7
THE GOUlRBR
fcMR. BRYAN'S NEW POSITION ON
SILVER.
Mr. Bryan has also gone very far to
placate certain elements of tho Eastern
Democracy by giving it to be under
stood that hfo position B9 a blmotallht
does not of necessity compel him tt
adhere inflexibly to the precise ratio of
10 to 1. When Mr. Bryan goes thuB far,
however, he really concedes the whole
situation. For when tho 1G to 1 ratio,
t regatded as a rock-bed principle, like
one of the ten commandment?, is aban
doned, the whole question of monetary
standards becomes one of expediency in
tho light of practical commercial con
ditioufl. When one looks at the mone
tary question in this practical way, it is
evident that with entire consistency a
man.who had been an out-and-out 10 to
1 bimetalliBt in 1880 might have become
an international bimetullist in 1800, and
might bo a gold monometallist in 1900.
. This would imply no fickle-raindedness
on the part of the citizen, but simply
his recognition of the fact thai raining
conditions, the metal market, and other
essential factors had undergone great
changeB. These changes might be
likened to those which have overtaken
agriculture in parts of tho middle west
whoro farmers who had been wheat'
growers in 1870, wore corn-growers in
1880 and dairy men in 1890. In exist
ing conditions of business it would be a
mistake, little short of madness, to at
tempt to force radical changes in the
current standard of value. Mr. Bryan
seems to huvo come to see that the 1G to
1 dogma has no pertinence to the con
ditions that are going to prevail in the
United States in the year 1000, and that
i it would be hopelessly Quixotic to at
tempt to force a presidential campaign
' upon so obsolete an issue. It does not
follow by any means that bimetallism
may not become a thrilling and vital
issue again at some time in the future;
,but that subject is not one that men
will care to say much about in the ap
proaching campnigo. From "The Pro
gress of the World," in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews for September.
Cliurlen Rcntle at Oxford
When Charles Reade was at Ox
ford he was not always, from a proc-
:or a point of view, a nattern for others
so be guided by. One. night he and a
companion, beine without can and
tjown, were chimed by the "bull dogs."
Being fleet of foot, they soon reached
.nelr respective colIeKea. His cnum was
hole to square the porter at Queen's,
Una passed in. but there was no such
Eluck for Reade when he arrived at
Magdalen. Being a young man of re
sources, ho was not to be easily caueht.
hnd, looking about him In the moon-
llltrllt l, DU,1 l.l.l ni 11 .LI.
i .r"v, oiucii u luuuur. riuiiuug mis
t'jnder his chamber window, ho was
soon In his own rooms. But the tell
'alo ladder remained behind, bo ho
managed to drag it up after him. He
nways carried a capital sportsman's
tnire which would saw as well as cut
-and with it ho began to convert tho
'adder Into fuel. When hln friend from
Queen's called in the morning to soe
low it fared with Reade. ho wna told:
yl shall be all right directly, old man,
.or i ve been up all night burning tho
ladder, and I have Just nut thn lnat bit
p the blessed thing on tho lire!"
One of Xutiirc'd Decoration,
A singular crystalline disk, more
than two inches in diameter, shane.1
like a lens or a modal, and glittering
with golden reflections, is described in
Popular Sclenco as having recently
been found by a mineral collector In
Illinois. It Is said to be comnosed of
marcnslto, which Is a compound of Iron
nnd EUlphur, crystallized in Buch a
manner that bright streaks radiate on
fti sides from tho ccntor of the disk.
inch nn object would have been a
much-envied decoration for the breast
of an Indian chief.
Too Much MlrwnU Wuler.
A Scotchman living In London re
cently ran across two of his country
men, and took tliem with him to a big
public dinner. In his hospitality he
sent to their table chnmpngie, ar.d je
more champagne, nnd after a tlmr
went to see personally how they were
faring. Ho found them depressed
"How are you get In? on?" ha asked
Tho reply came: "Oh, we're get In'
on fine, but we're verra fntojglt w t'
thao mineral wntcrV Argo an'.
THE WARLIKE SPIRIT.
Gratitude In Wouhmi.
Are feelings of gratitude absent in
women? That clever gentleman who
does the Private Diary at Cornhlll Is
not quite satisfied upon the BUbJect.
This Is his way of putting it: "As
gratitude depends upon imagination, it
may well bo that women, having less
Imagination than men, are less grate
ful. The doctor told me 'intermittent
heart' is a not uncommon femalo ail
ment." To sugar the pill, however, the
Diarist says: "In defense of the ma
ligned sex I should like to record n
case of gratitude in a woman that loft
me a little mournful. I had sent Char
lotte a hook for her birthday last au
tumn, and at breakfast to-day she said:
4Oh, thank you for that delightful book
you sent me!' 'Oh!' I said, 'what was
It?' 'Deor me,' said Charlotte, 'I have
flte forgotten. "
Cobden's Independence.
A story is being told In England of
Cobden when he refused office from
Lord Palmerston. "On arriving In
London he went to Cambridge house,
and finding the prime minister sitting
alone at breakfast, said to him: 'Lord
Palmerston, before we come to busi
ness I ought to say that I consider
your having made the proposal you
have made, to a man who has been at
tacking you so steadily for so many
years, a proof of great magnanimity;
but don't you think that It would '
really be better that I should first
change my principles and then go In
to your cabinet, than that I should
first go Jntq your f)cablnet and thpn
chango my principles?" Lord Palmer
ston struck his hand violently on the
table and exclaimed, 'Mr. Cobden,
what did you go Into public life for?' "
Cheerful Antipodean Truth Teller.
An ex-sea captain, now living In
Sydney, many years ago wbb in charge
of a ship carrying; same convicts. The
convicts mutinied, murdering tho
crew, and ordered tho captain, to navi
gate them to the islands, and, being'
a prudent man', he did so. When sat
isfied as to their course, the convicts
deliberated, decided that he had be
haved himself well and put him ashore
on the first large Island they came to.
He wbb a musician, and took his vio
lin with him. A threatening crowd of
savages greeted his arrival, but Or
pheus played to them till they thought
him a god, brought him unlimited pigs
and yarns, and bowed In adoration.
Finally he married the chief's daugh
ter, succeeded him and ruled the is
land for years, till a ship called In, and
he sailed away. Sydney Bulletin.
But a Moment to Kdlton.
When at work solving some mechan
ical problem Mr. Edison Is completely
absorbed, so much so that he la lit
erally unconscious of what goes on
about him. On one occasion, when he
was called to Chicago, a "thought," as
he calls his problems, came to him as
ho reached the railway station in Jer
sey City. Ho took his seat In the train
and was soon in deep study. When
tho porter called out "Chicago!" Edi
son turned to a fellow passenger with
the remark that the porter must be
Joking, as they had only just gotten
outside of Jersey City. The "wizard's"
mind was so concentrated upon an
electrical problem that the twenty-four
hours seemed but a fleeting moment to
him. After the suburbs of Jersey City
hgd been left behind his mind was
closed to everything, and he became
so absorbed in his problem that he did
not realize that all his fellow passen
gers had had a night's sleep and bad
eaten three meals.
One of the Uegrndlu Fctitarss of
CIvlllKtttloii.
Civilization, like morality, has the
defects of Its own excellences; Its dis
eases aro peculiarly noxious nnd loath
some, says Harper's Weekly. Tho ra
pacity of greed goes hand in hand with
nn unwholesomo Pharisaism. Peace la
too noble a goddeBB to receive the sac
rifices of our virtues, nnd degraded
thiiH sho will become a Nemesis to her
votorles. There, has never been n time
when tho nntions of tho world have
presented so formidable an array of
armies and navies. This, bo far from
indicating any warlike disposition on
their part, Ib really the result of costly
and strenuous efforts to maintain
peace. The forced armistice la eaBlly
broken. It 1b not necessary to even
tho most destructive wars that there
should be the old passion of fanatic
heroism or any sublime purpose mak
ing tho sacrlflee worthy. It is far more
likely that Germany may be embroiled
in war with England for Borne petty
tause than that both will unite to
throttle tho monBter whose very exist
ence Ib at once a menace and a disgrace
to Christian Europe. While we Ameri
cans are congratulating ourselves upon
a situation of isolation and Immunity
as compared with that of any Euro
pean power and though a really warlike
spirit appears to be for ub almost Im
possiblewhatever efforts we make to
arouse It yet any day some reCkleBB
congressional manifesto or some fool
ish traditional prejudice may precipi
tate war between us and Spain, or Ja
pan, or England, and our Inadequate
preparedness for war is a constant
temptation to such provocation on the
part of these powers as may seem to
justify the manifesto or to -re-enforce
the prejudice. Our assurance of peace
must lie, first of all, Indeed, in our'
desire for peace, but,, next tor this, in
our adequate armament,; and our re-r
solve to maintain a wise but Arm and
courteous national policy In our exter
nal relations, remembering always
what Is due from us to a militant
Christendom.
Tnctlnct In Bird.
A traveler relates that while passing
through a small forest In Brazil he was
attracted by the rapidly-uttered cries
of alarm of a bird, and, wishing to
learn the cause, he made his wav to
the tree whence he thought the sounds
proceeded, and, looking up, saw that a
serpent waB slowly winding Itself up
toward a nest of unfledged little ones.
While watching Us movements the
male parent bird arrived, who, cir
cling twice or thrice over the top of
the tree, swiftly darted further away
into the forest, and in a few seconds
returned with a large leaf in its little
mouth, which it instant'. placed over
the nest, and then flew up higher.
Meantime the serpent wound Itself
slowly up the tree and reached the
nest, but, on putting its 1 jad over the
side, quickly started back, descended
the tree, and was lost In the under
wood. The traveler, belr? deeply in-t
terested in the singular incident, aft
erwards learned from some of the, na
tives that the leaf of a certain tree is
a deadly poison to the serpent. How
had the bird acquired a knowledge of
this? What mortal can say? What
philosopher can explain?
Many Hour
Quicker...
C
VIA
M M lfflHUII
j.m m mk i i mmi '
1
i
4
1
f
'Li
o:vsj ktct
.BB) -BBl BBSS) BBBB1 BBBB) 1 Sk .-"
m ih fc . -
'ct5
TO THE..
PACIFIC COAST
...Than by any other line
1lrx Overland Mtiilted
Carries the Government Fast Mail.
m
niut v J 0 Hours to San Francisco
ONLY 1 58 Hours to Portland
FROM LINCOLN.
For time tables, folders, and illustrated
pamphlets descriptive of the territory tra
versed, call onE. B. Station General Agent.
AKE YOU GOING TO
Ctiioesojo or time Iesat
THK TRROUGH KXPKKHH PROM
COLORADO - KIU NEBRHSKH.
' ' ' VIA OMAHA
AND THE
Chicago Express from Kansas City
In aJdition to Pullman Sleepers. Free
Chair Cars, and tba Best Dining Csr
Service in the World, are equipped with
, BuifetUbwySmokkf Caw
furnUbtd in club style and supplied with
latent periodicals, illustrated papers and
a select library of recent fiction.
ARK YOU GOING TO
Colorado or the inr
TRY THK "COLORADO VLYBR" .
Fast, carries Dining Cars and Pullman
Sleepers. Leave Omghs, 6.40 p.m. ; Kan.
sas City, 630 p.m.; 8t. Joseph, t BO p.m.
Arrive at Denver and Colorado Springs,
next morning.
JOHN SEBASTIAN. G. P. A,
Chicago,
E. W. THOMPSON. G. P
Topeka, Kan.
FRANK H. Barnes. G. P. A.,
lltb and O 8 1 reels, Lincoln, Neb.
Kaaperor a Undfutlier.
The German emperor has consented
to stnnd godfather to tho twin sons of
a coachman at Giesorf. He has also
made their parents a handsome pres
ent of money and has given permis
sion for the babies to be christened
William I. and William II. Theso
names will appear in tho church regis
ter. Tho twins are the seventh and
eighth sons of their parents.
I -s
tttrrpln In Concta.
Sleeping in tight laced corsets was
once the custom of English ladies.
Girls with tstooplng' shoulders had a
flat piece of board bound upon their
backs to keep their shoulders straight.
DR. IBONHARDT'S
Mft-Pii
Cure Constipation,
Billiousoess, nervousness and the pill
habit. Action not followed by costive
nees, Doubt it? Try it. Sample tree.
Druggist8.a5c.or address ANTI-PILL
CO ..Lincoln. Neb-
25.00 WOO
The Union Pacific has made the Great
ly Reduced Rate of $9500 to Portland
and other Puget Sound poiats, also to
Helena and Montana points, Salt Lake
City and Utah points.
For tickets and full information call
on B, B. Slosso'
ii Jij a.-v ii ..
