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THE OMAITA DAILY BEEyfflrUUSDAY , AUGUST 10. 1893. THE DAILY Ii UOSKWATKU , Killlor rUN..t HKl. KVKUY MOUSING. TKHM8 oI'HUIISimtPTION. Dally lleoufllbout Sunday ) Ono Ynar. . IB 00 Dully nml fuiidny , Onu Your . 1000 KlJtSiontln . * 00 Three. Months . 2 60 Furnlny lice , Onn YrAr . ? 00 But nnmy Hen , Onn Year . > 1 60 Weekly lice , Ono Your . 1 00 OITIOK.3. Oliinlin.Tlin Hot ) Illllldltig. Hfiulii OniMlm , corner N anil 26th Street * . I'omiiMl llliirr.s , 12 1'rnrl Htroot. riili > iii ( unii'u , 317 Ulmn.ber of Commerce. N \v York , Itooms 13 , 14 and ID , Trlbuno Ilulldliiit. Washington , 51.1 l-'ourtpenth Street. COKKKHl'ONDKNOR All rnmtiiunlcatloiis relating to news and rdltfirlul matter liotild bo addressed : To tlio Kdltor. IUTSINEP3 l.KTTKUS. All husliK'Ks letters nml remtttancns slinuld 1 ! Addressed to The llp I'ubllslilnR romu ny , Oninlm. Drafts , chocks mid iiostollleo orders to lie mnde payable to the ordur of tlio com pany. Turtles leaving the rlly for the siimmor ran 1m vo Till ! HKR SI-HI tn lliulr address bjr leaving an order nl this olllc.'o. TUB 1IBB . mil.IHIIINO COMPANY. ' SWOUK STATKMKST OK CIUCULATIOH. 8lMi"of Si'lirnnh.1. I Ootintyof DoiiKlan. f _ _ . Ororei- . T/wlmck.BPCri'tnryot Titn Hr.r. Pub- lIMiliiit company. ( lo-'H Roleim.lynwnArlh.il the nctiml elirnliillon of Tilt : IMll.v HKK for the week ndliiir Auunst n , IBliU , was an follows ! Hnmlay. July : io . so.osr. Monday. July ! U . V3.SIM Tiionday , AiiiruAl 1 . -3-iS' ? WMlncwwy. AiKriiHt ' - ' . . . . . ' . " ' i' ! ! ThurMlav. AinniHl : > . IKI.TfU Friday. Atlinint I . , . 23,780 Saturday , Ancuat 5 . S4.561 OKOIIDK n. TzscmtcK. i . SWOHN to before me nnd mibtcrltxM In I SKAl , liny IIIX-HCIICD thin nth day of Anirust , 1BU3. ' , ' N. 1' . KEII. . Notary Public. 'I'liitint In Clite.ii : ! ) . TUB DAILY and KUNttAV HKP. Is on sale In Chicago nt tlio following places : I'nlmer house. Hraml I'nrlllo hotel. Auditorium hotel. IJrpiit Northern liotul. ( lore holol. I.elitnd hnlel. I'llos of TIIK Hr.K ran bo sonn at tlio No- bni.skii building nnd the Administration build Ing , Imposition ground * . rii-riilatlon lur .lul.r , 1HICI , 4IC8 ! TUB prospect of equalized brltlgo tolls 'i luivo DAVIU H. HIM. nnd his llttlo bill nro to bo found topothor in the coiiffroa- Blonitl buhl lieatl row. THE plentiful multiplicity of bills pro- Bontod to congress must remind its inombcra of the roenrrinj , ' advent of the llrst of the month. . Kuitoi'i- : has inoro to fear from cholera UHH your than from war. All the armed hosts of tlio Triple Alliance cannot oppose - pose the jiiTfjrossof tlio Aftiatic sconrgo. Tun iirogram of the Nebraska Breeders muot , now boing- hold in this city , io one that cannot but bo attractive to those who are interested in turf ovonts. PITIIUC opinion in general inclines to commend the straightforwardness and simplicity of the president's ' message. What now intercuts the country is how soon congress will acquiesce in his recommendations. A S/'ECiAFj / agent of the Agricultural department Is going to Europe to try to induce the brewers there to make HBO of corn in brewing their boors : Better go all the way at a loan nnd push the con sumption of the corn jttico pure and un- doflled. THE friends of the old-fashioned wild cat currency lost no time in offering a bill for tlio repeal of the law imposing a tax on state bank issues. The frantic Bilonco which followed the introduction of the bill is a pretty sure earnest of its reception by the conservative thinking people of the country. THE action of the Lohigh Valley di rectors in canceling the lea-so of that road to the Heading is just as much a surprise as was the original leasing. That those momentous changes are con tinually occurring in the railway world betokens the unstable condition of the existing railway situation. THE republican members of congress lave by all odds the host end of the lilvor fight. They are in a position tc practically dictate the terms of the final settlement of the money question anil this fact is a Htilllciont guarantee thai the interests of the country will not be endangered by unwise legislation. THE railroad managers feomplain ii their injunction petitions that at .1 conti per mile their passenger trnlllc does no' ' pay expenses. They neglect to inforn their court just how much their pajson gor receipts nro cut down by reason o the pass books hold by the blue-shir brigade along about .convention time. WE HAVE a stalk of Nebraska con bearing four undeveloped ears. It wa cut from n growing iiold in Wnshingtoi county which it is estimated will yioli eighty bushels to the aero. Corn is no\ worth US conts. This explains why th farmer Is so much better otT than an.v body else in those days of business do pression. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DETROIT receives per cent intores for the city money on deposit in a ] proved local banks. The deposits nr placed with thu highest responsible bit' dors and are secured by adequate bond * Furthermore there is real compotltlo among Detroit banks to secure th money. Omaha might learn a IOBBO from Detroit. TiiEltE are evidences in sight to load fair-minded man to the conclusion the the State Hoard of Transportation incur to support the attorney general in h olTorts to defend the right of the state I regulate freight rate tolls. It is hope that the b : > urd will make Its full inlet and purpose manifest and that it wi lend the attorney general all uossib aid in the impending contest. rtlU'KKSEN'TATIYB MliHCKK was quot ( In THE HUB'S Washington dispatcht yesterday as being much displeased wi the president's message. Incidental he said : "Tho president closes his me page with a bound by suggesting a r peal of the purchasing clause of the t called Sherman law , without giving ai .doilnlto reason therefor. " Wo suggc that Mr. Mercer road the message. ' our mind , about nine-tenths of the doc inont covered definite reasons for ropoi The question whether the uncondi tional repeal ot the silver purchasing provisions of the Sherman act will fully restore financial confidence is one which it may bo palely assumed is receiving very general consideration. There are certain obvious effects whloluropoal will produce. It will establish" confidence at homo and abroad in thecontlnucdsound ness and stability of our currency. With the stoppage of silver purchases by the government there will bo removed all reason for doubting the ability of the covornmont to main tain the currency parity , of gold and silver. Unquestionably tills would bo an important aid to the restoration of con fidence. It would probably put an end to so much of the depletion of gold as Is represented by the return of American securities and it would also doubtless induce a return of foreign capital to this country for investment. Largo amounts of European capital have been with drawn from the United Slates within the past year or twonnd the olTor of high rates of Intoreat failed to call it back. There can bo no reasonable doubt as to the explanation of this. It was duo to the fear of foreigners that the country was drifting to a silver basis , and that their investments would thereby bo imperiled. With the aban donment of silver purchases by the gov ernment this fear will vanish and for eign capital will again bo attracted horo. Those wholesome conditions are cer tain to follow the ropaal of the silver purchasing provisions of the Sherman act , but something more is needed. Will repeal begot , on the ono hand , that popular confidence in the banking institutions of the country which will lead the people to restore to the banks the millions of money that huvo been withdrawn and are now in hiding , and on the other hand induce the banks to adopt a more liberal policy toward the business com munity in the matter of extending credits ? Everybody who can take an intelligent and practical view of the sit uation understands that it is not a scarcity of currency , but rather a re striction of credit , that is the prime cause of the financial distress. Mak ing the most liberal allowance for the amount of currency held out of circula tion by hoarding , there is still money enough to transact the business of the country for which money is ordinarily used , but there is an enormous contrac tion of credit nnd this it is that is doing the mischief. e Will the stoppage of silver purchases by the government give relief in this direction ; ' This is a pertinent question which no ono can answer with any cer tainty , though tlio probabilities are in favor of the assumption that the pro posed change of policy regarding silver will tend to a general restoration of con fidence. IJIK TiiANSPKit Mi'rrc/f IAW. The transfer switch law wont nomi nally into olToot on August 1. But tin one as yet has'heard of the erection o ! any such switches by the railroads as are enjoined by the statute or even ol any move on the part of the railroads of this state indicating that they in tend to obey the law. The results con templated by the legislature are at the present moment no nearer attainment than before that body convened. The c.iso then which Mr. , T. S. Dart bring ; before the State Board of Transporta tion to secure the benefits of the now law will very shortly bring the mattot to the front and show the public wlmi attitude the railways propose to assume in relation to the duties thus imposed upon them. The purpose of the Paokwood bill ii briotly this : It reqniues all railroads ii the state touching at common points 01 at some near point , where freight is received coived and delivered , to build and main tain switches lor their common use it transferring freight in carload lot : from ono line to the other. It aim ; furthermore to compel thorn to forwan such freight by the shortest line between tweon the points of consignment. Am this is to bo olTccted by giving a throng ! \\aybilltothoplaoo of destination , foi which no greater amount is to b charged than the sum of the local rates which charges are to bo apportionoi pro rata according to the mileage c the dilToront railways over whoso line the freight is transported. The ad vantages accru'ng to the shipper ar that his freight goes by the shortest utn quickest route nnd that the charges ar based on the lessor mileage. Another feature of the law is the prc vision by which any railroad may secnr practical immunity from its burdens b showing to the satisfaction of the Slat Board of Transportation that the coi Btructlon of the contemplated transta switch is unusually burdensome and coi : seqnently unjust and unreasonable. Th penalties do not attach until the ox pin tion of sixty days from the time the la1 goes Into force , so that private- rights c action cannot accrue for some months t come. Before the end of the sixty day is in sight wo may expect to BOO over road , which is crossed by any other rai way in this state , apply to the railrou commissioners for exemption from tli provisions of the law. It amounts the simply to this , that the rosponsibllil for the enforcement of this law res1 i with the State Board of Transportatlo How it will consider tlio cases brougl before It will arouse no llttlo public ii torcst when the time comes for it to at BUSINESS is dull. Everybody kno\ that. But trade conditions * in Omni have not fallen to that depth of weukno reported in other cities west , north ai south. Surrounding Omaha is a va territory producing abundant , divert iled crops , the product of which is weal dug out of the earth. Heroin lies tl hope of this metropolis. No other ci in the west is BO adequately fortllli against commercial disaster or collap of values. In Colorado the mines ha supported the trade of Denver ; in Ml nosota , wheat Is the crop upon whh the trade of that state depends ; in N braskii , corn is the staple. The mini ) industry of Colorado is all but mine the wheat crop of Minnesota is , eompi ntivolyspeakinga failure. The corn or of Nebraska is unprucedonteclly lur In other words , conditions are such this state that trade may bo expected to rapidly revive titular favorable financial legislation. KQVA t.lZt.I ) UltltMK TUl.LS It Is now announced that all consid eration of the application of Omaha manufacturers and jobbers for equalized tolls over the Missouri river bridge at this point has been indefinitely post poned. The local shippers have for years been agitating the abolition of the discriminating differential by which Iowa merchants are enabled to compote with thorn on favorable terms In their territory while- they have been almost shut out of the Iowa field by reason of the unjust railway charges. When the Commercial club took the matter up a few weeks ago and pushed it so ener getically it seemed for a short tlmo that the railways wore inclined to listen to Its demands and to yield to thorn so far as they are well grounded. The failure of the Western Freight association at Chicago to take any action In the matter leaves Omaha jobbers to plod along as best they can , handicapped now as they have always been. The reason assigned for maintaining the bridge toll is unsatisfactory in every particular. There was no proposal to lower rates on transmlssouri shipments , but simply to equalize thorn. The bridge toll and the local rates under the maxi mum freight rate law have no connec tion whatever. The former should not bo alTootcd by the complications that have arisen ever freight rates within the state , especially since those compli cations are solOly of the railways' own making. The Omaha merchants should not lot the matter drop. Persistent action and unceasing olTorts must even tually secure an equalization of the bridge tolls. TAKIFV AS A DlSTVIUllSa CAUSE. President Cleveland plainly implied in his message that ho recognized the fact that silver is not the only cause of the prevailing financial distrust and business depression. This language from the message is significant : "It maybe bo true that the embarrassments from which the business of the country is suf fering arise as much from ovlls appre hended as from those actually existing. We may hope , too , that calm counsels will prevail , and that neither the capi talist nor the wage earner will give way to unreasoning panic and sacrifice their property or their interests under the inlluenco of exaggerated fears. " Fur ther on in the message the president refers to turitT reform as having lost nothing of its immediate and permanent importance , but it seems a fair inference from the above quotation that ho in tended to convoy the assurance to the country that there is no reason to up- prohond , so fat" us the administration is concerned , any dangerous departure from the fiscal policy of the nation. There is warrant for this view in the fact that Mr. Cleveland has not at anj time since his nomination indicated the least sympathy with the declaration ol the democratic national platform ugainsl the policy of protection. In his Madi son Garden speech , when ho was in formally notified of his nomination , IK said that the democratic party .was no a party of destruction , thereby imply ing that the industries of the countn wore in no danger of being destroyed it the event of the success of that party There was not a word in his inaugura address to show that ho meant to carr ; out the demand of the platform for tlu abandonment of the policy of pro tection. In that address ho rooognize ( the obligation to reform the tarilT , bu not on the lines laid down by the ox tromists. "Whijo there should bo in surrender of principle , " said the pros ! dent , "our task must bo undertaker wisely and without heedless vindictive ness. Our mission is not punishment but the rectification of wrongs. " It i highly pn.bablo that Mr. Cleveland ha become more strongly convinced sine his advent to oflicb than before that th democratic policy proposed at Chicag cannot bo carried out without the mos disastrous cDnsoquoncos to the businos interests of the country. If ho Isacarofn student of current events ho must real r/.o that the apprehension with regard t the possible course of his party in rohi tion to the tarilT has no small inlluonc in producing the state of affairs whit : everybody deplores , and for tho-correi tion of which the stoppage of sllvc purchases by the government will nt bo all-sulllciont. The munufacturot of the country uro practically unanimoi in saying that the closing of mills an factories and the curtailment of prodin tion are mainly duo to fear regardin what tlio party In power may do in tli name of tarilT reform. It would have been well if the proa dent had with moro directness assure the industrial interests of the cotinti that they need not fear a dostrncth change in the tarilT , but what ho did K : ought to have a beneficial oll'cct , at very likely will have , though It will 1 v impossible to remove all uncertain nnd apprehension until a measure 0 tarilT revision Is reported which wi unmistakably show how far the party power is disposed to go in a dopartu from the policy of protection. THE apparent anxiety of the dom cratlc members of congress to avoid n partisan coloring in the discussion of tl silver question is ono of the most r froshln' , ' features of the extra sosalo And yet it is not certain but that mat democratic members will thomsolvi force the partisan issue. Bland is po : tivo that the democratic party is tl , 'fl friend and solo advocate of free silvc in Mr , Bryan Is equally positive that h id party is the especially ordained chat ida a plon of the free silver policy. Both go tlemen are men who do not hesitate ih express their convictions in no iincu h tain phrases , and they are perfect 10 willing to fasten free and unlimited s 10y ver coinage upon the financial policy id _ the United States and claim a partis ; credit for so doing. ; o i- A MEMIIEU of the House of Comma ih assorts that the necessity for the rope o- of the Sherman sllvor purchase law m oJ bo traced to the recent action of t J , British government in India upon t r- silver question. The stoppage of Indi ; ro. silver coinage no doubt had a depress ! o. effect upon the bullion market , but t in domuuil for the ropoul of our silver pi clifiso law is of much longer standing. The evil effects ] ( > ! tliat law have been becoming dally moro visible for many months and its repeal was only a matter of tlmo , whatever the course of Euro pean govornmoiUjnnlght have been so long as they continued in their refusal to join in the movement for international .bimetallism. - IF TUB governors of the different states rolleot thcr Opinions of their con stituents , the canvass made by the Now York Jlcruld of the attitude of thirty- six state executives' toward the Sherman sllvor purchase law Is very significant. The results secured are : For uncondi tional repeal , 11) ; for conditional repeal , 11 ; against repeal , 2 ; noncommittal , 4. This Is probably an approximate repre sentation of the relative standing of the whole country. THE proposal to have the World's fair continue for another year does not moot a very hearty reception at the hands of those most closely interested in it. The directors have evidently had enough of their thankless task , while the stockholders have given up their hopes of financial profit and are now willing to lot well enough alono. THE World's fair directors have finally decided to ask for a dissolution of the injunction which forbids them to close the gates on Sundays. Why did they not do this before they disobeyed the order of the court ? Those who wore fined for contempt are probably wishing that they had acted more prudently. NiiiiltASKA democrats who are appli cants for fcdival appointments would do a profitable turn by clubbing together and hiring Tobo Castor to stay right in Washington until the last republican has made his exit. The .Sltmitinu Aptly Clmnicturliod. //iII < t < Icf ] > Mu Itrcnrtl Inventor 1-Mlxon hus partially shut down his phonograph works at OraiiRO , N. .T. , for the ronson , as bo has quaintly snld , Uml "tho proprietor thereof , sueitiK the country hiis rusolvod Ksulf into a national lunatiu asylum , decided to wait till tlio wave sub sided somewhat. " Tlioso words aptly characterize the situation , so far us con cerns tlio ravings of silvur Ilatists in the west or the equally irrational behavior ol timid investors in the c.ist. Domner-itin Dodging In Iowa * Clttcaan lnti Ocfiin. Governor Uoius of Iowa shrewdly pro poses to cschov/ national politics , knowing full well that tin ) democratic party lias no show of sue-cess this year except upon puroli local or slue issues. 15ut the governor will find that business interests hnvo more claln : upon public attention than Uiu minor qucs lions , "to beer or not to bcur , " which lit scoks to place at tlio front. Very natur ally , in view of the threatened collapse ol industries resulting- from their success , tlu democrats are Just now anxious to change the subject , but tlio policy of evasion and avoidance will not work. Governor Boies will bo confronted b.v a condition resulting from democratic theories , and oven that olc bottle of Dutch sugar , which ho carried in the campaign of 1SUJ , will not save his part ) in this year's campaign. No artful dodging will avail. I'lvo .Months of Dninacrncy. ' ZJenrcr 7tr.nblfraii. ; Just five months- ago the republican partj turnoil the government "t the United States over to the democratic party , and thechangi in the business affairs of the country whiol has occumjii in that' "Miuf poriqd cannot t > < cuunlcd in tht > entire previous history of tin nation. Then all our business interests wen prosperous and the outlook for good limes ii the future was bright. Now all classes fron capitalists to coal heavers nro complaining of hard times , falling markets , closin ; factories and mills , failing banks'lo3sunini railway truffle and starving labor. Wo di not claim that all theao grout changes an duo to the stibstltulion of democrats for re publicans in the control of our government but it cannot bo doubted Unit the pulitica revolution which the majority of volorj du creed lasl November has had a great dea lo do wllh tlio business revolution which ha 30 closely accompanied it. Tlio L'oni.ii . ! ; ItiLiiii. Hero we liavo a nation of 07.000,000 of poc pie , the richest , the bosl fed , Iho lies clothed , tlio best housed and the best pro viiled tno world has ever seen. Our con sumption per capita of tlio good things o this world is greater than that of any othe people. Wo buy moro and tiso moro thu : anybody else on the face of the earth , anil what is moro , wo are abundantly able to d si. Now , wo are going to live well this fall Just as wo have heretofore dono. There ma ; bj some enforced economies fora time in thi or that locality , but what will that amoun to in the average of domestic exchanges np grcguting during the season of active deal ings moro than $100,01X1,001) ) . elnilv ? Tim average will not bo much below that ligur after September 1 , no matter what congrcs may do. Wo shall want about $100,000,00 worth of ono thing or another every day i tlio wco'.c ' except Sunday , and it is to b hoped that the manufacturers , merchant and forwarders will bo all ready and \vo prepared to aupply our demands. g G.imi ) to I'l iy. JViir/ol/i / Ji > .ini'il. The railroads are evidently attempting I play a very liirp : game in regard to tli maximum freight rule law , but it is one tlu is fraught with great danger to tliomsolve After a pretense at being willing to give tli new law a trial on its merits , at the lai moment suits wt-ru broucrlit in the naino < stockholders to enjoin the railway managoi from putting the now rates in force , thus I olfect abrogating the law until tlio pundii : suits snail bo adjudicated and the co stitntionality of the la'w settled. Tl plan is a very shrewd ono , and wl have tlio cll'ect of saving the paymoi of the lines imposed by tlio new la for failure to comply with it , while It a roinpllshen the same object as if the ra ways had set the law at defiance. It may ! two years before the litigation ends , fi suits liavo been brought before Judge Ound whose decisions all show an Inclination to belief that tlm railways are private co corns not amenable to Htato control. Tl railroads will llnd , however , that delay all they can hope to gain by the new mov and that while they may chock for a tin the onward march of the sentiment In fav of state control of froiKlil rates , they cnnii thwart its ultimate triumph. The people Nebnijlca uro not in the light for a day lor u year , but for nil time to como , and t day of Judgment for tliu misuse of power ' piB-headud railway-managers is us cortn to dawn as that the stars will hold tin coursu in the heavens. Mlnneajfiltt Times , From Indiana cnHsro/uU / nnd from Texas' lo uxnuniu , They itru KathurliiK , nro gathering , thoto ( purU of Ilimncii. ' " ' From l.uultliina'H low bayous and from L'i furnla's hlioroi They urn plklnx to the stations , by , Tluiy tumhlu froir the Rockies , they drip fri out thu Hoods , They K'lthur from thu prairies , they hus from the woods ; They coino In tijuuds and companies , gatln lug brlKadua From northern plnu wood * como they , a from uvorgladus , All sorts and kinds of stntotmon are In t motluy thronir , is All aorta anil kinds of whUkeri thuy llliow brlii ) ! along , il All bortn anil kinds of notions through tli middle * MI. j i , , * , For every kind of statesmanship are all t 10 peoplu paying. Thuy gather from the cast and they gatl 10 from tlio son tli ,11 And thuy gutliur from thu west whore tl gather mostly mouth , They are plunging on lo Washington to at 10 tliU blesiod land ; 10r If thuy don't , tliun noit oloctlon we'll bust t r- blviiaoU baud. I'liUl'Ml . \ Tltl.tUS. No poUIfoffRlng. No p.trty domination I The Maryland ponch crop Is harvested and Is nn abundant ono. Hring on your confl * donco. The country Is safo. Dosplto Its mnlarlM condition in n busi- IIPS.I sense , public conlldonco in the summer girl grows warmer as the season wanes. Ae-cordlng to domocr.itle testimony Cleve land did not wnlt for tlio ronptil of the dem ocratic platform. Ho repudiates the wig wam utterances. Though tlio event-is not down In Iho bills , the feat of Henry Wattoraon spiking the democratic plat form to Cleveland's bedpost will draw like a house aIIto. What tlio country needs , and that quickly , Is legislation to maintain the painty of tlio hammock. That would restore ns well as facilitate the exchange of conlldonco. Wood cuts of the "wild man of Borneo , " which Harnum scattered among newspaper ofllcos a generation ago. are now doing duty outlining the physiognomy of the Samoan rebel loader. Uo was a patriotic compositor who sot up "waving cornllolds" for "waning confidence" In the president's message. Suoti loyalty to the west is peculiarly refreshing while doubt stalks abroad and financial euro-alls afllict the land. The moral regulators of Indiana received au effective backset with load. Four of the clan whUoeap wont forth at night to punish certain offenders. Their Joint funeral thirty- six hours later lllustr.Uod tlio folly of stick ing olfactories Into other people's ' affairs , Hd ward F. yoarlos , who some ttmo ago gave the Hopklns-Searlos mansion at San Fran cisco to tlio Art association of that city as its permanent homo and agreed to give $3,000 n yo.tr toward Its maintenance , is about to present the association with a mini- bor of valuable paintings as the nucleus of a collection. Huron William von Faber , the only son of naron Toolbar von Faber nnd part owner of tlio world-renowned load pencil factory in Nuremberg : , died In Gorinany a few days ago. Few men hnvo made a greater or moro universal mark In the world's affairs. Ho was consldorato to a degree , leaving an abundance of material wllh which to edit his obituary * Father Vinoz , the eminent Cuban meteorologist elegist whodie'dnt Havana'July 2i ! , was a practical optician and mechanic. Ho man aged and repaired his own machinery , ob served , made his notes and wrote Ins report to the societies with which he was in corre spondence , till by himself. Ills published work on hurricanes contains observations extending over many years. Its scientific value Is recognized by tlio highest author ities. ities.A A pantry groaning with federal plo lends a silent but impressive force to Cleveland's message. It is an emphatic iteration of the Kentucky sentiment : "llu who dallies U a dastard , lit ) who dodges Is damned , " Lot tlio haymakers of the Uocklos brace up and look pleasant , Free coinage is ap proaching. A current Item announces that eastern farmers are coining money out ol hay. They bale it nnd ship it abroad. A handsome granite sarcophagus , crcctctl to the memory of IJarney Hughes , was un veiled at Klmwood cemetery , Memphis , re cently. Hughes began life as a printer , but llnding this an uncongenial pursuit ho en tered and achieved elistlnstion in the Hold ol telegraphy. Ho is the llrst who by touchlnp His tongue to the broken wire could "talio1 tlio interrupted message. For a time bo was chief telegrapher in General Hragg's army , Ho identilied himself with the fortunes ol the south in her struggle , vand on ouo 01 moro Holds was complimented for distin guished services. After the war he as sistea in establishing the overland toleprapl line to Salt Lake City , and was tlio llrsl man to operate a telegraph line from thai western city. AM5II.M.I.V I.V XBH' XUKK , The Noted Onmln. Dlvlno Tells of Hll Souti Amnrlcnu Trip. NEW YORK , Aug. 0. [ Special Telegram ti Tim BEE. ] Bishop John P. Newman o Omaha is in tlio city , having just returnee from his official visit to South America where he made the annual examination inti the condition , of the missions carried oi there by the Motbodtst Episcopal church Ho says : "I found our church has property wortt about STOO.OOO , and from fifty ti 175 men and women engaged ii teaching or preaching. There are 4,00i , communicants , and 15,003 adherents of tin Methodist church. In Duonos Aycros 01 Sunday i saw 2,000 Spanish children nt i Methodist Sunday school taking part in th exorcises of Children's day. The eonstitu lions of the republics , or most of them a least , favor the Catholic church , but th liberal party in most of thorn is opposed to ; union of church and state. Because of th growth of their liberal sentiment , there ar evasions of the constitutional re quirements that tlio Catholic churo ! shall bo the recognized church Two or three illustrations of this occurro during my visit. At Lima I wanted t preach , and on consulting the authorities found that I would not bo allotted to proael In Spanish , but might preach in English. Ii Uruguay I was again confronted by the con stitution , but it was interpreted accordlni to the old maxim that 'What's not forbiddc : is permitted. ' As , the constitution did no specify against the Methodist forms of wet ship , I was allowed to preach. " o SVl't'l.lKl > tt'JTJl 1H'XA311TO. Kuntticky Convicts Oiiuciilvi ) u Il.irlntf Plu to Gain Tlinir Klliurty. FitANKroiiT , Ky. , Aug. U. Another darin attempt among the convicts to blow up th penitoniiary walls and osuapa was discovoro by Warden Norman last night , but detail were made public this time. The principals in the conspiracy were th ' two Hooves brothers and a fellow by th name of Millard , all desperate men , who at serving terms of thirty-one years each ft > blowing up a bank and attempting to but tlio town of Tompkinsville a few ynars agi They had acted suspiciously for son days , and upon investigation the wardc found in their possession two pistols , a hup quantity of dynamite , nltro-glycorlno an other combustibles , and they evidently ii tended to make a death struggle for liber ! - after blowing up the prison walls. Tliu.y iv fused to talk , hut. some of the other priso : ers who claim to have not been in the on : spiracy revealed the plan of attomptc ( . scape. Strict surveillance will bo ke | upon the prisoners , who are sullen and dl appointed over the failure of their sohom A lllX'f J-'JtUJI I'.lltl.l , European BiIKfoii Ar.w Yorh Herald. id x- xII II- IIjn jn in lo ir- 10 lie 10 ) lr ho VISITING TOILET. cr Blue orepon is the material of which tl oy effective visiting costume is fashioned , TO gothur with a volant of bolgo mousselinn ho solo. The pleated collot U of the aauiu i ; erlaL F.4VT.1 AIIOtlT Nll.l'KIt , Trrntmont of thn Whltn Me till liy ttio Nn- tl > n ot thn Wnrll Kdvr nrd 0 , Twitch , recently director of the United States mint , sketches the history of the dothronltig of sllvor during the lust inartor of a century ami Iho reasons thoro- 'or. He says the "clvllUod countries have leclnrpil that , by reason of Its cumbrous * icss , the enormous cniantlty produced nnd -ho violent lluetnatloiis In Its vnluo , sllvor s not III to servo us n mo.isuro of the values of otlior things ; that hereafter ROld shall ho such aiiilanl of value , ami that the busi ness of the world shall ho done with cold money nnd an cnlargod use of Instrument * of credit which nlnotuontti e-cntury civiliza tion hns providotl as substitutes for actual monoy. " This modern oroforonco of gold for silver , says the Chicago Trlbuno. manifested Itself llrst nnd most , strongly among people of the highest civilization ami of the- largest com mercial pursuits. Ono great reason for It was n need for the use of the metal contain ing the greatest valueIn the least bulk , thna making gold the money of comuiere'o. Uro\l : Britain adopted the gold standard In 1S10 for the express reason , as stated In the not of Parliament , that "great Ine'onvonlotico had arisen from both those proelous motnls being concurrently the standard measiiro of value and equivalent for property. " Hxoopt Knglnnd all Kuropo had the silver standard forty years ago nml sliver coins constituted the proat bulit of the money of actual transactions. Today not n mint In Kuropo Is open to the coinage of full debt-paying sllvor coins and the gateways of the Orient 1mvo been closed itguinst.it. Hero Is a brief statement of the successive nets of sllvor coinage suspension : In 187KS , ' ) the Gorman omplro Ind In the modern movement to adopt the gold stand ard , It called hi S257.45I.UOO worth of silver thalers. nnd , in order to procure ) the neces sary gold for coinage purposes , sold S .GKi,7-3 ! ! line ounces of the molted silver at a loss of f t.000,000 , or nearly 10 per cent on Its enor mous stock of silver coins , nil of which had boon in circulation as monoy. It incurred this loss voluntarily ns the cost of placing itself on a sound monetary basis. In ISM I'Yuuco , Italy , Belgium , Switzer land and Greece , the states composing the Untiii union , doulded to stop the coinage of 5-frano silver pieces , these being the only sllvor coins -of full etnbt-pnying power , ami they closed their mints to tho'coinapoof full legal tender silver coins , which has not since been resumed. Thus they practically adopted the gold standard. The Scandinavian countries of Norway , Sweden and Denmark entered Into u mone tary treaty with onoh other In December , 1ST2 , adopting gold ns the solo legal tender standard and making silver subsidiary , to bo coined only for small chr.ngo purpose's. In 1S75 Holland , which was full of silver , closed its mint to the coinngo of silver , thus adopting the gohl standard ; and in April , 1881 , authorized the sale of 25.000,000 silver llorins whenever the state of thu currency demanded it. In September , 1870 , Hussla prohibited the coinage of silver , except such as was neces sary lor the Chinese trado. Three years later the Austria-Hungary empire closed its mints to the coinage of sil ver for individuals , and more recently has adopted the single gold standard. In IS'.H ) Koumania adopted the gold stand ard ami withdrew about 55,000,000 worth of silver coins from ciivulation , which were afterwards sold as bullion at a heavy loss. In the United States silver was practically demonetized nftor 18:14 : ami legally in 187B. In 1S78 , without any silver dollars , with all our currency based on gold , and our stock of golel increasing rapidly and enormously , wo took the ilrst backward stop in the move ment of civilized countries from a sllvor to a gold standard. At the latter date India alone was the grert t absorber o f sll ver.-whero all the surplus silver discarded by Europe gravi tated as naturally as water Hews toward the sea. Its people , mostly very poor and very Ignorant , exchanged the products of their toil for silver bullion , the coina from which answered the barbaric demand for orna ments as well as serving for a medium of exchange. In the lust thirty years the im ports of silver by Indiiv amounted to about f 1,100,000,000 ; and the enormous power of that country to absorb silver undoubtedly has saved the motul from a very much greater depreciation than has taken place in recent years. But India has grown tired ot the absorbing process of a depreciating metal. Two royal commissions were ap pointed , to consider the grave evils and in conveniences resulting to British India from the depreciation of the gold price in silver. Following their recommendations , the free coinage of silver in India 1ms boon stopped. Contrary to the general impression that silver has boon the money of India from re mote generations , it is notmnny years since it adopted the silver standard. The ancient money of the Hindoos was gold. In 1S1M this was supplemented by silver , but cold coins remained legal tender till 1835 , when silver was made the solo standard and gold was demonetized. Yet largo quantities ol gold have been imported there since that time for foreign exchange purposes , the im portation" for the eight ilscal years ending with 1S70 amounting to nearly $ 50,000,000 , though gold is not n legal tender nnd gold coins do not circulate. It may bo added that Holland was on n sil ver basis from 1S47 to 1875 and Austria- Hungary from 1S57 to 1S7U. * The following recapitulation shows the number of nations and pcoplo who have changed their money standard , deciding Ir favor of gold and dropping out silver and moro or loss adopting ROM a the ttnmlnrd of values ; Oerinikiiy , dcmonntlfort ullvor In 1H71-3. contains , people 43.000,000 1'rnncn , Htonpod sllvrr cnliiRRa In 1H74 nnd 1ms filled up wllh gold , , . pcoplo 89,000,000 Itnly , stopped liver coltmRo In IH74 and htis fllle'd up with K"l < l , people 80,000,000 i'lKhini , adopted sold standard ton yoaM HBO. pooplo. 0,000,000 Swllrorland nnd iirovrn , adopted gold standard ton years ago , ptoulo 4,000,000 Scamllnnvlii , deimmetlM'il sllvor In 1872 , pcoplo 10,000,000 Holland , doinoiictljcd silver In 1H70 , ponpln -t.OOO.OOO Austria-Hungary , dotnnnu tired sliver In 1R7U. tilling up wllh sold , people B9.000.000 Koilinanlii , adopted gold standard In 18UO , reoplo B.OOO.OOO Kussiii , stopped sllvor culimiii : In 187(1 ( and IjllllliiK'up with gold , people 100,000,000 llrltlsh 1 ndla , stopped silver coin- nKOln 1HU3 , people U80.00U.UOO Great , llrltlan , ilenumeillr.ml silver In 1810 runl all Its colonies have followed the ( -tample , pcoplo . . . r > 0,000,000 Total , iUXl.OUO.OOJ of people , besides these In Iho United States. The late action by llrlilsh India leaves the United.States ami Moxtcn as the only e-otintrlo.s In the world which continue to p'lrchaso silver and eoiti It Into legal tender money , and Mexican silver vor coinage really cuts no ilgtiro , because ) those e'olns are largely melted down by per sons who use thorn at their bullion value * . * The sllvor dollar , wiifch Is attain n disturb ing clement in the llnanclal prosperity of the country , seems to have had a lot of trouble In Its day and generation , and It is now get ting hack at the United State's treasury with alarming persistency. Some of the facts concerning U are of immediateinter - cst and wilt hear summing up. Here is tlio chronological history of the silver dollar : Authorized to bo coined , act of April 'J , 17DJ ; weight , 41(5 ( grains ; fineness , 81)2.1. ) Weight changed , act of. January IS , 181)7 ) , to t It ! V grains. Fineness changed , act of January 18 , 18117 , to 1)00. ) Coinage discontinued , act ot February IS , 187H. 187H.Total amount coined to February 13 , 18117 , $ soisa8. ; ! Coinage reauthorize. ! , act of February 'JS , 1878. Amount coined from March t , 1878 , to DJ- cemuer III , 1887 , $2-iallS7 ) , ( including $1- 8U7 rocoincd ) . Total amount coined to Ueco.nbor 31 , ISS'.l , * : C,7UiJ'.lS10. , ' The llrst sllvor dollar was put In circula tion in 17'.M. ' "It was a crude design , " says a historian. "On thu obverse or fnco of the coin was im printed the beau of a young lady facing to the right. Her hair was ( lowing to such nu extent that she looked us If taken in a galu of wind. " In 17H ! ) congress stepped in to the aid of. the typical damsel and tied her hair up with a bit of ribbon. ' The fifteen stars were after this reduced to the original thirteen in recognition of thn number of states. In 1S30 the design was again changed , ami the silver dollar bore thu full llguro of ; v neatly-dressed woman in a ( lowing garment. The designer forgot , however , to put in tlm thirteen stars and the coin was soon calle-d' ' In. Any person now in possession of one ot thnso dollars has a valuable souvenir. The now design had thu lady surrounded by tno stars. It was an improvement on Its predecessor , but the air of the female figure was dcllaut anil stiff. The dollar of 183S was the first artlstio piece of silver coined by the United States mint. On April'J2 , 1864 , the llrst dollar having the legend , "In God Wo Trust , " was coined. In 1S7J ! the era of the tradu dollar of ' .100 fineness began. That troublesome dollar ran its erratic course in just live years. In 1878 the liberty dollar made ils appear ance. Miss Anna W. Williams , n teacher in' ' the Girl's Normal school at Philadelphia , sat for the portrait , her prolllo being.then considered the most perfcot obtainable. Her classic features still uecorato the silver dollar. r.i i.v iMiM < fic.ii"/r.s. Texas Rirtliifrs : The physician of "Iwonty years htiinilliig" should huvo u chance to sio down anil mat awhile. IlulTalo Courier : "That play of I.iinkley'ii have any kind of a may" " 1 Bhntild runiui-k ! Uompany boat , thu nudlenco to the town limits by Just ton fe'Ot the llrst place thuy tried It. " Now York Herald : Elmoro Did yon ever sen a company of women perfectly .snout ? Decker Once. Some onu had asked which was the oldest. Philadelphia llecord : "Did I understand yo to say ho was a linguist ? " "No ; I said ho wii familiar with many tongues hu'.s a doctor. Indianapolis Journal : WUiblo II. houms so queer to inn that tliuro should bu auch a thing us fashion In funerals. Wabblo Tliuro Isn't necessarily A funeral Is bound to bo dead right , no mutter how It Ii conducted , Chicago Inter Ocuiin : "That was a very novel oxnorloncH Jaggs had lust night when ho renehuil lioinii. " "Couldn't liml thu keyhole for aiilioni-or more , elf/ " "No , bo was perfectly sober , and had no trouble at all. " , THAT OTIIKIt YOIINO MAN. Sointrelllc Jnurwil. The girl with tlm sailor hat IH nutty and trim and nuat : In nor Mtilof blue She Is fair lo view the st rent. As > ho trips ii-down Sim knows she buwllches mo , lint what does slio earn for that ? Theru's iiiiotlnir young man Involved In thu plan Of the girl with the sailor hat. o LurxostManiifucturors anil Rotation Is d olUlotliluxlu thu World. I 10o o r 10 n. n This eold weather in to idn Reminds us that Christmas is coming , and ny uII" yu before many weeks II" II- will be " IIid wo "showing1 lit ono of the finest lines s- s0 , 0 of new fall goods ever brought" , oto. you know the song. But we'll talk about that later. Wo are now showing some great bargains in boy's and men's light weight suits at such low prices that wo are busy dealing them out. In these times a man wants to make his dollar go as far as possible and for that reason buys his suit of us because it will wear longer and keep its shape better than -any other and ho won't have to bo spending some more silvers before the times get better. Long headed people buy the best cloth ing to be had. Our prices many broken sizes are about half what they used to be. BROWNING KING & CO. tils , . , to- todo do aa-