September 2, i8q7
THE NEBRASKA 'NDEPENDENT.
EDITORS IDEAS.
Another state institution ha gone re
publican. The deal and dumb intuitu
tion at Omaha, the accounts have beon
found $1,030.70 short. The republican
, superintendent. Gillespie, will be com-
jelled to make up the shortage or take
the consequences. Hamilton County
Register.
We seldom And a man now that is on
posed to government savings banks and
a inaior it are in favor o! the govern
tnent ownership of railroads. These two
populist principles have advanced more
rapidly than any in our platform. Still
they are not the leading Issue. Stanton
Itegister,
Tbe election of a silver democrat to All
tbe vacancy caused by the death of
Holman in tbe Fourth Indiana district
U significant. Where Holman, who was
popular leader, bad only about BOO
majority, there is now nearly 1,200 ma
jority and this in the (ace of the fact that
were was also a populist canaiaate wuo
polled some 700 or more votes. It is
aid that bimetallism is dying out In
view of the good crops and approaching
prosperity; but this straw in Indiana
does not point that way. Ht. 1'uul
J'ress.
flood government is tbs greatest bless,
tntr that can dome to civilised society.
It benefits all alike those wno work
" . ... .
hardest lor It as well as those who work
hardest against It. Its intluenct extends
all through the structure of society,
uplifting and helping men in all walks of
I life. Jt Is an Inspiration to better tilings,
t an incentive to higher endeavor, an
I awakening signal that urges men to
' greater progress. All men who want
good government vole for it at all times,
All men who want bad government leave
no stone unturned to gain tbeir object
independent ftra.
DliJ you ever think that England has
a sort ol referendum? wuen the govern
ment fails to command a majority of
the House of Commons tho prime minis
ter and cabinet resign, parliament Is
dissolved, and the question or questions
at issue are referred to the people in the
new elections. As a consequence, rJng
land is making more progress toward
government by the people, and justice
toward the masses, than we are. They
already have government telegraph.gov
eminent savings banks, etc., and we too
would have them without further delay
; if we hud any way to get the expression
of the voters on these questions. Why
con t we have a wayx
We have had many "boodle" con
grosses, "boodle" legislatures, and"boo
die" city councils that should have been
dissolved, liut no, we ekct a man for a
certain term, and all the legal powers
In tbe country cau t get bun out until
, bis term expires
Here is where the imperative mandate
comes In. It gives the people power to
recall any public olllcer at any time In
tbe following way Any constituent
may at any time, draw up a document
demanding tlie removal of said officer.
Wncn tbls document Is nlguod by a
majority of the voters In the territory
which elected such officer bis office shall
be declared vacant. It can be filled
agaia by appointment or by a new elec
tion. Hlia.ll we have lt7 Ur, C. F. Toy
lor in the Medical World,.
There Is evidently a growing demand
in the public mind in favor of postal
savings banks. The first declaration
.... .1.. 1... - lla.1 .. I A i I I
evi-r uinu u.y punucai imrij m lavor
h a.ry.' i h1 m,a''P,T
ulist platform of 1802. Hiuoe that date
events have more tl.no Justified that
plank of the platform. The panic of
1803 has demonstrated that the aver
age savings bank, as so long conducted,
cannot be kept open in times of great
financial excitement or distress. Hun
dreds of institutions, entirely solvent
end honestly conducted, have been
obliged to close their doors and go into
liquidation. Ihe fault was in the sys
tem, not in Hie batiks themselves, and
the faults of the system have become so
thoroughly impressed on the public
mini mat me ncmfinu ior postal sav
ings banks, conducted Ity the govern
ment, has been the result. I hat a bill
establishing such banks will be intro
duced in the next congress is a matter of
little doubt.
Such banks would have tho confidence
of the )pli from the start. The de
posits therein would be absolutely safe.
1 hey could always bo drawn ou demand.
Not being loaned out on real estate or
securities of any kind, the funds could
be transferred from one section of the
country to another where they might be
needed to meet some unusual demnuds.
Everyone of the objections urged to the
prewnt system can bo eliminated by the
establishment of the postal system un
der government control. Itocky Moiiii
tain .News.
A titii rai y of Jutlgea,
Judge Stowe of I'eniiHylvniiin. In hear
ing the Injunetinii rae against the strik
ing miners, suid: "We are both court
and jury.
i here is iifinurer in a Indie I a I svstein
which puts It In the (tower of any man to
act as both court and Jury. Trial by a
jury id his irtwrs is the conatitiitlonnl
right ol every l it r-n of the I'nited Htatea
aud fetieral judges are adopting a dau-
gerous eourse In nswrtiug snrh eitra I
judicial authority, VrhaNi JudgHtol
is right, aud lie la both emrt and jury,
but ht that event the cousiliutinii of the
tailed Mtte I not right. That vener
ated document -M M ,.r,,m
prtwruti'iii Ihe h-iimmI (had enjoy ,
right hi siMotly and publie trUI l.v n
Impartial Jury id ths state auddislrmt
vr-ervin Hie vriius shall bav bea eoiii
niti." j
1 h striking iitiiier should tk t'
I In it lit Judrfit Mo's llimiry, With
unciituiiounl right on thctr i.l, tl.
tours hould n-it heaiUts attack ths
aut.Mracy aMUitimlby tlis ludg ahiws
t itraordiiiart ilxmii alumM tMeal.j,t.
to rar.NI mI evcslnty. Wheaunemutt
eaaileeid a In tbs gudt id -riii
kr'SM Mur ana fur trial, aa I tha
Em alsiM apua them, all t
ran ( tituw ar vrthrta, aH i
guards lull Individual rt atd,
Sad In liM III DUMlllUtUtMtl gM
ikr Utrr pvrwmal abhittaiM a
irostraifted and autrlk as laal
l Iks Ittr id It it ia. (sat sxrl til
Msg le au isiiM by ids w.ipl t. Iks
i HUrd HlK aud fciucelk
plaint rats a,r d-irlt, aalrury must
sarrvakf It) dvtitorfasf ,l akagu m i
fM"
LOANS TO THE PEOPLE
THE VITAL PRINCIPLE IN POSTAL SAV
INGS BANKS.
If the Deposit In Thru Institutions Are
Turned Oyer to the llnnks to Loan They
' Will Do Mora Harm TIim Good-fatal
, Defect la tbe Measure Proposed.
Ml. ...
i ne aemana ior a government sav
logs batik system has reached propor
tious that will make it one of tbe first
and most important issnoe of tbo com
log session of congress.
j. ne movement is gathering new
strength every day and the daily press
of the entire country is joining in the
aemana.
That this movement has bad its origin
s a party measure inside the ranks of
Populism will probably not be disputed,
but that the inovcnicut bus outgrown
the limits of any ouo purty is now cer
tain.
There are, however, many points In
connection with this most important
issue which should not be lost sight of
and the agitation of which must come
through others than the millions who
bare so recently como into the ranks of
those who are insisting ou postal sav
",K MM" 1
I n ll I I , i . at a
un uiose wuo nave tnorougmystwiica
tbo onestious involved, yet are free from
the selfish motives which Inspire ct r
tain business Mitertiriscs. tnnst devolve
tbe dnty of settling this question if it
is settled right.
Tbe deposits in banks form tbe basis
for a large volume of business which,
if drawn from the orclimry channels of
trade, would seriously unsettle and (lis
tnrb the business world.
To many it seems au unreasonable
proposition that batik deposits are fur
in excess of tho total circulation of
money in the country, yet such is the
case,
Tho facts are that money is deposited
and then loaned out, then paid to other
parties and aguiii deposited, the process
being repeated over and over until tha
figures shown by deposits in banks and
8 r"PHrt ot "loans and discounts" beur
bat little reJutlou to tbo actual money
in circulation, but, rather, indicate the
extent of confidence in tho banks and
the willingness of tho banks to extend
favors in tbe ways of loans.
Ibis well known fact that tho money
of depositors is the reul basis of the
banking enterprises of tho country and
the very natural suggest ion that a gov
ernment savings institution would hold
all deposits out of circulation bavo called
out frequent objections to the proposi
tion, and well it might were no means
proposed to solve this obstruction.
We bavo read a number of proposed
measures and copies of bills that have
been presented and of others that will
be offered in the coming session of con
gress and have also noted the tone of
various editorials aud interviews ou the
subject, and we find a unanimity of
sentiment among tho bunkers and edi
tors of old party papers that a provision
must be made for the government to
place the money where it will again go
into circulation, and it is always pro
posed that this be through the banks.
As tbe matter now standi tho banks
and tbeir wholo power are being exerted
- " .
to Mcuro postal savings bank JttW,
e elation is largely duo
t . , ... ,,, , . i' ,t,
"'fact that they expwt to be able
to fully dictate its provision,
now that the question is an issuo, and
with the well understood fact that the
measure has been pushed to the front by
i'opulist agititlou, every exertion should
be used to see that the question is sol veil
correctly and a law punned that is uu im
provement over laws existing in other
nations of the world where the money
power bus dictated tho terms,
There is no reason why methods
which obtain in a monarchical govern
ment should be patterned ufter if there
be better methods which might be
udopted.
There cun certuinly be no reason why
tho government should loan the money
accumulated by this system to corpora
tions rather tbuu to individuals on reul
estute security.
xso other security is considered su
perior to real estate, unless it bo gov
ernment bonds.
There are questions raised as to tbo
advisability of investing in state or
municipal bonds, nod there it certainly
a question about muuy bunking corpo
ration being sound.
The point is well undersKsid that for
the government to m rept ih jmeiis and
nuike no prvii'ii for distriliMti by
ioiiio syntcin of loans would lead to a
roii(fiitiou of ton money now in circu
lation mid a retirement as complete us
though the money won lis kt.il up in a
vault or buried, iiml such u plan could
not full to nipple lumim s, but among
the iiiutiy proHtst-d bills iliu provilou
for placing the money again in circula
tion i to c the banking eorporstuni
put il Hilt ItKllill.
The queniiuii should o mi l y active
woik mi the art i f every i'cpuliM and
I lit Vtolk should l e tloiiti right li"W,
The fc'i'Vi iiinn nl should r lln fur
loaning direct M the 4,oplil linteud f
to I in kin u rotpoiatloii.
l.very U.I that Mill be priu!n
will r vl.l fr ttM lug a large in r
t nl nf the hiuI il 4n oui at lull r-
tit tr In ii tin, n id iMv.ii, 1 1,.
This I HJ'I and is I lie mily true sr
tent for a I unking l u.ii.i. f mMiIiu
4lng svittia laiul (ill,
The Iimiii . ini tin I lli Ihe guv
riuiM lit sliituM J. Urn ll u lui n y dii.i
iy with th 1 init.al of giving it
la Ihe tsukrts
hie amy i.f g-. iiiiim hi U Ii ere Hist
Ju.lt. f irixUr.il all th i l,
nd II i I im it t.M why kiUiii i or
h'tsllutit ilmuld U giiil. the light
la am It.rwi luti.U, HUiif fle, as IM4J
la the Mw lluiuitflt .dllieH f ct Ulna
III Si t r I IHg ll-joili ll, k a limit
Inst, Iti itt if initftti, wluia m
i Hit i t the sit 4i iisiikii i f iids ai
mi! tu tit iititiaiitU and tfisii"
lnl tf Ih fsvi-ted f w.
The twill In .i.tte bss mia
tained ic a steady fight of many years
for postal savings banks is that the gov
erument should make loans direct to the
people aud at a low rate of interest.
Now that the whole country is full
log into line in favor of thesuvingssyi
tern, every true advocate of reform
should exert au influence in favor of
the declarations of the Omaha platform
Which Is explicit on that subject.
The govej jinent would be absolutely
tecure against loss aud the borrower
would bo relieved from tho ruinous
rates of usury charged by tbe banks.
Tho millions of dollars which have
boon hidden away or locked op in safe
ty deposit vaults, which will by a gov
ernment savings system be brought out.
would, if placed directly in circulation,
Ululate every industry and bring an
ra of prosperity.
If this question can be settled right
and a measure is passed providing for
loans direct to the people, it will prove
to bo the most important legislative act
of the century ou the money question
It will destroy tho fuugs of the money
power more completely than could any
other proposition, for when tho Individ
oal is freed from all obligations to tbo
banks it will mean au era of liberty
Which tho people nave never enjoyed,
Tbere is no reason why tho govern
ment should loan to a corporation and
refuso to loan directly to tbe individual
When tho security offered is good,
Tbe government should most assured
ly provide a plan to savo depositors
from being robbed, but why may it 'not
also arraugo to save borrowers from
being hold up by tho same gang of
bandits?
Tho millions drawn out of hiding, if
turned over to the bunks, only add to
their power, and there is no reason why
tho government shall be mudo tho agent
of banking corporations in their specu
lotive enterprises,
The duty of government is to deal
Justly and act for the good of all.
The question is tip for solution, and
tbe only true solution is loan direct to
the people. Chicago Kxpress.
THREE MILES FOR A CENT.
One Kciult vt Ooveraiiient Ownership of
th lUllriHMl.
In Australia, on government owned
railroads, you can ride a distance of
1,000 miles for I'J.fiO. first class, while
worklnumcn can ride 0 miles for - 3
cents, 13 mile for 4 cents, 80 miles for
10 cents, aud railroad men receive from
29 to HQ per cent more wages for eight
hours of lubor than they are paid in
this country for ten hours. In Victoria,
where these rates prevail, the net in-
coma from the roads is sufficient to pay.
all tho icrti nil taxes, which is another
convincing proof of the possibility of
government without tuxution.
in iiuugury, wnero the roads are
state owned, you cun ride six miles for
1 cent, and since tbo roads were bought
by the government the men's wages
were doubled.
Belgium tells the same story fares
and freight rales cut down ono-hulf aud
wages noumea, yet tno roads pay a
yearly revenue to the government of
94,000,444.
In the United States, tinder private
ownership, it is tho other way. We
have paid the railroads billions in laud
aud money and are now paying them
millions yearly for carrying the mall.
and yet freight and passenger rate are
so extortionate as to be almost prohibi
tive, while wages paid railroad em
ployees are degrading and almost crim
inal in their smallness. rinrely America
has a deal to learn from its various
mother countries.
In Germany you run rido four miles
for 1 cent on the government owned
lines, ytt wages are over 135 per vent
higher than when the corporations
owned them, and during tho pust ten
years the net profits bavo increased 41
per cent. Lust year the roads paid the
German govcrumout a net profit of
25,000,000.
If our government owned the rail-
rouds, wo could go from Hoston to Han
Francisco for $10. Here is the proof :
Tho United .States pays ;'75 for tbe
postal cur from ISostou to Hun Fran
cisco. A passenger car will carry 60
passengers, which, at f 10 each, would
be f :ou, or a clean profit of f 250 per
cur, und this, too, after paying h per
cent on watered stock, which is fully
100 per rent on the cost of the roud.
These quoted figures are taken from a
rcliuble source, Uncle Ham.
U"hr Honor Is lino.
The followiiitf Mtmiitf tribnta to tlm
Populist party Is puld by a stanch 1 Vino
crutin pas-r, tun Alimtndriu (Im.)
Town Talk:
"Tim people's I'arty has lsi-n of grtal
beni fit to tlm x li lie of thin country.
Jt bus ciiuM'd voters to think and
brought the Di iiiiwr.it io purty buck to
Wliere il wss Si years ago the party
( f the mo In,
"Its i iiMtciice iniiile it HiHiblii for
the, lit huh r.ttic parly in sputti tlm faUe
tenchlugs it h-udcis of I im Cleveland
slrl ti ami inn lit It xt.,lti m nouilnulii
fir nudi nl a Irue ami gt iiulnn homi
(if thtt Jen pit , Hint a Ih ltiis tat, WllliitlU
J. Ilrvitii.
"li e 1. iliti rigitiatt'd mine pt ti
ll id 1 1' i', n . I nn liiiimiii In, ihe gu
niiinnl u i-litp of eh jits li linn
and il-i - i hi' .m J 1 4 r iiioin y kt'lu
it l I , l'i ! urn t il il'ivi mini nl v ill
e v m ti i ' I ' i ii. i t. i in in l.iw."
(i.MiH, S. Msiertsl.
i lid ii i. u tiu if w toil malt
111
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iiuutt . 1 1 1 tin in, ih.ti Hie iimiii y ow r
U In ki 4 slur If all His inrUl Unmet
slioui'l ! IxktH f MHiM licuUiiiui, nd
in a lilts' tut r i nm m v ud, and
lite Volume I m lmi ,w n
Ihe llii.iil'tll i f tr tile, a 4l ilolUl
would iv a ' tr pun listing i.wt
thin a ih Id il ill ir i f imUy. Il Is hh is
Ittint-y tl.al ha Imldt isif V f.Hui.tj
fust, rud If M tugs iiit iiniala i f stdld
Sold Sliualtl U tlcitre lltry Would
I lbs tint In tl Uts ny, "Hold lauvl
be ilt U4uiiti.d, " lllMnuil Wuil k
SCIENCE UP TO DATE.
NOTES
OF PROGRESS
MANY LANDS.
FROM
Thm Naatlcal BlcyoU A WontWrfal
Clock An Elsetrle Mall Car Two-
tor? Cars Carriage Without llorss
Electrical Cooking.
ON RAMON BA
rea, of Madrid, Is
the latest amateur
to try his band at
inventing a nautl
cai bicycle, He has
perfected a machine
for use upon lakes
and rivers, with
which he has been
enabled to make
about six miles per
hour. This machine
IS composed of two cases of steel, which
serve as floats, and are connected by
cross-bars. , Near ths stern. In the snacs
Deiween the two esses, Is a paddle
wheel, operated by pedals something
like a bicycle. The machine welirhs
about one hundred pounds. It Is steered
vy a small rudder at ths stern and has
been tried successfully by Its Inventor,
passing over the -water oulcklv and
easily.
Out Mors Insatiate,
Science Is an exaedn taskmsstsr.
and he who serves must be ever ready
to give up tim. talents, hoo. ambition.
even life Itself at the beck and call of
jne tyrant. The search for the North
Pole has cost many lives and more
treasure, and yet there Is no lock of
enthusiasts who are ready to take up
the work where the last victim had laid
It down. The latest Idea Is to sudors
this region by means vt a balloon, which
seems quite the most vlslenary and
hopeless of all of the tnsnv fruitless at.
forts that have been mads in that direc
tion. The effect of Intense cold on the
ss fn the balloon, ths possibilities of
blinding storms, ths Impossibility of
getting out of trouble In cass of acci
dent, and the certainty that no rescuing
hand could reach the party as no one
would know where to find them, should
all bs considered It may bs among the
possibilities of science to store ass un
der pressure and at such a low temper
ature that an amount could bs pro
vided sufficient to bridge over almost
any emergency that might arise; but
in tasks of this kind there Is so much
to be looked out for and guarded against
tnat only a temperament of the most
elastic and daring description would
think of going Into It, Ths history of
explorations Is punctuated with horrors
and tragedies and frlnirel with the
bones of martyrs to science. This.
however, ie no bar to future investiga
tions, and there Is not the slightest
difficulty In filling up the ranks when
the order comet to go forward.
llll I II
A Porlrlg Artlels.
Th following communication from
M. Olrard of Paris, on the most effi
caclous way to purify water, will be
interesting to every person who would
like to indulge in what Is at times
most dangerous beverage. According
to this account, a most efficient sterilis
ing process has been discovered. "The
water Is first treated with pi-rmsngan-
ate of calcium, and then filtered through
peroxide of manganese. It appears
that the calcium permanganate a salt
easily manufactured Is, In the presence
or organlo matter and micro-organisms,
decomposed Into oxygen, manganese
oxide and lime, and the organic matter
and the bacteria are thus destroyed
Dut In order to further Increase this
oxidizing power and at the same time
destroy the excess of calcium perman
ganats addd to the water, this latter Is
filtered through a layer of manganese
peroxide, Ths Altered water is per
fectly limpid, and Is entirely fres from
pathogenlo and other micro-organisms
and from organl 'tter. The slm
pllclty of the proc lis greatly In Its
favor.
Carriage Without llor.
now rar is it neeensary, economical, or
convenient to continue In our grest
towns the use of horse-power for street
traffic? Her Is a question which must
bs faced sooner or later, sml the sooner
th better. The only wonder Is th
most people seem quite content to go on
with a method of propulsion for car
riages, carts, omnibuses, etc., which to
any scientifically mlndm person Is slm
ply barbarous! That may sound rsthrr
strong, but It would be quite essy to
how that the use of ths horse for such
srpuaes Is very t pensive, Inconveni
ent, unsanitary, noisy; that It blocks
up our streets unnei-KKnarlly, and
raunes he pavements to wesr awsy
muni faster than they nexd, and, last,
but nut least, thai It Is cru. I. i
humlUatlng In think that In a matter
of this sort we, wli i Invented ths steam
iislu and the rstlwsy, lni-a I of ones
neiie tsklng Ihe .-.ld. are bring .f( far
11 In I by Krsnie, savs a writer In In
.i..-a Wrtlmlnsler Hulgit jm
yr that fnrt'ilitlng paper, I. I'etll
J'Uiriial, In order to tin t out whb h was
Hi 1. 1 of ths various a.-lf moving r-i l
Vi-ii. .. lull a c iiniui .n. Ilougiiiy
.rka. atut'il nfly vtM.I. of u,
"J ,i,l. Im. It .rl In IH rlU Vail
oii i ml'i w-re Mhra ft 'n I'irii n
i.t,is sIhiuI Itilrlr it. i It- iliun, an
ht witido Ittlne a 'i fully lom. t
out, ths gitri I . l or t bring ltnn
la th rt-ir by Mt -1 1 - on nriii
Hvl-. t Sit r t I Velib v -lltl I
kliiia l-e lit l IVus 't r ts. t-f
ViMisr il"iii i. ttt hv t
i- tl at Ii Avi uu J Is llrit Atntie,
In I'til. All ltir hl. Is ars fltll
ana, tb iimi iit,.in m ti ir, r
ei.tlf lnir.liitl Inii nUnl, aa!
aw tlnt Pitted ittt erl liinci
la tui'f roHtii a il ia on th Tbamea
Thi-y ar rld of pti p'-llins r
rts at a i I tf fr-mt i.-ut am
U oln hill. aa sir en a ! Uvi
Mat, sal about l or ui hil aa
In. urte ttf en In Inelv I t t n la I a,
Ik al ars vf Ih rytl l'. ItH
S''ti llrvs, sa l Ih r-mtf-llies v
er is In front The Daimler motor is
underneath at the back, and drives on
the hind axle. The framework consists
of steel tubes, and serves as a reservoir
for the cold water used for cooling the
cylinders. The price of an electrio vic
toria for four persons complete is 201
The above facts are taken from two
long and carefully written reports by
tno special commissioner of the En
gineer.
Cost of Eleetrloal Cooking.
Inquiry is often made as to the cost
of electrio cooking. The exact figures
were recently given by the Philadelphia
Ledger.
Four or five outlets can be fried by
employing the equivalent of Ave lamps
for twelve minutes. This includee the
nnmvln f ha .mi v. n lamna
time required for heating the pan,
When the electrio oven Is used, the
equivalent of eighteen lamps will raise
the temperature from 63 degrees Fah
renhelt to 120 degrees in five minutes,
to 256 degress In ten minutes, to (66
degrees in fifteen minutes, and to 437
degrees in twenty minutes. At this
rate, electrical conking Is still more ex
pensive then ordinary methods. Never
theless, its use Is dally Increasing. Its
great advantage Is perfect cleanliness,
The electrical kitchen hardly scums to
be a kitchen at all. There Is no heat
from the fires, no smoke, and no dirty
Utensils. As soon ths "eurrsnt" can
utensils. As soon as the "current" can
be sold at a figure which will command
its use for kitchen purposes it will be
come universal.
Two-Story Cars of Farls.
There are no trolley or cable cars In
Paris. The storage battery electrio cars
Seem to hivi t,n mail . tinonae
here. They are much larger than
thoss which were for a time In opera-
.w " . . . . w
tion on the Madison and Fourth avenue
line In New Tork, being literally two
stories high. The outside seats ars
roofed and are protected at ths ends by
glass screens. The approach of a car
or omnibus le not heralded by gongs,
a It Is in America. Kach of the big,
lumbering vehicles is provided with a
horn, which the driver can sound by
pressing a rubber bulb. These toot and
toot and toot, wherever one may go.
A Wonderful Clock.
One of the most extraordinary me
chanical wonders of the world le de
scribed by the New Orleans I'lnayuns,
It Is a clock built by a Russian Pole
named Ooldfadon, He was at work
upon It two thousand days. The clock
represents a railway station, with all
of its appointments and details care
fully carried out. On tho central tower
le a dial which shows the Urns at New
Tork, London, Warsaw and Fekln.
Every quarter of an hour the station
begins to bustle, telegraph operators
click their machines, the statlonmastsr
and his assistants appear, porters bus
tle about luggage, and a miniature train
dashes out of a tunnsl on one slds of
tbe platform. All the routine of a rail
way station ' Is gone through, after
which the train disappears Into another
tunnel, to reappear at tbe next Quarter
of an hour.
, - A a Kloetrts Mall Car.
It Is stated that an Inventive gsnlue
of Ionia, Mich., has Invsnted an electrio
mall car capable of attaining a spesd of
two hundred miles an hour. It will
make the distance from Nsw Tork to
Chicago In five hours, instead of the
twenty-three now required for the fast
est trains. It Is said that he has at
Isst succeeded, and will shortly give a
public exhibition of bis device. Ills car
Is mads entirely of steel, and weighs
some forty tons. It Is thirty-three feet
long, and Is operated ty an electrio
motor Independent of the automatic ar
rangement for handling the malls. It
Is run over an elevated track about
eighteen feet above the ground, and
made of steel. The apparatus will re
ceive and deliver mall automatically
with no loss of speed, snd each car can
take care of thirty-four stations.
Onys and rtrln4 Wood.
Probably every visitor to the Colum
bian Kxhlbltlon spent some time In ad
miring the beautiful specimens of onyx
and petrified wood shown on that never-to-he-forgotten
occasion. Of late there
have been some exceedingly fine slabs
of this material worked out and used
In wslnscotlngs In handsome dwell
ings. It Is said by an eeit that In
Utah ars tho iiiml wnya iinlds in tho
known world, and that the largest slabs
ever rut out bav tieen taken from
quarle In that Htat. Petri fled wood
a being used In manufacture of various
mantels, brackets and similar pieces are
brought out and used with excellent ef
fect.
Vain mt Conl-Tsr Py.
In th years lit and JM nine facto
ries for making dye from coal tar were
established In this rotiiitry. Tbs bul
iips nittirlnbed until Ih tariff act
nbnlUhed th si-ecitln duly and took,
sway tb ptonts, lion bait of th fac
tories went out of th hulneas. Others
kt .i abng as best they noild, but wr
unabl la rompele with foreign tabor.
n II tltr many rodmed Kvuo wort
aiiiliit, OU l.sto, and In tvi-; ;j.r,uo
woMli if tly. Tbls la only mi of tbs
many i-lu. i ur eoai lar, vt lib it l,
liotevd, a most rvtnsikabl subaianca.
lilmlM tlviKtN fu irntn
AI a lorrllng ef Ih Niil oial Au l-
Ii ii of J If r nslitoris at M nitreal last
in.iiii-r bius tl-iUilng a a rote
It it I r lirtnien ws a lvtHt , an I
it utility .1. IO.. nut y a iMt'ti. l
-I, A tir nitlt of ih tHiny
tht I tvt'1-ailiitf lb lla nirtl a
biiliiiiig frm bull ling . l4lly r
ie-1 f..r lbs ll, an t rntain4 lhr
everal iilnats, II eli hu, lit
vt vt ablos hie fur life string.
Itlva.
Van 111-1 in I II a dsp rslher Mgh.
f r a bot'l la Ih mountalnsf
l,nii tr.l-Hui, my tlr sir, rett
ih -ull think of Iks evnrr.
Van l'H lltjiwr eua.h da ynu (bars
f. ill
a
fr thstf
IN8UBAN0E DEPARTMENT.
a4 Fin, r.rm e.d TowBAg.,u
W anted-WHte editor of I.,.bd.
partmsat,
yviseonsla to the Front,
The Interest in tbls line of Insurance la
growing and the time will come when
the people, that if one hundred com
panlee can be run at a saving of one half
the present cost of insurance. Tbe state
can go into the business and let the as
sessor's valuation ou the property be
the basis of assessment and also the
basis upon which losses must be paid,
and when that Is dons th. hardest nrohi
I I . I . " '
iem ior securing revenue lor the state
will be solved.
Wallace's Farmer has this to sav in
regard to Insurance in Wisconsin:
Finn Kits' MtlTDALS IN WISCONSIN,
Tbe commissioner of insurance of the
state of Wisconsin has Just issued hie
annual report ior louv, which contains
many matters of interest to farmers not
only in Wisconsin but in other states.
V isconsin Is, as miurht be exoected. well
advanced In the tnatUr of mutual In
surance, It has 10f5 town Insurance
coropaniea, by which is meant township
insurance compauies, which correspond
ZL,"TT " 7nZF muiUBI7 .?
"lljU,en cltt "d mutuals which
correspond to our town mutual. In ad
dition it hoe three church mutuals and
one lumber dealers' mutual. Tbe town
aud village Insurance companies bad
risks in force January 1, 1805, amounts
ingto$16r,0ia,7O,andln force Jan
uary 1, 1800, $100,074,400. and De
cember 81, 1800, 1170,700,801, an in
crease of f 0,101,040 during 1805, and
1., . ,,.UTI UlflllJM 1UVU. BUM
U.040;4a7 io 1801, Tbe losses paid
durinar 1805 were 13114.802. and in
1800t344.'J84. Thesxnenses for con
ducting tbe business during 1805 were
f7,300, and during 1800 106,080.
This shows a very healthy condition of
tbe business and a very small loss in
proportion to the risks carried, Tbe
contrast between these companies and
toe stock and mutual companies con
ducted on tbe old line plan, Is very re
markable. According to the report the
amount of Insurance written in Wiscon
sin by stock and mutual nouipanies.tbat
is companies conducted on the old line
V.I .1 M . I... ..I 1WIII .......
hiii, uui tup wuq oar ut jntrv, vtnti
253,00.'i,0l8, for which 4,01,188
were received as premiums, and upon
which 11.080,087 were paid for Are
losses, being a ratio of loss to premiums
of 88.28 per cent. The premium re
ceipts for 1 805 were 14,090,008, with
losses amounting to $8,207,781, or a
ratio of loss to premiums receded in
mat year oi t i.m.
, WOMEN AND MEN.
.
Tbere Is a 15-year-old widow at Cor-
ington, Ky, The girl was married a
year ago to a 19-year-old boy, all tbe
parents consenting. Her husband died
a few day ago.
Francbettl, tb banker-composer, la
building an opera bouse at his country
seat, where be can have bis own works
performed without subjecting them, to
the Judgment of managers.
President Ilarrlos of Guatemala waa
educated in tbls country and is a grad
uate of Yale, lie declared himself dic
tator to protect tbe Interests of fore
igners In bis country, and Is anxious
to have American capital develop it
Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell, widow
of tbe Irish leader, is about to take up
ber residence at Trematon castle, near
Plymouth. Trematon castle waa
formerly one of tbe great bouses of
Cornwall. Only the ruins of tbe thir
teenth century castle remain, tbe prea
ent bouse bolng of quite modern con
struction.
Marcelle Oerenger, tbe most beauti
ful model in Paris, who has declared
ber intention of posing in tbe future
for none but American artists, is a
alight, brown-balred, blue-eyed slip of
a girl, with a faultless figure. Tbe
chief charm of ber face lies in its puz
zling contrasts, in the dimples that
come and go with every breath; In the
eyes that never, even In her gayest mo
ments, lose a certain look of appealing
sorrow. "She possesses the eyes of a
Mater Dolorosa and tbe lips of a Bac
chante. She Is a beautiful sphinx."
D-afieaa Dan not ho DaxS
by local spiilleatlnn a they cannot rurh la
dlMtawd portion of tli ar. Thar ii only on
"',- mmn, ana uibi i y eonautuUonal
rinlle. llMfaea I csiimnI by an Inflam mn-
nllliin of tha aiuMina llnlim nl tha V.1..1...1.1.-
Tulw, When tha tub I Infl im4 yon hara a mm
UllitS ooiid or ImpnrfM-t hearing, and wbt. It I
iitlraly cIomiL l)imniaa I tlm rulL and aula
thai
1 kafbusatlon can b Uken oat and Uia tnha .
aUirttd lo It normal r.i.llil..n i..i.a oi
dmtroywl fnrttrer; nln r out of Un ar eaaaad
by raurrli, wlilrh I Bottling hut tbs ludamml Ouar
dlilos of th mama rfara.
W will ultra on lluudrwl Dollar for my eaa
of ItoafRMa lranu-4 . mtar-St Kt rnnnr K
rurad by Hall's Catarrh Car, gaad for clrcalar
ir' .
Sold by lirsggiil, lie
Our $2.92 . . .
. . . Special Watch
rat thi ui aad ! H uk
yuf saw ad allrMi,
H. Oil fcl.liUNr
W A l t II by tinn lur
awiaatlua, oa riit of IS
tit aa a g aarael fa out
tiaatiae II -B It arriva.
In aiantia II a4 II y
.,i.aa-r 11 a bantam y la
iio-a ! la kaiax,
la?, a4 II I ui Th
ti.liaitl la vl JaM
1.t4 Hulluav rial, tana
(.b-i bair a.n, a 'air
.ai.iaa ! .a1' k-a
tryatal. "-W loJ, a
M't hav I lo Mil ai ht
r'K
1 1 1 1 1 a i tsNtMt,
Its tailiut t'l, t hl.Agta, III
Wks bilious or enstive.et a rasear!
sandy talkartw.eurvi guaraalaod.lo
pom
tiKfitiK At hi: r tu rr Han
V.ll tiuiiig a riiiroal loan,
lt.,rn lita.Nt If tk,v ith gra.lea rauwi.
t . . . a '
sltar lies aad alt lbs eoavenlencM) ttl
small luwa, Call t ur ad-lroaa
U. I. Utotlte.
IUrHttMt, Nvbraaka.
TneAaa! teslaurat193 Puatlk
l'Jtksirt,bilia thssity. llel.
Just tie a t te bi ol raaeorstaUe ts
eel Utee aad Ui regulator eve mtA