I.j n THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 27 , 1800. >
Tim OMAIIA SITND\Y
B. R08KWATK15. Editor.
KVKTIT MOHNINO.
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Omnhn , The lien Riill'llng. '
Bontlt Omnlm. Hinder Hlk. , Cnr. M find 34th fitn.
Council IllnlTfi , IP North Main Street ,
fhlcnro omi-f. 317 Chnmlwr of Commerce.
New York , llooim 13 , 14 and 13 , Tribune lMg. !
Washington , 1407 K Street , N. W.
COIlUiSl'ONIKNCE.
All communlcntlons rclnllnc to new * and wll-
torlnl matter ihnuld be mlilruared : To the JIditor.
nUHINKSH I.KTTKnS.
All ImnlncM Ipllcrs and remlttanccii shoulil l > e
niMtrnxcil to The Dee I'ubllnliInK Company.
Omaha. Draft * , checks nnd postolllcc onlfia to
Iw made imynble lo the nnlpr lf the company.
TUB HBK riTIIMSIIIKO COMl'ANV.
BTATI2MKNT Ol'
ntatc of Nelirnnka , I
liinmlnK County. | . , - . , . , i .
Hi-irge II. TiKchnck. * pcrotftry of The nee t'ub.
llnlilnK company , being ilul ) sworn , unyii that the
nc'iml numlr of full and comil | t copies or the
Jally , Morning , Rvciilne nnd Hum1a > Dec prlnlea
.
during tlio monlli of Augunt. I8.W , wni us follo
Net
tun ,
Sworn to liefnrp mn and BUl ) . crilie l In my
presence thli 1st ilny of September , l 0 i.
< Senl- ' '
Now look out for tliu innu with tlic
foot bull luilr.
Ni'braaltn'snxo \ \ wit llHli 1ms mic-
citinliod to tininuvitalili' , hut NohrusUii'M
lirlau llwli storlfs are bound to
niul live forever.
Lincoln cltl/.L-ns nrc srowinj ; envious of
tliu people of Canton , who are roanlni ;
liiclilcntnl bi'iii'llts from tin- location of a
poiinlnr yrcaliluntlnl iniiUltitc In their
city. _
No man ovi-r built up his business by
tcarlns down ills own crc'tllt. No nation
cnn ustabllsli its Indnstrlal sntiromacy
by unilcrininlnj ; pnlilic confltlunoc and
destroying national credit.
Senator Klkins promises AVest Vi
to McKinley by from 10X)0 ( ) to l.r > ,0)0 (
majority and tlio West Virginia senator
never mnkes promises that ho Is not
morally certain to cany out.
The Bryan club at the State university
denounces the Yale students for disturb-
ItiK Bryan , but it said not a word about
the Bryan moboerats of Lincoln tuirt
Omaha who Interrupted the Cockran
Coliseum meetlni ; .
If tills keeps up , the railroads will
not be able to run enough special trains
Into Canton to accommodate the dally
lucrcusluK number of political plljriin-
Kos to the home of the republican
candidate for the presidency.
MeKlnley's tribute to tlio administra
tion of President Harrison as stroiif : ,
wise , patriotic , American and with few
parallels In history is the tribute oC thy
next ureat republican president to the
work of the last grout republican presi
dent.
Do the powers of the hypnotist extend
to mnkhig his subject vote us the
hypnotist directs ? If so , we would have
a new and Insidious menace to the 1'ivo-
dom of the franchise. This is some
thing for our physicians and scientists
to investigate.
The only thing that l.s "coercing" the
labor vote Into line for McKinley Is tut-
realization on the part of the laborei
that lie has everything to gain by a
restoration of protection and reciprocity
and every tiling to lose by the Introduc
tion of a 50-cent wage-paying dollar.
The dermaii-American voters of tills
country have sound money tnulltluins
from which they would not break nway
if they could. The very Idea of trying
to pay a debt with money of less pur
chasing power than was borrowed Is
repugnant to the German mind. "With
honesty ingrained In them , the Oernian-
Amerlcans can see nothing to harmonize
their interests with depreciated dollars.
The original Korsythe letter forgery
was dated from ill ! Wail street , there
being of course no such number. In
transit nmong the Bryan organs tlio date
line was changed to 11 Wall street , HO
as to make the fake more plausible. AH
printed In Bryan's personal organ , the
Omaha World-IIernhl , of course the
forgery appeared with the date line
garbled.
And now that good Itryan organ , the
fit Louis Hepubllc , asserts that "Mr.
Bryan's chances of carrying New York
have not been lessened by the Timelier
trouble. " This Is one instance where
a silver paper ban unwittingly told
the truth. Mr. Bryan never had any
chances of carrying New York and
nothing that could happen therefore
could subtract from what already was
iiaught.
The state of Nebraska is a creditor
more than It is a debtor. The outsland-
Ing bonded debt of the state would
only a fraction of the securities it
as Investments of various state Hindu.
Cut tlie value of bonded Investments b >
depredating ( lie money In which pi'lir
< ; Ipal and Interest Is paid and the state
will ilnd Itself a direct loser to the ex-
lent of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
One by one the men who gave tlu >
longlas county bar eminence through
out tlio west in the early days are puna-
ing away. They came as pioneers to
lilazu the way for later generations of
men , and tlio trials endured , tliu strug
gles ( hut fell to their lot , are unknown
to the majority of lawyers In Omnhn
today. They were men of sterling' qual
ities , us u rule , who might have attained
high rank In any calling. Tholr places
atlll remain vacant nnd It Is not easy to
eay whether tliu bar of Omaha will ever
number uieu. worthy to nuccted thwu.
MAKIXU JUOAKV HCA11CK.
One of the fictions which Wllllnm
Jennings Brynn Is constantly repeating
on Ills tour through "the enemy's coun
try" Is that there is n conspiracy nmong
the moneyed men of the world to make
money dear by making It scarce. And
there are millions of people credulous
enough to bellevo that such a con
spiracy actually exists. If these peoph
would only apply the same horse sense
to the question of flnanco that they
apply lo evcry-day matters they would
not nllow themselves lo be thus de
ceived.
Who Is it that controls the source
of money ? Who owns the mines that
yield the precious metals from which
money Is ruined ? Who owns the great
gold mines of the world ? Tlu1 same
men who are charged with conspiring
to mnke money scarce. 1C these men
really want lo mnke money scarce why
nre they operating the gold mines of
Africa , Australia and America to tlicit
fullest capacity ? From 1SIH ) to lSt ! ) )
the output of these gold mines aggre
gated over ? .Sjr. , < ) M , < M > l ) , or ! ? 1S < U > WOIH ) >
more tliiin was produced by the placer
mines of California In twelve years
from ISIS to 18(50 ( , the years of the
greatest gold production In the world's
history up to that period. The gold
product for the year 1S)0 ! ) will reach
? liir.XX,0 ( ) ( ) ( ) . The total product of all
the gold and silver mines of the world
in 18Tt : was only ! ? 17d.ooi > , ( > < x ) , or ! ? : ) , -
( KjMOO ( ) less than the gold product alone
of this year. Yet we are told that
there Is u conspiracy by the Koths-
childs and what Is called the money
power to make money scarce. As If II
stood to reason that the men who could
close the gold mines and thereby slop
the Increase of gold coinage if they
wanted to make money scarce , would
from year to year invest more money
In gold mini's and work these mines
without interruption.
The whole cry of u conspiracy to
make money dear Is baseless. The
fact is thut the price of money repre
sented by the rale of Interest exuded
for Its use bus been growing eheapei
yearly. In 18(54 ( the average market
rate of Interest In London was 7 pel
cent ; in 1S7-1 It was : % per cent ; in
ISSi it was 2 : t-5 per cent ; in ISill it
had gone down to 1 per cent and in
18 ! > r > money was loaned in London at
four-llfths of 1 per cent. If money is
being made scarce to make it dearer ,
why did the money power , if there Is
such a thing , permit the interest rate
'
in London to be beaten down from 7
per cent In 180-1 to 1 per cent In 18t ! ) ?
The fact that commodities are choapei
than they formerly were cuts no figure
with the money lender. The money
lender never buys commodities. lie
loans money solely for the Interest he
gets for its use nnd he reinvests both
principal and interest. If the purchas
ing power of money as measured by
commodities Increases , it increases in
the hands of the borrower.
UKIIMA NY'S 11XAMPLK.
It was the statesmanship of Bismarck
that gave ( Jermany the protective policy ,
under which the empire has steadily ad
vanced in wealth and expanded its do
mestic and foreign commerce. Thirteen
years ago agriculture was the occupa
tion of a majority of the people ,
whereas now the majority are engaged
In mining , metallurgy and manufactur
ing. While there has been no mati-rial
change in the number of those engaged
in agriculture , the increase of the num
ber in other industries has been large ,
showing that nearly all of the growth
of population In those years Is employed
In other pursuits than agriculture. Un
doubtedly the agrarian depression in
Germany has hail something to do witn
this , but the fact remains that the pro
tective policy has been in the highest
degree beneficial to the empire and It Is
perfectly obvious that without it the
agricultural condition would be far more
serious than it Is. With a protective
tarilT and a thorough system of indus
trial instruction the manufactures of
Germany have been wonderfully de
veloped and tills has supplied a home
market for the agricultural produce ! s
which they would not otherwise have
had. If Germany had not built up her
manufacturing and mining industries by
means of protection the number of her
people engaged in agriculture would be
much larger than It Is and the depres
sion of that Interest much greater.
There could have been no such growth
In trade and in national wealth as hu : <
been realized and Germany would not
have advanced to the position It occu
pies In the world's commerce and li
must be remembered thnt this progress
has been accomplished notwithstanding
( lie drain upon the country for the main
tenance of a great military establish
ment.
When Bismarck urged the policy un
der which his country has grown great
industrially and commercially his ex
ample was the United Stales. lie
pointed to what had been achieved In
Ihls country under protection a.s the
bent testimony and argument In beiuilf
of establishing Unit system In Ger
many , lie had witnessed with won
der our marvellous material progress
after a costly wur and it convinced
him that nn economic policy thut hjid
been so fruitful In prosperity to tills re
public could not fall to bo also bi'iieltclal
to Germany. His wisdom lias been Jus-
tilled by results nnd It Is needless lo
say that he Is still u protectionist.
Moreover , 1m has a very large majority
of tlio German people with him. Then-
Is no considerable party or element of
his countrymen who do not believe that
tlie economic policy of the empire
should be maintained. There are many
who think there should be more protec
tion , a higher tariff , but tlio number IK
comparatively small of those who wouhi
lessen protection. It Is true there Is ag
ricultural depression In Germany , That
condition Is , unfortunately , worldwide ,
Hut the German farmers would no
more supixnt men opposed to protection
than would tlie wage workers whom
that policy furnishes n market for their
labor. On the contrary it Is from the
agricultural producers chiefly that the
demand comes for greater protection
against the competing products of other
countries.
The same reasons that make the ngrl-
culturibts uud the wage workers of Ger
many desire the maintenance of the pro
tectlve policy apply here. It builds uj
the home market nnd creates a domain !
for labor. It fosters Industrial develop
mcnt that Is helpful to all Interests and
rapidly Increnscfl the national wealth
It promotes the commercial power of n
nation and brings Into activity the energy
orgy and enterprise of u people. It I ?
the policy that has made the United
States what U Is and the American
people could commit no greater mlatnlu
lhan to abandon It.
ox or
It Is said that the remarkable revela
tions of the New Orleans bank failures
may lead to the adoption of new regu
lations for the protection of depositors
In national banks. This history of the
New Orleans cases shows that It Is pos
sible to loot a bank , with the connivance
of the olllclals , between the dates of
two examinations nnd also to conceal
for years the fraudulent appropriation
of deposits by thebookkeepers. . It ap
pears that the two bookkeepers of tlu-
1'nlon National bank of New Orleans
robbed that Institution of nearly ? (5- ( ( ) ( )
( MM ) during the nineteen nnd sixteen
years In which they were respectively
In service. It seems there was no
method of detecting the theft so long ac
the two bookkeepers stood by each other ,
the proving of the deposit accounts
being entrusted to no one else.
H Is reported from Washington that
the olllcluls of the comptroller's oilier
attribute- the successful stealing in pan
to the use of the old system of deposit
ledgers. This is a convenient and per
haps plausible explanation , but It will
occur to most people that there ninal
have been much loose management nnd
indifference to details on the part of tin-
directors and higher ollicials of 0\c
bank , or thefts continued through nine
teen years would not have been possible
under any system of keeping deposit
accounts. It is suggested thnt the comp
troller of the currency will probably
direct the calling In of depositors' books
from lime to time , in order to ascertain
whether they correspond with the ledgci ,
the books to be submitted to a person
other than the regular bookkeepers foi
the verification of their accounts. The
mere fact that the books might be called
In without notice would , it is thought ,
deter u bookkeeper of ordinary prudenet-
from practicing the frauds committed
by the New Orleans ollicials. Very
likely such would bo the case and yet
this would not be an absolute safeguard ,
Such cases a.s those of tlie New Or
leans banks , one of which went Into
the hands of u receiver because robbed
by its bookkeepers and the other because
its resources were dissipated upon
worthless Kecurllles , cannot fail to re
new attention to the question wliethei
something may not bo done to rcquiro
closer attention to the affairs of national
banks by the directors of those. Institu
tions and whether , also , there is not
room for a. great deal of improvement
In the methods of bank examination. It
Is ditllciilt to understand how such : i
theft as thut of the Union National bunk
could have gone on . * o many years if a
thorough supervision hud bsen exercised
by tlu > directors and If it be admitted
that detection would have ben impos
sible however careful the supervision tlu-
effect must lie bud upon public- confi
dence in the banks. There can be in
( H'.cslinn that a very largo majority ol
the national banks of the country an-
managed on the soundest business prin
ciples and a.s to this are entitled to pub-
lie conlldence , but such cases as thos- ;
at New Orleans are very apt to Impair
conlldence , paiticularly in times like the
present. _ _
TIIK TAND ( ) ! ' rOl'VL.Ul
The latest report of the national com
missioner of education emphases more
than ever the fact that this is the land
of popular education. The report is for
Ihe period of the school year 1S')1-1SI. ' ) ! .
yet the .statistics therein given snllice d-
show the magnitude of the public schoo *
system of the country. Kor the year noi
less than ( ! . ( ! ( , ( ! ( ) of pupils were en
rolled as in ut tendance upon our school *
and colleges during some portion of tin-
time and of these l-lUL7r ( ) > were in in
stitutions supported by public fund- ; , .
The common schools of the Untied State.- ,
claim the vast proportion of this enroll
ment , namely 1-1,21)1,752 ) , an Increase ; ot
very nearly li per cent over the enroll
ment. for the pri-ci'dlng year. The signi
ficance of this ratio Is emphasized by
comparison with the Increase in popula
tion estimated at 1.2(5 ( per cent. Th-r
commissioner notes also that for everj
10XM ) persons there were ninety-eight
ir.onj enrolled during the selioul year
under consideration than there were In
ISSO ,
Other statistics contained In tlie com
missioner's report are of equal interest
to the public. While in tlie matter < n
eniollnient the Unltc'l ' States oct'iiplcf
an enviable position , attention Is called
to the fact that the average attendant . ! ,
(1(5.11 ( ( per cent , Is below that of many
countries , but this is readily explained
by Ihe sparsely settled condition of n
large area of the country. The number
of teachers employed In the public
schools was "ii27 ) ( ( : , of whom JI2 pei-
cent were men. The Value of the scliooi
property was S-i ; ; ! > ,070,000 , and tliu ex
penditure for the year $178,215,000 ,
equivalent to S'j.fi ! ) per cupitu of popula
tion and to $1H. S per pupil. If the
amount uppllcd to the purchase of sites'
and buildings be excluded the ciirrenv
expenditure Is found to bo $15.158 per
pupil. The sources from which tlie
money expended on the piddle schools
were ; From permanent funds , 4,7 per
cent ; from state taxes , 18.7 per cent ;
from local taxes , 07 per cent , leaving t,5 )
per cent from nil oilier sources. The
wide dln"erence between the several geographical
graphical sections with reference to tlie
amount of school revenue cannot escape
notice. Comparison on Ihe basis of tlic
population T > to 18 years of age , shows
for the north Atlantic division , .fl.'l.-IS pci
capita ; for the south Atlantic , $3.'JO ; for
Ihe south central , ? . ' 1.08 ; for the north
central , $10.80 , and for the western divis
ion , ? lit.or . This showing , especially
when taken In connection with the fuc
thut the chief burden of the nation's
illiteracy is on tlie two sections whose
school funds uro meager , la iutorprp'od
119 empuutiizlne the , lived of boiuu form
of federal nh ] for the development of
their school systems.
When all the-ndverso circumstances ol
financial dupre.sslon , rapid growtli nun
oppressive ia ? : linrdens nre taken Intr
consideration''liio showing made by the
educational system of the United States
Is not only yOilrtrkalile , but unparalleled
in the worhrgjijstory. Doubts nre some
times expired whether each new gen
eration app.rc futcs the sacrlllccs made
for them ! ) > .t ioso who maintain out
educationalJiifttjltutlons , but when they
themselves conic to contribute to the
education of their successors they cnnnoi
full to be hujSfijWd with the magnitude'
of the advunjujjes which they have had.
ox nnntrn ; V-OJ'/K.
A short time ago Tlio Bee received
the follownig letter from u ft lend of
sound money residing at Beatrice , iti
this state :
UKATUICK , Ntb. , Sept. IS. To the
Editor of The UPC : In looking over thai
Krcnt exponent of free silver Idcns , the
World-Herald of your city , 1 notice In tlich
Issue of September 18 the statement thai
T. Do Witt Tabling ! ? , the noted minister , nml
several other ministers whom they say nrc
noted , have espoused the cause of free
silver. Now this may or may not bo true
and ir It Is we do not know that It makce
their position any more tenable as a news
paper , neither docs It assist In proving thai
they nre right on the political questions ol
the day ; but It has occurred to mo that
possibly they were making a mis-statcmoni
lu regard to Dr. Talmage. Hence 1 thought
to call your attention to the matter If you
have not noticed their statement already
Wo feel confident that the sound money
cause Is gaining hero dally. Yours truly ,
U. H. YAL13.
Acting on the suggestion , the editor
of The lleo at once wrote to Lr. ) Talmage
at Washington , Inquiring if It were
triio that lie was supporting llryan and
free silver. The autograph reply jusl
received reads as follows :
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Sept. 23 Dear Sir :
Your letter asks me If 1 have espoused the
cause of free colnago of silver. I have
not. Yours etc. ,
T. DK WITT TAM1AOE.
It transpires on looking up the original
article In the World-Herald , that while
that sheet does not say T. Ie ) Will
Talmagu lias repudiated the cause of
sound money , it prints a list of name *
of alleged ministerial silver convert- ,
concluding with "Dr. DeWitt 0" .
Talmage , New York , " cleverly arranged
with the evident intention to deceivi-
readers into believing that the woK
known divine , formerly of Now York ,
but now of Washington , bus become : i
supporter of Bryan and free silver.
There Is lib 'miestlon that this despica
ble ruse ha , hujl the desired effect upon
a great many admirers of T. Du Witt
Talmage. ' ' 'No1' reputable newspaper
would resort : lo | the use of such u dls-
reputublo if Yl e. but In its campaign
of forgery , ifnbHcation and Imposture
tlio World-lrt'd | | { ! Is stopping at nothing.
The letter t > JJr. Talmage .denying nn-
equivocally10thai he lias espoused the
cause of fr e coinage of silver should
effectually set at rest tlie false report
-ttarted by th6 'World-Herald.
When Germany went to a gold stand
ard ; Justafter' , the li'ranco.-Prus.da'n
'
war , , it tri < > . call in and dispose of
the greater part of its silver coinage ,
but hud to Stop because of the loss in
volved by selling Its silver at the marke :
price , whereas it hud bought it. when
silver was up. . Germany would like
nothing better than to dispose of it : '
surplus silver by sending it to be
stamped at American mints and thu- :
made receivable in payment of Ger
many's debts In tills country at twice
its present bullion value.
The Western Freight association
seems now to be on the verge of disso
lution. The railroads apparently dr
not want a. permanent organization
Kueh thinks it can make gains b. >
dropping out or shifting from an old
association to a new one. As mem
bi'i-s they are always ready to under
mine their associates and always sus
pieious that their associates ar. under
mining th.-m. Thut is the reason differ
ent railway associations have followed
one another in such rapid succession.
The local Bryan organ in 1SW ! wa : <
profuse In Its praises of tu ! > congress
men who repealed the Sherman silver
purchase. law and at that time as
serted that the repeal removed one of
Ihe principal causes of the llnanelul de
pre&slnn. Now it is engaged in recountIng -
Ing the repeal of the Sherman law
among the numerous "crimes" ngalns >
silver. But , then , the World-Herald
changes Its mind so often that it hr. :
lost the conlldence of even the sma ; .
public that once iK'Hevod It.
It has been suggested by the retail
ers that another society circus be pulled
off In November and no doubt the sug
gestion will meet with favor. Tlie date ,
however , should be fixed lull ; In the
month , If It is desired that Mr. llryan
be Invited to participate ns ringmaster.
In which cupnully ho distinguished him
self hist year. By that time he will
have secured u needed rest and will
have parthijly ; recovered from tlie
shock that awaits him November : i.
Queen Vlu'fyjrla ' now lias an Indisputa
ble claim to being the longest reigning
monarch th t Vjver occupied the Kng-
lish throne. ! l'hV' queen bus been ut the
head of thc'iUrltlsh government since
June , 1&7. ! , ' , 'Mft longest reigning pred
ecessor wan Qiuurgo ill. , who was king
for Iifty-nlnw | years , three months and
four days , : tjhj Nvho died at the age of
82. Queen 'Victoria has beaten that
record and lsoijdy ; 77 years of age.
a-i ( > . " " ' -
The lutesti'givut crime ugalnst silver
Is lioralded M'rohi "Missouri , where the
story has been concocted with every
detuil that Ihe miners sent from Mis
souri to take tlie places of the Lead-
vllle strikers uro all democruts who
were gathered together and shipped out
of the stule with the distinct purpose
of forfeiting the right to vote. Such
silliness is so absurd thut it calls
neither for denial nor refutation.
It is to bij noted that the New York
Journal's iidmUhlon Unit New York Is
Irrevocably lost to the ponocratlc ticket
Id made Just after the uc'cond vlHlt of
the nopozratic candidate to the 12m-
BRYAN AND
Great Preacher Responds to the Call for His
Views on Repudiation.
Wllllnm J. llrvnn at ttrooMyn , pppumlior 21.
I esteem It n great privilege to bo permitted to tlcfontl the cause. which Ima
been espoused In tills campaign , find 1 nin glad to bo permitted to present thai
cause to the people of Brooklyn. I oulywlsh Hint thnt distinguished divine
whose iiainu lins added even to tlic fume of your great city , Henry Ward
Heecher , wore with ns today that he might again ch.unploii the cause of the
people In tholr great fight.
Henry Ward lleMhcr' * 1ST" Tlinnt : Kl"l < ii ; P.iy S.
Whoever tampers with established standards tampers with the very marrow
and vitality of public faith. As now byf.-icllity of Intercourse. all tlio world la
one open market , the need of one and the same. standard of money nnlforin , uni
versal and nnallerable , bo ' mos imperative. Hold Is tlio world's standard. Gold
Is tbo universal measure of value. In the eonrt of the commercial world's con
scious , we shall be convicted of endeavoring to cheat men who have come to
our rescue In the dark days. This congress would not hnvo existed , nor any
government of the United Stales , but for Dm ( strength given to our armies by
foreign capitalists ; and now to return tliolr aid by base treurhery Is to deserve
an Infamy as deep as the lowest depths of hell. ] 5nt woe to those men. bullheaded -
headed , without eyes , who are. attempting to tindornilno the Integrity of the
nation.
| iliv slate. Wo may be sure that the
principal silver organ In the country
would not have given up hope of carryIng -
Ing New York for Itryan unless con
vinced that It would be folly to keep
on claiming It.
When In congress llrynn explicitly
pronounced his opposition to every meas
ure of encouragement to the beet sugar
Industry , no matter whether they took
the form of protective duties , sugar
bounties or reciprocity arrangements.
No harder blow could be given the beet
sugar Industry than the election of
Bryan to tlio presidency , with a congress
In harmony with his well known free-
trade views.
The Wilson tariff law which Mr.
Hryan helped to enact reduced the duty
on Mexican cattle Imported into the
linked States from ? 7 to ? ' . : per head.
If Mr Itryan had had his way he would
have thrown the doors open wide to
tlio admission of Mexican cattle free of
duty. When Hryan had a chance to
show his devotion to the'interests of tlio
American farmer , this Is the way lie Im
proved it.
The fact remains irrefutable that
along with the fall in the prices of com
modities has gone the fall in the price
of money as measured by the interest
rates exacted for its use. The bonded
debts of the great nations of the world
are floated today at lower interest rates
than ever before in the history of man
kind.
One Happy Community.
Minneapolis Journal.
Kustauranl and hotel men in Canton , O. ,
have nil como to believe In special provi
dences and protection.
Slrvlrlicil to tinMinlf. .
Kumuiii City Star.
It requires a violent exercise of the Im
agination to bcllevo that a nation which has
lialil nearly ? ,000,00l,000 ) 'In pensions to its
ex-soldiers In twenty-five years has been
steadily declining in wealth and Industry
during that time.
A Siiliiliitr Klitnm-ivr.
Philadelphia llecorcl.
"Oeneral" Coxey , who paid $10,000 for
a stallion before ho organized the Com
monweal army , has traded the- steed for a
$ > nag and $ S to toot. Coxey is a shining
example of the financiers who want a chance
to Jockey the national credit.
< : i-imlrnt of Human IndiiHlrloN.
New York tiiiii.
"Kvcry woman , " says LI Hung Chang ,
"should get married. " Vcs , but how ?
\Vashlngton Capital.
By n clergyman , in the presence of the
family , 1C possible ; but a magistrate with
the brldi-groom and one or two witnesses
present can mnlto a legal marriage.
Of all human institutions marriage Is the
best.
Fortune Tor an liiviilor. .
Minneapolis Jomnnt.
A substantial fortune and high honors
await the man who Invents a way of
.sprinkling asphalt pavements without turn
ing them Into pools of slimy mud. A roll
of wet cloth in the shape of the present
direct sweepers , the cloth Itept wet
by , i spray of water , ralslit solve the prob
lem , thus wljilng the street with a wet ras
and laying the dust without raising tlu
mud. The Inventive Yankee Is badly
needed on this problem , for the present sys
tem Is'a disgrace to civilization.
Outby One They Oo.
I'hllmlelpMu Times.
One by one our available articles of food
have been reduced by the discovery of tholr
unwholesome properties , until It has be
come a hr.nl matter to find anything that
it l.s safe to cat. The latest addition to
the forbidden list Is the tomato. A I'ltts-
jurg professor has discovered that the
.ffect of this pppular vegetable Is "Inva-
iUbly Injurious ; " that It produces , In
those ] who cat of It , "an arrest of vital ac
tivity" nnil a peculiar cardopathla which he
designates as the tomato heart.
Wo have long been expecting this. We
did not know what was the matter with
the tomato , but so many people Ilku It
that wo were uuru It must bo Injurious.
Of course the danger of appendicitis from
the scrds of the tomato was obvious ; but
slnco appendicitis has been turned from a
terror to a joy , alholt still one. of the
luxuries of the rich , the doctors do not
I we 11 on this. The tomato , It Is well
iiiowii , bears close family relationship to
many plants of a distinctly criminal char
acter , and In splto if its superficial charm
the poisonous taint survives In it. It pro
duces the tomato heart , atid whatever that
may bo , we imint all take pains to avoid H.
FUN KOII TIII : ( ions.
Ample I'roviirntloii for Anmy.liiu
.liilllt- .
1'lillatleliihla Itccoril ( ilcm. )
To the Immortal cods , if they over glvu
any attention to munduuo politico , the nn-
; lcs of the democratic party In the United
States must afford food for amazed jollity.
I'ho capture of the Chicago convention by
Allgeld and Tlllman , the nomination of a
,101'Ullst , candidate and the adoption of a
lopullst platform , and the beginning of a
icrioiiB campaign outoidu of the hospitals
'or the Insane on the Issue that G3 cents
should be accounted a. dollar , made up a
spectacle of contradictory cunt > educsa which ,
observed from an Olympian utaudpolnt , must
mvu been supremely ridiculous. Tlfun came
ihe rush of tlio political pot-hunters In
I'cnasylvailla , New Jersey , Connecticut ,
Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont and other
states to get down In the populist dirt and
crawl under the free silver cover ! Gilbert
lud Sullivan In tholr topsy-turvcy creations
IUYO conceived nothing more laughably ub-
siimi ,
lut ! It has remained for the Now York
spoilsmen to maku the farce more rom-
jletcly farcical. They first "unreservedly"
endorsed Hryan and Bewail and the Chicago
platform and then nominate a "gold bug"
'or governor. Not to bo outdone , the gu-
) enmtorlal nominee , while sticking to his
"gold bug" notions , has accepted the free
Bllrer nomination and , repudiating the Chicago
cage platform , has declared that ho will
vote- for the Chicago candidates !
If Zeus be not ilmklug hU tides and fill
ing the vaults of heaven with explosive
cachlunatlon , It must be becauie ha ba uu
sense of humor.
WlinilH AIMS Tltnill COMMANDS
Ciillant Solillorx Itnllylnw A mi In li
I ) < -Vii .c of ( ISnIlon'w Honor.
Clilenipi Tlnies-Hernlil.
That band of soldiers passing through Hit
west , atlrrtng the cmbcra of patriotism am
sending the Maine * higher and higher , Is nt
trading widespread attention. Sickle's
Howard , Algcr and Corporal Tanner are
national names , and Stewart Is nn effectlvi
orator. . Hundreds of thousands of wcaten
people will listen to their patriotic ut
tnranecs on this novel and successful mlsslot
in their country's honor.
Some of this multitude of listeners wll
ask themselves where arc the young mw
who followed these bravo old leader. ? Wh''ro
are the heroes of the gallant Third corps who
followed Sickles at Chancelloravlllo and
Gettysburg ? Where Are the men of the
Eleventh and Twentieth corps and those o
the Army of the Tennessee who follower
Howard ? Where are the rough riders who
followed Algor from Shlloh to Appomattox'
They are represented In fifty national ceme
teries. More than half of them have pnsscV
away. Thousands of them died on fields
of battle and In hospitals died that tin
government might exist. These battle-
scarred heroes , their old leaders , are paying
tender tribute to their sleeping soldiers It
this contest by earnestly contending for tin.
honor of the land that drank their patriotic
blood.
As we sec- and hoar these sturdy veterans
let us recall the tens of thousands of mei
who followed them In that other campalgi
for a nation's honor and existence.
TII13 IMVIMM\R till AM ) AU.MV.
lK : < lit > MlKlity Jlont llcyoitil
thu Dlvlilf.
ClilCHKd Times-Herald.
The report of Pension Commissioner Mur
phy for the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , 1S9C ,
Is chiefly Interesting from the fact that It
reveals a loss of 44,093 pensioners from the
rolls during the year. The last national
encampment of the Grand Army of the Re
public showed that the "blue line" Is fast
fading away , the rate of mortality among
the veterans who carried the flag to victory
being greater than during any previous
year in the history of the organization.
The report of the commissioner of pensions
also indicates a mortality among pensioners ,
particularly among those who served in the
war for the union , far exceeding that of any
corresponding period in the history of the
bureau. This loss was more than offset ,
however , by the addition of 40,374 new
pensioners and the restoration of 3,873 who
had been previously dropped , making a net
gain of 154 names. It Is assumed that
fiom this time forth the roll will show a
marked and steady diminution unless con
gress should enact still more liberal provi
sions than are now upon the statue books.
The whole number of pensioners on the roll
June 30. IS'Jti , was 970,078 and the amount
disbursed was $138,214,701 , a docrcnse of
$1 , ! > 'J2,575 as compared with the previous
year.
Ohio leads In the number of pensioners ,
the total number on Juno 30 , 1S95. being
105,100. Pennsylvania Is a close second ,
while New York , Indiana and Illinois fol
low close behind. The total disbursements
reached high water mark In 1893 , when the
sum of $ ir.8lD5,342.5t was distributed among
the veterans. Since 18CO the government
has paid out to the disabled defenders of
the war of 181U , pensioners of the Mexican
war and veterans of Indian wars , a grand
total of 1,99C,449S38.20.
A gratifying feature of the report for 18)6 ! )
Is the evidence of a vigorous effort on the
part of the commissioners to prosecute
offenders against the pension laws , 339 In
dictments having been found during the
year , resulting In 167 convictions.
As the old veterans are responding to
the last hnglo call at the rate of 30,000 a
year , patriotic Americans who enjoy the
institutions of liberty for which they fought
are animated by a stronger Impulse than
over to make peaceful and happy the last
days of the grizzled warriors who wore
the blue.
l , AM ) OTIIHHU'IHK.
Oscar Silver , who lives at Lead , S. IX , and
deals in copper and iron , is a radical gold
man.
man.Two
Two important pieces of statuary are to
bo unveiled In Kalrmount park , Philadel
phia , next spring , namely , the Washington
monument and the Grant utatuu.
It Is understood thnt every Kiiropcan sov
ereign now leaves Instructions , on retiring
at night , that ho Is to bo called In ease a
general European war breaks out before
morning.
The pugilist Btyle of combat has been
adopted by the nations. Oil the days when
Kngland Is ready to fight Russia Is not , and
when Russia Is eager for war England U
nil for peace.
Handel's organ , given by the composer
to the London Foundling hospital In 17CO , Is
being renovated. Handel played nn It him
self at the dedication , when the crush was
so great that gentlemen were requested
"to como without their swords , and ladles
without their hoops , "
Or. James M. Aldrlch , who has just died
In Kail River , Masa. , at the nge of 79 , was
prominent In the anti-slavery movement be
fore the war. He severed his connection
with the Society of Friends because It reFused -
Fused to open Its meeting houses for antl-
slavery meetings.
A bust of Lamartlna was dedicated laut
Sunday in Mllly , Saono-et-Loro ! , France.
Tlio bust , which Is on a simple p , li-3'.al , Is
: o replace a little monument which lone ago
crumbled to pieces , it was at Mllly that
Lanmrtine passed Ills Infancy bud youth.
Die chateau In which ho lived U mill lu ex
istence , but It Is no longer In the pouioMlon
jf his family.
It U reported that the Cmprtsi Eugenie
ias lecently made her will , leaving the bull ;
of her fortune to the Prlnoes.i Kugeiilo ,
Juughter of Princess Heatrice , and grand-
laughter of Queen Victoria. If the rumor Is
TUB and the empress' well known r.ffcctlon
or Princess Beatrice lends color to the ouBcr-
tlon the little princess may be regarded an
lliti richest royal heiress In Kurope. It IB
ijcllevod that Prlncos ttiwni'j will nUu
jcncflt largely under the will of Queen Vic
toria ,
The fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of
inacfelhesla by the use nf ether will be ob
served at Iho Massachusetts ( luneral hos-
iltal. In Boston , on October IIS , Among
those who wilt read papara are lira. John
Mihurl , jr. , of Philadelphia ; Daniel W
Whoever and John P. Reynolds , of Deaton.
Charles W. Moliurney of tbla city : Wllllnm
II. Welch of the Johns Hoplctn * faculty , and
H. Weir Mitchell of Phlla lelp'.ila. lr )
Mitchell will read his no * poem o.i "Tho
IllrtU and Death of Pain. "
'I'lio 'I'lini-her .Striulillf.
New York Journal ( silver. )
This U u dlnlieartcnliiK situation to the
iimiocrats of New York , insuring as It dote
- pud quetitloa thrloss of tut ) state.
I1I.AST.S fltOM UVM'S IIOIIX.
A niflii may < v < ir religion M clo k * nd
yet frfMte his soul to death.
When tome poplt > have nothing to e y
they scpm In l lk tlio most.
The * lm of many j-crmons Is too low fr
nnnelfl , and too high for mm.
Obscurity on onrtli will not keep Anybody
from becoming famous In heaven ,
'Ihe devil always ROM to tlio wedding
vhen people marry for money.
No man prays In earnest who docs not
ovpcet to get just what ho asks.
Thp in/in / who would hnvo the power to
more won'italna must begin on grains of
satul.
The more n mean man haa to say la
churrh , the more it hurls Uio cause of true
icllKloii.
Mvcr since Kvo ftlo the apple- ono of
woman's troubles has been about something
to t-nr. _
DOMKSTIC IDVI..H ,
tlco thnt nlmost nil thosf mlct-ra .
Iti the pnpeis am single nieliV" asUed Mr.
"Vra. " niwwcrod Mrs. Wntts , "nmrrlcd
mlcrrM nre too common to bo worth men
tioning. "
ChlPHKo Itoeont : "JilRby Irlls mo ho
fours his wife Is the victim of u wustlni ?
.
"What Is It ? "
"Unrgnln counters.
Xow York World : "Do yon lot , yonr
wife linvo her own way In everything ? "
said .Mr. Hutch to Mr. Uloobumper. "Do I
" . with par-
let1 bur ? replied Uloolnimpor.
tlrvllnr rmpbiiKls on tlio Mot. ' "What n
dry joker you are , Mr. Dutch.
Sydney llullotln : Mrs. I-Ynthorwi'lcht
( to'cnbmnn ) "You're wire you won't run
nwny with mo ? " Cnbliy "No , mem ; I'vo
bcon married this twlnty yearl"
Cleveland Leatler : They had bcon Hlltlnsf
In the dark for u long time. .Suddenly oho
"Have you n. mulch ? " .
"No , " ho replied , "but If you'll help mo
I run make ono. "
The cards are out.
rt
Texas Sifter : Ho 1 saw you out sketching
the ether Uuy. Do you draw with n free
baud , Miss Stiimlo1' "Kntlroly free , " re
plied the youtiK lady. n Him caul down
nor eyes In Heft confusion ntid waited for
him to follow up the opening , and now she
wears a diamond engagement ring.
Imllnimpolta Journal : "Did you over no-
I'tick : She I don't see what reason you
have for expecting anything- but 11 refusal.
I never gave you any encouragement.
Uo ( Just u > juctei-Oli ! ) Miss Gotrox
Maud ! You ( lid you most certainly did
greatly encourage met You told mo you
wore worth } 200OOJ In your own name.
UKSPONSH TO A SERENADE.
tp-to-Untc.
Donenth my sweetheart's window
I play my goft KUltnr ,
And slug thorc. whllo the tomcat
Is my echo from afar.
Hut hush ! an echo softer
Forth from her window creeps
A long-drawn sound that tcllH mo
She sleeps my lady sleeps.
TUB DAYS < ; O.\I3 IIY.
( With ApoloKlcs to Mr. lllloy. )
O. the days gone by ! O , the days gene byf
Honest money In tlio country wasn't then
the workman's cry ;
Hotter times wore never thnn when Hen
was In the chair.
And tlio Hug or Freedom spread Its folds
so proudly In the ulr ;
When we hnd our ilnlly worV to do , and
wngcs running high ,
O , 'twna then our heartH brimmed over
In the days gone liy !
O. the days gouo by , when McKfnloy's
tariff Mil
Caused the smoke to curl from chimneys
of the factory nnd mill ,
And the workman was contented with hi *
happy mode of life.
Never knowing gaunt starvation , or mis
ery , or strife ;
And the cannon of Prosperity boomed with
Joyous peals on high ,
Those are the days wo want again the
days gene by !
O , the days gene by ! O , the days gone byl-
With McKlmey for our lender nnd Protec
tion for our cry.
Wo will h.aVo once moro the grand old
Union wo hnd In ninety-two ,
And uphold Attiprloa'H honor the old Red-
\vliltc-nml-Hluo ;
Restore the Nation's confidence , that wa
not horn to die ,
In the golden olden glory of the days
gene by !
CUVUKNC13 P. M'DONAI.D.
OMAUA , Neb , , 1S9C.
I
o o
To many persons , who
have been paying tailors'
prices for custom-made
suits , to find upon visiting" *
our store that our suits
and overcoats are as
handsomely made , as
fashionable in cut , as ele
gant in trimmings and as
fine in materials ,
We guarantee them in
every particular and save1--
you many dollars into the
bargain.
Indeed our patterns are "
as nearly "exclusive" as
the tailors' patterns are , ,
for no one else has them
and we do not make up
too many of a kind.
One may retrench in
his expenses for clothing
here without any loss of
' *
style ,
Sole agents for the celebrat
ed YOUMANS HATS.
S , W. Cor. 15th mid
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