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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1893)
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Sworn to Ix-foro tno and mitiHorlbcil In my , ( SKA ! , ' - tills IMli il.'iv of Ci'iiu-niber. W1.I. 1 , - _ I K. I1. Full. . Notary Public. j _ - . . Avrrnco Olrmlntliin for All ? . , 180.1 , B4.O7B WK TnNDKit our cmijjt'Htultitlona to President and Mrs. Cleveland nnd also to Miss Ruth. IT LOOKS us if a compromise on the flilvor question wore just rounding into flight. Precisely what was anticipated by THK BKII. TIIK Iowa campaign is opened. The third term candidate has played the overture and there is music in the air all along the lino. TUB fact that more mills and factories resumed operations during the past week thuii wore shut down goes to show that affairs are now well ataried on the moml. BRADSTHKKT'S refers to the past week as "tho third successive wookof improv ing financial conditions. " The march of improvement now promises to bo steady and unchecked. does not propose to bo loft in the rear in tlio matter of supplying the world with revolutions. Republican government in South America is not conducive to stability in administration. SENATOR TEIVLKR can rest assured that the unborn millions will bo able to look out for themselves. What the people now want is that the senate take Immediate action in accordance with the demands of the great majority of the millions of the living. OMAHA people should remember that ihoy will bo expected to keep up their reputation for generous hospitality by appropriate entertainment of the dele gates to the Chiatian Endeavor conven tion , which is to take place in this city the middle of next month. CALIFOUNIANS seem determined to keep themselves amused at the expense of the Chlnoso resident within their tato. In the view of the average Californian - fornian life would not be worth living without the diversion of a little Chinese persecution every now and then. TIIK power which has descended to the House of Lords from n long and stubborn ancestry does not look with favor upon any measure which seeks to diminish its extent or strength. This is the oft- taught lesson now once moro repeated in the vigorous repudiation of the homo rule bill by that body. IT WiLt , bo gratifying news tocitizens of Holt cjunty to learn that President Cleveland has made requisition upon the Mexican authorities for Barrett Scott , their defaulting county treasurer , who decamped to a foreign country to escape the penalties which the law im poses upon embezzlers and defaulters. THE latest in municipal public works is the city telephone syatnin which the city of Glasgow is about to put into operation. A few successful experiments of this kind may servo to bring the tele phone monopolies in this country to their senses and reduce the charge for telephone service in our business centers. J/urjierVi Weekly this week publishes the portraits of the "friends of public welfare" as n companion ploco to the "enomios of public welfare , " which at tracted HO much attention a week ago. It is now'.los * to add that the men in cluded in the last issued nn group are en titled to fuel the moro complimented nof the numhor. They are last but otto least. THK attorney of the impeached state ntllcials Inn at last succeeded in finding ' a lawyer who will play the role of Prick in Douglas county for the vindicated cell house gang. The eminent impeachment attorney is very sly. Flo does not want to show his hand and become a candl- date himself , but , like Artemus Ward , he la williiii ! to socrillco all hid wife's relations in thin war on Maxwell. THE Now York building at tlio World's fair has been donated to the hoard of hitly managcra , who intend to transform it into a museum of women's work. Nebraska has a building upon the World's fair grounds of which no : disposition has us yet been made. There U a slight possibility that the state may secure sonic return from it in the way of I salvage , but if it is to involve ihn state treasury in further oxpoiisa to huvo toit torn down , it may prove of greater ad vantage to look for some one who will Vike the white elephant oil of our bauds. I'OSTAh SAVINGS HANKS. In both branches of congress bills have been introduced Ui establish pohtnl savings hanks nnd there scorns to bo great probability that there will ho leg islation for this purpose by the present congress. The popular demand for postal Ravings depositories is very gen eral nnd there is really no opposition of any account to the proposal to establish them , for the reason that there is nothing worthy of consideration to bo snid against it. If there were no oxpcrlonco with depositories of this kind there might reasonably bo 80H10 hesitation nlrnit entering upon the experiment , but the postal savings bank lias boon an institution in Kuropcnn countries for many years and its usefulness nnd benefits have been most fully demonstrated. No country Hint hiw the system would abandon it , so beneficial is it to the pcoplo. The an nual report of the British postoillce fur nishes highly interesting facts showing some of the advantages of the system. For the year ending December ! U , 181)1 ) , the number of depositors was 8,1)11-IIU ) , about one-fourth of the population of the United Kingdom , and the amount of deposits was nearly $107- 000,000 , earning interest for depositor * , and hotter still , guaranteeing safe keeping , which people of smalt moans care for moat. The English government acts as investor for depositors to the amount ot $25,000,000. On a single day there were as many as 72,8i ( ! ) persons making deposits , who laid by in ono day $700,110. , The daily average number of deposits during the year covered by the report was 2012 ! , and the average daily deposits was $350,000. The English gov ernment encourages habits of saving in children nnd working people. School managers are urged to press this mutter on the attention of tlio scholars and their parents , and the report of the British postolllco estimated that the savings of school children amount to over $300,000 a year. The success of the postal savings sys tem has boon equally satisfactory in other European countries. France adopted thn system twelve years ago and there uro in that country about 7,000 postal savings banks , the average amount of deposits being about 45,000- , 000 francs. Instead of imposing sacri fices on the public treasury the system yields a profit. Italy has had postal savings bunks since 187 ( ! and there has been a steady increase in the deposits from year to year. Belgium has had the system since 1869 , the Netherlands since 18SO , Sweden since 1884 , Austria since 1883 , Hungary sincd 18Si ( , and Russia since 1889. Great Britain instituted the system thirty-two years ago. It will bo seen that all of these countries have given it a most thorough trial , so that long ago the system ceased to bo an ex periment. There is not u single reason why postal savings banks should not bo as great a success in the United States as they are in Great Britain and Franco , and certainly their popular ad vantages and benefits would be no loss. The postal savings bank would become a place of deposit to millions of our people who cannot readily or conveniently reach private savings banks. According to the last report of the postmaster general the average distances of saving. * depositories from postofllcos in tlio several sections of the country are as follows : In the Now England states , 10 miles ; in the middle states , 25 miles ; in the southern states , 3'J miles ; in the western states , 20 miles ; in the Pacific states , 52 miles. While every town has a postolllco there are many towns that do not have a sav ings bank. Bosido.-i the convenience of postal savings depositories to a very large proportion of the people and the incentive which the system would give to thrift among the classes which ought to bo encouraged "to save , there is the prime consideration of absolute security. People who depos Hod their money in postal savings banks would never have to trouble themselves about its safety , whether there were panicky or prosperous times , and they would never have any dilllculty in ob taining their money when they wanted it. They would not got so much for it from the government as from private banks , but they would run no risks. There appears to be a growing popular intorofil in this , subject which it seems very likolj congress will give hood to. FALI , UP A COMlllNtl. Ono of the most rapacious and oppres 1- sive of the combinations which this period of trusts and mjiutpolistic com 1- bines has developed was the so-called "Minnesota Bureau of Goal Statistics , " I'M innocent appearing title for as com plete a mondpoly as was over created. This combine exorcised absolute control of the coal business of the state idle llooccd the public mercilessly. No dealer was permitted to do business un less ho belonged to the bureau and com plied with its regulations. To refuse ito do this was equivalent to going out of business , for the dealer could not got his supplies. The bureau llxod the prloo at which coal should bo sold nnd required all dealers to strictly con form to thin price. It need hardly bj Huld that it wa always much moro than was iiouojjury to give the dealer a fair profit. There was a vigorous and persistent protest on the part of the public against the unscrupulous exaction * of the com bine , and Uut winter the legislature nof Minnesota took the matter in hand. The anti-trust law d.d was strengthened and amplified so that there could be iu question us to its application to this case. At the same time there were organized in Minneapolis and other places citizens' committees for the purpose of lighting the "bureau" by providing coal at a fair price. The monopoly did not aban don the Hold ut once , but with odds so heavily against itsurrondorcould only bo a question of time , and finally it has suc cumbed and gone out of busUioss. Now the coat dealers in Minnesota uro at lib erty to sell to whom and how they please and there is promise that the people will be enabled to buy their coal this winter ut a material reduction from the price they paid hvjt winter. These familiar with the situa tion predict a decline of a dollar a ton , which is understood to bo about thiroxccds of profit charged by the combine. Such a decline would bo n great aggregate1 gain to the pooplo. The suppression of this monopoly is interesting nnd Instruction as an ex ample. It shows what the people can accomplish when they vigorously and earnestly sot about the work of freeing themselves from the oppressive exac tions of the combinations. If the people of Minncsoln had not shown their de termination to refuse to tolerate any longer the robbery to which they wore being subjected it Is not to bo doubted that they would have been moro unscrupulously plundered the com ing winter than they had been , for the toleration of evils of this kind encour ages them to enlarge their demands on the public to the utmut : limit it will bear. The people of Minnesota have done well for themselves in this matter and they have sot an example which can bo commended to people anywhere who are oppressed and robbed by monopoly. trnaiiTKNitcu JIUS/A'/WW / / i-itosi'KUTs. From every trade center In the coun try 0011108 the statement Unit confidence is roturiiing mid that biulnoss prospects are brightening. It is inott wulo.imo in- formation. The actual fnoU are that there is an ample supply of currency everywhere , milla are resuming opera tions , wholesale merchants are getting larger orders and the general movement of trade has materially improved. The exchanges and the markets show that there is a rebound from doubt and gloom and the indications are that the coun try is to oxporionca as sudden a turn for the hotter as was shown in the remarkable recovery of ' 18SI. The signs promise to justify Senator Sher man's characterization of the depression as "tho breeze of an hour. " Financial distrust began to abate im mediately after the action of the house of ropresonatlves in passing the bill to stop the purchase of silver. If the sen ate would dispose of this matter in the same way without further delay the complete restoration of financial con fidence would come at once , but there is little reason to doubt that tlio senate will ultimately concur in the action of the house. There is unquestionably a ma jority of that body favorable to repeal , and it is not to bo supposed that they will submit indefinitely to the qfiorts of the minority to defeat their will. The natural sequence of the financial im provement is moro activity in business. The manufacturing industries , however , are still being operated on conservative lines , and this is likely to continue to bo ) the case so long as the industrial inter ests are kept in uncertainty as to tariff changes. They know that there will have to bo a readjustment ; that much is certain , but until they know upon what basis , they will continue to exercise great care in their operations. In view of this it cannot bo expected that a gen eral resumption of prosperity will take place at once , however plentiful and easy money may become. . Omaha is realizing the brightening business prospect. Our banks are well supplied with money and the volume is increasing. 'Our jobbing houses report a. decided improvement in trado. Hav ing passed through the depression almost unsuathcd , demonstrating' tlio solid character of her banks and 'busi ness houses , Omaha is in a most ad- vantagooiid position to move forward rapidly along tlio road of material progress - gross and prosperity. Whenever cupi- talists olsowlioro are seeking invest t- Lt ments this city will bo able to show , them such evidence of financial and business soundness as few other cities in the country can present. Omaha's record in the depression is unexcelled , and it cannot fail to count strongly in her favor with practical men and to in- crease confidence in the city's future. CltlMtl AND IlKltKDITY. Efforts to account for the regular recurrence - curronco of crime have led to theories which connect it with various other > phenomena of civilized life. On the ono hand wo have the school which says crime is a disease contracted as any < other disease. Wo haven school which : say * ) that man is compelled to commit crime simply by tlio force of his environ ment. Finally wo have a school which lin pays that habitual criminals are born criminals , and that they perpetuate their class by the wolf known rules teof heredity. This school , of which ono branch is culled the school of criminal anthropology , professes to believe that the criminal may bo detected by purely materialistic signs. They have measured his head , his hand , his I'Ot , and huvo endeavored to describe a typo ) as the criminal type of man. And as deductions from their premises they conclude that our modern treatment oyof criminals is all wrong , and that at tempts ut reform must aim at eradicating the criminal typo so as to prevent its ; transmission through the generations as a form of horcuity. Against this recent development of criminology Mr. William M. F. Round , secretary of the National Prison associa tion , makes a most vigorous protest in the current Forum. "I do not believe for ono moment , " ho writes , "that crime is a disease , nor by any necessity the re sult of a disease , though I do believe that it may 1)0 the result of disease in some In- stances. " And again : "I holiove tlint most criminals are criminals because they wish to be criminals ; that they de liberately choose the profession and fol low it go long as its excitements and re wards are adequate to the effort Ihoy make ; and that they can nnd do on it when such rewards are not equal to the effort , or when the penalties are too great an opposing force , or when gainIng - Ing a higher view of life and of thuir own weakness they come to desire the things that make for righteousness and virtue. " Mr. Round thus goes back to the ex ) treme idea of freedom of the will and intondt ; to hold every man responsible for his acts deliberately committed. IIo looks ut crime as a profession to bo weighed by th-so who are starting in life beside the attractions of other pro fessions , and to be chosen by those who expect to make it a paying occupation. The criminal in his view is the sumo physically as other men , though ho may have facilities peculiarly adapted to criminal work. ITo may bo led to com mence hiu career by accidental tu - btuuces , but ho continues iu it solely be cause ho gains &U basy livelihood from It. His children need not become crim inals and will not any moro than the children of lawyers become lawyers or doctors become doctors. Proceeding logically from this diagnosis " nosis , the best uW"to reform the crim inal is to domowjtrnW1 to him that ho can do bolter ! % * being honest. Wo must see to It that punishment follows every crime. Punishinont must bo made severe to counterbalance the allure ments of crime. The criminal must be given a traininjf't1 ! fit him for earning his way and he must bo given an oppor tunity to use Ills acquired knowledge when liis period of sentence expires. For this work Mr. Round thinks that the Elmira reformatory system is the best that has yet been dovlscd , nnd ho advocates Us extension and general adoption. Although Mr. Round repudiates the doctrine that crime is caused by heredity , his recommendations are not HO different from those of the opposing crlmlnologists. If reformatory methods 0C can trace tlioir results through several generations , it will show that tenden cies thought to bo hereditary may bo eradicated. The moro thoughtful stu dents of the subject have nlways recog nized the potency of environment and the disagreement has been one concern ing i the relative importance of environ ment and heredity. The biologists must llrst settle upon their theory of heredity ; its application to the criminal will then become a definite problem. With tlio prospects of n constantly in creasing number of applicants for poor relief during the coming winter * when the resources of chnritnblo institutions all over the country give promise of being taxed to the utmost , people en gaged in charitable work in nil the larger cities are trying to impress upon the minds of philanthropic persons tlio dangers which accompany the in discriminate distribution of relief. What people aim to do when they yield to the prayers of the needy is to assist them during a temporary embarrassment by which they Jiavo been prevented .from supplying their own wants. The intention always is to place the applicant in a bettor position to earn his own living than ho then occupies , nnd unless such is tlio result , the object of the charity is so far unattaincd. Any gift , howcVer small or insignifi cant , which tonds'tb reduce the recip ient to the piano ofi chronic pauperism becomes rather un.ovil than a benefit to society. That indiscriminate alms giv ing does have this 'effect is the unani mous verdict of.all who have care fully investigated the subject. A man prominent in the'-work ' of organized charities has recently said' that "No greater harm can1 bo done both to the various chnrituTJlo" movements nnd to the poor in whoJo'ihtorost they are con ducted than is produced by misguided nnd indiscriminate charity , especially in times of stringency like the present , when there are so * many additions to the number of : tlio 'tjijsoiH'fug poor. " Poor relief can only.accomplish . tlio good which the donor contemplates when it is coupled with a personal investigation of the needs of the parties who request it. Indiscriminate charity not only de grades the recipients in their own eyes , but also fosters imposture and deceit. Particularly pernic ious in this direction are tlio so-called funds which are raised by the subscriptions of persons who give simply to bo rid of the bother and which are advertised as offered to all who come within the designated conditions. The authority just quoted condemns these funds unreservedly. "Tho self-respect ing poor , " says ho , "who are just now in especial need , feel that dopendouco on charity is degrading , and it follows that for each deserving person whom a 'fund' assists , ten tramps and beggars are induced to remain in their position as public charges ; the distress is thus only intensified. " Experience has shown time and time again that evil consequences follow in discriminate giving. It not only wastes money that if properly applied would give good results , but it also attracts un worthy applicants and promotes depend ence and pauperism. So long as u com munity is well supplied with charitable organizations , whoso every purpose is to investigate the merits of tlio respective applicants for relief and to refuse aid to those who are not deserving , indiscrim inate giving adds entire lack of justifica tion to its many other vicious tendencies. Tin : refusal of Judge Ewing to inter fere with the order of Judge Goggin de nying the prayer for the dissolution of the injunction which prevents the World's fair directory from closing Jho gates of the exposition grounds on Sun days no doubt marks the final scene of ono of the nust disgraceful episodes con- ncctcd with the Columbian celebration , Throughout the-jWjholo controversy the directors have bison guided purely and simply by motivrirf of personal profit , and they have oharigod tlioir positions as ooften as it has seemed that tlio pooitn- iary advantage o.f Jjio stockholders had Inshifted from one I side to the other , Tlio Injection of , u'j ' moral issue into the atTair on . the . . parfc.'df < tlio Puritaiiio pub- lie evidently hiwno effect whatever upon the action of tlio management of ( ( the fair. The S.'loYn ' injunction was by them considered tii-ihavo bean a sharp trick to head olT the" machinations of the Dill advocates ol Sunday closing , but when the directors wcroiithomsulves fined for disobeying Its jugulates , they learned that it was a boomprang that they had sot in motion. However much a person may desire the financial siiccens of the fair , tlio loss sustained on account of Sunday opening must bo viewed M the just retribution of a piece of blindly entered folly. CIIAKCKLMIK OANKIKMI of the Ne braska State university has culU'd at tention in a recent interview to the rapid strides which the people of this state are making in the improvement of their educational facilities. The edu cational institutions under public con trol are bailiff constantly improved under the moro appreciative eyes of their supporters and patrons. This pro gress may be noted la the bettor super intendents oluKen for the work of super vision , In the moro ellloiont toachers. In a more scientific grading of the pupils , and iu the elimination of unnecessary ooitiyes and the avoidance of useless nnd timo-wnstimr repetition. Another evidence of progress In educa tional work to which the chancellor nl- lltdes without elaborating upon the point is the fact that every year more people are coming to appreciate the advantages - vantages of a higher education of work moro advanced than can bo carried on in our ordinary high schools nnd acad emies. There will bo moro students registering from Nebraska at the vari ous colleges and universities of the east this fall than over before , and with instability - stability in our population the number gives promise of constant nug- mentation. The University of Nebraska will naturally got a fair slmro of this pntronutro , especially of these with whom the expense cuts a considerable figure , but it will always have to meet the competition of older and moro richly endowed institutions. In order to fulfill its functions and to hold its own the uni versity will have to confine Its ulforta to the Hold of collegiate and university work and rely upon the local schools to furnish the students all that Is demanded by its requirements for admission. ONCK upon a time not many years ago Congressman McKoighan , as judge of \Vobster county , sued himself in his own court and confessed judgment before himself against himself. This perform ance is now eclipsed by the notice which the Lincoln Jmtnud , as patron of the Associated press , servos upon itself as patron of the United press , In which , as patron of the one association , it declares that : It will eternally cinch itself if it does not cease its obstreperous conduct nf a member of tlio other. In such a terribly mixed situation no one can foretell - toll what chastisement our contemporary will inflict upon itself. THK World's fair continues to bo kept open on Sundays under compulsion from the courts. Ono H'dnJi ( Hi/Ion SMr. The bunco man contemplates with natural dismay tbo return of conllduncu which in duces men to put their money in the bank instead of trying to Itcop it uudur personal supervision. Trnilu Uoinlni ; Our U'iy. : Ciienmi ( ( ( Cnininerclal. The src.it falling off in foreign Imports while the exports of domestic produce are increasing indicates that a trade balance in favor of this country may bo looked for with confidence during tno remaining months of the calendar year. Klllit oT A < lvvrtit < iiiK tlrit I'liyn. Kearney Jimrnal. The resumption ot tlio American National bank at Omaha spealtsvolutnesforthoKrow- ini : conlldunco in financial circles. Moro than ono-half of tliu suspended i national banks have resumed , and moro are preparing to do so. Money matters in Boston , Now York and Chicago nro improving rapidly , and Htooicis iu New York are ( joins up every uay at a surprising rate. Already Omaha tools the improvement , and the bankolllcials there report , deposits coining back tons of thousands daily. Incrt'iisiug tlic Circulating Medium. Globe Democrat. There Is at this moment moro money in the country than there over was boforb in all our history. Not only is there moro monoy. absolutely but there is moro rela tively to the population. The proportionate growth in tlio circulation recently has been many times greater than that In inhabitants. Much ot the money held in tlio country , it is true , is still looked up m safe deposit vaults or is otherwise hoarded and is , for the time , nltocothcr withdrawn from the business Hold. Undoubtedly several hundreds of millions of dollars is still hidden and useless. Uut this will all be released in the next few weeks or months. The deposit item in the banks of the financial cont'diV is growing , which is an evidence that some of tlio hoavds are beginning to see the light of day niuiu. Moro money is also at the command of brokers and speculators , as is evidenced by tlio reduction In rates , the virtual disappear ance of tlio premium on uuiTciuy and the ad- vuucoin stocks. ' Harli irlan Immigration III\VH. JYcio York Vnlce. The problems raised by immigration to tliis country require consideration from moro than onu standpoint. A few days ate a ship reached San 1'Yancisco from .lapan. On board wore found a number of Kussmn .Tews , driven by persecution from tlioir native land and seeking a now haven. Knowing that they would not bo received if they oamo by the usual routn from Russia , they came by way of Japan , hoping to evade ourlatvs. They were penniless. Why , wo do not know , but there is a reasonable presumption that they owned nothing , because they had been stripped of everything in tno land of tlioir nativity. Ordinarily the typi cal .low Is rarely penniless unless bo has good reason for it. These pen niless Jews were not allowed to land , but \vero ordered to return. Ituturn wherot Their native land drives them out and other lands refuse to harbor them. SVhero are they to got It is n serious question and it is our question as well as theirs. God Al mighty made in is earth.Vo didn't niako it. Ilavo thflso penniless , persecuted Jews , whom God also made , no rights uuon his oarllH Hare we any moral right to deprive thorn of those rights because they urn pen niless ? That was the solo reason for refus ing to allow thorn to land. Is it a sufllcicnt reason in the > . . ,08 of God ? Would that rea son i justify us before thn other Jew who was also | ion i ) ill's : 3 and pur.sccutcd nnd who aald of himself : "Tho foxes luivo holes , anil the birds of the heaven have nests ; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his heait { " Under tlio present immigration laws Christ would be denied admission into the United .States. Wo have recognl od the perils that threaten to lay waste our land because of excessive Immigration. Wo rccognlzu as deeply as any the importaucu of preserving this land from the perils that so threaten it. Kvcn today this same clasi of people , Rus sian .lews , are nuilcinir trouble for tlio police ' in'the heart of Now York and &omo of them nro doing tlioir best lo develop an anar chistic : revolution. But knowing and rocog- nl/.ing all this , xro for ono cannot squire the present attitude of the United States iu turning aloof men because they are. penniless and In joining the old nations , shouting as the policemen shouted to llttlo Jo in "Bleak House , " "Move on I" and forever moro "Movo on ! " with the laws of Justice. The problem concerning immigration is a serious ono , but In reaching a solution there is ono point from which wo must start and that Is this : "In the beginning God madu the heaven and the oartli. " HUH' 117 ; IlKfVMK , Cluott , Coon & Co.'s Hhlrt factory ut Troy , N. Y. , started upon tliroc-ijuartoos timo. The Hobbs Glass company iiud the Rlvnr- sldeund Ilonson Stool works of Wheeling , W. Va. , are again In operation. About " . ( KK ) men are now employed nt the National Tube works at McKocsport , Pa. , and additional departments uro likely to re- suiuu BOOH. Over twenty largo mills in Fall Klvor have been ullu for several weeks , owing to the tlnancial stringency. A majority of thorn will start up next Monday. The Armory mills , manufacturing shoot ings , shirtings and Jeans , at Manchester , N , H. , have resumed , after u suspension of two weeks. They employ 1,400 hands. THe Ingrain department of the Lowell Manufacturing company and the cotton do- partmuntof the Hamilton mills at lyowell , Mass. , alariod Tuesday. The print depart } inent of the Hamilton mills will start next \ri-ek. The Knunikoug Steam Cotton mills nt S.iloiu , Man * , , started up Tuesday ou full tluio. I'KOri.K , t.\I TIIIXHX. The Inflrmm.itlon of tba senatorial J.iw is ow In danger of becoming chronic. It may bo.iiiuouiu < od on the highest mi- liorltr tlmt corn acknowledges the weather. Thn ratio of lead nnd loot remains at the ild standard in Missouri train robbing dr ies. I.iicy Parsons' Is leadership seriously men- ced by 1Cmin.i Goldman. Kinma Is a silver ivonian , too. The Iron trust Just formed will doubtless oiniiKind considerable weight In the com- iioivl.il world. Evidently the Hawaiian wires nro out of oru. No projected revolution has boon an nounced for a wi-ok. What the country hankers for Just now Is v tompornry collection of seeds In the vorml- orm appendages of spouting candidates. Old ningham. In the territory of Utah , las roturncd to n gold basis. A late clean-up : > f ni'lghborlng mines netted a gold bar .vortli . $17,01. Kx-Sonator Ingalls is not averse to having thn tllld of governor added to his collection before ho rufllcs Porter's chest-protector in the senatorial canter. , An olontrio horse whip has boon brought nut , doubtless to intensify tlio stioelt pro- ilucpd when onr.ujcd women exhibit tholr u iiiiscnllno ; tendencies. If tlio nullttitr.H of iv Grovorian tooth bulled the stock market the president should " : ese no time In sacrlllcing the remainder of liis molars. The times demand heroic reme dies. Pennsylvania's stnto treasury Is groaning with a surplus. Tim national treasury is .vresttlng . with a dollcit. The former Is ro- > ubhcan , the latter but why crowd the minimum ? Conlldunco hns been restored in Chicago. iV policeman killed a dog at ilrst pop. Tlio mere fact that the c.uuno was tlod to n post does not weigh against the pantlcss proof of marksmanship. The prohibitionists of Iowa needlessly crowding the mourners by placing n coflln : it tbo head of the procession. A less sue- gostivo name would bo equally effective In leading the party. Poor Dice Thompson I Handsome Dick a genial , Jovial , larjjo-iieartud follow , without an enemy In tbo world but himself. The newspaper fraternity of Nebraska will loam of his nllllctton with sincere rngrot and unite iu the hope that it will bo but tempo rary. Hx-tipoiikcr Galtisha A. Grow of Penn sylvania has reached his 70th year , mm i * enjoying a halo and hearty old ago. Ho says that ho lias nuvor used tobacco in any shape or liquor in any form. Ho sleep's eight or nine hours nicntly , is very careful about bis diet , and spends as much time out doors as he can. To all this ho nttributun his good health , strength and cheerfulness. Whenever a dearth of topics envelops Denver 1 newspapers they Immediately pouncu upon tlio Union Pacillo headquarters in .fmalui , yank it b.ildbuadcd nnd plant It on tno desolate banks of Cherry creek. They are now engaged In this cheerless task. It would bo cruel and unusual punishment to rebuke olTorts that afford diversion from the silver slough of despond. Children must have recreation , even if blood carmines the bridles. < nt i * j Boston Globe : Whatever difference as to economic or financial policy may exist , or whatever extravagance of speech may , now and again , mark current discussion , the cast and the west stand together now as over in loyalty to tbo Hag and in gratitude to the citUen soldiery who risked their lives that the union of these states might bo perpetual , Philadelphia Lodger : X ast year's en campment at Washington was supposed to bo "high-water mark" in the history of the Grand Army , but the Indianapolis encamp ment of tins year may surpass it. It cannot bo long , however , before tbo old soldiers who belong to the order diminish In number. The youngest among them has now reached or passed the nriinc of life. Indianapolis Journal : There has not boon an encampment for years so characterized by harmony and enthusiasm as Is that now in session. There was not a note of discord during yesterday's sessions. There were preferences , but these were dropped when the will of the majority was expressed. Such cntnusiasm and purpose bespeak the beginning of a now era in the usefulness of the Grand Army. Detroit Free Press : It was at Indianapo lis twenty-seven years ago that tbo order- was organized and from tbnt time to ttio present Us membership has constanty In creased. It has doubtless reached its maxi mum strength iu point ot numbers , but tbo exorcises of the current week already show that there Is no prospect of : i diminution of enthusiasm or In the feeling of comradeship among its members. Now York Advertiser : The survivors of that mighty host are now holding their annual encampment at Indianapolis. They receive the homage and approval of all patriotic people. And for the lirst time they are confronted by a national congress and administration bitterly hostile to them hi word and deed. Uut there eau bo for them no humiliation in tills. Ou the con trary , it must bo accepted as an honor , that the enemies of the republic of Washington are their enemies. run roi-K wit SKXAI' YOIIK , Nob. , Sept. 7. To tlio Editor of TUB BKB : Please answer In Sunday's URIC how many votes John M. Tliurston required In the last legislature to elect him United States senator ? J. P. Fniuifso.v. Ans. It required 07 votes to elect and Thurston received 01. 7l/.I.Sr.S IVO.U ( H.MI'S IfO/t.V , llonuty In the heart will find Its way to the face. Pride kills more people than the smnll- IKIX. IKIX.Giro Giro greed therein nnd It will run Itself to death , There can be no such thing as the right use of a wrong thing. Every ono of the devil's arrows It dipped In the poison of doubt. All truth Is nonsense to the 111,111 who hns tnlten n Ilo Into his heart. Some men Join church with no bettor mo- live than others rob n bank. The devil loves a grumbler , no matter whether ho belongs to the church or not. It will not help the oamo of fled nny for you to boast ofylmt n big sinner you uiod to bo. It will not lo any good to pray for ten tnl- cuts if you arc not Improving your ono tnl cut. There Isn't much Rood In the man who tries to bo good only when his bend tolli him Hint be ought to. A in PJ/.V cui.uns. Mfo : "So Tlmplilin has run awny with ( irnymnru'H wlfomid hownsix frlond of Orny- iiiatu H ! " "Ilo must hnvo boon. " Detroit Trltmm > : ll'i-lRhson-Mv ' poor < lnr- 1 MI ? . Now tlmt you ni-p | n < iiiilli < si , what Joy in jhnre In llfu fol- you ? Mrs. WelKlison-Alot of It. 1 can shop , cunt t ? IndlanapolU Jimrnal : "See liuro , " nuM Ar- dnppe , "what's lids I hear about you alluding to HIP at a monkey ? " "Never said It , " returned llrlccs. Menknyi am four lianileil , and noomi could limiKlneyou as being forehanded In save his life , " Missouri ! Hlithwnyinnn Throw up yiiur hands nnd Rlvo us vour money. ( limtHo Mow can I do tlmt , you lillnl ? Do you Imim-lno I am n eonloriliinlst , and can gut my note Into my pants pocko' . ? Philadelphia Hi-cord : "Poor Sonkloy win earofiit In the last , wasn't ho ? " "In whnt way ? " "When ho was dying Im told the doctor lo.seo that ho Kot a Nhort bier. " Atlanta Constitution : "Xo man over starved to dtintli linre , " Mild lliu old inhabitant , "That MI ? " " Vi'sj rope's too cheap to let htm linger when ho gets hungry. " Imllnnnpolls Journal : Hungry HlKf'lns s'lioso yon didn't know 1 wux n soldier ? mmvy Wutklin Nnw. Wat nrmy did you ever bolonu to ? Hungry HlpgUm Ie great , nrmy of do unem ployed. lli > on boldlerln' In It nil mo llfo. Chicago Herald : "What sort of gnu dons Hint battle uhlp carry'nskod n ninn with u high fnriihead us he crooked n li'g nnd pointed a linger toward a man-of-war lying at tlio plor. "Mortar , mostly , " replied thogimrd. "Tlinl'H.strniiru | , Imi't It ? " "Not nt nil ; you nee the boat Is built of bilck. " 111 ! KI.KW. Atltintti CiHiftltiittan. Tlio editor led tlio meeting , And ho said to them , "We'll take A rinsing , big collection Tor tbu dying heathen's sukul" Hut when ho pocki'tod I lie dimes Tin ) brethren hud no doubt That that samu lioorgln editor Was tbo blggusthouthonoutl TIIK U1M ClliritCIl HELL. Cunftllulton. It's rustln' In tlio steeple , for It's boon a ninny a your Since wo heard It on the evening breezes .swell ; Flnco across the vale and mountain It has summoned tlioin to prnyor Tlio old tbo old church belli The dusk owl hoots around It ; but It has no tnlo to tell ; It Is silent In the * stuoplo the old church belli Did Itcoaso Its plpnsnntchlmlnff when the pas tor , lipiil nnd gray , Wns laid within Ilio old churchyard to rest ? When they drnni'd tbo church In mourning on that desolated dny , When his falllifnl hands were folded o'er bis breast ? Not much ! it has n story which Is different to tvll- The sheriff lie lias lovlcd on the old cliurcfr belli A DAILV IIIMT 1WOM I'AllHi. Evripean KiMlan New York Herald. roil sTiir.KT WIUH , Little jot bonnet.wlth strings of Jot falling on to the hair ; bow of line black laeo. s Manufaoturnrs ami Hatallori of OloUun- tuo World. This is no Joke- it's a solemn fact that wo are now soiling- choice of any negligee shirt in the store for a single dollar. We have sold them all sum mer for $1.50 , $1.75 , $2 and $2.50 , and as we don't carry over anything not even neg ligee shirts , wo put this price of $1 on them to close them out quick. They are all nice , neat , clean new goods , made of madras cloth , oxford cloth and flannels , in stripes , plaids , dots , plain and fancy colors ; all this season's make , sizes 14 to 17 1-2 , with col lars attached. Some have soft bosoms and stiff col lars and oufft and some haven't , but they are all $1 _ don't forgot that. Our 15th street window is full of them. Look at them as you pass by. A dollar a shirt. BROWNING , KING & CO. , | g , ( JOf. 16ft St3.