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INSIST OS 1IAVIXC ! TUP. IIISIJ.
PAUTIUS Mi.VVIMJ KOH TIIU SUM.MUIt
I'orlli leavlnu : Hie elty for
tlu % Kiiiuuier ean hai'e The
llee Heiit to them re ruiirl ! > -
liy iiotlfyiiiK : The llec liuxl-
neNi olllee In iier.son or liy
mall. ' 1'lie aililrext will lie.
eluniKet ] IIM ofttii an ileMlretl.
Conic to Nubrnskii and KI > O the corn
Kl'OW.
Oniiiliti Is pracUwilly Douglas county ,
nml Omaha Is for tlio exposition.
It looks as if ex-Ci vormir Holes of
lowu wuro only waiting to lu > tensed.
Hartley has been convicted f robbing
tlie state treasury. Hut what of his
uceessoriesV
Wo have tlie verdict In the Hartley
case. Now let us.have the decision on
the city charter.
The more a public thief steals the
moro money must the public expend to
Kecitre his ininMinicnt.
Hlcycle riders with scorching tenden
cies are advised to let tlu > sun do all the
ficorchlnj ; iiecesary thi'.si. ' warm days.
It is nlnin that Hartley would have
much preferred to have been tried in
some county other than Douglas county.
The redoubtable Uaptnin HojTott Is no
more , but his name has passed Into hip-
tory as well as Into the dictionary.
Steamboats pass Omaha Just often
enough to prove that the Missouri Is a
navigable stream in fact as well as hi
law.
The Chicago students who have lie-
qiiruthud their brains to science have
evidently mortgiiKod the goods pretty
heavily before death.
Tlie scramble for titular honors inci
dent upon the queen's jubilee must re
mind American observers of the scenes
which follow a change of administration
In this country.
So the Sugar trust wants to buy Culm
ns a corporate dependency. The Sugar
trust si'ems to think it can buy tiny-
thing and anybody , but It will have to
think another time.
Keep up Ihe pace lu the pur.Milt of na
tional conventions for ItJIIS. Omaha can
mart off tit least one a day durlu ? HID
Avholo term of the exposition without
overtaxing Ita facilities.
If the Holes gubernatorial boom IK at ,
liadly managed at DCS Moiues as was ,
the Holes pro.xliU'iilhil boom at Chlcagn
the ex-govornor might as well have
pulled out po.sllvely ! In advance.
National conventions of the various
schools of medicine will be specially wel
come In Omaha , and the doctors wll
recognl/.e the appropriateness of meet
Ing In one of the healthiest cities in tin
universe.
Wlo' should Victoria abdicate whei
her subjects are all shouting her praise.-
and telling how much they wish slu
could reign on foreverV Abdication li
tltu heyday of pence and good fortuiu
is not tlie u-snnl rule.
Fortunately republicans are quite nbh
to tiiko euro of republican tarllT differ
caccH. If any parly wants to taUo tin
ri'SKtisllillty ] ! of holding up the tarill
the republicans will prefer to let tin
democrats have lhat privilege.
The fiue.stlon of Sunday closing Is be
Ing prematunily pressed upon the ex
position "board before the foundations u
exposition buildings are laid. The man
ngers have Just now questions ti
wrestle with that absorb all tholr Unit
and attention and cannot bi > deferred
The Ministerial union should remembe
that them Is a timu for sowing and i
tlmo for reaping. To discuss harve-stln ;
machines before the seed has sproutet
la llko puttiui ; the cart before tun howe
7M 77rV VKHDIL'T.
The people of Nebraska hnve reason
to feel grateful to thp court and jury
that have fearlessly done tholr duly In
vindicating the law In the trial nnd con-
vlctlon of Joseph S. Hartley , late state
treasurer. Nebraska has impoaplii-d
uiul deposed slate oflleors fi > r olliela !
misconduct , but ox-Treasuror Hartley Ig
tlio first to be successfully prosecuted
under the criminal code , The prosectl-
tlon Involved not merely the ( incstloii-
embezzled public funds , but tlie ability
of tlio state to punish the willful betrayal
of public trust and to impose tlie pen
alty prescribed by the law.
In the case of Hartley there are no ex-
teimatiiig circumstances. lie entered
the olllee with the deliberate intent to
defy all law and disregard all sxfcguanls
thrown around tlie stale treasury , lie
positively refused to make known tlie
condition of the treasury or the places
where the stale money was kept. lie
treated the most sacred trust funds as
his own and manipulated the state de
posits for private gain and po
litical ends. Instead of pro t eel-
lug the state against loss from wild-
eat banks ho has sunk tens of thousands
of dollars of state money In concerns
that ho knew to be Insolvent. His
whole ollleinl career has been ono of
reckless bravado and llagraul dlshon-
st.v.
Taking it for granted that courts and
ttries are to be bought like cattle and
list Ice thwarted for a part of tlie plun-
er , Hartley slarled out with a dellber-
te attempt to corrupt the jury cm-
Kindled to try him. Hy the use of
iioiii'y which he should have paid over
o his successor he employed Hie ablest
ml most skillful attorneys available for
lis defense , \\iio fought for hint every
neh of ground covered by the trial.
Jvery technicality of the law was ap-
lealed to for his benellt and advantage
tiken of everything that could possibly
elp him with the jury. Yet
lever were the scales of justice held
uoro even during a trial than by Judge
taker during the trial of Hartley. Hy
he judge's llrmness the ease , whlcll
hreateiied to be protracted for long
veeUs , was expedited , and all attempts
o bewilder the jury with Irrelevant to.s-
imony promptly frustrated. The
tate's attorneys , Attorney General
myth. Deputy Attorney ( ieneral Smith
mil County Attorney Hnldrlge , also de
ems the greatest credit for their vlg-
irous prosecution and careful presenta-
lon of the evidence.
The Hartley verdict renews the conll-
lence of the people in the suiiremtiey of
he law. It strengthens the popular bu-
lef in the ellleiency of our judicial sys-
em. It reinforces the hope that the
esson of the defalcation will not be lost.
The queen's jubilee has brought to
gether In London the premiers of the
Itritlsli colonies , who are receiving dls-
.inguished consideration , all of them
having been honored by being made
privy councillors. The presence In the
Hritisli metropolis of these colonial rep
resentatives affords an opportunity for
liscussing policies looking to the estab
lishment of more Intimate trade rela
tions between England and her colonies ,
is well as strengthening the political
bonds which unite them. Mr. Chamberlain -
lain , the secretary for the colonies. Is an
earnest advocate of an Imperial policy
that will I'avor the Hritisli colonies in
Iho lOnglifih maki I as to all the produ t ,
of those colonies with which there is
foreign competition , lie has not exactly
delined what that policy should be ,
but he has intimated , as have others In
sympathy with the Idea of closer com
mercial union- between all parts of the
Hritisli empire , that he contemplates a
radical departure from existing condi
tions. We have heretofore noted the
declaration of the old liberal leader , tlie
dnko of Devonshire , regarding the fall-
tire of the prophecies and expectations
pect'ng free trad and wlil'c his views
were not oudorsed by all the colonial
premiers to whom they were addressed
) iie of tin-in , 1'ivniI'M1 ' Liurler of Canada
unqualifiedly disapproving of tlr.'in they
unquestionably voiced , the sentiment of
a large element In England In sympathy
with the ( Miamberlain Idea of a colonial
policy. That sta'tesman believes that the
ties between the mother country and ite
possessions must be strengthened and lit ;
understands that there is no more C.T-
talu and effective way of accomplishing
this than by more intimate trade rela
tions. A Hrltlsh commercial policy that
would build up the trade of tlm colonies
and Increase their prosperity would as
suredly tit. this time strengthen their
loyally. With the colonies prosperous as
the result of Imperial favor theru would
be less danger of the growth of senti
ment favorable to Independence n sc-ntl-
incut which his : had considerable de
velopment In the past in some of the
colonies , notably Canada and Australia ,
The jubilee demonstrations make a
powerful appeal to Hritisli pride anil
patriotism and the Impression they may
reasonably hi expected to make upon
the colonial representatives Is very likely
to be favorable to the policy championed
by Mr , Chamberlain. All of these , hon
ored by the imperial government , will
return to their countries with an In
creased sense of loyalty and devotion to
tlie Hrltlsh empire and to Hritisli in
terests and necessarily with a desire tn
promote those Interests In every way
practicable. A closer union , coinmer-
I'lully ' and politically , between England
ai'd ' her colonies , Is therefore likely tc
become ti paramount question In Hritisli
politics and indeed there is none mo- ; ! .
Important to the future welfare of fireal
Hrltatn.
In the development of the proposed ot
contemplated Hrltlsh colonial policy tin
people of Ihe I'niti'd States would neei'S
sarllytake more < ) r less Interest , It-cuus ,
It would involve conditions Inimical U
our trade with England and her colotil i
as , for Instance , iho Imposition of dutiiv
on products of tills country competing li
the English market with like product ,
of Canada and Australia. It may b : i
long time bi-fote any such departure as
this from lotisM'stahllshcd English pollc.\ \
takes place , If Jt ever does , hut It is i
possibility of the future In view of whcl !
American policy should bo vigorously
directed toward the extension of mil
trade in neutral markeUs , Km1 th'i ' : w.
want a Judicious reciprocity policy am
n merchant marine that will make us
entirely Independent of foreimi ship
owners. With these essential require
ments to our commercial progress we
need have no apprehension regarding
Hrltlsh colonial policy.
/ 'fOATrtK.lTJ' .
It is announced that the administra
tion will endeavor to negotiate another
tirbltrallon treaty with England , the
draft of n new treaty. It Is said , having
already been made under the direction
of the secretary of stale. It Is well
known that President McKItiley is
strongly In favor of International arbi
tration. He said In Ids Inaugural ad-
diess that arbitration Is the true method
of settlement of International differences
nd urged the senate to act favorably
ipnn the treaty then before It. "The
inporlonce and moral Inlluenee of the
atllleation of such a treaty , " wild Mr.
MclClnley , "can hardly be overestimated
n the cause of advancing clvill/.atlim.
t may well engage the best thought of
he statesmen and people of every coun-
ry and 1 cannot but consider It for-
uiiiite that It was reserved to the Hulled
-ittttes to have the leadership In so
giand a work. " Tills counsel , however ,
tad no Inlluenee with a majority of the
en iite.
Whether or not another arbitration
reitty , negotiated by the present ad-
nlnitstralloii , would have a better fate
s problematical. I'liduulitedly the bos-
lllty of some senators to the Cleveland
ulmlntstration had a great deal to do
vlth the failure of th treaty U uegoti-
ited and these senators , nr a portion of
hem. might be willing to vote for the
iilillcalioii of a treaty negotiated by
lie present administration. Hut in view
) f the uncertainty respecting tlie fate of
new treaty , will the Itrltlsh govern-
nent be disposed to enter into another
icgotliitlonV Will it not ask , before ac-
eptiug our invitation for a renewal of
legoliation.s , for some assurance that a
( invention agreed upon by the rcpre.H'Ut-
itlve.s of the two governments will be
Ikoly to be ratified by the senate and In
hit : event who can give the assurance ?
"erlalnly the Hritiidi government would
e .instilled In declining to take tlr >
haiices of another treaty b.-ing rejected ,
lerliaps because of the enmity of certain
senators toward England or on the pre
text that some provision was moro
'avorable to ( Jreat Hritain than to the
United States. It is well known that n
lumber of senators have such a hearty
mired of England that It would be
liatdly possilde to induce them to favor
111 arbitration treaty , however fair and
lust in it terms , while others are so (11-
trustful of the Hritisli government that
they suspect something sinister In every
thing that government suggests or as
sents to. It is these classes In the
onatc the one actuated by hatred and
[ be other by distrust who arc re
sponsible for the failure of the Olney-
I'auncefotc arbitration treaty and there
. an be no assurance that they would not
be found us determinedly hostile to an
other treaty , even thoiifih it should
ivoid , as it is said will be done , the main
objections to the former treaty.
Nevertheless the administration will
have the approval of the better senti
ment of the country if It .shall make an
other effort to secure a treaty for gen
eral arbitration between Great Hritaiu
and tlie 1'nlted Slates. Indeed It can
be easily understood that the president
may feel it to be bis duty to do so. It
is unquestionable that the rejection of
the arbitration treaty was against Un
intelligent and conservative public opin
ion of the country and If President Me-
KInley believes this to be so , as very
likely his does , he should give the friends
of international arbitration a principle
the l.'uited Slates has always contended
for another opportunity to assert them
selves. One defeat should not be allowed
to permanently settle the fate of so im
portant a cause.
After having gotten away with the
greater part of the plunder of the de
funct Capital National , Hank Wrecker
Mosher Is t tying to help his late asso
ciates among the stockholders of the
Institution hang onto the ( shares of the
booty which he generously turned over
to them. To save them he Is willing to
assume all the blame for all the frauds
perpetrated thiough the bank and even
li > announce his .intention of pitying all
the debts he left behind when he made
his involuntary trip to Sioux Falls. Hut
Mosher has told so many different ver
sions of hl.s downfall that his creditors
will hardly he willing to accept his
latest with any more satisfaction than
the others.
The congratulatory message sent by
President McKinlcy to Queen Victoria is
n terse and sensible expression appro
priate to tlie occasion and the persons
between whom It Is Interchanged. Kew
people appreciate ) thcjdllllciilty of say
ing neither too little nor too much In
ii message of this kind. President Me-
KInley has paid a tribute to the reign
of the Hritisli sovereign and this progu-s.- )
made under it without detracting frun
the achievements of our own country
during the same period.
If anyone had been shown at the time
Queen Victoria mounted the throne a
photograph of a crowd of speeding
bicyclists and told that It would bo a
reality by the close of the nineteenth
century , to what expressions of unbt-llef
would he not have given utterance'/1 And
the Invention , perfection and universal |
use of the bicycle Is only one of th-
almost Incredible changes that have
taken place In a short period of recent
yearn.
London shopkeepers , hotel men , cab
bies and everyone else appear to regard
the jublleo very much as the Hiunim-i
resort people regard tht < summer vaca
tion season- . They all want to extract
a whole year's profits out of a day's-
business.
One of the arguments urged by an
annexation paper Is that under our llan
Hawaii would become n delightful win
ter resort with a January temperutun
of " > degrees. Wonder If a change ol
Hag would give a change of tempjia-
t re.
There Is such a thing as exhausting
the patience of the good people ol
Omaha , who have been waiting so lout
In vain for irniow police board to re
organize tlntrju lro foree In the Interest
of proteetloh tb'llfe ' and property.
Not to In.Htltm'e Invidious comparisons
with Jurles'&Hfllier ' Judicial districts. It
Is very evIdeiuTrthat ex-Treasurer Hart
ley was tried by a Douglas eminly Jury
a fuel of wffje.j'i'yjouKliis county may bo
Justly prom ) . . . t
A Se.nlei1 I'aeUnKe.
St. l nils lleiiil | > llf.
Tlic niixlcly with which President Dole
wants to unload Hawaii on Uncle Snin should
load the latter to'Inspect the packnRe before'
he ncccpts the present. It may prove a
1'niulora's box.
Kicking tu I'linlim Tracc-H.
Globe-lietnwrnl.
The latest r'JPuliBt conventions .refer to
their recent a'.llts us the "silver faction' of
the ilejnocratlc i arty. " If resolution * count
the uapulls s vil net fuse again with that
beaten fac.loii.
One Sliot'nn Stillleleiit.
Detroit l-'rre 1'rrPS.
All the parties to the slKiiltiB of the Ha
waiian treaty have been photographed. The
extent of the annexation movement ma > > bo
gathered from the fact that Its projectors
were taken without any difficulty at one
shot.
The Soutli fur rroteetlon.
Ijoulnvllle I'ommerclnl.
The position taken by the dc'inocratlc Bcna-
tom from Oeor U. South Carolina , Louisiana
and Utah enables ns to declare with confi
dence tint the tariff nutation \ * finally settled.
We are practically all of us In favor of pro
tection henceforth and forever ,
( enan ii liniiiliiriitloii ,
New York Times.
It Is easy enough to understand why the
authorities of Germany prefer tliiit emi
grants from that country should go to lands
whcro they will not assimilate with the people
ple or establish permanent homes , but It Is
hard to see why the emigrants themselves
nliould allow that preference to guide their
steps. In neither Africa nor Soutli America
can Germans expect so warm a welcome us
they get here from the people of the same
blood as themselves , and certainly the re
wards of their industry there lire not so
certain or so great.
.Millions Aeemnileil I > 'or.
riilltuU > l | > hla l oil er.
After three weeks work the experts sent
from Washington to count the cash In the
New York sub-trcnsury have completed th lr
task , having handled In all $13,383,000. The
only discrepancy found was an error of
ibout $1 In the petty cash. An exhibit like
this goes a long way toward domoimtiat-
Ing both the honesty and the capability of
the government employes , since It Is no
small feat to handle such large sums , In the
rush of dally business , without a mistake ,
and It t-eems there has been no yielding to
the temptation to be dishonest.
Hot Tline.M hi Kentucky ,
N-w ( Yolk Sun.
Hot winds continue to parch Kentucky.
Hot and loud pipes the Louisville Dispatch ,
and no wonder.It seems that "the people
have been sold out and betrayed ( observe
the force of th9 ! lengthened form ) by traitors
In positions of'public trust , all the way from
the supreme bench'of the United States to
the common coiniefls in the cities. Hribery
and corruption have Invaded five courts of
justice , the congress of the United States ,
the statu leglsliituri-0 , the city couucll , and
both law and justice have been poisoned at
the fountain"an short. In the words of the
noble ballad \vhlell Colonel Jack China's
Silver QuartetuslnffB with so much expres
sion and so little remorse of voice , "O
Lord , There Is.-Trofible In the Land. " Tile
worst of the trouble Is that "the Wall street
bloodsuckers" have "struck down Oliver. "
When bloodsuokersf get into the habit of
Knocking people dowu.'the case is serious.
The Hon. Hez.Lmig should .bo consulted at
once. , . . ,
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, Cedar Rapids Republican : Tlic destruction
of the library ofth < r State university Is a
calamity that cannot bo measured by any
dollar and cents -standard. To have left co
valuable a collection of books and records
many of which could never lie replaced In
a building that was not fireproof was a piece
of negligence on tlie part of the state that
can scarcely be contemplated with patience.
Sioux City Journal : C. AV. Mosner the
wrecker of the Capital National bank of Lin
coln , told on the stand the other day how
ho lost the money which he stole from the
bank. Ho declared that ho lost $400 000
gambling In stocks and grain. He has served
his tlmo In the penitentiary and the de
positors In the bank will have to bo satis-
fled with knowledge of where- their money
went to.
Sioux City Times : In ono of the demo
cratic county conventions held last week al
lusion was made to the anti-free silver dsmo-
crats and to the questtion what attitude
to take toward them. Amidst great applause ,
and with corresponding action by the con
vention , one of the speakers , who la a leader
of the 'Ilryanlzed Iowa democracy , said :
"Now we have no petition to make to the
gold democrats. If they want to como hack
In sackcloth and aalus and heat their breasta
they may come , but we don't propose they
shall rule , and we arc not In the olive branch
business. " *
Davenport Republican : Taken altogether
the democratic party In Iowa Is In a good
deal of a hodge-podge. There are no state
Issues. The republican party has settled the
liquor question , and reduced expenses and
revised the code , and put everything In pretty
good shape to run for some time to come ,
provided the same good management is con
tinued. The republican party Is not at a
loss at all for general Issues. SuIIIclent rev
enue , a reasonably protective tariff and
sound finance are sufficient to carry any party
anywhere in any corner of this republic.
Hut the democratic party is not prepared , as
a unit , to oppose any ono of these principles.
Davenport Democrat : Out In Pottawntta-
mlo county lant Friday a combination of
popullsU , silver icpubllcaiip , and tlioio who
had formerly accepted pure and uiidefllcd
democracy held a convention to select dele
gates to the atato gathering that Is to be held
In DCS iMolncD this week. iAnd this Is the
expression left on record : " 13o It reaolvcd
by the democracy of I'ottawattamle county ,
In convention assembled , that we reaffirm
and adopt the platform adopted in Chicago
In 1890 in every line and loiter and declare
It to be the constitution of true democracy.
Ilwolved. That wo , as democrats , denounce
Gr vcr Cleveland as an apcstato and Ill's
theories as heresies. " And much innro of
this rot and rubbloh wau put Into the record
by these in I squill dajerlers from the princi
ples which have.uiaie ; ) democracy honored
and respected. 1 ( , Ir. , Cleveland waa three
times a candidate for president and twice
ho was ejected. To the extent of his great
ability ho deferiilYd , fho constitution of the
Unl'ed States ami he carried out both In let
ter and In spirit tjlieipolicy of the party to
which he wait rpspiUJilulo for his nomina
tion. For doltiH > . 'hJs/iuty ! ho Is called an
"apt-stale" by tbV-se unknown * In the western
part of Iowa.
Iowa City rtrtmldlcan : Annually the
United States gpycrmnent pays to tlio rail
roads thousands of dollars for the running of
i fast mall tralns-Ihj ) purpose of this ox-
pemllturo U , of cow , to expedite the passage -
ago of the ImportalUXmalls , Hut so far ns
the state of Iowa Is concerned this expendi
ture Is now of no advantage. The explana
tion Is as follows : The fast mall trains now
reach Chicago abjut ,11 o'clock p. in , , and
If they were allowed 1o leave there without
delay they woulif Yea'dli Iowa City about fir
o'clock a. m. , and toy 12 m. the mall would
have reacliJ all fho important paints In
Iowa. Hut the malls are not suffered to leave
Chicago without delay. They are held there
from 11 o'clock p , tn , until between 3 and t
o'clock a. in. , thus making a delay of four
hours. Aa a result ! the business men of
Dea Molnca do not receive their eastern mall
until noon , while tlioso In Council Bluffs and
Sioux City never secure theirs until almcet
nightfall. All these Injustice * are Inflicted
upon people merely that the great daily
papers of Chicago may enjoy to an over
whelming extent the benefit of the early
r malls. This may be a great advantage to
these publications , but It Is a selflch per
version of. the Urneflts of the fast mails dc-
flgncd by the governnleul , ami It Is further
a rank Injustice to t&9 citizens of Iowa. The
newepap-.i'a of the state- and the commercial
organisations are now agitating 'this evil ,
f and It U to bo hoped that their efforts will
effect its reformation.
Ill -MMSSS IIKTTKIIMP.VI'S.
Indianapolis Journal : Po long as there Is
business there will be failures , but when the
number of fa 11 urea in the country fell from
27G the third week of June In KS96 to 19S the
p.ist week , It Is very certain that business
hue Improved.
Chicago I'ost : The reports of the commer
cial papera continue to point out the Improve ,
.nent that Is taking place In the general
business of the country. It Is a pity that
theru rhould be men who feel It n duty tn
vehemently deny what conservative business
men see and furnish many facts to prove.
Olobe-Dcmocrat : The advance In the price *
of pig Iron and of most of the Iron and steel
products which Is under way Is , of course ,
due to an Increase In demand for there has
been no falling off In supply. Indeed. In
eoinc lines eupply IB Increasing , though ap
parently not unite as fant at the demand.
The growth In demand carries Its meaning
upon its face. It represents trade expansion
and general business Improvement. The evi
dences of Improvement come from nil parts
of the country , and they , It Is safe to say ,
will grow rapidly In extent and Importance
after the tariff bill I * enacted. Until the
foes A tut the friends of the bill believe this.
New York Mall nnd Uxprcss : Transactions
In the various branches of the Iron and Btuel
trade have ncently experienced n marked ex
pansion , Including , during the last three or
four weeks , marly 210,000 tons of pig Iron ,
upward of 50,000 tons of bar Iron and large
orders for export , ono of the latter calling
for 7SOO Ions of steel rails for India. Many
of the blast furnaces of Pennsylvania and
Ohlv which have been Idle for months have
ii.vd operations or are about to do BO ,
and all conditions Indicate a general liVcrea.sc
of activity nnd higher prices. It Is Im-
liosslblo to make a fair survey of the situation
without realizing lhat better times are near
at hand.
TIIH Clllt.lX SITU \TION.
Indianapolis Journal : It Is said that Cuba's
exports \\lll be thrte tlmei as large tht pres
ent year us they were during the year just
ended nnd that the- Increase confes from the
portion of the Island held by the Insurgents.
Now York Sun : The Spaniards pc.ik con
temptuously of the Americans as "traders , "
not knowing that the chief industry of thl-i
country Is farming. It la a curious circum
stance , too , that the most violent assailant
of the trading American's Is the Havana or
gan of the retail grocers , which bears the
name of 131 Comerclo. This champion of
the unterrifled retailers slings Spanish by the
wholesale at the Yankees.
St. Louis Republic : The United States
have a right to protest against methods of
war which devolve upon the Am-rrlran people
the loss of 5100,000.000 of trade. They have
a right to declare such destructive methods
barbarous and Intolerable to a neighboring
people * who occupy a fnondly altitude
toward Spain. They would l > ? Justlllfd In
demanding that these destructive methods
cease as the price of continue * ! friendliness.
Minneapolis Journal : As an exterminator
of human life General AVcyler seems to be
a micccds , as the death late In Cuba la some
thing fearful. The Span'sh ' policy Is more
devilish than that of Abdul Hamld in Ar
menia. In blaming Kiu.sia and Great Urlt-
aln for complacently permitting the Armen
ian massacres , Americana should always le-
niember the slaughter pen near our o n
southern coast. It is manifestly the duty
of the United States to interfere promptly
In Cuba.
New York Times : Curiously persistent 111
luck seems to attend the efforts of our
blockading fleet to prevent the dispatch of
arms to Cuba. The trips of the Dauntless
and other v : sels engaged In that traffic are
not quite so regular as those of the trana-
Atlantlc liners , but they are frequent enough
for most practical purposes , and as there Is
nn difficulty at all In breaking through the
cordon of Spanish gunboats the slow progress
of the Cuban cause is even more remarkable
than the source of all the money these ex
peditions must ccet.
Globe-Democrat : The Spanish papers make
threats against the United States , yet If
indemnity Is demanded for the murder of
Ruiz Spain will pay it without any protest
The men running the Spanish government
are l)0t ) Individuals of transcendent intelli
gence , but they know enough to keep out
of controversies with tlie United States. A
few fool newspapers in Havana and Madrid ,
whose- editors would fly to some other coun
try for safety In case of a war between tin1
United States and Spain , may continue their
howling , but their government will take
care to maintain peace with this country.
Philadelphia Ledger : It Is reported that
General Weyler ha received strict orders
from his home government to modify his
policy of cruelty and extermination , and
that thffio are due to tlie dispatches of Min
ister Dupuy de Lome , who baa strongly
rcpicfiented that public feeling In the United
States Is unfavorably affected liy the stories
of Weyler's actions. If so , Scnor de Lome
is a practical humanitarian , although he
probably looks at the situation from a purely
diplomatic point of view. His representa
tions convey the exact truth , and. as a peed
servant of the state , it is his duty to notify
his government of a drift of sentrment so
Important to Us Interests. This Is a form
of Intervention on the part of the American
people whlcll nobody can condemn and
diplomacy cannot touch , and it seems to bo
productive of good results.
j i3iiso.\Ai < AND o'rnr.n\visi : .
Judged by present conditions , the desire
for a hot Fourth of July will be realized.
The Intentions of the senate are nil right.
It is turning over new tariff leaves cvety
day.
Herbert O. Hlgbee and Oliver P. New
man of Iowa , and Phillip S. Smith of Ne-
breska , have successfully pasFed the ex
aminations and have been admitted to West
Point Military academy.
The purchase by General Weyler of an
American horse at a cnsli price of $300 Indi
cates that the doughty warrior has not
failed at least to draw his salary while
putting down the Cuban rebellion.
Kansas has madea largo contrlbutlon to
Dr. Dana's collection of quaint tinmen. Among
the notables are : Krnest Pilhblad , Mrs.
ClapsaddlcCharlie. . Swabby , Dr. Ralthouec ,
Maud Coughcnour and Miss Foresee.
It Is announced that Mlfn Elizabeth liar-
wood Key , the granddaughter of Krancls
Pcott Key , h : been appointed to a clerk-
nlilp In the Department of Agriculture. She
formerly held a clerkship In the Pension
department.
In the face of the numerous pictures which
represent Quein Victoria on any and everv
domestic occasion with her crown on , 'It Id
fiiher ( fiirlnuti to learn that she hae not , as a
matter of fact , worn it moro than twenty
times during her whole reign.
The KalDr king Is likely to outclass Hutto
millionaires and 'California ' croesutcd In the
number of wives and relatives anxious for a
sllco of his financial remains. Chicago shows
up with a wlfo and children of Harnato.
Montreal produces a brother , Buffalo a
brother , Cleveland a elslor and PltUburg a
second cousin. The day Is curly and returns
slow.
Tha new English torpedo boat Turblnla ,
which steams along fitotdily at the rate ot
a lnd mile In one minute , thirty-four seconds
ends , or thirty-eight n.lleu an hour , owes
her speed to three r > crew haft and turbines
which can make2.200 revolutions a minute.
It is believed that v/lth lighter cnglnea forty
miles an hour could be reached without
difficulty.
A paragraph la going the rounds of the
i newspapeis stating that Congre man Lewis
I of Washington "was once a stevedore in h !
I homo state , Virginia. " As Mr. Lewis , ac-
I cording to the Washington correspondent of
! the Philadelphia Inquirer , was only 3
years old when he removed with his parents
from Virginia that would make him the
youngest xtrvedoro on record. As a matter
of fact it Is slated that Mr. Lewis did hi *
i stevedoring on the wharves of Scuttle , his
Washington home.
The "pol cocktail" of Hawaii la pronounced
by Major Handy of Chicago the most wonder
ful pieces of spiritual architecture ever de
signed for man's comfort. These are tall
words , but what the major does not know
about creature comforts is not worth knowing
ing- Two spoonfuls of "pol" mingled with
cracked ice , a sprig of mint , a few drops of
absinthe , topped with appolllnaris and a
strawberry , tempts the * eye and tickles the
palate to an exhtleratlng degree. Major
Handy remarks in concluding his panegyric
on "pol , " that -when , construct * * ! and given
the loving touches of an a'tist , It exerts
"a rehabilitating and thrice-blessed power
which wordj but feebly portray , " Wuat
moro need be sold ?
HITS VUOM
1'iirnnrniiliw ffniii flu * IVii of llrll-
llniit KonturUy I'ltltor.
In the good old days when ( Irccloy and
Hennctt and Watson Webb and Park Hen-
jamln nnd Raymond lay muiko of nights try
ing to Invent new pet names and fresh sar
casms with which to destroy their brethern.
says a writer In the Times-Herald , there
was a southern brother from the window
of whose saiH'tum sanctorum blue smoke
could be won gently rolling at almost any
hour of the day or night. That window was
George I ) . Prentice's.
The nightly prayers of the fraternity must
have Included a special petition that they
might be delivered from the quill of Pren
tice. Itns not well to trllle with that
powerful whig organ , the Louisville Journal ,
nor with the genius who so completely filled
Its editorial chair from 1S30 until his death
In ' 70.
The following parnKrnphs , selected from
IPSUC.I of the Louisville Journal running
from 1830 to ISfifi. afford a fair Impression
of Prentice' * style , which was greatly ad
mired by the readers of his lime-except
ing , of course , his adversallcs of the press
and certain public diameter * and public
servants , moro or less ot whose tlmo was
occupied In Indignantly dodging his shafts
of criticism and Irony :
Mr. C. of New York line made n speech In
congress In defence of the late act of the
executive. Although ho didn't succeed In
dealing the executive , he was romaiktibly
succc-ssful In clearing the house.
The Cincinnati representative in congress
boasts that ho can bring an argument to n
point as quick us any other man. lie can
bring a quart to a pint n good deal quicker.
In some parts of Arkansas treis are scarce
and hangings numerous. A tree without two
or three men hanging on It Is quite a inre
spectacle. Such a tree Is not considered n
good bearer.
llulwer says that "death often changes
aversion to love. " Certainly It does ; we ma >
have an antipathy U sluep and swine , and
yet lovu mutton and pork.
"My wife , " says an unfortunate husband ,
"is the moist en-tempered person 1 ever
aw ; she's nlwnyri mad. "
Ivy will not cling to u poisonous Iree or
other substance. What a pity that the ten
drils of a woman's heart have not the same
wholesome nnd nalutary Instinct.
"Dick , ain't It wicked to rob this chicken
roost ? " "Dat's a great moral nitration ,
Gumbo. "We ain't got tlmo to argue It now
linud down another pullet. "
" 1 haven't taken a drop of liquor for a
year. " said an Individual of questionable
morals. Indeed ! Hut which of your fea
tures nroe to bcllovt1 your lips or your
ncse ?
The question Is discussed In some of the
Missouri papers whether ra'alni ; hemp Is n
Roo.l biwlmsfi. A much better business thnn
being raised by It.
The MlKOiirl Onzrttc chargers thpt we Imtc
to meet the tiuth.'p never do meet It ; we
and the truth always travel In the same
direction.
What we lack In 'natural abilities may
usually be made up by Industry. A dwarf
may keep pace with a giant If ho will but
move his legs fast enough.
"Doctor. " said a very slovenly looking
patient , " 1 have tried everything I can
think of for this iht-'unu'tlini and without
the least effect. " The doctor , surveying
him for a moment , asked him If he 'had
over tried a clean shirt.
There are people who say more than the
truth on some occasions and balance the ac
count with their consciences by saying less
on otheis.
Every taste may bo corrupted by habit.
A man may get so accustomed to nn offen
sive atmosphere lhat he will stop his now
lir passing a garden of jessamines and vie
lets.
Jt is a good sign to see the color of health
upon a man's face , but not to t-ec it all con-
i en I rated In his nose.
The editors of the Journal talk about
empty noddles. That's a subject they under
stand. Louisville .
Tl'on the difference between you and us
is. that we wideistand an empty noddle and
you stand under one.
Think of the mighty rivers , running up and
down and acrozo the country In every dl-
rietlon , and the controversies about their
navigation is there to be any way of sett
ling thorn ? -Edward Everett.
We have very serious doubts whether any
thing can be done with rivers running up
Iho country.
The New York Journal of Commerce al
luding to the early poverty of Curran , s'ays-
"When he started in married life lie writes :
'My wife nnd children were the only furni
ture of my apartments. ' " Under the cir
cumstances , wo think thii was rather more
than lie wi legitimately entitled to.
It 1' .some consolation to ns of the nrescnt
generation to llnd that our ancestors were
not more guiltless than ourselves of those
crliiK-3 and vices for which wo are so con
stantly reproached. Cincinnati Enquirer.
What flue children those must bs who < an
console themselves tn the villainy by the
reflection that tholr fathers before thm were
as great villains as Hietn elves.
The king of Naples Is growing thinner and
falling even on a diet of ass' milk. Ex
change.
How are your readers feeling now ?
The sheriff of Lincoln county invites us to
como and kick him. Dr. Johnson said of
certain curiosities in Scotland that they were
worth seeing , but not worth going to sac.
In llkt manner we say of HIP Lincoln sheriff
that ho U worth kicking , but nut worth
going to kick.
Some ncwipaper establishments are oper
ated by steam. In others horse or ass'power
is employed. Should our neighbor obtain , as
he promises , a steam press , he will have a
combination of advantages a paper printed
by steam and edited by an ass.
An Illinois editor , speaking of ono of the
writers" for the Journal , claims to be "able
to endure most kinds of people. " but says
"he can't luar a natural fro ) . " Unfortunately ,
his maternal ancestor could.
Mr. Sprlglit of North Carolina says Mr.
Clay Is not a gieat man. Wo wonder how
many skulls llko Sprlght's could be filled
with the brains of Henry Clay. First let It
b ? ascertained how many quart measure *
could be filled with the waters of Lake Eric ,
f * c&tnr of the Sentinel offers us
Iho pipe of peace. He mutt excuse UHJ we
never smoke. He- proposes to extend Ills
hand to all his political opponents. Wo shall
b glad to have him exUml It to ns , pro
vided It contain the little sum which ho
owed us when he ran away from our ofnce.
WAH AUAINST HIITTIHIM : .
Home ItciiinrUH on ( litI.nliHl M ve of
HiiDnlry .11n. .
Knnini City Star.
The butter makers of the United States ,
under the lead 01 ex-Governor Hoard of Wis
consin , have determined to push their war
fare against the butterlne makers until the
latter hall bo compelled to shut up their
factories in every htate In Iho union , as they
have been forced to do In many of the states.
It Is about time for the poultry raisers to
begin a war on the grput dressed meat houses
In the country , with a view of forcing them
to quit killing cattle , hoga and shce-p , BO that
people who desire to eat meat shall have no
choice but to cat fowls. The latter movement
would be just as rational In all respects ao
the forhior. The sulistltutes for butter which
have been produced In such great quantities
by the packers In recent years are just an
wholesome and as fit for Ube for human
food a the genuine article of butter produced
from town' milk , and it Is n good deal more
palatable tl'an 80 per cent of the butter that
Is produced on the farm , In the thousands
of small dairies of the land.
Proof of the latter Htatemcnt IK found In
the fact that standard makes of buttorlne
sell for a higher price than can be obtained
for tuo great bulk of what Is commonly
known as "country butter. " Consumers of
butter and butterlno vastly outnumber the
makers of butter. Why then should state
legislatures bo in such haste to put a ban
upon the manufacture of butterlne ? There
has never btcn a single demand from consum
ers for nuch legislation. There has
been a demand for laws to prevent the fradu-
lent sale of butterlno under the pretemo
that it is real butter , snd such lawn have
been generally adopted. Hut there la at the
present tlmo no need of them , for butterlne
has become a standard article which sells
readily on Us merits , and tradesmen do not
need to practice deception In order to sell It.
As a matter of fact U U not the farmers
either those who make the country butter
or those who do not make It who are de
manding the mipprewilou of the manufacture
of butterlue. It Is the creamery men who
are making all the trouble. It U pertinent
to ask , therefore , wherein doen a creamery
differ from the buttcrino department of a
Hacking house ? Hoth are manufactories
which buy taw mntrrUl of th
farmer and make > It Into MII r-
licit of commerce for the ti o ot
the public. The farmer la as directly
Interested In one ns In lite other. If tli9
mntiufactuie of butterlne should bo wholly
prohibited , there- would bp nn Increase In
the prior of butter which would benefit
HIP creamery owners nnd postMbly In ft
nllght mcaMitp Increase the price paid to the *
fanners for milk , but the boneflts derived
In that way by one set of farmers would
bo ofl.'ot by the hisses suffered by another
nnd a much larger set , because of the re
duced price which dressed moat houses
would pny for cattle. How arc the fnrmim
an a class to bo benefited by such n result
There Is just ns much rrnson for the
wool raisers to combine against collon man
ufacturers as for butter makers to si ok to
build up their own business by securing iho
enactment of laws for the suppression ot
the manufacture of butlerlno.
IM.IJASTI.V IMMVI'KI ) .
Phlliidrlphlii Iloc-ord : An DUIVOf tr < -
voiillpn inny be worth u pound of < no ;
but think of the cxperlcnte !
Chicago Record : "You have dn-elvod me
llofolv we were mnrrictl you tul.l im j uii
wona ptvnilnont citizen.f \
"No f.iko about thnl ; | t\m known to cvi ry
ono nn tinhlRKt'Mt llnr In town. "
Srmiervllle Journal CSi-oror .
: mvi-invfivj
-\ou hiuon'l raid lhat little bill of mlmi
l.effls lalor ( pensively-No. ) It hn.s rtily
jtm passed Its seeond leading ,
I'liek : "How that woitmtl did glare nt
you !
. " / * , : "I'd 1 glared luck nt her. Tlio
hateful thlngi-sho had on u shut wulxt
just like mine. "
Petrolt .luiirn.il : "Thete nre women , " re.
iiiiiikud the observer of men mid tiling.
who can t say much In favor of a larger
ppheie for th'r : because
sex their dis at
life too tight. "
Chicago Iteoord : "tiefore We wre mar
ried my wife wouldn't lot me. Meat her to
lee cream soda. "
"Iteniarknble girl ! "
"Yes , I should s < ay KO ; she's , kept nreoimt
of my offers , though , ami collretetl $ : j. ,5
from me after we were married. "
Philadelphia North American : "It wi > m *
Htrnnue Hint n bank cashier should invint
nn airship , "
"Has he ? "
"I see Hint a prominent bank onMiler hns
llown ,
Tlntrolt Kree l'res < : " \ty wife eleins : Imii-o
eight limes n yenr , " s.ild the app.limit f > r
divorce.
"lleeree granted , " said the Judge In a
voice that shivered.
Chlcairo ivat : "I'm always wlllli'ir to
work , " said th > > trnniii.
"Me careful , " cautioned the plillaiithm. | e
citizen who lititpd n lie.
'I repeat , " said the tramp with Mmple.
( Mr.nity. "that 1 nm always ready to work -
when there's nnthhifr to be done. "
SPM.Ml7u SIC.NS.
InillHliapolla Join mi I.
There's a sign of dawnlni ? summer in the
greater -.ale of beer ;
And the came old circus lion tiles the coop
as In last year ,
lint we can't declare It summer till the cor-
responil'Mice men
Send in bu'letln * of hailstones largo as e K3
produced per hen.
TIII-J IlKIIO OK TII10 llOI'tl.
Hostua ( Uobe.
Tim teller at his desk In town today. It
not a s'nlc ,
Must have -i sense of duty tlmt Is lilsh ami
e'en he-role.
What man would willingly forego tlie sl ht
of Mummer's nay hook ,
Hound all in ilvltiK blue and green , to lienil
above a daybook' . '
When all the outsldo world's alive nml
bright and plad with beauty ,
O , iilty him whose none IH on the Brlnd-
.stone of ImiKh duty !
When now. from every verdant bough , dear
nature's voice invites him ,
Does any think the rustling ; of a ledger's
leaves UollBhts him ?
When from afar he seem ! to hear the
whlyp'rinjr waters uoo him
To drop n line , mere Ink can't diown the
fancier tlmt pursue him.
How joyfully would hu Kite up the Weary
ehu.se of mnmmcn ,
To loll beside some likely stream and lur
the I rout or salmon !
But not for him are hill or stream or
shore ! with wilted collar
And aching head , all summer lotiff ho hus
tles for the dollar.
Mixed with the tempter's voice he hears
necessity's old war tune ,
And litihtH on for the "hostagea" that ho
has "given to fortune. "
In u .Tiuiiity Sailor Suit IM
11 J y. Our viirlelr fit them :
flint ! ) " KiirmeiilH ( lie III-
< ! fellon-H vonliiliiM iiiiiny
iiiivellleN In iiiiiterlulH mill
trliuiiilnKH that nrv not tel
l r found elncTVlicrc.
An Hie. warmer wenllier
niiriiue.lieH | | ( lie AViiNliulile
SiillH lire In Kreuicr ile-
iiiiind , anil Ilicne. are ijuKi ;
iix pri-lly In pattern IIM Hie.
< rli > ( li Niilto , Tvlillo much
II-NH riprnxlve.
Ill ellhrr III nil , however ,
our iirleex art ) UN IIMV UN
nil ) ' one > vli < > ivn ii IN real
ly KIIOI ! elolliPH iieetl lioitn
in imy. tV < * flu not innUti
Hit : "clicaji" Hiirln Unit
nerve iinly ( o Hell and do
not liolil toKellier.
Kvi-rytliliiB a mail or boy
ivun to to wear IN lierti anil
of tlie bent.
"Vt'e InUn xtoolc July 1 ami
nuiit t clean up man ) '
odilH anil null ) tliat Jiave.
neoiiiiiiilnteil iliirlnK' tin ;
lnxt feiv iiKinlliH , anil to done
no iniilio a nprclnl price
1'lie liPNt for. tlie price of
the jiouroat.
BROWNING ,
K1NB & 00 ,
8. W. Cor.
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