Nebraska Newspapers

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TUB ' DAILY BEE : ITESDAY , JtJ E 15 , 1897. _
OMAHA DAILY
K. noSBWATCn. Editor.
MORNING.
TERMS OV SUH8CU1ITION.
D llr B e ( Without Hundny ) , On Yer..t > M
D lly lite and Sunday , Ons Year 8 00
Blx Month , M
Three Month * J 00
Sunday lire , One Year * W
Bttunlny lite. On * Year > 1 M
Weekly B . One Year U
OFFICES :
Oman * : The tl e Ilulldlne.
Bonth Omahii. Singer Illk. , for. N and 24th Sti.
Council Illiirr ! 10 I'enrl Strctt.
ChlcJKO Olllce ! 117 Chamber of Commerce.
Kew York ! Itoom < 13. 14 and 15. Tribune llMc.
Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street.
COnilRSI'ONDRNCB.
All commimlcntlons reUtlnn to newii tnd edi
torial matter nlioulJ be ndilresccd : To the Udltor.
IIUSINESS LUTTCIIS.
All bunlneoi letter * nnO remittance * * houM b
ddrmed tr The lice l'ubll hln Company ,
Omaha , tlrnftn , check * , exprma nnJ poftofflce
money onlein to be made payable to the order
of the company ,
THIS IIKB rUHUSHINO COMPANY.
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STATIMIST : : OK CUICUI.ATION.
Rtntc of N'rl > rnliu DoURliji County , f < i !
OwirRc II. TxnoiucK Scrtclar ) of The life Pnti-
Itfhltic cnmpnny , belnn duly sworn. u > i thnt the
actual number of full and cumplcte copies of The
Dally MornliiK , i\cnlnR and Hundny Dee printed
durltiK the mnnth of Mny , 1S 7. wai 01 follows !
ilfiluctlnnB for uiuoM and re
turned copies 9."l
Total not nlffi flSrj
Net dally nvcrnco 13.551
aiouon n TZSCHUCK.
Sworn tn l > cfnro me nml nub'crlbeJ In my
rc'rnce thla 1st day of June , 1S37.
( Seal. ) N. P. FI3U. , .
Notnry Public.
THIS IIP.ID ON TIIA1NS.
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tlir fnct , Htntlnpr ( h < - < rnlii mill
mill-nail , to tin- Circulation
Iviiirti | ( * nt of Tlic Hot' . The
lice IN for mile on all trnlim.
INSIST ON II.VVINO TIIR HHR.
M3AVIAG FOIl THIS SU.MMKU
PnrMc lenvliiK ihp city for
IIic Hiiiniiior i-nn Imv < Thu
Hue Hciit to tin : in rcKiilnrly
Iiy iiotlfyliiK The lice linul- .
IICNN ofllre In pi-rHOii or Iiy
iiintl. The iiililrrnn TV I II lie
it n often IIH ilenlreil.
This Is llio corn country nnd we must
cxpuct to liiivo com weather during the
corn season.
AVlieu It comes to rjuklnp targets of
European soverolcns It Is apt to l > o the
moat pxalteil that are the easiest hit.
Thu farmers are said to be
fooling good. That ought to he enough
to make most everybody else feel
Perhaps If that Spanish mission were
raised to the plane of an ambassador
ship Hie' rush for appointment might
be stimulated. I
J5y the time a suitable passenger sta
tion is completed In Omaha It will have
conclusively proved Its right to exist on
the theory of the survival of the llt-
test.
Itallroad men say the passenger busi
ness Is picking up , and , what delights
them more , the Improvement does not
rest on the Indiscriminate distribution
of free passes.
Tt cost $7.000,000 to connect Paris anil
Marseilles with nu underground tele
graph. It Is needless to add that the
taliwnpjh system in Prance Is owned
ami operated by the French government.
The stomach of the "human ostrich , "
Who has been living on scrap Iron and
broken bottles , has been successfully
'emptied. ' Now let some of the defaultIng -
Ing olllclals and other rapacious crea
tares be forced to disgorge.
What a cheap way the new Koyal
iVI'ctorlan order opcifs up for the queen
to reciprocate the favors of the uumer-
ous. presents received from so many
different sources on occasion of her diamond
mend jubilee of continuous ruling sov
ereignty.
Quito as fflnny cHlmis are kicking nt
the hot weather as were heard to com
plain of the continued cold. And In the
meantime the corn , which supports all
classes of men and all branches of In-
flustry , keeps on growing under the rays
of-the sun.
Instead of moping at homo and rend
ing , illusory walls of Impending calamity
nnd delayed prosperity In popocratle
import * walk abroad and contemplate
ypur city , which shows In every street
nnd block the Inllucnccs of reviving
business and better times.
Strawberries from the south or from
the 1'acllle. coast may be the llrst In the
market and make the most beautiful ap
pearance on the table , but when It comes
down to real ciualUy and llavor. the
delayed home-grown Nebraska-Iowa
strawberry Is not to bo excelled any-
iWhere. i
The National Kleutrlc Light nssocla-
lion will bo warmly welcomed should It
conclude to meet in convention In
Omaha during the exposition year. No
ono subject more completely embodies
the wonderful spirit of material progress
which distinguishes the close of the
century than the application of electricity -
ity to commercial uses.
lu Ohio the silver democrats liavo
rigged up their convention call so as to
exclude from participation In their party
nominating machinery all who did not
vote for llrynn last year and who do not
fiiibserlbe to all the doctrines in the
Ghloago platform. With such a pressing
invitation to slay out from under the
banner of democracy , the sound money
men of Ohio ought to lit ) encouraged to
help repeat the lesson of 168(1 ( for the
beni'llt of tlio Ucbt-Bculera uuil repudla-
tloukt *
Ecoxoatr iA'Pvniti
The legislature of Pennsylvania hav
ing requested the governor to Inform
that body n to the probable shortage
In the Btato treasury nnd to suggest
what li should tax to make the shortage
good , Governor Hastings respomk'd by
advising the legislature that the proper
course to pursue was to reduce ex
penses. Ho urged that under present
conditions economy In the expenditure
of public moneys should control the leg
islature in Its appropriations nnd said :
"Thurti are two ways for states ns well
as Individuals to successfully meet such
exigencies as the- present conditions Im
pose. The tlrst Is to Increase the Income
to meet existing outlay. This Is prac
tically lniKsslblo | for state or individ
uals nt this time. The other Is to re
duce expenditures , so ns to live within
the Income. This Is good housekeeping. "
The Judicious counsel of the governor
of Pennsylvania is applicable every
where.
There Is a general demand for economy
In public expenditures national , state
and municipal. Notwithstanding thu
severe business depression of the last
four years , during which most people
have been compelled to practice the
most rigid economy nnd many have
found It dlllleull and others Impossible
to pay the taxes necessary to the sup
port of government , public expenditures
have been maintained or Increased nnd
for the whole country nre undoubtedly
very much greater now than In the time
of highest prosperity. Hence \t \ Is thnt
nearly everywhere , na In Pennsylvania ,
those charged with the duty of provid
ing revenue are lludlng the problem of
how to get more money to meet the de
mands upon the public treasury exceed
ingly perplexing. The question of find
ing new sources of revenue , of adding
to the already large list of things taxed ,
must In time become general unless
there. Is change of policy In regard to
expenditures.
Of corn-be this Is a growing country
and our progress creates demands which
necessitate an Increase of expenditure.
There are directions In which the out
lay of the national government will con
tinue to grow from year to year and
this Is also true of states nnd munici
palities. Development and advancement
cost something. The postal service
could not bo elllclently conducted now
upon the'outlay of ten years ago , though
probably It is costing more than It ought
to. owing to the admission of a great
deal of matter to the malls which should
pay higher rates. The naval expenditure
has largely Increased In the last ten or
twelve years , but there are few who
question the expediency of this or of
thu expenditure for coast defenses. With
the states the Increasing demands upon
their various Institutions and other con
ditions of growth and development re
quire an Increased expendituie fiom year
to year. So every growing municipality
tluds the legitimate cost of government
steadily Increasing.
But unquestionably there Is a great
deal of public expenditure that Is not
strictly legitimate or necessary and
which could bo dispensed , with without
Impairment of the public service nnd
without disadvantage to the public In
terests. A penurious policy Is not to be
desired. An economy which would put
a check unon progress and development
would be even more objectionable than
extravagance Both are to be avoided.
The. prerequisite to reform in the matter
of public expenditures is to elect as
legislators honest and practical men
who will place the public interests and
welfare above personal or partisan con-
"Hlderatlous.
UTTERANCE.
There Is dissension in the democratic
party In New York , as there Is , Indeed ,
throughout thu country. There Is a great
stake to be fought for this year in the
municipal government of Greater Now
York and the leaders are active in pre
paring for the contest There is n fac
tion that supports the Chicago platform
In Its entirety and demands that It be
endorsed. Another faction would ignore
that platform and make- the fight on
local Issues. As now appeal's the former-
Is the stronger nnd it is certainly the
more aggressive. There has been some
doubt as to the attitude of certain lead
ers , ex-Senator Hill especially. He has
made known that ho Is not In sympathy
with Bryanism and tills fact is import
ant in Us bearing upon democratic poll-
tics in thu Empire state , If not more
generally.
In a speech mudo n few , days ago
Mr. Hill said he believed the country
will be prosperous in tlio future' and
declared that Its financial policy "will
not bo directed by cranks , demagogues
and political adventurers. " There is no
mistaking the meaning of this language.
Its application Is perfectly obvious. It
gives assurance that ex-Senator Hill
has concluded that thu time has come
for him to take a decided stand and
that he proposes to he found in the com
ing campaign championing the tradi
tional principles of democracy. Mr. Hill
is a shrewd politician. Few men nre
more sagacious in detecting the trend
of popular sentiment and in discerning
political probabilities. He expects pros
perity and he knows thnt prosperity
will be fatal to the free silver cause.
David B. Hill Is still a force In 'New
York politics and popocnicy there will
find hint a formidable opponent.
( tUll llKLATHJfiS WITH TUJIKKI * .
The Turkish government has not yet
signified Its willingness to accept Mr.
Angell as United States minister to flint
country nnd there seems to bu some
uncertainty ns to whether It will do so.
As it Is we have no accepted minister
to Turkey , Sir. Terrell having been prac
tically displaced by the appointment and
confirmation of his successor.
It IB said to bo the Impression nt
Washington that the delay may bu an
other Instance of the traditional" diplo
matic policy of the Turkish government
when confronted with problems the con
sideration of which It desires to put off.
Tlio last administration made peremp
tory demands upon Turkey for Indem
nity for Injury to the property of
American missionaries. Our minister
was instructed to Insist upon the pay
ment of the Indemnity , the amount
claimed bclutf about $100,000. Ills ef-
forts were unavailing ; The prosenl ad
ministration fully approved the claim for
indemnity and Instructed Mr. Angell to
press It. Tills is undoubtedly under
stood by the Turkish government nnd
In order to avoid for the present any
controversy with this government on tlio
subject It delays the acceptance of the
new minister.
This Is neither friendly nor courteous
to the United States , but under present
circumstances the Turkish government
probably feels that it Is not of much Im
portance whether It maintains cordial
relations with this government or not.
Satisfied with the prestlgu gained In the
war with Greece , It Is now chiefly con
cerned In dealing with the European
powers and preparing to hold thu terri
tory it has conquered. Vhllo engaged
In this highly Important business , in
the result of which the future power
and wclfat'e of Turkey Is * Involved , It Is
easy to understand that the sultan cares
very little about the relations with the
United States , whose people he knows
to bu heartily lu sympathy with Greece
and with the persecuted Christians of
his empire. Therefore It is not Im
probable , as suggested from Washing
ton , that U may be n long time before
tlio United States has n minister at Con
stantinople.
What will our government do lu the
matter ? Probably wait patiently until
the Turkish government says It Is ready
to receive our minister. So far as the
Indemnity Is concerned , it Is pretty safe
to say that it will never be paid , for the
simple reason that we cannot enforce
payment. All that Is to be expected of
this matter Is a long and fruitless
diplomatic controversy.
MUST Fiivirs OP TUB uxrosmow.
Omaha , Nebraska and the transmls-
slssippl states have already received
more effective advertising from the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition than from
any other single enterprise ever under
taken in their behalf. The exposition
has been made the subject of discussion
and legislation lu congress nud a do/.cn
state legislative bodies. It has been
called to the attention of foreign govern
ments by invitations to participate , and
It Is rapidly turning toward the west
the eyes of eastern capitalists and In
vestors. By means of the exposition a
host of national conventions are being
Induced to fix upon Omaha for their 1SOS
meeting place , and the Information about
the west spread before these organiza
tions Is being disseminated by their
members lu all parts oC the country.
More Important still , the progress of
the exposition has reawakened among
our own people a confidence In them
selves and their abilities to push great
enterprises to successful completion.
This confidence Is urging them on to
extend their business or embark lu new
business ventures. What has already
been accomplished for the exposition Is
an Incentive to further co-operation for
public purposes , and the old-time cry that
this or that Is too big for us to under
take Is no longer common when any
great project Is proposed. Confidence
of a community In itself moreover be
gets confidence of others. Men with
money are much more prone to Invest
It iu places where the people are
evidencing a spirit of push and progress
than In places whore everyone is laying
back waiting for something to turn up.
Wo nre seeing proof of this more and
more every day as the exposition takes
on more tangible form , and It in turn
reacts to the benefit of the exposition.
With such advantages accruing from
the preparations and preliminary work ,
the-people of Omaha , Nebraska and all
the other western states ought to bend
their energies with renewed vigor In
thu great combined effort to make the
Trausmississlppi Exposition uot alone
creditable to the wonderful region whose
resiources and products It will illustrate ,
but a success financially and artistically
second to that of no similar exposition.
When the state treasury shortage was
first exposed to the public ex-Treasurer
Hartley explained the whole trouble as
due to his self-sacrificing loans of public
funds to tide over banks in straitened
circiims.tnnces , and assured the people
that he had been paying over the state
money to his successor ns rapidly as it
could be withdrawn with safety to the
banks , and would continue to do so. But
not one penny of the missing money has
been turned into the treasury sluco that
time. After such a bluff it Is only
natural that Hartley's defense should
rest entirely upon legal quibbles and
technicalities.
No .ono in this part of the country ob
jects to the Chicago newspapers having
all the special trains they may require
to carry their' papers to their patrons.
But the people of the vest object de
cidedly to being taxed to pay for al
leged fast mall trains whoso solo benefit
accrues to the Chicago papers. Let us
have the mall trains we are paying for
and let the Chicago newspapers pay for
their own special trains.
The railroads seem to be getting along
very nicely without a pooling law and
to encounter no great difficulty In evad
ing thu anti-pooling decision of the supreme
premo court. Why they should be
apparently so anxious to have the anti-
pooling clause of the 'Interstate law re
pealed Is a mystery solvable only by
railway men on the inside ,
Senator Thurslon has expressed him
self In favor of annexing Hawaii. Per
haps It might not be out of place to re
mind thu senator that Canada is con
siderably nearer Nebraska and has sev
eral times the population , -wraith and re
sources of the little Pacific mid-ocean
republic.
Thu cost to the taxpayers of this prose
cution of a defaulting olllclal llku Bart-
ley is something enormous. But they
will gladly stand this burden If the trial
result In strict justice and put a dumper
on public thieving for all future state
olllclals.
The way to capture a national con
vention Is to go out and work for it.
If you don't -want to help In tlie cam
paign , at least refrain from bnckcapplng
It. This Is not the time to let personal
grievances stand lu the way of the pub-
lie welfare. d\tia'ha \ Is wrapped up in
the success of , the exposition and the suc
cess of tho' position will depend
largely on attracting visitors at the
anio tlniQ to ii conventions , congresses ,
( iiicampmcnts.xl '
Mny nnd Jujierc always the months
when the suldtM mania manifests Itself
most prondneVffl/ . That Is no reason ,
however , tha Quaha should do more
than Its share- < swell the number of
sclf-dostructldtllafs. If so many people
must comintt/fsulfUlc / every year , wo
should bo willing ; to let the other com
munities furnish them.
Our amiable contemporary bestows
editorial praise upon ' 'our excellent lire
department" Would that It could with
equal cause eitoak of "our excellent
police department. " But alas , the
record of unpunished burglaries , high
way robberies and murders puts that
out of the question for the present.
An Omaha minister put It to a vote
of his congregation Sunday whether or
not In view of thu oppressive heat he
should dispense with his discourse , and
the response was unanimous In favor of
listening to the sermon. Is not this a
sign of religious devotion that would do
credit to any community ?
.Tones of Arkansas continues his sena
torial grandstand plays against trusts
and combinations. .Toues is the man
who Is organizing a new cotton trust ,
capitalized In the millions of dollars and
professing to control patents that will
glvu It-an absolute monopoly of the bale
cotton business.
AVoo to the HorHc.
Qlohc-Dcinocrat.
Plvo hundred public horselefB carriages
will bo placed on the streets of Paris atter
July 1 , and a largo number of cnbblcs nro
practicing on them in the suburbs. The
drivers will bo called chauffeurs , and the faro
proposed U ono franc.
A NiMVHpnper Deflclt.
Clilcnso Tlmcs-lIcralJ.
A Lincoln , Neb. , paper says editorially :
"In the cloven months ending with May
our expenditures exceed our receipts by
about $33,000,000. " Such n deficit ns that lu
tlmo Is bound to knock a big hole In. the
profile of oven , a Nebraska dally.
Tiltllnrb of TSnvy.
Clitcngo Times-Herald.
An Omaha man who wandered away from
homo awhllo ago returned homo the other
day and startled his friends by Insisting that
ho "spent eoven days In hell. " U was sub
sequently learned that he was not so very
far auilts In his statement after all ; ho had
been aimlessly wandering about St. Louis.
In Abundance.
. . . . . - . Ils Journal.
The presldentlhns all the Information about
Cuban affairs now which ho needs and Is
Justified In Klviiiff.thnt.Information deliberate
and careful consideration. If he takes his
time he is not Mlkely to make n mistake.
Something certainly must bo done sooner
or later to remove the Spanish nuisance off
our southern coast ,
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A CTiiuiVe for Train.
AVnshlnRton Etnr.
If George FAncte "Train , wearlos In his
enterprise of claiming the proprietorship of
Omaha , he mlgh'f turn his attention to Jack
son City. A largo number of people who
bellove that anjr Wnd of a change there
would bo for tlib belter would be glad to see
him establish a'tltljj fo the place , provided Md
would UudertaldJ o'ruu , it.
Ken a How.
Philadelphia LodRcr.
Correspondents In the Orient continue to
assert that there la great danger that the
Greco-Turkish War will not only bo re
newed but will Involve the greater powers ,
and homo confirmation of their belief is found
In the report that Bulgarian marauders have
Invaded Turkey. If the chronic fighters of
the Balkan states take a hand lu the proceed
ings , there Is no telling how far the trouble
may spread.
American Knll.s for India.
Olubc-lJemocrat.
A Maryland steel company , according to
this week's Iron Age , has captured a largo
order for steel rails for India. This la a
notable American triumph. Heretofore In
dia generally obtained her supplies of this
sort from Europe , particularly from England.
When the pool hero broke a few months ago.
however , steel rails In the United States
dropped In prlca to a lluo below' ' the British
rates. The prlco has advanced since then ,
but It Is Httll notably low. Of course the
Increase In demand which will come through
the general business impiovemeut will send
prices of steel rails as well as of all other
Important commodities up , but for the tlmo
bolng purchasers can get these articles In
this country on almost as favorable terms as
cau bo had anywhere in the world.
He Ileforc Cnlninlin * .
Clilcntro Chronicle.
If reports of r6cent discoveries In Poly
nesia and Mexico are to bo relied upon It
would seem as thpugh corroborative evl-
denitj had been secured of the existence of
the Chinese In Mexico before the Christian
era. It is a singular fact that about the
tlmo of the discovery of a rock covered with
Chinese inscriptions in the state of Sonora ,
Mexico , there should bo found In the Caroline
line Islands evidences that a flourishing
trade was carried on between China and
Mexico by way of those Islands at least
twenty centuries ago. It has long bcn a
theory of some ethnologists that the Aztecs
and our own Indians bad thelr'orlgin with
the Chinese or Japanese , and that the Alas
kans , too were of oriental origin. It would
not bo astonishing to learn that the Chinese ,
whoso emplro seems to roach back almost to
the beginnings of tlmo , had explored and
settled this country centuries before Colum
bus was born. The question then antics ,
who was the original Denis Kuarny who
said the Chinese must go ?
THIS I'lmsimcvr AT NASHVILLE.
Springfield Itepuhllcan : It was a good
speech .which President McKlnley ma'tlo at
Nashville , Stllf , wtj can remember a time
when , If t'bo ' tH&i president had made It , 10
would have bbc'i qftlled "encyclopedic" by
quite a chorus Jif ij wspaper voices.
Globe-Democrat : President McKInley said
at Nashville ; 'j luftever adverse conditions
may teniporarllij mpeile tin. pathway of our
national progrcf nothing can permanently
defeat It. " That U the old American spirit ,
and croakers will labor in vain to break It
down. *
Philadelphia 4Jm : President McKlnley's
visit to Nashvlllo and hi ) address at Its Cen
tennial exposition will bo a reminder to the
country at large..Upt a world's fair Is now
in progress a ( ( Nfljihvllle In celebration of
Tennetaeo's ailnlrston | ' to the union , which
it U well worth th'il whileof people far and
near to visit antl"fnapect. President McKln
ley's uddreis. Iltife all his public utterances
of this characters-is apt and BUltahlo to the
occasion , patrloti < rand synipat otlc In Its tone
and breathes a spirit of broad nationality.
Philadelphia Ledger : After all the United
States is a republic , and nothing Illustrates
the fact better than the importance attached
to the presidential office. President 'McKln- '
Ity's official vlalti to New York and Phila
delphia , in connection with the recent demon
strations In these cities , gave to those af-
falis a popular Interest which they could
net have bad lu any other way , while his re
ception at Nashville , now In progress , could
scarcely be surp < 3cd by a royal fete , Thou
sands of people from many miles around the
city huvo flocked to Nashville In anticipation
of his coming , today has been declared a
public holiday In his honor , and all along1 his
route ho has beet ) received with the loudest
acclaim and the greatest demonstrations of
respect.
feld.VS Qtf IJi
Dubuque Times : The employes of the
Burlington railway shops at Lincoln , Neb. ,
Jlr. Bryan's home , are working oYcrtlme be
cause ot the lncro ) o of business on that
fijstem. Mr. Bryan may aeo the ilgns of
reviving buelnesa right under hla nose.
Missouri Valley News : The Rood times arc
come again to the shop boys. They began to
day working nine hours n day , nix d&yn a
week. More goods are being ( told , more be
ing moved ; moro trains are rolling and o
thcro Is more shop work and we feel the
effect In the Inert-used pay roll ,
Sioux City Times : The sober voice of
nearly nil our Iowa , cltlci Is on the hope
ful business side , The Davenport Democrat ,
for Instance , aaya : "There Is no doubt that
Davenport is doing much moro business to
day than It was transacting a jrar ago. U
Is ready to materially Increase the volume
nud It Is not at nil particular where the
credit for the Improvement rests. "
Philadelphia Itccord : The Jump In the
prlco of pig Iron In I1 U la burg Is not likely
to lead to a "boom ; " but as stocks bav been
much reduced It may bo the precursor uf
steadier , unspcculatlvo trade. The great
consumers of Iron are the railroad compulilo ;
nnd when the business of transportation
shall become so brisk rt to Justify better
ments and new construction an enduring ad
vance In the prices of Iron and steel will ,
no doubt , bo witnessed.
Louisville Courier-Journal. The Courier-
Journal docs not hesitate to say now , .15 It
had eald bcrctoforo , tlmti the return of pros
perity may be delayed , but not for long , and
certainly nut permanently. We tinned the
hard corner of the road lust November when
thu American people decided , as they al-
wnjs do In great emergencies , to obey the
laws of the land and uphold public as well
as private honor. With an honest dollar
certain , the greatest threat to business was
lemoved , and thenceforward wo only had to
wait with patlenco for the revival , which
now seems nt hand. We ha\e never pre
tended to fix the exact date when prosperity
should bo general , nud we do not fix It notv.
but we think we shall not have to wait much
longer.
Minneapolis Journal : The blatant pessi
mists who are running about with lanterns lu
the Increasing glow ot the rising him of pros
perity , pretending to bo looking for prosper
Ity and llndlng none of It. nre not disturb
ing any rational people these days. In the
free silver synagogue the priests ro praying
that the tariff bill may not aid a partirle
In the promotion of prosperity by fixing the
schedules and giving business a solid basis
for buying and selling of goods. Thcbo
sllvcrllcs are preparing to raise a big fund
to invest In congressional elections next
year , nnd are still talking of "sweeping the
country" in 1900 ; but this attempt of a
\Vnterlooe-d party to oppose the enlightened
sentiment of the country and the canon of
the higher civilization , isn't impressing ro-
llectlng people as anything dangerous and
the business of thu country is moving stead
ily forward , If slowly , ready when the tariff
bill is out of the way U put forth greater
strength. The consumptive demand in
stronger , and , if the senate passes the tariff
bill soon , the outlook will bo very favorable
for the fall trade.
AXIJ
It Is beHoved Abdul Hamld would enjoy *
the ganio better if he were quite sure of the
umpire.
Hot weather helps corn incidentally , but
Its real purpose Is to give croakers a taste
oJ their future state.
The agricultural department of a Texas
paper Is conducted by Green Meadows
Browne. Ho grinds out copy by the bale.
It Is easy enough to put a cannon ball Into
a cannon , but the only way to get It out
again Is to flro It out. Same with the Turks
In Thcssaly.
The family of the late secretary of the
treasury , Daulel Manning , has had cast In
Troy , N. Y. . a 100-pound bell for the United
States cruluer which bears his name.
Charles Henry James Taylor , the well
known colored man , who has taken up hits
residence In Baltimore , has Just been ad
mitted to practice in the supreme court in
that city.
An energetic Kansas City Judge scored
fourteen divorces in two hours and a half
the other day. It was a preliminary spurt
for a record'oti'the nlnety-slxTcases remain
ing on the docket.
The Kansas City man who converted his
stomach Into a Junk shop carried on the
business successfully until ho swallowed the
bowlo knife ot a Missouri marshal. Then
his troubles began.
Aplrlna Turapa Ngata , a full-blooded
Maori , who holds the dcgreo of bachelor of
arts and of laws from Canterbury college ,
has been admitted to the bar at Auckland ,
being the first of his race to accomplish the
feat.
feat.Tho
The representative of the Ottoman gov
ernment at Washington scored a point the
other day , when he took occasion In denying
a story of Turkish atrocity In Eplrus to re
fer to the Urbana lynching as "a great
cruelty. "
A naval court of inquiry has decided In
the case of Ensign Stone that falling in
love with a pretty girl does not constitute
"conduct unbecoming an officer and gentle
man. " The old salts may be bald and
wrinkled , but their hearts are young.
Charles H. Hack-ley , a millionaire philan
thropist of Muskcgon , Mich. , restricts him
self to simple living. It is said of him that
ho has ridden in his family carriage only
once , anil then to attend a funeral , and that
although he owns a fine summer residence
on the lake ho has rarely seen It.
The question whether the governor of Min
nesota can legally refuse to give state papers
to a grand jury Investigating the wreck of
banks In St. Paul has been decided In the
affirmative by the state supreme court. But
while affirming the right of the executive to
refuse access to the documents ( reports of
the state bank examiner ) , the court takes
occasion to say that the governor should ex-
pedlto the administration of Justlco Instead
ot placing obstacles in ita way.
General Green P. Garner , who died In Chicago
cage recently , took part In thirty battles in
the Mexican and civil wars , and was wounded
at the storming ot Chapultepec. ISo was in
the battles ot Palo Alto , Ccrro Gordo and
Buena Vista. At the .latter epgagemcnt ho
bucaino "cannon deaf" and never entirely le-
covcred his healing. After the. Mexican war
ho engaged In his protection as a civil engi
neer , and when I < ? ort Sumter was flrwl upon
ho helped ralso the 'Eighteenth Illinois regi
ment , in which he Insisted on enlisting as a
private. In the campaign of Grant from New
Madrid to Fort Donelson , ho was promoted
from the ranks , He then served with Grant
In the east , and left the service with the
title of general.
POIII3STHY AIJVANCIJVO.
I'rcxcrvndon of Keri > H < N Coiiiiiiiinilliii ?
I.rKlxliidvi * AKviitlon.
fit , Louis Globe-Democrat.
It Ifl a gratifying fact that the proper
care and preservation of the forests of the
country U a subject of growing Importance
In our legislative bodies. The truth Is now
recognized that Intelligent systems ot
forestry are vital to the welfare of the whole
people. Congress sml some of the state
li' | platurert are taking hold of the matter ,
and a number of Important lawn are al
ready on the statute booka. While congrc&i
has extended the date of the majority of the
lescrvatlon orders of President Cleveland ,
the postponement until March 1 next Is to
ascertain the rights of lawful settlers , and
not to permit Inroads upon tlia forcHta. A
Abort time ago President McKlnley laid before -
fore the senate a detailed report of the
Forestry commission , selected by the Na
tional Academy of Sciences , on the needs of
our public lauds , The report touches on the
permanent evils that have resulted In
Huropa from the rcclilers Elaitghter of forcaU ,
and It make , ? the point that herders are
eomellmra moro to be dreaded thin lumber
men. It Is not proposed to close the forest
rezervations against miners or oettlerti ex
cept by restrictions against watte. The com
mission would use , but not abuse , the 40-
000.000 acres Included In the reservations.
The state of New York elands well to the
front In forcttry. It now owns 802,0.00 acres
In the Adlrcndacks , and has an appropriation
of 91 000,000 In hand to cnltrge the reserva
tion , which will eventually embrace 2,800,000' '
acres. Prompt action la necessary , for the
Adlroudacks are stripped of wood and timber
at the sate of 100,000 acres a year , and land
sharks throw every Impediment possible In
the way ot the state authorities. Pennsyl
vania has a forestry association , but the
state has been slow to support Ita efforts.
Meantime the lumber Industries of the
btatP , which produced $22,000,000 In 1879 , are
v.inlshlug. On the Merrinmc river a large
Oi $ catches tbe r *
of the natty ap
pearance and because of the rt /
price , our $3,00 shoe Is be
coming very popular. It has the
new Nicholas last with a toe rt h
shaped like a silver dollar and is
in tans or blacks We show all
the shapes in men's shoes of ev A
ery grade , at the most popular
prices wc fit feet comfortably
with good looking *
* longwearing
ing shoes. . * jt j * &
T. P.
liiniuifiictiirliii ; establishment talks of remov
ing Its plant because thu destruction of for
ests has Increased the violence of Hoods and
also reduced tlio vuluino of water during
( Iroutho. KOI cats nre managed differently In
seine European countries. Hi Switzerland ,
for Instance , during 1896 , young trees were
set out In denuded districts to the number of
8,0-)2,0ti5. ) All these plants were raised nntl
supplied by the. Swiss Forestry Experimental
station , at a total expense of $53,809.
In Its report laid before thu senate the
Forced y commission rocommcmla a national
bureau employing twenty-six head forrateru
and an equal number of assistants , with sev
eral hundred rangers and assistant raiiKcm.
A system of surveys Is proposed , and an ex
change of lands when settlers in reserva
tions arc un obstacle to t'-H ' public policy.
Particular strest U laid by the commission
on the great Injury to vast tracts of forests
by the nomadic herders who drive their
Hocks from valley to mountain and back
ngaln each season , destroying every shrub
and needling tree. Tim shepherds also burn
over the herbage every fall to stimulate' the
growth of grass In the ensuing spring. At
last forestry has gained a footing In congress ,
and the state legislatures that have not yet
reaOhed It are lagging behind the times.
AVJII3X IS A MAN OMIT
A OiMirprlu Court Tliliilin Slxlj'-Slv
Teiim About Illprlit.
Chicago Tlmos-IleralJ.
The supreme court of Georgia has decided
that a man who has leached his GGth year
Is "aged. " The decision was made under
a clause of the constitution of Georgia ex
empting the property ol "aged and Infirm
persons" from levy and sale , the law being
construed liberally in order to promote Itu
object , the court holding that a man GG
years old Is entitled to Ita protection.
This need not raise unnecessary alarm In
the breasts of "those who are old , or who
are growing old. " Notwithstanding the
opinion , It still remains true that a man la
"no older than he feels , " even though the
cogging finger of time does point forward
on the dial plate. Old at GG ! Look at Glad
stone at 83 , and Bismarck nt 82 ! Do they
show any diminution of Intellectual vigor or
activity ? Legouve , the Frepch academician ,
Is In his 90th year. Leo XIII In his 87th
Senator Morrlll In Ills 87th , Justice Field
In his S2d , ex-Senator Palmer In his SOtli ,
while Queen Victoria Is about to celebrate
In her 7Sth year , the longest English reign
In history. These nre but a few of the great
numbers of men and women In every land
today who are exercising a potent Influence
on the world , and In every walk of life and
of human endeavor and aspiration arc as
active and as useful as ever.
Let no man think achievement Is not for
him simply because the family record eums
up his years to a threatening total. "The
sixties , " said Red Jacket to his young braves ,
"hove all the twenties and forties in them. "
Onto learned Greek nt eighty : Soplfocles
Wrote his ftrnnd Oedipus , and Simoiiiiles
Bore off. the jirlze of versu from hlH com
peers
When each had numbered more than four
score years ,
And TheophntstuB nt fourscore nnd ten
Had but bcRun his Characters of Men.
Chaucer at Woodstock with the nightingales
At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales ;
Gocl'he ' nt Weimar , tolling to the last , 4.
Completed Fiiust when eighty years were
past.
History resounds with the performances of
men whose years numbered threescore or
more. "My Old with the fleecy beard , " driv
ing tlio Moors from Spain , Dandolo , Doge of
Vonlco at DO and storming Constantinople
at 94 , and In our own time Von iMoltko at
70 conducting a campaign unparalleled for
brilliancy and result'In tlio history of war.
There are feats of arms ; would you search
other fields ? In science- there are Darwin
and Spencer and Pasteur and Lister , and
If you go back a trifle , Sir Isaac Newton ,
who could name a discovery for every one
of his 85 years. It was Voltaire who ald
that if all the great in on of all the ages
could bo assembled in a congress Sir lauac
Newton would bo chosen to preside by unani
mous consent.
In literature and art the names of those
who in advanced years won Imperishable
renown are legion. Everybody can recall
tihelr names. Milton wrote his great epic
when nc-arly GO. MIchai * ] Angelo at 80 won
the triple crown for excellence In painting ,
sculpture and architecture. Browning at 77
wrote his moat characteristic poem , and
Tennyson at 81 gave to Jho world the most
exquisite of his lyrics. We name but a few ,
for the roll Is long.
The Georgia Judgment ls > all rlsht enough
for the case before the court , but let no
man of GG think that It applies to him. Let
him , after the cheerful manner of our be
loved "Autocrat , " look old Father Time
squarely In the eye and toll him ho does
not know what ho is talking about 'If ho
call * him old !
LAUGHING MATTI3HS.
Puck : Van Dnbblo This Is my latest pic
ture , I sold It yesterday. |
Visitor Indeed ? You ure a genius !
Chicago Post : She wn heartbroken.
"Aly beautiful bathing Hull la absolutely
ruined , " she moaned.
"How did It happen ? " nuked her mother
anxiously.
"I accidentally got It wet. "
Truth : Mru. Ncwcti Was I nervous dear ,
during the ceremony ?
Miss Spiteful-Well , n trlllo at first , dar
ling , but not after William had said "yea. "
Cleveland Lender : Ho Juno Is the month
of weddlngH , Isnt' It ?
She Oh , Herbert , wliy didn't you speak
earlier and give mo .more . time to uat
ready ?
Chicago Tribune : "Several times during
the delivery of .111a commencement day ora-
Royal makes the food pure ,
wholesome and delicious ,
Absolutely Pure
flOYAl DAKINO POWDER CO. , NW YORK.
tlon he paused ami took n drink of water.
He was very dry. "
"You mean he wns very thirsty. "
"Yes , lit- was thirsty , too. "
Cleveland Loader : "No , " he snld , "It Is
Imposi'lble to tuko something from nothing. "
"I don't know about that , " slit- replied , as
she picked n long brown hair from his cent
collar. "
Truth : Cholly ( splashing nbout In tho/
briny ) Oh , girls , I love the ocean 1 It does
mo good.
Miss 1'ort Yes , nnd the snlter the better.
Indianapolis Journal : "Tho face , " snld the
oracular bourder , "In an exuct index to the
mind. "
"Not nn exact one , " sold the Cheerful
Idiot. "For Instance , when a tnnn has his
temper rullled. his brows are knit. "
Harlem Life : I'nrkcr Whntl That your
mother ? Why , she doesn't look old rnough
to have n daughter us a ahem : xs or ns
> oung us you.
Detroit Free Press : "Well-well It Is sad
to see Pedostrlanlsm waning Into n lost art. "
Lost nrt ! Not much ; elnco the advent of
wheels ami trolley cars the human lace la
twice as nimble ns It used to be. "
TUB OKOAK15R.
Cleveland Ixsulcr.
A croaker sat upon a box
And crouked the whole tiny long :
" 1'rosperlt.v bus not returned , "
Was the burden of his song.
And PO ho croaked nnd croaked and croakcl
And never worked a stroke.
For had he worked he'd had no time
To sit u there nnd croak.
AltOUM ) Till ; HUM ) .
Cora Stunrt Wlicclcr. /f
There comes n time Just once a wcelc
When nothing unit tern much ; /
I'm waiting for a step I know ,
A smile , a voice , n touch ;
"Hf'.s coming , coming , " sings the wlro ,
With sweet prosnlc Jar ,
For Dick , my Dick , dear fellow ,
Takes a common , live-cent car.
Hut never maiden rich nnd fair
'Mont ; cu. ° bloiiH satin lino.
In gown of silk and laces rare ,
Had tlonrer love than mine.
So every Saturday I wait
The happy moment when
Ills car comes swinging round the bond.
And Dick has come again.
HP glances up ; I know It , though
I will not let him see ;
For not yet may 1 tell him
That I love an fond as lie.
Then comes the bell's far tinkle
And the maid's reluctant feet ,
And then I hear him on the stair.
And then at last wo meet ,
Jly heart beats so I cannot speak ,
He thlnkH me coy ami cold ;
It Is because of depths of love
The which I have not told.
But when the autumn leaves nre crisp ,
When snow has come again ,
Dear Dick will be my own , my own !
Perhaps I'll tell him then.
Wednesday , "Juneri6th"
100 dozen f
of those
Unlaundried
Fancy Shirts.
Some all colored ,
some colored bosoms ;
cuffs to match shirt
to be worn with
white collar.
Same quality as the others
we sold at the
same price
all new patterns.
See them on
display in our
Bargain window
on 15th street.
Real value $1.25 and Si oo
"Wednesday"
ALL
EACH SIZES
14 to 17
Shirt
KING & G8.
8. W. Cor.
15tb nnd
Dotutlu Bta