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Tim OMAHA DAILY B. nosuwATcn , EUITOH. ruiii.isiicD evr.ut MOHNING. TEHMS OF n o ( Without Sunday ) Ona Year . f 8 flO mily life nnd Hunday. One Vear . > . l ° J Hlr Months . ijVX Thrcfl Mntlu , , . . . . ; S fiumlny 1I" , One Y nr * " KattiPl'iy Dee. Ono Year . * fi On Year w Weekly Uce. * OKFICC3. Omohn , The IJ Building. . . . . _ , Binitli Oinntm. Singer 111k. . Corner and : un Sl . Council lllurfd , 12 I'enrl Street. ChlcftRO Ollli317 ' 'number of Commerce New York , lloom * 13 , II nd 15 , Tribune .Washington , IWI V Sliest , N. V > . 'All rommunlenllons rclnHnif to npn torlal niBtlcr * hould be nddrenvrt : 1" the ui'HiN'usa ' Lin-nuts' . All ImntnoM fcltc-rs nnd rnmlltnnccs should t < tclro pil to Th * Dee I'ubll liln comrnns , Omntii. Draft * , cliockn nnd p-jfl"nioe orders lo be mnd < - ti.iynWp to llin nrdi-r of UIP coinpiin > . THI : iiiu : I'L'iii.tanns'Q COMI'AXY. _ _ " STATKMHNT" ciTicui.ATio.v. OforRK 1) TclHifk. . flptrotnrjof The Ilcf I'll'- ' llililnic C'lintmny. Lfln < r dulv sworn , my * tnai the -tunl numlifr of full nnd romi'Mo ' Copiesi nr the Dnlly Moinlnir. IIvenliiK nnd funil-jy Ilc prliilo.t . during tlio montti of 1'ctiruary , 183J , vn en follows : . . 1. " 2' ' ) . 11 . . ! ; ; ! ! ; ; ; ; ! ! " " ' . . .s.M : .I. 17 zn.3o 19 ip.r. f 19.901 19 w ! s 7 19.WJ 11.775 g 19.H1I . ' , ! ' . ! ! ! ! " . ! ! ! ! ! MM ! < > 20.400 H 15.10 - . in.r.17 12 19.816 26 . 19.CII 13 M.7Wt -27 19.SIS 14 15,700 Tolnl Jyia ilwliK'tlons for unmtd nnil returned cojilos . . Dally nvornKP 'Sut"'liy- ' ciKonnn n. Sworn t' > tiofnrp m < - nml Biil rrlb"U In my iiros- encp thin 2J Jay of Mnrch. 1TO. ( Sc.ll ) N I' . KKII * Notary Public. Tlio poKsibllllius for trouble in CJnlm rf HI HI Ini'si * . Sotnilor Palincr of Illinois nppoars lo bo qullp nlilc to take cure of lilinsulf. Givnt Britain Inslstn tlmt a flap Hue of 'distinction Is discernible between Inter vention In tin- east nnd ultimatum In the west. The center of the United States has been moved WW ) miles east since ex-'on- ( { rcssninii llryun inndc his appcnrnnce In rhlcaKo. There will bu.no trouble about Kettln the canal law Into court. The rub will come when the attempt is made to get It out of court. If e\-fovenior ! Crotinsc were not In Europe he mlcht help the lawyers , tin- Jury and the court to net out of the tnnxle over the shortage In the state treasury. Dr. Hay will be drawing a salary from the state for eighteen years r If he Is able to establish Ills to liold olllee until he is ready to retire voluntarily. ' IIuviiiK failed to draw out either Pres ident Cleveland or Secretary Morton , Mr. llrynn Is now willing to come down to a controversial talk with an ordinary private citizen like himself. That letter which the president ad- 'dressed to Governor Stone of Missis sippi would llnd a more fruitful Held for operation If repeated to his name sake , Governor Stone of Mlsso.nri. ' While the union labor worklnpnen are boycotting Omaha bock beer there Is a splendid opportunity for patroulx.ln } . ' Omaha distilled water at 1 cent a > ; lass nt the slot machine drinking fountain. England Is for strictest non-lnterven- 'tlon In the matter of the Chinese- Japanese treaty agreement. England Is always for non-intervention when she thinks she has more to piln by that policy than by a policy of intervention. Nebraska furnishes a president for the Interstate Oratorical association. Ne braska also lias material for the presi dents of any other organizations that may be persuaded to confer a simllai compliment upon her. It will lie so hot In Memphis when the two conventions of free silver and hon est money advocates assemble that the delegates will have to resort to papei currency exclusively In order to prevent their coined money from melting Into bullion. The question Is , How can the deposi lory law affect ex-Treasurer Hill am his bondsmen with reference to theli liability for that part of the deposit of state money In the defunct Mosher bank .which belonged to the permanent schoo nnd university funds , which are not now and never have been Included li the current funds required to bo placet In state depositories ? The Keeley cure man IImis himself Just now In a very delicate position. Hi has been ordered by a Kansas court to make public the formula of his Ja > , remedy and he has been enjoined by a Wisconsin court from dolnj ; anything of the kind. Whatever he does he has tin. penalty for contempt staring him In the face. . There Is one simple way out. I.e the doctor confess that he doesn't knou .what his compound Is made of. Tlie evil that men do lives after them the uood Is oft interred with their bones The bad tricks and the fraudulent banl cortlllcates of Charley Mosher contlniiL to perturb his creditors and feed tin lawyers , and about the time we e through the contention over the bogii certllieates and worthless depositor ) bonds , Mosher's memory will be palntec npiln In ultra marine colors by Jill Dorian's penitentiary claim. Vnfortnnately there nre still a fev people In Omaha who are willing vie tlms of every kind of bojius bond Invest incut device that Is exploited. They ar Willing victims because they have n excuse for claiming Ignorance of th , wlles of these smooth schemers. Th bogus bond swindles have been exposei time and time again and no one wh professes the least measure of Intelll pence ought to be Imposed upon b > them. If these dwindles succeed In thi ylclnlty after all that The llee has pub llshed about them It Is only becaus the.lr victims want to bo swindled. IIIDIKO IIK11IKD DKAf ) MKN. .Shall the accident of death In- crruptlng a career of Iniquity nnd rlmo eave the oltender from the list reproaches and contempt of lie Innocent people he has de- polled and wronged ? Shall the abuse f public confidence bo condoned and loosed over because one of the parties ssoclated In the conspiracy has ceased live ? Shall we announce to public lilclals that they can rob the people iid loot public treasuries with Impunity lid be forever respected as honest men f they can only conceal their rascality util death shall have snatched them way ? Only last week In New Jersey a most Duelling appeal was made before the eglslatlvo committee that Is investlgat- tig the existence of corruption In the tate olllees that it refrain from pursu- ng a particular Hue of Inquiry ( cause the developments promised o besmirch the name of the ( le va sed governor of that state. The ommlttee , creditable to itself , In- Isted that Its duty to expose venality 'otild ' recognize no such limit to the cope of Us Investigation , and what was he result ? Heaped on top of the false ouchers and fraudulent bills , the con- erslon of public property to private ises , the bribery of olliclals and the lollutlon of legislative halls , which the curdling examination of witnesses had hilly been bringing to light , the fact vas established by reluctant testimony hat the very power of pardon confided o the discretion of the governor had iceii actually sold for a money consider- itlon. Implicated In this barter and ale of executive clemency were men vho still occupy positions of alleged loner and trust under the state of New ersey. To spare the memory of tin- lead governor , his friends would have lad the people of the state remain In gnorance of the real characters of the Ivlng abettors of his misdeeds. There Is only one way to maintain the stability of representative government , mil that Is to make the betrayal of a inbllc trust the most heinous of ) ITeiiHcs hi the eyes of all self-respecting citizens. This can be done only by ex- oslng corruption wherever it exists. The living have rights more sacred than he dead. History Is continuous. Men md measures of today can be discussed ind dealt with only in connection with nen and measures of the past. It is not wanton defamation of the dead to hold ip to execration villainy in public olllcc , ilthough It may have been begun by ind date back to olliclals who can no onger deny. When the redemption of a state from a gang of public plunderers lepends , as it does in New Jersey , upon lie complete displacement of the rotten Ing that has for years been In control , : he good work Is not to be stopped for 'ear It may reflect disgrace upon a de ceased governor. T1IH CAXAL IN It is to be regretted that The supreme oiirt Is not In condition to give a full tearing to ( lie canal bond controversy. The Interests involved run into the mil lions , nnd the county commissioners very properly desired an interpretation of the law In all Its bearings from the highest judicial tribunal before the anal bond proposition Is submitted. If the law Is unconstitutional , or if there ire any serious Impediments lo carryIng - Ing Its provisions into practical effect \\Ithout swamping , the county In n colossal debt and interminable litiga tion it would be much better not to put tin- county to the expense of a spe cial election. In view of the magnitude of the in terests involved it would seem proper that at least live of the judges of this district should hear and deter mine the application for mandamus. The hearing before a single judge , whatever decision he might reach , would be unsatisfactory to the taxpayers on both sides of the question. If the per emptory writ of mandamus Is granted those who are opposed to the canal project might charge partiality. If it Is refused the promoters of the canal would appeal to the higher court for a llnal decision. Independent of the main question , whether the county commissioners shall call a special election , there are many incidental questions to be determined that should have judicial consideration. The law Is very vague on many points tlmt should be settled before any ex pense Is Incurred either in holding a special election or In the engineering and purchase of right-of-way and ter minal grounds. On these points the commissioners should have the views and conclusions of a majority of The district bench. t'ntll these debatable Issues are settled II would bo useless lo proceed. .1 M17JM * IXSUllltKcriOS. Several weeks ago It was announced by the Spanish authorities In Cuba that the Insurrection had been sup pressed and all that remained to be done was to disperse a few guerilla bands which were simply engaged In plundering the people. It was given out by tile predecessor of General Cam pos that the insurgent leaders had been killed or captured and that the distinguished soldier sent by Spain to put down the revolt would upon his arrival in Cuba find nothing to do. It Is possible that the former governoi general of the island really believed tlmt such was the casv , but subsequent events have shown how greatly mis taken he was. The latest advices shov\ the Cuban Insurrection to be a verj lively affair and giving promise tc continue so for some time to come The foremost insurgent leader , who was reported to have Ivcen killed. Is not only living , but Is very actively en gaged In stirring up the Cubans to re volt. It is stated that the Insurgents are full of confidence , and that thej are keeping the Spaniards busy. There appears lo be no reason to doubt tin. general correctness of this Information which Is furnished by newspaper cor respondents. There la ono feature of the lates news from Cuba that will be likely to Intensify American interest In the sit nation there and also American syiu pathy with the insurgents , and tlmt Is the report of the Ill-treatment of two Vmcrlcan citizens by the Spanish an- horltlcs. Allowing for Home possible saggeratlon there appears to bo Miough In this matter to warrant an implication to our government for an nvestlgation , and It will not lie stir- rising If the Spanish government Is eon called upon to explain why It van tlmt two American citizens were trresteil and thrown Into a loathsome irlson , In company with murderers mil other felons. If the facts nre as stated our government should certainly ake notice of the case and see tlmt he men who are said to have been subjected to these outrages receive Just ind adequate reparation. The Insurgents have not yet accom plished anything to encourage the lopes of their sympathizers and as he odds against them are growing hero Is not much reason to expect hat they will Improve their chances , nit It Is apparent , accepting the latest lews as trustworthy , that the end of .ho task of suppressing the Insurrec- ioii is not near. innrrr or nrsi\nys MKN. In his address at the dedication of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce last veck , which has attracted wide atten- ion as a most valuable contribution to he cause of sound money , Comptroller ) f the Currency Eckels urged hat It is the duty of bust- icss men not to lie unmindful ) f the condition tlmt confronts them , t is to be apprehended that too gen erally the men engaged In trade and Commerce are not giving that close and 'arefnl ' attention and study to the free sliver issue which Its great Importance nerits. A large majority of them , there s reason to believe , are so preoccupied with their business affairs that they are lot disposed to give even a little time .o serious Investigation and thoughtful lellheration upon this paramount ques tion , and therefore what ought to be a mworful and commanding Influence in H-half of a sound and stable currency is not being exerted. It is not to be lonbted tlmt a vast majority of tiie substantial business men of the country ire opposed to free and unlimited coln- ige of silver by the United States alone , mt It Is necessary to give due weight to his fact that such business men shall nake their opinion known and tills can .10 done through their organizations , tvhieh exist In every considerable city of the country. Surely no class of the icople ought to take greater interest In this subject than the men of commerce mil trade , for as Mr. Eckels said there is no commerce where faith is wanting in a country's medium of exchange and trading is reduced to mere betting , as would result from the free silver policy us now presented. The forces of fiat silver currency , said Mr. Eckels , can be permanently eradi cated as factors worthy of consideration and sources of discontent and financial loss in but one way and that lies through the gateway of sound monetary education. Who are so well qualified to contribute to such an education as the practical business men of the country ? At present the discussion of this ques tion is being carried on chiefly by the politicians. It Is most desirable that tin- voice of the solid business men of the country be heard regarding It , and there can be no doubt that an expres sion from tills source such as it is pos sible to get through commercial bodies would exert a powerful Influence on the side of a sound currency. The free sil ver propaganda Is actively : md zealously at work. It alms at revolutionizing the country's existing monetary system and bringing the United States to the silver standard. It Is urgently necessary that all the elements opposed to this danger ous policy should make themselves felt and among these elements none can wield a wider or more valuable Influ ence than tlic business men. The masterly review ot the relations oT the money metals to oneli other and tlii'lr functions ns a medium of ex changes In the commercial world , re cently presented by lion , Charles F.mory Smith before the Pennsylvania legislature , is published on another page of this Issue. It Is a clear cut and comprehensive presentation of the Im port and meaning of that plank In the Minneapolis platform that pledges the republican parly to a policy that will insure bimetallism and the restoration of silver to Its proper place In the cur rency system. Mr. Smith's views are In full acconl with those of the repub Itcan masses and will go far to dispel the delusions and vagaries that have found a lodgment in the minds of men who have been gol/.cd by the free and limitless coinage craze without eompro bending its import and the dlsastci that would overtake this country ns the Inevitable consequence of the enactment of laws that would make silver the basis of all our curreney and place us on an equal footing in money matters with Mexico and the .South American states. Whoever heard of any great public work In this country costing less than the original estimates ? Yet our cable dispatches report the announcement bj the German imperial secretary of- the interior that the actual expenses foi the construction of the Baltic & North sea canal now Hearing completion wlli 1)0 700,000 marks loss than the esti mate. This Is a remarkable showing In favor of the etliclcncy of work under the German government. It means that the administration of this great public Improvement has been In tht. hands of honest olliclals , and thai frauds and Jobs have been effective ! } in-evented. What the German govern ment can do every other government can do under similar conditions. The dilllenlty with us Is always to obtnli men to take charge of public enter prises who are at once capable and of strict Integrity. When ( lie people of the United States Insist upon public olliclals whom they would trust with their own private buMncss they will have public work done both well and economically Just because the Interstate Commerce commission has closed Its sitting h Omaha and the case of railroad dlscrim inatlon presented before It rests wltl the decision at which it may arrive , Is 10 reason why Oninha merchants and obbers Hhoulj [ ] Hnln lapse Into iunc- Ivlty. An aintnrsslvo policy with re- poet to the tr.tfjiof { | the territory natu rally trlbtttaryvtu them will bring many advantages and1 k'ep Oinnlm abreast of icr competing .Vlvjils. Tills Is not the line for jobbt-rs'to rest on their oars. A'lth brlghtejijil ' business prospects inlted and persistent effort will nccom- > Hsh large rosliltf.1 * The campaign must ) c a continuous one. Germany thrhtfcns lo take iictlvo neasnres to count , Vact the Standard Oil combine that li/ift added ! > 0 per cent to lie retail prlco'of .nil In that country In lie last three , months. The German government may yet teach us how to deal with greedy corporate monopolies. A 1 roiilili noiiin loiiipllr.itliiii. Iiiillnnniioll-i Bonllnol , There la bCKlnnltiK to be ssrlotis question whether any man i-nn he elected president who does not ride a bicycle. A Tirr for it Deficit. niiilie-IVnincr.it. The fact continues to stand o-it In a prominent way that tliu democratic tarltt a\v does not provide sulllclent revenue to pay the dally expenses of the government. ( ' neil Klildiinup , Minneapolis Tritium * . The erratic Senator Voorhees of Indiana iias dropped Into the silver camp , nnd espouses the cause of free coinage with his customary rant nnd lack oC logic. The levplnnd administration will be a gainer by Voorheea' desertion. Viilti.ililc Itiforiimtlon. Sioux City Tilliune diem. ) . If you have any otllclal business with the democratic party of Nebraska address Kticlld Martin , Omaha. He Is chairman of the central committee. C. J. Smythe thinks tie Is , but , splendid gentleman that he is , he Is laboring under a delusion. Arbitration With u I'ltckvd .lury. Iinllannpalls Journal. Knslnnd Is decidedly In favor of arbitra tion as a inodo of settling controversies be tween other countries , but Urltlsli interests are too valuable nnd Uritlsh rights too sacred for her to take such chances unless she can be assured of a packed jury. 1 llu ( iolilnn .Mimn. S't. nouls Hopublle. To be true to ourselves democrats must vote to liberate the country from the gold standard. In so voting we must also vote to keep the country away from the single silver standard. With those principles In slRht , It should not be dltllcult for a democrat to get a perfectly clear view of his political duty on the money question. Tlio Clicorlns 1'rmpoot. Sioux City Journal. The crop reports Indicate that the season Is further advanced In western Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska than in eastern Iowa nnd Illinois. Certainly there has not been a year In many so favorable to early planting and early starting of the crops. It is too early yet to feel assured that no frost will come to injure vegetation , but there Is no Indication of a change in the weather. It Is Indeed a glorious season and the great northwest Is first and best. A Kill Sioux City Journal. The women of .Omaha edited a big- number of The Omaha Uee on May day and the Omaha democrats got one day of unruffled feelings , while' the' women sent forth editorial paragrniNiH of the following sort : The London Advanced Sisterhood are scor ing a great i > olnt for live , by emphaslilng tlu > fact that it was pnly on account of her great desire for extended Intellectual ad vantages that she ate the apple , a tempta tion that would' ' ndver have appealed to Adum. t The Trrtmubnt of Waller. " ' Clijt-aKo" Record. The French have no more right In Mada gascar than a burglar has in a man's parlor. They are there attempting to force on the people of the Island a protectorate that is of all things tliu most hateful and detesta ble. If the island were u , French colony. Mr. Waller would probably be culpable for doing as he has done , if the evidence at the court- martial fvas true , which may or may not have been the casa. Hut the treatment of Mr. Waller under till the circumstances Is apparently unwarranted , and he is paying heavily for his sympathy with nn outraged people. _ The I'lUBliifT of Prohibition , Chicago Tribune. The reason that state prohibition con tinues to lose ground is that ample trial demonstrated that liquor drinking could not bo suppressed In those counties where a majority of the voters were opposed to pro hibition of Imbibing alcoholic stimulants , as they elected the Judges , sheriff * , mayors and constables opposed to it , and juries re fused to convict. Where a steady twpular sentiment in a county Is opposed to a sumptuary law It is not enforced. Expe rience also shows that the most practical way of dealing with liquor venders la to tax them heavily and to deprive them of their licenses if they violate the conditions thereof by keeping disorderly places. As to Inebriates with confirmed thirst for alcohol , the best way of dealing with them Is to have the disease cured by administering the cure. For the rest moral suasion , good ex ample , and proper family raising must be depended upon. Tlie human race is not composed of angels , and must be dealt with according to their nature , hahlts , environ ments , civilization , strength and light. This Is a world of good and evil , nnd must be handled accordingly In a free country where each man has equal voting power and un equal tendencies and dispositions. U'liy Ciinnillani Do Xnt Favor Aiinoxntlun. Jolm OeorBO llourlnot in the I-'orum , At present , assuredly , the people of Canada can see no reason for a "political union" in the weaknesses and evils of the purely democratic system of their neigh bors. When Canadians are invited even on the tloor of congress Itself "to cast In their lot with their own continent. " and are assured - sured "that they shall have all that the continent can give , " they refuse to consider the offer seriously , not because they have no Interest in the progress of their Ameri can cousins , who are- also the Inheritors of English Institutions , but because they know that they are working out those Institutions on principles far more conducive to the pure and effective administration of public affairs that In this respect , at nil events , they are already In advance of a great and prosperous people , who have been led In the course of years by reckless politicians Into methods of government which have lowered the standard of public morality and created scandals of far-reaching Influence on the nation. Canadians have higher aspirations at this critical period of their political development , when they nre laborIng - Ing amid many difficulties to form a new power on this continent , one-half of which they now possess aa their territorial domain , MOTllKlt'S A'O.VO. Chamber's Journal. When the thrushes cease their singing and the wild bees leave the clover ; When the glory of the sunset fades , and leaves the heavens pile ; When atx > ve the hill and mountains misty shades of twilight hover , And the discords of the daytime far away In distance , fall ; When the rath wTicai gently rustles , and the timid asjwjns 'shiver ' , And the west winds sighing softly scent from Bleeplngi Mowers bring ; When the peewits. . cry together plaintively by brook and rlv r Then It Is that I hear the old song1 that my mother used to sing. Round my neck lifeel the pressure of lier lingers warm apu\ slender , And In ateeplng.dreams ; and waking I have felt It manr times , Just as when of old 1 listened to that ditty , quaint and tender. Till the boughs that waved above us caught the cadence of the rhymes ; And my heart thrdb * ioud and quickly as I hear It rising' CleaVer , Youth Is mine , " "Us " hopes and visions , dreams and planx are mine again ; Earth. Is fairer. , | l'e | Is Bweeter ay , and heaven Itself seema nearer To me as I list In fancy to that ne'er for gotten strain. rott'ti ov inn STATS PURSS. Hastings Tribune : Omaha people have com menced their work with the ttato fair In the right way , and U will certainty be a grand success. Leigh World ! Omaha Is pushing the matter of preparing for the state fair this ( all. If hustling , combined with money , will make the coming state fair a success U will bo a good one. Kearney Era : Dill Uorgan will soon go out ot business In connection with the state pen itentiary. Governor Holcomb possesses the business qunllllcatlons to look after Nebraska's Interest , and the convicts will not bo al lowed to become n burden upon the taxpayers by earning at least their own expenses. I'lattsinouth News : The Interstate Com- mere : commission la hearing some pretty sound testimony In Omaha , showing that Omaha has been and Is now seriously dis criminated against by the railways. K Omaha had the same show as Kansas City her stock markets would soon outstrip the town on the Kaw. Cedar Haplds Republican : The best proof which has bc ° n given lately that the repub lican rank and flic and republican papers of Nebraska have not clean gone to the b.id Is their unbroken silence about the merits of the late republican legislature. Scarcely a word la spoken In Its defense or praise. The general feeling seems to be that the less said about tha miserable fiasco the bet ter. Crete Vldette : Governor Holcomb has called upon Dr. Hay to resign his position as superintendent of the Insane asylum at Lincoln , and there ought to ba some law by which the call could bo enforced. When a man has pulled at the public teat so long that he Is not even willing to let go when an adverse administration comes In he should he forced to quit , and steps taken to see that he don't get hold again. Such men are a disgrace to their party. Wlsncr Chronicle : The Fremont Tribune thinks that Ilosewater should be allowed to weep his weeps alone. Just so long as the Ilurltngton Journal nnd the F. ( r ) B. ( & ) M. ( out ) V. Tribune and the admirers of these stall-fed creatures of the corporations are seized with a nt of belching every time they see a locomotive blowing off steam , they may expect Hosewater and the anti-monopoly leaders to have plenty of sympathy and sup port among the great mass of the people who wring from the soil the moms to feed the cow which give ? , the milk that fills the maws of these sleek-coated calves. Kearney Hub : The Omaha flee asks : "Who Is to be queen of the state fair pageant ? Nebraska produces more pretty women than any other 4 > tate In the union. Wo have sta tistics In support of this fact. Should the prettiest maiden In the state be selected for queen of the Ak-Sar-len ) festivities , It would add 10,000 people to the throng of sightseers. " The llee has made a good suggestion , and If It Is followed up and acted upon Kearney will most assuredly furnish the queen. In vestigation on the part of the managers of the pageant Is hereby called to this bold statement , because Kearney Is In position to make It good. Lyons Sun : The present State Board of Agriculture has made up Its mind to make the state fair at Omaha this year the largest and most attractive exposition of the kind ever held In Nebraska. Thi , drouth of last year and the unfavorable comments ou the productiveness of Nebraska's soil which have appeared from time to time since last fall In eastern papars should be answered by every county sending an exhibit of its. pro ducts for exhibition before thousands who will visit Omaha during fair week. Such a display from eighty or ninety counties would go far toward redeeming the good name of the state as a cereal producing region , and attract the attention of thousands toward Nebraska. Li : AX It TillXOS. Kamni must look to Its laurels as the cyclone state. The marked Increase In the number of presidential "favorite sons" may explain the perspiring temperature of the season. Lorlng F. Tyler of Boston left $150,000 , eight wills , and two contestants for each. The lawyers will see to It that some of the heirs get left also. Called together to pass needful laws , the patriots of the Missouri legislature promptly defined their position with .regard to the Nicaragua question. Having squeezed $50,000.000 or there abouts out of the oil spurt the Standard Oil company should fence In and roof a commo dious pasture for sheared lambs. There Is a great rush of gold seekers to the Halny Lake- region ot Canada. The ad vance of summer will tend to make the re turn journey reasonably comfortable. Kntliuslastlc admirers of Missouri point with pride to a cash balance of $1,123,814.32 in the state treasury on the 1st. of May , but neglect to mention that the legislature Is in session. Susan D. Anthony does not care a conti nental "what basis of currency we have , so long as the women of the country get their rightful share of It. " The men are with you , Susan. A New York lady Is made defendant In a suit to recover $500 , the price demanded for her Easter bonnet. The original price of the bonnet was $53 , but the lawyers have added a few artistic trimmings to the bill. A. J. Illackwell , a rich and erratic Indian , who owns the cities of Dlackwcll and David City , In the Indian Territory , has decided to build a temple In David City , to cost $300,000. He wishes In this way to perpetuate the Indian religion. Having pinched everything else In sight , the Austrian government has levied a tax on cats. The tax Is not Intended to restrict fcllno soirees , but to replenish the national exchequer , and suggests a convenient mode of relict for governments troubled with per nicious deficits. Senator Hoar utters a patriotic howl against the unpatriotic hunters who assail the bald eagle of Asnobumsklt. Soar on , Senator , sail In ! Action , not words , is needed now. Snatch the gunners baldhcadcd ere the em blem ot liberty perishes amid the soughing pines of Asnebumsklt. An occasional Item ot startling newa Is flashed over the cable. A New York Herald cable contains a paragraph from the Euro pean edition announcing ttiat "many surprises await ua In heaven. " How the Information was obtained Is a professional secret , hut it U safe to bank on the assertion. A few clover women in Chicago , deter mined to profit by their knowledge of their sex , hung a hugo curtain on the wall of the club room , with a placard stating that a flna of 25 cents would bo Imposed upon every ono lifting It. The treasury Is waxing fat from natural curiosity. About twenty-five of the survivors ot the steamer Sultana met In annual reunion at Defiance , O. , on Tuesday. The Sultana Is the steamer that was burned on the 25th of April , 18C5 , a few miles above Memphis , with about 2,000 union soldiers on board. Not less than. 1,800 lives are supposed to have been lost. The suspension , ot Kato Field's Washington was not entirely duo to the shattered con dition of the publisher's health , but rather to Insufficient financial support. Miss Field has accealui a position on the start of the a.-iiwgo Times-Herald. The announcement Is gratifying to her admirers in and ouUldo the ranks of journalism. A member ot a New York grand Jury , In addressing the court at the conclusion ot the jury's labors , pointed out the growing In- dlflcrenco to honest toll conspicuous in all cities. Two-thirds of the young men ex amined by the jury were Amercan born and educated. "What makes most ot tliem crlm Inals , " ho declared , "Is the lack of trades. The young men of today , regardless of posi tion or station , all want to go to theaters , ball gamca , etc. , and do anything but hard work. All are looking for 'soft snaps , ' as they are called. This Is deplorable when wo gee BO many young American citizens , who should ba a credit to us , before the grand Jury to answer for a crime. I am satisfied a state school of trades would enable a goodly number at least to learn to work. " Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest "U.S. Gov't Report A in.VVF THAT WUllliKl ) , Washington Starr The principal cnm- promise In the Corlnto episode will be tlut suffered by tills country's reputation. Washington 1'ost : Jolin Hull should put Ills money In tils pocket and scoot. It he Is not able to si.'o his way clcnr to do this Undo S.nn ihould bo prompt In rendering the nec essary luslst.inco , New York World : Tlie report that Kng- land has accepted Nicaragua's olTcr to ecttlo on thii withdrawal of the troops ought to lie true It It Is not. The quicker ttint aflalr Is over the better for oil concerned In It especially for Kngland , If It wonts the good will ot either North or South America. Now York Advertiser : The demonstration was maJo oj a feeler as to the length ua shouM go in support of the Monroe doctrine. It li.n succeeded. We shall go nil lengths , when necessary. That much learned , Oreat Britain has no further use for Corlnto. nnd Is willing to .accept any terms to close tha matter up. I'hlljdclphl.i Press : The success of the Corlnto maneuver seems to have pleased John Hull so much that there Is now talk ot bully ing Honduras , nnd even Oiiatemnl.i , it was said nemo time ago , was likely to fool the pressure of the Kngllsh bondholders by direct Intervention nt the port of Livingston. Why not give John the whole of Central America nnd be done with It ? Indianapolis Journal : There Is reason to bcllovo that the administration' * cowardly policy In the Nicaragua ! ) matter has been largely due to the efforts of Ambassador Dayard. llosldes being an ardent admirer of England he Is strongly opposed to the Nlca- raguan canal. The United States could scarcely have a poorer representative at the court of St. James when American Interests were threatened than Mr. Hayurd. St. Paul Pioneer-Press : John Hull dropped Into a very deep well when he tumbled Into Corlnto In his hut pursuit of Nlcarnguan shekels. He was mighty glad to be pulled out of that mcphlstlc hole by the windlass of a tardy compromise. And now that he Is out ot It on the guarantee of Nicaragua to pay his demand of $75.000 , It would be Interest ing to guess what he thinks of the ridiculous and unseemly part he has played In this business. AHUVT H'O.l/K.V. The Cincinnati Post says : A Chicago woman was taken to the asylum the other day , having become Insane from reading novels. As In hygiene , so It Is In literature : It Is good to know what to avoid. Inquiry should be Instituted nt once , with the view of learning what works , of fiction landed this unfortunate woman In an asylum. Was It "The Heavenly Twins , " "Ships That Pass In the Night , " or "Trilby ? " Perhaps she was a victim of the yellow cover , and perused such books as "Deadshot Dick , the Hey Terror of the Plains. " or "Golddust Barrel , the Hero of the Mines. " Abraham Lincoln said that "Without the help of women the rebellion would never have been put down , nor the country saved. " Having announced to a man that she will never forgive him , says the Atchlson Globe , a woman's next worry Is tlut he will not ask to be forgiven. The fellow who objects to the advancement of women would better get out of the way , says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. To the woman r' "dva ced Ideas leap year Is no longer slgi > , ( leant of greater matrimon ial liberty , say. , the St. Paul Globe. She simply adopts the modern "bargain counter motto , and when she sees what she wants asks for It. Miss Kate Field writes In a sprightly and fearless way of things that happened thirty or more years ago , says the Chicago Tri bune. Can It bs but no. We refuse to be lieve her memory reaches back as far as that. An exchange says : The literary women In New York are taking to public reading of their own works as n means of Increasing their Incomes and their fame. Mrs. Durton Harrison and others have recently read their stories and poems in public. Denver Times says : It will soon be In order for the- extreme woman suffragists to publish a paper and call it "The New Man. " Twenty years ago the newspaper women of this country could have been counted on one's lingers. Today they reach the thou sands. A few ' have attained national celeb- , rlty , but the most , like the newspaper men , are content to merge ) their personality In the dally , weekly or monthly on which they are employed , and to bo known only within their own ranks , says an eastern exchange , Calente , Cal. , has a newspaper wilted by a woman , which Is written entirely with a typewriter and Issued twice a month. When spectacles were first Invented and came Into use In Italy women were forbidden to wear them on the ground that , being very striking ornaments , they would contribute to female vanity. There are said to be over 1,000 women In Now York , who , In one way or another , make their own living by their pens. Wyoming has the smallest female popu lation , 21,392 ; New York the largest , 3,020.- 960. The invention of the typewriter has given employment to half a million women. OWT OP ri/K London bus thirty persons whose Incomel nro over $ f > 00,000 a year. > j , 311k Is so cheap In Madagascar that llu poorest people wear clothing made ot It. K.tster Sunday will not ngaln occur as carl ) as It did ynsl year ( March 25) ) until the ycal 1913. 1913.A A rug thirteen fret square , containing 251 stitches to the Inch , has been ( told In Loiuloc for $5.000- It Is estimated that two years nrn required for the gulf water to travel from Florida ti the coast of Norway. . U Is said thnt most of C.OOO horses shipped from America to Kuropo recently were In tended for slaughter as food. It Is stated that In one week of last ycai ono railroad Issued to members of the Now York legislature , for themselves and friends , 43S passes. I'.alii while the sun Is shining Is referred to In nearly every country In the world bj nn expression equivalent to "The devil It beating his wife. " To open an account In the Dank of England a person imt't deposit not less than (500 , and the authorities require the depositor to be In troduced by a customer. At n spot on the highway near Avon , N. Y. , where n man was Ittlled over seventy years ago. three plants of nn unknown species ara said to annually spring up and bloom. Pliny Is authority for the statement that Zoroaster once lived thirty years on nothing hut cheese , nnd that thnt diet made him InsrnMblo to the advances of old age. A biilloon recently sent up In I'ails equipped with self-registering thermometers and bar ometers reached an altitude of ten miles nnd the thermometer recorded 110 degrees below zero. zero.There There nro only four days each year In which sun and clock time exactly correspond. April 15 was one of those days. The other thiee are Juno 14 , September 1 and Decem ber 24. On the Ilelglan state railways fares nro lower than anywhere else In Kuropo. Uo- CPntly the Ilelglan government lias mudo a fresh concession. Var $5 the traveler can obtain a ticket available for one person to travel over thn entire system for a fortnight. Kor second class the charge Is about half as much again , and for llrst-cKiss about double. Till : Cll.ll'flXS Dlttll. Philadelphia Iteconl : A wag who had been conversing in the sign language with two ladles , who were deaf nnd dumb , spoke of It us "a little exercise with the dumb belles. " Harpor'8 lluznr : Mr. Dunn ( unpaid bill In his hnnd ) When shall I cull again. Mr. Owens ? Mr. Owens Well , It would hardly be proper for you to call again until I have returned the present cull. Detroit Free Press : Unndy Youth Wh.it the mischief did you hire mo a blind horse for ? Livery man ( guilelessly ) Didn't you tell me you wanted something- of sight be cause you were going to take your beat girl driving ? Onlveston News : A couple of plow lines nre great pulls for an idle and athletic young ; man. Philadelphia Ttecord : Hoax What kind If chickens my longest ? Joux Dead ones , of course. Chicago Tribune : "Speaking' about the rnllinads beingharmonious. . " observed Hlv- crs. "I notice there Is a good deal of pooling' and hauling' among' them. " Chicago Post : "Are you for silver or gold ? " asked the statesman. "That depends , " replied the politician. "Which have you got ? " lloston Transcript : Hicks They say that Tom Skrlbbldiard Is going to do the society news on the Howler. Wicks Oh , there must be some mistake. Tom would never make a writer of society news. He has the bad habit , you know , of writing grammatically and in u common sense sort of way. Chicago Tribune : Mr. McSwat ( getting ready for church ) Lobelia , what's the matter - tor with this necktie of mine ? I cnn't llnd any way to fasten the- blamed thing on. Jlw. McSwat O ! O ! O ! I'ut that down , Hllllger ! That's my new Imt ! lloston Transcript : "What do you think best , now , champagne or beer ? " "My dear fellow , it depends altogether on whether It Is my treat or the other fellow's. " Gnlveston News : An eastern Texas den- eon whipped his eldest son , who came homo from college nnd called the old man's church n hook and ladder company. Judge : Nodd Our nurse girl has just had a terrible lit of sickness. Todd-Yes ? What was the matter ? Nodd Hy mistake she took Homo medicine she was going to give to the baby. Indianapolis Journal : "You bet , " vocifer ated the large , red-fac.'d man as he pounded on the bar. "I belong to a lighting family. " "That's what he does , " said the mild little man at the free-lunch counter. "I live next door to him , and him and his wife has a scrap nigh every morning. " Chicago Ilecord : "lOxcus ? me. " said the summer girl , languidly , to her llance , "but may I ask you a question ? " "Certainly. " said the devoted lover , tight ening his grasp on her Hli > nder waist. "Well , " Mild the beautiful girl , "would , you mind telling me your name ? " Somervllle Journal : North Have you got a oed laundryman ? West First rate. Ho brought me seven collars last week that didn't belong to me , besides my own , and they were all my size. lUUKSISTIBLE. Washington Hlnr. How shall we shun the microbe That assails us at each breath ? If he can't kill us otherwise Hu'll frighten us to death. "He is well paid that is well satisfied" And ho is well satisfied who doesn't , pay too much for his clothing , and still is well- dressed. An Ill-fitting garment Is dear as a gift , and tjood clothes are worth what they coat if bought of a responsible house. \Vo know a few custom tailors who make as good clothing us wo do , and thorn nro Homo who can , perhaps , glvo you a trlllo rnoro fin tab In some unimportant details. But at what coat ? As a rule wo think wo can fit you a3 well as the madn-to-ineasuro mnn ; wo know that our materials are us fine an his nnd will wear as well , and wo fancy the saving to you is from a quarter to a 1mlf of his charges. Of course the cecrot of the lower prlco Is in the great volume of our business and the scale on which wo manufuctuo fine clothing for our fifteen retail stores ; but the secret of our superiority lies In the untiring attention to all the details of making , from the testing and sponging the clothu , to the cutting , sovring , trimming , pressing , and oven thosowinjron of the hut- tons. All these processes having been gone through , then comes the ex amining , and we assure you that It is not a merely perfunctory proceeding. The caroioss workman might wish it wore. It is such an examination of every garment as must detect any imperfection and cause the rejection of every piece of faulty workmanship. Good reliable tailor made suits $10 and upwards. Reliable Clothiers , S.W. Cor. loth au4 Sts.