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Ilow doou Hko tlio domoeiaUo tariff
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bill ?
THOUGH lust to got into tlio cablnot ,
Uio bcerotary of affrloulturo is llrst to
get out his report.
Tun long petition duos not nhvnys
catch the postollleo. At least so says
lion. Friuilc Lawler of Chicago.
WAIT for the minority report .of the
committee on ways and moans before
torinlnir your final opinion of tlio domo-
oi atio tariff bill.
M10HT wo suggest us a gcntlo reminder
to tlio proper state olllolals that the
inaxltnum ft eight rate law injunction re
mains still mill issoh eel.
OMAHA lotail mei chants feel the
tiuiukonlnir impulse of fall trade. They
\\H\Q \ patiently awaited its coming and
their reward is certain.
Tnosn southern legislatures which
have begun to fiamo new laws regulat
ing the issue of state bank notes are a
trillo piomtttmo. The tax on atato
bank issues has not yet been repealed.
Et.nCTiONS are sulliciently expensive
to the taxpayers without giving icgis-
trars double pay for the excess of work
ing hours over the eight-hour day in ad
dition to their logular salaries of $3 a
day.
y is reported to have said
that tlio Knighta of Labor cannot got
along without him. Ho would have
* " * * come nearer the truth had ho asserted
that the order cannot got along with
him.
PunMir.its willing to undertake the
formation of n ministry must be rather
seaico in Kit rope' just at this moment.
Several countries of the continent ai o
Btill waiting for the patriotic ptimc
minister to appear.
DEMOCRATIC piofcronco for ad valorem
duties , so easily evaded and inviting
undervaluation and false billb of oalo ,
dominates the now tariff measure. Tariff
administration is to take a atop baek-
waid instead of forward.
Tun president of the city council bears
the city clerk out in his assertion that
the fifty-year gas franuhisooulinanco be
came a law , "the mayor not having re
turned the name at the next regular
meeting"of the council after iU passage.
There ate none o blind as tlio&owho
will not seo.
Tin : World's fair finances turn out
much bettor than was anticipated u few
montliH ago , althoughanot what some of
its enthusiasts predicted before the
gates woio opened. On the whole , the
ITnanoiul outcome of this stupendous un
dertaking must bo a matter of congratu
lation for nil who are Immediately con
cerned.
FUOM the % Mires given by the internal
revenue commissioner it is plain that
the Htamp duty on oleomargarine has
not operated to discourage its coiibump-
tion to any great extent. These who
expect a ilIfToiont result from 'an in
creased tax on spirits urn not basing the
proniUoa of their arguments on the
fuels as shown by experience.
ANY ONI : reading the synopsis of See-
rotary Morton'moport would infer that
the agriciiltut al interests are scarcely of
Biilllcloiit importance to entitle the de
partment to a cabinet position. This ,
of conrbo , is untiue. The report might
boast loss of the rotienchinont olTectnd
by thd now administration and moio of
the work performed uiulor Us direction.
ANAKCIIISIS are now making their
appearance in the South American re
publics. What their object can bo there
must bo open to question. The South
American stales scorn to bo in an almost
perpetual condition of anatohy , and
ought by this tinio to have afforded any
anaichlsts within their jurisdiction all
to anaichy they could possibly desire.
TllK agents of Iho Now York Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Have boon trying to convince a court
that a joung lady who claimed to bo 11
ycaisold and \\lio : > o testimony was cor
roborated by her mother was not older
than 14. It Is to bo sincerely hoped that
tip court or legislature will over deprive
a woman of her privilege of miming hoi
own age.
SKNATOH VOOHHKKS' weather bureau
issues the prediction that within ninety
days the greater part of the present in
dustrial depression will bo over. Voor-
lioos is a great prophot. Having unox-
j-ootcdly E > ecn Ills prediction of the ul
timate repeal of the Shornmn sllvoi
purchase law borne out , ho is now loth
to huivotho business , but * ho is carofullj
confining his auguries to mutters that
are wol ) under \\uy.
TUK WBtr TAttirr ntrL ,
The democratic tariff bill , the details
of which are made public , Is not so
adtcal a monsuro as was desired by
.ho extreme ) frco trade element of the
larty , but it gets as near to the policy
lefinod in the national platform of last
, ear as it" was possible to po without
ibsolutoly contravening the dcclara-
.Ion of Mr. Cleveland , made In his
Sladlson Square garden address on
jclng notified of his nomination , that
"ours is not a destructive party , heed-
ess of any American Intoro-its. " It docs
not give practical recognition as a
whole to the doctrine that the prin
ciple of protection is unconstitu
tional , but it goes so far In aban-
loning the protective policy or In
weakening the support which that
lolio.v has for thirty-two years given to
American industries that its effect
mist bo revolutionary and with respect
.0 some interests possibly destructive.
The domccratlo theory that all raw
naterlals should bo frco has been very
'nlly carried out in the Dill. The free
list is gteatly enlarged and as to some
) f the additions to it coal , lumber and
salt , for example they will bo very
lonerally approved , but a number of
other additions are of questionable ex
pediency and will undoubtedly meet
with a vigorous opposition both in the
house and the senate. Taking the whole
range of duties the reduction is said to
bo about 3'J per cent , but in the case of
some articles the cut In the
duty is much greater than this , while a
number retained on the dutiable list
will have no protection against foreign
compotion unless the cost of labor In
such industries is reduced to the
European level. Indeed , It is inevita
ble , if this measure becomes law , that
wages in all the industries affected by
the tariff will have to bo readjusted to a
lower scale , so that the country may pre
pare for a general movement , as soon as
this bill shall have passed it not before ,
to reduce wages In the manufacturing
Industrie ) . The theory that giving the
manufactuior frco raw material will
enable him to pay as much for labor
as under existing conditions will
speedily bo bhown , there is every
reason to expect , to bo erroneous. No
such reduction in the tariff as this bill
proposes can bo made without unfavora
bly affecting the wages of labor and
nothing can bo more certain than that
the effect of this legislation would bo
felt in the home of every operative in
the land. Even the throat of it has boon
widely felt. There is another idea'of
the tariff reformers which will doubtless
in duo course of time , if the now tariff
bill becomes law. bo shown to bo a fallacy ,
namely , that free raw materials will
allow our manufacturers to greatly in-
crcabo their foreign trade. As under the
present law manufacturers of articles
for export icceivo a rebate of 99 per
cent of the duty on such materials it
is hardly probable that they will got
any advantage in the foreign trade from
the remission of the 1 per cent of duty.
It is obviously too insignificant to have
any effect. It was a necessary part of
the democratic policy and ol the purpose
to discredit in all possible ways the tariff
legislation of the republican party to
substitute ad valorem for specific duties ,
and the chairman of the ways and
means committee makes a defense of
this action which will , perhaps , bo
regarded as at least plausible. It has
always been a controverted ques
tion as to which system is the better
one , but the weight of opinion is un
doubtedly on the side of specific duties ,
on the score of both bimplioity and
Security There is no ditlloulty in as-
sebsing and collecting a specific duty
and the treasury is always certain to got
just what the law calls for , whereas an
ad valorem duty is very apt to c.iuso
controversy between the importer and
the appraiser , as the numberless cases
that have boon taken to--tho federal
courts , growing out of differences of this
kind , amply attest. Besides , ' with spe
cific duties there is no chance to defraud
the government , while with ad valorem
-duties the opportunities are boundless if
appraisers aio not of the strictest in
tegrity.
While this ii'eaiuro was fiamed with
a view to revenue only and with the fact
confronting its authors that the treas
ury is in great and growing need of revenue -
onuo , it appoars.that it is not expected
to have for some time the dcsired'ro-
suit of supplying the treasury with more
money , though it may provo to bo a
good tiling for consumers , which means
that every manufacturer and merchant
, iu the country , knowing what is to como
when the bill shall go Into effect , will
bo disposed to get rid of their goods at
any prices they can obtain. Perhaps
the idea is that this would so impress
consumers with the wisdom of the demo
cratic tariff policy that the political
sti ongth of that party would bo vastly
increased. Of course no favor is shown
the policy of reciprocity , which will
be abandoned as far as possible and per
haps altogether before the democracy
relinquished control of the legislative
and oxeoutlvo departments of the gov
ernment. The question of Internal reve
nue taxes is to bo determined hereafter
and it is believed that the democrats of
the ways and means commltt o will
agicoupon an income tax and an in
crease of the tax on whisky. There was
a report a few days ago that Mr. Olovo-
land had indicated opposition to an in
come tax , but later advices suggest that
this must have boon a mistake. At any
rate , the dilemma in which the demo
crats at o may force them to adopt this
means of raising revenue for the urgent
roquitomcnta of the treasury ,
The now taritl bill will not , there IB
strong reason to heliovo , receive the
united support of the democrats in either
branch of congiosa. Some of them ha\o
already announced their opposition to
certain features of it and their deter
mination to fight these features. The
lopubllcans , it is hardly necessary to
say , will unanimously oppose the bill u
a wholo. That It cannot pass without
rumorous changes and modifications
may bo accepted as practically assured ,
and In any event it is certain to be the
bubjoct of prolonged discussion ,
Tin : lawmakers and Hio law ex
pounders agree that the eight-hour law
cannot lie applied to farm laborers and
judges and clerks of elections. If an ex
ception can bo made in the ono case It is
oglcal to conclude that It can bo made in
the other.
T n : < nnici'i.TUKAt , nsi\im iie.vr.
The published abjtraot of the nunntil
report of the secretary of agriculture
iroscnts some suggestions that merit
ho attention of congress. This depart
ment undoub cdly need ? remodeling and
reorganisation to a very considerable
extent in order to give it greater use
fulness. It la the opinion of a great
nany people that Its creation was a mis
take and that it will never accomplish
anything to justify its existence , but
there can bo no doubt that It will ba
maintained as a pormaniGiit department
of the govormncnt , and thU being ad-
uittcd the policy regarding it should bo
, o glvo it the largest poislblo value to
, ho interest which It represents. .
European countries have found
a department of this kind very useful
and tlioro would seem to bo no valid
cuson why this country may not-mako
, t so. It would bo unjust to say that It
lias not thus far been of service to the
agricultural interest , though whether
what it has done could not have been as
well rendered by a bureau , at less ox-
: ) onse , is a question , but it will have to
bo conceded that the department has
boon far from valueless , oven if it has
not quite fulfilled the promise of its
advocates The secretary suggests
Boveral reforms that would very likely
bo beneficial and they ought to have the
faorlous attention of congi ess.
It has been a matter of public knowl
edge for some time that Secretary Mor
ton does not regard the system of moat
inspection with favor. IIo says it has
not increased our foreign sales , and this
appears to bo the fact from the com
parative statistics of meat exports for
the last two years , but when the condi
tions are considered it is possible to con
clude that but for inspection our moat
exports this year might have been much
loss in amount than they were. These
conditions wore the high price of moats
hero and the fact that the failure of the
hay crop in Europe forced the general
slaughter of young cattle. Next year
ought to witness a great improvement
in our exports of moat , and it is possible
that inspection would not affect thu mat
ter. Still it is to bo borne in mind that
it was the adoption of inspection which
induced the Gorman and French gov
ernments to remove the embargo upon
American meats.
Secretary Morton has made a consid
erable reduction in the expenses of
the department and his estimates for
next year ai o largely below the appro
priations for the current year. This is
to bo commended If accomplished with
out impairing the efficiency of the de
partment. The secretary could not let
pass the opportunity to air his free
trade views , but ho gives borne sound
advice to farmers of a practical charac
ter which they will do well to ponder on.
STUIXQ SQALK HIDS.
Judge Walton's decision in the district
court Saturday that a contractor offer
ing to furnish public supplies must abide
by his bid or forfeit the money which ho
has deposited as an evidence of good
faith , will go far toward abolishing ono
oftho worst abuses that has arisen in
connection w ith the award of public con
tracts. The device which the contractor
has adopted and which in this instance
has proven a boomerang to the party
who undertook to use it is gimplo in
itself. Proposals are invited for supply
ing such quantities of certain enumer
ated articles as may be required during
a specified period and the bids , though
giving the prices for each article separ
ately , are supposed to bo accepted as a
whole. Thus , by setting low prices on
materials of which little is to be de
manded and high prices on these that
are in extended use , the party who is
tli'o" lowest bidder on the face of the
proposals In the end manages to clear a
greater profit than would have boon
secured had any of the apparently
higher bids boon accepted.
This -'sliding ecalo" has been a favor
ite device among contractors for public
work and has been the means of defraud
ing the public of thousands upon thou
sands of dollars. It was ono of the
schemes most frequently resorted to in
Now York under the corrupt Tweed
regime. Collusive bids would bo made
favored partisans , when a now street
was to bo constructed , for example ,
ottering to do grading lor a few cents a
yard and rock blasting for a few dollars.
Accepted as the lowest bidder on grad
ing it would transpire that the work
consisted almost entirely of rock blast
ing and the contractor would reap a
\orltablo harvest. The sliding scale
baa also been successfully worked by the
state house ring at Lincoln.
In the case before Judge Walton ,
however , the commissioners of Douglas
county had accepted the offer of one
party for the particular supplies upon
which ho made the lowest , bid and gave
the remainder of the work to the lowest
bidders upon each article icspcetivoly.
The contractor who had attempted to
profit by a sliding scale found himself in
possession of a contract that threatened
positive loss and wasted no time in try
ing to ovada it. In compelling him to
live up to his agreement the court deals
a death blow at such weighted bids In
the future. Public officials , oily , county
and Btato , will not bo doing their whole
duty unless they take advantage of.the
results of this decision and by d s-
tlngulshiug proposals for furnishing
different kinds of supplies save to the
people money that 1ms hitherto boon
fraudulently seemed to contractors
using the sliding gcalo device.
A VKa/C's 3/tUl.SU/tl' Uttl
The report of the United States treas
urer , showing the transactions of the na
tional treasury during the last fiscal
year , is particularly interesting at this
time as bolng the official statement of
the country's financial condition just
piovlous to ttio months of Industrial de
pression from which the people have
not jot emerged. The statement of
government receipts and expenditures
follows the customary classification. The
net ordinary revenues were $ J35I81923 ; ,
and the not ordinary expenditures
$383,417,554 , leaving a surplus at
the end of the year of $ .2,311,074.
More important , however , is tlio com
parison of these figures with these of the
previous similar period. The Increase
In revenue dudurf 1803 WAS $ .10,831,844
and the increase In expenditures $33-
i.0,023. Up tfj J&u-ch. tba * Is for eight
months of the y ar , the national treas
ury was ( n IhcP'liUnds of the republican
admlnlstratlo\i'uf \ ) the totals just glvon
represent In the main the transactions
under the lasr [ republican secretary of
the treasury. , , , ,
What the treasurer's report proves
beyond contraction Is that the many
assertions so recently miftlp by the demo
cratic press that the republican adminis
tration was rofCponJslblo for the present
deplorable condition of the treasury , is
not supported by the rcojrdsintho case.
(
The increase in nxpendlturos over the
Increase In revenue was but $3,000-
000 , and no such comparatively In
significant sum would have been able to
throw the United Stales treasury out of
balance. The year's transactions left a
surplus of over $2,000,000 , to apply
to the nbcossitlos of the succeed
ing year , and It wl'l ' bo difficult to charge
upon the ropubllcaui ! the blame for tlio
fact that that sum has boon al
together too small to cover the
deficit of the first few months of
democratic financiering. It the demo
cratic secretary could keep his expondi-
tuics as well within the revenues he
would bo perfectly satisfied , but with
reduced governmental Income the pros
pects for such an nchlovmcnt are cer
tainly not vcrv bright. The actual
available working balance in the treas
ury Juno HO , 1893 , was $150,295,090 , , while
by September 30 it was said to have
already diminished to $119,250,263 on
account of the deficiency of the revenues.
More gold was withdrawn from the
treasury for export during the
fiscal year of 1893 than over before
and" toward Its close the gold
reserve of $100,000,000 , hold to cover
the outstanding greenbacks , was ,
for the first time in its History ,
trenched upon to supply the current
demands. It has continued to diminish
quite steadily and at the present time Is
not much above its low water mark.
No efforts of the present administration
have boon able to restore it to its normal
level. The difficulties of the treasury
have almost all arisen since the adyont
of the democratic secretary. While
they may be duo in some degree to con
ditions beyond his immediate control ,
they wore certainly not loft him as a
legacy from his republican predecessor.
Ha * tlo Nut S4lii Knougli ?
Chicago Tribune.
Senator Allen of Nebraska could lomnin
silent a IOHR time without bringing his vol
ume of sound for the year 1SOJ below a
normal and healthy average.
llarmnny.
til. l.vnt ] IlciMic. )
With Sociotarjr Carlisle pulling at the
wattles and Air. UiauiJ tuR i'iR at the tail
foattiers , the tlcmoci.Uic Thanksgiving tur-
kov this year la Uablo to bo unduly at
tenuated. Lot loose , . Kcntlomcii , anil glvo
the craw a chanpe to Jill.
The Inrirru' Local IHIIIO.
Atlanta cAnstllHtfoii.
The present tariff iSn coal is for the pur
pose of revenue and is auout what it should
be. Why make , any radical chance , and
whv put Nova ScotUi coal on the free list
to benefit Now England and damairo the
interests of mterioc.points.
A Ilccord JSroiker. i
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1 AcwiYoili Tilbitne. '
The stoim on the IJiitlsh coast bfis boon
phenomenal front every point of viow. In
dmation , sovoiity , loss of lifo and destruc
tion of propei ty it has been unparalleled in
recent annals. The stoun has had a wide
swath , ranging from tlm Baltic to the
Mediterranean and encircling the British
islands. Tlio number of wiocks icported in
London during a single day -was 144 the
highest lecoid of the Kind over known.
IClectrlnlty an Cnnnl I'ower. .
t-ri Ingfl-U ( Mass ) Republican.
niectricitv was successfully employed
Satuiday to propel ! \ boat on the Erie canal.
The tiolley sjstem was used mid applied to
an old canal barge lilted up for the puiposo.
A spaed of eight miles an hour was attained ,
against the rate of two miles by the customary
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tomary mule or hoiso power. "Governor
Flower , who was piesont at the test , pro-
dieted that when the new power had been
[ juiierally applied oif the canal its business
would bo increased four-fold. Electricians
say the cost of operating a bo it by this
method will bo only about ono-half that of
steam.
Judicial C' < intrinti > .
Chicago Juiunal.
Tlio fcdoial comts conduct trials with a
dignity and dispatch that is a standing reproach
preach to the condition of the courts of this
state. Especially is this tiuo In the mutter
of charging the Jury. A state judge scaicolv
dnics to open his lips at a tiial lest ho bo re-
\ersea bi the supreme court. So Ilttlo con-
ihlcnco have the people in the judges they
are to elect that tliey have foimddcn their
judges by law to say a woid to the jury with
out lirst reducing it to writing. In tlio fed
eral courts the Judicial positions are filled by
responsible appointment , and the difference
between tno two systems is too glaiing to
escape the notiio of the most prejudiced ob
server.
I'lMilUli Ailvlui- .
Spttnjfleld ( UnssfejmMfciii. ) .
The continued low pi ices of wheat In the
face of a shortage of ilio world's crop have
led prominent farmers of the northwest to
try the "iiold-your-wheat" circular once
moio. They will not carry matters to the
ox tout the southern cotton gioncis did by
bumlng the barns of or kllliug the fanners
who dare to sell their wheat under such a
price , but , unless they do , tlo plan will
piobably not bo very effective. The tioublo
with the market appears to bo that the
fanners have sent foiward tholr wheat
much faster tlmn usual , partly because of
ttiolr financial nee-ls and partly because of
the unusually eood state of the country
roads for the season. Thus the 1mgo visi
ble supply now piled up does not imply the
oxistunto of so much wheat in farmers'
bauds as it onllnary | | might.
lyncli I.juy In Iowa ,
Chleaao lleraM.
Iowa has fallen liitO-tlio procession behind
Indiana , Nobraskj. , { xiuUliiiu and other
lynch law states. Its cltuens \ \ \ a taken an
untriou criminal frbra out the very court ol
Justice and lianp d liim fiom the stairway
of the building. Tiio onicoraof Uio law were
overpowered , the yjiqrift wus hooted at and
thu mayor of ihnrU.v was roughly handled
in the melee. This' ' lawless and criminal
proceeding was lately the work of for-
elgneis , but it is ftUjributod to puollo indlg-
nation at Iho lax mlmltiistratlon of Justice.
That is to say , Atwipaonlo of Ottunma de
termined to i obukft lawlessness bv deliber
ate murder lor U > o lynching- Gustafsou
was muidor and nottilng else. He had not
been tiled , ho had -not even been uUeu a
preliminary be.irlne before a lusttca of the
peace Ho was inurdorod by a cr.iry crowd
thnt assumed him to bo guilty of an offense
not tmnUhahlo bv death The people of
Icma may now sit down nnrt think ovar Uio
in tier , Thov can no longer throw stones
at the negro bnchcrs of certain southern
communities. They have moved Into a glass
houso.
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It Ccrttlnlr l.otmnl l.lkn Iln nllc.
J'tif ( otilh Jnunm1.
After the Indictment of the soron booillcrs
rrnnK Ilubtnnl nisippoarcd , but shortly before
fore the time of the trial the attorney gen
eral received a letter from a near f'leiul of
Hubbird's , stating that U Immunity was
guir.intccd to Uubbinl ho would turn
state's ovlupuro and would tell all ho know.
This offer was refused , but I tier the simo
pioposltlon was made to the countv attor
ney and was likewise refused. Time lolled
on and liubhml was placed on trial ntul ac
quitted , as were his associate * . If Hubbard
was Innocent why should he ask linniiinltv
and bo allowed to turn state's evidence. If
they woio guilty what prompted the Jury to
tuin the men loose ? Wan it boodlot
Wnr'n l.oiul Aluninn.
llnttnil OMic.
The smallest state In the union Is malclng
the blpgcst nnrt loudest guns. It was our
little neighbor , Hhodo Island , that furnished
121 Old with her terrible projectile.
This 1,000-pouml exterminator Is discharged
from n pnoum Uio RUII thirty-sovon loot long ,
ttavcls a rtlsttiticoot llvo miles and seldom
falls to land where It will do most "good. "
Hon If it explodes \vltlun X ) yards of tlio
ship ! U which It Is aimed the shock fells
every man on board as effectually as If ho
had boon knocked down with a club.
A few shocks of the brain bv such toriiflc
dynamite projectiles are llabio to make the
thousands who may iccolvo tticm ultimate
candidates for this Insane asylums. It is In *
deed becoming as good as a demonstration
that sucii awful Instruments of destruction
must ovontinlly exterminate war Itself.
Iho Dpcrnilntlnii , , l I.oulnlnnn.
C/ifoigo / JIcnM.
Louisiana Is acquiring the reputation of
being a good state to stay awav from. The
piocccdlngs of this cotton gin white caps ntul
the nchlng of relatives of suspected crimi
nals wet o not calculated to mvlto Immigra
tion , and It now appears that an antiSomltic
campaign Is In progress A number of
.loulsh merchants have boon warned to
le.ivo the town of Franklin , and they will
probably licod the wainlnp , as thcso notifi
cations are portentous In Louisiana. Whut
the next stop will bo cannot bo predicted , ,
but If tlio atato olllccrs do not Interfere w *
may expect to hear of a general dopoitation
of Baptists , or Methodists , or Homan Catho
lics , or members of any sect that nmv offend
the "regulators. " When this kind of pel so-
cutlon Is allowed to go unchecked there Is no
tolling where it will stop. There is some
hope that the white caps mav eventually
take to fighting among themselves , which
would bo a happy solution of the problem.
ODDS AM ) J5A.D.S.
It is estimated that an average of more
than U.OOO vessels and 12,000 lives aio lost in
the aea every year , the value of ships and
cargoes being about J100OOJ,000.
Pamphlets owe thnir name to Pamphola , a
Gieoklady , who loft behind her n number
of scrap books containing notes , receipts ,
anecdotes and momoianda.
A check for $ aOGG8'J' > 0,000 on the Bank of
England , in payment for the KimborJy
diamond mines , is said to bo the largest ever
drawn- :
Chicago Is resigned to the destruction of
Midway , the court of honor , the passing of
John Bojrt Ubachcr and the reaping of
millet , but its lusthetiu soul lavolts ng.ihi.u
the proposition of picsorving bujrs in a don.i-
tlon of twenty bottles of smooth , silky rum ,
The dcscciatlou must not bo toleiated.
Of the 0,585 men who enlisted in the United
States aimy last A ear " > per cent wcie
laboicrs. Other callings weio rcpiesentod
as follows : School teacheis , 02 ; students ,
20 ; druggists , 80 ; photographois , II ) ; musi
cians , 211 ; lawyers , 7 : printeis , 0i ; book
keepers , 52 ; typowutors , 2 ; cngiucois , 75 :
cook : , , IDS ; machinists , 10G ; fanners , about
1,200 , and no occupation , 80
In diesstni ; down an axle last Sattumy at
the shops of ttuJ Pennsylvania company at
Foil \\'ajne , Machinist Tagtmoicr tuinod
oft a steel shaing which , when straigh
tened , iwasuied twentjtwo feet , which is
two feet longer than the steel shaving ex
hibited at the Woild's fair.
It has been decided bv an English court
that it is not libellous to call a lady a w oinan
This iccalls the fact that in a westein town ,
a couple of jcais ago , a young woman who
woiked as a clcilc in a dry goods store
thieatened tosuoa nevvjpapor for libel because -
cause it referred to her as a saleswoman ,
and not as a saleslady. She did not carry
out her intention , however , as she was ad
vised that she had no case
' ' 'his is the \vay the musical critic of the
Webb City , Mo , Times aest.ilbes a pianist :
"The soft , sweet tones blended with wild ,
rolllckine bursts in ecstatic measures , d.\intr
away again until the room seemed filled
with the requiem notes of a dying silver
senator. Then the bright , lacy measuics
would chase each other thiough the pio-
funQo , down the crescendo , skip over the
staccato and off again into .the ilelds of
blight melody and classic diction. "
Last Tuesday , explains a Texas editor , vvo
rotuincd from the quiirlcilconfoicnco with
a very bad cold. Our potatoes had to bo
dug and much other outside woik done
townid gottintr icady for winter. Hence it
was impossible to go * out a piper. We hope
now that this is our last missed issue for
the winter. Jf our icadcisonly knew just
how hard times aio heio and Mow difficult it
is to live and also how little wo aio able to
,
collect from these w ho ewe us , they would
understand why it Is that vvo have to
"rustle" on the outside to make both ends
meet.
Superintendent KitnbaU's ropoit of the
lifcsavlng service is a llno tribute to the
lom.iKo and skill of the men who succor
these who are shlpwieekod on our coasts
Duiing thojcarcoveiod by the report 11,505
pcisons were on board vessels meeting with
disaster and all of them except twenty-
throe vvoro saved by this service. The
piopertv in peril was $3,008,075 , and of this
$1,055 570 was lost. The total cost of the
set vice for the year was $ l,2.l.b93.45. )
NKItUASK *
There are two good broom factories In
Hustings.
The now Methodist church at Osceola will
bo completed by January 1.
Uevival meetings at Fnlifleld , Just closed ,
resulted in thlity additionslo , the Christian
chuich.
The Ncmaha Vnlloy Poultry association
will hold its ( list annual meeting at Aubuin
December 10 , 20 and 21.
Station Agpnt Wenkor of Blue Hill has
icslgned his position with thu B ft M. and
will try his luck on a southoin Texas fruit
faim.
I'lanic Monissoy scorns to DO quite n
notorious person In Nebraska A Knot
countv man of that numo is declared by the
Cieighton Courier to bo a thoroughbred
anarchist ,
T-vo men were arrested at Tilley on sus
picion of robbing a utoio atWavoily. They
gave their names an Janies Adams and
George Hameicott. The tloputy sheillt of
Johnson county Identified them us the men
who had boon selling stolen ulothlng , They
wore taken 10 Tceumsoh for safe keeping
While Churles Lunney , ujrod 17 , was play ,
ing with a revolver at school near Huby ,
Howard county , hoahot himself. The bullet
paused thiough thu llt-shv pail of tlio thigh ,
ranging dowmvnid , passing out into thu calf
of the log und found a temporary lodging
place near thu heel , Tlio surgeons huvo bean
utiublo to locate U.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The coming rosloratlon will probnblj bo a
rojal pol I .u
lAibengul.i and f.tlluokahnl trlght
profitably pool Issues , Bovh arcottt of n Joh
Thoio is much to bo thankful for In the
fact that the foot ball season is nearly
over.
over.A'steel trust 1m been poi footed In
Chicago notwithstanding the curfew icnu-
lavlons.
'Jho impending discussion of our fiscal
pollcx is certain to bo a debilitating tariff on
public patience.
Just as the unloaded gun cuiso I Its deadly
woik , thin Ice comes to the front as a
funeral promoter.
With all our vaunted supcrlouty over
effete and fetid governments , we aio unable
to woik up n cabinet cilsls.
Minister ThurMon upholds the provisional
government. Grntltudo uomandoil U. 'Iho
goveminent made provision for him.
There Is consluorablo * Hosing In federal
rircliis. of the Chicago democracy 'I ho
Harris HI contingent refuses to bo comforUd.
The fellow who gets loft in the rice for a
federal oflloo has ample time to rolled "how
\\rotcliedhllutnoor linn that liangs on
princes' favois. "
Among the recent achievements of olcc-
tiiclty Is the destruction of the plctmcsquo
and lacy -vocabulary which marked the re
lations of mule and motbrman on the Ella
can.11
Colonel Rlllowav , who served on General
MeUollan's staff In lhG2 , is said to bo the
man who first called the United State * Ihg
"Old Glory. " Ho now resides In Boston , 75
j cais of ago , aii'l ' In uovei ty.
Talk about dull tlmoil Why , the old
world and the now bus laroly had n livelier
or moio exciting time than thu present one.
Proof of It Is mlrroicd In the vast and
varied resold of dally events.
John \nnkutu Mclvano , the Coney Island
boss , having iaiscd nld harry In his domain ,
now seeks to pinch the World of Now York
for $100 000. The effete boss is developing a
vein of humor. Ho chitns his character
has been libeled.
Prayerful petitions do not receive much
consideration at the white house A
Chicago ox-congressman g-ithcicd 0,000
names on half u mile of piper in favor of his
appointment as postmaster. That settled it
lor the other fellow.
Jerry Husk showed ono of the many ad
mirable trails of character for whloh ho
was noted when ho attended the soldiers'
lounlon at Minneapolis in Ibb ! Instead of
taking with him as nn oscoit his icgular
staff of blue and gilt oinamental ofllctM.s ,
ho commissioned a number of ciippled
veterans of them his old
, some coimades-tn-
nuns , as members of his staff , had them
accompany him on the nip , housed them at
a llrat-class hotel amiialil \ all their ex
penses.
Itulliilo Hill's Oklitluimi ItnoUiiioiitB.
nt. HCNO , OKI. , Nov 27. A laigo sale of
business piopcity in KUcno \ was made last
week by the linn of Spiing * & Cairtwcll to
Colonel W. T. Cody , "HufTalo Ulll , " who
will at once erect a flue bilclt bullilliiR
Colonel Cody said ho would ictuin soon with
capitillsts and make other investments
The sale consisted of a qu irtcr of a block in
the business center of the city and a hotel
will occupy a portion ot tliu pioperty pur
chased.
J'llllV ISKVAHhb.
ChleieoTribune : Ami Itcaiiio to p-xss the
counterfeit , bill.
Dotrolt Trllnmo : Despite the npjnrofit
humbleness of his callini ; tlio tailorU sutu to
bo a man of wait In any cotiununltj ,
Wa'shlilslon Star : "Hit sut'ny nm striiue , "
iild Undo Kbc'ii , ' lio\ > much oislursomit men
lln's It to settle du lluwall in quutthm d HI tor
bCttlo et grocery 1)111 "
YonkonStatPsmin : The professional pho-
tngraplior and thoiimatuur hold oiuholy dlf-
fenmt > ions of tin * sanm thing.
f.lfoVhon : a buiglar nsUa the cnnumdriim ,
"W hero's your inonoj ? " It Is Kunuially thu
wisest plan 10 glvo It up
Washington Star : In order lint "Anxious
Su1 s ( ilboi" in ly not bo ncrillossly deluded In
sotlllim tlio Ui ; : ill m question > liusiuii to
Inform him that Iho "provision il" Kovirniin iit
Is not socilleil because It happens to luvo
oliargo of thu p itronano pol.
IlulTalo Courier : JIHson , who- ojosUht 1
niHllimnod , says thu oul > opoia glasses hit Im- ,
any use for aio those ho ! > eompollcd to go out
uflui butvieen the acts.
III.UAHE
D trntt 1'ne I'INS.
She 1 uishod In htirslemo ,
With Intonttoilcoclxo ,
Hut thu gown she was wearing that duy
Hiislouvcs of such slzo ,
That to her sm urisu ,
They KU\O thu Ucai d imscl away.
I11.K
I'litlaileliilitu llmet
rit/claronco bought a new silk hit
W Ith lusiro like the sun ,
Computllng moit pcdiNUhuis
billllancy to shun.
And after church with Miss Hllto
Tln > .ni'iiuo liw sought ,
Not carlni ; for Iho ruln"d pyosi
Its d.i7/llng iniltiiiico wiou ht.
Continuous prow his step to hcra
Whom coiilldeiices lurlt.
Unmindful that her par isol
Was , gutting In Ith work.
Rut when ho rciched the dumsul's homo
Ami' gojd-oy"closed the chat ,
Tlio lllu aupo u d as If ho'tl been
ConvuisIng through his hut.
.weii a to T/iKmwr.
fiilnnnl Hay V. Henry tirn n Itroiirp Mi > il |
lor (1 illntit Comluct In Action
W\SHIXOTOV , Nov -Special ( Telegram
to Tits BrrTho | ftpcrctnry of war has
awaidod a bronro medal of honor to t'olonol
Ouv V Henry , Ninth cavalry , "for note.
VTorlhj anil completions Rillantn in leading
the asaiuttsof his brigade on the enemy s
'
woiks nt t'olit Ilnrbor , Vn , Juno't
ami 8. 1M > | " At that time Colonel
Henry comnmmlod the Fortieth Massa
chusetts volunteers His brltcauo suffered
sovmolv in those ? cngngomonts , losing in
killed ami woumlod 40(1 ( onleers and men.
( oloncl Henry had iovcr.il lialrbio tilth
osc-apes , T\vo hoisos were shot from under
him , ono ot which was Ulllol while leaping
into the ciienn's woi ks , Colonel Henry wat
also mentioned In general onk'is fon-onspio-
nous gallantry at the bittlo of Olusto during
tlio-il loilda campaign nKr. loaders ara
familiar with his brilliant rcaor.1 as an
Indian tighter. Ho now commands the rav-
airy postal Koi t Mosor , ua.ir Washington ,
ami has made many ft lends heio
The li-avo gi.iuted Second Lieutenant
Nathaniel K MeCluro , lAnirthcivahy.ls ov
tendi'd thrco months ,
Piist Nontenant Aloximlrr N Staik , as-
sUtant suigcon. Is loliovod from duly at
Ixjrt Clirk , ami will jeport to the command
ing ofllcer at Port Sun Houston , Tox. . for
duty nt that post.
Loivo for llfioen ( lavs , to take effect De
cember 20 , h granted Pirst Moutciiint Gon-
rales b BhiKham , Ninth i-avulry , iccrulllng
The following nininl officers will i apart m
person to the board of uMloors appointed to
meet at the Army building , Now York City ,
on Monday , Dccniubur II , at 10 o'clock a m ,
for examination with view to selection for
transfer to the nnlnnnca department. Sec-
ami I/ioutonnnt Atfro.t M Hunter , rourth
artillery ; Second Lieutenant William U
Kouly , Jr , ITomtu military , Second I.lou-
tomuit Coldon ( j U Uuggles , Third * ni til.
luri ; Second Lieutenant I'Vank G Mauldon ,
Third artillori ; Second Lieutenant Odus C.
Homey i Seventh Infantry.
ViiMlorit I'otirtiiin * .
WASHINGTON , Nov. 27. ( Special to Tim
Hnu ] Pensions granted , Issue of November
11 , were :
Nobiaska : Oilgiual IIarvoM. . Wilson ,
Moomaw , bhcrldati
Iowa Original , widows , etc Kichel
Stlnson. f.lIticston , Appiuooso , Mary S.
Goes , Mlssouii Valley , Hartison.
Wjomlnif Oi linal-Wlllhm W Lane ,
Chcvctmu. Ivnamlo
Cotoi.ulo Oilgiual John Hlliott , Colorado
Spiinps , 121 Paso.
Issue of November 13-
Nobiasku. Oilglnul Klmjsbury Covey ,
Holdicgo , Phelps IncroasoThoims J.
Plummer , Pawnee CH } , Piwneo
Iowa : Origin\1 Silas Vauscole , Marshall-
town , Maislull Original widows , etc.
Martha Cauan , Belluvtio , Jacusou , Albany
If nonius , lather. Bagk'i , Gulhrio Mi'\iom
war suivivors Incio.iso Tli iddous C' Sea-
mends , .Miush.ilHouu , Marshall. Me\lum
war widows Mary Woodhouso , Maxwell ,
btory
Coloiodo. Oilgmal Patrick O'Urion ,
Animas , Li Plat i. Original widows , etc
Mary A Giltinan. Dunvor , Aiapahou.
Issue of November 14
NebraskaOtiglmtl Ansou Howclt , Ar
lington , Washington Additional -Hubert
II ulilanVmorc , Gage Oi initial widows ,
eic HariletVillinson , H iruy , Nuoliolls ;
Ann 1311 1 Smolsor , Hed Cloud , Webster ;
CnttiQiiuo Lorg ( inothoi ) , Pllloy , Gajjo
Iowa Oilginal New ton U line , Ifeosau-
qua. Van Huron , Samuel Amkusun , Sinn ,
t'uvlor , John Ruler , Spirit Like , Dickinson.
Kuissuo II illboui ne/citlcr , Jofforso.i.dreon ,
Origin il widows , etc Amelia Momor ,
Ptedi'iieksburp , Chlckas.ivv ; Jane Jenkins ,
Knovvillo , Mu Ion
.South Uikota. Supplemental Albion C.
Spc.uin , Hot Springs , Fall Khar.
ColoiaJo : Increase John C. Woiloy ,
Logan , Aiapahou.
o
i > mt.iii.in ovt jtninui : .
Srrlimi Wreck on Uio Unltlmnro & Ohio
Triinpi Suppogml to Hun HHOII Killvil.
Ci'Mnciu.AM > , Mil , Nov 27. This moinlng
at 4o'ilofk a Height Ham eislbounil , on the
Uilttmoia ft Ohio load was doiaiiudbyau
axle biuiking on a budge- near H mlnum ,
Pa , ohrhioon miles west of lime The bridge
was completely torn down and fifteen cais
woio pioiipitatod into the cicek bolow.
bcvotal trimps weio scon on the tialn just
bofora the iwudcnt oc'C'iiied ' , but have not
been scon since and are biniposc-d to bo under
thu wrecked cats. The cars weio all loaded
with coal.
Tmcu Attempts : u fiMln VV roc I , Inc.
ST. JOSEIMI , Mo , Nov. l7. ! Three distinct
attempts to wicck passenger trains were
made last night. Just as tha fast o\pi ess
on the Burlington was starting , n coupling
pin. which h id boon placed on the diawbir
of the drlviug wheel of the engine , bjnt thom
m lehineiy and icndeiod the oncinu useless.
An hour later the same clionmstanco oc
curred to a tialn leaving foi Atchlsou.
Later , a number of bolts weio loosened on a
B. & M. engine in a manner which would
have ciuscd a disastrous vvreulc had the on-
glno been under full speed , The lallway
claims to have no clow.
llil lne Troilhlen.
KANSAS Cur , Nov. 27. Tlio wholesale
furnishing goods and notions stoto of Km-
rich , Newhouso & Co. was closed loaay on
attachments by H. Hcrshklnd of Now York
and others to sccuio t'1,000 due thum The
liabilities are estimated at $ 0,000 ; assets
noniin illy more. The llrm is ono of the
oldest hi the city.
TUo laieest in iUor < t anil Bcllcri ot
line clothes on Harth ,
V
Nobody
Our Thanksgiving offer is a fine ail wool melton
Overcoat for $10 and another for $15 , in melton , ker
sey and Irish frieze. Both dandies. Well lined and
well made. Cost you $5 more elsewhere.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
bo ud the tuouey Ilie and wo'll pay S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.