12 THE OMATIA DAILY BEEt SUNDAff. JULY 0 , 1893-STXTBEN PAGES ,
THE DAILY BEE ,
H. U08KWATKH , Editor.
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TUP. DAILY nnd SUNDAY ll : n Is on snlo In
Chlrngont tlu > following plucus :
I'nlmcr hntisn.
( Jrnnd I'nrlHohoIcl.
AiKlllorlinn luitul.
Ore t Noithfin hutoL
CJoro hotel.
I.elnncl luit'il.
Wnll n. Si/or , 1R9 Stale Vr . ! .
Kites of Till : Hi : : : " < M seen ntthoNo-
tiraxkn building nnd thu Administration buildIng -
Ing , Exposition grounds ,
or .lime , IHIKI , 4,21G
KINO GKOKQK of Greece is said to
Jmve n fine upprctilnUon of humor and to
huigh fjood-niiturcdly at the newspaper
canard Umt ho had abdicated his throne.
ROYALTY is governed by a law pccul-
Jar to itself. Tliokboilivo of Egypt lias
gene to Constantinopln to marry the
pnUaii'H daughter , whom ho has never
TIIK notional banks are increasing
their circulation. In this way they arc
Jmrtially replacing the suras which do-
Jiositors have withdrawn for the pur-
JIOSOH of hoarding.
WK INY : the allegation that the
Baleen keepers of Council Bluffs will in
crease their orders for Sunday lager il
iho fj-ccnt bridge rate is secured. Iowa
is a prohibition state.
WiiOKvr.u of the public officials IE
"Washington may bo taking a summer
yespito , there is daily testimony that the
respective department headsmen arc
Standing faithfully at their posts.
A UEVISED edition of the World's fait
Is to bo hold in San Francisco next win/
tor. The Californians are bound tc
Imvo their own way. Since they cannot
oil go to the fair they intondkto brln
the fair out to them.
THK sinking of two British steamers
pff the cast coast of Kngland by collision
following HO closely upon the Moditor
fanoan horror , divests English sailors o
the prcdtigo they have so long clahnoc
of superiority in seamanship.
GOVERNOR BOIES has issued an ap
peal to the people of Iowa for aid for the
Distressed survivors of the terrible
cyclone which has just devastated thai
ptato. Iowa is no doubt able to provide
for her own needy. If not , the appoa
phould bo extended to Include the poopli
of other states.
TUB death of Justice Blatchford ro
Jnovos one more of the republican mem
liors of the United States supreme court
Tint wo cannot expect President Clove
jand to emulate the action of his predecessor
cossor in appointing a man to a place 01
the honch who subscribes to a politica
faith different from his own.
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HARD times In Australia are said t <
/ | > o driving many residuals to omlcrratt
to tlio United States. Why do thesopoo
jlo prefer to settle in Amorlca' athoi
than to return to Europe ? The superl
orlty of opportunities In this country 1 :
pleasured by itn power of altraotliif :
these who wish to bettor their economli
condition ,
PllOFKSSOU UltANDEH MATTHEW !
jnaintuins that slang has a useful ftinc
lion to perform in supplying now words
to an inolastiu language. IIo also says
that the most superior slang comes fron
\\o } \ west. The logical conclusion mus
bo that the effete cast is compelled t <
) ook to the west for the rojuvonatinj
forces of Ita apoocli.
THE day dreamers of the country wll
1)0 interested in the favorable showinf
tuado by the surveyors of the proposed
railroad to connect the North and Soutl
American continents. Hut the state
tnont that tho. dossils of gold and sllvoi
that will bo uncovered in grading tin
famd will pay for its construction will 1 *
taken with u liberal margin by praotlca
hiilrowl builders.
Two students of Indiana university
bo were refused their sheepskins bo"
auso they participated in a mootiui
\vhioh denounood the trustees have do
torrnluod to BUO for their 'diplomas it
the courts. The question to bo dooidoc
Js whothov the punishment is common
purato with the violation of the rules
When adjudged , the case will probablj
tot a precedent for refractory Btudonti
evorywhoro.
TnK duke of Voragua , the nearest llv-
ug descendant of Columbus , upon when
\Tow York city lavished so much atton
ion and expended BO much money , is t (
10 made the recipient of a fund ralaoc
ti the United S.tatos to relieve him frou
fjnauclal prosauro. Columbus onci
bogged money from the Spanish BOV
l rolgn. We BOO now that the number o
impecunious noblemen has not largely
flimlubhod sluco the discovery of
OF
If ono thing has puzzled the ofllcors of
, ho law moo : than another In their en
leavers to secure society from the dopro-
lutions of habitual criminals it is the
dtfJlcuHy which they undergo in idontl-
ying prisoners who have before boon In
confinement ono or moro timos. Kvory
udgp In apt to show moro mercy to ono
who has Ijcon found guilty of his first
) ffonso than to ono who has failed to
earn the lesson of a former imprison
ment. And the offender who neglects
to reform is deservedly made the mark
if a more severe administration of jus
tice.
tice.But
But how keep trace of the persons
once convicted ? To rely upon a criminal
.o give a truthful account of his
mst career is the wildest of follies.
Many methods have been invoked for
this purpose in years past. The per
sonal recognition of the police authori
ties was once the standard. In this
country at present convicts are required
to bo photographed upon entering
prison and these photographs have boon
listrlbuted among the different prison
ollldals. KoproscntatlMis of this kind
liavo , however , proven at the same time
defective and ineffective. The subject
has little dilllculty in altering his per
sonal appearance so that his second self
lioar.s little resemblance to his first. In
this dilemma a moro accurate method IB
desirable , and ai such a method the an-
thronomotrical measurements haVe been
devised by the Parisian police olllcials
and have mot with great success , al
though but a short time In active opera
tion. What this system is is graphi
cally described by M. Botillon in an
article in the current //lomuu'fun'dJi.
Anthropomotrlcal descriptions are
simply classified measurements of cer
tain bony parts of the human frame
which are taken to vary the least from
time to time in an adult person.
Take for example. 100,000 convicts
and subject th'om to accurate meas
urements of the following portions
of their bodies : 'First , the height-
short , medium or tall. Second , the
length of hoad. Third , thu maximum
(
breadth of head. Fourth , the length of
the middle linger of the loft hand.
Fifth , the maximum length of the loft
foot. Sixth , the maximum length of
the arms extended. Add to those cate
gories the color of the eye , the complex
ion , the sex , the division into adults
atul children , the record of particular
b'uly marks , such as moles , bears and
so forth , and wo will have a description
which for purposes of identification can
not well bo surpassed.
Thc.se descriptions , when uniformly
taken and recorded in similar order ,
may bo classified according to the dif
ferent approximations of measurements ,
BO that with a few of the dimensions
given the particular description may
easily bo found at a moment's notice.
The photographs may bo filed along
with the anthropotnotric description ,
yet this is by no means necessary. At
evidence of the accuracy of the system ,
M. Bortillon cites the fact that whorea
in Paris twenty recognitions were for
merly made per month from photo
graphs , forty per month are now regu
larly mado. After the system of
measurements and the claBsiticatior
which sprang from it had boon prac
ticed In that city .for three years ,
more than 110,000 photographs had al
ready boon classified by this means. If n
person-refuses to give his correct name
the anthropoinetrieal description en
ables them to place him with a search ol
a few seconds only.
The adoption of this system of identifl
cation in other countries is only a matter -
tor of time. M. Bertillon makes a pleii
for its adoption in entirety , or at least
without such radical modifications as
would destroy its uniformity and en
danger its efficiency in cases of an inter
national character. If a system of this
kind were universally adopted by civil
i/.od nations and so perfected that m
criminal once convicted could ordinarily
escape recognition whenever real-rested
the work of our criminal courts wouh ;
bo greatly simplified. It is not the acci
dental crime which Hociety fears , but tlu
deliberated attack. First offendon
could bo tthown the leniency duo them
while Irredeemable law breakers couh ;
bo Immediately Identified and put where
they can no longer indulge their lawless
propensities.
TJ1K MUIIT I'UJl OMAHA.
A multiplicity of adverse forces con
spire to make imperative such an organ
ization as the Commercial club. At nt
period in the commercial history of this
city lias there been so great a necessity
for concerted action on the part of oui
merchants and manufacturers with i
view to a betterment of relations between
twoon the city and the railroads and tt
placing Omaha merchants on an equal
footing with these In largo competitive
distributing points.
For throeor four years the stock yards
and packing house people have beer
fighting for railroad rates from south
west points to enable Omaha to compete
with Kansas City and St. Louis. Finallj
the railroads made certain concession ;
jvhloh were of homo advantage , hul
there is much yet to bo done bofon
Omaha can secure the business to whiol
she is entitled.
Within a comparatively short time tlu
cattle ranges of South Dakota will IK
connected with Omaha by a direct rat
lino. This stock now all goes east
chiefly to Chicago. The Chicago road ;
have a monopoly of this business am ;
will not relinquish it without a contest
Omaha is today a competitor for this
business , and by u well directed offori
may secure a fair proportion of it. Tlu
Iowa roads have never treated Omuho
fairly in the matter of live stock rates
and train schedules. They never will
do so until the combined strength 01
this business community is brought tc
boar upon thum.
The now maximum freight rate law
will go into effect within thirty daya ,
It will reduce local tariffs throughout
the state , and insofar as througt
schedules are Influenced by local tolh
changes must bo mnde , buses fn- pro
rating fixed that will bo equitable between
twoon Nebraska roads , and flat rates ti
common points agreed upon. In the ad'
justmont of through rate schedule !
Omaha will liavo to sue for fair play 01
suffer commercial isolation. No mon
Important problem than this will ou
gage the attention of the Commercial
club. Its proper solution means great
gains in dollars and cents to the mer
chants and manufacturers of Omaha.
The freight commissioner Is nowat ,
work on the fi-cont differential , which is
a barrier against Omaha's trade with
towa , northern Missouri and South
Dakota , It Is an outrageous discrimi
nation against Omaha merchants Im
posed by the Iowa roads and must bo
abolished.
Omaha Is the commercial metropolis
of a vast area. Her power has never
been fully tested. In the fight for fair
play this city must eventually trlumplu
Ilor success is In a measure dependent
upon the ability of the officers of the
Commercial club to moot the expecta
tions of tile people of this city.
T/K IJ-.IOK K.t/wn.
In current discussions of the present
silver crisis much attention has boon
devoted to the effects upon the owners
of silver mines , upon the banks and
bankers , upon the manufacturers and
employers of labor. The possibility of
an international agreement has been
mooted. The probable action of con
gress when it convenes next month has
been the theme of numerous writers.
Ono phase of the question appears , however -
over , to have been almost entirely over
looked. While the mine owner , the
financier , the manufacturer , the con
gressman have each come in for their
proper share of discussion , the class
which composed the bulk of our popula
tion and on which moro than all others
rests the real basis of our prosperity
the wage earning class has boon
shamefully neglected.
No change in our legislative policy ,
no alteration in our coinage laws , no
sudden stoppage of any great industry
can bo undergone without marked
effects upon the condition of our labor
ing classes. These olTccts most natur
ally show themselves first In these
branches of employment most near to
the seat of disturbance. In the present
crisis this has been in the trades closely
connected with the actual production of
silver. The shutting down of the silver
mines alone has deprived thousands of
workers of their means of gaining a
livelihood. The allied industries of
smelting and refining are now giving
employment to fewer mon by many hun
dreds than some few weeks ago. Other
capitalists are decreasing the number of
names on their payrolls , and while the
movement has not as yet gone very far ,
It is sufficiently serious to demand care
ful consideration.
Kvory time any largo class of laborers
are thrown out of work the demand for
the necessaries of life is to some extent
decreased. As long as ho is earning no
Vagos the American laborer hesitated
to spend moro than is absolutely neces
sary. The small shopkeepers are
among the first to feel the indications of
financial distress. The manufacturer ,
when ho learns that the demand for his
goods Is decreasing , Is strongly impelled
to curtail prtftinction. These are the
usual symptoms that precede a commer
cial panic. What Is needed Is to apply
the remedy before the dibeaso has gone
too far. The business men must keep up
the demand for their own goods ? . The
demand for their goods comes from the
working men and the working mon can
only buy so long as they are employed
and arc receiving their usual compensa
tion. If the employers can only be
made to view the present stringency as
temporary and already signs liavo a >
pcared indicating its temporary character -
actor they will refuse to disohargo
men except under stress of unavoidable
necessity. Such a course is the only ono
which reason dictates. Employers
everywhere ought to seriously consider
the condition of their ompiovos and
show them every mark of consideration
consonant with the sound conduct of
their business.
THK ItALAflUK Ol > ' Tll.lDE.
Before there can lx ) a complete read
justment of financial and commercial
conditions something moro than the re
peal of the silver purchase clause of the
Sherman act will be necessary. A
potent factor in producing the present
sta'to of affairs Is unquestionably the
fact that for a year or moro past the
balance of trade has boon against the
United States , and for the past six
months this' adverse balance has been
stjadily increasing. Wo have teen
buying abroad moro than wo sold
anil all experience shows what must
inevitably bo the consequences of thin
course. It leads with absoluce certainty
to a drain of gold , and if this process belong
long continued , as has boon the case
several times in our history , it results
In serious financial disturbance and do-
presslon.
In his comprehensive review of our
financial history , addressed to the secre
tary of the treasury , ox-Senator Hender
son ascribes the panics of 1857 and 1873
largely to enormous adverse foreign
trade balances which depleted the
country of gold. During the period
of unbridled state bank Issues of
paper money between J848 and 1857 ,
both inclusive , in a total foreign
commerce of only $1107,000,000 ; , the ex
cess of our imports of merchandise over
exports was almost $317,000,000 , making
an average loss for the ten years of
about 8 per cent per annum. The panic
of 1857 was the consequence and Ita
effects continued until the depreciated
state bank currency was destroyed ,
Everybody knows that the panic of 1873
was the result of speculation and over
trading. Between ISfti and 1873 , inclu
sive , the balance of foreign trade against
this country reached the enormout
amount of $1,0811,440,587 , this sum rep
resenting the excess of imports over ox-
ports. In the year before the panic the
excess of Imports amounted to $182,000- ,
000 and it reached 8119,000,000 in 1873-
only u very little more than the excess
lor the past twelve months. This long
and steady drainage , says Mr. Hender
son , "lasting without a single inter
mission for eleven years , brought ill
legitimate fruit a low of a largo part 01
the natlon'u wealth , and with It the
country's entire stock of gold. The onli
currency loft \w was the greenback ant
the national bank note , which latter ,
being redeemable in lawful money 01
the United States , could not acquire anj
higher value than the greenback itwolf. '
.From 1803 to 1873 our exports of
and silver coin and bylllon exceeded our
Imports ? 074,000,00p , .yrhlch readily explains -
plains why the panlijs f 1873 was so pro
longed nnd disastrous.
The situation at Ihlrf time Is not ex
actly parallel to thHt'nf ; 137.1 , but Iho
course of our foreign trade Is In the
same direction thaUled to the panic of
twenty years ago , nnd this IB a most Im
portant matter to bo considered In con
nection with propped fiscal and finan
cial legislation. Wo shall not stop the
ofllux of gold by coaslug to purchase sil
ver If wo go on Importing moro mer
chandise than wo dfcport , nnd under
such a revenue policy as the party in
power proposes this must in all proba
bility bo the case. It remains to bo seen
whether the democratic administration
and congress will apprehend and appro-
elate the importance of this matter of
the balance of trade In its relation to our
financial sound HOPS and security.
THI : Now York Board of Kduuatlon is
wrestling with the problem of reform In
the employment of teachers in the pub-
He schools of that city. Much dissatis
faction exists over the methods now In
vogue , and a measure has boon intro
duced proposing several vital changes.
First , it books to make the teachers'
salaries proportionate with the period
of meritorious service. Second , It alms
to introduce a scheme of civil service
reform by which nppllcanti' for positions
must not only pass the required exami
nations , but also act as substitutes In
practice tchools for 100 days. The super
intendents are to report on the progress
made from time to time , and at the ex
piration of that period another special
examination must bo successfully undor-
"gono before the applicants will
bo entitled to have their names
placed on the list of permanent
teachers. The adoption of some means
of ridding the schools of superannuated
teachers Is the next reform which they
propose to grapple with. As these prob
lems are not confined to any ono locality
the remedies which may be adopted by
the metropolis will constitute an im
portant lesson for other cities. Thu
people generally take such universal in
terest in the welfare of the public
tchools that any improvements i
methods or management which give
evidence of an unmistakable advance
over these now pursued are sure to be
widely copied in all parts of the
country.
THE National League for Good Roads
has issued the report of the proceedings
of its convention , hold at Chicago last
October , in pamphlet form and proposes
to use tno same in promoting the cau.so
of good roads. The effectiveness of the
address has been enhanced by the ad
dition * of a number of pictures made by
photographic process-Illustrating some
of the best as well as some of the wornt
roads in this country and in Europe.
Ohio mud and Iowa ruts are well repre
sented. Nebraska cow paths might fur
nish similarly apt subjects for pictorial
display , but they have evidently been
overlooked in the selection as made. In
this-conncction , an experiment about to
bo made in Now YorV1 state is attract
ing considerable attention. It is the
operation of a now law which provides
for the employment of 300 convicts from
the state prison at Danncmnro , N. Y. ,
in bettering the country roads in the
vicinity of that institution. The pur
poses of the experiment arc to show the
farmers of that state what good roads
are , to demonstrate their advantages
and to encourage them in extending the
good work. The movement for good
roads deserves to meet with still further
success.
THE Nebraska Labor congress which
mot at Lincoln last Sunday embodied
into the preamble of its newly adopted
constitution what in reality is its pro
gram for reform. The demands made
'are on the whole in line with a progress
ive spirit. Of this character in particu
lar are the sections favoring govern
ment ownership of telegraphs and tele
phones , municipal control of and opera
tion of the monopolies of water , gas ,
electilc light and street car service , the
abolition of class privileges , the election
of senators by a direct vote of the people
ple , a revision of the tax laws and an
enforcement of the laws relating tc
child labaraud an eight hour working
dav. The clau-jo.s calling for nationali
zation of all land and railways are per
haps a little premature. On the other
hand the expression on the monetary
question is simply a repetition of popu
list fallacies and can scarcely rolled the
sentiment of the great body of laborers.
The Nebraska Labor congress Is to bo
represented at the International Laboi
congress , to bo held August Sin Chicago
by throe delegates appointed by the
president and the next moating will
take place in Omaha.
Tan vacation fever bids fair to become
epidemic among the public officials , city
county and state. Every ono is asking
for a vacation without regard to the ab
Bonce of other officers , The courts an
practically shut dowi { , notwithstanding
their overloaded doekqts. It is really
too bad that the government cannot hi
suspended for a fo'wmonths , just tc
please the employes. 5-foino uniform rule :
respecting vacations ough't to bo pro
scribed for the dlfforont departments o
the public borvico , aijd the relative
lengths of time for w iloh leaves of absence
senco are given bhould. , bo adjusted ac
cording to some ratiphftl plan. Only It
this way can the instant bickering
about favoritism audcroquosts for un
warranted periods ofj qcrcacion bo satis
factorily abolished , , til
STATE TIIISASURKUITBAUTLEY con
gratulatas himself on having had bu
$2,000 of the public money in banking
institutions that have been forced tc
suspend. A burnt child usually shun :
the fire and the disastrous experiment
with the defunct Capital National banli
ought to have impressed upon tlio state
officers a lesson not soon to Ixi forgotten
TIIEHE Is no reason why Kansas Cltj
should have any advantage over Omaht
in the southern and western Nebraak :
trado. Neither is there any reason whj
Omaha should not have the advantage o
Kansas City , The Nebraska trad *
naturally belongs to Omaha. It wouh
come to this city wore it not for the fac
that the railroads have dlscrlrnluatoi
against Omaha in favor of Chicago.
Now the railroads announce that they
cannot moot the rates fixed by Iho max
imum rate law. This decision Is wholly
against Omaha's interests and should ot
once moot with the protest of every
business man In Omaha.
THRUB Booms no end of bother about
the now assistant professorship of mathe
matics at the military academy at West
Point. The ollleo was created by the
last congress to go Into effect July 1 , and
Lieutenant W. T. Edgorton , Second
artillery , was appointed thereto. There
upon the treasury accounting officers
hold that ho had forfeited his commis
sion In the army , and moreover could
not receive pay under his new office until
July 1 , The attorney general reversed
this finding and decided that the lieu
tenant held his commission. Now the
question has arisen whether ho must bo
roappolntcd to the place at the academy.
The law branch of the government is
considering the matter , and in the meanwhile -
while the lieutenant is holding on to
his commission.
THE favorite resort of railroad corpo
rations to evade the laws passed by legis
latures which they full to control has
boon adopted by the companies in Kan
sas. They will light the assessment of
their lines in that state on the ground
that the law under which the state
authorities increased the valuation of
tliolr roads Is unconstitutional. Uncon
stitutional laws , always have been the
bulwark e > f railway corporations. .
THK latest reports from unofficial
sources indicate that there will bo a loss
of 80,000,000 bushels as compared with
the wheat crop of last year. The figures
are yet to bo verified , but if they are
correct the statement should have a
stimulating effect upon the market.
Other conditions being equal , wheat
should command a remunerative price
within the next twelve months.
Uncl SIIIII'H I ) nmlii.
iVcip York Mm.
Exclusive of lakes nnd rivera and bayous ,
iiiul leaving out Alaska , thu superficial areas
of the United States atfRreff.ito about l.SfX- )
000,000 acres. Of these about 1,000,000,000
acresaro within the region o [ well distributed
rain fall. Tlio remainder is arid plain or
mountain ,
A I'rolltnlilo Invoitmcnt.
Chtcn.o Inter Ocean
The gnncral good health reported from
every suction of the land Is a blessing which
calls for profound thankfulness. It is doubt
less largely duo to the general cleaning up
the past year under tlio direction of the
public press and no.ilth boards in all the
states. Money spent in sanitary work is al
ways a good investment.
o
Kiporlnnoo I.mt on Trusts.
C/itcni/o Inter Uccw.
The coal barons sue the wreck and ruin of
' the Ilcadinir trust , " but having tasted the
fruit cannot bo persuaded to relinquish it.
Thov are Deginniru to turn tlio screws upon
the public , and before frost their gro.it game
of grub will bo developed unless tlio strong
arm of the law shall bo reached out and shall
shako the lifo out of _ the iniquitous organized
robbery.
' not T < | > et or.
Phllail'li > h'a Lal\tcr. \
The fact that the advocates of free coin
age of silver are to moot before the assem
blage of congress to map out a pl.ui of action
ought to suggest to the friends of honest
uionoy the necessity of coming to some un
derstanding before the battle begins. The
loaders at least should confer and settle
upon what they intend to do. Otherwise
they may find themselves in tlio condition
of n mob opposed to a disciplined force ,
Krr [ > Cool unit K cj > Oulot.
UroiiMun Tlmei.
In the summer season it appears to bo es
pecially easy to make the mass suffer for the
discomforts of the individual. The man
with the ugly liver and the rest of thorn arc
as much in evidence as over , while the dis-
comtorts of summer heat breed a vast cata
logue of complaints which tlio intimacy of
summer time relations inako it particularly
easy to communicate. The great majority of
the pooulo are inclined to IOOK cheerfully at
discomfort , but tills majority is continually
harrassod and is made smaller than it otuor-
wise would bo by the fact that it has to
watch the sour faces and hoar the lamenta
tions of the complaining minority.
r.nst Kotort In i ulmr TroJblos.
Miiffaln Kxprea * .
Settling strikes by calling out the na
tional cuard is an awkward and unpopular
process , The troops huvo novcr been sum
moned in this st.Uo where they woru not
needed , owing to the Inadequacy of the local
peace authorities , but it is not always cer
tain that every moans of composing the
trouble had been exhausted bofnro the dis
pute was allowed to como to a head. An
armed occupation is expensive to the tax *
payers and the troops alike. Many of tlio
soldiers must allow their private business to
sutler and others lese theiraltuations during
their enforced absence in camp. Then , too ,
the spectacle of citizen soldiery overawing
rebellious brethren is not an inspiring ono to
freemen. Is there no bettor way { i
is A.\H TIU.VUH.
The "blind tigor" lias taken a fresh grip
on life in South Carolina.
Ofllcc seekers praying for the lightning tc
strike should bio away to n lonely tree dur
ing a storm.
Advices from Colorado glvo the joyful assurance -
suranco that Holdcn and Patterson will not
secede from tlio union.
It is reasonably oortnin that Desperado
Starr will play a star engagement in the
Colorado penitentiary.
Another blow lias boon struck at the rum
power. A Virginia freak smotea whisky
exhibit nt the World's fair.
Denver protests against the colonies ol
bogus boggors shipped there from Chicago.
There is a limit to the patience of the
world's sanitarium.
'No matter Iiow opinion1 } differ on the Mo-
Kinloy bill , the silver bill and other matturc
of the kind , tlio country is a unit for the & >
bill , and larger ones in proportion ,
Iowa must try again If It oxpccts to rival
Georgia bail atones. In that section the >
measure sixteen inches In olrcumforcncc
anil are a powerful help in plowing tlmo.
Kussoll Sago shylocUod Wall street to the
tuna of $20,000 , a day during tlio iiiunoj
stringency. Ho farmed out on call the
gnuter part of f3OJOOOJ , , at from UJ to 7.
per ceint.
The national convention of Table Knife
grlndnro wan held in Connecticut last week ,
Tlio tact that no attention w.n paid to the
deliberations indicates public Indifference tc
grinding monopolies.
Colonel Andrew Jackson of Nashvlllo
Tcnn. , grandson of 1'rosidrmt Andrew Jack' '
son , is preparing to lit up a house in Cincin
natl after the style of the f.imous hermitage
near Nashville. Kino rooms will bo Jlllei
with liis collection of furnlturo , eta.
Tammany hall is about to plnnu the kr.lf <
into a Juicy pudding , The assessed vulua
lion of Now York City , Just completed
amounts to ? 11'jtl.518,5'"J ; , n gain of $ IUo,000 ,
000 In a year. With such a feast spread out
the tlvor carets not whether fodural spoils
como his way.
Colonel Hob Ingcrsoll U said to have mon
young men friends than any mini in th <
country. Ho says witty things to tlio youn ;
fellows , p.its thum on thu shoulder am
makes comrades of thorn. Occasionally hi
will indulge in a flight of convcrsatfona
oratory that fairly captivates his hearers ,
Kmina Corbott is a Colorado young womat
who Intends to ride from Chadron , Null. , U
Chicago with a view to beating the record
recently made by John liurry and lil :
broncho "Poison. " Shu weighs but niiiotj
pounds , has plenty of money and wants U
bat stio will muko IJorry luJo UU diminished
head lu confusion.
The .Tidy numtx\r \ of The Forum contains
nn ingenious pica by Kdmumt HtuUon in
fftvorof turning Ihc army of the United
States Into nn educational establishment.
Ho would Imvo It transformed Into n national
military training school thnt would "tnko
up each year 8,000 young men from the
entire country , assemble them In nrmy
posts , glvo thorn n thorough course of 'sot
ting up' nnd of soldierly training , ntul nt the
end of each year to send the aamo nuinbor
back to sro. on with their life-work , with
enhanced physical power and greatly In
creased capacity for living well regulated
lives and for tlio performance of all the
duties of American cliUons.1 Ho sees no
difficulty In accomplishing this transforma
tion scbomo. "It is hnrdly necessary to
secure inyihing moro than a determination
on the part of the president and the secre
tary of war to effect It. Somn little legisla
tion by congress might bo helpful , but it Is
scarcely Indispensable. "
The arguments ho adduces in favor of his
proposition nro that the United Stntoi now
needs not a permanent foreo of hired soldiers
diors , but nn effective system of training
soldiers who will , nftcr receiving their train
ing , bo giwd citizens ; thnt with the same
amount ( if money now expended In main
taining n comparnUvoly Inoftlclunt nrmy of
' . ' 1,000 mon , an nctlvo army of 60,000 young
men may bo drilled and maintained who
would go back among their people nt the end
of their terms of enlistment , nnd form the
nucleus of a million men , If the country
should need so many to defend it.
To accomplish this ho would reorirnnlwj
the nrmy so as to limit tlio service to three
years , retaining only a sufficient number of
the most officiant mon as noncommissioned
ortlcors , and for this purpose bo would adopt
the fourtoun-yoar term of the Gorman army.
To UIOSQ who have assumed that the greater
tlio experience the greater the efficiency of
the soldier U seems strnngo to find Mr. Hud
son nblo to fortify his proposition tiy testi
mony as to the vicious oftoct ot continuing
men In service under tlio present system
from Colonel U. P. Hughes , inspector general -
oral of the Department of the liast. "Tho
ro-oiillstmcnt of private soldiers during
periods of profound peace scorns to mo to be
a very short-sighted policy , " ho says. "Keep-
Ing private soldiers on the rolls until they
have completed the number of years when
tbo Inw will admit of their Imine placed on
the retired list is undermining the general
otllciunoy of our forces. "
The average uay of each soldier In the
army tlio writer figures out at $5 a week.
"In n service wholly educational in its scope
so much money would not bo needed. " And
ho thinks thai f3 a wocic would bo sufficient
for nn American vouth wlioso tlirco years of
duty nro to bo "a guaranty of employment
and character at the end of his term. " The
conversion of the army into n local national
military training school would also result ,
lie submits , in the total ubamlonmcnt of the
costly and laborious recruiting service.
Under the system advocated each congres
sional district would bo entitled to supply
twenty-five , recruits annually , who would go
direct to their forts and would bo taken on
all together In October of eiach year , accord
ing to the Gorman system. This system
would , ho argues , elevate tlio social status
of tlio enlisted men men of the army to
something llko that of the cadets nt West
Point. With tbo expectation of going to
other occupations aftur three years of mili
tary work , and their future prospects de
pending on their faithful service , they
would have no Inclination to indulge vicious
practices.
Ho cites tbo fact that according to the
system that now exists the term of service ,
nominally live , has been practically reduced
to tlirco years , as the adjutant general of
the nrmy says in his report. Ho would have
it provided that all tno recruits under the
reorganization should be under " 3 years of
ago , nil unmarried and to remain so , all to
servo the full term without taking advan
tage of the right to purchase a discharge ,
and all to leave the service at the end of
three years.
The confident advocate of this subversion
of all the traditions of the service sees no
greater obstacle to providing civil positions
for these 8,000 discharged young gallntes an
nually than ho sees in accomplishing tiny
other phase of bis radical program. "Then
lot tlio secretary of war call a mooting in
Washington of all the managers of nil the
great railroad lines of the country and secure
from them an agreement to give these young
men , when honorably discharged from the
service of the United Slates , a preference
over nil others in the service of their com
panies. " Manifestly Mr. Hudson possesses
no greater familiarity with the methods of
these great corporate monopolies than ho
does with the purpose and duties of the mili
tary arm of the service. Tlio co-operative
system alrcauy adopted by the War depart
ment with the various universities nnd edu-
national institutions throughout ; tlio country ,
and witti the National guard of the states ,
in furnishing officers to teach military in
struction , and detachments of troops ns ob
ject lessons for the militia in the summer en
campments establishes already a thoroughly
efficient national system of military training.
Whatever merit there may bo in the writer's
idea , some moro practical plan will have to
devised for its development than that ho
submits.
Nelson ( TI , C. ) Tribune ; Wo do not bo-
Hove in any of the gospel truths handed
down by our forefathers. When a boy , wo
were told that the rainbow was tlio Al
mighty's sign that the world would novcr
aeam DO destroyed by a flood. On Tuesday
evening there appeared in the heavens a
clearly defined rainbow and it has b w
raining over since. These old'gospel truths
can no more bo depended on than the state
ments made by tfco ivaslo papers In regard
to the work that is being done on the Kaslo
& Slocan railway.
tiivui..iit xiturs .tr mi : vvt.viT ,
St. Paul Pioneer Press : 1 lord's another
argument against horosv trials , In old times
It only cost the prlcoof half n com of fnegols
nnd n man to tend the fire , while now It In
volves good , hard dollars , to the extent ol
50,000 or moro.
Cleveland leader : A census bulletin Jns |
out announces thnt there nro nearly 10,000
"Old-Two-Seed-ln-the'-Rptrlt Pivdevstlnarlan
Baptists" In the Tnllcd States. Think of a
religious denomination worrying nlonj with
that name saddled upon It !
Indianapolis Journal : "Hav. " Sam Jones
opened a Borlcs of revival services In Scdalla ,
Mo. , by declaring thai Sodnlln was "only a
short distance from hell , " As ho makc-s the
same assertion of every town where ho
speaks , it would appear that ha finds hell
very near him wherever ho goes.
Now York ICvcnlng Sun : l nnn seminary ,
whloh recently made qulto n fuss In the
Presbyterian world. Is now loft with n sin
gle professor , Hov. Henry Preserved Smith ,
and ho Is a horntlc. Well may union pausp
nnd reflect. When will parsons loani that
to run against n general assembly Is llko
butting n stona wall with no nrmor plating
on your frontal boncst It is unprofitable.
Now York Sun : Wo must examine the
tntmud nnd the books of the commentators
before we can answer the question of n cor-
rosponrtont : "Did Moses tnko n netrro
woman to wlfol" Wo learn from the iwclfth
chapter of the book of Numbers that certain
persons "spako against Mose.s beonuso of the
iClhioplan woman whom ho had married ; for
ho married nn Kthloplan woman ; " but it
must bo remembered thai nil the people of
the nxtonslvo region anciently kno rn as
Kthlopla were not negroes. The Cushlto
race lived there in the tlmo of Moses ; perhaps -
haps the wife whom the lawgiver of Israel
married was n Ctiihito or Sabman. If , however -
over , she was of the negro raco'wo cannot
help It.
Itlll HTIOKKllS.
Elnilra Giuotto : Tlio jonrnoyot an Iceberg
Is certainly a cool procnudlng.
tinlvpstnn Nmvs : A square dance Is ono In
which no advantages eiui be taken ,
Yonkor'sSliitiHinan : You rnn't always tell
n man's bout when he's on the stoou.
Philadelphia Times : Washington tnav ho
the father of his country , but the firecracker
Utiio popuorof thu ti'uurtliof July.
lluffnlo Knnulror : 1'hyslclan to lltxnk Prnsl-
di-nt Yonr InililtH am too sedentary. You
should taktt more oxorcUo
1'atlont lluvr would a run on thu bank do ?
Inter Ocean : Miumnnr What Is Iho mor-
mnlil ninltlni ! such nn evorl.'istlnu fuss about ,
now ? Attnmlint She suys the India rulilwr
limn Mole her unibrtilln , and she U kicking
about going home In tlu ) rain.
Washington Stan "What's the matter ? "
said the roundsman. "Ol Inna loud an' bois
terous tooth , " ropltnd thu ofltcor. "As a Rood
pollrmnaii yuoiiKht to folnd no trouble
innkln' up yer molnd phut to dovld It. "
J'hatV" 'Mlov II pullud.1
I'lillaoplphlixHocnrd : "Now look pleasant ]
" . "How tlio
pluaso. said Iho uhotngranhor.
iliiriintloniiti : : a man look pleasant \\ltlitliat
slitn n-starln' him In the fnco ? " asked tin )
countryman pointing to the IcKundhlch
mad : "All orders must bo paid for in ad
vance. "
Indianapolis Journal : Jimmy do Tuff See
licit' , yoniiK fellor. If you don't git a move on
yon , you'll lt iln prospnt of a necklace , sue ?
Tim YOUIIB Knllur Aw. wot'.s ( lat ?
Jliiuny duTutt Asorluf small bolt on do
nock.
sixii iiEKiii , TMR rnr.ixw.
1'orfc Itccnnler.
Whisky Is good for n siilrlilu's mood ,
And wtno Is thti fool klllur's aid ;
lint In weather like this , hooray for the kiss
Of the drink that for tbo summer U made !
It's good tar the follow ,
And ho'll never gut mellow
On u gallon of liimonudo
Yutnf Yum !
A gallon of lemonado.
A UlffT JTJ1031 1'AKZll.
4 iEurojJcai ) Kdtllon A'cw Yorlc JferaU.'j
rilETTV 8UMMBR TOILBT.
Gown of printed linen , yoke of lace threaded v
with babv ribbons ; bertha of lace , forming
Marie Antoinette llchu , belt of straw colored
satin.
A CD.
Largest Manufacturers and Hotallor *
ol Ulotuln In thu World. 11
It's this Weigh- :
We've still on hand a whole slew of summer
suits. They'll have to be sold
this season , so we've put the
prices way down. There are
some beauties among1 them.
Therejs also a big- wad of these
skeleton-lined coats ( or unlined -
lined ) coats and vests which
we must got rid of this week.
Straw hats must go , too.
They're marked down about
one-third.
On second floor the children's goods are getting
a cut also. That lot of boys' vacation suits at $1.50
are worth nearly twioo as much money. Reduc
tions all along the lino.
Economical people will buy now when the
styles are to be had.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,