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    THURSDAY , JULY 122. 185)7. )
TllE OMAHA DAILY BE&
TKH , Editor.
KVUHV MOHNINQ.
TKUMS OP SUIISCIUITION.
Dully Iteo ( Without Sunday ) . On \ > nr. . . . M
Dnlly life and Sunday , One Year . . . . . . . . S 00
Rlx Months . . . 4 W
Thrco Months . * W
Kiimlny lice. One Yrnr. , . . , , , .107
Kfltunlny Dec , One Ycnr . , . > 1 W
SVcfhly llee , One Year . . . . . M
OPKICBS :
Omaha ! Tlie IK-a HiilMIng ,
Bnuth Omnlia : Slngrt Illk. , Cor. N nml : th Sts.
Council imifts : 10 l' irl Strct-t.
Clilcnun Oinec : 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York : Ilooms 13. H nn < l 11 , Tribune Hide.
Washington ! 601 Fourteenth Street.
All communications relating to nc\v nnd cdlto.
rl.il matter should 1 > nildresseil : To tlie IMItor.
IUJSINES8 UETTKllS.
All bimlncKs letters nnd rcnilttnncr-a should bo
ndilressed to The lle I'ubllslilnR Company ,
Omithn. Drafts , checks , exiircM nnd iiootolllce
money onlcrs to lie made pnub1e to the order
of the company.
TIIK I1KK rUm.lSIIINO COMPANY.
8TATBMKNT Ol' CMlCttl.ATION.
Btata of Nohraftirt , Dnnslas County , :
OeorKO I ) . Txschtirk. Sccrclaiy of The Hcc 1'iib-
ll hlnc company , being duly sworn , tnys Hint the
netual number of full nnd complete roples of The
Dally MornliiK. I'vmlni ; and Hundny Ilec printed
durlnii thf ninnlli of June. US * . WBH na follows :
1 20 2M 111 13.C2J
2 CU.I'J ? K 15.MI
3 13.81. . 15 l.f"l !
i ISSCO IS 10.770
t 19.M1 ji ( 20.OT2
IO.SOO 21 IS.f.M
7 M.OZ3 K 20.121
S in.701 2.1 19.57S
9 M.7SS 2 | 19.fi III
10 19.SIS 2' 19.571
11 1II.OG3 20 IS.fi'S
JJ 19,374 27 19,81 : ,
13 20,211 10.5(2 (
14 inTOO 23 IIVT,1) , ) !
IS U > , S30 30 13,571
Total , r.33,412
Ian dciluctlons fnr unsold nnd it-
turnol copies 9.217
Total not sulei SSH.1W
Net dally nvcrnso 19.MO
ai-ortoi- : . Tzsriircic ,
Sworn to before mo nnd jubscrlbi-J In my tires-
cnca this Sd Jay of July , K'07.
N. 1 * . VKIU
Notary 1'iilille.
TIIK 111C12 O.TltAlNS. .
All rnllriitiil III-TI ttlinyn nrc
Mipiillcil IVI Hi Ynuiiyrli HCCH
in ne'cMiiiiiiioilnticvrry IIIIH-
nciim-r ivlm wnnlN to ri-iitl it
n 'T 'Kiiiicr. | InsIM iiiiii ) Imv-
liiK TinHIM - . K you enii 11 t
Ki-t ii llcf oil a trnln from tli
HI-UN ngrii ; ( , lilt-line report
( Infiiet , ntiitliiR tinmlH ( mill
riillriinil , to tinOlriulHtlon
Iciiirliii | < > iit of Tlie lice. Tlie
KOIIn fur millon nil train * .
INSIST OX HAVIXO Till ; 1IKK.
ss MAVI\R FOIITIIK NITMMRH
I'nrtlc-M leaving tin- city for
tin ; NHIIIIIKT rim Intvc The
HIM * MI-MI lo them rouiilarly
liy niitlfylnpr Tin ; lire linsl-
lii-KR nflli'p 111 III-I-MOII or liy
mall. The nililre-N * will lie
cliniiKfil nn often < i * ili'Mlreil.
The rain falls anil the sun shlnus and
tlic corn ro\vs--ln Nebraslca.
As the corn tassels out tin ; hopes of
thu calamity howler wrow .sllininur.
The calamity editor Is liavinsr a hard
row to hoe in tln\se Uimv < of dally hn-
provlus crop prospects.
The latest trust bulletined Is a syrup
combine. It Us feared , tbuu li , tbatsueb
n trust will be too sweet to slick.
Speaker Keed's part In the enactment
of the tariff seems to have been carried
out to the letter and on schedule time.
Alaska is probably as ixul a place as
any to brinji to his senses Ihu man who
expects to amass fabulous wealth with
out working for it.
The house and senate employes would
not object if congress remained in con
tinuous session. Their salaries stop
. when congress stops.
If the governor of Nebraska does not
maintain tlie dignity of the state at the
Logan monument exercises at Chicago
the mayor of Omnlia will.
The only defense left for tins silver
men Is to watch the reports of lurid gold
llnds In Alaska with announcements of
stupendous sliver discoveries down In
Tatagonla.
It will be remembered that tbe editor
ial page of tlie World-Herald was also
used for a defense of Tom Ma.iors. In
that Instance It was ? 7r > 0 of republican
money that did tbe work.
The peoplu nro convinced of the ex
traordinary oratorical powers of all of the
senators who oppose the tariff bill with
out requiring any new proof in the shape
of long-winded tariff speeches at tlie
present time.
Congressman Hnlley refers to tbe lead
ers of the democratic majority In the
house lu 1SD1 by tlie endearing epithet of
"a lot of mugwumps. " I5ut at that time
Uailey was part and parcel of the fold
that ho now denounces.
The editor of The Hue Is neither hold
ing otllce nor a candidate for olllce , and
people who have deluded themselves Into
the Idea that they can ride Into olllco by
trying to make a political Issue out of
him have usually been disappointed.
After n few more peaceable citizens
aru knocked down and robb'-d at their
very door steps the police commission
may awake to the fact that Omaha Is
sadly In need of a chief of police who
.will see that it has police protection.
County Clerk Kedlleld seems to htivo
convinced himself thoroughly .that he
constitutes the entire county govern
ment. He feels sure that Ins has a
monopoly on its conscience and an ex
clusive copyright on the courage of Its
convictions.
*
The grand nessment roll of Nebraska
fihows another decrease fur this year
over last. This ought to be. the last tlniu
that the total llgnres move backward * ,
nnd with McKlnley prosperity upon im
the chances arc good for u marked Increase -
crease for next year.
The prospective glories of the Trans-
mlsslsslppl Exposition of 1SOS must not
be permitted to obscure totally the stata
fair to be bold In Omaha this ywir. With
bounteous , crops already assured , Un
fair may ba relied on to form an exhibit
of Nebraska's agricultural products
never before excelled.
Will' 7O STItlKK TIIK TltfST
That was a pertinent remark of Mr.
Dlngley's that the way to break down
tint Sugar trust Is to establish a beet
sugar Industry In every congressional
district. "That Is the way to clip the
wings of thu trust , " said the chairman of
the ways nnd means committee. It
must be perfectly apparent to every In
telligent man that we cannot have a
policy for the protection and encourage
ment of the domestic sugar Industry
without the trust at present deriving
more or less bom'llt from It. There must
bo protection for the rellner as well as
the grower of sugar. .Perhaps the pend
ing tariff bill gives more to the former
than Is necessary , but however this may
be we cannot build tip a sugar Industry
In the t'nltcd States and not protect the
rellnlng Interest. We ought not to wait ,
however , for the development of the in-
dttstr.v to break down the trust , If that
can be accomplished In another way. It
Is Impossible to say how many years
will be required for such an extension
of the beet sugar Industry here as may
be necessary to "clip the wings of the
trust. " but at nil events the popular tb'-
mand Is for legislation , If more be
needed , that will break dowiv this com
bination in file very shortest time possi
ble. It is tbe most rapacious and the
most dangerous monopoly this country
has ever had and Its suppression , if it be
possible. Is a matter of great public im
portance.
' U.V S/.l/A' .
The fulled States senate has passed
the joint resolution authorizing and re
questing the president to take all neces
sary steps for the release of the Com
petitor prisoners Incarcerated In Havana.
A report In regard to these prisoners
was submitted to tlie senate by Its for
eign relations committee a short lline
ago , In which it was shown that tills
government has very strong reasons for
demanding of Spain the release of these
men , all of whom are entitled to the
protection of the United States. It was
set forth In this report that the treaty
rights of the prisoners had been wholly
disregarded and It was urged as an im
perative duty on the part of our gov
ernment to take prompt action In their
behalf. It seems to be umiucsiionabli-
that the action of the senate in this mat
ter Is fully justllled and therefore ought
to be at once concurred in by the bouse.
Tlie resolution involves no interference
In Cuban affairs , but simply proposes
that the government shall demand that
the treaty rights of these imprisoned
American citizens shall no longer be
violated.
Tlie other demand to be made upon
Spain Is for Indemnity for the death In
prison of Dr. Itulz. The Spanish gov
ernment sometime ago offered to pay tlie
widow of Dr. Unix 9-IO.OOO , thereby ac
knowledging tbe justice of the claim.
The tender was refused and a. demand
will be made for $75,000 indemnity , it
being understood that Minister AVood-
ford has been Instructed to Insist upon
this sum , which is certainly very mod
erate and cannot reasonably be objected
to by the Spanish government , which If
It has any sense of justice will pay
the claim without hesitation or delay.
It is possible that the action of the
senate may revive popular feeling in
Spain against this country , but we have
only to consider whether we are rlyht
in the matter and of this there seems to
bo no doubt. So far as the uovern-
ments are concerned the most trust
worthy information 'is that there is no
increased tension between them and no
indication of any impairment of friendly
relations.
AtlRKEl
It is reported from L/ondon to bo ex
tremely probable that England will
agree to participate in a conference to
consider the question of International bi
metallism. If tlie American commis
sioners have been successful In inducing
the Hrltish government to make so much
of a concession n conference ts assured ,
for other ICuropean governments will
follow the course of England. But there
Is some reason to doubt the authenticity
of the report , which may have no more
substantial basis than the statement
that tlie 1'rltish government was prepared -
pared to reopen the Indian mints to tlie
free and unlimited coinage of silver in
case France and the United States
should enter Into an agreement. I'er-
sons Interested in this subject who have
recently returned from England did not
gain the Impression while there that the
feeling in ollicial circles Is favorable tea
a conference , or that there is any ills-
position to make the slightest change in
the monetary policy of freat ! ISritnln.
One of these , a man well known In llnnn-
chil circles , said that the continued in
crease In gold production , the surplus
last year and this year of Hrltish In
come over expenditures and the contin
ued commercial supremacy of England ,
have tin1 effectof persuading Parliament
that the present coinage , currency and
financial system Is good , even though
there Is distress In India , lie expressed
the opinion that there would not be a
modlltcatlon of coinage or currency
laws so long as existing Hrltish indus
trial prosperity endures.
Still England may agree to a conference -
enco and assuming that she does no ,
what Is reasonably to be hoped for from
it ? Perhaps , as has been stiggonted , th- :
Hrltish government would make th ? con
cession of reopening the Indian mints to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
and possibly of Inei easing tbo.usu of sil
ver as purl of tbe reserve of tiia Hank of
England. Hut how much real b'mllt
would this Ito to the cause of interna
tional bimetallism ? Possibly it might
have ( lie effect to temporarily advance
tin * prkv of silver , but this is by no
means certain , for It Is to | u ivmembeio. )
that silver declined before the closing of
the Indian mints to free silver In 180:5. :
Hut admit that a free colnaga agreement
between France and the United atates ,
with the reopening of the Indian mints ,
would advance the price of silver , It can
not be seriously believed that the 'white
metal would 1m carried to a parity with
gold. That cor hi only ba accomplished
by the. opwiin of the London mtntn to
free silver coinage In conjunction with
those of other European countries , India
and the fnltod States , and it is abso
Intely ceitain that England will not open
tliu Loudoii ailuta to silver. It may be
thought that nevertheless an Important
step would be gained toward Interim
ttonal bimetallism , but this Is somewhat
problematical. It Is conceivable that tb.-
situation might become more trouble
some and perplexing.
The American commissioners seem to
be performing their ditllcult task with
most commendable assiduity and un
questionably they have madea favorable -
able liupiesslon as representatives of this
itovernment , but It is to ba doubted
Whether what they have dour will have
any practical results favorable to Inter
national bimetallism.
Tin : n.r o.v run WHKKI. .
And now comes County Clerk Hi'dfleld
with n list of suits to recover alleged
deliclts due from ex-county ollleers ,
which he says he Instituted for the bene-
lit of the taxpayers. Itedlleld forcibly
recalls the lly that Imagined It won mov
ing the wheel. The county clerk Insti
tuted the suits. Indeed ! The next tiling
we shall bear of every typewriter In the
clerk's otlice or lu the olllce of the clerk
of the court will Insist that he or slu-
Instituted thei suits because they copied
the petitions.
What has the county clerk to do with
Instituting suits on behalf of the county V
lias the Hoard of County Commission
ers abdicated its powers to tlie great
factotum and keeper of the ss'als and
eonsdencesY What has become of the
county attorney ? We seem to have
been laboring under the delusion that
the county attorney had soim-thlny ; to
do with Instituting the county's law
suits. Hut now we understand why we
want to enlarge the court house. For a
man of Kedlleld's dimensions it Is be
coming altogether too small.
A'O KXl'KIHMhXTtXtl WITH Till : I'OUVK.
The spirit and letter of the new city
charter contemplates the exaction of spe
cial qualillcatlons from every city otlicer
whose duties require professional knowl
edge or expert skill in their performance.
The city attorney must be a lawyer
familiar with corporation law. The city
engineer must be an expert in engineer
ing. Tlie building Inspector must be a
builder who has built something. Tlie
city electrician must be a practical elec
trical engineer. The health ollicer must
be a physician of tried abiljty. "While
the charier does r.ot in so many words
prescribe the qualifications of the lire
chief , no Hoard of Fire and Police Com
missioners would think of replacing
Chief Hcdell with a man who had never
served in a lire department or a man
who had been simply a stoker or driver
of a lire engine.
I low , then , can our police commlssion-
ets , who are sworn to give the city
effective police protection , consider any
man lit for tlie position of chief of police
who has never served on a police force
or lias at best filled only a position as
sheriff , deputy United States marshal or
spurious coin detective ? What right has
the board to jeopardize tlie lives and
properties of our citizens by experiment
with politicians who want to play chief
of policeat the public expense ? What
good would JU.cliijef of police be , wbo
has never had the direction of a dozen
men and who knows absolutely nothing
about the organization and discipline of
a metropolitan police force' ?
It is simply amazing that any
member of the police commission should
declare himself in favor of anybody but
an experienced ollicer. It is still more
amazing that a man like Judge Gregory ,
who has a life experience behind him ,
should bo quoted as justifying his
support of ths chairman of the demo
cratic state committee for chief of police
with the assertion that the best com
manders in the late.war of the rebellion
wore generals who enlisted from civil
life without any military education or
experience. Who were those great com
manders ? On tbe confederate side every
commander who attained distinction
during tlie war was a graduate of West
Point or a military college. General
Koliert E. Lee was a West Pointer and
colonel in the regular army at its out
break. General Albert Sidney Johnston
was a brigadier in the regular army.
Beauregard , Bragg , Longstreet , .Tosrph
E. Johnston , Stonewall Jackson and the
two Hills were all West Pointers , and
so were all the other famous confederate
commanders. On the union side , Scott.
Halleck , McClellan , Hancock , Grant ,
Sherman , Sheridan , Hooker , Burnwldp ,
Thomas , Meade , Ord , Augur , Howard ,
were graduates of West Point. On th"
other hand , tlie commanders from civil
life , with the exception of Logan and
P"rlmps one or two more , were failures
from the military standpoint.
The proposition to place the Omaha po
lice In the bands of any man who lacks
experience an a police ollicer and ap
proved executive ability is not merely
preposterous , but It Is an outrage upon
the community , especially In view of tlie
present demoralized condition of tlie po
lice and the demand for superior police
protection during the fast approaching
exposition. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Before the pcoplu of Omaha voti > a
quarter of a million of bonds for a new
High school building they will want a
Hoard of Education that shows some dis
position to keep the expenditures of the
school system within Its revenues. A
board that squanders .f.'iX ) on an un
necessary attorney and iiicrcasps tin-
yearly salary of the superintendent ,
who would gladly have served without
additional pay , does not Inspire the con-
fluVnco which would Induce the friends
of tlie public schools to phictt the board
In position to oxHml ] ! r > 0,000 In build
lilt ; .
McKlnIey , Cleveland and Bryan have
all been Invited to participate In a cele
bration to be held In tlie town of Fru-
moiit , O. , in September , There might
bu nothing Inappropriate In McKlnley
and Cleveland accepting the Invitation Jf
they were so disposed , but how could
Bryan ever square h'mself with the.
plain people for associating with men
whom hu conntnntly denounces as the
tools of the pluteinti and Wall streetV
The prize watermelon of ( ho season ,
which wc-hs ! seventy-eight pounds , ha- ,
been sent as a gift to PrcshU'iit IMcKin-
ley , And yet Bryan ai.d his folJoweni
deny the benellcent Influence of thu re
publican victory of last November , Will
Mr. llryfyjj.tj plnlii lunv sucli a water
melon ( 'nujil liavo boon grown under ( he
blighting tfcbM standard ?
! f. ' Till
of Tennessee Is said
to have scnaj"jlal ; aspirations of his own.
For this riyisjiM- when he1 makes out the
riirmlssluut uf the successor to the late
Senator Ixhuni ( ! . Harris It will be with
the distill 1ihd 1 rsandiilg ! Hint tbe ap
pointee doYS lint contemplate clinging to
the senalwrJal seat as long as did Hu
man whom lip'fcucccctls. '
There Is no question that paying car
fare out of the city treasury for city e'u-
ployes engnged on city business would
constitute a. small Item In the annual
budget , but th. ' question Is whether It
will Hot cost the city more In loss of
lime ami labor not to pay legitimate car
fare , of wllleh the city reaps the b.'iie-
An anxious public Is still waiting for
the political' fence to explain how that
niciiioiundnni slip of s'oU'ii public mov.ey
loaned to tlie owner of the World-Her
ald came to be In the city cash < l'-uw ' , > r
when Holln's bondsmen took possession
of the oillee at the time the dvfaleation
was exposed.
( , 'roivlM Ili-osiuMi- - IN lu-ft.
Globe-Democrat.
A pessimist 'j ' a inin who cannot Itcpp
step with American progress , ntul he h
speedily InUtcil to go off Into a corner to do
his griimblliiK.
A -Un ( \vli-ilu'lii'V n Tritlli.
IlulT.iln ixircs. : | . ,
Ono London journal has discovered that
the United State ? In not distinctly an Anglo-
Saxon nation. This Is proKrejR. A fp\v mil
lions of ti,3 nro descended from other racio ,
nnil the Tart Ifl not the lenat hopeful fcaturo
of our sUti tlon.
The Hero of ( lie Horn * . .
SprliiKflclcl ( Mass. ) llfpubllean.
The hero of the hour seems to be Speaker
Kced , who is' now wearing the scalps of
the sugar seiiatois at his belt. lie Id the
only power found ableto break lute the
nest of truflt conspirators and scatter them
Binco the trust 'took possession of the upper
branch of congress. And he undoubtedly
relishes the performance. Ho has no love
for tbe senate.
SlKiilllennl Selllcineiit.
MimieniHills Journal.
A alga ct some Importance bcarinn upon
the returning prosperltj is the settlement
ot the steel ficaleat 1'ittsburR , which f-niVi
a serious labor dispute nnd puts 25.000 men
at work thti week. Such occurrences as this
are grlevouy to the democratic organs , who
have been rejoicing over the suspension of
business by reason of labor disputes. These
organa love tlie worklngman so much that
they would like to see him Idle all sum
mer If by It they might make a little po
litical capital.-
i ' *
Debt 1'n.vlnn' IIIelirn - > ! ii.
Jnill n.i.ollK | Jouinnl.
A notablol feature of the situation Is the
large reduction In mortgage indebtedness.
A careful rstlma'te places the amount paid
In Nebraska' ' during the part six months at
? 2SODOflOO. 'Tlicsja ' large payments are at
tributed by Joan Agents to tlie economy that
hard times ihuve , brought agricultural
claosca and i.o the fact that they are now
realizing the Income on the large crops of
the past twft ycirs. Much the same con-
dlticna exist'.ln Igwa , where the .farmers In
sist on payin'g oflj debts Instead of renewing
them , and tVr If ! a regular scramble among
money lenders and loan , agents to pick up
Koo.1 loans' . .In' all tlie other stjtca named
the farmers arc laying' their debte and
getting ready forbetter times.
: ' ' Diiiiii's' UJiniillxlt ht'ei- . ' '
" Now" York Sun.
The demon of discord may now be ob
served In the jact of cutting up his mcvH
demoniac capers among tiie Cujalicga coun'y
democracy and elsewhere among the nuc' > vyc
(3e.Tocratlc brethren. Democrats conUir.ie to
shriek fiercely against the eminent phito-
ciatlc plutcpliobist , the Hnu. John II. McLean
of the District cf 'Columbia. ' The friends of
the various candidates for govcrncr whom he
U said to have "bctrayeni" at the Columbia
convention aru practicing on him with their
tomahawks. The voice of Hon. llorncc
Chapman , the plutocratic candidate for gov-
erncr. is still not , "lifted for the poor man. "
In flhort , the demon Is enjoying himself to
the top of his bent , and no answer has btcn
received to the numerous advertisements for
Harmony ,
A I'en til re of tin * Exposition.
St. Paul Pioneer Preys.
One of the features already arranged for of
the comlns Transmlralsslpiil Expoition at
Omahais a gigantic acrhl merry-go-round.
The cars for passengers are attached to the
ends of long steel trusses , .arranged around
a central standard forty feet In diameter ,
like the ribs of an umbrella. When the
umbrella \ closed the cars rest upon a plat
form near .the ground. When it Is ojitncj
they are lifted 350 feet In the air above the
bluff , and COO feet above the water of the
river at whoso cdgo the structure Is erected.
There they are to be whirled around at
hi-Ii speed for ten minutes or so after each
ascent. Then , with the closing of the um
brella , they will return to terra fiima , having
undergone a sensation surpassing , it is ealcl ,
a "thrilling pensatlon" suycrlor to anything
ever produced by climbing the Klffel tower ,
iltllns In the Ferris wheel or teetering on
Nashville's Hrobdlgnaglan see-saw.
IMSHSO.\AI , AM ) OTIIKItWISIS.
Just to offset tlie gold discoveries in
Alaska , a silver cave has been unearthed
In Virginia ,
AVItli gold dust coming Into the country
l < y the ton , prcjpcrlty may well don her
bloomers anil comu out on the pike.
Secretary Scward , It now appears , made
a great mistake , when lie purchased Alaska ,
that bo did not Insist on having thu bound
ary line run a few miles further east.
The London Globe thinks It Is oevtro whan
It talks about American "diplomacy in its
shirt sleeves , " but It will please remember
tfbat n man with hlo coat on never does
much work.
The city hall of Philadelphia represents
an outlay of $10.000,000 , and the Job Isn't
finished yet. .That part of the building now
linbltablo require200 workmen at n cost
ot $7,000 a month to keep clean.
The story of the" confederate soldier who
devoured wllilnfruit In order to draw his
stomach up to fit his rations will bo forcibly
appreciated by the Klondyke pilgrims when
they tackle dug meat at ? 5 a pound.
Twenty thojlaap } dollars worth of gold
was extracted from the sweepings of the
Philadelphia mint last month. Thera ore
tlioso who think1 ! lle beni'llta would follow
a clean swctn.ltiipthcr departments of the
government.
The robbers jvjjp' went through the city
hall nt Milwaukee seem to have a very
Imperfect Idfa uf ilio gcnrr.il character of
municipal govefnmtnt In this country. They
must have been fort-loners. No native would
liavo ir.ado thy mistake of supposing that
r.nythlug hail Tscfn' left.
Governor Ili'S'All-V'ol ' Kentucky , In pardonIng -
Ing a man cnurictol of grand larceny , sen-
tcntiouBly rnnarJicd that the rase was c
proper one for executive clemency because
tlio man wtn'a Victim of too much mother-
in-law. ConvlCJlflu wrs. bad on his mother-
iii-law's testimony , who took that means of
procuring a divorce for her daughter.
"Uy the beard of 'the' ' prophet , " exclaimed
the sultan , smiting hU thigh , 'thu curb
stone baud again assaults ray ears. Chris
tian doss , away with them ! " "Don't get
ay , Abdul , " whispered the grand vUler.
affectionately stroking thu fur , "your can
deceive you. Those noteo are wafted from
tlio concert of the powers. They have
caloric to can. "
Mui-h useful advlco Is given by the press
to these adventurous spirits who think for
tune awaits thf m'In Jhe Alaska gold fields ,
whc-ri lua'1 temperature drops to 78 degrees
btlw zero without much effort. Jt In oV-
served that ibPSO who will not heed the
advlco to stay at home are urged to "talc--1
tho. overland route. " Which proves that
Is clearly. In it.
.ItlliV Jl.VtJ W.IMiS.
Ccrjmopolta for July contains , In iM I'.tig-
Ilih der-artmcnt , th ? first of : i ci-rles of
rotahla articles by Max Mueller c-n "Itaysl-
tlra , " the term being inert to Indicate sov-
crolsntles ar'l lot dutlra or ta.\e < . Oeorgo
fee ( wlln , If anyone , ought to know about
"A Tragic Novel , " trjr.t3 under that title of
K'inubcri'a ' "I/KJucallon Scntlmrntale. " An
drew hang talks In his usual charming man
ner of books , William Arrht-r of the Ken-
don theaters and Henry Norman contributes
a pai.tr on "The Ulobj anl the ! slnJ. : "
magnanimously preserving that MJtiucncc In
a ( otiiideratlon ot Urlt.il'i's relations with
the rc i o * the world on the ow.'flion of
thu JublJco
I In the foreign departments , Paul Hour-
I KU's delightful "Voyageusrs" ro.tohss Its
j sixth part. K. Halperlnc-Kamlnsky discourses
j of Hthilftn nnd Kmlle Ka.uot of rrco ; t
j Krenrh literature , and Ihr veteran Jillca
Imaltro write * delightfully of thratrl\il
matttrs In I'nrlj Of thr Orrnmn cotilrls-
titora to this number R.-nst von U'llitcabrur.h
htglrs a story , "Her I.lebcstrank. " J. J.
lUvl-1 Urals of the contributions ot Prance
to llteraturo during the past year , acid An-
da Dctlclhclm revlmva recent German
bookfi. IS. Krancko has a valuable historical
and political paper and U. Itlchlur 0:10 : on
art.
The Westminster Hevlsw for July contains
an cjmeat " 1'lc.x for Serbia , the Piedmont
ot the lialkans , " by A. II. K. T.iylor. Other
imiortant paparn arc "Hubert the Hnie * and
thu Ani-lo-ScolUsli Controversy. " by Robert
M. Ujekharl : "A Public School for the Un
orthodox , " by Stanley Young. " and "Sunday
Ohserv.inr-o Legislation , " by Mark II. Judge
A pseudonymous writer tel's "Why Vro the
Olrrgj- Unpopular ? " and II. R. Krcnc treats
\Vatorloo In cnmirctt' n with two peifsnn-
alltlis ns dissimilar as those of Donaparto
and llyron.
The July numbrr of tlie National Kcvlcw
ofi'civi an Its lending feature a symposium
on "Itrlllsh Interests' and the Woloott Com
mission , " eontrtbiitors to which are T. Moyd ,
editor of the Statist , UHJuh Helm , secretary
of the Manchester Chamber of Cnmnn-rre ,
nnd V. J. Faraday , liernard Holland contrib
utes a thoughtful paper on "Tho Present
Position ot the Anglican Church , " nnd
Spencer Wilkinson reviews at length Cap
tain Mahan's "Life of Nelson. " Spain , under
thd title of "Europe's New Invalid , " lo con
sidered by J. Foreman , P. H. G. S. , and J
Cuthhert Iladden discourses of "The Multi
plication of Musicians. "
The summer number of Poet-Lore , com-
prir.lng the months of July , August and Sep-
trmbor. has a long poem by nilss Carman
"Above the Gaspercau. " There Is a trans
lation of Sundermann'fl "Morlturl : Tolas , '
by Mary Harned. Francis Howard Williams
conoldcrs "Immortality as a Motive In Po
etry. " William Sloane Kennedy sets fortli
some of the results of "Ilrowhlngs In 'Ham
let , ' " and Grace OuflU-ld Goodwin contrasts
"Two Singers of Sunrise : Lanler. Glider. '
All the special departments are full ol
timely , Intere.-itlng and well written matter.
The familiar old fashioned yellow covers
of the Cornhlll Magazine enclose the usua
interesting contents for the month of July
C. II. Firth has a valuable historical article
on "Marston Moor , " and Rev. H. C. He-cell
ing considers "Tho Poverty ot the Clergy. '
J. W. MacUall contributes a brilliant paper
on "Piers Ploughman and English Life In
the Fourteenth Century. " Dr. E. T. With-
Ington discusses "Legal Proceeding ; ? Agalusi
Animals , " and Hartley Withers offers some
timely suggestions on "How to Scan n
Prospectus. " Henry Seton Mcrriman's
serial story , "In Kedar's Tcntfj , " Is contin
ued , and other fiction Is supplied by ] } . M.
Croker , G. II. Powell , John A. llridges am
Katharine Silvester.
The Nineteenth Century for July "features"
PU article by Joseph Kdgar Chamberlain on
"Tho Growth of Caste In the Unites ! States , "
which will be found interesting to Ameri
can as well as Ilritish readers. Sir John
Wllloughby describes the Jameson raid from
the standpoint of a participant , and Prince
Kropotkln notes some discoveries of "Jlecent
Science. " Sir Wcmyss Reid has a pnper on
"Some Reminiscences of English Journal-
Ism" . ' " Lvsdy Priestley ' 'cfintrasts "Tho
French and the English treatment ot Rc-
p arch , " and J. Cuthbert Hadden writes of
"Tho Teaching of Music in Schools. "
A bright and breezy July number of
"Travel" contain.- description of President
Lincoln's private car by D , W. Ilaynes ,
which should be of special Interest to
Omaha readers. A very full table of con
tenU includes stories of excursions to Lu
cerne , the Rockies , southern California , the
lower Mississippi , the Alpine peaks , New
foundland and New Mexico. i
The July Humanitarian starts the eleventh
volume of that periodical with a timely in-
tervlow with Mrs. Flora Annie Steel , author
of "On the Face of the Waters" and "The
Potter'o Thumb , " on "The Social Condition
of India. "
The mid-July number of the Chap-Book
offers an appreciative estimate of Walt
Whitman by John Jay Chapman , a com
plete short story , "Dick , " by Maria Pool ,
and two chapters ot Henry James' serial ,
which draws > to a close as rapidly as ono
of Mr. James' stories can draw.
Popular Astronomy for July has a descrip
tive article on the Yerkcs observatory by
Wllllflm W. Payne , and another on "Stellar
Photometry" by C. M. Smith , besides much
miscellaneous matter of interest to these who
study the heavens through a glass , either
In a professional or In an amateur way ,
The American edition ot the Review of Re
views has been for some time gradually put
ting off the ehackles of allegiance to Drltain
and assuming an air of scarcely concealed
Americanism. With the July "number " It
takes the new tltlo of The American
Monthly Review of Reviews , and those who
desire their Stead unmixed will have here
after to stick to the English Review. Ed
ward Cary's "Seth Low ; a Character Sketch , "
Is perhaps the most striking and timely of
the special articles in thu number.
Hook News- for July contains as frontis
piece a portrait of Samuel Mlnturn Peck ,
and n dialect story from his pen entitled ,
"Pap's Mules. "
"Marietta's Marriage , " by W. R Norrls , IB
a warning to undemonstrative huabundj. If
Lionel had only told hin wlfo nftcner that
he loved her , Instead ot leaving hoto Inter
Iho warmth of Irhi affection fro-n circum-
slanccs not altogether calculated to provo
the same , much misunderstanding and misery
might have been avoided not by the reader ,
however , who cannot possibly misunderstand
the trend of Mr. Norrla' lucid narrative
and to whom the perusal of It will bring
( julte the reverse of misery. Paper , CO cents.
Appleton & Co. , New York ,
Other July magazines received : The Hyp
notic Magazine , the Sanitarian , the Dietetic
and Hygienic Gazette , the Open Court , the
Temple , Donahoe's Magazine , the lUnkura'
Magazine , the Yellow Kid , the Whlto Rab
bit , Money.
Ai > v.\xui.\r ; iMio.si'isiiirv.
SlKiilllCHHl .SluriiM or I III' TlnifM In Hie
ImperliiViNt. ) .
Washington Post.
Will it bo pOtlblo : for demagogues to
keep up the calamity howl and make It a
winner in states whose pjople aie thriving as
arc thove of Colorado , Ncbraika , and Kansas ?
Whether they believe that they are getting
on in splto of th } obstacle of tlio gold
( standard or through that standard's helping
Ir.Oucnco. th ? ) " aru nire that crmeliow they
are going ahiai ) . This being the case , will
It be advUab'o to try to convince them that
their face * are st toward bankruptcy and
the poor ayylumo ? Changed condition/5 often
necessitate a cbangs of tactics la politics
and war. Wr BSW ! ho other day thst our
democratic f'lend In Iowa innda a blunder
In putting Icto their plutform a dechratlon
that the ftrmern had b.-en celling their
crops at reluccd prices slnca the November
ejection. That wa.i an awkward blunder , for
, all the farraeni knew that It waa not truw.
It was flmply keeping up a cry that had
become cbiolete. To meet the new condi
tions It will bo ntccssary for the Oliver advo-
ojtes to concede that rome prosperity Li pea-
ilbla under the gold standard , and they
Fboutd addrctu tlienuelvffi to ttu work of
demoru'trating ' that greater prosperity wculd
reault from free coinage. We do not wlnh
them aucccrs , but thit Ii their cnly chance In
states that are enjoying a fair degree of
prosperity. And they may get a grip on that
chance that will lead to vlctorltj.
i.oi'.MKM1 or TIII : WUST.
PolllleH nnil I'nrll-iniiKlilp UrnTvlinek *
. tii I'ruicrcMt.
St. I.ouU Oleibf-tx > mocrnt.
Everybody In the wcsl favors the objects
which thti TransmUalrislppI congrws osten
sibly met to promote. The development of
Irrigation , the Improvement ot rivers and
harbor ; , Iho oxton lcn ot railroad communi
cation , the admUslon of the remaining tcrrl-
trrbs tost.itchonl a * early -M Is practicable ,
and the other schemes which the congress
avowed Us Intention to advocate , artall
worthy cf pr.ilso , and all will have Iho sup
port of every western resident. There Is no
poll ! Ira In any of these objrcts. llepub- '
lic.Tis , democrats and pnpullsta are all In '
favor of them. It was on the tin leratandlng
th.it the congreas was to restrict Itself
cldvl.v di such iinpartlsAii subjects as the ? .
th.n ri-prcscntntlves from Round money com- |
nunltlti3 permitted themsr-lvcs to participate
lu Its dellborallan' ! . When the congress ,
therefore , turned Itself Into < i meeting of
pilvrr boomers It was guilty ot a broach of
faith toward the anti-silver districts , which
one of' their representative1 * ! , Iho president
of the o.ngrcES , appropriately rebuked by
offering his resignation.
It oiiKht to bo plain to every sirulble
western man by this time that wivtorn In
terests cannot bo subserved by Unking them
with the silver crusade. This ought to bo
as clear to silver mrn as to their opponents.
Tha silver agitation , which Is responsible for
tlio greater part of the Ilia that linvo af-
llloto.l the country In recent years , has done
fir moro h.irm to the wrst than It has to
the ca.'t. As the nrst la hold to be a dis
tributing renter , for this folly the woat has
bun iKaeredlted. In n consld rab1i degree ,
In tlio eyes of the country , capital which
otherwise would have come to It has otayod
oway and other capital which was here '
has been withdrawn. The borrower hero ,
Ii3rf to pay higher rotes for money on that !
account , enterprise has been Impeded and i
the natural Increase in population , hujlncsi ,
and the value of property has been checked ,
while the silver Interest , which has born
the Inciting cause ot nil tlila disturbance
and dlsi-ter , has tint been benefited In the
faintest degree. Every ollvr-r man with the
s'lghlciU glimmer of reason In his enmpml-
tloii knows this to be. tru . Silver aRlta-
tlon In niiy shape Is foinetrrlno ; which.a !
west should take particular pains to cihun
at this time.
ln | ir < ieil llitstiiexN Dominion * .
rhleaK" Tribune.
Accepting the reports of crop and fo
conditions fiom the west and northwest , the
muoh-talked-of "era of p-ospcrlty" has already
sot In without waiting for tin- long delayed
notion of eangrisH and the new tariff bill
Similar condition * are represented a * o.vUt-
Ing from Minnesota to the Pa el flu ccoat ,
though prsfilbly more marked In Nebraska ,
owing to Its larger population , its suffering
from drnuth In forme- years , and Its greater
acc-rstlbility to nn early nnrkot.
If the'return of prosperity has -como to
stay , the agricultural statc.i con'tltute the
Hold where It phould make Itself felt , though
it hc generally been expected to make Its
appoaranro fl-rst in the manufacturing dlh-
tilcta as a consequence ot the new tariff.
When the farmers are prosperous all other
hranrhea of business thrive- , from tint of
the imonrter to that of the retail dealer and
the local manufacturer. The settlement of
the tariff question , with the prospect that it
will remain undisturbed for three or four
years to come , should add to the prosperity
already begun.
The people not only of the northwest but
throughout the whole country have t.een
learning a lesson through the years of de-
prpsslon which may be of value to them in
the future. They have learned nt once
the necessity nnd value of Industry r.nd
economy. Many ot them , too , from the mere
force ot necessity , have relieved themselves
of burdens of debt which they had Incurred
In moro prosperous times with little thought
of consequences. The experience h.s been
severe , but when It has been parsed through
successfully It Is worth all it has oo't. The
fe-eling ot Independence and fielf-canfi.li.ice
It has Induced will enable them to avoid like
rerils In the future and achieve n-j.v and
greater successes.
I'riiMitevHy I-'nlrly Stnrlt-il.
New York Times.
In Kansas the report just published ot the
state bank commissioner is , according to
that oflicial , "the most gratifying report In
every feature of the banking business that
has over been made to the department , and
indicates an unlooked-for degree of prosper
ity throughout the state. " For the first
time In the history of Kansas the deposits
exceed the loans , and the excess Is some
three millions. A etlll more slgnlllcant in
dication of returning properity is furnished
In Kt-braska. The condition of that state Is
euc'i that the farmers are paying oft their
celebrated mortgages at a rate quite un
precedented. The agents of the shylocks
who have sent money there to Invest find
that they cannot Invest It , nnd that the
money already Invested Is coming back upon
their hands by payment. The total pay
ments of mortgages for the past six months
are estimated at $2S,000,000.
Mr. Rice a lending merchant of St. Louis ,
In an Interview In the Times de
clared that "prosperity can fairly be said to
have arrived all through the west. " As a
merchant of St. Louis ho la an especially
qualified witness about the conditions of
Kansas and Nebraska as well as Texas , and
his testimony Is of the utmost value. The
greatest source of danger to the future busi
ness would be removed If there were enough
of statesmanship In congress to take ad
vantage ot the period of prosperity the com
ing of which Is now assured to put it out
of the power of anybody to propose Juggling
with the currency when the next period of
depression occurs. With the currency taken
out of politics , we should remove the
principal obstacle to prosperity by removing
the principal cause of "want of confidence.
'J'HK ! tt'KH "n.SS 1 > 0WlJItS.
Globe-Democrat : The sultan is at-ked to
explain why , after hta extreme celerity In
Jumping on Greece , ho Is so slow to retire
from Thwwnly. Such conduct Is Inconsist
ent lu a man who sits cress-legged.
Chicago Tribune : That Urn sultan of Tur
key Is Htill consistent with himself la shown
by the fact that , whereas he waa reported
to have acquiesced In the decision of "tho
powers" two dnjo ago , ho Is now reported
to hnvo knoikcd the agreement Into "Hinith-
eroens. " When ho stands by nn agreement
three days at a time ho will cease to bo
co.-filsiont.
Kaunas City Star : What Is supposed to bo
the news from Constantinople continues to
bo varied and Interesting. Great Ilrltaln Is
reported to be In favor of coercion , with all
the other powers opposed. Russia Is op-
pcsrd to coercing the wultan , and Rucala Is
about to cross the Turkish frontier with
what Is vagi-ely called u "Slav army. " Ger
many Is usually opposed to coercing the
sultun , but agrees with whatever Russia
wants. The otily consistent and unchanging
perso'i Is the t ultan. He Is always "ob-
lurato. ' Hie may make- promises , but no-
jody believes them , and In the meantime !
: he Turkish army in maintained at full
strength and ready to move ,
Philadelphia Record : Tewflk Pasha , Turk ,
ish minister of foreign affairs , Is said to
have announced to the umhassadorn of thu
powers the'acccptanco by the Porto of thu
proposals made by the concert relative to
the now strategic frontier In Thessaly as a
basis for a renewal nf the peace negotia
tions , This means that the Interminable
1
Koyul makes the food pure ,
wholesome and delicious.
Absolutely Pure
ftOYAU tAKIWl FOWMR CO. , NtW YORK.
discussion will begin do novo. There It
nothing In which the miltan takes moro de
light than n discussion , and the more pro
ton nod and Inconclusive It Is the better ho
likes It. If the powers desire thnt their
ambassadors shall earn their salaries by
talking , the sulUn will always bo found
ready to provide the opportunity.
Philadelphia Ledger : Kngl.ind has been
ono of Iho nolseet bngplpcs In the concert
of the powers , but for nil that she may
shrink from tr.vlng armed conclusions with
the Turk to execute the coercive program
of thu concert. Standing ominously In the
background arc the millions of Moham
medans under Hrltish nverlordshlp In India
and elsewhere. A spark from the friction of
the nations In southeastern Kuropo might
klndlo a conflagration among these Moham
medan subject ! ) which would Imperil Iho
Drltlsh rule over great possessions , and this
may temper Hrltish zeal when the Issue ot
peace or war with the sultan , to whom the
'Mohammedan world owes the nlleginnce ej
the faithful , becomes sharply defined ,
nnicirr AMI
u Ueeord"All men ought to stnnj
by the miners. "
'Tor wliut reiiFon ? "
"Ij'iok at Oio conl wo husbands have
handled for no wagesi nt all. "
Washington Life : " \Vi\s your mnstci
stralKbt when be came home last nltfiit1' "
"Ob , MM , 1111111111 * ! lie wns that Mrnlghl 1
was lift alii he'd full over backwards. "
Indliinnpnlls Journal : "I se-om to Imvi
lest nil 'bold on him , " she wnlleil.
The other mnrrltd ludy Inokul sympn-
thetlo. "Yon 'iro not referring. " plio n ked ,
"to his having shnvoil oft Ills board ? "
Cincinnati Trllium"I : Imvo found out nt
1-ist , " 8.1 Id the ellrrly boarder , "the now
It.mrdcr Is a hnehe'or. "
"Vim don't iiioun lo say that you asked
him ? "
"Nope. Hut Vwt iilcht ns we sat on the
vorniulu InkliifT n finnke lie ex'M'i" od the
opinion that women rarely say wht they
teally think. "
CMcngo Post : "May we bnvo the i > l n urn
of your company tbl evening , colonel ? "
flio asked.
The Iloiiol drew himself up haughtily nrd
replied with every evidence of offended
dignity :
"Madam , I command n regiment. "
Tndi.innpolls Journal : "Didn't I hoar you
making a. ronr about something just now ? "
us-od tl'o Monoss.
"Well. " admitted tbe klnt ? of beasts , . "I
was making a bit of a l tpf. "
Proudly , he pointed to.vard the newly
slnln o.x.
'TIS PIPPI01U3NT NOW.
CliloiiKo Jmirnnl.
Ah , humbly would 1 p.ii-don eravo
Could 1 but moot agnln the m\ld :
And off or thank * for what . ' 'hiRIIVC ;
My base Ingratitude In staid.
I thought her eruol then , but now I.
Could she repeat tlio gift , I swear ,
In lowly ivonltinee I'd Ixnv ,
And ca'.l her sweet as well ns fair.
With glad , appreciative heart
Attendance faithful would I dance , '
If she would but agree In part
With just another freezing giancc.
A\OTI1III IC1XI ) OK VAMIMIIIJ. '
Rnlt IilicTribune. . '
A fool there waa nnd he * took a drlnlc
( Hven ns you and 1. )
From u bell shaped glni s with a tempting
brink ;
( We called It a eoelclnll 1 dnn't think , )
Hut 'the fool be called It ambrosia pink ,
( liven as you and I. )
Oh , the heads we get nnd the rich brown
t.-u'te
That como < our iway next day
He-lung to the coc-ktnll , I don't think ,
( And now wo know It was worse than Ink , )
With its bead nnd flavor gay.
A fool there was nndho mixed his drinks
OCv-c.n , as you nnd 1. )
Cocktails and "pussies" nnd JuleOs In links
( And bo stopped not at champagne punch
methlnks ; )
Hut a fool must learn -from his own fool
Islnlw
( Uven as you and I. )
The fool gqt filled to > bis. foo'.lpb hide
( Even ns you anil I , )
And tbe "cop" came along and laid him
aside
( For a cocktail drunk he was terribly
snide , )
So some of him lived , but most of him died ,
( liveu as you and I. )
And It Isn't the shame sinA It isn't tha
Kamo
That stung -that fool next day.
It's coming to know thnt mixed drinks
don't go
( Seeing no stomach can stand them , I trow , )
And make of u fellow a jay.
Baggy Trousers
Are fatal to the partic
ular man's happiness ,
especially when the
bagginess is all at the
knees. By skillful shap
ing we make all suits
so that they will keep
their shape as far as is
possible , but the best
cure for baggy knees
is an assortment of ex
tra trousers and a hot
flat iron.
We have trousers in
a wide variety , some to
match the suit patterns
and others of different
shades , but all at pries -
: es that make it no
Durden for a man to
lave whatever he needs
All Straw Hats one
lalf price.
BROWNING ,
KING & GO.
8. W. Cor.
titk and
D St