13 TITE OMAHA PATLY SITU DAY , SEPTEMBER 10. 1807.
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INSIST ON ll.VVIXO TIIH 11KI5.
Assassination Is not likely to become
popiiltir In Mi'xlco wliili ; 1'rosltleut DIrr/
remains chief executive.
With Nobrasku's harvest of the yellow
cars K1niullk 'H harvest of the yellow
nietal Is not to be compared.
Prof. Andrews 1ms decided thnt the
presidency of llrowu university is , sifter
all , tirefenible to the iincertnln rewards
of n political martyr on the free silver
ehrlne.
Wonder if .there is nny relation of
cause and effect Imtween the spring
floods aloiiK tlie lower Mississippi unil
the yellow fove'r epiilemlc now nourish
ing in the same region ?
Tlie report of an Impending chiiiiRe In
the color of our postage stamps proves
to liiivo beeiv n false alarin. Wo will
ptlck to the old stamps whether or nol
the old stamps stick to us.
The Hour trade review reports all the
mills a-runuinx , prices fjond and demand
brisk. Tills looks as If a few mills had
opened without waiting for ( lie niliite
to lie first opened to 1 ( ! to 1 silver coin
age.
.Governor Ilolcomb has not yet ex
plained why after ( lenouneliif ; In ids mes-
eaRe the oinblem blanket- , ballot 1m com
pletely revei-sed himself by sljjnlnc a
1)111 for the most obnoxious form of tlie
ballot he had condemned.
The postal savings hank system has
worked successfully wherever It has
been established and given a fair trial ,
nnd there is no reason whatever why it
could not be made a valuable adjunct to
the postal system of the United States.
Should a detachment of United States
regulars be sent to Alaska the Klondike
prices by which they will be surrounded
will make the $ it : a month of tlie en
listed men look mighty small when com
pared to the wages of the average
miners.
I'ostotllce authorities In Denver believe
they have unearthed a glgnutlu scheme
to defraud the government by means of
counterfeit postal caids. Hud why imi
tate 1-ccnt postals when the metal in
tlie tillver dollar Is to lie had on tlie mar
ket for only -10 cents ?
Experimental marketing of American
butter In London has proved fairly sat
isfactory. There is no good reason why.
If the people of Great Britain must Im
port , their butter , they should not im
port It from tills country , especially if
they really want the best.
Kx-Secretary Morton has announced In
n public speech that ho does not believe
the pupils In the public schools ought , to
bo provided with the free use of text
books at the expense of the government ,
jtnt Mr. Merion will have an uphill job
to persuade the people to his way of
thinking.
Nebraska will this winter be one of
the gn > at sheep-feeding regions of the
country. And 1C the state can be relied
on for an annual output of wool large
enough to keep woolen mills steadily at
work , the sheep Industry should eventu
ally form the foundation for a profitable
.woolen Industry ,
The man who wants to succeed Judge
Doano on the governing board for tlie
Mate Institutions for the deaf and dumb
must agree In advance not to oppose
Governor Jlolcomb , no mutter what dau-
gerouq or costly experiments the gov
ernor may want to try for the benelit of
political proteges.
Statistics just compiled by the Indian
bureau go to show that there are few If
nny of our Indian wards who can prop
erly be classed ns insane people. The
theory that Insanity , like a great many
of our modern diseases , Is the result
and accompaniment of advanced Indus
trial conditions thus received additional
couUrumtiou. ,
Tiinui'fin FAMINK.
When silver nnd wheat parted com
pany the false prophets who had been
preaching the doctrine that the prices
of all farm pruduct.s were governed by
the price of silver found that Ihelr de
ceptive theories had been knocked out by
stubborn facts. Compelled to admit
what they had always denied , thnt the
price of nil commodities was fixed by
the Inexorable law of supply and de
mand , they sought to shift their position
by ascribing the inarketl Improvement In
Industrial conditions In this country to
the prevalence of famine In other lands.
With his customary shallowness Itrynn
gave the keynote to his followers by
asking whether the country had nny
cause to rejoice because people in India
were starving. Immediately the big and
little silver-illumed parrots took up the
refrain nnd joined In a chorus of
lamentation over the transfer of calam
ity from America to Central Asia. A
manifesto Just Issued by the executive
committee of tlie Kansas populists em
bodies these declarations :
POT the lack of wheat , enough people this
year In I nil la have starved to death to popu
late clcht such stairs as Kansas as thickly
as Kansas Is populated today. Crop failure
In all the countries mentioned , potato rot
In Ireland , and famlno of the direful char
acter depleted above and graphically pictured
In Julian Hawthorne's article on "Starving
India" In the July , August and September
numbers of tbo Cosmopolitan , hava produced
the rise in the price of wheat , and these
conditions arc tbo result of the seasons.
The frultfulness of the seasons Is In the
keeping nf an overruling Providence , while
In all nations statute- laws are tbo works
ot man.
Famlno In other countries has been the
means of demonstrating to our farmers the
advantage of an Increase In the price or
food products , and they will readily under
stand how much better would bo the price of
all products and labor it bimetallism were
hi force.
If the Kansas manifesto had been de
signed to bo an arraignment of the
British government for allowing mil
lions of Its subjects In India to
starve while the coffers of Urltlsli
banks are bulging -\yith wealth
there might be some point in It.
Hut the Kansas populists , like all vision
aries , overshoot the mark. The crop
failures In India have been magnified in
America for political consumption by
writers who are hired to furnish material
for sensational papers and niagu'/.lnc.s.
Drouth-stricken India Is but a conipanu-
tlvely small factor in the increased de
mand for wheat and the revival of pros
perity In the United States.
A marked rise in the price of bread-
stulTs does not necessarily spring from
famine. The people of Knsslu , Hungary
and Argentine may have no wheat to
export , but still they have plenty to sup
ply their own wants. On the contrary ,
the marked increase in provisions and
farm products frequently springs from
Increased consumption due to prosperity.
While this factor is completely ignored
by Itrynu and his delusionists , it lias
been taken Into account by the grain
dealers of the world. It ! safe to as
sume that under the improved conditions
that prevail in tlie United States , the
homo consumption of wheat will lie in
creased at least one bushel per capita ,
or 70,000,000 bushels. This is fully as
much as the wheat product of Kansas
and Nebraska together.
In a word , the prosperity that Is upon
American farmers Is not due to famine
lu India or elsewhere , but to the re
opening of the mills in America and the
re-employment of hundreds of thousands
of men who when idle had been forced
to stint themselves in food and clothing ,
but who now constitute an army of con
sumers. Neither Ilrynn , Towne , .Terry
Simpson nor any other perambulating
statesman lias yet been able to reconcile
their exploded doctrines with the rise In
the price of Wool , cotton , live stock , iron ,
copper and other products of the soil.
Surely they cannot be charged up to
famine. These commodities , like wheat ,
are also regulated by the law of supply
and demand. They also have risen with
returning confidence , which enables cap
ital to invest without undue risk and
employ labor which in turn consumes
the product of farm and factory and
makes the wheels of commerce to re
volve.
TllK RFFKCT U.\ /.1/JOrt.
The last Massachusetts report oiv labor
in that state presents some instructive
facts which are of general application.
It appears that the year 1S ! ) ( ! opened
with , ' ' .08,000 persoiirf employed in tlie
fnutorles of Massachusetts and the num
ber was increased to 111 i.CCO in each of
the next two months , but In Juno there
was 11 decline to IIOl.OOO. In July the
Chicago convention was held and that
month the number of employes in Mas
sachusetts factories dropped to .iS.'i.OlM ) ,
falling still further In August , under tli3
Inllucnce of an apprehension that the
Chicago ticket might win , to " .70,000. In
the succeeding months , as the prospects
of republican success improved , more
persons obtained work and the year
closed with USX ! ) ( ) ( ) employes In the fac
tories of Massachusetts.
It is thus seen that the action of the
Chicago convention had the effect to
throw 2r . ( KK ) people out of employment
lu the single state of Massachusetts , or
about 8 per cent of tlie highest number
employed In the factories there in ISilli.
It will not be questioned , It Is presumed ,
that all the other manufacturing states
were similarly affected and wo think It
safe to say that labor suffered to about
the same degree in all these states as It
did In Massachusetts. Assuming , then ,
thnt In June , 1S(1 ! ) ( , there were f > ,000 , < X)0 )
persons employed In the manufacturing
Industiles of tlie country and this num
ber was reduced 8 IMT cent In July and
August , the Chicago convention was re
sponsible for throwing out of employ
ment -100,000 people. As a matter of
fact , however , we believe this to bo an
underestimate und that If It were pos
sible to obtain approximately accurate
statistics In the matter It would bo found
that double that number of persons em
ployed In the manufacturing Industries
were thrown out of work In consequence
of the apprehension caused by the revo
lutionary doctrines and declarations of
the Chicago convention. To these must
be tidded other hundreds of thousands
who were driven lute Idleness by the
stoppage of projected enterprises of
numerous kinds.
It Is demonstrable that no other na
tional political convention In American
history had such disastrous effects upon
the business nnd labor of the country ns
the Chicago convention of 1800. Hut
these effects , bad ns they were , were
slight In comparison with what would
linve followed If the work of thnt con
vention had been Indorsed by the Ameri
can people.
VXWX I'ACn'lll WltKUlMSOHB.
According to latest udvlccs from Wash
ington the foreclosure sale of the Union
Pacific railroad will be consummated
about November 1. It Is to be hoped
that this announcement will prove cor
rect nnd thnt no further obstruction will
bo Interposed to the process of winding
up the receivership and placing the road
In the hands of responsible owners who
will manage and operate It on business
principles ns a productive property
rather than an n .stock-Jobbing octopus.
. The assertion of Senator Harris of
Kansas , who has sought to prevent
foreclosure by congressional Interference
that the government can recover the full
amount of the second mortgage has no
substantial basis. The forced sale of
the Union Pacific will leave the way
open to all who may see fit to compete
for Its purchase. If tlie property Is
really worth SLTi.OOO.OOO more than the
upset price , as Senator Harris contends ,
there should be no dllllculty In finding
a syndicate to outbid the bondholders'
reorganisation committee. Ample time
has certainly been given for the forma
tion of any new company that may de
sire to acquire the road and tlie condi
tions of tlie world's money markets are
such that any of tlie existing great trunk
lines connecting with It could If deemed
advantageous buy the road in at tlie
public sale. It Is doubtful , however ,
whether even under the improved situ
ation nny capitalist or combination of
capitalists can be found to make a better
offer than tlie one negotiated between
the government and the bondholders'
committee.
For tlie people of the United States
there is another side to tlie question.
Their interest Is to have the Union Pa-
clllc reorganized and operated on an
actual value basis. Such n railroad
managed on n business basis would be
In position to compote actively with other
transcontinental lines and carry tratlic
at rates at least not exorbitant. To add
S'jrt.OOO.OOO to tlie purchase price would
mean simply increased fixed charges to
be levied upon the people and those
charges would form the standard by
which all competing roads would gauge
their rates. The government would get
$ ur > ,000,000 but the people would pay
principle and Interest tenfold Bln In
creased tolls.
What Senator Harris should have done
In the interest of the people of Kansas
and all the western states was to have
Inserted n condition In tlie bill of sale
limiting the capitalization of tlie road ,
placing bars upon future watering
of the stock and putting restrictions
upon dividends. As it Is nothing is to
be gained by any interference looking
solely to screwing the upset price up
beyond the figures already agreed on.
TUB FIA'AA'CES OF MKXICU.
In ids message to the Mexican con
gress President Dlnx referred only
brlelly to the condition of Mexican
finances , but lie said sullleient to show
that the condition is very unsatisfactory.
It lias compelled the government to
adopt a rigid economy and while the
president says there is not , for the pres
ent , any serious reason for alarm and
seems to take a hopeful view of thf fu
ture , the fact is thnt the government dos
regard the situation as being serious.
President Diaz professes to regard as
more or less artificial tlie factors which
have had an Influence in the decline of
silver and therefore expects a reaction.
It is pretty safe to say that tlie Mexican
president will find this a mistaken view.
The factors influencing tlie decline of
sliver are of a very substantial chat actor ,
the essential one being tlie nearly world
wide tendency toward a gold basis. With
all the great commercial nations on that
basis and some of the lesser ones pre
paring to place themselves 'on It , the
chances of a reaction favorable to sliver
seem very mall and very remote. A
material decline In the production of.li
ver would of course lift. Its price , but a
reaction effected in this way would not
help a silver-producing country like
Mexico. Tlie reaction she requires , in
order to maintain prosperity , Is one that
will restore the market value of the
white metal without reducing the supply
and we can see no hope of such a re
action. Certainly there is no reason to
expect any departure by the gold stand
ard countries favorable to silver. It Is
far more reasonable to expect the ulU-
mate abandonment of the silver stand
ard by Mexico , for. It Is quite possible
that country will be compelled to do
this , however reluctant the government
and people may be to even contemplate
such a change.
The testimony of President Diaz us to
the unfortunate condition of affairs In
his country confirms all the advices that
have come from there. The prosperity
about which so much was heard from
tint sllverltes In the last campaign lias
been blighted , The business of the coun
try is In a slate of paralysis and while
there Is not actual panic the situation is
not far removed from It. Tlie condition
of affairs is most severe upon the com
mon people , who get no more than for
merly for their labor , but must pay more
for all commodities. Can any one doubt
that If tlie free silver cause had tri
umphed hi this country last year wo
should now be In the situation that Mexico
ice Is , or perhaps a worse oneV Here
panic would not have waited for the de
cline In the price of silver. The crisis
would have come Immediately after the
flection und in a day disaster would
have swept the country from end to end.
Thousands of business men would have
been made bankrupts and as In Mexico
ice the severest hardship of such n situ-
lit Ion would have fallen upon labor.
There Is an object lesson In the finan
cial and business condition of our free
silver uluter republic which the American
people should anrefully consider. It
should complbUy dispel the free silver
delusion ,
TlWVlll.KS IX
The opponents of the protective policy
nre wont to nsjvrbe to It the labor dis
turbances Infills country , Ignoring the
fact thnt frcej trade Knghind Is ns much
allllcted wltli labor troubles as the
United Statek some of the greatest
strikes In thejhlstory of conflicts between
capital nnd lab\fr.Jmvliig \ occurred theiv.
At this time thijroJs.a formidable strike
of engineers In tihgland , made to secure
an eight-hour day. It lias been main
tained for about two months and ac
cording to the latest advices n settle
ment Is still remote. An extensive coal
strike In Wales has been In progress for
several months. A London correspond
ent states that In July there were sixty-
five strikes in tlie United Kingdom ,
which involved over -10,000 people. Dur
ing the corresponding month In 180(5 ( the
number of persons Involved In strikes
was 10,000 , thus showing that In respect
to labor troubles the situation has been
growing worse.
The fact Is that the laboring classes In
Great Hrllnln are less contented than
these classes In the United Stales nnd
that the friction -between capital and
labor there is sharper than It is here.
It Is needless to say that the average
American worklngman In nearly every
branch of labor is better off than the
average worklngmau In Great Britain ,
lie receives more pay for his labor and
can live better In all respects. It may be
said that the cost of living is cheaper
there than here , but such Is not the case ,
taking all tilings together. It is certainly
true that the Kngllsh worklngman can
not get his foodstuffs at a less price than
the American worklngman and If the
former has any advantage It is In the
matter of clothing and tills advantage
Is so slight as to be hardly worth consid
ering.
Nor Is the dissatisfaction confined to
those employed In the Industries and in
transportation. It readies to many who
are in the service of the government.
Complaint about pay and long hours and
other hardships on tlie part of govern
ment employes in this country would
only arouse r-idicule , but in Great Hritnln
that class have serious grievances. The
postolllce employes are n particularly
discontented class and recently the car
riers and telegraph operators in the
postolllce department have been threat
ening a strike for the purpose of obtain
ing relief. It j stated that tlie average
pay now received by these classes of
government employes , outside of Lon
don , is ? r > .r > 0 a week and they work
from twelve 'to' Wurteon hours a day.
The average \my of American letter car
riers Is more than three times that
amount
It is true that labor in England is
somewhat better paid than labor in other
European countries where the protect
ive' policy Isii \ operation , but that
proves nothing for the Hritlsh fiscal .pol
icy. It merely shows thnt In England
labor has been more aggressive in efforts
to improve its condition than labor in
other purls of Europe. lUit-.the Impor
tant fact to be impressed is that dissat
isfaction in tlie ranks of labor and con
flicts bet ween capital and labor are as
prevalent In free trade England ns In
any other country. Indeed , it Is said
that in proportion to population there are
more labor disturbances in Great Hrlt-
ain than In any country In the world.
Interest In the Transnilsslsslppl Expo
sition is increasing right , along among
the people of the trnnsmlsslsslppl slates ,
who are realizing more and more what
the enterprise means for them. Many
of the western states are only beginning
to appreciate fully the benefits which
they can reap by n complete and attract
ive exhibit at Omaha , and It Is safe to
say that were tlie legislatures in session
the demand for appropriations for state
participation would be Irresisible In
almost every transmisslssippl state.
The disposition of the people Is favor
able everywhere , and they may be de
pended on to lin'd a way to do credit to
themselves and to their states.
By tlie end of the month all the col
leges and universities In the state will
have resinned their work of education.
Nebraska has a number of excellent de
nominational colleges of moderate size ,
but which each year give Instruction of
a substantial character In the arts and
sciences to a goodly number of ambi
tious students. These colleges form an
Important factor In our scheme of popu
lar education , and , while they make lit
tle ado over their work , the results tell
nt the end of the year when they turn
out hundreds of graduates well prepared
to enter business or professional life.
"Where are tlie country's Washing-
tons , Stunners , Beochers , Lincolns and
Grants ? " wo are asked In a circular let
ter. Unfortunately all the originals re
ferred to have. ' 'loiYg since been taken
away from us. ' /Jjhj're nre a few states
men left , howeviTfi and many moro In
embryo , ' , ( ; whenever the
emergency arlsfvs , , tlmt requires great
leadership -neriea may bo depended on
to supply Its own dt'inunds.
The popiilisto-Klnte platform throws
bonnets at the i)0iullst | state ollicers because -
cause reglster state warrants have
gouo to pur Hliice/jnnnnry 1 last. IJut
as county warran'ts have risen just as
much In counties vlllcli have been under
uninterrupted wpuullcan control , to find
the exact measure'of ' credit earned by
the populist sfafc' litllcers Is something
like working out the thirteen-fourtcen-
tlfteen puzzle.
For some occult-nnd unknown reason
Bryan lias neglected to charge up the
high price of wheat to the grasping trust
und grinding monopoly always found do
ing the will of the hateful money i > ower.
Wliy the money power should let wheat
rise and permit the prosperous farmers
to pay oil their debts with the proceeds
of their crops must pass popocrntlc com
prehension.
International patent treaties for the
protection of Inventors nt home and
abroad are all right , but they should be
framed ou the bauls of reciprocity.
American patents taken1- out by foreign
Inventors should not give ru 'atcr rights
than these carried by patents taken out
by American Inventors , nor greater
rights than are accorded American In
ventors who take out patents abroad. If
there are Inequities In the existing
treaties they should be remedied when
the treaties come up for nmcndlucnt at
Brussels In December.
Senator Kornker Is sadly disappointing
his enemies by his persistent talk In
favor of the re-election of Senator
Hanna. Unable to find anything In his
speech or actions Indicating hostility to
his colleague , the popocrntlu organs nre
trying to make out that Senator Koraker
Is playing double. But their attempts
itre miserable failures , for the reason
that there Is no foundation for the
charge.
While the western states lead with re
ports -of Improved Industrial conditions ,
the south wants It distinctly understood
that It Is also gobbling a share of re
turned prosperity. Every southern state
Is witnessing the projection of new en
terprises and the realization of enlarged
trade , and its people would not have
political conditions In the national gov
ernment changed if they could.
Text for n Srrnmii.
Somcrvlllc Journal.
People talk moro or less about original eln ,
but Is there any ?
The Old nnil tinXCMV. . i
Atchlpon Globe ,
The old-fashioned woman know how to
make < i delicious peach cobbler ; the new-
fashioned womati tays It Isn't good for you.
I'orVrnI or Wor.
Imllunnpolls News.
The hard times certainly Illustrated the
fact that all1 sections of the country suffered
together1 and returning prosperity Is demon
strating that wo all prosper together. No
section can long bo benefited at the expense
of another.
Arc the AVocillcxn PrlvleK ! < l ?
Hoston Glolic.
The motives of the Omaha girls who have
organized themselves Into a society for the
suppression of the tobacco habit might be
above suspicion If in announcing their re
fusal to kiss young men who use the weed
they did not announce also that young men
who do not use tobacco are privileged to kiss
them whenever they please.
I'nyliie tlm I'lprr.
New York Hernlil.
By her headstrong belligerency Greece
shocked the peace of Europe , caused useless
shedding of blood and spread ruin and mis
ery not only among the subjects of the sul
tan , but among her own people. And what
Is the net result ? An Increased burden of
taxation upon the unfortunate Greek popu
lation and the appointment of foreign guard
ians who will collect the Income of their
government and dictate Its financial policy.
Gooil I'liu-c to Shun.
New Yolk TYIbune.
According to reports and Indications the
Klondike region during the coming winter
will have a famlno of its own , like India
and Ireland , not embracing so wide a popu
lation as either of those countries , but
pinching such as it has with equal severity.
It cannot bo said of It , as of money , that
the fool and his autumnal Klondike fever
are soon parted , but a good many of his
snecles nnd relief from It "In the hardship
and starvation on the way. Only a small
proportion of those who set out for that
destination will get there , and it Is by no
means certain that the luck will not be
those who I'urrT back.
A in cr I en n MiiiiiirnoliirrH Abroad.
Philadelphia llecnnl.
Moro and more American manufacturers
are showing a disposition to Invade markets
heretofore deemed inaccessible. Six Iron and
steel manufacturers of I'lttsburg and vicinity
have formed a company to go Into the Brit
ish markets and seek trade. They have
opened olllcea at 1'lttsburg , and the company
Is capitalized at $110.000. The backing. It
is stated. Is sullleient to guarantee onj
amount as soon as an Increase In business
shall demand It. A London agent has been
appointed , and -an attempt will bo made to
transact business In India South America
and Japan. A specialty will be made of cot
ton ties , hoops , bands and other manufac
tured products.
Sucli'ly llulc-N III Guthniii.
' New York Proas.
Is It proper in good society to suck boneu
at the table or to chew them ? No. Only
dogs suck and chew bones. Must the front
or the .back of the fork be used In cartli g
food to the mouth ? If the carting must be
Jono. bv all means use the front , as It Is
safer and will carry a 'Jigger load. Dut It Is
bad form to cart food to the mouth. A gen
tleman and lady are always known by the
size of the mouthfuls they take. How shall
a person help himself to sandwiches ? With
his fingers or with a fork ? With his fingers ,
provided he has the decency to avoid finger
ing the whole lot. Most ram examine all the
sandwiches carefully , as If they feared poi
soning. They are fret'-lunch fiends , as a
rule , and know no better. Must a gentle
man sit erect while eating ? By oil means ,
and have certain knowledge that his fork
j and sjioon do not drlji. Most men reach
'
after their food with their mouths , as In
the case of a dog catching files. They grab
and snap. Dad form ! Must ono cat at tlie
last drop of coup ? Certainly If the soup Is
good , but avoid tilting the plate and scoopIng -
Ing up the last drop In the edge.
IlllYAVS Sri2CI.lI. I'UOVIIIKXCK.
Why Should It \ < > t Work Until IVnyn
anVcll UN Onrf
Rev. T. J. Mnckay In Cliurcli nnd Home.
Nebraska rot only stands today at the
head of the ? graml column of states as hav
ing the least percnitage of Illiteracy , but
In material prosperity as well. What will
our eastern friends who have been In the
habit of referring to our grand state os
part of the graat "American desert" say
now , when they ure told of the Immenbo
crops that are being harvested In Nebraska ?
Thu State Hoard of Agriculture estimates
the value of this season's crop of grain at
roe hundred cut ) ninety-five millions of del
lars ( $195,000,000) ) ! Talk about the Klondike !
The soli of NobrJBka Is a better gold mine
than the whole of Alaska. Bvon Mr. Ilryan
la hard put to It to account for the pros
perity of his state. Ho attributes our pros-
porlty to "Providence , " and Is grateful ac
cordingly , though ono cannot help suspectIng -
Ing that Ills gratitude Is grudgingly granted.
It'.i furry how even politicians fall hack
ou I'rovldencn In order to explain things
when they are "up a stump. " They are
llko Some ChrUtlann who always have a
"special Providence" to account for their
marvelous escapes from danger without a
thought as to the Provldcnco that didn't
talco care of the other lest , fortunate ones !
No doubt Mr. Ilryan attributed his narrow
oacapo from death last week In that railroad '
wreck ' -ii Kansas to that same Providence
ea a man I heard of once who , while waitIng -
Ing for a train with n companion , went to
get a glass of brer. While drinking the
tcer , the train arrived. His companion
went rn , and in a wreck which occurred
half an hour later was killed. Thai saved
man always ccisldorcd : that glass of beer
a "special 1'rovldenco. " And so our pros
perity In Nebraska Is dun ( o a special 1'rov.
Idcnce. Our hard Units were the result
of a gold conspiracy , but our good times
and dollar-a-bufihel wheat 1 ! Oh , well , let's
bo thankful together and let bygones bo by-
ionea ; , but as a opeclal favor to Providence
would It not be well for Mr , Towno ot
Minnesota to correct his wonderful tales
showing how wheat EDI ! illver always rise
and fall together. HO as to leave e loop
hole for an appeal to Providence on such
an occatlun an the present ? Hurrah for
Nebraska with Its shower of golden corn and
wheat , and hurrah for the TransmlaaUslppI
Exposition , to which we shall Invite all
our friends , that they may sea what the
mighty west ran do In reclaiming deserti ,
In educating her citizens and In building
up an empire founded on the Intelligence
and Integrity ot all her children.
SKCUI.AII SHOTS AT Tllli I'l I.1MT.
Boston Globe : The clergy are returning to
their churches to renew the fight against sin
nnd aalnn. who never have time to go on
vncitlon * .
St. l ouls Uci'Ubllc : It should bo hoped
that the nnll-splrlUullst paper to bo estab
lished In St. Louts will not be forced to Rive
UD the ghost for want ot material support.
Denver Post : The attention of the band of
Olirlstkuis who are praying that nil pain may
ba removed from the world Is respectfully
called to the fact that 325,000,000 pecks ot
roln-bulldhiK garden truck were i.ilscd In
this country this year.
Chicago Tribune : A Jesuit priest comes to
the aid of "Pope Hob" nnd assures him that
notwlthstamllne his Ignorance ot matters
solrltual US will bo allowed to twang the
Mrlties of a cclcstl.il hrtt-p In the Kreat bc-
vond. U Is now In order for Ingorsoll to
apologize for some ot the mean things he
has said ot the Jesuits.
New York Sun : A prophet somcnhat
nlnonastlcallv described by the Philadelphia
Press as Hnv. Kldcr Mcrroll said In his
sermon last Sunday that "the signs of Jho
time Indicate that bcforo the sun rises on
January 1. 1000 , the great American nation
will groan and writhe In the agony of revolt ) ,
tlon and the streets of nil her great cities
will ho slippery with blood a hundred drops
of blood for each gem that flashes on the
necks of the rich ami pampered women , and
ton days of blood for each tear that has
washed the faces of the poor. " Thcro are
ather sentimental soothsayers , lay ami
clerical , who can equal Mr. Merrcll In this
vein. U Is nn n statistician that ho shows
the most originality and power. He says
that M.-IOO.OOO.OOl ) was spent on Intoxicating
llauors last year. No wonder the revolution
Is coming , und coining before sunrise.
POSTAL SAV1XCS HAMCS.
Globe-Democrat : Postmaster General Gary
lias just remarked , during a visit to Now
York , "I am satisfied that postal savings
banks will bo ono of the features ot UiU
administration If wo can Inaugurate the ? ys-
turn. " The republican policy Is'marked as
usual by constructive Ideas.
Minneapolis Journal : The details as to
how this system shall be worked out , to what
extent the government shall become the
custodian of the earnings of the people , and
what provision shall bo made for the Invest
ment ol the funds , all these details can bo
committed to the wisdom of such an advocate
of the system as Secretary Gage. The main
point Is to establish a system for the guoit
It Is calculated to do and work out the de
tails of Us scope and management In the
light of experience.
Springfield Republican : Dut the rub comes
In the Investment of tlie. savings. We have
no largo and perpetual government debt as
Gngland has , In the bonds of which the deposits
posits of the people could be amply In
vested. Ono argument urged in bchnjf of
postal savings ban < ks Is that they would
provide a receptacle for the people's savings
safe from the frauds and bankruptcies of
piivate bank management. Obviously , how
ever , lu that case only public securities
could bo used for the Investment of savings ,
for private corporate securities and propcrty
would bo subject to the same frauds of
private management.
New York Tribune : Postmaster General
Gary's announcement that the establishment
of postal savings banks will be made the
leading feature of his administrative policy
will undoubtedly stimulate the hopes of those
who for many years past have been vainly
urging upon congress the advisability of
engrafting on the present postal service cer
tain limited and guarded banking functions.
The Idea of enlarging the government's pos
tal operations so as to Include within their
scope the maintenance of a system of na
tional savings banks has found , Imlcexl , In
the now head of the Postoftlco department
an eager and enthusiastic champion. Mr.
Gary believes that public convenience em
phatically demands the opening under federal
supervision of small and easily accessible
savings institutions everywhere throughout
the country , and he can see no obstaclu to
the satisfaction of this acknowledged popular
want by means of slight and thoroughly
feasible extensions ot the existing machinery
of postal administration.
OUT OK THU OHUI.VAIIY.
Londoners cat 1,000 pigs dally.
California has 3,000,000 orange trees.
Germany makes 2,000 pianos a week.
The Glasgow , Ky. , Times tells of a negro
who lives near Savoyard , Metcalfo county ,
who Is only 11 years old , but has already
mastered the common school rudiments of
education and Is away up In algebra , geom
etry , gastronomy , calculus and other higher
branches. He Is a lightning calculator and a
marvel In many respects. His name Is J. n.
Thompson.
The first and last stand of the confederates
was made on land owned , by the same man.
A part of Bull Uun .battlefield was owned by
Mr. McLean. After this famous battle ho
decided to move to a locality where there
would bo loss fear from the ravages ot war.
By a etrangc coincidence he took up his
abode at Appomattox , which subsequently
proved to be the final battle of the civil
war.
war.Alolso
Alolso 'Manhardt of Vienna , who died at
the beginning of the present year , left to his
heirs a number of huge ciscs filled with
railroad tickets which ho had collected from
all parts of the world , and for which lie
had spent a fortune. When the heirs caused
the value of this strange legacy to be esti
mated -their disillusion was painful. Tbo
400,000 tickets had to be sold to an English
house for 2,000 florins , or less than $1,000.
A wlcower ! on Long Island has fitted up
like a living room the vault where the re
mains of his wife repose. It Is furnished
with tubleh and chairs , bric-a-brac Is given
a place , a clock ticks on the uholf , a canary
sings In 'Its cage and a squirrel spins round
on Its wheel. An empty collln la ready for
Its occupant In the course of time. The
wodower spends several hours there dally
But it Is said that the cemetery authorities
are likely to Interfcro with this Invislon
nf their customs.
It has liRon found that the oil bursUrig out
of the bed of the creek on the farm cf S ,
B , Smith , five miles from Compton , Ky. ,
contains u very valuable quality hl'hcrto
unknown. By laying a plank or anything
across the creek a person , can dam the oil
up and gather any amount of It , and It hui )
been discovered that the oil will burn as
fast as dry paper. The people , through cur-
lohtty , go to this oil spring , dam it up on
the top of the water nnd then strike a match
to It In order to eo spread over thu whole
surface of the water a perfect bla/o. This
oil for lubricating purposes Is hard to sur
pass , and the beauty of It rcHtu In the fact
that It docs not have to undergo any process
whatever to bo valuable for such purpose.
It has also besn found to work wonders
In perfecting cures for bruises , cuts and
sores.
That a stout buggy whip , four and one-
half feet long , could remain In a homo's
stomach nearly two years and the hoi HO
survive the ordeal , ceoms Improbable , hut
just such a thing happened to a valuable
horse owned by Allen D. liable , near
Uoursvillc , Washington county , Md. , which
died a few dayn ago , Dr. J. T. Hlborger of
Hagerstown held a post-mortem , anl the
whip was found protruding from the stomach.
Mr. Eaklo , In October , 1835 , used a six-fool
buggy whip to punch ro obstruction down
the choking horse's throat , putting a horso-
Bhoo In the ) animal's mouth to keup It open.
TUB horn-shoo flow out , and the horse bit
off the whip , swallowing the long part with
no bad effects until a few days ago , when the
horse sickened and died. After the swallowIng -
Ing the homo worked every day and ule
three meals a day ,
William Settle of St. Louis , Mo. , wants
the courts to restore to him certain property
which ho deeded to his wife , claiming that
the transfer was made while he wan atnieteJ
with abaulla. Seventeen years ago William
retired from business , and , during an attack
of the dreadful aliment already referred to ,
decided to make a tour of Europe alone. Ho
left his property , with an Income of $0.000
a year , with his wife , and whenever ho
wanted any cash Mrs. Settle Kent him a
draft. Everything might have continued
eatUfactorlly on this basis If Settle had riot
been overtaken by an attack of abaulla In
London , during which he acquired another
wife , by whom he had five children. Mrs.
Settle learned of William' * foreign affairs
by means of a letter Intended for him , which
fell Into her hands. She at once cut on * her
liege iord'i allowance , nd this action has
caused the aflllctod huibaud to take bla
abaulla Into court. If ho wlcs tlie > ult ,
abaulla may become at popular a defense an
Insanity or hypnotic Influence.
iVI' I.VSfllAM'i : .
vpn-Miry for Safitjnnil
Pvrinn nn uro ,
I
Eastern papers are declaring thai a erlsto
has been n-Ached In the history of life Uisur- 1 ;
nice by the assessment method. The recent ,
failure ot the Mass.iclmsetts Benefit Life as
sociation and' ' the expulsion of the Hay Statu
lleiieflclary assoclitlon of Westrii'ld. Main. ,
from the state of New York havii opened the
eyes of Iho other assessment companies to
weak points In their system , nnd they are
setting themselves about the task of cornet-
tag what seems to ho an Inherent defect
This dotermlnntitii la at least n hopeful s-gu ,
especially ns regards the fraternal bt'tiellelnry
ordera , which are not handicapped , as the
assessment companies re , by the fear that
the members may be rich ! llaiblo for standing
Indebtedness after the companies have be
come Insolvent. In the state of New York
It 1ms been decided by the courts that mem
bers are liable wider euch circumstances
It Is cnly necessary here , however , to call
attention to the fact that both the corpora
tions and the fraternal orders that deal In as-
sessmcnt Insurance haVe awakened lo the
necessity of changing their methods of ap
portioning assessments upon their members.
They have become couvli ced , at least the
most of them , that It Is Impesslblo to go un.
Indefinitely charging no more for protection ,
when by reason of advanced years the actual
cost Is much greater than when a member
\vcs young and tils life oxpeclntlcn at Id
best. Having been thus conv'iiced by the
arguments of practical experlcnco that the
old system was defective , both the corpora
tions and the fraternal orders have either
made a raillc.il change to correct this ilntcrt ,
or they are considering as to the best way
In which they shall make the change which
has practically brcn determined upon.
As n matti'iof fact , there are but two
safe systems upon \\lileh life Insurance can
bo conducted for any considerable length.
of time. Ono of these Is the level-premium
system pursued by the old line comptnles ,
the foundation principle of 'Which ' Is to
charge enough moro than It costs In the
early years of a policy In pay for the en
hanced cast of the risk In later years. The
other system Is the step , or nattir.il life pi in ,
under which the ralo IB Increased annually ,
so Hint In each year the assured pays what
It costs , plus an addition for collateral ex
penses , to carry his insurance for that year.
Under this p'.un , it Is believed tlut the as
sessment corporation * and the fraternal
orders , especially the latter , have a bettor
prospect than It was possible that they ever
could have under the old system. Assess
ment Insurance has reached a crisis , ap
parently. When It Is reflected how large and
comprehensive Is the 'Interest and the wel
fare of tin1 people concerned In 1(3 ( preserva
tion , it will be seen that It Is Incumbent upon
the public generally to give these orders
anil corporations endeavoring to correct the
organic defects In the old methods and ro-
movu future dlttlcultlcs all possible eu-
couragement and assistance.
riCHSO.VYI , AM ) OTIIKIlXVI.Si ; .
The cold wave brought little relief to the
stricken city of Chicago. The golf upldemlo
Ui spreading ,
If there were anything In hypnotism , these
Klondike miners might solve the food prob
lem by simply putting each nther to nleep
for the winter.
The late Ogden Goelot left a fortune esti
mated at about $30 000,000 , but It is not re
corded that ho left u penny of It for auy
public purpose.
The boudumcn of the defaulting treasurer
of llooni ! county , Iowa , havu paid up his
deficit , amounting to over $1.1,000. The pol
icy has not been copyrighted.
Lutto A. Lytlc , Tennessee's colored woman
lawyer , is described by her Btnte papers as
"young and comely. " That IB a great con
cession for southern papers to make.
Dawson City's pollco force Is thu richest
In the world. ly ) frequent tojchlng ot the sur
rounding -country they have secured fortunes
ranging from $ L'0,000 to $1,000,000 each.
Hoston takes no stock in the moldy adngo ,
"Tho good die young. " "Wo are as good aa
wo are beautiful , " modestly exclaims the
editor of the Boston Globe. Trust him not ;
'
ho Is 50 and Vc'ry gay for his age.
Buck Taylor tried the cowboy act on n
street In the suburbs of Philadelphia. A
meek appearing Quaker disputed Duck's
claim to the whole road , and when Buck
threatened to eat the Quaker right there , the
latter shied his coat ami buckled to. At
thu conclusion of the argument Iho Quaker
handed Buck over to a policeman.
Jersey justice has exalted Itself some more
lit settling the perplexing question , "What is
the legal value of whiskers. " Ike Gtlckmnn
stroked nnd caressed a luxuriant set that
rendered shirt fronts superfluous , but In an
evil day ho became mixed up In a trolley
car wreck , in which bis whiskers were
cruelly mutilated. Ho fixed upon $200 as
salvo for his pain nnd sorrow , but an ungallant -
gallant corporation declined the price. Now
a Jersey court throws out the case , virtually
Informing the amazed GHckman that his
whiskers weren't worth a continental.
DOMICSTK ; invi.s.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "The miijor has a
flue war record , hasn't ho ? "
"I Iwlleve so. He hiiH been married llfty
yeara. "
Hoston Herald : lit.'iicdlct ( proudly ) My
wlfo kisses me goodnlp'lit regularly.
Rounder ( bitterly ) Women are nusplcloua
creatures , nln't they ?
Philadelphia. North American : She ( after
the quurrel ) And must we part forever ,
Hurry ?
lie Well , nt least until tomorrow night ,
Maude.
Indianapolis Journal : "Ills love letters
are very persuasive , " Bald the fair gliTu
confidante.
"Yes , " wan the pensive reply. "They
would persuade any jury In Christendom. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : "Your husband
seems to be n pretty i > iHy-nuliif neil , eh ? "
"Don't you believe nothlu' of tlie Kind. It
IH thu hardest work In the world to Htart
him nolir at all. "
Beaten Traveler : HaumVo had n row at
our bouse yesterday.
Jackson What wan t-.o ! mutter ?
Haum Our pretty hoiim-malil liruko my
china cup anil brought mo anuthnr , 0:1 : which
was Inscribed : "To one I love. "
Chicago Tribune ; "John , you might to
buy n whole barrel of Hour. H'n Kottlng-
hlghcr every ilay. "
"I know It IH , Maria , and 1 have Ix-eii
surprlHeil that It iloesn'l have a more buoy
ant clfei't on your blHcullH. "
Puck : Nov/ly Made Widow Ah I no ono
can take Jolm'H place , I lovc < I him from thu
iMittotn of ir.y heart.
Friend ( I rightly ) But you know what
they say tl.ere Is nlwayn room at the top.
Chicago llcoonl : "Before we were mar
ried' you mid you wouldn't put an ob.staulo
In my way for the world , "
"Did 1 ? Well , iicrlmpH I Old. "
"And now you are everlastingly Ktlcklnz
your feut out no thut 1 full uver them. "
HIS DOWNFALL.
1 tlpvrlnnil .lender.
He used to be a "laille.V man , "
Dabbling anil gay ;
Ho wore lilt : hair In liangH ami hail
A winning way ;
Ho used to lie a "ladles' man , "
Hut things are run on another plan
Todnv I
Now he Is just n woman's man ,
Silent and meek ;
His wife miyt ) men are foola , and be'9
Afrnlil tu Hijiieak ;
Slio'n big and RtrniiK , and IUIIH nffalrn ,
And nil * upon nlm If hc.cliues
To speak !
iiirru'Ki'j.v i.ovns.
Bho ran along thn be-ilnn Htrnml
And called against the utoini ,
While wet winds swept her peaxnnt'H drea
And whipped It to her form.
The light from out the cabin streamed ,
It never Heurned HO deiu
An now , with Fcth's woe , wistful face
Which 'gainst the pane was neur.
For love pnlnod wildly In licr heart ,
Divided and unfreu ;
IJetwuon thu crippled child ut homo
And Donald on the sea.
And yet ho came , as oft before ,
Though neither tried to ts-iy
Why he was unveil , > wlillo other men
Were loaned italioro ut day.
"Come , wife , " he always twill , " 1 know
That death WIIH near mo then ,
Tlut Beth Hhould not bu left alone.
For half a hundred men , "
And Beth , before the nun was up.
Was out. In Idle play ,
Gathering up the yellow heads
Of pojiples on the bay ,
CATHERINE