19. TTTTC OMAHA IUIT.Y UKR * flUNHAV JULY 111 lfi ! ) RTXTRKN T > AHKl
THE DAILY BJBB.
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K. U03EWATBK. Editor.
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circulation of Tur. UAii.r IIKK for llio nook cnillns
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Oilrnpont the following pl-icot :
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Ornmll'ar.lflcliolol.
Auditorium hotel.
tlroat Northern hotal
( iorelmlel.
Lnlmid hntol.
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Film of TIIK HKP. cin Itn juson nt tlio Nn-
uraftka building nmltlio.ilinlnlitratlon buildIng -
Ing , Expositio
AYrrngoClrrulutliin 'or .Innr , 1803 , 24,210
IT is announced Unit tlio postal cards
now In USD will Boon bo rcdtif od to a uni
form size. Why not extend the good
work to include the adhesive postage
> tamp ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THEKK ia iibmlnnt testimony to load to
tlio bollcf that Assistant Postmaster
Donoral Maxwell's bux/ saw Is running
on ( till time notwithstanding the sum-
til or BOlstico.
AI IJ the lawyers In n certain Ponn-
ylvnnla county have agreed to close
Iholr ofllces to their clients until Au-
cust 1. The announcement of the next
trust is patiently awaited.
RUSSIA is said to have determined to
keep n licet of war vessels In American
Waters. This Is supposed to bo a
counter move to recent British naval
orders. The United States cannot ob
ject so long as peaceful purposes are as-
lurod.
THE editor of the Jicvws des Deux
Blondes has boon forced into involuntary
exile by the machinations of a sot of
Parisian blackmailers. Europe should
revise her opinion of America. The
plots of bold bad men and bad bold
women do not all originate on this side
of tbo Atlantic.
THE destitute' victims of the cyclone
which devastated Pomoroy , la. , made on
Appeal for stoves last week. American
people as a rule are noted for their gen
erous dispositions in responding to all
reasonable requests , but stoves at this
icason of the year this is asking alto
gether too much.
THE bicycle menace is one becoming
generally complained of , and it is con
fined to no city , town or community.
Even in Omaha wheelmen's disregard of
the safety of others occupying the
ptroots and sidewalks is so marked that
It should attract the attention of the
municipal authorities.
THE dally list of Nebraskans who reg
ister at the state building on the
World's fair grounds Is steadily length
ening. Nebraska people are quick to
appreciate the advantages of an interna
tional exposition and at the same time
willing to make any ordinary sacrifice to
Eoouro nn opportunity to visit Chicago
this year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
b bo some gratification to people -
plo who do not know Tom Patterson , B.
Holdon , Governor Walto and the others
who ran the silver convention in Den
ver , to roud the assurance of D. H.
MofTatt , president of the First National
bank of that city , that they in no sense
represent cither the business interests
or sentiments of Colorado.
TODAY is the last Sunday during
which the gates of the World's fair are
to bo opened to the publio. Nothing so
well illustrates the essential difference
in customs hero nnd abroad as the fall-
tire of the working classes to toke ad
vantage of Sunday oppiilng , whereas to
the European laborers that day is the
special feature of every popular exposi
tion.
IN VIEW of the
decision of the supreme
premo court , Commisloner Garnoau will
have to revise his opinion of Auditor
Mooro'a knowledge of the law defining
the duties of state auditor. While the
decision of the court may disappoint Mr ,
Garncau , there can bo no question that
the general rule laid down by the court
Is ono that will protect the state treasury
from unlawful raids. No other rule
could bo adopted with duo recard for the
best internals of the stuto.
IT DETKACTS somewhat from the im
portance of the Denver sllvor convention
to learn that it was rudely charged on
the floor that the chief anxiety of mem
bers to bo sent to the approaching Chicago
cage convention arose from the fact that
they would thus bo afforded an oppor
tunity for Booing the World's fair with
out coat to themselves. Another aignill-
c-nt incident also was that while the
coiinmttoo claimed that $20,000 would
bo nocosdary to pay the expenses of the
convention and of the delegates to Chicago
cage and Washington it was disclosed
thut 81,000 was every cent they could
got the bunks of Denver to subscribe for
Uio sllvor cauio.
neni/tr.
The noiuhstng yesterday prisicd the
army bill by n majority of six teen votes.
The miecoss of the government was
clearly foroihndowod by the vote on the
first clause of the bill last Thursday ,
which was adopted by n majority of
cloven , the latter vote showing that the
government had gained a few adherents
In the forty-eight hours that followed.
The now bill Is a modification In ono or
two Important respects of the original
measure , but it will enable the govern
ment to materially increase all arms
of the military service , und it will
add to the burden upon the Gorman people
ple which the enormous military cstal > -
lislimoiit entails. The chief ground of
the opposition to the bill was the addi
tional taxes It would Impose upon the
people , which they are lea * ublo to bct r
now than perhaps at nny cither time
slnco the empire was established. Gur-
many has not boon notably prosperous
during the past two or three years , and
the outlook for tlio coming year , with
reduced crops that will compel the im
portation of au unusual amount of food
products , is far from bright. Under
such circumstances to Increase the mil
itary burden will undoubtedly bo felt as
a peculiarly severe hardship , only to bo
justified by the most pressing exigency.
Such an exigency , tlio government lias
insisted , ( lees exist. Its contention lias
been that the maintenance of peace , in
which all ulso is involved , rendered im
peratively necessary the legislation for
which it asked. This alone has boon
the pica of the emperor , echoed by his
chancellor. They have uniformly nnd
persistently declared that the motive of
the government In asking an increase of
the military establishment was entirely
in the interest of peace , and they
have repeatedly suld that there
could bo no assurance of n continu
ance of this condition unless Ger
many was placed in n position that
would otmblo her to roinain what she
has boon for twenty years , the arbiter in
the political affairs of Europe. This
idua has boon firmly , consistently nnd
aggressively urged upon the public
mind 'by the government , and the result
shows with what elToct. Two months
ago the cause of the government seemed
hopeless , und in that time oven Bis
marck , though not approving of all the
details of the army bill , and certainly not
anxious to do anything to promote the
HUCCCSS of Caprivi , has boon brought to
concede that an increase of the military
establishment Is necessary , and that
the German people can bettor
afford to assume the addi
tional burden than to take
the rlak that would bo involved in allow
ing the army to decline , for that in effect
would bo the meaning of a refusal to in
crease it.
It will not take 'a ' great while to dem
onstrate whether the assurance of the
kaiser that his intentions and purposes
are in the interest of peace is sincere.
There is reason to believe that ho meant
what ho has said in this respect and that
he fully believes that tlio only certain
way to avert war , between nations situa
ted with reference to each other as the
nations of Europe are , is to bo adeqately
prepared for war. So far as can bo
judged from the surface indica
tions there is at present less
danger of a serious disturbance of the
peace of Europe than at any other
time in the last six or eight years , but It
would not bo wise to accept what ap
pears on the surface with unquestioning
confidence. The question that naturally
suggests itself is , what will now bo done
by the nations regarding whoso military
policy Germany has reason to bo appre
hensive and vigilant ? Will Franco and
Russia increase their mllitary establish
ments in the degree that Gormn ny pro
poses to do ? If so , it will not bo difficult
to interpret their design and another
appeal to the Gorman people in the not
far future may bo expected.
AUK ///CAMVaE VAXKS ILLEGAL.1
In the test case gotten up by local
coal merchants in order to secure a de
cision upon the legality of the ordinance
imposing an annual license of $100 upon
all dealers in coal in the city of Omaha ,
the city has just suffered a defeat in the
district court * While quite n sum is at
issue in this particular case , it is not so
much the question whether the city
council may impuso license taxes upon
the coal business that interest.- ) the pub
lic , but whether In general it has the
right to raise revenue by means of a
license systum. Tills L ) a much broader
subject than the moro quibbling over a
cry that one particular ordinance was
the result of a combine among the larger
conl dealers In order to crush out their
smaller competitors.
Judge Scott , like many of his much
moro eminent colleagues on the bench ,
loses no opportunity to display his lack
of economic training. To say that a
system of raising revenue by means of
license taxes "is wrong in principle ,
evil in its tendencies , dangerous to
human liberty , at war with the genius
und spirit of our government" la alto
gether uncalled for and nothing but the
veriest bosh. } uch taxes are imposed
very generally throughout Europe ,
whore the development of individual
rights is scarcely loss marked than with
us. They are found in numerous Amer
ican municipalities , particularly in the
south and cast , ' and have not resulted
in any nppreciublo danger to human
liberty.
The court in this decision takes
refuge behind the doctrine of police reg
ulations , and claims that the coal busi
ness cannot fall under that power , If
wo nro to judge the legality of a tax by
its purpose , then the whole revenue sys
tem of the country liua virtually at the
feet of our judicial tribunals. If in ap
plying the test of publio policy a judge
can tay that every license which brings
a revenue greater than the expense of
regulating the Tnislnoss from whloh it is
derived is illegal , then the city council
may as well abdicate itn power of im
posing license tuxes to the courts. Fol
lowing out the reasoning of the decis
ion , the fact that all our license money is
turned over to the school board and ap
plied to the maintenance of the schools In
stead of to the expenses of regulating that
particular t'-udo would make every ono
of them null and void. If the coal deal
ers can recover what -they have paid
under protest , the milkmen , the huck 1y
sters , the cab drlvoro everybody may
henceforth refuse to pay for licenses , or
my tintlor protest , nml sno to rccovor
back tholr money. The .prlnclnlo . upon
which this CMO turns Is of vital impor-
tnnco to the city. The city's legal ropro-
scntnttvos should appeal the case nml
Bocuro nn authoritative decision before
yielding the city's contention.
COH.KQK
Few of the many oratorical produc
tions of the college commencement
season this yonr hnvo drawn upon thorn-
solves as much serious attention ns the
Phi Beta Kappa oration delivered be
fore the Harvard chapter of that or
ganization by General Francis A.
Walker. The subject whloh the speaker
chose was not a now ono. College ath
letics Imvo bcon the theme of much dis
cussion of late. Yet with college men it
will bo ever popular and despite the de
cided stand taken in Its favor by Gen
eral Walker , it will still Imvo to encoun
ter many attacks.
In the address referred to the speaker ,
perhaps , wont a trlllo too far in holding
up to unqualified ridicule the real stu
dent of a few decades back , Just bd-
cause ho took little phybtcal exorcise ,
because some wjro palo and moody , because -
cause others were self-conscious and
conceited , does not necessarily stamp
with disgrace n system of education
which in its zeal for intellectual devel
opment paid too llttlo attention to physi
cal training. Tlio student of mito-bol-
lum days must have had nome exercise
or ho could not have survived. As n
matter of fact ho was developed into a
giant who buttled in ideas and in nets
for freedom and for his country. To
condemn absolutely the educational sys
tem under which all the great leaders
of twenty-five years ago were trained is
itself to bo condemned , although modern
methods may be many times moro symot-
rically constructed.
The great cry of today Is for n dual
discipline , mental and physical. Tlio
tendency of the great educational in
stitutions has for some tirao been rapidly
working in this direction. Against this
movement its opjoiieiits urge that the
almost worshipped college athlete is a
poor college student. On this point Gon-
orul Walker gave testimony as to his ex
perience nt Yale , whore ho said that but
a small proportion of the champions on
the Hold and Irack and water were mon
who stood at or near the foot of their
respective classes. The records of many
other colleges show the same or similar
results.
As to the argument that while college
sports bring temporary strength they
often result in permanent injury , Gen
eral Walker though admitting that ex
cess , over-exertion and reckless foolhardiness -
hardiness should have no place among
intelligent students , assured his auditors
of his conviction that the danger of acci
dent and over-training had bcon greatly
exaggerated. The moro serious mis
haps take place among mon who are not
well versed in the sport which they are
attempting to cultivate. The very skill
of the champion prevents him from suf
fering at the hands of his opponent.
Some other explanations might bo
added to" those outlined by General
Wulkor. Ono reason why many athletes
also stand high in their studios is that
the modern college game requires a
keenness of mind as well as a nimbleness
of body. The man who is slow in.his
mental work is likely to provo slow on
the track. And conversely the man who
is quick enough to gain a place on
the university team will bo ono who
is well able to keep up with
his class-mates in the examination room
without devoting any extraordinary
amount of time to his recitations. On
the other hand , the movement for atli-
lotio training may easily bo carried too
far until it verge on professionalism. It
may monopolize the gymnasium in favor
of the training of college teams. It may
deprive the laborious student of all in-
coutivo to excel in his special line of
work. Tills time will bo indicated when
the college graduates ( lock immediately
into the folds of professional athletics.
The introduction of physical training
into the leading colleges is a feature
that bus como to remain. Efforts should
bo made to widen its application , to in
clude all students instead of the chosen
few. The movement is to bo directed
und guided to a normal development ,
not-to bo suppressed.
} auHRKdt
While in cortitin auctions of the south
a howl is raised for Immigration ; while
their local newspapers are ousting nbout
for the explanation why migration
rolls in suoh tldo toward the northern
west , the Birmingham Ayc-lferald very
plainly tells the southern people why it
It is that they are thus ignored nnd how
impotent is tholr appeal until the pres
ent condition of things in their midst
undergoes a r radical change. Birming
ham herself is a shining example of t
what active southern communities may
do by simply following the policy that
robed thutlittlo , straggling hamlet In a
few years to a great , prosperous metro
politan city. When the development of r
the inimonso coal and iron deposits in
her immediate vicinity began the fur
naces utilized the cheap labor that is
today abundant in the south and
well suited to the cliiimto. But
the aggregation of this class , the after
math of blavory , did not conduce to the
building up of a city. Then she built
great rolling mills aud puddling fur
naces and this brought at oneo to thut
section the skilled labor of the north.
Other factories followed , the class that
always accompanies an investment of
capital Increased and her prosperity wits
assured. That paper now says : "A
great stool rail mill would bring moro
outside population into Alabama than
has como into our Blauk Bolt since the
war. A grout ship-building yard at
Mobile would briiuf moro mon of for
eign birth than all our efforts
at immigration by advertisement.
A single coal inlno dcoa moro to Increase -
crease the population than a dozen
years of printer's Ink spread before the
common masses. " This is plain truth BO
clear that it is strange our sou thorn
frlnnds every where do not recognize It.
It Is folly for the southern people to expect -
poct immigrant labor over to supplant
the cheap labor they already have In the
province it is adapted to 1111. White
labor is not adapted for tlio plantations
and the furnaces , nor will it seek toe in-
pete with the prosorit supply which the
pernicious poUtl rojnillco that exists
is doing all lnlt ixi\vor \ to tlrlvo away.
The wngoi of tho-tddlorotl farm hand in
the south rangfjj 'from $10 to 925 n
month. In the , norlh ho receives from
820 to 375 n montlPattd In time of scaro-
Hy , even $3 or1'lU ro a day. It is not
llkoly , with this' sYnto of things , that
this class of labors vlll ? migrate to the
south for the botfjipont { of tholr condi
tion. Whnt tho"'smith ' must do to at
tract the class \mmlgrntlon it is BO
anxious to rocolvqyifvifirst to cast asldo
its vicious class 'prejudice ' and utilize
its present labor class in the develop
ment of tholr farm lands. Then open
up their mines Imdlfloront sections with
the same energy as has boon done in
Birmingham , Chattanooga nnd eomo
other points. Build factories and rolling
mills as the Aye-Herald suggests. Were
there a ship-building yard nt Mobile its
wharves would never hnvo rotted and
sank into the water. Those enterprises
would attract the attention of immi
grants. They como to this coun
try to bolter tholr condition.
They will go where the best
wages are paid , and are not slow in as
cortalning the direction to take. With
a change In the social nnd political policy
of the south capital would as willingly
invest there as olsowhoro. The latent
natural resources of the country uro
abundant. With their development the
need for skilled labor would bo such as
to enable the payment of wages to
attract. With this addition to the
thrifty population would arise demands
nt hotter wages for nn auxiliary to the
farm labor , which would doubtless bo
accepted by the foreign immigrant class.
It is nil very pluln. Southern people
will net wisely to study the suggestions
contained in the Aye-lki-ald and follow
the program therein outlined.
I'usTM , s.irtxa nai'osiToniES.
The numerous failures of savings
banks throughout the country wiU bo
very likely to revive the popular demand -
mand for the establishment of postal
savings banks. It is tru'o that the very
largo majority of the savings Imnks of
the country have wifhstood the pressure
upon them well tind all that survive the
financial stress will have Improved their
claim to public confidence. But the
failures have shown that there may bo
weak spots in these institutions that
are not always wisely and prudently
managed , thut it is possible for their
ofllcors to divert tbfr'funds entrusted to
them into channels -Lnot strictly legit
imate or always safe. '
This lesson regarding savings banks ,
which is just nowpresented , to the coun
try , and which may become-more force
ful before the financial disturbance is
ever , supplies a most , cogent argument
in favor of postal .jSaVings depositories.
For a number of' " years Congress has
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been urged to use iho'postal arm of the
government to assist.1' ' the people in the
care of their small. savings , Postmaster
General WanamakorJ having made this
a conspicious foatufp of his annual re
ports. In his last ! report ho said
it is the wugo"pAoplo who want
the system most , and It is the popu
lation outside of cities that petition
oftencst and loudest forthis , convenience.
The satisfaction to a workingman , said
the report , or to a working woman , or
to young people at school or at work , in
having within walking disianco of-thoir
homos , as the postofllccs are , a place to
put by a part of their earnings , can hardly
bo estimated , nor can the olTcct upon a
community of suoh an encouragement of
thriftand good citizenship bo calculated. " )
If this wore a now and untried project
there would bo warrant for some doubt
about the expediency of adopting it , but
it is not now. The plan has boon well
tried in other countries and continues
to bo successful. It is not costly to gov
ernments to maintain , and it is highly
advantageous to the , public.
The last report of the postmaster gen
eral contained tlio latest statistics of the
British postolllco , allowing the business
01 the postal savings depositories for a
year. The number of depositors for the
year ending December 31 , 1891 , was
8,041,431 , an increase ever the previous
year of 104,805 , , and the amount of de
posits to nearly $107OOP,000 , earning in
terest for the depositors jtnd what was
still bettor , guaranteeing safe keeping ,
the most important consideration to people -
plo of small means. The English
government acts as investor for
depositors to the amount of $25,000,000.
On n single day there were as many as
72,80 ! ) persons making deposits , who laid
by in ono day $700,110. The daily avor-
ugo number of deposits in 1801 was
29,412 , and the average amount of depos
its each day was $350,000. During the
year there were 092,155 now accounts
opened. The total number of persons in
the United Kingdom using the privilege
was in 1801 , 5,118,395. The British na
tion is not alone In showing progress in
this branch of the postal service , all the
European countrica that have adopted
the system und only two have not done
so having incrcaaiV their deposits and
the numbers $ \iB \ ) tno privi
lege. In Franco' ' the system
has boon In operat'iorr1 for twenty years
and has bcon in tholghost | degree suc
cessful , the dopositsuttt the close of 1801
amounting to 43$5$00 ! ( francs , The
postal savings bank * have been a source
of profit to the govMfnniontand have not
interfered with thi Mvalo savings in
stitutions , which payilA hlghor rate of
interest than thd'"g > vorntnent and do
business for the miVj > art with a differ
ent class of iwthoHic Postal savings
banks were estubU < i * J in Italy In 1870
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and the system lian 'tio" cirtiroly suc
cessful thoro. It hd& been a success ,
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also , In Belgium',13Austria , Hungary ,
the Netherlands , Sweden und Austria ,
and in none of tlfeso countries has
there bcon any opposition to it on
the ground of interference" the prL
vato savings banks.
In all the European countries whicli
have established postal savings bunks
there has bcon a marked increase it :
thrift among the masses of working pee
ple. This In Itself is a vorjr strong argu
ment in behalf of the system , It has the
further advantage of affording the best
possible facilities to depositors for ob
taining their money when needed , and ,
moro than all , to that largo class who
would avail themselves of the postal
bank the system assures atoo-
lute security , havlnp bohnil ! 11 the resources
sources and orodtt ol the tmtlon.
MAYOn BOODY of Brooklyn , N. Y. ,
narrowly osoapod incliotmont recently
for nllopcd arookoduoss In municipal
affaire. Now ho has mmlo application
to the court for an order directing the
publication of the mlnutos of the jury ,
the ostensible object being the vludica-
tlon of his character from the aspersions
cast upon it by the witnesses. Of course
there is not the sllghtoit authority for
making such a publication- tlm Now
York jfVmw , commenting on the re
markable application of the mayor , sus
pects that the real object is the intimi
dation of future grand juries and of
witnesses that may bo called before
them to testify regarding the misde
meanors of publio officials. It Is ovl-
dent that Nebraska's ' state capital IB not
the only elty where the grand jury is a
source of annoyance to public officials.
But no ono of thorn desires to have the
mlnutos of the last two or three grand
juries of Lancaster county published ns
n vindication from reflections cast upon
their reputations.
OHIO'S assignment law , which has
been so severely criticised , sooius just
now to bo "a blessing in disguise , " ac
1'J cording to the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The great number of assignments filed
lately 1 under the provisions of these
statutes were mndo In the majority of
8C
cases by men perfectly solvent. Unable
to t raise inonoy on good collateral , unable -
able to moot obligations , thcso mer
chants simply assign , an officer of the
court takes charge , business goes on as
before t , and finally when creditors meet
the t position is explained , aud where the
assets exceed the liabilities only a few
days ti are required to lift the assignment
ti and rcconvoy the property to the
assignor. This way of doing business
looks 1 very nice , aud no doubt would do
very well were all business men honest.
But ] when assignors take advantage
of t the opportunity the law affords to
plaster j their business with preferences ,
oftentimes c to the exclusion of needy
creditors , it takes a different phase.
IT NOW begins to look as if Receiver
Hnyden know what ho was talking about"
when ho 'said that "Moshor was not
needed in Lincoln to settle the affairs of
the defunct bank. If Moshcr is needed
there the receiver is in a position to
Tcnow it. Ho has begun suits against
the stockholders of the bank to compel
them to pay the 100 per cent assessment
which the comptroller ordered made on
the stock of the bank. Less than $10,000
has bcon paid in on this assessment. It
Is evident that Moshor's presence in
Lincoln would avail nothing as far as
tbo stockholders are . concerned.
The depositors can certainly derive
no benefit from "Moshor's presence there.
Ho has stated in Omaha that the deposi
tors of the broken bank would got little
or nothing. All those things go to show
that Receiver Hayden has sized the
matter up about right , and the atten
tion of Judge Dundy should bo officially
called to the attitude of the bank re
ceiver.- ,
THE reports of a renewed outbreak of
cholera in many parts of Europe ought
to immediately put upon their guard all
ivho are connected with the work ; of
quarantine and sanitary inspection on
this side of the Atlantic. The pest
seems to bo holding its own in Russia
and in southern Franco and to bo mak-
, ng unlooked-for headway in Austria
und eastern Germany. The foreign
ovormnouts are , no doubt , doing all
that lies in their power to check the
spread of the disease , but the people
lioro should not allow -themselves to betaken
taken by surprise in cauo tholr measures
provo ineffectual in keeping the scourge
confined to Europe. Tlio success
achieved last year by our quarantine
must not be allowed to engender the
mprcssion that all danger is past. No
ono can afford to overlook any reason
able precaution in municipal and indi-
i-idual hyglono which medical science
: nay recommend.
THE Iowa State Board of Pharmacy
presents figures to show that there are
now foivor drug stores in that state
than there have boon for many years.
There were in 1881 , 2,2U , registered
pharmacists , of whom 1,7,18 were pro
prietors of stores. Tlio maximum num
ber registered was 2,081 , in 1801 , while
in 1893 there are only 2,011. , Of those
405 are clerks , so thut there are but
1,030 proprietors owning , probably , 1,350 ,
drug stores. According- those figures
the prohibitory law has not had the re
puted effect of BO largely increasing the
number of drug stores. The Sioux City
Journal suggests as an explanation the
factithat the public dram shops liuvo
boon steadily multiplying and that ns a
matter of fact saloons nro constantly
being licensed in increasing numbers in
defiance of the statute. It is 110 longer
necessary to resort to the subterfuge of a
drug store in order to sell liquor in the
state of Iowa.
Kuvor C'eiiie.
Ktw York Kventna Kim.
The man who coerced Bavaria nnd Luxem
burg , spoiled Denmark und humiliated
Austria raises his volco for states' rights.
Hlsmarcir. a homo rulorl Is Saul ulso among
the prophets ?
Inspiration fur Other Tliliii ; * , Too.
The spectacle of the chivalrous and his
toric state of South Carolina the atato thut
has inado moro history of ono kind and
arother than tiny other in the union run
ning a string of gin mills with the governor
us boss bartender , oucht to furnish iho In-
. splratlon for the great American comic
' opera.
l.ut U Ho llonnit.
iianivu City Ttmti.
Ice cream , proper1.- constituted anil ration
ally coii&umud , is palutablo and wholosomu.
It contains all of the properties that are
necessary for human subsistence. It la
time tor tlio uroakors to stand asido'oa this
question and quit hoisting u bugbear before
ovury rcU-chookod girl who eats a dish of
healthful frozen cream.
A Hun ftlmultir Jlnfntocl.
Kctv York Herald.
Prof. BlschofT of tlio University of St.
Petersburg published In 18TJ a mmphlot in
which ho maintained that the uvorago
woman's brain is far inferior In every respect
to u man's , this opinion being based on the
fact thut a woman's brain U generally about
100 grams lighter. In order to further
provo the truth of his statement ho ordered
that after hU death his brain should 1)3
weighed. This was done , and these who bo-
llovod In his theory were amazed to llnd that
the professor's brain was lighter by live
grains than the brain of a woman of the
lowest latolligouco.
3KVVt..tn SJWT9 ,4T J7IU VVI.riT.
Cincinnati Commorctftl ! When thn Greek
ohurch Is lnorb < xl bjr th I'oninn Onlhollo
churoh , rrhloh nvont Is n far ntrny at thi >
Abdication of tlio czar or the disarmament of
Europe , It li not likely that Information of
It will omansto from such an out of the way
place as Taeomn.
St. Louis Republic * Some Polanders of
Mount Cnrmol , Pn , , who h vo boon try/Inn to
pet rid of KU unK | > | uil.ir pastor or tholr
church , hnvo put ilynaiutto uiu'cr the par-
Honngo and touched It off. Perhaps no
stronger argument could ba offered that the
congregation nocuj n not * pnstor.
Now York Trlbuno i There It "food for
thought" for person * lulereUcd In religious
vagaries In the fact that , according to the
IntoM census report on the churches , tliero
are orer 10,1)00 ) monitors of n * eel or Denomi
nation callliiR Itself "Tho Old Two-Scod-ln-
'
tho-Splrlt I'mlostlnanan HaptlsU , "
InJIannpolls Journals The pope an-
nounccs that Christopher Columbus will
soon bo beatified. This insans that ho will
bo pronoimm" admitted to heaven aud
worthy of reverence , thoiiRh not declared a
saint. The poathmnoui honors of the church
cannot mid anything to the measure of
Columbus's greatness.
Kansas City Journal : Her. Henry i"ro-
served Smith of I < ano Theological semi
nary , Cincinnati , has tendered his resigna
tion ns a professor to tlto trustees. If Prof ,
nriggs of Union Theological seminary would
do the same It might relieve both the Pres
byterian church nnd tlio public of nn un
pleasant matter which lias not redounded to
the beiiolit of Christianity.
Kansas City Star : A vacant chaplaincy
In the regular army 1ms caused the presi
dent to bo overwhelmed with applications
for the position. As compared with the pro-
cariaus salaries paid by struggling cburchcs
the regular pay which the government
issues to Its military parsons is not without
Us attractions oven to n spiritual-minded
clergyman. It Is n station which does not
retjulro nn uncomfortable oxcrclso of re
ligious zeal and the emoluments are in ex
cess of iho labor demanded. The yoke Is
easy nnd the burden Is light nnd a preacher
has us good n right to pick up n "snap" of
that kind when ho can got it ns tlio repre
sentative of any other profession.
Kansas City Times : Jolm McClintocktho
"John the Ilapttst" of Haversack , N. Y.aml
leader pf a band of fanaltca who are now In
Jail there , concludes a tirade against news
papers In general by saying : "Hell will bo
lit up brilliantly with burning reporters.
Brilliantly I Glory to God ! " John 1 unnec
essarily oxcitod. Of course boll will bo
"lit up" brilliantly by reporters , If they land
there , Just ns the somber old earth is lighted
nnd cheered by their efforts today. Persons
who have given the best part of tholr lives
to instructing and amusing others will not
object to throwing n little light on the cre
mation of this bogus modern wearer of the
camel's hair girdle and his crazy followers.
Kl.KOmiVA.Tj
There is an electric lamp for photogra
phers.
Edison hopes some day to make Niagara
furnish enough electric power to run every
railroad train and light every town in the
state of "Now York.
A now kind of wire for telephone use , hav
ing 11 u aluminium-bronze core with n coppor-
bronze envelope , is being experimented with
In Germany. It Is said to have a low resist
ance aud great tensile strength.
The first iisuo of the Honduras Progress
slnco the restoration of peace announces
that electric plants for lighting purposes are
under construction in San Junnclto and
Yuscaran. Tlio capital , Tegucigalpa , will
shortly change its old petroleum lumps for
au incandescent plant.
Ono of the first companies to use the vast
power which man 1ms haruossed Niagara
falls to supply him Is n concern to produce
aluminium on a lartre scale. Just at present
wo nro expecting moro from this promising
metal than from any of the materials which
have been wrought from nature's inexhaust
ible storehouse , nnd It la nulto appropriate
that the plant to produce it in quantity should
likewise originate In the primitive forces of
America's greatest natural power house.
Some months ago the question of using the
search light on the field of battle for recov
ering the wounded after an engagement was
raised , and some experiments were very suc
cessfully carried out to show the feasibility
of the plan. The idea has now been further
developed in a special invention for finding
the wounded on tbo battle Held. It consits
of a telescopic tubular pole , nuout twonty-
five yards long when fully extended , with a
gns or kerosene or electric light at the top.
It is made of aluminium and is kept steady
by three or four thin wire cords , a largo
white rollector being placed above the light.
It Is said to light up a largo extent of ground
most effectively and in a manner which
makes It much moro serviceable than the
ordinary search light.
IT.
Atlanta Constitution.
Novnr mlml the wouthor
An' the tinrnln * sun ;
Cold und hot together
Mover yet did run.
Wlion the sun is poltln'
1'Iro from alof ;
An' you think you're rnolttn' ,
W'eit wind cools you off 1
No use In complnlnln'
When the iiro drops ;
P'raps If It was ralnlii' ,
Drown out all the cropsl
Movln' on together !
Tired ? Stop U ) rest !
Gooil Lori ] runs the weather !
Glvln' us His buHtl
must rtA.wn non.r.
There It no religion In a whine ,
Faith never ends homo with an empty bus
ket.
ket.A
A foot It stiro to toll who ho It by the quot
tlons he MUs.
A shadow U AltTAy * trying Itt best to toll
tit that there Is light.
Kvcry man lives In nRlniitioutoIntowhlcti
toiunbody Is altta.vs looking.
( "loci's promises are ncAton's bunk notes ,
made for circulation on earth.
No matter how good the gun It , It It wast
ing powder to shoot at the moon.
The great thing about Influence Is that U
sets forcet In motion that wilt norer stop.
The < o1l.hneis ( of man Is probably tin
tigllctt tiling upon which angola ever havi
to look.
Don't put much dependence In the relig
ion that trios to nilvortlso Itself In A iiiuj
window.
There It many n wife hungering forun oo
cftitonalroru of approval Who will bo burled
In a rosewood casket.
If wo had as much charity for the fiuilti
of others as wo have for our own , the dot-
ert would teen become n flower garden.
Victor HniHivnUr mi SpfcUl Ai m iit .
Dr. Victor Hotowatcr has rocolvod the fol *
> <
lowing commendatory letter , among other * ,
from Mr. Abraham M. Dottier , the ofllclont
director of the department of publio safety
In Philadelphia und an authority iu matter *
of American municipal finance :
"I have road with great pleasure your
monograph. "Special Asfc snionts , ' and I
have been Impressed with your Industry In
covering so thoroughly the various state
laws nnd authorities , and vrtth your ability
In malting such au excellent synopsis of so
great n mass of authorities. " For tale at
Chase & Ktldy's.
JM.YCr MIXKIt WITH fAOT.
Wa * > ilnRton Stars "Mnny hand * niakn light
mirk , " remarked an employe at tliu J.MH houso.
Chicago niiimtch : Tlili h the nonnon when
the mixed drink and Uiu mlxcil drinker nro
involved.
Trorrresi : A ballot tlancor Isn't so dlia-
grcuitblo a crcnturo us ono might nuspoct from
tlitf t net thotsho U nlnaji kicking for moro
pay.
Philadelphia Ilcconl : llnjtRs Well , Lawyer
Sharp , vrhntdo you think of my plan ? Lawyer
.Sharp ( with au eye to business } Well , It'i
feoilblo.
Detroit Trlbuno : I'rlond You don't take
any outing In the suinmor , I suppose ? Icomnn
Well , no ; Unit's when I have my Innlngi , you
know.
Puck : Hostoii What do you think of the
popular fnd of wheullng , Mr. llrlilgnr ? Hrnok-
lyn Man It's my ifnvorllo recreation nnd , If
1 do hay It mysi'lt , our baby carriage U tbo
handsomest on the Ijlookl
Plck-Me-Up : Scl'oolnmstor Now , Kobort ,
can you tell inu now many plAtn there nro In u
miiirt ? 1'ubllcan'H llopuful Wliy , yes , sir.
One and a half , nnd the ( roth.
Washington Star Ho said " "
: "good night , so
faintly , too , that II could scarce bo boatd ; but
heartlessly ana closud tlio door aud took him
at hii word.
Detroit Tribune : Novell * , ! I'd llko tohnvo
my liurolnudosrmetliliig absolutely unique !
Friend Ye-i ? Why don't you have her fulnt
when there's no one 'poking.
Now York Ti-lbuno : East Orange Yester
day n tut man ran 11 vo miles lu the hot sun on
a wager.
Mock Grange Did Ills name traniplro ?
"No , but liu did ; so much so that hla collar
was wilted. " ( For point see the dictionary ) .
SomorTlllo Journal : Client You toll mo to
sue the railroad company for 8'2&OOU dam
ages. Isn't that exorbitant ? '
Lawyer-Oil , 110 ; 1 shall want 120,000 of II
for uiy feu.
THAT YEI.T. .
Chicago 'limes.
You hoar n wild , unearthly yell ,
That splits the darksome night ;
'Tls not H lost.soul'.H dying knoll ,
Nor Uody'tt Sioux In tight.
So do not fonr , it bodes no ill ,
Though It disturbs your dream ,
'Tls but the joyous .slogan of
Tlio college base ball team ,
*
A HINT xvto. rAitm.
European t'JKfon ffcia York Herald.
JIAT ron TUB nxcits.
Capellno of whlto rice straw * trlmmoo"
with feathers and old gulpuro.
BROWNING , KING
Largest Manufacturers and "notation
ol Clothing la the World.
Chopping Down-
We're knocking out the suits now. Just read
on and we'll save you money.
$20 Summer Suits $13.50.
All styles , colors and grades.
Some other suits marked down
as low as $5.00.
$3.50 Boys' Wash Suits $2.00.
We're getting- out all boys'
summer goods with a rush.
Those $2.50 boys' suits go now
for $1.50.
$1.50.Men's
Men's and Boys' Straw Hats Half Price.
And summer coats and vests the prices are \
so low we're afraid to print them.
All the ladies' waisCs we have left goat 50o and
$1.00. You will find they are bargains.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Bl ° " " " ° ; ; sa.Vaa"'J"- | . W. Cor. IStti and Douglas Sti.