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Til 12 I1KK ON TIIAIXS.
All rnllrnnil iicwMioyn nro
sli lllcil Tilth unouKli Keen
slio
< o ! it ! < * oiiiiiioitnt < * every jinn-
i'i * wlio wniiti to rend n
.xiiniKT. Insist upon liuv-
liiK Tin ; llpe IT you cnnnot
Kul n HPB on n trnln from the
Hewn invent , iili'iiRu report
Hit- fuel , ninthly the frnlii mid
rnllronil , to the Clrciilutlou
Drpnrf incut of Tin ; Hoc. The
lice IN for Niile oil nil irnlnit.
INSIST OX HAVING TUB 1IKE.
I'AIITIHS IjKAVING FOR TUB SUMM1SII
Pnrtlcs li-nvliin tlif city for
the NHiiiiuer eiui Iinvc The
Ilee Mciit to tlirui rvKiilurly
liy notifying The llee busl-
IICNM olllcc in person or by
mull. The mlilrcMt ivlll bo
clninuc-d IIH often IIH ilenlrcil.
President McKinley need Imvo no
fears tliat the place himturs will not get
lo Washington as soon as he does.
The Oinaha wheelmen have made a
good fltfht at Philadelphia , but the re
sult o their efforts will not be known
until next winter.
Down hi Lincoln they have to- call on
the police to prevent properly owners
from laying sidewalks. This is revers
ing the customary practice.
Push the work of repaying. No more
time should be frittered away by prop
erty owners In making up their minds
, to sign tile requisite petitions.
Mayor Moores deserves a credit mark
for putting a stop to that Sunday ex
hibition of half-clad women under the
name of. be-bloomcred base ball.
Another edition of that circular letter
asking whether farming hi Nebraska
pays might bring answers a little more
discouraging to the calnmityltcs.
How can there be a scarcity of money
iu the country when we find so many
adventurers able to raise the sum neces
sary to stake them for a trip to Alaska ?
Hartley's ball bond has not yet ma
terialized and It now looks ns if Douglas
county would have to foot his board
lillls until the supreme court rules on his
case.
If the police commission wants any
more Information about the total de
pravity of the men who are In charge of
the police force The Bee will cheerfully
furnish It.
It' Ilrynti lingers much lonpiu * in thu
lYulUnvwtonc i > ark he may have to say
In his llrst spoouh afti > r omurKlHK Unit
jun ounce of Kllver only buys half a
i bushel of wheat.
It Is Inconceivable how such a place
ns thai Turkish bulb abomination could
exist on one of the most prominent cor
ners of tin ; city without protection from
the police chief and his captains.
At last the calamity editor of our
nmlable contemporary admits that pros
perity has put In an appearance , but he
lias a new complaint on the ground that
Koine of the plutocrats are sharing In It.
The ipiestion arises , How can that
jiiseless $500 attorney To the school board
designate nnassstant , | county attorney to
act ns his substitute without so much
ns saying "by your leave" to the board ?
When the police sergeants uotllled the
'dive keepers that they would be raided
tmless they closed their wine rooms they
must have winked the other eye , as
much to "That notice '
as say , doesn't
count. "
The Klondike newspaper space writers
eoem to have struck a richer vein of
gold than the men exposing thnmsolves
rte the hardships of an Arctic climate by
actually working In the newly found
gold tlclds.
It seems easy enough for the popo-
cratlc press to depose Secretory Hher-
juan on paper from the Stuto depart *
mcnt and retire him from the cabinet ,
Ibut they arc having a hard time to agree
on liU successor.
The rotten borough precinct represen
tation which enables eight republican
.voters to send flvo delegates to a county
convention will continue so long us no
one In the county committee has the
Btamlim to stand up for what everybody
knows to be right
T11K ASXA8SltArtof OF CAKOVAS-
Tin ; assassination of Prime Minister
CIIIIOVHR bereft Spain of her foremost
statesman. Hhe lias other able and dis
tinguished men , but 110110 who In
equal degree with the dead premier en
joys the confidence of the nation. On-
novas was esteemed by his countrymen
not alone for his superior ability as a
statesman , but ns well for his absolute
loyalty to the throne and his earnest
patriotism. He was a Spaniard In every
llb'er , profoundly devoted to the Interests
of his country ns he understood them.
The killing of Cnnovas seems to have
boon purely an act of revenge. The
murderer , It will probably be disclosed ,
was selected by some organization of
anarchists of which he Is a member , to
thus avenge the anarchists whom the
Spanish government has punished. Con
sequently , the event has no direct bearIng -
Ing upon political conditions In Spain.
Hut it may have a fur-reaching effect , for
unless an equally strong hand shall be
found to administer the government the
elements of discord are likely to mani
fest themselves. Very recently there
have been reports of a probable Carllst
movement and there Is an undercurrent
of dissatisfaction which can be kept In
control only by such a man as Canovns.
What the effect will be upon the Ouban
situation It Is not easy to foresee , but
it appears to be the belief of the Unbans
that It will be helpful to their cause.
The dead statesman ardently supported
the policy of Conoral Weylur and It
Is , perhaps safe to assume that the ele
ment in Spain which has been urging
a modllicatlon of that policy will now
become more aggressive and possibly
succeed in having Its demand heeded.
In the meanwhile the Cubans may bo
expected to show Increased activity.
The assassination shows that the spirit
of anarchism Is still active and this fact
will not fall to Impress Itself upon the
ruling classes of Europe.
A ItKl'VIIMCAA' SKXATE.
The republican national committee
appears to be fully alive to Its responsi
bilities In connection with the state cam
paigns soon to open. Its efforts , accordIng -
Ing to Washington advices , will be
mainly directed , as they properly should
be , to the choice of legislators In states
which will elect new United States
senators. The terms of thirty senators ,
or one-third of the full senate , expire in
ISOi ) . There is good reason to believe
that In addition to the seats they now
hold the republicans have an opportu
nity to gain a senator from Maryland In
place of Mr. Gorman , a senator from
Wisconsin in the place of Mr. Mitchell
nnd a senator each from North Dakota
and from West Virginia iu place of
Mr. Koach and Mr. Faulkner. It is
quite possible , also , that a republican
senator may replace Mr. Smith of New
Jersey , while Mr. Turple of Indium
may have to give way to a republican.
There Is thus a promise that the re
publican membership of the senate will
be Increased from four to six two years
hence , which would give the republicans
a safe majority In that body during the
latter part of President McKinley's term.
Of course we assume that the successor
of Mr. Hnnnn of Ohio in the senate will
be n republican and it is needless to
say that In that event no will be con
tinued In the position. We do not , however -
over , underestimate the light which the
republicans of Ohio must make In ordpr
to win and they are making the most
ample preparations for It. Their con
test will be directed mainly to thei elec
tion of members of the legislature , be
cause they realize the paramount Im
portance of electing a sound money sen
ator. Taking the result in Ohio for
granted , If the republicans can secure
three additional seats that will give
them a majority in the senate after
March 4 , 1S90 , and with a republican
house in the Fifty-sixth congress , which
we think can be confidently predicted If
the favorable business conditions con
tinue , thi ) republican party will be in
full control of the government during
the last half of McKinley's administra
tion and will be enabled , to put all its
policies into effect.
From the general trend of political
sentiment at this 'time It seems entirely
safe to predict the complete ascendancy
of the republican party within the next
two years.
AMKHICAX
It Is a somewhat remarkable feature of
the financial situation that there Is a
pessimistic feeling abroad in regard to
American securities , as Indicated in Ilia
fact that foreign holders of these securi
ties are realizing on them as rapidly as
possible. In view of the fact that our
securities have steadily Improved In
value for some time past and that the
conditions are favorable to their con
tinued improvement , it would seem that
European Investors would be seeking
them instead of unloading and hence
their course , Implying a lack of conn-
donee , Is dllllcnlt to understand. Of
course one explanation Is to In1 found
in their desire to realize the advance ,
but this Is hardly adequate or'satisfac
tory , since the effect of throwing these
M'curltlcs on the market Is necensailly
to reduce their value , whereas holding
them and buying mom would have the
opposite , result. It would seem , there
fore , that In the natural course of things
foreign holders of American securities
would keep them and increase their
holdings , If they have conlldcnco In the
coming prosperity of this country nnd in
the stability of our llnanclal system.
The Inevitable Inference Ifl that thty
have not this confidence , at least HO far
as the financial system Is concerned ,
The fact Is noted that the English
papers , which reflect European llnanclal
sentiment , Imvo been tilled with unfa
vorable comments regarding the failure
of the senate to pass the currency com
mission bill , evidently , under the Impres
sion that this was meant to bo a declara
tion against any change * la this currency
system. It is not dltllcult to understand
that foreign financiers may attach a
great deal more Importance to a cur
rency commission than Is given it , ln this
country , but It is not easy to comprehend
why the failure of the senate to agree
to such a commission in the closing
hours of a congressional session should
cause distrust iu face of the fact that we
have au administration fully pledged to
the maintenance of the gold standard ,
thus assuring the stability of the cur
rency for at least four years.
It Is suggested Hint the sales of Amer
ican securities In London , which have
recently been large , may bo duo In part
to Irrllatlon over our new tariff law , but
this Is hardly a sulllclpnt explanation.
A better one Is the statement that Lon
don bankers are probably dlscourngiai ;
Investments In American securities from
nn apprehension that a stringent money
market might result. The European de
mand for our breadstuffs Is eerta'n to
make n heavy drain upon the foreign
money markets , It being estimated that
before the end of the year Europe will
owe this country a balance of from
$1100,000,000 to $ lr ! > 0,000,000 on the trade
account. Whatever may bo the present
motive for the foreign salerf of American
securities , the unloading , It Is safto
say , will not continue If the coudhbiiH
which make for prosperity Improve. Not
only will foreign capital bo invest > d in
our securities , but It will go into produc
tive enterprises hero , as It did In fornu-r
years of prosperity.
T1IKY AUK KOK I'KACK.
The declarations of Emperor Nicholas
of Hiissln anil Emperor William of flor-
many , In which they pledged themselves
to co-operate for the maintenance of thi1
peace of Europe , cannot fall to have n
most reassuring effect. The slgnillcanco
of tht'so deliverances of the two rulers
who are most potent In the affairs ot
continental Europe cannot bo overesti
mated. Although made at a banquet
table , they have all the meaning and
force of a deliberate proclamation on the
part of the governments represented by
these sovereigns and will be so regarded
not only by their own people , but by the
people of all Europe. It was to all In
tents nnd purposes the announcement of
nn alliance between the two empires foi
the preservation of peace and there line
no reason to doubt the absolute biuccrltj1
of the utterances of czar and kaiser.
With Germany and Kussln united In
the determination that there shall be nu
European war there is cxUvmcly little
danger of such a catastrophe. No com
bination of continental powers could pre
vail against the joint efforts of thesi
great nations to maintain peace , even 11
it bo admitted to be possible to form a
combination hostile to their will. Tin
declarations of the two emperors are at
once an assurance and an admonition
and they are particularly timely as a
warning to Turkey that yhe will not bt
permitted to provoke a European con-
llict. It is by no moans improbable that
both Nicholas and William had the
Turkish situation in mind when they de
clared their purpose to maintain the gen
eral peace.
The world will think better of botli
emperors for those utterances , which
will exert a wholesome Influence
throughout Europe and have a good ten
dency everywhere.
The women who are defiantly refusing
to relinquish their hold on. the State
Ilome for the Friendless are trying tt
make out that they have a second Dart
mouth college case in their contentions ,
That sounds very nicely , but the Dart
mouth college decision- was handed down
a great many years ago and the besl
lawyers in the country cannot say ho-\\
far it is held to apply under present
state constitutions and statutes , Th (
Home for the Friendless people ouglr
to content themselves with something
less than a second Dartmouth collegt
case.
Chicago people arc saying that thi
changes made.by the assessors in flu
tax valuation of real and personal prop
erty on the tax list for this year are hi
explicable. Hut , then , are not all ta :
undervaluations Inexplicable ? Cndei
the law every taxpayer ought to bi
treated on precisely the same basis s.i
every other taxpayer and whenever tin
tax olllcers depart from the rule of Jin
partiality and equality thoa' get Into !
mire from which they have no means 01
extricating themselves.
The suggestion that the Prussian DIei
and Imperial Itclchstng bo called Ii
special session to vote relief to Uie flood
sufferers In Alsace Is said to be frowncil
down on by the government authorities
because the demand for government aid
came first from the socialistic newspa
pers. If there Is any real need for as
sistance Is not this a rather poor ex
cuse for the German government tn
make for its Inaction ?
The Nebraska National Guard could
well drop Its annual encampment foi
this year and make up for It with an
encampment of double duration next
year In connection with the Transmls-
Exposition at Omaha.
When telegraphing without wires has
boon demonstrated by practical experi
ment , the man who Is kicking himself
for not making the discovery before will
become numerous , as usual In such In
stances.
The proposition to annex Glontnrf pro
duct to the city Is awfully gauzy. It h
not merely Clontarf that Is over-repre
sented In the county convention , bill
other precincts and wards as well.
A ( iooil i\lllllplc' : .
ClilciiKo Tribune ,
Omaha's police chief lias resigned , II
Chicago's pollco chief knows when lie li
well oft ho will similarly anticipate the In
evltnblo.
Kiixloii'H Forlorn Siiiiiid ,
( llolie-Uetnocrat ,
Klvq of the cloven members or the fusloi
state central committee In Iowa have with
drawn In order to go It alone an populists
The ullrerltM of Jowa are dwindling Into t
forlorn ucjuad ,
I'liicern' IiivitrraltIlulilt. .
New York World , |
U U eald that the deposit of $3.315,000 It
gold at the San Francisco mint on Wednosda ;
in the largest ever niado for coinage In i
single day. If placer inlncu did not have at
Inveterate habit of "working out" at thi
wrong time the Yukon valley might cbangi
the course of commercial history In the nex
ton years.
Stlt-U to ( lie Corn niul SiiKnr licet.
Chicago CUrunlcle.
Omaha la excited over the fact that I
citizen ot that place has raised 150 poundi
of coffee in liU back yard , A good dool o
cofToo is robed In Isolated epota Iu this coun
try and there U a small plantation In Ohio
Tobacco and other nemltroplcal plants hay
been successfully rnlsed In the northern
elate * . The success of the Otnnha man In
the coffee burflnc&r should not tempt the Ne-
brajknns to fdHsnkb corn or the sugar beet.
An AntoniHtliMouinlnr > - I , Inc.
Washington Star.
It nny have McurreJ to Great Ilrltatn
that It would simplify matters to lay down
n rule that wffen'ever a gold deposit Is dis
covered the lmtlS boundary line skirts the
far side ot It. ) '
I I '
Ili-forc anil After.
Iriitlrili'Kpolls Jnurnnt.
Documents itrb being prepared nt the re
publican hcndqtikrtpm In Washington for use
In the fall campaigns In Ohio and Iowa ,
Among other .things the republicans wilt
exhibit facsimileof charta used by the
sllvcrltes last yenr , showing how silver and
wheat rose nnd tell together , and then thty
will exhibit a new chart showing how they
have parted company and how the law of
mipply and demand controls the price ot
both.
_
.In in en llnrlnti of IIMYII.
St. I nila Globe-Democrat.
James Hjrlan , who Is mentioned for the
republican candidacy for governor of Iowa ,
IB 77 years of age , ami U a historic figure.
Ho wa one ot the founders of the republican
party In his elate , went to the senate In
1855. served In It to the tnd of the war , then
entered Johnson'o cabinet as secretary of
the Interior , nnd after n short stay In tliit
post returned to the senate. Harlan Is ono
of the last survivors of the lowans who
were national character , * In the war time
and In the half a dozen eventful years Im
mediately preceding.
ini | > l < > yiiicii < In tli , . tlnrvcttt Fivliln.
ChlcnKO Chronicle.
The mighty harvests of the west are tax
ing the efforts of the rormoro to gather
them in , and In Kansas and Nebraska they
are making dally appeals tor aid. Living
wages are offered and board thrown In , nnd
yet help cannot be had at any price. Doth
states report that they are overrun with
tramps , who say they are men out of work.
They throng the city lulls , they sleep In
the parks , they even hold up railway trains ,
and protest that they are starving , but they
will not work. In all the cities of those
elates arc hundreds of men who are unem
ployed. Some of them are being cared for
by the charity organizations. The cities
are taking care of others. The farmers are
advertising In the dally newspapers for help
to garner their harvests. The employment
bureaus post notices showing that work
may be had In the fields. These appeals
are almost unheeded. The city's unem
ployed ecorn to take work In the country.
They would rather starve or live upon char
ity.
Slum lil lie Done.
New Yorlc Sun.
There ought to be a conference , If not a
national convention , of the friends of man
and sliver. , Now or never Is the time to
pour forth a ringing and reverberant protest
against the infamous Intrigues of the money
power. Wheat , up , up ; silver , down , down.
Now , cither wheat Is as guilty as gold or
the accursed cohorts of Wall street are pullIng -
Ing up wheat with one hand and pulling
down silver with the other. The friends
of silver who wish well to wheat should do
something to maintain the character of the
latter staple. It Is clear that if wheat
continues to play Into the hands of the
money sharks its character will be gone.
It Is becoming plutocratic by regrettably
rapid degrees. Cannot something be done
to reclaim and save It ? If It keeps on goIng -
Ing up , It must bo yoked In dishonor with
man-oppressing gold , "Jlned together In the
house of bondage" "with " It , aa Captain Cut-
tlo would say. The farmers themselves
would bo corrupted and will be plutocratic
allies of the plutocrats. If the friends of
humanity and silver don't awake , arise , and
say a good deal in clarion tones there Is
only too much reason to fear that the moral
status of wheat and the pecuniary status
ot the farmers' will be established In a way
that will make octopuses giggle.
FOHKIGN THADE.
i r > cnnn < l for American
. 'Uniiilfiictnres Aljro : l.
! Philadelphia Times.
The most striking feature of the tabulated
statistics relative to the various articles of
domestic export for the last fiscal year Is the
Increase of nearly $50,000,000 In the exports
of domestic manufactures over those of the
previous year. The schedule shows a marked
Increase In every branch ot manufactured
goods which we have heretofore exported , In
cluding manufactures of brass and copper ,
and of cotton , bicycles , scientific Instruments ,
Iron and steel , railway bais , wire , machin
ery and paper , the greatest proportional In
crease being In bicycles and parts of bicy
cles , the value of which Increased from
$1,898,012 in 189G to $7,005,323 In 1897.
The value of the manufactured goods ex
ported In 1897 was $276,357,801 , as against
$228,571,178 In the previous year , and this
rapid increase suggests the very pertinent
Inquiry as to the need of high protective
dutlw to shut out foreign competition when
we are successfully competing with foreign
manufacturers In their own. markets. These
figured also suggest the entire absurdity of
the pretense that high duties will produce
revenue.
These figures show that In the linesof man
ufactured goods In which wo have acquired
c'peclal skill wo can successfully compete
with the world , and they simply enforce the
lesson of learning the trade of manufactur
ing In all its details. Wo should be able
to compete In textile fabrics as well as In
bicycles , locomotives and steel rails , and will
when we determine to produce the best goods
that can be made.
TBI.EOHAl'III.VO WITHOUT WIIU3S.
Project * IIiiilorlnUcMi l y
Tt-Nla nml Miirvonl.
St. Ixiuls Globe-Democrat.
In two different -ways the subject of wire
less telegraphy has just 'been ' brought for
ward prominently In Europe and America.
lly far the boldest conception is that ot
Nikola Trala , whcso Ideas frequently take
on a cosmic sweep. Tills young American
proposes to use the earth Itself at a. part of
his telegraphic apparatus , drawing Its elec
tricity 'out of au.l forcing It In again , and
producing everywhere on the earth's surface
electric phenomena that can bo governed
aufilclontly to convey mrosagcfi. It Is a
tremendous thought , but Tesla has pursued
It with unshaken Jolth for several years , and
he considers his latest experiments to be
the most convincing. Ills machinery for
sending a telegram , or even power , simul
taneously to all rarta of tne cailh Includes
an oscillator connected with the ground and
with an eleavted object , preferably a balloon.
A rhythmic obb. and flow of electricity la
thus excited In the earth and the air , The
voltage Is enormously high , and with his
apparatus Tcsla rayR ho can obtain elcctr.'c
rparks a mile long. As yet bis praclcal tents
have been confided' 16 his laboratory.
Hut the European method of telegraphing
without wires begin * with short distances
and Is much furtheradvanced * , having been
capitalized and roadeiready for speedy appli
cation. It Is the Invention of a young Italian
named Marconiwhose experiments have
been under the Inspection of Mr. I'rceco , the
head electrician "of. - the llrltlah postolllce.
Marconi has 6L-nt.ii message electrically with
out wires over a distance of twelve miles.
Ho also usrc an oscillator connected with
the earth , and wTh ! 3 vertical wirelly In
creasing the height of the vertical wlro the
Influence of the current la registered at a
oroportlonately greater distance , A wire on
a ship's mast 100 feet high would Insure
communication at a distance of twelvemllcd ,
Marconi's own discovery la the possibilities
of the vertical yrp. ) „ Last week In London
ho rect-lved $ GQ.QOOrln cash and $499,000 In
shares for -the uoiurol of his Invention out
side of Italy. The yntem will bo applied ; on
the Channel Islands by the I'ostofllce depart
ment ,
Tesla'a design Is amazing In Its scope ,
whllo Marconi la.content with smaller re
sults to begin with. Yet the Italian thinks
that ha can telegraph across the Atlantic
If bis vertical wire la carried high enough.
The tall towora built to gratify curiosity may
yet , . nd another use. In telegraphing with
out wirrd , by either system , tt la first neces
sary , by means of the oscillator , to create
an electric wave of Intense agitation. The
wave can bo gathered and reflected In any
direction , registering lUelf upon resonators
at a distance. Aa often happens , two In-
ventora have been working Independently
on much the tame general Idea. Marconi's
ayttem will bo the first utilized because It
hai been thoroughly tested over short dis
tances. Wlreleaa telegraphy Is * n assured
fact , nd Its future may outrun oven the
marveloua speculations of TotUu
DOCTORS OF SCIENCE MEET
Fill the Largo Atulitorlum of the High
School Building ,
SAVANTS HOLD A SESSION AT DETROIT
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D15TUOIT , Aug. 9. The auditorium of the
Immense new Central High school bultdlnu
was today a scene of beauty , the decorations
being in huiior of the forty-sixth annual
meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. The attendance
of members was about 200 at the opening ,
nnd the galleries were filled with citizens ol
Detroit. About twenty membots of tbu Ill-It-
lah association occupied seats on the plat
form.
Secretary Frederick W. Putnam called the
assemblage to order and announced the
death of the association's former president ,
Prof. Kdward U. Cope. In the absence of
the president , Wolcolt Qlbbs of Newport ,
U. I. , the chair was taken by Prof. Theo
dore Qlll ot Washington , who In turn handed
the gavel to Prof. W. J. McGco of Washing
ton , senior vice president of the association.
Mayor Maybury delivered an address ot wel
come , In which ho paid : "Detroit greets
you as those who come to set the world
right ; the struggle between the religious and
scientific world has largely come to be a
thing of the past. The old fear that some
how the discoveries of science would upoct
the teachings of religion has passed away.
What fears has religion from the disclosures
of the Creator's handiwork ? "
further words of greeting were spoken by
ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer. The Biualtor
thought the question , "When Did Science
Originate ? " mifllclcnt to break up In n row
almost any ordinary gathering. Job wati
the primeval scientist and following him
all down the agce came Archimedes , Aris
totle , Galileo and the modern- men of learn
ing , developing science until now she stands
a crowned queen , accepting but not de
manding the homage of the world.
Prof , McGce , In expressing his apprecia
tion of the hospitality extended , said the
object of the association was to kindle Inter
est In scientific matters and cultivate o
closer relation between scientists and tin
general public.
After the adjournment of the general
session the- nine sections were organized
and each was addressed by Its chairman.
SURE OP A FINAL SOLUTION.
"Improvident Civilization" was the sub
ject of an address by 'Prof. Richard T. Col-
burn , chairman ot the section ot social and
economic science. Prof. Colburn thought
the 'controvert } ' In respect to a 'bimetallic
money standard and the other as to the
limits of safety for representative or cur
rency money are certain to bo fully worked
over by the powerful vested Interests con
cerned In reports of commissions and printed
volumes. His explanation was that these
questions are but parts of a far greater
question of metrology. Prof. Colburn added :
When we speak ot value , equiva
lency , wealth , risk , trust , distrust , panic ,
prosperity , we are dealing not with
concrete substances llko gold pieces , but
with states of mind ; yet tnosc Ideas He nt
the foundation of commercial exchanges
and monetary science. Have any of you
Imagined what would happen If some mcwlern
Rosicrulan should succeed In the turning ol
base metals cheaply Into gold. No one can
maintain that this IB Impossible. Such a
discovery would Introduce Into the world of
commerce , and Indeed Into all llscal rela
tions of men , nn appalling confusion ; first ,
by a general rise of prices , and , second , by
a dislocation of llxed payments of Interest ,
salaries and otherwise. Among other curi
ous results we should witness would be a
change of sides und tunes between the
advocates of gold and silver standards ,
with a general desire to shift over by the
holders oC contracts for specific payments
In coin or Its equivalent. The same thing
would happen , only more slowly. If a vast
deposit of gold were unearthed ; and if ,
after gold was thus discredited by a prac
tically Inexhaustible supply , the attempt
were made to put silver in Its place ( the
price of which would be enormously en
hanced ) this state of things would bo liable
In Its turn to be upset by similar dis
coveries. I am not sure but' the after
benefits to mankind , and especially to labor ,
by precipitating the necessity of Inventing
some more elllclent tool of exchanges , a
scientific and more stable enumerator of
values , would compensate for all the dis
aster It would temporarily cost. Shall we
have to wait for such an accident for the
settlement of n monetary system ?
If we would get creditor money or the
valuable substance that stands behind
money we must owe less and hove a greater
store of the articles the world needs.
Whether the present estimation of gold aa
the measure of exchange values Is excessive
or Irrational , It Is a fact to be reckoned
with. It follows that the surplus should
be concentrated In commodities , portable ,
exportable and not too fragile or perishable
In their composition , not subject to caprice
or of fushlon , nor of restricteil demand , and
of these the precious metals and stones
have by universal consent best flllcd the
requirements.
Our present civilization Is lop-sided ; Its
contour is a-symmetrlcal ; It Is not abreast
of the knowledge of the times and Is not
yielding to mankind nearly the amount of
comfort anil well-being It might be made to
do. From a great number of social Ills ,
defects and shortcomings , due chiefly to
tills overlapping of the childhood of the
world upon its adult stages , I select a few
of the more serious , which will require
many centuries to correct themselves. In
order to raise the inquiry among you
whether it Is not within the compass of
human endeavor to accelerate a bsttdi- date ,
not merely to gratify an altruistic Impulse
nor fulfillment of ethical Ideals , but as a
deliberate choice of divergent policies.
As examples of the Improvident teudencieu
of modern life , Prof. Colburn spoke of the
waste of warfare and armament , the
decadences of raees , pernicious competition ,
spendthrift luxury , the blight of parasitism ,
the role of superstitions and the diversity
of languages.
PENNSYLVANIA COAL DED.
Prof. I , C. White of Morgantown , W. Va. ,
had prepared an Interesting paper on "The
Plttsburg Coal Bed. " In the absence of
Prof , White , who Is In Russia , the paper
was read by Prof. W. IJ. Falrfleld. The
age , area and fctructure wore carefully gone
over aud the geological elements and fea
tures of tbo great appalachlan coal field
elaborated , In the hope , as he said , of em
phasizing the necessity and Importance of
observing the smaller detail of stratigraphy
more closely. Prof. Whlto critlcUed the
United Slates geological survey for entertain ,
ing the theory that no coal bed can he cer
tainly Identified beyond1 the area of Us con
tinuous outcrop , This , he claims , gives u
local name to very Isolated area , tin's adding
greatly to the burden of geological nomen
clature , a fault of geologists everywhere.
Ho urged reform In the methods of work
which lead to such undesirable results.
Prof. William C , Mason , chairman of the
section of chemistry , read a long address on
"Expert Testimony , " Ho considered tl'at
the case of the universally harah criticism
of expert testimony wt ignorance on the
part of the bar , and at times what la worse
than Ignorance on the part of the expert.
Ho dwelt'at length on the chemical fea
tures of this kind of testimony , particu
larly In cases ot suspccred poisoning , and
counseled greater care and precision on the
part of lexicologists In preparing CRGCS for
court. Prof. Mason concluded : , "Tho expert -
pert wltncro chould bo absolutely truthful ,
of course , that Is assumed but beyond that
ho should be clear and torso In his stato-
montfl , homey ! and apt In his Illustrations ,
Incapable of being led beyond the field In
which ho le truly on expert and as fearless
of legitimate Ignorance an he Is fearful of
Illegitimate knowledge , Mounting the wit-
need stand with these principles aa his guide ,
he may bo assured of stepping down again
at the close of his testimony with credit
to himself and to the profession be hai
chosen. "
Other addrosea before the sections were as
follows : Prof. Carl Ilarus , before the sec
tion of physics. "Long Hango Temperature
and Pressure Variables In Phyilca ; " Prof.
W. J. McGce , before section of anthropology ,
"Tho Science of 'Humanity ; " Prof , W. W.
Ileman , before section of mathematics and
astronomy. "A Chapter In the History of
Mathematics. " Vice President Howard
( nominated by tbo council to fill the vacancy
cauaed by the death of Prof , Geode ) , gave , by
request of the council , an oddreiri before the
irctton of zoology. Prof. George F. Atkin
son , before the section of botany , "Expert-
mental Morphology ; " Prof. John Oalbrcatti
before section of mechanical ( science and en
gineering , "Applies ! Mechanics. "
After the Rcncml sraHnn this e-rcnlng , nt
which * mcmorl.il address on the Ifltc- presi
dent , Prof. Cope , will bo given by Prof.
Theodore Gill , n reception will be tendereil
the members ot the association by the local
committee.
I'UOSI'KUITY I'OIXTUHS.
Denver Itcpublle.in : Notwithstanding the
dlscouraKhiK decline In the price of silver
the outlook for the people of Colorado In
the Immediate future Is unusually good.
The slate was never bkfscd with such heavy
crops an nt present , nml the mineral output
for 1S97 promises to break all past records.
Phr.ndclphl.t .Record . ; A dispatch from
New York &aya that the woolen cloth mills
have more orders than they can fill for the
Hprlng trade , and many of the manufacturers
are extending their plants and pulling In
now spindles. This Is tangible evidence of
the business Improvement which U In pro
gress In all directions ; hut In the woolen
Industry It Is stimulated by exceptional con
dition ! ) .
Louisville Courier-Journal : Mr. John
WanamaUer Is happy over returning good
times and Riven reason after reasjn why
he believes the era ot prosperity Is upon us.
Wo note thld for the Information of our
sllvcrlte contemporaries , which a few mouths
ago were filling their columns day after day
with effusive commendation of Mr. Wano-
maker because then ho could not ecu any
such Indications.
Globe-Democrat : That Increasa of more
than $0,500,000 In the loans of the New-
York clearing house banks last week IB a
striking evidence of the Improvement In
business. The Increase In loans has been
under way for many weeks , almost without
Interruption , but the expansion lia-3 tvlilom
been as great In six days as It was In those
Just ended. From this time onward Hie in
creased demand for money In the great llnan
clal centers of the country la likely to bo a
familiar story.
Sioux City Journal : The northwestern
farmers have been busy with their barve&t-
Ing and thrashing the Inst week or two.
The reports Indicate that the crop of small
grain Is not nn tinsually heavy one , but
there arc no large sections ot country In
which there has been even partial failure
of the crop. The farmers will have an
abundance of grain for their own use and
for shipment and they will sell for good
prices. This Is a combination that Is sure
to have great Influence In local trade In
every trade center of the country.
I'HUSOXAI. AXI ) OTIIKllWISH.
The Spirit of Kentucky Is the title of n
new paper started In that state. It proposes
to pull the cork at least once a week.
An unknown officeholder In Cleveland has
returned to the city $3UO which ho stole
years ago. The example may he followed
In Nebraska without Infringing on the
patent right.
Jersey City has a lawyer who , having
nettled an estate of $1,200 , was awarded $100
for his costs and refused to take It because
It was an exorbitant price. That man made
a mistake In not dying young.
Tewllk Pasha showed a thorough knowl
edge of military tactics hi conducting opera
tions In Thessaly. Hut his greater renown
was achieved In dealing with the powers ,
In which he proved himself a past master
of filibustering tactics.
Some blooming American statesmen evi
dently do not know that the Dlngley tariff
bill is a law. The Congressional Record is
etill publishing speeches for and against the
measure. It looks as though the members
of congress were struggling to eco who will
get In the last word.
From sources close to their persons , the
news Is given out that Senator Arthur Pere
Gorman and would-be Senator John II. Mc
Lean have decided not to make the race
for the senate In their respective states ,
Maryland and Ohio. Owing to the pwsure
of other business neither Gorman nor Mc
Lean have time to attach their signatures
to the declination.
One of the oldest women teachers in the
public bchoola of Portland , Ore. , has the
Klondike fever and proposes going north.
The clerk of the Board of Education , a
California forty-niner , advises her to take
up a load of candies , cigars and nuts rather
than to try any other way of making money
or a living there. Ho recalls the visit of a
woman with such a cargo to a California
camp aud says that she cleared $1,000 be
tween Saturday and Monday.
James Paxton Vooruees , son of the late
senator from Indiana , for many years con
nected with the art department of the con
gressional library , has resigned in order to
devote his entire time to art. Mr. Voorlieed
has for years been known ns an artist , many
of his productions In marble having given
him high rank as a sculptor. Ho iu com
pleting busts In marble of the late Senator
11 u list of California , and another of his
father , the late senator from Indiana.
Hon. Charles A. Dana , LL-.D. , has recov
ered from his recent apell of sickness. His
convalescence Is announced in the following
characteristic paragraph In the Sun : "A
friend In Geneva Informs us that certain
papers In that neighborhood say that Mr.
Djim has resigned as editor of the Sun.
This Is a falsehood. Mr. Dana has never
been of a resigning habit , and hereby de
clares that ho has not commenced the prac-
tlco in the present case. He can still bo
found doing business at the old stand , and
the man does not live who can oay that he
has seen him , there or elsewhere , turn his
back either upon a friend or foe , "
Hrero Is a picture of a scene at a summer
opera in Chicago drawn by the News : "His
evening toilet consisted of trousers checked
in black nnd white , not shaded checks , but
staring and clearly outlined ; a low-cut white
vest , a colored neglige hlrt , dark tie and a
dross coat , Hu had hidden his hat , but
there Is no doubt It was a derby In the new
ahado of green. There should have been a
communion of souls between him and a
stout woman seated In a conspicuous box ,
who were black satin and chiffon twinkling
with Jet , elbow sleeves and square-cut neck ,
a bushel of diamond/ ) and a sailor hat. Hut
they never looked at otio another. " Can
such things be and the heroic statue of
General-John A. Logan remain Inanimate ?
: U OK A KIM ) .
Coinlnu : Stud * Convention of ( lie- \ < - -
liraNkii Dri-lliiinil.
Ht. 1'aul Pioneer I'rees.
There Is to bo a three-ringed circus of
democrats , populists and silver republicans
at Lincoln , Neb. , about September 1 , which
will eclipse- all previous attractions of the
season In brilliancy , moral oplemlor and great
acrobatic feata. On that date , to change the
metaphor , theru will bo moro silver stars In
conjunction In the sign of Pisco * the Fish
than there have been at any time since No
vember 3 , 18&C , when the triumphant rising
of the sound money win-canned them to
scatter In a most iiiiastronomlcal manner.
At this great and glorious festival there will
be present Messrs. Dryan , Teller and Towno
In all their silver sheen , hesldra many minor
glories whose combined refulgence will ho
blended In a sort of a milky way , trailing Itii
pale- beauty across the zenith of Ncbrouka
Htato politics , Tlirco conventions will bu
held , and each of these will nominate the
same ticket. At least this Is thu program ,
though wo can't help remembering that there
were two tails to the Ilryan comet last year ,
and It Isn't Imnosslhlo that there may bo three
heads to the Nebraska rocket this year. Hut
Royal nukei the food pure ,
v ijolciome and delicious.
Absolute/ ) Pure
ftOTAl EAKISO POWDIft OO. , HIM TOflK.
something , nt nny rate will bo done , nnd U
will ho n comfort to feel that the blntnnt
Hrynn I * once moro within the confines of hl
own strtte , where It tils friends have ny
regard for his future , they will keep him for
a restful wl.lle. Frco silver will bo druggc-il
from Its bed anil braced up with cordials ,
KAlvanlreil , If need be , tickled with oratory ,
nnd mad o to take on , for the moment , the
ghostly semblance ot Its old pasteboard self.
Hut the NcnrtMkniis huvc made one mistake.
They should have set tholr feast for a tlmo
either before or after the harvest period.
The Nebraska farmers nro doing well this
> car. They arc neither looking for trouble
nor for n wny out of It. The sound of these
triple- conventions will fall upon their earn
as an Irrelevant murmur , for they vtll bo
so busy getting In their excellent crops that
they will have neither tlmo nor cars for Mr.
Hrynn and his brothers.
A SMII.I : COKS WITH TIII-JM- : .
Chicago Record ; "Wlltlo Walking toJ !
mo I was n peach. "
W ° i"1"r ho rctcrml to fusa on
you | "
Roxbury Gazette : When a woman asks a
pcar-li peddler. "Aro they ROOI ! ? " does she
think he Is going to say "No ? "
Urooklyn Life : The Captain ( bolstermt'ly )
-.omp , old man , brace up ! What's got
I'nraenger If you don't put me ns-horo
you'll Very soon tee.
Harper's Har.av : "I wonder why they call
the < -xi-nses | of n r-huroh the running ex-
pi-uses ? " said Mrs. Martin.
' 1 suppose It's because Urn vestrjmcn are
never able to riUch up with them , " answered
her husband.
. Plain Denier : "Jane Orav Is
dreadfully forgetful. She's netting w'Bho
con t leineinber thu least llttlu ihlug. "
Too liml. "
i.l'V'11 1'i0 ! ' "I"1.0"1 went Into tin- water ycs-
teniay without her bathing suit ! "
Im1lntiipois ! : Journal : "Tlu-ru can be no
uoubt that , iic ornaments society. "
AVlio niiyou tn'.klng about , now ? "
l.irtillJ"c | > 'ou"p" , ! 'about whom nm T
* MII ! ? . l was " " "ding to the faivblench
0
Atlanta Constitution : "The hotel " ex
plained the clei It , "Is In Ihu liamls of a re
ceiver ,
"Wlioro can I find him ? "
, " . " 11. nn hour ago ho was roecivlnir
breakfast ; shortly afterward ho rri-elvcil
tin 00 cocktails , anil In about ton mltuuoH
c'hi ' " ° ' ° ' 'ccelvu hls salary. Take a
I 1"
Somervrir- Journal : A SomeivllUwoman
who- wan peisiiidli-d by a neighbor to drink
some "pure Juice of this grape" the other
day. proteMB that It I * not WoxeailnK. ! but
Just the same she spent nil thu afteinoon
trying to sow chlorate of potash tablets for
buttons on her husband'sshirts. .
A IMIKUICTION.
U'asiilliKtun Stnr.
u'HnB ! Ior ly080'1' ! ' ' ll along the line !
\ \ alt IK , ' for the sunlight or Dm better days
to shine !
The pluKKiinta llko to ml-ss the golden
g.orlfp when they burst ;
the man who advertises Is the man who'll
sec them lirst.
IIII.I.VS filCTTI.Mi OUJ.
S. K. Klscr In the Cleveland I.c-ailcr.
Hilly oncu was widely envied
By lits fcllownicn ;
Ilamlsioino Hilly spent his money
Very freely then ;
Now his following Im * dwindled ,
Since ho hour.ls his gold ,
And he BOPto church on Sundays
Hilly's netting old !
Billy used to be the greatest
Ladles' man In town ;
Billy's gorgeous entertainments
Won him wldo renown ;
Billy used to. . have a figure '
Graceful to behold ,
Now he stoops , his kneca are shaky-
Billy's setting old !
Oft In former days we've seen him
With his blooded pair ,
And scum ; llattcred one beside him , i
Radiantly fair !
Now hl chin rests on his breast In
Many a flabby fold ,
And his coachman holds the ribbons
Billy's gettltitr old !
There -were suppers for swort singers
And for merry dune-era , too :
Theru were yacht rides he was captain.
And fair women formed hli crew ;
But the suppers and the frolics
On the deck and In the hold
Serve no longer to amusu him
Billy's getting old !
Yesterday I saw him driving
Out to get the air ;
No gay woman sat beside him ,
Radiantly fair ;
O'er his ej-M a Him liad gathered ,
On/ / bin hair the mold
That relentless Time spreads over-
Billy's getting old !
Once his faithful wife was lonely ,
Others claimed his smiles ;
She was left to sit and ponder
Over woman's wiles ;
But today her breast Is laden
With a Joy untold-
ire has drifted back unto her
Billy's getting old !
Is in reach of even the
leanest purse , and well
madegarmentsat that ,
We don't make the
cheap and slimpsy
sort of clothes that
are advertised so loud
ly and often for prices
much less than the ac
tual cost of making a
decent suit.
Our summer suits
are'properly tailored ,
and great attention is
given to shaping the
garments , for it is not
an easy matter to pre
serve the form of lightweight -
weight materials.
We are sure that no
one makes better
clothing than -we do ,
nor lower priced gar
ments when the qual
ity is duly considered.
BROWNING ,
KING & GO ,
8. W. Cor.
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