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    THE OMAHA DATLT BEE : TTT3S D AT , AUGUST 22 , 1800.
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; ' State of Nebraska , Douglas County , 88. :
5 George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee
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j that the actual number of full and complete-
f copies of The Daily , Morning , Evening anu
Sunday Bee , printed during the month of
July , 1899 , was as follows :
1 1 1:0,0(10 : ( 17 85,020
' 2 i7uUO 18 8-1,700
I 3 2.1,110 ID 21,700
4 25,400 20 21,070
6 20,050 21 21,580
8 25,5"0 22 . .21,720
T 25,410 23 20,255
8 25,140 Z4 21,000
9 27,355 23 i.24,530
10 25,200 26 21,700
11 25,400 27 24,770
12 21,020 23 24,0JO !
13 25,232 2 ! ) 21,810
11 25,400 30 20,150
IB 25,000 31 25,01O j
1C 20,040
Total 785,882
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often as desired.
Now the tug of war Is on In the popo-
cratlc camp , but the Ins will make a
desperate flght to keep In the saddle.
Ak-Sar-Beu Is coming down the homestretch
stretch for the carnival of 1890. Let
every good citizen of Omaha help him
along.
Having been newly oiled with patent
lubricator the state house machine Is
duly on deck to demonstrate Its ability
to travel any kind of a political road.
We feel conlldetit the entire silver re
publican party of Nebraska might attend
the state convcutlon and still not tax the
capacity of any one of several halls In
the city.
Captain Kllllau will not have to walk
back from San Francisco on a tic-pass
and the threat that 300 members of the
First Nebraska would accompany him
on the march was puerile.
Men with questionable public records
socking places on the republican county
ticket are simply wasting time and In
viting trouble. They could not bo
elected If they wcro nominated.
Ex-Governor Stone declares he Is for
Bryan , but In declaring fusion a delu
sion and a snare ho Is certainly placing
more boulders In the Nebraska man's
path than would seem necessary.
Attorney General Smyth has donned
his fighting suit , but the Standard Oil
octopus still continues doing business at
the old stand just as if Constantine J.
Smyth had never boon heard of.
The price of beef Is still soaring heav
enward , with no Immediate prospect of
on early fall. The farmer who has been
raising cattle la now profiting by his
foresight , -while the consumer foots the
bill.
It may bo pertinent to remark that
the bicycle lamp ordinance Is In effect
and enforced without any of the hard
ships or disasters so freely predicted
by Its opponents while its enactment
was pending.
The gathering fusion politicians are
bidden a good republican welcome to
Omaha , with the hope that their visit
may prove pleasant and Improve the
friendly relations between the state and
its metropolis.
The hope entertained in England that
President Krngcr of the Transvaal
would back down at the last minute
poems far from realization. The Boer ,
on the contrary , bus his back up
against Mnjulm hill.
Every person in Omaha who owns
property abutting on streets still disfig
ured by rotten wooden block pavement
Bliould make a tour of Inspection of the
newly laid asphalt on Capitol avunuo
and note the difference.
The faith of Nebraska is good for
every dollar advanced to bring the First
Nebraska home. The bill making the
appropriation to reimburse the con
tributors should be the first act passed
by the legislature of 1001.
The city has made a contract for feedIng -
Ing city prisoners at less than 0 cents n
meal , while the county is taxed nearly
double that figure. And yet the num
ber of city prisoners is Insignificant us
compared with that of the county ,
European correspondents continue to
send out Interviews with Admiral
Dewey without Interviewing the nd-
mlral. If all the alleged interviews
were genuine the admiral would bo doIng -
Ing nothing else than imparting his
views to newspaper correspondents.
TUK RIOIlXa IS PARIS.
The rioting by anarchists and social
ists In Paris on Sunday was a striking
evidence of the revolutionary spirit
that pervades that city nnd a striking
Indication of further nnd perhaps very
much greater disorders in the near fu
ture. The Paris papers agree In regardIng -
Ing the situation as extremely serious
nud most of them call upon the ministry
to take greater precautions against a
recurrence of Sunday's events nnd to net
with more firmness. It certainly does
seem that the government has been
somewhat lacking in foresight nnd It
may be that It has not that firm grasp
of affairs which the situation calls for.
But while It has appeared to err on the
side of prudence and conservatism , it
must bo borne In mind that the situa
tion Is n delicate and difficult one , Unit
much of the public Is In an inflammable
mood and that a very small spark might
start a most destructive conflagration.
Such being the case the government
has perhaps acted wisely In not adopting
any harsher measures than It has em
ployed. In simply making such provision
against disorder as ordinary prudence
suggested , but it is evident that this pol
icy cannot bo maintained without peril
to the public peace and order.
There Is some reason to apprehend
that Sunday's rioting will operate to the
prejudice of Dreyfus , but it is possible
that It will exert no influence for or
against him. As u symptom of what
may happen In the event ofl his convic
tion It is , however , distinctly signifi
cant. The Indications nro that within
the next few weeks the French govern
ment -will be subjected to a tremendous
strain.
HEARST AMD URYAff.
In the campaign of 1800 the mainstay
of William Jennings Bryan nnd the free
silver cause was William 11. Hearst , the
millionaire proprietor of the New York
Journal. In the face of overwhelming
public opinion in New York against the
Nebraska candidate and the Chicago
platform William U. Hearst staked his
political reputation and the life of his
paper on the outcome by backing Bryan
with all his Influence nnd a large share
of his fortune. And now it transpires
that William U. Hearst has experienced
a change of heart , or at any rate had
lost faith in Bryan's star , and was will
ing to drop him for another candidate
who was not known to bo committed to
any of the doctrines cuuncl'ated in the
Chicago platform , and least of nil to
free silver.
Wo have It upon the authority of
President Schurman of the Philippine
commission that William R. Hearst dis
patched James Crcclman all the way
from New York to Manila to tender his
political and financial backing to Ad
miral George Dewey if he would accept
the presidential nomination of the dem
ocratic party in 1000.
Although this tender was declined by
the admiral , the fact that It was made
In the name of end on behalf of Hearst
affords conclusive proof that the Cali
fornia millionaire editor was not only
willing to throw Bryan overboard , but
anxious to exert his Influence and spend
his money to prevent his renornlnatlon.
Whether Mr. Hearst was Inspired by
*
n desire to play a Napoleonic coup on
the political chessboard or whether way
down deep he has lost faith in Bryan
and 10 to 1 free coinage can only bo con
jectured. Sufllce It to say that Hearst
was willing to part company with
Bryan and smash all the planks of his
platform If he could find a man -with
whom he thought he could play a win
ning card in the game of 1000.
DiSGREDITABLE POLITICS.
The Iowa democratic platform , in
condemning the war against the Filipinos
pines , expresses the belief that "It may
have been Inspired by Great Britain for
the purpose of producing conditions that
will force an Anglo-American alliance"
and declares "our detestation
of the at
tempt made In British interest to dis
rupt the friendly relations which have
uniformly existed between the United
States and Germany. "
Referring to this the New York Sun
says : "Tho Des Molncs platform is nn
experiment , nnd a most ignoble and dis
creditable experiment , In its effort to
test the advantages of a fusion for 1900
between the populists and the 'German- *
Americans' who are opposed generally
to free silver. No patriotic American ,
democrat or republican , can withhold
his contempt * for such a transparent bid
for the support , on unamcrlcan grounds ,
of the naturalized voters , as was made
by the populists "and democrats In DCS
Molnes. That any considerable num
ber of naturalized voters In that state
can bo swerved from their support of
republican candidates and n republican
national administration this year by
this appeal to continental European
prejudices Is , of course , hardly to be
supposed. It Is not seriously expected
that , such n platform declaration will
make any change in the result. * It In
nn experiment only , a futile midsummer
mer experiment , of which the patriotic
voters of Iowa will make short work In
November. "
The declarations of the Iowa demo
crats and populists to which reference
Is made are as ridiculous as they are
discreditable and Imply a low estimate
of theintelligence of our foreign-born
citizens. Wo arc 'unwilling to bellovo
that there In n sensible democrat In
Iowa or elsewhere In the country who
seriously thinks that war against the
Filipinos was inspired by Great Britain ,
while as to any attempt being made , in
British Interest , to disrupt the friendly
relations between the United States nnd
Germany , he Is an exceedingly stupid
student of current events who does not
know that there Is absolutely no ground
for such an assertion.
It Is as unreasonable to say that Great
Britain Inspired the war In the Plllp- ) |
pines as it would bo to say that It was
Inspired by Germany or any other
European power. It Is an affair of the
United States wholly and has nothing
whatever to do with the Interests of any
other nation. As to the question of an
Anglo-American alliance , that Is settled.
Neither country Is seeking nor desires
such an alliance. No responsible Brit
ish statesman has ever advocated IIanil
we know of no American public man
who Is In favor of It. The maintenance
of friendly relations Is the wish of the
people of both countries , but nothing be
yond this , and the same feeling extends
to Germany and all the other countries
of Europe. The relations between the
United States nnd Germany have never
been more cordial than at present nud
the recent expression by Emperor Wil
liam of the hope that this friendship
would be perpetuated Indefinitely Is
heartily reciprocated by the American
people.
The lown democrats have Indeed
shown a most Ignoble spirit in appealing
to continental European prejudices and
the party deserves to bo severely re
buked at the polls , as undoubtedly It
will be.
CAl'Ant.K OF SKtt'-aOVBnXMKA'T.
Admiral DeWey Is reported to have
again expressed the opinion that the Fil
ipinos are capable of self-government
and tilKo that he Is In favor of giving It
to them , but according to the report he
thinks the Insurgent ? will have to sub
mit themselves to the law. Dewey said ,
long before the Avar commenced , that the
Filipinos were capable of governing
themselves and suggested that they be
given autonomy , so that the latest re
port of his views Is to be regarded as
credible , since there Is no reason to sup
pose that his opinion has undergone
any change. Undoubtedly had the judg
ment of the admiral been consulted and
accepted by the Washington authorities
war In the Philippines could have bceu
averted and the people there would now
be self-governing under the protection of
the United States. It Is needless to re
count the enormous saving that would
have been effected If his policy had been
pursued , while there -would have been
no sacrifice of any advantage that this
country will get from possessing the
archipellgo. We could have made com
mercial treaties with the Filipinos
quite as beneficial In their results as
our occupation of the islands can pos
sibly bo and avoided all the responsi
bility and expense incident to occupa
tion.
tion.Admiral
Admiral Dewey will soon bo In the
United States and ho should bo per
mitted to give the American people a
statement of the policy -which ho thinks
ought to bo adopted In the Philippines.
His views could exert a great Influence
upon public opinion and unquestionably
would have much weight In determining
the action of congress.
From the amount of time Coin Harvey
is spending in Nebraska in the capacity
of touching committee this state must
be expected to furnish the bulk of his
fund for the relief of the democratic
party. Why Nebraska , wiilch Is in but
moderate circumstances compared with
the wealthy states of the east , should
bear this burden Is not made entirely
clear , any more than what benefits the
contributors may hope to realize should
the silver bulllonaires succeed in dls
lodging the party of prosperity. Why
not give the democrats of some other
state a chance to chip into the hatV
With the money In hand to pay fares
and the certainty that all the men will
come homo over one road the various
railway lines seem to have awakened
suddenly to the fact that possibly they
might do something toward shaving the
rate for the First Nebraska men , even
If the Southern Pacific would not stand
Us share of the reduction.
Unless the attorney general hurries up
the prosecution of the state claim
against Prison Contractor M. D. Welch
the defendant will have a counter claim
more than enough to offset It , as it was
growing , at last reports , at the rate of
§ 2,000 per -week.
It cannot be truthfully said that Gen
eral Weaver never learns anything ,
since ho has absorbed enough knowl
edge of the political situation In Iowa
to forego his perennial ambition to be a
candidate for office at least for this
year.
The controversy over the brigadier
generalship of the Iowa militia between
Prime and Guest threatens to rival the
famous Jones county calf case. The
worst feature of It Is that the matters at
issue arc not worth as much as the calf.
looUn tlint
Philadelphia Times.
Asji matter of fnot , what Is this anxiety
to make moro money by raising the price ot
beef but a kind of homage to tbo golden
calfT
American Method * In Culm ,
Globe Democrat.
Under Spanish rule , Cuba had no railway
mall service and no postal money , order sys
tem. Both are now in operation and paying
their way.
the 1'roccHMlon ,
Detroit Free Presa.
The Hon. J. Sterling Morton bege leave
to observe that the man with < ho hoe Is
not so deserving ot lamente , after all. Ho
la riding now upon a sulky plow and culti
vator.
of the Howler.
Baltimore American ,
With railroads complaining that they can
not get cars enough to transport freight , and
big concerns unable to get material fast
enough to nil all their orders , the calamity
howler Is In desperate straits for a subject
of lamentation.
JVoiv 1.1 lit to Thin !
Philadelphia Times.
Tbo democrats will not nominate William
J. Bryan for president next year for two
reasons ; First , they couldn't come within
bight of an election with him as their can
didate ; and , second , be represents no vital
democratic principle ,
JIouuiK'c to the Sucred Idol ,
Chicago News ,
It Is possible that the Iowa democrats will
bo accused ot shelving the financial question
and substituting the Issue of Imperialism In
Ita ulace. Hut the very first lines of the
platform adopted at Des Melees "unquali
fiedly and unreservedly Indorse the Chicago
platform cf 1896 in whole and In detail , "
It Is not. easy to eee what they could have
said that would have committed the party
In .the Btato moro completely to the IC-to-l
Idea
IS IT WORTH Till : \MM.nt
Prulli of the Policy of l > t | > ini lon llc-
rnniliiR More VlipnrpiU.
Philadelphia Ledger ( rep. )
It Is settled at Washington that the army
Is to bo Increased to a\totnl ot 100,000 men
under arms. This Increase of enlisted men ,
though following close upon the heels of the
Hrtuscls pence congress , was not a consequence
quence of that conference ; It Is , on the con
trary , a direct and , It may bo said , an In
evitable sequence of the national administra
tion's policy of "Manifest Destiny , " or ex
pansion. This policy , as It has been dally
Illustrated , docs not mean alone the ex
pansion of territory ; It means , among a
goodly number of other things now and
strange , an army of 100,000 effectives , a navy
of many and formidable ships ; It means the
expansion of the lists of dead and wounded ,
the expansion of taxation , ot war taxes at
a tlrao 'when ' any war authorized by con
gress , without which authorization no war Is
justlQed , cannot be said to constitutionally
exist , and of the expansion ot the cost ot all
the necessaries of life. Thus , itlll bo
perceived , the price of tne policy of expan
sion Is high and with each now day it Is
certain to be higher. To create and main
tain vast armies afield , to construct and keep
afloat great lighting ships , requires enormous
revenues , all which must necessarily bo fur
nished by the people. Not only are the
Spanish war taxes still on months alter
peace was declared , but they must ho ex
panded Indefinitely In order to keep pace
with the policy of expansion. Onerous and
burdensome as they are the icvcnuo sup
plied by them Gtlll falls far behind the ex
penditures , as , for instance , the treasury re
port for July shows that the government's
Income from all sources was far less than
its outlay , the cost of the Philippine var
alone for last month havlug been upward
at $19,000,000. There Is something exceed
ingly attractive In playing at expansion.
The game Is undoubtedly n pretty one , but ,
nil things considered , Is the game really
worth the candle ? Let thoughtful folk con
sider the following list of'losses of our
troops In the Philippines from August 6 ,
18D8 , to August 14 , 1S99 :
Killed Mfl
Died of wounds nnd accidents 323
Died of disease " "I
Total deaths SM
Wounded .1,649
Captured and mlsslrig la
Grand total 2,393
and then let them consider this significant
statement of that stalwart republican leader
and honest statesman , Senator Burrows :
"So Tar the warfare has waged fifty miles
north of Manila and only a few miles to the
east. There are thousands of miles yet to
subdue and fully 10,000,000 people to sub
jugate. "
Evidently the policy "Manifest Destiny"
Is not a cheap one , but one which will grow
dearer the longer it Is jiiirsued.
MAT LESS MEAT.
One Wny of GlviiiK the Ilutchcm 11
Ilnrtl Front.
Chicago Chronicle.
People who complain of the great advance
In the price of meat have a very simple
remedy a remedy , moreover , which will not
only save thorn money , but will Improve
their health. Let them cat less meat or cat
none at all.
There is no reason why the average city
dweller should eat meat three times a day
or three times a week , for that matter. And
the eating of largo quantities of meat In
the summer months Is simply stuffing the
firebox of the human furnace with fuel
which cannot properly bo consumed and
which cfogs up the machine with disastrous
results. Hard manual labor may necessitate
a meat diet , though even that Is disputed ,
but for sedentary occupations , which occa
sion a very slight , waste of tissue , there Is
no necessity for fopd containing more nitro
genous factors than are to ibe found In vege
tables. The vegetarian dpctrlne no longer
rests solely upon , .theory , though comparative
anatomy demonstrates pretty clearly that
man IB not normaly a carnivorous animal.
It has been tested and proved to bo sound
by actual practice. It has been shown by
years of experience that animal food Is not
necessary to health and strength , and It has
been shown that In some cases at least such
food Is distinctly detrimental to vigor. Cer
tainly It must be evident to everyone that the
diet which is proper for a hodcarrlcr or a
blacksmith must bo unfitted for a clerk or
a professional man , yet clerks and profes
sional men -whose eolo exercise Is a walk of
a few blocks dally eat quite as much meat
as Is eaten by men who are exhausting tissue
toy hard physical labor. The result , as
physicians are coming to realize , is the great
prevalence of Brlght's disease , rheumatism ,
apoplexy and the other ailments due to non-
aBslmllatlon of largo quantities of animal
food.
food.Meat
Meat occasionally Is-wen enough. In the
winter , when animal heat Is needed , meat
supplies the fuel moro compactly , perhaps ,
than anything else , though even In winter
It Is by no means Indispensable. But at no
time of year , and In summer least of all ,
Is there any reason for the city 'business ' man
to consume a quantity of animal food that
would suffice to nourish and sustain a coal-
heaver. He Is doing violence to his system
when ho eats food which ho cannot assimi
late properly and that Is what happens when
ho devours meat three times a day.
The advance In the prlco of meat , there
fore , affords an opportunity for diet reform.
Let peopTo cut down their meat 'bills ' or cut
them off altogether. After a trial of a
month they will agree that they never felt
so well In their lives.
GREAT ( WESTERN CHOI'S.
Thlnprn ComliiK Our " \Vny nt nil Irrc-
Hlnllhlf > I'acf.
Buffalo Express.
Western farmers expect to pay off the
remainder ot their mortgages , to refurnish
their houses , to buy new farm Implement"
and to put eomo money In the banks with
this year's crops. They made a good start
In that direction last year and will finish up
the job this year. There is already con
siderable money in the wcot , The eastern
banks are just learning that fact through
the absence of a great demand for money
with which to move the crops to market.
As a usual thing the money to do this has
come from the cast each year. But this
year tbo west will furnish a largo part of
the needed amount. AH of which goea to
tihow that the wlso western farmers laid I
by some of their J898 profits for a rainy !
day ; or , Inasmuch as wo are speaking of tbo |
west , it would ha moro proper to say , for
a dry spell.
The wheat and corn crops this year prom-
lie to bo greater than they were last.
Kansas alone expects to have not less than
300,000,000 bushels of corn , and the asser- |
tlon IB made that the value of the Kansas
corn crop will exceed that of all the gold
and silver mined In the United States.
And Kansas Is hut one state of many that
will have a share In this prosperity. Th < 9
west waited long enough at fortune's feedIng -
Ing trough ; she ought to get her fill now.
I'lirt of thi > War Tux.
Boston Transcript.
Now the dressed beet men of Chicago pro
claim their Innocence and say that the
farmers and ranchmen are getting the bene
fit of Iho Increased price of beef , owing to
large Government purchases for tbo army.
So the cent or two a pound extra Is virtually
a part of the war's taxation.
Tukuu Off the IIIIlH.
New York Sun.
A campaign of the Hon. Augustus Van
Wyck for the democratic nomination for
president , assisted by his true-blue friends ,
but without the approval and patronage of
Mr. Richard Crokcr , would afford one of the
inw.t entertaining ipectaclce ptcr beheld ill
American politics.
SMYTH'S ASSAULT OX Tim TIU'STS.
Central City Nonparlcl ! After three years
of meditation And inaction regarding the
Nebraska anti-trust law , Attorner General
Smyth has at last commenced a suit to en
force the law against the Standard Oil com
pany. Smyth can bo relied upon to make a
grand-stand play as A campaign draws near.
1'apllllon Times : Every good citizen of
Nebraska win bid Attorney General Smyth
godspeed In his fight against the trusts , lie
has oncncd the fight by nttncklnc the oil
trust , and will probably gct after the grain-
buyers' or elevator trust next. The only
danger In the flcht acalnst the trusts In
Nebraska Is the fact that so manv ot our
courts are presided over by creatures of the
corporations.
North Platte Tribune : Now that the
state camp.ilEti Is about to begin , Attorney
General Smyth announces that ho Is going
after the trusts in Nebraska with a six-
lined pitchfork , and that they will all die
a horrible Oeath. That's right , Constantine ,
after them , nnd don't let one of them escape ,
dut why , pray , did you not gct after them
sooner ? Is there any politics in this mid
den move you make ?
Pierce Call : ( Attorney General Smyth
seems to at least have awakened to the fact
that there Is a law against trusts In our
state iind It Is stated that he is now about
to brine : action acalnst the Standard Oil
company. Is ho sincere or is this a bluff
for political campaign thunder this fall ?
It sincere why did Mr. Smyth wait until
three years of his time ns state's attorney
are passed ? Mr. Smyth presumes a good
deal on the credulity of the people.
Bloomlngton Echo : Attorney General
Smyth has started an action against the
Standard Oil company under the nntl-trust
laws ot this state. Whether the gentleman
In sluccrc In his action remains to be seen.
The facts are , however , that the company
has been doing business in this state con
trary to the anti-trust laws ever sluco
Smyth was elected , and as the company
Is able to appeal the case Inetanter to the
federal courts , where it will be tied up for
the next four or five years , it would look
as it the legal gentleman were simply
making a grand stand play for the fall
campaign. It ho had been sincere ho would
hava attacked some case that was entirely
a state organization and then ho could have
tested It In the supreme court ot our own
elate.
iKirernont Tribune : Attorney General
Smyth has finally been aroused to his duty
of enforcing the Nebraska anti-trust laws ,
and he has directed his first blow nt the
giant ot trusts , the Standard Oil company.
Incidentally , It may bo remarked , a cam
paign Is just coming on , and the party to
which Mr. Smyth belongs is in need of a
llttlo stimulant to give it strength. From
this point of view the attorney general's
move must be admitted to bo a very timely
ono. 'Hero's ' to his success In his struggle
with the dragon , though the chances ore
against his coming off a victor. The Stand
ard Oil people have gene up against some
good deal harder propositions than Attorney
General Smyth without suffering. But they
are a shining mark , and 'Mr. Smyth should
keep shooting away at them , now that ho
has "drawn a bead" on them.
Seward Reporter : Attorney General
Smyth has Instituted proceedings In the
district court of Douglas county against
the Standard OH company to compel that
organization to cease doing business In Ne
braska contrary to law. The position
taken by the attorney general Is that the
Standard Oil company Is a trust and under
the statute barred from doing business in
Nebraska. To tha people the Standard Oil
company is a trust and under the statute
Is barred from doing business In the state.
To the masses the Standard Oil company Is
a trust , pure and simple , but whether Mr.
Smyth will be able to provo such to be the
case Is quite a different thing. The attor
ney general states that he Is going after all
the trusts wh'lch do'business In the state.
Should bo do BO ho will have plenty to keep
him busy during the rest of his term of
office , but It IH dollars to doughnuts that
the filing of a few petitions just at the
opening of the fall campaign will be all that
the burst of energy on the part of the at
torney general will amount to. Some
years ago the Incumbent ot the same office
now held by Mr. Smyth , started in to regu
late the railroads and the result was that
the state paid the costs. When lightweight
attorneys attempt to outwit he legal de
partment of the big corporations or trusts
success Is not likely to follow. Mr. Smyth
selected a good fish to .begin . on.
I'EKSO.VAL AVD OTHUUAV1SR.
Thomas Bain , new speaker of the Cana
dian House of Commons , is the first farmer
to gain that post.
The controller of the treasury has decided
that the testimony of people present at a
man's birth Is better than a public record
as evidence ot his age.
In a recent discussion a friend ot Senator
Morgan's quoted to him : "A soft answer
turneth away wrath. " "Not over a telephone -
phone , " replied the senator.
The father and brother of Ellhu Root
have both held professorships In Hamilton
college , where they were known among the
students as "Cube" Hoot and "Square"
Root.
Fifteen hundred men have been laid oft at
the Cramps' shipyard , Philadelphia , because
the firm cannot obtain structural iron In
sufficient quantities to keep all its men em
ployed. 'Hero ' is provocation for a calamity
howl.
The editor of the Baltimore Sun delivered
himself of an instructive editorial which be
headed "A Simple Cure for Choking. " When
It appeared next next morning It bore the
fetching caption "A Simple Cure for Jok
ing. "
A moro curious series ot coincidence could
hardly happen than that which Involves the
names of the two watchmen at Blackwall
Pier , Liverpool , who are named Day and
Knight. Mr. Day Is on duty during the day
and Mr. Knight at night.
Cornelius Vanderbllt , who has been cut
off from much active life toy his bad health ,
finds amusement 1 the phonograph , which
bo has constantly at his side. This con
veys to him airs from the latest operas , and
Into it he frequently talks himself.
Gavels made from wood from the sills of
the old homo ot Thomas A. Hendrlcks are
to bo used by tbo president of the Ohio
democratic state convention. They are to
bo presented by citizens of Zanesvllle. Hen-
drlcks was a native of Ohio , being born In a
log cabin in Musktngum county.
General Fuuatou'a mall Is probably tbo
largest In tbo Philippines. There are quan
tities of letters of congratulations from
frleruVa and strangers , requests for auto
graphs , political advice , sample cigars ,
which seek to bear his name , stocks of
newspaper clippings and countless gifts ot
every description ,
A Now York man has brought suit against
a tribe of Red Men for Injuries inflicted
upon him during an Initiation a year ago ,
Ilia most serious charge is that while bo
was tied to a stake bullets were fired from
revolvers and that ono struck him In the
leg , Inflicting a wound which confined him
to bis borne for two months.
K.vvoniTus ron srpnn.MK
Grctna 'News-Reporter ' : Judge Dickinson
of Tekaraah would receive hearty support
from this paper It nominated for supreme
judge on the republican ticket. He is as'
able and good a man as ever sat on the
bench of Nebraska.
Klmball Observer- Judge Dickinson of
Tokatnah Is receiving many flattering no
tices from the press as an available can
didate for judge of the supreme court. Ho
Is an able jurist , Is clean , capable and Is
identified \\lth no factions.
Tobias Gazette : 'Hon. ' Robert Ryan of
Lincoln Is of the right material ( or a judge
on the ejuprcmo bench. Where he Is best
known all speak words ot commendation.
Ho Is tearless , nblo and not erratic. The
people would make no mistake by electing
him to this high office.
Alnsviorth Star-Journal : The name ot
Judge Dickinson of Tekaraah is favorably
mentioned among republicans In connection
with the supreme judgcshlp. Judge Dickin
son Is ono of the ablest lawyers In the state ,
and 1st .now serving on the district bench.
It is believed , besides , that the nomination
ot this able jurist would go far toward heal
ing the discordant tone In Douglas county
and result in harmonizing matters In gen
eral.
Blair Pilot : U cannot bo said to be a
boom in the case of Judge Dickinson for the
supreme bench. When It became known
that the judge would accept the nomination
If It were tendered him the people nt once
wanted him. A man with a batter judlcla
record cannot 'he found In Nebraska , am
there are none with clearer heads. When
the 'Judgo lands on a point ot law It can
be ( banked on ns correct. Where can yov
find n district judge who has had but ono
ca. j in fourteen reversed by the supremo1
court ? That Is Dickinson's record.
Oakland Republican : The name of Judge
Charles T. Dickinson of this county has
been heralded by many paper * throughout
the state as the proper name to head the
republican state ticket , as candidate for supreme
premo Judge. Until very recently he hai
not consented to accept such nomination If
tendered him. Ho now has the nomination
for district judge , which was given him by
almost the unanimous voice of the judlcla
convention , after ho had served the dlstrlc
in that capacity for four years. Not another
of tl\o very able Judges of the district hai
a vote so large. Tnero is pernaps no oincr
man In the state bettor qualified for the
office of supreme Judge than C. T. Dickin
son. Ho Is and has been for years a dili
gent tftudcnt In bis profession , and among
all the cases tried before him as district
Judge during the past four years only
fourteen cases were appealed to the supreme
premo court and only ono of tbeso was re
versed. Ha Is n clean man In every par
ticular no man having aught to soy against
his character , either as nn officer or a private
citizen. ( Ho is the right kind of a man to
place In the highest tribunal of the state.
CANADA'S IDLE TIIHEATS.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Sir Charles Tup-
pcr seems to think that the United States
was created for the special purpose o
knuckling down to Canada. Ho seems to
think it In spite of all the proof ho has re
ceived to the contrary.
New York Mall and Express : Sir Charlca
Tupper assures his follow Canadians that
the United States will agree to arbitrate
the Alaskan boundary dispute after all.
Sir Charles is deceiving somebody , but
whether it Is himself or his constituents
remains to ( bo seen.
Philadelphia Press : Canada has the
power to exclude American miners from her
side of the boundary line. She now im
poses a 10 per cent royalty on all gold dug
out of the ground by the miners , an imposi
tion practiced nowhere else on earth.
There Is nothing of the kind imposed on
the British miners in the Transvaal ,
which country Canada ostentatiously offers
to help'Eoglandwhip" because"1 of alleged
wrongs to these same well-treated British
miners. But when it comes to the shut
ting-out game Canada will be ready to cry
enough in about one day. The stoppage of
the bonding privilege in the winter season ,
a mere matter of treasury regulation , would
bar Canada from communication with the
outsldo world for six months and would at
any time bankrupt her railroads.
Philadelphia Inquirer : This country
must look to its Interests in the Pacific if
it Intends to retain the paramount position ,
there. Our prestige is threatened , and that
seriously , by Canada. The stand that that
country has taken In demanding'a port of
entry to the Klondike Is not an isolated
matter , but Is part of a settled policy on
the part of the Canadians to win that posi
tion in the west that we now hold. It Is
part of a system that has been built up
and developed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier , and
which has the support of men in both
of Canada's principal political parties. It
evidence were wanted to prove this , all
that need be done Is to point to the effort !
that Canada is making to push through
transcontinental railroads and deep water
cables. These two things control trade.
TIIK IIISB IN l-niCES.
Varloim Kxplnnationa ot the Cnnie
Pninilile Political Effect.
Philadelphia North American.
The increase in the cost of JlvJng Is be
ginning to attract general attention and Is
eliciting various explanations. Tbo rlto in
prices is general. Meat , salt , carpets , print
cloths , hardware , coal and other stapled
have gone up so much within the last few
months that the movement cannot be Ig
nored.
According to ono class of thinkers , this
rise Is caused entirely by the machinations
of the trusts , nnd hence is wholly evil.
Others hold that the trusts merely register
the operations of the law of aupply and
demand. Times are good , production can
not keep pace with consumption and prices
naturally go up , as they would If there were
no eucli thing as a trade combination in
existence.
Doubtless there Is some truth in each of
these theories. Times ore brisk , a strong
demand tends to force up prices , and the
trusts send them up even further.
But may wo not bo feeling tbo effect of
another influence , more general still ? Is
not the enormous increase in the world's
production of gold within the last few yean
bringing us into such another period of
rising prices as followed the discovery of
America , and later the development ot the
mlnca of California and Australia ?
To eay that prices have gone up Is simply
another way of saying that the value of
money has gone down , And bow could It
be expected that the value of money would
fall to go down when tbo volume of gold
added annually to the world's stock has
doubled In six years ?
If it turns out that the downward ten
dency of prices , which was Mr. Bryan' *
chief stock in trade in 1896 , has been not
only checked but reversed by the production
of gold , will not a campaign for the free
coinage of sllVer ibo curdled on .under
considerably greater disadvantages next
year than before ? And if tbo rise bo attrib
uted to the malevolence of the trued , will
It not bo embarrassing to denounce those
BAKING
POWDER
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. , .
ftQVAl KAKthQ OwtiH CO. HI * TOR *
combinations for raisins prices And simul
taneously advocate free silver its A
ot pushing prices still higher ?
A SAMPMJ
tPMtioiiNlhlllt- Criminal
CnrolcuMionn. , ,
Springfield ( Mass. ) Uepubllcan. | lj f
A corporation with a "soul" Is being grad
ually revealed by the coroner's Inquest Into
the recent trolley car horror near Bridge
port , Conn. Ono of the witnesses for the
company who fmoro that he uni a paMtcnftcr
en the car and that the car WAR going slowly
hnn now contended that IIP WRS not on the
rar nt all and that ho perjured hlmxclf In " > fc\ * '
his testimony. Another witness has appeared ' '
with the ftuo which ho claims teas 4aken
by himself from the wrecked car after the
accident. It Is a remarkable coincidence
that the fuse presented to the coroner is all
right nnd that the man who grubbed the
original fuse from the car Is nn employe of
the troiley company. The corporation , ot
course , did not arrange for or anticipate
such telling testimony In Its favor. It also
appears that the company docs propose to
settle nil damage claims at $100 for each
dead person. As the company's lawyer
points out , under the Connoctlcitt law no
damages can be obtained unless the victim
suffered pain In dying. Who can provo that
the victims of that trolley wreck did not dl
Instantaneously ? The offer ot $100 a head U ,
therefore , magnificent. There were twenty-
nine killed , and thus the wreck would cent
the company $2f)00. ) It could have another
wreck right away and not ho financially em
barrassed.
CHAKK OP THE WITS.
Chicago Tribune : "I reckon the moot
useless nun In thin world , " said Uncla
Allen Sparks , "Is the fellow who hits pl.iyrd
Just enough lawn tennis to spoil him for a
harvest hand. "
Washington Star : "Imitation , " ald
uncle Bhcii , "may bo do slncorlost flattery.
But do gemrmm at do bunk has had folks
put In Jail foh takln' tlah pens In hand an'
tryln' tcr pay dut kin' o' compliments. "
Philadelphia Times : Lots of exchanges
nro continually advising people not to pick
the fungus for the mushroom. Apparently
they can't give too much room to what no
doubt is a. timely suggestion.
Chicago Post : "What brought you to
this ? " aske-cl the Jail visitor.
"A pollco patrol wugon , " answered the
prisoner.
Indianapolis Journal : "Ever notiro how a
skeleton grins at .tlilngn In general ? " asked
the boarder who Is cultivating his llrst
mustache and some pessimism.
"I have , " said the Cheerful Idiot , "though
I don't see now he hag the face to do so.
Chicago Record : "Alarie , didn't you feel
terribly when your engagement was
broken ? "
"Yes ; nnd T had another dreadful blow
the same day any new- frock came homo
and didn't ) lit. " <
Cleveland Plain Dealer : ' 'In ' handftMB
them ibis-cults o' yourn , mum. my early
tralnln * came In mighty handy. "
"What do you mean by that ? "
"Why , when I wtiz a , young fellow , mum ,
I used to work on .highway . sortln' cob
blestones ! "
Chicago News : "I am so ambitious , " said
tha egotistical man. "that some day you
may sec me bring the earth home. "
"If you bring lo on your feet , " cautioned
his meek wife , "don't forget that the door
mat stands In the vestibule , and that the
last time these halls wcro scrubbed I did
it myself. "
Washington Star : "Go to school , sonny , "
said Uncle Bben , "an1 git educated 'bout
geography. It'll help you to un'stan' < 3at
dls worP would keep pwlne round , even
if you dldn' happen to bo on han' lo push
an' holler. "
BREEZES IN TUB CORN.
Falls City Journal.
There's a melody that's sweeter than th'
fairies ever sung ,
Or has ever found expression on a faltering
human tongue ;
'Tis a eoft and swelling chorus , 'Us a n-
tlo eweet 'refrain ' , ' ' ' " n VJ "
Breathed Into the car of nature , from , tha
Ihlll and from the plain.
It 1s common In Nebraska where the spread.
Ing acres lay ,
Bathed in radiant floods of sunshlna all
the glorious summer day ;
Sweeter than the echoing music of a. fairy's
silver horn
Is the soft , melodious rustle of the breezes
In the corn.
'Tis the music of an anthem that is sacred
to the -west ,
Where the 'broad ' prairies lying1 , by the hand
of God caressed ,
6ml le to greet the golden /sunbeams / as
they kiss the waving grant
As it botvs a kindly greeting to th breezea
0.8 they pass.
As the regiments of plenty march across a
happy land
There Is naught of martial music , th ro'a
no military band ,
But they march In perfect rhythm -without
either drum or tiorn ,
For their music is the rustlingof the
breezes in the corn. .
Where the long- green rows are standing
there's a flash of emerald preen ,
And the ever-nodcUnff tassels maks an
animated scene ;
And the early dewdrops sparkle , from the
fields of ripening grain
From old Richardson to Cherry , and from
Dundy back to Wayne.
And Nebraska farmers listen as there falls
upon tha oar
The sweetest kind of muslq that -we mor
tals ever hear ;
Tis a eong whoso equal never on a human
ilp was born ,
Tis tha soft and gentle rustllns of the
breezes in the corn.
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