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FACTS and FANCY,
Lincoln, Neb.
A KEW GOVERNOR
Th rtpfe!Sc3i. Make a (hue and Tbe
Iin tm I h fcbop nm Loagr
At S:S9 a. m.. May I. the republicans
swapper! governors. Dietrich went out
amid a bhie of pardons one tr pecial
ly condemned by every decent man in
the stateand Favage came in amid
the roar cf carr.on. and all the state
fare a sigh of relief. Anxious officeholders-
and would-be oSce-holders
throssed the capitol and sighed and
irrew anxiotis as tfce day wore on. AH
sorts of stories were current about
what the new governor w ould do about
the oSLcea. Governor Kivace was over
- whelmed with Inquiries, while hungry
waiters with weary eyes watched the
hands of the clocks go round and
nursd their misery. There is no mis
ery like that of the party worker as he
aits and longs for ?.n oSice.
In want of a U tter audience. Gov
ernor Sav?e d!!v r! a t-ort of ln
euguial ftddrevs to a crowd of news
piper men. He said:
"Regarding my office here, I have
asked Mr. Lindfay to remain if he de
tires. He has private business that
he says will occupy his attention short
ly, but he has aufScieat time to per
form the duties of his office here. I
thin!: he will remain for two or three
months at least, or as long as he de
sires. Mr. Ctaneey will remain till fall
at any rate. Miss Iarcell will stay In
the odce till June 1. I cannot say
, whether she will remain longer or not.
Miss Meyers will remain permanently.
"1 have made definite plans to occu
py the governor's mansion. I shall
move in there atd stay as Ions as I
can. I shall try to run it, but I don't
want to sell ail I have got to do it.
"No person has mentioned the Batt
le parden to me and I can say that
as .between myself and Senator Diet
rich the matter has never been brought
tip. No tie his asked me to pardon
Birtley.
- have rot had time to look further
icto the matter of appointments than
these I have mentioned. There is a
Mr stack cf letters to be cone through
with :n reference to matters not yet
disposed cf, but I have not had time
to look into them, to I can say nothing
eonesixlng the adjutant general."
He found a carving knife of steel.
That had swen many a tater-peel.
V.". M. Mornirg. formerly of the firm
cf Morning & Drge, has formed a
partnership with his brother. C. A.
Morning- of the Colorado bar. The new
firm will do business tinder the firm
came of Homing Bros., adjoining the
c!d oS of Morning &. Berge on the
third fiosrr cf the Brownell block. They
have fitted up one of the best equipped
eZees !a the city.
Marketing Wool.
We call attention of our readers
rc have ol to dispose of to the ad
vertisement ia this issue of Summers.
Brown 4c Co.. Chicago. This firm solic
its consignments of wool and as they
distribute direct to the manufacturers
they ar in a position to make prompt
sales at full market price and to give
quick returns. This is an old estab
I'.ehed house, reliable and responsible.
We advise correrpocding with them If
you have oo! or farm products of
any kind to dispose of as they receive
nd sell everything which comes from
the farm. Writ? th?m for prices or
any information wanted.
take t&3 Telephones
There Is reason to believe that the
telephone may become a more impor
tant means cf communication than
either the ulejrraph or the post. It is
at the same time an assistant and &
rival of the older systems. All these
means cf transmission should be op
erated together for the sake of good
service, economy and harmonious de
velopment, The same considerations
that have Induced so many cations to
put the telegraph In the postoffice.
c-u5ed Germany. Luxemburg. Wur
tembtxrg, Bulgaria. Bavaria and other
countries to make the telephone also a
part of the postal, system from the
start. In other countries, like Austria.
' Belgium. France, Switzerland, Sweden
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and Greet Britaintelephone exchanges
were first established by private com
panies; but the rapidly growing im
portance to the upblic of a cheap, ex
tensive and efficient telephone service,
managed in connection with the tele
graph and the mail, brought about a
movement toward public ownership
which resulted in national purchase of
the private exchanges, and the estab
lishment of new ones by the state, so
that In the first four countries men
tioned above, the telephone has be
come entirely a public institution. In
Sweden the transformation is nearing
completion, and in England the trunk
lines, have become pdstal property;
and it is generally believed that the
government will acquire the entire
business of the exchanges when the
National Telephone company's license
expires. In Italy and Spain concessions
of twenty-five and thirty years have
been granted to private companies on
condition that at the end of the franr
chlse term the telephone system shall
become public property without any
payment to the companies.
In Denmark, Finland and Norway
the exchanges are largely in the hands
of local companies, co-operative so
cieties, municipalities, and rural au
thorities. The trunk lines in Denmark
and Norway are built and maintained
by co-operative agreement among the
exchanges. The cost of a trunk line is
apportioned among the societies using
It. and each exchange retains the
whole receipts for talks over the trunk
line.- In Finland, "an interurban com
pany owns the trunk lines. In Holland,
the government supplied the materials,
and the companies owning the ex
change supplied the labor to build
trunk lines. These lines are main
tained by the government, which re
ceives seventy-five per cent of the
trunk line tolls. In Ru3sia and Hun
gary some exchanges are public and
some are prrvate property. In Portu
gal and the United States the business
is substantially all controlled by a big'
private monopoly. Professor Parsons,
ia "Municipal Monopolies."
Lynchers in Mexico
The bragadocio of the Anglo-Saxon
has had no equal on the the earth. He
is God's favored creature, he combines
all the wisdom, all the morals and all
the enlightenment of the whole earth.
That Is the way he look3 at it. Every
other people is of a lower order than
the one in which he belongs. Yet once
in a while things occur to disprove this-i
theory. The records of mobs, murders
and lynchings in the United States
during the last year are such as were
never made before. Not a lyncher
ha3 been punished and no serious at
tempt has been made to punish one. It
teems to be'different down in Mexico,
where a half-breed Indian rules the
country. An assassin made an at
tempt upon the life of the president of
Mexico. He was arrested and held in
confinement. By the connivance of
the chief police, a mob gained posses
sion of hi3 person and put him to
death. Their act of violence was in
tended as an act of devotion to, and
affection for, a wise and good ruler.
To the president himself the form of
the compliment robbed it of its value.
Its lawlessness defeated his purpose to
give the criminal a fair trial. He held
those who took the man's life in a vul
gar fury to be guilty of murder. Ac
cordingly he caused the arrest of the
chief of police, who, alter confessing
his fault, committed suicide in prison.
Other persons in authority, who had
approved or failed to resist the attack
upon the assassin, were promptly de
posed from office; and twenty-one par
ticipants in the actual killing of the
man were arrested and held for trial.
This 'is the way President Diaz deals
with lynchers and their abettors.
The McKinley government, which,
according to the bragging done in this
country, is under the direct supervision
of divine providence, doesn't do things
that way. It Joves the colored man
with an undying love, but it won't
punish a lyncher who burns one of
them at the stake.
They Do Move
The slowness of the democrats has
often been very irritating to progres
sive men like the populists, but they do
move. Now here is the Buffalo Times.
It has got far enough along to allow
the discussion of municipal ownership.
In a recent editorial it said:
"Today the Times begins the publi
cation of a series of interviews on the
subject of municipal ownership. This
journal does not desire, at the present
time, either to take the position of
supporting those who favor the public
ownership of public utilities; neither
does it desire to discourage them. The
discussion is instituted simply and
solely for the purpose of developing
thought on a subject which is pressing
more and more on public attention.
Some day, and that day is not very
far distant, the question of city owner
ship of gas and electric lighting plants,
transportation lines, telephone plants,
and other "natural monopolies' will
have to be settled. ' The subject de
mands the most careful consideration
and Is worthy of exhaustive study. All
who have anything to contribute to the
discussion of the question are invited
to send their ideas to the Times for
publication."
(Clarence h. Gerrard:
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" Columbus, Nebr.-
Jason's Golden Fleece.
BY WILLIAM BLOSS.
(Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
When a man has been dissolute for
long times together; when his friends
shun his approach lest he be about to
renew reiterated applications for "just
a small loan, you know, old man";
when his clothes have descended . from
that sartorial half-basement called the
shabby genteel to the sartorial ' sub
cellar denominated the ragged; when
even his kindred shun him; when the
lady who furnishes his cheap lodgings
intimates that unless the unpaid rent
of the last fortnight be forthcoming at
once, would he be so kind as to give up
his key; when the 15-cent meal restau
rant man with reluctance, but firmness,
advises that further line of credit
wllli be impossible in his case until
you can do a little something, sir, on
this old account which has been run
ning . so long-why, then, what is a
man to do?
Broadest among the paths lying be
fore him run two.' First, there is sui
cide. One aiways contemplates sui
cide under such conditions. Whether
one is remorsefully sober or sentimen
tally drunken, suicide is the solace
springing spontaneously to greet
thought. In theory it is easy but in
praoce only the desperate rush to its
chill embrace. The icy waters of the
lake and river do nop woo as did the
Paphian goddess. And among those who
have made a practice of drowning it is
looked upon as a disagreeable exercise.
Carbolic acid and rough on rats have
features most objectionable
Besides, one has moral objections to
self-destruction. The church has cried
anathemas upon it. Society frowns
upon it by making its attempt penal in
some states. It is really not good form.
And then one owes duties to others
who might grieve. No, it must not be
thought of, it is disgraceful, determines
he in such case as has been made and
provided first herein.
True there is the dual path of reform
and work. Along its broad and
straight but steep and rocky way its
twin sign-posts stand side by side,
pointing with unbent fingers to the
temple of hope shining afar in the
fields of ease. But the ascent is ardu
ous Nor is it so easily undertaken.
If reform without work is fruitless,
equally true it is that work without
reform is profitless. And to achieve
the one and secure the other merely
by determining to do so is possible
only to those souls whose fibres are
spun from steel and adamant.
To the conclusions thus advanced
came Jason Fenwick on the morning
when he perceived with bitterness thatl
even those poor resources he had been
able .to call his own had been drunk
and eaten all, leaving neither crumbs
nor lees behind. He ha"d slept uneasily
in a chair in an all-night saloon, fear
ful of ejection from its warmth, tim
orous of approaching the unspeakable
"free lunch" which, beneath the ob
servant eye of the bartender, held out
its bawdy allurements only to those
who had "the price." Jason didn't
have the price, and he knew better than
to invite the door by making unjusti
fiable advances. It is beter to be warm
and hungry than cold and hungry, he
argued, and it may be conceded that
his loric was not unsound.
When tne porter and his early morn
ing mop began the ablutions which
were intended to restore the floor to
decency, he seized up Jason's chair with
that contemptuous authority the black
man loves to exercise upon his poor
white brother, and set it upon a pool
table that he might the better use the
mop. Thus evicted, the young man
wandered aimlessly out of the door.
Remorse bit his soul and hunger
gnawed his stomach. The west wind
was keen, and'pricked him.
"After all," he said, "I'm a hesita
ting fool. Let's end this comic trage
dy." And he set his steps resolutely
toward the Randolph street viaduct
and Lake Michigan beyond. As he
passed the towering cliffs of the Audi
torium and the Annex, the savage
wind, pent as in a funnel, assisted him
Jason didn't have the price.
with even more acridity and put an
edgo upon his purpose. He walked
on doggedly now, determined, and the
hand of Providence 'alone could have
moved him to turn him back.
The trampled snow lay in glisten
ing ridges upon Michigan avenue, al
most deserted at that early hour, hut
the marks of thousands 'of runners
showed that the sleighing had been
good the day before and that the well-to-do
had been out in numbers to en
Joy it. He smiled "bitterly as the
thought flooded him. Once he, too, had
driven fine horses on the boulevard.
That was when he had been Mr. Fen
wick, the rising young lawyer. That
was when he thought hewas about to
marry Edithv Well, - he would drive
once more to the Styx this time and
he would wed, with Death, the grim.
He had almost reached the eastern
curbing of the broad highway when
something shining in the snow drew
down his glance. The new risen sun
had thrust a . dart through the crene
lated wall reared as a parapet shield
ing the eyes of the Lake Front park
from the brutal utilitarianism of the
railroad in the depths below and it had
found a golden target. Jason . stooped
and picked from the snow a. lady's
gold watch, set with a wreath of dia
monds. . ' - , , .
For an instant he' stood in stupor,
holding the glistening jewel Ih his un
gloved, unwashed palm. Then., with a
swift motion he thrust hand and watch
into his , pocket, clutching his priae
eagerly, and looking sharply about to
see if there were any - to dispute his
treasure trove... He who had been
about to die, now would have fought
fiercely to retain the means of living
on. Visions of broiled steaks and
their noble entourage formed halos in
his brain. Not Alnaschar himself be
fore he kicked over his basket of glass
ware, indulged in more day dreams
than did Jason in traversing the seven
city blocks from Congress to Ran
dolph streets. He had walked north-H
ward mechanically, toward his original
destination, and with an. impulse; un
expressed even in his own mind, to
get quickly as far away as possible
from, the scene of his rare fortune.
No cry of "halves" could be tolerated.
No" vague assertion of ownership
should be listened to. The prize was
his. all his. ; Had, he not found it?
"I have found a lady's watch."
Columbus and the Spanish dual crown
had no better claim upon the vast new
world.
The wind and the arctic air had been
forgotten. He felt a glow from ear to
toe, and, within, his heart leaped in
exultancy. An angel's' arm had
snatched him from the grave. Well,
he would prove; worthy to be saved.
He would rehabilitate his manhood.
The path of reform and work should
now be his.,.
Suddenly, as if. .his brain had en
countered a live electric wire, came the
shocking, sickening thought that even
were this prize his very own he could
not use -it. Its value was extreme.
How much he did not know, but his
trained experience had suggested at
the first rapid glance that it had cost
hundreds. Nevertheless, it was dross
in the hand which clutched it. Should
he try vto pawn ;it, he would be ar
rested. Should he try to sell to any
reputable person he would be looked
upon with suspicion and refused. If
he took it to. a "fence," some "levee"
thieves' banker, he must accept the
tenth value which, would be offered.
As these reflections crushed him, 'his
head was bent . again and once more
the wind stung him like a whip.
Then a new idea came to him and
i Jason turned westward and hurried to
the saloon across' the court from the
public library. He seized a morning
paper and feverishly . turned to the
Lost and Found ."ads." Ah, here it
was the first thing;'
L'OST While driving In Michigan boule
vard, Thursday . afternoon, between
Jackson and Thirty-first street, lady's
gold watch, set with diamond wreath. It
is valued as a souvenir and $250 will be
paid for Its return to 2999 Michigan ave.
An hour later a worn and tired man,
blue with cold, ill from hunger,
grimed, unshaven, shivering, timidly
rang the electric bell at the vestibuled
doorway of No. 2999. He was shiver
ing, partly in apprehension that he
would wake up and find he only
dreamed, A neat mid responded to
the summons. She looked him over in
dubity. Such callers were not usual.,
"I have found a lady's watch," he
stammered, "and I se , by the
paper "
But the maid cut in on his speech.
She smiled graciously.
"Miss Edith will,; be sb-glad,! she
said. "If you will come in, sir, I will
call her, if she is up."
He waited long, in a drawing room
whose aromatic breath made him
think of all the unforgetable past
and then there floated from behind the
portiere a divine vision of loveliness
arrayed in morning robe of cerulean
blue and looked upon him in the dim
light of the drawing room. He had
risen, hat in hand, with his old court
ly grace, to greet a lady.
Then, as he stared, speechless, the
vision swept with a single undu
lation to his very breast and threw
both of her fair arms about his neck.
"Oh! Jasonl" she cried, "Have you
come at last?"
"Edith!" was all he said, but being
mortal, he kissed her where she stood.
The law firm of Jennison and Fen
wick has the reputation of dividing
the most lucrative practice in Illinois
courts,,? and especially Is its junior
member regarded by . $ie members of
the bar which his talents adorn as one
of its brightest lights. , .
Miss Jennison's parents, yon see, had
ionly recently purchased No. 2999, and
Jason didn't know It. Jn his case that
little knowledge would hare been a
dangerous thing.
THE MOUSE AT HOME.
LITTLE RODENT LIVES LONG
WITHOUT FOOD.s
Is Agile and Graceful Not at All Vi
cious In Disposition, He May Kaslly Bo
Trained Moat AetiTO at Nljcnt Easily
Tainnd. -
The common little house mouse ls
probably the best-known wild animal
in America. It is almost impossible
to avoid learning something of the ap
pearance and habits of this little fel
low, for he acts as a private tutor on
the subject in almost, every household.
As few of us are fond enough of him,
however,, to pay strict attention when
he presents himself as an object lesson,
a brief description of his external ap
pearance may not be out of place. In
a certain quaint dictionary VI once
possessed the definition of "mouse"
was given as "a small rat," and this is
not such a very bad one, after , all,
except for the fact that the reader is
apt to be less familiar with the appear
ance ofa rat than of a mouse. The
total length of the latter animal is
about six and three-eighths inches, of
which the tail . takes up nearly one
half. His head is longish and his nose
sharp. His ea.rs are large and erect,
with very little hair on either surface.
His legs are slender, and his delicate
little toes are provided with sharp,
slightly hooked nails. His tail is
round and tapering, scaly and with a
slight covering of short hair. In color
he is dusky gray above and ashy be
neathv His eyes and most of his
whiskers are black, and his front teeth
are yellowish.
Altogether he is a very dainty little
fellow, and if persons would only stop
to study. him a little, instead of throw
ing things at him or calling in the cat
every time he puts in an appearance,
they would soon find him a very in
telligent and attractive companion. He
is agile and graceful in his movements,
and not at all vicious in disposition,
says a writer in the Hartford Times.
For some time past I have had a num
ber of mice in captivity, and I find
them very amusing pets. They will
eat anything, and are so tame that they
will take food from my hand or drink
from a little vessel held in the fingers.
They are most active at night, but
often play about in the, daytime. They
are very bright, and immediately give
their attention to any unusual sight Or
sound. To do this they usually pause
with their head slightly on c e side,
and with a most inquiring look 1 their
eyes. After eating they wash them
selves very rapidly with their front
paws. Where there is an abundance
of food mice eat a great deal, but they
seem able to live on very little, and
when once well established in a house
they manage to getalong somehow,
even if the provisions are carefully
locked up for months at a time. When
hungry, however, they are very perse
vering in their efforts to get food and
will gnaw their way into boxes and
cupboards, scale walls, and even cross
ceilings, when the , latter are rough
enough to afford a hold for their sharp,
hooked claws. They havejseen known
to descend a rope and eat up the con
tents of a basket hanging from the
ceiling. They make their nests of
scraps of papery' wool, rags or any soft
material, which they usually chop up
very small with their teeth. These
homes are usually made in a hole in
the wall or beneath the floor or in an
old box, drawer or other convenient
place. Often when clearing out an old
desk or trunk one comes upon such a
nest, made of, fine particles of old let
ters, penwipers, and such like things.
There are several litters of young
every year, and generally from four to
ten in a litter. When the young ones
are born they are very small, pink lit-,
tie creatures, naked and blind. The
mother is devoted to them and tends
them with great care and evident af
fection. When they are a few weeks
old they begin to come out of their
hole to play about and see what the
world is made of. They may easily be
distinguished from the older ones by
their smaller size and younger looks.
When it becomes necessary to destroy
mice, perhaps the most humane way to
do it is with a springr trap, which kills
them instantly with a blow. Poisoning
is very cruel, and this method is also
a menace to human life, not only be
cause it is always dangerous to have
poison where there is a possibility of
children getting hold of it, but because
the mice are apt to die in the walls,
floors and other inaccessible places.
Compressibility of XJqnlds.
For a long time liquids were re
garded as being altogether incompres
sible. That this was so is not surpris
ing, for their compressibility is so
slight that it escapes detection except
by the most delicate instruments. By
means ' of an apparatus known as the
"piezometer," however, it has beea
proved that for a pressure equal to
that of the atmosphere water experi
ences a compression of 0.00005 parts of
its original volume. The compressi
bility of sea -water Is only about
0.000044. It is not materially denser
even at great depth; thus at the
depth of a mile its density would only
be about l-130th greater. Whatever
be the pressure to which a liquid has
been subjected, experiments show, that
as soon as the pressure is removed
the liquid regains its original volume,
from which it is concluded that
liquids are perfectly elastic.
American Markets In Germany.
There is a large market for Ameri
ca in Germany for various kinds ' of
safes and a probable market for foun
tain pens at the Heidelberg univer
sity, where there are about 1,500 stu
dents in attendance,-with' few such
9ens in use. Foreign Letter.
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Chinese Irrigation
In the great empire of China, not
withstanding the vast antiquity of her
alphabet and records, the distribution
of water by canals dates back into the
fabulous period. ) Forty centuries of
recorded history do not describe the
methods first in use which even then
were old. Chinese irrigation of today,
though, entailing enormous labor,
yields three full crops a year and the
soil asks for no interval of rest.
A thousand years before the birth of
Christ, the Chinese record has it, the
monarch Wou-Weng caused to be con
structed hydraulic machines of simple
design and working, which were suc
cessfully used for filling storage reser
voirs, and as a consequence agriculture
flourished. Some 800 years later, or
about 250 B. C, the great Teheng-Ke
canal was constructed to divert- the
waters of the King river, by which
fully a million acres of arid land were
made highly productive. This, Chi
nese history states, so- increased the
wealth and enriched the monarch that
he was enabled to transform his king
dom into an empire.
Diphtheria Antitoxin
New Orleans has a fund for the'ltree
distribution of diphtheria antitoxin
through the drug stores; and since its
introduction mortality from diphtheria
has decreased two-thirds. " The esti
mated annual saving of life in this
city by the serum is 2,000.
One of Those Honest Children.
Amiable Hostess "Well, now you
are here I hope you will stay to lunch
with me."
Gushing Visitor "Oh, thank you so
much, dear Mrs. Brow: f if we may.
(To daughter) : There, Vera, won't that
be delightful? Such a pleasant sur
prise for you."
Severely Truthful Child VNot a sur
prise, mother. You know you said
Mrs. Browne must ask us to lunch if
we only stopped long enough."
Punch. ;
Waning; of the Honeymoon.
"What time will you be home, dear?"
asked the young wife as her husband
started down town after breakfast?"
"Oh, about 1 t. m., I guess," was
the reply.
"You mean 1 p. m., don't you?" she
asked.
"No," replied the -heartless wretch,
"I mean just what I said I t m. to
morrow; see?"
teft Him Temporarily.
"Say," remarked Wragson Tatters,
looking up from the old newspaper
which he had been reading, "did yer
ever lose yer appetite ?' 1
."Well," replied Eton Wrun, "I did
just onct One day in '97 I got what I
calls a square meal, an' fur mebbe 15
minutes a'ter it I didn't have no appe
tite at all. Philadelphia. Press.
. Home Thrust.
"I believe we moci ers cannot be too
careful. Whenever there is any diffi
culty, between .my husband . and me, I
send the children outdoors imme
diately.': "Very prudent; but on the other hand
is it good for the children to be obliged
to be on the streets from morning to
night?" New York Worlds
He Should he Caged. 1
Jingo "I tell you when it comes to
treacherous tactics the Filipinos leads
the band. ' He's a bird."
Bingo "That's, right, and from our
standpoint a bird in the . hand is worth
two in the ambush." Philadelphia
Press.,.-. ,, , : -t
Its Different There
, Women should have their rights,"
said she, with some spirit.
"True," he replied, "but in a crowd
ed trolley car. f6r instance, they're not
willing, to stand up for them." Catho
de CtonJarJ end Tttnoa.
OUR LAWS' ORIGIN.
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS FROM
HOLLAND; NOT ENGLAND.
Oar Whole Political System Founded on
Basis Entirely Different from That
of . the British Borland's 'Hereditary
Figurehead an Etiquette Authority.
A great many of our younger people
are burdened w th the impression that
we have borrowed many of our laws
and the fundamental principles of our
institutions from England. That there
is absolutely no foundation of truth In
this absurd 'notion is demonstrated by
the. researches of Mr. Douglas Camp
bell in his hew, work on "The Puritan
in Holland, England and America."
The point that he establishes by in
dubitable references is what every
reader of comparative history must un
derstand quite clearly: That we did
not desire our institutions from Eng
land, but from the republic of Hol
land and from the republic of Rome by
the route-of the republic of Holland.
Mr. Douglas' says, according to air' ab
stract in a Chicago newspaper:
"Beginning at the bottom, we find
that ; our whole political system is
founded on a basis entirely different
from that of the mother country.
The theory of all our Institutions la
summed up in the words of the Dec
laration of Independence: . 'All men
are created equal.' What air and water
are to men, human equality is to the
life of the republic. We need net the
authority of Sir Henry Maine for the
statement that this doctrine comes
from Roman jurisprudence; that It is
not English, sand that it is and ever
has been -unknown io English law,
where the members of the noble order
have always enjoyed peculiar privi
leges, extending even to the courts of
justice.
"Ascending now from foundation to
superstructure, we find as radical a
contrast. The United States and all
the separate states have written consti
tutions. By them the powers
of government are distributed among
the executive and legislative depart
ments, while above all sits the Judici
ary, not only to keep each department
to its proper functions; but also to
guard the Tights of each individual
citizen or stranger. These constitu
tions represent the will of the people,
are superior to all congresses or legis
latures and can only be altered by the
people in such modes, as to time and
majorities, as guarantee deliberation
and a widespread settled feeling of a
necessity for change.
"Of all this England knows nothing.
Its so-called constitution is a thing of
iraumon, senumenc, xneory, aDsirac-
tion n.nvthinflr pxfint nreanln aimreme.
, C3 . " o --W, w X .
settled law. What is constitutional to
day tomorrow may become unconstitu
tional by the mere fiat of the British
parliament.
"Now let us look at particulars. The
United States has a real executive, who
is commander-in-chief of the armies,
appoints judges and subordinate execu
tive officers, with the approval of the
senate, has a substantial veto power
and holds office by election for a fixed
term. England has two executives,
one a hereditary figurehead, who holds
levees, lays corner-stones and leads, or
is supposed to lead, . society, being the
supreme arbiter in questions of official
etiquette; the other is a committee cf
the house of commons, called a cabinet,
which,; exercises all real executive
power, although unauthorized by stat
ute, without any check on its authori
ty, but also without any settled terra
of office, being subject to be swept
away at any moment by a gust of pop
ular passion."
, . A Tlnshop on a Bicycle.
A tinshop in a wagon hits been a
common sight on country roads for
years. It seemed as if there was no
iimit to the amount of tinware the ped
dler could store Into the many open
ings and "cupboards" In the great
boatlike vehicle.. But the bicycle may
take the place of the old tlnshop wag
on. By means of it, thanks to modern
invention, the peddler can now travel
much more quickly and , at the same
time have his' wares on exhibition. The
new vehicle, however) in point of
steadiness, is perhaps better adapted to
city use than to the country. Extend
ing beyond the handlebars of the bi
cycle in front and behind the saddle,
in the back, is a rod to each end of
which. is fastened a skeleton cone of
wires. All up and down the wires are
numerous hooks, to which the various
cooking utensils are hung. The whole
thing is but another contrivance to
gain trade, for, of course, many per
sons will buy that which Is brought to
them, who hesitate to seek It for them
selves. Tallest Chimney In America.
The government is erecting at Con
stable Hook, ,N. J., a chimney which
will he the tallest In . America when
completed. An excavation of twenty
feet deep and forty-five feet square was
made to hard gravel. This area was
filled with - piles closely driven, and
upon the platform a base of fireproof
brick thirty feet square by thirty feet
in height was built. On the base a
round .chimney of brick is to be built
up to a total height of 360 feet. The
stack is to be ten feet in diameter at
the top and will weigh 20,000 tons. The
cost of erection is in the neighborhood
of $50,000.
Minnesota's Tall Man.
Minnesota claims to have the tallest
man in Louis Wilkins, born on a farm
near St, Paul, who Is now twenty-six
years old, weighs 364 pounds and lacks
lees than one inch of being nine feet
alga.
