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Q'Uis Is the fnrinprs" year.
Tlio calamity howler must xo to thi >
roar.
JsVbraska fnmu'rs will nilil the profits
of n bl Hpiilo crop to tla-ir ether protlts
this year.
Govoninu'tit by Injuiictlon carrlt-tl to
it * lo ii-il limit Is InjiiiiL'tlnii njrainst
popular ovornuiont.
Bountor M'asou of Illinois will soon
have lo move up again the date set by
him for tile ueoonipHsliniunt of Cuban
liberty. "
AVlient brings the hluhest jirlco it has
brought in years ami Nebraska has this
year raised half again as much wheat ap
it over raised.
Why would not Labor Day be
a pood-day to celebrate the settlement of
the. loiiff-pemllnc labor difliiMiltles In the
coal mining fields ?
The political party that cannot thrive
on anything but calamity cannot have
very hopeful prospects when prosperity
Is rising up all around It.
Another sign of good times Is the re-
Ttort that Nebraska soli promises to be
in prime condition for fall plowing in
-rtlmost every part of the slate.
A few more duels in which the partici
pants really Inflict wounds upon one uu-
otlier and the practice of dueling will
lose its popularity with Kuropean roy
alty.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tlie railroads , banks and big business
corporations will get their share of the
benefits of improving Industrial condi
tions , but the great bulk of the profit
goes to the producer and toller.
Barring occasional showers. Jhls is pic
nic weather that cannot be easily im
proved on , and the fact Is not being over
looked by the HOfU-tics and organizations
that indulge their members In the pleas
ures ; of an annual picnic.
? s"ow that the federal courts down In
Tennessee have gone into the business
of arbitrating the differences between
the railroads and the ticket scalpers It
may become unnecessary for congress
to come to the rescue with anti-KcalpIng
legislation.
Kor entertaining reading go back and
peruse some of the dire predictions of
disaster made by the popocratle orators
during the campaign last year which
they said wen * sure to come true If the
| x oplf should be M > rash an to elect
William McKlnley president.
If high prices based on depreciated sil
ver money were such a dfhlrable thing
a * iMTslstently asserted by free coinage
dcluxlonlstx tin * attractions of Mexico for
capitalists and laborers ought to Increase
an the price of silver got-s down. Hut
Komi-how or other they do not.
1'iTU has ordered Its now postage
stamp * pi luted In this country , and
Costa Kltii Is at-king the I'nltcd State *
to uudertakv the mintage of UK new
gold colm * . The South American conn ,
trie * know whore lo apply wbrii they
want a Job of really lr tluiw ; work
done.
One of ilui iWliotin | dlKciiKKcd at the
bankers' convention at Detroit wns ,
"llmv Khali the American banking
lii.-tlnew be made more iiKt-fiilV' That
ought to IMS an easy one. Try giving
bunk paining greater banking facilities
tor Humller charge * uud ICBM Irrltutlny
annoyance * .
t , w trr ; ; * of ivm.rr ruwrnx
' * ( do not know Con ( inllngher lull
mntely , and 1 know nothltiR of his record
e.xrvpt that lie tins been postmnstrr anil
1.4 at present deputy In th < < cnstonm
house. 1 have thine whio business ttlth
him and always coiislilei-cd lilm ipabte
mid Intelligent , and though he has no
experience In the police department , jet
1 see no reason why he should tint . * > eon
hccoinr familiar with the duties , and 1
know of in ) rt-nson why he should be
associated with or partial to any people
In our I'lty who are not law-abiding. 1
hope he imiy hove without prejudice : i
fair opportunity to show what he can
( In. And I hope that both lie and the
police commission will put nsldo all pol-
Itlcx. "
This Is the exact language used by a
prominent business man tthen asked his
opinion of the appointment of C. V. ( ial-
lagheras chief of police. While It Is de
cidedly nt variance with thp geneial
sentiment of the l > n ilnes i community , wo
( littite It to show how readily men of
standing are led trt actjulesce In an net
which threatens to Intllct the most seri
ous disorders upon the city In reckless
disregard of the demands and Interests
of the taxpayers.
The city of Omaha Is entitled to the
most ample police protection which the j
proceeds of the taxes levied specially
for police purposes will alTonl. The
members of the police commission who
control the expenditure of the police
fund are pledged under tmth to make
only xueh appointments and promotions
In the forcit as will promote and Insure
Its greatest etllclency. They could not
live up to that oath without selecting as
the chief of police the most competent
and experienced man available. If a
police commissioner had to choose be
tween his oath of otllce and an order of
Governor Holcomb In palpable violation
of the letter and spirit of the law. he
should have either disregarded the law
less Instruction of the governor or ten
der him his resignation.
ruder monarchical governments lin
king can do no wrong. In a republic the
chief executive of the nation or the state
Is as much bound by the laws as the
humblest citizen liu the laud , and when
ever he oversteps the law no subordin
ate tiilicer has the right to obey. Neither
Governor Holcomb nor the police com
mission will contend that In the ap
pointment of Chief-elect Gallagher they
had In view solely the best Interests of
the service and were not actuated by
political motives. They cannot even
pretend that Gallagher Is possessed of
any iiiialtllcatloiiN whatever for reor
ganizing , directing or disciplining the
police , or for protecting ( lie city and citi
zens from professional criminals.
Would any prudent business man
Jeopardize the success of an establish
ment that requires technical or - professional
sional skill In its management by plac
ing nt its head a man who had never
been engaged in his line of business ?
Would he entrust the supreme control
of a factory , a mill or a railroad to a
man who had never seen the inside of a
factory or a mill or had never been con
nected with manufacturing or railroad
ing ?
Yet business men thoughtlessly ex
press u willingness to let the city experi
ment with a man as chief of police who ,
at the age of17 , has yet to serve an ap
prenticeship in police work. They reck
lessly consent to expose the lives of their
wives and children to the assaults of
thugs , thieves and housebreakers and
leave strangers invited to visit Omaha
at the mercy of gamblers , swindlers ,
and professional confidence men of all
descriptions. Without knowing Galla
gher except as deputy surveyor of cus
toms , they blindly assume that he will
not play into the hands of the-lawless
classes , when , if they made inquiry , they
would find that Mr. Gallagher was made
chief at the Instance and through the in-
tlucnce of the keepers of disorderly and
lawless resorts and the shyster lawyers
whom they retain on their pay roll. They
would discover that in selecting a boss
politician for chief of police , the gov
ernor and the police board have made
the police force a part of the political
macJiine which Is to be used In forcing
contributions from all who come under
police surveillance.
Instead of being a matter to be passed
over with indifference as a harmless ex
periment , the selection of a man of the
stamp of Con Gallagher for chief of
police Is a matter of grave public con
cern , especially when , In view of the im
pending state fair and the forthcoming
exposition , the city needs the best police
protection the money at its disposal can
command.
Tin : cosuL < in SB/men.
A short time ago an American consul
whose term had explred'gave out an in
terview In which lie defended the con
sular service of the United States uga'n t
the attacks Unit have been made upon
It , asserting that as a whole It is equal
in efficiency to the service of any other
nation. lie urged , however , that It
might be Improved by the introduction
of certain reforms , such as would give
permanence of tenure , promotion for
merit and so on. It was a good defense
and the suggestions made were In the
main sound.
Recently ex-Consul Orlando II. Haker
of Iowa hail a communication In the New
York I'ress relative to the consular serv
ice. In which lie defends It against the
accusations that have bt-cn made , assert
ing that no facts have hcn adduced In
show that our consular service IH less
elllclent than that of any other govern
ment. This Is all very well as a general
statement , but it does not do away with
the fact that there Is a good deal of evi
dence showing that the service Is not so
elllclent as It should be. Mr. Baker is
opposed to applying civil service reform
principles to the consular service. He
does not believe In permanent tenure for
contmbi , but would leave that service
open to the spoilsmen and maintain It as
a refuge for politicians who are dlscred-
Htil at home or persons who desire to
upend a few years abroad at the expense
of the governmenl. In this respect we
venture to think that Mr. Bnkur Is a long
way behind tlw times , We know of no
prominent man In the country , not an
advocate of the spoils system generally ,
who IH opjwjued to applying civil service
reform principle * lu the consular uervlce
mid divorcing that service from politico
The cninmrrclnl Interests of the- country
concrrned In having an efllclent consular
service sire strongly In favor of the pro
posed reform. Intelligent public senti
ment favors It.
It Is unfortunate that the consular
service should need to be defended 'that
It should be so vulnerable to attack as In
call out such communications as that of
Mr. linker. It ought to be a service In
which all Americans would take pride
and feel confidence. We do not question
that there are many capable and faithful
men in It men who are thoroughly
American In feeling and who are doing
the very best they can to promote the
Interests of Ilielr country abroad. Most
of these men have been long In the serv
ice , having been retained through sev
eral administrations. It may also be ad
mitted that the service as u whole has
Improved In clllclcney and usefulness
within the last twenty years , lint It has
not attained Hint high standard which
ought to distinguish It and It Is hardly
possible that It ever will do so while It
continues lo available for rewarding
political services. It needs to be placed
on a strictly business basis , us Is the
cane with the consular services of other
great commercial nations. It must be
entirely divorced from politics. Those
appointed to It should be assured of re
maining In It so long as they diligently
and faithfully performed their duties
anil be adequately paid. Wllli these
conditions provided ; the consular service
of the l.'nltcd States could be made equal
to the best in the world.
TlIK i'KOI'/.K'S JSM 1'I.VHS.
Among the papers read before the con
vention of bankers at Detroit the past
week was one by Mr. Myron T. llerrlck
of Cleveland , O. , on savings banks , he
being the president of one of these In
stitutions in that city. In the course of
his remarks Mr , llerrick referred to the
demand for postal savings banks , which
it is perhaps needless to say he does not
regard with favor.
Mr. Ilerriek said It scorned to him that
an argument for government assumption
of the guardianship of the people's
nioiuvv must be based on the premise
that the government could employ the
money in carrying a permanent debt , ' as
does Great Britain and other countries ,
but , said he , "the debt of our country
Is not permanent In Its nature and In
prosperous times it has been rapidly
liquidated. " lie felt confident , there
fore , "that In the future , as In the past ,
the people will view with misgiving
any movement in that , direction. " This
is not a new objection to a postal sav
ings bank system and It is not a par
ticularly forceful one. It Is not neces
sary that there should be a public debt
In order to have postal savings banks.
The government would simply receive at
designated postotllces deposits * ' of money
within certain limitations , issuing notes
or certillcates therefor bearing a low
rate of interest , as should be provided
by law. These deposits would be avail
able for the use of the government. This
money might be used for paying oft the
public debt or for any other purpose. It
would be in the nature of a popular loan
to the government. Now , why should
there be any misgiving , as Mr. llerrick
suggests , about this ? The deposits
would be absolutely secure. They would
be paid on demand. No sort of linanclal
disturbance could impair their safety ,
because the faith of the government
would be pledged to their payment. The
benefit to the government , for which it
could well afford to pay a moderate an
nual interest , would be In the fact that
It would always have on hand a fund for
any exigency.
Of course opposition to a postal sav
ings bank 'system Is to be expected from
those who are Interested in the privateer
or mutual savings banks , but the system
is not necessarily hostile to these insti
tutions. They would still have deposit
ors who desired a higher rate of interest
thau tlie government would pay. Hut
this opposition exists and it will not be
very easily overcome. There is no doubt ,
however , that the sentiment in favor
of postal savings banks isj growing and
it is very likely to be strongly exerted
upon the present congress.
FtKAftCitAJ ,
Estimates of the amount of American
indebtedness abroad , represented by
various forms of securities , range from
$1,000,000,000 to Sli.OOO.OOO.OOO. With
such a mass of obligations , liable to be
thrown upon our market at any time
that foreign holders may desire to real
ize on them , we cannot have absolute
financial Independence , but some recent
circumstances indicate that we are mov
ing in lluit direction and suggest that
the time may not be very remote when
It will bo no longer necessary to go to
foreign markets for capital to float
American securities or to carry on Amer
ican enterprises.
The recent heavy unloading of our se
curities by European holders and their
ready absorption by American buyers
evidenced the large supply of capital
available for tills purpose and it Is sahl
to have been something of a surprise
to the foreign financiers , though of
course they profited by It. The fact
that In a single week about H.r.00,000
shares of stock anil some $20,000,000 In
bonds were absorbed by American cap
ital , without any appreciable effect upon
the money market , was a striking Illus
tration of tlie financial resources of the
country. But this Is not the only one.
A short time ago one block of bonds of
? N(000fK ) ) { ) issued by Now York City
was Instantly taken by American buyers
nnd another block of . $ HKKM)0 ! ) ) Issued
by the Metropolitan Traction company
of that city was similarly taken up by
the homo market. A New York paper
observes Hint the battle of week before
last In Hie stock market determined tem
porarily , at least , the question whether
the I'nlted States Is to be financially In
dependent of Kurope and says the Im
pression there Is that it marked the
turning point In the financial relations
which the 1'nlted .States has In the past
maintained with the rich nations of
Europe.
This may not prove to be an entirely
accurate view of the situation , for It
seems to leavu out of consideration the
fact that there Is a comparatively moderate -
orate amount of capital going into pro
ductive enterprises , but still there seems
to be no reason to doubt that If the tie
maud In this direction should be largely
Increased , as It may be within the next
year or two , the supply of capital In the
United .States would still be found to
be ample. However , our Independence
of European capital Is still some way
off and the most we can do at present
Is to congratulate ourselves upon th <
evidence that we are making progress
toward Its attainment. If we reach It
within say the next quarter of a ecu-
tuny we slmlHlrf well , yet It seems Hint
this Is possibility we make such progress
In Hint tlmi fty material development
and In inereagllTg our capital us has been
made durlng'tfie last twenty-live yoaru.
It Is perhaps questionable whether this
will be done. At all events the attain
ment of linanclal Independence Is greatly
to be desired -everything pointing
In that direction Is cause for gratifica
tion and gratulatlon.
Agitation in favor of lower Insurance
rates Is not confuted to Omaha. In
nearly all the large cities of the country
the underwriters are being called
upon to explain why decreased
tire risks and diminution of losses
by tire do not justify a de
mand for reduced Insurance rates.
The use of fireproof materials In the
construction of buildings , the Improve
ment In their lighting and heating , the
better policing of cities and advances
made In the efficiency of our lire-fighting
forces , have revolutionized lire Insur
ance. Such conflagrations as the great
Chicago lire have become a physical Im
possibility and Incendiarism minimized.
These facts constitute cogent reasons for
very material reductions lu lire policy
premiums.
The New York tire commission recently
made a formal demand upon the lire un
derwriters for a reduction of rates 'in
that city on the ground of lessened risks
anil Improved lire protect Urn. To this de
mand the Insurance rate makers made
the following response :
There la no question tlmt a permanent re
duction In the rate of tire loss to Insurable
property must eventually be followed by a
reduction In the Insurance rates. This Is a
law which we cannot resist The disposi
tion ot experienced underwriters Is , however ,
decidedly In favor of. such adjustment of the
rnto to the loss rate na a matter of good
business .policy.
Furthermore , this Is recognized as a legiti
mate and commendable demand on the part
of these whose good administration may
have contributed to a permanent and sub
stantial reduction In the rate ot flro loss
that such successful effort should be re
warded and encouraged by a readjustment
of insurance rates. , The excellent work done
by your commission whoso results you
fortify by fiKuree and statistics appears to
be entitled to .suck recognition.
But , as a matter of fact , the fire under
writers have forestalled your request. They ,
of course , watbh vtry closely tlio statistics
of the subject' ' , ana , being In dally touch
with them , they b'egan almost Immediately
after the time 'when , as your figures show ,
the improvement began , to respond by a re
duction In rates. Such reduction has gone
steadily on for over two yeans past , and to
day the averag6 rates are from 10 to 15 per
cent lower than two years ago. The reduc
tion' ' Is still ; sn.j5. . . onj and oq an increasing
scale. |
If the Improvement In the rate of lire loss
continues , It Is more than probable that an
other twelve months will witness a further
reduction equal to that of the last year. The
method of such reduction may not be of the
exact character that you would prescribe. It
has not , so far , taken the form or a flat and
sudden scaling of rates by a percentage'
duction. There are reasons which an under
writer could explain which have made the
process of reduction by classes more proper.
This is a very ingenious plea to bolster
up tlie pernicious system of discrimina
tive rate making Iliat has been intro
duced throughout the country. Instead
of giving insurers as a whole the benefit
of decreased risks and losses , the insur
ance magnates single out favored policyholders -
holders for special rebates and leave the
uncomplaining or uninitiated property
owner paying rates established when
losses W rc high. What Insurers have a
right to demand and are entitled to IK
fair rates for all and favors for none.
A policy that tolerates discrimination is
based on Injustice and begets corruption.
It places it within the reach of dishonest
rate makers to fix two premiums , one
for tlie company and the other for him
self , the latter payable In money or in
personal concessions from the insured
that are equal to money.
Many a man has tried 1t > lift himself
over the fence by his own bootstraps ,
but the first instance of a successful per
formance of this kind is yet to be
recorded. When the organs tlmt are
waging war for money upon the depart
ment stores go out of their way to In
sinuate without proof that tlie reason
why tlie great dally papers do not turn
their columns over to the nnti-depnrt-
ment store crusade Is because they are
bought up and muzzled by department
store advertising patronage , they simply
Illustrate the desperation to which the
boot-strap lifting process has driven
them. The one-Idea newspaper like the
one-Idea man never accomplishes any
thing tangible tlmt is of Importance. The
Bee has expressed itself on the depart
ment store question and lias not changed
Its position. If.itjwere expected to keep
Its views standing In Its colunlns to
show that It liad , not sulicred a change
of heart on every Issue It has discussed
In its twcnty-11 years of existence it
would have to make each Issue a book
bigger than ait-unabridged dictionary ,
The legislating made appropriation for
'
the nmlntennnqo 'of , ' ! , ' 0 convicts In the
state prison , although there liavo not
been for years pver HOO Inmates under
penitentiary seuience tlt one time. With
such a marglnui good part of tlie money
appropriated oilght to bo turned back
Into the slate treasury , but the prison
officials , we presume , will not fall to
take credit lo themselves for a surplus
for which they are not responsible.
The victims of incurable Itose.watero-
phobia who act as proprietors and ed
itor * of our amiable popocratle contem
porary , the World-Herald , need not bo
alarmed at their conjurcd-up candidacy
of Kosewater for chairman of the repub
lican state committee. While The Bee
and Its editor stand ready , as they have
at all times , to cooperatewith repub
licans for the upbuilding of the rcpuh
lien n imrly In Nebraska , Mr. lltwwaior
has no thought of asking or accepting
the chairmanship of the slate committee
n position which would require him lo
devote to It exclusively his time that nl
.teiitly has Inqiorliint demands upon It
far exceeding Its limits.
The 1'tilted States can produce all the
sugar It consumes , The Kuropcan sugai
makers will not give up their Ainerleni
market until forced to do so , bill Amerl
can Ingenuity and American persevcr
ance Is equal lo the task and will ac
cotnpllsh It by producing a bettor sugai
In sufficient quantity at a cost that wll
enable It , with the assistance of tin
tariff , to compote successfully with Hit
Imported article.
If llio coal strike continues mud
longer the quotations on coal In the af
fectcd districts may be expected ty Inil
tale the rising qualities recently devel
oped by the price of wheat. Whei
once started coal might display an Irre
slstable tendency to catch up to sllvet
al the ratio of sixteen pounds of blncK
diamond to one ounce of the white metal
metal.
Tim railroads may not relish the order
for the Nebraska National Guard to g <
Into company encampment at the honu ,
town , because It cuts them off of trans
portatlon tolls , but the plan of saving
( lie slate appioprlaliou for a more iin
tentions encampment during 1SD8 will lu
generally endorsed by people of al
classes throughout the state.
The list of eminent , republicans who
will participate lu the Ohio campalgi
this year In the Interest of the re
publican ticket Includes the names of al
most all the party speakers who havi
achieved a national reputation. To llvi
in Ohio during the coming political can
vass will be an education in Itself.
Hawaii does not seem to be suffering
from anything on account of the post
ponement of consideration of the annexa
tlou treaty , except , perhaps , from an en
largement of Its constantly growing na
tlonal debt , and that Is something i
stands ready'to present to the Unilec
States as a marriage portion.
Hon. James Bryce is again on Amerl
can soil , soon to visit the United States
and the American people will look wltl
eagerness for words of advice and crltl
clsm respecting our political , iuilustrla
anil social conditions as they conn
within the observation of one of the
ablest British statesmen.
The Klondike gold fever victims have
the advantage of their predecessors o ;
Ml ) . They have first-class railroads and
steam ships to take them to Alaska
while the trip to California had to be
made overland in prairie schooners 01
by water route that consumed weeks
and months.
Governor llolcomb's aspersions upon
the new tariff law seem to have been
made in forgetfulness that Senator AlIen
Ion , tlie populist senator from Nebraska
helped with his vote to make the sched
ules on a number of articles and assisted
in its enactment by declining to vote
against It
All Internal Truth.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Prosperity , even If It comes with a rush
won't shovel dollars Into the idle , lazy man'
pockets.
Tin IMii ted KuelH.
Globe-Democrat.
A demand abroad for American tin Is re
ported. Democrats will call the statement
myth , but they no longer apply that name to
the Immense production of domestic tin.
A HollrcUoii < i lliU'lllic-iifu.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is amazing to think that here In the
United States we have a great political party
at least a party , advocating the adoption o ;
a monetary policy which Japan has just dis
carded and .which the best financiers In
Mexico fear will bankrupt that country.
lU't'lliroi'Hyivllli Kniiicc.
rtilludelpliln Ledger.
Negotiations for a reciprocity treaty with
France are icported to be In progress , with
good prospect of a satisfactory conclusion.
This should be gratifying to our free trade
friends , so tar as It goes , but It probably
will not be , since It la usually understood
that frco trade means England only.
I'roinl Day for Halifax.
New York Tribune.
All Halifax turned out to witness the en
trance of the Indiana Into Us big dry dock
and It was one of the proud days In Its
history. To have a bigger dock than the
whole United States , with the war ahlps of
that great nation enforced to take refuge In
It because there IB none spacious enough at
home. Is a legitimate reason for exultation ,
and the 'Hallfaxans were entitled to make
the most of It.
Iiilcrcliimwiililc Mll 'nw - TIi-ki-lN.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The proposed now interchangeable mlle-
ngo book promises to be the greatest thing
over Invented for the traveling fraternity.
It not only obviates the necessity for car
rying a half dozen mllcago books at an
investment of several hundred dollars , but
It cannot be misused nor sold to scalpery ,
and when fully perfected will probably
check Us own baggage , walto Ha possessor
up In time to change care , secure htm n
double seat , no matter whether the coach
Is crowded or not.
SwiirKy of I'oMtiil SiivlnifN
rhlciiBO ItrcnrU.
Tlio great point about the postal savliiKH
bank li > the absolute security It alfords.
il.iny would be glad to deposit with U oven
If It paid no interval whatever. In vlrw of
the absolute security which the ponlul bank
would afford , 2 per cent would really bo a
hih ! ; rate of Inturtflt. The best private Hav
ings banlta In moat largo cities pay only 3
prr cent. Knr the clnsa of arnall depositor * ,
for whom the po tal bank la especially In
tended an additional 1 per rent Intorrot IH
as nothing In comparison with the EPIIHO of
absolute necurlty which they prUo BO
highly. Absolute security and a high rate
of Interest are Incompatible. The pcisons
who want the latter Mhould bo rontent to
< U'j | with soinu other Institution than the
postal bank and take the mnall rbk which
their desire for a higher rate ot Intercut car-
rim with It.
WlKlrNN . .limllriIn ICiiKluiul.
In the courbo of yesterday morning thu
lord chief justice , having endeavored In vain
to cool the heated atmosphere In hlu court
by having the doora and windows opened , nt
last removed his wig , remarking that hu did
so because the temperature wan exceedingly
oppressive. Ho Intimated to counsel that
they could follow hU example If they liked ,
and the majority of the barristers present
Bpcwllly did r.o.
Mr. Ilarron I'ollock shortly afterward an
nounced In hla court that ho hat ) been In
formed that the lord chief Juwtlce liart , In
view of the heat of the weather , dlipcmicil
with Jila wig. Ho thought the course pur-
uod wan a sensible one , and removed hl
wig , and gavu membcri of the bar permit-
Blon to do the same. The barrlstere preaont
were chary to follow the vuegeitlou , though
BuUaequcntly pomo of them did no.
AH SHOT ! " AT TIIK IMI.IMT.
riiii v r Vren * ' A tlrooMjn rlprRymnn rt
tiurka thill thp rilmdrty pnpcr IK "n curf , "
nd tliMi ti.ilvrly mills tlint he dixtt not
itpcnk from experience , lirrniiKe ho never
nw one. There In , \ dinner for n phllsn-
thinplc journal to do a llttlo missionary
work.
llillfKlMphlfi I'rwHt KPV , S m Jones is
Authority for HIP MnlMncnt that there will
lip no dcinopratA or rcpiilillrann In heaven ,
tf .Mr. JOI'KII niHin ( o Infer that It IA to bo
nil exclusively popullatlc rlyM.in field < iff lr ,
( hen the tire department of futurity will
Imvo to atrniiRo Increased accommodations
for the benefit of plMnvltod guests.
nilMRii Chronicle : The prohibition otg.in
called the Voice , In Now York City , h.is
bci-n trying to llml out tht > truth concerning
the i opart that lllflhop I'nttcr of the Kplarn-
piillan rluirrh paid custom ! * diillcs upon two
roses of Scotch whisky when ho recently re
turned from Ktirope. It lisa not cucn-edcd
yet and It la very Indignant at thn refusal
of the hl.'liop to answer Its tiuerlrs. It i
not tutlto clear whether the Voice Is Imiulr
Ini ; for the iiurjin.se ot finding out If tli
good bishop smuggled tlie liquor or wliethr
It IH milking a tight for American will sky n
oppf.icd to the Imported kind.
Kan.'iis City Star : It Is certainly more It
sorrow than In linger that allusion Is in.nl
to the fact that In Kansas City n society o
Christian believers can bo moved oven to n
division nf opinion by the burial from tlirl
church of ft member of their own pongroga
tloa becaute he was n black mini. Wo have
boon accustomed to hear of de.ith as th
"groat levelor" ntid of the "oiiual" all' '
"tho reconciling grave. " The belief In th
brotherhood of man ind the K < itherlioo <
nf God lias been regarded us a fundamuni.t
principle of the ClirUllan religion. Tli.i
will be tnkrn as a strangii conception of mil
vcrsnl brotherhood which would ilen.
a follow man. and , not only tlmt , but a
brother Christian , funeral rights In nn >
Christian ch'irch which may be selected fo
the purrosH' . The dead body of nn.y Chris
tlnn man or woman might bo laid , It l
natural to suppose , before any church nltni
without protest or objection. The raining o
Kiich objection In this day nnd ago , when
the law Is supposed to corronpond with the
pplrlt of the gospel will bo taken as
strange anomaly.
lM < : tSO. > AI. AM OTIIKIllVISn.
Prosperity la disposed to monopolize tin
middle of the rond. *
A New York man Is In jail and his wlti
In the hospital. Trouble began with a badlj
cooked beefsteak.
Judge Thompson of Louisville set free twi
men who wcro arrested for fist fighting. Hi
claimed that as they uaed their flMs and no
liiilvcs or revolvers they were brave men unt
should not bo locked up.
A southerner , wcarlod by the weight of S
years , turned up In Now York recently will
$25.000 concealed on his person. New York
Is wondering how ho managed to survive
twenty-four houw with such a tempting wad
There are others whoso wonder approach ?
amazement.
Chicago dealers In tobacco have liad thel
humane Instincts aroused to the point of re
volt against cheap cigarettes. With it gener
osity admirable and vliolly unselfish , thej
want to raise the price from 5 and 10 cent
to iC cents a pack.
On August 3 the village of Buffalo Center ,
Minn. , celebrated Ita third anniversary , am !
thought it had a right to celebrate lu view
of the fact that within three years ot the
time a field ot grain occupied the site of th8
village the people had put up a $12,000 hotel
and n ? 15,000 school house , and the popula
tion numbered 1,000.
Sir Isaac Holden , who passed away re
cently , achieved title and renown as the
Inventor of the luclfer match. Vrom hla
luminous Idea sprang- many others. There
Is taut dainty bit of sanded cardboard
fringed with dainty ribbons and artistic
bows delicate feminine creations extend
ing a mute Invitation to "scratch my back. "
Sir Isaac started the longest strike In
modern times.
They have a summary method ot dealing
with usurers over in Kngland. A profes
sional money lender summoned a young
artisan for default of a debt of about $ CO.
The defendant showed that once when lie
was 111 he had borrowed $20 , but that he hat !
only received ' $16. He' had repMd $11. Tlie
judge who tried the case ordered the balance
paid ut the rate of 12 cents n month. This
will extend the payment over thirty-seven
years.
An Alabama toper , whoso nose had parsed
the rubicund and Invited embarrassing
public attention , became converted the other
day at a revival meeting , and retained his
reformed principles for three days , In which
ho persuaded most of his class living in the
town to sign the pledge , awaltenlng so much
anxiety in the bosoms of the two neighborIng -
Ing saloon keepers that they waited on him
"In a body. " with the proffer of free drinks
for a year If ho would refrain from his re
formatory activities. His virtue was not
en.ua ! to this strain upon It , and by night he
was liowllng full.
TIII3 THAXS.MI.SSISJJIIM'I JSXI'OSITIO.V
An Industrial Kpoch In ( InHlMtfiiry of
Hie IVvHt.
Iowa City Republican.
There Is every Indication that the great
TransmlFslsslppl and International Exposi
tion which will be hold at Omaha In 1SU8
will be ono of the greatest oventa of Its
kind lu our history , being surpassed only by
the World's fair. Already the work Is
progrrsslng. The financial resources of tlio
exposition on August 1 , were $1,070,500.
With that sum alone a wonderful display Is
assured. Mat much will yet be added to bo
exU'tlng resources. The exposition Is to rep
resent all the Industries and resources of the
great west. Kvery state from the Gulf of
Mexico to the Dominion and from the Mis
sissippi to the Pacific will bo represented.
It Is llttliiK that the rich and resourceful
state of Iowa should not bo less favorably
brought out than her ulster commonwealths.
And If the present appropriation l > s In
adequate , let nur legislature make It ample.
AN I3XP13KT olv . \HVI3UTISl.\n.
Jfi'vor WiiNlcnlloiicy nil 1'oHti'i-N ,
Doilncl-N mill llainl HlllN.
John Wmmninnker In the Knuitli KMntP.
"I never in my life , used euch a thing as
n poster or dodger , or hand bill. My plan
for twenty years' has been to buy BO much
space In a newspaper and fill It up ns I
wanted. I would not give an advertisement
n a paper of COO circulation for five thou
sand dodgeia or posters ,
"If I wanted to sell cheap Jewelry or run
a gambling scheme I might use posters ; but
I would not Insult a decent reading- public
with hand bill * .
"Tho class of people who rend them arc
no poor to look to for support In mercantile
affairs. I deal directly with the publisher.
I say to him :
"How long will you lot me run a column
) f matter through your paper for $100 or
(500 ( , as the ease may be , 1 let him do the
figuring , and If I think ho l.i not trying to
nnko more than his almru , I glvo him the
opy. I lay asldo the profits on u particular
Ino of goods for advertising purpnsia.
"At first I laid nsldo $ : iOQO ; last ycnr I
nhi c.sliUi and spent $10,000. I have i ] ( > ; io
icttor this year and ahall Increase ) that sum
BH the prollts warrant It. I nwo my UUCCOBS
o newHiupora | nnd to them I freely glvo a
certain protlt ( if my yearly huslncm , "
no AMKitir.vvs n.vrToo .urciif
SIM-IIIH Tlu-.v ln , lli-i'MiiNo Tln-j I In vr
Mui'li to Kill. .
J e llf'H Wei-lly.
Much crltlcliin has lately ticrn dlrrclod
against our American hotel bllls-of-faro by
furt'lKH visitors , o * | > ocUlly Ihtso who tunic-
iver lust fall and winter urn ! went Imck
lomo mid wrote abaut their oxprrlfiicm.
fhry found ton much on the lUt too much
KimcncfH. too much that was not attractive.
They objected to tlio necessity of nt'lccilng
what the ) " needed , and In tlmt they have the ,
syni | > ithy of all good Americans , for the
average lilll-of-faro U u tet of human pa-
Icnco ; hut It la better to have too much than
oo little. And It Id especially not fair lo
guuiro thn American appetite by what Is on
ho hotel blll-of-fare. Thu cltUcn from I ho
country who went through the Itenui seriatim , :
and afterward complulnrd that It would have ,
been all rlelit If ho had utopped at the water-
nelon ami Ice cream , was not thu over go
American. The people of thin country cat
nuch liecaiidi- they have much to eat. Thu
orclKiioni complain that llio habit of eating
u Airier lea u breakfast IH ttulcldal ami re-
nnt'd , but It DO happeni that the man who
an rat the American breakfait h no need
f doctors , flud be U the factor who has made
lib country what It 1 , The very fact that
wo h vc born nblo In fvolvp from Ilic broke n
ilown ftnrt ilyupcptle nml * t-cond hand m * o
rial nent to tlit ? e olioron from tin * ntlier ldn
n race of aupnrlor pfoplc , wVh tvt > mon moro
hediitlful than the world had hitherto known ,
with men who have done moro thing" tlmn
nny In the vu > r | < l' hlMoiy , nd have bwn
nblo to liulld up n notion gvtntor tlmn any
othtv on oMlh , l pretty Rood proof that It
AtnrMcan out too much they cat the rlghf
KOrt of fotxt.
.sTid tnvi.s.
I'ticlc "Sny , old limn , you ni-f fa nbscnt-
tnlmlt'il , 1 bciove : you ro In love ! "
lIvlhMii-J.Mi. ! ? Oh ! ho ! hot ho ! Why.
don't you know I'm nmrilid ?
Chlongo Iltpord ; "DlKKH , have you hntl nny
rest this Mummer ? " '
"Yen : my wife wont up In nn olovnlor thi
othi'riy \ \ ; it stuck , nml * ho stayed up thorn
twenty minutes. "
IVtiolt Krco Press : "Tootlcton vvenrs a
liiimlkprclilcf urouml lil nrok nil iho llmo. "
\os ; ho xnyti It tnkoM nil ihv larobrd
collars In the house to kt-i-p hi" wifigo ng "
Clnrlmiatl Kmiiilirr : "t rntnml umlcr-
ntnnil , " mid the Imoholor i-lork , " \\liy n
11111118 wlfo U railed tlio Ix-Hcr linlf. ' "
"You wonbl. " ( Mid tlio mitnlo.1 clerk. "If
you liiul to illvlilo your tut law wltu ono "
1'ost : "rnn you irntiifir'y nay
Hint no mnii over pul Mix mm nrnuiiil you ? ' '
\\oll , nf conr o , miiiiu OIK' hail to loach
me to rltlo the blryole. "
IVtroit .loitrnnl : "i your summer novel
IntorcMliiK , l.vilm ? "
"InterwiliiBT I nhonld say MI The
licrolno nmiTlen a rlcli in.in and they hava
leu cronm * throe tlmcH a day. "
flnolniintl Tiltmno : Hhr--You ate jimt
like nil the tiu-n ; you wou'.d nut admit Hint
you over initdo a mlHtako , lo nvo your
Mo As If I Imdn'l tivltl you tlmo anil tlino
iilfliln tlmt the inl take of my llfo wits In
marrying you.
IndlnnnpnlU Journal : Oladys Pitpu'd
going to give DM a ohocl : at tlio wo < 1 < lliiK
Inxtonil of n prom-nt , Tom.
Tom All right , we'll Imvo thr rot-oniony
at lilgh noon then ln toud or nt 1 o'clock.
niiulyn-\Vliy , what for , dear ?
Tom Hanks oloso at 3.
Chicago Trlbuno : "iJi-nr. " wild Mrs.
Orouch , us she Hhownl her Itinl and ma tor
a. picture of a lint with a pretty womun'H
face tinder It , "I wish you would got me n
hat like that. "
"I'll bo glad to. " gruntoil old Grouch. "If
you will only get n face like tlmt. "
TUB J1YTI1 AND TIIK MRS.
IVtinll Jnunml.
Ita loved n. dainty Mimmer nlrl ,
And tola her so , forthwith ;
She sndly nlghcd and faltered :
"Alas ! I am a myth. "
And , thlnkliiR her tint lisping , then
Ho fimitlii-rod her with klsuc.q.
"Am 1 to understand ? " lit- Halted
"You'd rather bo a Mrs ? "
AfTUSIX PI.OWISHK.
Kl.DHUHKHHY.
Kloltl loving llower ot misty , mllkv white ,
The sunshade of some fairy dost thou
scum ;
Flouncing above the shadows of tha
stream ;
And trolllwil Rally with HIP morning light.
The butterllli'H nil joyous flutter tl-ere ,
In mottled splendor , tipping sweets by
stealth ;
At which the bee drones o'er Its honey
wealth ,
And reels and circles In the noonday air ;
And over wings away but to return ,
Asserting prestige where the < e id'crs be ;
I'lllnging summer noctur wantonly.
At length Its rightful ownership they learn ,
Anil hasten from Fticli Brumbllng- while the
birds
Tell of the conquest to far-grazinp herds.
In hazy August noons It shares the power
Ol quirkenud growth noothed by tile even
ing1 ( U'WHi
That thro' the morning's aim and shadow
ooze
And mint Into a royal gold this flower-
Then doth It crown the dusty waysldo
where ,
All other blossoms parchoil and pleading
lie ;
And triumphs In the heat that bd ! them
die ;
While in the current of the withering air
Its soft plumes Haunt , nnd , kingly , iloth
it say- :
"Hehold ! I lead nn army that wilt
come ,
Anil crJniKon all the hill tops nnd smlto
dumb
The last surviving shrubs In the affray ;
Among the trampled and the thousands
slain ,
The Troubadours of Autumn will remain. "
CATIIKUINH nt'SU.
is interesting , but can
not be compared witli 3
what can be found at
our store in the way of
a perfect fit ing suit ,
habberdash-
up-to-date -
sry , etc , , speaking of
iuits the perfect free
dom ofa well-fitting suit
s almost as important
is the quality and
workmanship. H o w-
2ver , when you can find
ill these qualities in a
summer serge or in a
fine cassimcrc , worsted
Dr cheviot suit , ) ou'rc
lucky , Our customers
ire always lucky
Sack suits for boys ard
0111114 mtin l'l l'ie ' waY from
7 to 515 or more ,
A lot of stylish extra trou-s.
rs from $2.50 to $5 and upward.
I
KING & CO ,
B. W. Cor.
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