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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUKDAY , JULY 10 , 1800. THE OMAIIA jSuNDAX BER UOSmVATEH , Editor. I'UDLlflHED EVERY MOUNINQ. TEHMS OF 8UB8CIUPT1C-N. Dally p o ( without Sunday ) , One Yoar.$6 00 pally Ueo and Sunday , One Year 801 Mix Months 4.W ffhrea Month * 200 Sunday Be , Ono Year J.W baturday Iie , One Yenr ! Weekly Dte. One Year OFFICES. Omaha : The nee BulMlnfr. South Omaha : City Hall Uulldlng , Twenty- fifth ai.d N Streets. Council Uluffs : 10 Pearl Stiect. Chicago : Stock Exchange Ilulldln * . New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed : . Editorial Department , The Omaha IJee. BUSINESS LETTERS. DuslppM loiters and remittances should be addressed to The Boo Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. REMITTANCES. Rptnlt by draft , exnrcas or postal order payable to The ftpo Publishing Company. Unly 2-cei t stamps-accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Kastcrn exchange , not accented. THE BEB PUBL18HINO COMPANY. STATKMU.NT OF CIHCULATIO.V. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : George B. Tzschuck. nactotary of The Heo Publishing oompany , being duly sworn , saya lhat the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Bunday Bee , printed during the month of June , ISM , was as follows : Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 10U-J8 Not total sales .74S.178 Net dally average 2J4 , : M ) GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of June , 1803. L. E. BOYLE. ( Seal ) [ Notary Public. Portion Lrnvlni ; for ( lie * Hummer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Boo business ofllco , In person or by mall. The address win bo changed as often as desired. The much-heralded trip from New York to San Frnnclsco Is iv cleverly devised - vised free advertisement for the auto mobile trust Interested in Introducing these self-propelling vehicles. The National Association of tbo Deaf and Dumb lias concluded Us annual ses sion at St. Paul , and wo are assured that the deaf mutes have Lad their say 011 every Important subject that con cerns their class. Internal Koveuue Commissioner - eon has ordered the national banks and nil other money changers to quit licking stamps on bank checks. This order will doubtless bo satisfactory to bank clerks who have been subsisting on a mucilage diet In the absence of Secretary Alger and Assistant Secretary Mclklejohnwho are both taking n brief vacation , General Allies Is acting secretary of war , but thei acting secretary is not likely to re verse any of the orders ibsued by Sec retary Alger without Ills consent or con currence. All the newspaper men of America have been invited to New York to at tend the grand reception to Admiral Dewcy. If all the newspaper men of the country were to accept this Invita tion It would take a larger flotilla to carry thorn than ever was lloated in New York harbor. It Is pretty safe to predict that the Slew Jersey bank cashier who admits nu omfe wlement of over $100,000 will do no service t& ? that state in the peni tentiary. If ho had boon merely a bank clerk and got away with $100 he would hare been compelled to spend from one to live years behind Iron bars. If It is proper for the commissioner of internal revenue to prohibit banks from pasting revenue stamps upon bank checks of their customers why would it not bo also proper for the commissioner to order the telegraph and express com panies to put stamps on telegraph mes sages and express receipts instead of making the patrons of these public car riers pay the war tax ? The retired Sainoan consul general for Germany has unbosomed himself to \Vashlngtou reporters about whlto man's rule in Samoa and the conduct of the rival claimants to the disputed Samoan - moan kingship. The essence of his story Is that the whlto man represent ing two empires and one republic will govern the country by a liberal distribu tion of beads and rifle bullets in alter nate layers. It is Uio same old story of civilization by force of nnns. The Bryce syndicate of Chinese rail road promoters is trying very hard to embroil the government of the United States In a controversy with China to bolster up its private speculative enter prise. Hut Secretary Hay very wisely prefers to keep hands off. It would BOCIU the government has a sufllclcnt number of dlfllcult problems to solve in the Orient without complicating Itself with English and American railroad con struction syndicates whose mission in China la purely speculative. After tw.elvo years of contention In fho courts' the executors of the estate of Samuel J. Tllden , which was valued at $8,600,000 , have imulo a llnal settle ment. Under the will of Mr. Tilden 117,000,000 was to liavo been set apart to found a great free library , but his holrs succeeded In upsetting the will mid the bequest to the public libraries of Now York only aggregated about one-third of the amount Incidentally | t Is Interesting to note that the expense of settling the estate swnllowi'd n very nearly $400,000 nml the conimls- lions of the executors aggregated $107- BOO. The moral to tills tale is that the most lucrative public ottico Is not as desirable as the position of administra tor of Uio estate of a multl-mllllonalro. THE uoLon While the American republic prides Itself upon Its frco Institutions and the political sovereignty of every citizen , there Is a marked tendency toward a revival of race prejudice and whlto ninn's domination. Napoleon Uonnpnrtc Is reported to have addicssed General Dumas In these words : "General , you are , I think , one of the Imbeciles who bolloved In lib erty. " "Yes , slro , " replied the bravo soldier , "and I bellovo In liberty still. " Napoleon's question Is being asked by many In our day , and that with Increas ing earnestness. Intelligent people ask It , and they ask It because they doubt the political and social value of our free institutions. The battle of Gettysburg , they say , was a wnstd of human blood for that which satlsfleth not They point to every southern crime and outrage ns additional proof of the evil of liberty , and the sooner , they say , wa go back to the old regal and aristocratic form of government Uic better for the people and for the state. Evidences of this feeling arc not wanting , and especially In the movement to despoil the negro population of the south of their political privileges. An eminent clergyman of St Louis , speaking to the Christian En deavor convention nt Detroit , said that the American government committed a grave error In granting the privileges of the freest government on the globe to the negroes , and ho said that the govern ment was not likely to repeat the mis take in the case of the Philippine Islands. Everybody knows that there arc In the Filipino race some serious defects and limitations. Nevertheless , those au thorities who have made this n special study speak of the Filipinos as a race of men of worthy character , and to con quer and subjugate them and to refuse to them the privileges of our frco gov ernment and free institutions would be a blot on the American republic. Ileccnt examination of southern school reports afford conclusive evidence of the educational discriminations which nrc made against negro teachers and schools discriminations In wages , In taxation , in labor , In privileges and even in the very Idea of education as a hu man right These discriminations against negro schools and negro teach ers are the Inevitable results of the dls- franchlscmcnt of the negro people. North Carolina is soon to vote on the adoption of the Louisiana provision ex plicitly disfranchising Illiterates of the race enfranchised by the fifteenth amendment The methods adopted to secure this cud by such states as Mis sissippi , South Carolina and Louisiana are as reprehensible ns the object In view. A bright negro In Louisiana produced his tax papers and applied for his vote. To see whether he uudersotod the con stitution Jio was asked : "What are the provisions of the Magna Charta1' After a long pause ho replied : "I dunne , judge , unless It Is that no colored person should vote In this state. " This movement , wo are told , owes Us origin to the gambling mania and licen tiousness of the negro population. These vices cannot bo defended , al though the whites In times of slavery and oven since have been responsible for much ) of this Immorality. But the chief factor iu the situation seems to be the fear of negro domination. Race hatred never Invented a more ridiculous bogy. Negro educators and negro churches arc setting their faces against negro vices , and there are signs that beford another generation has passed away the negroes will not be be hind the whites In social purity. Free dom instead of being a curse has been a blessing to the negroes themselves. In Intellectual and material well-being they have made very great strides. The sacrifice they make for the education of their children Is greater even than that of the whlto race. A visit to the sugar plantations of the south and the great cotton districts will afford sufficient confirmation of this. It Is beyond question that the progress of the negro , though slow , has already justified the faith of thosd who died for his emancipation , and the present reac tion Is a matter of vital Importance to the citizens of this great and progressive republic. To be Indifferent to what Is going on In the southern states Is a crlrno ; to refuse to face the problem Is cowardice. Let us hope that North Carolina will not adopt the disfranchising amend ments by which Mississippi and Louisi ana 'have ' abrogated the federal consti tution. Such an act would bo a stop backward , and If the present reaction continues to grow wo shall no longer bo able to boast that America is in the forefront as the champion of liberty and equality. CUIiAN DISCONTENT. , The address or pronnnclamcnto Issued to the Cubans , In which the Ameri cans arc denounced and the people are appealed to to resist American rule , may voice the sentiment of only a small mi nority , but It denotes the existence of a feeling which may easily grow and which our government should not bd entirely intllffcrent to. It shows a sen timent of hostility to American author ity that Js perhaps far more prevalent than is commonly supposed and which may Increase under the operation of policies which our military occupation renders necessary. It Is the testimony of an American officer In Cuba that our military rule Is a source of great Irritation to the Cubans. IIo asserts that the people re gard our army ns simply the suc cessors of the Spaniards and entitled to no moro respect than the Spanish nrmy. They fear and hate the Ameri can soldiers. "Our military government In Cuba , " says this officer , "as a means of rapprochement between the two peoples ples , Is n failure. And the extent to which this Is the case is Indicated by the remark sometimes now heard In Cuba , that , ns between the American military control and the Spanish nilfl- tary control , the Spanish was prefer able. " The saino authority also says : * < It Is dllllcult for the average Ameri can to understand fully the nature of the Irritation caused by our military occupation. In the first place , It must bo remembered Unit wo are an alien race. Our methods of thought , of speech , of action are different from. theirs. Brusquoncss Is our character istic , politeness theirs.Vo offend them without suspecting It Wo ride rough shod over their prejudices without knowing It" Our military control Is mild and conservative in comparison with that of Spain , yet It appears to bo no niOTO acceptable to many of the people. There Is , perhaps , llttlo present dan ger of a revolt In Cuba against Amer ican authority , but It Is a possibility of the future , If wo Insist upon main taining our military occupation. This will of course bo done until congress assembles , but that body will be called upon to promptly dolcrmluo whether the occupation shall go on or our troops shall be withdrawn and the Island be left , ns wo have promised It should be , to the government and control of Us people. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION. An editorial In The Bco a short time ago noted indications of a movement to secure from the next congress legisla tion for tho.further restriction of Im migration , and It was said that the In fluence of the commissioner of Immigration * tion , Mr. Powdcrly , would probably bo exerted In this direction. The warrant for this opinion was found In statis tics which the commissioner had given out , as It then seemed to us with n view to impressing upon the public rnfnd the necessity for additional re strictive legislation. Wo said : "He would liavo more radical conditions ap plied to the admission of foreigners , seas as to make the requirements under whlcb they shall como Into the country moro exacting than nt present. " It appears that this did not fairly represent the position of the commis sioner of Immigration , who iu a letter to the editor of The Bco disclaims en tertaining the views or purpose ns- scribed to him In our article. Mr. Powdcrly submits an interview printed in the Now York-Tribune of May 28 , in which ho expressed the opinion that the Increase In emigration Is due to re turning prosperity and said : "No one can object to the coming of the strong , healthy , honest Immigrant , who can find employment and become one of the bees In the American 'hive ' of Industry. Such a man Is a gain , for we do not have to go abroad for his patronage ; ho is a buyer at Lome , as well ns a producer. The cheap , servile Immigrant Is a posi tive menace and only those who would filch the earnings of labor have use for him. * * * I believe the present im migration Is not stimulated by seekers for cheap labor. It is made up largely of reading people , who have read of our wonderful progress and conditions. It Is but natural that they should seek to Improve their conditions. " In his let ter Mr. Powdcrly states that In his forthcoming annual report he will not take the ground "that any honest , healthy , Industrious immigrant should be denied admittance to the United States , " but will oppose the landing of the anarchist , the pauper , the criminal , the diseased and shiftless. Wo are glad to know that Mr. Pow- derly is in line with the conservative sentiment of the country on the Immi gration question and that his Influence can be counted upon In opposition to any radical restrictive legislation of the character which some have proposed. His experience as commissioner of im migration has evidently given him a more enlightened view of the situation than ho formerly held. So far ns wo are aware Mr. Powderly has faithfully enforced existing lawa and It seems that he Is convinced that these arc adequate , since they make ample provision for the exclusion of the classes which Mr. Powderly urges In whlcb. everybody will concur should bo kept out The Immigration of the last fiscal year , which ended June 30 , was con siderably In excess of the preceding year and wo have the authority of the commissioner that It was made up largely of rending people and therefore is a desirable addition to our popula tion. WHAT AMERICA CANNOT BOAST. While the great American republic is making rapid strides as a world-power and prides itself upon tbo high stand ard of civilization of Its people It still remains far in the roar of leading Eu ropean nations In many respects. Whllo the world pays tribute to American ge nius for inventing the most perfect sys tem of telegraphs and telephones these potential agencies of civilization still remain in control of private monopoly in the United States , while England , Germany , prance , Austria , and , for that matter , every European state has for years enjoyed the blessings and bene fits of the postal telegraph and most of the countries now also own and operate the telephone systems at nom inal cost It is passing strange , also , that London , Paris , Vienna , Berlin and other European capitals have for many years been provided with rapid postal transit by means of pnuumatlc tubes , while Now York , Philadelphia , Chicago and other great American business centers - tors are still dependent for city letter delivery upon the trolley car and bl- cycle and communications of messages that could bo conveyed by pneumatic tube In a few seconds to points from two to flvo miles distant are trans mitted by local telegraph or district messenger at flvo times the expense , with less privacy and speed , All this because private telegraph companies monopolize the business which In every other country ,1s niado a function of the government ns part of the postal service. What Is true of tlio postal telegraph is also true of postal packet delivery. In England and all European countries the carriage and delivery of small packages of merchandlso and other val uable articles is carried on by the gov ernment ns part of the postal service nt a very moderate cost With the ex ception of a comparatively small per centage the , package delivery In the United States Is monopolized by private corporations known as express com panies that have grown rich out of a traffic which other countries conduct nt cost for the benefit of Uio people. For more than thirty years the people of Great Britain have enjoyed the blessings and benefits of a postal sav ings system which has Its depositories in 12,000 towns , with 7,000,000 deposit ors and moro than $000,000,000 of de posits. These deposits represent the surplus earnings of the wage workers and are acknowledged to bo the bul wark of the British government , be cause they attach each Individual de positor to the government in which ho has a direct interest In the United States Uio wage workers are still de pendent upon private savings depos itories and private banks for repositories of surplus earnings , which are Jeopar dized in every great panic and very often caiiso untold miser } and destitu tion to hundreds of thousands of pee ple. While the governments of Great Britain , Qormntiy , France and Austria have boldly grappled with the problem of providing government savings deposi tories for their working classes the American people have been foiled In their demand by the syndicates Inter ested In the unsafe system of private banks. America boasts the most colossal and wealthiest life Insurance companies In the world , but Is way behind Euro pean countries , notably Germany and Austria , In providing Insurance at cost to the breadwinners , who could not pay the high rates exacted by the standard companies. In Germany the govern ment has established insurance for every working man mid working woman , not merely ngalnst loss by death , but disability by accident sick ness or old age. This Insurance system Is compulsory and its enforcement has made pauperism impossible. In Aus tria the government has gouo so far as to assume Uio fire risks at a trifle above cost Manifestly the people of the United States are not up to date In the use of modern agencies of civilization and cannot hope to enjoy their full ben efits until they free themselves from the tolls of monopoly that levies tribute upon wealth-producers and exercises powers and enjoys privileges which properly belong to the government. WHITE HACK AfiD THE TROPICS. The question whether the tropics can be colonized by Uie white race is inter esting in view of the fact that the fu ture development of our new territory may largely depend upon whether it can be colonized by whites. Mr. Benja min KIdd , a high authority , has assorted that tlio whlto race can never colonlzo the tropics and has presented facts and arguments of a very convincing charac ter In support of this view , clUng India especially in evidence1 , there being few whites In that country outside of the official class. Mr. Boalo , formerly United States min ister to Persia , takes issue with Mr. KIdd and Insists that colonization of the tropics by the white race is practicable. IIo says the evil effects of hot climates upon the white race are being rapidly conquered by science. Even with our present imperfect knowledge , ho ob serves , a colony of our own planted upon the Isthmus of Darien today would not be annihilated 'by ' the climate as was the Scotch colony placed there In 100S , and he thinks that with the rapid ad vance of sanitary science it Is probable that twenty-five years hence an Ameri can 'farmer will be able to culUvato land iu the tropics with less danger to his health than was encountered by his father In plowing the valley of the Wabash - bash or the semi-tropical valleys of Cali fornia a quarter of a century ago. In regard to the statement of Mr. KIdd that India has been made habitable only -for an official class , Mr. Bcale re marks that as yet there has never been any necessity to make It so for any other class. This Is plausible , but not quite convincing. Mr. Bealo states that his own experi ence and observation In tropical conn- trips load him to conclude that hard labor and ovcrexertlon , by lowering man's vitality and lessening his resist ing powers , in some way make him very susceptible to tropical fevers , but ho thinks that with the mechanical inven tions for lessening labor and with better methods of sanitation , hot countries can bo made habitable for the white race. "In a word , " ho concludes , "we may reasonably expect that the time will como when the agriculturist will bo able to cultivate the rich and productive tropics with less danger to health than Is encountered by those who now labor in our semi-tropical regions , or oven in our temperate zones during the summer months. The human species took its rise In the tropics. The spells of longing for southern climes , so common to most of us , the pleasure wo all derive from tropical landscapes and the survival In us of many oUier such ancestral traits , show that we have not yet become en tirely unndaptcd to thorn. In our wan derings in the temperate zone wo have found the mine of modern science , and , with the vast accumulations we have made from It , we can now return to and rehabilitate the old home. " None the less wo believe the time to be far dis tant when colonization of the tropics by the white race will take place on an extensive scale. Certainly so long as the temperate zones offer opportunities for whlto men they will not , In any great numbers , go to the tropics , A few may go to the Philippines and toke up lands , but it IB safe to say that American labor will not goto the islands , because there Is , apart from the dangers Incident to the climate , absolutely no incentive to It to go there. Coloniza tion of the tropics by the white race is a possibility of the future , but it Is re mote. General Shaftor Is reported as indis posed to retire from the army when he reaches tlio retirement ago of 04 next October , but would prefer to continue in the service ns commander of the De partment of the Pacific. This Is not in the least surprlblng. Very few generals who have held similar rank or position have retired bucauso they preferred to give up their command , but even General Sherman , who was not over anxious to retire from the 'head of the army , was compelled to step down and out In com- pllanco with the mandate of the law. While there may bo instances where the enforcement of this law is n detriment to the public service , the compulsory re tirement of regular nrmy officers who have reached the age of 04 U just and calculated to Inspire army officers with ambition rind hope ot deserved promo- t6n. ! The Bee takes credit for the discovery of Nebraska's first admiral In the United Slates navy , who , as will bo seen by the Interesting retrospective sketch which accompanies this issue , was ap pointed to the United States Naval academy from the territory of Nebraska in the class of 1857. But quite apart from the record made by Admiral Crom well during his career of moro than thirty years In the navy , Admiral Crom well is entitled to a prominent place in Nebraska's 'history as Uio commander of the United States war ship named In honor of the metropolis of Nebraska. Proof of Kansas City Journal. An explosion of dynamite killed forty- four persons nt Odessa , Russia. This oc curred on the Fourth and yet there are those who doubt Russia's friendliness to the United States. Pence la tlio I.unt Ditch. Cleveland Plain Dealer. When Susan U. Anthony aald that "Wo ha > o already taken the outer trenches of the world's thought , " It Is to bo hoped she meant that man would bo loft undisturbed In his last ditch. Rnlim in Life Insurance. Globe-Democrat. In ten jears American life Insurance com panies have doubled their assets , the amount rising from JC57.128.642 In 1S88 to $1,344- 001,108 In 1S98. The Increase has been de cidedly the greatest slnco prosperity re turned to the country. ProKrenn of Civilization. Boston Globe. Oh , yes. American fdvlllzatlon is advanc ing in the west TV 1th giant strides. A man and -woman fought a duel ylth pistols near Seatouvllle , 111. , the other night and it Is believed that , as a result , the world will bo rid of both of them. Too JIiicli of n Good Thing. New York Press. A physician has found It necessary to announce that tea drinking In moderation Is a good thing , but tea "used excessively may cause various diseases. " The same maybe bo said of a score ot things now placed under the ban because of the abuse of them. Diversions of llojulty. Washington Star. Royalty Is finding more and moro lelauro for its simple pleasures. The Hawaiian , queen was some time ago placed. In circum stances whcro she might devote herself to playing the guitar. Vha Samoan kings may now apply themselves without fear of Inter ruption to shooting craps or whatever chances to bo their favorite diversion. American Armor Platen. Chicago News. American armor plates , tno German au thorities openly acknowledge , ore. just as good aa those made by Herr Krupp , dress maker to tha ships of Europe for the last twenty-seven years. Accepting this state ment as the simple truth , the American war ship Mould seem to have unbounded superi ority over those of the older nations , as ' 'tho Yankee man behind the gun" has shown himself several points the leader of his old- wortd competitor. Trade Goon Without the Flair. ( Philadelphia. Record. The greatest Increase In tno export trade of the United States in the last eleven months Iswith Australia. According to the official returns just published this export trade amounted to $19,091,196 In the eleven months ot 1898 , and increased to $27,670,221 in the eleven months ci 1S99. There Is In this llttlo to justify the common assertion of steamship bounty mongers that "tho trade follows the flag. " Iu the Australian case the flag does not even follow 'tho ' trade. Don't Tulle Too Much. Brooklyn Eagle. A woman in Racine , Wis. , gave to a clerk a dollar to pay for a few things she bought. The dollar was ono ot rare dato. The clerk sent a dollar of his own to the cashier , gave to the woman her change and sold the dollar which lie received from her for $1,000. Now the firm claims that it was its dollar , and the woman thinks she should have the profit on it. The thing has cot got into the courts , but is in sev eral newspapers. The explanation of the matter is that the clerk talked too much. The moral is , don't talk too much , TIIUU LIUUllTY aiUAACUD. The Pie-Eating Multitude Threatened by a Jlcualx Trust. New York Mall and Express. Whllo the country lias thus far patiently contemplated the growing tendency toward the concentration of capital and Industry , the time has at last arrived when forbearance ceases to bo a virtue. The people long ago learned to regard the oil trust and the sugar trust with calm indifference , and oven the appearance of the ice trust , the flour trust , the leather trust , the baking powder trust , the beef trust and all the other trusts has oxclted only a good-natured curiosity to know what they all meant. Now , however , the trust idea has found expression in a form which is a bold affront to ono ot our noblest institutions and which is bound to provoke a very whirlwind of protest and ro- Hontrnent. It appears that there has just been chartered In Now Jersey a. corporation which seeks to establish a great American plo trust , for the evident purpose of driving all pies but its own into Innocuous desue tude merely to enrich , a grasping monopoly 1 This is the last straw. The limit of en durance has been reached. Surrender to the pie trust ? Never ! The maddening thing about It all is that the organlzero of this audacious enterprise should dream oven for a moment that they could ever banish the ofd-fashloned handmade - made plo from its honored placu la the American household. Thai assumption is abuse buso reflection upon the loyalty of millions of men , women and children to 'whom the pie that mother made is a precious memory \\hlch the flight of years but serves to brighten. The mystic alchemy which pro duced those wondrous delicacies yet abldeu with the American housewife ; her art is aa subtle and entrancing as ever and from the wealth of her resources she still brings forth marvelous symphonies in fruit-laden pastry , beautiful and satisfying , The notion that these noble creations , gorgeous Iu their golden crusts and "round as the shield ot my fathers , " can be displaced by the pre tentious machine-made plo of commerce is tou rldlcufuua for anything. The great American plo belt extends from liastport , Me. , to San Francisco , and from the St , itawreuco to the itlo Grande. There are epota in this territory where the up start pie trust may bo able to do a HUle business , but it will have no show except In thoie benighted communities where plt > - tnaklnc for family use Is either a lest urt or has never been a known one. It la not that the people , tbo great , patriotic , plo- absorbing masses , fear the operations of tbo plo trust. They are simply Indignant that anybody should think them capable of deserting - sorting their old pie standards and yielding to the blandlahmen'ti ' and the ostentatious but deceitful products of a trust , U ID this insolent assumption on tbo part ef the mo nopoly that has strained their forbearance to the breaking point and any further ag gression may be followed by the fierce , re- fentlefs war cry , ' 'Down Tilth tbo Plo Tni U" ni.Asrs Tnosi nAat's iionx. Life lies deeper than I la lenrrs. TLo present needs patriots A * well s th past. past.Knthuslasra la the founUIn ot perpetual youth. Your opportunity is balanced by your ob ligation , A creed works better as an englno tlian no a track. It Is not history alone that has room for the heroic. The room for improvement is usually ft spacious one. iMan Is not a candle that burns out , but a lamp that God refills. It truth Is n broom ono end Is to hold and the other to sweep with. The men who make the world are the men who are not on the make. God shines after the storm and the rain drops ot team become diamonds. Adversity Is the grindstone onhlch wo Iceo enough to put an edge ot usefulness on our lives. The doubt that Is an Interrogation maybe bo a Wroslng , but it it Is a determination It Is a curse. TKIISONAI , AND OTlinilYVISR. Itnlnmakcrs find Texas a very undesirable summer resort at the present time. Oem Paul's record as a fighter gives paueo to his enemies. Whoever goes after him looking for ; i\ool Is likely to como back shorn. Having tried a female board of aldermen and finding It a good thing , the citizens o Lincoln , N , J , , are thinking very strongly o choosing a woman for mayor. At all events there areno complaints tha Otis does not feed his men well. A volunteer teor writes homo describing a dream ho ha < after a supper of apple dumplings. "I said the wrong thing to the wrong man at the wrong time , " - as the confcs slon of a New Hampshire postmaster nhei ho came to a realizing sense of his error In Insulting the editor of the local news paper. After all , fame Is a fickle thing to Ho to James Bradt , the champion pie-eater o ( Michigan , and Captain Nichols , the champion boozer of Kentucky , shuffled off recently am their passing excited only a paragraph hero and there. A heated discussion Is going on in Now York legal circles as to whether men or wo men are the greater liars. Tl e capacity am versatility of men In that line , especially around the courts , Io a fact BO tinlvcrsall ; admitted that it Is folly to look for a com petitor In womankind. Ian Maclaren scooped in $12,000 from his American lecture tour. 'As ' soon ne ho hac the boodle safe on the other side of the pom ho expressed his gratitude t > y remarking that "Americans are mercenary. " People of Omaha who eat up until midnight to hear him will appreciate the national "compli ment. " Miss Susan D. Anthony's dissipation con tinues to exclto moro or less wonder. She hit a cup of tea with her majesty , Victoria recently and immediately announced tha "wo have captured the outer entrenchments of the world's thought. " If Susan hadn't such a long past she might capture something more substantial. Mary B. Komper , 16 ycara old , of Butte 5Iont. , was In swimming at Nantasket bead last Wednesday , when her younger sister went beyond her depth and was seen to sink Mary quickly went to the rescue , and with difficulty brought her sister In close to the shoro. Then Mary suddenly fell prostrate in the water and was dead when assistance arrived. Whllo many bcllcvo shoas drowned as the result of exhaustion In sav ing her sister's life eorao think that she died of heart 'failure before dropping in the water. The body was recovered. HEVIVAli OP UEnO-WOIlSIIIP. Acts of iModcat llcrolmn Overlooked ! or Iifnorcil. J. Storllnc Morton's Conservative. The American people are Inclined to { the Idolatry of Individuals. No nation is ex empt from the bacteria of hero-worship an * ! every llttlo while the United States has an ecldomlo outbreak thereof. Sometimes the infection arises in a yacht race and the captain of the Defender or the owner 01 the Puritan is temporarily an Idol. Another tlmo the disease breaks out on the race course and Hobort Bonner , the owner , or Bud Doble , the jockey , Js ex alted for worship. Again it exhales from the prize ring and Corbett tor Jeffries Is eet up as a saint for American adoration. Recently the navy and the army Jiavo generated , in spite of canned or embalmed beef , a delirious revival of hero-worship and exalted enough Idols to satiate the pious patriotism of all tbo most intense nnd zealous pralsemakera of our common country. There is morlt in extolling merit. It makes our children moro ambitious. It inspires them to goodness and greatness. Cut the heroism of private citizens in commercial life is often of the most ex alted and consecrated typo. The heroism of honesty in peace Is an worthy of emula tion as that of fortitude and courage In war. The heroism .which for pride In a good name , for pride in one's own family because of its jiuro record and guileless history , will sacrifice hundreds of thousands of dollars to maintain the credit of a banker or other Institution with which that name has ( been oven involuntarily connected , Is grander nnd more majestic mentally and morally than the heroism of the 'battlefield. ' 'Right hero in Nebraska the Conservative has been an eyewitness of an instance of financial and patriotic heroism which for the sake ot a good name , and without legal compulsion being possible , put up volun tarily more than $1,000,000 and saved many a bank and business Jiouso from failure In this young .state during the panic of a few years ago. It required moro grit , moro character ot the choicest kind , moro whole some pride , more self-abnegation than a charge upon a battery fipoutlng bullets and shells. The 'American people and especially ( he citizens ot 'Nebraska ' are too often Ignorant of tbo acts of herolcm in their own midst most worthy of their adulation , imitation and gratitude. 1IEUO OP TII13 TKI.KOHAI'II. A Civilian Kurim a I'lnrn in the I/Ut of American Heroe * . Hosto i Globe. The name of William Ahcrn ot Olnns Crossing , Del. , certainly deserves a place on the list of ( American heroes. IIo was cot a soldier , this block operator for a railway company , but he allotted , if what Is said of him is true , not only real , hut noteworthy resourcefulness , bravery and judgment. Ho was brutally assaulted and robbed while at his post in a elgnal tower by two ruffians , who got away with ( con siderable money and left their victim , un they supposed , half dead. But be roanago.1 to retain consciousness long enough to set tbo signals in both directions to stop com ing trains , and the signals , coupled with the tfact that no response was received to whistling caused the crew of a southbound train to stop at the tower and Investigate. As soon an Ahern was able to tell his story a posse was got together and sent on the .rail of the robbers who , It Is a satisfaction to know , were captured and put in jail. The presence of mind and fidelity to duty shown by thta man , In taking care even in tbo last moment of consciousness , while Buffering from painful and terlous Injuries , that no train collisions should rc- Eult from the work of the robbers who t > e- eet him , ought to gain for htm a handsome money gift aud a substantial p.-omotlon. 5nCUIAll SHOTS AT TUB Philadelphia Times ! A woman jtftrtinj out to ovnnRe.llt Now York's polloV fete may In tlmo bring up the old query : HMO liackmen souls J" Kansna City Stnr : The proposition * L Nov. Mr. Sheldon ot Topeka to Chrl mnlwr the press may bo designed to offset th tendency of ft considerable proportion ol the clergy to secularize th pulpit. Buffalo Express : A New York cbtiroh h s begun n suit against the Jiclrs of a woman who , hail been supported by the church for several ywira to recover the amount ot money spent on her. It his been loftrttftl that the woman left inoro than $3.000 In cath , No ono can deny Uio justiceof euoli n claim as that. Minneapolis Times : A clergyman attended a ball game at Kort Wayne , lad. , last Sun day. Ho escaped \\lth his life- and a few samples ot hie clothing , but his fatemlghl have been worse If the pollco had uot conn to his rescue just when things were- get ting Interesting. The objection to tha preacher was that ho was prwsont in hli capacity as a member of the Citizen * ' league , which objects to Sunday ball play ing. The umplro was the only man In th whole gang who sympathized with Uio unfortunate - fortunate dominie. S | > rlngflold Republican : Ono of th In- terostlng episodes of the Christian Endeavor co'n\entlon nt Detroit was Rev. Oharlos M. Sheldon's attempt to start a. "Christian dally newspaper" in Chicago. This IB an old scheme , but Mr. Sheldon brought It to th fcro again with great eloquence nnd spirit ual fervor. Ho got along famously In hit appeal for encouragement and financial backing until ho stopped suddenly and flrod this stunning question at that Christian " in this audl- Endeavor audience : "Who - cnco will give $1,000,000 ? " The rcporteri describe ttio ensuing mlnuto aa "an op pressive hush. " The man with $1.000,009 for starting n "Christian dally" In Chicago nas uot present. DOMESTICIDYLS. . Chicago Record : "I believe Mndgo hoi designs on Mr. Robinson. " "Why ? " "I've > ndtlccxl her looking at him wltl her barraln-counter expression on. " Philadelphia Inquirer : She IIo said hi would do anything' in the world I wanted iilm tor. He An' what did yer toll him. ? She I tole him to gocluieo himself. Detroit ( Free Press : Kitty I can't inv aglno anything more disagreeable than a proposal from that man. UuUli I can. KMty What , for gwdncss' sake ? CXolrc A half dozen. Chlcaro Pioat : "I suppose. " Bold tha lawyer to whom she had applied for advlct "that it's the old story married in haat < U Vo repent at ledsurc. " r "Well , that's where you're wrontr , " was the prompt reply. " 1 married at leisure to ropcnt in haste. " Philadelphia Record : "Sir ! " exclaimed the fair maid Indignantly as WUUcuss kissed ( her liand , "this is entirely out of place. " "I thought so myself , " returned the young man apologatleaSly , "but I really hadn't the nerve to attempt the ( list ono on your lips. " Washington Star : "I would like to Know , " said the gruft old fatliqr to the young man who hod been calling with considerable frequency , "Whether you ore going to marry my daughter ? " "So would I , " answered the diffident youngr man. "Would you mind asking her ? " Cleveland 0laln Dealer : "Seems to mo I've road this short atory a couple of tlmea before , and each 14mo It had a , different author's name attached. " "It must J > e a tnvlce-stolcd. tale. " Cleveland Pladn Dealer : "You don't have any ruins Jn this blawstod country. " said the British Bdon. to Ills future fathor-ln- law. "No , " said the old man , "wo don't. And you won't have any left In England If ytSur noble army of titled paupers can marry enough rich Yankee nrlrls to put new roofn on your Infernal old castles. " Chicago Po&t : Aa they emerged from a dark corner of the plazw. nnd entered tha brilliantly Hghted hotel , 'trying ' to look un concerned , her dearest friend beckoned her to one oldc. "If I were you , " enld the dearest friend solicitously , "I would Insist upon Qcorsa using . better quality of dye on his muu- tache. " Tim WOIID sue Philadelphia Call. "You remember the sermon , you hoard , my dear ? " / The little ono blushed and dropped heri eyes , T Then lifted them bravely with a look of cheer Eyea fhajt were blue as itho summer skies. "I'm afraid I forgot what the minister said. He said so much to grown-up men. And > the pulpit was 'way up over my head ; But I told mamma that ho said , 'Amen. ' "And 'Amen , ' you know , means ' .Let It bot- What ever our Ixxrd may please to do , . . f And ithat is sermon enough for me , If I mind and feel BO , the whole week tliroush. " I took the llttlo one's word to heart , I wish I could carry It all day long , The "Amen" spirit , which hides the art To meet each cross with a happy song. Consider the quality. In your search for low priced clothing , do not lose sight of the matter of qual ity It has been by making good clothing that we have won our reputation and what bears our name is guaranteed by that fact to be the best of its kind. And that is the kind of clothing for men and boys that we are offering now at one half the price in or der to close out all the remaining lines and broken lines , that a busy season has left on our tables. It is a chance for those who are looking for a real\ \ . bargain. If you don't do your shopping until Saturday , come before 6 p , m. for w& will close promptly at that ? time.