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THE OTU A IT A DAILY HKKt AV.tf UN ESP AY , SEPTlSMMETt 8 , 1807. . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. nOBKWATKfl , Editor. IIVKHT MOHNINO. TKUMS OF liUDdCIUPTlON. Itee ( Without Sunday ) , One Y r. . . . 8 N pall/ lie * and Sunday , One Yrnr . 8 04 Rlx Montli * . 4 vi hires Months . W Rumlfiy lire , One Yrnr . > . < t M Ratunlny It e , One Year . > . I * .Weekly B , One Tear . * OPK1CC9 ! Omaha ! The lice Ilullillne. fiuulli Uinfilin : SHIRT Illk. , Cor. N and : tlh 8t Omni II ltlun > : 10 I'cirl Street. ClilcaRn Ofllc : 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York : Itnnrnn IX 14 nml IS , Tribune Dldc. IViililfiglnnl Ml Kourtsenth Street. All enmmunlcnllonii rolntlni ; to newn nnd ullto. rial mailer should ! > < ; ulJro ecl : To the Kdltor , llt'SINESH I.KTTUI13. All burinm letter * nnd rcmlttnnccs ihould b nililioncd to The lice Publishing Comruny , Omnhn. Draft * . eheel < , express nnd postoinc * money orders to be mndc' payable to the order cf the company. T11F. lir.K 1'UIIUSIHNO COMPANY. Blnte of Nolirnfkn Douglas County , ! > . ! 'J orge II. Ttuclitick. rretnry of The Itf Pub lishing company , l-clnu duly n 3n ) , nf thnl lh # nctunl number of full nmt coniil | lc coplrs of The Dally Mornlnu , Kvpnlns nnd Htimlny llw tirlnlnl during Iho month of August , 1837 , was n follows : 3 HUM 17 . 2 19,419 18 . 19,491 3 19.U' , 19 . 19174 4 19,370 C 19.110 21 . 31.9M . 22 . n.ISi ) 19.fi.V1 SI . 19.MS . 21 . 1.3M 9 . i9.3ii 2.- . . 11511 10 . 11.1:1 2li . 13,3(11 ( 11 . , . , . 1J.MJ 27 . 19.f.3 12 . I9.9M M . 19.513 13 . 19 , MS ) . w.tm 14 . 19,1131 ! 50 . 19.463 15 . ' . . 1 ! > , SOO Jl . 19.445 16 . 19.M5 Totnl . . . returned imrt unsold copies . 9.52J Tolnl . . Net dully nvprnicr . . . , , , ! ? rls . riKOIlflK II. TSWHWK. 1 Bworn to before HIP ami subscribed In my tironence this Sd day of Scptcmb'-r , 1897. N. P. 1'KIti , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Tii 15 uin ox TIIS. . All rnllrnnd uiMV Iioy * nrc nitplillril ivltli rimiiKli lIveH lo iieeiiniiiinilnti * every pim- Ki'iiKcr wiio TVinilH to reml 11 iirivHuir , IiiMlxt upon linv- tiiK The HOP. If yon cnniiot Ket a llee on n Irnln from ( lie IICM * iiffeuf , iilciiKi ; report tlii > fin-1 , NlnUiiu : lluti'MIii nml rnllroiiil to MIO Cli-fMilatlou Department of The lloe. The lice l for mile on all ( nilMX. INSIST ON I1AVINJ5 TIII3 11131 ! . Protected slot mnrlitno gambling ia nothing but protected crime. Corn-liuskliiK will bo one of the lively buslncssRS In Nubrnskii tills winter. You have to coints to Xebraska to sec torn ijrow seventy bushels to the aure. ' One olllee for onoj man at one time ought to be n KOO ; ! rule for the school lioiml as well as for the people. ' The preiiiluni bid for Oinalia'rt iiO\v bond Issues shows that Omaha's credit is getting nloiiK ( inlte nloely , thuuk you. What was Hennniiif ; slven a transfer from \Vorlil-lIorahl pay roll'to the police pay roll for if not to pay a political debt ? If ; Twenty-one Hag days for the Omaha public schools and half of them days ( Which nine cltl/.eim out of ten will have to consult a history to learn what is the Bife'iilllcance of the date. A great mining era is .said to be sighted jiiHt ahead of us. It is to be hoped it ( will not fall to arrive in due time. The moro people and Interests that share in prosperity the better it is for all of us. 1 It might not le out of order for the nominee of the tripartite fu.slonlsts to in dicate which of the three platforms he elands on or rather which of the plaukfi of the three platforms he repudiates. The state fair Is the next great attrac tion on the boards at Omaha and every body lu the state should celebrate the return of prosperity byittJiidlug this year's fair and taking in the far-famed 'Ak-Sar-len ' ? festivities. Bryan is advertised to make Pleven speeches in Iowa during the campaign. Iowa Is one of the states that went re publican after ISryan spoke there last year and It will like nothing better than repeating the ceremony again tills year. The National Irrigation congress at 'Jjtncoln the end of this month must not Sic overlooked on the calendar. The Irrigation experts who attend ought to Slve several pointers of value to that part of Nebraska that thrives by Irrigating its farms. With partial drouth In western Kan sas , that slate will produce a corn crop that has been exceeded ln > number of liushels only seven times In the whole tilHtory of Kansas. That Is doing pretty well for the llrst year of returned pros perity. Hy treating the visiting merchants properly during their stay In the city and showing them that It Is lo ( heir ad vantage , from a business st.indpolnt to < lo their buying of Omaha jobbers , their visits can and will be irade a periodic recliiTencc. If there Is any other reason than the payment of political debts which has prompted the police board In foisting Incompetents and disreputables upon the polleo force jtnd creating special posi tions for them , It has not becu , brought io the notice of the public. Ex-Congressman Lewis Ilanback of Kansas , whose death has been just an nounced , was well known In Nebraska , especially In Grand Army of the llepublle circles , having been a frequent visitor to the recurring reunions of the veterans , nnd his loss will be felt by many of his Nebraska friends. Kx-Chlef Slgwart boasts that his pull with ( lie police commission rests on the service ho rendered the gang candidate for mayor last April , when ho detailed detectives on the city pay roll to report to the Ilowell campaign managers for political work. In view of this fact the non-partisan reform police board has no cause for Dying into a passion when it Is Intimated that Its restoration of Slgwart to the force ia guided by political consldcrutlouu. T11K VKMMW FhVKIl SCAIIK. II has been a good many years since this country had n visitation of yellow fever In serious form and with the ade quate precautionary measures which can now ho taken against the dl.sc.iKe there Is little reason to apprehend that It may be come epidemic. It seems probable that the reported case at Ocean Sprltm. * . Miss. , was genuine , but It appears that the cases reported from ether points were not the real "yellow jack , " though they doubtless had very similar charac teristics. Ilought to bo hardly possible , however , for any thorough physician to mistake this disease , so pronounced are Its characteristic- certainly not to confound It with malarial fever , which seems to have been done. Nevertheless the prompt action of the federal authorities In preparing to stamp out the disease , If It was found to exist , Is commendable. It Is a disease that spreads with great rapidity when it has obtained n foothold and makes short work with Its victims. Consequently It Is not to be trilled with and this fact ap pears to bo fully realized both by the boards of health of the stales where the fever Is said to have appeared and the federal quarantine authorities. Th < > statement of one of the Litter from Ocean Springs that there Is no need of great alarm will probably apply generally , but In a matter of this nature the "ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure. " Our quarantine arrangements may not be quite all that they should be , but un doubtedly they will be found adequate to the task of keeping out yellow fever or of preventing Its development In local ities where the conditions may be favora ble to Its appearance. FAMtXK hIHHLAND. . The news regarding the failure of the crops In Ireland will , It Is to be hoped , prove to be exaggerated , though un doubtedly the conditions are very bad and that great sulTei-Ing must ensue If the Hritlsh government should fall to provide adequate measures of relief. It is said that ns vet nothing has been done to cope Avlth the threatened famine and perhaps the lirltlsh authorities In Ireland will not take any action before the meetIng - Ing of rarllanient , a short time hence. In the meantime there may not be any serious suffering among the people , but It would seem from the reports that relief must be provided soon In order to avert great privation and hardship. It Is Ilfly years since the memorable famine in Ireland that commanded the sympathy of the civlllml world and fur nished one of the most pathetic record ; * of human suffering In all history. Thous ands of people died from starvation In Ireland In 1817 , while hundreds of thous ands who could get away left the coun try. Contributions of food were sent to the famine-stricken people from other countries and particularly from the United States , a. number of shiploads of provisions having been sent from this country. At that time the liritlsh gov ernment was somewhat derelict , but It Is not likely to be so In the present case. However , should It become necessary tor the Irish people to appeal to other coun tries for relief it can be supplied much more quickly than was possible half a century ago , so that under the worst conceivable circumstances there can hardly be a repetition of the suffering at that time. It Is to be presumed that Irishmen In this country v/ould freely respond to an appi-al for aid from their countrymen at home , though there is a strong sentiment among them that the Hritlsh government should take care of Its people. uuic anun'itiu VIKAXOIAIJ POWER. There Is no question that the United States Is steadily growing in financial power , but whether this country is near the point of financial Independence , as some profess to think , may fairly be doubted , though there can bo no doubt it Is advancing steadily in that direction. In a recent Interview the assistant comp troller of the currency , Mr. Collin , said that through the workings of natural causes we are now achieving what the free silver men would have endeavored to accomplish by a plan which would have resulted only In the depreciation of our currency. lie cited the fact that the rate for demand loans was slightly lower In New York than In London and sug gested that New York bankers were probably loaning money in ilia l > ritsi ; ! metropolis. With a higher rate of In terest abroad It is to be supj/osco that American bankers having balances In London would leave them ( here. Tlie latest bank statistics show that there has been a very large accumulation of capital In the United States In spile of the loss and depreciation In values dur ing the past four years. Mr. Collin stated that the national banks hold about ? 1K,0K,000 ( ) ( over and above the sum re quired by law as a legal reserve , while there has been a considerable accumu lation In the savings banks. In the opin ion of the assistant comptroller of the currency this increase In the supply of capital will assure lower rates of Inter est In the future , lie thought there would not be seen again as high rates of Interest as have prevailed In recent years a condition that would bo a boon to manufacturers , merchants and all burrowers - rowers of money engaged In productive enterprises. Money has never been cheaper in the United States than It Is at present and with a general recovery of Industrial nnd business activity It Is to be expected that the rate for money will somewhat Increase , but a restora tion of the higher rates of a few years ago Is altogether Improbable , unless theio should be a period of rash Investment and speculation. At present there Is no apparent tendency In this direction , but It Is apprehended that if gold discoveries continue an era of speculation such as followed the discovery of gold lu Cali fornia and Australia may set In. How ever , this Is a matter which need not cause any Immediate concern. Looking at the financial situation as It Is , the fact Is obvious that this country has an abundant supply of capital for Immediate wants , but can It bu safely as sumed that this condition will be pcrma- tnen ? It Is necessary to remember that we are still a debtor nation that Kurope holds an enormous amount of our securi ties. While tills Is the cose and these securities may be returned at any time we shall not have complete financial In dependence. Yet It Is true that the 1'nlted Slates Is lu a very cafe and sound .financial condition at this time and there Is every reason to believe that It will continue to be for a prolonged period , If nothing Is done tolnlpiislfy * distrust of our currency and Incite foreign holdcis of our securities to send them back lo us In such volume as to seriously disturb tlnauclal conditions. VnVll I'llhlUU llOAlll ) ( WTK/tV/K-S. The non-partisan reform police com- mlsloti has made another exhibition of Itself. In strict compliance with hU sworn duty to keep the city's ex penditures within the bounds tlxcd by law , Mayor Moores addressed a letter to Ihe commission calling Its attention to the threatened deficit In the police fund" and urging the necessity for reducing the expenses of the police department. The concluding portion of the mayor's letter reads as follows : The condition of the city nuances wna dls- ciiBHctl last Thursday evening at an Informal mueUtiK of the members of tlio city council nnd the various city officials , and from the fouling expressed I know that the city council would take no steps toward supple menting the potlco In nil even If It could legally do so , for the reason that It be- llovts the fund Is butng wantonly wasted In paylnK useless salaries for political pur poses. This board should immediately cur tail the expenses of the police department $ tCSO per month so as to bring our expenses within our Income and reach the end of the year free from debt. The citizens of Omaha rightly expect us to conduct this department for the public good , and not for personal ends or partisan purposes. Upon the receipt of this letter the police commission went into secret ses sion , and , after fuming and frothing forever over an hour , passed a set of resolutions tvseutlng the mayor's reeoinmendat'ou as an insult , and asserting that the charges embodied in the mayor's letter are un true , that the mayor knew they were untrue when ho made them and that his attempt to reflect upon Ihe action of the board is unjustified and without any elements of truth , and further expressing the sense of the board that the state ments so communicated be withdrawn with an apology. It strikes us that the reform police board Is very sensitive and easily In sulted since Its return from the three- ringed circus at Lincoln. What Is there In the mayor's letter that Is untrue ? The mayor says that retrenchment Is absolutely necessary In the expenses and salaries of the police department. Does any one deny this to be true ? The mayor declares that of the ? 7S- 550 available for police purposes for the year 1S07 , ? , (80a : ! had been expended September L , leaving a balance of ? i0OI5 ! In the police fund to carry the depart ment for the remaining four months. Is there anything untrue or Insulting In this ? The mayor says that the expenses of the police on the basis of the force now on the pay roll will require § 0(578 ( monthly and that there will be but $5,1 KJ per month to meet them , making a deficit of ? ( i,720 at the end of the year unless the board shall reduce Its ex penditures. Is there .anything In this statement that calls for'in apology ? The mayor calls attention to the fact that the city charter forbids the transfer of money from one city fund to another and tells the board that it will not be true to Its trust If It does not use every means In Its power to prevent the threat ened deficit. Are the nerves of the police commissioners so sensitive that they feel Insulted when reminded of their duty ? The mayor conveys to the board the in formation that from the expressions of members of the city council lie. feels niiro that no steps toward supplementing the police fund would be taken by them even if it were legal to do so , "because of the prevalent belief that the fund Is being wantonly wasted In paying useless salaries for political purposes. " Is llu-ro anything in this assertion that can be truthfully gainsaid ? Is it not true that such a belief Is not only prevalent , but well supported by the facts ? Has not the police , board In recEless disregard of Its oath foisted upon the police pay roll a profuss'nnal ' politician as chief of police at n. salary of ifL',000 a year , and hired another i ante to perform his duties at a salary of $1,100 ! a year ? Is it not true that the board foisted upon the taxpayers a chief of detectives as a political sop to Its ofllclal organ and voted salaries for two chiefs of detectives ? To be reminded by the mayor of such outrages upon the people may grate upon the ears of thcpropotralo.'s. but when , In polite terms they call the mayor a liar for Intimating that the council believes that they are squandering money for partisan purposes , they locall the osU'ieh who Imagined himself Invisible brtcaiipe he had burled his head In the and. The four police Iward ostriches retort upon the mayor by charging him with votl.'ig for every man that they have put upon the force , when everybody knows that ho did not vote for Uallagln'r nor for Sigwart. The idea of deina'idlng an apology In < 1 c > face of conduct tli'U w..nld justify Impeachment Is doe'-dedly In-low Hero temperature. If anybody Iris been Insulted it is the iaxpayeni anil people of Omaha who have boon Insulted by the highhanded ptolllgacy of the spurious police reformers , The New York paper that bought of Mr. Itryan a disquisition on the effect of dollar wheat on the silver propaganda asserted in Its advertisement of the feature that "llryaii breaks the silence of months" by writing for It. The "silence of months" Is good. What silence and which months ? It would take more than another presidential nomination to keep Itryan silent for a single month , As u matter of fact ho has been making public speeches nearly every week since elec tion and In most of them simply repeatIng - Ing with variations what ho said durjng the presidential campaign. One of the advantages claimed for the new Nebraska ballot law Is that it will enable the elements , to the fusion agree ment to tell what their relative strength Is without regard to the fact that they have put In nomination the same can didates. This would bo mighty small com- p-nsitlon for the dl.ndvnnlages of the ballot law , buujfvji lu this direction It is likely to deieal Its object. With the same ticket uudorMhroo different parly names and party giiihliMns , the fusion voter will not dis'tfngulsh between the columns , kno\vfn'g ' ° 7liit : he can vote for fusion candidates'tiy placing a cross at the top of aiiyOnc | ol' them. The elec tion returns will therefore be utterly un reliable so far asjhey bear on the rela tive strength od'jfii ? ' different fusion vie- incuts. , Hundreds of'mellVho'own pioperty In Omaha which will receive incalculable benefits from the uxposllNm have not yet put their names down on the stock sub scription list , and many who have sub scribed have done so In an ' 1111011111 far below what they can affonl to and should contribute. The stock subscrip tion list should bo shoved up a few hundred thous.uiil dollars before snow files. Kvcry republican club in Omaha 'ami the state will endor.se and subscribe to the plank In the republican state plat form denouncing dishonesty hi public olllee and demanding vigorous prosecu tion of public ( helves. The utterance of the republican state convention is good enough doctrine for loyal republicans. Populism may bo an offshoot of repub licanism , as asserted by a popocratlc palter , but It Is an Inshoot of democracy. The chief question to be solved is whether the populists swallow the demo cratic party , or , as seems more likely , the democrats swallow the populist party. iK ( lie INMIIO , Springfield Republican. The Iowa republican managers want to flelit this fall on national Issues , and the free silver democracy is Just as desirous of making state Issues prominent. That tells the whole staiy of the present political sit uation In Iowa and a good many other states besides. r * of ( ho Klondike. Chlcutto News. Another great drawback to tlio Klondike region has been discovered. "Men , " says a resident of the region , "often have their pride fearfully wounded. . Going there to become rich they have to go to work on wages. " Outrages of ono kind or another are pretty sure to be perpetrated hi a new country like that. U Miionrtl/liiK ( lie I'ai-iiu-rx. Austin ( Tex. ) Statesman , The clamor for the remonetlzatlon of silver did not succeed , but a very good substitute for It has been found , that is the remonctlza- tion > of the farmer. That was the avowed object of those desiring to remouetizo silver , but it has been , accomplished In a much shorter and motyj UlVcct way ; wheat , com nnd cotton havcrcnipnotlzed the farmers of Dm country and made them the most In dependent class ( jf mpn. AVIiy Clmrloy Itrjolucil. Kapros City Star. Ex-Congressman Tqwno. who Is among the most enthusiastic advocates of the free coinage of. silver at , tlio ratio of 1C to 1 , declared In a speech , at Omaha that he is glad that the policy. ; was defeated in the election last fall. ' That is a philosophic way ot accepting defeat , . , but it suggests that maybe Mr. Towjjc hopes to bo the candi date next time and hidulges hopes for the future that were disappointed in the past. .IlllNNlli'M l'l-0l ? > p.Yoi'k. ' . Tribune , , ' " , aver Sc , annual , cxpovt .of wheat reaches nearly 20,009,0 0 ' bushejs , but this year she will not have enough for ber own people , putting on the overworked but willing American eagle the responsibility of keeping the broad in their mouths. That generous and conscientious fowl will not bo fouml wauling in this emergency or any other which can bo met by tilting its copious horn of plenty , this year more overflowing than usual. Cost of Conl Minor * ' Strike. I'hlliult'liililu Times. 'Few ' of even intelligent readers have any just conception of the ccst ot such u. strike. It Is estimated that the miners' have lost $15,000,000 lu wages ; that tlio mine operators have lost $1,500,000 in proflts ; that tlio rail roads have lost nearly $5,000,000 In freights ; that the loss to thu merchants and others furnishing the necessaries of life to the miners will roach $12,000,000 , and that the loss to eoal consumers by reason of the ad vance in the price ot coal is probably $8,000,000. ' 1'lie Injunction Muiila. Chicago Record. Another Injunction was issued Thursday by a West Virginia Judge against strikers marching and holding meetings near the property of a coal mining company. Among other things a minister of the gospel wus enjoined from holding services und prayer meetings in the strikers' camps. ' What be comes of the right of free speech when worklngmen and ministers nro thus for bidden to hold public meetings ? The supreme premo court dc-cided that the use of the Injunction in the Debs case was not Illegal , but it Is bard to believe that the highest Judicial tribunal would sanction some of the writu of injunction that have been is sued of lute. MiiH AVorklim ; 4iii .Silver. 1'lillailelplilu Ixnlgcr. The agitators for silver dollars as a means of furnishing the people with an adermato supply of currency have never made any demand for subsidiary allvor , yet there is , and has been for years , a constant demand for more small coins , to bo used lu making change. The call for fractional currency has become so strong recently that the mints have been working on this class of coinage for weeks anil the amount In circu lation now is about $15,000,000 ; ( but twice that amount would probably not be too much. U would bo readily absorbed in the chaoiicls of current business. I'ollllral l''arinrr .Sinihlicil , N w York 'Tribune. The National Farmers' congress , In session at St. Paul , has just administered a merited snub to coma dflUEnlng political agitators who sought to nli alu its endorsement of a series of popullsflc legislative demands. The free coinage of silver ; the Imposition of on Income tax , govorlniilmt ownership of rail roads , the ) rufcri'.wLif.nv and various other pet planks from rereflt , uullstlc platforms were submitted to the cpinuiltteo on resolutions rail urged iipoii' ° tno-'attentloii of the con gress ; but all were rejected by a dcclslvo voto. Rvldcntlyntiio fanners' congress Is a body of buslnrsafaiyiclty and enlightened good sens ? , which'prp'forn to stick to raising and selling crops .anil' to leave haru-bralned and visionary pAVillK severely alone. .MI.ST ! ! ( ) ( , IKI I' SOMKTIII.VG. if-J | ! ' Till1 SlrnltM of I'OJMKTUC- SiM'ltlniv n"ri''lMnnr. Ft. I'oill'Jfllncor Press. The story Is gojlujjttio rounds ot the press of a man who watt being sworn as a witness before a Glasgow bailie , ' who was well known as being very strict. "Hold up your right arm , " commanded his worship. i . "I canna dao't. " raid .tho witness. "Oot shot In that arm' . " ' "Then hold up your left. " "Canna dao that , cither ; got shot In the ither alrm , too. " "Then bUd up your leg , " responded the Irate magistrate. "No man can be sworn In this court without- holding up some thing. " The anecdote capitally Illustrates the pout- tloa of tbo democracy when Invited to "hold up something" In - the ahapu of an issue , flu right arm , thu free coinage question , was sliot all to pieces last fall. Its loft arm , "a tariff for revTiiuu only , " Is In llku condi tion , and many of tliosu who held It up last vear havu been voting for protection. The yoor old wreck lia * nothing to hold up but a leg. and It la doubtful it it ban even a It-jj left to uUncl on. SKt'TKMIIKII M.USA'/.IMtS. In Harpor's for September Captain A. T. Mahin AMOWS U render ! ) "A Twentieth Century Outlook , " which eontcmpUtrii n Increased proficiency In the nrts of war as a means to the end of universal peace. Cap tain Mahim foresee * th.it n great anil final tlash between the eastern and western people ple will sooner or lalrr occur , nad mokes ix strong showing of thp need of preparation. Henry James IMS n Ithntrrly and delight fully appreciative paper on the late OeorRO Da Xlaurler , asserting his own preference for that writer's " 1't'ter Ibbe.tson" over Its successors. An i-njoyablo feature of this number la Frederick Remington's account of "The Great Medicine Horse , " nn Indian myth of the thunder. Mr. Remington's characteristic drawings , ono ot which serves us frontispiece to the magazine , are ad mirably explanatory of the text. There Is plenty of serial nnd phort fiction , and the Drawer contains a story by Kuth McKncry Stuart lu quite her brat style. The September Century opens with an excellent paper by Uaron IMerro do Coubcr- tin , entitled "Royalists and Republicans , " containing much Interesting Information concerning the Orleans family , President Cnrnot and M. Talne. The final Installment of the diary of the young African explorer. Olave , Is supplemented by a communica tion from Ilev. Mr. Forfeltt , a Ilaptlst mis sionary In Africa , nt whoso house Glavc died. Harry Furnlss contributes both text nnd Illustrations to a bright sketch which ho calls "Glimpses of Gladstone , " In which with pen nnd pencil be depicts the ngcd statesman In most attractive fashion. Eliza H. Scidmoro describes n certain phase of llfo In Java under the title of "Prisoners of State nt lloro Iloedor. " A. M. Mosher's "Browning's Summer In nrlttany" Is charm ingly Illustrated by George Wharton Kd- wards , nnd Arthur Hocber cmpliasUes "A Now Note in American Sculpture , " struck by Miss Ucssio Potter of Chicago. article Is "To A ntlmulatlng out-of-door the Shores of the Mlngan Selgnory , " by Frederick Irland , In the- September Scrib- ncr's , which contains a description ot pal- mon fishing hi that almost unknown coun try which Is calculated to stir the blood of sportsmen nnd start n procession of anglers In the direction of such a paradise. The Nashville exposition Is entertainingly treated by F. Hopklnson Smith , whoso drawings bring the scenes depicted quite vividly bc- fore the eye. W. H. Bishop writes of "San Sebastian , the Spanish Newport , " V. B. San- born contributes some Interesting remin iscences , personal nnd otherwise , of Lord Byron , and his participation In the strug gle for liberty In Greece , and Abbe Carter Ooodloo- has a descriptive article entitled "At the Foot of the Hocklcs. " There l the usual abundance- poetry and fiction , the latter department Including the openIng - Ing chapter of a serial Blory , "Tho Duuket Sperrlt , " by the author of "Jerry. " The September Cosmopolitan contains much readable and helpful matter. President E. Benjamin Andrews , who is about to take charge of Mr , Walker's new Cosmopolitan University , baa a significant article on "Two New Educational Ideals , " which will not be lors widely read by reason of the recent ex citing events at Brown. The themes specially treated are tlio cbautauqua and the university extension movements. An extended account ot the manufacturing methods of the Cos mopolitan at Irvington-on-Hudson opens this number. Julian Hawthorne's series of arti cles on "The Heal India" Is continued , the present Installment giving prominence to the rescue work of the missionaries In the famine- stricken district. Ilobert Oglceby gives an account of a six months' trip through the Yukon gold fields. Oulda has a character istic essay on "The Art of Dross , " In which her well known and picturesque views on this subject are vigorously exploited. In H. G. Wells' powerful story , "The War of the Worlds , " Is contained a moving descrip tion of tho. panic flight of the inhabitants of London before the invading Martians. The September McClure's Is largely given over to fiction and poetry. Uudyard Kipling contributes a ballad , "Pharoali and the Ser geant , " quite..In ills old barrack-rpom vein. A ! thoroughly delightful story of boy life by William Allen White Is called "The Martyr dom of 'Mealy' Jones. " Ilobert Darr has a rather trashy piece of fiction entitled "A Man Fights Best 'n ' His Own Towiwhlp , " and John J. a1 Beeket calls his story "Badness. " Stevenson's "St. Ives" is continued. There are many portraits of Henry Clay , with de scriptive comment. The serious articles are : "The Cleaning of a Great City. " by Colone ! Waring ; "Life in the Klondike Gold Fields , " by J. F. Steffos , and F. J. Kcnyon's inquiry "When Were the Gospel's Written ? " There Is much fiction of a high rank in the September Mimsey's. Hall Calne's "The Christian. " and F. Marion Crawford's "Cor- leono" are continued , nnd Mrs. Flora Annie Steel contributes a clever story ot life in British India. An authoritative article by William C. DoWitt.othe chairman of the committee which drafted the Greater New- York charter , sets forth his views on the Im pending consolidation. Paul Bourget writes on "My Favorite Novelist and His Best Book , " the novelist being Balzac , and the book "Cousin Pons. " The magazine la as usual , rich in llluatratiou , much space being allotted to reproductions of artistic portrait photography. A story well worth reading Is "Weeping Ferry , " by Margaret L. Woods , which serves as the complete novel in the September num ber of Llpplncott's. Charles M. Skinner contributes a charming tale of the far west in "A Fiddle In the Desert , " and there arc short stories by H. H. Bennett and Frank Crane. "Tho Chicago Drainage Channel" Is described by John I. Wright , who calls it the greatest feat ot sanitary engineering in the world. Theodore Stanton , who has made special advance studies of the Parlo exposi tion of 1900 , sets forth the part to 4)e taken In it by various nations of Europe end makes an earnest plea for the prompt and proper participation of the United States. The Ladles Home Journal for September contains a spirited article , by John F. Coyle , "When Henry Clay Said Farewell to the Se.nate. " Clifford Howard tell of "Destroy ing a Million Dollars a Day , " the task of tlio Treasury redemption divlslco. Eliza beth Hlslaml shows the wide and Important "Difference Between Mrs. A. and Mrs , B. " Mr. Garland and Mrs. Mark Morrison contribute - tribute fiction ; there Is a new waltz by Jakobowskl , and Mr , Bok writes authori tatively "On UeLng Old Fashioned. " The various departments are quite up to their usual standard of excellence. Long and Important articles In tbo Sep tember Atlantic nro "Municipal Administra tion : the Now York Police Force , " by Hon. Theodore Uooaevclt ; "Aro the Itlch Growing Hlcher and the Poor Poorer ? " by Hon. Car roll D. Wright , and "A New Organization for tbo New Navy , " by Ira M. Hollls. An easay "On Being Human , " by Prof. Woodrow - row Wilson , Is In that author's best style , and Prof. Basil Gllderaleevo draws on Interesting comparison of tbo war between the States with tlio Pclopponrelan war. Henry Cbllds Mcrwln discusses "Tho Ameri can Notion of Equality. " Harriet Waters Preston contributes a pleascnt sketch of the late Mm. Ollphant , Among the fiction , which is for tbo most part excellent , Is found a characteristic tale of western calamity Jiy Ella W. Peattie , which will doubtless be accepted as the real thing by eastern read ers. The gladiators who struggle most strenu ously In ihtf current number of the Arena are , Herman E. Taubeneck , who discuses the concm'ratlon of wealth ; David Over- myer , who joins Issue with that other David Hill oiv the future of the democratic party ; Ellweed Pomeroy , who pleads for "Tho Multiple Standard for Money ; " J. W. Hart , who advocates municipal site owner- chip , and Lawrence Groulnnd , who contrib utes thu first of a series of "Studies In Ulti mate ) Society. " Minor "ecrappera" are B. 0. Flower and thu editor , Dr. John Clark Hid- path. The National Review for August contains Important articles by J. V. F. Blake on "Golden Rhodesia , " and by Admiral Colomb on "Futuro of Naval Warfare. " "An Qfll- clal , " not otherwise designated , sets forth a plan for arriving at an understanding be tween Russia and Great Britain. Prof. Sully wrlten of "The U es of Humor , " and Major Broadfoot discourses on pugilism. "American Affairs" are exhaustr * ' " ) ' treated and MM. Alfred Lyttelton writes a "Sequel to GWi- bon's Love Letters. " Till ] IIATTM2 I.V MilltASIC.V. Free .Silver1 * Inut Dlloli In ( lip Aurl- riilturnl n > t. NVw Votk Trllmnp. Nebraska e < ? m to have been fixed upon by the free- coinage leaders as the most hopeful field on which to nmko thin Mil n "Inst ditch" struggle- for the falling cnuso of sliver. The rcasouH for the cbolco are obvious. For several years pngt no stale l'a offered fairer conditions than Nebraska for that motley fusion of discordant politi cal Interests on which alone the free coin- ng agitators could count for success. As In Knnsns. the populist party had practically absorbed Iho voting strength of the former democratic opposition , leaving two broken remnants lo maintain a nominal Identity ono as n bolting xound money faction , the other ns an offshoot ot the national silver democracy. But so Intimate lit Nebraska had .been the relations between the populist ami the stiver democrat organizations that In purposes and leadership In everything In fact , but name the two had virtually been merged Into a single political party. Tlio nomination of Bryan for the presidency himself ns distinctively a populist ns a democrat had naturally perfected the workIng - Ing alllanco between tbo denlocratle and pop- ullst forces and had , besides , dr.iwn Into tlio general union 1111. appreciable faction ot dis affected silver republicans. Aided by thorough organization and good leadership , an well ns 4 > y Iho widespread dis content which sovcr.ll successive years ot ngrlculttidal depression had brought , the tripartite free coinage fusion showed In Ne braska a strength which It failed utterly of realizing In any other western or north western state. In Kansas as a result of union the plurality for the Nebraska candi date rose only n few thousand votes abovn that given for General Weaver as u straight- nut populist candidate In 1S02. lint In Mr. Bryan's homo state the combination which ho had helped to carry Into effective opera tion easily converted nn advcrso plurality of fi.OOO In 1R02 Into a favorable one of 1H.OOO in 1S9C. In fact , of the admittedly debatable states In last year's canvass , Nebraska alone may bo said to have fulllllcd by Its vote the expectations of the free silver managers. That In the present despciate condition of Ills political nnd personal fortunes the silver candidate for the picsldcncy should bp driven to concentrate his energies on holding bis homo state to the cause of free coinage Is , therefore , not to bo wondqrod at. With lost year's fusion In Kansas slowly dissolving and leaders In the Suntlower state llko Mrs. Lease and ex-Senator Peffer deserting the three-cornered alllanco , Nebraska Is left the solo connecting link between the two unre lated groups of states whose union In a single Interest gavp to the presidential campaign of IS96 Its peculiar and sinister significance. Without some countenance from the great ag ricultural states which lie between tbo old south and the mining communities of the far west no political agitation In which these two sections arc enlisted though for entirely diverse reasons can reanonably hope to maintain Its vitality. Without continued and enlarged support In the upper Missouri and MissUsltiDi valleys the silver movement Is clearly doomed , and the extraordinary efforts made this year to hold his own common wealth In line show that Mr. Bryan and his ansoclatoH realize that their future as po lltltal leaders Is staked on the result of the elections to bo held this fall In the belt at newer prairie states stretching northward from Kansas through Nebraska Wyoming and the two IMkotas. It remains to bo seen whether the bargain struck at Lincoln by the fusion managers will bo ratified at tbo polls. Nebraska , like Kan sas , has felt the recent wave of returning tjrospcrlty , and high prices for agricultural staples , coupled with the continual fall of silver , have opened the eyes of tbo western farmer to the fatuity and fallacy of the free sliver argument. The Torces of Intelligence and optimism in Nebraska are probably lo bo safely depended upon for a reversal this fall ot last November's verdict in favor of a clipped dollar and .1 wildcat administration of the nation's finances. The free coinage leaders at all events have chosen a field on which they must win or practically abandon their cause as hopcleM. Defeat this year can mean nothing less than Mr. Bryan's re tirement as head of the free coinage coall tion and Its speedy dissolution thereafter not only in Nebraska , but In every other western and northwestern state. I'KltSO.VVI. Aril ) ( U'lIHICWISK. The gambling slot machines are the near est approach to the holy cause of 1C to 1 yet Invented $10 for the owner , $1 for the sticker. Kansas City trots along three years behind Omaha In securing a now public library. Still , that Is n pretty good pace for a town located in Missouri. Canadian wheelmen have discovered several - oral largo tacks concealed In the Dlngley tariff , and consequently lost considerable wind In. trying to wheel over the border. The relatives of Joseph Sullivan , who died In Oakland , Cal. , recently and was 7 feet 8 Inches In height , have put n guard over his grave , fearing that a showman will steal his body. The attention of the secretary of agricul ture is respectfully called to the loud de mand which comes from the Skagway trail for a breed of horses with brass hoofs and castiron backs. Reports of extensive gold finds in the Klondike region , with which tbo country has been flooded lately , can be rendered serviceable - , able as well as accurate from now on by substituting "c" for "p. " Just a year ago the perfidious "money Dower" was furiously charged with having entered Into a base conspiracy to boost tbo urlco of wheat. Now the conspirators are lirnorcd and the crime U placed on the famished shoulders of India. The harmony ot the concert of the powers of Europe shows no signs of disruption , yet the sultan. . Is diligently fortifying Thessaly. Thus the wily Abdul can say with some show of truth that ho Is getting a move on himself. The beard of the Kansan , though re garded by scoffers as a badge of political servitude. Is really a sacred personal adorn ment. It commands 'from ' the owner a love akin to veneration. This Is proven by a Topeka tragedy , wherein a bearded patriarch was BO careful In carving his throat that he did not cut a hair. Lubouchcro of London Truth admits that ho Is by no means particular on the subject of good English. "Tlio only rule which guides mo in the choice of language , " ho says , "l.i that which guides mo intlio choice of a house or a cigar or a mill of clothes. I am guided not by precedent , authority or ab stract cannons of taste , but by what best suits tbo purpose I have in view. " Washaklo , chlof of the Shoshones , IKIH been Invited to bo a special guest at thu Festival of Mountain and Plain , soon to be bold at Denver. Washakia Is now U4 years old and for two generations he baa ruled the Shoshones. Gradually and willingly bo has given way before white man's law , but tils will Is still ixiramoiint In his tribe. Washaklo has always been a friend of the whltu men. Winston Boll , who Is serving as a waiter this .summer In a hotel near Boston , is ono of the few colored men practising law In Baltimore. Ho was born a Hlavo In Virginia. In 18S7 bo was graduated from Iho Virginia Normal and Colleglato Institute. Ho saved enough money by working as a coachmen , butler , farmhand and waiter to untor Har vard Law school In 1S03. In 1890 he opened an oillco In Baltimore. Ho has found It.hard to get clients and lu obliged to do odd jobs In summer to help pay his expenses. Something peculiar happened on the Great Northern railway In England not long ago. A steel rail , which appeared to bo sound , flew Into a dozen pieces when an uxpreas train was passing over It. The expurts who In vestigated the case nald that thu rail waa simply tired out. Its iolccular Htructiiro bad actually been changed by the Inci'xsant hammering of trains running at the highest speed , Something will have to be done If iron and steel aru going to bavu nervous prostration. A dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat reports that Fanner James Shuman of Indiana Is consulting with lawyers to deter mine whether he has ground for action against the late popocratlc candldato for president. Farmer Shuman was a hot silver man lest fall. Ho heard Bryan speak ai Indianapolis and Anderson , and his familiar calamity expressions wcro received as gogpol truths. So when Bryan declared that re publican success meant lower prices for wheat Fanner Shuman "didn't do a thing" after tbo returns came In but sell bis ' ! )7 ) wheat crop to a gold bug for 58 rents a bushel. Ho has delivered COO bushoin at that price while other farmers get from 9U cents to $1 a bushel. He U out several hundred dollars already and thinks ho ought to recover the difference from the fulso prophot. NKWSl'AI'UHS ( IIIOWIM ) MKTTiil. I'nllilt AoUruMTltMlmnriit of n Writ ICitoitii Truth. Dr. Crnne'n "Pulpit K.lltorlal. " The editor of a denominational weekly tins recently administered n severe castration to newspapers and the reporters and editors connected therewith. The gist of his nccus.i- tlon Is tlio old charge of constructional mendacity and a disposition to sacrifice reputations on the altar o ! news before ttio great god Gain. Some of the dally papers have retaliated by attacking religious editors and preachers In general. The facts In the case seem to me to be that there are newspapers and newspapers , Just as there are Christians and Christians. There are howling dcrvlsli and blackmailing and "yellow" newspapers Just as there ro pulpiteering mountebanks that ought to be aeronauts. But tlio general character of the dally press has grown so much bettor within the last generation that It deserves the praise of all good men. The most of tha leading papcis have liafned that In the end accuracy and deceney pay. Great dallies are Institutions , requiring largo capital and setting a value upon their ago and record , and conservatism Is the tendnicy of Institu tions. They do publish some scandals , but they surpress a hundred for every ono they expose. The dally newspaper Is the right hand of law , for it tnnkfs for the evil-doer an open Infamy often far more dreaded than legal punishment , and their system of disseminat ing news Is an Invaluable detective of crime. They do not make , they follow public opinion , and by giving It vole they solidify It. Their very effort for popularity makes them a correct transcript of the people's thought ; and If sometimes they sell con- vletlon for temporary favor they but do what other weak mortals have done , and , like them , they live to see the Impolicy ot policy. The way they magnify and display accounts of horrible and outrageous things distresses usyet wo must remember ( hat this vlco is apparently Inherent In all chronicles whether hUtoric.nl or con temporary ; even the bible Is not composed of the naruitive of good deeds alone ; there Is much grcwsomenoss In the sacred story. The rise of Independent Journalism lias helped to take away the reproach that once was Justly made , and even professed party organs manifest a good deal ot healthful criticism of their own party. In their rela tion to distinctively religious affairs news papers show fidelity and sympathy , giving plenty ot space to reports ot tbo work of church gatherings. Thfir treatment of min isters personally is as courteous as any person could expect whose bump of np- probatlvenoEs Is not unduly developed. They publish more sermons doubtless than nrc read. The dally press of America has nn Immense and novel responsibility , probably exercising more influence on national llfo than any other single agency. That It has not fully realized nor discharged this re sponsibility goes without saying , for It Is a human concern , but It is rising grandly to n truer sense of its high calling and Is rendering an account of Its Intrusted talent better and better with the advancing decades. IIUAtIS OP MIli'MI. North American : "That policeman re minds me of iv nilnbow. " Why ? " "Alwuys around after the storm. " Dptiolt Journal : "The girl who stopa nt nothing , " remarked tlio observer of men and things , "Is likely enough to lie nc- ' 'ounted fnfit ; for stops uertnlnly do con sume time. Yonkers Statesman : Mrs. Bacon Did you offer .Mr. Crlmsonbeak your umbrella wlien be went out ? Mr. Bacon No , I didn't have a clutnco ; lie took It. Puck1 , First Hoard"- ! wonder the land lady lots him stay. Everybody can see that nu drinks. Second Hoarder Yea , lint be never baa any nupctlte In the morning. Chicago Hccord : "Your new clergyman Is so doleful In the pulpit. " "Yea. but he looks perfectly lovely at a funeral. " Indianapolis Journal : "Isn't this Knolpp euro TOinetlilng like Christian science ? " asked the elderly ba.'inlur. "Well , " said the Cheerful Idiot , "It does Its work through the sole. " 'Washington Star : "I 1mb notice , " wild Undo Kbcn. 'Mater man kin allus tin' people ter buy liquor for 'Ini ontell be gits so run down dut ills system actually feels do need ob It. Den dey tells 'im he orter be er- shumod ob hlsse'f. " Chicago Tribune : The two young persons were looking In moody silence out ovitr the waves , when Mr. lilumlerheels happened upon them. "Ah ? " . he said , pleasantly. "Lovora * quarrel , Is It ? " "Sir ! " exclaimed the young woman , in great wrath , "how dare you ? " "Ah , " rejoined Mr. lllundurbcels , strolling complacently on , "then you are not quurrel- Inir. So glad ! " ' Detroit Journal : "Why , " fiercely de manded tbo prominent member with the red neck , "havo you gone nml filled my ] > ew ? What do you suppose I bought u sitting , for ? " "To Insure your standing- , " muttered the pale , defenseless usher. Hut nobody heard him except a devout old woman In a back .seat , and .she didn't co the jioint until about the middle of tlio second prayer. ' IIOW AWFUL. , Clnclnnntl Knqulrcr. ' She Is the sweetest of them all. And like a mermaid IOVOH the sea , Her bathing milt might .shoclc some folks ] It doesn't reach quite to her knee. Her plump limbs 'neath the skirt nro bare , Her curiH are short , ber eyes are blue ; Hut this dear llttlo "summer girl' Is , I am told , "Just Im'f past two. " IUTIHII > STATKSMK.V. Memphis Appeal , Oil , whore are the men who once blithely assembled , Whose resonant voices were sweet with the truth ; Who lectured the world till tbo atmosphere trembled And held the attention of old ago and youth ? Wo gaze at the place where they stood , proud c ml stately. And hurled classic phrases , our rights to declare , But most of them haven't been visible lately , Though wo hear now and then of their dolncs elsewhere. We learn that a number are reaping and binding , To show all the iiclgbborH they haven't grown proud , Or driving thu cows down the Irine , green and winding , While upcetaloni give tliein applause lontf and loud. Tim glnvPa have been doffed ; natiire'H cov ering thlukeim O'er palms that were tender and rosy before - fore ; And Dm babies , a.s each mother's heart fondly qulckenrt , Are klsHc-d ns they never have been kissed before. COMI'.ASSIO.V. Jnlin II. C'lirrltiKtun. With Phylllii owe In Aready I lay Along a gTimsy Blopa above a brook , And llf.teiUMl lo Uie Hlory from her book Of truach'rouH Icnavu who buecly Houtiht to Edward thH king IIH In his tent ho lay. And In hl arm a pnlxon'd dagger Hturk ; And how the good Queen Klinor did miclc With her own lips thii venom all away. Then straight I did pretend a bee had Htung Minn iiixlerllp , and with Bore pain wu wrung. A potent plea for that sweet remedy I might wet ask of her. hut which to mo Him offcr'd with such churmliiK jlllllileiico That much did Bliuine me of my base pretense - tense , tti fie U n