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INSIST OX ll.VvTvfi THIS 1113 13.
Slot nmclilno Kiiniblln.i : knows no Sub-
luith , but t'xcrclso.s 11s < U < iimnilixlnK Inllu-
once on llic community suvi'ii clays each
iivecb.
Inqnlrlps from tin' cast for the coming
Issues of city renewal. ivfimiliiiK iiml in-
torsnetlon bontls show that Oinnlin's
credit Is nil
Nowspnper ronder.s should remember
ithat .ulvo-away advortlsln , like other
give-away articles , Indicates only that no
out' bollevLM It worth paying money
( to Ket
The police club In the hands of unscru
pulous political banditti like the Ilerd-
111:111 : K\HK : Is a great thing , but such clubs
liavft frequently turned out to bu boom
erangs.
South Omaha Is ( loing more building in
tlio shape of residences and dwellings of
moderate cost than any other plnce of Its
Hlze In the country. South Omaha Is one
of the coming cities.
Kxpelllng the whole .South Omaha del
egation and then recording more votes
than before they had been driven from
the convention Is a characteristic trick
on which , the mobocratlc ring Is about to
pply for letters patent. .
There are few owners of maturing Ne
braska farm mortgages who are not willIng -
Ing to extend the loan at the same It
not reduced Interns ! . No better security
'than Nebraska farm land is to be found
nnywliore for the money brokers.
It Is not too early for the Jobbers ,
business men and commercial organiza
tions of Omaha to beginto move for the
purpose of securing the raising of that
bridge differential as .soon as the Union
Pacific shall have been reorganized.
Kvery one of Governor Iloleomb's nonpartisan -
partisan , reform police commissioners Is
going as a delegate to the tripartite con
vention at Lincoln. That is the way the
management ot the fire and police depart
ments has been taken out of politics.
A reproduction of Bryan's essay on the
philosophy of bolting might be an appro
prluto spaccllller for the local .Bryan
organ that Is so fearful lest the inen K <
KhamclcHsly maltreated by the mobo
cratlc gang might repudiate ring rule al
the polls election day.
A popoeratlc candidate for supreme
Judge whose title to the nomination is
clouded by ballot-box stulllng , open fram
nnd llagrant violation of right and usagt
cannot stand on very linn foundatloi
when lie attempts to post * as the embodl
luent of equity and Justice.
The Herman people and press do no
look kindly on the enthusiastic receptloi
accorded the French president on hi :
visit to the Husslun c/.ar at St. Peters
burg. Krom the German point of vlev
every token of friendship for France I
nn indication of hostility | o Germany.
All the tin-pan stage thunder and ( lash
light lightning apparatus belonging \ >
the Bryan barn-storming troupe Is b
lug concentrated at Lincoln for a supreme
promo outburst that will bedazzle th
eyes mid split the ears of the delegate
1o the triangular sllverlte state conven
tton.
Krom inquiries addressed to the slat
land commissioner It Is brought ou
that The Bee has attracted the attentloi
of people In far off Vermont to the oppoi
tunlty to acquire farms In Nebraska 1 > ,
lease of state school lands. The Bee I
more widely read In ami out of Nebrask
than all the other dallies publllshed I
thu tate combined.
time should be lost by the part
In familiarizing themselvc
lliif nuw election laws Indicted o
* Uv IMX/IM | | of Nebraska by the late fuslo
'J'hiiMo laws make radlci
In our iilectoral practice an
uit turu in nm n It In confusion unlcti
fiil'irwl l y the party leai
tliu luttU mid Jllo fully Instructe
tv lnukn MIX * ut their
CombltmllotiH in restraint of trndc ,
otherwise known as trusts , have become
subjects of great concern lo the American
people. They have been denounced
by all political parties , because their pur-
| H > . < > Is to throttle competition and extort
tribute from the public. In the late
presidential campaign relentless war
upon trusts was second only to what
William .Tetinlngs Bryan called the para
mount Issue , namely , the restoration of
unlimited free coinage of silver nt ( he
discarded ratio of in to 1.
lit the frenzy of the hour , wrought up
by crafty political prestidigitators , a com
bination embracing several party organ
izations was formed In which nil the
discordant clement * of populism , de
mocracy , and so-called silver republican
ism were merged under one standard
bearer standing on three platforms. This
Incipient political trust was presumed
to be only for the emergency. The per
petuation of fusion of thri-e separate
parties and three separate party organ
izations for the sole purpose of securing
the spoils of olllee and ladling out patron
age Is as repugnant to publk' morals as
would be the auctioneering of position ! ?
of honor nnd trust to the highest hid-
d -r. In fact , from the standpoint of pub-
lie morals , there Is no perceptible differ
ence between the pooling of sugar relln-
dries and the pooling of party nomina
tions.
Fusion can be juslllled on only one
ground , and that is us an organized re
volt against some crying abuse thai calls
for all the friends of good government
to Join for its overthrow. Permanent
fusion of parties professing different po
litical creeds simply to enable them to
divide among lliemxelves the salaries and
perquisites that attach to elective and up-
Dolutlve ollices Is an avowed abandon-
lent of principle for the sake of plunder ,
rmnuent fusion among parties that are
greed ou all the living political Issues
s a misnomer. Why maintain three
eparate parties masquerading under
i roe different names and go through the
urce of holding three conventions to
omlnate one ticket on a fictitious basis
f apportionment ?
God hates a coward and honest men dost -
st a hypocrite. If the fusion of the
Nebraska democrats with the Nebraska
opullsts and so-called silver republicans ,
'or which William .lennings Bryan Is
xertlng all his magnetic Inllueneo and
ypnotle power , is to be repeated every
ear and in every county and town In
he state from now on , why not consoll-
ate all these parties under one Hag and
no name ? Why sail like pirates on the
( ilitlcal sea under false names and false
lolors ? Jtryan himself comes as an nc-
redlted delegate from Lancaster county
o the democratic state convention , lie
reclaims himself a true democrat and
vould consider the suggestion that he as-
nine the name of populist aiv insult. It Is
in open secret that lie expects the demo-
rat ic party to swallow the populists and
.bsorb the self-styled silver republicans ,
f this Is the program of T.M)0 ) , why not
go through with It at once and put an
nd to the imposture by which thousands
if men who have foresworn both the old
larttes arc being driven like cattle into
lie fusion corral ?
It is safe to predict that when thepro -
lie wake up lo the fact that Mr. Bryan
ind his partners in the pool are engaged
simply In forming a powerful political
rust In which they are to be used as
cats' paws to pull chestnuts out of the
Ire and keep a political ring at the public
rib , this trust will become as odious and
inpopular us the other trusts.
WANTKD-A FIHKl'ItOOF JIOTRL.
No city in America presents a more In-
, 'ltlng opening for investment In the erec-
lon of a fireproof hotel of the first mag-
iltude than does Omaha. While Omaha
ias four large hotels and a great number
) f small hotels , not one of them Is of lire-
iroof construction and not one boasts all
.he most modern devices and facilities
lemanded by men of means who travel
'or pleasure or business. While the erec
tion of a first-class IIreproof hotel has
leeu ) in contemplation for a number of
- , such an enterprise would doubtless
uive proved a losing venture had it been
iiidurtakcit during the period of business
lepresslon from which this section is now
rapidly emerging.
Quito Independent of the extraordinary
lemand for increased hotel facilities and
especially for the host accommodations
money will buy which will be created by
the coming TransmisslsslppI Kxpo.slllon ,
the manifest destiny of Omaha to become
the greatest city north of St. Louis be
tween Chicago and San Francisco af
fords ample assurance that the project
can now be carried through with finan
cial success. It Is not expected that any
capitalist will reproduce the Hotel Wal-
lorf or the ChlcagoAudltorlum in Omaha
but there Is no reason why a hotel equal
to the best hotels In Kansas City , St.
Paul or Minneapolis could not lie oper
ated hero at n profit both to the ownei
and managers. The best of these hotels ,
can bo duplicated today for less than
? 5M)00 ( ( ) and can be furnished for one-
third of the cost at which mich hotels
were furnished ten yearri ago.
A OnOH'lXn NKXTIMKNT.
The sentiment favorable to the cstnb
llshment of postal savings banks If
steadily growing and the Indications art
that congress at Its next session will hi
called upon to giro earnest attention U
the subject. The New York Commcrcla
Advertiser says there seems to be nc
good reason why some such system nt
that of England should not be carrlci
out with equal success In this country
where even larger numbers of our pojm
latlon are not In ready access of the or
dluury savings bank. The people ough
to have some secure place , says tha
paper , for depositing their small saving !
at a low rate or interest , which they cai
draw out , when needed , at the shorles
notice. "They should also bo Incited am
encouraged to save , even In the smalles
possible amounts. What Is needed In tin
way of stimulus and encouragement ii
tiomo governmental system of taklnj
small Havings and turning them Into tin
best possible account. " These are tin
arguments which are Impressing them
selves more and more strongly upon tin
public mind engaging the attention no
only of the plain people , who want ai
absolutely secure place for deposltlni
their savings and who have grown dls
trustful of the private or mutual saving
bunk , but also of those who see iu tin
imstal saving * bank n potent
mentality for Inculcating cound moiiry
doctrine. The hundreds of Ihoiisnuds of
people who would avail themselves of
such a nyti'in could always be wiled
upon to stand ( Irmly for sound money.
Of course the private savings banks ,
will make a vigorous opposition to n
postal system mid the fact must b recog
nized that such opposition In formidable ,
but It Is not Insurmountable. If the people
ple earnestly and persistently demand
tlin Institution of the postal bank system
they will get It. Nor would Its establish
ment very seriously Interfere with the
private savings banks , since the higher
rate of Interest they would pay would
enable them to secure the deposits of all
persons lint disposed lo accept the low I
government rate. Thus there would
probably lie no very greiit diminution In
the deposits of existing savings banks
as to whose soundness there Is nn doubt.
The deposits In postal savings banks
would be made largely by those who do
not now deposit their savings In banks
and this class Is numerous.
It Is reliably reported that Chief-elect
Gallagher Is to be presented by some of
his personal admirers who enjoyed posi
tions under him when he was post master
with a beautiful gold star tipped at each
corner with diamonds. A view of tie |
new chief with this handsome emblem of
police authority sparkling " " lli ! < breast
Is expected to remove all doubts as to his
ability as an olllcer and make thieves ,
hugs and professional crooks scatter
from very fear to all the four winds. The
ays rellected by the diamonds are looked
o' to blind the public to the fact that
Mr. Gallagher never had a day's police
experience 'artd ' has never demonstrated
he first qualification tor dlsclplln-
ng and directing a metropolitan
loltco force and coping with law-
essness and crime. The golden
mekground represents the golden sl-
ence with which the community Is ex-
iccted to endure the outrage that has
icon committed by Governor Unicorn ! )
ind his police commission In foisting
Gallagher upon the public payroll in a
capacity which ho can not fill.
The board of regents of the Slate uni
versity consists now of four republicans ,
me populist and one democrat. The two
ellrlng members include one republican
nnd one democrat. While the manage-
nent of the university Is nnd should be
strictly non-partisan , the conservative
) ollcy along which It has been developed
will be best protected and the growth of
the Institution promoted by keeping the
control out of the hands of populists. The
way to do tills Is to elect the two republi
can candidates for regents.
Because the farmer Is getting better
prices for his wheat , corn and other
products , does not of Itself justify the
railroads In holding him up for the bulk
of Ids profits for transporting them to
market. The freight charges that have
been remunerative to the railroads on
the tratiic of Hie past year ought to
lie remunerative without raise on the in
creased trafllc with whlcb t-- ' y nve now
overwhelmed.
Postollice olllcials are exerting them
selves to expedite and improve the de
livery of mail addressed lo transients
In different towns and cities. To the
traveling man the prompt delivery of
mall while enroute is of the utmost im
portance and the postotllce administra
tion may feel sure of the appreciation by
the traveling public of everything that
assists in accomplishing this much de
sired resul * .
Another Sunday shooting scrape as the
result of the thriving business done in
violation of the law under the very noses
of the police. How much longer must
the community be disgraced by the regu
lar recurrence every Sabbath of drunken
brawls , hold-ups and murderous assaults
Just because the police are under direc
tion of police commission politicians and
political police oflleers.
The permanent benefits to be derived
from the exposition by Omaha outside of
the growth of population must take the
form of ppbllc and private Improvements
stimulated by the exposition enterprise.
The close of the gates ought to leave
Omaha the best paved , best lighted , best
drained , best watered and best .street
railwayed city of Its size In the country.
Walter Wellman , the American Arctic
explorer , has a new whemo for fetching
the polo in conjunction with Dr. Nan-
sen. If the pole is to be unearthed ami
brought down to habitable climes wo
certainly ought to have an American' in
the searching expedition , so that at least
a branch of it might be planted for ex
perimental purposes In the United States ,
Watch every member of the legislative
investigating committee who is drawing
a per diem salary and mileage out ot
that $10,000 appropriation suddenly dis
cover Important business that demands
his presence at the state's expense at Lin
coln over the time that the three-rlngei !
political circus Nhows at the state
capital.
Can It be that the warning against tin
spurious friends of the spurious dollui
given by the organ In which Bryan holds
stock for the purpose of working the rail
roads for free passes Is directed agalnsl
the candidate endorsed by the local sllvei
republicans for supreme judge ?
A Trinity of CiiluiiiN.
O lol
Nebra/ika'a nllvcr conventions will lie a
trinity ot the lame , halt and blind , unable
to acreo on anything , and bedeviled ou. al
aldus by prosperity ,
or ( in * TiiiicM.
\i \ News.
Fremont , In Mr. Bryan's own state o
Nebraska , cornea forth with tlio greatest per
ccntage of Increase In bank clearances o
103.5. All comlllkcirt arc conspiring to
free Oliver rlillculouH.
Tim Ill-lit ThlllK lo HnUc.
New York Mull anil Hxprros.
Nebraska's agricultural products tula yea
are worth more tlian08,009.000. . U was e
grout day for tliat etate when tie stoppei
raising tlio cry of distress and took to rats
fug grain ,
l.ulil tin * Axu ill the Idiot.
New York Sun.
Tlicro Is no feature ot tlio Dlngley ac
moro creditable to the congrew that paaiei
ft , or moro satisfactory to far-sighted
American patriots tban the clause whlcl
him IflM the tv i HIP root of Ihr im-
iiowcr of Hie c n ill/in
IMciflc
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All li n 'lfil ! ' InTvn l-'lliliinlMln.
The ( lftnnor.il1 rif 'Iowa ' nre now until to li
rcailr to drop Sllti'r t Ifi to I nnd Inkp tip
prohibition In 'llh'tAcnd. Certainly 10 IH-PM
to 1 would br n' fudrli mnrc lovfly IIMIIP to
thf democrscy M rdtv.1 than Blxtrcn of every
thing to one ofRtlytliiiiK tUo ( TI wxrtli.
jlj. f A
Kriitti-rMm 'n ' Tnll Twlilrr.
l > MMl' Krrc I'IPM
Again I'rprtldcTtt'l-fniKcr has s'vou ' tlio I3ni ;
llsli lion an a irA atlnR poke In the Mba
by proclaiming 'thai ' the suzorr.liity of I5n -
Innd In the oTilh'3'"Afrlc.in ! republic1 termi
nated with the cbtwntlon of mi. Thirteen
yenrs spemn a loh tlmo for tb" iiftalri of
n great republic In bo runnliiK aloiin under
n misapprehension , but tin' prraldunl may
have been too busy to jlvo the matter any
nttcntlon , or be may have hecm content to
ncciulcvco until IIP thought the situation rlpo
for n declaration nf the error. Kriicor Is n
statesman Dnd n thorn In tlio llrah of ambi
tious rulers In ICurope. Jinking fiom re
cent propellents , the lion will succeed In
roaring his wrath away.
A .SIM , i\nin AMIUIC.ri.Avr. : .
IiiK CornVt ( irmvliiKT ropiilnrlty In
St. 1-onln ( linlie-lienimTnt.
It Is gratifying to know that there. Is nn
IncroisliiK fo-elgn demand for corn. Our
American maize h truly a wonder In the
vegetable world , a phenomenal gift of na
ture. It Is doubtful It this country could
I IVD been colonized from Kurope without Its
aid or the wlldortiera subdued without Us
ready nnd whokaomo abundance. Maize lone l
ono of the few plants botanists have never
discovered In a wild state or In the original
type. H enters history In the full armor
of a cultivated crop , and one used to nil
national and tribal granaries. Hut though It
Is appreciated everywhere In America , the
rMt of the world has been slow to give It
a place among ; the bent nn dmost nutritious
cereals. In this country It has developed ti
fine race of men nnd women , comfortable
fnrms and thriving communities , yet when
orelgn nations are short of food they ncg-
ect tnalzo for moro costly products of the
oil. and this through a lack of knowledge
r n caprice ot tnsto.
In the fiscal year 1877 , when the crop of
heat was short , our exports of corn exceeded
hose of wheat. The fame thing happened
gain , by a alight margin , In 1890. Ordl-
arlly corn has been slighted In the foreign
emand. and It U still to an unreasonable
xtcnt unappreciated abroad , llut there Is a
bango for the better. The exports In ISilG
f wheat and Hour were 1 0,413,063 bushels ,
nil of corn and corn meal 101,100,375 bush-
Is. In the fiscal year ending In 1SS7 corn
ook the lead , reaching a total export of
78.817,117 bushels , while that ot wheat was
45OS2G1G bushels. It has been noticed In
ecent years that when the price of corn
less than halt that of wheat the exports
f corn Increase. Present conditions nro fa-
ornblo to a heavy foreign demand for corn ,
nd the best thing about a larger demand Is
hat It lends to a better acquaintance with
nalzo as an unsurpassed article ot food. It
leeds only to be known to bo valued as auih
hroughoiit the world.
Our corn crop sometimes amounts to 2-
500.000,000 bushels and , thls could be Indefi
nitely Increased If the markets offered a
ultablo reward , to the fanner. In any case
bo tiller c < f tlo [ so { ! In America Is familiar
vlth Us great , advantages. If ho caunot
ell It nt a fqlr .price ho can feed It and
hus enrich thp sol , n form of wealth not
denuded with raising wheat. In an extrem-
ty , always to be regretted , It serves as fuel ,
vhlch again Is not true of wheat. ( A growth
n the foreign demand for corn , with fairer
proportionate prices. Is so much added to
ho resources of. our , farmers and a basis ot
steady prosperity fo'r American agriculture.
Everything that t'emls to proclaim the merits
f maize as food strengthens the world
against famine ! ThSro was a time when the
starving Irish rejected corn meal because
nethods of preparing it were unknown to
hem , and they had always regarded It as
grain for cattle. llany places still exist
where , ' enlightenment is needed 'concerning
.ho product of a magnificent plant.1
AUVA.MJLXI. ; TO V1CTOUY.
lonilltlniiM I'roinlMliiK IlciHihllcaii
Siiet'i'Nn In .VolirnxUn.
New York Sun.
The republicans ot Nebraska held their
convention In Lincoln Thursday for the nom-
natlon of a Judge of the supreme court
and two state resents. The governor nnd
other state officers elected In 1S9G hold over
mill after next year's election. In the con-
est of a year ago the Hryan plurality In
Nebraska was 12,000. This wns really a
"uslon plurality , for the presidential electors
represented on equal terms the two nryanlto
mrtles , the democrats and the populists ,
four electors having been taken from each
iarty.
Nebraska Is one of the few states In which
the populist party , as such , had a. following
arger than that of the democrat party In
the election of 1802. That year General
Weaver polled 83,000 votes against 24,000
! or Cleveland. Appropriately enough , the
populists of Nebraska , who outnumbered the
lemocrats In that state In 1892. furnished
Lho latter with a candldata In 1SOC ; but , na
the figures of the contest of a year ago
showed , the republicans of tlio Ulachwater
state made a vigorous fight , and tholr at-
tltudo upon the question of the preservation
of the nation's financial honor was not only
consistent and commendable , but extremely
resolute , when the conditions existing In the
farming districts of Nebraska one year ago
are taken Into account.
At their state convention of April 15 ,
1890 , long before the assembling of the
republican national convention at St. Louis
and at a tlmo when the compromisers and
harmonlzcrs In the republican ranks were
for "conciliating silver" by such unwar
rantable aud dangerous concessions of prin
ciple as cowardice and weakness might propose -
pose , they adopted the following resolution :
" \Vo pledge ourselves In advance to the
platform of t.'io forthcoming repub
lican national convention , believing
Ithat It will declare against the
frco nnd unlimited coinage of sil
ver and for the currency of gold , silver
and paper ns sound as the government and
as untarnished as Its honor. "
At their state convention of July 1 , fol
lowing nominations made by the repub
lican national convention , the Nebraska re
publicans adopted this as tholr declaration
of principle :
"A sound dollar , ns sound an the govern
ment and as untarnished as Its flag ; a del
lar1 that la good not only at Jiomo. but good
wherever trade goes ; as good In the hands
of the farmer or.worUngman PS In the
hands of a capj albit , , manufacturer or cor
poration. " , , (
The nomination , qf a Nebraska man by
the dcniocratlc.luMlo.nal convention and tha
subsequent ratlQciitjpii of this nomination
by the populist , convention at St. Louis ,
made more diniqult . ( lian It might otherwise )
have been tho-ughi. of the republicans of
that state. They mitdo a gallant fight , how
ever , and stooijCQiirageously by their colors.
Now In 1897i tliey- meet under conditions
promising cntlro succors. The corn crop of
Nebraska has been estimated th'a ' year at
" "
300,000,000 busn"cTs7"tlio wl-eat crop at 30-
000,000 bushels , the hay yield at 5.000.000
toiifi and the oat crop at 35,000.000 bushels.
The ripubllran.8f > iator | from Nebraska ivUl-
matM at JlOO.Ofl'KOpQ ' , the double gain to tha
fanners and tradqip , pl that state from the
enhanced price/paM for American cerrala
and the Increased crop. Calainlty-scok'ng
ponulUts of NtBraaka confounded by this
palpahlo proof 'ot prosperity are for "disen
gaging themselves- they say. from any
further alliance with- the democrats ; while
many of the democrats of Bryan's state are
for disassociating themselves henceforth
from the populists. Meanwhile the re
publicans , who have stuck steadily to the
position which they took In April , 1898 , are
about to reap the political harvest which ,
everywhere In tha United States. Is the re
ward 'of consistency , fidelity to principle ,
courage , forbearance under defeat and pa
triotic devotion to tbo nation's causa and
the preservation of Its credit.
The election In Nebraska , this year U not
of an Important character. The offices to be
tilled are not such as nre likely to affect In
any way the future course of politic. ) there ,
but the manifestation of the effects of
courage nd candor In the support of an
msontlnl principle Is highly Important.
The republicans of Nebraska are to be cos-
gratulated in advance uron the victory which
now awaits them.
* ON I'UIITI\HJIT TOPICS.
Norfolk JournalA ick of dollar who * * ,
nnd A full dinner pall v/ould make A KOCK !
pinbUm for the republican ticket on the
blnnkrt ballot ttil * fall.
Ord Qnlr. Those who urnt thing * In NP-
hratkn in 1804 can have the Roods returned
with Intercut now. Nobr.tskn tins enough to
cHIUfirp hrninlt with all mankind nnd throw
In A llttto for Rpncrojlly'n akc.
Draddhaw Republican ! U 1 cnsy to dis
tinguish the political crank , dDmnRogup , ngl >
tntor and oillcescckcr from the common
multitude. The common people welcome the
return of prosperity , while the first named
cl.tMM do not. Thp fanner , laborer and bu l-
nnsa man see happy homes In prosperity ,
while thp demagogue seta nothing In It that
oaks llko nn onic ? . Let thp people rejoice
ind aland tin for Nebraska !
Schliyler Quill : In Nebraska , n populist
state , the democrats nro great on fusion and
vant a division of ofllcr.t. In states like
Ohio , lown nml Virginia , where the populists
nre third In HIP racp , there Is no fusion , but
ho democrats demand that the populists
endorse tholr entire ticket without a voice
a naming It or without having a nominee
on tlio ticket. And the populist who dors
not swallow It all and swear that ho likes
thp dose Is n llannacrat.
Falls City Journal : Wo wondrr whether
ho management of the Omaha \Vorld-Ilcrald
realize- Hint whtci they continually deny the
coming prosperity and try to convince men
Hint they nre on the brink ot ruin they are
plainly Raying lo their followers : "We don't
; lve a for your Individual prosperity ,
jut our party lias got to be prosperous nnd
.be only way we can do that Is by con
vincing you fellows that you are poor and
starv'ng. Now you have got to believe It
for the good of the parly. "
Kearney Sun : A team belonging to the
itato of Nebraska and kept for use at the
State Industrial school was loaded up with
provisions furnished by the rtato nml driven
lown town late Saturday night by one of
the head olllcers of that Institution. After
Catherine up eomo friends the party pro
ceeded acroFS the river and ! spent Sunday In
uniting , contrary to the laws ot the state.
How docs the state pxpoct to reform re
fractory youth by plaring them In charge of
men who are themselves lawbreakers ?
Cential City Democrat : The World-Herald
IH at It again. After mutilating the earrcd
scriptures to Insert therein a famous remark
of Den Franklin , crediting It to Solomon ,
who never gave such brlglit uttcraiipc to so
poor a sentiment , It In an Issue last week
opens a gap In UiiRllsh history for the
purpose of placing on the English throne the
seed pilnce William the Silent , ntadtholdcr
Df Holland , of whom It Is not recorded that
tie over left his own Deutsphlnml. Verily ,
these boys should go to school , especially
Sunday school.
Norfolk News : Omaha docs not take a
back seat for any city ot Its fiize In the
country when It comes to huatllng. No
sooner had thu Transmlssisslppl Exposition
become an assured fact than the business
men of that city began to make Inducements
for meetings and conventions of national or
ganizations to meet there during 1S9S. Their
efforts have thus far been crowned with
great success and many national gatherings
will bo held there exposition year. Their
latest effort is to try to Induce the Amer
ican Pharmaceutical association to choose
their city as Its place of meeting next year.
York Times : Some of our populist friends
nro still looking for the promised prosperity.
You will not find It under the stone steps
of the bank nor In the well-whittled dry
goods box on which you sit to preach your
exploded chimeras and crone over your
threadbare complaints. Prosperity Is In the
fertile fields and groaning granaries of In
dustrious farmers ; Ita \ In the busy stores
of the enterprising merchants ; It Is In the
noisy factories , pouring forth heavy clouds
of thick smoke , where humming spindles aud
clanging forges are tended by thousands of
happy and contented people. Prosperity
never visits the Idler and mischief-maker.
Tlio tramp and the lout seek for It In vain.
Hut the busy man , on the farm , In the nhop ,
the office or store , finds work to do and re
ceives the reward of his labors , and bo needs
uo dictionary to tell him that Is prosperity.
ICl.O.VDIKi ; MJGGKTS.
Pioneer Press : If the Klondike fever
dorant abate in the face of the dally reports
from that reglcn , It won't be for want of
taking the temperature often enough.
Minneapolis Tribune : Either the dlfilcul-
tles In getting to the Klondike are grossly
exaggerated or that region Is developing
some talented liars. A returning prcapcctor
relates In an airy and flippant manner how
ho coasted down the mountains nnd sailed
over the lakes in an Ice boat between the
coast and the Interior , and suffered 110 hard
ships to speak of.
Detroit Journal : It Is estimated that the
total output of the Klondike for the year
will aggregate ? 1B,000,000. That Is a col-
cssal amount of gold. H will have cost more
human , sacrifice than can. . bo computed In
language , nut It will prove to be a blessing
to mnnklud. No universal blessing Is con
ferred except through the portals of human
suffering. Ho who goes to the Klondike
must expect to be a martyr for his own
benefit and the benefit of others.
Philadelphia Ledger : The Klondike will ,
no doubt , enrich a few of the miners who
bravo Its hardships , but the outlook for the
many Is that of terrible suffering , with a
otrong probability of loss of life. Men died
In the old days of California and Australia ,
but the risks were Infinitesimal as compared
with those encountered by the gold seekers
of today. Douglas Jerrold might revise his
famous epigram on marriage , and say : "Ad-
vlco to those about to start for the Klon
dike : Don't. "
HOOK OK Tim WOULD OX FIltH.
Minneapolis Tribune : It will be seen that
the uprising Is full of latent possibilities of
nn extensive war. The reverse * chronicled
last week , finch ns the capture of n couple
of forts and the massacre of 300 Seuoys , are
disasters that can bo upeedltyoeoupuj If
the English forces are fighting only the
I'nthan trlbra Hut If they are encountering
the power of the Moslem world , directed by
the sultan , the case will take on n more erl-
ouo aspect.
Cincinnati Tribune : The chances are that
tno present warfare will eventually result In
a defeat for the natives , but It Is yat too
early to hazard a decided opinion upon the
result of the trouble. If the native * } of India
rose cu masse , with tholr counlk K-i millions
of fighting men , England could be rwopt out
of the penlncnila by sheer weight of numhcm ,
but that Is not at all llkoly to happen.
Should the presoat revolt lead to Interna
tional complications , however , as Is not Im
probable , England's moat formidable enemy
would bo Russia , whoso determination lo
some day poesrss India was reached a genera
tion ago , and who Is simply waiting for tbu
right moment to strike.
Springfield Republican : The war Dwells
In fury nnd gravity on the frontier of Brit
ish India. Khybcr pass , the most Important
strategic point on the border between India
nnd Afghanistan , now appe rs to have been
wrwted entirely from llrltlsli control by the
warlike AfrldlH , The most serious question
Is , .How far will -this conflagration spread ?
Can it bo confined to the hill tribes among
whom it now ragca , or shall wo sco It cm-
brace Afghanistan and all the discontented
elosses of India ? Tlio queen has 50,000,000
Moslem subjects , what of them ? The Ilrlt-
Ish authorities evidently vlow the situation
with alarm , but without fear.
Philadelphia Lodger : Things are looking
blue for the Drltleh in India. Too Khyber
pass , "tho gateway to India , " Is In tha
hands of the hostile tribesmen and there Is
nothing to pi event an enemy from march
ing through it , provided the enemy Is ready
to march. If .the. ameaer of Afghanistan Is
really playing false , if ho hot ) stirred up
this Insurrection ami Is ready to march Ills
army upon India , now Is his chance. Hut
It would do him no good , and bo probably
realizes that fact , for as yet , ho gives no
sign of moving. Neither IB there any elgn
of that general uprising throughout India
which haa been HO confidently predicted ot
late. The border bribes strong bodies of
desperate fighters ns they are will no doubt
make the most of their opportunity , and
their successive victories In the Khyber pass
' will encourage them to make moro and seri
ous work for itho army of IJrlttsh India ,
Some bloody battles may. bu expected and a
hard campaign In the bills , but tlio pros
pect now in that H will bo confined , to the
lilll country , on the northern border of the
empire , and the wide Bwoep of India proper
will feel little of it and eee lesa.
NitlU.IICA
r.M M. ) lUpnbllmni The reason
why thp Mlvcr qiifstlon wan Ignored In the
pUlform ot the NnlirAnkft republicans , c-
rnrilliiR to a le.-ulpr , Is that "the nllver ques
tion U A dead IMIIP , nnd needs nn burial t
Iho Iia nil * of Nebraska republican * . " The
DrynnllM , of course , will resignedly nc-
cept this vlow of the situation. In their
grand fusion convention HPT ! Wednesday
they vlll pronounce the remaining eulogies
on the lost cause.
aiobe-Democrat : Probably the Nebraska
republicans are correct In saying In their
platform that "the silver question Is n dead
Issue. " Nevertheless , the republicans must
hit at It every chnncn they get In 1S97 nnd
1S9S. This Is the only way they can get
any exorcise. The situation Is no favorable
to the republicans that many of thpin do not
take the trouble to vote. Confidence Is
natural , but Indifference must bo gunrdpd
against. Kicking empty nlr , as the Ne
braska republicans are doing , Is not wisp.
Let the republicans Jump on ullvpr until
Hrvan and the other pop bo sett nre fright
ened or shamed Into dropping It.
Philadelphia Prcra : The Nebraska re
publican state convention , held Thursday ,
did so well In olher respects that It Is to
bo regretted thnt II did not embody In Its
platform the opposition of the party In that
state to free silver. There Is , to be sure ,
no doubt about the position of N'obraska re
publicans on this question , ns their platform j
of last year contained the strongest kind of
n lOO-cptil-ilollar plank nnd the speeolu-s In
thp convention of this week ere emphaticj j
ally of HIP samp color. Ncverthplcsa , n |
clear cut romlutlon on the subject Just now
would have been timely and would doubt
less have strengthened the republicans In
Ihls year's campaign. Last November Hryan
hndonly 13-ITO plurality and S.dSI majority
In his own state. Considering HIP facts
that Nebraska was until a fpw years ngo
n strong republican olnte and Hint develop- j
menls have shown that the predictions of
the Hrynnltcs were wholly baseless. It Is not
strange thnt the republicans hope to carry |
the state this year. They would , however , j
have bettered their chances If the platform
had spoken clearly on thp money question.
1'KIISO.VVI. AMI OTllKKWISK.
'Ileof ' Is $1 a pound at Dawdon City , but
snowballs am free.
A Pennsylvania court rips up the back the
law Imposing a tax of ; 3 cents a day on alien
worklngmen employed In the state' .
Mark Twain's Colonel Sellers Is not a
uivth. Ho Is a real live person , c.ills De
troit his home , and launches political par
ties while you wait.
The Chicago Chronicle's Ideas of western
d'utanccs are as hazy M Us political notions.
It makes the dl.-jtnncp from Sheridan , \Vyo. ,
to Sioux Cltv 2,000 miles.
An Iowa bank president has just paid $120
In fines rather tban betray n friend who
presented him with half a dozen prnlrle
chickens , phot contrary to law.
A man named Damm , who lives In El
IViao county , Colorado , bad occasion to find
a name for -a new olive branch the other
day. Ho called the little stranger Pros
perity I ) .
The American hen has i urchased a $1,200
[ arm In Tennessee , the property being paid
for entirely In eggs ; but this Is merely a
minor achievement for her. The hen may
be a foolish bird , but she has n profitable
way of attending to business.
Tom Duzzey , the octogenarian from Mont
gomery , Aln. , found wandering In New York
City with $30,000 on his person , died the
other day at the home of relatives In Brook-
yln. Ho leave ? an estate valued at $100.000 ,
most of It accumulated on a shoemaker'
bench.
Governor Lcedy of Kansas expresses the
opinion that. If a young man wlshe , ? to take
liis best girl out riding , "an old-fashioned
buggy and a gentle horse" compose an Infinitely -
finitely better outfit for the purpose than a
tandem bicycle. Evidently Governor Leedy
has not studied human nature In vain.
It Is customary to refer to Oem Paul
Kruger's people as unprogresslvo and unable
to keep [ race with modern civilization. The
fact that the members of the Volksraad
voted to Increase their salaries to $ C,000 per
annum proves the accusation a base calumny.
The American alderman Is slow in compari
son.
According to a Boston dispatch , Ann
O'Della Dlss DeRar , the adipose spook priest
ess , who snared Lawyer Luther R. March
several yenrs ago , and hco since bobbed up
In various cities , has suddenly left Boston
[ or New York .under . circumstances which
Indicate that a prolonged residence In the
former city might be uncomfortable for her.
When Dlss Dollar made her public exit from
New York , after a term on Blackwell's Isl
and , she gravely announced her Intention
of throwing herself Into the bay nnd Borne
of her believers In New York took her seri
ously. For six months nt least nothing was
heard of this adventuress , and then a woman
who answered her description turned up In
"
Chicago ns a teacher of theosophy. There
Is llttlo doubt but that this womnn was Dlss
DeBar , and later her doings In Chicago
presented manyof the characteristics of her
career in the cast.
Tin : ui < : iiicii.ic > \ i.v CIMIA.
Review of Two Triirn mill u Half of
Revolt.
Bt. IxiuU Globe-Democrat.
It was on February 24 , 1895 , that the
present uprising In Cuba began , The cap
tain general In thnt month Issued a
proclamation suspending constlutlonal
guarantees and announcing that death
would be the summary penalty for sedition.
A review of the entire course of the rebl-
llon Is anything but favorable or hopeful to
Spain. At the outset the most distinguished
soldier of that country , General Campos , was
placed In authority over the Island and
provided with ro-enforcements ns he called
for them. Ten days after his arrival In
Cuba Campos promised that the Insurrection
would bo crushed In five months. But his
operations were unsuccessful , ending In the
disastrous battle of Bayamo , In which ho
barely escaped capture. Campos was re
called and wag succeeded by General Marln ,
who was roughly handled by Maceo In the
western province. At the end of the first
year of rebellion General Weyler was ap
pointed captain general. Since February 7 ,
18 % , or moro than eighteen months , ho bus
been trying to put down the rebellion , but
In splto of his force of moro than 200,000
and a most rigorous policy he It ) on the
defensive at his long chain of fortified posts.
Whllo the Spanish army has reached an
aggregate of 2.r 0,000 the lnsurgcnt have
never nt ono time bad moro than 2.ri,000
armc'I men In tlio field. They have no
fixed base of supplies , no towns or forte to
hold , and they concentrate or scatter oc-
cordlng to the circumstances of the mo
ment. II } ' avoiding pitched battles they cs-
capo with comparatively small losses , and
yet are ready to strike unexpectedly nt ex
posed points , Cuba's natural fertility Is
such that the native Holdlers manage to sub
sist without a regular commissary depart
ment. These are advantages Weyler has
not overcome In his military campaigns ,
and during the last year his main reliance
has been a policy of extreme cruelty. That ,
as the world knows , has been no moro ef
fective. Insurgent leaders llko Marti and
Maceo liavn fallen without Blinking the pur
pose of the Cubans to throw off thu foreign
yoke.
It Is estimated that since the beginning ot
Koyal inakeo the food pure ,
\ \ ijolesomc anil delicious.
Absolutely Pure
ROVJU BAKING POWDER CO. , NtW VO K.
tlio wnr 10,000 nrmpd rutiMnM and 50,000 noncombatants -
combatants linvo brcn killed or have died
from dldcnuo or nUrvallon. The Spunlnh
report their lots nt 45,000 by bullets ami
illseasp , but tt la stated by another authority
that at IM I M.OOO Spanish soldier * have
died from yellow fpvor , smnllpox and other
maladies Mnny thousands have foopn spnt
back to Spain aa Invalids. The war linn
rout Spain $200.000.000 ami tlio drain now Is
$11,000,000 a month. Tobucco aud augur
production la four-fifths nimpended. an aK-
gregato annual loss of $ fiS.OOO,000. Com
merce hrlwppn C'uba and the United States
has suffered to a similar ettrnt Slnc
1S6S , n pprlod of twonljr-nltie yearn , Cuba
has bern In revolt over twplvo years. In
the present rebellion moro non-combatants
have bron killed thnn In any three modprn
wars t > t cwtu < rc. Wnyler'n latest efforts to
pilch on through the rainy season has ap
parently been ono of his worst mistakes ,
Ills recall Is probable , but In any rase the
Insurrection Is at least ns formidable as It
has ever been.
.UTIM.\ ; iiur.ii/.is. :
Chli-niso TrUliinc : "Tbp Koldr-nroil It
SCPIIIS to HIP , " rpnmrkpil t'tu-le Alli-n Sp.irks ,
who \vn In OIIP of his philosophic moods ,
"ought to grow well In pay illrt. "
ImllntmpoIlM Journal : Wpnry Wntkins-
Aln't H runny SOIUP mpti can't ui-ik t < ll
tbpy in-p full of IIOOZP ?
l > lsmnl liawnoii 1 don't SPP uolh'n' ' funny
nhmit It. Ain't a innn Rot to drown tits
misery ?
IVtrolt .lournnl : "CXi , ha fpntln r , ! > > ls
! i ( " t nil right.11
"Yos ? "
"Yp * . Kv.- RPP Ms IIOUSP ? "
"No. "
"Well. It's n bird. "
Chlrngo Post : "Yea , " she until , wl' . very
pvldrncp of plrnKUro nml p.nnnij'l.isin , "I
found n husband on HIP Klondlicp. "
"How fur some ppoplp bnvp to co for
them , " miggpstpd the other nbupntly
Clpvolniid Lender : "Whnt's HIP ro.i.l . of
nil thpsp liquor rurps nnd the nljpir' ii . r < >
for the tolmri'O hnhlt ? Why , I c-ir slop
drinking or smoking or rliPwIiiR inn Hnn > 1
\\nnt to nnd so onn nny other mnn ho IUIM
u hit of ttpimc. "
"Yes. I know. Thp purpose of tn ! > i-uren
Is to mnke you want to. "
Wnshlngton Stnr : "I Ins thnt bonk any
oed plmmrlprs1 nskpil thp lllornry crltl
go"Well. . " ivnllPil the iMsunl ronilpf. fpw
of HIP people bud good elmraplcr In Iho
llrst rlmptpr. llut thpy'rp nil hoin-lcMstly
lost befoiv thp middle of the story.
Yonkora Stntpsinmi : llp-Wlipn I f1r i mnt
my wlfp 1 thoncht slip wns ono of ilnir.i t
oc'onomlpal women In tie : matter of . -LI--IPH
1 Imil pver known.
She You met her nt the spiishoiv , 1 l > p-
llevo ?
Soniprvlllp .lournnl : Cholly What time la
It , Ilpgglo , old mnii ?
llPKlmilil 1 pnwn't tpll yon , Chollv. o'd
chnpnln. My mnnVIH pulled nwny .In-- , IM
be llnHiod dressing mo this fon-noou and
thorp .MIS nobody to wind my wntdi
Truth : "Girls nro nueer ; oftpn hf. . > rr > n
yonnir woman fnlla In Invo she thinks more
of u dnir Hum of nnythlng pise on rarih "
"Yes ? "
"Ami then nfter shp bus boon married a
while she goo.i back to the ilog. "
ADVANTAGES OF TH1MMINO.
WnFtiliiKton Star.
When MolHp bought a bathing suit , her
husband's Inclination
Wns to complain about the price paid for
mere ilecorntlon ;
Hut now ho candidly admits , since Molllo
hns gone pwtmmlni ; ,
There wouldn't bo much to It 1C It weren't
for the trimming.
A VACATION ItO.M.WCK.
Rnmervlllf Journal.
Ho met the maiden ut the bench.
Ill very truth , ft1) ! ! was a peach-
She knew It !
Ho foil In lovpwith her nt Hl ht ,
And dreamed about her day and night
She knew It !
Ho courted her , as young men do.
His passion dally greater crew
, She knew It !
He bought her soda and Ice cream ,
An early marriage was bis dream >
She know It !
She showed she llkod him , every wny.
His hopes grew stronger every day
She knew It !
J3ut now ho curses woman's culle ,
For she was married nil the while-
Ami ho didn't know It !
Possibly the boy is
needing a new suit to
start to school in. If
such is the case we de
sire to call your atten
tion to the excellent
suitings we are o.Ter-
ing the youths and lit
tle fellows in our child
ren's department this
week. Good , strong ,
well made garments
in all the prevailing
styles and texturesjust
the thing to stand the
wea r and tear they are
subjected to by a live
ly , wide-awake school
boy , and at prices that
show them to be unu
sual values.
"Early fall novelties
in hats are now open
for your inspection , "
H. W. Cor.
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