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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1894)
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A diagram allowing the location of the numerous Industrial armies would bo an Interesting study In military maneuvers. If Brocklnrldgo Is returned to congress It is tafo to * ay that ho will not go as the representative of thu women of his Kentucky district. Judge Wnltolpy'd tribute to the memory of Henry Orcbo voices the sentiment of all these \who knew the deceased during hla long and honorable career In this city. Has Gladstone net the fashion for public men to retire In the bclght of glory rather than to wait until they arc driven from the public service by Ignominious defeat ? If Lake Manawa could bo transferred to a point within a mile of Omaha , or If It could bo made easier of access by people on this Ride of the river , a fortune would await Its management. Omaha people are partial to waler. The Junketing hotel keepers are having a taste of hotel llfo at hotels other than their own. . If they profit by their experience the tourist who travels through the United States a few months hunco will bo surprised at the reforms and conveniences which he will find Introduced Into the hotels at which ho may stop. Tlioro Is not very much significance In the figures that show the Imports and exports of the United States to have Increased from the years 183 i and 1SS5 to 1890 and 1892 at a much greater ratio than these of Great Britain. Ratios of Increase make a largo showing whenever the original basis of com parison Is relatively small. The annual shoot of the State Sportsmen's association at Columbus this week will bo an Important event. The crack shots are looking forward to the occasion with bright anticipations. Nebraskans are tak ing a lively Interest In all outdoor sports this year , which will chronlclo many con if\ \ quests before the season closes. if5 5 Two or three deaths of noted college ath letes occurring within a comparatively brief period and ascribed to overtraining , or , rather , one-sided training , will bring to the attention of the college authorities the ques tion of reforming the system of training college athletes that now generally prevails. There must be something radically wrong with a system of athletics that tears down Instead of building up the men who devote themselves to It. Wo have not as yet had any estimates of the profits of the photographers who photo graphed the features of the 100,000 citizens , of the Celestial cmplro to enable them to comply with the provisions of the Chinese registration law. The Chinese business by Itself ought to have been sufficient to dispel hard times In the homo of the camera. It ought also to place on the market a cholco Sit of negatives of Mongolian types to bo had at bargain prices. R Memorial diy Is near at hand and yet there seems to have boon no concerted movement made for Us celebration In Omaha. Of all occasions for the commem oration of heroic deeds of the nut-Ion's great and fallen warriors Memorial day Is most worthy of popular observance. Wo hope that all civic and military societies will take the matter In hand and arrange a pro gram for Decoration day that will bo a credit and an honor to the city. The adjournment of the Now York con stitutional convention for two weeks In order to give the president time to make up the committees that must undertake the Important work of revising the several portions tions of the constitution extends the cam paign for woman suffrage In that state by the same period of time. It also extends I ho respite of Kansas two weeks against the Invasion of tlio professional woman suffrage brigade that has been camping In the cast. Now York's loss Is this time Kansas' gain. It seems to bo the fate of Omaha to get the worst of any change In railroad rates , whether It bo made by law or by reason of rate wars. In no Instance that can bo cited ot recent years has there been a change of ratcj from which Omaha shippers derived an advantage except at the end of a struggle for fair play. Isn't It about time for our luck to clmiiKu and the city bo given rates RS favorable to our shippers ns n.ro given these ot other cities ? Why la It that rail road rate makers persist in making a foot- mat of Omaha. ? With the anixlng ot the president's sig nature to the act to protect the birds and animals In Yellowstone park , the poachers who have boon encroaching upon the pro hibited domain will find a legal barrier to prevent them from continuing the slaughter of gaino In tha national park. The act U a Ilttlo late , because much .at the mischief IIAB already been done , but it will servo a useful purpono in the future. Its strict en forcement Is to bo demanded. The wild BDlmala that remain In the park ought to bo proaenred at all hazard * . Ft.OATtXIi The action of the Ilo.ird of Kd icntlonal I ands and Knnds ! n ordering the sliUc trcis- tiror t lnvt the large sums of Idle money belonging to the permanent school fund In outstanding stntp warrants H the first tep toward the extinction of ttie Urge floating IndebtrdntBs that ha * rust Nebraska so minli In the way of Interest. The notion ct the lx > nnl aim * to place Nebraska at once upon n strictly ca h basis. The floating In debtedness will not nccumulatf , for the board has ordered the payment of all war rant ! ! as fust as Issued. Nebraska 1ms been running practically upon a credit basis since- 1889. The warrant Indebtedness began to pile up n year before. The auditor's state ment on November 30 , 1890 , showed that the state was at that dale paying 7 pr cent floating Indebtedness of Interest upon n J5S2.9IO. From that date until the close of the last fiscal year on Novcml.-r 30 , 1S93 , the flcntlng Indebtedness rapidly lncrcancd until upon that date It liad assumed start ling proportions , amounting to ? 7MOS1 of registered warrants , \vlth enough out standing and unregistered to run the amount up to $1,023.723.11. During all these years the state- treasurer held Idle In the vaults of Ills chosen dtpo.iltcrlcs Immense sums of money from which the state received no benefit. During his official Incumbency State Treasurer IIII1 held moneys belonging to the permanent school fund , ranging In amounts from $385,939 to $7S3,5GS. There was never a time during Hill's last two years of rerv- Ice that he. could not have wiped out the floating Indebtedness of tha state by the observance of the law of 1891 , which the Hoard of Kducattoual Lands and Funds only last week finally decided to put In operation. During the present flscak year the state treasurer has done much toward wiping out the floating Indebtedness of the state. Ac cording to the statement furnished by ths auditor On November SO , 1893 , the out standing Indebtedness amounted to $1,025- 723. On April 30 of the present year the auditor' * , books showed that this enormous Indebtedness had been very nearly cut In date being $608- two , the amount on the last 000. A later statement , dated May 8 and compiled from th ; books In the ofllcc ot the state treasurer , shows that the aggregate n mount of registered warrants outstanding was $521,720. This amount Is drawing In terest at tbe rate of 7 per cent per annum. Tli5 Interest yut to be paid upon this amount will hereafter bo diverted to the temporary school fund. Even the Interest will be cut oft within a few months , for there Is every reason to believe that the entire warrant In debtedness of the state will be wiped out by the close cf the present fiscal year , which ends on November 3.0. The state Is rscclvlng the taxes due from the counties at a rate which enables the state treasurer to pay off the floating Indebtedness at the rate of about $123,000 per month. From figures furnished The Dee by Auditor Moore there Is due the state on the 1893 levy nlono the Immense sum of $916,918. In addition to this largo amount there Is oven a greater sum due the state upon previous levies. There Is , then , every probability that Nebraska will be en tirely free from Its floating Indebtedness by the close of tbe present fiscal year , with sufilclent cash In the hands of the treasurer to prevent the accumulation of a new In debtedness. Now that there is so fair a prospect of Nebraska's riddance from the Incubus of Its floating debt It Is proper to turn back and locate the responsibility for the debt orig inally and then to turn forward with warn ing to the future. The extravagance of the past three or four sessions of the legislature has been a matter ot general comment. In the period between 18S3 and 1SS7 the legis lative appropriations were doubled. In 1887 the amount appropriated exceeded the levy by more than $100,000. The following legis lature exceeded the levy by $22,000. Then came the first populist legislature ot 1891 with an appropriation of $2,8SG,57G , more than $400,000 In excess of the amount that could bo produced from the revenues of the state. It was this legislative' extravagance commencing In 1887 and" culminating In the riotous expenditures of the populist legisla ture In 1891 that plunged Nebraska so deeply Into debt. In consequence of the uncalled for Indebtedness of the state the people two years ago called a halt. The last legislature cut down the appropriations to something within reason. Some of the state institu tions have been compelled to economize. Some needed Improvements were , perhaps , neglected , nut the economy of the last legis lature , together with the careful administra tion of the present governor , has again put Nebraska upon her financial feet. There will bo no excuse for any future Indebtedness. The people will Insist above everything else that the legislative appropriations shall be kept entirely within the ta * levy. The state must not bo expected to spend more than Its Income. Nebraska has extricated herself from her present difficulty , but she must not bo allowed to get Into another. A. MISTAKKN WHA. The Idea seems to bo quite prevalent throughout the east , nnd It Is not entirely absent In other parts of the country , that the only object of the members of the differ ent Industrial armies everywhere springing up and banding together Is to get to Wash ington or to some other remote locality with out working or paying their way. This Idea Is frequently expressed by the state ment that the Industrials want only to beat their way along until they can reach some largo city or community where they can llvo In idleness , and that as soon as that prospect Is assured they will desert their fallows without hesitation or compunction. U Is expressed In a different form by these newspapers which persist inasserting that these men are seeking by banding together to compel people to assist them with food and transportation , which singly they would bo unable to sccuro. These criticisms may possibly apply to a limited extent to a small fraction of the membership ot the various Industrial armies , but they certainty do the greater part of tiifm a great Injustice. It may bo. and doubtless Is , a difficult thing to get at the exact motive which has Induced any par ticular man to Join In the movement. 'Many ot the recruits probably could not tell tbo exact motive In their own cases. It can not , however , have been the conviction that each could work his way east quicker or with less hardship ( han If ho tried to do eo alone that Induced many ot them to become Industrials. No ono who has road the stories ot Joslah Flint and of other literary tramps , who by the aid ot a little wit have roamed over the cntlro continent , supported by the people among whom their routes lay , cart for a moment believe that these men would have had the ( lightest difficulty In reaching any destination they might choose had they sot out by themselves and under their own generalship. The very fact that the men have banded together and have attempted to move about as armies has been the greatest obstacle to their progron * . . Where ono or a dozen men at a time could baslly llvo upon the country an army of several hundred proves too cnnl a burden. Thus wo Imve teen these armies compelled to ctftluns almost every hardship , Insufficient food , Inadequate clothing , forced marches , exposure to wind and storm , open nlr lodgings , wh n by simply breaking up , scattering over the country and each pur suing his own journey , all such NUffcrlng could have been avoided. The mcrJ purpose tn avoid work nnd beat their way cast cannot bo the real cohesive force that , keeps these bands together. Were It so they would have displayed extraordinarily poop Judg- .mcnt as to the means bsst calculated to crown their purpose with success. A recent Issue of the United States In vestor contained an article on western loans which shows a judicious appreciation of the opportunities now afforded for. the safe and profitable Investment ot capital In the west. Noting the fact that there has been a great curtailment In the amount ot eastern money seeking western Investment that journal observes that as a result values have fallen heavily In the west and suggests that at a time when everything Is depressed good opportunities for safe nnd exceedingly profitable Investments are to bo found. While It Is true that there have been losses from western Investments , they have been duo In large measure to Inck ot c.iro In placing money , and thu Investor says that the whole west is suffering today because of the Improper methods of loan companies and the credulity of Investors. Its legitimate Industries have been brought Into more or less disrepute because of the recklessness displayed In past years In booming properties , many of which had but small Intrinsic value. All this , the Investor correctly says , has been stopped. "The reckless mortgage com panies have nil gone to the wall. The rogues who playsd so largo a part In foist ing worthless securities en eastern Investors nave found tholr occupation gone. Real cs- * tate values have experlsr.ced a great shrink age. It Is hard to ECO how they can go much lower. Even with wheat at the low est prlco on record It would seem as If west ern farm lands must be worth present figures. Th./j being the case , " continues the Investor , "loans on real estate at these prices are perhaps ty be viewed with favor. Certainly there ouglit to bo not a few op portunities to employ money vsry profitably In the west In the next few years In loans , properly margined , on real estate. " Every body who Is familiar with the conditions In the west will concur in these views. Not In many years have the Inducements to western Investment been better than they are at this tlmo and unlrss the depression continues very much longer than there Is reason to bellevo It will such 'inducements will not bo presented again for many years to come. The Investor Is quite right In as suming that real estate values In the west cannot go much lower. The probability Is that they have already touched bottom and that at the first evidence ct business revival they will bound upward , not , of course , to where they were prior to the depression , but to anextent that will gtvo a liberal profit to Investors In real estate at present prices. Wo confidently believe that in no way can money be made to yield a bolter return during the next few years than by Investing It in western realty , and especially In a city like Omaha , which has an assured future of develcpment and prosperity. It Is remarkable that the owners of .eastern capital lying idle and profitless In the banks do not sec this opportunity for Its safes and paying Investment and hasten to take ad vantage of It. A POSTAL TKLKdttAPIt SYSTE3T. It Is hardly probable that the present congress will do anything looking to tha establishment ot a postal telegraph system. The party In power has not thus far mani fested any disposition to relieve the people of the exactions of monopoly , and It Is not likely" to Inaugurate a movement In this direction by attacking the powerful tele graph monopoly. The argument submitted to the house committee on postofilces by President Duller of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial union , in advocacy of postal telegraphic legislation , will , therefore , prob ably produce no practical result , whatever Its effect may be upon the minds of mem bers of the committee. A plausible excuse for not doing anything can , ot course , be found In the condition ot the public treas ury , but It Is not necessary that a postal telegraph system bo made general at once , nor has any ono ever advocated Its general application from the outset. It would bo sufficient at .first to establish It between the larger cities , extending It gradually as It became expedient and safe , from a financial point of view , to do so , nnd this would not Involve aliy ereat expenditure. Indeed It Is not to bo doubted that the revenue would from the Inception of the po'llcy balance the outlay and that after the first year there would bo a handsome profit to the govern ment from rates very much lower than the present telegraph charges. All the European governments that have the postal telegraph find It profitable , and it need hardly be said , also highly popular. There Is no reason why it should not bo both profitable nnd popular In the United States , and that It would become greatly popular can bo most confidently predicted. Dut although there is little prospect of any action by the present congress favor able to a postal telegraph system , the sub ject Is ono which should bo kept alive In public attention , to the end that the people may be made thoroughly acquainted with the advantages of such a system and through this knowledge bo Impelled to de mand It of their representatives whenever Urn conditions shall bo propitious for Its Inauguration. The people of the United States are charged much more heavily than the people ot Great Drltlan , Franco and Germany for their telegraph service , the principal reason for which Is the Inflated capitalization of the telegraph monopoly In the United States. Remedy through com petition Is not to be hoped for. It has been repeatedly tried and as often failed and the monopoly 1s moro strongly In trenched aualnst an attack of this kind now than over before. Sure and permanent relief for the people can come only through the action ot the government , because noth ing less powerful than tbe government can successfully combat the monopoly. There Is no sound or valid objection to a postal telegraph system , whllo the argu ments In support ot It are many and conclu sive. It would Insure the public cheaper rates and a better service , while the secur ity of their communications by wlro would certainly be as good oa at present. It has been urged that the postal telegraph might bo Improperly used In the interest of a po litical party In control of the government. If there was any tubatantlal ground for ap prehending such a danger It would be an easy matter to provide against It , but why should the people have leua confidence In their public officials than In the officials of a monopoly that Is always vigilant and not overscrupulous In promoting and protecting Its Interests' ' TllUlls " ° more rcaion for apprehending the i usc ot the telegraph than the misuse T9Jhe moll service by a poHtlcal party , anovulijcctlon to the proposed system on this score wilt hare no weight with any but the friends of the telegraph monopoly. In the annual report of the post master general for 1892 ho cald : "I am fully convinced that the government will never properly do the postal work committed to It until It uses electricity In some form , and therefore I advocate the utilization cf both the telegraph , and the telephone at the earliest JLiUacticablo < ! > ' T'l ' ° mall and ' .ho telegraph arc the Ufa currents of business , and to a largo de gree of social life , nnd the private monopoly of cither system must result In creating a preferred class to whom high rates may not bo objectionable. The humbler citizens must do without. " The country may have to wait some years for a postal telegraph system , but It wilt como In time , and the political party that 1ms the credit of Instituting It will deserve well of the people. nts OF THU CKXSUS. Commissioner Carroll D. Wright , now In charge ot the eleventh census of the United States , has given certain memoranda , to the editors of the Quartet ly Journal of Econom ics which enable them to Inform the public upon the exact status of thu census reports. The tentative results secured as the tabu lation of the returns progressed have from the first been Issued as bulletins at the earliest possible moment. Most of the discussion of census figures has been based upon the sta tistics presented In these bulletins , which have proved to be ono of thu most valuable features of the present census system. These bulletins are still being Issued from time to tlmo and will probnbly continue to make their appearance at frequent Intervals for several months to come. As now arranged the final reports of the census of 1890 will fill twenty-four volumes. Of these , there will bo two on population ; three on vital statistics ; ono on the- Insane , feeble minded , deaf nnd blind ; two on crime , pauperism and benevolence ; one on churches ; threi ) on manufactures ; two on wealth , deb * and taxation ; two on insurance , dealing with fire , marine. Inland and life Insurance ; ono on agriculture , Irrigation nnd fisheries ; two on transportation by both land nnd water ; ono each on mineral Industries , Indians , Alaska , real estate mortgages and the pro prietorship and Indebtedness of farms nnd homes. In addition to these there will be several miscellaneous publications. Including n compendium in three volumes , a digest , a sta tistical atlas and probably certain separate monographs not appearing In the final re ports. The ccnsifsf ) therefore , when com pleted , will constitute- Itself a whole li brary of Information upon almost every phase of the growth and present condition of the United States that will admit of sta tistical and descriptive1 treatment. It will form the most comprehensive census report that has ever been made In this country. Of these volumes , only the compendium upon population , the first volume on public debt , and the volumes on Alaska and mineral Industries have already appeared from the press. It took over two years to get the population figures sufficiently complied to permit of the publication of the com pendium on populalldfi. Three , or four other volumes are elthej/wjjolly or In. part In type , and six or elght , b rs.j jtherwholly or in part ready | fortjg \ "rln .er. iSfmo of the volumes cannot bo prepared until others upon which they must depend for thelY ma terial are available for example the third volume on vital slat's'tles must wait until the completion of the final population volume , and the digest cannot bo made up until the other volumes are all completed. , Commis sioner Wright goes on to explain that when It Is said that copy Is ready , the statement gives no Indication when the public will have access to the wtrff. "Seventeen or eighteen volumes involving 15,000 or 10,000 quarto pages of statistical matter will bo thrown upon the printer before the 1st of July. To bring out this enormous mass ot material will take much time and Involve great labor In proof-reading and revision. It. will probably bo at least two years from the 1st of July before the last printed page re lating to the eleventh census will bo given to the public. " Profiting by the experience which It has had with other similar govern ment publications , the public will prefer to give the commlsslonc- estimate a still further allowance. It is safe to say that before - fore the work of the census ot 1890 shall have- been completed the attention of con gress will bo directed toward making prep arations for taking the census of 1900. A COLON ! ' VOll HPILEPTICS. Ono of the bills passed during the closing weeks of the Now York legislature , and which was promptly signed by thq governor of that state , provides for the establishment of a state colony for epileptics , aiming to ex tend to this class of dependent unfortunates the same careful attention that the state bestows upon the Insane , the deaf and dumb , the blind and other dependents. Hitherto the state charges who were the victims of epilepsy were confined in the county poor houses and almshouses , without employment to keep them busy and In Intimate associa tion with paupers and degraded characters , where no special medical treatment was at hand. In New York the Insane were re moved from these surroundings under the state care act of 1890 , which- took 1,500 Insane - sane persons out ot the almshouses and placed them In state hospitals. Six hundred epileptics remain in ( lp } almshouses , and It Is these that the now qctjls Intended to provide for. f ' ' The now colony fd/ / epileptics Is to bo lo cated upon a tract prmerly occupied by n community of Shakers , consisting of 1,800 acres of land In ono ot the finest parts of the Gcnesseo valley1.1 ' There a-o two groups of buildings that wl sllght alterations will accommodate 300 patients nnd room can be made for moro as > the demand warrants. The property and buildings are divided Into two sections by a [ eaiii , facilitating sepa rate accommodations for men and women. There arc laruo orchards , vines and small fruits , which will djrd } outdoor employment for these who are abjp to , undertake It. In digent epileptics will be- cared for and treated at the expense of the state , but the colony is expected , when fully established , to bo prac tically self-supporting. Private patients re ceived when there Is room for them will have to have their parents or guardians In demnify the stqto for the expense ot their support. Only ono other American commonwealth , Ohio , has taken steps to extend state care to epileptics , although ilmllar projects to this one are being agitated In several other states. Such colonies have been In exist ence In Franco for forty years , In Germany for twenty-nvo years , while In England the same method In pursued by a private chari table society. The Ohio Institution was only authorized by a law of 1891. The examples cot by these states must , however , attract attention in the other states ot the union. If they realize all the hopes that arc being expressed for them It will not ba many years before the epileptic will b * able to find hu- mnno and scientific treatment for his fnll Ing. no matter In what part of the union ho may happen to bo when overtaken with mis fortune. A dispatch from Ilerlln announces tha the German warships In Ilriulllan waters have been ordered to Samoa , and also tha It Is thought In some political quarters tha the United States will abandon her claims In Samoa nnd leave to Great Urltatn nm Germany the settlement of the difficulties there. This Impression might easily have been obtained from the communication o Secretary Grcsham to the president , trans milled to the senate last Wednesday wttl the correspondence relating to Samoan nf fairs. The sercctary of stale very plainly expressed the opinion In his letter that I was not desirable to continue our Snmoai relations , from which ho said the United States had derived no compensating ad vantage. In entering Into the tripartite agreement with Great Drllaln nnd Germany this government made Its first departure from 'the well-established policy of avoiding entangling alliances with foreign powers , am Secretary Grcsham said that Instead ot this departure having produced any appreciable result it had been one of unmltlgaled dlsad vantage. The condition of the natives was not Improved by our interference , nnd 01 the other hand no Interest of our own luu been promoted. In this way the secretary ot state condemned the existing arrange ment , doubtless with the concurrence ot the president , the natural effect being to produce the conviction abroad that this govcrnmcn Is ready to abandon Samoa to Great Urltalt and Germany. Whether congress will do cldu upon this course or not Is a question There are democrats who believe lhat It Is highly Important to our Interests to main tain our relations with the Samoan Islands and as these relations were established under a.republican administration It Is to bo pre sumed that the republicans In congress wll generally bo disposed to continue them. It Is not a matlcr ot very commanding 1m portnnce , but It seems likely to bccomo o International Interest. The proclamation of the Italian govern ment , warning Its subjects against emigrat ing to the United States , may be duo either to n desire to prevent misfortune overtaking the emigrants afler they shall have absolved their allegiance to the mother country or tea a desire to keep them at home as citizens of the Italian kingdom. It Is' most probable that the latter reason has the greater weight with the officials who have Issued the proc lamation. Italy's interest In born Italians after they have passed beyond her Jurisdic tion Is remote , except so far as they pre serve an Intention to return lo Ihelr nallvo land lo spend Ihe savings of their labor In this country. . . On the other hand , Italy has discouraged emigration In every possible way until comparatively recent years , and even then has done little or nothing to encourage It. A subject in Italy Is preferable to a sub ject In some other country , who may require protection or intervention , and then , too , It dislikes to lese any ono who might. In case of emergency , be called upon for military service. Some emigrants will doubtless be dissuaded from coming to the Unlled States by reason of this proclamation of warning , but the more Intelligent will take Into account the motive by which the Italian government Is presumably actuated. What a farce the adjournment of the different houses of congress as a mark ol respect for a deceased member of ono of them Is fast becoming was Illustrated upon the announcement of the death of Congress man Drnttan of Maryland on Thursday. The congressman died In the morning. The fact was announced In the house shortly after Its convening and adjournment was taken at 12:30 : o'clock. In the senate , on the other hand , the news was withheld whllo the morning hour was devoted to Coxey and the afternoon to a long and tedious talk on the tariff amendments. Suddenly , when the dis cussion began to wane , the death of Mr. B rattan was announced , appropriate resolu tions presented and adopted , and "as a further mark of respect" the senate ad journed at 5:15 : p. m. The senate would have adjourned then whether n congressman happened to have died the same day or not. The "mark of respect" Is so faint as to ba scarcely visible. Tlio FoollnluirAH ot nomu A Boston Transcript. No wife ever made a good housekeeper who was not allowed to have her say about home matteis. That mnn Is a fool who persists In being the boss at home. ) lit n Discount. Kansas City Star. An Olio county treasurer , who wan "everybody's friend" nnd the most popular man In his section has ) , It li.is been ( Jin- covered , been .stealing steadily from the county. "Honest Juhns nnd Dicks" and "everybody's friends" will soon bo tit a heavy discount for public ollice. o y of thu Tool II. ill Unuio. Chicago Hernia. Lovers of foot ball will be disappointed at the result of the meeting of the com mittee ot experts bold In New York to rc- vlsu the rules. The regulations adopted contain nothing- authorizing the use of nxew , bmiBStnrters. brass knuckled , or slung .shots , and to all appearances the game mill not bo any livelier under the new rules than under the old. Going u I.ltllo Too Knr. AVashlnRtoii Times. Our good government grunts the North ern Pacific railroad n big hllce of publln land , secures Its bonds , gives It a fat mail contract , nnd In times of trouble furnishes the mall trains with an escort In fact , shares all the road's burdens. That Is simply protecting capital. Hut to go n step farther and ask that the people share In the profits that Is rank putcinullsm. ' and ( ' . 1'iitilotlHin Iruaa 1'lots. Ilnston Globe. Every man who pos.sebsea any local and domestic patriotism at this HCUSOII of trio year will see to it that his grounds and lawns are kept In u neat and artlHtlc man ner. Nothing uclilM ho much to the buunty of a city , or a nclghboiliood , us neat -and well-kept uroumiH. They make city llto more agreeable , and add. In u material way to the value of propeity In the vicinity. Historic New YorltVorliI. . An historic incident occurred In the Pennsylvania legislature when a member of that body nroue and addresalni ; thu Bpcukur said : "If the Pennsylvania railroad has nothing moro for UK to do 1 move that wo ndjourn. " The United Btatvs senate can make history In a similar way. If thu Sugar trust 1ms nothing moro to n.sk of thu "conservatives" there la no reason why the senate should not proceed to net on what la loft ot the Wilson bill. CUinnl 1'roJecU. Philadelphia Ixnliitr. Surveys are to bo made for a xhlp canal from the lakes to the Ohio river , probably by way of Krlo nnd Plttsbun ; ; the HKltii- tlon In favor of the Chesapeake and Dela ware Bhlp canal Is growing , and the re vival of the project for a Philadelphia nnd New York cam lias revived Interest In the Capo Cod canal project , which would Kreatly shorten the waterway lntween New York uml Iloston , There nre no physical difficulties In the wuy that could not bo surmounted by engineering uklll ; the question as to each canal turns mainly on the cost and possible revenue. U Is conceded that such u chain of canals would bu of great advantage to the gov ernment In case of war , uml that the canals would repay In value , directly or Indirectly , all that might be expended upon them , provided they should be carried to completion. HKVV1.AII SltOT.t .IT TIIK VVI.V1T. Philadelphia Ledger : A rov.vallst who Is working through North Carolina 1ms tha tort of faith that moves mountains. Amnni ! his recent converts were u 310-pound citizen of Pitt , nnd n Dare county woman who weighs almost 100 pounds. Now York Herald : U the clergy will for- Kct nvcrytlilng else and remember only this ono thing that men nro hnrd pushed nnd need help nnd comfort and good cheer- then crcrds will bo whistled down the wind , scctnrlnnlsm will bo banished and the world bo all the better for It. Minneapolis Times : A Methodist min ister before the local association of Meth odist preachers Uok the ground that these who have a speaking acquaintance on earth will renew It In heaven. Ho may have gotten thn Idea from the remarks addressed by Dives to Abraham on n certain occasion. Denver News : Talmago "points with prldo" to the sum of $1,000,000 spent by his church In charity. When that reverend gentleman compromised with his creditors at 20 cents on the dollar they doubtless wished that charity had < ? cmmcnccd at home. Some people would call that kind of thing robbing Peter to p.ty Paul. Buffalo Express : Knther Matono of Den ver Is In hard luck. Ho Is antagonized by h's bishop for being too liberal , and by the A. P. A. for not being liberal enough. In asmuch as leather Malone Is avowedly n believer In the public schools. It would seem to bo policy on the part of the A. P. A. lo espouse his quarrel as against his ecclesiastical superior. St. Paul Glebe : The Methodist clergy men have formally resolved that they will not attempt u rigid enforcement ot the church discipline. They say lhat It Is Im possible to keep their members from the theaters , circuses , cards , Sunday newspa pers , Sunday trains , nnd the like. Whllo such things nro not .sanctioned by the church , they will not be prohibited a con cession to the liberal tendencies of the ago that Is somewhat remarkable from such n source. Kansas City Star. An Irresponsible , looso- longued revivalist can stir up moro quarrels In a town In a month than Iho good citizen can put down In a year. Lawrence , Kan. , has had n visitation from one of the travel ing uxhortcrs who played Iho wrong card and was so nearly called down lhat ho left the town as quietly ns possible. Lawrence Is a tomperat"o town , but In order to create n sensation the revivalist declared that a great deal of Illegal liquor business was going on. And the next day he was hauled before the county attorney to toll what he knew , nnd ho didn't know a thing ; ho said that he made the absurd statements to wake up n temperance sentiment. The news papers laughed at Ihe slupld blunder he made of falsifying to create an oratorical thrill , nnd ho attacked the newspapers. They loft his name out of their papers and the meetings fell fiat. Tim Lawrence way of handling that sort of nuisance has Its good points. There should bo no respect for a man whose mouth works like a hair trigger , even If ho Is n preacher. I'KOl'LK AXI ) TIHXC.S. Keep off the grass means much In Wash ington. Employment agents circulate In the hlro levels of society. The revised football rules do not encroach on Iho business of Iho medical profession. Johann Most is Irreconcilably opposed to peace. Ho docs not drink anything stronger than beer. , "What Is the cause of this state ot affairs ? " asks the Atlanta Constltullon , referring lo the Ashland , Ky. , campaign. Hcrr Dowo of lierlln , Inventor of His bul- et proof coat. Is going to exhibit himself In the United States. Dowen't Strife Is a tonic for somenatures. . Hero Is Governor Tlllman , scarcely out of the habiliments of war , accepting an Invltnllon to preside at a spellingbee. . New York papers announce the regenara- tlon of Coney Island by Iho police. If the job Is complolo Ihe pnllco of Urooklyn ac complished that which filled enthusiastic re vivalists with the llred feeling. A woman shot herself whllo listening tea a performance In a Paris theater. It must have been a rocky show , but how much bet- ler for Ihe unforlunate woman nnd the coun try had she taken tlio Cripple Creek method and shot the performers. Nine newspaper editors nre on trial In Berlin for charging the police with brulallly. As Iho latler possess something of a pull with the court It Is likely lhat thlrly days and $500 will about satisfy the authorilles for Ihe Irrllatlng effect of truth In print. It is nlp-and-tuck belween Scnalors Quay and Dolph ns lo which will got In the last section of their serial speeches. At last ac counts Iho Oregon statesman broke away In the middle of a thrilling climax , leaving the reader gazing disappointedly at the familiar sign , "To bo continued In our next. " The Chicago Herald was thirteen years olden on the 10th. Though its years are compara tively few It has bounded to Iho front rank of American newspapers. It commands success by deserving It. The record of the Herald's achievements demonstrates what western enterprise nnd grit , compounded with sound gray mailer , will accomplish. With a few sllghl alterations which Iho reader can readily supply Iho following war ranty deed , punctuated with sobs , Ills the situation In Omaha : "Know all men by Iheso presents City of Philadelphia Trac tion Company hereby granted , conveyed , and by these presents all rights , tlllo , In- toresl streels , alleys including Inhabitants of said city to have nnd to hold their heirs and assigns forever , " etc. , etc. Fitosr rt.MfVJ non.v. Genius Is a cur o unless It loves truth. H takes hard times to mahe some people thankful , A stony heart and nn Iron will are a bad combination. The man who can smllo nml won't do It cheats others and robs himself. The poor have n thousand Joys lhat Ilia money of the rich cannot purchase. It Is doubtful If culture will over bo able to make n mnn stop snoring In his sleep. The man who looks through prejudice la always ready to gwcnr that there Is some thing green In sunlight. No church Is cvpr nmdo a bit ulrongcr by having qn unrepentant sinner with n pocket full of money walk up and Join It. If ns much preaching had been aimed nt the heart ns them h.is been nl Ihe head tha mlllcnlum would have dawned long ago. It would bo a long time before the devil would get discouraged If none were preachers except those who wear long-tailed coats. When anges | co church pillars on tholr way to the parsonage with wormy hams nnd crooked wood they nro probably puzzled to understand why God holds the judgment back. SOItotVK J'Olt l.OXd # iil3lOf8. Detroit Tribune : Court What do you mean by saylnw you \\eru onuo In tlio higher \vnlks of llfo ? Tinmp I wnz In da mountains uld Co.xoy. Plain Dealer : Monill.it Do you think a man can KO Into polities and retain | IH | sclf-rexpect ? Politician Oh , yes. HIslnHlca change , too. The Wateibury : Drlggs < - ( nn n man nerve two musters ? Ilenpeclc Well , that depends. Ho may Imvo n wlfo and a grown daughter , yon know. Chicago Tilbune : Elder Sister I know Mr. Pscndds Is not linndsoino , but you ilt him Injustice when yon say he IIIIM n facu that can stop a clock. Younger Sister- Well , It can .slop u almost. It seems to make It go mighty slow , anyhow. Detroit l > "reo Pres.s : Caller One of your pans Is a minister nml the other a physi cian , aren't they ? Molhur ( proudly ) Yi-s ; ono preaches nnd the oilier practices. Judge : Servant Yls , sorr , Mrs. Jones In In. Wlmt'.s your name , sorr ? Visitor Prof. Vatulerspllnkonhelmer. Servant Och ! Sure , ye'd better go roiglit In and take It wld ye. Chicago Post : "Yon have a title , I be. Hove , " said the stranger affably. "Yes , sir colonel. " "Ah ! A Kcntucklan , I suppose ? " "Yes. And you ? " " ' ' ' " "I'm called 'general. "IndeedI An 'Industrial , ' of course. " Philadelphia Ledger : The establishment of a coffee clearing house Is projected by the Coffee exchange of Now York. Tlio white of nn egg is said to bo effective. Washington Star : He had come In from Kentucky and met a friend In the station. "How's politics down your way ? " In- qulied the ft lend. " ' ' " "I'urty Intorestln' . "Having Homo pretty lively debates. " "Debates nothln'l" was the ill.ssatlsfled response ; "them's experience mtctln's. " LEARNING. Imll.in.iimlla Journal. She went through several classic schools , And gained her tutor's approbation ; Shu's mauled now , and knows the woo Of hiring girls who quickly go , AVhercat xho murmurs with a smile , "In this , I'm Keltlng all the while , A course In hireeducation. . " Mndnrns Without Method. Urooklyn i.i le. A party th.it Is pledged to tariff reform and that drops reform out of the pledge nnd merely puts HlresH on tariff change ) adds to Its own Infidelity to HH word the Injury of the country. Change merely for the sake of change Is never defensible. Change for tlio better Is Indispensable In tariff legislation , else there should be none , for the tariff Is tbo one thing In which fixity , constancy , or permanence la of llselj desirable unless something gravely better can be bad. Something no better Is nec essarily worse. It dislocated wantonly. It deranges needlessly and hence wickedly. A IIAl'l'V 31A1T. Brooklyn Ufc. Ah. life looks very brlRfil to me. Since I Imvo heard her say , With sweet , becoming modesty , She'll marry me some day If I will give up smoking ; If I will go to church ; If I will cut tbe club and lenva My best friends In the lurch ; If I will never stay out late , V Hut hasten home at 9 ; If I will let her have her way I She's piomiscd to bo mlnel a I If I will move to Drooklyn ; And never touch a card ; If I will buckle down to work , And labor long and hard To buy her stylish bonnets. And gowns and lots of gloves. Then I may bu that happy moo , The lucky man she loves ! If I'll be always pleasant , And never , never scold ; And never nmku her nurse mo ' And not grow cross and old ; And always stay good-looking- She can't stand ugly men If I come up to her Ideal , Why , we'll bo married , thenl I That's why I am so happy , ! And why I often seem Unconscious and abstracted I'm living In a dream ! She Is so tiweet nnd pretly , And so unselfish , loot I wonder how I won her love I can't belluvo It's true ! The largest mnttnrn and Bailer } ot lluu clothes on earth , Your monoy'a worth or your munoy bao'r. ' : i * - " ' ! Negligee Shirts. 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