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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1897)
Tin ? OTVrATTA DATTjV llWTC. STTNDAV. .TtTTjY ! . 1SH7. THE OMAIIA SUNDAY n. IIOSIIWATKII , Keillor. ' i > i'iif.iPiifi > iviitr MOUNINO , TKUMfi Of gfUSCUIPTION . Dally llee ( Without Sunday ) , One Yfnr. . . . 6 Vi IMMy Her ninl Kuii.ay , Ono Year . S W mx Month * . . . < ° > Three Month * . 2 W bundny life. On < > > nr . . . J $ ? Knturdny Il c , One Yenr . 'w WMrkly c , One Ycnr . < & OKI'ICIIS : Ornnlm : The Dec IliilMlnK. Houlh Omahn : Hlnscr lllk. . Cur. N nnJ 21th St.i. Coumll lllulT * ! 1 Pearl Stie't. riilcnKO Ollice : 31J Clmrntier of Commerce. New Vnrk : Iluonn 13. 14 nnd 1J , Tribune llUff. IVnshlngttjn : 201 fourteenth Ktrnct. . . All commiinlcnlloiiB rcUtlni ? to n w nnd ulllo. rial mnllcr MinuM l nddrenmil : To the l.dltor. 1IUSINUPS IKTTKHH. All lti lni ! ii Inters nnd remittances fhotiM ! > KcMrenscil to The II--e I'ubllihliiK Company , Omnha. Urnft . chocks. cxprc-n nnJ postolllce money orders to be made ( uiynblo to the order of the cmntmiiy. Tin : HICK ptnu.isiiiNo COMPANY. STATKMHNT OP CIHrtlT.ATlON. HtMfl of Nebraska , Uouslns County , : l > nee II. TMcliuck , Hrrretnry of The I'ee I'ulj- llshlni ; company , Iwlni ? duly nwuni , ! - > thnl th nclUHl nuinlier of full nnJ complete coplei of Tht Dally JIornlnK , ivenltiK nnd Hundny Ilec lirlnte.j Ourlnu the month of June , IKiT , wn n follows : 1 20,231 Hi 19.C23 2. 20.197 17 19.644 3 13.Si ; 18 19.374 4 I9.SC4 19 19.770 B 15,931 21) 20.022 S 20,100 " 1 19.r.93 7 20,023 K 20.1S1 S I'J.TSI 21 13.578 0 M.7M 21 1S.G40 10 13.MS - , , . , , . 19.B71 11 15'jn.l ( ! 19.678 12 19,971 57 19.813 13 20,211 M 19.54S H 19,709 ) 19.M3 19,830 30 19.674 Totiil D93m lf > g de luotlnn for unsold nnd re turned copies 6,217 Total not wiles 5SC.1M Net dally nvcrnfre 19,640 OKortoi : n. TV.SCIIUCK , Bworn to before me and i-ubserlbed In my pre . cnca this 3d d.iy of July , 1W7. Notary Public. TIIU UK 13 ) .V TllAIXS. All rnllrnnil iii tvMloyn nre I < > | 1 Tl'llll rtlOIIKll IIC'OH < o iiiToiuin neiiKcr tvho wmilM to renil a iiT > 'Hiiii < * r. Insist upon linv- inff The HI-R. It yiiu fiiniiot Ki-i n llri > ii ti triiln from tlie IICWN iiKeiil , iiIuiiMe report ( lie fnct , NtntliiBT the trn'lii mill rnllronil , to tlio ClrcMilntloii nrpiirliiK-nt of The Ilec , The Ileo IH fur Miilu nil till ( riiliin. INSIST OX I1AVI.VO TUB IIKB I'AIITIUS IB.\V1N ( ] KOll Till' : 1'nrllt'H liMivliinr < l'e eHy f ° r tlie Niiiuinor etui linvc The llee Hcllt to ( In-ill nilnrlj' : liy nnllfylng : The llee liusl- iiiNt nlllee In IMTMIIII or liy mull. The nililrt'NH tvlll 1 > < * ehnii(7iil IIH iiften IIM ileinlreil. tariff tinki'rliiK Is over nnil cur rency tliilcrliiK Is to lioRln. Corn tassels tnaki ; tin ; most bi''Uitli'ul boiuitiot Xubraslca people can wisli for. The browcra were not n day too .soon In laying an extra supply of beer ki'f ? stamps at 7 % off. Kvcn tin1 pnpocratic pnlltlclMiis admit tlmt tlie biiHlness or iwlltieal medicine mixing Is picking up with the approach of" November. All the wild animals In Hie Yellow- r.toiio Nhtlonal jiark may be exjiected to yield silver furs after liryan finishes his sojourn In tlmt region. The sL'imto will not Invc.stl.uatc Itself. It. . nlwnys tnkus infiniti'I.v mure pleasure' I 'i/ ' ' In 'InvesUjjatiiitf iioupk * who tire not In- I' vested with the sunatorinl Imlo. The figure : ! 85Sr.OOfl ( ) Is given as an estimate of tlie population of the United States for ( he year 12000. Everybody , however , Is entitled to Ills own guess. For another sign of returning pros perity read the reports of the successful sln.king of long hanging church debts that come from numerous towns through out Nebraska. IJritlsh yachting authorities do not think the time propitious to issue an other challenge for the America's cup. The British display good horse sense every now ami then. The sum of ? ( ilOSt ( was expended last year in Improving the Missouri at and ttbovo Sioux City , and tlmt portion of the river still holds Its place on tlie map as u navigable stream. Collectors of Internal revenue report a rush for beer stamps In anticipation of the abolition of the discount under the new tarlir law. The rush for beer stamps , however , cannot compare with the rtifih for beer glasses. President McKlnley has decided to held a few appointments over until the next congressional session Just to make mire tlmt he will not be deprived of the company of the army of place hunters too early In the season or too suddenly. "It Is the gold Ktniuhml that kills" Bhnutti Hryau , "It Is the rumseller who Is driving the country to destruction" exclaims the prohibitionist. When tlu xo two shall have reconciled themselves there will bo still others who have pat ented explanations of human mortaUty. Statistics allow that less than one-llflh of ( he persons who pass civil service ex. ninlnatlons successfully get coveted posi tions lu the government employment. The civil service list must constitute nearly as great a lottery as tliu olllees within the arbitrary gift of the appoint ive power. It Is announced from the I'aelllu coast tlmt there Is a big demand for heavy clothing for the horde of gold-fevered adventurers who are heading toward Alaska. In view of the present state of tliu thermometer In most puiin of the country this Is u demand that ought not to bo illtlluult to moor. It Is really surprising tlmt the stock exchanges hitvo not yet. been Jlooded with freshly printed certlllcates of stock In those newly discovered Alaskan gold mines. A hole In the ground In Ala.ska ou ht to be far enough away and He- cure from Inspection to attract moiv than the usual number of gnlllhlc.s who L'niKp at mining shares not worth the l > apcr they uro uiudu of. rnrrr OI-TIIK VOUCH n It Is admltti-il by pvery member of the Ho.ird of Kins anil 1'ollco Cniini Isslon- ITS that police reform Is tliu crying demand of the hour. Uvcry mem ber of the board also admits that police reform cannot be effected until a new chief of police Is Installed. There Is , however , a difference of opinion among members of the board ns to the proper course which should be pursued and tli-j limit who should be placed at thu henil of the police department. On tlie ono hand It Is urged that thu proper thing to do Is to make a change In the ollice of chief regardless whether till * change. Is for the better or for the worse. On the other the contention Is that the selection of any chief will be resisted by Chief Slgwart and an order of court procured lo prevent the Indue * tlon of a. now chief. The duty of the police board serins to us very plain. Kach member has 'taken ' an oath that he will , In the dis charge of his duty , consider only the In terests of the city and the sfccess nnd effectiveness of the department. What Is the Interest of the cltyV Is it to jump from the frying pan Into the llro ? Is It to remove one chief because he line proved to bo hielllclent nnd put In his place a man without experience as a police oilleiT or disciplinarian and whoso appointment affords no assurance of better police protection than we now en joy ? Is It not the duty ot the board to replace Chief Slgwart with a man who Is known to have more extensive ex perience and greater executive ability'/ As to whether Chief .Slgwart will In- yoke tie ! power of the courts to over rule or obstruct the board In the perform- anro of Its sworn duty Is quite Imma terial. The board cannot evade respon sibility fur a continuance of tin ; deplora ble condition In which our police force tlnds Itself by pursuing a do-nothing policy In anticipation of what the courts may do. Tlie commissioners have sub scribed to a solemn oath , "faithfully , Impartially , honestly and to the best of their abilities" to discharge the duties devolving upon them and they arc ex- peeled to perform those duties ! , let the consequences bo what they may. TIIK A'BII' TAK1FF I.A II. Tlu United States Ims u new tariff law and thus one pledge , nnd perhaps the most important , made to the people by the repnlilicMii party has been redeemed. There Is little to say In regard to this legislation that has not already been repeatedly said during the course of It.s consideration in congress. Every phase of it lias received full and thorough dis cussion In the press anil in the national legislature. The foes of protection have assailed It In the strongest terms at their command. H has called out pro tests from foreign governments and threats of retaliation. Hut undismayed by abuse or menace the republicans In congress went on with their task and the consummation was reached when at 1:07 : o'clock yesterday President McKInley - ley appended his signature to the tariff bill and It became a law. The new law has two purposes. One of these is to provide the governnr.'nl with more revenue. For tile last four years the receipts of tlie national treas ury have fallen below the expenditures. It was necessary for tlie credit and sol vency of the government to put. a stop to this condition of affairs , wholly Inde fensible in time of peace. The new law may not stop deficits In the first year of It.s operation. Tlie delay in its enact ment gave opportunity foiMieavy iinpor- tatlons and therefore the estimates of revenue for the first year do not contemplate tlie wiping out of do- llciencios. Hut the yield of subse- qiient years will undoubtedly give a surplus If there is no material increase In expenditures. The. other purpose of the new law is to give such protection to American industries as will enable them to give employment to American labor. We cannot have prosperity while hundreds of thousands of our people art- Idle , as they have been for several years , and experience bus amply demonstrated tlmt our people cannot be adequately employed - ployed with a tarlir policy that favors foreign industries. It Is not claimed for the new tariff law that It Is a perfect measure. There never has been and prolmbly never will be a tariff law without detVcts. Kver.v such law has been to a greater or'leu * degree a compromise and the present one is no exception. Hut as a whole It Is 11 meritorious law , which there is every reason to believe will accomplish its ob jects. run jYK/s OF * u\si\.i. \ Tlie last report of the secretary of the Interior suggested the Importance of es tablishing a small military post or police force In the Yukon valley , Alaska. The gold discoveries In that region and tlr- consequent rush of people there greatly emplmsl7.es this suggestion and It scorns most necessary tlmt congress should take steps at an early day to make It practically effective. Those who are fa miliar with tlie conditions ir. the Yukon region state that tinI'nlteil States gov ernment lias acted In so niggardly a manner tlmt things on the American side of the bonier aio allowed to run themselves , which Is in great contrast to the methods pursued by thoC'anudinn government. Tlmt government maintain * tit Kort Onduhy a detachment of u mounted police , the commander of which 7 Is clothed with the powers of a mnls- ; trale , and the whole nmehliiery of the law as applied to tcrrltorl.'s Is In opera tion. It Is Ki'.lil that this police fortv Is a well-drilled and well-equipped body of men and It Is highly probable Unit it will be strongly reinforced to meet tliu Increased demand for stricter police reg ulations. ' n The Canadian government has shown far more Interest In this northwest n territory and pursued a far moro liberal policy respecting It than the United States. Canada builds relay houses , opens up roads and In many other ways follows a jHllcy ) of encouraging the de velopment of the northwest country. Onr government has not been altogether neglectful of this region , but It 1ms not Is done all tlmt should have been done , es pecially In the matter of establishing civil authority and making provision for the proper enforcement. of law. According - cording to the report of the secretary of the UUorlor the Indian police are un elilelonl auxiliary In the preservation of order nnd the execution of law la tlie territory , but Ibis force numbers only twenty-two , which It Is hardly neces sary to say Is Insulllclent , even under ordinary circumstances. With the great Influx of population Incident to the gold discoveries the United States should have a utrong twlice force In the region to which the gold hunters nre Hocking and unless such n force Is provldctl meteor or less lawlessness and trouble nmy be expected. Of cournt ; this contemplates temporary precautionary measures. What Is needed Is a complete system of government for the territory. The machinery for Judicial administration is provided , so far as the creation of a federal district court Is concerned , but there Is wanted tt body of law tlmt shall afford ndequntd legal protection | to the Important Interests of the territory. The land laws should be extended there nnd competent olllclals nppolnted to administer. It Is Impossible to nay what the new gold discoveries may amount to. It Is possible tlmt their value Is exagger ated and on the other hand they may prove to be rich beyond tlie most san guine predictions or expectations. Hut In any event the government of the United Stales should give more attention to the needs of Alaska In the matter of govern ment. TIIK I'.ISW / ' I'UKSinKXT The resignation of President 10. Hen- jauiln Andrews from Hrown university 1ms furnished the political pollywogs In the popoerntic frog marsh a long sought opportunity for testing their lung power. The Andrews incident at Hrown univer sity Is denounced ns ono of the most awful exhibitions of Intolerance anil persecution that has over been perpe trated on this side of the Atlantic. President Andrews Is held up to the United Stales senate as a martyr to conscientious conviction and a victim of tlie despotic money power which seeks to dominate our institutions of learning as It does the marls of commerce. With tlie unthinking multitude such ebullitions of indignation and outbursts of spurious patriotism doubtless create the Impression that a now crime against silver lias been committed , compared with which the crime of 1S7I ! pales into Insignificance. Tlie more impressionable It ! to I enthusiasts may even bo per suaded to believe that President An drews has been subjected to greater out rage than the professors of Russian col leges who are exiled to Siberia for teaching doctrines that call Into quc.s- tlon the divine right nf. the czar. As a matter of fact there is nothing in the Andrews incident that would war rant the assumption that the right of free speech or freedom of conscience has been assailed qr abridged. Hrown university Is an Institution supiwrted in part ! the slate of Rhode Island , which means by taxation 'of property owners of all classes. As president ot the university Prof. Andrews stood in the same relation that the clm'ifcello'r of the Nebraska State university .occu pies to that institution. AVhilo ties or religion could not be made sub jects of discipline and while his right to express his honest convictions on any question could not bo denied , bin active participation'In a political propa ganda , could not. help being Injurious to the university. Had President Andrews been content with the free exercise of his preroga tive as an American citizen without of fensive partisanship ho would not have been subjected to criticism or unfavor able comment by the governing board. Hut he hud gone out of his way to in gratiate himself with tlie political dema gogues and mountebanks who prate about the crime of 1873 nnd concoct Imaginary conspiracies against the American people by the plutocrats and the goldbugs. Instead of devoting him self to the upbuilding of tlie university he had been expending his energies in furnishing campaign material for the very'men who , If successful , would have depreciated ' ' the currency , destroyed pub lic ' credit and reduced tint value of the endowments from which the university derives a great part of itsi revenues. Wllh all the provocation which the governing board had , It did not demand tlie ' resignation of the president , but sought merely to restore his usefulnes- . by curbing his political propensities. President Andrews' resignation Is there fore voluntary on his part , and the fact that he Is already being groomed IIR a candidate for the United States senate affords ample proof that hi : ; chosen domain has become political ' rather than educational. As lo bin honest.convictions on the money ques tion the loss said the betler. President Andrews has written on all side * of the question and been so vacillating as U destroy whatever weight his logic 01 his arguments might have for cither side Krinn now on , however , ho may bo ex pected to become as radical as Toilet or any other professional silver agitator Th0 market of the United States Is th" greatest of the world's nmrket.s. The American people consume per eaplli'i more of the necessaries and of most of the luxuries than any other people on earth , A distinguished statesman said few years ago : "NVe are nominally ( > , Of)0HX ) , ( ) people. That Is what we are in mi'iv nn miters. Hut as a nmrkc.t for maiMifiictiires and choice foods wo nn potcntliilly 17XMKX ( ) ( ) as comparud with the next bi'.st nation on thu globe. " This Is capable of statistical demonstration , Hvi'ii In the period of depression through which we have passed , compelling ex traordinary economy on the part of large numbers of our people , tin consumption of the necessaries of life In tills country has been relatively larger than In any ' other. It Is estimated tlmt In times of ! highest prosjK'rlty the American people consume nearly tlvu bushels of wheat per head annually. In the last few years the consumption has not reached four bushels , but It has still been higher than that of any other country. The same. true of clothing and of nearly every thing else which people must have. This great market Is now growing better. Wt > are emerging from the depression that has weighed so heavily for tliu last four years and moving forwanl to prosperity. It The time Is not remote , unless all nre ml.slondlngt-iwlfrri the highest stand * iml of consiiiflilflffn by the American people will be ' Hgnln reached when everybody who 'H' ' willing to work will bo better feil-anfl better clothed than for several There Is n grcnt lral of tnlk of tariff wars and of huthllntlon because It Is proposed to ailupt a policy that will better preserver this great market for our own people tlmt will keep It more fully than Ju rj'coiu years for American Industries ami , Vmorlcai ! labor. There are some whoi arv scared by this talk and are apprehensive of serious consequences quences from the protests and the pro fessed Irritation 'of eountrlcrt that trade with us. There would be good reason for this If our new policy Involved the destruction of this trade , but It does nothing ot the kind. There will still be n market hero for tlie products of nil lands that now do business with us , but they will pay more for the privilege. Undoubtedly In some directions this trade will not be so large as It has been and to this extent foreign In dustries and foreign labor Will bo hurt , but If home Industries and home Inlnr are beiiellted we shall have simply done our duty toward ourselves. Common sense , sound policy , every consideration of national progress and prosperity dic tate tlmt this great market should not be surrendered to the uiunufnturors and the cheaper labor of other lands. If any Kuropcan or Asiatic country shall conclude to Inaugurate a tarlfCwnr because the economic policy of the United States Is displeasing to it we shall have to take tlie consequences , though such a contest would not be a one-sided affair. This country would probably be able to strike ns hard blows as It received , from whatever wourco they came. Hut we do not believe there Is any serious danger of such a conflict. Germans and Frenchmen and all others who are protesting and complaining have no notion of throwing away the American market. If they cannot have as much of it as they desire they will take what they can get , and they will buy American products , as they have al ways done , only according to their needs. Our true policy Is to preserve the American market for Americans as far as It is practicable to do so. K/MWl TIIK 1.AKKS TO Till : SKA. A matter of commanding importance to the northwest , ! * that of a waterway from the gronj jajces to the Atlantic ocean. Tlie proposed enterprise Is one of vast magnitude but so great is Its importance thut .there can be no doubt of Its ultimateaccomplishment , regard less of the cost and the dllllciilties to be overcome. Preliminary surveys and es timates for possible ship canals from the lakes lo tho.sealioard , as provided for In IhiHast rlvWsfiid : harbor TAlf- have been made by Major Symons of the United States corps of engineers. In a report submitted isiajor Symoiis finds the best route to be by way of Niagara Lake Ontario' , thVOswego river'O'nelda lake nr.il .the Mohawk ivor. , Ue .esti mates tlmt the Oswego route , wholly within our own territory , would cost , about $200,000,1)00 , ) and lie expresses the opinion that an enlargement of the Krie canal to admit the passage of lake ton nage would cost-only one-fourth as much ns a Niagara-Oswego ship canal. lie ilso thinks tlmt-It is the business of fhe state of Now York and not that of th ? federal government to build the canal. Tlie feasibility of the project being set tled and its probable cost ascertained , the question as to whether the proposed canal shall be built by the nation or by the state through which it would pass ought not to present any serious diill- culty. It Is probably safe to conclude that the waterway would never bo built by the state. There was a considerable popular opposition to the widening and deepening of the Krie canal , Involving nn expenditure of $0,000,000 , so tlmt it Is h'ardly fo be supposed that the people of New York would assume the task of constructing a ship canal which would cost at least Sl'OO.OOO.orx ) . There IK another consideration that mllltatc.s against the idea of state construction and tlmt Is tlie fact that such a canal would be more advantageous lo Chicago that to New York , since it would make the former practically a rival seaport. New ) York's commerce Is now suffering from ' the" rivalry of other seaports and ii is not likely tlmt her capitalists and iili people would be found favorable to a project 1 < that might divert more trade from ' the metropolis. The question of connecting ( he great lakes ; with tlie seaboard by a ship canal Is a national question. It Is not the ' concern of one stale only , but of many states. It Is a project which especially contemplates relief and benefit to the great northwest , whose producers would di-rlve from It the advantage of lower freights and the remission of oilier charges which are now burdensome. With the progress In dcvelopiifcnt of this great region the demand for such a waterway will become more urgent and Imperative. Already the facilities 01' transportation , .f/\r.the / \ products of tli northwest , to tliu sitnhoard are at lini" ; ; inadequate , itjif this is not the only consideration tlmti < ioinmcnds th * project of a ship canal. In order that- our pro ducers may Kiriyi'ssfully compete in for eign markets with those of olher coun ' tries who Imvii- cheaper land and labor , they must be i jo ifi send their products i to those market ! ) at less co.st lhin : they ' > c.n : now do. ; ' As wo havil'r flrtld , the proposed en of terprise Is one < ffiv.ast nmgnltnde , but It Is not- too greaj9 ; | | h carried out by th of American peoplyijf ; they shall lw con vinced of Its necessity , If they shall be satisllcd uf Its national Importance. It Is a matter In which the people of thf northwest cspecljiHy should feel a deeji anil constant Interest. In The frcii coinage enthusiasts seem to bo thu only ones showing evidences of disappointment over the Alaska gold finds. Yet If they believe what they say , that gold has been appreciating In value owing to Its increased .scarcity , they ought to ri'Jolcu over the blow which the opening of new gold lluldb will give to the alleged plutocrats who bo have been hoarding gold to make scarce. The fact Is , however , ot that the ratio uf thu annual Increment ( to our gold fliipply Is so small that Its effect must be almost Inappreciable , ( old has been proved through the ages lo bi > the most stable money metal ever used. Spain Is to be asked by the United States to pay ? Vr , ( vjo as nn Indemnity to the family of the late Dr. Hnlz , who met his death while Imprisoned In a Cuban dungeon. Had the doctor been killed by the negligence of n heartless railroad corporation his family would doubtless have been content to sue fet one-third tlmt sum rind have thought theinselvctt lucky with n verdict for n still smaller sum. The man who wnnts to leave Ids family a good claim for damages by reason of his death will do well to be killed by some foreign gov eminent which will be held to account handsomely for Its recklessness. The new school land law will put nn end to manipulation of school laud sjles In the Interest of collusive pur chasers , but. It does not lessen the op portunities of the slate land commls sloner to play Into the hands of favorites on the leasehold plan. The management of the school lands calls for never ceas Ing vigilance on behalf of the public and a rigid Impartiality to nil tenants of the state. The law may throw safe guards around the state domain , but the law cannot be self-executing. The Indiana 't-cent street car fare law has reached the point where the state courts pronounce It constitutional and the federal courts declare It unconstitu tional. ThereIs no likelihood of a clash of authority , as the law olllcers as well ns the street railway olllclals are ills posed to recognize the decision of the federal court for the lime being and the street car patrons will have no alter native but to pay cents > for each ride. Nebraska , Iowa , Kansas , the Dakotas , in fact all the. transmlsslsslppi states arv all good soldier slates with large mem bershlp In the Grand Army of the Ho- public. If thn 3S11.S national encamp ment Is only located at Omaha during the exposition It will bring out such an assemblage of veterans from the west as has not been drawn together In long years. If 1'resldent McKlnley asks for the abolition ; ) of the position of railroad com missioner on the ground that It is a useless ollice , he will be setting a novel precedent. Tlie duties of the ollice have , however , been practically the same since It was created and If II is useless now it will be dilllcult to understand why It was not useless from the llrst. Senator Aldrich asserted on the floor of the senate the other day that it would be Impossible to build a battleship at Omaha. To this wo take decided ex ception. Inthese days there are few things that are admittedly impossible. U is within possibility even to fight : i .naval battle on dry land if only prairi' schooners are used. American' Iilcyclo manufacturers are on their way to Kurope to pick up new foreign patented wheel novelties and at tachments. They may pick up some foreign patents but they cannot pick up the fallen price of the standard bicycle any more than they can put the fabled kindergarten llumpty-Uumpty together again. A 1'erlliieiil Uiu-stion. Ololio-Democrat. The question arises whether England will allow American gold miners on the Yukon the same privllcgco It demands for English Bold miners In the Boer republic. I'loiilliiu' 'Itoiniil ( InI'ole. . St. Louis lltpubllc. German scientists take a rather gloomy view of Andree's chances of success In his balloon dash to the North Pole. They prob ably argue that such a "gas bag" scheme Is not lllcely to cut any ice In the way or gathering additional cold facts about the polar mystery. A Soul III ill ? Siniinii-r Jolt. MlnnonpollH Thnrx. Mr. Andrce lo now sitting on the shady sldo of an Iceberg writing out that lecture. Naught disturbs the awful silence of flu pallid arctic waste save the constant click. click of Anilree's typewriter nnd the snort of an occasional polar bear as ho strolls that way anil gets scared. Kvlilriirf > f Thrift. Sioux Clly Journal. The farmers of Nebraska are not doing BO badly after all. Heports from Nebraska ns well as from Kansas and South Dakota , show that tlie farmers have been paying off v.ist amounts of Indebtedness In spite of the hard times. Perhaps It would be betler mid moro accurate to say that they have done BO because of the hard times. The etringency of the times hca enforced econ omy. 1'eople have saved because they ex pected ' to have to pay otf their mortgages. A 111,0W AT TIIU CAI.AM.S. Drill rn.vliiK \rlmisln Sorely Iri-l- Inli'H tln % Urinvli'i'M. Washington Hiar. The -populUts and calamity howlers nre \ having a h.trd thnu explaining the fact that tlio farmers of Nebraska have paid off $30.- 000,000 worth of mortgages In the past eight een months. While It U an unmistakable ii of real prosperity , such a < 3 these farmers and others have not enjoyed for several years. It Is being argued abnut and tortured uii'll " the credulous might almrat believe that it was a sura sign of financial chaos and na tlonal bankruptcy. The Uct Is that these farmers have been enjoying a splendid jtanon Their crops htvo been excellent , their whe.il crops never better , and they have found good Ices lift their products. The supply of ready money lias been plentiful , and they Hive applied It Immediately to discharging 'ho heaviest burden upni them. In nineteen fit es out of twenty this burden Is the rnort- rase on the farm. It Is a dead weight upon ho farmer , and when It Is lifted prc pi > rlt > . { Irs to assume a tons'b'e ' shape , rep esenlod v the actual accumulation of catli , upon which there h no certain drain. The case Ncbrasln Is not peculiar this year. Her TOM have been good only In proportion as ' .her states have fliared In the bi'nellccnci thu eenoons and the markets , and It Ir now In order to ln-ar reports of the simc it tort fiom other parts of the country. Kvcn Is Kansas may bo expected \ to cease lo bleed while aim counts her profltB. Ono of thr moat amusing deductions made from the mortgage payments In Nebraska IN by a IC-to-l ilnuter of that Mate , who assert * that this flcod of gocd times will result > the certiln boosting of the silver caimo. lizcauso. forsno'th ho says , the farmers will have the moro money to contribute to the free coinage campaign funtls of this yea : : o ami the next and 19W. Hero U a snpvrb Illustration of the faith which follows folly. No amount of practical demontratlon can convince some of these people that thU pros- po'lty la duo to the ruttlement of bualuepj Conditions , caused by the auletiu put upon the free silver project last fall , The rhllcu- lora cry has nlrrady gone forth that If timer are better now , how1 much better would they under free coinage , Pa-allel reading * of this sort of talk with the Jlryanlte speeches latt Hummer would make mighty InterestIng - Ing literature Juet now , but It would destroy be reputation of gome blatant (1OOII PIACH TO Slil'N. Plonc r Press : All ! not Ice tlmt glitter on the Yukon , but for ninety-nine out o every hundred of the people rushing to th Klondyko digging * tlirro's moro Ice thai ROld. Chtcngn llocord : Alaskan enthusiasts nro nnt to be discouraged by thu stories o high iirlcca of the nccef arlcs of llfo pc-rlutw think they cnn make up for the other ex penses by savins on their Ice hills. New York Mall nnd Kxprcss : No ma should ru.'li off to the Alaska gold fields n this tlmo of the year tinlcF * he has $ r > 00 I his pocket 01 la prepared to subsist for flv or fix months on .1 diet of Icicles ami liopi About all tlmt thn aver.iKC miner gets durlu his first half year In that region U an over stock ot fror.cn climate. Courier-Journal : There Is a great deal o gold In the Yukon region and somebody 1 going to get It out , but the average mm had better stay awny. If lie N ambition to tempt fortune ho can do no at home- will as good chances for snccew and with n gre.i deal moro comfort , not to speak of safety Half the labor and privations that mining dmnanda would yield a certain and coin fortable return In ( ho ord-lnary walks o life. Philadelphia Times : An Alaska wlnls should bo well studied before any on cherishes the Irto.i of making a journey there The winter begins about the middle of Sop- tonlber nnd lasts until May , nnd the tempera turo Is often as much as from no to TO do erora below s-.cro. It goes without sayln that such a country cannot be productive o food. Even the native Indians exist In tha region with great dldlculty and they cnn llv where \\hlto men would starve. Washington Star : tt Is to bo hoped tha most of the emigrants will learn of tin li.iidshlpa and dangers before they undcrtnki the final Journey to Dawson City , for It I practically certain thai If all who row de clare their Intentions actually make the lrl ( to the gold flehta the coming winter will be marked by unprecedented suffering and per haps by a famine- the like of which ha cu'ldom been known. These new arrivals cannot well get to tlie .Holds before the cm of the mhilng season , and It will be month before they begin to realize on their Invest merit , even It they attempt winter mining with success. It In stated that many of tin men now atwut to go to Alaska are carry Ing small store * of money ami supplies wit I them. They are mostly men out of cm ployuient and have limited sums to Invest. I'MIISOXAI. AXI ) OTIIKIIW1SK. Even Missouri does not object to a slice of prosperity. It boasts of a ? 20,000,000 croj of apple * and peaches. Somebody In Georgia sent a seventy-eight- pound watermelon to President McKlnley. It Is altogether too much of a good thing , President Eliot of Harvard has announced himself as In favor of the plan to establish a Lowell memorial purk at the home ot the poet So far as hoard from only one Mrs. Creedo turned up to claim the millionaire's estate The discoverer ot Holy Moses regarded ono as "a-plcnty. " Ex-Senator James W. Dradbury of Maine who Is now 9G years old , has contribute ! handsomely to the fund for a statue of Washington , to be presented to the Paris exposition. A Krench poet who went out with a sword to a dueling ground to carve a few meters off nn offensive critic threw his weapon to the ground In disgust because the other fellow persisted In running away. It Is probable ho will smite the dodger with n poem and vindicate his outraged honor , ! ' . W. Aycr of Hangar , Me. , has a collec tion of postage stamps which ranks thin In the world. He recently returned from London , where he was lionized by the- phi latelists ( Including the duke of York ) , nm' It Is reported that he sold a. single stamp of the Hawaiian Issue of 1851 for nearly , ? 3,500. When It Is remembered that ( the argonauts blazed the trail to California nnd marked II with bleached human bones , some Idea may he formed of the wreckage which will strew the trail to Alaska's gold fields. The hard ships endured on the plains and mountains and deserts ot the west arc sure to be sur passed In a country possessing like terrors of mountain and plain coupled with arctic temperature for eight months of the year , iA very pretty story cornea In a round about way from Pennsylvania , where Rusty Hhodes and Weary Willies doth hibernate. A rich California ! ! about to cress the divide concluded to Investigate which of two brothers In the east deserved a handout. Ills emissary visited one brother and was received In a gruff and unhoBpltablo man ner , while the other took him In , fed him and gave him the freedom of the premises for a week. His geriercslty was rewarded with the bulk of the fortune. The other was cut off with $23. Notwithstandlng Jhe aversion of the tourists to work they are not above working' their Imagination. I'OSTAIi SAVIMJS IIA.MCS. ItriixoiiH Why llillK < TH Should 1'avor < h - S.VNl.-in. Chicago Ilccord. There seems to be a popular Impression that bankers as a class are opposed to the establishment of postal savings banks In thio country. This Impression probably to not well founded. At any rate , there Is no good reason why bankers In general should be opposed to postal savings banks. They are not In countries where the system Is In operation. National bankers certainly have no cause to oppooo the establishment of postal sav Ings banks. These banks would take only the small deposits , which most national banks refuse to handle at all. Many na tional bankers recognize ( his , and , Instead of antagonizing the postal system , give their indorsement to It as a project designed to benefit the country , and especially as ono calculated to glvo added stability to govern ment. The larger and more firmly established stnto and private banking Institutions have nothing whatever to fear .from a postal sav lags bank sjstem , which will pay only a low rate of interest and nccept deposits limited lit amount f > a as to accommodate only the wording population anil the persons of smnll means , to whom the security that only the government can give Is worth a great deal. In fnct , the postal savings banks are lllcely in tlmo to bo n direct benefit to re liable banking Institutions. They will add to the wealth of the country and tend to increase the number of those having In pos- iitsslon money enough to open , \n account \vlth a bank. The pootnl banks will help to collect thu very small savings und make them available ns loanable funds In sums w/ch ) thu ordinary banks need not despise. Most nf the substantial Ravings banka of the United States are located In the Now England Htatca nnd Now York. The real of the country Is very poorly supplied Indeed with twvlngs banks of nuy sort. The New England savings banl < are mostly trustee Havings banks , operated solely for thu bene fit , of savlnga depositors and not for the profit of tliouo who nupervlso the manage ment. That being the case , the savings banka of New England would have no keen Intcrcet In opposing the Introduction of any other form of savings baults promising bene to the people. Ilecauao New England lias a good system of trustee aavlnpn banks the need Is not KO great there for postal banlta as In other parta of the country. Hut that would constitute no reason for op position to a yat < * m so badly needed In other liortloiii ) of Iho country. The clara of banks that probably will op o pose the postal system are those private lianks that are greatly In need of more pub ic supervision and control and that In many caees ought to'be forced to go out of dual- Vi so altogether. Such baiiltH generally prom- Vim o a high rate of Intercut , and they usually m are the onra to get the deposits of those whom a poutal vavlu&s bank to designed nc especially tn accommodate , The class of banks moat likely to fall are the very bonks ) incut likely to have depoultd of working cople. This class of bankw will oppose poa- lal banka , of course , but their opposition but constitutes an argument In favor of the HjMl.cm giving promise of absolute security the depoBltor whom It U especially the luty of government to protect. c\ The establishment of postal Divine * banks would tend to ralue the ( standard of bank * Ing , to the benefit of those who conduct a legitimate and Kafe bualncro. With pattal barika In existence , the peition of uuiall means who wants above everything else a isafo place ot deposit would avoid the shaky concerri that now bring BO much odium upon the banking buslnc * * . The result would bo that tbo reliable banka doing a legitimate bunlnciw would come to have a better hold upon thn confidence of the people , for ' the poorer couc riid could not continue to'exist , Il SHOTS AT T1IIJ IM'M'IT. Cleveland Leader : Mr. Moody claims that the three great temptations which as all young men today are the bicycle , the trolley- car and the Sunday newspaper. No wonder the world Is elcadlty growing better. 1'lonccr 1'rrss : The evangelist Needham took It upon hlmpclf to rob henvcti of much of I Is nltr ctl > cnrsfl by declaring th.lt "there nro no female angel'1 and attempting to prove the- fact by scripture. If he's "right , most tucn will prefer to rrnmln on cnrth. Sioux City Tribunes A New Jersey preacher ay there are no female aiiKels , which Is only another way of saying that there nre no aiiKeli , for whoever heard of a man that approached the nngcllc , unless It was when ho was calling on hln br.it girl. Chicago Times-Herald : Kansas clergy man BWiclly remarks : "If n hare-brained , silly , mimicking , foolish , slock , wclNgroamcd dancing man slam Id waltz around n ball room with my wife 1 would hunt him up the next morning and kick him around the public ixiuarc. " IB there any law In K IISH to compel a ralnMtcr'n wife to dance wlih nny ono against her wild Northwestern Catholic : lllshop Ilotinoum arUea to assure the country that his dltll- cultlra with the ptlcsts of lite diocese ale not yet at an end ; that trifling porfornmnccti nre . yet nocemiry to clcve the controversy ; that. } In fact , "the fight go brnvely on. " Illshop Ilouarnm's vision I * peculiar. Ho c.\n FCC a fly on a barn door at the distance of n mile , though tumble to see the barn. The war Is over. DOMESTIC luviiH. Detroit Free Pres. : She They * ny V'red la nil im fully good fellow. He Yes , too good to be true. Indianapolis Joiirnul : "What the estrangement between IH'.lsapps and Ills wife , ilo you know ? " " 1 think their becoming ; strangers was the result of getting too well jieinmlnted. " Town Topics : The Wife What n sweet sinllo thenIs on the li.iby' * face. John. The Hiitlmnd Yes , ho s probably dream ing that he's keeping me awake. Chicago Post : "She says she was hugged by a ghoft. " "Anil what < lld Bhe do ? " "Screamed. " "Well , 1 should think she would If shn couldn't get anything inoio tangible than that. " l.oRton Transcript : Mr. . Meddloby Your huulmnd lias turneil out to l > e such a bad man that 1 suppose you will never marry again ? Widow AVecils We'.l , t won't go HO fur ns that ; but 1 will say that If 1 ever should marry again , It will be with another nun. Chicago Itccord : Owner of the Kejeetlng Hntul That ticket IM good for only one. The- Ono with the Ticket Well , we'ie one. If you don't believe It rhow him the certifi cate , Sail 1'uek : Mrs. IIuine.pun ( Indlgnantly-- ) H ore's an "tlcle says that In KunnoM a wife eosts jo. Mr. Homespun Well , n good wife Is wulli Cleveland Plain Deaaler " ' : "You woouldn't take that man for u great Inventor , would you ? " "No ; Is ho ? ' " "He Is. Ilo Invented nil excuse for being out with the boys that satisfied his wife , and he's been married seventeen years ! " Indianapolis Journal : "I'd rather our en gagement were not announced until the enii of the session , " said the statesman , "And why , dear ? " asked the woman he had won. "I don't want It charged that I am specu lating In sugar. " HIS LAMENT. Cleveland Leader. She loves the sea , she loves the land , Shi ) loves to ride her bike ; She love.1) to grasp the ribbons and Drive gayly down the pike. SI" * loves to dance , she loves to slncr , Tills maid so fair and free ; She seems In love with everything Upon this earth but me I A VITAL Denver PoBt. All dressed she stood for the party , a pic ture of loveliness rare , With Jewels agleam on her bosom and flow ers entwined In her hair ; And her husband In proud contemplation surveyed her from frizzes to feet , And gloated with pride o'er the picture HO daintily lovely and uweet. Her bright azure eyes she turned on him with sort of .1 questioning glance ; Her rosy lips parted , revealing rare pearls that a god would entrance ; And moving- yet closer toward him , with modest and ladylike grace , She asked him with musical accents ; "Does the powder allow on my face ? " is he who is well dre'ss- ed without great cost and one may well pat himself on the back who has the satisfac tion to be wearing a summer suit of our make. It" is a common fault of ight-weight apparel that it is slimpsy in texture and loosely thrown together. It won't vear. We take as much pains shape properly and sew veil our hot weather suits as ve do with the dressier gar ments for winter , and we use none but materials that can e counted upon for good ser vice. Our guarantee with every garment. BROWNING , KINO & GO , 8. W. Cor. 8tb and