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THE OMAHA DAILY J1TCE: .TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1000.
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(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
Tlie Indian who burned his feet off
while drunk can loll Ills friends ho had
a warm time.
Now Is the time for the new city
council to Rive another illustration of
tho new broom.
Tho promulgation 0f the baso ball
came schedule is another sign of ap
proaching spring.
Mayor Moores has entered upon his
secoud term ns chief executive of tho
city and tho stars and stripes still float
'roni the window of tho mayor's olllcc.
Tho county assessors are making
their rounds these days only to fl ml that
the average taxpayer has suffered the
usual contraction of his resources that
strikes him every year at this time.
If tho secretaries of the State Hoard
of Transportation are too busy to notify
tho people of Norfolk when the rato
caso will be heard the press will keep
them posted If tho time of the hearing
is only tipped off. .
After repeatedly telling his Nebraska
friends that ho had located in this state
permanently no matter what might hap
pen, Colonel Hryan might still be Justi
fied in transferring his allegiance to tho
Iotie Star state In order to change his
luck.
A movement has been started In New
York City to fuse tho union socialists
and tho social democrats Into a single
organization. For points on fusion the
managers can get tho results of experi
ence by applying to tho Nebraska fu
sion machine.
Tho Chicago Times-Herald nud Inter
Ocean nre still furnishing editorials for
the Onmha llryanlto organ. It Is a
godsend to tho editor of that great and
only religious sheet to bo able to com
pose bis editorials with a scissors In
stead of a pencil.
MlKsouiians sometimes know a good
thing when It Is offered them. The
students of tho State university bad a
light over the right to come to Ne
braska. A chance to come to Nebraska
Is worth lighting for and a chance to
remain Is easily worth two lights.
A number of ambitious Texas demo
crats stand ready to convluco Mr.
llryan that the atmosphere of tliut state
would never agree with him nud that
hn owes it to himself nud tho country
to remain In Nebraska. There aro more
statesmen to tho square mile In Texas
now than In any otjior state In tho
union, with danger of overcrowding tho
rauge.
Tho Jncksonlan club lias sounded tho
alarm over tho desperate situation of
the democratic candidates for munici
pal oflleo In South Omaha. Tho people
of South Qmaha want tin Improved c(ty
government and do not sec how they
can get It by electing tho men nomi
nated on tho democratic ticket Just to
please tho Jacksonlnns. That Is all
there Is to It.
Democrats In Washington look upon
tho Initiative and referendum plauk
in tho Nebraska democratic platform
ns simply a bait to catch populist sup
port, never Intended seriously as a tenet
of democracy Just a harmless sop to
catch votes to bo Ignored If the party
should got Into power. Democracy Is
always like a man In dlro distress, will
ing to promise anything to secure re
lief. Tho best evidence thnt tho war In
South Africa Is not over Is the fact
thut tho otllcers at tho front insist that
tho stream of soldiers which. litis been
pouring Into the country shall not cease.
It Is also evident thnt tho stream
which conies back will not bo nearly so
large as tho ono which starts for tho
Transvaal mountains. Tho announce
ment of tho determination of tho Eng
lish to subjugate tho Doers muy havo
tho effect of helplug tho government
out at home, but It will also stir tho
burghers up to resist to tho limit.
PLATFORM PlttCEURXT.
While politicians and press are (lis
eilsslni? Urn nlntfnrm written br Wllllnm
n , - - - m '
Jennings Hryan for Nebraska's demo-'
emtio state convention as forecasting
the' .Issues of tho wiling presidential
election, they, fall to emphasize the
main peculiar feature that It Is an
ttttcmpt qf n caudldato to dictate a
plutform upon which he hlriisclf expects
to stand. There Is no question what
ever that Colonel llryan arranged his
engagements abroad to permit of his
coming homo to celebrate his birthday
anniversary In conjunction with tho
fusion state conventions In Lincoln for
tho express purpose of formulating his
own position Into ti document to be
promulgated by the democrats of Nr?
braska and later re-enacted nt Kansas
City as tho national platform of the
democratic party.
As a matter of fact, Colonel Hrynn's
connection with tho authorship of the
Chicago platform of ISiXJ was in a largo
measure similar, although by no means
so predetermined or exclusive. Four
years ago, ho took it upon himself to
draft tho platform adopted by the Ne
braska silver democrats In 'their state
convention and carried it with him to
Chicago, where, after having injected
hlnwclf Into the committee on resolu
tions, ho managed to have several
planks engrafted onto tho national
platform. To bo sure ho was not then
so certain that lie would bo the presi
dential nominee, beeuiiho that was as
sured only by the speech ho made In
support -of the platform as reported by
the committee, but tho mothod pursued
by him was the same as that ho Is now
following. . While tho Chicago platform
was Ills only In part, the Kansas (lltv
platform 'Is likely to bo a substantial
reproduction of tho formulation of the
Issues ho has just made for the Ne
braska convention.
Everyone wIlLconcedo that it would
bo bad to have candidate and platform
In wide divergence, but whether tin.
party should abdicate in favor of the
nominee Its privilege and duty to detlne
tho Issues which It wishes to Join witli
Its opponents Is a serious question. If
tho conventions which are sutniosed to
constitute the best and most represent
ative men of tho party In nil sections
are simply to place the party stamp
upon the views of the olllceseeker who
secures its nomination, tho IniDortauce
of these great gatherings will bo re
duced almost to nothing. The platform
eqiuuilttco in such event might as well
bo mado up of dummies as of the
party's leading thinkers, for Its func
tions would bo mere formalities: To
nvpid nil possibility of having tho plat
form written by the wrong man, the
usual practice of adopting tho resolu
tions first and making nominations
later should be reversed and the various
candidates for favor Invited to prepare
documents In ndvancc to bo used as the
platform in the event their ambitious
should bo gratllled.
So far ns the republicans are con
cerned, tho time-honored practice Is
more likely to bo continued by which
tho platform is built by tho best ex
ponents of tho party's principles, and
tho candidate pledged without reference
to his Individual views to pursue the
policy outlined for him Insofar as ever
changing conditions will permit. Tho
platform then will be exemplified not
only by the candidates on tho presi
dential ticket, but also by every candi
date for olllco who may bo u contribut
ing factor in the national administra
tion. norma fou intekvbxtiox.
It is Impossible to say how much
credence Is to bo given to the report
from Durban saying that the lloers
aro hoping for Intervention, but lu any
event there can be no doitbt that the
Transvaal forces aro not absolutely
united ns to the future and that the
comlltlous arc such thnt the advantages
aro decidedly on tho sldo of tho Ilrltlsh.
This situation grows out of the fact of
the absolute numerical superiority of
the, Hrltlsh, who on every hand nro
practically three to one to their oppo
nents. While, therefore, they have to
contend with tho obstacles of perhaps
four or live to ono relatively to their
forces, still they can lose In an even
greater proportion than that and yet
miHutalu their relative superiority.
These aro the considerations that have
to bo borne lu mind all the time In
considering the possibilities of the con
filet In South Africa. It Is, after all",
a question of numbers and of power,
and It must bo apparent to everybody
that If Great Britain and the South
African republics are left to light it
out between, themselves, the Inevitable
result must be tho destruction of tho
two republics aud their absorption Into
tho Ilrltlsh empire. This Is to all In
tents and purposes declared to bo tho
purpose of tho Ilrltlsh government. Tho
notice already given by Lord Salisbury
to tho Hour governments Is perfectly
plain lu Its meaning.
As a military fact the Orange Free
Stato is already Ilrltlsh territory. That
Is the meanlug of every dispatch sent
out by I.oril lloberts, In which ho re
ferred to Steyn as the "late" president
of tho Free Stato republic. The plain
Implication of this was that the Ilrltlsh
government regarded that; republic aa
virtually dead and only waiting to be
come a part of tho British empire. As
to tho Transvaal, that was yet to bo
conquered and subjected to British
rule.
Tho latest advices say that tho Boors
aro still seeking peace and that they are
hoping for .assistance from the nations.
If It bo true that, they havo any hope
of. intervention they are building on a
weak foundation. They ought to realize
by this time that there is little hopo
of intervention und that nil their efforts
lu that direction must almost Inevitably
fall. The war wll most probably bo
fought out to an end between tho two
belligerents and Jim termination bo
British conquest, although It may yet
bo long protracted.
Tho stakes of railroad surveyors nro
as thick lu tho west as rocks on a
Vermont farm. With the railroad build
lug and 4hc Influx of settlers, both into
the territory thus oitened up and Into
portions already partly settled, the wesl
Is witnessing the most substantial as
well as tho greatest growth In years.
So great has this movement become In
some sections of the eastern states that
tenants for farms Is one of the prob
lems which 'is causing worry. There Is
no good reason why anyone should re
main n tenant when the opportunities
of securing cheap laud In Nebraska and
the west are still open.
.V.I 1'0f MUUIIKS' SKVoXD TKU.M.
The entrance of Frank H. Moores
upon his second term as mayor of
Omaha merits more than passing notice.
Although It was admitted even by his
political enemies that the otliclal rec
ord of his first term as mayor com
pared most favorably with that of any
of his predecessors, the campaign pre
ceding bis re-election was so bitter and
vindictive as to obscure largely the
credit that attached to his administra
tion of the municipal affairs for the
past three years.
If there were shortcomings in Mayor
Moores' tlrst term, they can be laid at
tho door for the most part of the po
litical combine that began to persecute
him before even he hud token his seat
and left nothing undone to obstruct him
In the performance or his duty by keep
ing lilin constantly embroiled In per
sonal litigation to the detriment of the
public service.
With the ndvent of his second term
Mayor Moores should be In position
not only to give tho city the beuellt of
Invaluable experience, but also to pur
sue a still more vigorous policy In deal
ing with tho vital questions that con
front the taxpayers.
For tho present the absorbing func
tion is the selection of the municipal
cabinet and subordinate otllcers who are
to assist him In the conduct of tho vari
ous branches of the city government.
Upon these associates must depend
largely the efllcloncy of the now admin
istration, providing always that Mayor
Moores has tho cordial co-operation of
the council, without which economic
and effective government woiild be Im
possible. 1
Whatever differences of opinion may
have existed nniong citizens of Omaha i
before the re-election of Mayor Moores, i
all are now Interested In promoting
the welfare of tho city through a busi
nesslike management of Its affairs.
The poiKJcrutle papers throughout the
state which announced some time ngo
that no deputy now serving In any of
the state olllces should have a nomina
tion to succeed his chief huve sud
denly become silent on the subject. Is
it possible that the mnchlue which runs
thlugs around the state house has
given tho editors a bunch which they
do not feel nt liberty to disregard V
The tax shirker Is a problem In Cuba,
as elsewhere. Uudcr tho present sys
tem valuable estates do not pay a cent
of tax, while their owners live In luxury
in Europe. General Wood announces
tliut he proposes to seek a remedy lor
this condition and' new reports of dis
satisfaction with American rule may
be anticipated.
Thr American Itnce.
Philadelphia Express.
Tho American flag Is willing to follow
Americans over the earth, but It finds con
siderable dimculty la keeping up with
them.
ProlnnKiiiHT Hie "WuVtc."
Washington Post.
Tho editor of tho Atlanta Constitution
nornlnt9 in (laticliiiir the free silver corpso
j in his editorial columns. Somo peoplo ap
pear to 1IKO mo ouor oi nnunuuiug num.
The Cluilr Won In Order.
Springfield Republican.
Speaker Henderson has things disturb
him, not to mention this resolution of tho
Iowa house of representatives. Tho other
day. whllo pounding for order, ho cried:
"Tho chair will bo in order." Then tho
houso roared.
Quit Clnlin to ChlcnKO.
Chicago News.
It Is announced that tho Pottawatomlo
Indians, claimants of Chicago, have finally
accopted u cash offor of $15,000 to relinquish
title. An expensive precedent may be es
tablished by this action. If it costs $45,000
to buy off tho Pottawatomles how "much
money should bo paid tho helru of the mound
builders, who occupied tho country before
tho IndlanB came and huvo never been dis
possessed by any proper form of law?
The Jukrr In thr Sulmldy Pack.
Buffalo Express.
A peculiar provision of ono of tho amend
ments to the shipping subsidy bill Is that
a combination of vessels must Include ono
thlrd of all tho tonnage receiving tho sub
sidy before tho secretary of tho treaoury Is
authorized to suspend payment, it would
seem to bo possible under this arrange
ment for competing lines to form very com
plete trusts so far as certain ports are con
cerned without losing tho government
bounties.
Will Hip liner Trek AVrMiviinl f
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho railroad ofuclals who aro planning to
induce largo colonies of Boers to seek homes
In the western states at tho closo of tho
present war aro likely to meet with several
obstacles to tho fulfillment of their laudablo
enterprise. It Is truo tho Afrikanders would
, mako desirable Immigrants, and It Is pos-
I' Bible that on American soil they would mako
oven moro rapid advance to material und
moral wealth than in South Africa. But tho
I Boer Is not only clannish and a home lover,
ho Is intensely conservative. Ho has planted
j his sapling In South Africa and whether or
muw mi., ui uuiii ituiiiuii-o mm unu ins uti
tlonal prldo In tho present wan he- will prob
ably decreo that his descendants shall enjoy
tho oak treo and ltn frultago.
Cronje ii ml .Viipolrini.
Boston Globe.
Cronje Is In many senses a greater man
than Napoleon. With less than 10,000 Souih
African farmers ho "stood off" 50.000 troops,
tho flower of the British army, under llob
erts and Kitchener, England's two moit
skillful generals. He never surrenderol until
he was literally encased In tbo solid wall of
tho nnomy. Then hu covered hla face with
his hands In prayer, and, accompanied by
his faithful wlfo, gavo himself up. Tho
British solilloM wcro so Impressed by lili
modesty and genius that they removed tholr
hats In silence. Here was a man who only
four years ago had been cultivating a farm.
Hn wore farmers' clothes to battle. This
man looks least of all like a general, with
no uniform, no arms, a canowhlp In his
hand, with his back at tho breech of "Ijoag
Tom." Yut before him tho gUJeJ aoldlery
of tho auwii's guard would have boon
ground to powder had ho not been finally
hurled under tho crushing forco of ten to
one.
.Mnrtntlly tlio Philippine Arm)-.
Minneapolis Time..
A few dayu ngo tho nlnrralng statement
was publlihcd that General Otis' losses by
alckheM amounted to n. regiment n month
and a call for moro troops would be neces
sary In- a very short time If this rato of
mortality continued, It was alleged that tho
War department was concealing tho facts.
War department officials nutko answer and
most emphatically contradict the story. The
official records show that sluco American
occupation of Manila, June 1, lS'JS, up to
February 17, 1000, tho date of tho last com
pilation, tho mortality In tho array of tho
Philippines wrs Cf olllcera and 1,400 men,
a total of 1,525, nr 74 a month, instead of
1,000 or more ns rumored. The alarming ro
port may havo bedn suggested by the send
ing of largo dotutls of cntraet surgeons,
but General Sternberg sajs this Is duo
solely to tho fact that many contracts havo
expired and tho vncaticlw must bo filled.
If tho death rato above given Is correct
tho health of tho army of tho Philippines
Is remarkably good, considering tho fact
that tho cllmato Is commonly regarded aa
deadly.
HAMrril'IIHt) SACItll.ECE.
An ANtoiilNlilnsr SiiiM'liiicii tf ii Mii'l
donUcil AilvcrtlHcnifiit.
Now York Tribune.
Nov. Mr. Sheldon, who has been running
a newspaper In Kansas "as Christ would do
It," thus with admlrablo humility of spirit
posing us tho Journalist peer of tho Al
mighty, Is understood to havo extended his
dlvlno authority to nil departments of tho
establishment. Editorials wcro written,
news was edited, exchanges wero clipped,
cartoons wero mado and circulation stnto
ments drawn up, all "as Christ would havo
done It." A similarly dlvlno censorship was
exorcised over tho advertising columns. An
advertisement of "a $20 suit of clothes for
$10" was barred out, apparently on tho
ground that tho Saviour of mankind would
not approve of bargain sales; and ono of a
certain mako of corsets was excluded on
like grounds. It Is fair 'to assume, then,
that the advertisements which wero ad
mitted to tho columns of tho paper wore
such as in Nov. .Mr. Sheldon's opinion.
Christ would approve. With that assuranco
la view wo feel emboldened to quote from
Mr. Sheldon's paper, from among advertise
ments of "Suullower Pants," "Infalllblo
Skirt Itule," etc., the following:
, Stir tho Subsoil Do;)
To let In tho rains, that refresh tho earth.
Otherwise a largo portion of moisture
graciously sent by our Heavenly Father is
wusted by running oft from the surnce.
M Stllmnll Tlmt- nrwn,.i..1lul...
ring, ns wo believe would please JESUS,
who said let nothing bo lost.
Also, r-'s Improved Potato Digger, de
signed to work well, even in unfavorable
conditions of soil, which Induces good words
instead of bad words, by which we desire
to honor JESl'S.
"8 IM.OW WORKS.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
Such Is, wo -ro to assume, Ilev. Mr.
Sholdon's Idea of an advertisement "as
Christ would wrlto it." IlTank's plough
ploughB as Christ would plough. Blank's
potato digger digs potatoes as Christ would
dig them. Shall wo not presently havo corn
plastors for curing corns as Christ would
cure them, and'sanltary plumbing such as
"would plcuso Jesus?"
To every man of healthful, decent mind,
not to sify of religious disposition, tho ob
jurgations of an angry truck driver must
seem puro and rovercnt by tho side of this
revolting, studied sacrilege paraded In tho
namo of Jesus the Christ by this "Hov."
Mr. Sheldon. A subsoil plough that works
"as we bellevo would please Jesus." Faugh!
It reeks of tho Black Mass, and calls for
spiritual civet to Sweeten the Imagination.
, a it .
PUOSPEHITA' HITS IIUYAMKM.
Ilrmnrkiilili. IIiinIiicmn , Cnmlli .Nlnec
tltv Hunt r IlnuiM-riicy.
St. Ixiula Globe-Democrat.
Tho democratic' Baltlmoro Sun remarks
that "it is not meant for unklndncss to say
that 10c cotton demolishes tho best nrgu
mcnt .Mr. Bryan over had for silver infla
tion." That paper further remarks that
cotton planters can now sco thut low-priced
silver docs not necessarily mean low-prlccd
cotton, nnd it adds rather cruelly that
"Popocrats told us wo should never get
nbovo Co cotton so long as wo had the
gold standard." Yet just at tbo time that
tho gold standard itcIh nlnnril nvnllMiK. nn.l
specifically in tho statutes cotton has gone
up to higher prices than havo been touched
for many years.
This Is ono of tho ways In which pros
perity hits Bryanlsm. Throughout tho can
vass of 1S96 Bryan was raving through tho
highways and byways of tho United States
that wheat, corn, cotton and all tho other
Important American products would bo le
duccd In prlco far below their level at that
tlmo ir tho republicans should carry tho
country. Tho republicans carried tho coun
try by a largo majority, and not only did
nono of thoso articles go down in prlco, but
almost nil. of thorn advanced immediately,
and all tho rest of them advanced after
ward. Price of most of tho Important
articles rulsej by tho American farmer
or plonter have gono up 40 or r0 per
cent slnco Bryan's defeat four years ngo,
and somo of them havo gono up nearly
100 per cent.
A comparison of tho market prices to
day with tbbsu which prevailed at tho
tlmo of tho llryanlto 'reign of financial
terror in tho summer of 1890 will tell a
Story to tho Amerlean f.irniHPa nnd nthnn
producers which will mako hundreds of
mousanus of votes for tho republican party
this year. Tho farmer gels moro money
for what ho has to sell and tho laborer In
all pursuits gets moro wages. Tho cotton
planters nro not tho only persons who have
been benefited by tho prosperity which re
publican success In 189G brought to tho
country. Workers of nil sorts aro una rem
In tho good times. All these facts will be
brought out by tho republican newspapers
and stump speakers In tho coming canvass.
Tho forthcoming campaign of education will
bo a revelation to tho Amorlcan peoplo of
tho courage and sanity of tho republican
party, and will undoubtedly bring a moro
decided republican triumph than the ono
which was gained four years ago.
Tim imm.i.v v.vimnx pi.vti'oiim.
Indianapolis Journal: Tho Nebraska plat
form, dictated by Mr, Bryan, talks nbout
tho national bank trust, yet It favors tho
. creation of a greenback trust to be manlpu-
lated by tho politicians who control con
gress.
San Francisco Call: Tho democrats and
populists of Nebraska havo decided that
Bryan shall bo tholr nomlnco for president.
This decision Is one of thoso that nro most
forcibly described in pugilistic affairs as
"No contest."
Globo-Dcroocrat: Mr. Bryan's lateU plat
form adopted In Nebraska Is recognized ns
tho samo old Chicago document, with an
extra socialistic twist. Democrats must taka
their populism stronger this year It Bryan
Is allowed to dictate the platform,
Detroit Journal: In tholr platform tho Ne
braska fuslonlsts "wclcomo another oppor
tunity to wrest tho country from republi
can rule." Through tho magnanimity of the
republican party tho Nebraskana will have
another opportunity of tbo samo kind In
1901.
Buffalo Express: Mr. Bryan nnd others
who voted for tho tariff bill which g.ivo
British wool growers In Austrnlla and
British manufacturers of woolens, worsteds,
cutlery, pottery and a scoro of other articles
tho markets of tho United States, should
ccaao calling republicans "tools of Great
, Britain."
nitir.r hits or n.sio.v politic.
-
Plattomouth Journal (dcm.)! In casting
about for a man to occupy the position of
state treasurer the people of Nebraska
should not forget Samuel Patterson, who Is
now deputy under Mr. Meserve. He would
fill that position with honor and credit to
the state, llo Is a young- man, popular to a
degree, and has training which fits him for
the place.
Grand Island independent (rep.): Thcro
aro evidences that the plutocrats aro break
ing Into fusion ranks, John O. Yoiser, en
dorsed by tho populists of Douglas county
for governor, wetirs a nlk tile. The fuslon
lsts Just recently saw ono of their nrlsto
tratlc pets go down to defeat In Omaha, but
the lesson appears to bo not sufficiently Im
pressed upon the Omaha reformers,
Norfolk News (rep.): Tho fuslonlsts en
dorsed the present administration of Gov
ernor royutor nnd his official colleagues,
their especial pride, It la presumed, being In
the record of tho Board of Transportation lu
their efforVH to shield tho dear peoplo from
railroad extortion and use up nil tho passes
obtalnabto to prevent theso same dear peoplo
frcm 'bolng corrupted by their corporation In
fluence. York Republican: Tho attorney general Is
still filing buncombe milts against tho rail
roads for violation of tho maximum ruto
law, which was declared unreasonable in Its
restrictions by the supremo court. Of courso
tho attorney geucrul does not expect to re
cover on theso suits, but merely lnstttutra
them In order to havo than to parade ns
evidences of fusion activity In tho Intcrestn
of tho denr people when tho coming stato
campaign opens.
Grand Island Hepubllcan (pop.)t The nom
lnatlng state convention promises to bo any
thing but a three-ring circus. Tho demo
crats want all tho olllcea, tho pops want all
tho offices and the silver republicans are try
ing to flguro out what really belongs to
them. Such being the caeo the delegates of
the three parties should go prepared to hind
hand and foot about a baker's dozen of
hungry olllcracekers nnd cast them over
board. When It ccmcs to combining fusion
for principle with that of spoils It Is tlmo
to call n halt. Of all times In tho political
history of this country thli Is tbo time when
wo need etatcsmen nnd laymen by conviction,
Kearney Hub: Tho middle-of-the-road
populists fared no better nt tho recent popu
lltit stato convention at Lincoln than they
did ut tho meeting of the populist national
committee at tho samo place u few weeks
provlous. They wcro all llred out without
ceremony, tho fuslonlsts being In a largo ma
jority. Tho three conventions democratic,
populist and frco sliver republican wero
strictly on tho lines laid down by Mr. Bryan,
and tho platforms were all submitted to him
and given his personal "O. K." The (straight
will go ahead and elect delegates to tho
populist national convention ut Cincinnati
and will issuo a call for a .middle-of-the-road
populist stato convention. What tho
effect of tho seccralon will bo can not bo
very well forecast at this time.
Auburn Granger (pep. J. H. Oundas): To
a thousand and one friends who have writ
ten letters urging that wo become a candi
date for tho olllco of secretary of state: Wo
cannot possibly find time to wrlto each a
personal letter to thank you for kind words'
and expressions of appreciation of our efforts,
henco you will pardon us for taking this
means of saying to you that as much as we
cravo official honors and need tho salary, wo
aro nevertheless obliged to say that wo muat
declino tho honor. Tho work connected with
eJitlng nnd publishing thrt Granger, collect
ing small bills and dcdglng credltorn keeps
us qulto busy, hence you would better look
about for'the next host man nnd wo will con
tluuo to edit tho Granger and talk suuey to
renegade republicans or professed reformers
who walk npt In tho way of tbo upright, but
aro busy seeking a place lit the pie counter.
paklandpdepeudent (pop.): Considerable
Inquiry has been mado of us why It Ih
Georgo W. Brewster took such an actlvo part
In tho mid-road convention at Lincoln Mon
day. Tho only reason we can usslgn Is that
tho "old gent" Is eoro und probably not with
out cause. Ho was ono of tho pioneer mone
tary reformers of tho state always working
for "no bonds, no national banko green
backs forever" oven when he was In tho
republican party. Ho was ono of tho first to
glvo up hepo in tho g. o. p. nnd go to the
pcoplo's-lndependcnt party, where ho talked,
(.pent money and printed papers In its be
half. When tho days of success crowned tho
efforts of tho "old guard" a lot cf sleek, kld-
glovcd politicians wero found to have got
Into tho band wagon at tho eleventh hour
who took tho place, and tho men who
worked when work was needed had their
pictures turned toward tho wall. This Is ono
reason.
PEItSU.VAl, POI.NTEHS.
Talking about trade following tho flag, a
Cincinnati firm Is working on an order re
ceived from London for 500,000 British flagi.
Itcvlvcd discussion of tho Manila bay fight
serves to remind tho country that Dewey
has not yet written n book on that Interest
ing Incident.
Admiral Dewoy's thousand-dollar cup,
given him at Savannah, must bo tho cup
thnt cheers, from tho appluuso that followed
lis presentation.
Thet city of New York paid for the re
moval of buow after two recent stormn
$239,600. At this rato only wealthy cities
can nfford to havo snowstorms.
General Edward Moody McCook, ono of
"tho lighting McCooks," has bcw compelled
to enter tho Soldiers' Homo at Yountvlllo,
Cal. Ho was tho fifth and seventh gover
nor of Colorado, and was long active In
Kansas and territorial politics.
David B. Hill Is credited with an ambition
to own u nowspapcr, his particular weak
ness being tho Albany Argus, so long owned
by Thurlow Weed. Daniel Lamont was
subsequently tho proprietor, nnd the prop-
! erty is now controlled by that gentleman's
son.
If Lieutenant Walter Maxwoll-Scott has
Inherited any of his great. great-grandfather's
tnlont -ho ought to glvo us a good
book about 'tho siege of Ladysmlth. Ho Is
tbo oldest son nt Abbotsford, and tho oldest
1 malo descendant of Sir Walter Scott. Hn
suffered and ondured as much ns any man
besieged with Sir Georgo White and If
thcro la unything In heredity, ho ought to
wrlto better than any other of those who
went through tho samo experience.
Consumption
is contracted as well as in
herited. Only strong lungs
are proof against it.
Persons predisposed to weak
lungs and those recovering
from Pneumonia, Grippe,
Bronchitis, or other exhaust
ing illness, should take
It enriches the blood,
strengthens the lungs, and
builds up the entire system.
It prevents consumption and
cures it in the early stages.
toe. and tiro, all drucliti,
SCOTT & BOWNK, CheraliU. Nw York.
ECHOES OK OI It WAlt.
Captain Joseph B, Ooghlan of Manlln bay
ond "Hoch der Kaiser" fame, reiterates In
public print tho claim that the TUlelgh fired
tho first and last shots in the battle that
gavo Undo Sam n foothold lu the Philip
pines. In n letter to tho San Francisco Call
Captain Coghlan ridicules a published story
crediting tho rovcuuo cutter McCulloch with'
having fired tho first shot while passing
Corregldor Island. Ho says: "Tho llrol
passed Into Manila bay ..May 1, 1S9S, at 12:03
n. m., by tho Boca Grnndo entrance, passing
within S00 yards of El Frallo rock. Tho
wholo forco of vessels were strung out In
Hno nt that time. Tho Olympla was In tho
lead, next tho Baltimore, tho Halelgh, tho
Petrel, tho Concord, tho Boston In succes
sion, nnd following the Boston and nearly In
hor, wako was tho reserve squadron, tho
McCulloch, tho Zaflro and tho Nanshan. As
tho vessels wero 400 yard minrt, that would
havo put tho (McCulloch (If she and all
others wero up to their proper places) 1.C00
ynrds nearly a mile aBtern of the Halelgh.
"Tho Olympla and tho Baltlmoro both
passed El Frallo rock without drawing nre.
but' as the Halelgh got nearly abreast of
It, I, whllo on tho bridge directing tho turn
of tho ship, saw p flash of flro on tho rock
nnd spoko of it, when Lieutenant F. L.
Chadwlck told mo ho had Just beforo scon
another, and before wo wero through speak
ing of it a gun was fired from that rock, tho
shot passing . ovor tho nftorpart of tho
Halelgh, or between it and tho Petrel. Two
moro shots wero fired In quick succession
from that battery, when 1 gavo pcrmlsslou
to nro lu return, nud tho after 5 rapld
flro gun on tho starboard Bldo of tho poop
deck of tho Halelgh fired tho tlrst Amer
ican shot in tho far cast.
"Afterward tho Concord nnd Boston fired
and ns near, ob I could learn tho next day
or two the McCulloch'B small guns fired
whllo tho Boston was firing, so that wo lu
tho lead did not even bear Its guns.
"Tho Hulelgh," concludes the captain,
"was lucky enough to llro tho first Ameri
can shot in tliat campaign, tho hut shot at
tho iManlla battlo of May 1, 1S98, and tho
last American shot (from a ship) In tho
war in tho euut, on August 13, 1S98. All
this la a tdmplo matter of history."
Chaplain Mclntyro has been heard from
ngalu. Slnco retiring ra'thor precipitately
from a soft berth In tho navy, tbo cx-chnp-lain
of tho Oregon kept his mouth closely
sailed, meiuiwhllo thinking deep thinks on
tho perils of a hair-trigger tongue. What
ho now says is much moro romantic than
his remarks on ho naval battlo of San
tiago and relates to bin domestic ntTM.
Threo years ago ho was secretly married
iu u cuarming widow named Mrs. Gordon.
Tho parties to tho arrongement kept tho
union a closo secret, but gossips around
their homo at Pasadenu, Cal., circulated a
fow Inquisitive remarks and pertinent com
ment, forcing tho ox-chaplulu to spring his
mnrrlago certificate- and confound tho gos
sips. Tho rcuson for maintaining secrecy
la givoa by iMrs. Mclntyro: "Some years
ngo an uncle of my first husband died in
Australia, leaving an estate worth $1,000,000.
Under tho terms of tho will I was ono of
flvo heirs, provided I remalued the widow
ot IVobert Gordon. Well, I met Mr. Me
Intyro; wo bocamo fond of each other nnd
married. Naturally 1 illd not wish to Itso
tho money willed to me, so we decided to
say nothing nbout our wedding until tho
estate was all settled. After the marriage
I continued to bo known ns Mrs. Gordon.
"Lately someone has circulated unpleas
ant gossip concerning us and we decided to
nnnounco our marriage. I may lose my for
tune, but I prefer my good namo to money,
aud that's all thero Is to our romance."
A correspondent of the Boston Globe, who
Is rambling around tbo domain of our loyal
and royal friend, Sultan Klram ot Sulu, re
ports that young and old of both sexes In
thajt locality dyo tho teeth black nnd chow
the betel nut as diligently ns gum and to
bacco are masticated In thla country. Tho
combination of red betel Juice and black
dyn produces an effect nt once hideous nnd
repulsive. "Botol chewing, llko tobacco
chowing," says tho writer, "Is an ncqulred
habit, but no parental protest Is mndo
against tho young developing tho taste.
Boys and girls begin at tender ago to Iml
tnto thulr elders in this respect, but black
ening tho toeth seems to be held aloof from
children, as only women of mature yeurs
nnd mon nblo to slash vigorously with a
fighting knifo seem to sport such distinc
tion. "Nearly If not quite all of the nativo
population of tho archipelago chew betel,
which Is composed of tho areca nut, tho
leavtn ot the buyo plant nndi lime mado
from oytttc shells. Tho areca nut grows lu
clusters llko cocoanuts on a species of the
palm. Tho tree, llko all palms, Is attractive.
It grown to n height of from twenty to
thirty feet and carries an almo.it uniform
dlametnr from tho ground up. Our signal
corp Is using It in Punuy for telegraph
polis, and as thero nro no limbs from root
I to feathery crown, Httlo work Is required
to prepare it for use.
"Natives who Bpcak with knowledge
born of long chowing affirm that betel Is
u stomach strcngthener of no mean qual
ity. With a supply ono accustomed to ItB
use can withstand tho pangs of hunger days
longer than a nonuscr could llvo- without
food. No record vouchsafes Information
concerning Its discoverer. Ask and you
will be told that it is a family Inheritance.
Father, grandfather, greatgrandfather and
tho dusky daddies who wero hero when
Magellan camo wcro chewers of betel, and
betol will continue to bo masticated under
tho American flag."
"Bargain Ranters"
Every mother of a small boy Is supposed to bo a good Judge of '
bargain ond It Is with confidence In that Judgment that wo havo pre
pared somo very nttractlvo offerings In our children's department for
thorn to chooso from. It Is so easy to slight tho making of garments
for tho Httlo follows-tho excellence of tho BHOWNINO, KING & CO.
clotbos aro so well and favorably known that to cxpatlato on Its many
virtues would bo tlmo wasted and what wo want you to know now, Is
that our showing ot 2-gnrment suits, 3-garmint sulUi and sailor suits
was novor better. At tho $!i.00 that wo ask for thewj stylish well made
servlcenblo suits, Is very reasonablo when you consider tholr excellence.
Wo would esteem It a favor If tho ladles would do their shop
ping rnornlngB If ioaalbli with us as tho busy afternoons detracts tho
attention wo would llko you to havo.
Now Furnishings and Caps nnd Hats to go with tho suits either
school or dress,
OIM.VHM'M OT MlllllANICA PIIKSK.
Kearney Hub: Omaha people ar deslr
ous ot Increasing tho population for the nrxt
census by taking In South Omaha. But tho
latter Is not anxious. Hut as a mattor ot
fact tho two corporations ought to be.
merged Into one, for more reasons than arrt
necessary to mention.
Illoomliigton Echo; Uncle Sati should ad
journ his congress to tho Blooralngton post
ofllce nnd let them remain Ihorei during thu
time the morning mall is being distributed
and they would learn how to solve tho Porlo
Hlco and Phllipplno questions. Wo aru
blcreed with moro statesmen to the squira
Inch than any other placo on earth. One ro
deomtng feature is that thy nro all harm
less. Bloomlngton Echo: When Governor I'oyu.
teT resurrected tho old tiro and pollco com
mission ot Omaha and appointed five poli
ticians from tho state of Douglas to fill it,
ho must havo had a tip from tho fusion su
premo court that that august body woulJ
reverse their decision when tho case cam
to them. Wo understand that this samq
commission bill or one similar to It has been
before, the supreme court and declared void.
A fow political workers In Omaha had to b
taken cure of and tho old law dug up.
Wayne Herald: That the farmers of tha
country nre prospering Is clearly evidenced,
by tho largo sales of farm machinery of ths
latest nnd best manufacture nnd tho best
adapted to tilling tho soil. They nre not)
troubled with 7-ccnt oats nor 10-cent corn,
which Bryanoeracy proclaimed In strcnuou
tones would bo tho case In tho event of Mc
Klnlcy's election. Instead they nro prosper
ing to a marked degreo as compared with
years past, liusplto of this fact there ar
men, no doubt, who will vole for the time
that prevailed during tho Cleveland admlnls
tratlon. but their numbers aro growing beau
tifully 1J;'H.
Hastings Trlbuno: Tho Tribune cannol
help but wonder nt the presence of so many
Indies at n court trlul at which, during thn
examination Of witmuses, language and
terms are used at which any lady would
blush If uttered In her own drawing room In
tho presence of her gentlemen and lady
friends. What Is there nbout such a esse that
attracts ladles, or for that matter respcet
nblo nnd puro-mlnded men? Aro we as
pure, chaste nnd modest as wo ulsh peopln
to think we nro or aro wo so constituted that
at times wn nllow our curiosity to overcome
our Ideas of tho proprieties.
CIIEEUY CHAFF.
Chicago Tribune: "Where Is your 'big
gun?' " HHked tho powdered mntron who
hud eomo into to tho military Jiall.
"Ho went nwny a Httlo whllo aro In a
disappearing carriage," explained the
master of ceremonies.
Yonkcrs Statesman: 1)111 I understand
Gayboy Is olio of the best kpown men In
your town? . . '
Jill Why. ho's so well known that he has
to go out or town to borrow money!
Chicago News: Dorothy Pa, I do wish
wo wero rich. . . ....
Dorothy's Pa How rich would you llko to
be? i
Dorothy Oh. awfully rlcli:juch enough to
snub peoplo and still bo ctiltHl .agreeable.
Detroit Free Press: "Kntherlne Is so
high tempered that she never reads .a .novel
through.'1
"Pray, tell mo, what her tempfjr has to
do with her novel rending?"
"Why. alio gets mad ut some character In
tho book und throws It In tho lire."
Washington Star: "When yoli see
man netln' mighty haughty an" overbear
In'." !ald t'ncln Ebon, "yoh kin take com
fort. He's glner'ly tryln' to make up fob d
mount ' bnwln' iiu" scrnplu' ho hnster da
hlcse'f, Honiowhiih."
Philadelphia North American: "As, I re
call things, you onco hud n future befor
you." said the old friend.
"Yes," replied the fute-tosscd man, "but
von see, I lived so fust that l.got nhrad of
It."
Cleveland .Plain Dealer: "The nge of su
perstition is rapidly pausing," said tho pro
fessor. "Yes," replied tho doctor, "spooks no
longer havo even a ghost of a chance.
Baltlmoro American: "Still they eome,"
wrote tho reporter, who lu his secret heart
called himself n "Journalist." "But no," hn
liuistHl, "that is hardly appropriate for tha
headline to tho preliminary account of ths
woman's rights convention." And ho care
fully crossed out tho word "still."
"llliHAUS MIT 1)111."
How many thousand souls have fled
From battlefields, with life-Wood red.
To meet thoso friends or foes beyond:
How many heurls, whlrh beat so fond
A few short months uyo days! ugo,
Hnve fed tho sncrillelal llres
Of themes that cause the brow to glow
When cold In death fair sous, uged slrei;
in weird confusion, sldo by side
Since freedom's voico through Kruger cried,
In tones thnt shook thnt hemisphere:
"Du, Johnnn Bull! Heruus mlt dlrl"
The whllo respect for custom's laws
Doth bid nil Intercession pause
Until humanity ilcmhnds
That nation's voice, who proudly stands
As arbiter of nations' strife;
Wo see the youths, whose courage telli
A mother, sinter, sweothenrt, wife;
C'hnrgo weightier foes with lusty ycllo.
Nor wonder thut this charging cry .
Should rouso n deep-drawn worth sigh
Within our noble volunteer:
"Fucr dlo Ich lleb! Horaus mlt dlrl"
When gray-hnlr'd men aro In the Held,
"Who naught but their own life will yield,
To stay ii proud Invading foe,
It calls up thoughts ot long ago,
When our great grand sires left thn plow
To follow with thn sword and gun
E'en ns tht-EP follow Kruger now
Where led Immortal Washington! j'
From Modder's banks to Splon Kop,
As ono by ono they lifeless drop
This death cry moves tho veteran's tear:
"Fuer Gott und Helm! Her-r-r-aus ml
llr!"
Ames, Neb, ISAAC A. KHjOORE.
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