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THE OMAHA DAILY .BEE : 1TRTDAT. JNTOTEatBER 10 , 1897. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE K. I'UIIUHIIKD BVKItX MOIININO. TK11MS Ol' * SUIlSCIUPTlON ! DMIr npe ( Without HumlH > ' ) , One Vtar . 1 0 Dally JJe und fliUnlny , One Year . 8 C Ktx Months . , . 4 ( 'J'.reo MjiitlN . . . . . . 2 oj Keindny lice , Onr' Your . 1 Ml Hniunlny lice. Ona Yc r . 1 50 Vr'cikly IJco. One Tear . UPKICKSl Oninlm : The lite UulMlng. buuu ( Jrneilm : Hlnmr U.K. . Cor. N * nd Slth SU. Council Illurr : id I'cnrl Street. Chicago Otllce : 3 | ( ChnnilAr nf Commerce. New York : lloonu 1J. II ami IS Trlbunn IJIdg. \\nMilnclon ! Ml 1/ourUomh StretU All ' ommunk'nUun rclntltiK to IIPWI mvl rillto- rml rrmltcr should be mlilrcBseil : To the Udltcr. . . . All liuslncx Icttcri ! unJ rcmlUnticcs nhoiild b adilrcurJ to Tlio Dec l'uljll. hlni ! Company. Omaha. Din flu , clicckn , cxi > rc i and iiaitoinca money nnlem to bo mnde payable to the order of tincumptny. . TIU2 tlRC I'UIIMSIUNO COMPANY. HTATK.MINT ov CIIICULATION. Blatc of Nrfaruskn. Dousluii County , B . : Cleorte 11. Tziihuck , ntcriilriry ot The Ilcc Tub- llihliw Coinuntiy , bulng ilulv sworn , eayn thnt tha It , eclunl inilnher of full and complete copies ot The pally , Moinlntt. Hvenlne nnl HuniHy Dee printed < Jevi l'10 ' 'nonl11 ° : October , ls" , wn ns fol- 1 1J.C7D 17 WM J Ifl.SII .18 19.SV1 3 10.7(10 ( 13 11 M7 J 1U.73S fl. 19.KI S " I9,79H 19.710 22 ! . ' ! . " . ' . ' ! ! ! ! . ' ! ! " ! ! > 21,101 n-J 21 ' Ml i 21 8J ) 21 20'OM 0. . . n.sio : c ! . " ! " . ' . ' ! ! " ! ! ! . w/'si ' 11 57 20.039 I't.iinH 28 2 7P.t 13 29. . . , 10 , HV ) 3J 30 217I ( ! j- 15 i.iwi 31 2030 ? 3d. 2\UO r Totnl . ' 0ISl Jrf dciliictlimi for rotnrncel nnilnnfnlil coplM 9,247 Not tntnl nnte-i C17.1M Ncl Oally nvpinpc 11.507 nnoiinr : n. TZSCHTCK. Sworn tn brfnro me renil ciilucrlhcil In my pres ence this lat day of November 1117 ( Sonl ) N. p. mil , Notnry Public. TIII : mn ox TRAINS. All rullriinil iinmlinyn nrn wllli eniMidi IltM-n In iitHeiinninilntiOVPIJ - IHIM- who vrmil * tit rrnil n HlinK | < r. IllNlNl tlIOII IlllV- Tinmn. . If yon ciiiiniit KL't n Ilcc nit n ( ruin freini ( Iiu JIPTVS itKi-nt. iiliiiHiropiirt tin- fact , ndidni ; tintrnlii nml rnllriiiiil , ( o < 1i < ! Circulation nrparlinriil nf Tlic Hot * . Tliu Ilcc IN for mile oil nil trnliiN. INSIST OX IIAVIVC : TIIR III2E. TJia NIcnrnKimn Rovornint'iit ! nlso goliif ; nut of tlio rnllroml Iiuslnosi with n few lines for sal on thi > bargain counter. Prosperity Is a foundation upon which tile businessrttnii'turc can l > e ureetod without diuiKor of unoviMi sottluniunt or cracking. If there .should lie a European war. count on Noliraska to furnish Us full quota of supplies for tlio nourishment of man and boast. If Bryan Insists on traveling so much Hi * free pass supply may not be suineleut to RO around to all the stockholders of the Hryanlte organ. with a new head , tall and flns. tlio Nebraska State Fish commis sion may be counted on.to . make the bwt fish display at ( the exposition ever ex hibited by the. Mate authorities. ' Whoii you want to .run for ofllce with out. , putting up for campaign expenses , jusL apply to the chief of police for a detail of patrolmen to report to you and take orders for your political work. The Hartley bond suit will como up shortly for a nmv hearing and Governor Iloleoinb will hiivo another opportunity to try his luck at explaining away on the witness stand .something that cannot bt explained. Enterprising merchants can no more do without newspaper advertising than they can do without delivery wagons. Advertising brings purchasers for the goods , while delivery wagons bring the goods to the purchasers. AVlth a gold reserve of more- than 5ir.t,0X,000 ! ( ) the olllcers In charge of tin- Unit ud States treasury niv not laying nwake nights wondering how much It will cost the government the next time * n load of gold Js jnrchas ) d , Kx-Sonator PelTer may have sold his paper , but he has not given up his right to make himself heard through other people's papers. The public inay rest as- .sural that It will bo regaled periodically , Wlth Peffer's views as heretofore. A South Dakota court upheld the legality of a new peddler license law In that state and a few weeks la tor an Iowa court declared unconstitutional a similar Iowa statute. In the meantime tlio peddlers continue to Ex-Secretary Whitney exproKsoi th opinion that If the democracy Is true to Itself It may live In hopes of M)0 ) , It Is to bo observed that Mr. Whitney makes n condition on which lit can lu'dge. no matter what happens In the next three years. Up to last accounts , Itrynn and his { popncTiitlo echoes were still Insisting that the improvement In business and advance of prosperity nro not mil , but simply deceptive makeshifts. Iliu they can't make the level-headed worKlng-nan believe It. It Is too bud that Attorney General Smyth cannot shift the blnuio for his latest delay In the. Hartley embezzle ment en so upon the. Khouldeis of the republican county attorney , thu printer , the proofreader or at furthest the printer's devil. Tlio superintendent of schools still In sists that tlu kindergartens are no ad ditional cost to tlio.taxpayers. If so the fuxpayors would much prefer to pay for the kindergartens and have the graded schools thrown In for nothing , it .would come cheaper. POPS the chief of jwllco have to hiv : > tin order from the police board to stop highway robbery ? Why , then , should he want mi order from thi police board t plop gambling , automatic or otherwise ? If ho knows that the slot machines inv bolutf run In violation of law , why doesu't ho stop them } as Tn M'ATH HANK NOTKH. So far aa wo nrf nwnro there hna boon lint .onp HUffgwtlon mnde to .the monetary - , tary commission In fnvor of allowing slute banks to Issue notes and this came from so conservative a lluanclal author ity as Hon. T. Jefferson CoolldRo of Mas- sachtifietts. Referring to the demand In the west for currency , Mr. Coolldge says the farmers seem to think that they would be better off If they could have bills from banks In their neighborhood and whllo ho regards this demand ns based on false political economy ho thinks It would bo advisable to yield to It. He therefore suggests that HID 10 per cent tax on state bank Issues be re pealed and the banks allowed to Issue currency , provided that It' ' was of an en tirely different color and form from the national bank notes. "This currency would not pass. " he says , "except In the Immediate neighborhood of the banks and if those banks failed the trouble would be entirely local and It would not affect In the least the value ami standing of the national bank notes. " In order to leave the Held open o small state banks he would not Ustits charters for national banks of less than $100,000 capital. It Is to l > o remarked In the. ilrst ijUico In reference to this , that there Is no such general demand In the west for more currency as Is Implied. There are portions tions of the west wharo such a demand exists , but that section us a whole has found the supply of currency ample for moving Its products at the enhanced prices they have recently brought and this Is the test of the sufficiency of money , so far as the west Is concerned. In the second place , while. It Is doubtle true that there arc westonv farmers who aiv In favor of allowing state banks to Is sue notes , we do not believe that they are generally so and we have no doubt that could the suggestion of Mr. Coolldge be submitted to them It would be over whelmingly rejected. The sentiment favorable to the repeal of the 10 per cent Is chlelly In tax on state bank Issues the south and It Is to a large extent political. The tax Is regarded In that section as contravening the rights of the state and as being unconstitutional , despite the fact that Its constitutionality has been alllnued by the supreme court of the United States. But tlM'ro are more or less In- Iluential advocates of state bank cur rency elsewhere- than In the west and south. One of the ablest llnauclal papers 1m th country , the Now York .louriial of Commerce , can see no good reason why state banks should not be permitted to Issue notes and regards this as essential to an adequate supply of currency hi the event of the retirement of the government's paper obligations. It deprecates the attitude of discrimina tion against thu state banks , urging that the national system * aml competition with it have educated them to sounder methods of banking "and they have risen with the great elevation that has occurred In every department of practical nuance throughout the country. " That paper declares that "It Is purely a blind and unrmaHlled Injustice to judge the state banks of today from their records of 1SOO. " It points to the fact of the great Increase In the deposits of those Institutions since 1S7I ! as demonstrating that they have made an Immense gain In public confidence , which can only have come from a corresponding im provement In tlio safety and utility of their methods. In view of this the Jour nal of Commerce says : "Why then pei > slst In feeding the bitter sectional hostil ity against the national banks and the states In which their interests preponder- at.- , through depriving a competing class of banks of the power to use their credit and circulation resources In the sections most In need of those facilities ? It is politically unwise to the last degree , not only Ivcauso It Intensifies sectional ha treds , but because it keeps alive the sil ver agitation Just at the point when its quietus could be most effectually given. " It must be admitted that therj is force and plausibility in this argument , but it does not conclusively show that it would bo a wise policy t'o restore to state banks the privilege of Issuing currency. Of course the dangers Involved might be minimised under strict governmental supervision , but the tax restriction upon the slate banks having been removed it would probably bo only a question of time when there would bo n return to the conditions that prevailed before that tax was Imposed. A mtOWlNd DKl'AHTMKXT. The present administration' ' of the Agri cultural department Is commending It self to the country and particularly to the farmers for the very practical work that Is being done. Them has In the past been n quite general tendsncy to ildlcule or rather belittle the department , but It must bo admitted that under Sec retary Wilson It has accomplished much In behalf of the Interest which It Is de signed to promote. In his address to the National Orange the secretary of agri culture referred lo tlu work alid alms of the department , but these nro more fully set forth In his annual report. From this It appears that during the last fiscal year the department Issued I'JI different publications , aggregating over O.r > 00.0 < ) fl copies , and this fell short of the demand , a fact which Illustrates the greater Interest which tha agricul tural pwducois of the country are taking In the work of the dcp-u-tmont Kxperl- mental work was conducted with more than ordinary vigor and the efforts to extend the sale of tigi ( cultural products In foreign countries , by making the peo- pi ? of these countrie-i familiar with the superior quality of American butter and other articles , has met with a fair degree of success , in all other directions within the functions of the department valuable MTvloa has been done and the way opened for Ihu attainment of still bat ter results In the future. It appears that President McKlnley Is In full ni'cord with the purposes ami alms of Secretary Wilson , dsMrlng , as the secretary said In his grange address "to make the department useful to every locality In our broad land , sympathizing as ho does with the tellers In thu field and iho forest , factory and mine , and with small homemakeiy , where woman reigns as mother , daughter and wife. " It Is no rolleetlon upon any of his predecessors to say that none of them ehowcd greater zeal or more practical Judgment In the administration of the Agricultural department than has Sec retary Wilson. * HAVK TIIKV lIKRtt SWALLOH KD1 One of the principal candidates before the recent fusion suite conventions for the nomination for supreme Judge on the combination ticket Is quoted as sayIng - Ing : "Tho populist and silver republican parlies have been swallowed up by the democratic party. There arc but two parties In the state of Nebr.isUa today , this republican party and tno democratic party. The Idea that there I a populist party and a silver republican party is a delusion. They have boon swallowed up by the republican party. " Hefcrrlng to the same question In Ms broader scope of national polltlC3 , Tom Patterson , editor of the Denver News and one of the loading populisms of Colorado rado , recently expressed himself In a public Interview ns follows : Candidly speaking , there Is no hope that thp populists will win a national victory by nominating a separate and distinct ticket. That fact Is patent. At the same time the Chicago platform ot the democratic party Is In exact accordance with the views of the populists on the money question , and for that reason tlicro Is a general tendency amcag populists , especially the latter-day populists who came over to us since 1892 , to drift toward the democratic party. This drift of sentiment Is perfectly natural , and It is so strong that It cannot bo stopped. Therefore , I am convinced that this drift toward the democratic party will have become so strong by 1000 that the national popullet convention ot that year will bo controlled absolutely by the middle-of-the-road populists , or nntl- fustonlsts. Hut b'y that time the middle- of-the-road clement will have become quite weak numerically. As the democratic party will certainly reafilrm the Chicago platform , It will , no doubt , rally to Ita support the vast majority of the populists of the country. It Is plain to all careful observers that the fusion program has boon played by the democrats with the sole object of re habilitating their disintegrated party organization by riding on populist strength over places too dangerous for It to walk alone. So long ns the popu lists are willing to bear the burden the democrats have no Incentive to dissolve so profitable n partnership which by combining with the handful of so-called free silver republicans they can dhv-t and control without regard to the wish of the third partner , who is carrying the concern. So far as the national ticket Is Involved , It was proved con clusively In the last campaign that the democrats cannot bo brought to vote for populist candidates , so that the only hope of maintaining tlio consolidation effected on the presidential nominee rests on the complete swallowing of the populists \y \ the democratic organiza tion. tion.To To tills fact the honest populists who went Into the populist party because of the principles it was supposed to repre sent are gradually having their eyes opened. There may be some question ns to whether the populists have yet been swallowed by the democrats , but there is no doubt that the swallowing process has been begun. SKI3S DAKUKll AJIKAll. Senator Cnffory of Louisiana Is said to take a gloomy vlo\y of the immediate fu ture In connection with the Cuban ques tion. Ho Is apprehensive that the spirit of jingoism will force the country into war. lie has no sympathy with that spirit , but on the contrary Is earnestly on the other side , yet ha thinks It Is so strong that it will have Its way. "War will come , " said the Louisiana senator , "if it comes at all.through the vacillating policy of the administration. The presi dent will try to please everybody , but ho will find that the jingo pressure is the strongest and ho will bo swept away by It. If ho undertakes to throw the lesponslblllty upon congress there Is no question as to the result. " Wo cannot se > > that there Is any good reason for this pessimistic view. What ground Is there for thinking that the president will pursue a vacillating policy and will try to please everybody ? That Is not characteristic of him. The expec tation Is that Mr. McKlnley will take a pacific attitude on the Cuban question in Ills message to congress , but that he will have well-defined views of the duty of this government which Spain and our own peopl.3 can easily understand. Nor Is there any reason to believe that he will undertake to throw any responsibil ity upon congress that docs not belong there. We think It is safe to say that Instead of yielding to the spirit of jingoIsm - Ism the Inlluenco of the president will bo exerted to restrain and repress that spirit. Unless all signs are at fault the administration desires to maintain pjaco so long as Spain respects American rights. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The reprcseiiialive of n colonization scheme Is looking over western states for n location for a colony ofI.tfoo C'roiitinns from Austria. It Is repre sented that these people have become dissatisfied with political affair * at home and desire to como to the United State * and that the state In which they locate will be Increased In population not le.ss than fio.OOO within a year after they have commenced settlement. Investi gation Is being made of Colorado re sources In their behalf. There Is room in the tnuismlssisslppl region for many colonies like the one proposed. The only requirement demanded should bo Indus try , honesty and thrift. The otllclal organ of the state housa machine prints n lengthy editorial de fense of the $ H,000-a-yenr do-nothing state railway commlsnloucrs under tha caption "Diligent , but Not Kffcctho. " Not effective Mire. Diligent In behalf of the inilronds and' other corporations , too. Hut where have they fulfilled one of the pledges mada by the self-styled reformers in the platform declarations.1 AVhat have they accomplished beyond drawing Iholr salaries and performing campaign work at the expor.se of the taxpayers ? In San Krunclsco the district attorney has given tin otllclal opinion to the effect that the nlckel-ln-the-slot madilucs arc lotteries within the meaning of the penal code of the state of California. The San Francisco Call declares that this paws the way for a reform In that city that promises to bo as sweeping as u revolution. "There Is reason to bu- Hove , " adds the Cell , "that the- slot ma chine Is not only a lottery , but , like nil other lotteries , Is a swindle and In fraud. Tlio public do * < enot see the Inside of the game. It Is nn Insidious temptn- tlon to gambling , it lends the way to worse and mo langerous forms of risking inoiioy' the chance of getting something for l ng. There are ninny novelties of tlon which humanity could well ind count the loss n good riddance jj ut among all these there Is none will surrender more readily than the nlckol-ln-the-slot ma chine. " Wyoming newspapers declare that the reports sent outjlnj regard to the value of the ore found In the Grand Kncamp- ment district have boon givatly over estimated , but the fact remains thnt payIng - Ing ore has been found In n district en tirely new and that the surface Indica tions are for other valuable strikes. The year has boon n good one for the pros pectors In the western ! states , as well ns for those who wore first on the ground In far away Alaska. The telegraph poles Should como down before the exposition visitors arrive. Krcert from these unsightly obstructions , Omaha's wide thoroughfares will make an Impression on strangers thnt will go far to dispose them favorably to the city. The network of poles and wires on the other hand disfigure both build ings and streets and detract from the metropolitan .appearance of the city. ' P y passing .1 bill of impeachment against Chief Isparhcchar of the Crock nation the house of warriors furnishes convincing proof of the substantial prog ress made by the Indians of the civi lized tribes. A first-class impeachment trial without whitewashing features would be an object lesson in government of value to the whites ns well ns to Creeks. The battleship Iowa , having had Its several trial trips and Inspections , and having received its silver punch bowl and accessories from thu slate of Io\\a nt a cost of .fti.OOO , is ijow ready to re ceive Its big gur.s and tlio men to handle them. The completion of battleships like the Iowa , Indiana , New York and others ought to clinch the peace argu ment. Douglas county voted the exposition bonds for the purpose of contributing in tlio most effective way toward making tlio exposition an unqualified success. Tlio expenditure of the proceeds in a manner that will most directly effect this object will be approved by ninety-nine out of every huiidnAl who voted yes on the bond proposition , fa The commltteQ'ron organization of the Citizens' union /In New York City has decided upon cohlliiiihtg the orgsiiilza- tlon as a political force. It is1 true that tlu Citizens' union fared badly In the recent election , but notrworso than 'lam- many fared a few years ago. If Canada should undertake to settle all sealing , fisheries amf trade questions with the United States through one treaty what would the Newfoundland government do nl'iout It ? Newfoundland is not n part of Canada , but is vitally Interested in all fisheries questions. A Knmlly Detroit News. Saturday Is doubtless chosen for the foot ball games so that the whole family can lay off the next day and rub the participant. A ISrlKlit IilKlit U'unIllR. N'aw York Journal. Gladstone Is falling , and lovers of liberty the world over 'will ' lament the dimming1 of the beacon light that iburncd for all .hu . manity. \ VlllTltill' ICIl-lt CoillC'H III. St. Louis Hopnbllc. Talking about the brutality of foot ball , the plajers of Wiat game are not kicking half as hard as the'people who are trying to kill It. All AlllIllprilflllK ( 'OlllIllllllL-lll. New York Tribune. That was rather an ambiguous compliment which an admirer paid to Mr. William Jen nings Bryan the other day In sending him a cabbjgo stalk with sixteen heads on It. The "sixteen to one" point Is plain enough. There arc the sixteen pablnges , but how about the one ? That iiuestion must have made Mr. Uryan scratch his head. TinI'riNliItiit ICnonH lli' < T. SprlngQi-Iil ( MnF < . ) Hepubllcnn. These congressmcni who are returning to Washington with stories that the- republican ICMCS In the recent electlca were caused by President McKlnley'e adherence to civil serv ice reform know better and they know that the president must know better If he Is not regarded by them as a fool. They know and the president knows that what olllces ho has already filled have disappointed twenty men where one was Balifillcd ; and that If thu num ber of offices filled hud 'been ' doubled or quadrupled the number of dissatisfied votcre would have been Increased proportionately. It Is'a rule which every administration learns to Its coat that In the distribution of the spoils the disgruntle within the party arc multiplied ! ci geometrical ratio , whllo the satisfied Increase only tn an arithmetical ratio. An KID ( I out I'liyiniiHUT ( ii-m-rnl. Washington Corrc-f | > oniUneo riillntU'lpliU I edgpr. Paymaster General Stanton Is ono of the very ablest and most elllclent officers who has ever held the position of paymaster general. He was selected by President Cleveland for tlio position on account of his distinguished services In the Hold , as well as his well known efficiency In the pay corps. Since the war most of his lifo ban been spent on the frontier , and ho has * paid the troops In the field In nearly every gi't-'at I ml Inn campaign fclnco 1S S. Although , within two years of the ago of retirement General Stanton la In vigorous health , and is Jcuown aa ono of the keenest intellects In thoUVar department and ono of the most wldeiy.icad men In the mili tary establishment. His extended and varied oxpcrlcnco with thE1 army In camp and In garrison Jias made htm familiar with the needs of the service , and tspechlly qualifies him for efficient and Intelligent t > ervlco at the head of the pay corps. honulliihlilrff I" UKCIliiNH. . l.tmtsvlllo I'ourler-Journnl. The editor of the Courier-Journal returns his thanks along wlth-SIiLa most respectful Homage , to thcde Cft'.hl'5 esteemed contem poraries who havojjjgwp hini thy honor to consider him In conn&ctlon with tlm result of tha recent clectonK | Whether their com ments were of compliment or of companion , ho Is alike beholden to them. He frankly confesses that , being too badly hurt to laugh , jet too bravo to cry , ho was In some per- ploxlty what was bret to do ; whether to take to the woods or Jump Into the river a"1 holler lire , or to crawl Into some hole and draw the hole In after him , or to go a-fUh- iug. or what cot. Hut their -words , of oym- pathy , penetrating the dark recesses of the cloisters whither lie has betaken himself , end whcro in the future ho will make ills abele , como like the song ot blrdts to souls la purgatory. They confirm hlo philosophy , They cheer his exile , They indicate to him that there may ba yet a drop or two In the bottom of the glass , perhaps a grain of sugar. Human nature is not so bad After all ! i.NTKHKST IX TMR KXI'OSITIOX Davenport Ilrpubllran , The fitnta ot Illinois hi through Its legis lature umdo a generous appropriation JOT an exhibit nt the Omaha exposition. The appro- prlatlon nmountu to nearly $100,000. Plans have been accepted for the Illinois building to be erected at Onviha for the Trtn mls- slsslppl Exposition which proclaim A finer building than any of the state buildings nt the World's fair , with the exception of thoao of Illinois and California. Tlio stole of III ) . nols Is most far-sighted In Its-volley. Great benefit will bo derived both directly and In directly from tlio Omaha exposition , aivl low > , which Is moro nearly Interested than Illinois because the exposition will be almost on Iowa soil , cortalnly cannot afford to bo fir behind. The next legislature will determine what the state of Iowa will do. I a Crosse llcpubllcnn nnd l nilcr. A picture and description of the proposed Wisconsin building at Onviha for nsxi year's exposition will bo tftmid In this Issue nf the Republican nnd Leader. It Is a pretty struc ture and well fitted for Its purpose. If It Is to bo erected , something llko $20,000 must bo raised by contributions from citizens. This Is not a largo sum and could be had If conic- body of Inlluenco In every community had In terest enough to personally present the project. Omaha Is ono of the points of supply for a vast nnd fertile agricultural region , wiicro Wisconsin ns a manufacturing state filled with minerals and Umbel , should have a good market. Its exposition has substantial state atU national aid and will bo the most Impor tant ono to western Interests slnco 1803. It may bo that moro actual business returns can bo obtained from representation tlicro than at Chicago. The Republican and Leader is of opinion that Wisconsin could well afford to make a showing at Omaha. < Coliii'iiilii. Denver Itcpubllrnn. Colorado should be well represented at the Omaha exposition. Hut In order that this may be accomplished It will bo necessary for the county commissioners of the different counties to appropriate the money. The state has no funds available for this puiposu. There should not be the slightest hcslta- tlon.abowt making ihese appropriations. The several counties could send forward their own exhibits. Ono county would not Incur thu risk that Ita money would bo expended on some other county. 12ach could dotennlne for Itself what to exhibit. This would not make a sta'tc ' exhibit. It would bo an exhibit by the different counties. Hut It would answer every purpose , and It would not ho necessary to duplicate the exhibits to any very great extent. It would bo exceedingly unfortunate ) If 'the ' greatest of the transmlsslsslppl states should not bo represented at the Omaha exposition , which is especially Intended for thu exhibi tion of tranmlhslsslppl products. Such ah exposition with Colorado left out would bo exceedingly Incomplete. It would be far from representative of the 'transmlsslsslppl country. It lies with the people of the several counties to determine whether the state shall bo represented or not , and in what way. It Is hoped 'that ' a spirit of enterprise will actuate the different communities moat deeply concerned , and that the county com missioners will make liberal appropriations for an adequate representation of Colorado's great resources. \c-\v .lerML-y. Jcrsoy City Journal. The Now Jersey commissioners 'Who are preparing .for the part which this state is to 'lake ' In the Transmlfslsslppl and Interna tional Exposition , which is to 'bo ' held In Omaha , Nob. , from June until November , 1S9S , are making encouraging 'progress ' , and the showing of New Jersey promises already to be most Interesting and valuable. All the support which It Is possible to give to this patriotic enterprise Is duo It. and the efforts of the commissioners should meet with earnest response In many scctlots of this state. The gentlemen who are giving their time and services gratuitously to the people In this matter are illobert Mitchell Floyd , 'president , of Jersey City ; K. C. Haz ard , secretary , of Shrewsbury ; Hon. Ellsha D , Gaddls. treasurer , of Newark ; Hon. Jona than II. Blackwe-11 of Trenton , Walter S. Henox cf Trenton and John Edwards Uanbour of Pntorson. Governor Grlggs ihas done well In selectIng - Ing such a board to reprc-sent Now Jersey. These men. are the moving spirits In many of the greatest enterprises 'which ' are itho source of the state's wealth , and which af ford employment to thousands of 'men and women anJ which distribute hundreds of thousands ot dollars annually to the wage earners. What they arc striving to accom plish In this Instance cannot bo defined as less than the Introduction of this state's re sources and marketable materials to the en tire purchasing population of the west , and therefore the success of their plans will bo beneficial to every farmer and manufacturer In every one of the counties from Hudson , to Capo 'May. ' This state should make a creditable showIng - Ing In Omaha , because there will bo hun dreds of thousands of visitors at the exhi bition and trade will ibo ( benefited 1 > y an at tractive display. 'A ' state building would probably cost $23.000. and that sum could easily too appropriated by the state without Impeding any work now under way. I'KIISO.VAIj AXI > OTIIISKWISIS. Eating wax candles has killed a Worcester ( England ) young woman. She ate them In order to Improve her complexion. Agents of the Italian government are re ported to bo buying largo quantities of to bacco in Kentucky and Tennessee. An Indiana man Jailed on a charge cf horse stealing declares ho was driven to crlmci because - cause the cheap labor of women deprived him of a profitable Job as a nurse. Thanksgiving day will , doubtless , be ob served with unusual fervor In New Orleans this year , for there la reason to expect that the yellow fever will have disappeared by that time. Frank Mark of St. I ouls Is the only pen sioner In Missouri who Is awarded $100 a month , yet ho was to the army only sixteen .dajs and did not fight a battle. Ho lost both arms In cannon practice. After a round of Washington dinners , It Is probable that Premier kiurler will go back to Canada with now views aa to the desira bility of annexation especially If the GridIron - Iron club should take him In hand. "I have been around this department a good many years , " eald an old State depart ment employe , "and I never saw a secretary of fltato who did his work so easily or who quit so promptly as does Mr. Sherman. " The Austrian emperor Is getting pretty old , omd It Is understood that he Is not at all satisfied with his heir apparent. The Gorman emperor Is young and ambitious , and ho ran hardly bo censured for thinking what a fine territory the combination of the two empires would make. An attempt will bo made to reduce the adi pose of the Now York policemen. It Is found that after getting on the force many of them grow too fat. This surplus Interferes with sprinting and other athletic exercises , and so It Is proposed to pull off the unnecessary pounds by Judicious training. Governor Lon V. Stephens of Missouri took strong ground In favor of good roads In his Ittnt message to the state legislature and promises to renew his recommendations In his next ono. The promise Is made In a let ter to the good roads organization Which U shortly to hold a convention In St. Louis , Thomas L. Henry of Pine Station , Pa. , was supposed to have died tno other day. The relatives nnd friends gathered and pre pared to give him a grand funeral when the Intorrctlng event was Indefinitely postponed by the old man sitting up , winking at the prettiest girl In the room nnd asking what time It was. Caslmlr Porlcr , late president of the .French republic , arrived nt a village inn near Sens recently with his son , both on bicycles. They wanted meat for their lunch , but the land lady had none. She suggested , however , that if they would go to the butcher's In town for it themselves she could cook It , so the ex-president mounted his wheel and fetched hts own steak. The Waterbury , Conn. , Owns club has been presented with a copy of ' "Scots Who Hao , " In Robert Hums' ( the author's ) own handwriting , by Uobert G. Spleis. This valuable manuscript has been an heirloom In the Spiers family for over 100 years , It was presented to tils forefathers by the authtr , on his farm In Dumfriesshire , Scot land , whore ho wrote "Tarn o' Shautcr" and many other poems. .MCllllVSICAVS OU1UT lt.VHVK.Vr. TIio lU'i-'M Crop Ili-tiiirt * llnvo llcc-nmr Ilic .Sliitiilnril I'lmin-M. The Corn Hell. Latest ettlmntm tend to c-Mabllfh the ub- stantlal accuracy of the Coiti Dolt's con servative crop reports made early In the season. In the September number the yield of wheat for the state \\M estimated at 31.0SS.EGO bushels , and In Iho October cum ber the yield of i-orn , txned on early reports , was oMImitecl to be 2tT,71SSB5 bllthds. It would nipear from a later revision , made by The Omaha llee , that the wheat crop is a little In excess and the corn crop a llttlo be. low the figures quoted. The Hep reports summarized make the following showing ; NKUHASKA'S CHOP FOU fST. \\hent. ImsOiels . .U < MU 7 Corn , tttiMheN . :2 , M7So3 Outs , litNhcH . . . Git : < WMI Ilye , bushels . . . . r.r,02E.u ? I'ot.itoos , bushels . S , < M,1IO ! llnrley , Im-licU . Vs9j7l Flaxsu-oil , bushels . I.W.r-16 Hay , tons . 4.C30.M3 Sugar beets , tona . 10I.UM ) Chicory , tons . 5,500 , VAI.UF AT LOCAI. , MAU1CHT Plllt'KS. Fitrm products . $ Sfl.mo.MS : i U.ilry product . n.irsO'MW Rgga . S.lMWXi m ) Poultry . . ciVOwow "Live stock . . 11,005.45.935 . , Intimated. "Sixty countli's only. Wherever thu actual fscts were obtainable they were given. In the Caec of only a few counties was It neccc'sary to make cstlnmtw nml these were- carefully nrd conservatively computed. This Is probably as accurate a summtry of the crop production "bt Nebmska for 1SD7 na can. bo given until the ofllcl.il re ports of the State Hoard of Agriculture arc published. Even these will bo but little , if any , more accurate , for the reason ( hut the ayatcm for collecting facts Is Imperfect , In that It does not provide a penalty for neg lect on the part of assessors to furnish a portion of the Information desired. ii.sruiniTii : ; > Kri'u TrmliI'riMllitlniiN ItcfiUt-il ! > > ' ( InItiMiills < if I'riilcclloii. \Vasblnilon Star ( Ind. top. ) At the tlmu 'the ningley bill was passing through congress , the opponents ot thai measure and of the protective sjslcm In general were vocal with solemn warning as to what the effcat on other countries would be. A tariff warfare of wide extent would bu opened on the United States. Our products would soon 'be ' shut out of nil the foreign markets. Jl was vigorously averted that we wcro walling ourselves In , and would Bhontly bo reduced to the necessity of tradIng - Ing only among ourselves. That was what high protectljii meant , and the rc-enact- miMH of the policy would inevitably bring about that result. Have these prophecies been fulfilled ? The Dlngloy law Is only about four months old. It has not had itlmo 'to ' Justify Itself as a revenue producer , owing to the heavy anticipatory Imports during the time that congrcM was giving It final shape , but Its piovlsions have been clear from the day It was signed by the president , and foreign countries are fully advised ns to Its bear ing and significance. Is there a single sign of a tariff war against the United Stated on the horizon ? Is there not , on the con trary , a sign of commercial good-wllj In every direction ? Foreign governments are putting the same high valnu on our markeuj that wo ourselves in the Dlngloy law have lint upon them. Instead of making war on us , they arc making overtures to trade with us on terms of mutual benefit. The reciprocity clause ot the now law promises to 'be ' one of Its most useful features. Great Britain Invokes It in the In terests of her possessions In the West Indies. Sir Wilfrid Lauricr Is now In Waoh- IngUn willing to < llscuss terms for iu- crcMbod trade between Canada and the United States. Franco desires to negotiate a reciprocity treaty , and Peru does akx ) . It Is not too much to say , Indeed , 'that the United States hss only to show a wllllnj- ness on the subject to extend her trade by moans of reciprocity on advantageous terma hi nearly any direction. This , It ought to bo plain enough , Is thu real American economic policy. Protection , as explained by the greatincn who have advocated It , has never meant prohibition- , has never been Intended to < lo more than help develop American Industry and protect American labor. Trading with other countries has always been desired , and is desired now. Absolute free trade Is out of the question. Hut freer trade , under the restrictions of wise and buslness-llko reci procity , meets every end to which liberal statesmanship need address Itself. CIUMII Aliirinliiur I'ONNllilllllcN of Uio iiin h I'rcccdi-iil. Baltimore Sun. A piece of news that comes all the way from Nebraska Is well calculated to furnish argumentative ammunition to those un- progresslve persons to whom the political equality of woman la a proposition fraught with \arlous kinds of mischief. It appears that there were two candidates for the office of superintendent of public lo- structlon In the county of Hurt , Nebraska. One was a man and a republican. Prof. C. S. Laughlln. The other was a woman and a populist. Miss Alice Thomason. The repub lican and male candidate was principal of the Tekamah High school. The populist and female candidate wau assistant principal of the same school. ( The contest between the two candidates was carried on In apparent good faith and with the normal display of mutucl hostility. The pojullst woman took the stump against the republican gentleman and scored him In the fricst Hlxtee-n-to-one oratory of which the female tongue of Nebraska Is capable. The republican gentleman mounted the stump with equal earnestnristf and appeared to bo maintaining himself at a platform parity with his populist rival for the superlntendoncy of public instruction. Enthusiasm in both the opposing parties was aroused to a great pitch. It looked like a fierce , but fair fight on prin ciple , to see whether a masculine champion ot the gold bugs or a feminine defender of the Hrjaneso faith should prc&ldo over the educational activities of Hurt county. Hut at the last moment , too late fnr the poor populists to nominate another candidate , Miss Thomason withdrew her name , allowing her republican opponent to have a wtlkover. And the very next day the cards went out announcing that the hard-money professor and his free silver adversary were to bo mar ried. The marriage was duly performed last Thuisday night , and the ofllce of superintend ent of public Instruction In Hurt county has been thus taken , as It were , out of the rut of party politics and made the basis of a beautiful domestic Idyll. Nevertheless this episode shows that the political equality of the sexes will bring In a now order of political deals anil Introduce us to new and subtler forms of bribery. In the campaign of the future , when fair women nra everywhere running for offices against brave men , the closing twenty-four hours of the contest will bo full of atrango and dis quieting rumors. The republican camp will hoar with dismay that the charming Miss A , has withdrawn from the contest for mayor on the understanding that her democratic rival , Mr. H. , will make her happy about the same time that lie Is Installed In thu office. The "marriage Intentions" column will have to bo closely scanned all through the campaign wherever women are on a ticket against gentlemen to guard agaliut a sell out on cither sldo for a conjugal considera tion. The Imagination utaggeru at thu possi bility of a domocratlo governor-elect , chosen after a hot canvas ; ) , announcing shortly after Inauguration ho will marry the republican woman who , If she had not magnanimously given tlio hint to her friends to vote for him , might have been governess-elect herself. That such things may some day como to pass , however , Is evident from the Nebraska example of Prof , haughlln and Ml.su Thoma- 8011 , I Till ) A u Mini HI 11 I'lm-li. Jluffalo ixprc i. The prcsldent.1 of the anthracite coal rail roads are tulUng steps to curtail production , with the puii'ose of maintaining circular prices , which have foe-en cut In Instances. The roads are under constant temptation to mlno a greater quantity than Is needed and plans for curtailment nro usually disregarded. Klnco the victory ) of the coalera through the over throw of the action brought by the attorney general of Now York they have less hesita tion in making the announcement that united actioh In the direction | of controlling priced lias ficen taken. C.V.VUIA .VXD uieaiiMinriTV. Inter Ocean : Sir Wilfrid Uiurief wants reciprocity between Canada iiid Iho United States. Huf tho'reciprocity tl.al ha advocates ( AlU to rcclprot.ito. u U all "heads I win , tails you lose. " Huffalo IXprpKfti One of the many did- ! eultles In the way of tnnklni ; A rerlprjt y treaty with Canada Is found In the \ . . \ > - vision of section 4 of the Ulngley liw , by which It lulls t not only bo ratlflpl by tha senate , but "approved by congress , " whbb means that the house must gl\V Its.eaifpni. It may orovo a hard matter to parn n mcls- utc which Is satisfactory to the Uonilu.uu government , Indlannpolls Journal : It does not sivor etrongly ot wise diplomacy to lay down oji ultimatum at the beginning of a ccnfercnco , ai a nlno qua non to further negotiations , ni the Unltesi States Is said to have done with the visiting statesmen from Canada. It U true the conduct of the Canadians on tha so.illrg question lies been stubborn to an ex asperating degree , but to demand a compli'ls change of policy cci their part ns a com ! Mon precedent to negotiating In regard to other matters sepnis like a very blunt proceeding. An ultimatum would ccem to como mt.r > > P.tly n oar the close of n negotiation , nftpr both parties had rhown their hands , than bofoio the beglrcilng. Chicago Tribune : The WashliiRton dis patches Indicate thnt the result of the so- called sealing conference between representa tives of the Canadian and Hrltlsh govern ments with out' own has foeui already iitetty accurately forecast In tlio Tribune's cdltor'al column's' . The Canadians have taken virtual control of negotiations so fnr aa Knglaml and Canada nro concerned , und seem more anxious to make an adv > otageous commercial trtity than to Bottlu the sealing question , uhlch the conference was called to consider So many outside questions have thus been brought Into the discussion that nothing Is likely to bo determined an. Evidently Crnada has no Idea of the kind of reciprocity that reciprocates. Chicago Hccord : That the relatlors be tween the United Stated and Canada should bo friendly Is the wish of all the people with the exception only of Iho few whose private Interests are served1 by the pollc > of ex clusion and cxttemo Isolation. It Is un natural and unwise to erect spee'.al and offcinilve barriers against friendly Intercourse with our Immediate ciolghbor. The people ) of Canada want more freedom of intercourse with us , and to that end placed In pourr a ministry especially committed to a liberal policy. The Canadian premier Is at the i resent - ont tlmo In Washington seeking to iviabl sti moro satisfactory lelatlonalth our govern ment. Apparently his mission Is to be a failure , the responsibility for \\hlrh must rest upon the administration at Washington. Chlccg'o Times-Herald : These ore the reasons that have I in cited thy represent atives of our government to offer Mr. Murlcr what practically amounts to an ultimatum. This government will not consider any other question until an agreement has been reached on Herlng t > ea , and will Insist upon the ib.oluto ktoppagc of pelagic sealing for at 'cu.'t : ono year. If Canada will agree to this the United Plates will then be ? ready to con sider the other questions In dispute. The American ultimatum will not be accepttblo to Mr. Laurler. He will not yield on the scaling question until he knons what he can got for It. Hut It Is the only coursehlrh this government can pursue with dignity < md with honor. If Mr. Laur er canno ac oS < i to It his mlcs'.oii ' will bo a failure. IIItUillT AM ) CUIS1 > . Detroit Journal : Pessimist Son ( Just from college- ) And the world ( 'iows no better. Fanner Father W.il , I HWIIII ! An' artor .ill th' fcrt'llzcr that's beln' throwcd Int' It , tow ! Hnrpor'a Haznr : "Phidias , " asked Sir Christopher Wren , "do you consider nn il- tecturo fiozon music ? " "Yen of coursu 1 do , " rep'.led I'hlillai. "What was the tune of your Parthenon frieze ? " qutrlcd Artemus Waul. Washington Stnr : "Parents takes a heap o' pleasure ? , " ! < alil Uncle Kben , "In payln' 'tcntlon nn' glbbln' dab cbllliin u heap o' credit foh smahtness. 15ut It doan * iillufl happen dat do chlllun grows up an' returns do compliment. " Puck ; Jasper There's a funny thing about law making- tills country. .lumpuppt1 What's that ? Jasper Congress Ilrst makes the laws , an I then has to get thu supreme court to tell what they mean. Chicago News : Haggs S.iy , do you bc- llcvu the story of the goose laying the golden Jaggs Well It would bo Just like a geese to do such a foolish thing. Philadelphia North American : A German acquaintance of ours thus discoursed learn edly upon the business hltnatlon yesterday : "If bushiest Is no better next week dun It was yesterday two \\ceks ago , den I'm a hon of a gun , dat's vat I hopes. " Detroit Free Press : "There are things In this world more valuable than money , my son. " "I know It. That's the- reason I want money to buy them with. " Indianapolis Journal : "Say , " said the cus tomer with tbi line i eel nose , tlio white moustache" nnd goalee , "this must 'je pte-lty old wlilbky. " "My grandfather , " said the saloon keeper , "bought that whisky the same year the Kentucky colonel Joke was Invented. " Detroit Journal : "Doesn't It make you nervous to live out In the suburbs , so far away from anybody e-lse ? " "Oh , no. We'vo had our bouse thoroughly fitted with assessor alarms , don't you know. " Washington Star : "I he.ir that your friend luis had nome trouble playing foot ball. " "No , " was the reply : "so long as br stuck to foot lull everything was all right. It was not until a fVw players trleel to br.mcn. out Into a. riot that the trotiblu began. " HIS WONDUlty WHV. Cleveland I'lnbi Dealer. I love to read of inureler trials I never mHs a word ; I'd walk , I'm sure , for twenty miles , To hear what e-an bo heard. And yet It's straiwe I think It o'er , And often wonder why- Thai I should rewel depji In gore , Yet cannot kill a fly ! , J AMICS WIHTCO.MM ICII.nV. Dear Poet ! Least pretentious of them all , Holding the hearts of phllelrun In thy thrall , Yet with such jilnelil Iemlemess I'llwhile AH makes tlio jigi-il both te > weep and umlle , What mystic muse hast thou been wooing ! Nay. What losy cherub led thy feet astrny ? And jjavo thlno ear thei secrets of our pain. With talisman to wake and lull again ? For , underst.indliiir ovcry human mood , Thou stealfst on the ehinns of solluidei. Ilieathlni ; thy thoughts wnon no one else would ( biro. Our solemn hour of loneliness 'o share. Thou Unowost of that unlbi belying tears , And crude , fantastic forms of childhood fours. A Poet , through who'd shadow slants the HUH. And Ibis poor earth had need of such a one. Oh , nnmo plu'iionicnal on lime's dull list , Toy synonym Is Poet Optimist ! Nu rnqihur Itut hunt lliiK ri-il o'er fo > o line That brought her Inner leaning loveto thlno. No f-ither who hath known a "Tiny Tim , " Hut feels his heart pulse- gratefully In til in. A Mglit of theiA hero \\ornhl | ? Yes Hut re-ntlinunt Is naered , iiorn' the less It we > ro a rarer thing lo bsmt and lilem And with a soothing lAorel a wound n-eJi' ' Tian Kali ! with BAeup of wild proim-ilu un llru The solitary heights the gods Inspire. It were ) a rarer llilng , and It Is tlilm To tliL-u the ) gift nf genius doth consign To touch the cords lovu-hldden , low an.l fond Till all our sweetest me-morle-H roruonl CATHKUINi : 111 - - > II Omaha , Neb. That wo can't have our llttlo lublis of tobacco , coffee , tea , whiskey , e-tc , , ami fol low them aa wo pleuso.o can do p.uty will with them If wo happen to have "ii Iron constitution , but If wu find coffee , fur Instance , "don't agroo" we can really have u lot better lime In letting It out and uMn : ; Postum Ccrval Food -C'ofTeo that will help build up Instead ot tear down , utter ull "Tho greatest fun i" u11 thu world Is tUa fun of bclni ; perfectly well. "