THE OMAHA DAILY IHflK : TUKRDAY , AlKHWT 21 , 1807.
TIIE OMAHA DAILY Bin- :
F. . noSEWAlT.n , Eilllor.
I'uni.isiii : ! ) Rvuftr MORNING ,
T1-3U.MS OF HUUSCUIITION.
llee ( Wllhnut Sunday ) , On Year..It < "l
Pally lire nml Sunday , One Year 00
BU Month * . . . < 00
Three Month * * <
Beimlny Dee , One Year ' f
Saturday Ii e , One Year. . . . . . . 1M
Weekly Dee , One Ycnr K
OFKICUSi
Omaha : The llee liulldlnir.
South Omalm : Singer Illk. , Cor. N nnd Hlh SU
Council lUurr * : 10 1'enrl Street.
Chicago Olllcei 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York : Ilooins 13 , M nnd IS , Trlbunt Illdj.
\VusMDKton : Ml Fourteenth Street.
COItllKSroNDKNCE.
All Pomnninlcntlons relating to news nnd <
rial matter fhould lw mldrcMCil : To the K ,
11USINKSS 1.UTTBUS.
All Lunlnefii tetlem nnJ remittances houlil b
nJJieMeJ to The llee I'ubllMiIng Company ,
Omaho. Draft * , checks , express nnd poitotlic *
money ortlcrs to be made payable to the onler
Of the cnmnaliy.
TUB linn I'tniMsniNo COMPANY.
STATKMKNT" CIHI-'UI.ATION.
Btnte of Nebraok.i , Duuglnii County , s. :
Oeoigc II. Tzucliurk , ECfrftaiy of The ll e run-
llshlng company , being duly aworn , fays that tne
ncteial number of full and complete copies of The
Dally Morning , livening nnd Sunday Hee printed
during the month of July , 1SD7 , was as follows :
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4 19.COO 20. 13309
i 19.429 21 l'J.322
G.I la.ST3 22 13.147
7 19,500 23 19.271
fi 19.401 SI 19.405
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11 i9cir , 27 19.301
U . - 19.SM 25 19.273
n is.r.tr 29 13.175
14 13.f,07 > ( ) , 19,3113
lb 19,433 3t ; ; ; 19.003
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ioiVuctlons"'for' nnd returned -
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Tutnl not pales.
Net ilally
Sworn to before me nnd sitb rrlbcd In my pres.
* ncc thin 2d day of August , 1S97.
( Seal. ) ' N. P. FKIU
Notary Public.
TIM : nun o.TH.VINS. .
All rnllronil iHMVdlioy * nre
Hlll | > lll'll M'ltll fllllllKll Ill-Oil
tn iH'oiminnnliilit'vrry iitin-
KCIIKIT tvlm miiitM 1 renil 11
inMtini | | . InslMt IIIMIII linv-
lutT TiltHer. . It yeti ciinniit
nri't a llee ui n train from the
ni'WN iiKcnt , itli-ast ! rii > rt
tlu > fin-1 , MluUniv the Irnlii nml
ra llriiiiil , to tin * Circulation
l > i > iiiirltiiciit of Tlio Hue. The
liceIn for Male on all trnliiH.
INSIST OIIAVINK nisi ? .
PAUT1HS I-KAVIXC KOIl Til 13 SU.M.MI2U
I'nrllcN It'iivlniv ( lie cly fur
( lie summer eiiii liuru The
llee MiMit to ( hem fcKiilarly
by iiiitlfyliiK Tli < ; llee liii.il-
neNN of llee In ] > er.s ii or by
mull. Tlic aililrcMM ivlll lie
e limited an ofleii n ileNlred.
What is the Ministerial union
to do about tlic slot machine ga
devices ?
NobiasUa is on the high road to per
manent prosperity. There is no "if" or
. "will be" about It.
If dollar wheat is republican luck , it Is
tlio kind of luck tlic farinem would like
to keep with them always.
Mexico will have a government ex
hibit at the Transuiisslsslppl and Inter
national Exposition , with the accent on
the International.
Don't fowt that the State fair this
year will lvu a glimpse of what No-
'braska's ' exhibit at the Transniississippi
Exposition will be.
When the farmers enjoy good 'times ,
everybody enjoys good times because
'agriculture is the foundation upon which
all other pursuits are built.
Omaha's crodlt has always been
.as gilt-edged and for that reason there
ought to be a brisk competition for the
forthcoming Issues of renewal and re
funding bunds.
Property owners should move at once
.for the repavement of the streets on
which their property abuts. They may
never again see paving laid in Omaha
ns cheaply as It can be laid now.
The two men to be nominated for uni
versity regents by the republican state
convention should be men specially quall-
Ik'tl to perform the duties of the position.
Such men will add strength to the- repub
lican ticket.
The fusion State Hoard of Transporta
tion lias discre.etly set the bearing.s of the
complaints p nding before It against rail
roads and telephone companies for dates *
after the state conventions of thu popo-
era tic parties.
When the railroads are forced to run
every scheduled freight train In two nud
three sections of full st/.n in order to ac
commodate the tralllc as they are doing
In Nebraska , there Is no use denying that
the revival of business has set In.
Two Americans who have inventions
tiat ) promise to revnlntIonize telegraphy
iiavo had to go to Kngland for an oppor
tunity to make practical experlmonlH of
their devices. There must be some pro-
jjrcsslveness in government-opprated pos
tal telegraphs after all.
Our amiable popocratie contemporary
nml organ of the gamblers , the World-
Herald , has returned to the publication
of tins free Talmage syndicate sermons ,
but it has not yet explained why It sup
pressed Talmage's denunciation of the
gambling evil a fuw weeks ago.
It looks as If Great Hritaln were ready
to push the concert aside and go It alone
In the peace negotiations betwton Turkey
ami Greece. It may bi > put down as cer
tain , however , that the concert will not
consent to be suppressed , but will play
on until the end of the program Is
reached.
Prom tlio results of tlio county conven
tions now In progress It develops that
tlio sentiment of the silver parties is by
no means unanimously for fusion , in
counties whcro the populists have an as
sured or even fair prospect of carrying
the election , It Is hard to persunde them
that they ought to divide up the olllces
with democrats and so-called silver re
publicans. To attempt fusion without
reciprocal bunellts between the elements
Is too much like tryluj ; to make bricks
without atrawt
HAtHINIl THH O
Tlio recent advance In the plci ! > of
breadstuff * has been seized by the tralllc
managers of the trunk lines cast of Chicago
cage ns a pretext for Increasing freight
rates on Hour , wheat and corn shipped
from Chicago to New York. The raise
In the freight rate on corn Is fiom li >
cents to L'O cents pe-r 100 pounds. The new
rate , which Is to go Into effect Septem
ber 0 , will , therefore , be n forced con.
trlbntion of 'I cents on every bushel of
corn carried by rail from the farms west
of the Mississippi to the seaboard. As
suming that tin1 states of Iowa. Kaiwas ,
Nebraska and South Dakota export only
800,000.000 bushel * of corn this year , the
tribute levied by the trunk lines upon
the productive Industry of these states
will be equal to $121.000.000.
We can conceive of no valid excuse for
such an arbitrary advance In freight
rates at this time. The rate on corn
from Chicago to New York has been Ifi
cents per 100 pounds for more than a
year. It was established by tin * railroad
malingers , and from the judicial stand
point the rate which they themselves
fix can not be regarded as unreasonably
low. Inasmuch as the volume of grain
to bo transporlod to the seaboard is
much greater ibis year than it was a
year ago , the railroads nre assured of
correspondingly increased earnings from
that source. With these Increased earn
ings from Increased business tin1 roads
should bo content. Hut the trunk line
mummers persist In applying the princi
ple of charging what the tratlic will bear.
They see In the upward trend
of the grain markets an opportunity to
appropriate the profits which belong
legitimately to the farmers of the west
who for several years past have been
growing crops at a loss.
It is tliis arbitrary system of railway
rate making that has aroused , such uni
versal hostility to the railroads among
western farmer. ; and exasperated them
to the point of retaliatory legislation.
Why tlni railroad managers of the east
ern trunk lines should now give a. new
incentive for anti-railroad agitation is
incomprehensible. The plea that exist
ing rates between Chicago and New
York are not remunerative will hardly
bo accepted ns well grounded. The fact
that the roads between Chicago and New
York have been declaring regular divi
dends and their stocks are quoted higher
now than for years justifies the con
clusion that they are not conducting a
losing business , but on the contrary , are
getting their full share of the revival of
prosperity.
FllEXCll DITrrnS OX HllKADSTlWFS.
The agitation In Franco for a reduc
tion of the tariff duties on brcadstuffs
is but In the Incipient stage and it ! H
highly probable that very serious trouble
may grow out of It. According to latest
advices the sentiment in olliclal circlet *
Is against any reduction , this being
largely prompted by an Indisposition on
the part of the government to do any
thing that might give offense to tlic
wheat producers , though of course rev
enue considerations have something tc
do with It. On the other hand the
great body of consumers and especially
the wage earners , who must pay more
for bread while their wages do not In
crease , Insist that the duties should bu
lowered. If the price of bread should
go no higher than at present those who
make this demand might be persuaded
to recognize the interests of the govern
ment and tlio French wheat growers ,
but In the very probable event of bread
still further advancing there can be nn
doubt that the mass of consumers will
more earnestly and lirnily press their
demand for lower duties on breadstuflV
and if the government rejects their ap
peal it may tlnd a very grave dilllculty
on its hands. The lot of the French
wovkingman is not altogether pleasant
under the most favorable conditions.
The compensation of labor in France
furnishes only a meager subsistence
when the cost of living Is lowest. An ad
vance in the price of bread consequently
means a great deal to the laboring class
and they will not easily be persuaded
to submit to a duty which they know
adds to the cost of the "staff of life. "
This matter of dearer bread In France
is therefore pregnant with possible
trouble for the government.
Under such circumstances it Is obvious
folly for French ministers to talk about
further discriminations at this lime
against American products. Any action
on the part of the government In that
direction would certainly bring on a
political crisis that might have very seri
ous results.
DISCUHDAKT llKl'UJirIUS.
It seems that the recently heralded
Greater Republic of Central America Is
already threatened with disintegration
and that there is even possibility of a
war between some of the states composIng -
Ing It. It Is reported that Costa Hlca
and Guatemala will probably refuse to
proceed further with the plan for the
consolidation'of the llvo republics of Cen
tral America Into one nation and that
the present Greater Ik-public , comprising
Salvador , Honduras and Nicaragua , will
soon separate. It appears that the ni > -
polntmcnt of a United StatPrt minister
who is regarded with disfavor by the
governments of some of the Central
American republics Is in part responsible
for the changed condition of affairs , but
undoubtedly the chief cause Is to be
found In the Jealousies of political lend
ers , Certainly our government will not
Insist upon sending a representative to
Central America who 1 not acceptable ,
so that this is not a matter which should
cause any controversy or discord among
the state * composing the Greater
Itepubllc of Central America. It
may furnish a pretext , however ,
for creating a disturbance and tills
appears to bu the case. The real
fact Is that one or two of the republics
are Intensely Jenlou.s of the others and It
is said that Costa Ulca and Guatemala
will refuse to become a part of the
Greater Hepubllc , the result of v.'lilch
will be the collapse of the plan of uniting
the live Central American republics aa
practically otic nation.
It Is to be regretted that such is the sit-
nation , for together these republics
would constitute a power that would
command respect. They could maintain
an army and a navy adequnto for de
fense anil they could advance In material
development. Separated they will have
little respect and will continue on in thu
slow pnco that has characterized them ,
while being consiaully 1'nble to K > n ' .
tie revolts and war among th 'iiwlves.
The plan of union was judiciously
framed and Its success was desirable
from every point of view.
e/.UMX J.v Atiittn't.rtniK.
Is the tlmo near at hand when our own
population will consume th ? entire
wheat product of the United Slates ?
The opinion is expressed by those who
have given careful study to the matter
that our agricultural development In
some lines IH probably at Its climax. It
Is thought that unless the reclamation
of arid lands shall avail to open up new
territory thu greater purl of the wheat
laniN of tile United Slates are now under
cultivation and the limit of our wheat
production is probably not far from
5(10,000,000 ( bushels. Several years ago
a statistician gave o'ut the opinion that
before the close of the present century
this country would find it necessary to
import wheat. There Is no present In
dication that tills prediction will be vcrl-
lled , the estimated production for tills
year exceeding the domestic require
ments by more than 100,000,000 bushels ,
but It Is possible , of course , that there
may be a year In which the yield of
wheat here , with the present area , will
not be sutllcleiit for the home demand.
The Idea , however , that , there Ks little
more land available for wheat produc
tion Is not to bo accepted unque.stion-
Ingly. The fact that Nebraska hits
neatly doubled this year the average
ciop of previous years Is an Instance In
point , suggesting-that the wheat area
in the United States may be Increased
considerably without the reclamation of
nrld lands , ( lie value of which for wheat
production Is altogether problematical.
ISut It Is quite possible , If not probable ,
that the time is not very .remote when
the United States will have very little
wheat to send abroad and when the for
eign demand for brendsluffs will huvo to
be largely supplied by our corn. We re
cently noted the fact that exports of this
cereal had largely Increased and there
seems to bo very good reason to think
that the demand for it will grow from
year to year. So far ns Europe Is con
cerned wheat production has probably
reached the maximum. Wo do not mean
by this to bay that this year's crop ?
measure the limit , but that the best
years of tlio past will not be exceeded ,
The countries generally of Europe have
no more land available for wheat and nc
very marked progress is being made in
wheat production elsewhere. Wlial
future developments there may bo it If
Impossible to foresee , but the situation
as now presented certainly seems to war
rant the opinion that the world's wheal
supply may within the next twenty
years be found inadequate to the de
maiul and that corn will enter more
largely into use as human food.
It is an interesting fact that while
in 1805 our exports of corn were valued
at only ? 1.COOOCO , in the ILscal yeai
ending June HO , 1S07 , the value of tin
exports of this cereal was $ .V ,000,000
The shipments for the current fiscal.yvai
will show a further increase. Even i1
those now living should , see the day
when the United States consumes all iU
own wheat , they will also witness tin
vast extension of the use. of American
corn for food. And the day will prob
ably never come when we will be un
able to produce enough corn to feet
Europe and ourselves.
In common with every other citizen
and corporation owning property In
Omaha , The ] ! ee is interested in having
the most clliclent police protection tin.
money in the police fund will procure. .
That Is tlie reason it protests against
the appointment by order of Governoi
Ilolcomb of a man as chief of police who
has hud no police experience whatever
and has no qualifications for the place ,
Such an outrages upon the community
should be respnted by every law-respect
ing citizen who docs not want the city
thrown wide open to thieves , tbugd and
professional crooks and free reign given
totlio vicious classes during the exposi
tion year. Men who acquiesce in this
law-defying appointment do so either be
cause they do not fully understand , the
serious consequences it Involves or feai
to incur the displeasure of the police
authorities.
It must not be forgotten that the in
creased price of sheep Is due largely to
the increased price of wool traceable to
the new tariff. American cattle , too ,
command belter prices since the new
tariff shut out the competition of Mex
ican cattle. The tariff is a factor in the
farmer's prosperity no matter what the
popocrntlc orators may say about it.
Some people will not go straight 11
they can possibly go crooked. The
World-Herald will not tell the truth If
It can possibly squeeze in a lie. That
explains Its fakes ab.mt Uodowatei' want
ing to go as a delegate to the republican
state convention and being an aspirant
for the chairmanship of the republican
state committee.
As was to have been expected , the
slot machine- license ordinance ls en
couraging and multiplying gambling in
the community. With a protecti-d gam
bling machine located In every drug
store , cigar shop and saloon It will bu
a miracle if any of the growing genera
tion escape the gambling fever.
Shipping cattle by weight instead of by-
carload is all right If It is not a rover for
an Increase of freight charges. If the
change. Is simply a cloak for adding to
thu cost of transporting live stock to the
markets , It certainly should bo resisted
by shippers the MUIIO as If It were an
open raise In the freight tariff.
Bryan will not return to Lincoln until
shortly before tlio tripartite silver con
ventions of tlio populists , democrats and
free silver republicans are to meet ,
Itelng a lawyer , 1m Is afraid that if he
exposed himself the popoenits might in.
si t on running him for the place on the
supreme bench of Nebraska.
ui'm tin Kuny Street.
Minneapolis Tribune.
A Nebraska farmer who bought a farm ol
eighty acres and gavu a mortgage ot $1W ) (
on It lias raited 2,200 bushels ot wlntei
wheat off of it this season , to nay nothliif
ot other products aud coiiot < iuoiHy ! lu on eat ) )
rrr
Atrcct t thb4 > rA ht writing And lie U only
ono if thou. uiJMhrj-.tRliout the turtlnvcat
\l rifllnT ( Too
FprlnxlltM l.Mnm.l ll-paMlenn.
The engineer * ! trlke In Kngtand Is * pro.ij-
Inc. but iiOitidgi haa yet ventured to o-.rjola
It or nny part'6fllt. How improRr wlvc they
a.o over thrro.-i
liHciVc * * In t'rlnon.
K4n. fl CitsPtixr. .
\Vo bo.i.-.t .1' ' cdod deal about the splendid
civilization of tlib nineteenth century , but all
the same thcf'tonvlcts In tbo penitentiary at
lndla ; > ipo.i ! ! alt" 'required to rarry one brick
nt a tlmo I ) } ' \vny \ of prolongliiR their worlc
on seine repairs- about the Institution mid
Dicvcntlnc tlirttt 'from ' becoming lotano. Tlic
Spanish InnrflslMon In Us palmiest dayn dc-
vlfled nothlnR more hellish thnn the enforced
Idleness which prcvalU In some of the Male
prisons In thk land ot Gospel light and
privileges.
K Out reunion S
Minneapolis Tribune.
The pension department has Juat made a
ruling which will doubtless arouse the an-
tiiRon'sm of a certain class of pension at
torneys. Hctotorore It has been the cus
tom to send penolon checks In care of at
torneys. the object of the latter undoubt
edly being In many Instances to make sure
of tholr not always Just fet > 3 by withholding
the check or having It endorsed In their
favor. Commissioner Kvans rules , however ,
that mall for peraloncrs must hereafter be
delivered to them direct and not in care ot
anybody ,
IMNIION In Nr
Now York Mnll nnJ Kxpress ,
Mr. L'rj ' an' demand that the slate cam
paign In Nebraska this year dial ) bo fought
out along the lines of the- national silver
platform of tSOC should command the ready
acquiescence of the republicans and all other
frlc'idti of hnncst money. They should bo
perfectly willing to meet the leader of the
free- coinage craze on his own ground and
Join with his In rcaubmltUng the Issue ot
ISOfi to the people of Nebraoka. The popo-
crats carried the state last year by 10,000.
Wo don't believe they can carry It by any
Hiich majority thlo year , or that they can
carry It at all. Republican prosperity has
recently been doing eomo very active mis
sionary work In Nebraska polities , and when
the votes arc counted It will prove to have
been of a tremendously effective sort.
lIlMliop At'ummi nml Temperance.
Chicago Chronicle.
If It had been delivered to any other
class of hearers than prohibitionists the ad
dress of Illshop Newman at Saratoga might
have been seed cast upon a fertile ground ,
but it is feared that It will bear no fruit
except denunciation of the eloquent Method
ist leader r.s an upholder of thu rumshop.
Called upon to address the aMombly upon
the subject of temperance , he counseled
moderation Instead of inconsiderate and un
compromising denunciations. lie called at
tention to the fact that while wines and
liquors are not Indispensable to the welfare
of mankind they nevertheless have tholr
legitimate uses , and that , while all confirmed
drunkards were once moderate drinkers , all
modcrato drinkers do not become confirmed
drunkarda. Ho likewise told them plainly
that occasional drinking of wines and liquors
IB not drunkenness ns denounced by the
bible. Ho believed , ho said , that what was
needed In alt classes was magnanimity born
of self-denial , which would create an ap
prehension of the dangers of drinking and
which will make It unfashionable. This Is
a liberal and enfclblo stand upon the ques
tion , and Bishop Newman deserves great
praise for bis courage in taking it.
"A IIAI'I'V KVHXT. "
Alno "a llrllllii lit liixplrntlout of
AVlHiloni ami I'ntrtollNiu. "
New York Sun.
There is noticeable a disposition to look
upon the 10 per .cont discriminating duty ,
'
whereby the Dlng'ley aot has prevented the
Canadian Pacific railroad from sharing the
carrying business pf the United States , as an
accident , or , as an error In the framing of
the law. This Is not porolblo. Taken by
itself , this sfoplaV.'ecctlon of the tariff law
Is a brilliant inspiration ot wisdom and
patriotism. What particular statesman
brought It about we do know , but he deserves
before he dies to become the president of the
United States.
The Canadian Pacific railroad Is a subsi
dized creation of the government of Kngland ,
built ao a military road for England's power ;
and it Is the arbiter of Canadian politics.
It has lived for years on its earnings from
the carrying trade of the United States.
Not until the Canadian Pacific ceas.cs to bo
a military and 'commercial menace to us ,
and Its country becomes a portion of the
American union can it bo placed upon a
par with American railroads.
It was a blessing when the privileges
that the Canadian Pacific formerly enjoyed
In this country were withdrawn , ami It
would bo a national misfortune It they
should bo restored on any other condition ex
cept that of Canada's consolidation with the
United States.
WIVES KOll ICI.OMMICKHS.
A 111(7 SclieimDevoloiilniir in ( he Ml ml
of iv DnKodi Mrill.
L. M. Keenan lives and thrives a South
Dakota town bearing the abbreviated namr
of Ola. Mr. Keenan has p < matrimonial
scheme of a philanthropic nature. He wants
to carry n little sunshine Into the gold fielrty
of Alaska and pocket a few shekels for the
labor Involved. His plan Is to send a con
signment of marriageable young women to
the arctic clrelo next spring. Ho Intends
spending the winter scouring matrimonial
ranges In the states In search of material for
the venture. The first steamboat up the Yukon
ken In 1S9S will carry his stock tt > market.
Personable damsels thus he reasons arc-
worth their weight In gold to the. mlnera.
Many respectable spinsters would gladly
avail themeslves of the opportunity , hut
they lack the means to reach the digging.
Those who can pay their pawage have IK
dealro to seek husbands under such condi
tions.
Mr. Keenan Is an oltl rattleman. For
years ho shipped stock from the South Da
kota and Montana ranges to the eastern
market , I-a t spring the stories of gold
strikes on the Yukon lured him from lil
home at Melville , Mont. , to Kort Cuddy ,
Alaska. Ho soon reached the conclusion
that more money was to bo made In trade
with the minors than by actual work In the
gold fields. Dnt , without the backing oi
millions of capital , he saw It would bo use-
les to enter Into competition with the trans
portation companies already in buslnra-i.
Women were scarce. Why not supply the
minors with wives ?
At flrft ho laughed over the Idea. Then
ho resolved to put It into execution. U
was already too late to accomplish anything
during the seciWn1 ot 1807 , eo ho returned
to the states to look for volunteers. Ily
spring ho expects to have 300 ready. He
will pay their faros , to thu Klondike. The'c
the entire stock wIU be auctioned off to the
miners , Mr , Keeujn Is a strict Presby-
terlon. He co\ufnancvi \ ( nothing that
smscks of Impropriety. So a clergyman will
accompany the piitflf , Kach maiden will bo
pledged , beforp Jie'r. departure , not to leave
the steamboat untj | ( she ami her would-be
wrtncr have been married In due ami
proper form ( Trr'hls way cast , Mr. Keenan
stopped off at Ola for a brief visit with
friends , In an Interview concerning his remarkable -
markablo scheme , ho said :
"Some people think I can't make my
speculation succeed,1 I know hotter. I've
been at the Klpndlkn and Been the situation.
I'vo talked with UIA miners and I know what
they want. Nlco 18 or 20-year-old girls , rc-
spoctable , good-Iouklhi ; and willing to work ,
will go like hot cakes , Medium grades
should brliis $2,000 or $3,000 a. head. That'll
cover the cost ot transportation and leave a
handsome profit. I expect It'll take some
thing to get 'em out. I can't rush 'em
through. I'll have to stop often to feed and
water. The best I can do , I expect there'll
be considerable loss. Somo'll bo sick , Per-
hapa Bomu'll die. Prob'ly a few'll kick over
at the last and have to bo fetched back.
Mebbo BOMIO won't sell , and I'll have 'em
left on my hands. I should call $2,000 a
head a conservative estimate of their value
on the market. I ship 300. I market 250 ,
My expense la $240.000 , My receipts are
$500,000. Orofcs profit. $200,000 , Likely I'll
have to bring a few back. Put that and In
cidentals at $25,000. That leavro margin
ot $235,000. That's pretty fair for one
season's business , Dotter'n freezing and
starving over a placer and mebbc maklni ;
IC-ES'U your keep at that. "
MAllt'll OK tMtOSt'KIUTYf
niouc-Dcmof-rat : This -ountry In Bond
Ing steel rails lo Irclnml And India and an
eloctrle railway equipment to London. The
outlook for our manufacturers Is better than
cvir before.
Minneapolis Journal : This la the farmer1 !
prospprlty , Ills products arc the first to advance -
vance and ate advancing flvo or six llmca
more rapidly than any others. All the con
ditions work together for his good , and the
agriculturist ! ! of the country are Rolng to
feel the roMirn of good times sooner than
nny other class.
New York Mall and Kxpress : Foreign
buyers took 12,000,000 more bushels ot
American corn In July ot this year than
they did In the eorrespdndlng month of 1S98 ,
and tlio chances are that the shipments will
Increase still moro largely as the seas-on ad
vances. The old world Is only beginning to
appreciate our corn , and when tlio. merits
of thai cereal arc fully understood it is
bound to become one of the most popular of
all American products.
New York World : Hollar wheat means a
great and enduring good to the whole coun
try. U means an average of more- than
CO-cent wheat to the farmer , and that , on
our crop of fiOO.OOO.OOO bushels , minus $300-
000,000. Moreover , the farmers still hold
nearly the entire crop. A week ago the >
had sold only 72,000,000 , or only a little
moro than one bushel In seven. This means
that the farmer Is to bo well off again.
Ho will pay his debts and buy all the nec
essaries he wants , it means that the vll-
lago merchant will thrive and "stock up"
again as ho has not done for years. It
means that the wholesale merchants will in
crease their purchases of the manufacturer.
It means that the manufacturer will em
ploy more men on fuller tlmo. It meant )
that the butchers and bakers and grocers
will sell more goods to consumers and In
their turn buy more for their own use. Dollar
lar wheat means a return of prosperity to
the entire community.
Chicago Post : As this year's crop of
wheat will amount to about 530,000,000 bush
els. It follows that at present prices the
farmers will realize $300,000,000 In addition
to the sum they received for the crop ot
1S9C ; for not only Is the price almo't
double , but the yield Is at least 75,000,000
bushels larger. The advance in com Is also
contributing a sum bcaldes that added by
wheat to the fanners' wealth surprising In
Its vastness , considering that the gain In
its prlco compared with last year Is only
7 cents a bushel. On about 2,800,000,000
bushels , however , which will approximate
the amount of this year's crop together with
the quantity lefl over from that of the previ
ous season , 7 cents a bushel would be $19ti -
000,000. The rise In oals , barley and Hax-
sccd will also help to swell the vast aggre
gate of this season's excess of agricultural
wealth. Flaxseed alone , which , compared
with wheat and corn , Is as the small change
ot the coinage to $10 and $20 bills , has ad
vanced 40 cents a bushel In the last sixty
dn > s ; which , on a 10,000,000-bushel crop ,
means $4,000,000 more than there would have
been at thu old prlco to distribute among the
fanners. What the result will bo to the
latter of such a stupendous addition to their
wealth and Its ultimate effect upon the well-
being of the whole community can be easily
foreseen. To one class only will it prove
dlfiastrous the calamity-howlers' occupation
will be gone.
IlIil'HUIATIXK 10 TO 1.
Minneapolis Tribune : Governor Boles
last year express * * ! himself as oppooed to a
dogmatic ratio , and. had his wiser counsels
been listened to , had the democratic national
platform simply declared for free coinage at
a proper ratio , with insisting upon 10 to
1 , it la possible that the result of the elec
tion would have been different. It is as Mr.
Boles says , fear of the 1C to 1 ratio is only
grounded in the public mind.
.Burlington Hawkeye : Governor Boles re
pudiates Fred White's flatlsm. He admits
that White's gospel is simply the goqpel of
silver monometallism and consequently of
repudiation , financial chacs and general col
lapse. Ho courageously declares that even
If attainable , free silver at the arbitrary
ratio proposed would not be "desirable. " He
concedes everything that the sound money
men have ever claimed on that point.
Cincinnati Tribune : Thla public declara
tion on the part of Governor IJolcs marked
his departure from the camp of the fanatical
IG-to-l adherents. In the presence of his
own party followers , and with all the em
phasis at his command , ho declared that , in
his opinion , the proposal to coin silver in
unlimited quantities at the ratio of 1C to 1
was a dead Iseue , and that such action , even
If attainable , would bo harmful to the
United States.
Ottumwa Democrat : Governor'Boles Is but
ono member of the democratic party and bin
Interpretation of the silver problem is but
an individual expression at variance with
a great majority of those who will vote the
331110 ticket that the governor Is supporting.
The national and state convcntiors have
declared in favor of free coinage and It Is
to the wisdom of these bodies that all demo
crats filiould bow rather than to the In
dividual expressions of Governor Doles.
Chicago Tribune : The general drift of Mr.
Boles' speech shows that , so far as he Is able
to give direction to the pending Iowa cam
paign , It will be fought on other Issues than
the financial one. This ! s Indicated by his
attempt to stir up the ghost of hard times
to frighten the farmer and the- laboring man.
in face ot the fact that the one Is already
receiving larger prices for his commodities
while ) the opportunities for employment at
remunerative wages are opening up to the
other.
Chicago Journal : It lo Ictss than a year
and a half ago that ex-Governor Boies was
waiting , all eagerness , for a nomination to
the presidency by a 1C to 1 convention.
Thursday ho repudiate ) ] 1C to 1 and a plat
form which lie wan expected to advocate.
Mr. Bo'cs has a caeti of conscience to settle
with himself , for ho Is not a practical Joker ,
but the damage he has done will go march
ing on , The promise of a revival of pros
perity makes thi. . . > a very bad tlmo for dla-
p.ffoctlons. It has changed the complexion
of affairs entirely nlncu the meeting of the
state convention , and the wicked example of
the ex-governor is likely lo have many
Imitators.
1'KItSOAAI. AM > OTI1ICIIWIMK.
The Japanese Jingoes have subsided , and
the republic of Hawaii will remain in the
midat of the Pacific until further notice.
Andrew Carnegie has been given thu
freedom of seven , Scottish cities. Ho enJoys -
Joys considerable freedom In tills country ,
too.
Emperor William's views on duelling are a
clear plagiarism on those of the gentleman
who wa "in favor of tlio law , but agin ita
enforcement. "
Notwithstanding the strike In his shoo fac
tory , Governor Pingree Is diligently pegging
away nt the "encmlos of labor. " The gov
ernor has a convenient impediment in his
hearing at short range.
Long Wolf , an old Indian warrior on the
upper Columbia river , Is Ihe proud pos
sessor of u lariat made of the hair of white
women who have bcou scalped. It ks said to
be strong enough to hold a wild buffalo ,
A great milk tnwt la In process of forma
tion , to control the milk bualucfd of New
York City. Ten million dollars ) Is said to
bo behind the deal. Handling the milk Is
an Incident of the business. The promoters
are after the cream.
Mr. llockt'fcller was recently condemned
for refusing to aid the distress which was
so prevalent In the town of Virginia , Minn.
It ha > j now been discovered that Instead of
sending a cheek for $1,000 , as .Mr. Carnegie
did , 'Mr. ' Rockefeller sent an agent to In
vestigate , and on his report opened a mine
at that place and hired many of the starving
men ,
Mayor ( ) uncy [ of Boston committed the
unpardonable ) offense of refusing to shako
the hand of Sullivan at a recant function ,
The outraged dignity of the Hub , fortunately
for the country , found a vent 111' a challenge
from John L. to fight the mayor to a flnlah
for re-election. That 1. * the least harmful
move Sully haa raado In flvo yearn. The
beauty of the plan Is he cannot feel the blow
that knocks him out.
It Is reported that Clarence Berry , the
Klondike mine owner , has offered to write
a 5,000-word article ( or $3,000. This Is only
CO cents per word , or 40 per cent bolrnv
par , and yet It ta to be supposed that the
article waa to treat of gold , lion , Abrain 3.
Hewitt , former mayor of New York , eqn-ln-
law of Peter Cooper and ex-member of congress -
gross , waa once offered , by the late
ThorudyUe Htce , $10,000 or $1 per word for
an article consisting of 10,000 words , for
publication in the North American Itcvlew ,
Hewitt declined the offer.
AJf IMItAN ttXIttlllT.
Should lip n l.i-iullnu Wnlurp of HIP
Sioux City .tournnl ,
The aiiKRMtlon that an elaborate Indian
exhibit bo given In connection with the
Transmlsslsslppl Imposition In Omaha next
year Is receiving 'serious consideration by
the exposition managers. The Idea Is a
good ono and it ought to bo tarried out.
There Is now' no question that there will bean
an exposition In Omaha and that It will bo
attended by many thousands of visitors from
the transmlsMsslppt region and other parts
of the United Status. No exposition moro
pretentious than n local affair haa ever been
held so near the last of the- hunting grounds
of the American Indians , and It would bo
easier to prepare an Interesting exhibit re
lating wholly to the .Indians tor the Omaha
exposition than for any other. The plans
balng considered for the exposition contem
plate something that will Interest the Amer
ican people and show the progress of the
Indian toward civilization and something
that will Interest the Indian and bring him
nearer to his while neighbors. Them would
bei an exhibit of relics which have been
gathered from the Indiana , of Indian work
manship nnd of Indian warfare ; there would
bo samples ot Indian nklll In the old Ravage
ditys ami In the days of modern schools ,
and iheru would bo an encampment of In
dians from the reservations show Ing their
ol < l customs and games and their modern
life.
life.Tho
The United States government Is engaged
In a flivat work with the remnants of the
Iiiitl.tn Mlhea. Missions are maintained and
encouraged , schools nre supplied , food and
clothing are given the Indians , they are
taught household work anil farming anJ
everything Is being done- that la pwslble to
prepare them for Independent living at a *
early a date aa possible. If the government
olllclals have not miscalculated the Indians
now on the western reservations will be self-
supporting within twenty-live years. Then
the old Indian life will bo In truth a thing of
the past. To bring Indians from all the res-
crvatleins to Omaha during the progress of the
exposition , to show them what Is being dour
by Indians whn arn schooled and to broaden
their mental horizon by contact with the
things which show best the great progre.s
of the world , will bo n valuable lesson to the
Indians ,
There will bo many visitors to that ex
position who know little about the Ameri
can Indians. They will be pleased to learn
that there are no wild Indians ro.uning the
prairies Just outside the city limits of Omaha
and other western cities , and they will be
astonished to learn what advancement the
Indians have made within the last fe-w years.
The Indian exhibit la a good suggestion and
the Omaha exposition managers will do well
to act upon It.
(5 A IN Kill. OrCI'I'ATlOXS.
Inter ) ' * ! liii ; l'iifN ( ( ili'inicd front it
I.nliiir Itiillt'tln.
Plillmk'lplila Ieili ; < M' .
The J.uly Bulletin of the Department of
Labor presents some Interesting data con
cerning the workers nt gainful occupations
in this country. The Bulletin shows perhaps
moro clearly than any previous publlcatlu
of this character has done the extent t
which women have occupied remunerative.
posits which in former periods were ap
proprlated almost exclusively by men. Ii
the census of 1S70 it nppe.ired that 9.C3 pe
cent of all the women of the country wer
employed in remunerative employments , bu
twenty years later , as exhibited by the cen
sus rt turns of 1800 , the ptopoitlon of womei
thua employed had reached 12.81 per cent o
all the population of that Bex. It is .ipparcn
to the moat casual and curs-cry observer tha
the number of women in the various Held
of Industry will be lu 1)00 ! ) very much greate
relatively to tlm whole number of womei
than at the close of any previous decade
This increase in the number ot women enter
Ing new indiistrics has been accompdulei
by a decided decrease in. the number o
women engaged iu domestic and persona
service.
According to the department's digest of
the census returns of 1870 nnd 1S30 , It ap
pears that In 1SOO more than one-sixth of
the total number of persons at work in
the country were women , as .compared
with a little moro than one-seventh at the
census ot 1S70. The compiler says that the
Increase In the proportion of women work
ers is especially noticeable In professional
service , in which class the women consti
tuted In 1S90 very nearly one-third of all
persons so occupied as compared with lees
than one-fourth In 1870. Women are also
very numerously representeel in manufactur
ing and mechanical Industries and In
trade and' transportation , In clerical posi
tions for the most part. The representa
tion in these branches of Industry grow
from 2 per cent in 1S70 to 7 per cent in
1S90 of all persons so employed.
In 1S70 in Pennsylvania , 13. 1C per cent of
all pereons over 10 years of ago In gainful
occupations were women ; In 18SO the per
centage was M.90 ; In 1890. 1C.5I. In New
rsey the percentages are : 1870 , 15 per cent ;
1SSO. 1C.S3 ; 1S90 , 19.50. Thus , In IS90 in New
Jersey nearly one-fifth of all persona In
gainful pursuits were women. In some of
tl > ° Now Kngland states and In certain
southern states the percentage was much
higher at the last census. The employ
ment of colored women In field labor In
the south and the largo number of woman
engaged in the eastern factories explain
tlio high percentages In these communities.
The Bulletin announce * that the District of
Columbia haa the largest proiwtlon of
women workers. In 1SDO thy constituted
1. 7 per cent ot all tlio gainful workers. In
* due
o the fact that the departments of the na
of thc cxlllhlt
culturel ] , ' tl10 decline In nurl-
employment throughout the em , -
nomilTi nnrn" ° rt 8how" tllat ot tlle wl < ° !
population tlio
percentages of perrons thus
employed were IC.-I3 iu 1870. 15.38 In is"n
and 13.CS In 1S9U. At the census of 18'Otlio
" " ( ' HBrlrulturo
nM"T cc"KaBC(1 in the
, ,
united States numbered 2.070.C1C or "l la
per rent of tlm total population ! in ;
the percentage was not materially changed.
Iho figures for the past thirty ye-ars Indi-
eato to the point of mathematical demonstra
tion the progrcealvo decline In the proper
tion of persons employed in agricultural
pursuits. In Pennsylvania those employed
in agriculture In. 1820 numbered 110,801 ; In
1SPO , 323 S73. Thcso employed in the state *
In 1S20 In manufacturing and mechanical
Industries numbered only 00,215 , and in 1S90
they numbered C2S.SS7. Seventy years HKO
thcsei classified as agricultural workcra In
Pennsylvania were moro than twice a nu-
meirous as thotje working in mechanical In
dustries. The conditions are now completely
reversed , the last cenmi-j showing that C28-
000 mechanical workers were * employed here ,
against IJ2S.S73 agriculturists. The compiler
of the bulletin , Mr. William C. Hunt , snyn :
"Kxcludlns the District of Columbia from
consideration , there > was no state or terri
tory in 1S20 which did not have moro than
one-tenth of Its total population engaged In
agriculture , the percentages ranging from
12.13 in Massachusetts to11.60 In Indiana.
In 1S90 , however , persons iicni-rcd In agri
cultural pursuits constituted hut little more
tlun 3 per cent of the' total population of
Massachnsettu and Uliodo Itland , lent than 5
per cent of the total population of New Jcr-
r'oy , a little more ) than C per cent of the total
population of Connecticut. New York and
Pennsylvania , and not quite ) 9 per cent of thu
total population of Maryland. "
Royal makes the food pure ,
vv.'iolcsomo ' nnd delicious.
Absolute/ ! Pure
ROYAL HAKIM POWDIR CO. ,
MOXKV TO IHIUJf IN ICANSAS.
Now York Tribune ; Knnstia ho $ IS,000.-
000 more In bank deposits than It had on
January 1 Issl. and with wheat at the dollar
point the prospects of the free llverltra
there run lower than the continually de
creasing price ot that metal. The calamity
howler there 1 out of buMne ? * , and Kanfta. *
politics will go on swimmingly without him
for eomo time to come.
Springfield Hepubllcan : According to the
populist state bank examiner of Kansas , Iho
banks are no full of money that they are a *
their wits' tcid lo know how to employ It :
the people "have 'money to burn , ' " and a
RO.OOO.OOO-bushpl wheat crop Is moving out
of thu stateat high prices. No wonder thl
bank examiner has fallen under the suspicion
of hlfl fellow | > o\nil\rt5. \ \ He was ehemeii as a
calamity howler and has proved faithless to
his ( runt.
New York Sun : The K.IHMS avlnpi banks
are stuffed with money walling for borrowers.
State Bank Uxamlner BrendcntlMl. populist
aud sllverlte , myn officially that the * KaiiRnn
farmers "have money to burn. " The t'nlloil
Statcj currency sjstem Is good enough for
Kani i . that famous school of calamity
slngera. She doevn't need a lot of Mt.vo
banks to Issue money for her , as many ot
the b.ink currency cranks would like to SIH > .
Neither docs any state of the union which ,
like ) Kansas , IMS goods to sell.
\\IIITT1Fl > TO A POINT.
PlillndelpliH Ueoord : The man with tin
Iron will ami tmiscles of steel Is often iiiitreel
uiion his mettle.
Somervll'e Jeiurnnl : Homebody wnnt n ' ! * -
ttnetlve American metre1. What's tlii > mut
ter with meet her aa the HUH goes iio\\n ?
Detroit Jotirnnl : "Havo you seen
tombstone ? 1 bet It falls down In II-SM
a month. "
" 1 diippnre It will be Imnl to get evn
a tombstone to stnnd up for Billing * "
CleVe-laml P'nln Dealer : " 1 htvl n now
peiiKntleni when 1 asked old Bullion for i.u
eluughter. "
"Thi'ii lie kicked you ? "
"Kicked mo ? Tlmt wouldn't hnve li < vn
n new sensation. He hit me on the Huso. "
Cincinnati KnquirPr : "You me clurtiliijT
me mont horrible prleies , " complained tlio
prospectiveKlondlker. .
"It I * just this \\ny , " sill : theScnttlo
merchant. "You'll either strike it rich or
freeze to doatii ; so ellner wny you won't
miss the money you nre li'.ivliig behind. "
Huston Tranierlpt : "I like n good drii-k
of bill water In the morning : , hut wtan't
Kt-t It let our hoiinlhiK lioti'e. " "I u i',1 t- >
have thu same illlllculty In our lnnMIng
liexixe , but new 1 take coffee.It nnswnt
every puipope. "
Judge : The Fat l/.vdy ( sweetly !
pnrelonl Did 1 ell em you , sir ?
The I-.DIIII Mnn ( crnnklly ) You did ,
mud am.
The Put I.mly ( brldilng-Oli ) , well , I tin re
say you needed it.
Washington Ktnri "My wife la very con-
flUlorate-.of me , " cnld the yotniK imim-'il
man. "She wis ; nfnild my rest wir < being
Interrupted too much and last wt-i-k Blio
bought a burplnr alnrm. "
"Does It make any difference ? "
"Yes , Insle'ail of getting up to son
whether thrre are liui'Klnrs In the hnuso I
gut up to wee whether the nhirm Is sot. "
1113 OOT IT ON HIS I2A11.
Chicago Tribune.
"If this little hand were mine , " he
"If this Huh ; band wenmini1 "
And IIP sighed nnd looked away from the
bench ,
To the -Jilll top : ? , clad with pine.
"And If It wore , " she murmured low ,
And blllsbliiKly bowed her htmil ;
"What would you do with It , miiy I rtU ? "
"I'el wash It , " he simply said.
A I'AHAIIO.V.
\VnslilDBton Stnr.
Oh , wlmt n helpless lot we are
In tills old world of woe !
It Is the very worst by fur
That we can ever know.
Eacli mourns because the o plans of hi *
Are ninile te > cnll a hull ;
His failure to reform life Is
The other people's fault.
There never was a mortal yet
Who didn't H.-iy he hnil
J motlon * of Intense regret
Because thi < ) woild Is liiel. :
Dut , somehow , mini can lind no way
Its ntniiilarelt to exsill ;
The Individuals all H.iy
"It's the oilier people's fault ! "
Know the value of appear
ances. The poorer they are
the more they hae to con
sider how they dress , and
the haiclcr it is for them to
dress as they would like.
No one need pay more
than $15 for a suit of
thoroughly well made clothes
af good materials. The finer
: loths cost more of courseand
5ne may indulge himself in
uxurious trimmings , if he
ikes , for a third less than the
: ustom tailor charges for sim-
larly good materials and work
manship.
Put even our lowest price : !
suits are as correct in cut and
it as the host , if not quito so
jxpensively finished , and no
) ne can make a good suit for
ess than we can. Cheaper
; uits than ours are inferior in
: very way.