THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
April 8, 1807
TO LEGALIZE POOLING.
Coator Foraker Introduces a Bill for
That Purpose.
The recent decision of the supreme
court bas aroused all of the railroad
magnates to action. At ".result Senator
J. B. Foraker of Ohio has introduced a
bill in the senate calculated to legalise
cooling between railroads. It is Intended
to amend the interstate commerce law,
The firat and important section reada aa
fotlowe:
Everr contract, asreemeat or ar
rangement aball be in writing and filed
witb a commission created by this act,
and shall become lawful and enforceable
between the Darties thereto at tbe ex pi
ration of twenty days from the filing
thereof, nnless ths commission snail in
the meantime and npon such investiga-
tion and consideration as it may deem
proper make an order disapproving of
the same; and it shall be the doty of the
commission to make sucn oraer 01 ais
approval whenever upon such investiga
tion and consideration it shall b of
ooinion that the operation of any such
contract, by reason of its provisions or
for want of necessary restrictions ana
limitations, would result in unreasonable
rates, nnjust discrimination, insufficient
service to the public, or otherwise con
travene any of the provisions of this
act." ,
The commission contemplated by the
bill is to examine tbe workings 01 sucn
contracts and agreements and to inves
tigate all complaints in regard to rates
and facilities, and "whenever the com
mission, after due notice, shall find that
any such rates, facilities or practices are
excessive, or unreasonable, or result in
any unjust discrimination as between in
dividuals, localities or articles of traffic,
or are otherwise in contravention of any
of tbe provisions ol this act, the commis
sion shall issue an order requiring such
rates and charges, etc., maintained by
or under such contract, to be changed,
modified or corrected."
Tbe fate of the bill is" unknown, but it
is not generally believed that congress
will dare to pass such a measure with
publio sentiment as thoroughly opposed
to it as at present.
When Doctors Differ
Who Shall Decide?
History of a Woman Who Oould Not Walk'
For Six Yeas ,
From the Palladium, Richmond, Ind.
Miss T. E. Osborne is tbe name of a
young lady living at 126 North 17th
Street,' Richmond, Ind. She Is the
daughter of Mr. William Osborne, one of
the most prominent horsemen in eastern
Indiana.
tine told ydW reporter a most interest
ing and remarkable story. It will inter
est physicians, as it was a most unusual
case, and to the various ones who treat
ed her, diagnosing it differently.
"None of the doctors, and I tried all
of them," said Miss Osborne, "knew
what was the matter with me. Some
aid I bad rheumatism, while others
frankly admitted that they did not
know. Iwaaat first taken with pneu
monia. One of my feet pained me al
most constantly; then the doctors pro
nounced it rheumatism.
"Gradually but steadily tbe trouble
grew and spread until my entire body
was involved and I was utterly helpless.
Then we changed doctors. No relief
came, aud we changed again. We tried
nearly all of the local physicians, and I
was taken away to ths baths. Nothing
did me any apparent good, and 1 suffer
ed very jraucb.
"It is now six years since I became un
able to walk. Afterwards I grew worse
and became absolutely helpless. Braces
were used in the hope of strengthening
my limbs so as to make me able to walk,
but they did no good.
I was completely discouraged, and so
were my people. My friends gave me up
to die, and the doctors, each one of
whom at first declared he could have me
walking soon, all declared that I never
could walk again. I had no longer any
faith in any doctor or any remedy.
"Finally, after persistent effort, .her
friends induced her to take Dr. Williams'
Fink Pills, but against her will, for she
was discouraged. She says of the re
sults: "I noticed no change after taking the
first box or so, but they asked me to
give the medicine a fair trial, so they
kept on prescribing it.
"I took no other at the time, so that
if any good were to come we would
know what bad brought it about. Pret
ty soon a change was noticed. My
muscles became more flexible, and I
suffered much lees. At the end of three
months I found I could move my limbs,
could lift myself up, and was no longer
neipiess.. 1 Kept on ana still retrained
from every other sort of medicine.
"In One year from the time I began
ths use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor
Pal People I could walk, something: all
tbe doctors bad decided I never could do
again.
"At first, having been 1 helpless for so
long, I could not trust myself to walk on
tbe streets, as 1 felt afraid. Bonn. how.
ever, I grew more confident, and walked
everywhere, as well as ever, and have
been doing so ever since. I took tbe
pills for two years, as 1 was afraid to
atop until I was sure ths cure was com
plete. Before 1 took them I was a wreck,
and now my general health is very
good."
Mies Oeborne was repeatedly quo,
tioaed as to her opinion of what cured
her, and she has often declared It te have
been Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills lor Tale
People, as she had been growing steadily
worn until shs began using them, and
aa she used ao other medicine after tak
ing tbe pills.
DruKKista in Itichmou) now have a
large sale of these pills, ami it Is a Ire
quent occurrence to have a eutomr ask
lor the medicine that eared Mim Osborne,
Dr. Williams1 Pink Pills tor Tale Pew
pie are not a patent ntediciit in the
aenee that the nam tmpliee, Ttiev were
first compounded as a irertpttoa and
awed a sw is general praotU by aa
eminent physician, Ha gral was their
etaar that it was uWuted aUw to place
tbom withia tee rears all. They are
now manufactured by tbe Dr. Williams
Uetticiae i'utnpasy, rWbeaertady, N. T.,
aad are void in boxes (sever la loose
torn by the dona or hundred, and the
f white ar rant loutd against numerous
ailtMHte sold is Ibis shape) at 50 seals
tiuaorsta Uw to 13.50, and aiay
be bad of ell arsft-tftets or direct by wad
frost Dr, Williams' Metlwlae Coot pa ay.
A PECULIAR FAOr.
Thousands of People Hate Dyspepsia in
Ita Wont Form and Do B ot Know it,
A weak stomach is the cause of about
nine-tentbe of all disease, yet in most
cases the wrong thing is treated aud the
true oausejs overlooked.
This is because a weak digestion pro-
Alices snmDtoms resembling nearly every
disease, because it weakens aud disturbs
tbe action of every nerve and organ in
the bodv: Door digestion causes heart
trouble, kidney troubles, lung weakness
end esneciallv nervous breakdown or
nervous orostration: the nerves cannot
stand the wear and tear unless generou
ously fed by well digested, wholesome
food.
KeeD the digestion irood and no one
need fear the accroach of disease.
Mrs. J I. M. Loe, of Rochester, New
York, writes: "For tbe sake of suffering
humanity I want to sav that from a
child 1 had a very weak stomach, threw
np my food very often after eating, and
after a few years nervous dyspepsia re
sulted, and for more than twenty years
I have suffered inexpressibly.
"I tried many physicians and adver
tised remedies with only temporary re
lief, for nervous dyspepsia, and not until
I commenced taking' Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets last spring,'1 six months -ago,
have I been free from 1 suffering caused
bw tbe condition of my nerves and
stomach; in short, chronic nervous dys
pepsia.
"I have recommended Stuart's Dye-
ripsia to many of my friends, aud now
want, in a public way, to say they are
the safest, pleasantest, fend I believe
surest cure for stomach and nerve
troubles. I write my honest opinion and
I will jrladly answer any letter of in
quiry at any time and feel that I am, in
my small way, helping on a good cause;
Stuart's Dyspepsia 1 ablets is not a
patent medicine, but they contain only
the fruit salts, digestive acids and pep
tones necessary to help the weak stom
ach to promptly and thoroughly digest
food.
All druggists sell Stuart'a Dyspepsia
Tablets at 50 cents for full sizd pack
age, and anyone suffering from nervous
dyspepsia, sour stomachs, headaches,
ascidity, gases, belching, etc, will find
them not only a quick reliel dui a radi
cal cure.
Send to Stuart Co.. Marshall. Midi.,
for little book describing cause and cure
of stomach troubles, .giving symptoms
aud treatment of the various forms of
indigestion.
UNION TICKET IN OMAHA.' "
Tbe Populists, Democrats and Silver R
publlcsns Under One Banner.
The election in Omaha will be held
April 20th. Tbe four conventions to
nominate candidates for mayor, comp
troller, city clerk, treasurer and council
men met last Saturday. Tbe populists,
democrats and silver republicans, each
appointed a committee of conference, tbe
three committees to arrange as to bow
the offices should be divided. The com
mittees reached an agreement with little
difficulty aud reported to their respect
ive conventions. In each instance the
report was adopted and the candidates
were named as follows:
Mayor Ed. Howell, democrat.
fax commissioner George E. Gibson,
silver republican. ,
Comptroller C. S. Erickson, silver re
publican. City treasurer J. H. Schmidt, demo
crat. City clerk John 0. Teiser, populist.
Police Judge C. P. Ualligan, pop.
Council men
1st ward, J. B. Schupp, pop.
2nd ward, T. J. Flynn, dem.
3d, J. F. Lally, pop. ,
4th, Sam Rees, silver rep.
5th, C. 0. Lobeck, pop.
6th, E. S. Rutherford, rep.
7th, A. H. Rowitzer, pop.
8th, F.J. Burkley, dem.
9tb, F. W. Simpson, dem.
There is no dissatisfaction among any
of the political factions. The ticket is
well chosen and has an excellent chance
of election.
The regular republican convention
nominated Frank E, Moore for mayor
and renominated the present city officers
Comptroller Westberg, Treasurer Ed
wards, Clerk Iligby, and Police Judge
Gordon. ' i
The great carpet store ot George G.
Ottle in Cincinnati, burned last Sunday.
Tbe entire stock valued at f 300, WO was
destroyed in less than two hours.
Everybody Bays So.
Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the most
wonderful medical discovery of tht age,
pleasant and refreshing to the taste, act
gently and positively on kidneys, liver
and bowels, cleansing the entire system.
dispel colds, curs headache, fever nabib
nal constipation and biliousness. Please
buy and try a box of C. C C today 10.
25, 60 cents. Sold and guaranteed to
cure oy ail druggists. .
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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Ala. Aprl 22-23, 1897.
For tbs abovs occasions agents of tbe
Mobile A Ohio U.K. at ticket stations
will sell tickets to Mobile and return at
one first class limited tare, and to Sol ma
Ala., at the earns rate plus three dollars
Tickets will be sold on several days be
fore the mtlng convenes, and will be
limited tea days going and two days re
turning, extreme limit May 1st, 1 MUT.
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EELIGI0US C0RNEB.iT;
RELIGION AND
REFORM
WORLD.
AUL
Over the
Worldly Bell (to; Torsos Spiritual BU-
gioa The - 81a of Fretting Your
Mother A Preacher's Handicap
Victory of Prayer.
The Beat Patriot.
HE freeman's glit
tering sword be
blest
Forever blest the
freeman's lyre
That rings upon the
tyrant s crest;
This tirs the
. heart like living
fire: . ,
Well can he wield
the shining
brand.
Who battles for his native land;
But when his fingers sweep the
chords, O
That summon heroes to the fray, ,
They gather at the feast of swords,
k I4ke mountain-eagles to their prey!
And 'mid the vales and swelling hills.
jrnat sweetly, bloom in , Freedom s.
lanri &
A living spirit breathes and fills
The freeman's heart and nerves his
I - i nana . - --..!,.
For the bright soil that gave him birth,
The home of all he loves on earth
For this, when Freedom's trumpet
-calls, i . - ; -
He waves on high his sword of
fire
For this, amidst his country's halls
Forever strikes the freeman's lyre!
Hls burning heart he may not. lend
To serve a doting despot's sway
A suppliant knee he will not bend.
Before these things of "brass and
clay."
Wheel wrong and ruin call to war, ,
He knows the summons from afar;
on high his glittering sword he
. waves, ( ...
And myriads feel the freeman's fire,
While he, around their fathers' graves,
Strikes to old strains the freeman s
' ' lyre.
Worldly Versos Spiritual Religion.
There Is no bitterness to compare
with that which worldly men who pro
fess religion feel toward those who
cultivate a spiritual religion. They can
never really grasp the distinction be
tween external worship and real god
liness. They make their offerings, they
attend to the rights of religion to which
they belong, and are beside themselves
with indignation if any person or event
suggests to them that they might have
saved themselves all their trouble, be
cause these do not at all constitute re
ligion. They uphold the churci, they
admire and praise her beautiful ser
vices, they use strong but meaningless
language about Infidelity, and yet when
brought Into contact with spirituality
and assured that regeneration and pen
itent humility are required above-all
else in the kingdom of God, they be
tray aa utter Inability to comprehend
the very rudiments of Christian reli
gion. Spiritual religion, from tiie vary
nature of the case, must always be In
the minority, and must be prepared to
suffer loss, calumny, and violence at
the hands of worldly religionists, who
have contrived for themselves, a wor
ship that calls for no humiliation be
fore God and no complete surrender of
heart and will to Him. Marcus Dods.
The Sin of Fretting;.
There is one sin which, It seems to
me, is everywhere and by everybody
underestimated, and quite too much
overlooked in valuation of character.
It is the sin of fretting. It is common
as air; as speech, so common that un
less It rises above Its usual monotone,
we do not even observe it. Watch
any ordinary coming together of peo
ple, and see how many minutes it will
be before somebody frefa; that Is,
makes more or less complaining state
ment of something or other which
probably every one In the room, or in
the car, or on the street, it may be,
knew before, and probably nobody can.
help. Why say anything about It? It
is cold, it is hot, it la wet, it is dry:
somebody has broken an appointment,
Ill-cooked a meal; stupidity or bad
faith somewhere has resulted In dis
comfort There are plenty of things
to fret about. It is simply astonish
ing how much annoyance may be found
In the oourse of every day's living.
even of the simplest, if one keeps a
sharp eye out on that side of .things.
Even Holy Writ says we are prone to
trouble aa sparks fly upward." But
even to the sparks nylng upward, in
the blackest of smoke, there is a blue
sky above; and the lest time they
waste on the road, the sooner they will
reach, It Fretting is all time wasted
on the road. Helen Hunt.
A Preacher's Handicap.
Some people place themselves In a
state of antagonism to the preacher.
Their whole attitude Is one of critical
attack. If he blunders in bis enuncia
tion or style ot delivery; if his Ideas
do not tally with their preconceived
notions, they are up In arms against
the whole address. It requires a pow
erful weapon to pierce through the
armor In which they have encased
themselves and produce any real effect
upon them. There are others who
lack all critical dlncernmcnt, who ac
cept whatever is offered them with un
disturbed equanimity. The preach
er's voice has a somewhat soothing
effect, and tbe surroundings are pleas
ant and grateful in their Influence.
Tltey are, perhaps, even somewhat
more vasuscepttuie to reiisiaus inrfpi
ration Unaft tbe class first drtcrlbei.
Yf Moth
Honor the dar ad toother. Tim
has eoattered snowQakes ua her brow,
pillowed ap furrows In her cheeks,
but ! l Bd beautiful now!
Tba lift r this and saakso. bl hvm
are Use that nsve kUd tnsay a hot
teat from childish el asks, and taee
U O neatest Hps la all the we).
if
The eye is dim, yet it ever glows with
soft radiance of holy love, which can
never fade. Ah, yes; she is a dear old
mother. The sands of life are nearly
run out, but, feeble as shejls, she will
go further and reach down lower for
you than all others on earth. Tou
cannot walk Into a midnight where
she cannot see you; you cannot walk
into a prison whose bars will keep her
out; you cannot mount a scaffold too
high for her to reach, that she. may
kiss you and bless you in evidence of
her deathless lore. When the world
despises and forsakes you, when It
leaves you by the way-side to die un
noticed, the dear good mother will
gather you into her feeble arms and
carry you home, and tell you all your
virtues, until you almost forget your
soul is disfigured by vice. Love her
tenderly and cheer her declining years
with b,oly devotion.
The Victory of Prayer.
Thought and prayer both come from
a hidden source; they go forth to fight
with foes, and gain the victory in the
external world; they return to rest In
Him who Inspired them. O, how fresh
and original will each of our lives be
come,, what flatnee;wijl,ivpasi, from
society, what barrenness from conver
sation,' what excitement and restless
ness from our religious acts, when we
understand these secrets, when the
morning prayer is really a prayer for
grace to One whose service Is perfect
freedom, In knowledge of whom is eter
nal life; when at evening we really
ask One, from whom all good thoughts
and holy desires and Just works pro
ceed, for- the peace which the world
cannot give. F. D. Maurice.
Those Gone Before.
Those who are now at rest were once
like ourselves. They were once weak,
faulty, sinful; they had their burdens
and hindrances, their slumbering and
weariness, their failures and their falls.
But now they have overcome. Their
life was once homely and commonplace.
Their day ran out as ours. Morning
and noon and night came and went to
them as to us. Their life too was as
lonely and sad aa yours. Little fret
ful otraj instances and frequent dis
turbing changes wasted away their
hours as yours. Their is nothing In
your life that was not in theirs; there
was nothing in theirs but may be also
In your own. They have overcome.
each one,' and one by one; each In his
turn, when the day came and God called
him to the trial. And so shall you
likewise. H. E. Manning.
Tra.t In God.
What a vast proportion of our lives
is spent In anxious and useless fore
bodings concerning the future either
our own or those of our dear ones.
Present Joys, present blessings slip by.
and we miss half their sweet flavor,
and all for want of faith In Him who
provides for the tiniest insect in the
sunbeam. Oh, when shall we learn the
sweet trust in God that our little chil
dren teach us every day by their con
fiding faith In us? We, who are so
mutable, so faulty, so irritable, so un
just, etc., who is so watchful, so pity-
ful, so loving, so forgiving? Why can
not we, slipping our hand Into His
each day, walk trustfully over that
day's appointed path, thorny or flowery,
crooked or straight, knowing that
evening will bring us sleep, peace and
home? Phillips Brooks.
Aspiration.
There are seasons when, for the mo
ment, at least, the power of the world
seems to drop. A strange and awful
sense of responsibility comes upon us.
Aspirations rise up out of the soul like
morning mist kindling in the sun as
it rises from the mountain top toward
heaven. We long for a higher and
holier life. The vanity of the world,
the worth of mixture, the goodness of
God, and the peace of a trusting and
devout heart are revealed to, us. It is
a heavenly vision open before the soul.
These hours, when the soul is freed
from Its bonds and holds communion
with truth and God, and sees revealed
the realities of Its existence, are blessed
hours hours of heaven hours, which
it obeyed, shall raise the soul upward
to heaven. Ephralm Peabody.
ChrUt ai a Teacher.
In words that a child could under
stand Christ portrayed the simple ma
jesty and beauty of God.. No definition
was given, no philosophy was fashion
ed, no articulated dogma .wrought out
He simply unveiled' before man's 'ad
miring vision the Infinite One, whose
solicitude for man was such that none
were too great or too small to be loved.
With words of matchless eloquence
He called about him tbe multitude
the children of poverty and Ignorance,
the children of sickness and suffering,
the publican and the prodigal and
lifted above all alike a banner Inscribed
not with those words called wisdom,
or riches, or birth, but with the words.
"Made In the image ot God." Dr. Hu
lls. Be of Rome, Account.
Ilsve a ruUelub In lite. He of some
account. I not court responsibility,
neither shirk It when It is laid upon
von. Ree God's hand in everr move
ment, and note Its bearing upon you
ncrsonaltv. He baa use fcr you some
where, aud often where you least ex
pert. Kail In line with Hi win from
time to time, lis may not fcave a con
sptcuous pture for you to labor, but
11 will brim out. If yon folluv IfU
guidance and are faithful your talents
in the spr.ere where you ran do tbe
best for IHm and for others.
The devil has a hatter arsnad te
neck of every nuu who Is trying te
get money In aa easier way tbau by
fcwwlr earning It.
1 NOTE OF WARNING.
DEMOCRATS NEED TO WATCH
THE "WEB-FOOTED TRIBE."
Plaanlai; Destruction to the Chicago Plat
form Heeklnf to Betray the Party
Again In the Congressional Elections
f 1898 la the Municipal Coateeta. .
To Democrats Everywhere: The
6,500,000 Democrats, Republicans and
Populists who voted for the Chicago
platform and the matchless exponent
thereof, Hon. William J. Bryan, have
need to be careful of tbe party or
ganizations, - national, state, county,
ward and precinct A conspiracy is
on foot among the "web-footed" Bolt
ocrats to undo the great work of 1896.
Elements are at work in every elective
district of the nation which- if not
checked at once, will lead to great
confusion, and perhaps disaster, In the
elections of 1898.' Aided by the Re
publican press these traitors are hatch
ing out a scheme with a view of com
promising the money question in a suf
ficient number . of congressional dis
tricts In 1898 to leave the impression
tbarthe people; have " cooled" in' their
ardor for free slvef. If permitted to
carry out their plans they will secure
straddle platforms in as many con
gressional districts as possible. This
would lead to two Democratic tickets
In every district In which the traitors
might prove successful In their opera
tions, with the consequent result that
the Republican would be elected. It
is therefore absolutely imperative that
the work of organization for 1898
should begin at once in every district
in the country. The "web-footed"
tribe must be kept out of the organiza
tions and no person should be sent to
any convention that Is not an out and
out champion of the Chicago platform,
e ' e
The conspirators are now at work
In the municipal elections and are
meeting with some success in building
platforms evading national issues. It
is the solemn duty of all Democrats to
see that no municipal platforms avoid
the endorsement of the national plat
form. It is better still to go farther
and state that "we particularly endorse
that part of It relating to the finance
and are therefore in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 and the total abolition
of all banks of Issue." Without such a
clause no Democratic platform Is com
plete. e
At this writing a municipal cam
paign is being waged in Chicago. The
"web-footed" tribe assisted by all the
papers in the city except one, the Dis
patch, made a desperate struggle to
carry out their plans. Thanks to the
able manner In which the Dispatch ex
posed their Intentions they were driven
from cover, and the national platform
Is a part of the local platform. It is,
however, devoid of the above clause
and a few votes will be lost on that
account, but not enough to affect the
result Harrison, the Democratic nom
inee, will be elected by a safe plurality
over the opposition, which is, by the
way, endeavoring to run away from the
16 to 1 issue. The voice of Chicago
will be a loud protest against the gold
standard and will be heard around the
world. i
Democrats should also bear In mind
that they owe their first allegiance to
the party papers. Read them first eo
long as they preach the true gospel of
the party. There are two good reasons
why the opposition papers should not
be read: l. They .will mislead you.
2. In purchasing them you assist In
their support v
e e e
Stand by the party paper. Pay for It
promptly. Patronize Its advertisers
and no others. - Advertise in it when
you have anything to sell or when you
wish to buy anything. Aid It In every
way that you can. It is always aiding
you by preaching your political doc
trines. With it your cause is safe.
Without it you need have little hope.
Support of the party paper is a neces
sity of the times.
Hlddle-of-the-Boaders.
From the Midland Journal: The ele
ment known as the middle-of-road
Populist Bhows Itself in every new
movement among the people, religious
or political. In the old abolition or
anti-slavery movement they were
known as "comeouters; " In the prohi
bition movement the middle-of-the-roaders
were "conscience" voters, and
so it Is in eyery similar movement of
the masses. These stormy petrels are
all self-constituted leaders, but lack
followers, because the Instinct ot the
people discern quickly that thoy pos
sess no element ot leadership. This
class generally ends aa sell-outs, or,
consumed by their inordinate vanity
and chagrined and disgusted by the re
fusal of the people to follow them, they
turn traitors to their first love and
desert to the enemy.
Tom Watson, owing to peculiar sur
roundings, kept up the dilution that he
was a popular leader, lunger than most
t the class succeed In doing, but the
tour at last struck which showed the
smallntwa of the man.
Coxe was on the fantastic order,
having many traits ot originality about
him. Ills rood-making and nun-lntfreiV
bond scheme partly his own in
vention aud partly picked up. Ths
conception of presenting the plan to
Congress by a petition In pools and the
ommotweat army was original and an
nneipcted ucceoa, which turned
Coxey's head. He hoped to make tb
road-making scheme the central de
mand or policy of the People' party
and tlniself tbe leader and presiden
tial candidate. Falling In this be de
termined, Ilk Caeear, to crow the
flublcou sad plunged Into the 8: Loul
eoavettfloa project.
Coxey was determined, without fur
ther loss of time, to ascertain where ha
and the good roads business stood to
the estimation of the people and tho
People's party, and he found out J
Of course everybody knew the "non-interest-bond-good-roads"
wild scheme
had no chance of being tried, and
wouian i wore n uu u -St
Louis experience Is like that of a
greenhorn who took a package of ironv
pyrites to a chemist to ascertain wheth
er it were gold. The chemist put some
of the stuff on a shovel and held it over
the fire, when It soon disappeared. The
astonished fellow exclaimed "Well!
I've gone and married a gal that has a
hul' mountain of that stuff!" The girl
had caught him with "fool's gold," and
Coxey's St Louis convention ought to
teach him as much as the chemist
taught the country boy.
And so it has ever been with this
middle-of-the-road class. They all have
"b'g heads but little wit" Time always
flies their status. t
- .
economy
President McKinley 'said in his la-
augural address:
"Economy Is I demanded in- every :
branch of tie government at all times,,
but especially In periods like the pres
ent of depression in business and dis
tress among the people. The severest
economy must be observed In all pub
lic expenditures and extravagance
stormed wherever it is found, and pre
vented wherever in the future It may
be developed."
The people have been learning the
lesson of economy for some time and
there is not the. slightest danger of an
extravagant expenditure of money on
their part while the gold standard de
prives them of any money to spend.
We hope the new president will Inaug
urate a system of" economy by prevent
ing money sharps and bond holders
from looting the treasury. The oppor
tunities which the last administration
afforded to a favored few to acquire
millions at the expense of the people
was not the kind of economy which
ought to be continued. We hope Pres
ident McKinley will have power to re
sist these cormorants. He teaches
economy In almost the same language
which his predecessor employed, but
we hope that language does not mean
In the case of President McKinley what
it meant in the case of President Cleve
land and that he Is not calling upon
the people to economize for the pur
pose of saving money to enrich his
friends of the gold trust It is gratify
ing, however, to observe that the pres
ident recognizes the "depression in
business and distress among the peo
ple." It would be much better, how
ever, if 'he had some conception of the
cause of that depression and distress.'
The remedy he proposes of more tax
ation indicates that he believes the
people will be more prosperous if they
have more taxes to pay and less money
with which to pay them. Silver
Knight-Watchman.
Hiding Behind a Newspaper.
Men are not as careless as they seem
to the discomfort and injury caused to
women by hanging on to a .strap dur
ing the violent motions of cars as they
whirl with terrible velocity around the
corners. It is not pleasant to I see . a
fagged, pale woman, young, middle
aged or old, taxing her depleted
strength still further by standing dur
ing a long ride. That men appreciate
this Is shown by the vital interest
taken by them in the journalism of the
day, especially in the matter contained
in the evening editions. Almost any
thing that can happen within a car
ii powerless to arouse them from the
deep absorption, into which they fall
over the evening paper. This sheet Is
like an armor; it enables a man to
withstand claims upon his sympathy
which might, were he an unpapered
man, entirely deprive him of his in
clination to retain his seat. By its as
sistance, he is made more invulnerable
than Achilles. The Illustrated Amer
ican. Professional Runners.
Very few men become professional
runners who do not repent after is It
too late. The feeling that they have
deliberately removed themselves into
a different class, that forever after
there Is to be a barrier between them
and those who Lave been their con
genial companions, has invariably
acted as an effectual drag upon them,
If men of refined tastes and gentle
manly instincts.' In the second place,
there Is no adequate financial compen
sation to the professional runner.
There are not enough of them, and
he cannot secure engagements enough
to make It pay. Then again, while it
need not necessarily be so, professional
runners are invariably looked upon
with suspicion. This Is due to the
character and quality of the men who,
as a rule, make the change. Charles
E. Patterson in The Illustrated Amor
lean.
TV hat We Waal a the ftWee.
A few may try new culls, advance
theories, preach novel doctrines and
endeavor to propagate vague ideas t
life, but they are all obliged to return
again to first principles, for In their
search af.ef novelty these theorists
generally leave out that great and Im
portant factor. Human Nature. Ws
love, we hate, we have our ambitions,
jealousies and scirihnM, now D
the ceuturls past, and the dramatist
who would hold us must take all these
into account. It Is tbe touch of ns
tine that makes the whole world km.
Arthur lloebtr I The Illustrated
American.
A novel design fur ue as aa ink
eraser, pencil ihirpener and burnisher,
is arrow.shsped, the bead being sha
pta4 ! 11 Its tdgea