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THE OMAHA DAILY K. UOSKWATEIl , UDlTuK. nvnitr Mottxixa. TRIIMS Ol' HflMCJUlTION. Pally Tlea ( Without nnndiy ) , One Year . J W Xfelljr llee tin * Hundny , Ono l r . 10 HI * Month * . K Tlirra Months . . . . J " * Y'nr . . < " Sunday UPC , One ; Bnlurdny He" . One Yfar . ' f > .Weekly tic * , One Year . * OI-T1CK8. Omnhn , The He" llullcllne. Bomli Omnhn. Hinder lllk , , Corner N and ! Uh Sis. Council lllurr , II IVarl Bimt. Chlcniro OfTlcr , 8)7 ) rhumbT of Commnrre. Ncn- York , n/mnw / IJ , 14 n.l . IS. Tribune Illdg. . "WMililiiglc.il , 1407 P Hirt-et. N. Vv. COnitlWrONDKNCD. All cominunlenllnn * relatlnc to news nnd Ml- torlul matter huuld he nddre i d : To the LJitor. 1IUSINR.SH Unrniia. All bualneaK Ifttcra nnd irmlttnne < > > nhiiuld ) ddrmcd to The Dee Publhhlnx roinpiny , Omalm. DnirtK , check * nnd pontulllce onlet * to bt tnnde payable to the nnl-r of th comp.iny. TIM : iuu : PUIU.IHIUNO COMPANY. BTATIIMnNT OF ClIlCb'I-ATION' . Oeoruo II. Triclmrk , secretary of The IJ Pub- llihlnR tominn | > , liclnir duly sworn , .i > that the. actual number of full ami complet" ruil t of the Dilly Mmnlng. Uvenlnir ana Hmi'lai ' lice pilnttil durlnir tli month ot February , IVAI , wai n * foltonii : 1 20.1W U 19 787 If 19 CM } Sl.KA 17 Sfl.SiJ 4 row 19 7M & : ' ) .ou 19. . . . 197S3 e 19.301 ! ) . . . . 19 MO 7 ij.cw 21. . . . , 19.77J 22. . . . , 11 Oil ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' t . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . llt > J- ) 23. . . . ' * 10. . Ifi.tyM ) 21. . . . ! 2)'OI 11 , 19,00 1' . . . . . , 19 ct ; 12 10.S1G : . . . . , 19 Gil n IVM 27. . . . , 19 SIS II 19.700 23. . . . , 19.C33 Total 557,031 IMS ilojuctlon * for un oli5 niul returnoj coplci C 020 Nrt KilpA r > 3lU3 Dully nvvrugc 19,741 Sunday. anoitcin n. T/.SCIIUCK. Sworn to before me anil culrtcribed In my pres ence thl ZJ day of Mnrrli. 1VJ3. ( Sent. ) N. 1 > . FKIIj , Notary I'ulillc. Wall street bulls nrc nroutul In clover up to their kncus till * iiiid the stock ninrket Is buoynnt. Now let us SL-U what the expert ap praisers of 1M11 Dorian's tntinpory In MoHlior'n entitle have to say as to Its In trinsic 10 to 1 valuation. The German emperor N threatened with another disruption of his cabinet , but that does not seem to disturb his digestion to any alanphiK extent. The slfjiis of revived commercial activ ity are multiplying on every hand. The Illinois Central Kallway company lmn just closed n contract for l.ttOO new freight cars at a coat of $050,000. Cardinal Gibbons sailed on the French line steamer for Havre , and thence he Koes directly to Home for n conference with the pope. Some horrible , con spiracy aKalnst the A. P. A.'s Is evi dently about to materialize. The Khost of the Tlchborne claimant has iitfnhi put In Its appearance on the other side of the ocean , and he promises to bob up In one of the London week lies once every seven days in successive chapters for the next three months. The Vanderbllt.4 have bought In the Philadelphia Ac Heading railroad , which .means that they have annexed the prov ince of William I'enn to their dominion nnd will soon be In position to lay the balance of the country under tribute. The American Cracker trust explains the advance In patent bakery products by saying that it is In sympathy with the recent rise in the price of Hour. That inny bo true , but the American people nrc not In sympathy with the taking ways of the Cracker trust. Senator Morgan of Alabama , who Is very much disgruntled over the foreign policy of Secretary Gresham , talks of war with Great llritalu over the Sand wich Island muddle. The Alabama senator Is In the habit of shooting off Ids month at long range. Ex-Governor Holes of Iowa , comes out for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of JO to 1 without waiting for any International action. Hut for all that his chances of being nominated presi dent will not bo 1 to 1(1 ( by the time the national democratic convention assem bles. The Bell Telephone company claims to have won another victory In the United States appellate court. That means another turn of the screw to tighten the grip of the telephone monopoly ely upon the country and give the stock jobbers another chance for holding up their patrons. The contention over primary money should not trouble people in these parts so long as greenbacks nnd silver certificates pass current for 100 cents on the dollar. It Is not the question of primary money that has made times HO hard , but the shortage of beef , pork , corn und hay. Another coal combine has been organ ized In New York which proposes to bring about an advance In the price of anthracite 50 cents to the dealers with out Increasing the cost to consumers , 'How this \n \ to be brought about Is not visible to the naked eye. Heretofore the consumer has always paid , the freight. Who Is responsible for the rotting of timber hi the Sixteenth street viaducU r That Is the problem with which the wiseacres of the council nrc now wrest ling. They might as well ask them selves who Is responsible for the rotten wooden blocks on Capitol avenue. It Is a condition , not a theory , that has tc be dealt with In the viaduct question. Dr. Abbott Is the 11 rat man ever tils charged for cause from the Nebraska Insane asylum before he had n chanet to see the Inside of n hospital ward 01 feel the pulse of one of the Inmates What Is more , ho Is the only man whc has ever been reinstated after his sum inary discharge by the man who gave Llm his walking papers. The precedent Is certainly unhpiu and will for man ) reasons bo memorable. We still boh to the opinion , however , that Dr. Haj Is n two-legged porker who ought tc have been summarily escorted out 01 the asylum with the governor's boot 01 the outer wall of his posterior. 1 * . 8.- The Uee- would use the right medlca term In hog Latin for this Caesareai operation , but we cannot lay our hand : on an approved dictionary of medlca thlea. TIJK DESTttOCTlOX OF CllElilTS. Ill his recent debate nt Chicago the uithor of "Coln'a Financial School" ns- cried thai free nnd unlimited coinage of silver nt the ratio established In 834 , viz : 10 to 1 , wns demanded In the nterest of the American people ns a eblor nation. As n condition precedent o nil settlements between debtor nnd rudltor he Insisted that the debtor hould be given the option , If there vns nny preference , ns to which of the wo metals , gold or sliver , he would ise In payment of a debt. This Is lothlng moro nor less than a demander or the scaling of debts nt the option of the debtor. It Is the doctrjio | that vas put In practice by the repudiation- sts of Mississippi long before the war mil by the readjustee , who sought to ompromlse the debt of Virginia by pay- ng 50 cents on the dollar. If the debtor vho has borrowed one ounce of' gold an pay back In sixteen ounces of sll- 'er , although the silver only represents lalf Its vnlut' In commercial exchanges , In ; man who boriows one barrel of vhcat flour can pay back In n barrel of shorts. Such a rank piece of dls- lonesty would find no advocates , but vet the deluded followers of "Coin's Mnane.lal School" would have us be- leve that as between debtor and cred- tor It would be honorable and eqult- ible. Now grant that the American people ire a debtor nation , should not their greatest care be the maintenance of heir credit at the highest standard ? Could the United States , or any state , corporation or individual float u bender or mortgage note nt reasonable Interest rated if the option to pay in silver for a gold loan was reserved , regardless of he telatlvc commercial value of the sll- er ? Would any foreign capitalist veil- nre to loan out n dollar under such con- lillons , unless the notes were dis counted to make up for possible shrlnk- igo und n heavy Interest was exacted for the loan to Indemnify the creditor 'or the risk ? AVould nny American cap- tails ! who had money to Invest or loan , vhlch today Is exchangeable dollar for lollar In the money current in the vurld's markets , be so reckless or foolish is to put out his money at common In- erest rates conditioned that the debtor shall have the option to pay him back n silver dollars on the 10 to 1 ratio , nn- ess thosa dollars are exchangeable for gold ? Who Is there among the debtor class today that can truthfully say that ic has not borrowed good money , every lollar equal to 100 cents and exchango- ible for gold ? Were any of the ex- stlng mortgages on farms , city homes or chattels made before 1878 , when our currency was depreciated ? Would any louest debtor contend that his creditors nivo taken adantage of him by loaning lim money that was depreciated and isklug him now to pay back In money hat has appreciated since he made the oan ? The fact that the price of many com- nodities Is lower today than It wns live or ten years ago constitutes no warrant or excuse for the scaling of debts any more than the rise In the price of lands and town lots during the boom period six years ago would have justified a cred- tor In exacting n larger sum than the face of the note with the Interest stlpu- ated thereon. The great mass of the American peo- > le me honest and with lien Franklin they believe that honesty Is the best lollcy. They know enough to know Unit any attempt to scale debt , public > r private , under whatever form or pre tense , Js a species of dishonesty , de structive of credits and subversive of the public welfare. The American pec- do are a. debtor nation , because they are more progressive and enterprising than any other civilized nation. They have confidence In their ability to make the most profitable use of foreign capital , mil it Is manifestly to their Interest to retain the confidence of capitalists and nvestors In order that they may be able to borrow at the lowest rate of Interest. Any scheme that tends to weaken confi dence and impair credits through the debasement of the currency must react disastrously upon the whole country by paralyzing nil enterprise , and under such conditions the debtor class would be the greatest sufferer , even if It had the option to pay with the cheaper money. A anomxu IASVIIHKCTIUX. The latest news from Cuba Is reassur ing to the friends of the patriot cause. \ceeptlng It ns trustworthy , nnd there appears to be no reason to doubt that It is , It show * that the Insurrection Is growing and that most of the effective fighting h l > eing done by the insurgents. An Amer ican citizen who recently came from the Island , after having traveled pretty much all over It , told the reporter of n New . York paper that everything points to the ultimate success of the uprising. lie said the sentiment ir favor of the rebellion is growing stead lly nnd the Insurgent lenders will be btoutly supported. The Spanish forcet are largely inndo up of youngsters , whc are undrllled , unpaid , and for the mosl jmrt lacking In loyalty. Those who nr rived recently were almost without clothes , n collection having been taker up In Havana to buy them uniforms They are poorly cared for -fliul having no real patriotic interest In the strug gle do not mnko good fighters. On tin other hand the insurgents nro well fei and clothed nnd have a most powerfu Incentive to tight Uio hope of freeliu Cuba from the oppressive rule of Spaii and Instituting there free government At present the warfare Is largely of th < gnerllln kind , but It Is predicted tha when the sugar mills close and the yel low fever becomes epidemic a blov will be struck that will demoralize tin Spaniards and drive them Into n retrea where their solo aim will be the defensi of their own lives. If the progress which the Insurrectloi Is reported to be making shall con tlnne Spain must soon be compelled ti acknowledge that there Is a state of wa In Cuba , nnd when that Is done the In surgcjits can put forth a claim to bo rec ognlzed ns belligerents. For such i claim they would find many supporter In the United Suites , whether they dh elsewhere or not , nnd there undoubted ! ; would be a very strong popular pressur npou the government favorable * > nc ordlng them recognition as belligerents , t la by no means Improbable that In the event of the Insurrection lasting until lext winter congress will be appealed to o do this , and It Is a safe prediction hat such an appeal would have the sup- > ort of mnny members. It Is 1mnil/ to > e expected , however , that there will > o nny change In the attitude of our government toward the conflict so Ipng as Spain appears determined nnd able o suppress the insurrection , though It Is inquestlonablo that a very large num- > er of our people are willing to glvo all lie aid and comfort possible to the men vho are battling for Cuban Independ- nee , with small regard for the prlncl- ) le of neutrality. TALKING HEHKLLtOK. Senator Tlllmnn of South Carolina Is ess discreet In his utterances than the governor of that state. In the address of the latter to the people regarding the leclslon of the federal court ngnlnst the nlldlty of the South Carolina reglstrn- lon law he wisely declared that while vhite supremacy' would bo maintained n that state there was no Intention to nko up arms In order to Insure this consummation. Governor ICvans pro- wsetl nn "open , free fight , " but not n ) lood-sheddlng conflict. Senator Till- nan , however , Is not so moderate. He announces his readiness to take up trms , If need be , to resist the court's lecree , and It Is very probable that he ins n considerable following. It Is not Ikely , however , that If brought to the est Mr. Tillman would seilously at- empt to inaugurate a rebellion. He and hose who side with him may bring enl l race conflict which would have con sequences quite as serious to the people of South Carolina as a rebellion would iroducc , but it Is not to be apprehended hat anybody In South Carolina will ittempt by revolt to override the decree of the United States court nnd thus ) rlng on nu Issue with the general gov ernment. Tillman Is n politician of the sensational ikind. He likes notoriety and makes the best of every opportunity o keep himself In public attention. Such men are troublesome nnd mis chievous , but they nre not particularly langerous. There appears to be reason to appro- lend trouble In South Carolina of a nore or less serious nature , unless wise counsel shall prevail. There van be 10 doubt that there is a very determined sentiment in favor of maintaining white supremacy and every effort will be undo to givu It effect short of bringing on a conflict with the authority of the federal government. There will be re sort to Intimidation of the colored voters ers and this will give opportunity for the Inauguration of n race war that lould not fall to have deplorable results. [ t is nn unfortunate situation , but no one who will read Judge Goff's decision vlthout prejudice can doubt that ho was right In declaring the registration law inconstltutionnl. GRADUAL RISK IN 'AOKS. 7 he advance In the wages of factory operatives in the manufacturing centers of the country Is a significant Index of the favorable turn in the tide of com- nerclal activity. The advance in wages began with the mills and factories of New England nnd Is now extending to the glass and iron Industry In Pennsyl vania' ' and Ohio. It is impossible to Interpret these advances ns other than evidences of Improvement In business. In some instances the increase in wages lias been brought nbout ns n concession to organized labor ; in others it lias been made by reason of improved conditions in trade and rising prices of commodi ties. Whatever the reason assigned the fact that the earnings of the workingmen - men have been increased and their ability to Increase their consumption of the necessaries of life can not fall to Imve a stimulating tendency In trade circles. The gradual rise In wages In the manufacturing centers Is bound to have Its salutary effect also upon the American producer of the raw mate rials , and will In due time make Itself felt in the agricultural states west of the Mississippi. The only thing that retards prosperity in this sec tion Is the lack of something to sell. Nebraska's farm products in nn average year are equal to $75,000.000. Her corn crop alone nt 25 cents n bushel will yield $40,000,000 , or nbout double the value of the annual silver output of Colorado. One good crop at fair prices will place Nebraska In as good condition for business as any state west of the Missouri. Unless all signs fall three months will witness a very decided change for the better In every branch of business In this state , nnd that includes the city of Omaha , whose mainstay must al ways bo the agricultural producers of Nebraska. ALAIIMKD AT KNOLAND'S ATT1TUDK. It is snld that President Cleveland re gards with some alarm the course of the British government In refusing to carry out the Herlug sea regulations. iVccordlng to Washington dispatches there Is n good deal of suppressed auger on the part of the administration toward Great Britain on this matter , the feeling being that the British government has manifested toward this government both an unfriendly and n discourteous spirit. Several -months ago the British ambassador was urged by Secretary Gresham to communicate with the Brit ish foreign minister and come to an un derstanding ns speedily ns possible on the subject , but the British government gnvo no notice of Its Intention to change the r.egulntlons of lust year until a re cent date nnd after the closed sonsoii had bex'ii entered upon. What makcf- this obvious discourtesy worse Is tJu Information from an authentic source that the Canadian government knew more than a month in advance of out government of the new action by the British government. The regulation that has been repudi ated Is the one which prohibited ves sels from openly carrying firearms , ex plosives and nets , the use of which was forbidden by the Purls court of arbltra tlon. This was a most Important regu lation for the protection of the seal au < ! Its abandonment Is expected to liavi very serious results , for with the poachers permitted to carry llivnnm openly they cim kill the senl nt will The hurried dispatch to Bering sea fron Ban Francisco Inst week of the revenue cutter Commq/lji'rq / ' Perry , with Inslruc- Ions to the patrolling fleet made nec essary by the -actfUn of the British gov ernment , cvldjej eM the nnxlcty of the government lnajiie ) matter , n under the old regulations'nirj' ' vessel carrying fire arms openly wHrf subject to seizure. Of course If our ve s Is should now seize a vessel under "ithuse regulations there vould be a cns\5'for damages. The course o' t e British government n this matter certnlnly gives Just cause for complaint , nnd It Is very sure to bcs nude a subject OP serious consideration > y the next collgriiss , with the probabll- ty of some radical action. Chief Detective Haze Is quoted ns saying that the Omaha newspaper talk ibout cats that do not catch mice has ) ecn as good ns a standing Invitation to rooks to visit this city. Here is rich- less. Why don't the belled cats put lu heir work and disprove the allegation by clawing the mice. If the crooks ire pouring Into Omaha on the strength of the advertisement that our detectives lon't detect they would soon learn to their sorrow that they have been de coyed into n mouse trap. If Haze and ils associates were really up to snuff they would reap a golden harvest In he way of rewards for the apprehension of professional crooks. The truth Is that the crooks are belter posted about our detectives than the detectives nre ibotit tlie crooks. John A. Horbncli has been In Jeru salem and Jericho , but he has not for gotten the art of tall swearing nnd still icrslsts in calling Inen liars whom lie suspects of Impediments In their vernc- ty. On birdseye view the Inhabitants of Palestine strike him as being natural .lorn prevaricators and mendicants ov ather , In his more specific style , liars mil beggars. The next stop-off Mr. Horbncli makes will be at Constant- ! loplo and we shall nwalt with sus pense his opinion nbout the unspeak- ible Turk. It Is now reported from Washington that the money at the disposal of the United States courts will not hold out mil they will therefore have to abruptly terminate their work. This will be very sad news to the trained Indians who serve periodically In the United States courts hereabouts as witnesses to the depravity of their tribes , and It will bo n very hard blow to the deputy marshals whose business it is to escort the Indians back and forth at 10 cents i mile on railroad passes. OdlnlU Suiiriitlvciie99. Oliclnna'll ( ' Tribune. ' They are iindcttal ers no more. Mortician Is the new name , anl ) rhymes perfectly with physician. _ , _ . Thnisplrn nf Variety. Wellington Post. \V trust ScerctaVy Morton will not at tempt to point . .j1th1 prlrta to the fact that the weather machlnis under his management has produced sunstrokes nnd frosted feet only three days ' ' , the Mii77lo On. YoVk Tribune. It Is pretty well settled already that the federal office h,9Jder , ] ( w4io utters an opinion on the coinage , question contrary to those already expressed 'br'the president will either have to take It tistk or et out. Gentlemen holding places under the administration may think as they please , but they must keep quiet about It. _ Catch nn Old Fox ! Indianapolis Journal. The statement that Senator Hill has writ ten a letter to nn Illinois democrat declaring stiongly In favor of free silver , and that It Is supposed to be a bid for the support of Illinois In the national democratic conven tion of 1896 , presupposes that Senator Hill Is n fool. He would hardly exchange the support of New York for that of Illinois. A Man' * Hut U Ills Crown. lloston Globe. Emperor William la learning that the king business Is not the easy occupation that It was In those good old dnys when the di vine right of monnrcbs was never ques tioned. This Is an age when every man's hat Is a crown , and everybody Is learning to bo his own king. This lesson Is begin ning to be learned even In Imperial Germany. The Senator Jumped ttni Trap. Cleveland Plain Denier. That Is a foxy scheme which the Central Bimetallic League of Iowa has put up on Senator Allison. It sent a letter to the sen ator challenging him to come to Des Molnes and debate the silver question with nn ad vocate of Immediate 16 to 1 coinage , The challenge Is qualified by the statement that If the senator Is himself In favor of such coinage he need not come. If the senator bites we shall know where he stands. If he does not , he will be assumed to favor Amer ican free coinage whether he does or not. Nu .Mure Vindication ! . Yprk Times. There has unfortunately been a good deal of malicious work by defeated candidates In Nebraska lately. This Is true ; still nichards used his Influence to nominate Majors to vindicate himself and eplte nosey. Now Majors has a similar grievance of his own and everything else must be subordinated to the Idea of vindicating this pair of defeated candidates. The word "vindication" In the sense of revenge Is said by Webster to be ob solete , and It Is about time ft should be expunged from the vocabulary of Nebraska republicans. _ * New ns In New * . " Springfield ( Mau. ) republican. Some of the Union Pacific labor organiza tions are said to be preparing to build a short line of road on the co-operative plan , to be owned nnd operated by themselves. Wo cer tainly wish them every success. It would be a good thing If every trade union would employ some of the money raised to prose cute strikes In 'Establishing a co-operatlvo plant In the particular line of work the union Is engaged.1'In ' , Then we could more quickly determlni how much truth there Is In labor's contention that the undertaker and capitalist are drones In the hive and vastly overrewartled.f llult Meatnre * Won't Ho. CMl-ago Tribune. The difference .between the results of this condition of things and the adoption of free coinage at anytime- the future may bs likened to that between a cutting down ol the bushel measure to half Its original dl- menstoni by succesiful parings at the rim or nil at once. No ihonest man would gain more by one process'than by the other , and only the few rogUe * would profit by either The cutting down of the bushel and of the dollar measure would ba equally ridiculous as a supposed means of making people richer , and none but a donkey or an absolute knavt would advocate ft for such or any other pur pose. ftOB OF TllR STATR Palls City Journal ! A policy that will bring about u condition of sixteen Jobs to one man. Instead of sixteen men to one job , U the kind \\o need , O'Neill llcacon Light : The Jury disagreed In the bond trial of ex-State Treasurer Hill. There Is no show for the people when they run up against the state house gang down to common county thieves. Chadron Journal : The notorious L. V , Hil ton , ex-Governor Crounsc's appointee ns oil Inspector , Is figuring to secure possession of the ntnlr Courier. Presumably he expects , If successful , to "get even" with some men who have been letting the public know his real character. Grant Woolly We t : The Bee ot last Sunday - day has some very sensible remarks to make In regard to the governor's action on the re lict business. Certain fnklrs nre still workIng - Ing the racket In different parts ot the state. The outrage has gone further than It slmilsl have been permitted to go. Leigh World : Governor Holcomb has ap pointed n republican , Ur. Greene , superintend ent ot the Hastings Insane asylum. Inas much ns the free silver democrats have been recognized for their support In the Inst cam paign , the recognition of the republicans Is perfectly proper. They did ns much , If not more , than the democrats toward the election ot Holcomb. Nebraska City Press : Dr. Hay Insists on mnklng n consummate fool of himself , de spite the fact that four-fifths of the repub lican party nre telling him of the fact every day. Dr. Abbott wns apolnted by Governor Holcomb , nnd the appointment confirmed by a republlcnn scnnte. Whnt moro does Dr. liny want ? Some one ought to push him over or tell him to go He iloun. Ilurwell Progress : Like all the rest of the populist lenders ( for revenue only ) , J. V. Wolfe winked at all shortcomings of Silas Holcomb during last fall's campaign , and ot course would have remained blind to all these things nnd helped to elect Holcomb to a second end term had not the latter overlooked his application for wnrdenshlp of the state prison. Hut now all Is "different. Holcomb made this one little mistake , 'which affected Wolfe personally , nnd he opened his eyes nnd denounced the governor. The pop papers may wsll say : "God give us men. " Auburn Granger : Cruel Indeed Is the state of Nebraska to wrest from C. W. Mosher his prison contract while he Is of necessity ab sent from the state. Will he not bo liable to Institute proceedings and recover from the state at the close of his temporary nbsenceT Geneva Journal : It will be time enough to talk nbout the silver question after the corn Is laid by. Platte Center Signal : Dr. J. L. Greene , a staunch republican , who voted for Thomas Majors for governor and who contributed liberally to the republican state campaign fund last fall , wns appointed by Governor Holcomb on Monday of this week to be first nsslstnnt physician In the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane nt Lincoln , to take effect on or before the 1st day of June. This Is the first republican to receive an appointment nt the hands of the governor , nnd no doubi he will receive censure from a certain class of politicians for going outside of the populUl party for material to care for the state In stitutions , but It will no doubt make no dif ference to the governor In the discharge ot his duty. This appointment shons that the governor Is not so narrow-minded and hide bound that ho would sacrifice patriotism for partisanship. Hastings Democrat- Governor Holcomb has honored a republican with nn appointment. Dr. Greene , assistant physician at the Nor folk asylum , has been transferred to take the same place nt the Lincoln Institution. The governor makes this appointment because of the eminent fitness of Dr. Greene for the place. In n matter of th.s kind politics should cut no figure whatever. No one In the nsylum has such Intimate knowledge of the patients as the assistant physicians. He knows them personally ; their habits nnd ailment. ? , and has Influence with them. These officers should not be changed with every administration. It Is entirely different with the superintendent , steward and' ' many other places around the In stitution. Their duties are such that almost any Intelligent man can ' a jiirnp them without any friction. The Domo'crat thinks that Gov ernor Holcomb has done exactly right In re taining Dr. Greene as nsslstant physician. In positions of Mils kind a competent man should be retained , whatever his party affiliation may be. Papllllon Times : The Hill case serves ns another Illustration of the folly of making public servants give bond for faithful per formance of public duty. Not 10 per cent ot public stealings has ever been recovered by the state of Nebraska from the bondsmen of public thieves. In most states the situa tion Is similar , though not so bad. The testi mony In the Hill case showed that the people had paid Into the public treasury a vast sum of money , and that In some manner It vas diverted from proper channels , and ultimately lost. Somebody stole that money ; somebody should be required to pay It back again. The law on the books says Hill and his bondsmen should make good the loss , but a Jury , aided by learned lawyers , finds flaws In the bond , nnd everybody escapes responsibility. There Is but one remedy. Official bonds should never bo exacted from a public servant. That man whom the people call to serve them should ; bo placcJ In office with his word of honor alone as n boud. and when ho betrays his public trust ho should die like n dog. Dar- barous ? Yes , perhaps , nnd yet withal better for the people nndi better for their servants. Long years under laws which place a pre mium upon theft have made honesty In pub lic office a vice nnd dishonesty n virtue. It Is tlmo to change front nnd place the premium upon the good , rather than upon the evil. rjiiu > o\AL A fin OTumiiriaa. For a year at least New York will be no greater. Hornpipe has one advantage over Horn- blower. He won. David Bennett Hill Is too sly a fox to be baited with an Illinois pullet. The king of Dahomey articulates In French nnd massacres In all languages. The proposition to abolish rewards for the capture of criminals will strike a great many sbutlis In a tender spot. Governor Evans' sonorous snort for white ascendancy proclaims as clearly as his nge that ho has not reached the years of discre tion. Should Senator Drlce fall to head off the silver movement In Ohio he can utilize his Idle hours experimenting with aerial navi gation. Foreign papers say that the fastest speaker In the world among public men Is Signer Grlmaldl , the Italian deputy. He can speak 200 words a minute with ease. Henry Stade , a noted leader of spiritualism In London some years ago , was taken to the Roosevelt hospital , New York , a few days ago , suffering from hemorrhage of the brain. With the retirement of Colonel Henry L. Abbott from active service In he army on August 13. there will be only fifty left for active duty who were commissioned officers In the regular army when the bombardment of Fort Sumter was begun. California free coiners do not take- kindly to the grooming of Slbley as a presidential candidate and haveBO Intimated to General Warner. This will seriously discommode Warner , because Slbley Is an ambitious en thusiast with a generous supply of cash. A matrimonial fever has diminished the ranks of the volunteer fire department of Jamaica , L. I. , and unless raw recruits are secured , dlsbandmcnt Is Inevitable. , Marriage dots- not necessarily disqualify a man for service In a fire department , but In this In stance the brides Insist that the business ot men la to make fires , not to put them out. "U Is Just too lovely for anything. " "You can't cut Ice with me. " pleasantly remarked a New York legislator to a party who persisted In advocating a pending bill with his mouth. Subsequently a check for $3.200 appeared before the committee and broke the Ice , throwing a member of the committee Into deep water. The Albany grand Jury secured possession of the check and Is anxious to discover the member whose autograph Is on the back. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report PURE vttr. ttisToitr jinvit.iT Tim 1'reiont 8tl nr bllimtlon I'urMlol * th nrrenbnuk ITMZP < There arc sound money men In both par ties , says the Washington Star , beginning to believe that an apparent triumph for silver In th'e > elections of next fall might prove n blessing In dlssulco for the crrdlt ot the country. They are by no means an abandonment ot this year's The/ realize that nothing Is ever gained by running away. They will put up the very best fight possible , and they liopo to win. At the same time , a now light has been turned on the situation , which comforts them with an assurance not heretofore felt. These men have been rubbing up recol lections ot tome recent campaigns , nnd , going back no further tlmn 1S.SO , they think they have found a situation worthy of study. At any rate , It shows how quickly the country responded that year to the menace of un sound finance , nnd how sulttly popular favor changed from the one party , that had Just won an Important skirmish , to the other , that seemingly had be n dished by the re sult. sult.Tho democracy entered upon the national campaign with very high hope ? . General Hancock eermed likely to prove a most nt- tractive candidate for the presidency , There was not a single itrlklng personal quality that be larked. HP wns handsome , engaging , bravo , generous and capable. As man , sol dier , citizen he stood among the first In the land. He was a realistic typo of King Arthur , Indeed , and , lll.o the great myth , wan weak , It nt nil , only on the side of a too per-fcct roundednoss. There were tho'e who could have wished him a shining fault or two , simply to glvo his character the higher color of sharp contrast. Hut , ns he was , his friends ndmlrcd him , and his opponents feared him. and along In August the iportlng poli ticians were laying odds on his u Inning the race. Thu republicans were handicapped. General Oarficld was being subjected to a terrific fire , and , kindly and eloquent man that he was , ho was weakening uiuTer It. Some spots had been found on his record In congress , and the manner of his nomina tion had cost him thu Interest of several men of prominence In his party. Mr. Conk- ling , In particular , had gone Lome setloiuly disgruntled , nnd there was no expectation of hearing from him on the stump In the cim- palgn. Things , nil around , looked bluck when they didn't look bhie for the republicans. But It so turned out that the democrats were plagued with a greenback connection that controlled them more than was good for them. It was the survivor of the soft money cra/e that had swept over the vouth and middle states a few years before. This craze had been laid the year previous In Ohio by the election of Charles Foster for governor over General Tom Ew Ing by a large majority. Hut here It was again , shaken clear of Its cerements , and lively ns over. Strange enough , too , It was operating In the far cast now , and In the Maine state election , vhlch took place there In September , the ticket supported by the greenbackers and the demo crats carried the day at the polls. The result startled the whole country. Capital In every quarter at once took alarm. In New York democrats , ns well ns repub licans , lookrd askance nt the returns. What did they mean ? Was fiat money to prevail ? Was the natlonad credit to be destroyed ? The democrats of the sound money school were profoundly disturbed. What was their duty In the premises ? The financial plank In their national platform was satisfactory enough , but here wns a state election In which democrats had assisted In producing n result construed everywhere as a fiat money triumph. Could they afford to go nny further In such n direction ? As a matter of cold , hard , business fact , was It not desir able that In the cxNling circumstances the republicans should win In Novombr ? The republicans Immediately took heart. A broad streak of good , old-fashioned day light appeared In the east for them , Drums began to beat , banners to wave , marching processions to lengthen In line , and a new spirit wns observable everywhere among them. The disgruntled leaders wore nil aroused. General Grant took tbe field nnd brought Mr. Conkllng nlong with him , nnd together they set the middle stntcs afire. Mr. Conkllng was In his best oratorical form , and the largest crowds up to date gathered to hear him wherever be went. The tide was turned In a week. The personal quali ties of the two presidential candidates were wholly forgotten. It counted for hothlng for the democrats that General Hancock was a superb figure In the country's history. It counted for nothing against the republicans that General Garfleld , while a member of the house , had taken a fee to which some people attached nn Impropriety. The only question now left related to the finances. To which party could the credit of the coun try with more safety be left ? The demo crats were at least uncertnln on the money Issue. Mr. Tllden nnd his friends In New York were nil right , but how nhout Mr. Thurman nnd his friends In the middle stntes and the democrats of the south ? The repub licans were standing shoulder to shoulder for sound money. Their policy could bo fore cast on that question. They were against flat money In any nnd every form , and had no alignments which , In case of success at the polls , would afterward cmbai-rass them In office. The country decided In favor of the republican ? , and public credit was not shaken. The September results In Maine , many people thought , did the work. Hare , now , Is the comfort referred to that some sound money men of today are taking. They would prefer that not even a serious menace should occur , but one , they concede , may ba necessary at this day , as In 1880 , to properly nrouse the people of the country to their danger. Public credit Is as Important now as then. Silver , ns these men assert , Is but nnother form of the flat money craze. The real object Is to Increase the money supply , without rpRArd to preserving the pur chu'lng power of the circulating medium , The people are having the question presented to them In thli light by the- friends nt sound money , but nn expression In several statei at the polls In nn oft year lu favor of fre < roln.iRo might count fur very much more In the long run toward showing what the real dnnger Is. Meditation on such A result , the sound money men bcltovc , would maka profound Impression on business Interests everywhere , nnd spur them up to the great est activity. Will that bit of Maine history be repealed ? If silver wlni this year , will that Insure a sound money triumph next year ? _ _ OUT or The number of draught dogn In nelglum U probably not less than GO.OOO. It Is estimated Mint the people of the United States consume 1,000.000 bushels ot wheat per day. One of the noted New York opticians has boon lately hoard to declare that "tho thoroughbred American eye Is steel blue In color. " In the year 138S London dudes wore shoes turned up like sled runncri , with a silver chain to the toe and the chain fastened to the knee. Monazlto , n rare mlner.il , which neither melts nor burns , Is found In the rich mctalllo heart of the Appalachian mountains that lie In North Carolina. If the experiments now In progrcs * suc ceed paper stockings sized with potato starch and tallow will be put on the market and sold nt 3 cents n pair. On January 1. 1S95 , the rnllrcnds of the United States were using 31,281 locomotives , 2-1. SSI 7'JOO mall nnd passenger cms , , bag gage cars nnd I.IGS.SI'J freight cars. The average charge for a public telephone Is ? 3G to each subscriber In Gcrmnny. $37.50 In Kngland , $21 In New Zealand , from } 2t to ? IG In Switzerland and only $10 In Sweden. H Is supposed by some that when a tree Is struck by lightning it la torn , not by the electricity , but by the explosion of water sud denly converted Into steam by the heat of the arrested current. A foreign scientist has n new test for denlh. With a cnndlc produce n blister on the hand or foot uf the body. If the blister , upon opening with n noodle or other Instru ment , Is found to contain lluld of nny kind there Is still life In the supposed body. At 35 cents n cylinder , Silas Leachmnn of Chicago has filled 250,000 phonograph cylinders with comic nnd other songs. It Is said that he mnkes nbout $50 a day and that In the west ho Is the only mnn that has been found with a voice of the right quality for the work. 3iaruiv.il , MaiiniMBST. Cleveland Plain neater. He bought n new straw lint , did Jones , With summer exultations ; Hie weather's changed , nnd now bis tones Are not for publication. Detroit Tribune. There nre tricks In every trade but ours. The public for to do ; Before the price marked "only" lietoie the " " woman "new. Washington Star. "Poor LI HungChangl" she gently slghedi "Ills lot was bard , they say. He had to purchase peace , und could Not wall for bargain day. " Detroit Tree Pros * . The Japs have cornered China , And squeezed the Chinese Hat , Till they've ratified the treaty. With the accent on the "rat. " Cincinnati Tribune. The Chicago mnn began an oration On "Monometallic 'VusarleV And the uwful sound of his pronunciation Drove the lloston men to Jaggeries. Boston Courier. Mary had n little hen , With feathers white ns snow ; And every time she won a light She tried but failed to crow. Now Vork lloconlor. The summer girl , with crimp and cur\ Is gettlnK Into trim For killing smiles In forest nieks Or by the ocean's brim. Dut llnd who can the summer man , Oh , who has heard of him ? Buffalo Courier. . The angler now a trout can sco Hotwccn each drqi > pf ruin ; It Is the time of year when he Gets llshlntr on the bialn. But this , to me , Is very pluln : It IH , and no mistook. One thing to get llsh on ttie brain , Another on the hook. I.OCKYI1JL Town Toplca Jim was my friend , till one day. The usual cause , a pretty girl came our way And from that time we seemed to drift iipnrt , For each aspired to win her maiden heart. And though I tried each art and winning- wile , 'Twas not to me she gars her sweetest smile. Each dny I saw my chances grow moro dim , Until , to my despair , one day she married Jim. How I envied him. Ah , lucky Jim. Three years had passed , long years they Hcemcil to me , And then Jim died , once more Bhe wns free. Before me rose tbe fond hopes of the past , I wooed , 1 sued , I married her nt last ; I've got my way , and now she la my wife. I know Just what I think of Jim , though underground. Enjoying peace and qulot most profound. Ah , lucky Jim. How 1 envy him ! It's Only a Dttde Who goes to the merchant tailor now-a-days to get his clothes gets a stand-off most likely. You can stand off and look at him without exciting any envy on your part , because you know that we make up just as good suits for $10 , $12.50 and 515 as you can get at the tailor shop at any price. Nobody can tell the difference. Wear as long , look as well , We're ready to trade back any time you think you don't get your money's worth. Reliable Clothiers , S.VV. Cor. IStli anJ Dou-his Sts.