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THE OMAHA DAILTVT 15ID.E : MONDAY , SEt'TBMlVEK 11 , 1S9 . THEMAIIA DAILYBEE. PUBLISHED KV13UY MOKXIXO. TEIIMS Or 8UHSCHIPTIOX. pally He ( without Sunday ) , Ono Year.Jfl.O IJally Dee anil Sunday , One Vcnr 8.0 Daily , Sunday and Illustrated , one Year 8.2. Hunuay and lllufltratod , Ono Year 2.2 Illustrated Bee , One Year 2.0 Hunday Hoe , One Year 2.W Hutimuy lieo. une Year l.o < weekly Be s Ono Ycnr 61 OFK1C15S. Omaha ! The lleo Building. South Omaha : City Halt Building , Twenty-fifth nnd N Streets. Council IJliilTs : 10 1'cnrl Street. Chicago : 307 Oxford Building. J\ew York. Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. COimiSSl'OXUKXCR Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Omaha Uce , Editorial Detriment. Bl'.SIXl-.SS MJTTBHS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed ; The lleo Publishing Company , Omaha. IIHM1TTANCKS. ncmlt by draft , express or postal ordci payable to The Bee Publishing Company , Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment o ( mail accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not accepted. THIS Ul-JK. PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATI2MH.M' 01C CIHCUI.ATIOX. flt.itn of Nebraska , Douglas County. M. : George D Tzscnuck , secretary of The Dee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full ami complete fonles of The Dally. Morning , Evening and Sunday Beo. printed during the month of August , 1S33 , wni ns follows : 1 21,8-10 17 2 1,7'tO 18 iM.NU.-l S U 1,870 19 21.771 4 1 ! 1,770 20 . U .U7i : C liUMO 21 . SI.NS1 6 ll11)11 ( ) 22 . 21,011 7 lM,7r a 23 . 2I..120 8 at.sr.o 21 . Ul.lilO o 1:1,7.10 23 . 2.1,011(1 ( 10 i- ! > , too 23 . 2I.MIS 11 21,010 27 . 2.-.Stl : 12 Ul.T.'tO S . 2I.OOU 13 i : < i.ro.- 29 . 2O.20O 14 UMMIO 80 . 2.1,0 III K 21,802 31 . 27.0UO 18 1M.71T Totnl ,7SIstO : Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 10,1-1:1 : Not total sales 771.UH7 Net dally average 1M.SN3 OKOnOB B. TZSCHUCIv. Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of September , A D. , 1593. M. B. HUNG ATE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. It will now be In order for Albyu Frank to tllo ti few more complaints of. crluilual libel. Whllo no ono Is surprised nt the Dreyfua verdict , every lover of fair piny Is disappointed over It. The Greater America Exposition Is entering the last quarter , so look out for a brisk spurt on the lioinc stretch. Douglas county democrats have their Inning this week , but the hottest light they can conjure up will not bring out half as many votes as the republican primaries. 1'opocrats who were counting on loading the republican ticket In Doug las county with spotted candidates ore Iho worst dlsapiwluted over the repub lican nominations. The corn will all be gathered In be fore election day iu November and the Nebraska farmer who contemplates bins overflowing with the yellow curs will want no more calamity for him. Over l.COO pupils are enrolled In the Omaha High school. In point of at tendance the High school Is larger than three-fourths of the colleges of the country , though few people realize it. Douglas county republicans leave It to the state convention to formulate the party declaration of principles. The state platform should be broad enough for every republican candidate to stand on. What has happened to Attorney Gen eral Smyth ? How can he hope to keep up his reputation as a trust annlhllator unless ha makes a new onslaught on the capitalistic combinations at least once each week ? Several of the returned First No- hra.ska companies have been tendered complimentary balls by their friends at homo. A few months ago the Fill- plnos were getting the bulls and doing the dancing. The Minnesota volunteer regiment that has bwn doing service In the Phil ippines , having landed at San Fran cisco , St. Paul and Minneapolis should I OHO no time getting out their bunting and red tire and putting their bells and whistles In good working order. The segregation of the Union Pacific at the time of the receivership took away from Omaha sot oral score of clerks and accountants formerly em ployed In the headquarters at this point. The eventual reunification of the system should bring them back , and that before long. Nebraska popocrats are Importing "Cyclone" Davis of Texas and "Green- back" Weaver of Iowa to inftiso the rank and tllo with enthusiasm for their Btato ticket. As balloon intlatcrs Davis and Weaver ought to bo shining suc cesses , although up to this tlmo they have always been best descending in a parachute. What Is the matter with Omaha's bunk clearings ? Kver slnco the squab ble over the South Omaha business was adjusted It has been plain the banks huvo not been Bending all their ex changes through the clearing house , The bankers In every other city do tholr best to make a good clearing house showing. Why should not Omaha hankers do the sarno ? The senatorial contest In Iowa goes apace with the best of feeling between rhu asplrunts , who are lighting it out over the legislative nominations In each legislative district If the election of Uniti'd States senators were by direct veto of the people the result would doubtless bo the same In this case , but the decision would bo rendered promptly at the polls , while now noth ing will bo certain tinJJl the announce * tucnt in Joint scsslon ncst winter. ' * f\ TJIB SUPREME JVllOEtsniP. The principal state olllce which citi zens of Nebraska will 1111 by choice al the IK HS the coming November Is that of Judge of the supreme court. While the contest Involves the supremacy ol contending political parties In the statr and also has great national bearings the Importance of the supreme Judgeship - ship to the grout mass of the people must not be overlooked. t J Under the constitution of Nebraska the supreme court , made up of three Justices , Is the highest Judicial tribunal of the commonwealth. To this court lie appeals direct from all the district courts In the state , so that It Is in reality the court of last report for practically nil the litigation arising under the state laws. It has original Jurisdiction In several directions , although under pres ent practice of the court It Is exercis ing original powers more and more sparingly , It Is furthermore the court of Impeachment before whom durollct Btnto olllcers are tried and therefore the ultimate safety valve against of- llclal dishonesty and corruption. For the position of supreme judge above all others no ono should be con sidered eligible who lias not shown by experience not only professional ability and learning In the law , but also the qualities that make a judicial mind. With the tremendous amount of work devolving upon u court of only three Judges without even the assistance of the commissioners who formerly di vided the labor , each Incumbent of the supreme bench should be equipped for quick nnd yet accurate determination of the controversies before him and co-operate with his associates to give all speedy as well as equal Justice. 1 To many people then , the question I what party the candidate belongs to subordinates Itself to the question , AV111 he answer the demand for a safe , hon est nnd reliable Judge ? The fusion candidate Is already chosen. If the republicans will keep these suggestions 1 In view In selecting their standard- bearer , they will present a man so su perior In point of legal ability mid Ju dicial qualifications that he will have the undivided support of all who want a serviceable and efficient supreme court. ron Tin ; Kvury republican platform of this year unequivocally declares for the gold standard. The latest enunciation Is from Maryland , whose republican plat form says : "We believe In the gold standard and that all our currency should be made by law redeemable in gold coin at the option of the holder. " This implies that the law ut present Is ambiguous , which Is the fact , since It leaves It optional with the govern ment to pay Its obligation in gold erIn In silver. It Is this fact which would enable an administration favorable to the white metal to put the country on a silver basis. The American Bankers' association at Its session last week adopted a resolu tion urging "that congress at Its next session enact a law to more firmly mid unequivocally establish the gold stand ard In this country by providing that the gold dollar , which , under the exist ing law , Is the unit of value , shall be the standard and measure of all values In the United States ; that all the obliga tions of the government and all paper money , Including circulating notes of national banks , shall bo redeemed In gold coin , and that the legal tender notes of the United States , when paid Into the treasury , shall not be reissued except upon the deposit of an equiva lent amount of gold coin. " These In telligent financiers do not accept the view of those who contend that the gold j standard Is already fixed by statute ] and that no further legislation Is needed to establish that standard. Sound money republicans everywhere are In hearty sympathy with the utter ance of the party In Iowa , Maryland and other states favorable to a declara tion by congress of the gold standard , In terms so plain and unequivocal that there can bo no doubt or misapprehen sion as to their meaning. It Is true that wo have the gold standard , but it is necessary that It shall be given such unmistakable- and unambiguous recog nition in law that an executive un friendly to the gold standard cannot assail or trlflo with it The opportunity to do this Is at hand and the republican party cannot afford to neglect It. TllK DANGKlt COXFIIUNTINO VttANCE , The reconvIcUon of Dreyfus does not end the matter and the rather surpris ing calmness of the people does not ; mean Indifference to the verdict or luck i ' of purpose to protest against It when the proper tlmo for doing so shall have ' arrived. The lawyers of the condemned j man will ask for a revision , not with i any hope of securing It , but as a neces-1 sary proceeding. There uro nmplo' ' reasons why revision should be grunted , but no ono seriously expects it. Pend ing the decision on this application of , the defense the popular hostility to the verdict will doubtless bo restrained , but It Is sufo to predict that as soon us revision shall bo refused the popular protest against the verdict will bo made with n force and vigor that will shako the very foundations of the republic. This Is very clearly indicated In the utterances of men who regard the pro ceedings and the deelBlon of the court- martial as a most flagrant and mon strous outrage. The supporters of law and Justice have been defeated , but they are not dismayed. There are many influential and courageous Frenchmen , jealous of the honor of their country , who will not supinely submit to this great wrong or cease to demand that It be remedied so long as there Is n ray of hope of accomplishing anything. This clement Is stronger today , both In numbers and In moral force , than nt the beginning of the retrial of Drey fus. The proceedings of the court- martial , It Is not to be doubted , con vinced thousands of Frenchmen of the Innocence of Dreyfus who before either believed him guilty or were undecided. Then there are the Important facts that two members of the court voted for no qulttal and that on the ground of "ex tenuutlng elrctlmstnneos" the punish mentprescribed , by the llrst court-mar tlal was modified. It Is rightly urgei' ' that the latter fact deprives the verdlcl of nil claim to respect , for If Dreyfti' was guilty of treason , as charged , hi should have been given the full pennlt } of the law. The problem presented to the govern inent is whether It will supi > ort the out rageous verdict of the court-martial - the proceedings of which were such n travesty as to nt once nmaze ami amuse the civilized world or whether It will use whatever power or authority it may possess with a view to remedy ing the wrong and conserving the endn of Justice. It must choose between protecting military forgers , perjurers and conspirators and the vindication of law and right. I The Immediate danger confronting France Is revolution. A foreign war Is a possibility of the not remote future. In either event republican institutions there would bo very likely to give place to a monarchy with the nrmy as Its I bulwark. Word comes from Lincoln that the supreme court will this mouth hand down a decision touching the validity of legislative acts creating minor state olllces not authorized by the constitu tion. Among these olllces are the labor commlsslonershlp , the deputy Insurance eommlssloiiorshlp , the deputy oil In spectorship , secretaryships of the State Hoard of Transportation , the Hoard of Irrigation nnd n Job lot of other olllces created by more recent sessions of the legislature. A decision by the court of last resort declaring these olllces va cated would strike terror to the hearts of many iropocrutlc ple-blters and at the same time make a gratifying reduc tion lii the state pay roll. The authorities in charge of the State Institute for the Blind will have general approval of tholr course in put ting Into effect an order ban-Ing admis sion of persons from other states when the Institution bus till It can do to take care of the Nebraska blind. While the cure of defectives nnd dependents is a duty owed to humanity , the duty rjests upon each state to provide for its own and It Is nn Imposition upon the tax payers of-Nebraska to make them pay for the education of the blind of neigh boring states. The rule Is a good one , resting upon sound basis , and should bo applied In other state Institutions of similar character without dlscriml- natou. Reports of crop conditions In Iowa and Kansas read like romances yet there Is doubtless much truth In them. These two great states ndjolnlng Ne braska huvo produced enough this year to feed the nation , their granaries are bursting and the fruit , vegetable nnd hay crops are enormous. Nebraska is not far behind her neighbors only In proportion to population. . Give Ne braska as many producers us there are In Iowa and Kansas , the crop yield would bo quite as abundant Both Council Bluffs and South Omaha are struggling with the tax question. In those towns It Is pretty much ns it is elsewhere the corporations want the small property holdings to yield the revenue for maintaining city govern ment Equal assessments would bo a boon to humanity , but there Is llttlo hopj of attaining to that degree of per fection In local self-government in this neck o' woods. It would be a signal stroke of policy for the business men of Omaha to work up a heavy excursion to the Hastings Street fair and lake that hustling citj by storm. For two years the men of Omaha hove been beating the bushes In strenuous efforts to get merchants from the Interior of the state to visit Omaha and do business here. The time has como to enforce the principle of reciprocity. Local Iron founders are far behind In their orders , largely because it is im possible to gel uu adequate supply of iron and because of a shortage of skilled labor. In this connection the recent re marks of former Senator William Vin cent Allen may be recalled going to the point that prevailing prosperity Is-duo solely to natural causes and effects nnd despite the republican administration. It Is plain the International yacht contest has precipitated Itself nt an unfortunate tlmo when the public is distracted with so many 11101x5 momen tous questions of International cense quence. The yachts will find It hard thLs tlmo to hold the boards more than two or three days. Evidently the safest way to keep your money is to wrap it up in brown paper and leave It where everybody can see It. At least this seems to be the lesson of the $10,000 Omaha bank robbery and the recovery of part of the money. Htlll thu CoolncKN lluinalim , Philadelphia Times. If that Alaska disputed boundary has been settled by granting Canada a few more nlles of Ice and snow it win not Increase the coolnetu between thut country and this. Gold nu a ClvllUcr. i Buffalo Express. U would be u blcesed thing for the moun- j tain regions of Tennessee , North Carolina and Kentucky if gold should bo ( Uncovered there. The country would then quickly flll up with a population that would Improve its civilization. Liberal with llln Mont' , . Chicago News. Sir Thomas Ltpton Bays that be is willing to give 1260,000 for the takes of Klllarney and will turn them over to the Irish peopfe as a perpetual national park. Sir Thomas is , evidently not only "a gentleman sport" but n public-spirited citizen. u : Out for .Vumlier One. Chicago News. While the clatter of buckling armor and newly polished weapons Is going on in eev- eraf different quarters , the czar of Russia ' Blgts deeply over the failure of his peace ful purposes and has his troops advance another - 1 other step or two In Asia. The nuesiann have Just opened a military road from the , Caspian sea to Teheran , capital of Pcr.Ma , nnd nro now in belter position for a dash ai ' . India than ever before. Nicholas yearns foi peace and universal brotherhood , but Is nol overlookltiR any opportunities for the cxtcn- nlon ot his empire. I'omiry I'njn I lie IVluill ) . Cleveland I'lnln Dealer. The western man who failed to put n rev enue stamp on a note and then got out ol paying It on that account has been nrrratcd for violating the Internal revenue law. Upon | tlqurlni ; up the penalty anil costs he hns ills- j covered that It would have been much better j in have s tu ok to the straight and narrow | path. ( Iritnt * of 1li - l-'nliiro. I Atlanta Journal The day Is not far distant when a cor poration will no more think of asklns ix . \\cll-establlshcd oily to give It , with- i out a consideration , a franchise for the use of its streets than it uould think of asking n rolling mill to donate the fit col for Its iracUs. The people nro beginning to un derstand that such franchises nro very valuable uablo niul they are beginning to demand that they bo disposed of with a view to the benefit of the community rather than for the benefit of Individuals or corporations. ( Irc.vliounilx of < tuAtlantic. . Philadelphia accord. A new record for the transatlantic pas sage has been made by the North German Lloyd steamer Kaleer Wilhclen dcr Qrosso on Us trip from Cherbourg breakwater to . the Sandy Hook lightship In flvo days , eigh teen hours nnd flvo inluntes that being one hour nnd flfty-llvo minutes better than the best previous record , alno innilo by that ves- | eel. The dlstaice Is 3,049 nautical miles , I making the average rate of speed 22.1 knots i per hour. To push ono of three marine monsters through the water nt a sustained speed of over twcnty-flvo statute mllon per hour Is certainly n marvelous performance. The commerce destroyers of the worM's nnvlcs would bo nowhere In a chase after such Host ocean carriers as the Kaiser Wll- hclm der Orosse. MI.MKAI , AND CoiniinrntlA o 1'MmircN on < ! IP T < > ( rent Source * * of Wealth. Phllndclph'n. Record. When we look nt the long lUt of min erals and metals ( about forty In number ) produced In this country In 1898 , nnd ob serve , by comparison with similar lists ot production In former years , that the out put In nearly all cases was larger even than In 1897 ( a record-breaking year ) , and when wo learn that tbo value nt the mines or placea ot production ot these minerals 1 and motats amounted In round figures to $700,000,000 In 1S98 , wo can readily perceive why It Is that the Kuropean economists nro now giving such serious attention to this feature of the Increasing wealth of the I United States. Thcao scholars recognize I the fact that while wo shall , without j doubt , still continue to hold a leading po- j eltlon ns an agricultural country , wo are I rapidly forging to the front in many other Holds which , until quite recently , wo had not cultivated to any great extent. It will bo Interesting In connection with the llg- urcs cited above to make a comparison | with the values of the crop of cereals. The statistical abstract of the United States for 1893 gives a series of tables showing the estimated production and value of the cereal crops from 1874 to 189C Inclusive , from which wo have prepared the following condensed statement of the pro duction In 1896 ( this being the most recent year tabulated In the volume referred to ) : Porn 5491,003,967 Wheat 310,602.53 ! ) Ilye 9,9flO,7C9 Oats 132,455,003 Hailey , 22.491,241 Buckwheat . ' . . ' 5,522,339 / Total $972,068,853 It appears from these data that the total value of the mineral and metal production in 1S98 was a little over 72 per cent of the total value of the cereal crops In the year 1896. The only Important mineral which shows a falling off in quantity and value In recent years , Is , unfortunately , a dis tinctively Pennsylvania product anthra- j clto coal but this deficit Is far more than 1 equalized by the Increase In production of bituminous coal. The value of the anthra- clto production fell off nearly $4,000,000 In ono year , whilb the gain in value of the bituminous coal product exceeded $13- COO.OOO In the same period. The gain In production of the metal aluminum In 1893 i over 1S97 exceeded the total production lu any year prior to 1896 , and , Indeed , this gain was more than twice the total pro duction ot 1895. Aluminum has now taken an assured pcaltlon among the so-called "economic" metals , and IU use la being rapidly extended. Whllo America was In the early days celebrated mainly for Ha agricultural products. It Is now well known for its minerals , and is , moreover , gaining a world-wide reputation for KB manufac tured products. TOUGH AVOHIC KOK AX AltaiY. Iiivadlmr HitTriinNViuit Iloict with Mnny Itlllluiiltlea. New York Times. A study ot tbo map ot South Africa Is calculated to dampen tbo ardor , of the British admirers and followers of Mr. Cham berlain , whose voice Is still for war and who profess a contempt for "wiles more In expert" in dealing with the Boers of the Transvaal. For which very reason such a study may bo commended to them. i From Capetown to Pretoria seems to bo not far from 800 miles as the crow files. ' But the British soMier does not proceed os the crow flics. Ho takes the train. For C47 miles , namely to Klmbcrly , tbo road from Capetown passca through lirltis-h territory , but it can hardly bo called safe on that ac count. It is vulnerable to raids which might do enoro mischief in a day than could be repaired In a month. In order to make It a. safe mode of transit , It will probably have to bo held and guarded In considerable force , for fifty or perhara 100 miles south of Klmbcrly. North of Klmbcrly this road passes between the Orange Free State and Becuuanaland , nnd Is thus continually ex posed to the attacks of undoubtedly hostile populations until It enters the Transvaal. The cost and risk of keeping open sucli a line of communication are appalling. j The railroad northwestward from Natal BcemH to offer a line of less resistance. It doej not appear how far this road is com pleted , but doubtless to and Into the Orange Free State. That Is the danger ot tbo route. Within a week after the declaration of war , not one mile of the road would bo service able unless the British bhould resort to the high-handed measure of sending an army ot Invasion Into a friendly state at tbo same time with the declaration , And even if they defied tbo opinion ot the world to this , extent , the force they sent In must be either overwhelming 01 It would bo In a highly | vrecarloua position. ' pccldedly the line of least geographical resistance U that which reached the Trans vaal going westward from Delogoa bay. ' By that route Pretoria Is Fees than 600 miles from a good harbor with which It Is con nected by a good railway. But neither the harbor nor a mile of the road la under British control. The Portuguese will not cell , as a matter of national pride. To allow the passage of British troopn would be to expose themselves to the vengeance of the Boers , and a seizure of the bay wouM bo altogether too piratical a procedure for tbo end of the nineteenth century. ' Upon the whole , the Invasion of the Transvaal for the purpose of righting the wrongs of the ultlanden la a proposition much more attractive to politicians who talk about It at their ease In Birmingham than to generals who have actually to plan and execute It in South Africa , nnd still more than to the troops upon whom the brunt of the inrulon wilt { all , j \ I'OMTH'S I\ Tim STATIJ Teknmah llernld : The populist resolu tions ttil.s jivir blame- the bounteous bar- \cs\ \ . with prosperity. Ixist jear they S RI ! It was caused by tbo famine In India. He- publlcnu prosperity seems to keep them dodging. Hartlngton llernld : It has always been a query In the mlud of the Herald us to what cliM of men compose the party known ns the "free sliver republican * . " Slnco that body of men swore by the "record" ot Judge Scott In their conven tion last Saturday the brain nnd sinew of the organization Is no longer In doubt. Crawford Tribune : KlnknU , having captured the convantlon nomination for congress by acclamation. It U only a ques tion ot the sizeof his majority In the Big Sixth. Never wore the republicans of the ! I'lstrlct ' so harmonious , nn.l never was the opposition so divided. So for the first time thu SI.Mh district of Nebraska will be rep- i rnsentcd by a republican. I Ashland Gazette : The "democratic ! speech" which Chump Clark expected to find In the mouth ot every salesman In the land Is decidedly disappointing to Champ's rarty. H may bo found \ > y consulting the ndvcrtl.ilng columns of the popocratlc I rcss. Instead of telling of a great advance In prices of the articles which the homo- i keepers must buy , It tells of unparalleled bargains and of goods sold na low or lower than they have ever been before. Sarpy County Herald : Bryan Is out with a now paramount Issue. It Is the peril which ho professes to believe menaces the nation In the shape ot a great standing army. For the tlmo being ho Is willing to abandon the crlmo of ' 7.1 , the heavcn- ordalned ratio and the green-eyed octo pus In order to bring the country to a real ization of the fact that the liberties ot the people are about to bo ground beneath the Iron heel of a military despotism. Wnkcflcld Republican : The outlook for republican success hns never been so prom- Islug slnco the signal defeat of the party In 1890 as now. A good nomination for supreme court Judge Is victory half won and coauros success. An 111-advlscd nomi nation will surely bring defeat. This ta no time for party bosses to dictate. Give the rank and file of the party an opportu nity to select the candidate. No factional nominee can win. What wo want Is tbo man whose name on the ticket will Inspire confidence among the musses that by his election an able , upright judge will bo plncod on the supreme bench. A man whose prlvato life Is above reproach mill whoso public career has been without blemish. Among the many worthy names spoken of In this connection , wo believe there Is ono that fully meets the wants and desires of the masses ot the party , that man Is the Hon. S. H. Scdgwick ot York , Neb. , district court judge ot the Fifth judicial district , for years the leader of the bar lu hU sec tion of the state. Kearney Hub : Hon. B. C. Calkins of this city has been growing steadily In pub lic favor slrco mention was made a few weeks ago of bis name In connection with the republican nomination for associate Justice of the supreme court of Nebraska. In the practice of his profession Mr. Calk- Ins has never dragged lu any side Issues. Ho has been a lawyer pure and simple , and has devoted bis tlmo and mlud to legitimate practice of his profession as an attorney nnd counselor at law. In the dis trict and supreme courts his practice has been large and of the best class of business that finds the lawyer's office. Ills practice has bccu very successful and he has easily maintained his position at the head ot the bar ot western Nebraska. As a wise , safe , honest counselor his services have been In constant demand , and no client has ever yet found fault with his Judgment as an adviser. Mr. Calkins is endowed with a calm , cool , deliberate , analytical and judicial temperament. Ho has been a close student as well as painstaking practi tioner of the law. He Is grounded on fun damentals. Ills mind Is clear and without bias. Ho holds his profession too highly to do an unprofessional or unmanly thing In the practice of It. Ho holds high Ideas and lives up to them. Taken all around , and up and down , through and through and in and out , Mr. Calkins Is of n rare and valuable type of a lawyer that In other generations were Instinctively sought out for Judicial positions , and the Hub is sure that his election to tbo supreme premo court of Nebraska would not only maintain the highest standard ot any se lection of the post , but would shed a new luster upon it and strengthen It In the confidence of the people. FUItSCKVAL AXIJ OTHERWISE. It Is said Admiral Dewey has submitted to the camera flend 10,000 times In the last eighteen months. | Kmerson McMlllIn of New York City has given $1,000 to the research fund of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse has broken all records on her last trip from Cherbourg Breakwater to Sandy Hook lightship , which she made In five days , eighteen hours and flvo minutes. I According to the books of the New York | police department , the receipts of the bur glars nnd highwaymen of that city for the last eighteen months have been a little ris ing of J3.500.000. A Jersey City policeman , Arthur Mclntyre , hns resigned after a service of ten years ! because police duty interferes with his at-1 tendance at church. Mr. Mclntyro is said to have never made an arrest. | Statistics show that if wo bad built our now navy flvo years ago we should have saved a very largo amount of the money the now ships are to cent since the price of materials has gone up 35 per cent. I It looks like a keen appreciation of the limitations of the average detective that the Chicago municipal authorities should have employed ono of them to ferret out , If possi ble , the violators of various ordinances preventing - venting unnecessary noise. Now York concerns have sent agents throughout the west to buy nil tbo geese they can procure for sh pment to New Yok. : If this Is to bo Interpreted as an effort to form a gocse trust , It la clearly the largest undertaking ot the kind that has yet b.cn conceived , Largo numbers of Spaniards who know enough about Cuba to want to live there are swarming Into Havana by every chip that comes from Spain. Crescenlo Malagas , who Is suld to have guided the Spanish column that killed General Antonio Maceo , Ian led on Sunday. As soon as be was recognized by the Cubans ho was chased into a saloon and would ha\e been lynched except for the In tervention ot the police , who rescued him ami took htm to the Spanish consulate , whence he will be sent back to Spain. New York City Is a wonderful place as well as a place of wonders , Mcst wonderful of the wonders are the gonluwea who Inter pret laws and social customs thereabouts. According to u recent decision , the safe use of the streets Is deuled to respectable women after certain hours. If they venture to stay late at entertainments or for other reasons , and are assaulted or Intuited , they set only what they deserve. So says New York's legal luminary. * General Mander- eon said , "The law la a great profession. " Some of Its professors are greater. Dr. Price , whllo persuading Governor Koosovelt to speak on President McKluley's policy to the Methodists at Ocean Grove , pointed out the rather remarkable fact that the presiding officer of the convention that nominated Mr. McKlnley was a Methodist ; that he , himself , was a local preacher ; that the man who nominated him was a Metho- llat ; that the man who seconded the nomi nation was a Metbcdlst ; that a largo num- i > er of the delegates were Methodists , and that whoa the bouse ot representatives waa hoB n 268 at the membere were Metliodlet * . rciioi.s UP Tim AVAIL Twenty members of the crew of the gun boat Naslnllle lined up In the rharlwto navy yard n. tew dajs nso nnd were for mally decorated with medals of honor pre fcnted them by the Navy department to | heroism nnd gallantry under lire of th enemy during the cable cutting Incident n Clenfiicgoa , May 11 , last year. The prcson tntlon was made by Commander llodgei ot the navy yard. The medals consist of bronze bar from which hangs n blue rlbbo with the national colon nt the bast Attached to this Is n second bar with . Inrgo star In center and other ornamenln lion To this star Is afllxcd nn audio from tbo llukcs of which hangs the medal I i a bronze star. I Knch Is Inscribed with the name of th j recipient and the statement : 'Tor hero Ism nnd gallantry under flrp of enemy cut j tins cables at Clcnfucsos , May 11. 1S9S. " One pleasant little fealuro was Iho flnn i one , which wn.i a double picucntatlon. Th i pnlr were seamen Hurry II. nndVlllari Miller , brothers. As they slrppcd forward white huts In hand , nnd stood uncovered they received much applause , and Com mander Koilgere paid Ihcm unusual com pllmunt as ho plnno.l their medals upoi their breasts In turn. , The Incident for which Iho men of llu Nashville , ns well IIH a similar number o moil ot the cruiser Marblohead , have beet awarded the medals of honor Is wcl known. The following account , however written by ono of tbo ollkers Immediatej ! after , may bo of Intorrat : "Tho Marblehead nnd Nashville wen sent to the const ot Cuba and operated o ( there until May 20 nnd saw some very nc < tlvo service. On May 11 wo cng.iRcd tin Spanish forces from 7 n. m , to is 10 p. m and cut the cables running out of Clenfiu- ' gua. Wo lost three men killed nnd II wounded off both vessels. "After clearing the Spnnlsh trochnn c Spanish fire wo sent out four boats , tw < steam cutters and two launches under tin cover of our lire. These bravo fellow ; worked like heroes and a more bcaullful dls play ot consummalo courage , coolness am good Judgment I never saw. "Lieutenant C. Mcll. Wlnslow , our navl1 gator , took charge ot the boats , with LI u tenant Anderson nnd Knslgn McGrudcr ns slstlng. After all but one small cable hat been cut the enemy were heavily relnforcci nnd opened a lerrlflc flro on our boats nm exposed vessels. Our boals were here praC' tlcally compelled to drop the cable nnd re treat. Captain Washburn Maynard bad beer wounded nnd Lieutenant Commander D lllng' ham assumed command. His whole objcc was to save these bravo men In tbo boats For this purpose ho ran the Nashville rlghl Into tbo front , and getting between UK enemy nnd tbo boats took the fire. Three men In the boats were severely Injured , also Lieutenant Wlnslow , shot through the hand whllo aboard Captain Maynard nnd nine men were wounded. "Tho object was accomplished and Havana cut off from the outside. " While the Olympla was In the bay ol Naples a slender , graceful girl of 11 years , ono of a family of street musicians , came aboard and greatly pleased Admiral Dewcy and the officers. When the pretty child came to the gangway tbo officer on deck went to Dewey. "Thero Is a strict order , sir , against per mitting any musicians to como aboard , " he said. "Do you wish to make any excep tions ? " "Theeo orders , these orders ! " exclaimed Dewey , laughingly. "Yes , let them coma on board. " The child's blind father played the fldd'c , her brothers and cousins performed on other musical Instrumcnls. Her grace , beauty and poverty at once appealed to the admiral , as the needy and tbo striving always do. "Isn't she pretty ; Isn't she a quaint little thing ? " ho exclaimed as she came dancing toward him. The girl danced nnd sang , the party emp tied their pockets of small silver lo her. When she went away she had around her waist a band ot ribbon one of the officers gave to hrr which bore In gilt letters "U. S. S. Olympla. " "A. C. II. . " correspondent of the New York Evening Post at Manila , whoso let ters from that troubled region fire attract ing wide attention on account of their evi dent Impartiality , thus describes the cen sorship maintained at the Philippine capital : "It Is seldom that the truth or the accuracy of the matter submitted by correspondents Is denied. The refusal Is based upon grounds of expediency , and no secret Is made of the distinct intention to give a certain color to all matter sent by telegraph from tbo I'hlllpplno Islands. Such matter must support the local nnd Washington administration , right or wrong , In all their nets. It must suppress anything nnd everything that Is In any way discreditable to the American array. It must avoid all that would tend to create an Impression at homo that the army was anything other than fat , healthy , happy and contented. Messages may not state that the navy took nnd occupied Hello before the arrival of the army. They must state that Hello was captured by the army , supported by the navy. " XO IIAiniOM/.KUS WAATI3IJ. of Horace llolc-x it WiiN < r of Time anil Uruiitli. Philadelphia North American. Ex-Governor Horace Boles of Iowa has undertaken to harmonize the democratic party. Ho thinks that the silver and gold wlugs can bo united by a simple pledge In the rarty platform "that parity of the met als when coined shall ut all times und un der all circumstances bo sacredly main tained. " What this amounts to , of course , Is a promise on tbo part of the silver men to stop free coinage tbo moment gold begins to go to a premium. In no other possible Mrs. Barnard Thanks MRS. P1NKHAM FOR HEALTH. [ LETTER TO UBS. FINKUAU NO. " DKAII FUIKKD I ( eel it my duty to exprcbH iny gratitude ami thiinks to you for whut your medicine has done for me. I was very miserable nnd lov ing flchhvery fast , hud bladder trouble , fluttering' pains about tbo liturlnnd would got BO dizzy nnd fauiToiedwHh painful menstruation. I was reading in a paper about Lydla E. Pinltliam's Vegetable Compound , so I wrote to you nnd after taking two bottles I felt like a new person. Your Vegetable Compound has entirely cured mo and I cannot praise it enough. " JIitH. J. O. , WASUINQTO.V Co. , MK. An lima Waman'g Couilnclng ( Statement. "I tried three doctors , and the lust ono fia id nothing but an operation would help me. My trouble was pro fuse ) flowing ; sometimes I would think I would llow to death. I was BO weak that the least work would tire me. Heading of BO many being cured by your medicine , I made up my mind to write to you for udvice , and I am so glad that I ( lid. I took Lydla E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills and followed your directions , and nm now well and strong. I shall recom mend your mediuino to all , for It saved my life. " Miss A. P. , Uox 81 ABBOTT , IOWA. way cnn this parity of the metals be main tained. But what reason Is there for sup posing that the fliYcr fminllca would ngrro to any such policy ? In Us very terms the plnn Is nn acknowledgment thnt gold Is the icnl standard and Hint silver mimt bo nc- cunitnnilAtftl to It or barred from the mint" . In the view of Brjan nnd his fellow ar gpntomiuilnrs tin1 two metals nro absolutely equal , or If thne Is any illffcronco It Is In favor ot fllvor. They contend thnt the vnlim of silver has remained stable nnd thnt gold IIHS unduly nppioclatoil. If then , under free colmiRp. the motnls shnuM begin to drlf npnrt nnd monomolnlltsm of one Kind or the other should bo seen to be Inevitable , whnt ground would there be for expecting them to prefer gold monometallism lo silver monometallism ? As they nro ntlcr chonp monry , would they not welcome thnt cnlneu- Ify which conservative nipn drond tlio ro- duetiro of our currency iV > n silver bnsH ? Would they not rather demonetize gold than Hllvor ? Mr. Bnlcs menus wotl. So did the Indlnu who tried to hcrtd olT the locomotive. But the dominant i-leincnt In the democracy lin * no use tor compromisers Just now. Straight frco silver Is good enough for It. It be- llcvos tli.it dlatnsto for the policy of tha nclmlnlstr.Ulon will compel mn ! > t of the gold democrats to go bark to It on any term * and It Is moio than willing to get nlnnp without the rest. The slhrr democrat * would lather bo beaten on their own plat- formi than win on ono that Urovrr Cleve land could tnnd > n nnd they nro In n pool- llun to commnml thnt satisfaction. AND iutio/.r. Chicago News : I'onrl Is It true thnt her ' brother foil nt Snn Junn bill" lluby Yes ; while touring tbo Island this summer bo utlcmplcd to mount the hill on his blcvclc. Dotrnlt Journal : "A llnlsbcd nctor , I pre sume. " ' "Quite. Ho bus supported some of tbo best puglllHta ot his time. " ' Cleveland iMnln IJojiler : "WliiKllcliI says tlmt now trotter of his Is the most Intelil- gutit borso he ever owned. " "Yosj the horse can do everything but trot. " Judge : Cholly There ROOS thnt dnshlng widow Uiown , whoso husband left her no ; much real estate. I Jack Itcat estate ! How- much did ho Icnvo7 Cholly He left the earth. New York " \Vorld : Mrs. Sourly-Mrs. Vnn- donteol and her sister have mndo up. Mrs. Sweetly I never saw them any other way. Chicago Tribune : "It Isn't nlwnys a sign of wisdom when a man keeps his mouth shut. " observed the. cross-roads ornrlc. "His upper teeth may hnve a blblt of drop ping1 down when he talks. " Boston Transcript : Tom Let's see. I be lieve you owe me a tenner. You remember when you borrowed It you said you bad Just written to your father for money ? Hill Yes ; thnt was the reason why I borrowed It. I knew he wouldn't send any ; I haven't beard from him yet. AVhen I do I'll let you know. WashlnRton Star : "Isn't it very expen sive to live here ? " asked the stranger In a larce city. "Kot at nil , " answered the loyal res ident. "Hut evcrvthlnK costs a prcat deal. " "There's the precise advantage. Think of bow much more you save every tlma you economize. " rhlcnRo Record : "Iot womln propone. " mused the janitor philosopher , "let womln propose , nn' thin , fnlth , It they pit dissat isfied with thor choice they hov no one to blame but thlmselves. " Detroit Journal : "I am wedded to my art ! " cxrlnlmcd Painter. The Ordinary Mortal thought bo under stood , although of course ho did not. "I am wedded to a chromo , myself ! " hs said , compassionately. As for the Painter , he would have been furiously angry , only it was not worth while. , AVAXTED A NA3II1 FOIt IT. ( Harper's Bazar. ) Now here's a little problem that doth vex the soul of man. About as hard a problem as we've bad slnco we began ; Twill tax the word-mint mightily to fashion out a word To name the automobile that is not a bit absurd. 'TIs not nlono a horseless cab , ns anyone can see 'Tl3 ' quite ns dot ? and catless ns a wagon , well can be ; It has no horse that's true , of course , but whnt man never knew. It's < Hiually devoid ot mules , nnd hns no kangaroo. 'TIs horseless , mulelcss , zebraless , rhlnoc- eroslcss too , 'Tl9 leopardess , cnmollcss , and so oil through the zoo. Nor is it fair to name It for the poor old spavined hack AVlio'H lost h's Job because of It , and cannot tret it back. It doesn't go all by itself , hence "auto" isn't right ; \ It has a motive power , even if It's out of sight ; H'H sometimes electricity , and somctliaca It's benzine , And ono or two that we have known smelt much of kerosene. Elcctrocnrt ? nenzlno cart ? which ono of those will do ? Or Is "The Keroenonrt" euphonious to you ? Or are you Just content to stand , when ono of them you call , And wh ! llo to the driver nnd not naroo the thing at all ? 'Something ' New" for us to offer the celerated E & W collar and also the cuffs , We have just placed an entire new line- of all the fashionable linen man , ufacturered by Earl & Wilson svery style fresh and crisp.
