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18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER G , 1808. THE OMAIIA SUND\Y BEE , K. n , Editor. PUBLISHED EVEUY MOnNINQ. TERMS OF SUBSCniPTION : Dally Dee ( Without Sunday ) , One Vear. 6.00 Dally lies and Sunday , One Year 8.00 Hlx Months 4.00 Thrco Months 2.00 Runday Uee , One Year. . . 2-W Saturday net , One Year 1.60 Weekly Bee , One Year & OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. South Omnha : Singer Block , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 I'carl Street. Chicago Olllce : * 02 Chamber of Cora- Jnorcc. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. conunsi'ONDUNCis. All commmilrfUIons relating to news and ' editorial mutter should be addressed : Tf the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS. , All business letters and remittances Pliouhl tie ntldre-fed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and postofllee money orders to be made payable to the order of thn company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Htato of Nebraska , Douglas County , n . : Gcorgo B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and | complete copies of The Dally , Morning , , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during . the month of October , 1S33 , was 03 follows - ' lows : I 1 20,020 17 2 2 : : . - , , . - > < > . - . 13 : : . - , , < ) < ! . - , j 3 u.--iio 4 2.-.SIO 20 ! ! .us ! 7t 5 s . : i.ti 21 . ' . * > , : . > c u.--17't ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 7 u.vion \ . . . . . . . . . . . , , , < s ur.t2o : 21 ur.,070 (1 ( 2.-.20T 25 US.KIB 10 2.-.02H 23 , u-ar,7 11 27 U..IOU 12 2S * . . . . . . . . . . M , rtH : 13H 27.1)18 30 il..tMKI 15 20,7-10 31 UU,05R 16 20100 ! Total Hir. , WH Less unsold and returned papers. . 17S : i Net total average 71(7,27 ( < > Not dally average -n.'iH GEORGE B. T55SCHUCK , Sworn to before me anil subscribed In my presence this 31st day of October , 1833. N. P. FEIL , Notary Public Wo presume that London's banquet to General Kitchener was Intended to serve as the British pence Jubilee. Auditor Cornell has been keeping very quiet of Into. Can It be possible that ho has lost his pass while out In the Htnto nnd Is walking cross lots back to Lincoln ? Omaha never had to wait on Davu Mercer twice when It has hail measures j it wanted put through congress or mat' ters pushed In the executive depart wonts at Washington. The Washington correspondent will now entertain himself nnd amuse the public by telling In advance Just what the president will say In the forthcoming annual message to congress. The World-Herald has uot yet sold editorial space to republican candidates t this year , but the campaign IB not yet j ever and there Is no telling what money may not do with that Hell-out sheet. Porto Ulco politicians are already squinting toward statehood. They will learn , however , that they will have to pass through the vestibule and hallway before they can get Into the dining room. Remarkable , Is It not , how every one with a grievance against the exposition values the damages sustained at ? 2o- 000 ? No lawyer seems to think It worth while to sue the exposition for less than that sum. Stnto Treasurer Mescrve evidently did not know Just how heavily charged the gun was when he Invited scrutiny of his bond. It was evidently a short ram rod with which ho made the original measurement. If Spain has any more Islands stowed away among Its relics of former grandeur It might not be a bad idea to transfer the title to some friendly rela tive before the American expansionists get their eyes on them. Chill and Argentine have consented to settle their differences by arbitration. When two South Amerjcan countries re fuse such a favorable opportunity to in dulge In a war there la certainly hope that the era of universal peace la close at hand. Nebraska republicans never had a more deserving set of congressional can didates than In the present campaign. Every ouo of the six districts should send the republican candidate to Wash ington and they will If their voters con sult their own best Interests. Local steamship agents report having had light business during the past sum mer. Everybody In this section of the country was busy sailing the Midway or hiking gondola rides on the lagoon while the exposition lasted and an ocean voyage presented no attractions. Frank Murphy of this city has the tin- paralleled distinction of having been en trusted by the exposition directors with $220,000 to be paid over to the stock holders to whom the money belonged without exacting auy bond or security beyond his well-known reputation for bonebty and fidelity to every trust. Mr. Murphy has n. right to feel proud of such an honor. Admiral Noel , In command of the Brit ish Ucet In Cretan waters , has n refresh ing way of doing things. When the Turks refused to move out of Candla on the demand of the powers ho simply made them prisoners and put them on board n British vessel. Kvcn the tem porizing Turk can bo made to under stand If you Just go after him In the right way. It was n mighty flno thing two years ago , when the popocratlc orators could nppeal to the voters on the strength of large area planted to promises and no record to bother them , but It Is different now. The crop of promises was nipped by an early frost and failed to mature , while the record has been growing like weeds In a lazy man's Held and Is Just us great a burden to its possessors. A MATCHLESS ACIIWVEMEXT. \ Over the pediments of the great nrch of the music pavilion on the Grand Plaza on the closing night of the ex position were emblazoned 111 letters of flre the words : "Nothing Succeeds Like . Success. " I The triumphant ending of the Trans- ' mlsslsslppl Exposition Is upon every body's tongue. It stands as an achieve ment unmatched , save In one Instance , In the history of American expositions. To be able truthfully to say that the Omaha exposition was second only to the World's Columbian exposition , and to have this fact recognized ns It Is by press and people throughout the United States , Is glory enough for any metropolitan city. It has raised Omaha to a higher plane In the estimation of the world at large and It has Invested our people with renewed confidence In themselves and a stronger faith In the future greatness of our city and state. At the beginning of tills great enter prise very few persons had faith In Its ultimate success. Most of those who contributed money In aid of It had no expectation that any part of the money subscribed would be returned to them , while many of our rich mt'ii kept aloof I and would neither encourage the enter-1 prise by personal effort nor contribute a ' dollar to Its support. In fact some of' ' the great corporations which had con trlbuted from $10,000 to $30,000 tie clined , upon the advice of their attor neys , to accept exposition stock , pre ferring to donate the money rather than Incur a liability to assessments on stock consequent upon a possible tluanclnl failure of the venture. One corpora tion , maintaining an ofllcc In Omaha , took stock In the exposition nnd ut once transferred It to an employe , thus evad ing the much-dreaded assessment. This employe has Increased his bank account by more than a year's salary. This Is but one notable Instance of the lack of faltli In the success of the exposition | evinced by men who In their business | affairs have shown marked ability nnd j whoso sagacity In the Ucld of speculation has won for them high places In the financial world. On the other hand hundreds , yes. thousands , of mechanics , clerks , artisans and wage earners of every class con tributed of their savings and many actually borrowed money in order that they might help the project to a success ful finish. To this class of citizens Omaha owes a debt of gratitude which wo trust may uot be forgotten In sum ming up the elements which contributed to the signal success attained. They are loyal sons of Nebraska's metropolis nnd to their fidelity and courage arc due In large measure the splendid results which have made the word Omaha the synonym of enterprise , public spirit and pluck In every section of the country. The Board of Directors at the regular meeting Friday authorized the repay ment of $1225,000 to holders of paid up stock. The distribution of this vast sum cannot fall to make itself felt among all classes of the community. It Is also gratifying that fully $100,000 in cash will remain In the treasury of the exposition after all obligations arc paid , a sum more than sufllclent to nloet any possible contingency growing out of valid or trumped up claims against the exposition. It is fair to conclude that within a reasonable time the remaining 23 per cent may be paid over to the stockholders. This Is a record unique hi the annals of exposition enterprises. It is the supreme test No other exposition city ever distinguished itself in like manner. Among all the populous com munities which In years past have built great expositions Omaha Is the llrst to pay back all stock subscriptions dollar for dollar and to have placed be fore the world an exposition that has been universally commended. THE Sl'AA ISIJ IWSPUXSE. The response of the Spanish peace commissioners to the American proposal regarding the Philippines Is substan tially what was expected. It does not take the form of a distinct rejection of the propo&al , but meets It with the ob jection that It Is something uot con templated by t'.io protocol , tohlch it is contended the United States IB bound to adhere as closely in relation to Manila ns In Cuba. It must in fairness be admitted that there is force In this position. Having held Spain rigidly to the terms of the protocol In respect to Porto Klco and as far as practicable Cuba the requirement of "Immediate evacuation" could not bo complied with the United States Is manifestly under obligation to conform on Its part to the conditions of that agreement. This says In regard to the Philippines "that the United States will occupy and hold the city , bay and harbor of Manila , pL-nding the conclusion of n treaty of pemv , which s-iiall determine the con trol nnd disposition of the Philippine islands. " Probably no one will seri ously assert that when the protocol was signed there was any Intention on the part of our goveinuent to demand the entire Philippine group. Indeed It Is unquestionable that at that time the president had no such thought. A naval and coaling station was all thnt was then contemplated , not only by the authorities at Washington but by pee pie generally , though there were some advocates of an appropriation of the en tire archipelago. But granting that the protocol did rticognlzu sovereign rights of Spain In the Philippines , it did not therefore debar the United States from asking the 'josslon of that sovereignty , or making auy other pro posal as to the control nnd disposition of the Islands. It Is perfectly obvious that in drawing up the protocol the Washington authorities had In mind tin abridgement to n greater or less extent of Spanish sovereignty In the Philip pines , so that the Spanish construction of article 3 will not stand. Spain having agreed thai the control ami dis position of Uic P'llllpplnos ' should be determined by the tieaty of pence , it Ik clearly the right of tin United States to propose how this shall be done and It is not nppnrcnt that this right has been exceeded In the proposal submitted. According to Washington ndvlces which may be regnrdd as trustworthy the form In which the demand of this country was made was not In the na ture of an ultimatum and that should public sentiment Indicate nu opposition to the retention of the archipelago by the United States other arrangements may yet bo made looking to n different settlement of the question. The recent strong utterances of prominent eastern and western republican senators against the retention of the Philippines by this country Is said to have given the ad ministration considerable concern. Meanwhile It seems pretty clear that so far as the Spaniards arc concerned the whole question Is one of dollars and cents. This Is shown In the demand for Indemnity for money In the public treasury at Manila alleged to have been disposed of by the United States nnd the seizure of customs receipts by this country , the financial hunger of the Spaniards going so fur as to claim In demnity for our having detained the Spanish garrlsou at Manila , thus pre venting It from overcoming the in surgents , though Its destruction , by starvation or slaughter , would have been certain had the Insurgents been al lowed to have their way. It Is not apprehended that the Philip pine issue will lead to n termination of peace negotiations. Spain will prolong contention , wlt'i n. view to a money consideration , as far as she shall deem expedient nnd then yield. She cannot resume hostilities and It would be madness - ness for her to provoke their resump tion. At the same time the American people do not want any more war. Such being the situation n treaty of peace will be negotiated , though possi bly at not so early a date ns has been for. hoped _ _ _ IMPERATIVE NEED OF .1 CIIAXUE. When Treasurer Mcservc Issued n per emptory challenge to have his olllce and bond Investigated he evidently Intended to make a bluff. He knew , of course , that it would be Impossible to make a thorough and searching Investigation into state finances within the short period of ono week or ten days. He knew also that It would be Impossible to make nn intelligent exhibit of state finances unless free access was given to .he Investigators to his private deposits. It was not a discrepancy of cash In the treasury that disclosed Bartley's enormous defalcations , but his persistent refusal to make a showing of his de posits In favored banks and his accom modation loans to politicians and gambling speculators. Treasurer Meserve's challenge has , however , brought out one thing In broad relief and that Is the utter insulllcieiicy of his olliclal bond ns state treasurer and the remarkable afllnlty between his prin cipal bondsmen and Bartley's principal joudsmcu. The six principal sureties on Treasurer Mescrvc's bond , who hold themselves responsible to pay $700,000 , were also on Hartley's bond for $ lar > 0- 000. All of these bondsmen repudiated their obligation to make good the state's loss on Bartley's bond which they had guaranteed and four out of the six have put all their real property out of reach. In other words , they made themselves execution-proof to avoid their just liabilities. Judged by experience with these sure ties In the Bartley bond , how much could the state recover from them on the Meserve bond ? Five out of the six sureties who have signed for $040,000 have listed their personal property for $1,000 all told. This Is n great showing for the reform treasurer's sureties. Assume that all other sureties on his bond are worth as much as they have qualified for his bond still Is far from secure for the amount required by law. It is , however , decid edly Improbable that the other sureties on his bond are worth all they claim. Quite the contrary , they are not likely to be worth more than half as much as they have qualified for. To assume that Treasurer Mescrve Is rigidly honest and therefore not liable to become an embezzler Is not good busi ness. The object of the constitution in requiring the treasurer to give a bond double the largest amount which is liable to come Into his hands at any one time Is to protect the state against all contingencies. Honest treasurers have turned out defaulters through dishonest deputies nnd employes. While the blame for Mcserve's straw bond rests primarily upon the governor , whose ex perience witli Bartley should have taught a wholesome lesson , the fact that Meservo has not filed a bond upon which one-half of the state deposits could be realized should admonish the people of the Imperative necessity of another change In the state treasury. For years to como the isafety of the state demands one-term treasurers , who will bo compelled to turn the actual cash over to their successors Instead of simply going through the forms of trans ferring funds from one pocket to an other. A PROGRESSIVE MIXISTlir. It the new French cabinet Is per mitted to carry out the policy It has an nounced there Is every reason to expect the most benollclal results to the coun try. It Is evidently n ministry thor oughly Imbued with the spirit of repub licanism nud also of political progress Its declarations Indicate that It meant. to take no backward step. The most important and salutary of these Is that the civil power Is supreme. This , said the new premier , Is the fundamenta' ' principle of a republican state. Conll donee In the army Is necessary , but in a republic like that of France the securltj of the political Institutions depends upuii the subserviency of the military to tin- civil power. This the French people np- pear to have pretty fully learned anil the value of the knowledge cannot easily be overestimated. It la the purpose of the new ministry to protect the army and to nssuro it every Just and proper con shleratlon , but to keep it subordinate in public affairs to the civil authority. II this policy shall bo strictly adhered to Franco will have peace at home and abroad. The decision of the court of cassation In the Dreyfus case Is naturally nwnltert with more or less solicitude , but there I ? less reason than existed n week ago foi serious apprehension. In the event of the rourt deciding In favor of reviewing tht case It is possible that there will bo soim popular excitement , bill this Is not now likely to take on grave proportions. The great majority of the French people , It Is to be presumed , are now prepared to submit to the civil authority. The Fa- ' shoda Incident has probably passed be yond the danger point , the ministry hav ing wisely decided to withdraw the Mnrchnnd mission. France may have some concessions to ask , but If so they j are not likely to Involve any dlfllculties. | It is unsafe to predict n long existence for n French cabinet , but If the Dupuy ministry faithfully nud patriotically pur sues the policy It has announced It should have a prolonged lease of power. no AW SCATTER rovR VOTES. Republicans who cannot consclcn tlously support Victor B. Walker and ! Joseph Koutsky , the two disreputables foisted on the republican legislative ticket , nnd are not disposed to cast oven a half vote for them by voting blank , i should not scatter their votes. By vot- j Ing promiscuously for men on the fusion ticket they would wenkcn the reputable , nnd worthy candidates on the repub lican ticket. To nvold this mistake , those who will not vote for Walker and Koutsky should center their votes on the two most available candidates of the ' opposition. One of the chief complaints against the republicans Is that they have not duly recognized the labor element , | which has always been the mainstay of the party. In order to give deserved recognition to organized labor nnd se cure Its more cordial support for all commendable republican candidates , j The Bee recommends that the votes of Independent republicans bo cast for Thomas F. Sturgcss and Thomas J. Flynn. Mr. Sturgcss Is a representative me chanic , who has been honored with the j presidency of the local Typographical union nnd Is now night editor nnd fore man of the American Press association. Ho Is a clean , educated and Intelligent citizen , respected and trusted by all who know him. Thomas J. Flynn Is a plumber by trade , who 1ms been honored In various capacities by the labor organizations. He served n short term In the city council , acquitting himself creditably. Both of these men nro conservative and may be depended on to do nothing thnt would be Injurious to Uie Interests of this city and county or to any class of citizens. In this connection The Bee wishes to emphasize the necessity for all who vote for candidates on different tickets to place a cross mark opposite the name of each candidate for which they want to vote and to place no mark whatever In the circle at the top of the ballot. In other words , the safe way to do for voters of all parties who do not wish to vote a straight ticket from top to bottom is to vote in the old way by putting a cross after each candidate of their choice. OMAHA SHOULD STAND IIV MERCER. When you have a faithful and elllclent servant you do not drop him for a green hand who cannot even produce a "char acter" from former employers. What an individual would not do In his own household Is not safe for a corporation to do. What no prudent manager of a corporation would dare risk In the em ployment of subordinates would be un wise If not reckless on the part of the people in the selection of public servants. Every man , woman and child In this community knows that David II. Mercer has proved himself a most eiliclent rep resentative at the national legislature , lie has pushed n.oro beneficial legisla tion through the lower house of congress for the people of tills district In the last six years than have all his predecessors ! from the time Nebraska was admitted { Into the union , lie can do Jiorc In the next congress for Omaha nnd the whole district than auy man that could be named. It takes experience to get Important results In the house and Mercer has ex perience which confers rank among the men who shape legislation and control appropriations. His position as chair man of ono of the most Important com mittees of the house enables him to defer for Omaha and Nebraska what no first or second-term congressman could do were ho as eloquent before dinner as Demosthenes and after dinner as De- pew. The next house will be republican and It would not only be folly but stark madness to send a tenderfoot popocrat who has never occupied a scat even In a town council. But whether the house- Is republican or not McKlnley will be president during the whole term of the next congress. A man alllllatcd with the dominant minority , who has experi ence and is in good standing , can ac complish more as a representative than the most brilliant genius Identified with the opposition to the administration. Above all things , however , It would bo base Ingratitude as well as supreme folly for Omaha to go back on Mercer. Omaha should never desert a man who has served Omalia loyally. Colonel Bryan's regiment has at last been ordered to Cuba. The delay In issuing the order threatened to cause a permanent case of strabismus. The doughty colonel has had one eye oi > Cuba nnd one on the Nebraska cam palgn , wondering Just which way ho was to go , satlslled he could be happy with either were the 'tother deal charmer nwny. The Spanish government must have popocratlc tendencies. When the Amor leans proposed to examine Into the llnnii clul transactions relating to the Philip pines for the purpose of ascertaining Just how much of the debt was properl.\ chargeable to the islands a refusal was encountered on the ground that tin transactions wcro not In shape to beat close scrutiny. If some of the yellow Journals would only change their place of publication t Madrid they might have an excellent op portunlty to Indulge In their favorite pas time , provided , of course , the cdltoru could keep out of prison. The lust 01 the ships which brought homo soldier * from Cuba entered uort with 100 less passengers than It started with , that number having died on the way over. No wonder the soldiers remaining In Cuba prefer to be mustered out nnd stay in Cuba In preference to trusting them selves to the tender mercies of the Spanish government. The republican congressional email dates In Nebraska are making n cam pnlgu they may bo proud of. Without exception they nro meeting with gener ous receptions wherever they go and reports nro all of an encouraging na ture. The assaults of the yellow journals and the McCleary bill bugbear have only had the effect of rousing the people to the necessity of holding up the hands of the president by returning n republican congress. The Cuban , like the Filipino , is rapidly acquiring American ways. No sooner does he get one square meal under his belt and one In reserve In the cupboard than he goes on a strike. Probably he Is Justified In demanding good pay when ho Is compelled to engage In such un usual work us cleaning the streets , a custom which has not been In vogue for centuries until the Americans took charge. Attorney General Smyth has done a good deal of talking during the present campaign , but he has never opened his mouth to explain why he allowed the sureties on the first bond of Bartley to slip through and why he has not taken more vigorous steps to recover on that $180,000 warrant which Bartley negoti ated just before ho went out of olllco. Nearly a quarter of u million dollars has just been distributed among the people of Omaha holding stock ccrtiil- cates In the exposition and yet the popo- crntlc orators will continue to lament that there Is not money enough In circu lation to do the business of the com munity. That so-called meeting of the savings bank depositors who roasted Commis sioner Kierstead was simply a back tire gotten up by personal nnd political ene mies. The charges made against him are a tissue of falsehoods , with Just enough basis to make them plausible. The Nnvnl IllufT. Kansas City Slur. Heading tlio war rumors one wonders how It Is the battleships are uot worn out with clearing for action. Soiuuiiuiiif In I lie Theory. Somurvllle Journal. An English scientific man who parts his name In the middle Is going to publish a book In which ho will elucidate his theory that diphtheria and apoplexy and other hu man Ills are caused by a deficiency of com mon salt In the system. Isn't that another way of saying that pcoplo are too fresh ? Fnlry Tine on I lie Kotuida. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It Is claimed that a Nebraska girl was deserted In the altar because when the bridegroom stooped to kiss her ho noticed the odor of cigarettes. There la a hand some moral In this tragic little fairy tale. It shows that the manufacturers can't bo auy too quick lu putting an odorless ciga rette on the market. N OlU-n Deceive. Kootenay Miner. Never Judge a man by the clothes bo wears. The man with the hair protruding from a hole In his hat. with his coat tat tered and torn and with airholes In his pants where they ore subjected to the most wear , may be the editor of your home pa per , while the man with the patent leather shoes , flno clothes and a silk hat may be only a delinquent subscriber. OiiuntiiK lor n Kovr. Buffalo Express. Frenchmen now profess to believe that they can retire from the Fashoda embar rassment by asserting that the whole Egyp tian question Is about to be opened. One paper says the minister of foreign affairs haa received Russia's promise of effective assistance. Great Britain Is prepared to meet that Issue , but It Is reasonably certain that Russia will be no moru ready to flght In behalf of Franco over the whole Egyptian question than over a part of It. Value ol u Krce I'renx. Kansas City Star. The press represents civilization. It stands as the safeguard of liberty and jus tice and progress. What Is It that espouses the cause of the helpless and stands be tween the humble and oppression ? What Is It that confronts corruption and wrong ? What , In this land , hath no fear ? It Is the press of America , the free press , and all men know that the newspapers , as If by In stinct , mark for their displeasure every enemy of the community and the nation and every agency of Immorality and crlmo. COM of thu War I.onn. Philadelphia Record. Payment has been received by the Federal Treasury department for all but about $6- 000,000 of the $200,000,000 of bonds Issued last summer as a war loan. Notwithstand ing the high premium on these government securities , sales of them have teen made In New York recently at 106 the holders have thus far shown little disposition to part with them. Up to the present time the treasury has received about $57,000,000 of the bonds as security for circulation and guaranty of public deposits , and the balance seems to have been absorbed by small Investors not anxious to realize Immediate profits In transferring their holdings. Fl'TLHi ' ; Some ThotiKht * SiUfKCNteil by tlie TrniiHiiilNHlNNliipl HxiioHltloii. St. Louis Republic. Of the many thousands of persons who j have attended the exposition at Omaha few have considered nn important Illustrative phase. Much under half a century ago the , western section , of \ > hlch Omaha Is the com mercial capital , was practically trackless. Railroads were few ; little modern equipment In any department of human organization had reached that part of the country hardly was there a dream of a city anywhere closer iban St. Louis or Chicago. There Is no place In the United States Just now where such a view Is possible. Every western hamlet has Us well-deflnrd ambitions. The seller of town Iota la active In the north hills of Idaho and In the sand regions of the southwest. Far out Into tbo Pacific Americans are working out new problems of governmental life. To tin south east , In I'orto Rico , another addition to the national family Is to bo conaldercd. When shall wo have our transpacific expo sition , with crowds flocking on palace steam ships , sailing In lean than two weeks from New York to Honolulu by way of Nicaragua ? And Is there not reason to expect a city t the north of I'orto Rico that will one day bo as much of an American community as Now Orleans or Los Angeles ? The Englishman bos not changed his India or bis Egypt as we have changed our California and our Louisiana. It will be Interesting to follow the couraa of American , iutioa in Hawaii and the West A JOY I'nlntril mill I'rnlxrful Comment on the Clone of ( lie Imposition. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Otiuha B ex- pocltlon uas a great success , even to the number of disputes over the distribution ot moJnls. Minneapolis Times : If Paris wants some * body to run Its exposition of 1900 and make it pay , a want ad Inserted In The Omaha Bco would probably bring results. There arc people lu the Nebraska metropolis who have the ImslncBs douu line and cnn show the figures for It. Milwaukee Hvenlng Wisconsin : The total attendance at the Omaha exposlton was 2,025,000 ; the total receipts \ > ere nearly $2,000,000 ; there Is n surplus of $400,000 , It Is a splendid showing. U could unt have been made without the restoration of general business prosperity which came from the restoration of republican policies In the government at Washington. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative : The Conservative rejoices In the triumph * achieved by the Omaha exposition. It was a complete representation of the Industrial capabiltles of the mtd-contlueut west. Its success was due , very largely , to the ability nnd executive force which managed Its "Promotion and 1'ubllclty" bureau. And It will not bo charged that the writer hereof Is moved by either personal relations or political obligations in declaring that to Mr. Edward Rosewater , editor and pro. prlctor of The Omalia Bco , more than to nny other on a man , the Omaha exposition owes Its phenomenal success. Mr. Rosowatcr has brain : , pluck and seemingly the tlrclcssncss of metal moved by steam. Milwaukee Sentinel : The financial show ing made by the Transralsslsslppl exposition , which closed Its ilooru Monday , after a eca- son of tlvo month ? , Is most gratifying to Its organizers and promoters. There Is a sur plus on hand of over $400,000 , so that the subscribers to the stock Issued by the man agement may expect to bo repaid In fulr , after all accounts against the exposition have been scttlod. This most unusual achievement has been accomplished under eomowhat unfavorable circumstances , Inas much as the effect of the war could not bo otherwise than damaging by lessening the Interest of the pcoplo In all other matters and especially In such an enterprise as an exposition. The fact that BO signal a finan cial success was achieved In epltc of the depressing Influence of a foreign war Is doubtless duo In great measure to the energy and perservcrcncc of the management of the exposition , but It also speaks for the pros perity of the country. The attendance ex ceeded 2,500,000 , and the earnings wcro over Jl,300,000. U la only In good times that the pcoplo win patronize an exposition so lib- erally. The calamity howlers In the demo cratic party say that there Is llttlo or no evi dence as yet that conditions have Improved In this country In the last two years. What have they got to say about this remarkable prosperity of the Omaha exposition ? It has been claimed that expositions had lost their ' attractions for the people on account of the I great number of such enterprises conducted iu this country during the last few years. Notwithstanding the lack of novelty that the Omalia exposition must have had , It scores a magnificent success. Would this have been possible. If the people had not felt 'the beneficent Influence of better times ? Of course not. There could be no better barometer of the general1 financial condition of the pcoplo than the crowds that have been drawn to the Omaha exposition. POSTAL SAVINGS I1AMCS. ProHi'cctlvc InereiiHe in he Public Ilcht nnil Itn niTcvt. Chicago Record. There are those who believe that If postal savings banks are to bo established the funds should all bo invested In national bonds. It used to bo said last winter that ! the debt of the United States Is not largo' enough and lacks permanency , which Is sup posed to bo necessary to constitute the basis for a postal savings system. At that tlmo the government debt was $817,000,000. Slnco then H has been Increased $200,000,000 by the new war loan. News now comes from Paris that the United States , In taking the Philippines , Is llUely to take with the Islands a $40,000,000 debt , for which bonds probably would have to ibo Issued. If the United States undertakes the construction of the Nicaragua canal on Its own account , that may necessitate a further bond Issue. Taken all In all , therefore , there Is every likelihood that the national debt Is to bo considerably Increased rather than dimin ished In the near future , as was predicted less than a year ago. The new policy of expansion will prove so expensive as to pre vent a reduction of the debt for some tlmo to come by payments out of the current revenues. If the United States Is still further to In crease Its bonded Indebtedness , as seems likely , the postal savings bunk y tcm should bo at once established an offering th best means of really placing that debt In the hands of the people , and nt the at me tlmo providing them nn Institution of great eco nomic and educational vatuo. Decauso tlia national debt is Increasing , and because U Is not likely soon to be liquidated , national bonds will suffice for a long time to coraa to servo as the Investment basis for a postal savings oystcm , thus Answering completely the objections of those who do not like to sco postal bank funds Invest ) d tu nuythtng but government "bonds. " Whatever rise destiny Is doing , at least It is removing obstacles to the early cstab\ llfhincnt of postal savings banks and U creating conditions that furnish arguments for the system. JUAST.H 1'HOM HAM'S IIOIt.N. Opinions cannot overthrow facts. A bad man's b.tto Is a good man's reputa tion. It takes a windy man to blow his oxru trumpet. The root ot nil cUl Is the cause of milch digging. Facts never blink under the sunlight of evidence. No man ever stumbles over an object In his roar. Hope Is a staff In the morning and a couch at night. The last blow brings the crash , but nil that went before wcro needed to felt tbo tree. tree.Tho The man who boasts of bis virtues has to boost them up In order that they may bu seen The cobbler sets us all a good example , as long 0.4 ho lasts IIP uses hi * n.\\l to savu the E olcs of tils fellow men. PliliAMA.VI'llIUS. Chicago Record : "You don't seem to sympathize with your liUHbuucl a Insomnia. " "No ; ho has the snoring kind. " Cincinnati Enquirer : Sirs. Weddcash You know 1 mndo you what you are. Vi eimumli "llml's right , woman ; clout over > our work ! Chicago Tribune : Meek Husband You ought to remember , Henrietta , that you married mo for better or worse. AggresBivo wife Tlinfa Just 111 I got fooled. You nro neither one. Detroit Journal : Course men startd at her rudely. "Wretches ! " she hissed , boiling with re sentment. Kor not ono single coarss man stared at her to cxeood oiu-clghth of n pecond. V And what could bo ruder , after all sh had dona to make herself attiactive. Somervlllo Journal : Man Is apt to sneer ut woman's curiosity , but perhaps you have noticed that the married man gen'rally listen * with Interest to the retailed bits of Kos&lp that his \\lfe has picked up through the day. Detroit Free Press : "How do you know that the young couple opposite are ninr- rkd ? " naked the mun with largo business Interests of his wife ns they nnt In the cnfu ufter thu theater. You can't tell anything ubout It. " "Oh , cnu't I ? She wanted lobster and ha ordered a couple of ham sandwiches. They're married all right enough. " Chlengo Tribune : " 1 wish now , " shrieked the angry young wife , "I wish now , Gjortrft Wluickster , you had man led Luco Jones In stead of me ! That's what I wish ! " "I would have married her , " howled the equally niiRiy young husband , "only h > wouldn't have me , and you would. " Indianapolis Journal : "Would you prefer to marry the man of deeds , or the man of words ? " "I think , " snld she , "I would prefer on answering both description ) ) . " Were It not for her assured position In society , her friends must needs bo In doubt ns to whether her muldn fancy Inclined to tno prize lighter or war correspondent. Somervlllo Journal : Fortune Teller Shall I tell you your fortune , my pretty lady ? I can foretell just when and to whom you will bo ninrrld. Young New Woman That would bo toll Ing my rnlsfortunu. T1IU DYING LI2AVUS. Changing- touch of autumn's nlr , Summer's deep green to hues more bright , Nenrlng their rent In colors fair , Llko to the rainbow's mellow light. Thu- does the fading , dvlng leaf , lirlg-htcnlng lone UH vital tie , ' ' Making no sign of mortal grief , " Catching a gladness from the sky. How have the leaves this happy way , Wearing a farewell nmle ! of cheer , Dvlng In colors bright and pay , ' Teaching a lesson year by year ? Wo shnll depart this Htnte of belnar. Earth .shall return to earth some day ; Then Khali wo pimllo ns Kindly seeing- Deautlcs along the splrll'ti way ? Shall not life's end be free from dark , Kreo from the comber cloud of fear ? Shall not sweet hope spring like the lark , Bringing celestial beauties near ? Over life's autumn shall the light Qlven to fnlth that looks tiuovo Shed through the haze Its glories bright , Token of God's unceasing love ? Omaha. Neb. B. F. COCHRAN. - 5 * -a A-w Final Settlement The necessity of disposing at once of the stock of fall and winter clothing that we had made for our wholesale business. On account of the death of Henry W. King last spring , leaves us in the position of having a double stock on hand. To move these goods quickly we have placed them in our several retail stores , and have marked them at prices that have but small relation to their true value. § 7.50 , $8.00 , 910.00 , $12.50 and § 15.00 are the prices we have placed on most of our Men's suits and 810.00 , § 12.50 , § 15.00 , § 18.00 and § 20 takes in most of the Overcoats and Ulsters. Our Children's suits are $2.50 , § 3.00 , $3.50 , $4.00 , $5.00 and § 6.00 long pant suits included. They are all new garments made for this season's , business and they must be sold at once to close up our wholesale and Mr. King's interests in the busi ness of S , W. Cor. loth and Douglas.