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10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MAUOII 11 , 189,1-T\VENTY PAGES. THE GROWTH OF DISCONTENT A Talk with Henry George on the Present Hard Times. STOUTLY OPPOSED TO AN INCOME TAX Tlio Blnglo Tax Idon In Sprrmllni ? In All Pnrtu of tlio Worlil-Tfin Work of lt AdlinrpriU-Wlmt tlio I'uture Mny JlrlUB 1'orth. Content docs not mean happiness. Doubt It the mother of truth. Hotter a storm that destroys and at the same tlmo brings health than the calm that stagnates , rots and brings death. A cyclone of discontent la shaking this country and other countries today. This means that the people nro thinking and that they are fast coming to believe that there Is a remedy for the evils under which the masses suffer , and the hard conditions that grind the faces of the poor. Every beneficial society , every now party , every organization , whether political , re ligious , social or ethical , that has for Us purpose the Improvement of the material condition of the mosses , Is n means more or less effectual on which people solzo In the hope that It will lift them put of the slough of deipond and ralso a barrier against the unproductive days of ago , or save their de pendents from the machine charity of the alms house In the event of the death ot the bread winner. HENRY GEORGE. Henry George has a remedy for the social and political evils of this and other civilized lands , and the tlmo has gene by when his "theories" can bo dismissed with a sneer. Whether wo believe In Mr. George's teach ings or not , those at all familiar with the subject must confess that ho found political economy moro than a "dismal science. " It was to most men a dry , rattling , repulsive skeleton , but ho clothed the bones with flesh without weakening the structure , ho covered this with an atractlvo epidermis , ho gave llfo and beauty to the whole and ho made a disagreeable subject not only attractive , but ho brought It within the comprehension of every mind capable of grasping a syllog ism. For this the world Is Indebted to Mr. George moro than It Is at present willing to concede. Mr. Qoorgo speaks well , but ho writes bet ter. ToTIHOto himself , "tho secret ot good writing Is clear thinking. " In the North American Review of recent date , ho dis cusses the existing depression and poverty with characteristic force and clearness. Ho asks , "Why Js' It that men able to work and willing tort-work cannot find work ? " Ho points''out the charities that have been or ganized by the well meaning , the contribu tions that have been made from their abund ance by the wealthy , and ho shows that , no matter the motives of the charitable , the tendency of these eelomoslnary organizations la to degrade morally the people It Is pro posed to help physically. There Is no sadder sight In all the world than that of an honest , sober , skillful man , able and eager to work , forced to accept the , clothes cast oft by the rich , and the coal and bread purchased by their "kindly contribu tions , " In order to keep his wife and chil dren from famishing with cold or starving for food. Charity , according- Mr. George , can only palliate existing suffering ; it can not right the wrong of which that suffering Is the direct outcome. Charity , ho claims , Is Indeed futile , when It Is offered as. a substi tute for Justice. Every means Is suggested to help the poor , excepting the ono hinted at recently by the Russian Count Tolstoi of get ting off their backs. During this winter 1,400 men , the majority of them Americans by birth , and all ot them more than eager for work , have been sleepIng - Ing on the stone corridors of the city hall In Chicago. Those poor fellows without a place to lay their heads , are the men who , If the republic wore assailed tomorrow , would leap to her defence. From the hands of these men , and others like them , has come every dollar ot wealth In the republic , yet the pro ducers of these fabulous riches are forced to sleep In a public building and compelled to ask alms to keep them from starving. The civilization that has pauperized labor at the ono extreme and boundless wealth at the other must have In It something so radically wrong that every man who loves his country MR. GEORGE GROWS THOUGHTFUL. and Ills fellowmen must see that this Is the flrst great question to * solve , If wo would save ourselves from horrors ovpr which the starving and discontented are silently brood ing. ing.Somo Some radical philanthropists In New York and other cities , seeing how the station houses are overcrowded at night , have sug gested ( hot the thousands of largo and com fortable churches that stand Idle for most of the tlmo might be utilized to glvo shelter to tuo famishing ; but the thought Is repugnant to most good Christians , and It will hardly bo acted on. WQ could not expect my lady to worship God and exhibit her last new dress and bonnet In a pew where omo greasy mo- ohdnlo had slept the night before. The poor ot today are coming to believe moro and moro that the church , llko the charity clubs Is a necessity for the display of my lady's toilet , and Incidentally for her sanctity. In the article referred to Mr. George says ; "Thoro Is but one remedy , and that Is what la known as single tax , the abolition of all taxes upon capital and labor and of all taxes on the processes and products , and the tak ing of economic rent , the unearned Incre ment which now goes to tlio mvro appropria tes for the payment of public expenses. Charity can merely demoralize and pauperize , whllo that Indirect form of charity , the at tempt to artificially 'make work' by Increas ing public expenses and by charity wood- yards and sewing rooms la still moro danger ous. If. lu tills Beiuo work Is to be made , U can bo made moro quickly by dynamite nnd kerosene. " When physicians of the recognized nchools fall to rovlvo a patient who la In a bad way , "IT IS THE READER , NOT THE EDITOR. " the friends are apt , as a last report , to call In the man with the new-fangled notions. Whllo the tlmo Is past when Mr. George and his followers can bo treated as cranks , yet his theories , In this country nt least , are not so firmly established and have not such a fol lowing as to make them factors which the old parties feel that they mutt consider for their own safety. A few years ago when the George Idea was now , It led to no end of dis cussion , principally by men who knew noth ing at all about It ; then It appeared to die out , and It It were not for the appearance now nnd then of Mr. Ocorge ns a writer or lecturer , wo might believe that "tho fad or fake" of eight years ago had lapsed Into that condition which Mr. Cleveland describes as "Innocuous desuetude. " Anxious tolearn the present condition of the slnglo tax party , I fortified myself , as Indicated , by reading Mr. George's last arti cles , and called on him a day or two ago for further light on this subject. If Mr. George was very rich , and this ho never will be whllo so many others are poor , the chances are ho could llvo as quietly and unostenta tiously as ho now docs at No. 327 East Nineteenth street , New York. When a youth Henry George was a sailor , and some thing of the early calling Is still suggested In his walk and bearing. Although the most approachable of men , there Is a certain quiet dignity of manner that forbids fa miliarity , and a certain something In the voice nnd the set of the splendid head that suggests reserved power and ability of a high order. "Instead of being asleep , as you Intimate , " said Mr. George , In response to my ques tion , "tho growth of the slnglo tax Idea has bccn wonderfully rapid. I recall , and It Is not so very long ago , when I could count the adherents of the slnglo tax on my fingers. Now Its advocates are found all over this and other civilized lands , and those "CHAIUTY DEGRADES LABOR. " men , having been converted through their reason and often against prejudices , inherited and personal , cljpg to their now political faith with all the fervor of a religious con viction. Nor Is their allegiance passive ; they work for It , talk for It , and are ever ready to give a good reason for the truth that Is In them. The discussion of the single tax has led to the study of political economy , and It has fostered reasonable political dis cussions as no other subject outstdo of abolition ever did In America. The reason the people who have not kept In touch with this matter bellovo that It flared up and died out Is that they know nothing of what Is going on beneath the surface ; they are Ignorant of the quiet , effective and per sistent advance that Is being made from day to day. "Believing as I do , I naturally court the discussion of this question , for It Is only In this way that we can get at the truth. The day Is not far distant when this will become a vital Issue in practical politics. Then the strength , now out of sight , but by no means dormant , will surprise the people who have not kept up with our advance. The news papers do not discuss this matter so much at present , simply because the papers discuss nothing that they do not believe the people want. It Is the reader , not the editor , who dictates the matter In a paper , and .when It Is seen that the readers want a fuller and freer discussion ot this question , the period icals will bo ready and willing to take hold. "In the senate and house at Washington , there arc a number ot able men who believe strongly in the slnglo tax Idea , but the op portunities for presenting their views have not been the best. When Judge Magulre of California arid Mr. Tom L. Johnson of Ohio have had an opportunity to declare themselves , they have not hesitated to show that they occupy no equivocal position on this Question. " "you are not personally In favor of an Income - como tax ? " I said. "No ; I am not , " replied Mr. George with emphasis. "Then how happens It that the slnglo tax men In congress recently voted for a meas ure which their own good sense must have shown thorn was obnoxious ? " I asked. "Judgo Magulro , Mr. Johnson and other slnglo tax men In congress , saw , us we all do , that there must bo a tangible source of revenue In sight at this tlmo. The slnglo tax measure which would meet all the rev enue needs In the best possible way would not bo considered at present , and so these gentlemen voted for an Income tax In pref erence to a heavier tariff. It was with them not a question of the best measure , but simply a choice of ovils. " "Granting that wo had a slnglo tax on land values tomorrow , Mr. George , how could the central government obtain through that means money to conduct its depart ments ? " "It could bo done In ono ot two ways ; the amount to bo raised could be assessed on the states and collected In that way , or the central government has the power to assess the tax directly by levying the amount on the value of land , Irrespective of Improve ments , i "Is it not true that the slnglo tax theory has a stronger hold on the people of Aus tralasia than In America ? " "I am not prepared to say that. " replied Mr. George. "Tho seven colonies ot Austra lasia havt ) , all told , only about 4,000,000 of people , and then It Is a newer land , with conditions somewhat different from those wo flnd' here. Hut It Is a fact that In Austra lasia the single tax Is a more vital Issue than with us. Sir Henry Parkcs of New South Wales Is a man of marked ability and a pronounced free-trader. Through his In- Iluenco largely the single tax" has become a vital Issue In the politics of that colony. The landholders have become alarmed , have formed a 'Land Owners Defense league , ' and have Issued a protest , on which they propose to got the next Parliament to act. "In Victoria and other colonies ot Australia the slnglo tax Is a llvo Issue , and It will ro- maln a llvlnc Issue till It Is settled In the right way. Hut It Is In New Zealand that the greatest progress has been made , along the lines with which my name la associated. The Ilallnnco act In New Zealand has been a -Avoiulerful advance. It has not abolished all other taxes retaining only that on land values , but It conies near It , and In the near future the single tax will bo the only ono collected lu New Zealand. There la no tax on Improvements , the tax Is on land values , and although It has only been In existence a short time , the effect for good U already perceptible. While there Is poverty and de pression over all the rest , ot tlio commercial world , and Now Zealand , by reason ot her business relations , Is not entirely frco from It , yet there nro no tramp's nor "Paupers In that land , and soon poverty will exist there only as a name. The conservative Now Zcalandcrs , knowing that women were naturally conservative , recently gave thorn the right of suffrage , under the Impression that tills vote would Increase their strength. But the very first election under thlsjict allowed them they had made a mistake In counting on the conservatism of the woman vote , for It arrayed Itself from the start on the sldo ot progress and In opposition to the monopolization ot land. Speculation In land has practically ceased In Now Zealand , nnd , as a consequence , poverty and Its attendant ovlts will bo banished. "Do you know that the county council of London , England , has Just Insisted on pre senting to Parliament a petition asking that the local revenues bo raised entirely by a tax on land value ? ? Kvcn In Europe , where the same curse of land tenures exists , the people are forgetting that they are living In the midst of armed camps , and are seriously dis cussing the question of a single tax on land values. I forgot to say In speaking of Now Zealand that , while the other colonies ot Australasia are decreasing In population , Blnco the recent change In the laws 0,000 families have gone there to flnd homes. "The flrst effort of the landed Interest In England , the United States and Australia has bccn to kill the slnglo tax by the con spiracy of silence. But the Australian de fence petition shows that silence has not won , and so they are driven Into an open fight. The significance of this New South Wales document , to my mind , lies In the fact , as I have from the flrst declared , that when ever this movement got so far ns to compel the present owners of land to come out openly and defend the system which gives tea a few the exclusive ownership of the natural clement on which and from which all must live , our work will be practically done and wo can safely leave the rest to them. So preposterously unjust Is the present system that It cannot stand discussion. "As to the work of propaganda , I may say that It goes steadily and ceaselessly on. All over the country we have slngto tax leagues , In which women as well as men are Inter ested. The cause has many able writers and speakers , and people are reading on this question as never before. Tom L. Johnson recently distributed 1,200,000 copies of my work , 'Protection and Free Trade , " and ho Is about to Issue 1,000,000 copies ot his recent speech In congress. "Tho day has gene by when the slnglo taxer was regarded as a crank. Ho Is treated with raspcct , nnd men who are always ready to cry down a now thought or to sneer at what they cannot comprehend have learned to treat the single taxer with respect , even where they do not accept his theories. What wo want Is a full , .fair nnd free discussion of this as of all other questions that concern the people , and the truth will win In the end. "Not the least promising sign of advance to mo Is shown in the fact that professors anJ students in colleges are studying nnd discussing this question , nnd amongst such men wo have our warmest adherents and strongest friends. "I nttnrnnlntn Ilio Irlnrl linnrln nf Mm Minr- Itable , but they are degrading labor. When Justice Is done there will no longer be need of this kind of charity , " said Mr. George In conclusion , and ho spoka with tha earnestness of a man who has faith In what , ho says. says.W. W. J. THK iriXTJUlt HOSES. Maur'ee Frcineit Kgi i til Vie Yi > rfc Situ. The sky la like the water , Gray ns the hue of lead. The Usher's little daughter Wenreth black upon her head ; The boughs that wave above her Are Kray with winter frost. And nil the hearts that love her The bridge of death have crossed. I hear no children's voices ; Silent the fisher's maid ; No gladsome soul rejoices Where bold boys used to wnde In summer. In the minllftht. When days were sweet with song , ThP beach wns smooth nnd white. Not strewn with wrecks along- . 4 Ah ! see the winter roses Hedged round with greenest moss , Each curllnj ? leaf encloses A fragrant "balm for loss ; And though there Is no breaking < Of gmyness ovcrJiend. ' > They teach of an awaking Of llfo that Is not dead. See how they glow nnd quiver. See how they nod nnd bend , f While nil the world's a-shlver Thev sparks of ruby send ; Like firelight In the window. Heart-shaped and red as flame. They speak of love's sweet pardon From out their mossy frame. Ah , gray and winter weather , I wish ytuir days were done , My heart and hopes together . . Would open to the sun ; O roses , winter roses , I feel your lessons deep ; No grny day ever closes But leaves us joy to keep. .txn DKAMATIC. Wilson Barrett Is playing to Immqnso busi ness at all points. Frank Daniels , It Is said , will next year appear In comic opera. Tha Boston Symphony orchestra will not make a tour west this season. Sixty-two opera houses are open In Italy this season. The number of now operas and operettas produced In that country last year was eighty , onlythreo of which attracted general attention. Charles A. Byrne's royalties on the plays and operas ho Is Interested In now playing In Now York amount to over $400 per week , and ho draws a good , fat salary as dra matic editor of the New York Journal. Rose Coghlan first made the mistake that many actresses do of marrying out of her profession. Her flrst husband was Clinton I ) . Edgorly , on Insurance man. She Is now happily married to John T. Sullivan , the actor. The San Francisco Examiner says that not since the days of John McCullough has there been such a performance of "Vlrglnlus" in the Golden Gate City as was given by Mr. James O'Neill last Sunday , when ho pre sented Sheridan Knowlcs' tragedy for the flrst tlmo In San Francisco. The committee formed In Wurtzburg for the purchase of the Wagner collection In the possession of Mr. Ostcrloln of Vienna has been given until the 1st of April to redeem the right of purchase. Should the sum of 00,000 marks not bo raised by that time the collection will doubtless bo sold piecemeal. Among the novelties played at a recent Gewandhaus concert In Lelpslo wore three orchestra pieces by Grieg , Intended as In cidental music to a play by BJornson , en titled "Igurd lorasalfar. " The numbers are respectively Vorsplel , Intermezzo and Triumphal March. The melody Is noted as original , the harmonics striking and the In strumentation brilliant. Mrs. John Drew has been thrlco married. Her flrst husband was Henry Hunt , an Eng lish opera singer , whom she married In 183C , and from whom she was subsequently sep arated. In 1843 she married George Mos- sop , a young Irish comedian , who died In 1849 , and In 1850 she became the wlfo of John Drew , the celebrated Impersonator of Irish characters , with whom she acted fur many years. Mr. Drew died In 1862. "A great fault with the American theater going public , " says Major Pond , the mana ger ot lectures , "Is that they want too much. If a song or recitation pleases especially , they encore again and again until they are surfeited. You can gorge the mind as well as the stomach , and there Is the glutton as distinct from the gourmand at the theater as well as at the table. What's the remedy ? None ! Wo must take the public as wo flnd It. " The manager ot a Chicago theater re cently received the following letter from ono aspirant to dramatic fame , which ran thus : "Venered Sir : I wish to go on the stage , and I would llko ta Join your valu able theater. I have been a bricklayer for five years , but , having failed In this branch , I decided to take on acting It bqlng easier work. I am not young , but I am six feet without any boots ; I have studied Bell's system ot elocution , and am fond of lute hours. " ' , Mrs. Lucy Gibbons Morse , the authoress , Is a granddaughter ot the Quaker philan thropist , Isaac T. Hopper , and a daughter of James S. Gibbons , who wrote the "Father Abra'am" hymn. Her realistic pen pictures ot anti-slavery struggles are taken from the word of mouth of actual participants among her own family In similar scenes. One word describe * It , "perfection , " Wo refer - for to Do Witt's Witch Hard Salve , cures piles. AMONG TIIE-INSURANCE HEN Valued Policy Law * aa Regarded by an Un derwriter , SECRETARY BALDIJIGE ON THE SUBJECT t * > Trncrs tlio Origin to Mnrino Inmirnnco llvrnl * of tlio AVrck In tlio World of HnxnriN I.lfe , J'lro nnil J. M. Baldrlgo , secretary of llic Crolgh- Baldrldgo company , \\as Interviewed yester day upon the subject ot valued policy laws and expressed himself us ' follows : "In March , 1889 , the legislature of Ne braska passed a law regulating tlio liability of Insurance companies against loss or damage - ago by fire , which -familiar to under writers as the valued policy law. Several other states arc burdened with such a law and tho. legislature of low.i now In session Is considering the same kind of a bill. The bill being pushed forward by the originators , however , In Town , Is more erratic than the Nebraska law , for the former applies to personal property and farm buildings , while the latter applies only to real property. "Tho Idea embodied In tlio valued policy laws doubtless had Its origin In marine In surance. It 1ms long been customary to provldo In marine policies that the value of the subject Insured at the time , of the loss shall be determined by the face of the policy , where there was a total loss. The reason for such a provision Is based upon the short term of Insurance the vessel anil cargo being Insured , usually , during the continuance of a single trip , during which short duration neither the vessel nor the cargo Is liable to depreciate In value. "Tho Injustice of the provision of the law stating that the amount of the Insurance written In the policy shall bo taken and deemed n true value of the property at time of loss and shall bo the measure of damage when applied to personal property Is apparent to every fair-minded business man. Value of personal property may be constantly changing. Today an Insurance agent may write up a policy for $10,000 covering a stock of merchandise. Ho may satisfy himself the merchandise Is worth $10,000 or more ; tomorrow the assured may sell half the stock nnd the following day a fire occur. Should the Insurer pay the full face of the policy ? If such a law Is enacted all the Insurance companies will bo driven out of the state. "But It Is often argued by tlio Insured that a building has a fixed value and the un derwriter should learn the value or tne uuiw- Ing to bo Insured before accepting the risk. To put a value when the policy Is Is&ucd on each of the more than 12,500,000 buildings In this country , located everywhere , dissimi lar In construction and size , would bo a very ( lllllcult problem and a heavy expense upon the owners. The value of the few buildings that are destroyed by flro can readily be determined , and\tlie { expense of appraise ment falls equally upon the insuring com pany nnd the oWlioB who Is saved from loss. "Again , buildings are often Insured for a long term of years. The building may bo worth $10,000 at the tlmo of writing the policy ; It Is Impossible to say what would bo the value of that building three or flvo years from that time. During the term of the policy various causes , location or use may greatly depreciate the value of the building. The contract of Insurance com panies provides that In the event of a fire , If an agreement cannot be reahed between the assured and the company , they shall each select a disinterested party , and In case they cannot agreeupon the damage , then the two so chosen shall select a third party , and their award shafTbo binding ; Is this not a fair condition ? Ttdfaee of the policy should not bo what a company should be compelled to pay. " It oughtfitb- a limit of liability. The man who'pays'for ' Insuranceand lives uiM d his contract should be fairly dealt wlthand { , ho Is entitled , to every dollar which ho has'lost by flre no more , no less. A law which requires a lire Insurance company to pay moro than the actual value Is wrong. The effect of such laws Increases incendiar ism , and they were born of a feeling of re taliation. Valued policy laws are not only unwise , but are they constitutional ? I know Httlo ot lair , but I don't believe a legisla ture has power to * flx values on private property or Impair the obligation of con tracts madO" voluntarily between Individ uals. " Iiidiriincn Items. The Prudential has applied for license to do business in , Massachusetts. Louisiana sugar planters think they can save money by organizing a mutual flro in surance company. President Neely of the Omaha Life Under writers' association will call a meeting of that organization next week. Waco , Tex. , Is moving In the direction of a paid flro department. The chief has Just been allowed an annual salary of $1,800. Sanitary statistics for the past thirty years in England show a great increase in the duration of life among the working classes. Word comes from the Pacftlo coast that 0. II. Jeffries Is centemplatlng taking a typewriter agency for California and Oregon. The Connecticut Mutual Llfo has asked for a now trial In the McWhlrter cose recently tried at Fresno , Cal , The Jury gave the plaintiff a verdict for over $10,000. W. H. Marvin has been appointed gen eral agent of the Ncdorland Life Insurance in New York. For twenty years Mr. Mar vin has been with the New York Life. The Northwestern Endowment and Legacy association of Hedging , Minn. , will quit business. Its risks will bo transferred to the Union Insurance association of Min neapolis. The executive committee of the Texas Flro Underwriters association has called upon the companies to send out the now forms adopted , to take effect on-May 1 , The data was left open at tha January meeting. There Is still trouble In the air at Bur- llngton , la. , where the agents refuse to act according to the Instructions of the compa nies In co-operation for certain reforms. There is talk of strong measures being token to bring about a change. A proposition to allow Boston firemen leave of absence one day In seven. In addi tion to the loaves n'ow enjoyed , Is not moot ing with favor from flre underwriters. The flromen now get , practically ono day In seven , and the proposed law would glvo them about two days out of the week. The Ohio senate"Hfis'p'assed a bill provid ing that companies ? of other states Incor porated to insurpfagainst loss of live stock by theft or accident ; ; ! damage may do busi ness In that state upon depositing with the superintendent ofc inuuranco a sum equal to one-fourth the 'iftnount of their capital stock. tu.ii The Masonic Donovolent association of Cen tral Illinois , headl/rfarters / at Mattoon , has failed , and a recolJuV will bo appointed. The concern has cash > and available assets amounting to $ Viyt01.38 , and death louses adjusted , but not p\ld , of $84,981.35 , unad justed losses of $37JiOO and resisted losses ot $2,350 , Last December" a per capita assess ment of $46.20fas made on the members , but It hn.i not befei/Jpatd. / At Mlnncapoll3niia ) circuit court has or dered that an asacl&niont of 100 per cent bo levied against'stockholders and policy holders of the InlVjWejit Minneapolis Mutual Flro Insurance company of that city to moot unpaid clalnU aggregating $62,000 According to the oriffer of the court , the as sessment must bo puhi within thirty days. The company has been In the hands ot a re ceiver for. tvso yearir oc more. The life Insurance ) agents , of Texas hold a meeting last Monday at Waco for the purpoio of forming'an association to elimi nate from the business all unscrupulous agents and Incompetent physicians , to pro- toqt the business against unprincipled men , who seek life Insurance with the deter mination of never paying their notes , and the establishment ot a bureau ot Information for tho.su who coma Into the assoclatldn. There la tnuble at Wilmington , N. C. , because some ot the agents flatly refuse to sign the local board agreement. Regarding tbo matter , a prominent southern general agent says : "Tho agents at Wilmington , N. C , , decline to bo governed by the rule of the S. E. F. A. , and the special agent of the association has been compelled to retire -Our Spring and Summc ? Woolens represent the new- Q cst thoughts from the bright" cst thinkers and makers ' on both sides of the ocean. of A PRING. bccn madc in the Taioring | Business and chiefly by one house Nicoll the TailOr with large and-busy stores in ; New York , Chicago , St. Louis , ' 'Omaha. St. Paul , Minneapolis , Kansas City , Jndianapolis , Los Angeles , Portland , Denver , San Francisco. We have earned our big business by simply making splendid made-to-measure garments. " By pleasing our trade it returns to us and multiplies as it ought. Like all successful originators , we have many imitators , but thus far we stand alone and distinct tts. The Leaders and Prom oters of Men's Fashions. "We copy after no one ; year after year we have raised the standard for tailoring higher and higher with lower and lower prices , 'till we've brought the prices for superior made crarments within of all. OUR SPRING AND SUMMER WOOLENS FOR ' 94. represent the cream of all that is desirable in gentlemen's apparel. You've heard of our novel prices Better see the fabrics. SPRING Trousers Suits Overcoats $5-$6-$7-$8. $20-$25-$30-$35. $20-$25 $30-$35 and like prices for the finest garments made. = = = = = : , We * do the Largest Tailoring Business in the Worlcjf' " - - JiYUitt Yovr Name and 207 Address * for South Samples Please. , - 15th St. This is the Month vto Buy Furniture. - There are two reasons why it - will pay to .buy furniture this month. In the first place , our stock is more completely - pletely filled than any other month of the year. Secondly , We are quoting special prices this month that must sell the large quantity of furniture just bought at a great discount from former figures. The sale includes all kinds of furniture in Mahogony , White Maple , Curly Birch and Oak , all finished in the highest degree. Also a full line of Brass and White Iron v Beds. These goods are from the best factories only. Absolutely one price. TEMPOKAHY LOCATION. - Cor 12th and Douglas Sts. NEXT TO MILLABD HOTEL , . before the victorious locals. The result of this Is that while the kicking agents ore quarreling about a petty section of the rules involving a line of $50 for violations , the companies ore accepting business at the ridiculous rates heretofore In force. Too much conciliation has spoiled these agents and It Is about time for somu results. For nearly four hours ono day In February Buffalo was completely without water and at the mercy of flre , and hod ono broken out the result might have been disastrous. The cause was the failure of the natural gas supply , which Is used to run the engines at the pumping station. About 8 30 o'clock the gas suddenly gave out without warning , and the gas sheets had to bo rlppod oijrand the furnaces put In condition to burn coal. The task occupied over an hour and a half , during which tlmo the engine * were Idle and no water sent through the mains. The same thing happened about three weeks before , und , us a consequence , the water department will at once begin the entire substitution ot coal for gas , as the latter has become too uncertain to risk Its con tinuance an a fuel. i DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo oures sores. A DlHimtn Sultlucl. Chicago Tribune ; "I beg your pardon , sir , " said the caller , " but to settle a littU dispute will you please tell mo when" ' "Ground hog dxy , " said the answor-to- querlos man In the office of the Dallyllroad In monotonous tone and without looking up , "comes on the 2d day of February. " Ho pressed prli > K with his foot and r - lumcd his work , And the turnstile at the bottom of the chute down which the visitor ! iot with lightning speed Into the back alley regis tered him an the 397th person who had called In during the day to auk the question. D Witt's lUzel salvo euros ullu.