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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , NOVEMBER13 , Tim OMAHA DAILY BKK. E. nOSHWATKIl , EJItor. KVKUY UOKN1NO. TEHMS OP HUUSCim-TlON : IJMly nc ( Without Sunday ) , One Year J8 n ruily IKe mid Sunday , One Yenr M fill Months J M ' OJ Three Minttn > > BunJny life , One Yenr 3 Hnturdny lice , Ono Yenr ' ' Sstekly Uee , One Year ' OI'TICiSl : Omalia ! The Hoc HulhllnR. . . . . . . . Kouth Omaha : Slnntr ink. . Cor. N nnd 24th St . Council lllulTii ; 10 1'cnrl Htrcel. Chicago Olllco : 3U Ohnnibcr of Commerce. New York : Hoomi 13 , 14 nnil 15 Trlhune IlldB , Washington : Sol Fourteenth Street. coniiisi'ONmNciJ. : : All communications relating to news nnd odlto- Hal matter uliould b * nddrc cd : To thn KJItcr. All liunlnetx lotlcrs nnd remittances thuuld be ddreiscd to The lice rubllthlnx Company , Omaha. Dm Its. checks , cxprcus nnd pjstollicn money ordem to be made payable tu the order ot the company. TIM : uiiu 1'UiiMsniNO COMPANY. BTATKMKNT Of CIHCUI.ATION. Bute of Ncbrntku , nougln * County , is. : decree II. Tmchuck. fecretary of The Hoc Tub- tlthlni ; Company , Iwlng duly wrn , says that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , KvcnltiK nrd SumHy Ilee printed during the month of October , 1837 , wn HI fol T1IM 111315 ON THAIXS. AH rnllronil ii MV 1ioyn arc miliplliMl with rniiUKli Ili-pn to iieuoniininlale ovcry IIIIN- nentrer who iviintn t rritil 11 nen.iiinp < T. IiiNlxt iiton luiv- IliHT The lief. If you uniiniit Kct a lire oil it ( ruin from the JKMV.H nirenl , plpn.-ti ! report tin- furl , MnlliiK the trnlii mill railroad , lo ( lie Circulation Deimrdiirnt of The Ilrr. Thu lire i * for Niilc- oil nil traliix. INSIST OX II.VVINO THU IIKI3. The Rlue manufneturers are said io have formed n trust , though they are not euro that It will stlek. President MeKInley's message to eon- press will be In part an amplification of his ThanK-sj-lvIuf ; day proclamation. Study the advertising columns of The Bee. The merchant who advertises al ways 1ms something attractive to pre sent before the public. Even the local divorce mill seems to have quickened Its pace without wait ing fdr the mints to bo llr.st opuied to 10 to 1 free sliver coinage. T.he rush to got In under reciprocity terms Indicates that the late comers aiiioiiK the nations may be confronted \vilh the standing-room-only sign. Another ROOI ! sign of the times the reluctance of Omaha churches to let their pulpits remain vacant even though they may be saving the salary of a pas tor. Between the Onldensiippe case In Now York and the Dnrrant rase In San Fran cisco the country Is In a state of suspense that can be relieved only by suspending both Thorn and Dun-ant. Local bicycle enthusiasts inlKht show tliolr appreciation of the new pavements by , equipping their wheels with KOIIKS and lamp- ! for the protection of the pub lic * , ordinance or no ordinance. If you want to know how the credit of n community stands watch flip * prices bid when they Invite proposals for bond Issues. Gauged by Its bond sales , Omaha Is right up-to the top notch. The Ilaytlan prisons must be oven worse than the Spanish prisons In Cuba when thu German minister regards $1,000 a day a moderate Indemnity for liet'plng 11 German locked up In a cell. The slot machine symllcato must have milked Omaha to the tune of over $100 , 000 by this time. I low much longer are thu council and jmllco commission to connive In this bold violation of the law ? Secretary Wilsonhiw had the degree of master of ngi-lciilture conferred on him by the Io\vi : State college , with ylileli ho was long connected. Every farmer In the country will approve thin Action. 'Tho ' Omaha city council ought to attire Itself In a new wardrobe of dignity If of nothing else now that one of the de partments of the Woman's club has taken It as a model for practising parlia mentary procedure. The thirty Iron furnaces In Allegheny county , Pennsylvania , are every one In operation , making from two to four blasts a day , and every blast a reminder of thu wisdom of the voters las ! year In choosing a ivpuhllcaii president and con gress. This week must see the completion of the new city tax list and another week should tell the people how much they have gained or lost by the creation of the olIU'o of tax commissioner and the separation of thj city and county tax assessments. From the statement mndo in a Madrid dispatch to a London newspaper that thu Spanish authorities regard the Span ish navy as already superior to the American navy , It Is plain that some body Is being greatly dewlved , either In Madrid or In Washington. The Increase In exports of breadstuff * during the month of October over the corresponding month of a year ago amounted to more tliiin ? l'J0,000 ! and the decrease In amount of cotton export a was more than § n,0K,000. ( ) Our foreign customers ueeni to be buying more to eat , oven ut Uiu risk of wearing to.vsrtr While there Is every reason to expect that President McKlnley's treatment of the Cuban question In his annual mes sage will be entirely pacific and of a nature that can give no offense to Spain , It Is to be apprehended that a determined effort will be made In congress to de clare a i > ollcy on the part of this govern ment which would Impair friendly rela tions. Perhaps the Influence of the ad ministration with the republicans will bo strong enough to prevent anything of this kind being done , but there are Jin goes In all parties In congress and It Is possible there arc enough of these to make trouble. So far ns the house of representatives Is concerned the repub lican leaders will doubtless be In accord with the administration. Speaker Heed , Mr. Dlngley , Mr. Illtt and others are un derstood not to favor any action by con gress which could Irritate Spain or em barrass the president nnd these will per haps bo able to control the republicans of the house. But It Is different In the senate nnd It Is pretty safe to say that there will be sonic expression by that body unfriendly to Spain. If congress consults American Inter ests , observes the Philadelphia Ledger , It will not take n new position toward Cuba which leads to war. That paper points out that granting belligerent rights , which Is likely to be proposed In congress , although exclusively an ex ecutive function , would Irritate Spain nnd do the Insurgents more harm than benefit. It would set aside American claims for damages , put a stop to Amer ican trade with Cuban ports by causing the blockade of such ports nnd give Spain tbo right to stop and search our merchant vessels on the high seas , the exercise of which , as the Ledger says , might easily lead to very strained rela tions with Spain. It Is not apparent that the granting of belligerent rights , which must be accorded alike to both parties to the contest , would help the Insurgents In the least , while It undoubtedly would operate against American Interests and complicate the situation. The Insurgents may desire such recognition , but they are not pressing for it. There is no great popular demand for any Interference on tlie part of this gov ernment In the Cuban conillct and con gress will do well to leave the matter entirely In the bands of the administra tion , which may be trusted to deal with It wisely nnd discreetly , with primary reference to the conservation of Amer ican interests. KIGHTRKNTIt AXD Kill A'AM. The unexpected sometimes happens , but the oxp-pcted happens much more often. It was to have been expected that the suggestion made by The Bee to convert the old postolllee building Into a central police station would at once revive the old Eighteenth nnd Far- nam howl raised by the World-Herald at the time the government was about to decide upon a. location for the new federal building. The fact that The Bee at that time advocated the most sightly available spot in the city of Omaha was denounced ns a selfish , mercenary scheme. The fact that The Bee build ing stood on tlie corner of Seventeenth and Farnam , adjacent to the city hall , afforded the Eighteenth and Farnam howlers a basis for a crusade more des picable , selfish and mercenary than any thing that had taken place In Omaha. The square between Eighteenth and Nineteenth , Farnam and Douglas , was offered to the government , graded to Its present level , for $ (50,000 ( less than the squnrtifaclng Sixteenth and Seventeenth , between Capitol avenue and Dodge. The Eighteenth and Fnrnain site was the larger by 'JO by 2-t ( ! feet , and was moreover superior In assuring a sub stantial bed for the foundations. But the Eighteenth and Farnnin howlers denounced the intimation that water would be encountered within twelve feet of the surface of the Sixteenth street site as a malicious fabrication begotten by Hosowatcr for mercenary ends. The supervising architect of the treasury , after examination of the two site.s by exports , recommended the Farnam street location as by all odds the most ad vantageous , and his views were con curred In by the two assistant secretaries of the treasury who had also made a thorough Investigation Independently of the supervising architect. But political influence turned down the opinions of the experts and thu slle originally se lected , because It Included part of the Folsom estate In which Crover ! Cleve land had an Interest and would Increase this value of other property belonging to the Folsom heirs , was otllelally endorsed. The howl of Eighteenth and Farnam was , however , a mere mask to cover a more selllsh and mercenary deal , by which G. M. Hitchcock was enabled to unload upon Uncle Sam for $70,000 lots that could not have been sold for more than $ 10,000 , uml incidentally to help his father-in-law dispose of the Crounse block at an advance of about r > 0 per cent on Its value prior to the postollice loca tion. Not only this , but the predictions made by The lieu as to the trouble with ( lowing water were later fully verilleil and the government compelled to ex pend many thousands of dollars In try ing to protect the foundations and build ing sewers to carry off the stream of water. Thu revival of the Eighteenth and Farnam howl because of the suggestion that the city lease the old postotllce building for a ivntral police station may not be as mercenary and stilish as was the original yell of 1SS ! ) , but It springs from the same malice nnd bus no better foundation. It Is true that the act of congress making the appropriation for the federal building at Omaha pro vides for the conversion of the vacated postollice building Into army headquar ters. It Is'true also that the army head quarters are now In Thu Ileo building and have beun there ever since It was constructed. It Is not true , however , that the owners of The Bee building would prollt by the proposed lease to thu city of the old postotllce. That structure Is not suitable for army head quarters and could not bo occupied for that purpose until completely recon structed. To reconstruct It there nniHt bo an appropriation of money \iy \ con- Kress. After the money has been up- l > rouriated plans must be prepared and contracts let The work of rcconstrnc- ] tlon would occupy n whole season. Tt , would take no longer for congress to provide - i vide for the completion of the west wing j 1 of the new federal building , for which the plans are already drawn. It would take no longer to complete that wing than It would to reconstruct , the old building nnd the new wing would bo ready for permanent occupancy sooner than the old postollice. Everybody In I i Omaha not Imbued with malice afore thought would like to see the new federal building completed as soon ns possible and nothing would bring about that ob ject quicker than the dedication of the west wing to use ns army headquarters. TUR UCI.D HRIIRMI'TIOX I-'U.Y/ ) . The gold redemption fund of the United States treasury now amounts to $1"M,000,000 and there Is every reason to expect It will go considerably higher , though how much cannot bo predicted with any degree of certainty. As this fund Is the chief source of solicitude among those who demand that the gov ernment shall be taken out of the bank ing business by the njllremeiit of the legal tender notes , the report of the United States treasurer In regard to It possesses some Interest , this report bo lng for the fiscal year ending Juno ! 10 last. It will be remembered that In thu ear lier months of the last fiscal year thu gold reserve was the cause of much con cern. It was subjected to a drain which reduced It to a little more than $ S,000- ! ) 000 , this bolng due In large part If not wholly to popular apprehension regardIng - Ing the result of the presidential elec tion. When nt that point the banks went to the assistance of the treasury and tlie reserve was Increased to the ex tent of $21,000,000. After the with drawal of this support there was another period of decline nnd the redemption fund was carried down pretty close to the $100,000,000 mark. Then ensued heavy Imports of gold which carried the reserve up to $1 < _ > . > ,000,000 , but this was not long maintained , for doubt re specting tlie result of the election caused large redemptions of legal tender notes , though these were not to an extent to reduce the fund below the amount re quired to be held. Immediately after the election the good effect of republican success was shown In the almost com plete suspension of note redemption and tlie return of gold to the treasury to be exchanged for notes. As soon as those who had ! been drawing gold from the treasury for hoarding found that there was to be no deviation from the mon etary standard they did not care to re tain the yellow metal and made haste ! . - ' to exchange it for the more convenient paper currency. Here was presented an object lesson which comparatively few persons have given due consideration to and it is quite as useful now as at any time. It Illustrated what the success of the free silver cause would have meant for the country In the way of financial demoralization and it in important that tlds lesson be kept In mind. There was a steady gain In the gold reserve after the presidential election until the end of last April , when- moderate export de mand set. in which somewhat reduced thu sum , but not to an extent to create any uneasiness , because the movement was entirely legitimate. The report notes that since last August there lias been no considerable demand for the redemption of notes and says : "At the same time the increase in the production of gold in this country , the Inllux from the Australian mines and the autumn imports from Europe , have tended to add to the reserve and with additions to the revenue now to bo looked for to remove apprehensions for its impairment. " The fact Is that the treasury gold is far more likely to in crease to $1200,000,000 than to decline to half that amount within the next year. An instructive feature of tills report is the statement of thu annual redemption of legal tender notes since the resump tion of specie payments in 1S70. Tills shows that down to IS ! ) . ' ! the average annual redemptions did not exceed $ ! , 000,000. In tliiM period of thirteen years the revenues of the government wore ample , the credit of the government was unquestioned and during nearly all of the time the coiijitry was prosperous un der the operation of republican policy. The change to distrust and depression came with the transfer of the govern ment to democratic control. There Is much that is instructive In the history of the gold redemptionfund. . A unique feature of the annual conven tion of the Montana Equal Suffrage as sociation was an address by thu gov ernor of the state , In which he took strong ground against extension of thu suffrage to women. lie said that "women care little for the extension of the right of suffrage to them and are not , In his opinion , qualified to exercl-.ie the privileges. It Is no answer to that statement , " he said , "to say that thou sands of men are unfit for the ballot , forte to extend It to women would only add to the army of men who are Ignorant of public questions and unfit to vote. " Whenever he was convinced that the majoilly of women are ready for tlie ballot and desire It be would withdraw his opposition. The governor of Mon tana hits n level head. The president has taken the proper course In regard to yellow fever liy send ing two United States army surgeons to Havana to continue the Investigations bjgun In New Orleans to determine the exact nature of tbo dreaded yellow scourge and study Its prevention and cure. The yellow fever epidemic now almost ended cost the southern people millions of dollars In expense of.quar antine , travel to escape the plague and loss of business duo to complete cessa tion of business , and thu general govern ment Is fully Justified In going to ex pense to reach a thorough understand ing of thu disease. The republican state headquarters were located at Lincoln on the repre sentation that such action would make votes for the republican ticket. The returns - turns from Lancaster county , however , seem to Indicate that If anything an op- paslte result was produced. The place to make votes for the republican ticket Is In Omaha nntl Uj > uglas county nnd the state campaign onfit be directed ns well nntl liottur from ] ( jfnalm tlmn from any other point In Ktfflrnskn. Hepubtlcnns should not ovoriljjrt ! tlicso facts when they come to establish state headquar ters for nnolhor.j-onr. , t' ' , It IR said that the brewers who bid for Kansas trade expect to try to raise the prohibition embargo at n special meeting of the Kansas legislature scheduled for the coining winter. As there Is no one who longer contends tlint prohibition In Kansas really prohibits , no good reason can bondvanccd why Kan sas should retain | ou Its statute books dead letter legislation that does more harm than good to the state. The Interstate Commerce commission has come to the conclusion that the granting of free storage privileges 'to grain shippers constitutes a violation of the law that prohibits discriminations to influence tratlle. The commission , how ever , seems not yet to have determined whether the granting of free passes to favored patrons cornea within the list of transactions barred by the Interstate law. If the exposition Is to be opened on schedule time not a minute of time available for construction work can 17e wasted. The exposition wants It.s build ings completed within the time limit set by each contract rather than the penal ties provided for violation of the time- clause , but the only way to enforce the time limit Is to Insist on payment of penalties whenever they accrue. Why should it be necessary for the governor to stir the state railway com mission to action on complaints laid before - fore It by aggrieved cltlxens ? Can It bo true that the reform1 secretaries of the State Hoard of Transportation can do nothing except draw their $ 'J,000-n-year salaries nntll they get orders properly countersigned at railroad headquarters ? The Ottumwa Democrat still Insisls that the "prosperity the republicans talk- about Is a deceptive kind , " but the Demo crat cannot truthfully say that the pros perity actually experlene.'d by repub licans and democrats alike Is deceptive , liaising a cry for "genuine prosperity" Is in extreme bad taste while the people are so busy with other things. If the headquarters of the Department of the 1'latto were located In any other building tlmn The-Bee building the suggestion that the old postollice build ing be converted Into a convenient and commodious central police station would doubtless have the prompt and enthusi astic approval pt.lho. solt'-Hacrllicing Fakery. f' The Turkish mlnlshjr.to Germany went home to collect nine , months back salary unpaid and was promptly discharged and a new mail' sent toiBerlln. The Turkish government evidently tlnds it cheaper to change ministers thai ! to pay them. But it is hard on the diplomatic sen-ice. Savr tilt ; I'olnt In Advance. Globe-Democrat. Iowa sllverltes have concluded tliat a frco coinage platform in that elate means an overwhelming defeat. Uncle Horace Doles saw the point without waiting for the second trial this year. I'ltMiilliiKT fur Hilt Job. Minneapolis Journal. Chnrley Towne's appeal to the silver re publicans is a pathetic thing. The despera tion with which ho exhorts the followers of the silver standard to stand by the cause which is providing him a Job at a moderate salary siiKKests on his part the keenest ap prehension of the unpromising outlook and of the moral certainty that his game Is about "P. the law. Indianapolis Journal. The decision of the United States supreme court that railroad lines may cut rates to meet the conipatltlon of water lines makcfl a big hole In the interstate commerce law. Under it all the big trunk lines between the larger commercial centers on the great lakes and the Atlantic seaboard may cut rates as often as they please to compete with the water lines. This will bo a now element of confusion. lro * | > rrl ( > - oil a Solid ( 'noting. Ijoulsvlltc Ccurler-Jouimil. The United States arc getting upon the solid ground of prosperity. Wo shall have our llttlo backsets , such as that which pre vented the south from going on a "boom" this time , but wo shall tint lese all the advantage - vantage we shall have gained , and we shall start again. The next tlmo wo shall go further , and 1898 Is certain to be a prosperous year for the farmer , the mechanic , the mer chant , manufacturer , banker and laborer. Everybody will profit , oven the calamity- howler , but the number of calamity-howlers Is going to bo greatly reduced. The * frokcr Iilra of Principle. SprlnRfleM ( Mass. ) Ilcpubllcnn. Wo all stand by the Chicago platform until wo can change It , says Boss Crokor In a Now York Journal Interview , "but It Is not necessary to bring It up on every occa sion. " Meantime why emphasize one plank nbovo another , ho says : "I bellcvo that the democracy waiito as many votes as It can got. Keep them all In golil democrats and silver democrats they will all bo needed. " Needed for what ? Why , of course , to win the oIllcrH and the public plunder for the leadens of the gang , Any other conception of the nature and end of politics Is as much beyond his mind an It Is beyond that of the average Tammany heeler. CUIC.UiO AT OMAHA. - , Pimm of tin ; Worl'ii'H Fair City for the Trill ! n in INN I * M | mil K.YI > OH | | | < > II , Chlcatro Inter Ocean. Chicago is making all early and very promlblng effort toward preparation for a worthy exhibit at tbo Transinlsalaslppl Ex position , which Is to bo held in Omaha dur ing the ensuing summer. The design for the Illinois Stiito bulldlpg , of which a plc- tnro was published in the Inter Ocean of yesterday. Is both graceful and Imposing , and the exposition committee 'has given It a llnuly elevated site. llut the erection of a fine state building Is leas than half tho' duty of Illinois. The Etato and Us cltlra ought to bo represented well In the display of manufactures and of machinery for the production of manufac tured. West of the Mississippi are vast mining rcgloim , and Illinois manufactures the best mining tools and machines. West of the great river are arena of the size of empires In which agriculture holds tnvay , anil Illinois makes the beet agricultural Im plements and machinery. West of the Ml- slEslppt woolen manufactures and sugar fac tories are springing up , and Illinois can furnish them with machinery. Tbero are articles of commerce now man- ufacturcd In Illinois that' are not manufac tured In the transmUsIsslppI states and that are not likely to bo manufactured there for years to come. These should bo exhibited and the trade of a dozen great Btatcu cen tered In the markets of Illinois. Already thcro Is a demand for 35,000 square feet for Illinois exhibits , but the enterprise of our merchants and manufacturers should lead tea a requisition ( or double the space. I'OMTIC.U , tmil-T. Henry Wattcrson admits that "tho emoko of battle Ins measurably clourcJ away. " Senator Gorman has withdrawn his adver tising patronage from the Ilaltlmoro Sun , llev. Swallow , the prohibition candidate for treasurer of Pennsylvania , nstonlshcd the natives by piling up ft vote of 11C.OOO. Among the political dead In Mnss.irluisctts Is one lluinn. the running mnto of George Kreil Williams of moonshine memory. With the elngle exception of 1SS1 , thp dem ocratic vote cast In I'cnnsylvnnU on Novem ber 2 wno the lowest In sixteen years. Maryland has gone republican three times In succession , viz ; In 1S93 , 189G and 1897 the lust notwithstanding a bitter factional quarrel In the republican ranks. The Tammany tide landed In office Colonel Asa Ulrd Gardiner , who achieved the-political appellation , "To h 1 with reform Gardiner. " It Is evident the Colonel Asa Illrd. Judge Vatv Wyck's election to the mayor alty of New York leaves n vaoint Jmlgcshlp In the city which It Is said will be promptly filled iby Governor Illack appointing District Attorney Olcott to the ofllco. Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte of Ualllmore Is an aspirant for the scat to bo vacated by Mr. Gorman. Mr. Doimparto Is a member of the original Corelcan family of that name , bolng a descendant of Jerome Bonaparte , the brother of Napoleon. Ho Is , however , na American by birth and largely by blood. A Donaparto and a Wellington from the same state would form an Instructive historical pair In. the United States senate. According to the sworn returns the nominee nee- for the highest olllco contributes the least to political e-xpemscs. Mayor-elect Van Wyck of Now York swears the campaign cost him only $158.75. The democratic camUdato for governor of Ohio admits that ho spent J111.2n. These figures are not conclusive proof of diminishing campaign boodle. Thrco Tammany candidates admit having paid ? , r > ,000 each , several others $2,500 each. Still another professional reformer of the tiger Btrlpo forked over $10,000 for a four-year ofilco with n salary of $17,500 a yew. "In 1S25 , " eays the Hoston Transcript , "Gcorgo Tlcknor and a foreign gentleman made a call upon the venerable statesman , John Adams , lie was them 90 years of ago. As the callers 'were about to take their de- partnro Mr. Adams Inquired as to the probable - able outcome of the contest over the cholro of a president , which was then Impending In the national house of representatives. Mr. Ticknor replied that It was likely to depend upon the vote of Now York , whereupon Mr. Adams remarked : "A boy and man I have kmown New York for seventy years , and her politics have always been to mo among the devil's Incomprehensibilities. ' " Ho blow Into the exchange room In search of fusion provender for his famished soul. With that consideration Invariably accorded men who wander from the straight and nar row path , the pilgrim was shown to a seat and a mental feast , set bcforo him. Presently a cloud darkened his brow , and ere a re straining hand could check him , ho had thrown a paper on the floor , danced a high land fling on its bosom and shot out into the crisp November atmosphere , leaving three burning words In his wnko : "It's a d d gold bug lie. " The cause of his perturbation was a flaring headline In the Chicago Post , "China to Have llryan. " Of course It wasn't "Our W. J. Uryati. " It was some other llryan , a lucky one who caught on. Chicago headlines should bo more careful in the future If they would prevent brain fever In the camp of the oppressed. \Viilii ) TO CALAMITY. .V Temporary Arrniijii-iiK'nt with 1)1- vori-o In Sluht. Chicago Tlnies-IIeralJ. The November Corn licit , the monthly publication of the Burlington railway , makes a most phenomenal showing of prosperity among the agricultural classes In Nebraska. With evidences of thrift on every hand as shown by the reports of production , It may well exclto the wonderment of Intelligent men that such a state should persistently follow the lead of popullsto and calamity howlers who want the laws of nature re versed and whose only stock In trade is an appeal to the discontented classes. IJut why hhould thcro be any discontented classes In Nebraska ? The statistics gathcri' . ! by the Uurllngtou railway Indicate that the homo of the champion of cheap money is the most prosperous of all the western ag ricultural states. The farmers are rapidly paying off their mortgages. The etato Is dotted all over with the best farm houses that money can buy ; the people have nil the comforts and many of the luxuries of life ; the soil Is wonderfully fertile , being adapted to a greater diversity of crops than any other western state. Its alfalfa mead ows are the wonder of the world and it gives greater promise of profitable beet sugar culture than any other state. And yet Nebraska is not satisfied with pros perity. She is wedded to populism and calamity. An Idea of Nebraska prosperity may be gained by a glance at her bumper crop of 1S97. It Is estimated as follows : Wheat , busht'ls . .T5vllG37 ! Corn , bushels . 22907G3 ! ! ! Oats , bushi'ls . 6 ! > , : ! SII4 ! ! ) Hye , bushels . B,392r.07 Potatoes , bushels . 8.0-13,80 Hurley , bushels . 2S < 9,571 Klnxseeil , bushels . 2iOG4G : liny , tons . 4 , : .0,143 Sugar beets , tons . 101,000 Chicory , tons . 0,600 The value of the Nebraska crops and other products at local market prices Is es timated as follows : Farm products . $ 99,370,003.21 Dairy products . ! ) ,43SOon.fio I-JRRS . 2,2.r)0.ooo. < 'o ' Poultry . .1,500,000.00 Llvo Stock . H.S Totnl . $1C1,523,45I.5G If we may Judge from the last two elec tions In Nebraska the people of that state would prefer to receive $ SO,7GG.727.28 for this bumper crop instemi of $161,523,454. EG , It Is Incomprehensible that a state so bountifully blessed with prosperity fdiould continue to follow with fatuous allegiance the apostles of cheap 'money , calamity and repudiation. \o JIIDDI , r : citoii.M ) . Oheerli-KM I'riiMirit | for the Cold Democrat M. ISVw York Bun , Kentucky having been carried by the dem ocratic party on the Chicago platform , the Courier-Journal of I.oul.svlllo , whose brilliant fight against the liryanlto transformation of the democratic party will long bo remem bered , has surrendered and announced that It la again to bo democratic , with a llttlo dissent , perhaps , and a llttlo rcinnn- stranco against the party decrees , but op position never ! The national democratic party of so-called gold democrats will soon lese even Its namo. The republican party , the party of pub lic credit and conservatism , anil the demo cratic party , of radicalism and revolution , whoso limits are unforeseen and unfore seeable , divide all serious political sentiment In the United States. Differences of opinion must ho expressed through ono or the other of tlutjo organizations , and the debates of other parties , or camlldatiw without parties , will rank In public Importancu with the prize Hpcaklng In colleges and tchoaln. A man must b a republican or a democrat ; and a democrat Is a liryanlto. Mugwumps , cuckoos , stuffed prophets , unifying forces and their like , tuku notice ! Koyul mukes the food pure , \ > ! iolesoino uuJ delicious. Absolutely Pure ROYAL OAKJKO POWDER CO. , NEW YOfiK. OTIIHIl ! , .V'M)8 ' THAN OllltS. The deadlock In the Austrian llelclinralh mlsht bo broken by the kalser-koonlg If ho should avail himself of the power reserved to him by the Austrian constitution , dispense with his parliament and govern the CIs- Lolthnti half of his empire autocratically. Here , however , ho would bo met ty another diniculty no less serious thin the ono he could thus remove. The "Ausglelch , " or compromise , between Austria and Hungary , which was evolved In 1SC7 by the genius of Count von Iletist , will como to an end unless It shall be renewed In December next. This Ausgloloh Is the solo ligament by which the two halves of the dual monarchy are held together. It provides for the common defense of the empire and IU commercial solidarity and the creation of a ministry for the direction of the Austro-Hungnrlan rolatlomi with foreign countries. The lower house of the Hungarian parliament has al ready passed nn act for' the renewal of the Ausglelch , and the house of magnates will , of course , make no opposition to the- enact ment. It is R part of the rule-or-ruln policy of the German , ! in the Austrian half of the empire not to permit a bill to continue the Alisglrlcli to pass the Austrian Hclclisrntli. On the other hand , If Kranz Josef should dlsmlsd the Helclmrath and offer to renew the compact with Hungary In the name of Austria on his own autocratic responsibility there Is rcnson to believe that the meitiirp would not bo ratified by the Hungarians. The radicals of Hungary , under the leader ship of the younger Konsuth , have announced their determination to fight to the death any bargain between the Hungarian parllc- mcnt and Austria In the making of which the Austrian Itcichsrath had not co-operated. And the followers of Kossuth are numerous enough In the Hungarian parliament to make their word good by obstructive tactics. * * * . " The condition of affairs In Crete just now Is almost similar to that which prevails In Cuba. The cultivation of the land Is neg lected ; Industries of every kind are at a standstill the food supply Is decreasing dally and when winter comrs on there will bo much suffering. The Greeks are driving the Turks out of the Interior and confiscating their property , following the example of the Turks when they conquered the Island ; the hostility between the two races , which hns always existed. Is becoming more pronounced than ever , and what between racial and reli gious animosities and the procure of hunger , it is hard to say to what lengths both of them will go. In the face of all this the sultan simply says and decs what ho pleases. Both In the matter of Greece and Armenia ho hrs learned that the concert of the pow ers mcann nothing ; ho has had his own way all along and he proposes to have It still. Purely personal considerations are controll ing the German kaiser in his support of Turkey nnd the other powers are helpless to oppose him. ' It Is becoming inoro and more evident that the war between Turkey and Greece left the defeated country lu a condition borderIng - Ing on abject poverty. Not only lu the na tional treasury empty and the nation hope lessly In debt , but the people lu various parts of Greece are suffering from lack of the bare necessities of'life. In many places the crops have been failures , and the open ing of the .winter . season finds thousands of Greeks fighting a hard struggle to maintain life. So widespread has the devastation be come that reprcoentatlves of other nations at Athens have taken steps to do what they can for the relief of the poor. It Is re ported that the Ulrltlsh minister to Greece , Mr. 15.ill. . Egerton , has 'been ' engaged In the charitable work of distributing food and clothing among the Thessallans , and It 1ms now been decided to appeal to Europe and America to raise the sum of $100,000 , with which to relieve the general distress. The great strike of persons engaged In engineering trades In England , cotland and Ireland for an eight-hour day seems to beIn danger of failing for want of money. The strikers have .funds . of their own and have been receiving largo amounts from sym pathizers in Germany and Franco , but they now call upon the public for $30,000 addi tional weekly. Thn call is described as a sign of weakness , but there m'a'y be weeks yet before the strikers knock under. Non- unionists are taking their places In , large numbers. IKmployers are federated and diA clare that they cannot afford to accede to the eight-hour day and to the other demands as to overtime and the use of machinery. As to the contributions from Germany and Franco they are represented as a shrewd int. us of i destroying iBrltlsh Industry and diverting ' trade permanently from 'British ' shops. There ' has 'been ' much prosperity In the United ] Kingdom the last few years- and the huge strikes , with largo funds to fall back on , are signs of the times. * * The marquis of Salisbury said at the lord mayor's banquet yesterday that the British policy , with respect to African ex- .ploratiou . and subjugation , was strictly a business one , fmd that , while England wanted to bo neighborly toward other claim ants , she could not neglect her own Interests. This sentiment was , of course , roundly ap plauded. It I to be commended as being accurate and entirely frank. The old pre- triUHo that England's methods of colonization were Isplrcd by seal for ( souls and the spread of civilization is no longer mode. She Is after trade for her Industries and gold for her coffers , and has no disposition to hood wink Franco , Germany or the other powew as to her Intentions. Lord Salisbury's dec laration may glvo the French ministry a bad quarter of an hour , but It will at least tend to clarify the rtltuatlnn , as It is A plain announcement that Kngland intends to annex everything in sight ixnd hold on lo It with a bull dog tenacity. On December 2S Dr. I.unn will start with n party for u cruise around the British cm- plro In commemoration of the sixtieth yenr of the queen's rolgn. The undertaking will recclvo the sympathetic attention cf the rep resentatives of the colonies of Great llrltaln In oil ivvrts of the world. The party will first land nt Gibraltar , Malta and Cyprus , ami from thence mil to Egypt. Crossing Egypt through the Suez canal the party will touch at Aden ami then proceed to Homb.iy , wbero somn of the [ party will travel by rail overland to Calcutta , Hie majority going around by wty of Colombo and Madras to that port. From India the vessel will pro ceed eastward to lliirmnh and Singapore , touching tlu > Australian continent first at llrlsbane. The vessel will then proceed from Queensland to Tasmania aivl New Zealand , and return homo from the Antipodes by way of Nutal tuul Capo Colony , calling at St. Unlona , If possible. Nothing seoma to Imva been arranged at present for a visit to Can ada. About 100,000 Muslim pilgrims visit the eacroil city nt Mecca every year nn the occa sion of the pilgrimage , and thcro Is very con siderable traffic between Yvmbo ami Medina , the birthplace of the prophet. It \ now pro posed by .1 handoii syndicate to construct n railway between Ycnibo , Medina and Mecca. A dinicuHy. however , arises not from the natural features of the country , whirl ) arc exceedingly favorable for the construction of a railway , but from the peculiar rites of thn HaJJ , or pilgrimage , which were Instituted at a time when rall\\ s were never ilreamoil of. It Is , however , probable that a railway will bo constructed from Yembo to Medina , n distance of 130 miles , thus leaving the rest of the journey to the sacred ehrlne to br trudged on foot. Chicago XC\VB. Though the world owes us n living , Only Idiots * expect That the debt will e'er IIP canceled Unless wo hustlu to collect. Cincinnati 1 want to be nn angel , Which same shows my good taste ; And yet , I nilirht as well remark , I'm not u.t nil in haste. WishliiKton sinr. With rheer and with nrdor ouch new day lit gins And hope never totally lapses ; Thotiplt yesterday passes with sad "mli'Jit * Imvc-bepns , Tomorrow Is full of "perhapses. " IntltatmiKillji Journal , Hiirlt ! from the tomb n Joyous chirk Seems imw the air to Illl ; 'TIs Ibis : "Well , here wo are ngiilnl Your * truly , 13. II. 11111. " Detroit Jnuiii.il. To maintain her reserve , her "Oh , Mr I * Couldn't well hel ] > but tend to iissr. Do you think she'd exclaim "Oh , Cieorge ! " the first name Of the fellow who'd brazenly kr ? flllc-HRO I'oSt. The trnmp exclaimed "To earn this tllinf Is harrowing to my Koul. Some folks kin' jus' put In thu time. While others put In roal. Im1liin.iiolla | .Tniiiual. A. maiden In fur Manlstlquc , It Is said , did not uplquo for n wlqua. Now who ivcr heard Such a story nhsoiird ? Pho was either a mute or a frlijue. rni : conn IAM > IOIU > . Thomas V. 1'orter In New York Sun. I sing to you about a. man whoso memory long should last ; Ills name. i.\as Hiram Morethangood , he lived in Noltuofiiwt ; > And' tbo' to sive : his native land ho never drew a. sword. Ho Wiisi.vliat all his tenants called a mighty line landlord. Whene'er a tenant chanced 'to break a puna or two of glass , He never used lo storm and rave .or mur mur out "Alas ! " Hut he would go anil buy some more , In smiFhliH' 'or ' In rain. Or II' It was"at zero. and have them not again. No matter If In room or hall the paper should gel torn , UP would not , us some landlords do , com plain fiom night till morn ; And If the jialiK got scarred and soiled , the llrst thing he AvoulJ do Was send and have the painter come and paint the house anew. No matter If a faucet froze or If got clogged a drain. I It made no difference to him ; he never would complain , And If a tenant short of wood should burn the cellar stnlr.s , Ho always though * : it , vcct delight to make such small repairs. And If a tenant should neglect to closu a swinging blind. And It should bo thrown from Its place by the fierce CAInter wind. And tumlillni ? to the walk holow Homo pasrer-by should kill , ' Ho would not say onu unkind word , but go and pay the bill. And cro the morning light broke forth ha from his bed would rNe , And no : with thunder In his tone nor anguf in his eyes. Hut with a rosy shade ot joy upon lilt manly face , / Would to the tenant go and glvo a full deed of the jilatH.- . In these times , when everyone Is clamoring for your trade , and Irre sponsible dealers are selling shoddy In the name of wool. A cold bluff will sell a great deal of Inferior clothing to a good many persons who are tempted alone by ridiculously low prices ( for a while ) a problem confronts every reader of clothing adver tisements.Why ? because a few are so foolishly and obviously exag gerated and mendacious that they attract no attention ; for In the mat ter of honest clothing thu only security Is lu dealing with a rellablo and responsible house , Wo don't claim n monopoly of all virtues. But we do guarantco every transaction that you have with UH , and all wo ask Is for you to look about and examine llieso wonderful bargains that are heralded day by day and then come to us. Wu can't sell you a $10.00 suit for $ ,1,00 , but wo can give yon a $10.00 suit for $ i.0-and ( ) ( ) no onu can sell the same quality for less fort-very dollar you spend with UH wo give yon an equal amount of worth. WE WAItUANT E\'EUY GAHMENT WE SHLL. Our suits and over-coal * art ) precisely as they are represented to bu and the BUST value that the prlcu can buy. Any piirchaso not satisfactory , your money back for the , asking. BRQWNEH ® KING & GO , 5. W. Cor. 15th ujjU Dougliia Stfe