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enec thli 2J day of June , 1591.
( Peal. ) N. 1' . FHII , , Notary Public.
Tlie strike nf sulplnir miners in Sicily can
find a match In the coal miners' strike In this
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country. . .
Seventy-flve mlllloiis.Jcniit In one year , two-
thirds of It covered by new bond Issues , Is
the proud record of the first fiscal year of
domocratlo control of the treasury.
Senator Stewart's speech on free wool
accidentally shifted on to free silver before
the first sentence was completed. Dut free
wool and free silver are all the same to
Stewart. . .
People -worrying over the selection iof
this year's summer resort are quite gener
ally wishing that there was a perpetual
World's fair for their Instruction and
amusement.
It Is almost time to hear from the school
census for this year. The returns of the
enumerators will again furnish data for
BOmo Interesting computations upon the pop
ulation question.
When Senator McPherson reads the testi
mony of all his fellow senators , each deny
ing that ho had participated In the slightest
degree In the alleged speculation In Sugar
certificates , how he will wKJi that he had not
given his precocious servant away.
Even the staid and conservative Phila
delphia Ledger has finally been compelled to
surrender to the demand for a coupon de
partment. It presents Its readers gratis
with a coupon , which , accompanied by 5
cents , will bo accepted fora.jcldo on any
street car that rumbles through the sleepy
city.
Commencement flowers are out of place In
the graduation exercises of the public
schools. In few large cities In this country
are they still tolerated. Omaha should fall
In line with the general practice by rele
gating such floral offerings to the homes
of their recipients. The commencement au
dience should no longer bo afflicted with
them.
The honorary degrees conferred upon Cap
tain Mahan of the Chicago by the English
universities are Intended , of course , as a
compliment to the United States , as well as
a recognition of the commander of its great
war vessel. This episode In the entertain
ment of our naval officers Is one nf the , best
evidences of the friendly relations between
the two countries.
Omaha Is one of the three large cities
"which were able to send In reports of Im
proved business conditions to the mercantile
agencies last week. This must bo gratify
ing to the merchants of this city. It shows
that Omaha Is keeping a trifle ahead of most
of Its competitors. With , timely rains and
brightening crop prospects the Improvement
ought to continue steadily , for some time to
come.
The hope of hearing Congressman
Bland , so carefully cultivated for
the benefit of the free silver demo
crats who are to assemble In conference
in Omaha this week , has bean rutlilojsly
blasted by the announcement that Mr. Jllar.d
will bo unable to attend. Hut Hryan will
be there. What need , then , of othsr stars
i -when ho combines In himself the sun , nlcon
nnd entire firmament of tho-frce silver democ
racy ? Even If Bland could como he would
be able to play but second llddle "to Kryan.
Irtt the delegates worship at an undivided
* shrine.
A bill has been Introduced Into the house
by Representative Stone of Pennsylvania to
establish the units of electrical measurements
in pursuance of the constitutional fuv.'er of
congress to fix the standard o - weights end
measures. The proposed units nrs the same
that have been adopted by elect ! Ic.'ars the
world over und that arc In common use
throughout the country. They will therefore
entail no Inconvenlenca by nccusilta'.tug
changes In the system employed. Several of
the units have been named after famous
electricians , one of them , the tlanry , after
Prof. Henry , former head of the Umllhsonlan
Institution , having been agreed upon as the
unit of Induction at the electrical congress
held at Chicago last year. As there is no
opposition to the establishment of these units ,
the bill may bo expected to become a law
afor the. lapse of a sufficient length of t.'mc.
Male opponents of woman suffrage , the
great moral Issue , In Kansas , must run the
risk pf personal indignity and bodily violence
as witness the treatment accorded the Wich
ita editor , who was seized on his return
from the populist convention , forced to don
* sunbonnet and mother-hubbard and com
pelled to march through the streets In front
of a brass baud. This Is the way the woman
suffragists want to contribute toward the
better maintenance of law and order. A sim
ilar outrage perpetrated upon one of their
number would be heralded broadcast as In
disputable proof of the necesilty of placing
the ballot In the hands of women In order
to prevent IU recurrence. The woman suf-
fragUU will doubtless disavow the act ,
but the occurrence * will not tend to Impress
the people with the peculiar adaptlblllty of
Vfotnca lor tap suffrage.
3 JlH J-A WVRttH AMJ TlttiW'TOW. / .
There Is no calling th.it tleppml * more
upon confidence than that of a phyalclan
When wo employ a doctor wo plncu life
limb nnd health Into his ( keeping. An there
Is no law regulating the value of ntnllrn
Rorvlccs every doctor Is nl liberty to fix
his schedule of tee * according to his own
conception of what his prescriptions , call *
and surclcal nklll may bo worth , nut In
Hplto nf medical ntlilcs there are ( lector *
wlin tnkn undue advantage of their p.itroim
by ntiarlns thn profits of tholr prescriptions
with thn ( IrugglHt. They not only forcn the
druggist to mnko excessive charges for his
pills and potions , but they often even pro
scribe double doses when they nro not ncedci
and thus compel their victims to follow
Shakespeare's Injunction : "Throw physic to
the 'logs. ' . "
The sharp practice on the part of doctors
In getting rebates from druggists Is , however -
over , not a eliiuimstance ns compared with
the rank Impositions practiced by lawyers
upon clients in connection with legal pub
lications. It Is presumed that when n law-
> cr gala n retainer and fcc.s from a client
that ho will protect him and honestly nc-
count for all IIP has collfcted nnd render n
true bill lor all he has nxpcndod In connec
tion with his case. Thn practice In these
parta with most lawyers , In fact with some
of the most eminent lawyers , has degen
erated Into a system of legalized robbery.
Whenever the law requires a publication
of a foreclosure , divorce , partition of prop
erty or anv other notice to defendants the
statute- not only designates the number ol
publications , but also prescribes the charge
for such publication. The object of fixing
the rate by law Is to obtain the widest pub
licity. The lawyers evade the spirit , If
not the letter , of the law by using for their
publications the medium that can afford to
glvo them the largest rakeoff. In other
words , the paper that has the least circula
tion nnd can afford to offer the heaviest bonus.
Now if the lawyers would glvo their clients
the benefit of the rebate which they get from
readnrless sheets they might justify them
selves by the plea that they have endeav
ored to save money for their clients. As a
matter of fact they have the bills for pub
lication made out at the full legal rate
and pocket the rebate. This flagrant Imposture -
posture upon clients has been tolerated by
the courts , when the courts nro presumed to
maintain the Integrity of the bar nnd stop
all fraudulent practices that affect the In
terests nnd rights of litigants.
The demoralizing Influence of this petit
larceny upon clients can hardly bo censured
too severely. It Is not only practiced by
eminent lawyers but by county officials who
would scorn a bribe , but are witling to
pocket a few dollars every week for rebates
when by so doing they deprive the widows
and orphans and the owners of mortgaged
homes and chattels ol the benefit of the
publicity which should be given to every
announcement affecting estates In probate
and properties to be sold under the hammer
by the sheriff or master commissioner. Such
malpractice Is certainly as discreditable to
the profession of law as Is the double dose
and "whack up" of doctors.
Integrity should bo the cardinal principle
to govern professional ethics , and every spe
cies of dishonesty , whether It is sugarcoated -
coated or concealed in legal quibble , must
lower the standard of morals of the whole
profession. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1'IWDUCTIOK OF 1'KKCIOUS MKTALS.
The annual report of the director of the
mint for 1S93 will not be reassuring to the
advocates of he 'free and unlimited coinage
of silver. According to this report the ap
proximate gold yield of the mines of this
country for 1893 was In round numbers $36-
000,000 , or about $3,000,000 more than for the
previous year. This shows that the United
States still holds the first place in the list
of gold-producing countries. The output of
the silver mines of this country in 1S93 Is
stated to have been 60,000,000 ounces , of the
coining value of a little over $77,000,000.
This , according to the estimates of the pres
ent director of the mint , Is somewhat less
than the output of 1892 , though In this re
spect It disagrees slightly with the figures
of his predecessor. The report shows that
the output of. gold In 1S93 was the largest
In the world's history , amounting to 1C per
cent more than the annual average of the
period of the greatest productiveness of
the Callfornlan and Australian gold mines ,
and that the value of the gold product of the
world In 1893 was only 9 per cent less than
that of the average aggregate gold and sli
ver production of the world In 1851-65. The
report of the mint director also states the
Interesting fact that the value of the gold
alone available , in.JS93 , for monetary pur
poses , was greater than the total value of
both gold and sliver available for monetary
purposes In the years just preceding the be
ginning of the depreciation of sliver.
It will bo observed that the production of
silver In this country last year was a little
more than double the production of gold and
this has been the case for a number of years.
The statistics show that In the ten years
preceding the opening up of the gold depos
its In California the weight of sliver pro
duced In the world was 1-1.23 times the weight
of gold. The California production of gold
made the total production of silver only four
and one-half times the weight of gold from'
1851 to 1860. Disregarding small fractions ,
the weight of silver was six times that of
gold produced from 1861 to 1865 , seven tlmss
that between 186G * and 1870 , eleven times
that between 1871 and 1875. fourteen times
that between 1876 and 1880 , nineteen times
that betwpcn 1880 and 1885. In 1890 the
weight of sliver was nearly twenty-two times
that of gold. In 1832 a large increase In
the production of gold reduced the ratio of
weights to s little more than twenty-one.
The silver produced In 1890 was about three
times as much as was produced annually
from I860 to 1870 ; the silver produced in
1893 was nearly double the average annual
production from 1876 to 18SO , nnd was more"
than 05 per cent greater than the annual
average from 1SS1 to 1885.
Commenting upon these facts , the New
York Commercial Bulletin says that nothing
would bo more to bo expected In view of
such an enormous disproportion ) n the pro
duction of silver than that Its value should
fall , and "this mtst bo apparent to anybody
who will study the statistics In a practical
way. Applying the law of supply and de
mand to thp problem H would seem that no
ono of ordinary Intelligence could fall to ar
rive at the conclusion that the present relative
tive- value of silver Is wholly due to the fact
that for many yoara Us production has been
tar In excess of the production of gold , and
that this fact nlono has been all-powerful In
determining Its value , H ought to bo equally
apparent to the Intelligent student of this
subject tbM it Is utterly Impossible for the
United States alone to restore silver to Its
tornier value relatively to gold and that If
this can ba done at all it will bo accom
plished only by an International agreement.
3o long as the production of Mlvor continues
to b < j a * greatly In excess of the production
of gold as It has been for many years It will
be very dim it to secure an agreement
among the great commercial nations for the
rehabilitation of the white metal ,
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The completion of arrangements for tend
ing a team of college athletes from Ynl
university abroad to compete In field con
test with n similar team from Oxford , the
great English university , proclaims the era
of International college athletics. Xo longer
content to excel In gomcii participated In by
hl fellow students only , nor to take honors
In trials of strength between the representa
tives of his own college nnd those of rival
colleges , the college athlete of today yearn ; *
for International troplilcs , and neither the
broad expanse of the Atlnntlo nor the tx-
pcnses of an ocean voyage to Kuropo can
restrain him from attempting to bring them
home.
In favor of this ne\v departure It Is urged
that all competition Is rapidly becoming
International in Its scope. The college to
which all rivals In the United States nr * com.
polled to yield supremacy , like Alexander ,
yearns for other worlds to conquer. It Is
perhaps n patriotic desire to extend the fame
of alma mater beyond the confines of hot
own country , to show that the American
athlete Is the equal of any the world can
produce. Increase the honor and wo may
possibly Increase the Incitement to the prac
tice of athletic exercises , aud by dcllnlng the
line of promotion to the icproscntalivo
American team stimulate wider partlpatlon
in even the class contests with the Idea that
the work of the victor may lead eventually to
an International championship.
On the other side , however. It Is con
tended that the establishment of Inter
national athletic games must servo to Inten.
Blfy the strain that Is already too heavy on
our college athletes. The tendency toward
professionalism can only be accelerated by
the new movement and with It comes the
danger from overtraining , which In only the
last few months has resulted fatally to sev
eral men well known In the world of col
lege athletics. If It Is desirable , as President
Eliot Intimated In his last report to the
Harvard overseers , that intercollegiate games
bo for this reason prohibited and that con
tests be. confined to the students of the same
college , then the widening of the athletic
Held must be condemned for the same reason.
The athletic sldo of college life Is made al
together too prominent , to the detriment of
Its moro studious side. It is simply a ques
tion whether our colleges are Intended to
turn out fast sprinters and high Jumpers o
to graduate men who have a good ground
work for the serious affairs of their after
careers. Those who Incline to the latter view
of the function of our colleges must look upon
the advent of International college athletics
In educa.
ns a questionable Innovation our
tlonul Institutions.
SU31MKH SUaGKS'flUNS.
Over a large part of the country the tem
perature has been exceptionally high for this
time of the year. The people In the cities
of the Atlantic seaboard have already had
an experience In suffering from the heat
which does not usually come to them until a
month later , the temperature during most
of the past week having gone beyond the
record for a number ol-'years. In the lake
region , also , the heat has been Intense for
the season , and the record of prostrations
and death Is already started. Very warm
weather has prevailed In this latitude , but
It has not been so oppressive as in localities
where there is mom humidlty. Altogether
the season has been remarkable as to _ cli
matic , conditions , and If this Is due , ' as sortie
astronomers say , to extraordinary conditions
in the sun , where a violent storm has pre
vailed over an area several times larger
than the earth , there Is reason to expect
further remarkable meteorological develop
ments. At any rate It is entirely 'safe to
say that the high temperature already ex
perienced will be exceeded as the summer
advances , and It Is timely to consider how
Us ill effects may bo avoided or modified by
those who cannot escape -from it by going
to the mountains or the seashore.
The Injunction to "keep cool" has a
broader significance than Is usually given
to it. It applies as well to the mind as to
the body. An Important requisite to summer
comfort Is mental self-control. Persons
who worry over the unavoidable ills of life
and who constantly complain about the
weather are pretty BUTO to suffer more from
the heat than these who maintain an
equable and calm state of mind. The
matter of diet Is all important. Heavy
meats and rich dishes should be discarded
and fruits , vegetables and fish given the
preference. The best physicians recommend
drinking freely in order that the natural
method of cooling the skin and relieving
the system of surplus heat by perspiration
may have free play ; but there Is substantial
unanimity among the highest authorities in
advising abstinence from alcoholic beverages
of all sorts during the heated term.
Light clothing , preferably of wool , In
order to obvlato the danger of sudden chills ,
should bo donned. Houses and apartments
should have the most thorough ventilation ,
especially In the morning and evening , when
the air Is coolest.
With ordinary precautions and absti
nence from exposure to the direct action of
the sun when the temperature is above 00
degrees In the shade , the great majority
of II our people wilt , bo able to weather
the tropical season at homo with almost
as much safety and comfort as those who
migrate to the mountains and ecu slioro.
r//r niK IIKAVKKS WEPT ,
Dispatches from various- parts of the stats
and surrounding territory ; announce that
the farmers have been blessed with a copi
ous fall of much needed rain , which had
jrokcn the spell of drouth and promised to
go a long way toward restoring hopes of a
plentiful crop. For this bounteous gift of
Providence people everywhere are said to
) o rejoicing.
The fact of. the rain then Is undisputed ,
ilut why did It arrive at this opportune mo
ment ? The rain makers who have been
employed by ono of the railroads running
through Nebraska and whose operation ]
mvo been described will without hesitation
claim that the downpour Is the direct result
of their experiments. Ilaln makers' stock
ought to go up with such convincing evi
dence of their success. But what will they
say to the announcement from Wisconsin
that the Wln-iobago Indians , fearing a fall-
ire of the blueberry crop , have begun a
lireo days' rain dance and are confident
that ruin will como It they but keep up. the
lance long enough. Wo are net Informed
whether the Indians on the- Nebraska reser
vation have been executing rain dunces of
ate , but they must have been contemplat-
ng BomethttiR of that kind. Who can tell
nit that the rain In question does not at
test the efficacy of thn Indian rain dance ,
or at any rate came to save the Indiana
from the necessity of resorting to this pruc-
tlcet Still another dispatch from a llttlq
town In the western part of the state tells
tow forty good people of the place as
sembled at the Congregational chruch on
Wednesday afior.ijoon to prny fur rain , nnd
ngaln on Thnr ny afternoon at 3 o'clock
and how n heavy rain yet In at 0 o'clock
and continued ifajil midnight. No cleare
statement of U' ' / l canto nnd effect conli
possibly bo denlred. On the other hand
\vo-rc.nl that tli * local bate ball cranks have
been hoping tlmt Jhe dry wrnther might b
prolonged and /thijt / the local tennis tutiriia
inont has been - unnecessarily protr.ictci
because of the1 Ufiilcslrabld Interference o
the wet weall/eh'the / concluding series n
games being Bch'edulpd subject to the con
tlngcncy of a yarablo condition of th
grounds. The ! tcnnla fiends , have been
wishing devoutly for dry weather even I
they have not gone BO far as to assemble
In the Congregational church and offer up
formal prayers for that purpose. If rain
has como upon them It must be as punish
ment for their neglect to do this.
Any one who cannot find n satlsfactor }
explanation of the recent rains In these
different accounts Is at perfect liberty to
frame one for hlimclf. It it In net because
of the rain makers' bombardment of the
heavens with explosives , nor of the gooi
people's bombardment of the heavens will
prayers , nor of the neglect of the tcnnU
players to pray for dry weather , nor of the
rain dance of the Indians , It must bo n
freak of nature to bo accepted with profuse
thanks without Inquiry Into Its source or
investigation of Us cause.
CIHUTAVQL'A T11K H'/'ST.
Within n few Necks the season of summer
Chautauqua assemblies will again be In ful
blast in botb the cast and the west. The
western Chautauqua assembly , althougl
taking Its inspiration as well as Us name
from the original Institution In New Yorl
Rtate , has never up to this time consistently
kept In view the objects for \yhlch that
movement-was organized. While'tho orlgl
ual Chnutauqua may In general have ser'vci
them nil as a model they have departed so
far from Us methods nnd system as to con
stitute almost a new species. To Us founders
Chautauqua stands for popular education
Education Is to be brought homo to the people
ple by a systematic course of reading nm
Investigation under the guidance of compe
tent instructors who outline the work am
verify or criticise the results. The summer
assembly was commenced In order to supple
ment the homo reading of these who are un
able to have the benefits of a 'college course
with a few weeks of popular lecture courses
and class room exercises that would impart
to them the groundwork of scientific
methods In one or more branches , upon
which they could themselves build further
The object of the assembly is then education
It Is systematic education. Recreation anc
amusement is altogether Incidental.
The criticism directed against Chautauqua
In the west has been and still Is that It has
made systematic QdiicaUon Incidental. There
has been too much catering to schemes that
are calculated to make the meeting a finan
cial success by attracting great crowds of
people to the assembly grounds merely for
the admission fee and without , reference to
their desire .to Benefit'-'from the Chtfutauqua
movement. So tlui e have been everywhere
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a "O. A. R. daya "W. C.T. U. day , " a
"Podunk day ; " rf'nfl this day n'nd that day
with programs that are. , expected to appeal
to the members of some particular society
or the reslentfc ujf some particular city.
The real work of spreading popular education
has , in many instances , been almost lost to
view. As the natural consequence of this
the-Chautauqua of the west has been prostl-
, tuted to political purposes on-one s'l'dojand
transformed Into political rallies summoned
to greet some prominent leader of one o1
the great political parties , and on the othei'
it has been seized by city preachers as an
opportunity for a cheap vacation , during
which they may deliver disconnected , worn-
out -sermons , perhaps perfectly appropriate
to their city churches , but without the slight
est bearing upon systmatlc education In any
subject. j
These have been pointed out as the chief
detects of the wostenvChautauqua assemblies
and they still exist to a limited extent. They
have , moreover , done Incalculable harm to
the progress of the Chautauqua Idea in the
west. There Is , however , a marked Improve
ment Visible of late , the programs of a num
ber of assemblies showing less concession
to'crowd-draw'lng'attractions and more in
ducements for students who want to work.
It Is not , to bo contended that Chautauqua
should not' offer something In the way of
entertainment and amusement , but those
features should appeal to people who
will take , advantage of the educational aspect
of the movement. Progress Is already being
made In the direction of improvements and
1n a few years moro bids fair to obliterate
those parts of the program to which the
most serious objections have been raised.
A cao of train seizure of the most atro
cious variety Is reported front Now Jersey
In which the perpetrators have thus far es
caped without the punishment which their
misdeeds merit. A Long Branch train
crowded * with passengers was Intercepted by
a swarm of seventeen-year loqusts , which In
vaded the "cars through the windows , fright
ening the occupants and driving many of
them toward the doors. According to the pub
lished account women screamed and leaped
i pen the seats as It the place had been
overrun with mice. For several moments
the locusts practically had possession of the
train , and It was only by the aid of a favor
able wind that the trainmen were finally
able to drive them out and regain control of
the company's property. Should such on
slaughts become frequent It Is clear that
serious measures will be necessary. Whether
it la the duty of the sheriffs of the several
counties to keep oft the locusts or whether
the courts should'hc'nppfalod to for nn In
junction restraining them from trespassing
upon the company's property la a grave prob
lem that has not yet been decided. Un
fortunately the road In question Is not In
the hands of receivers or else the federal
courts might bo J3krd to order the United
States marshals to cite the Intruders to ap
pear before them /etj contempt. The novel
situation calls for inn'el 'remedies , but It Is a
species of lawlessness that must be sup
pressed at all hazards.
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The Springfield Republican calls attention
to the fact thatf'municipal bond Issues
marketed in the raopth of May amounted to
$14,319,410 the largest amount reported In
any month since the record of such Issues
has been kept. For/May , 1893 , the sales
aggregated only about $4,000,000 and for
May , 1892 , $7,856,000. These facts are In
teresting and suggestive , but they do not
In themselves wa'rrant the conclusion of the
Republican that cheap money is
having ' the effect of stimulating
municipal work at t io expense of the
future tax list. Wo fiu t first know the pur
poses for which thjjso * bonds have been Is
sued. It may bo. that a Urge part of them
represent refunding bonds put out In order
to call In other bonds that are drawing Inter
est at higher rates. In that case cheap
money would bo operating to rcduco future
tut llJta. It U quite probable that both
these factors nro at work.
Oormany Is conquering the world with
her beer more effectually than Homo con
quered It with her legions nnd law. The
Now York Trlhuno notes tint according to
the report of "an Itinerary malt worm
minion of Jolly old King Onmbrlnus , " who
lias Just made a Journey nrunnd the world
to see how the beer trade Is advancing , beer
has penetrated almost everywhere except
Into Interior India nnd China. German
peer has Invaded Paris nnd Is gradually
getting the best of Franco In splto of her
resistance. Deer Is at home In America ,
and Is manufactured In Japan und Australia.
Ueer has become not only a national bev-
crngc , but also an International bbvcrngc ,
nnd Is fast becoming the universal bever
age , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Senator Kyle was right In stating that
tlio populist senators did not hold the balance
of powe * nt least In the vote on the wool
schedule. The populist voles , however ,
have been and will bo needed to help the
democrats pass the bill. And when needed
the prospects nro that they will be nt hand.
CiillrrtlMK a .liint Drill.
Ijnilnvlllo Comlur-Journnl.
There scums no doubt Hint the flS.OOO.OOO
clulmeil uro Justly due to the government
fiom the Stanford estate. Whether the
govrrmuoilt will get the money or not H
another question , but certainly no effort
should be spared to thnt end.
ir Hill-mini's 1'ninc.
Clilcaco Tlceonl.
The spectacle of Charles A. Dann co-
nue-ttlliK with lilll Holmnn , tlio bearded
Indy of the conKTessloiml museum. Is
liunlly more refreshing thnii the spectacle
of Dnve Hill purring around that stately
old obelisk from Uloomlngton , Adlal Ste\-
cnsoii. _
Iho I'mvcr of Arbitration ,
Cincinnati inquirer.
All hall the power of arbitration ! The
miners' war , that for HO many weeks bns
kept the country exclteil , bids fair to bo at
nn end. Arbitration did It. How much
better Is this than killing , rnulnilng and
general deviltry. Peace Is a white-winged
blessing , nnd may she ever hover over our
heads In this goodly land.
The liullnii 1'roliloni ,
St. 1'aul Globe.
The Indian problem presents Innumera
ble dllllcultles. If we sequester tlic-m upon
reservations they retain all their old
heathenish customs. If we permit them
to mingle freely with tlio whites they be
come petty thieves and Incorrigible vaga
bonds. One condition seems to be as bad
ns the other. It will take a wise man to
devise a plan by which their future nmy
be Improved , nndwhen such a plan In dis
covered the country will cheerfully canon
ize the Inventor ,
Drift Against Prohibition.
New York KvrnlnR Post.
The platform adopted by the Kansas re
publican stntc convention lost week shows
the drift of the tide against piohlbltlon.
The prohibitory amendment to the consti
tution was adopted in 1SSO by republican
votes , ahd the party has always hitherto
endorsed the policy nnd demanded Its en
forcement. There was the more reason for
a positive deliverance this year , because
there Is n , movement which aecms to be
gaining ; strength for a resubmlsslon of the
question to the voters , with the view of
getting the amendment out of the con
stitution. The republicans were Importuned
to stand their ground , but the managers
concluded that there were more votes to
be sained by Ignoring the subject , and for
the first time a platform wag adopted
which says not a word on the liquor ques
tion. Iowa has virtually substituted a local
option system for the prohibitory law In
that state , anil U begins to look as though
piohlbltlon might be abolished In Kansas
also the only other state In the west
where it has been adopted.
Lost Caue Nonsouso.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There Is not a right enjoyed by Massachu
setts thnt Is not enjoyed by Mississippi.
There Is not a star In the firmament'of
Jicavcn .which- does not shine equally upon
Vermont and Texas ; nor , for the matter
of thnt , a star upon the flag of the union
that does not do the same thing. What
cause , therefore , has been lost that wo
ought to maintain and that time will re
store us ? African slavery ? Nonsense.
No sane man would recall It If he could.
The right of secession ? Let Colorado try
it and see how quick the south will vote
with the north men and money to whip
her back. Surely , as Individuals , we
could not be better oft If the confederacy
had succeeded , and there are those who
think much worse , because the success of
the confederacy meant the revival in
America of all the problems which hun.
dreds of years of broil and battle have left
unsettled In Europe , whilst the restoration
of the union enables us to take up the
old ! sweet tale of Bunker Hill and Yorktown -
town and pursue It under God's blessing
to the end of time.
Ono on Jtryan ,
Chicago Record.
"I heard a good one on the brilliant Mr.
Bryan of Nebraska this afternoon. An old
warhorse who has led the democratic dra
goons In every campaign for forty years ,
and has always been admitted to the coun
cils of the sanhedrin of his party , was sit
ting In the gallery of the house of repre
sentatives listening to the debates , nnd a
friend was pointing out to him the notable
figures on the Hour.
" 'There , ' said he , 'Is Bryan of Nebraska.
He has declined to accept a renomlnatlon ,
and Is expecting to be the populist candi
date for the United States senate next
winter. ' * \
" 'I'm glad to see Bryan , ' responded the
veteran. 'I have heard a good deal about
him and have read several of his speeches. '
" 'He's a bright fellow , ' said the other ,
'and very young : one of the youngest men
In the house. He wasn't born when the
war broke out. "
" 'Yes , he Is young for n congressman , "
was the reply , 'and you can tell that by
his speeches.I have seen lots of such fel
lows : theyounger they are the more they
know I have seen freshmen In college
who knew more- than all the members of
the faculty combined. ' "
Unheeded Warning ! .
Chicago Record.
Some time ago several physicians of
eminence were consulted on the subject
and reported that kissing was a habit likely
to spread microbes and Impair public
health. Later , n number of savants In
formed the -world that money , whether
silver , gold or paper , fairly swarmed with
bacteria nnd was hardly lit to be handled
with tojigs. Now there comes a New
York scientist who has been examining
the transmitters of telephones and finds
them covered with all sorts of disagreeable
anlmalculau nnd other things , any one
of which must be almost certain to doom
a person who uses a transmitter to a com-
pllcatlonsof diseases , beginning with con
sumption and winding up with toothache.
In fact. It would seem thnt the appurten
ances of modern civilization and the peoples
ples thereof are besieged by unseen dan
gers.
Taking Into account nil the liabilities of
disasters which have been pointed out , It
seems rather surprising that the people
thus warned have not all died off. They
hang on somehow , however , nnd the mi
crobe does not seem to worry them. Kn-
gaged couples retain the osculntory prac
tice ns of yore , people accept money with
out visible reluctance , nnd people will
probably continue to use telephones. No
doubt they think that If nil of life must bo
passed In observing und avoiding the things
that arc bud for life , living Isn't worth
while.
Scntt Ilonnl nf In Mnntnnn.
llutto Miner.
When Judge Scott of Omaha threw Kd-
Itor Ilosewnter of The Bee Into jail the
Miner predicted that In the long run the
judge would get the woist of It , We did
not believe that The Dee was weak
enough to be HuiwcxHcd or to ro-
fraln from expressing Us honest opin
ion of n court by which tyrannical and
wholly unwarranted conduct hod Invited
the publication of such opinion. That we
were not mistaken Is evidenced by the fol
lowing paragraph In u recent issue of The
Bee :
"The decision of Judge Bcott on the anil-
lottery law only emphasizes the fact once
more that a man with a null can get oil
very easily In his court. In this Instance
the man with the pull was the publisher era
a newspaper , who lias cringed the prcgntuit
hinges of the knee before the honorable
judge that thrift may follow fawning. "
That Is pretty plain talk. What Is Judge
Scott going to do about H7 Will he again
have the editor arrested for contempt ?
What has ho gained thus far In his catch-
UH-catch-can with the prens ? Kuluru itventa
will answer and the answer will ho Inter
esting , not alone to the press of the coun
try , but to the courts. Nothing would ha
moro satisfying than to know how fat
the courts can go In suppressing the honest
truth ubout themselves , or how much of
the truth must ho suppressed In order thnt
editors may enjoy free ulr. It la to be
hoped that the Omaha case will be fought
to the bitter end on both aides.
jit..tHT.i rwi.ir ittM'.i it < nt.\ ,
If totnbstonoa were rellnblo the devil would
soon be wearing mounting.
A man soon finds out huw tittle ho knows
when a child begins to ask him qurstlotis.
It you go to cluircli ulthotit praying for
the preacher the devil will bo very apt to
walk homo with you ,
The only condition upon which omo
ptcplo uro willing to work Is that they may
do It in the front window.
Kvory preacher ought to remember that
the only thing tint can bo used to hit uln
square In the head Is tnitli.
There Is the samp relationship between
fnllh and works that there Is between the
fiult of a tree und Us root.
! ilitri.llt HUUTfi A T Tlllt 1'Vr.l'Ir.
Courier Journal : When David Swing of
Chicago lovoltod ngalnat orthodoxy years
ngo ho found plenty of material for building
a church of his own. A similar refuge for
Prof. Smith nnd Dr. Hrlggs U now promised
by the friends of those gcntlemun. Tlius
does the lopping off of lierc.i ) provide room
for more heretics.
St. Paul Glebe ; One church , nt least , has
struck Its proper gall. Grace church , New
York , la now erecting n lot of buildings adJoining -
Joining the church edifice which combine
the fi'Alun-s of homes for aged and Infirm
nnd training rchoolH for the young , nnd con.
templates u vigorous wotk along those llnea.
This Is practical Christianity , nnd will be
found to work more good than tons of di
dactical sermons.
St. Paul Glebe : A large number of the Chicago
cage clergy , asked to give the reason why
people do not go to church , lay the blame
upon the Sunday newspapers. There is nt >
doubt Bomo truth in thli contention. People
prefer to be entertained rather than admonished
ished to bo Instructed rather than repri
manded nnd therefore they seek the foun
tain of entertainment and Instruction the
Sunday newspaper.
Springfield Republican : Two churches nt
Cleveland , O. , have split In two over the tcm.
perance question. From one of the Preaby.
tcrlan and one of the Methodist churches the
prohibition party has seceded. The Method
ist scccders have organized the "First Pro
hibition church of Cleveland , " and the Pres
byterians have made of themselves ,1 Congre
gational church on total abstinence and pro
hibition foundations. This Is. we believe ,
the first movement of the kind precipitated
by the rum question.
Chicago Times : On the heels of the nc\v. >
of the adoption of Individual communion
cups by an ultra-fashionable Ilochestei-
church comes the announcement that nn
Alpena ( S. D. ) parson of the Presbyterian
faith has Invented a gelatin capsule , made In
the form of a grape and containing a portion
of sacramental wine , which he proposes to
use at the communion. Shades of Ilrlggs
and Preserved Smith , what n heresy Is this !
That Inventive South Dakota preacher will
surely be made the central figure of an nutc ,
do fe the like of which hasn't beeni seen
since the reformation , unless the old-tlmo
virtue and spirit has utterly departed and
gone out from Calvinism.
POLITICAL VOTl'OVllllI.
Call : When Tom Cooke gets his oration
committed Jo memory the political com
mencement season will be formally opened.
Call : Many complimentary things are
said of Brad Slaughter these days , and ho
deserves them. If ho would only wear a
necktie .
Beatrice Express : The Lincoln Journal is
sued a picture of Governor Crcunso as a
supplement yesterday. It Is not known what
the governor will do to get even.
Beatrice Express : The republicans are
greatly refreshed and enthused over the big
meeting at Lincoln , but they should not
forget the fact that It Is their duty this year
to make the best possible nominations and
take no chances of winning with weak candi
dates.
Nebraska Press : The honest , thinking
voters hold the balance of power In Ne
braska , and they see plainly enough now
that their duty Is to relegate to private life
Bryan , Allen , McKelghan and Kcm for
their willingness to sacrifice a piomising
young Industry that ot sugar b et raising
to the demands of the egotistic south.
Kearney Journal : The race for the repub
lican congressional nomination In this dis
trict Is becoming Interesting In the ex
treme. Mallalleu , Daugherty and Klnkald
are all strong candidates , and peradventure
that a deadlock might result , Judge Wall
of Loup City Is very quietly keeping his
weather eye on the situation. As a "dark
horse" under such circumstances he Is bo-
llevod to have racing powers excelled by
none.
Kearney Hub : The confession of Brother
Edgar Howard of the Papplo Times that ho
has been doped and surfeited with the Cleve
land brand of democracy is pathetic in the
extreme , because Brother Howard has been
as meek and humble and trusting a follower
of the poor old democracy as over shed a
tear for the memory of the democratic souls
In paradise. But now he assumes the atti
tude of the worm too often trod upon , and
It Is plain to bo seen that ho Is prepared for
any act of bravery. Ho has not yet said that
ho Intends to cast his lot with the new brand
of Bryanlzed democracy , but Indications point
that way. _
UrcatnoM Thrust Upon Him.
Globe-Democrat.
Lord Wolseley is now a field marshal ,
the sixty-seventh of the line , and as clever
a courtier as ever let some other maj set
a squadron In the field. England Is in
Brcat luck to have had no serious war dur
ing the last twenty years.
1'iwt'i.n A sit in nuts ,
The Investigation Into the nuklnK of bogui
armor platen threaten * to blow hole * In tin
fortune of Onrnofilp.
Mr. Lpwtll.ia evidently provoked by n
perspiring roast when ho wrote , "What U eo
rnrc as n day In Juno ? "
Thp inni'iulno po l who speaks of "tha
amber Hooded west , " evidently mistook Mil *
w.uikco for tlio .Missouri.
H Is now possible for an Inoffensive poet
to live In Colorado after apostrophizing "th
golden glow of the west. "
Mr. Croker U an ardent believer In tlio
liomtopathlc principle. He proposes samplltifl
the mud baths at Carlsbad.
Lives of great Jerseymon remind us that
we can lessen the cares of life by leaving behind -
hind n telegram and a judicious valet.
Kx-Speakcr ( Irow , flip oldest member of
the house , of representatives. l as frisky ns
n western member on n wedding tour.
A sou of Hon. 1)111 ) Springer , recently or
dained for thp ministry , Is taking preliminary
lessons In piety as clerk ot a committee of
the house.
The I.etow Investigators lost a great op
portunity In falling to pursue Undo UlcU
Croker. The1 ocean > oyuge Is nn Invalu
able aid In drawing him out.
Allowing only thirty chews per minute ,
ten hours a day , a Kentucky statistician
calculates thnt the nvurngo gum chowot
mo\es his or her Jaw 103 mllei n year.
In vlow of the fact thnt the Insidious elec
tric power will paralyze n cast lion pipe , It Is
not surprising to a.HI . municipal blowholes
fuse in response to the Insinuating current.
Mr. Cleveland Is urged to tnko n Hhort
outing as n remedy for summer complaint.
As the time \\lll bo occupied In fishing , it la
expected the dlieasc will yield to the uplrlt
of the occasion.
Dl.xon county , Nebraska , boasts of a cen
tenarian In thu person of Mr . O'Neill ol
Kmcrson tonnshlp. She was born In Ire
land In 17SU. nnd remembers the exciting
times of the rebellion of 1798.
In former years the ominous "W" on
locust wings presaged war. Similar sliua ;
appear now , but they have lost their ter
rors. A liberal Interpretation of their mean ,
lug la furnlnxhcd by thu tariff debate.
1'Olt J.O.\O SKItJIOSS.
Galvcston News : A dead bird never
talks until It .fettles down on n line bonnet.
Yale neeord : First There is one sign
that should bo placed on every letter bcx In
the city.
Second What Is thnt ?
First-Post no bills.
Tcxns Sittings : So ninny people Imag
ine they have douo their duty by their
friends In trouble by promising to help
them when they get rich.
Yoiikers Statesman : Croker Is on the
briny deep. Doesn't this look as though
ho were about to give up ?
Plain Dealer : When tlio Judge spoke In
broken sentences of rourse the culprit re
garded It as the crack of doom.
Buffalo Courier : "lillfTklns seema
thoroughly imbued with party spirit to.
day. "
"Humph ! Don't see , why he shouldn't.
I Introduced him to live different candi
dates and every one of 'cm bought the
drinks. "
Judge : Lover , sinking ( ? ) Come where
my love lies dro-a-m-liiR , etc.
Old Man If you're addressing my darter
Hannah you'll 11ml her d ream In' down to
the dance with SI Perkins. Come round
'bout half-past 1. She and SI ought to
get back about that time.
Washington Star : "My wife and I had
a lively discussion last nlsht , " said the
mild-mannered man. "But I got the last
word. "
"You don't say so ! "
"Yes. She acknowledged It herself this
morning. "
"How did you munnge It ? "
"Talked In my sleep. "
Chicago Tribune : Banks Rivers , would
you mind giving me one of your clgnrsT
Hlvers 1 shall be delighted , old fellow.
Such a request , coming from a man a3
fastidious as you are. Is a compliment.
Banks One will do. Thanks. I want
to smoke it when the assessor calls on
" " *
mo.
KNEW THE OLD MAN.
New York Journal.
"Oh , here's a check from father , sec ! "
Exultnntly exclaimed the bride ;
The bridegroom seized It eagerly
"It has a string to It , " he sighed.
"Why , pet , what do you mean , " cried she.
" 1 mean , " hu moaned , " 'tulti't certified.1
GOOD XldllT ,
Mnrtha McC. Williams In Godey'3.
Palo In the amber-flooded west ,
A horned moon dips low ;
And soft through silver silences
The rose winds faintly blow.
Yet still the horned moon shall lend
A lance of lingering light ,
To cross the wind , to cross the dusk ,
And give my love good night.
The long lake , rippling through Us reeds ,
Hnth lilies all ablow ;
At fall of dew each sleepy flower
Folds up her leaves of snow.
Yet one fair Illy bud shnll wake ,
To smile all virgin white , > \
Across the dark , across the dew , ,
And glvo my love good night.
The light may fall , the Illy fade.
The lightning's lurid glow
Flame In the sky , the rose winds rlso
To storms that rudely blow.
Yet constant still , as rose to June ,
This heart shall take delight.
Across the daik , across the worlC ,
To give my love good night.
Broken Size ®
at Half Price
Men's Suits , in size 33 to 44 sometimes one siz °
of a kind , sometimes more. We must get rid of
them before inventory take your size at half price.
42 Suits , boon selling nt $10.00 , now
04 gulls , been soiling at $12.BO , now
G Suits , been selling nt f 13.50 , now
70 Hulls , boon soiling nt $15.00 , now
84 Suit ! ) , been selling nt $18.00 , now
23 BulK boon Milling at $20.00 , now
3 Suits , been gelling nt $22.00 , now
11 Suits , been Helling at $23,00 , now
4 Hulls , boon selllnji at $28.00 , now
346 Suits at exactly half price continued Monday-
and Tuesday on account of the rain. See them in
the window and on front tables in the store.
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas.