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credit of tlio state nro nmlntulnoil. JurtRo
llnlroiiib lit Uxpoiltlon hull , hcptrmlior II.
You tllfln't expect summtr to last all win
ter In this Intltudc , did yauT
It la again time tor tlio stock Jokei about
Jong lialr nnil foot ball to make their reap-
liearattce. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The two-minute pacer Is on the home
stretch ami the flvo-day transatlantic ocean
nteamor will follow In Its wake If only given
lime. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Kansas congressman who la too poor
lo stand for re-election surely rn'lctl to rnaltc
( ha most of his opprtunltles while In Wash
ington. .
President Cleveland must have loft his
copy ot familiar quotations behind him lr
Washington. Hence the Interruption of his
letter-writing hobby since he arrived at Buz
rard's bay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Although Air. Depew Is not a candidate foi
office In the Empire state , ho gets just a :
much fun 'out of talking about the matter as
It he were a candidate successful with botl
nomination and election.
Unless a radical changeIn the sltuatlot
of the New York republicans occurs betwcei
now and Tuesday , the prospects of a republl
can stale ticket , headed by Levl P. Mortoi
for fforewor. remain better than ever before
U Is significant that the woman who vcn
lures to advlso glrla who have to provldi
for themselves to get married as scon as tin
proper opportunity presents has to hide her
self behind the- bulwark of a nom de plume
The Qcugar woman testified In the Unltei
States circuit court for Massachusetts tha
she was El years old and that she had beei
married at the SKO of IE years. Out ot con
ulderatton for her husband the court re
lleved her cf the necessity of disclosing an ;
more of her private history.
Senator Pefter characterizes the whol
democratic tariff leglslitlon as a grab gam
and admits that he > took , a hand In It him
Belt rather than permit his colleagues to gra' '
everything unhindered. At the great gam
ot grab Senator Pefter has not proved him
self to be much of a shining success.
The three or four women newspaper wort
ers In Omaha feel that they are not dul
appreciated by the men In the same occupc
tlon , and much less appreciated by tli
women In other occupations. We regr
very much that this Is so. But so long c
they appreciate one another's work the
ought not to hare canso for complaint.
Chairman Wilson In London Is consldei
ably different from Chairman Wilson In Wei
Virginia. In West Virginia he announc *
that the now tariff Is not a flnallly and tin
the democrats propose to continue their flgl
for lower duties In the direction ol win
they conceive to bo tariff reform. In Londo
IIB declines to say whether the parly Inteni
to make any further move In the field <
tariff legislation. Why not confess that tt
democratic party does not fcnow what
wants to doT
Those deputy sheriffs who so willing ]
volunteered their services In the cause <
the preservation ot peace during the grei
railway strike at Chicago and who hai
since bean laboring to convince the author
lies that they are entitled to three days' pa
for every twenty-four hours that they wei
In the public service , will have to bs s-U'sfU
for the present , at least , with the ordinal
remuneration. . Mono ot them thought for
moment that they were going : to earn thn
salaries at once when they were recruit !
Into Iho sheriff's forces. They were- thereto :
get exactly what was promised them nr
exactly what they had reason to expcc
They may possibly appeal to the courts for
decision on , this subject , but they will ha <
tha sympathy ot neither worklngmen m
taxpayers In their efforts.
That many of the people In the east hat
not refbeen reconciled to the grant cf > tat
hood to tha Inhabitants ot the western ten
torita cropi out every now and , then , as , t
example. In n recent Issue ot the New Toi
Evening Post , which repeats , with referen
to Idaho , ( hat U Is an outrage "Ihat a fe
thousand voters In that frontier region ha
the- right to two representatives la the upp
branch of congress. " It Is difficult to t.
whether tola Is a manifestation of jealou
at the lncrca lng political power tt I ha we
or merely a. pr teit against th class of m
who represent the1 e t In congress. T
equal reprcifntalton of the elates In t
Bonato Is , however , a fixture In the cons
tutlon , and the western atales arc flxtur
In Ihn union. Tb eastern people nuy
well Jocept the Mtuatlon good attureJIy.
THE IMCATIOX OF CtTtKS.
What In It that determines the location o (
cities ? What make * one- spot Iho choaen
abiding place of thousands while another that
lo all appearance * Is equally well favored
by nature can attract but a few score In
habitants T What Influences men to fix upon
a particular point for the establishment of
a clly rather than upon a. different one
which later experience might have advised ?
These questions ha\o doubtless puzzled the
mind of man ever slncp the dawn ot his
tory dl.ioln eil portions of the human race
congregated In towns and elites of greater
or lets Impirtance- throughout the cast.
They are still puzzling questions today not
yet HallsC.ictorlly answered. Wo have , how
ever. In : i monograph on "Tho Theory of
Transportation. " written by Dr. Charles II.
Cooley , ami Just published by the American
Economic association , some new light on
this old problem that Is Interesting , It not
conclusive.
Dr. Cooley makes bis theory of urban lo
cation n part ot his theory of transporta
tion , although ho admits that tt Is extremely
complicated and not tobe treated as solely
a matter of either transportation or economic
relations. The llrst towns In militant com
munities are really places for refuge In
tlni'-s of Invasion or attack. Other cities
have originated out of religious superstition
or out of the supposed sacrcdncsa of the
land upon which they arc built , Still others
must ascribe- their Importance lo political
forces , , the possession of the Instruments
ot government to which the people must
resort for the wires * of grievances or the
transaction of public business. All of these
may IJP contributing forces In the same In
stance , but they can be of but minor value
In the locution ot modern cities. Excluding
them , therefore , Dr. Cooley tnaliM this the
thesis of his argument , "That population
and wealth tend to collect wherever there
Is a break In transportation. "
Ily a break In transportation Is meant
an Interruption of the movement at least
sufficient to cause a transfer of goods and
their temporary atorage. There are two
kinds of breaks. U the physical Interruption
of the movement IB all that takes place It
Is a mere mechanical break. If at the
same time such an interruption Is accom
panied by a change In the ownership of the
transported goods , ve have a commercial
break. Urejks of the- first kind are ob
viously of much less importance than breaks
of the second kind , although even they , \\her
they necessitate change In the mode ol
transportation , as from water routes to ral
routes or from wagons to pack mules , maj
brlui ? together a great many people and re
quire the use ot numerous structures. The
commercial break Is the backbone- alt GUI
large commercial cities. It arises where
the point of physical interruption of trans
portation Is made the center of trading
money changing , jobbing , banking nnd othei
Incident Industries. If the forms of thi
materials transported are also altered am
they are combined or wrought up Into mon
highly specialized articles we have theex
panslon Into a manufacturing city. Dr
Cooley Insists that the mechanical Interrup
tlon must , to create' a city , bo one betweei
different kinds of transportation , usually be
leeti water and land or between deep watei
and shallow water and points for lllustra
tlon to the location of all the- largest com
merclal cities at the mouths of navlgabl
streams. The cities then from this poln
of view are due not to the bounty of na
lure , but to her niggardliness In not makln
alt parts of every country equally acces
slble by both land and water from ever :
other part.
All this la quite Instructive , but as w
have Intimated , It Is far from conclusive
Telling us that population and wealth tend t
collect wherever there Is a break In trans
port at Ion does not explain why they collec
'
at a particular section of the break. It doe
not tell , for example , why In the Unltei
States the greater number of our Importan
cities are on the west banks of the rivers upo
which they are situated. It does not tcl
why New York Is the metropolis and no
Iloboken or Jersey City. It docs not tel
why Omaha has forged ahead while Councl
Uluffa has remained practically statlonar ;
With equal accuracy , too , we might rcvers
the thesis to far as Introduction of rail
wuys Is concerned and say that breaks I
transportation tend to occur where wealt
and population have collected. There ar
certainly coincidences of the two In all th
larger cities of the world , but can we sa
with deflnltencss that they occupy the n
latlonshlp of cause and effect ?
I'OllKiST PItKSKIlr.\TUX \ ,
The more than ordinarily dostrm
live forest fires ot the year hav
served to Intensify Interest In tli
question of forest preservation , If nt
generally , at any rate among those who hav
an Intelligent appreciation of the Importanc
of the subject. At the last meeting of tli
American Forestry association It was said I
one of the principal addresses that tl is like !
timber will soon be dearer In the Unite
States than In Europe , where consumption
less. Next to the United States and Ilussli
Drazll stands third In forest area , with Cai
ada , Sweden und Norway , Austria , Hungar ;
Germany , Ihe Argentine republic and Pram
following In the order named. Hence tlio In
portance that Americans consider well tt
claims of forest preservation , for our forei
products are to play quite as Important
part In future national progress as In that <
' Ihe past. The United States burns more 11 r
wood , buJliU more wooden fences and crec
more wooden houses than any oilier nation.
It was remarked as a hopeful sign In cai
nee tlon with this subject of forestry prcserv ;
tion that the Intelligent classes are manlfes
Ins more interest In It , and this Is ui
questionably tru * of the cast. Hut there
jtttl much work to be- done In educating-
American people up to the Importance >
forestry matters , and it has been suggest !
that this should be done In the schools , In tl
6 colleges , In legislative halls and In the club
The medium that will best awaken and ed
cale public sentiment , however. Is the pres
and everywhere this Is doing good service f
the cause. The Indifference that has be <
shown by congress regarding forest preserv
tlon has frequently been remarked upon ai
U U in striking contrast to the great cancel
which European governments have alwa ;
shown In thU mailer. In Germany. Franc
Austria and Sweden the public forests a
r divided Into districts , lubdlstrlcta and dlvl
k Ions. Over each district la placed a fore
e Inspector , aver subdlrtrlcts are directors ai
r over the divisions are foreatera * To tht
( i olnclals ire entrusted the manacemcnt ai
r care of the forests ami of everything perta !
y Ing tn them. 1C a are occurs , the forest
y has been trained lo suppress It , and 1C It gt
it beyond his control be is authorized to K
n In the arslstanco of the neighbors. Unile
e brush Is not allowed to accumulate , trt
e passers of all sorts are excluded and a co
l ttanl watching end patrolling Is maintain
s of tbu 1,200 to S.GOO acres entrusted ta t
care of each forester. It would not be pro
ticible in thU country , or at any rate , In t
western states , to > apply all the forestry regu
lations In operation In nurope. There are
obvious Oimculllos In the way ofdoing no
that * oald befo'im ) practically unsurmmint-
able. Hut U will hardly b ? questioned that
What lias boon dom' In this country for forest
preservation falls far short ot what m'ght '
be tlone. and. ns a consequence , there- ban
been an annual lei ot trum 125,000,000 to
130,030,000 , the larger part of which could
have been saved If prop r nnd adequate pre
cautions had been provided. The agitation of
this subject should be vigorously maintained
until there Is such legislation ai will protect
the forests , as far as tt Is practicable to dose
so , agalnsl fire arnl pillage.
SW.I/MTK .WXlClPAb
In summarizing the opinions of the fifteen
different contributors to the Independent's
symposium upon municipal government , the
editor of that enterprising weekly Journal
says : "The careful reader will observe that
there ; are pcveral points upon which our
expert contributors agree. In the first
place , they agree that municipal elections
should be entirely separate from state and
national elections. The reason for this they
give nt length , and few can read them with
out ogrcelng that they are conclusive. The
problems of the city differ from those of
the slute , and there Is no sulllclent reason
why the elections should be combined. "
The cities' amendment , too , which has been
proposed and debated In the New York con
stitutional convention , provides for Ihe sepa
ration of municipal elections from state and
national election ! : und throughout the heated
controversy over pome ot the changes In
municipal government ulilch It contem
plates , the expression ? nf the members have
been almost unanimous In ravur ot this par
ticular feature. The New York news
papers have- been unusually active In Its
support , and a few of them have oven
called for the separate submission ot this
part of the amendment in order that It may
not be Involved In any contest that may bo
made over the- other proposed reforms.
Tlie first step In the fight for municipal
reform , then , Is to be a fight for separate
municipal elections. All the ultimate ob
jects of the movement for good city gov
ernment will be brought within reaching
distance when the elections for city offices
and tor state and national offices arc fixed
for different times. So long as city , state
and national Issues arc mingled In the same
election , they will constitute almost Insur
mountable obstacles to the accomplishment
of the reform program. Voters cannot help
being Influenced by partisan prejudices when
they are compelled to make up a ticket
headed by candidates standing upon national
or state parly platforms. On the other
hand , If they are concerned with the selection
of city officers only , they will be much more
apt to consider the merits and abilities
of the * candidates without reference to theli
party aflillatlon.
Where- experiments with separate munici
pal elections have heretofore been made lr
American cities , the chief objection , has
arisen from excessive costliness. In Omaha
for example , separate municipal elections
prevailed for some time- , but were abandonee
on this score. The- reason fop the excessive
costliness was that the municipal electlor
was held In addition to the regular elec
tions for state and national offices , ant
therefore required a. duplication of the elec
tion machinery. It was , moreover , held It
December ot eaeh year , only a month aftei
the preceding election , and at a time whei
the people were tired of politics and tw
exhausted to lake that interest In city gov
eminent which they owe. The plan pro
posed In New York obviates this posslbh
difficulty by making municipal election !
occur as usual In November , but only It
odd years , while the elections In the evei
years are to be devoted exclusively to stati
and national Issues. In order to eflec
this , the terms of all public officers mus
be made two years or multiples of twi
ycais , thoseof state officers beginning li
even years and those ot municipal officer ;
beginning1 in odd years. The terms of tin
president and members of congress alread ;
fit in with this scheme. It Is argued ii
addition that no harm and much good ma ;
come from the readjustment of the term ;
of city officers , because the change wll
center the responsibility for the selection o
good men upon a single election , co-mini
every two years , nnd enable the forces seek
Ing for better government to ba better con
centrated rather than dissipate themse'vr
In weak efforts upon elections twice a
numerous.
Separate municipal elections , however , ar
not the goal of municipal reform. Cit ;
government by honest and efllclenti mci
upon purely business principles Is the rea
end In view. As a means to attalnln
that end , separate municipal elections wll
be a valuable- not r.n Indispensable aid.
LKSSKNfllKAT \
Wheat production is becoming a r.jrlou
problem for the American farmer , The lo\ \
price la which that grain 1ms fallen and th
vlgoroua competition between the wheat-ox
porting countries , with some ot which ther
has been an Increasing production for severs
years , preterits a case full of perplexing dlfil
cullies for the wheat growers of the Unite
'
" States. What shall be done to restore th
price ot wheat to a profitable figure la
1 troublesome question ,
C
In his address at the New York State fal
" j Governor Flower advised the farmers of tha
stat : to ceabc growing wheat. Somewho
similar counsel was addressed to the farmer
of the country by the- late Secretary Rusk 1
his last annual report. Ho pointed out the
the error which misled our producers , b
Inducing the expectation of a rapid advanc
of thHr wheat to a high value , which wa
very generally entertained three years ag <
arose from a ( allure to appreciate
changed conditions which no- surround tli
production and marketing of the world
wheat crop. The commercial supply dois m
depend entirely uron , the crops of n fe
large countries. The ramifications of con
morco are so extended and the facilities fc
Internal communication so improved In tl ;
various countries ot the world that a deman
will draw a supply from sources little recof
nlzotl a few years since In summing up com
tries of production. The agricultural repoi
of 1892 said : "The time has arrived whe
the American farmer must cease his effort
to neutralize Ihe low price of his wheat t
producing a larger quantity. Ho Is gain
from bad to worse , and each effort to extr
cate himself by that nnana sinks him deepi
In the mlro of failure. The cnly proper caun
lies in a reduction of acreage and productlc
to meet the demand ot domestic consumi
tloti and a normal requirement for export ;
tlon. Th ? conditions which have at last eve
\\helnied cotton growers now threaten whci
growers , and unless there U a speedy redu
tlon by choice there will be B further parall
In a reduction by force of circumstances-
far as our own wheat growera are concernt
the remedy ta In their own hands. " If tti
advice was good two years ago It Is evi
belter now , /rVn the cemllllon * pointed out
iby Secri > tarji.ll ( | k are In much more vigor
ous operation. Hut haw shall this counsel
bo made crfftrcttve ? In order to do that
there must dtp i .so mo general understanding
among American wheat growers , and that , of
course , Is In/pVaJtlcable. Th * great combina
tions can rcgulitte production In their lines
so that supply ahall not more than keep pace
with demand , but It la not possible to make
a combination * of the farmers nf the country
to do this. > ' 1.
The matten.il. one , however , which CTtalnly
ought to comma-nil the intelligent and serious
attention ofodlif agricultural producers. We
referred recently to esllmates ot the world's
yield of wheat this year , which showed that
It exceeds that o ( last year , as well as the
average of the- last ten years , by about 200 ,
000,000 bushcli , nnd the probability Is that It
will bo even larger than this. There Is no
profit , or very HttlJ , for the farmer In wheat ,
at the present price , nnd certainly no ad
vance can 1)3 hoped for 1C production Is
maintained. Since U is not practicable to
adopt any general plan , the problem Is one
which each Individual farmer must solve for
himself.
The article contributed to this Issue ot The
Bee by ex-Superintendent of the Census Hob-
6rt P. Porter upon the census Inquiry Into In
dividual debt emphasizes the most Important
facts elicited by that Investigation , and shows
that the relative condltlcn erf thi urban and
rural Inhabitants ot the United States Is al
most the very reverse cf what It was popu
larly supposed to have beun. While the total
mortgage indebtedness In this country
amounted In 1S90 to the enormous total of
fG,019,079,9S5. represented by 4,77lfi9S mort
gages , two-thlrdi cf this , or " $3,810,531.651 $ ,
was loaned on city feta , and only one-third , or
$2,203,148,431 , on farm acre : ! . The burden
resting upon the owners of the property In
the form of the annual Interest charge com
pares even more favorably to the farmers ,
being $234,7S'J.84S en city lots and $162,652-
944 on acre property. Express the proportion
In any way \.e choojc , In the ratio ot mort
gage indebtedness to Iho number of Inhabitant
tantin the ratio of the moitgagc Indebted
ness to the estimated true valuation of real
property , the relative situation remain * In
favor of the country us against the city nnd
of the west as against the east.
Another equally Interesting feature Is that
which disproved tbe alUged connection be
tween distress or misfortune and mortgage
Indebtedness. The purposes for which the
money was b rrowed , as ascertained by the
special agents of ths census , have been class
ified under general headings that show nearly
90 per cent of ths number cf mortgages and
nearly 95 per cqnt of their amount to have
been devoted to purchase money. Improve
ments , business' and similar undertakings. Ot
the remainder only a very small portion was
required to make , up for losses nt duo to the
negligence cf the borrowers. As a natural
consequence of ths | , the moitgage Indebted
ness annually Incurred has been greatest In
years cf general 'prosperity ' , when people are
acquiring property1 , making Improvements
and extending- ' business , and least In years
of dullness and 'business stagnation. As Mr.
Porter puts It , "prosperity and debt march
hand In hand. " They are coincidences , not
necessarily cause and effect , although they
certainly react , upon one another.
A conference : 'of' representatives of the
United Sta'tes arid" the Dominion'boards of
trade will meet at Tprcnto tomorrow to dis
cuss the proposal that the American govern
ment shall Join with Canada In deepening the
St. Lawrence canals ta the sea. This Is a
matter In which the northwestern states are
especially interested , and It is to be hoped
they will b ; properly represented at the con
ference. The Invitations to the conference
dwell upon the necessity for twenty feet ol
water from the insi : western Inks ports to
the sea as an outlet for the larger class ol
vessels now employed In the commerce ol
the lakes. It Is urged that with a twenty-
foot channel from the great lakes to the sea
ocean vessels would yet anchor In the harbore
cf Toronto , Buffalo , Cleveland , Detroit and
Duluth , and the magnlllcent fleet ot steamers
now landlocked in the upper lakes would be
voyaging to all the ports of tha world. The
eight states that border on the lakes , with
their 26,000,000 of people , and the states ol
North and South Dak-ta. Minnesota , Kansas ,
Nebraska jtnd Colorado , would all be bene
fited by the carrying of cheap coal up the St.
Ivuvrance , and the transportation of the Im
mense grain cargoes of the northwest down
to the seaboard and to Eurxpe.
The proposal Is that the canals which would
1)9 deepened at the equal expense ot the
United States and Canada shall bo for all
future time Jointly owned by the two coun
tries , the vessels of each enjoying , of course
exactly the same privileges In the canals
It Is estimated that a twenty-foot channe.
to the sea would so reduce the freight am :
Increase the price of the products of th <
northwestern soil that Ihe enhanced value o
one year's crop would pay the total cost , f
member of the Canadian House of Common )
some time ago said In a speech In that bd ;
that , allowing only S cents Increase on i
bushel ot grain , deep water ways would adc
$120 to the value of the crop upon every 160
acre farm in the affected region. From thi :
point of vlow the very great Importance o
this matter Is apparent , and Its claim to pub
lie attentlcn , particularly In the northwest
cannot easily be overestimated. The govern
ment Is now at work on the removal of tin
obstructions to a channel of twenty-feet deptl
from Duluth to Buffalo , and a New Yorl
paper remarks tjaE\ | \ ( Is Cor the Empire stati
to decide what I-Jo be the outlet to the sea
board frcm thf ldtter point. If the Krl
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canal Is not to lie"'Jinproved , says that Jour
nal , the Dominion ? Canada will unduubt
edly llnd the means ot affording such a clmn
nel to the sea aa'ulll attract a very consider
able share of tli cfaf/lc. / Perhaps this move
ment will ar uaei llm people of New York ti
tha expediency 'of'Increasing ' ' the carrylni
capacity of the ( PrlT | > canal , and there can b
no doubt It would , ) Iay that state to do BO , fo
there will alwtijn" bo use for this artlflcla
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waterway.
The demand gr'g more urgent from yea
to year for Imprcffed pullets for the pr duct
of the nortliwenftllilit will at onee enabl
them to be mancelblj | more readily and reduce
duce- the cost of transportation. Under pres
ent conditions there Is delay In sending prod
net * to their final market which la some
times costly , wlills growing competitlo
makes lower transportation absolutely neces
sary lo enable our producers to hold thel
own In the markets of the world. Vnriou
projects have been suggested from time t
time , but none more feasible than that whlc
the Toronto conference will discuss , and non
that would not be more codtly to this conn
try. It Is a project that Is certain to com
ntand serious conaMeratlcn , and the dellbern
lions cf the conference will bo regarded wit
great Interest.
New York City theater marutgem am cor
i ilderably exercised over notice * received b
them from the fire department that they will
no longer be permitted to sell general ndmls-
lon tickets nlthout providing the holder
hereof with n scat. The notice Is not this
n to many uunls , but It ta substantially thn
ame. There Is a law on the statute books
n that state tthlch prohibits thfr obstruction
f the aisles and ims'.igjwnys In any place of
public entertainment , and makes It the duly
f the fire department officials in each city
o see that It Is enforced. The Xexv York
Illclnls Interpret the law to mean alt spaces
not occupied by seats which the spectators
re accustomed to use for Ingress and egress ,
'his Is practically all flip tree space In most
of the theaters und Just the space -\\hlch \ Is
old ta the holder of a general admission
Ickct. The success of n show depends really
upon the number of people \\ho can bo forced
o put up with "standing room only. " The
sale ot "general admission tickets Is also an
mportant factor In the profits ol the different
houses. It is therefore us. natural far the
theatrical managers to protest ugalnst the
lew order as it Is for Ihe public to object to
uch a blockading of the aisles as to render
he exits Inaccessible in the o\cnt ut fire or
mn'Cl '
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Three hundred persons engaged In the
same occupation can. If they make the effort
do much to promote the work they are dolnp
and to Improve thtlr own conditions. If the
hree hundred teachers In Ihe public schools
of this city should Join together In an asso
ciation for their mutual benefit and should
take the Interest In the association whlcl
s to be expected of them , they would bs
able to make a considerable Impression upor
ho life ot the community , ulicre now tholi
ndlvldual efforts are almost nverlooked. We
know that the public school teachers havt
from time to time co-opemted lor particular
purposes , such ns securing n. single lecturer ;
but their action has always been temporary
V strong and permanent teachers' associa
tion , on the other hand , would do\elop
regular course ot lectures und public enter
tainment of an educational character eacl
season. A university extension movemen' '
lacked by such an organization would b <
assured of success from the very beginning
In other cities associations of this kind lmv <
a very prominent place In educational circles
There Is n field In Omaha waiting lo foe
occupied. The public tchool teachers ougln
to bs Imbued with a sulllclcnt feeling o
common Interest to come forward to fill It
The Washington coi respondent of the Phil
adelphia ledger calls attention tu the facl
that the administration has been favorable
It anything , to the efforts ot CotiKressmar
Brecklnrldge of Kentucky to secuie his re
turn to congress. Some sevcnty-IKe official !
holding offices In the departments at Wash
ington had no difficulty in securing leaves o ;
absence and starting for Kentucky with tin
approval of their supetlors to-aid In the mm
Inatlon ot Breckln-ldRe. It Is also wcl
known that the machinery upon which Mr
IJrecklnrldge has along hoped for success li
in the hands altogether ot the federal oQlce
holders In hla district , who have been ac
lively engaged in working for his Interest ;
without the slightest Interference on Ihe pan
ot the administration. It will be romemberet
that Congressman IlrecklnrldRO was very ac
tlvo In his participate In the presldcntla
campaign , and even shared the honor ot thi
speaker's program with Mr. Cleveland at tin
celebrated Lenox lyceum meeting , whore Mrs
Cleveland occupied one of the boxes and ap
plaudcd the bargain nnd corruption cry ralssi
en' that occasion. Tne preterit atlltudo o
the administration Is doubtless llr. Breckln
ridge's reward.
llcv. Dr. Cave , who achieved notorlet ;
through bis Intemperate remarks on occa
slon of the unveiling of a confederate monument
ment on last Memorial day , has again brokei
loose with another tirade upon the north am
another eulogy of the cause for which tin
southern soldier fought. Such ranters a
Cave are entirely harmless , becausethel
sentiments are disclaimed by all the reputabl
people of the uuutn. When he asserts tha
the southern boldlers were more loyal am
true hearted patriots In their efforts to tea
assunder the union than those who shed thel
blood nnd risked their lives for Its preserva
tion , a.nd asserts It In the nameof upboldlni
the truth of history , all we can do Is to pit ;
his Ignorance of the true conception of loy
ally and patriotism. Fortunately for th
country , his Ideas on this subject are no
shared by any number of Its citizens nortl
or soulh. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'hllnclelplila I.i > iltrcr.
The Ftee Thinkers of Kiinsas elemnm
the resignation of President Cleveland , bu
the president Undo himself In socd com
pany when ho fall1 * under their displeasure
The same Kree Thinkers denounce th
church , the bible , society and the marring
law B. Anybody approved liy I hem woul
have. Just grounds fet grievance.
Too I.tttle llollllMulling. ( : .
New York WurM
We work too hard In America , We pus
too much , We ciowd ench other too inucJ
We lire too anxious to do It nil todiy. W
are too fearful of trusting anything to U
morrow. Self-reliance ami self-assert lo
are becoming our national vices , and not !
Ing will do more tu cheek and tegulut
them than moie hollduys , more play llmi
more time for enjoyment , more days In th
year to be sociable und friendly with eac
other.
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IVIicro Aru the Vlllnrd Millions ?
Ctiltnico Herald ,
Appearances Indicate a disposition on th
pait ot the Northern 1'acltlc rallroa
wreckers to make Henry Vllliud the scape
goat of the whole affair. Hut It Is rot oas
to see how the failure of Vlllard to accour
for some J700.WX ) which In traced lo III
hands satisfactorily answers thequesllo
as to what became of all the y.'O.OOO.OOO c
$30,000.000 which disappeared In one wny nn
another among the men nspoclated In tli
tliffeient corporations thut u _ ' ! ime bankrui
under their management.
Sainpla of Atm'Hcuti Kuerjy. (
1 1 n nlv.i re.
In the year 1S83. when the flr.st contrae
was signed for the Increase of the Unite
States tiiivy , there was not a mill In tli
country that ever hud made plates require
In the spKiCillcutlons ; there was no foundr
suitable to turn out the work no forge
for the same , and no plant that coul
make the armor plates. Since that tlrr
there have been lirought forward ahoi
nnd yards that can prod tire In any quai
ttty , nnd of the highest quality , any wor
In steel , brass or Iron that the- new nav
demands.
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SOKT < IRII l.lri' nnd I.earnn.
New York Trllnin ,
Sovereign , as well an IVIm , has show
that he can live und learn At Buffalo 1
declured hla determined opposition I
strikes , arnl snld tlmt nt beet n tpmpornt
victory only could be won by strlldntr. Th
Is rlKnltlcmrt enough , lull lie went furthe
nnd assfrtetl that all striken uro Illegal an
nil strikers are criminals. Both Sovcrelu
nnd Debs liavn a ronsMeralilo following ;
It to he hoped that they will Httlve earnest !
to Impress this doctrine upon alt Knights i
Labor and nil members of the America
Hallway union.
Ilia Irrigation
Clilr KO Hrconl
Ao yet no plan h * been formulated I
which any Kenrral system of Irrlgutlc
could be can led out. and neither quintll
of water required /lor Us proper nianag
ment has been determined. The Idea seen
to have become geneml thut the more In
portant question before tliesn convcntloi
la how to secure an appropriation from ti
government and the best means of obtali
tiiK control of the arid. limdH. The Idea i
Irrigating tha vast arid region of the roui
try Is IIH yet too gigantic .mil vague to 1
attractive except to those wlio would pa
tlclpate In the job , but It may ho posslb
to gel u. government upproprlutlon of
few millions , unit I nl era tutu convealfor
may contribute to that en < J-
J'KUMJ : .J.M TiltXdS.
General Humidity Is again In the saddle.
The "blows" of the pugilists are wearying ,
but otherwise harmless.
Kmperor William ihnnld ( Jormanlze his
speeches before exercising Ills "leave to
print. "
Mr. Corbett Is not hall as anxlvus- smoke
out the African a he pretends. Kreo adver
tising pays better.
The king of Corea does nnt appear to have
any divine rights which Jnpan or China ore
disposed to respect
A stray rycloue yanked a passenger train
from , the track In Missouri and set U , bottom
tom up , In the ditch , The Incident tend * to
disturb the friendly relations existing bc-
wccn Missouri and Kansas.
The spectacle- presented In Minnesota of
a. democratic candidate for congress cnbstl-
utlng a platform ot his. own for that on
which ho nas nominated. Ills nctlon dove-
alls tvllh the party's national pulley.
In Clinton , Mass. . thpro Is living , hearly
; nough for farm veil : though 90 years old , n
Incal descendant of Peregrine White. Ihe
Irst white child bom In New England. Ho U
he fifth generation removed from Peregrine.
Thomas II. Hood , known as the "Ilooslcr
Jliia 3Ian , " died the other day In Jefferson ,
'ml. Ills ukln was as blue as an Indigo bag.
The false complexion was brought on iminy
years ago by taking large doses of nitrate of
silver as a cure for epilepsy. He was cured
of the malady , but the remedy turned his
skin blue.
Art unknown genius , or an nggrpgalton ot
unknowns , hate hit upon a plan to shock a
Chicago policeman. It Is an electrical appH-
ince warranted to repulse the finest should
they attempt to raid the tiger's den without
permission. In case the vlsll is a friendly
one Ihe mechanism la so arran l us to yield
'a shiner. "
At n meeting ol the alumni association of
AU-IIallona college In Chicago last week
III. Ttcv. nichard Scan neil , foUhop ot Omalin ,
was. elected president. All-Hallow b Is one of
[ he noted theological colleges of Ireland. , and
It Is estimated there are between 500 nnd < iOO
of Its alumni In the United Slates at the
present time.
Helen M. ( iousar sued Congressman Morse
of Massachusetts for $25,000 damages which
she claims to have sustained by reason of a
letter written by Morse charging her with
being on the pay roll ot the democracy. The
suit affords the- democracy reasonable ground
tor nctlDii against Helen. The decision of
the court attests that.
From this time forward members ot the
Kc\v York constitutional convention must
work without pay. The limit fixed by the
legislature , September 15 , has not expedited
business , and the members propose creating
a deficiency and ask the next leglskture to
liquidate. Out of 300 amendments proposed
only fifteen have been ordered tu third read
ing. Probably 200 have been defeated In
committee , so that a large number remain
to be disposed of. Measured by the tone nf
the press , the work of the convention so far
does not meet popular approval. It Is likely
the amendements vvhpn presented to the
voters will provoke a battle on party lines-
republicans for and democrats against. The
latter claim tlie apportionment clause Is a
rank gerrymander.
MVSIUA1. .I.WI lUt.Ul.l Til , .
Steve Ilrodie , the bridge jumper. Is ele
cting a Bowery stage with a tank and fire
hl'OW. '
Miss Mattle S. Stearns has been appointed
teacher in oratory at the hraa Wesleyan uni
versity.
The London Guildhall of Music has about
2,000 female pupils. 300 of whom are taking
lessons"on the violin.
The beautltul romantic war play "Across
the Potomac , " will be presented in nn en
tire new dress this season.
The novelties announced by the theatrical
managers of Italy include fifty-seven operas ,
thirty-two operettas and ninety-six plays.
MauriceBarrymore was recently married
to Miss Mamie Floyd. The new Mrs. Uarry-
more is a daughter of the late William R.
Floyd , stage manager of Wallack's.
There Is now playing In Paris a Russian
horn band , each horn being capable of pro
ducing a single note only. The band pro
duces the effect of one equipped with ordinary
Instruments.
Verdi's next production will consist of a
series of eight prayers to the Madonna , for
chorus and orchestra , words by Ilolto. They
will be presented at a full mass at next
year's festival of San Antonio , Padua.
May Howard Is said to have the best bur-
lecque company on the road this season. She
Is also Interested In the- new big specialty
company under the management of Morris
& Mlaco entitled " "
, "Morris1 Entertainers.
It Is said that Paderewskl made ? 250,000
while in the United States , and that Ysayc ,
the celebrated violinist , has been engaged for
an American tour , which will begin In Octo
ber , on even higher terms than those Pader-
ewskl received.
More than 400 persons were this year en
gaged In the Deyreuth performances of
"Tannhnuser. " "Lohengrin" and "Parsifal. "
There are flve conductors , twenty-nine leadIng -
Ing singers , a chorus of eighty-eight , a
ballet ot sixty-five and an orchestra of ninety-
eight.
One cl the special effects In "Off the Earth"
Is a sky of gold. This is the appearance the
sky is supposed to give to those who lire on
the moon , and as no one lias ever been there
It will be hard to call the author down on
this or any other seeming Idiosyncrasy In
his play.
NEWISH S K I'VfJ'tT.
Mlnnrnpolln TlmrsHev. . M. IX Sliiiller
will never a Rain ask Any one the sler otyp d
Hiii-.Mlon , "Wlml do you takeme - for ? " Ho
ban been taken fur n Canuck sneak tlilcf
This l < not the only lime nr. Shutter ha *
been taken ( or smneb lr el p.
Minneapolis JournalThe - populist parly Is
drugging the prc-ai-hcr Into politics , neck ami
heels. In lowu It has nominated clergymen
( or conr.n'H * in flvn district * . The * popullnU
run tu prenclicrx because they cannot get
tnwyerx , nnd they must have some one to do-
their talking.
Kansas City Star : .V new sect has been
started In St. Louis , the faith of which Is .111-
tuitiuccil .is "snlvntlon , satictlflcatlon it ml 01-
vlne healing. " This mean ! a good life vnd
mlr.iclfs. The world RCnernlly lias a general
resrrct for real gomlncss nnd IIRS no ubjop-
tlon to miracle * . The new church should
prosper.
Chicago Tribune- Those Iowa C'lirlMUn
Scientists who object to having physiology
taught In the public schools on the grontd
that there Is no such thing as a material
body , oughl lo quit their absurd habit Dl
eating. They are pandering to an exploded
superstition that there Is such a thing as n
material stomach ,
Hoiton Globe : A church row In a neigh
boring town Is said to be aggravated bccauss
the pastor publicly reproved the young fo.ks
tor Killing , fourtlng and luisslng notes dur
ing services. Giggling Is an Inalienable right
ot all young women ; courting must always
remain In f tor mil harmony with the rcr-
lusting fitness cf things , and parsing notes
does not violate the statutes of .Massachu
setts or the constitution of the fulled
States. But perhaps a foptt = r place for all
these nets can be found than In a church
Jiubllc scrvltv.
rj ; run /.o.v ; XKH
Sumervlllj * Jciurmil : It Isn't true lli.it nil
Boston. jrlrlMenr * | > uluclCH , but some of
tlicrii nre p | > ectacle * when they get astrl-le
Ji bicycle.
Chicago Inter Ocean. "Perkins Is nl-
ways buMMiliiK of being an athlete , What
can h < - do ?
"Well , hi" lion cultivated magnificent
nerve by tunning Into debt. "
Good News : Wife That new sir ! sleeps
llku a log , and I never can pet her up In
the nmrnliiK- Husband ( struck by n bright
Men ) Let Iho baby sleep with her.
Chicago I'oat : "The wrutlier , Maria- "
he liognn ,
"Yes , " she Inlcnilpteil. coldly , "I im-
llcwl lust nlglit iherp was too much hu
midity In your breath. "
Cincinnati Tribune : Slmnioiw-How was
the new inlnlHU'r's sermon ? Tlmiultis -
Most of It w-iia new , but 1 am rilmiK > t cer
tain he htolu the openlriK Hentcncud from
the bible.
AU'hlson Globe : Very often man dis
covers that thPie Is u Rood ilcnl of the
| Mivti ) > ! no about the people he thinks It
Ills duty to nit dciun on ,
Truth : "I hi-nr that you prefer lo bo
cremated when you die. " "l do. " "And
why ? " "So Unit my remains mny bo mln-
Bled with the nnlies of the grate.1
Harpers Itaznr 'What's the matter with
Jennings , HnrlowV "Ob , some mental
trouble , lie mitTrrs from u complete low
of memory. " "Bulfers ? Jove , he's in great
luck , consldei Ing Ills vast. "
Detroit Free lY > iS < t : Iluttlr Don't you
tlilnk Charlie JlnkMs Is a tarn avis7
Clara Not at all.
Ilattlc ( mit pt Is-ed ) Why not ?
Clnra ( with scorn ) JJecaitf-c I never did
think a ROUSC wus a rare bird , that's whyT
INDICATION'S.
Washington Star.
These ure the days when the slemler man
feeltj
That he wouldn't mind having a little
more fat ;
When the fall overcoat Is treading" on the
heels
Ot the neglige Mhlrt nnd the trolley
hat. _ _
VUVIt.HIIi.
Celtic Tlmxtor.
Because I hold It sinful to ilctpoml ,
And will not let the bUti'mess of life
Blind me ; with burning tears , but look be-
yoml
Its tumult and Its strife.
Because I lift my head above the mlit ,
Where the sun shliu'H mid the bioad ,
tirrezes blow ,
By e > ery ray nnd every raindrop kissed
That Goil's love doth bestow :
Think you I find no bitterness at all ?
No bunlfti to be berne like Christian's
park ?
Think you there are nn ready tears to full
Because I keep them back ?
Why should 1 hug life's Ills with cold reserve
serve-
To curse mybelf and all who lave mo-7
Nayl
thousand times morr- good than I deserve
God slveH me every day.
.And In cncli one of these rebellions tcuis
Kept bravely back lit makes a talnbow
Grateful I'tako his slightest gift , no fears
Nor any doubts me mine.
Dark Bklen must clenr , and when the clouds
arc past ,
One Kolden day redeems a weary year ;
Patient I listen , sure that nweet at last
Will sound Ills voice of cheer.
Then vex me not with chlillntr. T.et mebe. .
J niust be Bind ami Brate-ful to the end.
you not your cold and darKiieaa
The : powers of light befriend.
MOXKY'S irVKTHOK I'Oim AHtSKV 11AVK.
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A streak of hard luok is often the best thing
that can happen to a person era
n a people. Experience is the
r
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(3t greatest teacher , and many a
man has learned to save a neat
little sum because ho had to
economizo. There are people
who used to think that $35 to $50 was about the
proper caper for a business suit. Now $15 will
get a smashing good suit at the factory [ that's us ]
and for $20 or $25 a real fine suit can bo had of the
n t.Q makers [ that's us again ] worth $40 to $50.
t.y
y Prosperity comes from saving1 money.
r
i t Did you see the corn at our corner ? Take a
It
Ity i look at it.
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