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Make a cross mark in the first squarent the lop of the ballot. If you startright you will end right.

Republican renegades and the popo-cratl- c

newspaper fence aro always con-

nected by open pipe line.

l'Inee your cross In tho tlrst squarefor each olllce voted for on tho cityticket. The top square ts the square thatcounts for republican candidates.

One of tho amenities of tho campnlgnIs found In the assumption of a pastorwho located In Omaha In Decemberlast to Instruct his flock how .to vote.

South Dakota bankers aro In a hardway. They have money In plenty, butborrowers are scarce. If this thingkeeps up tho bankers will have to jointhe calamity party.

Republicans throughout the. Btnto ofNebraska, are watching tho election InOmnha. A republican cannot contrib-ute to the success of the party by help-ing to build up Its enemies.

Sharkey nnd Fltzslinmous have signedto light. Now let the Chicago dentistwho paralyzed the Jaw of a singer byextracting a tooth get In Ills work onthe pugilists and the public will riseup and call the dentist blessed.

The treachery of some of tho civilollielnls In the Philippines comes us arefreshing shower to tho democracy.Democracy thrives on calamity andwhen nothing big In that line Is in sightemail .favors aro thankfully received.

Make no mistakes in the marking ofyour ballot today. There are .Jourteen ofllces to be voted for and ench ballot should have fourteen cross marks onit. Put tho crosses in tho squares opposltc the names of the republican candldates.

Much has been snld about the dangerof tho electors losing their votes formayor by wrongly marking the olliclalballot. If the cross is placed in the firstsqunro at the top of tho ticket and Inthe top square of each section no mistake will be made.

Not n sound has been henrd from thoWarring factions In tho state house forseveral days. Can It be possible thovarious ofllelals have begun to renllzothat If they continued to talk the people or tne stain would soon have a fallIdea of the operations of the bogus re-

formers?

It Is announced that DavidR. Hill will head the delegation fromNew York to the democratic nationalconvention. If tho present leaders ofthe party can only Induce the brainswhich their policy has forced Into retirement to come out and help them Itis possible democracy will bo nble toput noW'men ou their ticket who willmake the campaign Interesting.

Reductions In grain rates to the seaboard are In order. Tho reductions aremade voluntarily by the railroads fortho reason that some lines do not believe they are getting their share ofthe business. Tho road can always cutthe rate nnd light for business whenthey fall out, but It Is "taking privntoproperty for public use without ,"

"confiscation" and vnriousother things when public olllcers mnkoan effort to reduce rates.

It now develops that the man behindtho Ioynl Ieglon scullduggery againstMayor Moores Is nono other than W. ,T.

Rroatch, who tried to steal from Mooresthe olllce of mayor, for which Rroatchwas not even voted upon. This samoman Instigated tho committee report totho Toynl Legion, of which the popo-

cratlc organ ts trying to make so much.This committee report was sneaked Inwithout tho knowledge of General Man- -

dersoq and nlue-te.uth- s of tlie membersnf tlw, Itroath's rolmitlpHM

persecution of Mayor Moorea will stoplit nothing.

A VLOSIKO A WEAL.The citizens of Omnha arc to deter- -

mine by tlmlr votes at today's clue- -

t Ion whether they desire Omaha to roforward or tmckward at tho beginningof the new century. They must decldoby their choice of mayor whether theyfavor a broad-gauge- public-spirite- d

policy that will encourage public im-

provement and private enterprise orwhether they will pursue a strait-Jack- et

policy that will clog tho wheelsof progress and keep Omaha In the renrof the procession of progressive cities oftho country.

The campaign waged on behnlf ofFrank K. Moorcs nnd tils associates onthe republican ticket has been dlgnllledand mnnly. The campaign waged byhis opponents has been coarse, vindictiveand brutal.

Whatever merit Mr. Poppleton mnyhave Indlvldunlly, lie lias certainly beenlowered In the public estimation by thevirulent and slanderous attacks madeby his organ and platform champions,who have found nothing too vile or toolllthy to hurl at a man who during histhree years' incumbency uh mnyor faith-fully and fearlessly protected the Interests of the taxpayers and creditablyrepresented tho city as Its chief execu-

tive notwithstanding the constant andrelentless persecution to which he hasbeen subjected by polltlcnl bloodhoundsnnd blackmailers. Ah between man andman, the sense of justice nnd fair pinyInnntcwlth every true American shouldfind expression through the ballot boxIrrespective of party that will adminis-ter n lasting rebuke to the cnlumulatorsof Frank K. Moorcs.

Republicans of Omaha certnlnly hnveno excuse for playing Into the hands oftho political desperadoes who seek bytheir votes to reinstate In power therotten democratic machine that nour-

ished in Omnha under tho llcrdmau- -

I'enbody police board, when thieves,gamblers and dlvekcepcrs were givenpolico protection at so much per weekand liquor denlers wero compelled tostand and deliver by the popocratlc cam-paign mauugers. They kuow, or oughtto know, that tho masquerade of moralreform on the part of the gang is merelya dragnet set by Ingenious politicaltricksters to get control of the city hall,as they hnve of the court house, by theaid of republicans.

Mr. Popplcton himself Is one of therankest partisans who ever sought pub-

lic office. It Is his boast that he hasnever In his life cast a vote for a repub-

lican, even for the most Insignificantotllco. A few years ngo ho went so faras to resign from a taxpayers' leaguebecause a majority of the ofllcers electedhappened to be republicans, althoughthe organization had no polltlcnl benrlng.Surely a partisan of thnt stamp hasno claim upon republican support for anoffice like that of mnyor, that exertsgreat political influence.

It is hardly worth while to Institutecomparisons between the candidates forother offices on opposing tickets. Without disparaging any individual candi-

date, there enn bo no question that therepublicans havo nominated by fnr thomost competent and trustworthy men

for tho vnrious positions In the city hall.There Is no good reason, therefore, whypreference should not be given by tnx- -

pnylng citizens and voters gcnorally tothe whole republican ticket

ENGLAND'S FINANCIAL nVBDKN.Lord Rosebcry snld a short time ago

that Englnnd's chief nssets are burnavy and her capital. She will probablyhave no use In the near future for hernavy, but a heavy drain Is being madeupon her capital which promises tocontinue for a long tlmo. It is expectedthat this year the British governmentwill spend at least $300,000,000 on thenrmy, while the nnvy will require anexpenditure of nt least one-thir- d

of thnt amount. The armamentsof Great Britain both on laudnnd sea will bo the most costly In theworld, according to present estimates.Of course If the war In South Afrlcnshould end sooner than expected thedemand upon England's financial re-

sources would be materially reduced,but In nny event tho nrmy and navyexpenditures of that country for sev-

eral years will be very heavy and willImpose a burden of tnxatlon upon thepeople of tho United Kingdom that willnot be easily borne.

As now proposed, England will havean nrmy of about 4P,0,000 men and110,000 will serve lu the navy. Tills

will bo a greater force, relatively topopulation, than that of any other couu-tr- y

except France. England, however,has becomo thoroughly convinced oftho necessity of maintaining a Inrgearmy as well ns a great nnvy and herstatesmen ure determined that the mili-

tary power of the nation shall be madeto complement tho sea power. TheSouth African war has been nu In-

structive lesson In this respect andhereafter England will not bo foundwanting In nn nrmy establishmentthorough In alt Its details.

What effect this drain will have uponthe Industrial and commercial Interestsof the country Is problematic, but Itwould certainly seem that It must operate to the disadvantage of those In-

terests, which are already encounter-ing a very formidable competition In

the world's markets and for severalyears havo been losing ground. Whenrequired to bear an additional burdenof tnxatlon the ability to successfullycompete with such nggresslve Industrialaud commercial rivnls as tho UnitedStates and Germany will assuredly beweakened. The increase of England'snrmy nud nnvy may, therefore, resultIn tier industrial nud coinmerclnl do

cadence. It Is a well-ntteste- d fact thatfor years British exports tiave been de-

clining. Mr. A. Muurlce Low, an Eugllshmnn, writing In uu American magazinc a few months ago, said thnt ifduring the next twenty-liv- e years GreatBritain loses tier trade as rnpldly usshe has during the quarter of a centuryfrom 1870 to 189.', she wilt have yieldedhor lirliniwv nn tho greatest of tho

I world's oouuneivlul powers. Only a( short time ugo tho presideut of the

TnE OMA3IA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAHCII G. 100T).

'Itritlnh Itonrd of Trnilc deplored thofnct that Knp;liind's foreign trndo wuhHteatllly dodlnlnc; and urged that Ifpome extraordinary effort were notmade to recover lost ground lOngliuulwould In a few years loo her placeus the foremost commercial power.

No doubt this Is Inevitable nnd Itwilt bo hastened by (he nddltlonal bur- -

den upon Ihe llnauelal resources of thenation which an enlarged army andnavy will Impose. Yet circumstances,largely of her own creation, compelKnglnnd to ndopt this policy.

tiTllE.SOTllKN TIIR VI lit MISS ION.

Ono of the urgent duties of the present congress Is to strengthen the Inter-state Commerce commission to give Itlarger authority and greater power toexercise It. The Industrial commissionin its report recommends .thnt, (he In-

terstate Commerce commission lie givennuthorlty not only to prescribe themethods of Jceeplng accounts, of railroads and to demand reports in such detail as It may require, but also lo Inspect and audit "such accounts. It fur-- .thor recommends thnt the decisions oftho commission be made operative at aday fixed lu tho decisions nnd to remainso unless reversed by the I'nlled Statescourts ou appeal; also tliat tho .commission 1)0 authorized to prescribeclassifications of freight nrtlcles ilnd tomake rules and regulations for freighttransportation throughout the FulledStates. The report urges that penaltiesfor violations of the Interstate com-merce act should bo appropriate linesagainst the carrier and not Imprisonment of ofllelals.

These recommendations are In themain approved by members of the com-mission. Beferrlng to them tho Phila-delphia Times remarked that no

railway would be harmed Inthe least by u proper control of ratesthat would prevent Injustice to ship-pers aud localities and the piraticalconcerns that seek patronage by meth-ods that are a menace to all legitimatebusiness deserve no consideration attho hands of (he law-makin- g power.'If congress will adopt this feature ofthe Industrial commission's report,"says that paper, "one Just act will beplaced to Its credit." It will be mostunfortunate If this congress shall fallto enact legislation that will givegreater effect to the Interstate com-merc- e

law and more power to the com-mission to enforce the provisions of theact, which under existing conditionsis practically inoperative.

The recommendations of the Indus-trial commission are mnde as the re-sult of a careful study of the testimonywhich It has heard from. railroad men,shippers and others qualified to expressan Intelligent opinion on tho subject.They are, on tho whole, conservativerecommendations, which no railroadrecognizing the right of reguln-tio- n

on tho part of congress andwilling to submit to the law can reason-ably object to. They aro In tho publicInterest without proposing auytlilng un-Ju- st

or unfair to the common enrriers.There Is every reason to believe thnt

If the law were amended as suggestedby tho Industrial commission the effectwould be good, that both the publicand the railroads would be benefited.Everybody understands that as It Is thelaw Is virtually a dead letter, that thepurpose lor which It was enacted Is notbeing attained aud cannot be while thelaw remains in its present form. Itdoes not protect tho public; Itdoes not prevent any of the evils It waftIntended to remedy. Such u statute Isnot simply useless, It Is really harmful.Congress has ample po.ver to correct itsdefects and Its duty to do so is imperii,tive.

The necessity of doing something forthe merchant marine of this countryIs mnde apparent by the consolidation oftwo of tlie largest steamship lines oper- -

ntlng between this country and Europe.The consolidation brings out the fnctthat the largest stockholder in thecompany Is an American nud tho majority of tho stock Is owned lu thiscountry and still their ships lly theBritish flag. This line has over thirtyvessels of largo dimension. There Isno good reason why conditions shouldnot bo such that these ships would flythe stars and stripes.

Tho editor of tho popocratlc organ,who was presented with a purse of .?'jr0raised by the head of the gang of blackmnllers who sold polico protection underthe old popocratlc polico board, wnnts toknow who gets tho blood money now.Ho ought to know that there Is no bloodmoney collected now. Perhaps ho thinksthe system which was In vogue whencontributions wero levied by the fusioncrowd will be restored ns soon ns Popplefon Is Installed, and his ardor for thecandidate may be due to expectations offurther ?'-!.- donations.

The malingers of the silk stocking candldnto for mayor ure loud Just now Inappealing to the republicans to voto fortheir man on grounds of nlleged moralIty. Should ho win out, however, wo

would hear them crow about a greatdemocratic victory, the forerunner of thoelection of William .T. Bryan ns presi-

dent, and hold up tlie Omaha election asthe straw pointing tho way tho windblows lu the impending uatloual campalgn. No republican should allow htmself to bo fooled on this point.

No campaign ever held In the historyof Onuiha lias been marked by the useof so much slime and mud as that wagedby tlie democratic Tammany machinefor their silk stocking candidate. Do

tho people of Omnha want to put a premlum ou mud'Sllngiug luetics? Shouldthese llltli handlers win out they willresort to the same methods every timeun election rolls around.

Attention of populists Is called to thefact that tho motion to do awiiy with thepostal savings hank system in Hawaii

.i ...m. ici....i .

ninonj; the reforms roc-ulnr- demnnded ,

by the populists In utmost every plat- - j'form of their mnir Tim rift between

tho democrats nnd populists on n,uc(tlonMof reform could not be better Illustratedthan by this Incident. Yet. for the sakeof spoils and patronage, tho democratsconsent to fuse with jropullHtH wherevertheir votes are necessary to hope of sue- -

0Pf(Hi The suggestion of a fusion of populists and democrats In Senator Morgan'sstate of Alabama, howuver, would be re-

sented by tho democrats as the height ofImpudence.

Democrats are complaining becausecongress hns not accomplished more(luring tlie present session. Yet the factstares them In the face that more hasbeen accomplished In the way of legis-lation than usual up .to this time, inspite of the obstruction of tho demo-crats. A targopart of tho time liasbeen occupied by" tlie opposition makingspeeches for campaign consumption nndasking the departments for Informationwhich,- - lifter receiving, they wish theyhad not asked for.

The census bureau will make an effort to secure an nccurate count of thelive stock lu tho country. If It Is donethe result wilt probably lie a radicalrevision of tho figures at present accepted, which nro largely based ou thereturns of nssessors' estimates. Thostockman, tike others, Is liable to be-

come suddenly jioor when tho assessorcomes around, but lu the case of theonsus enumerator would have no oc

casion for giving anything but the correct return.

The popocratlc farmers throughoutNebraska who are being Importuned tocontribute to the stnto campaign fundmight with propriety decline on theground of taxation without representation. They nre all right when It comesto putting up the money for the cam-paign, tint when they ask the state housecrowd for some relief In the way ofrailroad rate reduction they nro thrownout of tlie council chamber of the partyas disturbers and traitors to true reform.

The expected cry of fraud, colonization nnd boodle, which The Bee adver-tised as duo from the popocratlc ma-

chine, has arrived on schedule time, butIt Is tho samo old cry of "stop thief"raised by men who want to draw atten-tion away from their own crooked work.If there Is any colonization being donein Omalia It Is being done by tho gangbncklug Poppleton, und if there Is anyboodle being shipped in its destinationhas been the popocratlc headquarters.

The popocratlc organ asks "What hastho present administration done forOmaha?" That' Is easy. It has giventho city the best city government It hnsenjoyed In Its history nnd has carriedIt through the exposition period withcredit to all concerned. The more Im-

portant question Is, What has young Mr.Poppleton ever done for Omalia?

IIo-i- t to IlfHrnln a Ilrputatlom.Sprlnglleld Republican.

There seems to bo but one thing left forSenator Clark of Montana to do. That Is,establish and endow a great university oflearning.

Second SdiKf of the Wnr.Washington Post.

Now we como to tho second stage of theIirltlsh operations. After four months ofhard fighting 200,000 Englishmen have expolled from Capo Colony and Natal soma25,000 or 30,000 Doors. Tho roal conflict Isbeginning.

SlK of Ilrpulillcnn Times.Globe-Democr-

At tho end of olght months of tho fiscalyear tho surplus of receipts over expendi-tures Is J37.763.000. Tho February decrease of tho publlo debt was $6,756, 168.Republican times aro easily distinguishedfrom tho other kind.

Clncli or tlie Pulp Trust.Philadelphia Times.

Tho paper trust Is the creature of leglslotion. Its power Is derived altogether fromtho tariff. By Imposing a practically prohlbltory duty upon paper and tho materialfrom which paper Is made, congress hasmade itnposslblo tho competition that wouldnaturally correct an Inordinate Increase ofprlcec and has enabled a combination to beformed that can Impcse what price it willupon consumers. Tho plain remedy for thisIs to repeal the tariff that has produced thetrust.

The New Philippine Commission,Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

Tho antls ore now asking what government will tho Filipinos get If they surrender,It Is easily answered. They will get Justas fair a deal as any nation ever got attho bands of Us conquerors. Judge. Tart,Dean Worcester, General Dcnby, GeneralWright, Henry C. Ido and Prof. BernardMosrs mako up a commission that for ability,illness, character nnd complete abienco ofpolitics has rarely beon equaled. The. mattercan safely bo left to them, and tho resultwilt not bo In doubt as to the quality oftho government the Filipinos will get.

Unheeded IiPhkoii.Portland Oregonlnn,

Tho experlonco of Nebraskan farmers Inthe last year should havo taught them thefallacy of tho cheap money crowd's argu-ments. Owing to the prosperity that theyenjoyed tho amount of mortgages on farmsIn tho Btate was reduced during that timeby nearly $3,000,000, Yet these samo peoploonly last November showed at the polls theirdetermination to stand by tho cheap moneyIdea and tho cheap mono candidate. Thocondition reflects stubbornness that will noteec, rather than a prudent spirit that de-

sires to find tho safo way and walk therein.Plgheadedness never yet triumphed over thecalm and unerring logic of events, and In thoattempt to do so It merely makes display ofits narrow quality.

A ((ueMllon of Spelllnir,Leslie's Weekly.

A senato committee has decided that"Porto Rico" is tho proper spelling of otirnow Island territory and not "Puerto Rico,"after thu local and Spanish usage. Thespelling adopted by the committee oughtto prevail. It is tho easiest and simplestform and in accordance with common senseprinciples. Whcnover an opportunity pre-sents Itsolf, as In this case, to choose be-

tween a phonetic form of spelling and anIntrlcato or moro Involved form tho formerought always to bo udopted. Silent lottemand fantastic combinations In words Imposea useless and wholly unnecessary tax upontho memory and Intellect and they oughtt bo rule' out f, ,the ,EB".sh nguag8

'as rapidly as possible. Llfo Is too shortmu.CM.-i- i m. mi mmuu ,t-- nu.u Ume too precloUB t0 bo gpent , tryn8Morgan, tho democratic senator from to master tho absurdities of tho spelling-Alabam- a.

Postal savings banks uro book, which have no excuse for existence

Tnn.VTMi:.T or pohto nico..1

Philadelphia Ledger (lnd. rep.): Ourapology to Porto Hlco Is: "Might makes popular yuung lawyer of Pawnee City, Isright." prominently mentioned as n republican

Indianapolis Press (lnd.): It l folly to candldato for governor. Harry would make-tr-

to help Porto ltlco by restricting Its a splondld campaign and as governor wouldtrade, oven though wo dunato to It thoentire proceeds, Encourage Its trade und Itwill bo able to help Itself.

Baltimore American (rep ): It was pc- - lltirkot's Mr. ly

approprlato that the members that kct has shown himself to bo of the Davosaved tho Porto Itlcan tariff bill wero taken Mercer kind of hustler and that is whatfrom sick beds to tho house. It's n pleco the people want. Burket and Mercer inof elckly business all tho way through. tho First and Second districts Insure us of

. I nil atini ...I. .... ...... ...Minneapolis Journal (rep.): This scheme

to mako poor, unfortunate Porto Hlco rich '

by taxing Its trade both ways Is a gooddeal llko tho attempt of tho man to lift,himself over the fenco by his bootstraps ,

nnd It will work pretty nearly as well.Now York World (dcm.): Tho bill vio

lates tho constitution. It Imposes upontho Porto Illcans tho tyranny of taxationwithout representation, against which our 'forofathcrs rebelled. It violates the promiseof General Miles to tho inhabitants, neverdisavowed by our government.

Indianapolis Journal (rep.): President

plain duty Is to abolish all customs tariffsbetween tho United States and Porto Hlconnd givo Us products access to our mar-- 1

KCts. A p ain dutv should nnt ho nvnilmlfor mere mercantile or pecuniary reasons.

Chicago Post (rep.): What Is the matterwith tho legislators at Washington? Aretho threats of a few timorous "Industries"moro potent than tho mandate of tho American peoplo? Tho appropriation of $1,250.- -000 for further relief of Porto Hlco Is charityand will do much good, but it does not answer tho cry for Justice.

PICItSOXAI, POI.NTIMIS.

In sending to this country an ambastadorwith only ono wife, tho sultnu of Turkeysots a commendable cxamplo to his majestyof Suit).

Mayor "Golden Rule" Jones of Toledosays that both McKinloy and Bryan nro ovlland ho does not know whom ho will votofor for president. Has ho forgotten allabout Wharton. Barker of Philadelphia?

Tho hardships of Montana pioneers aroInsignificant compared with tho heroic struggles of their successors to satisfactorily in

tho connection between their inflatedbank accounts and a senatorial election.

What Is called tho "sick season" Is said tobo coming on in South Africa. It afflictsDoth man nnd beast. Vegetation Is dried upand thero Is no feed, so that forago for ani-mals haB to bo carried along with that fortho men,

M. Anagnos, tho principal of tho PerkinsInstitution for tho Blind, In Boston, will boono of tho thrco United States representa-tives at tho international congress In 'theInterests of tho blind to bo held In Paris dur-ing August.

Lloutenant Governor Woodruff of NowYork is well pleased with tho result of hiswestern trip nnd is now contemplating atour of tho south, hoping to thereby stillfurther strengthen his boom for tho repub-lican nomination as vice president.

A fund is being gathered in Geneva, O., tobuild a public library as a memorial to Piattnogers Spencer, tho teacher of penmanship,who was a uatlvo of that town. It Is desiredto have the building ready for delivery in1901, tho centenary of Spencer's birth.

Gibson Bowles, a conservative member oftho British Parliament, thinks it would beconsistent with tho situation to distributeamong tho troops which relieved Klmborlcythe $835,000,000 worth of diamonds, which,according to Cecil Rhodes, are now storedthere. This would mean from $14,000 to$27,000 for each soldier, and It Is not likelythat Mr. Rhodes believes consistency to bethat kind of Jewelry.

now Tin: hours live ami Kir.nr.Letter from nn Amerlenn nenldent of

South African Itepulilli'.Arthur Bills, an American electrician em-

ployed on a mlno near Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, in a letter to his father, Albert J.Ellis of Canandalgua, N. Y., and publishedla ths Now York Sun, gives Interestingsketches of llfo In tho war-re- nt republic."Wo send our mall out through Dclagoabay," ho writes, "whence it Is sent home-ward by French stoaraers. Wo receive ncmall of any kind. I havo not received a let-

ter from homo In over four months. I am iagood health, comfortably situated and atsafo as though at home in Canandalgua. Iam tho only electrician In this district noitand am In full chargo of tho electric plant.Wo run tho dynamos for lights and pumpsonly. All other work stopped before tho warand we havo but ten men In tho mine, fourAmericans, three Irish and thrco colonialDutch. Our mine files tho French flag, bslngmostly French capitalized. Tho next mlno,the Van Kyn, flies tho German flag, Thereare no flags on tho English mines and thogovernment allows no ono to stay there. Woget the news from tho front overy day andbeing acquainted with tho ofllelals at Hoksburg, tho town of this district, I learn agreat deal from them. Fifteen hundredprisoners captured early in the war werotaken to Pretoria, and they are tho happiestmen In Africa, to think they will not haveto meet tho Boers In battle again. No soonerhad the prisoners arrived In Pretoria thanthe Boer officials scoured tho town for cricketbats and balls, foot balls, pipes and tobacco,Jims and so forth for them. They are sta-

tioned on a beautiful farm outsldo tho town,where they havo everything to mako themcomfortnble. Thoy had been told that theBoors were whlto savages, and Imagine thosurprise of an English soldier taken prisoner.trembling with fear of tho brutal savageBoer, when ho hoard tno uoer say in

'Como along, old chap, we'll take careof you; you are not to blame, but thoso whosent you here.' They had bcon told theywould bo In Pretoria In a fortnight afterlanding in Africa, and bo they were, but notIn tho way they expected.

Mr. Ellis gives sorno facts about thoslego of Ladysmlth by tho Boers, the" num-

bers engaged and tho condition of thobut that Is now ancient history.

"Ono thing thnt bothers tho Boers," Mr.

Ellis says, "Is tho captive ualloons used oy

tho English. Two men go up In tho bal- -, . Hn t.,IU anv with tho pl.lAft Alld the

which

use

of bo- -,

under cover, behind boulders,

of which country Is Tho Kngllsh

como out in SOlia uuu uro uuivii

by dozens, while tho spread wide andevery man lighting for himself, loso butfew men, tho Boers nro able toiilstanco hotter. .There is no red tape In

Boor army. Everything is simplicityand almost perfect order Is kept In camp.

They fow officers, no colonols,etc. Tim commandnr is

General Joubert, eight ton fightinggenerals who men, under them

,nno district veldt-cornet- a, who commandmen of thep " d, , t

takes his own igun, bfc ammunition.his horse. They Tory ' 8f.turn tho horses n

roen all love Joubert. arodead, so is Johannesburg. In

torla day that llttlo pluco Isenough, quite different Johan- -

nesburg, tno Business places anddwellings aro barricaded their ownersgone. characters have been

I of country and the Is peaceful,"

immoxs op nnpttiti.ir.ix rnuss.

grcssman renomlnatlon.

Tablo Hock Argua: II, C. Lindsay,

bo a credit to the state,Falls City Journal: There seems to bo

n unanimity of opinion In regard to Con

"""" "l ""- "'North Platte Tribune: friends cf

W. C. May of dothenbure aro pushing himforward as a candidate for chairman oflne republican stnto central committee. Mr.May Is a hustler nnd In local campaignsshown excellent executive ability. It Is aquestion, however, If eastern part oftho state will show western Nebraska so"'"ch recognition as to give It the chairmanship, 'but flio west end should mako a strongdemand for a "now deal."

Kearney Hub: Tho North Platte Telegraph .suggesfs V. C. May of Gothenburg,lato county clerk of Dawson county, fortho, c,'alrraanshlp of the republican statoce,1,.ral ""nmlttcc. Thero is nothing thon,altor w.lth tho suggestion. Mr. May Is

" " "uu 'ui"iin "t nbllity nnd may bo Just tho man thorepublicans havo been looking for to leadtho tight In tho coming campaign.

Schuyler A correspondent of one ofour exchanges thinks tho republicans coulddo not better nomlnato LorenzoCrounso for governor this yoar. CrounsoIs a good man an honest man. Homade a first-clas- s governor before,Sun bellovca party should nomlnato anew man. It matters not much what walkof llfo he comes from, but ho must boclean, capable, honest and energetic. LetIt bo new blood all mound this fall.

Grand Island Journal: Sonne people arotalking that A. K. Cady of St. Paulbo a good name to put nt the of the re-

publican stato ticket. If all tho peoplo Instato knew Cady ns Is known In this

as a business man they would bo unan-imous for him and the stnto wouldwhnt It very badly needs, a business manrather than a politician for Its chief execu-tive. Tho Journal doubts very muchMr. Cady would a candidate under nnycircumstances, 'but it ho should no repub-lican would havo any good reason for with-holding loyal support.

Island Independent: There Is muchat stake in this stato this year, politically,nnd republicans should begin early in thomatter of organizing for the campaign. Thocall for tho stnto convention necessitatesof course an early county cunventlon,It would appear to bo a good Idea to selecta county central committee, not too hastily,yet tho very first thing. It is one of thomost Important things the republicans oftho county havo to do. Thero Is sontlmcntin other counties even toward having onlyone convention for tho selection of delegatesto the state convention und tho nominationof candidate! for local ofllces.

Emerson Kuterprlso: Wo aro pleased tonotlco favorablo notices which tho can-didacy of our "Mac" is receiving from thepress of thlB district. When wo realizethat congressional timber of tho very bestquality flourishes in Dixon county thatan old-tim- e resident of Kmcrson Is beingearnestly supportod nil over tho "Big Third,"It is a source of gratification to us, "Mac's"splendid record as a member of the Ia3t leg-

islature and his service to tho party In thelast campaign entitle him to this greathonor. candldato can bo nominated whowill lnfuso moro enthusiasm Into cam-paign this or will mako a strongercandidate before people. Hurrah for

J. J. McCarthy!Dakota City Eaglo: Quite a. few news-pape- rs

aro bringing out the name of D. E.Thompson of Lincoln as an available personto bo chairman of tho coming republicanstate central committee Mr. Thompsonhas reputation of bolng a great or-ganizer and leader, and one that not onlyInspires confidence, but admiration. Com-ing to Nebraska a poor boy less twentyyears ago, by hard work and carerul atten-tion to business ho Is today recognized asono of tho state's foremost citizens finan-cially. Ho is generous, courteous, affable,gentlomanly nnd always a republican,

being full of life, vigor and ambition.Is Just tho kind of a man that toat tho of tho republican organiza-

tion this yoar.Tobias Gazotte: Tho manly fight made by

Hon. E. H. Hinshaw two years ago for thooffice of member of congress from this dis-trict and tho cutting down of the fusionmajority of nearly 2,000 to a trlflo over 600,aro of themselves sufficient evidence thattho republicans mado no mistake In havinghim nB their candidate. The Gazette wouldllko to sco him nominated again this fall, forwe verily bellevo that ho will bo elected.

mado a clean canvass, without antago-nizing anyone, except our enemies. He alsomado many friends who will fight if need

for hls eIccton. Prom ftll tlie dgtrlct comes tho word a man never wasnominated for congress that, bnd so fewthings that could be said against HoIs a clean, able man would representhis constituency while at Washington in amanner which they would bo proud nndto their credit. Tho Gazette, voices tho sen-timent of tho peoplo of tho district when Itsays that E. HlnBbaw should bethe nominee of tho republicans for con-gressman.

St. Paul Republican: Speaking of theI right man for chairman of tho republicanstato committee thin year, what's tho mattor with Senator Orlando Tefft of Avoca?Very few people realize tho handicap underwhich Mr. Tcfft worked last Ho waschosen after K. J. Hairier, who had beenregularly clectod, had declined, and ho hadless than thirty days in which to mako thocampaign. Even In thnt very limited tlmo

succeeded In perfecting a fairly efficientorganization and it Is very probable iftho campaign had lasted two weeks longerresults would havo been different. Tho Re-

publican happens to know that since elec-tion Mr. Tcfft has taken pains to keep Intouch with tho situation and has dons much

Wm nftor tho ..BCCOn(l UaU0" has beenf , , and won

NEW WUSTUItN COAL FIKLIIS,

InilMirliinee of Dlneovrry InDnkoin ( omiiIj-- , elirimUii,

Chlcatro Tribune,Tho discovery of coal ln Dakota county,

Nebraska, confirms tho opinion of geologists,who bellevo that tho ontlro west is under- -

with extensive coal measures. These"e as yet but si ght y developed. In Ne- -brilB aat 'cnr' r ,,n,tane; "l" coal pro:

i duct on was only discovery ofdeposit,i therefore, means much

foUa manufacturing Industries, Little wasknQwn of tho wostern coa, flo,dg , lg80(

aml tne conau8 tnat year has practicallynothnB to say of thorn. Slnco then, however,, - h(1-.- n thnt tho most extensive)

coa flcjd j the country Is that west oftho Mississippi, south of the forty-thir- d

parallel, east of tho Rocky mountains,u Is embraced within the states of Iowa,Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas,

holds 'hard work in order hat his auoecuor mayother, by tho wlro in tho cable

bo cal to meet tholedwill signal the location of the t upon dlsorgani-Boers- ?

ton last year's campaign"""e athen fired butTho Boers are upon,os tig fight from tho start. Sonatbr Tefft

they take she or and aro wally un. preliminary work right nowbanned. I vtaUcd a commandcDrlng ofll e,

mlcem Nob fcft next fwhere tho burghers men of all ages.

n8from 15 to 80. No unl arm. rough clothes, contlnufd ln omcei

felt bats, but resolute men. proud towefo can (Jo moro emc)ont work han

carry a gun in the service theirQ man ,css fnralllar wlth tl)0 BtuatIon nnd

loved llttlo country. Tho burghers, unless .. ,,,,charging, fight

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is the faithful senti-nel. It tells of theapproach of cons-umption, which haskilled niore peoplethan war and pesti-lence combined. Ittells of painfulchests, sore lungs,weak throats, bron- -

cmtis, ana , pneu-monia. Do not suf

fer another dny. It's use-s- .Ties for there's a prompt

and safe cure. It Is

Pectoralwhich cures fresh colds and coughsIn a single night and masterschronic coughs and bronchitis ina short time. Consumption is sure-ly and certainly prevenfed, andcured, too, If taken in time. A 25c.bottle for a fresh cold ; 50c. sirefor older colds; $1 size for chroniccoughs and consumption.

' I always keep a bottluof Arer CherryIVetoral on hand. Then every tlmo t getcold I takoa llttlo of Itnnd I am lifttoratonce." James O. Ilcqtron,

Texas nnd tho Indlnn territory. The mostextenalvo operations carried on within thedistrict nro in Iown nnd Missouri, und tlioproduction of tho mines Increases year byyear. Tho Pennsylvania coal fields nro muchsmaller, yet nt present the Pennsylvaniamines yield one-ha- lf of tho coal ralseJ totho surface In America. Whllo tho westernfields mentioned nro ten times nB great inarea, their production Is relatively unimportant. One reason why tbo western llclilinre uudovctnpcd is that they underlie rlcbagricultural soil. As tho prlco of coal landidoes not decrense, tho farmer does not lostby waiting, but as tho demand for coal In-

creases even tho poorer fields will ho de-

veloped. Kurnpo may bo In danger of a coalfamine, but thero fa no such danger ln thowest.

.SMILING III2MA.1IKS.

Detroit Journal: "Jngson always hiresa drcsa suit to get drunk lu!

"Curious notion I

"Oh, I don't know! It's cheaper thanpaying a lino In polico court!"

Indianapolis Journal: "Tho coon ong,"said tho musical boarder, "has about runIts race."

"Moaning. I presume, the African rnce?"nslted tbo Cheerful Idiot.

Detroit Journal: If tho fools were nildead. It would be loss easy to get rich, buton the other hand, llrst clnss genealogieswould uo cheaper to buy.

H'arper's Bazar: Mrs. Chugwnter Joslah,I bcllovo thin bill Ih ii counterfeit.

Mr. Chugwater What do you know aboutcounterfeits?

Mrs. Chugwnter I know this hasn't theregular tobacco smell.

Harper's Bazar: Mrs. 'Wlnterbloom Ifeel better now that I've snubbed thatJones woman,

Mrc. Pcterkln Do you think It disturbedhor'

Mrs, Wlnterbloom Oh. yes. Why, shetold a friend of mlno thnt sho didn't no-tice it at nil.

Indianapolis Press: The Artist Isn't Itperfect !n expression?

The, Critic Perfect. You hnve evencauxht her look uf disgust at tho .sinejlof pulnt. ,

Chicago Post: "He insulted me," said tholegislator.

"Indeed?" returned the plain citlze-n- "Of-fered you money. I suppose."

"Oh, It wasn't that," replied the legislator,"but ho underestimated my price."

Chleaim Post: Tho young man of liter-ary Inclinations had confided to a friendtho fnct that It was his purpose to wrltn nnovel.

"And whnt kind of a. novel do you Intendto write?" ho was nsked.

"A successful one, of course," he replied.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tommy Say,paw.

Mr. Klgg Well?"What Is a kopjo?""A kopje Is a placo where tho British

stopje, nnd It generally hns a Boer or twoon topje."

Washington Star: "Of course, you will ad-

mit that success cannot Invnrlnhly bemeasured hy pecuniary standards," aldtho gentle theorist.

Senator Sorghum looked dazed for a mln-ul- o

and then answered:"If you mean tho man who hns the most

money occasionally falls to get tho mostvote, I'll ngreo with you "

"lions."Wallace M. Bayllsa In Denver nopuallcnn.

(With apologies to Kipling.)Oh, yer'vo dono n hloomln" (hlng.

Ain't ynr, Bobs?And we'll all yer praises sing,

Bully Bobs!How yer captured nil them BoersJust ns easy ns yer Hiiores,Or yer boss a set of fours,

Bully Hobs!

Yer'vo rovengwl Mnjuba HillAin't yer Bobs?

Yet yer 'aven't drunk ynr 1111,

'Avo yer Bobs?Yer the man thnt eat 'em upTook four thousand at a gulp,Licked 'em like yer'd lick a pup!

Bully Bobs!

Fifty thousand men was nil.Wu'n't tt Bobs?

To mako that bloomln' Crnn.to crnwl,Wa'n't It. Bobs?

And yer did It easy too,Though It took two weeks, 'tis trueStill, yer licked m through nnd through

Bully Bobs!

Oh. yer did It easil- y-Bully Bnbs!

And ycr'll enpturo KImberley.Won't yer Bobs?

And yer'll do U all so slick,,llltli limn,- - 4tu uuci r i?,ift

By tho way yer'll do the trick,Won't yor, Hobs 7

All England's proud thpso daysBeally Bobs,

And they're slngln' of yer praise,Dear old Bobs?

And the Tommies u are glad'Cnuso yer licked the, Boors so badAnd they say yer'rn "JiiHt tho lad!"

Bully Bobs!

THE FAT INthe food supplies warmthand strength ; without it thedigestion, the muscles, thenerves and the brain arcweak, and general debilityfollows. But fat is hard to di-

gest and is disliked by many.

5c5t&&mukicrLsupplies the fat in a formpleasant to take and easyto digest. It strengthens thenerves and muscles, invig-orates mind and body, andbuilds up the entire system.

(oc. lnd li.oo, all drurrliU,SCOTT IXJWHt, Ck.uum, New Y