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China thought soinctliliiK intaht pos
sibly happen at the last minute. Hut
It didn't.
Uiislness Is ImprovliiR throughout the
country , not on account of the free sil
ver agitation , but In spite of It.
Like Tom Murray's hotel building , the
union depot project Is a IOHR time coin
ing , but Its consummation Is only n
matter of time.
Mr. Pullman says wealth does not
bring happiness. Hut that will not pre
vent any of our millionaires from con
tinuing their quest for more wealth and
Incidental uuhapplness.
The railroad passenger men are still
at It. There Is more fuss and feathers
over one cut rate ticket than there Is
over the ninety and nine full fare lambs
that have been gathered Into the rail
road fold.
Now we will learn whether the pay
ment of the Indemnity which the Jap
anese are about to exaet from China
will really have any appreciable in-
tluence in raising the price of silver on
the bullion market
The MardI flras tloats arc now on
their voyage to the port of Omaha.
They are dreams of beauty and artis
tic color and design. They must prove
to bo one of the greatest drawing cards
of state fair week.
If representation In congress were
to be apportioned according to taxation
Instead of taxation according to repre
sentation the political complexion of the
national house of representatives would
1)0 very different from what it Is. .
If the street railway company were
compelled to remove Its tracks when
ever It ceased to make regular use of
them It would In all probability be less
Inclined to abandon particular lines
simply because other lines pay more
profitably. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Our free silver friends ought not to
begin with 1"i2 In their argument for
free coinage. They ought to appeal to
geology and the prehistoric record of
the earth to prove that silver existed
before gold and Is therefore entitled to
superior privileges.
Let us give the motive power people
a tip. The outlook now Is that when
the year's crop shall have been har
vested the demand upon their rolling
stock will be very great , and In fact ,
dlfllcult to meet. So they better get
their house in order.
There are opportunities for real es
tate Investments In Omaha that will
never come to men of this generation
again. The foreslghted homcseeker or
capitalist will not be slow to get a
foothold here. The next live years will
bring him handsome prolits on his In
vestments.
The award to Dorgan for his peni
tentiary property won't consume the entire -
tire ? : i5,000 appropriated by the state
for the purpose of buying out his inter
est. The appraisers * are bound to leave
enough of the appropriation to pay for
their own services ut a handsome per
diem compensation.
There Is no dearth of Intervcnors In
the canal mandamus proceedings.
Had there been no mandamus the Intt-r-
vcnors would unquestionably have at
tempted to block the canal project by
process of Injunction. The mandamus
method Is , after all , and notwithstand
ing threatened delays , the quickest war
to settle the points of disputed law
Involved.
Every one who has kept xip with the
testimony In the cases against ex-Treas
urer Hill and his bondsmen must know
exactly how to proceed to procure an
.
ollicial bond when elected treasurer of
the state. All that Is necessary is to go
to the banks and tell them how much
of the security they are expected to fur
nish. A treasurer's bond without sureties
ties supplied by the banks would b < s an
unheard-of phenomenon.
Whether the new departmental or
ganization of the High school will result
In any material saving to the taxpayers
will depend upon how many teachers
nro employed nt the lower range of
salaries. If most of the teachers now
employed arc to be made heads of de
partments with corresponding salaries
the expense of Hie school will bo as
great as now. 'ihero Is only ono way
to keep expenses of the High school
down and that Is to keep the aggregate
Salaries within fixed limits.
irwr POOLTNO PERSISTS.
"Questions of the Infraction of the
Interstate commerce act must bo dealt
with by the attorney general , " Chair
man Morrison of the Interstate Com
merce commission Is quoted ns saying
In n special dispatch to one of the east
ern papers. "It Is a mistake to say
wo wink nt or In any way encourage
pools. For Instance , according to news
paper report , there has been formed n
money pool on freight rates eastbound
from Chicago , St. Louis , etc. We often
find there Is some truth In such re
ports , but are unable to find anything
definite upon which proceedings can be
brought When we do we turn the
matter over to the attorney general.
When we get back to Washington we
will probably learn something more
definite about the alleged eastbound
money pool. "
Of course the Interstate Commerce
commission does not actively encour
age pooling. Things would have come
to a pretty pass should the olllccrs ap
pointed for the particular purpose ,
among other things , of abolishing this
forbidden practice , bo found actually
aiding and abetting the railroads In violating
lating the law. When It Is charged that
the commission has regularly winked
at pooling , all that Is insinuated is that
the pools have not been suppressed
and that the commission has been , if
not blind to their existence , at least
gentle In their pursuit. In the same
column of the very newspaper from
which the Interview with Chairman
Morrison Is taken Is a report to the
effect that owing to the opposition of
the Missouri Pacific nnd Wabash roads
the western tonnage pools which were
nearly completed are practically sus
pended. The Information Is further
jlven that the gist of the agreements
was that the roads turn over to com-
H'titors any business in excess of their
igreed percentages , and that there have
H'cn no divergences since the first
iionth , nor will there be any more
intll a schedule of revised percentages
s agreed upon. When the pooling bill
was up before congress one of the
strong pleas made In Its favor was that
pools do and will exist , and that the
ntcrstate commerce act had proved
powerless to put them down. The
ucmbers of the commission , nt that
time anxious for the passage of the
bill , did not think it worth while to
leny the reflection thus cast upon their
administration of the law.
The railroads do not ask encouragc-
nent In their efforts to evade the pool-
ng prohibition. All they want Is to be
let alone , and so far they seem to have
liad their own way unmolested. Per
haps It Is owing to defects In the law ,
perhaps to the inactivity of the attor
ney general , as much as to the leniency
of the commission. But there Is no
iloubt that pooling could be abolished
If the different authorities charged with
that duty set about In earnest to ac
complish that result.
IX TJIK IKTEltKUT OK FAIll VLAT.
The canal proposition is the most Im
portant matter now engaging the at
tention of the district court. It affects
the Interests of every taxpayer of Doug
las county. Tlie decision will affect not
only the present generation of taxpay
ers , but several generations yet to come.
Whatever may be the division of senti
ment relating to the feasibility of the
canal as a constant and unfailing gener
ator of cheap power , the overwhelming
majority of the community Is pro
nounced in favor of public ownership
In preference to corporate ownership.
In other words , if we are to embark In
this enterprise nnd bond the county to
carry it out the great mass of citizens
want to own , control and operate the
canal. On that point there Is practically
no division , barring alone the parties
whose private Interests conflict with
those of the public. In the Interest of
fair play parties who have Intervened
purely In the interest of the corporate
schemers who desire to prevent any
attempt to give public ownership of
power , water and electric light supply a
foothold in this city and county should
be barred out of the contest now pend
ing In the courts.
The canal law Is doubtless defective
In' many points and if these defects af
fect the validity of the law or prevent
Its execution under present conditions
the courts should so decide ? and save
the citizens the expense and turmoil of
u special election. It Is manifestly to
the Interest of all concerned that every
debatable point in the law should be
adjudicated before an election Is called
but all frivolous attempts at delay am
interposition of objections not inspired
in the Interest of the public should bo
discountenanced. If In the end the law
Is declared to be valid the question
whether or not our citizens desire to
assume the liabilities and risks Involve !
In the undertaking will be remanded to
the people for discussion and final de
clslon.
IN TIIK WB.voi-H.mr
The silver fight In the di'inocratli.
party threatens to utterly demoralize
and disrupt that political organization
for whether the champions of free silver
or the friends of a sound currency arc
successful In the next national conven
tion of the party there undoubtedly wll
follow a disintegration which will place
the party In a hopeless minority fet
years. The battle between the two ele
incuts grows In fierceness and vigor
In Illinois the sound money democrats
under the leadership of Senator Palmer
are actively at work , while the fret
sllverltes , who claim to bo a mtijorltj
of the party In that state , are leavlns ,
nothing undone to promote their cause
seemlns not nt all discouraged by the
comparatively insignificant vote whlcl
they were nblo to get out In CooL
county.
In Ohio the free silver democrats
who have been signally defeated In two
campaigns In which they made free
silver an Issue , are laying their plans to
secure delegations to the coming state
convention pledged to the adoption 01
resolutions committing the party In tha
state to the fre-e and unlimited coinage
of silver. Senator Ilrlce has public ! )
announced his determination to flgln
this clement In the party and ho wll
have a considerable following , but the
chances are that the free silver men
will win , as they did last year. In
ndlixna there Is a similar contest , with
ho chances apparently In tavor of the
rco silver element of the party. A
warm contest Is on In Kentucky and
lenry Wattorson , In the Ixmlsvlllo
Jourlcr-Journal , warns the advocates of
rco silver that if they commit the
mrty to that policy the effect will be to
llsrupt It nnd glvo the state to the re-
lubllchng. In Wisconsin , Michigan nnd
jthcr states the free silver democrats
ire aggressive.
This conflict In the democratic camp
vlll grow In Interest , because the poll-
Iclans who nro conducting the free
illvor campaign arc firmly determined
o commit the party to their policy in
he next national contest , and nothing
vlll persuade them to desist or to aban-
Ion this purpose. They arc for the
uost part men who have a personal
ambition to subserve and who under
stand that to abandon the course they
invo marked out would almost certainly
be fatal to their political hopes. The
. ontcst Is one wlileh republicans can
contemplate with complacency , for
vhlle it Is true that there are free sll-
er republicans they constitute a very
small minority of the party , and there-
'ore can cause little trouble. There Is
10 serious conflict In the republican
anks on this question , nnd It is not to
jo doubted that the next national con-
entlon of the party will take the same
stand regarding sliver that ( lie last one
lid. nor Is It at all doubtful that on
such a platform It will carry the coun
try. The American people do not de
sire to abandon silver , but on the other
iiind they do not want a policy which
would expel gold from the currency
ind give them only silver as the stand-
ird.
1J1K DKrAl\'AItn \ SKXATORSllll' .
The republicans of Delaware , who
lave a majority of eight in the leglsla-
: tire In joint ballot , may not be repre
sented in the senate of the Fifty-fourth
congress. If they are not the individual
chiefly responsible is one .7. Edward
tVddicks , who as a candidate for the
senate Is said to have declared at the
beginning of the contest that if he
could not secure the election he would
prevent any other republican from bo
ng elected. This man Addlcks was
lever known In politics until he en
tered the race for the senatorshlp and
10 appears to have had no other claim
: o consideration than the fact that he
s wealthy and contributed to the elec-
; lon of some of the members of the
cglslnture. In doing this it seems that
ic made a bargain with these members
to support him and most of them re
mained loyal to him to the last. The
course of Addlcks In persisting In a
hopeless contest will be universally co'i-
ilemned as a. contemptible exhibition of
selfishness and every sincere republican
in Delaware ought to refuse to further
tolerate him in the councils of the
party.
There are thirty members of the two
houses of the Delaware legislature , so
that sixteen arc necessary to the elec
tion of a United States senator. Henry
A. Dupout , who received fifteen votes ,
was declared elected by the speaker
of the house , and the republicans claim
this to be legal on the ground that the
speaker of the senate having became
governor reduced the membership of
that body to eight and of the legisla
ture to twenty-nine , making fifteen
Kufliclent for the election of a senator.
There Is a nice point raised In this
connection upon which , in the event
of a contest in the senate , the decision
will probably rest. It Is expected that
the governor , who Is a democrat , will
refuse a certificate to Dupont and ap
point a senator , on the ground that
the legislature adjourned without elect
ing , and In that case there will bo a
contest before the senate , which is the
solo judge of the election and qualifica
tions of Us members. As the senate
has made a precedent against the Tight
of a governor to appoint a senator
where the legislature has failed to elect
It Is to be presumed It would adhere to
It In the event of the gov
ernor of Delaware appointing a
senator , and if it should hold that
Mr. Dupont was not elected , wlileh Is
not unlikely to bo the case for partisan
reasons , Delaware will have but one
senator In the next congress and the
victory of the republicans of that state
lu electing a legislature will bo to this
extent a barren one.
What republicans everywhere will es
pecially regret Is the fact that this Is
sue will probably prevent a reorganiza
tion of the senate by the republicans ,
It being suggested In Washington that
the democrat. ? may find It to their In
terest to continue In control of the
committees as long as possible. It Is
pretty safe to say that they will not
reject this opportunity to hold on , even
for a brief time , to the little power
which control of the senate gives them.
The Edmunds act which was passed
to put nn end to the practice of poly
gamy out In I'tali , Is , we are told , being
appealed to In Washington to compel the
colored people living together there to
take out marriage licenses. The act is
general In scope and therefore applies
to all territory of the United States not
Milder state government. The people
of Utali were harassed by it for only a
short time. The service to which It Is
now bejng put In Washington is practi
cally that of u collector of marriage
license fees for the local otliclals.
Moses P. Handy thinks he sees some
connection between the fishing season
and the Ir-iuguratlon of strikes by or
ganized labor. So soon as fishing Is
good the strikes begin. And by the
time fishing gives out the strikes are
concluded. At least , so he says. Hut II
admitting all this to bo true , what hns
the fishing season got to do with
strikes ?
The city officials claim to have dis
covered several leaks in the gas piping
of the city hall. The gas bills for the
city jail Indicate that there nro similar
leaks there. Hut when It comes to stop
ping leaks the city officials should not
stop with gas pipes.
The railroads leading Into this great
commercial metropolis promise low
rates to and from the state fair. Send
these tidings out Into the byways and
hedges that all the people may come.
The railroads can Increase the attend
ance nt the fallCO per cent If Uiey will
and It bcglnajta look ns If they mean
o do so. SliajltiT'thls ' prove tnio Omaha
will forgive 'jhtyn ' for a good deal of
their cusscdneKs in the past
Mr. Bryan. r'e errliig to Coin's Finan
cial School , saya : "Of course no school
was held. " Of course not , but the nu-
: her of Colii ' .Jntended to make Ignorant
md unsuspecting people believe that
such a school'was ' held. Ho Intended to
nuke peoploljjeirevc that the prominent
persons who ] arc mentioned In It by
name were actually engaged In the al-
egcd financial discussion and came out
of the small end. . If he had represented
ils fictitious puplls'by the names of Tom ,
Dick and Harry , or A. , It. and 0. , his
falsifications would have been by no
means so effective. Mr. Bryan now
confesses that the chief expounder of
: he free silver fallacy resorts to most
larefaced falsehood. But then false-
mod Is the principal stock In trade of
: he free silver propaganda.
The contest for the Delaware senator-
ship has ended so far as the legislature
Is concerned. The legislators who visit
the state capital from now on will have
: o pay their own hotel bills. It Is need
less to say that they will not be found
it the capital so frequently as when
some one else defrayed the expenses.
A hiirlli ) , ' I'rmliot.
AVnshlngton Star.
Hon. nil ! Bryan has overllowed Ms banks
igaln , und the sufferers on account of this
freshet are those who ore compelled to
come in personal contact with his views.
Ucxriiri ! nf the Toot lip di Toe.
Cincinnati nmrulrer.
Suppose an office holder should refuse to
be be disciplined" on the money question ,
\vlmt would the president do about it ? And
If the president got the man out , what
would the senate do about confirming' his
successor ?
The JUmiarrlilnl Syndicate.
Olobe-Uemocrat.
Now that thr e European powers have
tendered their flendly advice to Japan and
waited at the front door with guns until it
was accepted , the United States should con-
wider the possibility that the same sort of
amicable counsel may be offered it some
day l > y a syndicate of European nations.
The beat and probably the only way to
prevent such an Incident will be to keep
the navy in good lighting trim.
No KoBiirrcolliniJi.
Cleveland World.
The commander of the confederate veter
ans of Chicago naturally tries to break the
force of the criticism upon the dedication of
the monument to the lost cause there. He
says that Grand Armv of the Republic posts
have very generally decoratid the graves of
the confederates and the confederates the
graves of the union soldiers in the ceme
teries. The money for the monument was
mainly raised by himself , and no northerner
asked to recognize the right of the con
federate cause. 13ut neither "he nor any
other southerner who was nn actor during
ol-'Cj can or will forget the past , " and. he
adds , "it is not reasonable to expect us to
change our orlgmal opinions , "
Hut this Is the
very reason why a monu-
m.nt totn , , ? cWcderate cause on northern
soil is Illogical'tout of place. Improper and
intolerable. TJiQ decoration of a grave from
year to year la a passing sentiment that
may cease atr'nny time. It certainly Is
likely to be temporary. It Is not Intended
to perp ° tuate a principle or a cans ? .
Hut a monument. If It has any meaning
nt all , is meant to ba a perpetual memorial
The graves of , herpes and statesmen may
be neglected , atil ( often are ; but monuments
survive , not merelyas tokens of sentimental
affection , but as tributes to services In a
great cause orilrr behalf of a worthy prin
ciple. !
The reason why this ex-confederate Is so
interested In the Chicago monument Is be
cause he "cnnridt and will not forget the
past : " because M has not "changed his
opinions. Had he done so he would cars
little or nothing about the monument. He
would be far moro likely to be nehamed of
it than to be proud of ft and busy himself
In tearing it down rather than In erecting
It. When monuments shall bs erected any
where In the south to the memory of Lin
coln nnd Grant ; when the anniversary of
their births Is celebrated there , then It will
be high time to erect monuments In the
north to the lost cause and to Hie wrong the
confedeintes undertook to uphold and per
petuate. Hut by that time the pople of the
south will not want to erect monuments to
Davis , Lee and their soldiers. They will
feel that they arp no more deserving , of
monuments than George III or Cornwallls ,
who struggled to uphold tyranny and op
press their fellow men. They will consider
them as complete failures as the French
now consider Louis XVI or Louis Na
poleon.
national opposition to confederate monuments
ments Is not eased upon hatred or a spirit
of revenge , but upon sound moral principles ,
and an earnest and sincere desire not to
allow those principles to be confused or ob
scured. There should be no resurrections.
COHfAtlK
New York Tribune : President Cleveland's
letter to Governor Stone of Missouri proves
clearly enough that the writer's hand has
lost none of Its cunning In the difficult art
of subterfuge and evasion. History will
recognize Mr. Cleveland as the American
statesman who could write more letters on
tariff and currency without uttering a posi
tive opinion on cither of those subjects than
any other man of his time.
Milwaukee Journal : It is a curious fact
that while the country was on a paper money
basis , at the time the national banks were
established , the people west of the Rockies
would none of It , but Insisted on an exclusive
gold currency. So strong was this feeling
that provision had to be made In tbo bankIng -
Ing law for gold banks on the coast dif
ferent from those In the east. They would
not accept the national bank except on a
gold basis. This state of affairs continued
till the resumption of specie payments. Now
these states are all for silver. They stood
out for a gold monometallism when all the
rest of the country went to paper ; and when
the rest of the country-como to a gold stand
ard they make haste to put themselves Into
he silver ranks.
New York Times : The sound money men
In the democratic party have a bard light
before them. They cannot go Into it too
soon or too resolutely. Wo publish this
morning a careful statement of the probable
action of the conventions of the two great
parties on the currency question. It shows
that In each convention there Is likely to
be a platform with a silver plank reported ;
In each conrentlon that plank Is likely to
be rejected. In the republican by a heavy
majority , In the democratic by one small
but decisive. With platforms substantially
alike and candidates whose views are In
harmony with them , the democrats will , on
the basis of their present strength , probably
have a plurality tn the electoral college , but
not a majority , , In that case the election
would be thrown ( nto the house , nnd the
republican candidate would be elected.
Louisville Cojuror-Journal : "The stamp
of the government- a solemn guarantee
and pledge oU/JtSj. ( money's ) redemption , "
says one of Senator Blackburn's disciples.
So It is when on a paper note or a silver
coin under the present system , but under
free coinage of.ij'lver ' the stamp of the gov
ernment on & silver dollar would mean noth
ing except a guarantee of the quality and
quantity of the" sliver the coin contained.
Silver under free coinage would not be re
deemable. It would be what our silver
friends are wont to call "money of final re
demption. " If It should not be worth more
than 60 cents Is worth now , the govern
ment could noCTtnajo It worth more by re
deeming It. And If It could , what should It
be redeemed InT1 Bold ? Then we should
have not a double standard , but a single
gold standard , "against which the sllverltes
are so vociferously Inveighing.
OTJIBH T.AXnX TKA.X OO/IS.
The Scandinavian crisis hm developed anew
now phase. Hitherto the demands of Nor
way for the recognition of her conitltutlonal
rights of the act of union with Sweden have
been met by purely pagalvo remittance on
the part of the Swedish king ; but the de
cision of the Illgsdag , at Stockholm , to ter
minate the commercial treaty with Norway
Is In the nature of active retaliation. The
Swedes profess to bo very fearful that In
according Norway her undoubted right to
separate consular and diplomatic representa
tion abroad the political union be Us eon the
two kingdoms would bo Impaired ; but they
have apparently no scruples In severing the
commercial union between the two countries.
It seems that , notwithstanding her super
iority In wealth nnd population and her much
larger army nnd navy , Sweden will still
shun open hostilities with Norway and will
preferably resort to chicanery In combating
the claims of her unwilling yokefellow. The
danger of the situation , however , lies In the
possibility that , despairing of gaining her
rights either by constitutional means or by
force of arms If unaided , Norway may bo
driven to enter Into an alliance with Russia.
The cession to llussla of Varanger-Kiord , on
the north coast of Norway , whereby the
Muscovites would obtain a large nnd Ice-free
harbor on the Atlantic seaboard , might prove
a strong temptation to the government If the
czar. King Oscar , on the other imiul , is
supposed to have received ussuranccs of
sympathy and even of substantial assistance
from Kalasr Wllhclm. The brave struggle
of republican Norway for practical Inde
pendence of aristocratic Sweden should bo
sulllclent In Itself to orouso the sympathetic
intereit of every lover of political liberty.
*
The chances of the Armenians receiving
redress for the sufferings they Lave under
gone or even of enjoying a period of Im
munity from Turkish persecution appear at
present to be very remote. The commission
of Inquiry , from whom so much was ex
pected , seems to be accomplishing very little
and Its Investigations drag wearily along
month after month without showing signs
of coming to a dlllnlto conclusion. The delay
In the Inquiry , as a recent report from the
the locality states , Increases the Bufferings
of the Armenians , who are over-ridden by
Turkish soldiers and police official : . The
only thing in the whole disgraceful business
that It is a pleasure to dwell upon Is the
interest shown by Mr. Gladstone In behalf
of this much persecuted people. Although
he originally stated that little was to be
expected from a man of his years and that
whnt he could do would be done anony
mously , as an ordinary English subject in
the cause of common humanity , the mere
personal Influence of so powerful and dis
tinguished a man , acting in an entirely un
official manner , has made itself a potent
factor In the case. Mr. Gladstone , while
not overlooking the local atrocities , roundly
denounces the sultan and the portc. Their
action in the question ha considers as worse
than their conduct in regard to Bulgaria
In 187G. Too much cannot be said In praise
of the unselfish , noble and broad minded
spirit which causes a man of Mr. Gladstone's
years to take up and so warmly advocate
a cause so urgently in need of Influence.
It Is strange that the brightest hope the
Armenians have of receiving proper treat
ment In the future nt the hands of the
Turkish government should como from the
Influence and the respect universally ac
corded the opinions of the great retired Eng
lish statesman.
* *
When Sir William Harcourt , the English
chancellor of the exchequer , Introduced the
budget In parliament a few days ago he
remarked that it might bo the last time ho
would take part officially In a budget debate.
This remark was taken to mean that he
proposed to resign , or that he looked for an
early dissolution of Parliament , either of
which events , the latter especially , Is now
within the probabilities. There Is no ques
tion as to the existence of serious desscn-
slons in the Rosebory cabinet. Sir William
Harcourt will brook no Interference with his
plans , and when he is opposed in any way
threatens to bring in his local option meas
ure , which. It Is believed by his colleagues ,
would defeat the government If brought
a vote. There is no Indication that Lord
Rosebory contemplates resigning , but It la
not thought that he desires Parliament
should live any longer than to permit the
government to pass certain bills. The fact
that there was a liberal victory at the lasl
two by-elections , and that the torles and
the unionists arc far from being In harmony
has encouraged the liberals and they be
lieve now that they can cary out the min
isterial program. But a general election
and a by-election are two different things ,
and the chancellor of the exchequer probably
predicted rightly as to his future.
* * *
The visit of llttlo Queen Wllhclmlna of
Holland to England has again aroused the
discussion known In European courts as "The
Dutch Marriage Question. " Although Wll-
helmlna Is not yet 15 , It Is not at all Improb
able that she may be betrothed within a year
or so and married by the time she is 17. II
she should die the question of succession
would bo an awkward one for Holland. There
are unfortunately very few possibilities In
looking for a husband for Wllhelmlna. Her
husband must , of course , bo a prince of royal
blood , and he must bo a Protestant. The
Dutch also object to an out and out German
prince. All these things have made the he
reditary duke of Saxe-Coburg the most likely
candidate. As a grandson of Queen Victoria ,
his father an Englishman and his mother a
Russian , llttlo objection could be raised on
the score of his parentage. Ills being likely
to succeed his father as a duke of a German
state would have to be put up with In this
case. Queen Wllhelmlna is rather delicate ,
and the court physicians urge on her mother ,
the queen regent , the advisability of an early
marriage.
There are points In Europe and Asia at
which cholera has already appeared this
year. For some weeks It has prevailed to amore
moro or loss extent In several of the prov
inces of Russia ; It has broken out among
the Japanese troops In Formosa and It has
appeared at the Red sea port of Mecca
among the Mohammedan pilgrims who Jour
neyed thither. This annual pilgrimage hag
long been a serious monaco to European
and other western nations. It U true that
Turkey , Egypt and Persia have made , united
efforts to establish measures of quarantine
agaliut the plaeue , but so far they have
been Inadequate , a fact largely due to the
Inherent apathy of oriental officials. The
appearance of the scourge In Russia is even
more to bo dreaded than the outbreak In
Formosa. The Japanese are thorough in
their sanitary precaution ! , but Russia has
always lagged behind other European na
tions In the adoption of strict and effective
sanitary regulations. The people , too , are
densely Ignorant , and every effort made to
protect them against an epidemic Is re-
stnted. Had It not been for Russia It ls
safe to say that cholera would long ago have
been expelled from Europe. As It Is , the
moat careful precaution ! are unable to pre
vent It from Invading other parts of the
continent , especially places to or from which
there Is a steady flow of Immigration , as It
takes the direction of the seaports and the
lines of travel leading thereto.
Statistics show that Germany Is really
now a manufacturing nation and can no
longer be called an agricultural country.
The subject has been terlously discussed In
the Reichstag and the statement U made
that In many of the factory towns the per
centage of young men physically fit for the
army has gone down to 10 or less , factory
operatives not being so robust as young men
from the country districts used to bo. A
like condition of things Is said to exist In
France , and this weeding out of "a bold
peasantry , their country's pride , " might have
Important results In the event of either of
these two great powers going to war In the
near future.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Powder
PURE
RMAllT MUXRV JHHiT.Kli.
Washington Star : England leaves Corlnto ,
but she takci o good chunk of the Monroe
doctrine with her.
Chicago Dlapstcht It will be noticed that
the British troops were hurried out of Corlnto
just ns soon ai Uncle Shelby Cullom began
to daub himself with warpaint out la Cali
fornia ,
Philadelphia Record : England has hauled
down her flag In Nicaragua for good and
sufficient reasons. If an American admiral
had don ? .that thing how the patriotic gall of
the Frycs and the Lodges would have come ,
hot and foaming , to their lips.
Courier-Journal : Still It seems that John
Bull has roilly gone. The marines embarked ,
two war vessels sailed away , the British
flag wns hauled down , and only ono vessel
lingered for the supposed purpose of saluting
the Hag of Nicaragua , The Idea of Britons
pulling down a flag , which was hoisted where
It did not belong , Is bas Imitation of the
policy of Cleveland nnd Greshnm In Hawaii ]
What Infamy I Small wonder , therefore ,
that the heart of the Jingo Is bowed down.
Nothing but an Immediate declaration ofsar
against England will have power to restore
the wonted smile to Ills face.
New York Sun : Compared with the prln-
ciplo thui Involved , the sum of money at
stake Is tilvlal. A hundred times ns great
an amount might b ? demanded by a European
power , making It Impossible for a small re
public of Central Aim-rlca or South America
to pay It until after months or years of hos
tile occupation of Its territory. And this
precedent was created , so far us appears ,
without even an attempt by the administra
tion at Washington to avoid It , or to reach
a settlement In some other way.
Great Britain may well be satisfied with
her success In , this affair. She. gains not
only all the money she asked for , but a sig
nal diplomatic triumph. That triumph , how
ever , will be short lived. More than one
precedent created by Mr. Cleveland's admin
istration will not last beyond Cleveland's
term.
K.I VUlll * O MA TIKllS.
Milwaukee Journal : Too many people
think they can help n man up hill by cling
ing to his coat tall.
Boston Transcript : Wife-Mrs. Aller has
gone abroad to be treated by a Parisian
physician. Husband So ? She always had
a predilection for French heels.
Indianapolis Journal : " .Money talks , "
said the oracular boarder.
"It talks pretty conclusively , " admitted
the ChPcrful Idiot , "but ut times it gets
"
rattled.
Washington Star : "Here Is something
that will interest you , " said the host. "I
have a large collection of works pertaining
to poet lore. "
"Thank you , " rsplled the modern versifier ;
"but I don't care so very much for poet
lore. What I'm Interested In Is poet-hire. "
Detroit Free Press : He Did you know
that Jlmklns had been living a double life
for the past six months ?
She No ! The horrid wretch.
He Yes ; he gave up single life when he
got married.
Harlem Life : Mrs. Mldlage After you've
been married a .year or more , my dear ,
you'll know better than to tell your hus
band that ho owes you n lifetime of de
votion. Mrs. Younglove And why , pray ?
Mrs. Mldlage Because he'll be sure to
plead the statute of limitation.
Boston Transcript : Wife What do you
think of my new walking dress , Charles ?
Husband Should think there was room for
quite an extensive promenade in the
sleeves alone.
Chicago Tribune : Mr. Blllus had bought
a new piano. A lusty fellow with red
hair was assisting in carrying the Instru
ment into the house , when Mr. Blllus thus
addressed him :
"What a pity it Is , Larry , that you and
I were not born rich Instead of hand
some ! "
"Excuse me , ser , " replied Larry , taking
n good look at him , "but 1 think we were
bate on both. "
FILED AWAY.
New York World.
Johnny had a nanny goat ,
As black a rubber hose ;
He took his father's file one day
And tried to rub her nose.
Think not he filed away her nose ,
For on a Hummer's day
She eats the llowets from the grave
Where Johnny's tiled away.
A Sl'ltI.\GTIJII ! 1.A31KST.
Chicago I'ost.
"Our cook got mad nnd left us , " said the
weary , weary man ,
"And then It was our troubles In reality
began.
I gave a silver dollar to a woman big and
fat.
Advised her where to send the girls and
let it go at that.
"I waited for a week or two , and then I
had no doubt
My dollar had been pocketed , and I was
that much out.
The bubines1 ? seemed to me to have a most
peculiar look ,
For I was out the dollar , and was also
out the cook.
" 'Intelligence , ' I noticed , she had painted
on the door ,
And nothing In this wide , wide world was
really needed more.
It seemed to me like Irony to read that
single word.
And then to have to listen to the language
that I heard.
"At last , of course , I tired of the trouble
I had had ,
And took a silver quarter and Invested In
un 'ad , '
So now again In comfort I am living as
And though I am a dollar out , I'm glad it
Is no more. "
Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY Bua
M > TKWuirriiv m AID nits.
A UKCUL OWKNTAJj COUHT :
An American describes the Imi'osliifr cere-
monlnl In a sultnn's palace Incident to th
crowning of tlio heir to the throne of
Jtihore.
NA110HS OP NOH HILL :
Kraiik O. Carpenter doles out some Inter ,
cstlng yarns of California millionaires , on
of whom paid $3,500 , for thlrty-llvo klssci
and another met death for 3 cents.
cnowmxa STKAM ON WATER :
An Illustrated article recountliiB the won
derful strides of electricity cm. the motor
power for transportation lines ami for pro
pelling c.uml boats ; miscellaneous elec
trical news notes.
MKX OK TI1K MOS3 HAOS :
Curient chapters of S. II. Crockett's great
story. Illustrated.
NOVKIj JAGUAH HUNT :
Short story of thrilling Interest. Pursued
by n savaKe beast , tin adventurer Is cor
nered In a cave nnd employs dynamite
bombs to effect an escape.
CHILDHOOD OF QIM213N VICTOHIA :
Chapter of charming1 anecdotes about a
princess who was destined to reign on the
Urltlsh throne for llfty years. An artlcl *
of extraordinary Interest.
HOW IIAU11Y SAVKD THU UOOM :
Short Illustrated story for boys.
WOMAN'S DOMAIN :
Ladles contemplating ; trips to the scashora
will read with Interest and protlt an aril ,
cle on mermaid clothes , which forecasts
the styles of bathing costumes. A May
dinner menu ; cottage decorations and late |
fashion notes are treated of.
SUMMKll FIELD SPOUTS :
The outlook Is that there will bo ureatci
activity In Held sports this year than evci
before In this country. The aim of Thi
Uee Is to cover every sporting event ol
moment. Don't miss the sporting news ol
The Sunday IJee.
LOCAL AND TISLKOHAI'IIIC NEWS :
' Society events , ante-room news notes , ,
markets , Kencial telegraphic and loco )
news will bu covered In the columns of
Tim OMAIIA SUNDAY BER
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