on the Midway
Platsanco.
One of these portfolios will bo given In ex
change for six Uni : couponsof different dates
mm 10 cents In coin. Coupons and money
can bo sent by mall , or biought to the Art
Portfolio department. Bui : olllce , when the
portfolio will bo sent or delivered. The llrst
one is now ready and eau bo had as soon at
six coupons bearing successive numbers are
scut or brought into this ofllco. Tbo llrst
scries will bo run for two successive weeks ,
after which ono scries will bo run each nooic
and books will bo ready by Saturday to bo
delivered until Saturday of the week follow
ing. This will bo continued until the entire
sixteen books arc delivered.
THE BEE has the exclusive right in Ne
braska ( with the execution of Lincoln ) to
make this distribution for a limited time
only , consequently the portfolios can bo had
in this manner only during the week follow
ing their issue. Two weeks time will bo
given for the first porttfolio , after which
only ono week's time will bo allowed. Of all
the offerings of Tin ; BKE , the art portfolio
scries is tbo most tempting , and it is safe to
say that the largo edition secured will bo en
tirely exhausted by coupon drafts upon it
during the firt week. It should bo remem
bered that each picture is accompanied by
an interesting and graphic description which ,
can bo relied upon as being historical iuul
authentic. These descriptions have nil
been duly verified. Prof. Hnlsey C. Ives ,
chief of the department of line arts , writes
the Introduction to part ilrst. The initial
portfolio will contain the following : 1. The
Administration building. 2. The Woman's
building , a. The Peristyle. 4. The Trans
portation building , ft. The Golden Doorway
of tbo Transportation building. 0. The
Horticultural building. 7. The Columbian
fountain. 8. The Convent of La. Hablda. II.
The Brazilian building. 10. Medallions of
Morning and Night. 11. Psycho , by Thu-
iiuir.ii. 12. The Four Kaccs , by Martmy.
1 ! ! . Ceres , by Mnrtlny. H. Midway Vial-
sanco Irony the Ferris Wheel. 15. Tbo
Persian Swprd Dance10. . The Statue of
the Republic , by French. The cost of those
sixteen pictures , if obtained singly at re
tail , would be about ? S , from which the high
value Of the offering may bo easily esti
mated.
A. 1'nrljr Without it rollerS -
S ( . raul I'lniiccr I'reu
The incompetence ot the democratic party ,
its inability to stand by any policy and carry
it through. Is the most striking feature of
that organization , and qovor was it moru
strikingly manifested than lit present. A
party that really believes something , and
that Is ready to Htand up and accept victory
or defeat for Its convictions as the case may
bo. Is respectable oven when it Is wrong. But
this woaic , wobbly thing that they call de
mocracy inspires impatient contempt oven lu
those who would like most to udmlro It.
Tlio largcHt makers nnu Hellcra ot
Hue cloU'A'n on Karlli ,
WHO'S AFRAID
$
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Nobody
Our Thanksgiving1 ofTor is a fine all wool melton
Overcoat for $10 and another for $15 , in melton , kersey - ; ;
soy and Irish frieze. Both dandies. Well lined and
well made. Cost you $5 more elsewhere.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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