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THE OMAHA DArLY BEEt THURSDAY , AP-RIL 18 , 1805. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE 13. nOBBWATKIl. IMItor. - r " * ' " * * * " " jivcnv sioiiNiKti. TliltMH OK BUDHCflll'TION. Dally Hen ( Wliliuut Sjnrtny ) . One Tnr. . . . $ 8 M Dally Hinnd biimluy , Uiie Year . 1 ] > WS Blx Mntlm . ° S Tlirco Mimtlm . * > Kundny IS. . ' * . One Yi-iir . Kaluitmv liec , on * Ycnr . . < . Weekly JJee , Ono Y ir . . OFPJCRS. Omalm. Tlie DM llulMlnff. . . . . . _ , Boulli Onmli/i. Pmcer IJIfc. , Corner N and 21th Bts. Council DIiifTs , 1J r irl Bliett. Ultra * } Dine * , SK Chamber of Comm-rcc. New ynrlf. Ilo.tris , l mid IS. Tribune Washington , 14 K Kirt-ct. N. W. . All rr.mmimlentlona relating to n w nti'J till- torlal inalicr MioulJ l addiann-ilt To the l.dttor. IUXINIBS : IA-TTIUH. ; : All tnulneM Utter * and irinlttantca slioutJ bo Bdiln.'S od tn The llee l'ulill lilns company , Omnlm. Draft * , chtcku un.l pu.ilolllce onlrn to be Hinds f-iyaljlo In tliu ord r of the company. TUB 1JK13 I't'HLlSIHNO CUMl'\N > . BTATKMHNT OK CIIICUI.ATION. rjooigo I ! . Tiwlitick. nerrctnry of Tlie Uco Pub- Hilling company , bcln * duly nwurn , mys Hint the nctuul number > ( full ami complcto o-jp . a of tlif D.illy Morning , Kvonlnx nnJ fiumtny I > c printed during the inontli of Kabruary. It'Jj. ' wai as tollows : 20,133 15 13.78 ; 1 JO , ISO 1C 1J.WO j JW.BSO 17 2J.5-.0 4 auw 18. . . . 19.7M 6. . . 20,012 ID 13,780 c in.wt ; u 1'J.CXl 7 1J.WJ 21 W.77D 8 19.59 22 l . l 9 n.JW sa . 2 10 a > ,6W 2J.4M 11 19.C09 Si.- . 19,017 13 U.I19 tfi 19.611 13 19,730 27 19.5H 14 19.TOO ; 8 19.C33 Total "T.633 doJu-tlons for unfold end relutimt IJof I.llen , i.n Dnlljuvcineo iJ. i 'SUml"y OROnCIH . T7.8CHUCK. Rworn ti before me nnd xulitirrlbcd In my pres ent thin " . ( dny of Mnicti. isas. ( flcnl. ) N. T. KKIU Xolniy I'ubllc. S'nw stop tip and raise your own garden NIIKH. Thu Whisky trust SIMMIIS to luivo meant trust all to the olllcors. President Cluvi'lnntl ' incroly wanted to duinoiiatnitc Hit ; fuel that he had not forgotten how to use1 his pi-n. The man who does not In-Hove that thu North I'olo has boon discovered Is Invited to go out and see for himself. If General Martinet Campos sees any thing In Spain that he wants all he will have to do to get It will be tp ask for It. The east Is finally beginning to appro elate the extent to which It Is Indebted debtod to the west for the fine meats with which Its tables have been graced. And now some of the democratic newspapers are calling for a candidate from one of the southern state ; * for vice president In 1811(5. ( Hasn't Aillal been giving satisfaction ? Now watch the unprovided democratic ex-congressmen make a bee line for the assistant comptrollorshlp of the treas ury , made vacant by the death of Mr. Mansnr of Missouri. The American trader tloes not want to let any of his European competitors get ahead of him In taking advantage of the return of China and Japan to their respective peace establishment * ) . The appointment machine in the gov ernor's olllco In the state house at Un- coln Is showing signs of motion that send a thrill of mingled fear and an tlclpatiou through the not inconsiderable throng of olllce seekers. There Is of course no law to prevent active speculators getting options upon lands through which the proposed canal may be constructed. I5nt the right-of- way has not yet been defined and the option taker must assume hazardous risks. The grocery contractors for the Sol diers' homo think they are doing more than they are bound to do. The con tract calls for dried fruit only , while they have been giving Insects and worms In addition , and at the same price , too. L'eoplo who visit the state fair this year will not be permitted to feel that they are not getting their money's worth. The entertainment which will be provided free by the cltl/.ens of < 0inaha will , we are assured , warrant a trip from any part of the state without reference to the fair Itself. An ex-congressman has been discovered ored disposing of his quota of agri cultural reports to a second-hand book dealer , lie ought to have known better than to speculate In agricultural report ; * . If ho had dealt In the report of any other department It would certainly Lave gone better with him. Kverybody who applies for' work from the city street sweeping contractor will be expected to atlirm that he Is a tax payer of the city. Inasmuch as there Is no penalty for giving false informa tion It Is to be feared that few will Buffer qualms of conscience In presentIng - fc Ing themselves as belonging to the fcP eligible list. P I ; One thing that Nebraska can eon gratulate herself on escaping Is the ava lanche of swollen rivers and Hoods that Is carrying dlsmny Into many quarter * of New England and the east. There Is wo present danger of the Nebraska rivers slipping their banks tills year. Between too much moisture and no moisture at all the farmers of the country have a hard time. The happy medium of Just moisture enough Is what Ne- Vraska prefers. It Is perfectly proper for the city to carry tax cases involving great public interests up to the supreme court. There have been Instances , however , where the' city has been Invited to step 1 and appeal cases at Its expense where the chief question Involved was whether Homo tax title brokers had exercised One care In the .prosecution of their business. Because the validity of a city tax Is assailed In court does not necessarily make the case u city case. The council should have all the cir cumstances before It when acting on reQuests - Quests to have the city Intervene In private suits. -t MFFirVLT JtAtTMO.tn Several cases are pending before the State Board of Transportation nnd lit a fair way to get Into the courts which luvolru n voryt difficult problem jof modern railroading. The question Is how far the duty of n railroad extends to continue operation of a particular part of Its line when the profits from that particular locality have disap peared , or have even appeared on the wrong side of the lodger. In one of the easof , Instituted by a petltlo'n from the city of Beatrice , it Is sought to com pel the Kansas City & Northwestern Itallroad company to run Its cars Into that city and maintain a station and round house there , ns was agreed In 1SSO , when ? oOrOO ( of bonds were voted and delivered over to the com pany's predecessor as owner of the road. In ono or two other Instances small towns along different lines which have been given public aid In the shape of bonds ask that the railroad companies bo compelled to ' reopen and maintain .stations which they have recently discon tinued. In still others communities are complaining that they are not having the benefit of adequate or proper rail road facllltes , although they are being taxed to pay interest and principal of subsidies voted lu aid of the railroad companies. In all of these cases the railroads reply that they are doing all that the business of the territory will warrant. The reason why the Kansas City & Northwestern has discontinued running trains Into Beatrice , for example , Is al leged to be the lack of tralllc to justify the expense. The reason why the small way stations have been abandoned Is said to be the fact that the business arising from them does not contribute enough to pay the cost of stopping trains and hiring a station agent. The reason passenger trains have been with drawn from certain branches and mixed trains running at Irregular Intervals substituted is that more frequent trains would run nearly empty. If the rail roads were private undertakings solely these explanations might be accepted as satisfactory excuses for curtailing the services rendered to their patrons. But they are not engaged In mere private business and their obliga tions to the public arc not to bo measured by the obligations of private Institutions. They have all received assistance of various kinds from the people , the exercise of the right of eminent domain , the grant of valuable rights of way and terminal facilities and numerous exceptions from the law as applied to ordinary corpora tions. Add to this the actual cash do nations from the communities through which their lines have boon built , often , as In some of these cases , with the ex press or well understood stipulation that certain atations should bo main tained and trains stopped there , and the obligation to the public is several times emphasized. Where railway aid bonds have been voted and delivered the claim Is perti nently made that the road is under con tract to fulfill Its part of the agreement nnd that If It fails to do so the other party Is free from Its obligation. But the bonds have In the meanwhile been transferred to some third party , and If Interest should be defaulted and the plea of nonperfonuance set up the in nocent purchaser dodge would be promptly 'brought out for use. The towns cannot repudiate the bonds or refuse to pay Interest upon them. Can , then , the railroad close down its sta tions and ineterrupt its train service because It finds it is getting a trifle the worst of the bargain ? Are the towns that gave subsidies to be bound by their bonds and the railroads free to re pudiate their obllgatous ? This Is the problem In a nutshell. Klfllh.lNn AND Nl The dltllculty between England and Nicaragua lias reached the aento stage and a settlement cannot be much longer delayed. The time specified by the Brit ish government within which the gov ernment of Nicaragua should pay the In demnity demanded has expired. A few days ago a proposition was made by the latter to submit the whole matter to arbitration and according to a report from London , which seems to be well founded , thlw was not acceptable to the British government and It would at once proceed to enforce the ultimatum. All tills appears to have boon expected by our government , but as to the method to bo pursued by England nothing definite Is. yet known , though there Is much conjecture by those versed in di plomacy. The latest surmise Is that what Great Britain Intends is to establish a "passive blockade , " which , It Is explained , means Interference only with commerce under the JClcaragun flag , leaving that carried on under the flags of other nations un molested. It Is believed to he the pur pose of the British government to avoid any overt act which could give the I'nlted States a cause of complaint or any warrant for Interference , and un doubtedly this will bo done. It Is there fore highly improbable that there has ever been any Intention , as reported , to bombard the port of Greytown. It is also unlikely that Great Britain will land troops on Nicaraguan soil. There seems to bo no doubt that our govern ment has decided that so far as the de mand for an Indemnity Is concerned It Is not a question with which It has properly anything to do , whatever the authorities at Washington may think of the justice of the demand , but it Is In timated that any attempt on the part of England to occupy Nicaraguan territory will receive such attention as Is con sistent with our established policy In relation to American countries. Al though It Is said that the government of the United .States has not been made acquainted with the exact purposes of the British government , It Is hardly to bo doubted that assurances have been given that the Interests of this country In Nicaragua will be respected. Cer tainly this government would bo ex tremely remiss if It has failed to notify the British government that this would be expected. No protest of any kind may have been made on our part , but It Is hardly conceivable that the Wash ington government IIIIH noted the con centration of British war ships In the waters of Nicaragua without having In dicated to the British government that It expected no Interference with the In terests of the United Slates In the Cen tral American republic. There does not appear to be any good renuon to apprehund that serious com plications will grow out of this huno , became the Indications arc that England proposes to keep v/etl within the re quirement of international law , but none the less It Is evidently regarded with a good deal of Interest In diplo matic circles. AWMCTM ) 'I1H A DKPKVn \ MKMOHV It wo remember correctly It lias been but a few years since E. Kosrwatcr of The lice wa charged openly with having been n rebel epy during the late'rebellion. Wo do not know that lie ever proved the falsity of the charKe."Omaha American , The memory of professional liars Is always defective. If the wretched llbeler who conducts the organ of sec tarian proscription hail any decency or self-respect he would have had no dllll- cully In remembering that the men who charged E. Itosewater with being a rebel spy were tried In the court of this district and after a full hearing , In which the depositions of the assistant secretary < ff war , General Eckert , and General Stager , comander of the United States Military Telegraph corps , at tested not only to the loyalty but to the honorable discharge of E. Hosewater from service In the union army during the war. A jury of twelve men good and true pronounced the charge un founded and brought In a verdict against the defendants , who were assessed $100 and costs of prosecution. The next time the organ of proscrip tion Is alllictcd with a lapse of memory It might consult somebody else than swashbucklers who played homo guard during the war and traitors who fought with 1'rlce's rebel raiders against their own kith and kin In the loyal north. MIlN'r W CltUI' IlKPORl-S * The agricultural interest of the coun try , more than any oilier , will appre ciate the suggestions to be submitted to the secretary of agriculture having In view more accurate crop reports , but the mattei'ls one of general Interest , for the course of grain prices Is largely determined by the reports of crops. It Is u matter of common knowledge that our Agricultural department luis not been successful In securing trustworthy data regarding the crops , and particu larly as to wheat. Careful Investiga tion has shown that for a number of years the reports of the department have been far from correct , the rule being that the statistics , so far at least as wheat is concerned , have indi cated a supply less than existed. This has been especially true of the last two or three years , as shown by the later efforts of the department U > cor rect the figures , with results not alto gether satisfactory. As a consequence the crop statistics furnished by the government are generally distrusted , but still they do not fall to affect the course of prices. They do crop report ing much bettor in Europe , the state ments and estimates of the Agricul tural departments of most European countries being ma'de up with great care and uniformly trustworthy. It may not bo possible for us to quite equal the accuracy obtained there , but there can bo no question that a great Improvement can be made In our de partment reports. The suggestions submitted by the conference between the statistician of the Agricultural department and dele gates representing the various large boards of trade and chambers of com merce of the United States , helil In Washington on Tuesday , are practical , and there Is reason to believe If car ried out would Insure more accurate sta tistics of crops than the government has ever furnished. The proposed changes In the method of obtaining tile facts are judicious , as , for example , that the department , Instead of hav ing a principal correspondent and two assistants , as at present , secure the regular service of one or more reporters In each township , all to make their re ports directly to the department at Washington. It Is also n good sugges tion that In the selection of these cor respondents thej * should not bo taken from farming classes exclusively , but should Include , as far as possible , repre sentatives of all classes of rural In dustry. Everybody will concede that an abso lutely accurate collection of crop sta tistics Is very nearly if not quite im possible , but there can be no satis factory excuse for such an underesti mation of wheat as , according to good authorities , lias been made by the Agricultural department during the last live years , In the aggregate amounting to about 210,000.000 bushels. If it Is Important to have these statistics , and It will not be questioned that It is , every effort should be made to got them as nearly correct as It is possible to do. MAY AS \ YEtOWH' \ TI1H MATTKll. Several parties Instigated by paving contractors and others Interested in Jobs that were dependent upon the vetoed Omaha charter bill are still busy trying to spread the Impression that there Is some doubt as to whether the governor's veto of that measure was filed with the secretary of state within the time pre scribed by the constitution. In support of their position they pretend to cite an opinion of General Cowln , taking their view of the question. According to the constitutional pro vision , the governor has live days after the adjournment of the legislature for the consideration of bills that have come to him within the live days previous to adjournment. The legislative session closed Saturday , April ( I , at 1 p. m. The vetoes of the Omaha charter bill nnd of the other bills vetoed at the same time were filed the following Thursday at 10 a. m. This was within live calendar days of the time of adjournment. Ex cluding Sunday and the wording of the constitution as well tis all precedents Justify such exclusion It was within four days of the time of adjournment. To establish the claim that the veto Is Invalid not only must Sunday be in cluded In the live days allowed the gov ernor by the constitution , but also must the adjournment bo reckoned , not from Saturday , when the session actually closed , but from Friday , when the reso lution adoplml toy the two houses called for ndjournnlufit. This would be ab solutely abseil , ( If allowable , the legis lature could , , by voting to adjourn on one day andi'then ' after stopping the clock and sl lffs live more days , totally deprive the sovcrnor of his veto power. The legislature could be sending bills to the governor'riftor the time prescribed by the constitutibn for filing vetoes with the secretary"pfrtstate had expired. No court In the jiuid would assume such an arbitrary positItni. General Cowln may have Intlnm't'od'.tlmt ' ' there Is room to question the' , . xclURlon of Sunday from the live days accorded the executive , but be would bo ( lie last man to main tain that the latter could be deprived of a constitutional right by so shallow n trick as a mock adjournment of the legislature. There is not the slightest ground for the contention that the charter bill lias become a law. The best thing that can be done by those who take Its defeat so sadly to heart Is to drop the matter forthwith. There Is less fuss and feathers In rail road passenger circles than formerly , due no doubt to the fact that passenger travel Is picking up appreciably. When the ticket men are kept busy handling business they seem not to be disposed to wrangle with competitors. There Is a feature about railroad rate squabbles which Is Inexplicable to a looker-on In Venice. Rarely ever do the freight men so far forget the interests of the com pany's purse as to indulge in rate wars. They seem to bo continually sawing wood and say nothing , while the pas senger men make all the noise. This is not only true of railway men in this section , but It Is characteristic of them generally. Perhaps the fact that the freight trafllc of a road furnishes about 70 per cent of Its earnings has some thing to do with the case. If , however , the freight men can dwell together In unity while they control the bulk of the money-making tralllc , why can not also the passenger men , who handle but 30 per cent of the business ? Ills Georgia friends are mentioning the name of ex-Speaker Crisp as a de serving candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. They forget , however , that the biography of Mr. Crisp as given In the Congressional Directory commences with the state ment that ho was born in Sheffield , Eng. , during a visit of , his parents to that country and -wasi not brought to the United States lintll he was a year old. The constitution , makes one of the con ditions of eligibility to the presidency birth In the Unitqd States. There is no exception . or. _ sons of American parents bonr' ' 'abroad , and Speaker Crisp himself , lH Sjlld to regard himself as Ineligible tp thq olllce. The compli ment of presenting his name to the convention imfy 1)0 , vouchsafed him , but no party would want to go before the country with a candidate for president who , if elected , wpuld necessarily have a cloud on his title. It may be safely- predicted that Dr. Duryca'wlll resign ills post on the school board the moment he finds Ill-health will prevent further usefulness. So fai ns Is known the doctor has no un quenchable thirst for public olllce. Men of broad understanding and liberal views can rarely be induced to accept a place of tills character. The people rendered Dr. Dnryea no service when they elected him to a place on the school board , but his Influence has had nn up lifting effect upon the board. The trouble with successive Boards of Edu cation the past few years has been that Intellectual pigmies found places which should bo filled by men of high attain ments. The move to refuse Dr. Duryea oven a chance to resign emanated from a clique of petty politicians. Members of the State Board of Agri culture are growing enthusiastic over the brightening prospect of unprece dented success of this year's state fair. They promise that the buildings and grounds will be second to none In the United States. The co-operation ex tended by Omaha business men Is found to be an inspiration and a guaranty that the fair this year will set a new and higher standard for state exhibitions in the future. Joy Inrttouil of 'lours. Chicago Mail ( Rep. ) Tlie Nebraska legislature has woj.id iip Its session and no moro tears uro l ln" shed for It than fell j'or the Indiana body. Slljlitlii- I'Yoe Smj : ) . Kaunas City Star. Omaha brewers , are on a strike against nn order limiting their free beer drinking to every other hour. Thousands ot men would be glad to get free beer even twice a day. Tim Iliilly DnmlimtPB. UlnneapollH Tribune. Nicaragua's reply to Great lirltnln's ulti matum Is a. proi > osltlon to submit all the points in dispute to arbitration. Ureat Hrltaln can hardly refuse this highly civ- Illzed suggestion without laying hei-aelf opan to the charge of a disposition to bully a weaker power , , . Are i'ou Thi > rp' , Ulllv llrynn ? New jVorlj Tribune If the o l/ nnfl original author of. th- Income tax measure will now alnlly- dis close his lder.lltylia-wlll receive n M'cht token of recognition 'In tin form of the vigorous execration ot his fellow country men. An Indignant people nre getting up clubs for him all jiygijthe country. Mr. D.imi'rt I'ruycrful Mood. Kevjjfprjt Sun. r.et us now thniMc'XJod that we have still a supreme court \ eitnle \ ot defending the constitution andjiKJt holding Its supreme law Inviolate. evepJSigalnsit the most i > ower- ful nnd mo t vicious assault on Us sta bility which reckfrssarBs and contempt for America'H dsmocrAtlo * Institutions can com bine to produce. ' What ln-tsl lr ( > I.lon . The great ploli S < < tfithe Orinoco are so [ eve that the motion of their streams can hardly be detected over nn area of 200.000 squara miles. The more the possibilities of that region are looked into the more clearly It appears that Kngland is playing for a high Etake In her aggressive wfand with Venezuela , Milwaukee WUcaniln ; It U clear Hint th * president la girding himself up for a great fight with the umneroui silver advocates In his party , particularly In tha western and southern states. Minneapolis Tribune : The president h n performed a valuable etrvlce to the country In writing this letter. His firm nttltuiln and bold declaration ! are In RtrlUInc contrail to the silence or evasion of some ot the political trimmers ot both parties who are supposed to possess presidential aspirations. Kansas City Journal : There Is absolutely no point but scare nnd panic In this letter , and tt shows as plainly as a scared man ran show that the gold trust Is on the run. Let the friends of silver and the people press the battle all along the line , nnd oven Cleveland will take to the woods before 1896 , Sioux City Journal : In short , Mr. Cleve land's letter Is more conservative than his administration has boon. The drift on both sides of the financial debate has beoro tonard extremes. The mischief of Mr. Cleveland's course 1ms been tli.it It promoted this ten dency to a point at which the mischief cannot be repaired by any form ot mere words which It Is now In his power to make. St. Paul Pioneer Press : Whatever we mny think of some other public acts of Mr. Cleve land , the letter which he has written In re. sponse to the bushiest , men of Chicago li n wise nnd timely utterance. It Is valuable as coming from the head of the democratic party at n time when that body Is In danger of being swept away by the rising tide ot cheap money sentiment within ttself. Denver Republican : Wo believe that President Cleveland's letter will do moro to aid th" bimetallic movement , now taking ; on such great proportions throughout the length and breadth of the land , than any other pub lic utterance on this subject In many years. If his letter contains the beat arguments that can bo advanced In favor of the single sold standard the Intelligent people of this country are certain to repudiate that standard as scon as they can get an opportunity. Globo-Democrat : It Is useless ta bombard the average voter with tables of gtatlttlcs and prctound articles on the scientific and technical aspect of the question. That kind of Instruction only serves to contuse the popular mind and to give an advantage to the demagogues on the other side. The presi dent understands this fact , and his letter Is so constructed as to simplify the Issue , and emphasize those points which have a direct bearing upon the general prospjrlty and wel fare. Chicago Mall : The recent shameless bond contract , which for the first time In our history put the American people In the alti tude of getting down on their knees to the Rothschild family , and the attempt to force an exclusive gold bond issue at the dictation of this gold autocracy , has confirmed beyond all peradventure the belief of the American people that Mr. Cleveland Is In favor ot a single gold standard , and they will regard his letter as the authoritative voice of that senti ment. Chicago Tribune : President Cleveland hit the nail on the head and drove It home In writing the single sentence "Disguise' It as we may , the line of battle Is drawn between the forcs-s of safe currency and those of sil ver monometallism. " General Warner at tempted this disguise when he said at Omaha Sunday that the question with him and hh fellow agitators Is how to unlto the 9,000.000 voters of the United States who "ar ; in favor o restoring the bimetallic standard , " Tha question Is nothing of the kind. He la aim ing to get a majority of the voters ot this country to unlto for silver monometallism and he Is using false pretenses to Induce them to do It. . PEOPLE AND TllUfG.f. Baltimore will hold a centennial exposi tion In 1807. Ex-Congressman Holman lingers In Wash. Ingtou. Ho objects to coming home. A monarchical monopolist died in Austria recently , leaving an estate valued at S125- 000.000. What purports to be the modern Brad- leycsque school of art Is In reality carved delirium tremens. New York's police census failed to come up to expectations. The- footings show a pop ulation of 1.SG3.509. Viewing the terms ot peace at long range. It Is quite evident that China concluded to let the taels go with the hide. If reports from that section are reliable , Colorado ought to include sand in its finan cial system. It circulates well. A process for sterilizing milk with electric ity has been invented. What the country needs Is some means to check the current between the pump and the can. The advance in oil does not affect the steady grind of a number ot legislatures , bf- cause that article , crude or refined , does not lubricate the wheels , Some other stuff. "That's the stuff , " chuckled a New York solon , as he checked up a balance of $14,000 In return for thirteen weelcs of patriotic labor In behalf of number one and his constituents. A case of appendicitis in New York'was successfully treated with applications of Ice to the inflamed part. The treatment lasted thirty-six hours and rendered a surgical op r- atlon unnecessary. A New Hampshire Investigator Lexowed some of the "speak easles" of Concord , bought cigars In eight places , and fiiRCly concluded that where there were smokers there must be firewater , The hypnotic decision attributed to the Kansas supreme court continues to inspire profound editorial discussion down cast. Stranga and startling arc the conclusions drawn from a decision which the court never rendered. The son of Willie Brecldnrldge , Income tax collector In Kentucky , proposes making the "dead game sports" pay a tax on their In comes. Desna is determined that no guilty man shall escape , and he U something of a d. g. sport himself. Mr. Goff , Inquisitor of the Lcxow commit- te ? , will receive $20,000 for his six months' work. That , together with his salary as re corder for sixteen years , aggregating f22J- 000 , shows the value of mounting the- reform wave at the right time and place. The new Cliff House at the Golden Gate will ccst $12,000 , exclusive of the furnishing. The hotel will bs of French Ilenalssanc ? , with a central tower and towers at each corner. Its most attractive feature will be wide veran- daa overhanging the ocean , from which visit ors may fish and gaze at the seals. Ordinarily , when a man wrecks another man's property he has to pay for the act. Herein lies the advantage of bIng a nation. For some time past Jauin has been amusing Itself by ( smashing China , and now that the breakage Is complete , Instead of paying for the fun It has had , It Is to be paid. Considerable Importance Is attached to the "remarkable nervo" displayed by Theodore Durant , the San Francisco rlppar. That sems to ba a characteristic of the modern murderer. Harry Hayward Is a past master In that art. Compared with uls , Duraut's ncrvo is not in It a little bit. The mothers' union of Kansas City pro claims that the maternal slipper , as a vehi cle of corrective grace , has lost Its efficacy. V'hllo the opinion was publicly expressed , It is not Intruding on dcmestic life to caution precocious kids. Puullo preaching and pri vate practice ofc go by contraries , hence the youngster who \\ould escape the fanning pro cess had better bs goad , "awful good. " William R. Smith , the present superintend ent of the Botanic gardens In Washington , assumed that offlc ? In 1852. during Mlllard Flllmore's administration. Under his skill ful management the gardens have grown steadily in usefulness and beauty , and todiy rank with the other great gardens. Mr. Smith Is big and brawny , strong and active , notwithstanding the sixty-seven years which he carries lightly. He was born In Athel- stane , Haddlngtonshlre , Scotland , in 1S28. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Repoii viva r.orrr nn.tcit. Chicago Mnil : The advance In crude pe troleum will IncrMM the rapidity with which foreign markets will be- occupied by Russian oil nnd new sources of supply devclopeJ , Indianapolis Journal ! U Is altogether probable that the Standard Oil company will make a pile of money by the rl * In crude oils , thus enabling the head of the trust to show his gratitude by donating n much needed million to the Untwrslty of Chicago. Philadelphia Its-cord : The power pojsi'S'jed by the Standard Oil company to either depress - press or Increase prices tends to make deal ers ati-1 producers cautious. It Is feared that the present advance- may bo n shrewd plcco ol generalship with the object ot giv ing a spur to development , to be followed by lower prices and fQui > c/.c of the market when It may suit the purposes of the mo nopoly. Denver News : Oil continues to climb. Whether the advance Is caused by decrease of Pennsylvania production or by the manipu lation * T > f the Standard company , it It Is maintained for any length of lline , the west ern producer must feel thi benefit. A peculiar feature of the rise Is that It may cause nn Increase In thn prlco of gas in sev eral eastern cities which manufacture their gns from oil. Chicago Record : Jutt at present It Is Im- posslbli to * ny Just what the Standard com pany Is trying to tlo , but there Is evident justification for the hints ot eastern ( 'pecu ' lators ihat once In complete possession of the vast supply from the oil Holds the Stand ard might easily shut uut Independent plpo lines and crush nil Its competitors. The presHit excitement In olj is something moro than a Hurry due to natural causes , nnd It would not bo surprising If after the alTalr closes It were discovered that the Standard had been playing a strategic game , Mining out with thousands of dollars to Its credit and a Kill larger grasp upon the country's oil supply , Philadelphia Times : No such foxy game In speculation and In ruling the .oil . centers hn ? bren pluyed In the past decade , and no t'ttch thing would be possible 1C the old law wan still in force. Consumers , as well as producers , would be protected , but con sumers are now paying hundsomc contribu tions Into the treasury ot monopoly nnd in dividual producers are rapidly becoming a memory. This week's prices are not likely to remain a marker moro than a few days. Two-dollar oil Is coming rapUly down the stretch und the Standard Interests have a state commission to make the > figure suitable - ' i able to any harvest they may care to reap. The Marshall repealer confers all the cre dentials wnntej. Why jtat lloTln.t Mtvpr Hollars ? rhll.iilrliihla rtcconl. If the friends of the free colnago of sil ver should be In favor -x > f establishing 11 ratio based upon Intrinsic value so that n dollar's worth of silver Phould be put Into the sliver dollars which they desire to have coined , while the wisdom of their policy might be doubted , there would bo no ques tion as to the honesty of their Intentions. Uut this they do not wish to do , though the use of silver as money would thereafter b ? unimpeded. As there has been large over production of wheat , cotton and petroleum In this and other countries they declare that the lower prices obtained nru not the result of excessive supply , but of the appreciation of the value of gold. Sliver has also beeiu overproduced , nnd bus sunk In vnlue because It Is more plenti ful and more cheaply mined nnd smelted. Hut the friends of cheap money Insist tliat the jirlrc of silver has gone down because it has been demonetized by several Impor tant nations. Now , It l not true that sil ver has been disused because of demonetiza tion. It Is used for money nt the present time In larger volume than It ever was be fore nnd extraordinary means have been rcsortod to to sustain Its vnlue by making It a legal tender for double Its Intrinsic worth , and In this country by buying and storing largo quantities of silver bullion. Uut every effort to countervail the effect of overproduction has failed. To cheapen the dollar will not nils ? the price of any thing. Wheat would continue to sell for CO cents In gold If It should bring J1.20 In silver. Only those persons would be bene fited by the change to a silver basis who Phould be enabled to pay gold debts with silver dollars. All those would suffer who could not nt once accommodate their trans actions to the cheap money measurement. The wnges of labor would be instantly cut down one-half. The navlngH of labor laid up In gold or Its equivalent would be re turned In silver legal tender by the savings banks. And what good could be ac complish If we should have silver money to the exclusion of gold , except a vast unsettlement - tlement of values and permanent distrac tion of trade like that now observed In the seml-clvlllzpd countries where a sliver basis l maintained ? There Is no honest Intent nt the bottom of the cry for free silver coinage unless It ba proposed to coin full-weight silver del lars. Operation nt l.'ronumlc I.nrra. Minneapolis Times. The price of meat Is going up because the supply Is smaller than usual. The drouth last year and the small hay and corn crop throughout the west reduced the number of cattle offered for sale. This is unfortunate for the meat consumers , but it will -affect the producers materially. They will receive as much money for their few cattle as they have usually received for their many cattle. There Is an InterestIng - Ing economic law In operation here which it Is well to remember when we are talkIng - Ing- about the evils of small crops. There Is apparently a llxed sum which Is spent for products of nny kind every year. When the supply Is small the price goes up nnd the people without money deny themselves of tbp article. When the supply is large the price goes clown ami great quantities nrc consumed. Th ? amount received by the producer remains practically the same with large crops or amall crops. XHlllt.lSlC.l .4.V .VJCf/t.l.1K < t.\.1. The Uoilgo county fnlr will be held l Kre mont September 24 to 27. ' The saloon of F. U. Wheeler nt Oxford haa been closed by the sheriff. Rev. James II , Davis of Council Bluffs has litoomo the pastor of the Baptist church at Chadron , Rev. A. J. Fleming , editor nnd mnnngor of the Nebraska Baptist , 1ms removed front Lincoln to Louisville. Kmcrson Is to have n new brick yard with 11 capacity of S5.000 bricks per day. It will be in operation In six weeks. Mrs. R. A. Mnrsltnll , wlfo of tha well known evnngellst , died at the homo ot her father In Pawnee City of consumption. The Sidney Polnnrd has changed hnnds nml Is now published by Raymond & Molllt. The former editor hns begun the publication ot the Western Irrlgator nt Sidney. Charlie Turpln of Ansley spun n top under the heels of u blind horse. When ho tried to recover his toy the horse kicked , and now Charlie Is laid up with his upper Up cut nnd the whole sldo of his head badly bruised. Rev. J. J. Keoler of Drokon Bow hns been appointed district missionary for the North Plattc district , which Includes nil the terri tory In Nebraska north of the Platte river. The Baptist church nt Broken Bow Is now looking for a pastor to take Mr. Kceler'a place. < TtlUCIIlbO TlttPr.KS. llnttcm Life : Wool I don't see how a dealer can affonl to Iron nil the silk hatu he scllst. A'nn Pelt-lias to do it ; they'd last too long It he didn't. Atlanta Constitution : Hero Is Colonel Jinks , lie wants you to explain the llnnn- clul question to.him. " "Certainly , colonel. Can you lend mo Harper's Unsnr : "I don't thlnlc your arguments against-Wagner nrc sound. ' . 'Well , If thpy nre not , Hint's where they differ from Wagner's music. " Philadelphia Ledger : Hoax I see they have a new name for those high buildings which ate being erected. Joitx-lndeed ? What Is It ? Hoax They nrc called serial buildings , because they nre continued Hturles. Indianapolis Journal : "You remember Duubyn's now picture that he went about praising to the skies ? " "Yes. " "Well , that's where the committee hung Tit Bits : "Pity n ) > oor blind man with n largo family1" crlfd n. wnyslde beggar. "And how many chllilivii have you , unfortunate - fortunate man ? " asked u iudy. In great concern. "How can I tell , madam ? I car't see "em. " M ashlngton Rtnr : "Do you think x'mt an artist puts his own feelings into Us work ? " asked the young woman. "To bo sure. " was the teply. "I suppose , " she went on , thoughtfully , "that H why notno of the poor , hungry fel lows make their skies look like scrambled eggs. " Washington Star : What mighty sages would wo have , what minds alert nnd strong. If a boy could learn his lessons as he does the latest Bong. Detroit Free Press : "There Is not a bit of deceit In her face , Is there ? " "Not In the least. It Is so plainly made up that It docs not fool one. New York World : Patient ( about to have his leg removed , cheerfully ) Well , doctor , I'm afraid that I won't bo able to KO to any more dances. Dr. Knlfer No. After this you'll have to conllne yourself to hops. Detroit Free Press : "How did Mr. Gum. stick get the reputation of being such a moral man ? " "Why , by his superior perception. Ho can hardly pick up u book without ilmllnf something Improper In It. " YOUU CHOICE. Philadelphia Inquirer. Said Willie Dee to Andy Quick , "Who arc the biggest guys ? " Said Andy , "Jlen that think they're slick. But never advertise. " Said Willie , "Well , I guess you know The thing you talk about ; There's ono thing else I notice , though , The sheriff sells them out. " TllK "JIUX'l" New York WorM. Oh , don't you love the "Don't" fiend friend ? I menu the sour old Jay Who dou'ts you here and don'ts you there , And don'U you every day ; Who wtltes a yard of don'ts a week For every letters-column Some boarding house dyfpeptlc with A face that's long and solemn. He hounds the lover to his doom With "don'ts of grimmest dread ; He "doti'tH the married man till he Half wishes he were dead. He "don'ts" to death the dear old maid Who could not If fho would. And walls In with his heavy "don'ts" Our clubmen's bachelorhood. Oh. he's a bird , this "Don't" fiend gay , And none escapes his blow You onn't avoid bis arrowed "Don'ts" However fast you go. Ho ppreads them on your breakfast calte He serves them up at noon ; I swear If some one killed the fiend 'Twould be u national boon. And all the while this demon up In some dark nttlc quaint , Is "don'f'lng millionaires and dudes , The rounder und the saint. Despised , forlorn , ho "don'ts" the world For nil hln bilious Ills , Yet "don't" believe In honest toll , And doesn't pay his bills. Boys' and Youtig Men's Suits- Occupying 4,500 square feet , of space on the second floor by far the largest Boys' Cloth _ ing Department of any in the country Is filled to overflowing with the choicest cutest daintiest and best made Boys' Clothing that human hands have over put together , and to glvo you an inkling of how low our prices uro we mention Childrens' 2-picce Suits .1 Double breasted dark gray mixed , all wool , a , * gfl ' 6 to 14 years ip .tJU Q j > j Double breasted gray , brown and tp.u mixffio en . , . . turos , 6 to 14 years IPA.CJVJ yj ,2 Single breasted gray mixed Cassimoro , 5 to ( iis * r\\ * * 14 years po. < uv Q 5 Brown and gray cheviots , all wool , single and 0 , * ; n " * * . < double breasted , fl to 14 years tpUtOU CD The "Knockomair'all wool , blue black cheviot , * tfl double knee and double scat , never rlp , , n D never tear , C ti 14 years tp4.UU t-4 " Boys7 Long Pants Suits i , All wool black Thibet ohcvlot suits , 14 toffic. no Q U 18 years , single breasted tpOtUU CJ All wool gray mixed cliovlot , single broa3tedi , > - nn * "J 14tol8years ) O.UU p Junior and Eton Suits * 3 Strictly all wool fabrics in sixes. 3 to 0 years g , er. C/J t , blun and brown Jp 3.uU j O Fancy trimmed cheviot , gray and brown mixture - * 7 > turo ? , 3 to 0 years .good value at 83 ; ouisjrt Q O price Cpo.OU Fancy Lawn Blouses o\ > , Ages 2i to 7 years the prettiest patterns of the 50c * * O Spring season made with rufllod collars , _ , _ t J 5 cuffs and fronts /DC CA Reliable Clothiers , S.V. . Cor. 15th ana Douglus Sts.