Nebraska Newspapers

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nctunl numlx-r ot full nnil complete copies of The
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during the month of Beptcrnbcr , IS'JT , wns ns fol-
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IXHIST l > \ 1I.VVI\C TIIH 11EI3.
Wliun It conn's to the InjmictiiiK busi
ness it RL'oins tlmt more than one can
play at the game at the same time.
The originator of tln I'lillman slooplng
car Is dead , but the Pullman porter
promises to remain with us Indefinitely.
The public wliools should be divorced
strictly from partisan polities. Only the
best men should be Riven places on the
school board.
> As ! i self-constituted martyr Hedlleld
Is not the shining success he had
planned. The political martyr act has
been played too often to catch even the
gallery tlie.su days.
Governor Holcomb has done four
columns of explaining and yet lias not
explained why he should not be held
jointly responsible for the Hartley state
treasury defalcation.
The newspaper in which Itrynn says
ho Is a stockholder Is now making un
complimentary remarks about Coxey and
Ills Ohio followers. In Bryan's book the
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author could not say anything too nice
about Coxey.
Uryan declines to express any opinion
whatever as to the mayoralty situation
ill Greater New Vork , but as soon as the
result Is announced lie may be expected
to join in the I-told-yon-so chorus as
loud as any of them.
The appeal in the criminal case against
defaulting State Treasurer Hartley sets
up only : > : ! . - allegations of error in the
trial. If there was any error , there Js
no danger that any of it lias escaped
the attorneys for the defense.
The Iowa middle-of-the-road populists
Rot their ticket on the olllcial ballot after
all by favor of the supreme court and
the returns will enable the public to as
certain to what extent Iowa populists
nro fighting for principles rather than
for spoils.
It may be worthy of note Unit that
Goddess of .Justice surmounting the court
house dome turned black while Kedlield
was occupying otiice under- and only
brightened up when it saw before it the
ussurcd prospect of ids early exit from
the building.
That Sixteenth street viaduct Is still a
standing menace to life and property.
What is to be feared is Unit the dehiy
of the council to order It closed may
prove not only dangerous but expensive
In the event of suits against tli. city for
damages from accident.
When Weyler was appointed captain
general for Culm nobody knew anything
about him. Now that he Is to bo re
tired from his position everybody knows
altogether too much about him. A few
short mouths In the glare of newspaper
publicity serve to outline u man's char
acter as no other process.
The formerchlef _ draughtsman In the
otllco of the supervising architect of the
treasury has been appointed to tinpo.sl -
tlon of supervising architect. This looks
ns If the .McKlnley administration were
living strictly up to the spirit and letter
of the civil service reform declaration
of the republican national platform.
Uryan Is now going around the coun
try telling the people that he was really
elected to the presidency last year , but
wmi counted out. Hryan has been seeIng -
Ing things for some lime , but when he
gets it that bad anothej' trip to the Yel
lowstone park should be prescribed for
him before it becomes too cold there.
When a man wants to ride- Into olllce
on the strength of some one else's al
leged Hilt-conduct lie admits that he Is
not capable of sustaining his claims to
preferment on his own merit. Krank
H. Moores Is not running for county
t'lerlc. The republican nominee for
county clerk is David M. Haverly , and
Mr. Ilnverly's Integrity and compe
tency for the olllco are conceded.
WHOM SWAM. T1IK I'ROfbK JI
"A fraud wns perpetrated on the sure
ties ! That fraud was perpetrated on the
one hand by the governor of the fitnto
of Nebraska and on the other by Jo
seph S. Hartley. "
This Is what Frank Hansom declared
In open court on the 7th day of October
In support of the offer of John C. Cowln
to prove that Governor Holcomb knew
that there was a shortage of $ , ' ! r > 0,000 In
the state treasury at the time he ap
proved the second term bond of Treas
urer Hartley.
I'oiir columns of fine type arc taken
up by Governor Holcomb In an attempt
to vindicate himself from the charge of
co-responsibility for a large part of the
Hartley defalcation. And yet no Intel
ligent person who reads the llrst half
column of the governor's lengthy nnd
labored defense can fall to note that
he lays more stress upon blackwashlng
the republican party than ho does upon
presenting a clearance for himself. Krom
the outset of this partisan tirade he poses
as the victim of a foul conspiracy and
rings In matters that have no relevance
to the point in controversy , namely , his
neglect to carry out the provisions of the
statute that require the chief executive
to exact a settlement In cash or Its
equivalent from the custodian of the
state funds. Ills talk about the devil
attempting to rebuke sin and denuncia
tion of republicans who have been re
pudiated by their own party does not
lessen his responsibility for allowing
Hartley's defalcation to reach over n
half million dollars.
Granting Unit Governor Holcomb had
taken every precaution to secure an ade
quate bond from Hartley , the governor
does not make clear why he closed his
ears against repeated warnings of Hart
ley's crooked methods in farming out
state moneys and his threats to resign if
required to settle In cash and accepted
pieces of paper purporting to be cert -
t Ideates of deposit without veri
fying their genuineness or Investigating
the solvency of the banks. The 'gov
ernor lays great emphasis upon
the fact that his predecessors had al
lowed former treasurers to settle In the
same way. Surely the plea that they all
do It could not justify Governor Hol
comb in view of ( lie lesson of the state's
losses in the Moshcr bank failure.
The trump card played by Governor
Holcomb to clinch his vindication Is a
letter from Kansom In which the attor
ney for Hartley enters half-way denial
of facts that can be readily established
and seeks to discredit the veracity of
The Beo's court reporter. Hansom as
serts that the charge that the governor
was cognizant of Hartley's shortage
when he approved his bond was made
solely by General Cowln. While that
statement is at variance wtli the facts ,
it is immaterial whether Kansom made
it originally or merely backed Oowin's
offer up before the court. In cither case
it Is unreasonable to assume that either
Cowln or Hansom had any design to
make political capital against the gov
ernor or his party. They were actuated
solely by one motive and that was to
win their case. If the charge had been
sprung then for the first time it might
have been brushed aside as a bind' for
effect on the jury , but as it wns simply
putting into a court record what had
already been asserted in the press and
elsewhere , it cannot be regarded as a
mere campaign canard.
While we do not believe that Hartley's
shortage In January , 1805 , amounted to
; ? : C > < > ,000 , there can be no question what
ever that ha was n defaulter at that
time for many thousand dollars and that
tlio taxpayers would have been saved
from further spoliation had Governor
Holcomb performed bis duty fearlessly
and firmly.
TUR millliD'X .MOXKV SUPPLY.
The report of the director of the mint
for the fiscal year 1S)7 ! ) , Just completed ,
Is an exceedingly interesting and in
structive document , which should be
carefully studied by all who take an in
terest in the financial question. The di
rector lias taken great care In obtaining
statistics of the supply of money in the
various countries of the world and it is
believed these are as nearly accurate
as any such computation can lie made ,
lie has obtained the best estimates of
monetary experts In the nations where
there is a mint bureau or a ministry of
llminco which prepares such figures ,
while In other cases lie has secured such
data as was available through Amer
ican ministers and consuls. Wltli tills
Information the stock of gold money In
use In the world Is computed at $ I , : . " > ! > , -
C/OO.OOO , the stock of silver money at
; MtiS00,000 ! ( : ; and the stock of uncov
ered paper at $ ' _ , "i"K ) , 0X ( ) , ( ) ( ) the grand
total on January 1 , 1S ! > 7. being $11,11)7- )
HM0 ) ( ! < . The Increase In the total slock
of metallic money is shown to be $ iil7-
ItOO.OOO over last year.
In regard to the monetary circulation
per capita that of the United Stales is
given as being ; ? :2.7I. ! In this respect
we are behind hall' a do/.en oilier coun
tries , among them Prance and Helgium ,
but we are ahead of the Untied King
dom and Germany in the amount of cir
culation per capita and of course the
aggregate amount of our circulation Is
considerably greater than that of
Franco. The larger per capita circula
tion of the latter country is of course
due to the fact that the syst"m of checks
ami drafts has not been so highly devel
oped there as in Hnghind and the United
States , In botli of which more than 00
per cent of financial transactions are
made In'these instrumentalities. It Is
noteworthy that the per capita gold cir
culation of Franco Is considerably larger
than that of the United Kingdom and
more than double that of the United
States , This country Is also exceeded
In this respect \ > y Germany. Franco
has n larger slock of gold than any
other country , the United States ranking
next , with Germany , Uussla and Great
Britain following in the order named.
In regard to the decline of silver , tlio
director of the mint takes the view that
the fundamental cause of the decline
slnco 1STI ; Is the enormous Increase In Its
annual production since that year. The
world's annual production of sliver has
Increased six-fold In tlio last half cen
tury and it Increased from a yearly
average of 03,300,000 ounces in the
period of 1871-7iV to 163,300,000 ounces
for 1805. Such figures are conclusive
as to the prime cause for the decline of
sliver. The mint director also points
out that while silver has been "demone
tized" In the leading commercial coun
tries there never was a period when so
much of the white metal was used In
coinage or In some monetary form ns
now. During the period of ISSl-HO ,
Ktirope , the United States and India
coined an annual average of $ ; iS.SOO.OOO
In silver , but In the period of 1837-01
the annual average coined by these
countries was $ lit,000,000. ; The silver
coinage of the various countries of the
world lust year amounted to $153,000-
000. It Is thus shown that silver occu
pies a very large place In the world's
currency and that the supply Is Increas
ing from year to year. Those who urge
that silver has been stricken down as
money may be convinced of the absurd
ity of their assertion by an examination
of the facts In regard to the monetary
use of the white metal contained In Di
rector Preston's report.
A KAKAKA STATK.
Heferrlng to the declaration of Sena
tor Morgan that Hawaii , In the event
of annexation , must speedily become n
state , the Louisville Courier-Journal
says : "A great state It will make , with
Its baker's dozen of Americans and Its
hundred thousand of Kanakas , Chinese.
Japanese and Portuguese. How these
elements are to be prevented from con
trolling the uew state Is not apparent ;
they cannot be without doing violence
to the principles of republican govern
ment. " It has been stated that Senator
Morgan , when in Hawaii , told repre
sentatives of tlie natives that annexa
tion would niako them eltI/ens of the
United States , with all the rights and
privileges belonging to American citi
zenship. There is no question that the
native population would be entitled to
this , nor Is there any doubt that Japan
and Portugal would demand like consid
eration for their people In the island.
Wo should have to concede this as a
matter of justice and right , as well as
in accordance with the principles of re
publican government. This mixed pop
ulation , a large proportion of it densely
Ignorant , would have the right of suf
frage , of participation in the political
affairs of the stato. What an element
it would be for the manipulation of
demagogues and for the work of politi
cal corruptionists. What immeasurable
rottenness there would be In a state
made out of such material. That it
would speedily become a reproach to
the nation there cannot be a reason
able doubt. It would seem that no
American citl/en < 'an seriously contem
plate the dangerous possibilities of Ibis
annexation scheme and not oppose it
with all his energy.
Clrlh SKltVlCK /fKFO/.V.
The president and cabinet have re
cently discussed civil service reform ,
with particular reference to the order is
sued some time since forbidding re
movals except for good cause and after
charges had been preferred , of which
the accused ofllclal should have due no
tice and opportunity for defense. It
appears that the only head of a depart
ment who has thus far issued orders in
accordance witli that of the president
is the secretary of the treasury and the
dereliction on the part of the other cab
inet olilcors was considered at a cabinet
meeting a few days ago. It is said Unit
after considerable discussion it was in
formally agreed that the heads of all
executive departments should promul
gate orders based on the order of the
president.
Owing to the neglect of most of the
cabinet ollicials to do this there lias
been a doubt raised whether the presi
dent seriously intended that his order
In regard lo removals should bo en
forced ami the friends of civil service
reform have shown their solicitude In
tin ; matter by calling the attention of
the prosldi it to the derelict ion. Their
feeling in the matter may be pardon
able , but doubting the sincerity of Pres
ident McKinley was unwarranted.
There is no more earnest and faithful
friend .of civil service reform In the
country than he and when ho Issued
the order referred to he Intended that
It should bo carried out to the letter
and no head of department or other of
llclal in authority will bo permitted to
evade or ignore It. nor will the spoils
men be able lo induce the president to
make any departure from II. Tlio
friends of civil service reform may con
fidently rely not only upon the- enforce
ment of this order , but further action
by the president for advancing the re
form as he shall doom expedient.
The dereliction of cabinet ollicials In
this matter does not. necessarily imply
opposition to the orderVo have no
doubt It will bo found that there Is
nothing of the kind , but on the con
trary.that the administration is a unit
In favor of promoting civil service re
form.
Over eight , months ago Governor Hoi-
comb In ti special message to the legis
lature asserted Unit a largo amount of
state funds wore on iT.'poslt in banks 1111-
securid by proper depository bonds.
These banks still hold the bulk of lids
money , although they have given no
new bonds to cover their deposits. Is It
not this kind of administration that
makes the laws enacted for the protec
tion of the taxpayers a sham and a
farce ?
Frank J. Knspar took ( lie contract to
deliver to the mongrel ticket the solid
vote of the Bohemians of this city In
exchange for a nomination for county
commissioner on Iho score of n pretended
eleventh-hour conversion to populism.
It Is a serious fiiipstlon , however ,
whether Intelligent Bohemians have
given over their votes Into Knspar's
keeping to be bartered away for his
personal benefit.
A monster British soap factory Is con
templating removing part of Its plant to
this country to escape the burdens of
tariff duties on.soap that comes In competition
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petition hero with American products.
This solicitude for American cleanliness
on the partjjpf Hrltlsh soap manufactur
ers Is , howev.etvietitlrely excusable when
taken In coVinWttoti with the fact that
the proposoiittw factory on this side of
the Atlantic would mean not only the Investment -
vestment ot1 a | mug amount of British
capital \iniiilcnti ; soil and permanent
employment for a thousand or more
American \flrffclngmoii , but might eventually -
tually lead , | o. America supplying soap
abroad to kwpMlio subjects of her maj
esty clean.'i ] ' , , ,
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The do-nothing State Hoard of Trans
portation h ' .lmd Itself enjoined from
acting on the petition for reduction In
express rates .bctwen Nebraska points.
It Is worthy of note , however , that while
the three secretaries have had them
selves conveniently enjoined by the
courts from doing anything In the direc
tion of relieving the people from exces
sive charges by railroad , telegraph , tele
phone and express companies , they have
seen to it carefully that no writ has been
Issued restraining them from drawing
their $ ( ! .l)00 ) in salaries out of the public
treasury.
The only honest man In the court
house told the people of Valley that
when ho was elected county clerk he
had taken a solemn pledge not to be
dictated to by the editor of The Bee.
Ho also took several other solemn
pledges' , among them one not to have
any one of foreign birth employed In
his olllco and another never to cease
waging relentless war upon -the hated
Roman Catholics. And the only honest
man In the court house prides himself
on being a man of his word.
One doubtful advantage which accrues
from the trial of all the big state cases
against Hartley and his bondsmen In
the courts of tills county is the privilege
of Douglas c6uuty taxpayers footing
the bills for a large part of the expense
of the Judicial machinery called Into
requisition. The costs taxed up lo the
litigants never reimburse the county for
the entire expense of < sueh trials and the
county treasury has to make up the dif
ference.
ll ( illlely.
ChlciiKO llpconl.
John n. 'McLean's assertion tliat ho lias re
tired from thcplilo campaliii scorns to Vc vc
tiled from the Ohio campalKii seoma to he re-
Knrdod as about the best joke which liaa boon
brought forward for some time.
Million * In SlK
Nebraska tliis year will sell $103.000,000
worth ot Krnln'oulstilo tlio state after rescrv-
IIIR $ ! tO,000,000'-\vorth ' for home consumption.
Under such circumstances Mr. Hryan should
acknowledge himself bcaton on wheat as well
as silver. ' '
A Siivli for > the Oilier Slile.
rtittMK < > i' < > xt.
The llrltish 'inailb ' a pillant charge In the
face of a deadly" lire near Simla , India ,
Monday. Thei' ndfnlt It themselves. Some
day wo- hope to hear the other side of .tho
story , ns wo 'liftvf of some other gallant
lights against natives of far-off lands.
Safety nf Itiillriinil Trinel.
! -'t. Vaul' 1'lnnoor 1'ross.
The report of-the .Interstate Commerce com
mission has sat n tf'W , anxious sonls to gab
bling about tliC'Ciiormous number of railroad
accidents ; that qccur In one year , llut ns the
same report shows that cut of titl.772,737 pas
sengers who travel by tall only 1st arc killed
in a year , the statistics still seem to. be on
the side of the traveler.
l.lliillilioiis of IMcty.
Dotnut 1'ree Pri1 ; * " .
Surely these are dark days for the Span
ish government. After the authorities at
Madrid had ordered that bull lighting should
bo eliminated from the festivities In honor
of the visit of the king of Slam , out of con
federation for the king's religious suscepti
bilities , the very llrst thing the visiting
monarch called for was a bull flglit. _ He
said hlD religion only forbade the killing of
cows.
VniilHhlUK Seetlim l.liieM.
Atlanta Constluul.m.
Fraternal sentiments hive largely taken
the place of sectional prejudice and natu
rally as the result of thti. ' gratifying change
our brethren of the north arc 'beginning
to appreciate more fully the extraordinary
rcsaurccs and possibilities of the south.
With the utmost confidence in the genial
quality of her ctlmato and the labor en
riching fertility of her soil , the south extends -
tends a cordial Invitation to restless and
dissatisfied spirits In all sections to come
Into her midst and aid her In developing her
marvelous resources.
IliiiiNleriliun A inn/ < < ! .
lli'liaiiM | > nll.i Jouinal.
The pension oflicers were so much amazed
the other day at thu action of an Indiana
pensioner , Clark Graves by name , In re
turning $300 of pension money to which he
dirt not fcol ho was entitled , tint they sent
a special cgent to find out whether he wao
not ciazy. We do not wonder. The case Is
almcet If not quite unprecedented. Inas
much as the department doeo not know
what to do with the money , wo humbly
suggest that It bo put at Interest and that
the proceeds ho used to build a monument
to Clark Graves when ho dies. Ho ia a
credit to Morgan county.
lleiintlfiilly I.i-WN.
Now York Tribune.
Hay by day the amount of gold reported to
have been brought down from the Klon
dike region grows less and less , A com-
paiison of present confessions with ths
boastK of a few mouths ni'o is half ludi
crous , half plthblp. One might almost bo
justified In doubting whether any gold at all
hen over been found there and whether the
whole craze WES not a bunco game. What
seems snro Is that the average gold seeker
Is not getting enough of the precious metal
to pay hla traveling expenses to the Yukon
nnd back again.Thtro Is moro gold being
got out of the fillver-rrazod stat ? of Colorado
In a week than A > U ol the whole Yukon valley -
loy In six months.
Seiuiloi * liiililoeK'H | Death.
\V tfiiJiKtf > n Tout.
Announcement ! JrHio death of ex-Senator
Paddock at his home , Beatrice , Neb. , has
given a decided dheck to many residents of
this city , olllclib.apil otherwise , who had
known him during the last sixteen years.
Ho counted his warm friends In Washington
by the hundred , Aild'tho expressions ol ro-
giet over his deceJSB will be numerous Jtid
heartfelt. Ho * Mitt--siiKUlarly | gentle and
generous In his raturo. Indefatigable in the
discharge of h's-blililld ' duties , always loyal
lo Ills state and .Oivotuil to Ills friends. Dur
ing hla twelve rtiinipf service In the setuie
hoia a porsls\fiit/rlend \ ( of the District
of Columbia amtjiV' tiaii active part In the
discussion of th'e various measures for the
promotion of Its Interests.
None More Invariably llrnililie | ,
] > avenMrt Democrat.
The Omaha flee has beeru enlarge from
an eight raRO to a twelve page paper for
each week ( Jay except Monday. On Sundays
It will bo as heretofore a twenty-page paper.
No dally between Chicago and the Pacific
coast Is more Invariably readable than the
Omaha Uco , and DO one of them contains
a larger amount of carefully edited matter.
No matter whether you like Us politics or
not , It gives the no\vs and all the news.
Mr. Hc * 0water lias built up In the commer
cial capital of Nebraska a great newa-gillicr- .
ing and news-distributing plant. He always
fights for his city , and uo difference what
the odds , he usually wins. The Democrat
Is alwa > glad to acknowledge success , and
It would be hard to name a greater example
of U than the newspaper named.
iu.n MI-HUKU THIAI.S.
. ei'n ltx for Hrrorm In tlm I'reaciit
1'iiNtly I'rnollep.
Ctilcniro Clironlrlo
Upon one feature of the l.UPtien trial
everyone will agree. Instead ot consuming
right weeks the case could belter have been
disposed of In as many days or even m n
less time.
All the ffsflmony which bore directly upon
the csie could have been heard In forty-
clRhl hours. The position of the prose
cution was no stronger , the case of the de
fense wns no weaker at the end of eight
weeks than U would have been had half a
dor.en Instead of half a hundred witnesses
testified on either side. The stiperiluous
witnesses merely confused the Issue Instead
of clarifying It.
Judge Tuthlll Is not to bo blamed for the
extreme longMi ot the trial. Neither are the
lawyers for the prosecution nor the attor
neys for the defense. The fault Is In the
system which has grown up a system under
which murder trials grow longer nnd longer
every year , while the probabilities of Jury
disagreements become greater.
In England as well as In continental Eu
rope they do thoec things better. An Eng
lish murder trial rarely lasts n week , nnd
wo nro working under subrtnntlally the Kng-
llsh system of Jurisprudence. The difference
Is that In England the lawyers arc confined
to the Issues Involved. In our own country
especially In Chicago they nre allowed to
wander over the. whole field of human
knowledge.
If this latitude of procedure operated to
protect the rights or the Interests of the
prisoner It might be defended. llut every
one knows that It does not. I.uctgert's case ,
for example , was not sfrengthened by the
swarm of witnesses who testified to all sorts
of trivialities and who merely wearied the
Jury.No
No one gains any advantage by It. On
the contrary , every one loans. The system
entallB great expense upon the state. It
usually Involves the financial ruin ot the
defendant. It wastes the time ot the court ,
It ruins the nerves and the temper of the
lawyers and It causes Inconvenience and
loss to the Jurors , who are kept nway from
their business for weeks at n time.
The reform lies In the hands of the Judges.
It cannot be accomplished by statute. Any
Judge who will make up his mind to with
stand the wrath and Indignation of the bar
and who will conduct a murder trial upon
n common-sense : basis can establish a neces
sary precedent and put an end to the ex
pensive. Inequitable and Intolerable system
that now obtains.
What Judge will achieve honor and fame
by attempting the reform ?
1M I.I.MX'.S SOCIALISTIC IDHA.
TinMoilel rlly Selii-ine n1 llMiiiiolnl-
im-nt a nil a failure. .
Minneapolis Time. " .
The death of Cieor c M. I'ullmm re-alls
the failure of hU scheme for bringing hap
piness and prosperity to his employes a
failure which affords another IHuMi.iUou
of the futility of what Is callol socialism
or paternalism as factors In tli : Impiovc-
mont of the condition of the people. Pull
man's Idea of an ideal city seemed to the
social philanthropists and humtnitarlnns ,
nt the time when that conception took
shape in the building ot the town which
bears his name , to have been alioiotber
admirable as well as practicable. He con
structed dwellings , libraries. banks ,
churches and public buildings , laid out
streets and furnished gas and water , Mid
electricity. All the resources of archl'ec-
turo , Invention , hygiene and sanita'.iou
were brought under contribution to tender
the town In all respects attractive , con
venient and healthful. The material and
social surroundings were better than the
workmen could have found elsewhere in
any part of the world.
Hut this model city , as a means of making
Us inhabitants more Industrious , pros-
perus and contented than workers In simi
lar lines In other places , failed to meet
the expectations of Its founder and its
friends. There was no actual sense of obli
gation to Pullman on the part ot the resi
dents , for the cost of rents , water and gas
was about the same as in other places. The
feeling of Independence was , in one sense ,
not to any essential degree Impaired , In an
other sense It was. On the one baud , the
services which the owner ot the town ren
dered 'were ' paid for at their full market
value , and the payment was made compul
sory , being deducted from the workhiKimn's
wage evciy pay day. On the other hand
the workliiKUian was made to feel that ho
was a mere tenant at will and that he was
being compelled to use and pay for luxu
ries like gas nnd steam , and lawns and
paved streets , and parterres of flowers ,
which , left to himself , ho would never have
dreamed of purchasing.
KOT n few years everything went well In
the community. This , however , was during
the time when moro pay was given for work
Mien waa furnished elsewhere for the same
soit of labor , but when adversity came to the
country and wages had to bo reduced there ,
as in many other places , for the Kime sort of
work , the air of Idyllic happiness In the
community was rudely disturbed.
The Pullman experiment merely met with
the same fate that has overtaken nearly nil
projects of the sort. It would have been
better In the long run for all concerned had
Pullman confined himself to furnishing em
ployment , leaving his workc-s to obtain tholr
own houses by renting or purchase. In the
ordinary way , and letting the community
build Itself up , under natural conditions.
Its surroundings would have been less at
tractive and Its death rate , perhaps , would
have been higher , but life in It would prob
ably , on the whole , have been more satis
factory.
A. T. Stewart , a few yoirs before his death ,
attempted to cairy out a scheme on somewhat
similar lines to Pullman's and it broke down
In the same way , as many others of the
same sort have done In this and other coun
tries. Tlio connection between employer and
employed In such enterprises Is so 'Close as
to hamper and embinuss both sides and to
bo harmful to both In the long run. The
desire to make humanity happier , wiser ,
healthier and better , which has led to the
projection of many Utopias and to attempts
to radically alter the conntltutlon of society.
Is prompted by a yialsoworlhy aspiration ,
but , unhappily , such short cuts to the
millennium have almost alwi/s been disap
pointments.
.SOlll } MJ\V l.VVHXTIOVS.
A handy pan for use In washing dishes
has two separate compartments and movable
trays to hod ! the tsoap nnd disliclotliH ,
A mechanical eraser Just placed on the
market has a rotary wheel of rubber hold
on a wooden handle and revolved by pulling
a cord ns It i pressed against the surface to
bo c'eaned.
TCI do nway with odors from cooking food
a metal hood b provided which Is plncod
over the cooking utensils after the stove lid
Is removed , KO that all vapors will pass Into
the chimney.
Flower pots for orchids , ferns and similar
plants nro made of tubco of porous earthenware -
ware so that they ran bo filled with water ,
which will gradually pcrcolato through to
the roots of the plant.
Clotheslines which need no pins to fostci
tlfo clothrM are being made of wire links
with the ends of the wire lying parallel with
the Rldo of the link to form spring clamps
Into which the cloth Is forced to hold it fast.
A bottle-washing machine recently pat
ented hus a rotary brush mounted on the
end of a hollow shaft with perforations
through which water flows to clcanso the
bottle as the bruah revolves and lee ons the
dirt.
dirt.A
A New York man has patented n rovcrsl-
bo ! street car. In which n turntable Is
mounted on the truck to support thy car ,
which 1 turned by a crank on the front
platform geared to a circular toothed track
Insldo the turntable.
Tallera will appreciate a now spoolholder
which has two wlro splndlra to enter the
ends of the spool and Is supported by a hook
which can bo attached In a handy position
on the coat , so that the thread Is always
ready to bo unwound.
In a new collar button and necktlo fastener
the button Is provided with a hollow shank
Into which the shank of the eeparato head
U pressed after the collar Is buttoned. A
safety phi Is mounted on the head of the
button to hold the Ho in place.
To take dust from the floor and prevent
Its scattering when sweeping a new device
has a detachable clasp adapted to embrace
the body of the broom and provided with
tlajvi or strands of absorbent material llko
heavy wool cloth to bo dampened before us
ing the broom.
OT1IF.U liAMKH TI1AX Ot'HS.
There la said to be n alliance pending
between Spain nod Portugal. The popula
tion of rortitRSl Is about that of Canada and
it has Increased only 4 per cent In ten
years. Spain would gain little strength In
warfare by nil Alliance with or by the nb-
sorptlon of this retrogressive little coun
try , Tlio army strength of Tortugal It 150-
000 on a war footing. The navy consists ol
ono nrmored cruiser , two second clnss pro
tected cruisers In process ot building ami
thirty vessels which may bo regarded n >
third-class cruisers , all ot them slow nnd
few of them new. The I'ortitRUcsa navy
is also equipped yllh two torpedo gunboats
and twenty torpedo boats , fifteen of which
rank us first class. The new naval pro'
gram of Portugal contcmptotrs the build'
Ing of two cruisers , two coast defense Iron
clads and n number of corvettes and gun-
boats. and transports. The program Is rathct
ambitious for a country with meager finan
cial resources. The most Important war ves
sel belonging to Portugal at present la the ar
mored Vasco da ( lama , built In Kngland nboul
twenty-three years ngo. The colonial popu
lation of Portugal Is about as numcrou ;
as that of the mother country. She claims
the precarious allegiance of 4.500,000 Afri
cans and about 1.000.000 Asiatics. Ordi
narily It requires only 10.000 native trootv
to maintain Portuguese swny in Africa anil
Asia. The area of Portugal U 34,000 square
miles , but the area of her African nml
Asiatic .prnsesslons Is740,000 square miles.
This relatively vast Portuguese colonial em
pire uoutd contribute little to Spanish powci
under the projected alliance with Portugal ,
Many of the Portuguese dependencies , like
those ot Spain , are In a state of chronic
unrest or nre likely to become so.
* * *
At the closing of the lord mayor's fund
for the relief ot the Indian famine It was
stated by the secretary for India that the
famine hail cost $ . .0,000,000. The lord mayor * !
collection was $2.750,000 , Lancashire gave
$790,000 , other places gave large sums. EC
that the total ot charitable contribution ;
reached $7,500.000. The rest was supplied
by the Indian government. Tuxes were re
mitted by the government ot India and ad
vances were made to cultivators on a large
scale. At ono time 4 500,000 persons were
In receipt ot relief. The rains nnd Im
proved crops have cut the number In receipt
of relief down rapidly ; at present but 1,500.-
000 persons are receiving relief. In the cen
tral provinces there will bo need of relief
till next spring. Weakness and suscepti
bility to disease are serious consequences
of the famine. The crisis wns met vastly
better than wns the famine- twenty years
ago nnd as transportation facilities Improve
the danger of loss of llfo from famine will
continue to diminish.
* * *
Once moro the question of the growth ol
Intemperance In Franco has been brought tc
the front , owing to the report Just issued
by an Important commission , showing tlmt
the consumption of alcoholic liquors Is
alarmingly on the Increase , Hitherto It had
been Imagined .that If this was the ctt&a hi
tlio trwns , the rural districts , as n rule ,
were as yet untainted , but It Is now con
clusively demonstrated that the situation Is
practically the same In the villages as 111
the cities , that there Is llttlo difference
In this respect between the southern ami
the northern regions , and that the bour
geoisie. as well ns the lower classes , art
displaying a marked taste for strong and
deep potations. Within the space of fifteen
years the number of the public houses has
Increased by more than eighty thorn-anil.
Nor Is it wine only that Is patronized , for
the sale of it is greatly exceeded by that
nf a variety of crncoctlona. prominent among
which Is absinthe. Wine has not much
nuanceof competition with alcohol , when the
stronger liquor Is turned out by ono factory
nlone at the rate of 109 to 160 hectolitres n
lay. Notes of warning 1iavc been , repeatedly
sounded , but the associations which have
been formed to combat the evil hnvo been
preaching to deat ears. It Is generally ad
mitted that private Initiative is powerless ;
jnd the government Is exhorted to take the
matter up nnd to find a remedy.
* * *
The Swiss 'National ' council has adopted
1 scheme of compulsory Insurance which rep
resents paternalism cf the highest form. H
requires all adult persons not possessing In-
ilcpendent means ot support to Insure them
selves' against both accident nnd Illness , the
liri-mlums to he collected by government
ifllclnls specially appointed for that purpose.
Theoretically this system Is wise and admlra-
lilo , but Its value to the wage-earner Is yet
; o bo demonstrated , i If It can bo conducted
safely and on conditions which do not impose
, < xcosslv burdens upon those whom It Is
lesigned to benefit , It may become an Im
portant nnd beneficent branch of the public
icrvicc , but It Is at best only nn experi
ment and ono which cannot but encounter
i-Emendons obstaclos. The plan scorns some
what llko nn effort to compel people to bo
; hrifty nnd provident by legal process and
; hcrcin It is simply attempting the Impossl-
Jlo. I
* *
At the national exhibition In Turin , to bo
lold next year , there Is to be a section do-
, -oted to dramatic art In Italy from the
earliest times , which Is sure to bo very In-
cresting. Manuscripts , editions , memoirs ,
mgravlngs , portraits , busts , everything that
elates to the theater , will bo collected , from
ho epoch ot the Baered drama to the present
lay. It will bo the flst : exhibition ot the
tind in Italy , and a veritable illustration of
heatrical art In all Its forms. I-'rom the
ear 1500 the comedians ot Italy have uphold
ho fame of representative art , and the ma-
crl-il to bo selected from for this exhibition
s very large. At the same tlmo. It Is nro-
loaed to give a series of representations
vhlch will nhow the development ot the the-
iter from the earliest times , reproducing
ipeclmens of the "mysteries" and sacred
Irama and succeeding pieces down to the
lowest productions. Some of the best
tallan adorn have promised tholr aid. There
vlll also he lectures on lite theater , compo-
Itlons among modern autho's , and. Indeed ,
ivory poFslblo scheme for rendering this dra-
iratlc exhibition as pcrfc-H as possible.
* * *
Prof. Degas' design for n statue .to bo
irccted to Prlnco Hlsmarek In Ilerlln has
icon unanimously adopted by the committee.
onccrned , nnd the order lias been given to
ilm. The rirlnco stands on a quadrangular
lodcstal. He Is In undress uniform and
leak , with his word In bin loft band. The
lutfitrutched fingers of hiu right hand rest
in documents. The head looks slightly up-
vanlB and to the right. In front the pcdes-
al Is adorned with the figures of Atlas bear-
rig the world , and of a smith forging a
word. In fiont , and at the back , the poles-
al Is adorned with a tripartite relief , repre-
icntlng the German St. Michael awakened
y ficrmunla , the laltcr's march to battle
mil vlctoiloiifl return , and the ro-pstubllsh-
nent of the Gorman emplic. On the left of
ho main pedestal Is a relief representing a
lennlt surrounded by rural scenery , with
iaRk'8 wheeling over his hrad ; on the right
Its an owl arnld books , documents , and
avons. Prof. Degas wlbheu the statue to bo
irccteil near the fountain In front of the
tclchstag , and an far from thu building an
AXV _ 01,11 TIIIXO tt'llil * 110.
' Definition of Iteeiiilenl
\u I'li-to-Iliile
leiiioern < > > .
I.oulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
According to the Atlanta Constitution , It Is
ho easiest thing in the world to bo a demo-
: rat. Hero U the prescription :
"To bo a democrat It U only necmsary ,
Irst , to believe heartily In Iho fundamental
> rlnciplc3 on which the organization Is based ,
ind , second , to abldo by and nupport the ac
ton of the majority on matters and questions
lubmltted to the party for settlement. "
That Is "Just as easy" as changing ono's
: oat or changing one's skin. All ono has to
lo to to wait till the party convention do-
: lares a platform and -then sciamblo upon It.
It matters not If It declares black 1s black
me y ( > Jr and black Is white another year ; If
I declares for democracy one year and de
clares for populism another year ; all you
iavd to do Is to go wid do machine , and your
lemocracy , though you may never kno *
'rom sun-up to nun-down what It Is , Is ot
ruat unimpeachable. Hut how about thoao
illverltcs In New York who have refused to
ibldu by tba action of the majority In tholr
urbanization and liavo tot up Henry
is the Duly genuine democrat !
I'HtlSOMAtj A.VO OTHUItWtSli.
U appears to bo settled th.it Mr Oormnn
will bnv to remain at the brail of tlu
Maryland democracy In splto of himself
There arc five * tnto tickets In Mass.ii.lni-
sctts , but George I'rcd WlllUm * lo.i Xiiick
to the same one from the bcKliiniiii : i f die
campaign.
The new French ambassador to the I'nltr.l .
States Is M yearn old , has been governor of
Algeria nnd h.in the rt-pii'.itlon of r. . ini ; n
very straightforward and determined man.
St. Iuls boasts of a baboon that rei-enily
went on a lirk , nto sulphur m.vchc.i. red
fire , gold paint nnd raw i'KK3 , drnnk liottled
beer and ended by throwing eggs at the re
flection of himself In a mirror.
A Tennessee paper "ays that Governor
Taylor finds bin s.ilnry of $1.000 ln.idoqu.tto
for his yearly expenses for comfortable sup
port nnd that It Is to aid In keeping the
wolf fronithe door that he goes upon the
platform to lecture for" fee.
According to nn Indiana reporter , a wo
man leaned froui a car window and nskod a
man to plrk up n ring she had dropped Ho
did w and discovered that she was his long-
lost wlfo. This Is one of the stories that
you have to take at ono gulp to avoid
strangling.
Sam Jones li.is Just celebrated Ms fiftieth
birthday. Fifty guests were present , among
them n bishop. Hon. Hoke Smith. Clarke
Howell. editor of the Coimtltutlon. nnd many
other distinguished Georgia "crackers. " Kitty
speeches were made and no corn whisky
was devoured.
John Philip Sousn. the famous compnsrr ,
said recently : "After a continuous strug
gle , extending over nearly n sconof years ,
1 have finally succeeded In living down the
title of 'professor , ' which was bestowed on
me as n mark of esteem by unthinking
friends In my younger days. "
Lockjaw , that dreaded affection ngalnst
which science has been powerless over slm-c-
the days of Aesculapius , deems at last to
have found n master In antitoxin. At Head
ing , P.1. , n 9-year-old boy who was milTerlng
"
from a severe attack ot tetanus was com-
plctcly cured by thirty-two Injections of tlio
now remedy.
Only four of the twelve corner lots In Tre-
mont street , 'lloston ' , between Srnllay Squnro
and lloylston street , have changed owners In
forty years. One of the four WJB sold n
few days ago for a price staled as moro than
$150,000 nml less than $200.000. Its assessed
valuation Is $122,000. It had been owned
by the Lowell family sh co 1S11.
There was a collision on the Danish State
ral'.roud near Copenhagen some time ago in
which forty persons VUTO killed nnd seventy
wounded. The railroad nt owe admitted that
It wns to blame , and Instead of fighting
claims for dimagcs has appointed n com
mlttec to settle with the claimants what will
bo fair compensation , so na to avoid
the claims brought Into the courts.
MHItllV
Dctiolt Journal.
The frost lias quit tie ! pumpkin
To invndo 'be witter pipe.
And tlio plumber U Hdmonlslu'd
That the plumbs are almost rip
JUllRO.
Whichever way tbiU things may go ,
Clvanco for good luck 'twill brlim
If a man lint bus two string * to lit * bow
And ii woman two beaux to her srlny ;
f.ilfaKo Nowa.
Think not the book of fate to siin ;
"Tla not like volume * writ by mm ;
It.s Author with wise care , no doubt
llns kept the last , best elwpter out.
De-troll l-'ico I'ross.
Cherish these 'warm October tlayn
Husk In this wealth of golden JTT.ZI' ;
For when the e balmy ( lours nre done ,
You'll have to buy beat by the ton.
Washington Star.
" .Man . wants lint llttlo here below. "
Wherefore should mortal fret ,
Since that Is what , as. . times now BO ,
He's likeliest to get ?
New York Jmirmil. I
Lives of great men all remind us ,
As their pages o'er we turn.
Tlmt we're apt to leave behind ua
J/otters that wo never burn.
Detroit l-'rco Pit-as.
That "time In money" Is not true
Kor men we know will collar
Some other man , an 1 talk for hours ,
But never make n dollar. i
lie always hesitates to tell a lie ,
Or say a iword to eause bis friends n slgi (
Yet no cue pralsuH him for that , you know-
He cannot help It , for he stutters so.
Tlillnclnlplila North American.
A horse In Newark MA allowed a cut ;
A western parrot sings a tune.
It becomes more plausible il.illy tlmt
" 1'wan with ease the cow jumped over the
inoun.
A KAMHMJSS I'llHMMIKXOX.
WiislilnKtnn Star.
He wears no wreath of laurel ;
Ho nrver strikes a. lyre ,
I lo never talks of "genius"
Nor affects "ot-Iesllal lire. "
Yet we mid him and we heeil him.
Patriarchs and growing lads
Testify how much we ii-'tcl li'm
The man who wrltos the ads.
Ilv language phn. tp ami simple
The heart and purse nre Kill rod ,
When he ? elects bin topic
And Invents a household word.
ICvpn Mammon1 offers tributes
( Which are coarsely known as "scads" )
To the rlu-tnrlc Dicsentu.l
J5y the man who writes the ads.
Who couldn't wrlto with power
On such tin mes ns "blrd.s and bees"
And tlie mighty moods of nature
AVhiMi they terrify or iilenco ?
Hut Il'.s hard to talk of clothing ,
Furniture or liver pads
With the mibt'o ' fascination
Of the man who writes the ml ? .
TIIH SI3PAIIATIOV.
Olevi'lnncl l.i-nilcr.
"I'll never ipnrt from you. " bo snlii
To her whoHc llpq he. pressed ;
And then she coyly jdaccd her head
Upon his heaving breast.
Kftsoons her sturdy sire rnmo
And gave her love 11 llck
That caused him to forget his name ,
And likewise made him alck.
And then ho galloped from the spot ,
With sadness In his "heart.
The maiden called : "IlnM.nn ! I thought
You said we'd never j > .irt ! "
Alas ! ho did not dare to H'ay ,
'Hut ' hurried on like mad !
* * *
Around her tklrls her children play ,
Jiut ho Is not tholr < lad !
J. I-Minunil OooltiIn New York Bun.
Man's art. What In It ? Ink and stone nnd
varnish.
Anil whether -portrays , dosrcrllieJ , erects ,
Ills eye dlscovci-H 1-0011 the taint and tar
nish
In till the lirperfeetlon > ho perfects ,
Still , though It never lie lo mortal given ,
Perfection Is , for he has felt Its Hjmr ;
Ami though bo ialn It not , still hu has
striven ,
And love of It has net his soul astir ,
Koyal makes the food pure ,
\v 'loksomo mid delicious.
Absolutely Pure
ROrAl 1HKINO POWDIR 00. , NIW VONt ,