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Bworn to befnr me nnd milncrlbeJ In my pres
ence this 2il dny of May. IMI. . . .
( Benl ) . N. I * . FHIU Notiry Public- .
Chicago papers are painfully silent upon
tlic progress of the Prendorgast Insanity ex
amination. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
One would hardly expect Coxey to want
to go to congress after the treatment lie
lias already had at the liands of that body.
Hascall has no confidence In the work-
Ingriion of Omaha for the very good reason
that the worklngmen of Omaha have no
confidence whatever In Hascall.
There Is a marked coincidence between
the cyclonic disturbances of the season and
the promised disturbance In political circles.
Wind Is the greatest factor In both fields.
According to a late census bulletin there
are In Nebraska 90,000 more single males
than females. Horace Oreeley's advice
should be made to read : "Go west , young
woman ! Go west ! "
There Is absolutely no limit to the free
coinage of words In the tariff debate. It
Is noticed that the advocates of the free
coinage of silver are showing the greatest
output of words on the tariff bill.
The severe storm which swept Lake
Michigan and the subsequent loss of Ufa
at Chicago proves that the life saving servIce -
Ice at that point Is Inadequate for such ter
rible emergencies. The llfo saving corps at
Chicago should be doubled.
A free feed for the members of populist
executive committee Is no Inducement to
them to locate their state convention at
Hastings. The populists do not all belong
to the Industrial armies , although some
of the Industrials may profess to bo pop
ulists.
The Nebraska State university must feel
dated over the suit brought against It by
a former student for $25,000 ns damages
I * ! for Its failure to confer a baccalaureate ilo-
II greo upon him. An Institution whoso de
grees are valued at that high figure must
take a rank with the best colleges In the
lj ! country.
The outflow of gold to Europe still con
tinues In splto of the assurances of the
commercial agencies that the reserve supply
In foreign market centers Is greater than
over before. Congress may yet have to
work more than five hours per day In order
to extricate the country from serious finan
cial difUculttes.
Wo are not yet able to understand how
the railroads which are being operated by
receivers can legally offer free excursions
to any body of delegates or attendants upon
conventions. They themselves raised this
objection to the free transportation of the
various Industrial armies. Are they any
more justified In extending such favors to
people who arts able topay their fares ?
Thq Springfield Uepubllcan Is claiming for
Massachusetts * the proud distinction of being
pro-emlnently the "homo of widows , " Not
that married men die faster In Massachu
setts than In other states , but that that
state offers thu greatest Inducements as
a rosldonco for married women after their
husbands have died. Attain your widowhood
wherever you can and then join the mourn
ing sisterhood In Massachusetts.
The great lake storm , according to the
reports that have been sent out , gave occa
sion for the appcaranco of a number of nine
teenth century heroes. The men who risked
their lives to rescue shipwrecked sailors
doomed to almost certain death deserve as
much recognition for their noble deeds as
any of the mythic warriors of the olilon
time who battled for the weak and the * op
pressed , True heroism is ns unselfish In
this workaday world us It has over been In
ages past.
The solidarity of the Industrial world
Is once more shown by the coal miners'
strike , which by cutting oft the supply of
coal U gradually forcing Idleness upon
workers In other branches only remotely
connected with that of coal mining. In
theory at least , carrying the 'strike over
a suUlclently long period would effectually
put a stop to operations in nearly every line
of human activity. The ilepwidenco of one
Industry upon another could not have a
bettor Illustration ,
Members of the house who have- had their
salaries ducked for Inexcusable ubseuco from
( ho sessions of that body want to got oven
with the senators at the other end "at the
capltol by Instructing the secretary of the
nat to put In force the saina ruling as fo
* lefititc which the sergeant-at-arma of the
bofiM U enforcing. It Is extremely unlikely
( hat HIM * riAtor will take kindly to a prop.
Miltfi/M of thin kind or admit that the mem-
t > M tit th lriwer home have any control
6v f ( h * r.rUry of thu senate. They will
with JffllwUH oaro thtlr privilege of
Pjr wblhtr they work or not. To
f nttnt (4 ( * jrl in of lalary docking mishit
AbHfArar * all tlMtlnatbnn between mombor-
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1'llODl'CTlOX AXD COXSVMI'TIOX.
In looking for the causes of the prevailing
business dcpre'slon It la Important to take
Into consideration production and consump
tion. U l.i a quite general view that for
several years preceding the crisis through
which the country Is now passing the pro
gress of Industrial production was too rapid ,
that the advance In this direction , In order
to have been entirely healthy , should have
been kr-pt nearer to the rate of Incrcaio In
population , and that because this was not
done there was such an excess of production
over the capacity of the country to consume
that a readjustment became Imperative , so
that In any event that Is , whether the long-
established economic policy of the country
had been as.ialtcd or not a curtailment of
operations In all Industrial lines would have
been absolutely nece'sary.
It Is a fact that the country made ex-
traordlngly strides In Industrial development
during the decade from 18SO to 1890 , while
the advance In 1891 and 1S92 was probably
greater than In any other two years of our
history. The total value of manufactured
products In 1890 was In round numbers $9-
000.000,000 , against $5,000,000,000 In 1880 , nn
Increase for the ten years of 74 per cent.
The Increase of population during the same
period wan less than 25 per cent. Capital
employed In the Industries Increased In a
much higher ratio , having risen from about
$3.000,000.000 In 18SO to over $0,000,000,000 In
1890 , or at the rate of 131 per cent. The
fall of prlrc.s In the Interval Is given as one
of the explanations of the disparity between
the ratio of Increase * In capital employed
and In the annual value of product , the In
ference being that the Increase In the
quantity of products much exceeds that of
their value , fly way of Illustrating the dis
tribution of the Increase In Indintrlal capital
as among the different Industries the New
York Commercial Bulletin compiled from the
census returns the capital employed In eigh
teen of the larger branches In 1S90 and 1880
respectively , showing an average Increase of
122 per cent. Commenting upon these facts
that paper says : "How far this rate of ex
pansion may be regarded as properly normal
may bo Inferred from the fact that the
growth of our manufactures , during the
previous decade , was from $1,232,000,000 In
1870 to $5,369,000,000 In 1880 , or nt the rate
of 27 per cent , as against an increase of 71
per cent between 1880 and 1890. And yet
the increase of population during the former
decade was 30 per cent ns against only 25
per cent during the latter. "
A different showing Is made by the cen
sus returns regarding the agricultural In
dustries. The yield of the cereal crops In
1890 was 5 per cent less than In 1880 ,
though the crops of 1891 were much larger ,
but It still remains true that for the past
thirteen or fourteen years the agricultural
Industries have not been developing nt any
thing like the rate of the manufacturing ,
and still agricultural production has more
than kept pace with the requirements for
homo consumption. It is noteworthy that
whllo there was a decrease In the yield of
cereals In 1890 , as compared with 1880 , be
tween the years 1870 and 1880 there was an
Increase In these cereal crops of nearly 100
per cent. The extraordinary agricultural
development of that period shows that by
far the larger proportion of the Increase In
population during the dccado was added to
the forces of agriculture , whereas during
the decade from 1880 to 1890 the larger pro
portion went to swell the forces In the man
ufacturing , mining and transportation Indus
tries.
Taken altogether these facts present an
Interesting problem. Have our manufactur
ing Industries been too greatly stimulated ,
as some claim , and If so what Is now the
wlso and practicable policy with regard to
them ? Shall all stimulus be withdrawn
from these Industries , or shall they be put
In a position to absolutely control and enjoy
the homo market ? Or shall the policy be
such as will reduce the stimulus to develop
ment , and In that case how great a re
duction will It be expedient to make ? What
can be done to promote consumption , now at
porlmpi the lowest point It has reached
In twenty years ? The obvious answer to the
last question Is to glvo full and remunerative
ative- employment to all the labor of the
country , and this Involves the maintenance
of all the industries of the country. In
order to do this a policy of judicious 'pro
tection Is essential. Under such a policy
production need not outrun consumption and
the progress made would be substantial and
permanent , with the danger of panics and
depression * always remote.
TlIU DOV'lOllii AXD TITKlU CODtl.
The Bee's criticism of the arbitrary and
altogether unreasonable i tiles adopted by the
secretaries of the State Hoard of Health has
called from the chairman of the board of
secretaries a defense which only proves the
Inconsistency of the doctors and establishes
the position of The Boo moro firmly. The
learned secretary assorts that the physician
who claims unusual facilities , skill or ex
perience In curing disease. Is guilty of un
professional conduct and Is therefore to bo
denied tho. privilege of practicing his pro
fession In the state of Nebraska. Ho bases
this assert Ion upon the unwarranted as
sumption that the medical societies which
have evolved the code of medical ethics
have rights of discrimination which the pub
lic does not possess. By the public ho evi
dently means the people who made the laws.
This position of the board Is untenable. Now
discoveries are being made In medical
science ovcry year and the medical profes
sion Is every year giving up long cherished
beliefs. Under the arbitrary ruloi of the
Nebraska Board of Health the physician
who discovered and advertised the anti
septic treatment for dressing wounds would
bo deprived of the right to practice medl-
clno In this state , unless ho would sign an
agreement to keep his discovery to himself ,
The surgeon who first announced to the
world the discovery of the process of
skin grafting would bo denounced
as a charltaan , The man who
first used cccoalno In surgery would bo
driven out of the profession unless ho ro-
fralned from advertising to the world that
he had made and wan using a wonderful
discovery for the alleviation of suffering.
The utter Inconsistency of the position
assumed by the board has been demonstrated
by the action of Its secretaries. At least ono
Omaha physician was denied a certificate
because ho advertised , At the hearing of
the case the secretaries produced witnesses
to provo that the physician In question was
utterly unfit to practice medicine. Some
weeks later the same physician , who had
previously been denied the right to practice
medicine , came before the board with his
attorney the latter now being on the bench
In this district and after signing a written
agreement to cease advertising In the news
papers was granted a certificate enabling him
to practice medicine , and ho li HO practicing
In Omaha today. Now , It this physician
was unfit to practice medicine the aecretariea
of the State Board of Health were guilty of
not only unprofessional conduct themsolvea ,
but they were guilty or the greater crlmu of
permitting an Ignorant man to practice upon
the credulity of the pooplo. If ho waa quali
fied to practice medicine , all the advertising
lit' could crowd upon the dead walls In the
city could not make him less a better phy-
ulcUn. The secretaries , following the arbi
trary rules of the medical code , sat'sfled their
own profosilonal' scruples by exacting an
agreement that the objectionable advertising
should cease. They apparently lost sight of
the fact that they were selected solely for
the purpose of protecting the public from
the Ignorant and unqualified. They con
tented thcmielvps with n "vindication" of
the code of medical ethics nt a risk of an
Injury to the public. The law was not passed
for the defense of the code of medical
ethics. It was passed for the protection of
the people. The rccretorlos have lost sight
of the people In their zeal for their code.
The law now on the statute books should bo
abolished and Its place filled by an enact
ment designed for the protection of the
health of the state. The medical societies
may take care of their own cede of ethics.
There Is no call to substitute that code for
a law upon the statute books.
AVS AHOVT HDITOHS.
I'eoplo who arc presumed to be Intelligent
and fairly well Informed exhibit the most
lamentable Ignorance concerning the make
up of a metropolitan newspaper. They do
not seem to realize that a paper like The
Sunday Bee , or , for that matter , nny of the
dally editions of The lice , Is the product
of scores _ of writers editorial , roportorlal
and specialists whoso complex work Is re
vised and classified by several department
hcadH. They actually Imagine or believe
that the responsible editor writes every line
that appears In the editorial columns and
reads every Item that may be written by
the staff or furnished by contributors and
correspondents before It Is Inserted. This
absurd notion Is emphasized moro par
ticularly when the editor of any leading
paper has achieved moro than ordinary
prominence , or acquired a national reputa
tion. Thus It was that everything that ap
peared In the New York Tribune during
the lifetime of Its founder was credited or
charged to Horace Grecley. The same thing
Is true today about Charles A. Dana.
Every editorial that appears In the Now
York Sun Is assumed to be from the vitri
olic pen of Dana , although the gifted New
York editor has been on the other side of
the Atlantic for most of two years.
Incidentally this Idiotic notion about the
omnipresent editor affords an opportunity
for parties who hanker after newspaper
notoriety to seek controversies with prom
inent editors through personal letters ,
either under pretext of airing a grievance
or contradicting some statement made by
the paper.
A striking Instance Is furnished In an
open letter to E. Ilosowater that appeared
a few days ago In an obscure sheet on the
line of the Elkhorn road. A scrub politi
cian , who holds a position as railroad train
dispatcher , ventures to take E. Uosowater
to task for an editorial on postal telegraphs
which had been published In The Bee. As
a matter of fact E. Rosewater is several
hundred miles away from Omaha when the
editorial was written. For the benefit of
the man In quest of notoriety let us state
that the editorial on postal telegraphs 1s
sound In Its logic and unassailable from any
standpoint. Furthermore It Is a piece of
presumption on the part of an automaton
brass pounder , who has never seen a postal
telegraph and merely rattles off exploded
false figures like a parrot , to address open
letters on postal telegraphy to anybody who
has made a thorough Investigation of the
subject.
AUMISSION TO THK HAH.
The authorities of the University of Ne
braska have Issued a circular Inviting the
opinions and suggestions of prominent people
throughout the state to a plan outlined by ,
them for raising the standard of require
ments tor admission to Us law department ,
and through that of the requirements for
admission to the bar. The present rules
upon this subject In that department simply
require each applicant to satisfy the faculty
that his educational advantages have been
such as to warrant his taking up the study
of law with reasonable assurance of success.
This statement the university authorities
feel to bo too Indefinite. They think that
there should be some clear outline of de
sirable preparatory work which should serve
both as a suggestion and a guide to those
wishing to enter the bar and as a standard
by which to secure greater uniformity of
ability within the class room. They Intl-
mate 'urther that those who enter the bar
from the law department of the university
should bo recognized as having enjoyed pe
culiar privileges and opportunities. The
proposition thus advanced , although by "no
means clearly presented , appears to have a
two-fold aspect an Increase In the require
ments for admission to the College of Law
and a discrimination In favor of Its grad
uates In the matter of admission to the bar.
No one who wishes the character of the
bar of Nebraska to be constantly Improved
with the course of time will refuse to glvo
hearty approval to the first part of the
action proposed. If the state Is to lend Its
support to a law school It should Insist upon
having a law school of the first rank. Such
a school can only bo maintained by placing
the requirements for entrance upon a high
plane. With a good foundation the school
can then build a good superstructure. It
should not exclude any ono who Is really
entitled to Its benefits , but It can oxcrclso
a judicious discrimination In saying what
qualifications the applicant must have In
order to prove that he can profit from them.
This , however , now rests entirely with the
university authorities. There ls nothing to
prevent them from setting a higher standard
of "a reasonable assurance of success , " nor
Is there anything In such a change that will
require more than the moral support of
the people throughout the stato.
The second part of the proposition , merely
hinted at jn the circular , to the effect that
thoao who enter the bar from the College of
Law should bo recognized as having en
joyed peculiar privileges and opportunities ,
Is quite a different thing. What the uni
versity authorities doubtless mean Is that
a diploma Issued by them shall bo declared
by law to entitle the holder to practice at
the bar of this state without further evi
dence of his abilities. The student who has
been able to attend the law department of
the university Is to have an advantage over
the student who has with equal faithful
ness acquired the same legal learning from
other sources. Such discriminations liuvo
been made In some states , but the tendency
now Is plainly In the opposite direction.
New York state , which has advanced as far
as the furthest In the matter 9f stringent
requirements for admission to thu bar ,
in a k B.I the colleen graduate take the same
examination us th law of lice student , and
credits him only with the equivalent of a
portion of the necessary period of clerical
service. If the college graduate has su- '
porlor advantages he will havu no troubl *
at all In posing a bar examination ; If he
has not a bar examination otters the best
way to find U out. The peculiar privileges
and opportunities which ho has enjoyed wilt
avail him In his practice throughout his
whole career. Let him rest satisfied with
this. The motto of : Nebraska Is "Equality
before ilio law. " The sentiment applies with
special force to the requirements for admis
sion to the bar. Lei the standard bo ele
vated by raising It to all alike , not by low
ering It to a chosen few.
OVTUMK fOll .lA'TMI/T/OiV.
The agricultural Interest of the country ,
which Is understood , to bo practically unani
mous In favor of the proposed anti-option
legislation by congrcai , will learn with satis
faction that the prospect Is highly favorable
for the passage of the Hatch bill by the
house during the current month. Washing
ton correspondents of newspapers that have
persistently denounced this measure concede
that there Is no chance of defeating It In the
house , Ono of thcio says that there Is
hardly any ono sanguine enough to hope that
when the motion Is made to take up the
bill It can bo voted down. The opponents
of the measure will ask ample opportunity
for debate , hoping thereby to gain strength ,
but this will be a waste of time If there Is
good ground for the estimated majority
for the bill of 40 or 50. It may be that the
opposition has some new arguments to offer
of a moro convincing nature than have
already Uren presented from that side , but
If such should provu to bo the case. It Is
hardly to bo expected that they will be so
forceful as to win over the ample majority
now promised for the measure. The fact
tint the members of the agricultural com
mittee unfavorable to the proposed legis
lation decided not to submit a minority
report may fairly be taken as Indicating the
hopelessness of the opposition so far as the
house of representatives Is concerned.
It appears that the opponents of the anti-
option bill are building hope upon the chance
that the senate will not bo able to act on
the measure at this session. They reason
that It Is too late for that body to do any
thing with It , beyond sending It to a com
mittee , and that Its actual consideration
will have to bo postponed until next winter.
It Is at least possible that they may be
disappointed , although the Impression Is
that the present strength Of the measure
In the senate Is less than In the last con
gress. It this Is correct the opposition
might find no great dlfllculty , under the cir
cumstances , In throwing It over to the next
session. If this be done It Is already Inti
mated that the plan would be to send the
anti-option bill to the rear of other meas
ures , the consideration of which could be
made to consume the entire time until the
expiration of conBtjcsfc oh March 4. Calcu
lations of this klrltl , liowover , assume a pos
sible apathy or Indifference on the part of
the friends of the proposed legislation not
likely to be realized. If the measure passes
the house without a serious contest , as
seems probable , its supporters In the senate
will not neglect It , and though they may
not bo able to get action on it at the present
session they may be expected to spare no
effort to give It a foremost place at the nex
session.
Meanwhile It would seem to bo Important
that the friends of the anti-option bill out
side of congress should do something fur
ther In Its behalf. The farmers of the
.country , It Is true , have heretofore very
generally expressed themselves , and.there
has been no Indication of any change of
sentiment among them , but. , no harm would
bo done If they were to again say to con
gress that they want this legislation. Cer
tainly the reasons for asking It are just as
strong and valid now as at any time in the
past , and perhaps even more so. In view of
the condition of the market for agricultural
products. It need hardly be said that the
speculators whoso business the proposed
legislation would seriously Interfere with
are not Idle or Indifferent.
A SINGLE SIOHAIi STANDAItO.
Considerable discussion has recently taken
piace for the most part an altogether one
sided discussion upon the question of ap
plying a single- moral standard to all per
sons alike , without distinction between the
sexes. The texts for these discussions
have generally been found In current events
to which the attention of the public has
been attracted , In the supposed moral to
bo drawn from the filthy Pollard-Breckln-
rldgo breach of promise scandal , In the
woman suffrage campaign In Now York ,
In the meeting of the League of Women's
Clubs at Philadelphia. Complaint has been
made of the rank Injustice that discrim
inates between the different punishments
meted out to men and women who are ad
judged guilty of the same crime or fault.
And all who have expressed themselves upon
the subject appear to bo In substantial
agreement that the employment of different
moral standards for the same offense by
persons of different sex Is wrong and calls
for Immediate remedy.
Why Is It , then , that In the face of so
great a unanimity of opinion In this matter
a single moral standard has not been
adopted ? That It has not been adopted by
any considerable portion of the human race
Is the fact upon which these complaints are
grounded. Behind this fact there must bo
some deep seated reason , because the actual
practice of mankind through all the ages
past Is the best proof that some such reason
does exist , The varying standards which
are applied to human conduct are not
always moro uoverevfor the man than for
the woman. In tUqsa offciues against per
son and property ) * for example , which are
most commonly coftimltted by men and
which are ranked 'apjfrlmos or mlsdeamean-
ors under the lawj the woman offender
almost universally escapes with the mini
mum penalty , whljtjier by compassion of
the Jury or mercy , of , the judge. In nearly
every case where the uomun Is arraigned
before the courts oh criminal charges she
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Is given the ) ( \ , ; a leniency that a
man would have no reason whatever to ex
pect , because she Is not regarded as resting
under precisely thcr'same ' responsibility ns
the man. i , ) ,
On the other handin those offenses whose
chief punishment tffrilHIsts in ostracism from
polite society ow jlfi , a loss of reputation
rather than In the \c \ y.l pains and penalties ,
it must bo acknowledged that woman Is
regularly Judged by a severer standard than
man. This has lieen observed among
uavugo tribes , It Is noticeable among semi-
civilized barbarians , It U true toJay umong
practically all races In every part of the
world. A departure from the path of virtue
by woman Is uot viewed an the sumo fault
as a similar lapse In man. The punish
ment Is different because the fault Is
different. The fault is different be
cause It has different effects upon the
future welfare of thu race. The man's offense -
fenso Is usually attended with no Injurious
effects except upon himself , whllo punish
ment for the woman's ofTonva U apt to bo vis
ited upon generations yet unborn , If not to
threaten the v.'ry continuance of the race.
The preservation of the clan , or tribe , or
nation , Is the first law with savages , as with
clvlllzod man , and anything that operated
to ondanccr that Is frowned upon by the
most repressive measures. Until It Is
demonstrated that society suffers the same
whether th offender Is a man or a woman ,
the single moral standard must bu an Ideal ,
not a reality.
The promoters of the projected Interstate
and International exposition at Atlanta have
asked for the enterprise the recognition and
approval of the government. They do not
ask n contribution In money , but want the
government to erect a building and make nn
exhibit. So far as giving approval to the
project Is concerned , which Is necessary In
order to Induce the South American coun
tries to participate , there Is no apparent ob
jection to It. but It la questionable whether
thn government should go to any cxponso In
connection with the project. U seems
to be the Idea of the promoters that the ex
position can exert an Influence for securing
closer commercial relations with the South
American countries , but Its effect In this
direction would be very trifling. The trade
between this country and the countries to
the south of us cannot bo very materially
benefited by shown of this kind , In the
absence of better transportation facilities
and moro care on the part of our manufac
turers In studying the needs at the southern
markets. There Is something to be learned
on both sides from nn International expo
sition , but this Is not of great account un
less there are means to turn It to practical
advantage. The projected Atlanta expo
sition should bo encouraged , but not at any
great cost to the public treasury.
The Now York Evening Post remarks
upon the fact that no state has followed
New York In supplanting the hangman's
rope with the electric chnlr , notwithstand
ing the fact that the Innovation has proved
so great a success there. It says that
electrocution has been found to work so
well that opposition to It has completely
disappeared , and nobody would for a mo
ment even think of a return to the use of
the gallows. The Post thinks this Is to bo
explained solely by the conservatism which
stands In the way of a change of nny kind ,
and perhaps In a less degree to the fact
that In many states the prisons are located
In places which lack the facilities for the
application of electricity to this purpose.
Electrocution Is bound to be introduced
generally throughout the United States so
soon as another crusade Is begun against
the barbarity of the present method of
dealing with capital criminals. The state
legislatures that arc to moot next year
will d6 well to Imltnto the example sot by
Vow York.
New York Is renewing the contest to re
tain possession of the Indian supply ware
house that was ordered removed to Chicago
a few months ago. It Is basing Its light
purely upon the patriotic grounds of saving
money to the government In the purchase
of supplies , but at the same time Is omit
ting no effort to bring Influence to bear
upon the authorities who have control over
the matter.t Is , of course , at present
merely a question between New York and
Chicago , but It these two cities cannot be
brought to let the officials of the Interior
department rest In peace It may be advis
able to take the supply warehouse away
from both of them and give It to some
other city Omaha for example.
The Insurance companies have adopted
some new methods In dealing with their pa
trons. Cases have been reported to The
Bee where policy holders have suffered small
losses. In settling upon the damages the
adjuster gives the policy holder the option
of taking what Is offered or having his
policy cancelled. In other cases where
trouble Is had with policy holders all com
panies holding concurrent policies cancel
their holdings. Such methods are both un
just and unreasonable. Such high-handed
methods will do more to encourage small
mutual Insurance companies than anything
else that can bo devised. The future of
the business In this country depends upon
absolute fairness between the companies and
their patrons.
Unjnnt Ulncrlinlnntlnn.
Atclilson Globe.
Fashion Is alwnys tender with women of
age. It now decrees that they wear a bow
of silk and lace where a bald spot might
be on their heads. A man Is not only not
nllowetl to put rosettes over hlH bnld spots ,
but is compelled to tuke oft his hat In pub
lic.
Unfortunntoljr Truo.
Iloston Herald.
Let a man accept n public ofllce with the
Hole determination of making money , no
matter by what prostitution of his authority
or disregard of law or morals , nnd the
elinnces that he will succeed are rather
better thnn that he Vlll land In prison.
Let hlH motives be of the highest nnd his
conduct of the purest , nnd thorp Is n tolerable
erable certainty tlmt he will leave public
life poorer thnn when he entered it.
AVIso Wimmn of Our IJuy.
Philadelphia Itccorcl.
The 300 miners' wives nt Cumberland ,
Md. , who notified the strike lenders thnt
their husbands , while sympathizing with
their brethren In Ohio nnd Illinois , Intended
to continue at work in Justice to their
own families which notice proved entirely
effective have not only voiced the wives'
ami mothers' side of the sympathy strike
question , but have given one more demon
stration of feminine Intelligence thut may
have timely value In the suffrage discus
sion. _
NecillcsH lliircleiiK on Fair SlioiililurH.
Iloston Cllobe.
Woman suffrage may be well enough ns
a theoretic principle , and we should very
much like to have the nssltnnce of women
In the trlnls nnd cares of politics , but , bless
their dear henits , we will magnanimously
Hparo them. WP are weary of trudging
mono to the polls , going to the legislature
ami to congress , nnd steering1 unaided the
much buffeted ship of state ; but nny man
who seeks to transfer even a feather's
weight of this great burden , tr > the fair ,
round shoulders of lovely woman Is a
wretch whom 'twere gross flattery to name
n coward.
A I'oinliiliin Napoleon.
Ololic-Pemoerot.
Hrooklyn Is looking mound for Its female
Napoleon of finance , who , beginning llfo ns
a Hel.ooltmirm , discounted the pay rolls of
teachers anil finally launched nut IIH a
hfuv/ borrower fiom private parlies , payIng -
Ing 9 per cent Interest. Her method was
sl.nply the oUi ono of borrowing- from No , 2
to i > uy Np. 1. Many of her creditors , who
are out about JMO.OUO , say Bho Is n hyii-
notlzer , hut It lu probable that the 9 per
r < nt had some weight with the lenders
At nil events they forgot that high Interest
means bad security , especially when Its
Is niyUcrlous.
Now Departure ) In Itoucl Improvement.
Now York Tribune.
A novel and extremely Interesting experi
ment In soon to be tried In Ohio. It Is a
new departure In road Improvement , which
lu claimed by IU author to have points of
marked superiority over thu building of
macadamized roads. Tin * plan is to extend
tint elfctrio railway tracks from cities and
towim Into the surrounding country , and to
construct theroadH In such a way that they
will bo u great saving In horse power
wherever such roads are used , since far
heavier loads can bu drawn on steel tracks
with the same force. In two counties of
Ohio trial will b miulo of this system the
present year. It need hardly bo said that
the result will bo awaited with much inter
est not only In Ohio but In other states.
The question of road Improvement Is llllliiK
a large place In the public mind nowadays ,
and anything In the direction of HOlvlwr It
la sure of earnest and respectful attention
Something similar to the Ohio Idea , was HUK-
Kfsted by an Kimllsh writer years ago , but
nothing , wo believe , ever came of It.
SKCVLAlt SIWTX AT Tltli 1'VI.l'lT.
Washington Post : A Texas evangelist
declares that the freedom of the press In
the battle cry of Infidelity , It Is not stated
just vrnnt unprofessional net this particular
brother hi > s been detected In ,
Somorvlllo Journal : If a minister wants
an Increase of salary. It. U generally unwind
for him to show his power of keen sarcasm
by writing his name with his finger In the
dust on the family blblo when ho U out
making a pastoral call ,
Now York World ; It ls a curloui fact
that twice In the history of Dr. Talmagc
and his tabernacles his house of wor
ship has been burned on a Sunday , the flro
appearing In both cases about the tlmo of
morning service. Both fires occurred on the
13th of the month. History docs sometimes
repeat Itself.
This Is not excluding the minister from
his privileges as a citizen , It h not cutting
the churches from the opportunity of organ
izing In support of the moral sldo when an
hsuo of morality Is but ore public opinion.
It Is only saying that when they mix In
current politics and Jump to hasty conclu
sions about political administration they lot
go their higher powers and bccoma as other
politicians. They lese much and gain noth
ing.
ing.St.
St. Paul Qlobo : A Chicago clergyman ti
endeavoring to establish a church whore
members of the cloth may resort for debate
upon the differences that divide the various
sects. The man does not understand his
follows. They have no disposition to dis
cuss their differences with each other. Each
regards himself as Infallible , nnd would
refuse to bo convinced of error by the most
unanswerable of arguments. The enter
prise will dlo a-bornln' .
Kansas City Star : "A free press Is the
battle cry of Infidelity , " shouted Judge Per
kins of Texas nt the Southern Methodist
conference In Memphis yesterday. Don't
get excited , judge , smarter men than you
have let the heat under tholr collars consume
them as a flame. A free press , Judge , Is not
quite the battle cry of Infidelity , but It Is
the boto nolr of every hide-bound , narrow-
sighted , hard-ho.irtcd , blood-spilling fanatic ,
every Inquisitor , every appllor of n torch to
the martyr , every man who has turned the
rack , every bigot and \ery man-hunter since
the printing prosj began Its glorious work.
A free press has niade It possible for men
like Judge Perkins to sit In Methodist coun
cil without being persecuted as a heretic and
burned as an unbeliever.
AXl ) TIllXUH.
The Kelsey contingent has made Us straw
berry mark.
Western towns are not particular about
the grass If the Commonweal crowd moves
on.
Mme. Duse's visit to this country next
season threatens the peace of several theat
rical tray spots.
Thrlc ? within two weeks have floods dev
astated Stlllwater , Minn. Achunge of
name Is In ordor.
A Paris paper pronounces Mr. Corbett
"unique and marvelous. " That's about the
way ho struck Sullivan and Mitchell.
A Coxey contingent composed chiefly of
Poles is moving from Indiana to Washington
to protest against further foreign immigra
tion.
tion.Tho
The temporal and the spirituous are com
bined In the appointment of Hev. C. M.
Green , a Peorla preacher , as a whisky
gauger.
Keen foresight and a generous supply of
sand enables the Union Pacific management
to point with pardonable pride to a grease
spot loft.
When a Commonweal army strikes a feast
of stowed chicken and Ice cream It Is not
surprising that the parting wrenches several
tender cords.
Miss Pollard threatens to write a book.
The friendly Interest heretofore manifested
In her welfare Is hereby recalled pending
good behavior.
Bishop Newman of Omaha was one of the
officiating clergymen at the laying of the
corner stone of the new Methodist church
and college In Rome on the 9th lust.
Emperor William has twenty-seven , , regi
mental uniforms , no two made ! by the same
firm. The kaiser understands that It re
quires several tailors to make a man.
Geronlmo Is now a justice of the pace at
Fort Marlon , Ala. _ As he has made his
mark In other professions there Is a reason
able certainty of his producing novel prece
dents In legal Lo-re.
Bourke Cockran shook his Index finger un
der an archbishop's nose and relieved him
self of a rhetorical bluff. It fs nearly two
years since Cockran played a similar game
In Chicago and was subsequently called and
laid down his hand.
The once beautiful nnd bewitching Coun
tess of Beaconsteln , transferred from Austria
to Chicago , has taken pity on a local poet ,
Francis Zurl Stone , and will wed him.
Poet Stone achieved distinction and poverty
singing the praises of catarrh medicine. As
the old phlegm did not respond to his im
passioned rhymes It Is hoped the now flame
will cough up readily.
Governor Flower has approved an amend
ment to the Now York libel law making It
a misdemeanor for "any person who will
fully states , delivers or transmits by any
means whatever to any manager , editor ,
publisher , reporter or other employe of a
publisher of nny newspaper , magazine , pub
lication , periodical or serial any statement
concerning nny person or corporation which.
If published therein , would bo a libel. " The
law will have a discouraging effect on mali
cious liars.
nr..tsTtt most nAM'8 irony.
Truth U never afraid to wait.
Watch the man who flatter * you.
A lean tlog generally growls the most ,
The troubles wo most fear never happen. M
A long fact Is not a passport to heaven.
Many a doctor probably enjoys ( rood honlth
because ho never takes any of his own medi r
cine.
cine.Tho
The devil Is not wasting much powder on
the preacher whoso religion Is all In hU
head.
Some preachers fall because they do not
think It worth whllu to cultivate commonsense
sense- .
Many a man puts a flno monument over
the grave of bin wlfo who made her get up
and light the flro every morning of her lite.
, SIM'7J FOH I.OM1 Hf.ltMOXN.
Tld-Illts : Woman lends the world. She
uned smokeless powder for anos before men
ever thought of adopting It.
Oalvcston News. The llrst Joint discussion
was iltmbtlesa held over a bone.
Texas Sittings : It Is a well known If tnthcr
paradoxical fact that rut diamond rates
are higher than the original pi Ice.
Buffalo Courier : "That takes n big wall
off my mind , " ejaculated the traveling man
when ho found he was In time to catch a
train he thought he had missed.
if.1
Harper's Bazar : "Wlinl place Is this ? " .
asked the society woman as the coachman
( Hopped before her own hnusp. "This ,
madam , " said the footman , "Is your
home ! " "Ah , Indeed ! " said the lady ' 'I'm
here so little that I had quite forgotten It. "
Kate Field's Washington : Goodman
There's a terrible amount of drinking at
the si-aside.
Van Soke No wonder. The Right of so
much water Is enough to make anyone
want a little \\hlsky.
Puck : Senior Partner Keep n oloso
watch on Ue Ledger's accounts this sum
mer.
Junior Partner Kb ? Is he playing the
races ?
Senior Partner Worse ! He has moved ( o
the suburbs nnd Is going to inl.se hla own
vegetables.
Chicago Ilocord : The Advanced Young
Woman ( In the year 2000 A. O. ) Hector ,
1 love you ; will you be mine ?
He Ah excuse me this Is so sudden.
Much as I respect your many ndmlrablu
traits I rannot marry you
The Advanced Young Woman Oh , I beg
you to
He ( tlrmly ) Hut I will bo u brother to
you.
Buffalo Courier : She Why Is It they
speak of a man a.s a "strong" candidate f
He doesn't have to lift anything , does he ?
He Kr not exactly : but his friends all
expect him to carry the day.
Atlanta Constitution : A man wai ) being
tried for hog stealing In a southwest
Georgia justice court. He had an accom
plice In the theft , to whom the Judge said :
"You knew this fellow stole that hog ? "
"I did , your honor. "
"And yet , you helped him cat It ? "
"I did , your honor ; but ho was a sickly
man , an' If he'd ha' eat that whole hoff
he'd ha' died certain 1"
KKSIONATION
W4u liln ton Stnr.
"Good by , " said the politician ,
"I'm going to resign ;
It Is time to forbear in the worry and care
Of a hurrying life like mine.
"So here Is my resignation.
Of fortune my cup Is full ; "
'But they found It had It's a fact most
sad
A string to Insure a pull.
The Goxpel of DlHcontcnr.
Knnsns city Star.
What a kettle of fish Is stewing these
day.Here are the troops marching up
anl down the west keeping train tiileVes
out or the Union Pacific cars In Washing
ton anil Oregon , here are nearly ( XW car
stca'c-rs on the government reservation
at Lcr.\cnworth and a lot of hired men In
Kansas running over the state trying to get
others to quit work nnd live on the Inter
est of their debts. Kverywhere lh& doq-
trlne that the user has more rights than
the owner of property Is preached , and
law Is coming to mean a prejudice against
the successful man nnd a protection Tor the
failures.
It.llXY Jt.lT Iff A OAlinMT.
Nixon "Waterman In ChU-nRO Mnll.
We could not play at tennis , lo cercle or
croquet ,
We could not venture out of doors that
rainy summer day :
But yet by me unheeded was the shadows
In the skies ,
I saw but sunny weather In the smile of
Veda's eyes.
Within the roomy attic such Jolly games wo
played ,
Why should I at the patter of the rain
dropn be dismayed ?
And In our joy I often thought If she would
only share It ,
I'd have my life one rainy day with Veda
In a garret.
The years a score have hurried by since
that glad afternoon
Which she and I so gayly passed with heart
and heart In tune ;
The sunny locks that lay across her brow
are streaked with gray ,
But love Is Just as young and glad within
our hearts today.
Sometimes the clouds have crossed our
paths and hidden all the blue ,
Yet all the while affection's sun was shining-
warm and true.
A yoke Is light and easy with two steadfast
hearts to share It ,
And love can make life's rainy days de
lightful In a garret.
& CO.
TUo Urtrost jrmkom and nalleraot
.
line clothus on e.trtli ,
Your monoy'8 worth or your inunoy hixo'r.
1'
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Novelties in Suits.
Something different from what you got else
where exclusive stylos. That's
the kind of goods wo are show
ing in suits for men and boys.
They are out in the latest style
right up-to-date with a varied
assortment of colors and designs
ITT5
large enough to satisfy every
ITT5f taste. It seems as though we
f have told this often enough to
have everybody know it. Most
people do , but there are some
people who think that our high-
class clothing is high priced.
Taint so. We only ask $2.50 for a Boy's handsome
suit , and for $8.50 you got an up-to-date Man's suit
Higher priced ones are low priced , compared with
I what you used to pay.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S , W , Cor. Fifteenth and Douglas Streets ,
