Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DArLY BEEt THURSDAY , AP-RIL 18 , 1805.
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printed during the inontli of Kabruary. It'Jj. ' wai
as tollows :
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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
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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.