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VAHTIUS ,i:VVI(S I'OH MMIIKH.
I'lirtli's Ipfivlnir he city for
(In Hummer inny lmve The line
"lit to tlicm roKUlnt-ly liy
iiotirinu The lire lluslnrss
oillco, In iii-i'Niin or liy mull.
The mlilresM nlll lie fliuiiKVtl
n often n.i drslreil.
Tho last porforninnec of tho three-rlnj;
rlreus Iiiih hoen witnt'ssed nl. Mneolu.
And wo shall never wo Hh like tialn.
Tho streel kwo(iIiik iniiehlno will soon
put In mi iippeiininep In our i-lty nml It
Is to lie hoped It will sustain the popula
tion of now brooms. .
fiver Bluet; the Knnsus City conven
tion when n populist endorses n demo
cratic nomination lie makes a face like
D man taklnj; a dose of cod liver oil.
Police .Iuilja Cordon evidently goes on
the theory that If his salary Is to he
cut a corresponding reduction should be
ninths In the amount of Justice dispensed
In police court.
Coventor Poynler lias bad no trouble
In seeurlnt: the endorsement of the free
Bllvor republicans. They will endorse
anybody who can tfet them even a smell
Of the tlesli pots.
Statistics show that only a little over
COO people were struck by llnhtnluo; last
year. Candidates for ollicc are begin
ning to believe the percentage will be
even less this year.
In spite of the patent car couplers, air
brakes and vestibules, the operation of
railroads causes greater mortality each
year than the bloodiest battle fought In
nuclcnt or modern times.
Between working In a iiltro-glycerlne
factory and serving as sheriff In Okla
homa there Is little choice, from a life
Insurance point of view, but what little
odds there Is favors the nltro-glycerine
maker.
An electric motor railway from Omabn
to Fremont would double the value of
every acre of fanning lands along tho
proposed route and materially benellt the
property owners of both Fremont and
Omaha.
Cyclone Davis assures the American
people that the United States can go it
alone In the lice coinage of sliver nt the
ratio of It! to 1. What Cyclone Davis
does not know about national tluance Is
not worth knowing.
Corporation agents around tho populist
convention have all tho Indications of
being Invited guests. Their reception
by tho men who assume to control the
conventions bears every Indication they
are Invited guests, If not members of the
household.
If tho delegates to the farmers' con
press really desire to learn how to raise
corn they should stop oft as they pass
through Nebraska. The llrst requisite
Is good laud, and Nebraska has plenty
of It, which It desires to havo some one
to cultivate.
There are nine presidential tickets In
the Held up to date and entries do not
closo for three months yet. The Indi
cations uro that there will bo at least
ono more, and out of such a long list
voters should bo able to llnd something
to play for a winner.
"There Is a loug road yet before Uie
republican party can establish n single
gold standard," shouted Mr. ShalYroth of
Colorado. Hut tho gold standard Is es
tabllshed and has been established for
years. Probably Mr. Shafl'roth Is obliv
ious of the fact that Cencral Jackson has
Jong since ceased to be president of the
United States.
Our enterprising nntl amiable popo
crutlc contemporary prints the names of
oil the delegates to the democratic state
convention and the names of nil the
populists to tho populist convention, but
It refrains studiously from mentioning
tho names of the delegates to the silver
republican state convention, which Is
composed, as usual, of Frank Hansom
and sixteen others.
mi. run at rut: ekoxt.
The democratic nitlllcatloii meeting at
Lincoln showed t lint the supporters of
Mr. Bryan are stilt disposed to keep
sliver at the icont, In spite of th dccla
ration of the Kansas City convention
that Imperialism is the paramount Issue.
Congressman Sliafroth of Colorado
talked mostly about free silver, declar
ing that the republican party has a long
road yet to travel before It can abso
lutely establish the sluglo gold stand
ard. Davis of Texas paid more atten
tion to silver than to any other qiicstloil.
Mr. Towne devoted a large part of his
speech to the money question, which
he discussed with u speclotisness that
even the democratic leader and chief
champion of a debased currency could
hardly have excelled.
It Is Interesting to note this because
It distinctly demoiistiatcs the true char
acter and purpose of the elements which
constitute the Hryanlte following. While
the leaders declaim against trusts nntl
so-called Imperialism, while tlioy pro
fess gieat fear that free Institutions
are in danger and that we are drifting
toward empire, while they talk glibly
about tho constitution and the Declara
tion of Independence and express much
solicitude and sympathy for the Fili
pinos and the ISoers the question as to
which they are most profoundly con
cerned Is that of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at ltl to 1, Talk to
any of the adherents of Mr. Hrynn and
It will be found this Is the llrst thing
in his thought, to which nil other sub
jects are secondary nuil some of them
wholly without Interest.
These democrats do not regard free
slHer as a dead Issue. They say to
those who profess to think It so, In
order to have an excuse for supporting
Mr. Itrynn, that they are mistaken, that
the free coinage of silver nt tho "sacred
ratio" Is still a vital question. "The
contest between monometallism and bi
metallism," said tho democratic leader
In his magazine article on the Issue
In the presidential campaign, "Is u
world-wide contest a contest which
must go on until silver Is once more
a money metal equal with gold, or until
the gold standard becomes universal."
And they propose to do all In their
power to prevent the gold standard be
coming universal. They propose that
the United States shall throw itself in
tiio way of the movement to make tho
gold standard universal, that this na
tion, which has grown great and pow
erful and llnnnclally independent mulct
the gold standard, shall turn Its back
upon the rest of the civilized world and
make its llnanclal system conform to
that of the Inferior nations.
Attempt as they may to givo para
mouutcy in the campaign to so-called
Imperialism, the llryanltes will not be
able to persuade tho llnanclal and bus
iness Interests of the country and the
prosperous farmers and working men
that their tirst Interest and concern Is in
the question of overthrowing the gold
standard and debasing the currency by
the free coinage of silver, now supple
mented by the demand for a practically
unlimited Issue of paper currency by the
government. We need not again point
out what the consequences of tho carry
ing out of this policy would be and no
one capable of understanding the llnan
clal and business demoralization that
would result should need to bo told that
the election of the Kansas City candi
dates would be the beginning of a
change of conditions that would prove
disastrous to all interests.
sr.u'.irjr with the nouns.
Nobody will llnd fault with Mr. Web
ster Davis for sympathizing with the
floors, or question his right to express
his sympathy whenever and wherever
he pleases. Hut when Mr. Davis falsities
and misrepresents, as ho did In his
speech at Lincoln, he will be called to
account.
flu said that ho was forced to leave
the republican party because It had
yielded to the dictation of unscrupulous
agents of the Hrltish government. There
Is not the slightest foundation In fact for
this charge, ft is absolutely gratuitous,
as no one knows better than Davis
himself. Another statement was that
tho floor envoys did not receive proper
treatment when they visited the State
department at Washington, that before
they could explain their mission they
were silenced by the seostnry of state
producing a document sotting forth the
position of the administration in regard
to the South African war. This Is a mis
representation, the truth being that the
envoys were given ample opportunity to
explain their mission before being offi
cially Informed of what they had al
ready learned unotllclally In regard to
tho attitude of this government, ft Is
true that tho Hrltish ambassador called
on the secretary of state as soon as the
Interview between the latter and the
envoys was ended, but there was noth
ing extraordinary lu this and It Is man
ifestly absurd to assume that tho call
had any relation to the visit of the en
voys. The position of the administration
had been determined even before the
arrival In the United States of the floor
representatives and determined upon
well established principles recognized by
all civilized governments. Still another
false charge by Davis Is that our gov
ernment has not been Impartlnlly neu
tral, ff such were the case, wo should
undoubtedly have been reminded of It
by the floor government.
The fact Is that the United States Is
the only nation that has made any ef
fort In tho Intt -est of pence lu South Af
rica. When proposals looking to peace
wore received at Washington from the
South African republics, with the re
quest that they be submitted to the Hrlt
ish government, the request was
promptly complied with and our govern
ment tendered Its good otllces to bring
about a cessation of hostilities uml a
settlement of tho conlllet honorable to
both contestants. The offer was refused
and there was nothing more for the
United States to do, unless willing to
Intervene nnd thus virtually declare war
against Croat Hrltaln. What sane
American believes that it should have
taken that course? We had no Interests
lu South Africa that were Imperiled by
the war. Why should wo havo gotten
Into u quarrel with Great DrlUlu merely
for a sentiment, without the slightest
cause for a quarrel? And what possible
benellt would tin l'.oer have derived
from such a course on our part, fine" we
could not have sent a military force to
aid them? Wo should simply have In
volved ourselves In a coinllct that must
have had the gravest consequences for us,
without accomplishing anything for tV
South African republics. It Is omicelv
H'le that it might have united against us
the most of Hurope.
The American people, Irrespective of
political iilllllatioiis, sympathize with the
flours. The democrats havo no monop
oly of that sentiment. Hut the United
States has certain duties and obligation,
as one of the family of civilized nations,
that It must observe and among these
Is that of maintaining neutrality in a
conflict between countries with which it
la on friendly terms. This Is also lu ac
cord with its traditional policy.
MIHDMXG CllOCUMhU TEAKS.
The alleged wrongs of Porto Hlco nud
the outrageous treatment to which its
defenseless anil wretched Inhabitants
have been subjected were portrayed In
lurid colors to the, multitude assembled
at Lincoln during the popocratlc love
feast In which Hryau, Stevenson, Towne.
"Cyclone" Davis and "Calamity" Wil
liams participated. This great aggrega
tion of political dramatists shed croco
dile tears over the wrongs inflicted upon
tho Porto fllcnns by congress and tho
president and naturally elicited expres
sions of heartfelt sympathy from their
hearers. The silver tongued Towne de
scribed the entrance of the nrmy Juto
Porto Hlco as a march over a carpet of
llowers and the reception of the Invading
forces as a triumphal procession. As a
matter of fact the American forces under
Ceneral Miles met with practically no
resistance in Porto Kleo because the
Spanish did not have a force In the
Island capable of making resistance ef
fective. The natives themselves doubt
less rejoiced over the invasion, because
they welcomed a change.
ft Is a well known fact that upwards
of !Ki per cent of the natives of Porto
Hlco lire negroes or of negro descent.
These people have subsisted for centu
ries In this tropical climate and their
wants are few. They arc without edu
cational advantages other than those af
forded by the parish school. Their lib
eration from the Spanish yoke was a
blessing, but their advancement to the
rights of American citizenship, with all
Its privileges and duties, must neces
sarily be a slow p'-ocess.
Whatever misery and wretchedness ex
ists In Porto Hlco is due not to lack of
the franchise, but to the destruction of
crops by hurricanes nnd floods which
have swept over that unfortunate Island;
not to a Lr per cent tariff, but to the Indis
position to work for a living where Idlers
may subsist without work. The great
muss of the Porto Hlcans have never so
much as heard about the 15 per cent
duty imposed upon luxuries. The dls-
onteut In Porto Hlco Is not among the
natives, but among the foreign mer
chants nnd speculators, who were ex
pecting to protlt by the free export of
accumulated stores of tobacco, sugar and
other products which they had hoped to
market In the United States free from
duty.
The crocodile tears shed by the demo
cratic orators are In sad contrast with
their Indifference about the wrongs to
which the negroes of the south are sub
jected, ft Is an Indisputable fact that
the majority of the population of South
Carolina are negroes, but the Declaration
of Independence and the constitution urc
a dead letter In that state. A majority
of tho people of Mississippi are of negro
blood, but their rights are no more re
spected than If they were Kaffirs from
the heart of Africa or Chinese Hoxers
redhnnded from the butchery of mission
aries. For tho negro In the southern
states there Is no sympathy among these
sympathizers for the Porto Hlcans.
ft Is all very well to deplore and be
moan the Imaginary outrages perpe
trated upon the poor Porto Hlcans, but
the outrages perpetrated upon the In
offensive black man In Georgia, Ala
bama, Texas, Louisiana ami South Car
olina are of no momunt to men who
desecrate the name of Abraham Lincoln
and the memory of Thomns Jefferson
while seeking to gratify political am
bition.
STEVEXSUX'S KECOKD.
While the democrats are shouting for
llryan and freedom it may not be out of
place to recall a chapter In the war rec
ord of Hrynn's democratic running innto
in related by ffou. K. N. Jenkins of
Thayer county, who came to Lincoln ex
pressly on Monday last to get a bird's-
eye view of the champion of the declara
tion. The story as told by Mr. Jenkins 1?
reproduced as follows:
"I wantiul to aeo tho man who prosecuted.
ray father for brlnRlng n negro into the
stato of Illinois," said Mr, Jcnkini, Then
he told bis story.
During the war Lieutenant Philip Jenkins,
a Woodford county man, wan taken til and
had to bo sent home. Uo was unable tu
Uko cv.ro ot hlmuelf, and a young negro
was sent along to attend to him. When he
reached homo a certain clcmout mnde a
big fiiea. They found a law on the statute
books making It a crime to bring a negro
Into the stato and under this statute they
had Lieutenant Jenkins nrrrsted, Adlul
Stovcuson was then practicing law In tho
couuty anil volunteered to projututo the sol
dier. The trial came on ami tho jury dlsj
gieed. Wheu the tlmo camo for tho c.itfa
to come up a gocond time Lieutenant Jen
klna was back with his regiment lighting
and the Judgf throw tho ca.'o out of our;.
Willi good prices and the largest re
ceipts In the history of the South
Omaha stock yards, there Is not much of
a calamity appearance down that way.
The men who raise this stock and those
who earn their living preparing It for
market arc the ones tho popoerats are
depending upon to put thorn In oillco.
Unless the memory of democratic times
has escaped them they nre not likely to
bite nt the fusion bait.
Ceneral Weaver paid n splendid tilb
utu to tho character and record of Atllal
Stevenson during the popocratlc pow
wow. Ho told how ho had been elected
to the Forty-sixth congress ns a green-
backer, how ho opposed tho change of the
coinage ratio to a ratio higher than ill
to 1, and how he supported the Warner
silver bill. This Is n recoiumonilntlon
of which Adlul should feel proud. Adlul
atoml for free ivlnngo and the Warner
fallacy In tho Forty-sixth congress, but
In 1C'J12 he had no objection to being
elected with drover Cleveland on a hard-
money, anti-greenback platform nntl four
joins later he had blossomed out Into
a gold democrat with a silver lining.
As an India rubber statesman Adlul
t tantls peerless.
This Is to be a dramatic campaign In
which red, white and blue Is to bo glveu
the greatest prominence. Two little col
ored girls In pink and blue were brought
on the stage at the Llueoln popocratlc
love feast shouting for "Hrynn and free
dom." Evidently Hryau is not awar of
the fact that the song of "lied, White
and ftluo" originated lu Croat Hrltaln
nnd was shouted by the Hrltlshers more
than one hundred years before the Amer
ican flag was adopted. Mr. llryan may
not be aware also that shouting for free
dom was an unpopular sentiment
amongst his supporters In the cotton bolt
not so very many years ago.
The problem of how to satisfy the
aspirations of over 100 candidates for of-
lice with only eight places to till Is what
has confronted the fusion managers.
Kveii Hryau could not decoy the whole
menagerie under ouo tent without the
co-operation of Towuc. Stevenson. "Cy
clone" Davis und the other ringmaster.
Populists arc beginning to realize that
M. C. Harrington was speaking by the
card last year when he said there would
be only ouo year more of fusion. They
sou lu this fact that 1000 affords thorn
the only hope of getting Into oillco anil
appetite grows us the provisions In the
cupboard run low.
lint W. Htlu-r lllut.
Washington Post.
Don't permit ouhH'lf to becoino excited
over politics,
Defunct Klnnlilp.
Philadelphia Times.
Wheat going up while silver is stationary
Just mentis the country may bo hungry for
tho ono and Is not hungry for the other.
Wlint TIcUIch tin- Rounder.
Philadelphia Record.
Thero Is ono feature ot tho Kansas City
platform that will commend Itself to political
souuderB of all persuasions. It has not a
word to say about clvjl service reform.
An Old Smv .Shelved.
New York World.
China Is still a free silver country. Hut
Japan, by adopting the gold standard, has
broken the point of tho old aphorism,
"Silver Is the white standard of yellow men
nnd gold the yellow standard of white
men."
Sail Dnyn for h llrro.
Chicago Chronicle.
With singular and Irritating persistence
the Boers continue to chae General Sir
Kedvera Buller over two or three counties
every time ho ventures out of hl camp.
It was a sad day for Redvers when lie
dropped that casual remark about enjoying
the Yulotlde festivities in Pretoria. Since
that timo ho has had difficulty In snatching
tlmo for a hurried luncheon. Christmas
dinners nro an Iridescent dream with the
hero of the Tugcla,
A'olirunlca u rinnbtful State.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tho demo-pops are going to havo hard
work to hold Bryan's state In line for him
this year. Nebraska has good crops and
has been sharing In tho prosperity which his
defeat In 189C brought to the country. More
farm mortgages have been paid off In Ne
braska In tho last three years 'ban ever be
foro In that state's history In that length of
time. Uvcry pop-dem In Nebraska, in
cluding Bryan, knows that this prosperity
was a direct result ot smashing of Bryan lam
four years ago. Local pride tho desire to
put ono of Us scdb la the presidency will
hardly ovcrcorao this consldorntlon. Ne
braska Is an exceedingly doubtful state for
tho Bryanltcs In 1000.
The Trouble M-ltli ebriinkn.
New York lSvcnlng Post.
Ncbrnska will engage the attention of the
country during the campaign just opening.
Formerly a republican state. It was carried
by Bryan in 1SSS, and elected a populist
governor In 1393. ThlB year Its republicans
seem bent on doing everything In their
power to holp Bryan's -chances for retaining
ei-.trol of his own Btato. The republicans
havo suffered greatly from the control of
the party organization by corporation In
fluences, which may bo entirely Innocent,
but are under strong popular suspicion.
Senator Thurston is n typical representative
of the influences which havo been so
offensive, yet ho wa3 elected a delegatc-at-large
to the Philadelphia convention and was
put to the front In that body. n. B,
Schneider Is the man through whom the
corporation managers havo done business
with tho legislatures lu the past and they
wanted to have his influcnco Increased
through htB selection as tho Nebraska mem
ber of tho republican national committee,
nnd a majority of tlm delegates yielded to
the demand. In order to carry tho stnte
tho republicans must win back populist and
Independent voters who left tho party bo-
cnueo they wore disgusted with tho corporato
domination of the organization, and It would
seem that nothing could bo dovlsed better
calculated to prevent this than such honors
to Thurston und Schneider,
IMiltSO.NAI, I'OI.Vl'UItS.
Ths cyclono belt has shifted from tbo west
to tho east. Tho host effortB of Kansas fall
short of Now Jersey's blow last Sunday.
N'lagara rapids and whirlpool did their
best in the case of NImiti, but Providence
occasionally spoils the best efforts of the
foolklllor.
The minister of foreign relations ot
Nicaragua has presented to tho Anietlcan
mliilotcr, William L. Merry, a handsjmo
walking stick, decorated with Nlcaraguan
gold, nud valued at J2u0.
Fire Chief Croker of New York has caused
a commotion thero by going to a lire In a
steam automobile nt the rato of something
Uko a mile a minute. There Is a talk ot
callliig on tho courts tu order a elowcr rate
of locomotion.
Henry J. King, n young man who has been
In trouble churged with annoying officials
of the New York Foundling asylum, has
begun roprisalH by item.;nd!ng to know who
hla parents are or were. Ho was left at the
asylum when a baby and tho authorities
therii havo no far i of used to disclose hla
Identity.
Collls P. Hctitlngton, having bought out
his associates In the Southern Parlflc, e one
nt tho rlchcyt railroad men In tho world,
being coin o.vncr of a system embracing
ferries, terminals, river and ocean Btoamboat
lines, nnd 7.B0O miles cf railroad, represent
ing $050,000,000 of scctitltlCM and annual
gross earnings ot ?60,000,000.
Governor llogtwclt '.ia nugry when h
got back to Now York at what Mark Hanna
his barn inlng about that slouch hat. Tho
Hl-usIi Ifldcr ile-iilftrca ho has always worn n
slouch hat. "Up In Albany, on Sundays,"
ho say, "I wwr a silk hat, but, on my
aoul, I loatho it, I loathe It!" By tho way,
bus anyone over aocn a plcturo of tae gov
ernor ta ft illk halt
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Tho photographs wcro taken spe
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recent trip to Oklahoma City.
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Governor Roosevelt
Another special feature will also bo T
found In the Knnsas City convention T
photographs, made exclusively for Tho T
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LOOK I:0R IT OUT JULY 15 f
ncmir.H or tit it w.titi
A flag said to bo Agulnnldo's orlflamme and
the finest owned by the Insurgents? ens been
lecetved by James CoUIdh of Denver. The
flag was Fcnt by Mr. Collins' son, Captain
Harry J. Collins of Company M, Thirty-second
Infantry, V. S. V., serving la the Phil
ippines. Captain Collins writes his father In a let
ter dated Porac. May 30: "I send ou today
by L. C. Arnold, a biothcr of my tergeant,
who will return by this Iranaport, Agul
naldo's ting. Thiy is tho finest flag the In
surgents had nnd has a history and when I
como home 1 will tell you about It. 11 was
the Hag that hung In tho council chamber
nt Tarlac, tho strongest fortified town in
the Island, so wo wore told, nud whore we
were to meet our Waterloo, but when we got
thero It was deserted."
It Is about eight feet long and mado of
satin. One-half blue und tho other scarlet.
In the center of the point which extends
from the corncm which fasten It to tho
flag pole is n huii embroidered heavily on
the white background la gilt thread, an ate
oIfo tho st-rs and tho fanoy llguris of the
bolder. Across the flag the number of the
battalion and tho mono Is done in heavy
gilt lettering. Tho strap worn over tho
shoulders which supported tho holder for
tho flag pole, and many ribbon streamers
were also heavily embroidered by hand and
beautifully done. Tho flag Is the same on
both sides. Oil one of tho ribbons were
these words; "Jor las Senorltas de (luu
gua." Krnest E. Whcclock, who is Just homo
from Manila, where ho was formerly private
secretary of Ceneral Merrltt and also sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce, gives
anything but a cheering account of affairs
In the IslamlH In the Philadelphia Record.
He says that tho American pi-ople havo been
grosaly misinformed und that our malad
ministration In the Philippines Is recognized
by all European renldcntH.
According to Mr. Whoelock "the mlrap
preheuslon of the people of the United
States regarding the Philippines Is onl
eeiualed by Uu Ignorance of tho Filipino
of what constitutes good Americanism." In
the opinion of leading merchants aud busi
ness men of Manila It Is "more unsafe In
tho Interior of Luzon nt the present tlmo
than evnr before." Roving bands range the
country nnd "Us In ambush, waiting to pick
off small dctnrhmcnts of Americans or plun
der fwme caravan." Although tho war Is
supposed to be over, martial law Is enforced
with the utmost vigor In Manila.
Life In Manila Is not a joyous round. A
correspondent of the New York Sun says the
town "Is not only hot and uncomfortable,
but living is mighty expensive. With all Its
lack of tho comforts and conveniences of
metropolitan existence In the states, Manila
takes moro dollars a month from its Inhab
itants than New York or Chicago, und that
not in stiver, but In gold. Take tho one
Item of kerosene. Every hnrdwuod floor in
Mnnlla Is rubbed every day with it. Tho
first thing you see lu tho morning, If you are
up early enough, is. one ot the boys skating
over tho floors on a couple ot well-oiled rags,
polishing them up. A ten-gallon caso oil
costs now six Mexicans, or 30 cents u gal
lon, gold, and It lasts la the ordluary little
house between two nnd three weeks.
"House rent has gone up In a balloon nnd
there seems no chance of a descent. Re
cently there has been complaint of the Inac
cessibility of tho British consulate, and the
lato consul replied that his ullownnco for
rent was only 40 a month, and for that he
could not get a satisfactory houso neurer
town than tho one he had, to which objec
tion was made because of Us distance from
the business centers. The house ho had tried
for was held at 60 n month, practically
3600 In the curroucy in which Mnulla does
business.
"Thero nro two or three Ice factories In
town nnd their product, at the most liberal
estimate, costs them less than $5 Mexican
a ton, including Interest on Investment, but
they sell It for ?10 a ton at tho factory, and,
as the waste Is at least half In delivery. It
costs at the house about 4 cents a pound.
Kicking Is out of the question, for the de
mand Ij so great at any price that tho fac
tories only laugh nt complaints.
"Meat has been up to 1.50 a pound and of
n quality that could not be told for anything
in the states. There Is only one official mar
ket and It Is so managed that it effects a
monopoly and tho htnll keepers can charge
what they like; tbo choice Is to buy or go
without. This makes no difference to tho
army, whose meat comes from Australia and
is sold here for from G to 8 cents, gold, a
pound. The civilian ennnot buy from tho
commissary and Is obliged to get what ho
can whrro ho can.
"Tho competition of the commissary fre
quently limits the civilians' market, for In
many lines the local dealers oro obliged to
chnrge so much for the sarao thing tho com
missary sells cheaply that they would
rather not handle tho goods than stand the
constant complaints of the civilians, who
want the dealers to meet commissary prices,
To appreciate this thoroughly you want to
be covenl with prickly heat, as moat every
body In Mnnlla is just now, and go to a drug
store for llslerlne, about tho only thing that
will surely kill it. Tho druggist will tell
you that ho ennnot afford to sell It for less
than $3.50, Mexican, a bottle and ho cannot
compete with tho commissary, so ho doeB
not keep It. So you paint yourcelf with
lodlno nnd swear a few rounds."
l'riiH'Hty In .VeliriiNl.il,
Indlnnnpolls News.
Nebraska has not been attlng well, con
sidering that it is Mr. Bryan's Btate. In
1897 it paid off $19,000,000 of mortgages; in
1898, $19,000,000; Inst year. $78.000,000 a
total of $116,000,000, In 1890 thorn was
$170,000,000 la mortgages In Nebraska. So
the payments In the last thrco years In that
ftatii have been only $30,000,000 Irss than
the wholo mortgage Indebtedness of tho
state ten years ago. Meanwhile the farm
lands have greatly Increased In value. It
ought to bo pretty difficult for any man
or party to ronvlnco pcoplo who havo been
ablo to manage their business in this
fashion that they aro suffering and what
they need Is a currency HjBtcin knocked
to pieces and lu Us place frco silver at IS
to 1. It lint only ought to bo pretty diffi
cult, but It will be difficult, lu fact we
belltv It will b Imposilbl.
The Next Number
nuui uix run m:v ii a m.x.
V llnmly llttliln tor llrinncrnlli' t'nm
IikIkk Orntiim.
The eruption of hot air nt Ncbraskn'n
capital there summery days Is overshaduncd
nud chilled by the crunching ot tho spull
bltidrr, the manipulation of grafts and the
hurrahs of the buys In the trenches. Spell
binders oro In cotiHcquence obliged to seek
tho light of caloric geulun elsewhere, and
nowhere can they look with greater hope
f puci-ess than In the larded phrases ot our
own only Oldham turned looio on a defense
lesi multitude at Kansas City. Tor tho
benellt of tho new and tho rusty upell
binders tho following "handy guide." roni
piled by the Chicago Tribune, Is submitted,
with tho assurance that n careful study of It
will enablo spoutcin to thrill the plnln
people.
One of the first things tho young and am
bitious orator will want to know Is how ho
shall refer to William J. Bryan, On this
point it may bo said that whllo "Our Peer
less leader," "Our Matchless Leader,"
"Our Venerated Lender" will be still used
they will not be us popular ast they wcro
lour years azo.
"from out tho sunset realm n champion
camo to bid dcllanco to tho ndvanclng hot"
is ono phrase which promise to be fash
ionable. Another, which has th authority
of an eminent democratic spellbinder. In
this: "A bullied but unconqucrcd hero, with
knightly mien nnd mal?hlc? speech, ho
lowered above his peers and girded up his
loins to fnco the coming conlllet." On less
elaborate occasions ho may simply bo men
tioned as the "grand nnd gifted son of
Nebraska." But at big meetings and ral
lies, where It In desired to do something
really tremcudous la tho oratorical way,
the following will be the proper thing:
"I pronounce a name that has been
thundered forth from tho foot of Bunker
Hill and echoed back from tho Slcrra'd sun
set slope, that reverberates among the snow
capped, pine-clad hills of tho north, and
rises up from the slumbering, flower-scented
savannan of tho Mtnny southland." As thlB
ifi tho closing paragraph from the speech
of the man who nominated Bryan at Kansas
City it may be taken ns tho limit of demo
cratic cloquenco in this direction, nnd the
aspiring student may turn IiIh attention to
another subject. He will want to know
In what words he Is to refer to tho repub
lican party. The following quotations from
convention Hpeochcs will s-rvc to set him
right on thin question:
"A party of cowardice, a party which will
lead tbo pcoplo tu h I. "Hogg of Texas.
"A party which fattens on tht- blood of
thoso who died for liberty." A delegato
from Arkansas.
"A party which would tear from our
shoulders tho purple robe of novorelgn citi
zenship and fill the pluccs of power with
British redcoats."
"The party of criminals, hypocrlten and
knaves,"
If the young dtump speaker is addrcBslrg
an audience which Is not altogether In sym
pathy with tho "heaven-born" ratio, or 1
he lu n little weak on that .subject himself,
he may begin his argument thus:
"My heart beats in tune with every prln
clplo of tho Chicago platform, but"
In referring to tho result oi tho last cam
paign he may use any cue ot tho following
phrases:
"When tho demon of discord, with her
llamlng torch, confused our counsels."
"Torn asunder by dissensions within and
disasters without, our party faced n gloomy
and forblddlug future, which eeemed to
augur Up speedy and hopeless dissolution."
"Slowly the shattered, broken columns
formed again, and behind our peerless
leader, singing, marched 6,500,000 valiant
men to wago that unequal fight. And tho
world saw and wondered how fearlessly hu
fell."
Hero aro eomo sentences taken from the
convention speeches whlrh may be used In
many ways, as opportunity offers. Most of
them explain themEclven aB clearly as It Is
posslblo to explain them. Orators who
memorize them need never bo nt a lack for
a soul-stirring nnd cleoquent phrapo:
"Acrors our broad plains, up und down
our mountain cups and Into the ttunloss
depths of nur tumbling seas."
"Unchllkd by tho selfish sentiments of
cold commercialism,"
"Let ub kneel for u blessing at the spot
less shrlno of democracy."
"Let us select a candidate who will enrry
our standard ever ns tho black Douglass
carried tho uacred casket which enclosed
the heart of Bruco."
"An unconquered and unconquerable or
gnnlzntlon which has emblazoned Us name
on every pago ot tho nation's history."
If his audience breaks out Into applauso
as some of thin eloquence reaches them, tho
young orator may show his quickness by
declaring that "on this and other hemis
pheres, on islands and on continents, your
enthusiasm Is thrilling every American dom
ocrat In the universe, In every drop of blood
which visits his democratic heart."
If some specific mention of the financial
question Is thought nocrusary It mjy be re
ferred to as "tho gold that polished the
winged sandals of Hermes and the silver
that glittered on the bow of Ulana." In
this wny It Is believed that no offense- will
bo given to the gold democrats or other
thinking people, whllo at the same time he
would bo a bold man who would deny Its
eloquence. Besides, this way of putting It
has tho endorsement of Oldham of Ne
braska, chocen spokesman ot tbo "grand and
gifted sou" of that state.
In speaking of almost any policy of tho
republican party It will be found effective to
borrow the language of a democratic orator
and refer to it as a policy "accomplished
with fire and sword in ull Us horrors of on
unholy war and written In the blood and
butchery and slaughter of God's created be
ings." Tho following are somo of the historical
and other personages with whom President
McKlnley may be compared: Julius Cae
sar, Judas Iscarlot, Nero, Lazarus, Na
poleon Bonaparte, George HI., Benedict
Arnold and nn octopus.
In speaking of the trust question It will
alwayH bo proper to refer to- "the gilded
castles of tho barons of blood and boodle
wherein they tit In Oriental opulence on
silken divans and drenm of conquests, crime
and slaughter." But as tho climax of the
speech on this question should always be re
served tho phrase in winch Oldham told
how tho "peerleis leader" had seized the
octopus and, "like the mighty Herculc3, had
lifted It above the sordid sphere from which
Its strength was drawn and on a piano of
lofty patriotism strangled it to death " If
this last bunt falls to bring down the bouao
tho young orator may fairly conclude that
hi- eloquence Is wasted.
Thero still remain nn almost unlimited
number of phrases which may prove useful
In emergences. Thero Is always the good
old "bloodless battle of ballots," and, In
cases where trouble Is threatened In tho
back of tho hall, the orator may "light anu,v
tho fircB on the sacred nltars of liberty" and
"hurl defiance In tho faces of a malignant
and malicious foe." Ho may glvo ob many
"natrlotlo pledges to tho plain peopln" as
ho wishes and appeal ns loudly as possible
to the "sarcophagi which contain the sacred
and revered ashe of our fathers." Ho may
refer to tho republicans as "tnillen tubjects
sulking under tho lash of nn nssumtd eov
erclgnty." and may cheer tho hearts of hlfl
hearers by announcing that "our democratic
skies are tinged anew with tho opahveent
and roseate hue of hope." He may nnk the
"grand army of voters" to "enlist under nur
flat" aod quetloa them as to whether they
aro 'indeed free men or peons of tho Brit
ten aristocracy."
In conclusion be must not full to "crown"
his party "with tho toxs if victory," culling
upon high heaven to assist nil "true patri
ots" In driving "the arch hypocrites nnd
scoundrel who now wear the hahlllmrntA of
power out of the high oflleoj which they now
disgrace."
I'OMTICAI. Dltll'T.
Philadelphia Record: Tho great states of
the west, of the cast and of the south op
posed n declaration for the ratio of 16 to 1
In the democratic platform, but the populist
nominee for president favored It nnd tho
great states succumbed.
(llobc-Ilemocrat: The man who wrote the
Kansas City platform had his thesaurus with
him. "Wo denounce, condemn, oppoie,
arraign, sllgmatUe, upbraid nnd ottu-rwlsti
brnnd, censure and protest ng.ilnst tho
dangers that threaten a free country."
Philadelphia North American: What has
becoino of the great nml glorious doctrine o
free trndo that once Inspired the democrat-
with fervent patriotism and Its platforms
with eloquence? Is It possible that tho
Knnsas City convention had Us Qulgg nnd
that he blue-penciled n plank demanding the
abolition of custom houses?
Boston Globe: It tnu;t be confessed that
tho flint democratic campaign song doesn't
rite eminently above the republican ditty
quo tod lately In tho Globe. Here Is the
chorus:
Hilly, Hilly, Hilly, Billy,
O, thou dear Nebraska Illy;
We will knock Murk Ilnntm nlllv
And will make hit pals feel chilly
In November with our Hilly,
With our Hilly, Billy Hrynn.
San I-'rauclsco Chronicle: And now wo
aro waiting to seo the democratic free silver
papers tell tho people that thero Is not
enough basic money to meet the world's ue
cc'sltlcs. When they do they will bo con
fronted with somo surprising figures regard
ing tho output of the gold mines durlug tho
last year, n record which promises to be ex
ceeded ns the years roll on, owing to the
Improved processes of extracting tho metals
from low-grado ores, of which there Is an
illimitable supply In this and other countries.
Salt Lako Tiibtino: Senator Tillman's
great net of tearful sympathy with tho
downtrodden Porto Hlcans Invites tho ques
tion: "What would Senator Tlilmun do with
tho Porto Ricnns If he hud them In South
Carolina?" Tho Porto Hlcans, ns a mass,
have negro blood In their veins, and Senator
Tllltnnn has told openly. If not boastlngly,
how ho nnd his friends mobbed the negroes
of his state, Bhot them and ground them
down so that they did not dare to assert their
rlghtB under tho law. What a hypocritical
mockery It Is then for Tlllmnn to be howling
sympathy for that clash of men anywhere!
Detroit Krec Press (dem.): No man can
be elected president of the Tnlted States on
a freo silver platform, and Bryan least of nil.
Thcio Is not a reason to delay enterprises
la progress, to run business under check
or to withhold capital from Inviting Invcst
imnta. There Is nothing to Justify that
dread of change which is a usual attendant
of presidential coutestB. It Is In order to
move right ulong as though nothing bad
huppeued, working confidently for tho
maintenance nnd continuance of u prosperity
that has nothing to fear from political
Intel feience. Wisdom only calls for com
pllanco with the Immutable Inws of trade.
.VMIl.t.Nt;
Philadelphia Press: MeJIgger Did vou
heur about DutnleyV lie enme near having
his bruli Kicked out by a mule.
Thlnumnbob WJicw! That mule must
have been a particularly good shot.
ludlunuiiolls Journal: "While mv
daughter was playing the piano last nlglit
a strunre mnti stopped at tho door and
usked to be allowed to glvo her a lollnr."
'Was he such uti anient music luvor?"
".No; he said It was merely u thank offer
Inif hi-cuusc- ho didn't live next tfoorto us."
Chicago Record: Railway Agcnt-Our
railway, madam, Is strictly up to dato In
every rcpect.
Madam Nonsense! Look at thin woman
on your excursion folder; her sleeves have
been out of style for threo years.
Somervlilo Journal: ISnthuslastiii Young
Person Oh, professor, uro you Interested
In tiees?
Prof. Dr'-isdiiHt Genealogical trees In
terest me, niudum.
Washington Star "Intemperance I a
dreadful thing," sulil the earnest citizen.
"Indeed It is," iiintwered Mr. Vnn Ulggle,
who Is an enlliuflnHtlc wheelman. "Why.
sir. It is InU-mppruii.-e that causes people to
strew the stitet with all there broken
bottles 1"
Detroit Journal: "Our namo is so
ordinary!" sighed Jlrs. Aimer Hill. "Now
there are the Du I'eyster Von Hchuylcr-
'.'.ums-...wh''t 11 eraml old Butch nnmo Is
theirs!
"VI1, what's tho matter with our belnir
the Nun Kopjes?" rejoined air. Abnt-r Hill.
ChlcHi-o Tribune: "There's ono thlnir I
ftia t understand," observed Tommy. "If
eternltv is tho end of tlmo whut l It tho
beglnulnir of?"
'1 he Sunday school teacher coughed oni-e
or twice, smiled vaguely, nnd told Tommy
that wasn't In tho lesson.
Washington Star: "When a man la the
oppox ng party regulates proceedings bo
that ho may be sure of carrying out his
iwrooiml Intentions," said the man who I.-
always seeking Information, "you call him
'a boss" do you not?"
"Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum.
Hut suppose a man In your own party
doi-H tho sitmo thing?"
"In that cato Iio'h a lino disciplinarian."
A 1IOVIMI HUMIXISCUNCtC.
Thero w;as a time, dear girl, when you
Uuro fond of my canssos;
Long years ago bernro nu grow
Too tall for tinkle dresses,
Noti i wore your golden hair In braids
lhat huns below your bodli-e.
So different from the. other girls,
To mo you were n goddess.
'Tw.ih then ho wrote nntes-und the rest
Of chlldlnh sweclhf .irts' pastime
Woro thought by us to be the best
Amusement out of clnss times.
Tho" summer sky Ih mill ns blue,
Tho birds still sing the same old strain.
But Bometlilni: from those happy days
Is gone that cannot come again.
NVn meet todav wo meet alas!
Our greetings nre quite formal;
You'r In the college Junior class,
I'm teuchltif m the Normal.
And an we pntt I think again
Of you nnd wonder whether
You wish, ns I, we loved iik when
Wo went to school together.
. , ., v- L. THORNTON
Lincoln. Neb.
To Parents
Thero Is no moro Injurious practice
than that ot holding tos closo to
baby's faco to attract hlB attention.
!Moro eases oi cross eyes are cuuet-u
In this way than from nil other cause
combined. Tho strain necessary to
focus the eyes for so close an object
Injures tho muscles nnd throws them
out of harmony. The moro u child
nn .n mt, nt Hnnra InnUltti- nl rtln
IIHII ll Utlfc U, WWW. w, .ww....,r, .v , '
tant objects tho bettor for fits eyes,
i If your child-shows tho slightest tend
ency io crops iii vfim, wi urn. put on
tho matter a moment.
J.C.Huteson&Co.
MANUFACTURING- OPTICIANS.
DOUGLAS STREET.