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( SeaU Notary Public.
John 11. McLean has finally formally
opened the Ohio democratic campaign.
The barrel 1ms been open for some time ,
however.
The sentence of Captain Carter of the
nrmy has been approved by the presi
dent Thus bus another "Issue" of
democracy been disposed of.
Chairman Edmlsten of the populist
staio ( committee eulogizes Candidate
Holcomb ns the "best governor Nebraska
ever had. " What has Governor Poynter
to say to Oils ?
The public will have one thing to con
gratulate Itself on concerning the Dewey
reception. Kipling Is too busy writing
poetry about South African affairs to
iiultte another "White Man's Burden. "
Langtry la to write an autobiography.
If the book follows out the lines of her
new play numerous people In England
will long forthe
-the privilege of working a
blue pencil on the manuscript before It
Is scut to the printer.
The suggestion that President McKln-
ley conic to Xebraska on a purely social
mission Is stilllcleut to produce
an out
break of St. Vitas dance among fusion
politicians. This Illy accords with their
oft-repeated assertion that he Is a mere
figurehead and not : i powerful person
ality.
The governors of both South and
North Carolina were on the reviewing
stand to witness the Deu-cy parade In
New York. As it occupied several hours
In passing the famous dialogue be
tween the two executives must have
been forcibly brought to mind more
than once.
According to the Washington corre
spondent of a Chicago paper the name
of Assistant Secretary of War Mclkle-
jolin IH most frequently mentioned in
connection with the governorship of the
Philippines , In case n. civilian Is placed
at Hie helm.
If this were a promotion
from his present responsible position
certainly no better selection could bo
ui a ilcv
The Chicago festival committees have
finally adjusted their differences with
the labor
organizations over the laying
of the cornerstone of the new federal
building on Chicago day , October 0 , In
Ilio meanwhile the Chicago festival has
secured more free newspaper advertis
ing out of the affnir than could bo gotten
by a good live press agent with six
months of good hard work.
The democratic press , notto bo en
tirely out of harmony with public senti
ment , manages to print words of com
mendation of Admiral Dewey. As the
admiral has never said or done anything
to Indicate that he Is not In entire har
mony with the administration the praise
of Dewey Is hardly In consonance with
tlio dally denunciation of everything
the administration has done or proposes
to do.
Iowa fanners are being advised to fol
low the example of Nebraskans ship
lees corn to market and put more of it
into hogs and cattle This will not only
benefit the feeder , but the farmers in
the locality , who have not the means at
hand to purchase cattle to eat their crop.
Stock enough to consume all the corn
raised in any county means several
cents added to the price of every bushel
of the crop.
Money was never more abundant than
It is lu Nebraska today , there having
been n steady Increase In bank deposits
over the total amount of lust year.
Farmers are paying their debts and
country murt'lumts are discounting their
bills. Financial conditions in Nebraska
were Mover inoro satisfactory , a fact
recognized by credit men of largo con-
rerns throughout the east There is
plenty of business , everybody worthy of
employment is busy nnd the outlook for
( he future is unusually bright.
uvncotiONiKS ovn
In hla opening address to the ntiidents
of Cornell university assembled for nn-
otlicr year's Instruction , President
Schurmnn has seized upon the oppor
tunity to go beyond the usual educa
tional discourse nnd to give the public
the benefit of some of the observations
and conclusions made by him In nnd
around Manila ns a member of the Phil
ippine commission. The principal em
phasis Is laid on our colonial acquisi
tions as a care of the nation rather than
us a field for exploitation or enrich
ment
Recapitulating the steps by which
these Islands had come Into our posses
sion President Schurnmn dwells upon
the fact that no Instance In history
shows successful government of a col
ony where profit to the parent state or
Us citizens had been the leading con
sideration , but on the contrary thcro
were many examples of disasters and
rebellion directly traceable to such un
worthy greed. Says President Schur-
mnn , "Let a nation seek lo enrich Itself
or Its citizens at the expense of the
colonists and It Impoverishes all. But
let a nation in nil its dealings with Us
colonies take ns Us sole criterion of judg
ment and standard of conduct the wel
fare of the colonies and It will result
as history everywhere demonstrates ,
that the enriched dependencies become
the most profitable traders with the rul
ing country. "
If we will pursue this Idea wo must
Inerltjibly conclude that whatever kind
of government Is eventually adopted not
only for the Philippines but for Cuba ,
Porto lllco and Hawaii , the principal
work of the United States will bo to
protect nnd encourage them In the de
velopment of their natural'resources and
the upbuilding of Industries peculiarly
suited to their conditions. To expect
the revenues from the colonies to ex
ceed the expenses even for a short
period of time would be untenable be
cause our policy would naturally be to
use all the proceeds of colonial taxation
In sustaining the colonial governments
and promoting colonial improvements.
With our territories this has been the
practice from the first and In no case
has the federal government sought in
any way to exploit them except for their
own advancement , contenting Itself with
the incidental benefits accruing to the
nation's welfare. So lu our colonies ,
their best Interest must be the nation's
care and whatever form our colonial ac
tivity may take , their prosperity must
be the foundation for all trade rela
tions. Prosperous colonies may offer re
ciprocal advantages to the governing
country , but colonies poverty stricken
because constantly plundered and op
pressed would bo a national calamity.
Aff IMPOSSIBLE EXPEDIENT.
Senator Butler of South Carolina ,
Bishop Turner of the African Methodist
church and others who urge the depor
tation of the negroes of the south as a
means of settling the race problem , pro
pose an Impossible expedient. As has
been pointed out by ox-Governor Bul
lock of Georgia , who has studied the
race problem In the south as Intelli
gently nud carefully as any one In that
section , deportation Is not for the best
interest of the white or colored people
and It Is impossible to enforce It lie
said that the colored citizens of the
south as a whole have made a record of
progress not surpassed by any race on
earth and that a race which has lifted
Itself from an Illiteracy of 100 per cent-
absolute Ignorance to less than 50 per
cent and has accumulated nearly $300-
000,000 of taxable property within the
relatively short period of one genera
tion after Us slavery , Is certainly not one
that must be deported , either for Its own
good or for the safety of the communi
ties where these people were born and
reared.
"Our negro population , " said Mr. Bul
lock , "do not demand , seek or desire
social relations with the white people.
They do , however , nsk and nro entitled
to receive nil their public , civil nnd po
litical rights under the law ns duly ad
judicated. If not deterred by outside
meddling , the white and colored citizens
of the south will work out their own
salvation in good time , so that the old
est of us may live to laugh at the Idea
of deporting 10,000,000 of American citi
zens because of the color of their
skins. " The proposal that the national
government shall appropriate $100,000-
000 or any other sum'for transporting
negroes from the south to Liberia is
so obviously preposterous as not to merit
serious discussion. No party lu con
trol of congress would appioprlato a
dollar for this purpose , and It is probable -
able that If called upon to seriously
pafcs upon the proposal It would be
found that a largo majority of 1ho In.
telllgcnt people even of the south are
not favorable to It , But If It were pos
sible to secure an appropriation for de
porting the colored people of the south ,
It would bo useless unless these people
were willing to be deported. Very few
of them , It is safe to say , would be
found willing and there Is no power or
authority to force them to leave this
country. They are , ns the New York
Sun correctly says , American citizens
nnd the government , state or national ,
has no more power to compel them to
leave this country or to remove to n
Riiocilled part of It than If their color
was white. They are free to go or stay ,
ns they feel Inclined , and except for
crime and In regular process of law ,
they cannot bo deprived of their lib
erty nnd they have as much right hero
ns nny other people. As to this there
can bo no reasonable contention or con
troversy.
From n strictly practical point of
view , the south cannot afford to lose
any considerable portion of Its negro
labor. The Industrial growth of that
suction Is largely duo to its having this
labor and upon it depends largely1 the
further development of the south. It
is cheap , cfllclout and tractable and If
the south were deprived of it the future
material progress of that section would
be very slow. If Indeed It did not have
the effect to halt progress.
The race Issue In the south certainly
presents a most serious problem , but
the solution cannot be found In nny
such means as proposed by Senator
Butler , Bishop Turner and the other
advocates of deportation. The negro is
In the south to stay nnd the sooner tbh
Inexorable fact Is recognized nnd nil-
inlttra by the whites the better It will
be for both races , for then they can
seriously address themselves to seeking
a wise , just and practical solution of
the rnce problem.
SO.IffctlVMT REASSUHIXQ.
There are advices from Manila of n
somewhat reassuring nature. The In
surgents have kept their promise to de
liver up American prisoners nnd have
sent commissioners to confer with Gen
eral Otis. This disposes of the doubt
as to their sincerity which delay In car
rying out their promise naturally ere-
nted and It raises the hope that the com
missioners may now have something to
propose that will make for peace. They
come -with a full knowledge of the Irre
vocable decision of the American au
thorities to accept nothing short of un
conditional surrender nnd It Is just pos
sible that their errand may be to ascer
tain what they may expect In the event
of compllnncc with this decision. It Is
reported that tribal discord Is growing
nnd that many of the Insurgent soldiers
have revolted. We are not Inclined to
give full credence to the statement , but
It Is not altogether Incredible. The dis
patch from General Otis stating that the
commander of the Insurgent troops In
eastern Mindanao had expressed a de
sire to turn the country over to the
\uicrlcan authorities and surrender In
surgent arms Is perhaps the most reas
suring fact reported.
Admiral Dewcy expressed surprise
that the Insurrection wns not ended nnd
confidently asserted that It could not
last much longer. It may be that his
judgment of the situation will soon be
Justified.
flllNESB JN PHILIPPINES.
The decision of the Washington au
thorities that the Chinese excluded from
Manila by General Otis should be al
lowed to land Is a concession to the Chi
nese government , which had protested
against the order of Otis , that appears
to be fully justified by the circum
stances. The Chinese government took
the position that the exclusion law was
specially enacted fov the United States
and could not properly be applied to
the Philippine Islands , unless by au
thority of the legislative department
of the government. It wns also urged
that there were Important nnd extensive
commercial relations that should not be
summarily disrupted by the order of a
military commander temporarily
charged with the direction of civil af
fairs lu the archipelago.
The first of these claims , that neither
the president nor General Otis could ex
tend an net of congress to the Philip
pines without specific authority from the
legislative department of the govern
ment , was recognized as sound nnd Otis
was accordingly directed to admit the
700 Chinese whom he had shut out. At
the same time the Chinese minister wns
notified that his government was ex
pected to exercise its authority to pre
vent further Immigration of its people
to the Philippines during the continu
ance of the Insurrection nnd for the rea
son that this exclusion wns required by
military necessity.
Whether the exclusion act will be ex
tended by congress to the Philippines
Is thought to bo problematical , In view
of the fact that In the acquisition of the
Islands the United States expects by
maintaining "open doors" to secure
great commercial advantage from China.
This Is one of the details In connection
with our future policy In the Philippines
that may prove perplexing.
ItEASUXS FOK AN OOEAN AJAH1NE.
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
has expressed the opinion that It would
be wiser to build up a merchant marine
adequate to the requirements of our
foreign commerce than to Increase the
navy nnd doubtless there are many who
will agree with this view. The United
States now occupies third place among
the naval powers of the world and It Is
a question whether It may not safely
defer , at least for a few years , addi
tions to the navy beyond those nlready
ordered by congress nnd make provision
for nil ocean merchant marine.
To the discussion of the question of
ti mercnant marine tor our roreign
trade , Mr. P. J. Firth , president of the
nssoclntlou of lake carriers , contributes
some cogent arguments. Ho points out
that we need for the national defense
shipyards capable of building , docking
and repairing the largest type of modern
battleship. Wo need merchant ships for
use as auxiliary cruisers , transports ,
etc. , In time of war. We need ofllcers
and sailors to command and man such
ships , The naval establishment of a
great nation demands shipyards , mer
chant ships , ofllcers nnd men. These
demands , says Mr. Firth , "can only be
met by the creation and maintenance of
a merchant marine of our own that will
sustain our shipyards , place vessels nt
our disposal when needed nud give us a
trained force of officers and men for
naval service. " This demand , It must
bo obvious to everybody , cannot be met
by the purchase of our naval or mer
chant ships from the shipyards of for
eign nations , no matter how cheaply
such nations may be willing , In time
of peace , to supply such ships.
The other Important consideration re
lates to the effect upon our prosperity
of having' ' nn American ocean merchant
marine. In the llrst place it would keep
at home , to bo expended among our own
people , the larger part of the vast sum-
estimated at from Sl''S.OOO.OOO . to ? 1 00I-
000,000 annually paid to foreign ship
owners for carrying our foreign com
merce. This money , which now sup
ports foreign shipyards and pays inter
est on foreign capital Invested in ves
sel property , would be Invested here in
material for ships , labor and supplies ,
nnd wo assume that no reasonable man
will cjuestlon that this would be n very
material benefit to our people. In the
second plnce nu American ocean Junrlne ,
carrying our products to foreign mar
kets under the American flag , would
greatly aid In the extension of our com
merce. There Is abundant testimony
that our greatest handicap In trade with
South America Is the fact that most of
it is done In foreign ships under foreign
flags. It Is Inevitable that we shall
have a like experience with the Asiatic
trade. That trade undoubtedly will
grow , but Its growth would be acceler
ated If wo wore able to transport our
products to those markets In our own
ships nnd tinder our own Hags. In the
third plnce we cannot have complete
commercial Independence so long ns we
must rely chiefly upon foreign ships to
conduct our trade.
Those reasons In support of a policy
for creating nn ocean merchant marine
seem to us to be conclusive. They show
that all Interests In tills country nre con
cerned In the question the farmer
whose products nre exported equally
with the manufacturer , labor equally
with capital. In our Judgment there Is
no more Important question , lu relation
to the commercial expansion and pros
perity of the country , claiming the at
tention of the American people.
This is by all odds the greatest year
In Nebraska's history. The land is HewIng -
Ing with milk nnd honey. A higher degree
greeof prosperity than ever prevails.
There- are happiness and contentment
everywhere. Republicans nre constantly
calling attention to the fact and claim
some credit for It Fuslonists on the
other ( hand have not stopped talking
calamity nnd when forced to ndmlt the
prevalence of better times deny the re
publicans nre entitled to nny credit
therefor. Whether republican doctrines
put Into practice are or are not con
ducive to prosperity , everybody Is forced
to admit that good times are always
possible under republican rule. The
vital point for discussion In this state
right now Is upon the predictions made
by the fuslonlsts In the campaign of
1800 , In which they promised us dire
calamity just as sure as gold standard
bearing republicans were put into the
high places. The fuslonlsts know they
are beaten on every "count lu the arraign
ment.
OMAHA , Sept. 29. To the Editor of The
Boo : I was charged 7 cents for ono of your
morning papers at the Paxton hotel no\vs
stand. I presume this Is a slap at the cause
of the party of prosperity and ot the people.
But let mo say this house will learn there
are people In this country besides Bryanltes ,
and the register will show It If this policy
Is continued. A REPUBLICAN.
As The Bee has several times had oc
casion to note In reference to the pro
prietor of the Paxton hotel , there Is
nothing so vehement as the malignancy
of mediocrity nor so intolerant ns the
fanaticism of Imbecility. Because this
calamity Inn-keeper refuses to recognize
the advent of republican prosperity ,
which he Is sharing , ( he thinks that by
preventing his guests from reading The
Bee he can infect them with the same
strabismus with which he Is alilictcd.
The hotel proprietor who Is afraid some
one stopplug with him may read repub
lican papers simply notifies travelers of
Intelligence nnd broad-mindedness that
he does not want their patronage.
Over In Iowa the democrats have very
little ground to stand upon , ns the nf-
falrs of state under republican rule have
been economically and wisely adminis
tered. The state Is out of debt nnd has
a surplus of a quarter of a million dollars
lars In the treasury. This sort of thing
sorely distresses the democrats , whose
wall of calamity cannot be made to per
meate , llcnce they are seeking to con
fine the Issues of the campaign to
Bryan's Omaha national platform.
Turn back the pages to the chronicle
of the campaign of 1SOO nnd road W. .T.
Bryan's prophesies of disaster certain to"
follow the success of a party whose lend
ers 'advocate a gold standard of money.
Republicans won and yet there has been
no trace of disaster , but on the contrary
the state and the nation were never ho
prosperous. Republican speakers nre
just now sending this fact homo to the
people. It Is time the fuslonlst false
prophets be retired.
The republicans of Council Bluffs nro
considering the matter of holding pri
mary elections In lieu of the old-fash
ioned caucus , the Australian system to
bo put In vogue. There Is no doubt of
the wisdom of such a course. The ten
dency of the times Is for the exercise
of a finer discrimination nt the primary
to tlio end that stronger men may be se
lected for public office than Is possible
under the caucus system.
It Is painfully evident to those who
have had occasion to send lawyers
away from homo to attend to business
matters that the cxpenso accounts ren
dered are not made up on the same
system ns the returns of the campaign
disbursements of Judicial candidates.
Candidate Hollenbcck , for Instance ,
renders n statement of $7.10 expended
to secure a ronomlnatlon to the bench
In his district.
SinUc-Ui Clieckn Shiver * .
San Francisco Chronicle.
Alaska la about as good a place to have
big earthquakes la wo know of ,
A Oloomv I'roniieut.
Detroit Journal.
There are 2,000 lawyers and 4,000 doctors
In Cuba and yet optimistical friends of the
Inland maintain that wo can establish a gov
ernment thcro without having any great
trouble.
( ct ( 'loxrr to .Nature.
"Washington Times ,
The great trouble with the Americans at
present Is that they do not llvo a natural ,
wholesome life. There la many a nervous
wreck of u woman who would see the last
of all her polysyllable diseases If she would
spend six months In the country , In a sim
ply-made gown , stay out of doora most of
the time , and walk , rldo and go boating as
much M fehe possibly could. Thc-ie is many ]
A hard-driven man who , If ho would culti
vate n fad or two outside his business , nnd
leave his work at the oITlce , would find his
health Improving at n remarkable rate ,
o Illnilrnnce.
Chicago Record.
The wallers' con\entlon has provided for a
burial benefit of $75 for each member. This
will bo good news to people who have long
desired to kill the waiter , hut had hesitated
on account of expense.
Timely Social Tin ,
St. Louts Republic.
A nice pliico on the stairs alongside a girl
who doesn't care to dance , thank you , Is
moro fascinating and cxllaratlng than any
number ot waltz steps. The dancing season
Is opening nud this discovery Is free to nil.
WoIvcK I'rcjlnit Upun the 1'oor.
Brooklyn Knglc.
The sharpers who are cheating the poor
negroes ot the couth on n promise of secur
ing pensions for them would never have had
the CO\IWRO to operate If pension swindle *
bad not been proved to bo almost the easiest
of all.
Novel Whim of Mlnlntcrii.
New York World.
A conference of ministers In Chicago has
declared against Hfo Insurance on the ground
that " It takes n man's trust from God and
places It In an Insurance company. " Are
not thrift and saving open to the same ob
jection ? Llfo Insurance la only another
"form of prudence.
Mcniiwlillr , PHI Your nin.
St. Paul Pioneer Pi ess.
Rome person of ample Icasuro has calcu
lated that if the earth should some to a dead
stop heat would bo generated equal to that
obtained by the burning of fourteen globes
of coal each equal to the earth In size. It
this Is true , wo shall know what to do when
the fuel crop gives out.
Characteristic of the Hero.
Baltimore American.
Ono of Admiral Dowey's most graceful acts
and ho has many to his credit Is the visit
ho paid nt Gibraltar to the poor British ar
tilleryman who was badly Injured whllo flr-
Ing to colobrnto the admiral's arrival. U Is
this personal Interest in men as men , and
not as mere machines , which has helped to
develop so fine n. standard of manliness In
our navy as "was displayed at Manila.
Klelil * of Gnu.
Philadelphia Record.
An ofllclnl Inspection of the great natural
gas field In Indiana shown that -while the
pressure uns materially declined , it 19 still
sufficient for manufacturing nnd domestic
consumption within the prolific gas territory.
Huge Industries have been built up and de
veloped on thla bounty of nature , and Its
withdrawal would render Incvltablo a cur
tailment of productive enterprise In the cen
tral west. The "constancy of the gas supply
during flvo years past has 'been a marvel to
experts from the Pennsylvania gas flelds ,
where exhaustion within a comparatively
short epaco of time Is the rule. Although
moro we-lls have been drilled In the Indiana
district this year than In any previous twelve
months , the state gas Inspector reports that
there still remains 250 square miles of un
touched -territory , end that scarcely ono-
thlrd of the available gas field has been
thoroughly drilled over.
TlinOWS OFF THIS JIUUDE.V.
Spain IlcpnillnicN ncnponnlblllty for
Cuban I.'oiKlx.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The announcement from Madrid that the
Spanish cablnei council baa decided that
the Interest on the Cuban bonds "should
b-s paid toy the government of the Island ,
nnd not by Spain , " seema to foreshadow a
deslro to default on the Interest nnd to re-
pudlato the dclbt. The Cuban bond question
was under discussion when the American
and Spanish commissioners were negotiat
ing the peace treaty In Paris and the at
tempts of tha Spanish to eaddlo the obliga
tions upon Cuba , or upon the United States ,
acting in 'behalf ' of the Island , -were met
with a peremptory refusal 'by ' us. There
Is no valid reason In law or equity why
these so-called Cuban bands , principal or
Interest , should bo paid by Cuba. In fact ,
they are not Cuban bonds at all. They nre
like any other obligations of the Spanish
nation and Iho fact that the proceeds were
used to devastate the Island of Cuba and
hold It In subjection by flro and sword la
not a convincing reason for > the assumption
of the debt of the vanquished by the vic
tors. The money for the Cuban bonds was
received toy the Spanish treasury and tx- ;
ponded for Imperial purpoeea. The bonds
are Spanish bonds , charged up to Cuban
account 'by ' n aiero arbitrary classification ,
The money was not spent In Improving f.ie
Internal condition of Cuba and , as the
Island baa reaped no benefit , but only dis
aster , from the money , the government of
Cuba Is under no obligation In law or morals
to concern Itself with ths mutter.
The sympathy which Prance exhibited 'for '
Spain at the outbreak of the war and dur
ing the conflict was not -wholly sentimental ,
The French nre heavy holders of the Span
ish bonds , Including the so-called Cuban
bonds , and any action leading to repudia
tion will likely elicit lie strongest pro
tests from the French government , which
can hardly view with Indifference measures
entailing the greatest hardship upon the
thrifty French Investors.
OMAHA'S TIIIIIUTIS TO UTICA.
Cfri'iiionlcM Attending the lliivclliiit
of n Hunt of Horiitlo Hevmour.
Utlca ( N. Y. ) Prese , Sept. 23.
The ceremonies at the Onolda Historical
building yesterday In connection with the
unveiling of the Horatio Seymour monument
ment so generously donated by Dr. George
L. Miller of Omaha , were thoroughly ap
propriate nnd In keeping with the honor and
dignity of the occasion. It was a very grace
ful act on the part of the donor , an evidence
of his fondnecs for his old home and ono of
his country's most distinguished statesmen ,
Ir , Miller will long he hold In grateful rec
ollection by citizens here , whore successive
generations will admire the donation and
recollect the donor. An admirable address
was that of George M , Weaver , who spoke
on the suggestive theme , "Horatio Seymour
ns a Citizen and Neighbor. " The oration was
ono which did Justice to the subject and
credit to the orator. Mr , Weaver's estimate
of and trlbuto to his distinguished towns
man was richly deserved nnd met with the
entire approval of Its hearers and Is It will
of Its readers.
Governor Iloosevelt honored the occasion
by hto presence nnd , though of opposite po
litical faith , Joined heartily In the eulogies
pronounced upon the man who , four dec
ades ago , was governor of the state over
whose destinies Utlca's distinguished gueat
of yesterday now. presides. His address wag
fitting and timely. His presence at and his
participation In the ceremonies was duly
appreciated by Utlcann , There was n forceful
suggestion in President Proctor's speech
contained In this sentence : "Others have
lived In this community bealdes Horatio
Seymour whose reputations were not con
fined to this city or this state and who are
worthy of elmllar monuments. " At onetime
time Utlca'a claim to distinction , the fact
which gave It a place on the political map ,
was that it was the homo of Seymour ,
Conkllng and Kernan , a triumvirate of fam >
ou statesmen whose sterling qualities won
renown. Mr. Miller comes all the way from
his western residence In Omaha to give a
monument for Iteration Seymour to his old
homo county. Are there not others who will
do as much for Conkllng and for Kernan ?
These men brought fame and visibility to
Utlca , and surely this city and Its citizens
should provide some appropriate and perma
nent monument to testify to the honor and
esteem la which they are held.
lll.ASTS FItOM HAM'S 1IOIIX.
He only got * who given.
Weal nnd woo are ttio wc < b and tvoof ot
Hfo.
Hfo.God
God rewards' not rashness , but faithful
ness.
ness.Tho true church is n filvlng , anil not ft
getting , Institution.
Courage without conscience Is llttlo bet
ter than cowjmllce.
The law that ho who will not work shall
not cat applies to churchos.
The truly refined man Is he. who has been
purged from the tlrojs of self.
Some churches ought to put n. collection
tex on their Rteoplw , Instead of a cross.
Originality Wnzcs a now track whllo ec
centricity runs on ono wheel in nn old nit.
The church that is seeking the rich may
got their rlchee , tout It will lose Us reward.
If eomo folk spent ns much time In knowIng -
Ing men na they do In finding out things
ftbout them , they -would make a hotter busi
ness of 11 Co.
KC1IOI3S OF THIS WAM. /
U wan not dlfllcult to detect lines of sorrow
row beneath the cheers and shouts and warm
handclasps that welcomed the returning sol
diers from Manila , The Joy of fathers and
mothers , brothers nnd sisters over the home
coming of soldier son or brother was nat
urally oxhubcraut , Kycs nnd voice and
hands manifested outwardly the pleasure In
wardly felt. Public demonstration could not
overwhelm Individual enthusiasm awakened
by restored family ties. But here and there
In the welcoming throngs were eyes that
sought in vain a familiar face and form.
Longing hearts were mirrored In the looks
that searched the broken line of war-worn
heroes slowly winding through the cheerIng -
Ing multitude. For many there was uo
responsive glance of recognition. The ono
anxiously sought for wns not there. He
had mnilo the greatest sacrifice a nmn could
make for his country life Itself. What
wonder that some heartH were rent asunder
when the full realization of the tragedy waa
brought to those near nnd dear. Heart-
sere nnd tearful they turned away from the
tumult and sought the seclusion of home to
give rein to their grief.
Let us turn to another Econe , a Joyous
one the welcoming cheers nnd greetings of
kindred and friends of a soldier who had
passed unscathed through the hall of lead
and nails of flame In and about Manila. In
n few days the cheers and shouts die out.
Public enthusiasm Is short-'llved. It makes
-provision for three meals a day and a
bunk by night. The hero of yesterday Js
engulfed today In the multitude hustling for
a living. Discharged honorably from his
country's army , ho Is obliged to Join tha
gland nrmy of bread-winners. Work Is
sought and socurod. Within four hours after
taking up the Implements of peaceful In
dustry ho Is mortally injured and dies In n
few hours unknown to frlonds nnd associates.
What the bullets of tbo hostile natives of
Luzon could not do , though tempted In half
a score of battlefields , was accomplished In
a few hours within the peaceful walls of n
workshop In Denver.
Such was the cruel fate ot James Connolly ,
an Omaha young man who served In the
ranks of the Colorado volunteers through
out the Luzon campaign. Mr. Connolly
was employed In the UnlAn Pacific shops In
this city for many yeans and was a faithful
and enorgoUo workman. In April , 1898 , he
was transferred to Denver and In the fol
lowing mouth enlisted In the Colorado regi
ment for service In the Philippines. Pos
sessing a sound constttutou , toeing temperate -
ate and of good habits ho escaped tropical
sickness and served ! wherever duty called
with the courage 'f a toorn soldier. Six of
his associates fell about him on the firing
line at different times , but ho did not re
ceive a scratch. Fate reserved for him a
less glorious death. Omaha friends expected
his return to his homo city soon. Provl-
dcnoo willed otherwise. An acildent befell
him in a Denver foundry last Monday. The
day ( following ho died , unknown to kindred
nnd friends. On Thursday he waa burled
with honors befitting a eoldlor. Verily ,
from gay to grave Is but a step.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The patriotism of Wall street was in
tensified by the hope that visitors would drop
about $10,000,000 in that vicinity.
The reported discovery and destruction ot
a cargo of low-grade oil In Kansas Is mighty
Interesting news. It Indicates that oil in
spection Is not -wholly a lost art.
A caucus of ministers down cast frowned
upon life Insurance , Insisting that "tho Lord
will provide. " But the Lord expects every
body to hustle , righteously , Just the same.
A record of the destruction caused by
lightning In Now York state last month was
kept at Cornell university. It killed six
men , eighteen horses , twenty cows and ono
sheep , and struck flfty-nlno barns , twelve
residences , two churches and ono mill.
After much Inward cogltatlori and outward
tribulation , Edward Bok concludes that the
twentieth century begins on January 1 ,
1901. Mr. Bok Is an authority on feminine
etiquette and things and bis decision on this
disputed question ulll be received with de
light by nn anxious world.
Chicago Is puzzled and somewhat sorrow-
fill because President Diaz of Mexico backed
out of his Intended visit. The president had
an appropriation of $100,000 with which to
do the town. That accounts for the Bor
row. But that largo wad would not last long
in fiomo sections of tbo windy city.
It In now proposed to dam Niagara river
for the purpose of Increasing the depth of
water In the lakes. If the projectors nr
In the dark as to plane , they might consult
St. Louis. That town Is vigorously damming
Chicago's drainage canal , and doesn't lies-
itato to put a warm "n" to its dams.
The magisterial dignity was well main
tained by Justice Grconfclder of Clayton ,
St. Louls'u Gretua Green. Ho refused to
marry a runaway couple because the would-
'be torldc , alluding to the venerable heard
of the Justice , spoke of his "nib's whiskers. "
The would-be groom having attempted to
toy with the Justice's beard the latter told
the couple that they did not seem to rcallz *
the solemnity of the occasion , and had better
find u close-shaven Justice.
JiKAU IX IITTII2 WAR.
ITnrlu Sum' * Tall Itccoril a * a I.ucnl
Kt. Louis Republic.
Great Britain has generally been credited
with being far in tha lead In mutter of fightIng -
Ing eavagea ; but a writer Jn Che EngllKb
United Sorvlco Magazine presents statistics
showing that Hie * United. { Stales within
seventy yearn has spent more money than
rig-ami In warn with aboriginal races.
From the year 1831 to the year 1891 the
Indian wars of the United States have coat ,
In money expended by the federal treasury ,
over $110,000,000 , The live * of fifteen Ameri
can soldiers have been sarlflccd for every
Indian warrior killed In these conflicts ,
The Cheyenne war of 1876 alone cost over
$40,000,000 and the lives of ( hundreds of sol
diers , although the total of redskins killed
was but twenty , Without taking the value
of the lives of our slaughtered soldiers into
the calculation , the government paid on the
occasion referred to $2,000,000 a head for
thoeo dead Indians.
There are abundant American precedents
for the war in Luzon. Between It und for
mer wars against native races the chief dif
ference IH that the latter were waged hero
at homo whllo it Is being carried on , llku
the wars of England , on the other sldo ot
the world. So far as tiavago ware go , for
us to accuse Hngland of monopolizing that
business would be a case of the keUle charg
ing the pot with having a brunette com-
OOM I'.UUi AM ) IIIIOTIIKH JOB ,
St. Louta Post : Should England take the
Trnnnvnnl n considerable rise In real cstato
may bo confidently looked for. and dynamite
will most likely bo responsible.
St. Louis Republic : Oem Pnul Kruger's
fondness for beer seems to bo Incrcanlng
with the prospects- war , judging from the
frequency with which ho now seeks comfort
Irttn n Steyn.
Philadelphia Times : England made th
Doers forsake their country once before.
Hcnco In this diplomatic chess game Kru- vj k
gcr knows what Chnmtwrlaln means when W >
ho says : "It's your move. "
Milwaukee Sentinel : Another objection to
resorting to violence In dealing with a Chris
tian gentleman llkn Oem 1'aul , as Colonel
Wnttcreou would say , is the dlfllculty In do-
termlnlng whether ho Is placing rellnnco
upon n pKilm flush or a. gun full.
San Francisco Call : The war that Shakes
peare knew may bo the same article that Is
threatened In the Transvaal , hut thcro la
room to doubt It. The bard of Avon wrote
of the kind that had n wrinkled front. The
Hoera may bo preparing to servo out that
sort , but they have put whiskers an It to do-
col vo somebody.
Now York Sun : The British government
can 111 afford to risk the loss of the respect
nnd good will of the American people. It Is
to bo feared that those feelings might not |
survive the spectacle which would bo off
ered to the world , if the might of the Brit
ish cmplro were employed In crushing the
bouth African Republic.
DOMESTIC nas
Chicago llecord : "Always send a written
proposal to u girl. " '
"Why ? "
"Jt Klves you a chnnco to forget to
mall the letter. "
Detroit Free Press : Sllcnco is golden , "
quoted Mrs. Bickers.
"You'll never bo rich , " ndded her
amlublo husband.
Indianapolis Journal : "IIke the lemon , "
said the Cornfcd Philosopher , "a woman
Is not so sour after u llttlo Judicious
squeezing. "
Chicago Post : "Do you think she will
mnrry him ? "
"Do you think he will nsk her ? " 1
Chicago Tribune : "It must bo expen
sive to drcH.4 n. girl who grows as fust ns
Belle does. "
"Not nt nil. She uses her last year's
dresses ns walking skirts. They're right
In stylo. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "No ; she has
changed her mind about fretting a divorce.
She doesn't want It now. "
"Why not ? " r
"Her husband wns too willing sh
should have U. "
Harper's Bnzar : "Of course , Nora , you
know that man-lngo Is a very serious
thing , " said Mrs. FrothlnKham to her
cook , who had told her that she was
about to set up housekeeping for herself.
"Yes'in , I. know that , " replied Nora ,
"but It Isn't half serious ns bclngr
single. "
Chicago News : Husband Thla paper
says a man wastes fully one-third of Ills
Hfo in sleep.
Wife Does that Include the tlmo ha
puts In at church ?
Detroit Free Press : "My wife Is in bed
today. "
"What's the matter ? "
"Well , yesterday she- was preserving
peaches , nnd three women , live children
and two nursemaids cnmo out to spend
the day with her. "
Washington Star : "When I stood up to
speak , " ho Bald , "J was so rattled I forgot
everything I ever know. "
"Small loss , " she retorted , for i > ho had nn
account to square with him , and It wasn't
every day that he gave her so good nn open
ing.
Washington Star : "Lots o' men , " said
Undo Ebon , "who has great forethought
an' brilliant afterthoughts fulls to pit alont :
case dey nln' got no time lef for do right-
now thoughts. "
Chicago Tribune : Reporter ( who hns "In
terviewed" everybody but the liiundryman
In his block on the Dreyfus verdict ) Well ,
John , what li your opinion about this
wretched travesty on Justice known as the
Captain Dreyfus case ?
John Colla' two con' , towel fo' con' ,
shultee eluht con' . Pay money when get
washee. No clcdlt.
Chicago Post : "By George , I'd Imto to
bo In Oem Paul's plnco just now. There's
a man who has n. lot of trouble on his
hands. " t
"Oh , I don't know. The difficulties ho
has to face might bo much greater than
they are. In spite of the fact that ho Is
worth $23,000,000 his wlfo does her own
housework. "
AVAGI3S. tHT5fSJ
The tiller of the soil though meanly clad ,
Yet of his humble homespun Justly
brags ,
Whllo Genius in his barren jrnrrot sits
And shivers in his livery of rags.
The teller blindly discing In the ditch
Reaps gold to pay him for his sweaty
days ,
While ho who sings , though in his sons
ho putt )
Ills very life , IH paid In praise.
WILLIAM REED DUNROY.
Show. "
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getting a suit it is worth
while to get one that is
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We give you both with
low prices ,
But under the suit is
the underwear
, and we
have some that is especial
ly fine for fall and winter
wear. Nice heavy cotton
at 50c , half wool at 75c ,
heavy balbriggan at $1.00 ,
or fine cashmere and
merino at $ J.OO , $ J,25 and
$ J.50. Besides these
garments in plain colors ,
we have plenty of fancy
that might suit you better ,
and fancy socks as well at
25c and 50c.