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It begins to look ns If Nebraska haB
been redeemed.
A campaign of dishonor cannot suc
ceed with the American people.
That -alliance with Croker does not
seem to have been much of a -winner for
Mr. Bryan.
Another Interesting book may soon be
expected from the pen of William Jen
nings Bryan.
All Jokes about Edgar Howard buying
back his relinquished editorial tripod
arc strictly barred.
Do you suppose that Richard Croker
Is lnconsolahly sorry? Will tho tiger
hed a single tear?
Send a message to Agulunldo that the
American people nro not In sympathy
with any fire in tho rear.
The stakeholder for bets In Nebraska
is hereby warned not to pay anything
to pcoplo holding the Bryan end of It.
It Is now a fair presumption that the
gold standard Is a Qxturo in the flnanciul
system of tho United States of Amer
ica. The Fourth ward remains the banner
republican ward of Omaha with nearly
700 majority for McKlnley and pros
txsrlty. Remember that Douglas county gave.
McKlnley less than COO majority lu 180(1
and was carried for tho fusion stato
ticket last year.
Tho American people have again ex
pressed their renewed confidence In the,
ubillty of the republican party to handle
and -curb the trusts.
When Tho Beo said that tho fusion
howl of election fraud was for' tho pur
pose, of covering Its own crooked work
It spoko with knowledge of the facts.
Republicans who helped elect a dem
ocrat to the sheriff's office have discov
ered what they may expect on turning
over official power to tho fusion ma
chine.-
Tho reuewed business couiKlcnco that
must at ouco ensuo us tho tlrst result
of the presidential election will prove
an Immense Impetus to tho trndo and
commerco of Omaha.
The fiasco that overtook tho so-called
Imperialistic Issue Is only another lllus
tratlon of tho truism that the people,
Hot n heaven-born leader, inako the" is-
lues In a presidential campaign.
Theodora Roosevelt will give the
American pcoplo a lesson lu what a
good', live, active man can do even
though weighted down with tho position
of vice president of tho United States.
If tho fusion Combination Is not abovo
voting insuno and pauper Inmates of
the county poor farm they are not above
any other kind of election fraud. Mark
that down.
If you want to nmuso yourself Just go
back over a few of the recent Issues of
tho local popocratlc organ and read
again somo of the lurid political prog
nostications that grace Its pages In big
black type.
Something like a million and a quarter
of first voters cast ballots November
0. , Evidently they endorsed the war
policy of President McKlnley. Certainly
they discarded the Idea that any portion
of the American people have Im
perialistic tendencies.
Now, for tho second time, wo see tho
utter transparency of the claims of the
state and national chairmen of demo
cratic committees. As usual, neither
had tho slightest foundation for his per
latent, extravagant claims in regard to
nearly every debatable state In th.
union. It was so four years ago and
It la likely to be so four years hence.
A IIV4 KB TO THEIR 1MEHEST8.
Hometlincs tho American people seem
to be blind to their own Interests. They
were very much nwake to them Tues
day. The republican victory was a
victory of -Americans ,for Americans.
The large majority of voters placed be
fore and above nil else tho question of
domestic welfare, of tho tnajnteniiiice
of tho conditions that have given (ho
country unparalleled prosperity another
Illustration of the fact that not polit
ical conventions but tho people lunku
the "paramount Issue" In a national
campaign. Kvory American citizen de
sires .that tho pcoplo of our new pos
sessions shrill be treated Justly, that
they shall bo given good government,
with such participation In It as they
arc cnjMilile of. But the millions of in
Jelllgent inert who voted the republican
ticket declined to regard ns subordinate,
to this tho .material Interests and wel
fare of 70,000,000 of our own people.
They refused to be affrighted by the
false and empty cry of Imperialism and
militarism when tho party making It
avoided domestic policies that would
bring ruin and disaster here.
These voters have faith In themselves
and In their fellow-countrymen and
they know thuro Is no such danger to
our Institutions us tho democratic party
alleged, whllo on the other hand they
had no trouble In understanding that
if thut party should bo successful and
carry out Its declared principles It
would bo Americans nlono who would
miner. Patriotism Is not confined to
the duly of taking up arms In defense
of one's country. It Is also shown lu
promoting and fostering material inter
ests and the general well-being. It must
always happen when tho common sense
and the Intelligent Judgment of the peo
ple nro uppealcd to, when they arc not
blinded by passion and prejudices and
can see with clear vision the true char
acter of the questions presented to them,
thut they will vote for tho promotion of
American interests and tho conservation
of their own well-being. The Amer
ican pcoplo aro exceedingly practical
and they do uot easily forget such ex
perience ns they had a few years ugo.
In this is tho real slgiiillcnnce of tho
republican victory. A majority of the
voters determined to "let well enough
alone." Undoubtedly somo of these
voters nro not altogether in accord with
the policy regarding tho new posses
sions, but they nro pretty well satisfied
with conditions hero and they aro not
tho least bit apprehensive that the re
public Is to give place to an empire or
thut their liberties aro' In danger be
cause the government Is endeavoring to
repress resistance to its authority in
the Philippines on the part of less than
one-tenth of tho people of the Islands.
It would be well for political leaders
who shape tho policy or parties to un
derstand that there Is a patriotism
growing out of cnllghcuned self-interest
which It Is expedient, and prudent nl
wuys to consider.
THE t'IFTl'-SE VEKTll VUMlltESSi
Not less Important than the election of
a republican president lu the choice of a
republican houso of representatives, lu
tho Fifty-seventh congress the repub
licans will havo a strong majority in
the house their present mujorlty Is
only thirteen and with a republican
scnato tho currying out of the party
policies Is assured.
Tho next congress will have Im
portant work to do. It Is probable that
the present congress will not legislate
regurdlng the Philippines, but will
leave tho management of affairs In tho
islands entirely lu tho bauds of the
president, even should rcslstdnco to
American authority cease at once. In
that ease the succeeding congress will
be called upon to legislate for the Phil
ippines, for of courso there Is no
further question as to their retcntlonj
thut having been settled by tho populur
verdict. This question having been
fully presented and thoroughly dis
cussed, tho decision of tho people npon
It must bo accepted as final. In tho
lunguago of President" McKlnley, there
will be no "scuttle" policy In tho Philip
pines. Tho archipelago will be" held as
American territory, pacification will be
effected and tho pcoplo will bo given ns
large a participation in tho government
of the Islands us they are capable of.
Another mutter which will verv Hkolv
bo left to tho tflfty-suventh congress to
deal with is tuxution. It is doubtful If
the present congress will deem it ex
pedient to make any lmportunt chunges
from existiug tux luws. Possibly a few
tuxes may bo dropped or modified, but
there will hardly be an uttempt at tho
short session to muko u, general re
vision. By the time for tho meeting ot
tho Fifty-seventh" cougress, however,
there1 Is every reason to expect that tho
conditions will be Buch ns to ttdtnlt of a
considerable reduction In taxation und
perhaps u modification of the turlff.
Tho next congress will bo expected to
deal with tho trust problem, should the
present cougress not do so. There Is
pending a bill, which passed tho house,
ameudutory of the untl-trust act of 18'JO,
and this muy be enacted Into law, but
It is by uo means certain thut it would
prove udequute. There Is a very general
sentiment lu favor of nu umeudutent to
mo constitution giving to congress
brouder powers to deul with trusts und
monopolies, and ns uotUiug can bo done
In this direction by the present congress,
owing tq democratic opposition, the
question' must be left for tho iletermlnn
tlon of the next cougress.
There Is not likely to be' any currency
legislation ot tno coming session, the
result of the election rendering it tin
necessary, but It has been shown that
the law of Inst March can' bo Improved
so as. to glvo greater security to tho
gold staudard, und It will bo the- duty
pf tho congress elected Tuesday to do
this. It Is possible that tho last contest
with the forces of unsound currency has
been fought that the advocates of free
sliver will not again be nblo to marshul
In such formidable strength us to serl
ously menace the overthrow of tho gold
standard, but nono the less It Is the
part of wisdom and prudence to mnke
the law fixing that standard so strong
and comprehensive that only In tho
event of the opponents of tho gold
standard securing full control of tho gov
ernment could there bo any danger to
the currency.
Tho election of a republican house of
representatives, with a considerably In
creased mnjorfty, nssures the promotion
and advancement of American Interests
at hoinc and abroad ami tho smooth
running of tho machinery of govern
ment for tho next three years nt least.
A3 EXl'ASDlA'a UUSIXES8.
As an evidence of the general pros
perity the growth of tho money order
business of the government Is Interest
ing, Two years ugo the figures showed
an Increase of J17.OOO.O0O over the pre
vious -yeur; tno next year mere was an
increase of 510,000,000 over that, and
the year ending with June SO Inst shows
tho very remarkable Increase of $30.-
000,000.1 A conspicuous feature of the
Increases in tho Inst three years has
been tho growth of the International
money order business, which In tho
fiscal year 1000 roso from n total of
$0,000,000 to one of $11,000,000. Tho
popularity of the international money
order Increases with the growth of our
Immigration. It Is stated that even the
Russians and the Jupaueso coming to
this country to llvo send back large
sum to their less fortunate countrymen
at home. There Is nlso n considerable
increase due to the closer trade rela
tions with neighboring countries. The
money order business with Mnxlco. for
Instance, Is constantly growing through
the discovery by Mexicans of tho large
number of articles of domestic use
which they can buy lu this country
cheaper than they can at home.
The total nnnual Issue of money or
ders ut American postofliccs has reached
tho large amount of fJoO.000,000, the
wnr tax of 2 cents on cuch order Issued
having apparently produced no effect
It would have been otherwise, undoubt
edly, If It had been necessary to attach
a 2-ccnt stamp to each order. The In
crease of $00,000,000 In the money order
business of tho government during the
last threo years, nearly one-half of
which Is credited to the last fiscal year,
which ended June' 80, 1900, Is certainly
most striking testimony to the general
preVnlenco of prosperity.
Tho telegraph companies did a very
profitable business in the sale of elec
tion nows to enterprising men who seek
to attract business by tho announce
ment that election bulletins will bo plac
arded In thelr.placcs of business. Year
ufter year the practice spreuds and the
profits Increase, regardless of tho fact
that It Injures the business of the news
papers at a time when tho demand Is
keenest and the hurvest ripest. And
yet there Is nothing In the charters of
tho telegraph companies authorizing
them to gather and sell news for promis
cuous publication, nor do they pay ony-
thlng for a Btnto franchise uuthorlaltig
them so to do, for thero Is no such
franchise.
How nro tho mighty fallen! How
magnanimous In defeat is ono, half
baked contemporary in Its comments
upon tho lost cause. Such twaddle Is
an Insult to the Intelligence of our citi
zens. Is It not possible that tho Amer
ican pcoplo know what they want? In
view of tho .enormous gains scored by
tho republican ticket in nearly every
stato Is It not a fair conclusion that
the Issues of tho recent campaign were
settled right?
For weeks the business man has been
looking forward to the day when po
litical warfare would subside, so that ho
might proceed with schemes of money
making without let or hindrance. And
now that tho questions' at issue have
been, settled right, trade and traffic
ought to increase' In volume, as It
doubtless will do.
Putyour ear to tho ground and' nwalt
tho sound of the election returns from
tho remote precincts jcmbraclug tho cat-
tlo country of western Ncbrnsku. In
that section voters have heard some
thing ubout the price of wool and of
cattle and hogs.
Tho local courts have resumed op
erations for the winter season and It Is
a fair promise that the scales of Justice
will not need dusting from this time
until spring zephyrs blow ugalu.
Good Time While It Lnatea.
Washington Post
Count Castellan may find somo consola
tion In the fact that he was able to tnako
a scoreof $4,100,000 beforo he was thrown
out. i
Kerr Uancit on the Griddle,
Chicago Nows.
On the wholo It may bo said the campaign
has directed American th.ught to now prob
lems ana neipcu in many ways to a bettor
understanding ot thorn.
One Vital I'olut Overlooked.
Daltlmoro American.
A western writer points out Mr. Rocke
feller's superiority over Shakespeare, but
neglects to bring In the very strong point
that Shakespeare Is dead. '
ThreMblnir Over Old Straw.
San Francisco Chronicle
Admiral Montojo, tho commander of the
Spanish fleet In the battlo of Manila bay,
haB published at Madrid a lengthy defenso
of his tactics. Thero was really only ono
fault to find with the admiral's tactics, and
that was tho failure to tuko Dowey Into
consideration.
, UUIIxIiik Wnter Power.
' Knnu.18 Cltv 9 tar.
Tho technical press ot Europe Just uow
abounus in descriptions or tho exploitation
of water power. France, Italy and Switzer
land aro lust discovering tha nmnnnt nt
cnerg)' that goes to waste on tbulr water
uncus, wotiiiy uiacii com is io uo replaced
with the cheap "whito coal," as the snow
and Glaciers ot the Alps havo been callod.
An advantage ot the white fuel Is that it
Is constantly renewed by tho energy ot tho
nun. wlinrena the bl&ek nrcilnrt nf tliA'n,n
energy stowed lu tho earth U subject to
exuausuon.
Carb It 1 1 on Hie Count.
Chicago News, .
There appears to be a rathor unfair rule
lu finance. No conservator was appointed
tor the late Mr. Qould, who accumulate
about 100,000,000 in some thirty years, or r.t
the rate, cay, of $2,000,000 a year. Yet n
conservator has been appointed tor tho
estate Of his daughter, Countess Castellane,
becauso her husband spent 23,000,000 franc3,
or about SI.C0O.000, In four years. Thli
Would bo nt tha rnto of only h llttlo oer
"1,000,000 a year, Tho persons who had tho
$60,000,000. boforo Mr. Gould got hold of
thorn may feel that thero is an unjust dis
crimination here.
nrnnki'ii OrKlfn Heliukeit,
Philadelphia Record.
Lord Roberts' request that the welcome
homo of his soldiers should not tnko tho
form of "treating to stimulants" was
simply nn appeal," but in effect it was a
stinging rcbuko to tho participants lu the
drunken orgies which attcndcM the rccont
return to London of tho City Imperial
volunteers. Tho field marshal asserts that
his men havo borncithemselvcs llku heroes
on tho battlcllold and like gentlemen on all
other occasions and ho (hopcs tha,t tho
publlo will' nld them In upholding the
splendid reputation they havo won. Lord
Roberts' words nro ns ewect as honey, but
they also burn llko flro.
Jail Trentiu-iit or Alvord.
New York Trlunno.
Tho fedo al ofncla s havo'odjptcd tho right
courso in tholr handling of A'ivord, who
slolo no less than $690,000 from tho First
National bank. Commissioner Shields set
his ball at $160,000, In order that thero
might bo no possible chance of bis escape
boforo trial, and Marshal Hcnkel has put
in forco the most rigorous precautions to
keep him securely In custody. Tho mar
shal adds that Alvord will havo no more
privileges and. Indulgences that tho petty
rascal who steals a fow dollars. That Is
the right course to pursue with such men
ns Alvord. In recent years tho number of
ombczzlements In banks has been uncom
fortably Urge. When dishonest bank clerks
understand that they noed expect no con
sideration If they commit dollberato and
repeated crimes defalcations will bo less
frequent
End of a Foolish Stn tupede.
Portland Oregonian.
Tho rush to Nomo Is a closed Incident.
A fow thousand people remain nt that
famous beach mlnlug camp with well
matured plans for next Beason, but the
great bulk of those who landed thcrs bo
tween Muy and July havo returned to tholr
homes disappointed or have drifted away
to try tholr tuck olsewhere.. The claims for
Nomo as a gold-producing region on tho
basis that It was tho "poor man's gold
mining' country" were extravagant; the
rush thither In responso to these claims
was phonoracnal, If any movement in that
line could bo so considered after the winter
rush to the Klondike In 189C-97. Tho his
tory of tho obb and flow of tho human tldo,
however, presents llttlo that Is now. It Is
meroly a record of a wild scramble for gold
and an auxiliary effort of stupendous force
to create and meet a demand for nansenepr
traffic and transportation of supplies.
...uoitaivu uy u oeacn micKiy Bet with
tents for many miles, by enormous quan
tities of mining machinery abandoned upon
tho sands without ever having been set
up and, finally, by -a wreck-strewn beach
laBhed by Arctic gales, this history but
adds another chapter to the volume In
which the rocord of mining excitement In
this country Is recorded.
HEROISM AT SEA.
Admirable Courage Shown in a Peril
ous Sltuutlun.
Chicago Post
Praises-of John Anderson, flrst assistant
engineer of tho steamship St. Paul, probably
never wHl be sung In verse, but he Is a
hero neverthelc,sH, The difficulty Is that
there was nothing spectacular nho.it An.i.r.
sou a heroism, and It Is the spectacular that
appeals to human beings. They muBt be
thrilled In order to npprcclato a bravo deed
and tho announcement that a man has gone
engine room ana turned off the
steam naturally docs not thrill them.
Yet Anderson ran tho risk of meeting
death in a most horrlbio form In order to
savo tbo ship and tho passengers. Ono of
tho acrows had been lost, with the result
that tho cnglneB, suddenly released from
their usual task, wero "tearing things looso"
in tho englnerooin, The terrific power en
gendered to turn the screw was finding vent
by simply crippHug and smashing things In
and around tho engines. Great masses of
Iron and steel were bolng hurled about, tho
Btenm pipes wero broken and tho room was
nneu with scniaing vapor. Into this Anfler-
son calmly went, and It was little (ess than
a mlraclo that he escaped death and was
enabled to stop tho engines before they
had torn a hole In tho boat.
It was one of the Illustrations of vnr.
day heroism that too often pass unnoticed.
And It may bo said for tho man himself that
he treated It lightly, as a mcro Incident lu
tno lino or nib duty. That, however, only
proves the more conclusively that he la a
real horo and has tho modesty that com' with
nravo aceds. When all others were fleeing
for their lives bo kept bis head, decided
what had to bo done, and did It. Ho Is a
man a renl man. No higher compliment
can do paid him.
TllADE ALAnSl IN EUItOPB.
American Manufactured Article
Frltfhten People on Other Side.
Philadelphia Rocord.
Tho alarm with which Europe Is viewing
mo invasion oi tho world's markets by
American manufactured goods la particularly
raarKea in uermany, as appears from a ro-
port from United States Vice Consul GenoraL
iianaucr, at Frankfort. No manufacturers
study tho conditions which affect their bust
ness more closely than do the Germans: in
deed, it is doubtful U any glvo tho ques
tions or export openings and possible com
petition as thorough and Intelligent at
tention. Tho fubts, thon. that tho Germans
see- in this country tholr most dangerous
competitor, and aro discussing motbods to
check tho competition, should arouse Ameri
can business mon to redoubled watchfulness.
Though a European customs union directed
against the products of tho United States
has been suggested many times by tho press
or mo continent, thero Is llttlo likelihood
of such a suggestion being carried Into
practical effect so long as Europe shall be
dependent upon Amorlca for so large a por
tion of her food supply, but tho proposi
tion (which has been advanced by n
high German commercial authority) that
American commercial expansion should bo
checked through a commercial alliance be
tween Germany and Itussla Is worthy of
serious attention on this sldo ot tbo water.
It is true that Russia us a nation has
little love- for Germany, and Is well dis
posed toward the United States, but that
fact is likely to cut llttlo figure when tho
question becomes-ono of buying and selling.
A wonderful commercial development Is
going on lu Russia, That country's ro
qulromonis In tho way ot manufactured
goods, already very great, aro bound to In
crease enormously. For the first eight
months of tho prcsento'ear American goodn
to tbo value ot $0,000,000 were Imported
direct by Huisln, and thero Is reason to be
lieve that a very targe additional amount
was bought by Russians through English
and German houses. Increasing as it Is by
leaps and bounds, the Russian trade- Is cer
tain to become a most important factor In
the foreign commerce of that nation which
shnll securo the larger sharo, Tho su
periority of, American goods, backed by
proper vigilance and enterprise on the part
of American manufacturers, should bring
that good fortune to this country.
Iu tbo meanwhile any effort by Germany
to effect a commercial' treaty with Russia
to the detriment of this country's trade
should meet with the most vigorous oppoil-
tlop oa the part of our govt rameat. v
IMDL'STItlAL CONQUEST.
Extent of Anirrlpiiti Succ'pi lit the
Mnrl. et of (he World.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Tho United States Is, Industrially, a groat
world power. Wo nro selling our manufac
tured products In every country In tho
world. Wo nro sending farm Implements,
wagons, furniture, sewlug machines, pumps,
bicycles and typewriters to every country
ot Europe; locomotives, railway matcrlul,
household utensils, clocks and watches to
Slbcrln; cotton goods, hardware, cauncd
goods, sowing machines and scientific ap
paratus to China; farm Implements, raining
machinery, rails, bicycles and furniture to
Africa, Australia and South America.
Wo havo Invaded not only trio non-manu-
Lfacturlng countries, but the oldest centers
of manufacturing activity In England and
continental Europe. Mr. Frederick Emory,
chief of tho United States bureau of foreign
commerce, contends that our leadership as
a world power In manufactures Is duo
mainly to our economy tn production
through tho ,ald of labor-saving machinery
and efficient use of capital.
Klvo years ago tho total exports of manu
factured goods from tho United States
amounted to $200,000,000. Within three
years following 1895 tho Increase of such
oxports amounted to $107,000,000, or moro
than half tho nggregato In 1895. The total
oxports of manufactures during tho fiscal
year 1000 amounted to $432,000,000. There
was not only a great gain In the alo of
manufactured goods, but a greater gain In
the extent of territory covered In tho mar-
kots of the world.
In 18C0 ou." exports of . manufactured
goods amounted to $10,000,000; In 1890 to
$170,000,000!vln 1000 to $430,000,000. This
shows that the greatest Increaso has been
mado In tho last decade. In 18S0 Great
Britain's exports of manufactures exceeded
ours by moro than $570,000,000. In forty
years our exports of manufactures havo
Increased until they are eleven times as
great as thoy wero In 18C0, while thoso ot
Great Britain havo not quite doubled. In
oxports of manufactures wo stand among
tho nations ot tho world second only to
Great Britain and wo fall behind that coun
try to tho extent of only $330,000,000. Our
exports of manufactures exceed those of
Germany, with Its splendidly organized In
dustrial activity, by nearly $300,000,000, and
Franco falls still further behind us.
Ten years ago wo sent fow manufactured
articles to any ot tho manufacturing na
tions. In fact wo sent fow manufactured
articles to any country In which we wero
brougut Into competition with .European
manufactures Now we havo entered tho
field formerly controlled almost exclusively
by England, Germany and France and aro
selling bur manufactures lu tho homo mar
kets of all theso countries.
Our captains of commerco and of manu
factures have pushed their way in tho last
ten years Into all tho markets of tho world.
In doing this they havo compelled a moro
nctlvo participation of our government In
tho world's affairs. As Mr. Emory says:
"Commerco Is In Itself a peaceful occupa
tion and draws Its very eustcnanco from
the continued amity of nations, nut It
were childish to pretend that there aro not
occasions when a trading nation must
assert Its dignity or protect Its rights with
a mailed hand. As in tho case of In
dividuals, a nation trading largely must
havo power of one kind or another at Its
back and consequently It Is easy to see that
this country is being forced by Its material
development to provide Itself with proper
weapons of defense."
ONE DAT FOll TUA.VKS.
Numerous Iteapona for National Gratl-
inue anu innnuiKiring,
Chicago Tribune.
In accordance with tho custom1 Inaugur
ated by Abraham Lincoln, President Mc
Klnley has Issued his proclamation designat
ing Thursday, the 29th ot November, as
the day for national thanksgiving, "to bo
observed by all tho pcoplo of tho United
States at homo or abroad as a day of thanks
giving and prnlso. to I lira who holds the
nations In the hollow of His hand."
Tho reasons for the giving of thanks,
assigned by the president, are ample. Tho
country has had abundant harvests. Labor
and Industry havo prospered and commerce
hari boon spread abroad. "Our power and
Influence In tho causo of freedom and en
lightenment have extended over dtstaut
seas and lands." Iu nil theso manifesta
tions of good fortune, which havo worked
for tho prosperity of tho country and tho
extension of tho national power and In
flucnco, Prcsldont McKlnley rccognlzos tho
occasion for national gratitude and supp'lca
tlons for "the continuance of His divine
favor, for concord and amity with othor
nations, and for righteousness and pcaco In
all our ways."
Tho presldont Is right again. There Is
amplo occasion for thanksgiving. Every
devout citizen will recognize fervently the
manifestations ot divine favor and every
patriotic citizen, devout or not devout, will
eat his turkey and plum-pudding with a
hoartler zest because of the extentlon of
his country's Influence. The gathering of
tho family about tho homo board will bo
typical of the fact that the United States
can take Us placo at the family table ot
tho nations and havo Its voice heard at last
In all that makes for tho progress and pros
perity ot tho world.
Not the least of the reasons of thanks
giving on Thursday, November 29, will be
the fact that on Tuesday, November tf,
William McKlnley was re-elected president
of the United States, and that for another
four years be will preserve "concord and
amity with other nations" and administer
tho affairs of this nation "for righteousness
and peace In all our ways."
PEllSONAL POINTERS.
Tho wind-up of the long-distance talking
match shows Roosevelt several lengths
ahead of Bryan.
Senator William Lindsay ot Kentucky,
who will retire from public life, next March,
has decided to Join the colony of former
statesmen who aro practicing law In New
York City. Ho has begun bis preparations
tor moving from Frankfort.
A statue of Rev. Adln Ballou, the writer
and reformer, a gift of General W, F,
Drapor, former ambassador to Italy, was
unveiled last week at Uopcdale, Mass, The
statue- stands fn a little park on tho site,
of tbo preacher's former home,
A tablet marking the Bite of tho house In
which Samuol F. B. Morse mado his home
for many years and died has been plated on
a ten-story business block In Twenty-second
street, Now York. It was formorly on the
houso Itself, which was torn down to make
way for tho larger building.
Tho old home of Stonewall Juckson In
Lexington, Va., is now a tenement house
and tbo houso which once sheltered one
family comfortably now swarms with a
largo number of families crowded In un
comfortably, Tbo famous Sunday school in
which ho taught uegrocs Is still flourishing,
Colonel John M. Brooke, who designed
the ram Merrlinao aud thus revolutionized
murluo warUro, is still living at Lexing
ton, professor emeritus of physics In the
Virginia Military Institute. He is now 7'j
years old, hut Is still vigorous and walks
from his residence on the outskirts of tho
city to tho postofflce at the same hour
every morning.
It Is the opinion of Dr. Conan Doyle, who
has been serving as surgeon In South
Africa, that swords, lances and revolvers
should bo Bent to tho museums, as the only
weapons left are the cannon and tho maga
zine rifle. Still It would rob a famous lino
of ,rauch of Its dramatic effect to say:
"Take away the magazine rifle; states can
ha mmvA without It"
ll
AX OIMECT LESSON' IN CHIME.
CfoitltiK In n Wlltlfriteft. of lllNRrnre
and ll-Kriultt (Ion.
Portland Oregonian.
The fate of Alvord, tho defaulting note
teller of tho First National bank of Now
York City, now lu Jail, with certainty of
conviction nnd a long sentence to the peni
tentiary, Is a powerful object-lesson for men
who aro 'disposed to adopt for their motto,
"After me tho deluge." The troublo with
these crooked people Is that the deluge gen
erally comes before they havo douo with
Hfo, and catches them without any ark of
safety upon which thoy can rldo the retri
butive storm and flood of their own making.
Before his detection and arrest Alvord was
known and envied among his neighbors of
the suburb In which ho lived as a. prosperous
and upright man the king ot tho highest
social circle, an exceedingly affable and
popular citizen, of Imposing personal prts
enco and captivating maimers. He had a
beautiful wlte a poor girl whom ho bad
married In his days of poerty, u charming
home; ho had led a sober life, 'was a faith
ful and loving husband. Out today, at 1-2
years ot age, ho is lu a felon's coll, which
ho will never leavo except to oxchange It for
another in Sing Sing. Ills charming Homo
has tumbled like a house of cards, his wito
and children aro rcducod to poverty, to
which will nlways cling tho memory ot his
great crlmo and dlsgraco; ho is too old to
expect a' merciful sentence; ho Is too old
to begin life anow, should ho survlvo his
punishment; he Is too old to hope for any
publlo clemency for his wrongdolug. In
his coll Alvord will find out tho difference
between the social monkey crowned and tho
same monkey without a throne. When the
social monkey reigns, everybody dances be
fore him, but when the eatno monkey Is de
throned, his former sponging satellites are
tho flrst to wonder that ho was ever mis
taken for n man, and to stlgmatlzo him as
a wretched ape, a silly moukcy monarch,
who thought a fool's red cap was a crown,
and a beggar on horsctinck a creature of
exhaustlcss dignity and Immortal honor.
That time of defeat, retreat, rout, ruin
and dlsgraco comes soon or lato to every
charlatau who steuls u crown by craft or
Impudent usurpation, and finds out that to
keep a crown there must bo a man under
tho coronet and within tho stolen robes of
royal purplo. Tho charlatan's day of dls
crownment comes at last; his plnwhcol fire
works are all burnt out; hU rockets hnve
all bcon set off; his Fourth ot July Is over
nover to recur. Thero Is nothing left but
tho stick to his stolon rockets; tho pins to
his lootod plnwheels. His brief candle of
social notoriety which ho stolo for a head
light of fame Is utterly burnt out, and ho is
faco to face with tho cheerless question that
all men havo to answer when they cun no
longer BUccossfully masquerado In splendid
garments Btolen by sin; viz., "Docs It pay 7"
In tho long run right Is not Jeered on the
scaffold nor wrong applauded on the throno.
The rascals who have strutted at St. Cloud
quite frequently die biting tholr flesh lu
holplcss rago and grief at St. Helena. This
Is tho general fate at last of all cheap,
crafty charlatans, high and low, who in
to fool both God and man; for sin in the
long run Is not successful, nnd the vulgar
mob that cheered tho charlatan yesterday
finds out at last that "though hand go In
hand, tho wicked shall not prosper." This
Is the lesson ot all tho exposuro and pun
Ishmont of tho exponents of tho philosophy
of robber finance, whother Illustrious or
obscure. It docs not pay to spend your
llfo bobbing for the Dead Sea apples of
Ill-gotten wealth and risk dying In n prison
cell like a wounded catamount, writhing,
walling and biting Its own flesh becauso It
has lost Its liberty and has an Incurable
wound. This man Alvord wanted to mount
the world's elephant and rldo up and down
amid a crowd of childish spectators filling
the air with the hoaannas with which a
Hindoo city greets tho approach of their
bedizened and bcdlatnondcd tyrant. Ho
wanted to cut a big swath, but ho handled
his sej'tho so recklessly that ho finally
ended his little day by cutting down and
hopelessly crippling himself. All that this
silly, greedy embezzler haB stolen has
melted away. The Insubstantial pageant of
his stolen riches has faded, leaving blm a
hopelessly disgraced and discredited man
In tho prlmo of his days, doomed to brood
dismally in prison over tho gloomy ruins
of tho onco proud edlflco ot his sordid
hopes. '
He must havo been a man ot superior
ability and address to havo won tho con
fidence of his employers so completely in
twenty years that ho has been without
chock with his opportunities which ho has
used to steal $700,000. With hla abilities,
his freedom from dissipated habits, bis at
tractive personal address and fine prcsonce,
ho might havr. blessed his day and genera
tion had he remained a legitimate man of
business Instead of becoming a greedy rob
ber of his great truBt, raging to cut a great
social swath at the risk of tho loss of his
soul. Verily, these men with a plrato's
heart and a gambler's hand, who, staking
all that makes life worth living for pelf,
and losing all In their immoral greed, dto
dismally on tho barren rock of blasted for
tune, havo their Just reward In tholr Ig
noble punlsbmont, for they either fill the
I TOLD
i mlRhty poor consolutlon
A Sui of Clothes,
Au Ulster,
A Pair of Gloves, '
A Necktie,
A Cane,
Ind"sAvr Mnxr'v k"0XV t,lut you c,m puy tho,a r'Rl bcrn
una oaw, Aiu.MYs. Ilia winner cmi not oMcct, for nowhere' can such
nn iiHSortment of choice uppnrel be found.
NO CLOTHING fJTS LIKE OURS.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Qnaha'a Qaly Excliuiva Clothiers tar Ma Bd ktoj
ditch of a suicide's grave or ultimately
tumble Into tho penitentiary or tho alms
house, where thero aro neither apples of
gold nor pictures of Bllvernotolng but a
shorelcHS Arctlo sea of dlsgraca nnd dnv
radatlon.
MNES TO A S.MII-E
' Philadelphia llulletln: "I thouiht I told
you that when you are nngry ou should
.count ten."
"I did. nnd by that tlmo I was, ten timet
ns attKry."
SomcrvlfK) Journal: When pet hie glibly
say: "The pen Is inlgh'.lcr than tl.f sword,
nenth the rule of men entirely gr.l
tiicj- lorsoi tno rest or tne quotation. ..no-
ciy griut.
nosiqn Tr.inrcrlptj "Clara I, it
uch lm-
prrsseu wmi palmistry. "
t'Vofti at... . 1. i I. n . ..U...1.I
tint hft
Is really chancing her character to1
to the rules laid down .n'tho 1
conform
lit palm
UOOK."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Oh, Jiob, did
you rend how this poor boy ut lYalo Is
going insane becauso of ovcrstudy hg?
"Well, don't von worry nbotk that.
Mflrtlm. Our boy will never utI Insulin
unless some other football ruffian k. ks 'ilm
in tno head."
Chlcnco Post: "IIo uffect a cynlJ
"That'B the wise thing for him to t
"Why?"
ll air."
I "Becauso It takes a nilrhtv slcht
marler
I man to bo nn ontlmlst than It tlne-
o be a
cyiuc. mihiiiir rnuit is tno cnenpestwny or
attracting attention.'-: I
Plttsburc Chronicle: "Papa," Buld Bammv
Bniifrgs. "this story says that tho mutineer's
were put In Irons. '
"Yes. Sammy?"
"Hut, papa?''
"Well, 8ummy7"
"Why do they Iron prisoners?"
"To tnko the starch out of them, Sammy."!
THAT OLD IIE11 SU.NIION.NET.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post
"How dear, tn my heart are the scenes jet
my childhood,
When fond recollection presents them to
. v,ew'
Tho orrhnrd, the meadow, tho deep tangled
wlldwood.
And overy fond spot which my Infancy
know."
So sang tho old poet-In rhythmical mensur.
And millions have dreamed of Its plciuro
so fair.
Hut never a word of that ono crowning
treasure,
The old red atinbonnet our girls used to
wear.
Tho hellcH of todny In their scorn woull
dcrldo It
And wonder how maidens could wear such
n fright!
Hut when 'twas protecting a deVr head
lnsldo It
To old-fashioned boys twns a heavenly
sight.
No ornaments decked It, It boro no flno.
lnrcs,
No ribbons of bright-colored hues did It
bear.
Hut hid In Hi depths was the sweetest of
faces
Tli nt old red sunhonnot out girl used to
wear. '
-
When school was dismissed on her head
we would set It,
And tie the long strings In a knot 'neath
her chin, f
Then claim from her red Hps n kiss, and
would got It,
For kittling In old days was never a sin.
Then homeward we'd speed whero tho
brooklet was Hplnshlng
Down through tno old wood and the
meadow so fair.
Tho skies not moro blue than the eyes that,
were ttnihlng
Insldo that sunbonnet our girl used to
wear.
In front of her mirror a proud dnme Is
standing
Arrnnxlng a prize on her head, now so
white!
She turns whllo her bosom with prldo l.i
oxpundlnK
And nskn If It Is not a dream of dolient!
I apeak of tho past as I muko tho Inspec
tion, Of days when to me she was never mora
fair,
And team gem her eyes at tho fond recol
lection Of that old sunbonnet she onco used to
. wear.
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not a penny. If It Is found
that glasses uro needed to cor
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to suit tho case and nil that
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give nbsolutc satisfaction.
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YOU SO
for tho loser, but If you bet
An Overcoat,
A Pair of Trousers,
A Shirt,
An Umbrella,
or a hat,