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AN ANTI-SMOKE critsado is now in
order.
THE lawyers nro Urst openly in the
field of local politics.
Tan sliowor of gold is now setting in
us nn antidotn to the silver tompcst.
THE resumption of two failed Denver
lianka is an indication of returning con
fidence in the very scat of the silver
crisis.
THE smoke auiisaneo ordinance * has
gone into effect. Now lot the proper
authorities see that it is not willfully
violated.
THE attorney general 1ms another op
portunity to add to the prestige of his
career by making a vigorous fight on
the hogus bond investment companies.
WHEN President Cleveland contem
plates the serious possibility of a split in
the democratic party he realizes more
than over that ho is confronted by a con
dition and not a theory.
THE fact that the national banks in
the country have boon compelled to decrease -
crease their loans anQ discounts 8137- ,
000,000 since March 4 goes a long way to
explain the financial stringency.
THE democratic state nominating
pow-wow will not come off before Octo
ber. It is hoped that by that tirno the
distillers will bo able to raise the money
necessary to take their whisky out of
bond.
THE populists of Kansas are demand
ing the impeachment of Secretary Car
lisle. This is ono of the indications that
extreme hot weather for a long con
tinued period has a tendency to unsettle
the minds of a great many people.
CONGRESSMEN believe that the people
ple need relief , and as they represent
the people they have preferred to afford
the required relief by voting themselves
nn immediate payment of their claims
for mileage. This is relief with a vim.
THE Nebraska legislature enacted a
|
few statutes during its 1893 session , all
of which have now gene into effect.
Most people think they have waited
1f
long enough for the printed volume of
Bossiontawa to appear. Why all this
delay ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THAT Nebraska exhibit at the World's
fair has boon aired through the press
until it is no longer an attractive news
topic. If the participants in the con
troversy will transfer their discussions
to their private correspondence they
will confer no small favor upon a long
Buffering public.
IT IS not fair to presume that simply
because the free silver men talk the
loudest that Nebraska is a free silver
state. 'Tho men who remain at work
and say but llttla are as equally entitled
to consideration as the men who stand
on tho- street corners and discuss the
financial question.
AGITATION for iv demonstration of the
unemployed in Now York has already
resulted in riotous proueanings on the |
part of Homo of the more ignorant
laborers. It is to bo hoped that wlth
wiser couiibol such unnecessary assem
blages will bo discouraged as loading to
far grouter evil than good.
THK democratic hopes in Iowa have
boon materially weakened by the repub
lican declaration on the prohibition
question. The Iowa republicans have ,
boon manufacturing ammunition for the
democrats for so many years that the
latter are considerably disgusted ovoi
the fact that ono of their unfailing '
Bourcob of supply has boon cut off.
SUMMING up all the odds on the wronf
sldo of the lodger , and giving duo weigh
to the facts in the opposition , both Dui
and Bradstreet affect to BOO a shade of
improvement in the condition of trade
From various points theydcduco hopofn
tiln
conclusions , and urguu that soon the in
dustrlcs of the country will again nbo <
moving along in prosperity. Even ho <
abnormal decrease in jobbing business
as shown by the bank clearings , is ac
counted for as the purely natural resul
of the stagnation of trade , and It is 13-
BUiued that the slowly returning conII
donco will boou bo BUttlolcntl y uceolornto
V ) show a goodly figure ou the right sidi
cf/inic.vcr JAF.ATO.V. ; I
Senator Stownrl ol Novndn is ndvot |
cntlng nn Inflation of the currency to
practically double the present volume ,
urging that this is what is needed to
ralso vnhios and thereby bring ; about
prosperity. There nro a great many
people whobolicvo as the Nevada son-
ntor docs , the misapprehension regardIng -
Ing the relation of the money supply to
prices being very general. Doubtless
such an inflation ns the more currency
people would have would produce
for a time n feverish condi
tion of apparent prosperity , just
as Inflation did in Argentine for sev
eral years. Speculation would flourish ,
there would be unhealthy booms ou
every hand , prices of many commodities
would advance , and there would bo on
nil sldos the nppcarancos of a vigorous
prosperity.
Hut thlH sort ot thing would inovitti-
bly rtin its course , ivjjt always has done
wherever inflation has stimulated an un
natural activity , and then would oomo
collapse ami n slow and painful recov
ery. In the general catastrophe to val
ues millions would suffer disaster , and
none so novoroly aa the producers and
wage earners who hud experienced for
a period what they fancied to bo
gonulno prosperity. In the reaction
certain to follow the unhealthy stimu
lus of inliatlon , only the speculator
would have any chtmco to escape the
ruinous consequences. Industries would
bo prostrated , labor without demand ,
and the check put upon consumption
would bo disastrous to the producers.
This is not n .picture drawn from the
imagination , but from th > plain lessons
of experience In the history of almost
every civilized country In the world.
The advocates of a practically unlim
ited Issue of currency tell the producer
that uudor such n policy ho
will got moro for his wheat , but
they nro not candid enough to tell
him nt the same time that ho must also
pay more for everything ho has to buy.
They conjure the wage earner with the
promise that ho will got more money for
his labor , but they omit to toll hinj that
the advance in wages will bo more than
offset by the Increasing cost of every
thing ho requires , for the pay of labor
never keeps pace with advancing prices
under inflation. Such counsellors as
Senator Stewart are false and mislead
ing guides , whoso ndvico it is always
safe to distrust and discard.
.1 NOXl'.lliTlSAJf JUDlCl.ini'
A call has been issued for a meeting
on August 30 of the members of the bar
of the Fourth iudlcial district , compris
ing the counties ot Douglas , Sarpy ,
Washington and Hurt , to suggest suit
able persons to fill the vacancies about
to occur on the bench of this district.
Thrco judges of the district court will
have to be selected at the election this
fall , while it is expected that ono will
bo appointed by the governor bofoco
that time to supply a vacancy created by
the promised resignation of ono of the
judges now serving. The proposed
meeting of practicing attorneys will no
doubt make recommendations as to all
of thcso places , and for this purpose it is
highly desirable that every reputable
member of the bar participate in the
action Which the call contemplates.
THE I3En has for years Insisted upon
the necessity of a nonpartisan judiciary
and has never hesitated to point out
the evils of partisan politics on the
bench. To the courts are entrusted the
enforcement of the law , the protection
of life and property. These are the
things In which every member of the
community is vitally interested , and it
is of the highest importance that no ono
bo elevated to a position on the bench
whoso ability , honesty and character is
not entirely above reproach. Moro
than all others , the practicing attorneys
are interested in an efficient judiciary.
The judges must be chosen from among
their number and they , as officers of the
court , must have constant relations with
them. The practicing attorneys more
over comprise , on the whole , a most
roprobontativo body of men , men who
can rise above party politics when the
exigencies of the moment require it. If
they but recommend as their choice for
the vacant judgeships lawyers in every
respect worthy of the positions , their
selection cannot fall to sccnro the sup
port of every citizen who , has the in-
dopomlonca and efficiency of the courts
at heart.
A NEW FINANCIAL
Representative Johnson of Ohio hits anew
now linunclul expedient which ho pro
poses to submit to congress that is re
ported to bo vary favorably regarded by
members of the senate finance commit
tee , among them Senator Sherman , who
lias taken thu matter uudor considera
tion. The plan Is that the government
shall convert its bonds Into currency on
demand , the interest on the bonds to be
suspended during the tlmo they do serv
ice as currency. Mr. Johnson proposes
that any ono having government bonds
shall bo privileged to deposit them at the
treasury of the United States and rccoivo
thereon tholr face value in treasury notes.
the interest on the bonds so deposited
to cease until redeemed by the return of
the notes. The author urges In support
ofhisplnn that it would give the coun
try at once a much larger volume of well
secured oin-ronoy , and there would bo
no risk on the part of the treasury , slncu
the notes would bo fully scoured by
bonds worth in the markets moro than
the notes , while the government would
0 at the bumo time save the Interest on
the bonds. The savings banks , in the
opinion of Mr. Johnson , would bo especially
sv.
pecially benefited by such a law.
lioing largo holders of government
bonds , which they cannot market ex
cept at a bnuriflco when their depositor *
are making largo drafts upon them , sucli '
a plun as the Ohio congressman pro
poaos would enable them to turn theii
Ixinds at once into cash without a pucri I-
Iid
, flee when pressed for ready money ami
procure thorn again without any loss
n- except the temporary suspension of in
nd.
torpst , when normal conditions returned
d.fa
Its general effect would bo to onlarpc
, the volume of currency whan , by hoardIng
A'S
- Ing and the breaking down of credits
currency la in unusual demand. Insuul
- an exigency as wo now have it is easy to
- BOO that it might bo exceedingly eorv
Iceablo.
The plan has coramoudou Itself to
the favor of others besides members of
the senate hnanco committee. The
Philadelphia Press observes that
there is much sense In the pro
posal , providing , as it does , n safe
method for refunding the currency In
foasons like this without any risk or
loss to the government or those taking
out notes on government bonds. That
paper suggests , however , that Mr. John
son will encounter opposition to his
Bahama from the populists and others
"who will rebel at what they will regard
as loans to bondholders when tholr pro
posed government loans on stored hay
and corn do not rccoivo even courteous
consideration. " As a moans of giving
elasticity to the currency supply the
plan might work well. The plan , nt any
rate , seems to possess sufficient merit to
bo worthy the attention of practical
llnnnclora.
1IA.KK ClllCUIjA
If any bonoflt Is to bo derived 'by ' the
country from Increasing tho' national
bank circulation congress should , make
hnsto to pass the bill introduced in the
senate to allow the banks to issue notes
to the par valao of the bonds deposited
to soutu-o circulation. As heretofore
stated , this proposition would , if
adopted , enable the banks to add about
$20,000,000 , to the currency supply on
the bonds which they now have de
posited In the treasury , nnd it is highly
probable that it would induce the
banks to Increase tholr circulation to
double that amount. At the time
of introducing the bill Senator Voorheos
said : "I atn advised by others of great
oxiMjrtence in llnancial matters that
there is scarcely n doubt but that It will
carry nn increase of our currency of
from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 , which at
this time would bo a sulaco and a
comfort to our people in every quarter
of the United States. "
It would seem that a measure con
taining such n promise Would bo eagerly
supported by the men in congress who
insist that thoro'Ls not mo'noy enough to
do the business of the country , but the
opposition to it has cpmo from thcso very
persons , who are actuated solely by hos
tility to the national banks. The spirit
of this opposition was expressed in the
remarks of Senator Cockroll of Missouri
when the measure to allow the banks to
issue moro notes on their bonds was
introduced. He said : "I wish to state
that I shall never give my vote to any
policy or principle of legislation which
tends to recognize the right of the na
tional banks in the future to issue and
control the paper money of this country
never , never. It is not right that the
masses of the people should part with
their right to control the volume of
the money in the United States
and place it in the hands of a corpor
ate monopoly. " Senator Cockroll is
probnblyin favor of restoring state bank
issues as a means of enabling the people
to control the volume of money in the
country , but however this may be there
is no force in his objection to the bill in
question. It involves no surrender by
the people of any right they possess to
control the volume of currency , but
simply proposes that they shall help
themselves by a polioy which' is
lutoly safe and which is demanded and
justified by the existing financial situa
tion. As to the assertion that the na
tional banks are a corporate monopoly
It is Bufliciont to say that nobody is ex
cluded from going into the busi
ness who can comply with the
requirements of the national bank
ing law , which it is presumed the Mis
souri senator will admit has been snown
to be a very good law.
It is not necessary , however , to become
an advocate of the national banks in
order to approve of the proposed legisla
tion. Such approval will find its ample
justification in the fact that the exigency
calls for the additional currency which
the legislation would give the country ,
that the relief reasonably to bo expected
from it would greatly benefit all inter
ests , that it would materially assistJn
restoring confidence , and that there can
bo no possible risk or danger in adopt
ing it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT IS interesting to note the many
ways in which the railroads of the
United States nil the courts with ligita-
tlonin whieh'tholr interests nro affected
either as'plalntilTs or defendants. The
policy of the railroads to fight every
claim made against them for damages
arising out of contract relations or from
injuries to persons or property has become -
como notorious and has occasioned no
end of laws suits brought by private
parties. Then there are the many
cases instituted by the representatives
of the people or against thorn in con
nection with the enforcement of
statutes imposing duties upon common
carriers or rngulating their relations
to the public and to ono another.
Statutes of this kind , unless they bo of > r
the seeking of the railways themselves ,
are seldom put into operation without
ito
a long legal contest. Illustrations have
been offered in every stale where regu l-
lative legislation has been , enacted. ll.
Last , but by no means lonst , are the ap )
plications of the stockholders of particu ,
lar railways for protection against the
directors or managers , The appoint
ment of railway receivers was originally
a sign that the road was insolvent'be
yond recovery without resort to horoio
remedies. Now a receiver is demanded
whenever a stockholder imagines that u
road is being mismanaged and that his
interests are being sacrificed. A railway -
way receivership nowadays signified
merely n change iu management ef
fected not by the votes of the stock
- holders or directors , but by an appeal tc
. .
the courts. Could wo but wipe off of the
court dockets nil litigation in 'Which
railway interests are at stake no novel
expedients would bo necessary to expo >
dlto justico.
- WE AKE pleased to note that aril
- suggestions as to how nU'dosor'ving arV
plicunts for instruction at the State uni
, versify might bo accommodated during
- the ensuing year have not boon entirely
. tiroly without result. The chancellor
in an open letter to the citizens of Lin
- coin , admits that the university is carry
, ing on its preparatory work unwil
Hngly , and deprecates the fact that tin
funds which ought to bo devoted ox
XU
- oluslvoly to the work of higher oducu !
Uin
tlon must bo consumed , in part , in
affording secondary education to thosi
unprepared fo'F'rbal university study.
This , ho maintains , . cannot be
charged to hM or lo these who
have the dp9)ton of the work
at the Strtle university. So
long ns the preffKVntory school Is main
tained they cana/ ) ( , legally rohiso to ad
mit any who present themselves at the
proper tlmo an $ successfully pass the
usual entrance t nmlnatlons. At the
fcnmo time thoj'tmncollor accepts the
view that the | ' tooplo of Lincoln who
make use of tho'tunlverslty for purposes
of giving tholf"'children n secondary
education at t\ij { joxponso of the entire
state are not itriting in n particularly
laudable manned. Gently smoothing
over tholr embarrassment with the kind
assurance that the residents of Lincoln
have not taken undue advantage of the
preparatory courses , ho calls upon all
the "good" people of that city "to bo
courteous enough and unolllsh enough
to make the largest possible room for
these who nro not BO fortunate as to bo
nblo to secure irooel preparatory schoolIng -
Ing at homo. " Wo trust that this advice
will not go unheeded by the people of
Lincoln.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE fact that the Northern Pacifl c
railway has been forced Into the hands
of receivers will not have n reassuring
effect upon the minds of stockholders in
other great systems. The depression in
railroad clrolos Is unprecedented In the
history of the country , but it is a de
pression that rosultqjtwro from the con
servatism of business men than from
deeper and moro serious causes. This
being true , the recovery is sure to bo
speedy and certain.
AND now the directors of the defunct
Capital National bank want all the
litigation that has arisen ever Its dis
astrous failure removed to the federal
courts. In view of the treatment which
their president received at the hands of
that court , they seem to bo justified in
their belief that they will secure all the
advantages which the technicalities of
the law can allow if they can succeed in
securing the removal as requested.
CHICAGO people are shocked at the
immodesty of some of the dances in the
Midway plaisanco , but tholr nerves are
unaffected by the barbarous torture
practiced upon the Indians in order to
test their bravery. The horrible exhi
bition which was watched by thousands
of morbidly curious persons is a disgrace -
grace to the people and a blot upon the
name of the fair.
GOVERNOR WATTK of Colorado roller
atesthut "it woufd | ) o bettor to wade in
blood to any depth rather than have
our national liberties destroyed. " But
Governor Waite 'wants to define these
national libcrties'and to include among
them the so-callcilH-lght to the free coinage -
ago of silver. Thjstp's the whole rub.
lirciitli IiiHtujtd of Itrciid.
JVeu > YPVJ JrMwiie.
The democracy I ? , aivving the country tn
the cheapest possible" jvay by talking.
< A IIiiKkV Truth.
There nro botterlVincrfcims In the Sand
wich lislands who . .never suw Amcriba than
some who were born in this country nnd are
drawing olllcal | salaries at Wishing ton.
The Imuo In Ohio Vicnr ;
"
Mtttliiirg JJt ivilcli.
The issue is now squarely drawn between
the foremost champion of a protective tariff
in the union and the author of the tariff re
form plank in the Chicaso platform of 1S02.
All other questions will bo secondary to this
ono. mill the republican hosts of Ohio are
willing and. eager to go before the people on
this issuo.
An Overworked I'rupliccy.
Chicago Inter Mean.
It was a little over ono year ago when
Grover Cleveland , now president , made the
remark that "tho BlcKinloy bill fosters no
industry so much as that of the sheriff. " Ho
has had time to think about It since , and no
class of oftleials huvo been moro overworked
than the sheriff and receivers , and oven ho
does not lay it to the McKInley bllL
The Shnilow mitt the Buliatnnoo.
PliUivl'liJ\tti \ llecurtl
It is In Iowa now as It baa long been in
Maino. While the prohibitionists have their
law , the other people have their liquor ; so
that everybody is satisllcd with the situa
tion. While the political moralist may deplore -
ploro this cynical contempt of law , there Is
no disputing the faiit. Instead of enforcing
a prohibitory law. the tendency of aquarian
fanaticism is lo diminish the respect for all
other laws. t _ *
An Ovnrdonn of Ciilitnilty.
There Is soi'no ground for noping that wo
have seen the last national campaign on the
ealnmitv Issue. It is ronnonnblo to nssumo
that both parties have bad enough of that , at
least for very many years to come , and that
the country will not boroaf tor have to listen
to the idiotic ussovcration by the republican
or the ttuinocnitlc p.irty , as the cnso may bo ,
that oiio-hnir of the people are resolutely
bent on chaos.
Uiiconilltlonul Iti-pqal Impossible.
It is best to meet the situation squarely
and without evasion. The truth is not al
ways , palatable ; It may not bo always a
politic tiling to make known , and yet , when
the country is confronted as It is today with
a condition of oxtrcmo danger , it would scorn ,
as if the day for temporizing had passed.
The purchasing clause ol the Sherman law
cannot and will not bo uncpnditlonally re
pealed.
This is absolutely true so far as the United
States senate is concerned. It is not as HUoly
to prnvo true In the house of rupresentu-
.I..V , . . " O J i
Hulmiiutlul Hlcn * rtf Improvement.
| l'ii/ii/.jlciu / ( / Star.
and atcol works , $ f magnitude which
had been closed m Plttsburg have reopened ,
and moro will follow , tliir | | example soon , and
employment will bo Klye/j to 15,000 men. The
Dossomer stool workniat Pueblo , Colo. , con
cerning whose rosuinjjtjloii of business this
year much doubt was felt , have again 10-
sumcd operations , giving employment to 600
mon. This is dona without abnolutu knowl-
eduo us to what congress will ( to with rofor-
cnco to silver or the t tlff. The needs of a
big and healthy counVryidomand that Its energies
orgies bo actively ommoyod , and wtillu
may causu them tti halt for a short tlmo ,
thov are bound to rw/Uffcrate. |
Thu 1'roprr hftfftir Uemotly.
Lot tbore bo free coYnago of silver dollars
nt say U5 to 1 , with the provision tbat when
tbo same amount ot stiver in bullion is equal
to the sliver in coin , them aliall bo no cost
for mlntUKo ; but that tbo cost of mintage
shall Iw tbo precise difference botwoou thu
bullion nnd the coin value of tbo silver dollar.
- That would bo honest ; it would eliminate
the element of robbery from tbo free coin-
aw theory ; and with the robbery eliminated ,
* the wading "In blooi to the horse's brlulo"
. would cease to embellish the political
literature of the day.
- Ijol us have free illver coinage , but lot It
- bo honest coinage In honest dollars without
- favor to any interest , and lot tbo trovornmenl
begin tbo good work of fret ) honest coinage
on the 0,000 ton > of silver It has stacked
- around In Washington , jit fearful cost alike
- to the treasury and to the credit of ttu :
nation. Ho sure that coinage Is honest ; thai
robbery U entirely ellmtnatoU from U and
then go ahead night and day.
s fii.t.t iwns.
Franco , long hold tha lon t stable of lands ,
ins now for tvronty-threo yean stood by the
republic. Year by year has soon Its strength
grow , It * voters increase nnd its policy bo-
comotnoroconsorvatlvo , Once forrod to look
lo the radical force * of ! > ootoly asltscblot
prop , It has now at Us sldo thu church , tiovr-
ever unwilling ; the army , todixy tbo strong
est iu Europe , and In the election two weeks
off there is apparent the growing support of
merchant , property holder and rentier. Do-
mocracy.ls justified of her ctilldrou. Aeon-
Ltiry of oscillation has brought roposo.
Twenty yo.ira ago the republic was adopted ,
aa Thlers said , because "It divided mon
least. " Today the republic continue * bo-
causa It , and It alone , unites Frenchmen.
The election soon to bo hold by which the
electors of Franco , about 10,000,000 In num
ber , of'whom not ever 3OJO,030uro llltoly
to vole , olcct In 631 d'sjricts of about
100,000 imputation each , the Chamber of
Deputies , Is vho nrst in tuo history of
the republic In which Its existence is
no longer challenged by any powerful party
or any vigorous faction , A score of years ago
the opponents of the republic were In a ma
jority.- The vigorous policy of Gambottn ro-
( luccd the number of deputies In opposition
to the republic to eighty-eight In the Cham
ber chosen In 1831. Tholr number ros.0 In
18ST to ! WOnnd tO.'Jll ' In 1839 , of whom forty-
govon were Boulanglsts. The porsoml rep
resentative of. suuh a ropubllo is President
Carnot. ' His term expires December 3 , 1804.
The Chamber now elected , with the Senate
nlroady In his favor , chooses his successor.
At present his only serious rival is M. Con-
stans , and , unttor the conservative spirit
now.nbroail in Franco , oven ho , once radical ,
stands now on the same platform as Presi
dent Carnot. The French campaign Is dull
under these circumstances , because pros
perity , peace , order , thorolgn of law and
tbo happiness nnd comfort of the many , in
all realms and times , make dull history.
*
There arc only two public men who have
survived the wrooknua nnd devastation of
reputations during recent years. Ono Is
President Carnet and the other Is M. Con-
stans. The president was elected as a compromise -
promise candidate with an historic naino and
unknown qualities. Ho has become tbo
strongest loader In public Ufa and bis re
election to ofllco Is ono ot the Issues Involved
In tbo appeal to the olcctors.Vhllo bo has
shown himself to bo a capable , dignified and
conservative cxocutlvo , his Increased
prestige is largely the result of thu disap
pearance nnd humiliation of rivals.
Premiers , ministers nnd faction leaders have
exhausted their reputations ono after
another. While they have do-
cre.isod , ho has Increased. The
decline of tbo premiership has
not been accompanied by tbo degradation of
the presidency. The ofllco has gained stead
ily iu dignity and importance since the with
drawal of President Grov.v , who had n mor
bid horror of personal government , and was
content to bo tbo buinblo Instrument of tbo
Chambers. President Carnet has not boon
limp nnd helpless , like tbo chairman of a
Swiss bund , but bus exercised commanding
influence ) In grave crises and trovernod the
country with sobriety and judgment. Ho
will bo a candidate for ro-oleotlon next year ,
and his only formidable rival will bo M.
Constans , a loader of force and influence ,
who destroyed Boulanglsm and has escaped
unscathed tbo havoc of reputations wrought
by Panama disclosures nnd the vicissitudes
of ministries.
*
*
The young German ompcror has bis army
bill and with It the ever grave question of
bow to secure the funds which will moot the
increased burdens it puts upon tbo Gorman
people. The long droutll tbat has prevailed
very generally in Germany has caused great
distress and forced tbo purchase of a large
amount of fodder In this country , while tbo
tariff war with Russia adds annoyances of a
grave character and leaves tbo Gorman people
ple in n poor mood to meet Increased taxa
tion. Last year there was a dollclt of
ever 512,000,000 , and the demands of this
year are ever $20,000,000 greater than those
of last year. The minister of Hnanco
proposes Increased taxes on beer , on
newspaper advertising , and , in fact ,
upon about everything in sight , while
the Importations of food stuffs threaten to
deplete the stock of gold in the Ilelohsbank ,
which is already drawn down to about ? 120-
000,000 , Including part of the war chost. It
is apparent the Gorman llnancial situation Is
far from flattering- , and the immense burden
of her armament Is * tolling moro and moro
upon her people every year despite their
proverbial industry , frugality and thrift.
It Is sowing the wind with a vengeance and
tbo whirlwind will bo reaped in duo" timo.
The great indemnity which was wrung from
France in 1870 has been for nearly a quarter
of a century a source of financial strength to
Germany , but it is now a question of her
people alone bearing the great burdens Im
posed , and they feel to the full now heavy
they are. Poor crops render it all the more
difllcult to bear up under the great load of
taxation.
* *
Mutters appear to bo going on from bad to
worse In Norway , nnd there scorns to bo less
prospect than over of a compromise with
King Oscar and with Swodon. The Storth' '
ing has given a pr.ietieal demonstration of
Us disapproval of tbo king's unconstitu
tional action Irt confiding the administration
of tbo country to a Cabinet that docs not pos
sess n parliamentary majority In the IIouso ,
by a series of measures , each ono of thorn
characterized by Intense hostility to the
king and to the Stockholm government. It
has refused to vote its usual quota toward
the Joint diplomatic and consular expenses ;
It has reduced the Norwegian contribution
to the civillist of both the sovorolyn and of
the heir apparent ; it has withdrawn the
stipend hitherto .accorded to the pro
fessor of history of the Uni
versity of Christiana , in cau se
quence of the chair being hold by the new
minister of. . Justice ; It has ordered the ro-
nioval of nil emblems of the union with
Sweden from the Norwegian Hag , andhui
finally decreed that henceforth the king can
no longer Issue commands to tuo Norwegian
army , except with the consent of the Nor
wegian minister of war and of tbo Norwegian
counsel of stale. In short , tbo Christiana
legislature may bo said to have voted for
entire separation and independence from
Swodon. Inasmuch as tbo king has no con
stitutional right to dissolve the Norwegian
Parliament , and that It has still nn existence
of eighteen mouths to run , it is diflleult to
sea bow the present crisis can be solved ,
especially when It Is taken Into considera
tion that any concession on the part of the
king to the demands of his democratic Nor
wegian subjects would be resented by his
Swedish aristocratic llcgei to such an ex
tent that It'might ' almost cause a revolution
at Stockholm. ,
Simultaneously with the news of the
opening of the Corinth canal comes tbo In
telligence from St. Petersburg that the
- , Husslun government has Just completed Us
survey of the great canul which is to con
nect the Black sea and thu Azoff with the
Caspian. The aurvoy goes to show tbat
there nro 110 Insurmountable difficulties to
contend with la the construction of this 1m-
portant waterway , work upon which is to
bo begun at once by orders of the czar ,
The junction of the Black sea with ttfu
Caspian would have tbo effect of revolution
izing Uiusla'8 trade with Persia , Central
Aslu and India , and would tend to reduce
the present heavy cost of transportation by
the Tr.insonucaslan railroad , It Is a vrork
nr considerable magnitude , and bid * fair to
rival in Importance and In results thn great
Transslburlan railroad , which Is to place
the Pacific const of Asia In direct com
munication with the railroad systems of
western Europe , up to the very shores of
the Atlantic.
i'tr ' yntts ostmv.t/it.
Wlno elarlfiors In Franco use moro than
80,000,000 eggs a year.
Ono square foot of glass will lese as much
boat as six square foot of tvrol YO-lnoh brlok
wall.
wall.H
H Is computed that 70,000,000 people In
Kuropo wear wooden shoes. About the same
ntimbor Mould bo glad to wear any kind of
shoes.
Assuming the working ngo to bo from 20 to
CO years , and counting only male workers ,
I 10 persons In this country llvo on the labor
of every 100vorners. .
An Oregon woman quarro1o l with hnr
husband , and to splto him shu took n dose of
arsenic. Then with true feminineconsis
tency aho ran thrco miles tu a Joe. tor.
A novel tunnel Is projected for the Nova
at St. Petersburg. It Is to bo cylindrical in
form , forty- three foot In dlamotor , and to
have four lloors or docks for podestrlans ,
vehicles , cars nnd telegraph cables respec
tively.
Superstitious members of the horse racing
fraternity bcliovo thcro is luck In touching
the hump of a hunchback , and n down town
crlppio takes up his dally stand near the
race track and Is generously tipped by
sporting mon , who soak thu luck In his
hump.
A f5 Irish trrconback , Issued by "John
O'Mahonoy , agent of the Irish Itopubllo , "
under date of March 17 , 1SGO , and payable
"six months nftor the acknowledgment
of the Indopondonuo of the Irish nation , "
was presented for payment In a grocery
store Iu Now York ono day last weak.
The Hock Island rainmaker or ono of bis
professional brothers can hear of something
to his advantage by proceeding to the Cat-
skills. A drouth has possession of' the
mountains , which Is without parallel , BO the
natives say , for sovorlty. Many of the
springs have dried up. nnd at some points
water commands 50 cents a pall.
The recently published history of Hnrt-
ford Congregationalism gives some InterestIng -
Ing glimpses of the old. days. Ou a ohureh
list from 1070 to 1731 there are four Thank-
fuls , two Deliverances , two 1'atioiicos \
Mercy , n Charity , a Tomper.uicd , with an
occasional Violet , Sybil or Mlllicont , and ono
MacUaleno. Some of the doctrinal pooty of
these days would seem grotesque or blas
phemous now.
.Starting Up Agiiln.
PMlnilclvMa llcconl.
Unquestionably the annual shut-down of
Industrial establishments began earlier this
year , and may continue later. Unc"rtam ty
ns to the outcome of llnancial legislation , in
ability to procure currency to meet pay rolls ,
and the natural slackening of business dur
ing the summer season , have combined to
afford urgent occasion for a suspension of
operations , oven bad the usual annual re
pairs boon unnecessary. The prolongation
of the period of idleness has been severely
felt in every branch of trade and productive
industry. Wages that are not earned are
not spent , and the enforced curtailment of
expense by a multitude of workingmen has
been reflected in thtf lessened orders of retail
traders and In an extraordinary accumula
tion of stocks In the hands of wholesale
dealers.
It is evident , bowovcr , that this inactivity
Is to bo of brief duration. From every quar
ter arc heard ringing notes of preparation
for the fall and winter season , and a glanuo
nt each day's news serves to disclose the
Gratifying fact that the period of suspension
bus passed Its climax. The mills are start
ing up aroin , and with thu passing away of
the foolish crao for hoarding currency tholr
operations will bo unobstructed. Further
more , thay will bo unvexcd by dread of finan
cial legislation inimical to productive in
dustry.
The record of a slnglo day Is not without
interest and significance iu tills regarJ. In
the dispatches printed yesterday by the
Record and other newspapers the story was
brlclly told of tbo resumption of operations
in the grout iron works in and adjacent to
Pittsburg. By tbo close of the present week
upward of 1JXOOO men will have resumed
work in this section alone , necessitating the
monthly payment of nearly $1,000,000 in
wages.
At Columbia , Pa. , every industry but ono
is in successful operation. The two largest
rolling mills in the town started again yes
terday , after two weeks of idleness. The
Delaware Iron works , at Newcastle , Dol. ,
have also resumed work , as also have the
rolling mills and tube works at McKoesport ,
Pa.
Pa.In
In other branches of Industry mav bo
noted similar evidences of u quickening of
the pulses of traflle Many of the smaller
mills will begin operations again this \rcek ,
and in tbo great textile factories activity is
to bo speedily renewed. The hopeful ira-
pulse and brighter outlook which have led
to the resumption of work in the mills of the
Merrimau company , at Lowell , Mass. , and
the starting up of the huge combination of
cotton mills owned and operated by B. B.
nnd U. Knight of Providence , 11. I. , nro ro-
ilected in all the daily records of business
and in current statistics ol trado. Very soon
the wheels will all bo humming again.
Democratic I'rntnctlonlatB.
A'ew Yurie Sim.
Ono passage In the speech delivered in tbo
bouso last week by Hon. Hichanl P. Bland ,
the leader of the free silver forces , has a
curious air. ' 'Now you ( the eastern deiuoc-
racy ) can take your oholco , " snlil Mr. HUnd.
"of sustaining AmerUa ngatnst Knslntnl , pf
sttttalnlng Ametlcan Industries ana Amrrl
can laborers ng ln t English Industries nml
Knstllsh laborers , or of our ROlnR apart. "
Whatever may bo the value of Mr. Imud's
other arguments , his classifying silver an ah
American product and tllver mining as nn L
American Industry to bo protected by the $ _
Kotornmoiit , seems odd In rt democrat of
IS'.KI , To buy silver or to coin It for the
purpose of bonotlUng pur.soni engaged In Its
production , of kenpini ? up the profits of
mlno ovrnurs and tha waccs ot miners ,
snouts to bu unconstitutional In the light of
the domocratlij tariff declaration ot 1SW.
Protection Is a Iraml and n robbery ; ami
how can tbo government do that Indlrootlv
which It has not the power to do directly , or
show to ono American product at the mint n
favoritism it has no constitutional power to ,
show to any American product at the - * -
custom housot
renter * tu lip Hmmcod.
Sxs FIUNCISCO , Aug. IS.-Collector of In
ternal Kuvuiuio John C. Qntmi , republican ,
who received a request for his realisation
from President Cleveland , has sent a reply
that the request Implies a desire on thn part
of the administration to avoid tbo dlsclosuru
of sunit'thin ? uniilcasant In the mlmlnlstra-
tlon of his onli-o. He , therefore , declines tp
glvo ground for Ill-naturod criticism by rn-
slKtilnir , which iu tbo future might put him
on uxplfin.Ulmi. Qulnn sajs that tbo only
chitrco brought against him Is "offensive
partisanship" and that If the president
vrauts his onlco ho can only got It by "bouncy
lug him. "
Tint Spitrch fur Uulil.
*
Vrtts.
The dcclino In the price nnd demand for
silver has given a stimulus to gold prospectIng -
Ing and very prolltablo tlnds are reported
both In Colorado and Novada. This Is wel
come nows. There bus boon an overproduc
tion of sliver. If some of the labor and capi
tal hcrotoforo expanded In mining silver ,
that Is not badly wanted , Is diverted to In
creasing the outputof gold , which Is wanted ,
the task which our government has assumed
of maintaining thcso two metals on a parity )
will bo rendered somewhat oaslor of nccom- <
pllihmont. \
A Way They ll vn In Kentucky.
MOHCUXMCU > , Ivy. , Aug. J8 , Charles Wal
ton , a colored mutdorcr , was swung to the
limb of n trco by a mob In the woods about
midnight. -
sviimri.\a ( SMILES.
Troy Press : In : lal days such a , toso . never
troubled our mamifactuiers.
lloston Courier : The chap who wo.irs gnndy
ties U something of a neck-romancer.
llaltlmnrn American : Soma of these banks
are carrying the early closing ntoveniunl alto
gether to far.
Philadelphia 1'rnss : All ( bo world's nstaKO
and alt thu numerous doctors merely ushers
belli ways.
Huston Herald : Tbo summer girl Is respe-et-
fully Infornu'd that the summer man Is
busy putting up moro margins.
I
Philadelphia Lodger : Mrs. loa n has grown \
very strong with the populists. She it'cuntly ,
lifted a mortgage on her farm.
Truth : Oiimmoy Miss KIHIsh's beauty Is
.nlio intoxicating. Uluudurs That's Lmcauso
slui smiles su oftun.
1
Chicago Inter Ocan : And now the telegraph i
wires are wuluhti-il ilay and nlRht with the sad
and wretched tall of the poor misguided klto.
Washington Star : "If , " said Undo KIIPII , - *
"dahwasor slit ) ' nnlT fool-killer , bomn ob du
folks Out calls do inos' fur Mm now'nd bo do
f us' tur git in hldln' when bo cum 'round. ' "
Boston Olobo : "Smlth'n business Is going
nlnnx Ilko clockwork. " "I'oob , his place is In
tin ) bands of u roculvor. " "That's It , being
wound up. "
Oalveston News : Jack the Clipper has been
arrested In Now York. Thn glils wlinso
tresses hn rtit will bo present at his trial to
upbraid him.
Cllril ) AND MAMMON.
Detroit Fitc I'icts. ,
When Cupid saw nn aged man ,
A millionaire ,
Conversing very softly with
A nmliien fair ;
lie i > nt uionml another way ; r
"Uccimsn , " smlil lie ,
"I have no business fooling with
.Such folds us she ;
I know \\hat I'm about , I guess.
And do noi sob
Or interfere. Old Mammon hag
Corrulud that Job. "
TUB / > 7 .lft > . \ ' .
lirnwntiia , hill if Cn's. Monthly.
Queen of the favored now ,
1 cannot half revual
The thoughts I have of you ,
With unromuntlc steul.
Thu stnmon of u pink.
Dipped In a drop of dow ,
Would not bo pen and Ink
Too uxqulsltu for you.
The inuBic cf thu chnl r
Is pitched In on on woe t key
That tolls of my doslro ,
And that of morn HUe rno.
When roguishly you glance
At mu across the now ,
Each L'yo-lla.sli Is u litnco
That stabs mo through and through.
Tbo ilo.icon thlnlcs your wings
.A ro lust abou t to xprout ;
Well , I know other thing ! ) ,
Hut he won't llnd thorn out.
Dear lit tin Methodist ,
Hay one uwuut pi ayur for mo.
And I shall In thu list
uf thu elected bo.
BROWNING ,
A COL
Larflost rfaniit.iotnrorn anil Kotallon
ol Clothing Iu tuu World.
The crowded condition
In which we find ourselves preparatory to receiving
ceiving- our fall goods ,
compels us to ofTer moro
than ordinary induce
ments to buyers of our
lighter woig-ht suite now
on . hand. Wo have
gone through the suit
stock and taken off from $2.50 to $7.50 on each
suit , making such an extra low price that even if
you do not need it now , it will pay you bettor
than savings bank interest to pick out a suit now
and put it away till spring , This is not a broken
size or broken lot sale , but a nice clean stock of XI
the finest suits ever brought to this western coun
try. If you hesitate you are lost for they will bo
rapidly taken up.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Btoroopan8.vorj owning till MX ( JW | StS ,